Completion of high school or university are important moments that mark the passage into adulthood. Entrance into military service was also revered in the same way. Weddings are usually followed by a trip in a special black limousine (marked with two large interlinked rings on the top) to pay respect and leave flowers at a local memorial.
The majority of Russian religious ceremonies are conducted by the Russian Orthodox Church. However, Russia is technically a secular country. Religious holidays that existed before the revolution were renamed.
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Rituals, satanic or otherwise, vary depending on the group of people that invented them. Similarly other church rituals vary depending on which church you go to.
The Church does not follow Freemason rituals. The rituals in the Catholic Church have developed over 2000 years of history, long before Masonry existed. Therefore, if there are any similarities between the rituals of Freemasonry and Catholicism it is the Masons who are imitating Catholicism.
Desiderius Erasmus's position on church rituals was to get rid of some church rituals that he considered meaningless. Instead of rituals, he emphasized devotion to God and the teaching of Jesus. Erasmus was an early heretic, to quote from his biography: In his Treatise on Preparation For Death he made clear his position, that faith in the atonement of Christ, and not in the sacraments and rituals of the church, is the only guarantee of eternal life.
Following rituals in the worship of God is not sinful.
Bucharest Russian Church was created in 1909.
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To the best of my knowledge the Hindus and the Catholic Church have nothing whatsoever in common in the way of religious rituals or ceremonies. The Catholic Church's rituals and ceremonies are rooted in the ancient Hebrew religion, not in the East.
The Russian Orthodox Church does not ordain priests.
Russian Orthodox Church in America was created in 1927.
Certainly. One does not have to attend church to be religious. The rituals are a way to practice in what be believe.