The expression “Anointed with the same world” came into our vocabulary with the adoption of Christianity. And this is not surprising. After all, Christians, both Catholics and Orthodox, have the same ritual. This is when, during a certain church service, a priest uses a brush to paint crosses on the foreheads of parishioners with a special mixture of oil, red wine and incense. This ritual is very significant for believers. Thus, they join the spiritual world.

The rite of anointing is carried out when a person already feels that he does not have long to live. Then relatives invite a priest to the dying person, who confesses, gives communion and anoints with myrrh.

In those not very distant times, when states were ruled by kings, accession to the throne was necessarily sanctified by the church. During the coronation ceremony, the ritual of anointing was also performed. Therefore, the reigning persons were called God's anointed and an attempt on their life was a terrible crime.

The meaning of the phraseological unit "Breathed with the same world"

• belonging to the same religion;
• people who share common interests;
• can be used in an ironic sense in relation to people with the same shortcomings.

Despite the fact that our society is now spiritual and not religious, the expression “all anointed with the same world” is still actively used in everyday vocabulary. It must be assumed that it will not go into the obsolete category very soon.

A story that is still relevant today. I really like this text...

Offshore scams, cut-backs, lemons-epaulets... state campaign against corruption... Seeing on TV another performance of the brilliant trio prosecutor-lawyer-accused, we often say “ yes they are smeared with the same world! ».

What does this phrase mean? What kind of “world” is this? And why “smeared”? And what does this phrase have to do with the history of Moscow?

No matter how strange it may sound, this expression is originally Moscow. It was born in Moscow. And it’s not at all about the level of corruption in our capital! I don’t even want to consider this version! In other cities and villages it is no less...

And while the competent authorities are conducting one investigation, why don’t you and I conduct another? This is, you know, a historical and philological excursion. You can’t imagine how much historical information can fit into eighteen characters with spaces!

Well, let's begin...

Historical memory can be imprinted not only in bronze on squares or in stone of steles and obelisks. From ancient times to the present day, all events, great and small, are transmitted primarily through the Word. Speech, whether written or oral, is the main carrier of information.

Therefore, in order to get to the bottom of the truth, it is extremely important to understand the meaning of each of the words that interest us. It's not as simple as it seems.

What do we understand from this phrase? From the context it follows that a certain number of not the most decent people are stained with the same substance, and this fact unites them all.
It would seem that everything is clear. But, still, what kind of substance is this world? I personally am not familiar with such a substance...
Or maybe this phrase has some other – hidden – meaning?

Let's turn to dictionaries. I take from the bookshelf the oldest dictionary I have: an explanatory dictionary of the Russian language by Vladimir Dahl, published in 1881. I inherited this treasure trove of wisdom from my beloved grandfather-editor.

And!... the surprises begin immediately! Word " world"at different times in different situations had different interpretations: " the whole universe», « our planet as part of the Universe th", " all people are like the human race», « community as a society of peasants», « meeting to resolve issues" All this is very interesting, but does not answer our questions. “It’s cold,” that’s what the kids would say.

We open the second explanatory dictionary, the one edited by Professor D.N. Ushakova. It is slightly newer, published in 1938.
« The world is like a universe" Not that. " The world is like a planet" Not the same again. " Community" We have already read this interpretation. " People" He said, they read it. Give me something more relevant!

Please! " An agreement between the warring parties, the same as a peace treaty" An interesting interpretation, especially in light of the anti-corruption campaign. Let's take note.

« Silence, peace, tranquility" Pleasant condition, but this is not our case. We only dream of peace...

« Friendly relations between someone and, as a result, the absence of serious disagreements" It’s already “warmer”, because no one will be caught anyway.

« Some particular sphere of life or area of ​​objects or phenomena». « World of plants», « animal world», « world of a child's soul"... Mmmm, interesting in itself, but again not that.

« The laity and their life as opposed to monastic life and the church" Cold!

As can be seen from the list, there are several interpretations that are quite suitable in the context. Completely, but not completely. None of the many listed worlds can “smear”. Was the search in vain?! Maybe we made a mistake somewhere?

The search was not in vain!! Learning a language is a most interesting activity. And our mistake was that we were deceived by the ending characteristic of masculine singular nouns in the instrumental case. For those who are confused, I will explain it clearly and highlight it in color - world [ohm ].

Not " world"we need something similar in sound and spelling! And in explanatory dictionaries, indeed, the word you are looking for is there! And not one, but two! Here they are, next door - “ myrrh" And " myrrh" And the meaning of each of them suits us much more, since they mean an oily liquid.

