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  2. Podruchnik - Wikipedia

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    The Podruchnik (Russian: "подручник", literally "something under an arm") is a small prayer rug, once used in prayer by all Russian Orthodox Christians in the Tsardom of Russia before the schism of 1653 but currently in use only by the Old Believers. [1]

  3. Prayer rug - Wikipedia

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    A prayer rug or prayer mat is a piece of fabric, sometimes a pile carpet, used by Muslims, some Christians, especially in Orthodox Christianity and some followers of the Baháʼí Faith during prayer. In Islam, a prayer mat is placed between the ground and the worshipper for cleanliness during the various positions of Islamic prayer.

  4. Eagle rug - Wikipedia

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    An eagle rug in the Serbian Orthodox Church in Belegiš. An Eagle rug (Greek αετός, aëtos; Church-Slavonic орлецъ, orlets) is a small rug, usually round, upon which Byzantine Rite bishops stand during divine liturgy and other services. The Orlets ("Eaglet") is a small round or oval rug, whereon is represented an eagle, with a glory ...

  5. Old Believers - Wikipedia

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    A prayer rug known as the Podruchnik is used to keep one's face and hands clean during prostrations, as these parts of the body are used to make the sign of the cross on oneself. [ 32 ] Old Believers reject any changes and emendations of liturgical texts and rituals introduced by the reforms of Patriarch Nikon .

  6. Prostration - Wikipedia

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    In Oriental Orthodox Christianity and Western Orthodox Christianity, believers prostrate during the seven fixed prayer times; prayer rugs are used by some adherents to provide a clean space for believers to offer their Christian prayers to God, e.g. the canonical hours.

  7. Home altar - Wikipedia

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    [A] [22] As with certain traditions of Oriental Christianity, some Western Orthodox Christians make use of the prayer rug to provide a clean space for offering Christian prayers to God. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] The candles that adorn the home altar are often those that have been blessed that year on Candlemas Day , a feast observed in the Catholic ...

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