Among Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Christians, holy water is blessed in the church and given to the faithful to drink at home when needed and to bless their homes. In the weeks following the
Vessel for holy water, with aspergillum, donation of Tsar Mikhail I Fyodorovich of Russia (Moscow, photo by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky)
Fountain with holy water. Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra. Sergiev Posad, Russia.
Great Blessing of Waters (1921 painting by Boris Kustodiev)
Icon of the Theophany by St. Andrei Rublev, c. 1360, in the Cathedral of the Annunciation, Moscow
Aspergillum
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An aspergillum is a Christian liturgical implement used to sprinkle holy water. It comes in three forms: a freshly cut hyssop branch, a brush-like bundle that is dipped in the holy water and shaken, a
A Western-style aspergillum
Aspergillum in a silver aspersorium or situla
Proto-aspergillum as described in Leviticus
An aspergillum and silver ewer of holy water (Cathedral Church of Saint Matthew, Dallas, Texas)