So, two words. The meaning of both suits us. The question remains, which of these words do we need? Open the dictionary again and read:

« Myrrh" is a special type of aromatic resin obtained from a number of African and Arabian trees, and is used in medicine and perfumery." Get covered in resin? It couldn't be easier! But we are not in the Arabian desert. But we’re almost there, right?

“Myrrh” is an artificially prepared oily, beneficial substance used in Christian church groups, in particular, during anointing or during crowning. . Hot! Very hot!!

Words " myrrh" And " myrrh"although they sound similar and mean a pleasant-smelling liquid, there is a difference between them. And it is she who gives the phrase “the same world is smeared” with the correct meaning! Welcome to the “Moscow” part of our story...

Spring afternoon, the river is silver,
The people came out of the temple.

Yes, dear friends, there was a period in our history when attending a church service was as natural as eating or sleeping. A simple but very effective formula “Eat. Pray. Love” was discovered long before Elizabeth Gilbert was born. And our people would have lived further, following these words, but one day the “red year of seventeen” came.

Why did I suddenly remember the church and the past centuries? Only so that you and I can clearly imagine the context of that time, that life, that Russia. Everything was different - both the Church and the attitude towards it - all life was different.

The sacrament of “confirmation” is one of the seven that exist in Orthodoxy . The meaning of this sacred rite is that through the ointment applied by the cross, God's grace passes to man. It is also noteworthy that the now forgotten word “ God's anointed"also has its roots in this sacrament. However, during the wedding to the kingdom, it could not have been any other way. Who is the king? God's protege on earth, his anointed one.

For some time, until the 17th century, myrrh was brewed throughout Russia. Then it was decided that from now on and forever the creation of the world would take place in one and only place. Namely, in the Patriarchal Palace of the Moscow Kremlin.
The process of world-making itself deserves special mention. Both in “secular” and in church life, everything newly created is regulated by various rules. But unlike GOSTs or TUs, worldview standards have not changed for centuries!

On the first day Holy Week the patriarch himself and his immediate circle visited the Patriarchal Palace, where they held a special service. After him, everything related to the process of world-making was sprinkled with holy water. And when all the components (and there were almost thirty types!) were inside a special cauldron, the fire under it was kindled by the Patriarch himself.

The question is quite natural: what does myrrh consist of? What does God's grace smell like?

Of course it is oil. Of course, this is incense, and not just one, but three - white, black and pink. Of course it's wine; but not red, but grape white. But that's not all. Not everything.

Take a moment to listen to the list of essential aromatic oils for arranging: rosemary, cinnamon, orange, clove, nutmeg, marjoram, lignorhodia, rose, bergamot, lavandula and lemon oils. Add to this the oil of Bogorodskaya grass, violet roots (white!), ginger, pocket and galangal roots.

Are you tired yet? Then let me end this list with sandarac, basil, mastic, rose flowers, styrax, Peruvian balsam and Venetian turpentine.

What happens after His Holiness lights the fire under the silver vessels? All three days of Holy Week, from Monday to Wednesday, a fire burns continuously under these cauldrons. And just as continuously the Gospel is read over them. This process should not be interrupted for a second!

On Wednesday evening, the myrrh was poured into vessels so that on Holy Thursday, under the ringing of bells, it would end up in the Assumption Cathedral, where it would be consecrated. After consecration, the vessels with this fragrant substance were sent on a journey throughout Russia. And we...

We have arrived at the final station of our journey through time. Take a closer look at the facts: both the composition and the place of world formation are the same. And if so, then literally all the parishioners were anointed with the same world, that is, of the same faith !

How did it happen that the meaning of the expression changed to the exact opposite?

Mid-19th century. The word “ nihilism" It means the absence of any authority and the denial of moral and cultural guidelines. Moreover, the meaningfulness of human existence has been declared an obsolete concept. There is no God, he is no longer needed.

It is curious that some of the ideologists of nihilism came from the clergy. Read the biography of Nikolai Dobrolyubov or his namesake, the utopian Chernyshevsky with his eternal “What is to be done?” Both of these far from stupid people were born and raised in clergy families. Moreover, they were given names in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, one of the most popular saints in Rus'!

But... there is Power hidden in the Word! The new rulers of thought, who knew church texts perfectly (by heart!), in their speeches reinterpreted them “to suit themselves.” It is precisely here that lies the answer to why the expression, which was initially completely light, acquired such an obviously unkind meaning. And the energy, hidden from the uninitiated and directed against the order established over centuries, got out of control.

