"MYSTERIES" or "sacred"? 
should not be used in the class of Orthodoxy "sacraments" as is too often conveniently. Indeed the Western scholastic theology speaks of the seven sacraments as seven automatic actions and monofunctional, expressing the role that the clergy should play for the salvation of world. It is in the life of the church a multitude of sacred mysteries (it is better to call them) and must include the blessing of the altars, the monastic tonsure, the funerals of the faithful, the blessing of water etc. . St Justin
Chelije said that even the modest blessing of the censer that the Orthodox priest repeated many times in services is already a little mystery. Or we can also say that there are two great mysteries, which are one of the Eucharistic assembly, during which the faithful receive Communion, and the initiation of new believers (including baptism and the anointing with chrism are the two highlights).
should not be used in the class of Orthodoxy "sacraments" as is too often conveniently. Indeed the Western scholastic theology speaks of the seven sacraments as seven automatic actions and monofunctional, expressing the role that the clergy should play for the salvation of world. It is in the life of the church a multitude of sacred mysteries (it is better to call them) and must include the blessing of the altars, the monastic tonsure, the funerals of the faithful, the blessing of water etc. . St Justin Chelije said that even the modest blessing of the censer that the Orthodox priest repeated many times in services is already a little mystery. Or we can also say that there are two great mysteries, which are one of the Eucharistic assembly, during which the faithful receive Communion, and the initiation of new believers (including baptism and the anointing with chrism are the two highlights). 
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