To canonize is to acknowledge that man was holy.

The teaching of the Holy Orthodox Church states thatcanonized saints are God's servants who protect their companions in faith before the Lord with the prayers of their companions. Believers, in turn, magnify and honor them, honor them in their prayers, pray to them, asking for intercession.

What does canonization mean?

История христианства имеет много зафиксированных miracles and inexplicable phenomena for the common man. Many devotees of the Christian faith have become famous throughout the world for their vision, prophecies and miracles. They are honored, they are prayed for, they are asked for help.

Canonize means to proclaim a member.Church, who died, holy. The saints are people who, during their lifetime, were able to completely get rid of and cleanse themselves from their sins, this gave them the power and opportunity to reveal the power of the Lord through themselves to the world. Saints call those whose way of life, which was dedicated to God, confirmed by the Church as a reliable fact.

To canonize is from Greek means“Legalize on the basis of the rule,” or “canonized.” The Orthodox Church marks the canonization with a special solemn service in honor of the joyful event - the glorification of the new saint. This procedure has its own rules and laws, occurs in accordance with certain regulations. There is a special Synodal Commission that collects materials that canonize.

The practice of canonization

Earlier, when the feat of martyrs for faith occurredin the eyes of many witnesses, and their remains, becoming relics, were able to heal, the procedure of canonization took place immediately, without any commissions and meetings. Now the situation has changed somewhat.

A candidacy for glorification is first consideredthe commission of the diocese, of which there was a man who became famous because of his faith in God. After all the necessary documents are approved, they are handed over to the commission at the Synod, where the final decision is made. The day on which the canonization decision is made is entered in the church calendar and is considered the day when the newly appeared saint is glorified. A church service is subsequently drawn up and an icon is drawn especially for the newly-blessed saint.

Materials confirming the holiness of the righteous

Canonizing is accomplishing a procedure thatbased on the request to be canonized. In order to make a decision, the commission, in addition to the petition, must consider the complete biography of the righteous, where all his miracles and feats that show holiness will be described in detail.

Biography are based on archivaldocuments: medical certificates of healings, testimonies of clergy and laity about life miracles and pious deeds of the ascetic, archival evidence of his apparitions to believers after death or even during life. A huge role here is played by the way the devotee is honored and glorified by the laity.

Criteria that indicate that a person can be canonized by the church

The most important and most important criterion will bethe merits of man before the church parish and before the whole Christian world. The holiness of the righteous can be confirmed by the faith of the Church in him, as in a man who was pleasing to God and served the coming of God's son to the land.

Martyrdom for faith and the teachings of Christ, tooserves as a criterion indicating holiness. In the case of the appearance of miracles to the world, performed by prayer or received from the worship of human remains, holy relics, can be counted among the saints. The relics are the remains or the fully preserved bodies of the glorified righteous, the appeal to which in prayers works wonders.

To canonize is to admit that a person has lived a righteous, pious life, for holiness is an example to follow, a feat of martyrdom or great virtues in life.