Cossack women talk quietly,
The old people stand decorously.
And little do they know that they will end soon
These are free days.
This world will be called stupid and old,
Everything, they will say, must be scrapped,
And they will become useless paper
Double-headed eagle money...

With this “picture” I would like to finish today’s story. And before I say “until we meet again!”, let me admonish you with the words of my favorite writer, the author of “The Golden Rose”:

Love for the Motherland is unthinkable without love for the native language.

No language means no homeland. Take care of them!
See you again! All the best!!

This expression has an ancient history. More than once I have been convinced that those for whom it is a favorite are unfamiliar with this story. We are not talking about the world here, as many people think, but about the special oil of myrrh, which was used for anointing in the church. It was cooked once a year, on Maundy Thursday. But new oil was usually added to old oil. This is how the expression “one world” came about. They used to say: “We are anointed with the same world,” which meant “we are of the same faith.”

Now this phraseological turn has acquired an exclusively negative character. They are all smeared with the same world. Or simply: they are all there!.. The rest is clear. Freaks, thieves, swindlers, scoundrels, libertines, murderers. What can you not say in your hearts? No need to emphasize.

But the stability of the turnover has recently begun to cause resistance in me, and sometimes even fear. The number of those who are “all in one world” is growing day by day: officials, police officers, doctors, judges, teachers, Uzbeks, Caucasians, pharmacists, deputies, oligarchs, actors, athletes. It turns out to be a whole army of enemies, and all of it is directed against one, defenseless person.

These sentiments are understandable. Impunity for evil, unjustly acquired wealth, arbitrariness, cruelty, lawlessness - all this causes indignation. I rejoice no less than any of you when a bribe-taker, a fraudster, or a policeman who beat a teenager to death is judged. And, on the contrary, it hurts and disgusts me when they give a prison term to an innocent person and release a criminal authority. And therefore, we need the development of civil society, the organization of civil institutions, and political activity like air.

But “they are all there” is still a very bad position. I'm not even talking about the fact that it is unfruitful. When “they are all there” it means no one. This position is irresponsible, because you cannot fight an entire social stratum, an entire professional group or an entire people. Unless, of course, you are quietly hatching a bloody revolution.

Moreover, and perhaps above all, it is unfair. From our own lives, we know that people of the same profession, the same job status, the same nationality are very different people. Indiscriminateness is a rudiment of tribal, clan thinking. Ours and not ours. The son of a tough official or oligarch will say the same thing about those who ride the subway: they are all cattle. We understand that he is cruelly, stupidly and blatantly wrong. But, in essence, this is just a copy of the everyday “they are all there.” Nothing good. How do guest workers relate to residents of Russian cities?

But okay – position. I'm talking about the state of the soul and consciousness. It is extremely harmful to the psyche and deprives a person of peace. We pronounce words, sometimes not suspecting that they have retroactive force. I observed people who were friendly by nature, cheerful, and whatever - simply, kind in an everyday way and always ready to help. “They are all there” was pronounced by them cheerfully, without malice, mainly to emphasize, for example, that we are not like that. But there were situations that life throws at us from time to time, and ready aggression lit up in their eyes. My own words were deposited in my consciousness as an attitude. If the plague people had gone to the pogrom next to them at that moment, they, perhaps, would have joined them. In a fit of holy malice. But... This is the whole point - there is no such thing as holy malice.

“They are all there” does not imply analysis, awareness, or an attempt to figure out what is what, and why, and who is who, and what to do. Now imagine that a teenager has been hearing this since childhood. Words spoken thoughtlessly are likely to turn him into a thoughtless, aggressive creature. It is, as they say, more expensive to argue with such people. “Are you making excuses for them? Are you for them, or what?” The answer “I’m not for them, I’m for the truth” does not bring success. The one who throws a reproach is emotional, he is on fire, he is in a rush (what a man!), and you, it turns out, are an indifferent lump trying to rise above the fray. This requires patience and goodwill, which your interlocutor currently lacks. If you are familiar with history and follow events, there should be arguments. You just need to learn to articulate them clearly.

It would seem that your behavior has nothing to do with the essence of the issue. Has. It's about reducing the amount of evil. To rush into opposition with rage does not mean to convince, but to offend, that is, to provoke a response of protest and aggression not based on the meaning of what was said, but on the intonation. Is this what we want?

