How to draw a cross

From a very young age, priests or bishops hold crosses as part of their blessing to the recipients at baptism and confirmation ceremonies. In the worship ceremony, when the priest wishes, he also draws a cross on himself. Christians usually cross themselves when they enter churches and some services. The traditional way to make a cross is to use your right hand to go from forehead to chest, then from one shoulder to another, and finally back to chest. The west is from left shoulder to right shoulder and the east is from right to left.

When praying, Christians should cross their hands on their chests. Orthodoxy and Catholicism cross in different ways: before the reform, Orthodox used two fingers to cross, but now it uses three fingers.

(Thumb, forefinger and middle finger cross from right to left and from bottom to top on the chest; Catholics use the whole palm to cross their chests from left to right and from top to bottom.

Protestants generally do not cross, because it is not mentioned in the Bible, and the original Christians (the first century) did not have crosses. But there are also brothers and sisters who cross when praying to the Lord, and there is nothing wrong with it. Christ's view of people's hearts has little to do with the difference in rituals.