Moscow words, catchphrases and popular expressions Vladimir Bronislavovich Muravyov

smeared with the same world

smeared with the same world

“They are all smeared with the same world” - now they usually say this about people who, in the eyes of society, are united by some internal negative trait, hidden behind statements and external decency, but in the end necessarily manifested in their actions. In the newest explanatory dictionary, this expression has a categorical mark on its stylistic use: disapproving.

Previously, the saying “By the same name” did not have such a connotation, but was stylistically neutral, simply denoting the community of a group of people. For example, the famous writer of the 1950s–1960s Galina Nikolaeva, having said about the factory workers that they are honest, good, hardworking people, summed up her statement: “everyone is tarred with the same brush.”

This duality of the saying was determined by its origin and the fact that it talks about things and circumstances that are now known only to a small circle of people.

Modern spelling also played a role, abolishing some letters that were in the traditional “Russian alphabet”: “yat”, “fitu”, “izhitsa”, “and - with a dot or decimal”. This created difficulty in understanding the meaning of some words in which these letters had a distinctive meaning. These are the words “peace” - the state opposite to war and “peace” - the Universe, society. The first was written with the usual “and”, the second - with the “and with a dot”. The title of L.N. Tolstoy’s novel “War and Peace” in modern writing gives the right to interpret it in both meanings: years of war - and years of peace, as well as war - and society. In Tolstoy, “world” is written through “and”; the author’s intention was reflected not only in the content of the novel, but also in its title.

But in the title of V.V. Mayakovsky’s poem “War and Peace,” written in 1916, the word “peace” is printed with a “and with a dot”; we are talking about a war that engulfed all countries, the whole world.

Now, in the expression “smeared with the same world,” the word “world” is perceived in some incomprehensible way as having the same root as the words discussed above. In fact, here the word “peace” has nothing in common with those two except the sound. The confusion was again brought about by the reform of the previous spelling: in the word “mirom” the sound “and” was denoted by the letter “upsilon”, or, as it was called in the Russian alphabet, “izhitsa”, in addition, this word in the nominative case consists of two syllables - miro .

Myrrh is a specially prepared incense that is used in the rites of Christian churches; in certain cases, it is used for anointing, that is, applying the world with a special brush to the forehead, eyes, lips, nostrils, ears, chest, arms and legs. Confirmation communicates the grace of God, and it is one of the Christian sacraments.

Therefore, the original meaning of the saying “smeared with the same world” denotes that people belong to the same faith.

In the 17th century, the Russian Orthodox Church decided to prepare - cook - myrrh for all of Russia in only one place - in Moscow, in the Kremlin, in the Patriarchal Palace, because in provincial cities there were difficulties in obtaining the necessary components for the world, which did not allow cook it according to all the rules.

The composition of the world, according to the rites of the Orthodox Church, consisted of a certain set of fragrant resins, herbs and oils. It included the following substances: oil, white grape wine, styrax; incense - dewy, plain white and black; mastic, sandarac, pink flowers, basil; roots - white violet, ginger, buttermilk, galangal, cardamom; olive oil, thick nutmeg, Peruvian balsam, Venetian turpentine; fragrant oils: bergamot, lemon, lavandula, clove, Bogorodskaya herb, rosemary, lignorhodia, rose, cinnamon, marjoram, orange and nutmeg liquid.

In this list, the modern reader will encounter a number of substances that he has never heard of, but can get an idea of ​​the incredible complexity of the composition of the world.

The process of making peace took place in the ceremonial Cross Chamber of the Patriarchal Palace in the Kremlin, also called the Peace Chamber, and according to a special, strictly observed ritual.

The Cross Chamber, built in the mid-17th century, was decorated with paintings and icons of the best royal artists - Simon Ushakov and Fyodor Kozlov. The chamber was illuminated by a large copper chandelier.

In the middle of the chamber there was a stone hearth under a canopy; two gilded silver cauldrons for brewing myrrh were placed on the hearth; next to it on a stand stood a large silver tub for draining the myrrh, covered with a silver lid. There was also a wooden step pyramid, on the steps of which the substances needed to prepare the world were laid out.

The world-making took place during Holy Week. On Monday, the patriarch and the senior clergy performed divine services, blessed water, and sprinkled holy water on everything prepared for the preparation of myrrh. Then all the components of the world were placed in cauldrons, and the patriarch himself lit a fire under the cauldrons.

The myrrh was cooked continuously for three days, the deacons in vestments stirred the myrrh, and the priests continuously read the Gospel. On Wednesday evening, the myrrh was poured into special vessels; on Thursday, when the bells were ringing, with a procession of the cross, the myrrh was delivered to the Assumption Cathedral, and it was consecrated during the liturgy. How important an event this act was considered in the Russian Orthodox Church is evidenced by reports about it in major newspapers, for example in Moskovskie Vedomosti on April 11, 1902: “The consecration of the newly prepared world took place in the Assumption Cathedral.”

The consecrated myrrh was returned to the Patriarchal sacristy, and from there it was sent to all dioceses. Therefore, all Orthodox Christians throughout Russia were anointed with the same chrism.

This is how the proverb “all over the world is born” was born in Orthodox Russia, and it was truly so.

This expression begins to acquire an ironic connotation in the middle of the 19th century with the spread of materialistic and nihilistic views in society. Since the leaders of the revolutionary-democratic camp in childhood, as a rule, received a traditional Orthodox upbringing, moreover, a significant part of them, for example N. G. Chernyshevsky and N. A. Dobrolyubov, came from the clergy class, they, knowing church texts and sayings well , quoted them in speeches, putting a different meaning into them.

In Soviet times, atheism became a state policy; atheists used religious texts and images in a humorous and satirical, blasphemous context in their propaganda. This is how the “disapproving” meaning of the expression “smeared with the same world” became established in society, which was recorded by a Soviet linguist.

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From the book Voices from Russia. Essays on the history of collecting and transmitting information abroad about the situation of the Church in the USSR. 1920s – early 1930s author Kosik Olga Vladimirovna Chrismation is the rite of preparing myrrh (from the Greek mýron - “anointing”), the sacred substance for the sacrament of Confirmation, performed on every Orthodox Christian, usually immediately after the sacrament of Baptism (hence the proverb about those anointed with one myrrh); Through the myrrh the newly baptized person is given the gift of grace of the Holy Spirit.

On the morning of Great Monday, the first day of Holy Week, a rare and ancient sacred rite begins - a sacred rite performed once every few years by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' himself and lasting a full 3 days. Chrismation is the rite of preparing myrrh (from the Greek mýron - “anointing”), the sacred substance for the sacrament of Confirmation, performed on every Orthodox Christian usually immediately after the sacrament of Baptism (hence the proverb about those anointed with one myrrh); Through the myrrh the newly baptized person is given the gift of grace of the Holy Spirit. In addition, during the consecration of new churches, the altar, the internal walls of the church, and the antimensions on which the Divine Liturgy is celebrated are anointed with myrrh. Before the 1917 revolution, St. the world, following the Old Testament example, were anointed to the kingdom - in 1498 for the first time - the grandson of the Grand Duke. John III Dmitry Ioannovich - Russian sovereigns and their spouses during the coronation. And finally, they will be anointed with St. non-Orthodox Christians joining the Orthodox Church. Apart from these three cases, myrrh is not used! What we mistakenly take for ointment during other sacred rites - Unction, for example, or anointing at the all-night vigil - is actually consecrated oil (olive oil).

The use of consecrated ointment dates back to Old Testament times. According to the command of God (Exodus 30:23-31; 1 Kings 10:1), the tabernacle was anointed, as were the high priests, prophets (3 Kings 19:16), priests and kings. Prophet Moses first poured ointment on the head of his brother Aaron, elevating him to the rank of Israelite high priest; prophet Samuel anointed Saul and David as kings. Old Hebrew "Messiah" and its Greek translation “Christ” means “anointed one”: the incarnate Son of God appeared as both the prophet of the heavenly Father, and the king of Israel and the Universe from the tribe of David, and the High Priest of the Most High God. In the New Testament Church, during the time of the apostles, filled with the gifts of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, anointing was replaced by the laying on of hands on those being baptized (see Acts 8). Holy chrism began to be used over time as more convenient in church practice.

According to the Old Testament, the composition of the world included myrrh, incense cinnamon and cane, cassia and olive oil (oil). In the New Testament Church, myrrh was made from many fragrant substances - to commemorate the gracious fragrance of the many gifts of the Holy Spirit imparted through anointing. In Byzantium, and then in the Russian Church, there was no strictly prescribed amount of substances: those that could be found in a given place were used. The Greeks used up to 50; in Russia it was once 53-55, but according to the World Order of 1853, the composition of the world includes 30 ingredients. Of these, the main one is pure olive oil; In addition, there is a large quantity of white grape wine, which is not actually part of the world: it is needed so that during the cooking process other substances do not ignite or burn. Everything else is aromatic oils, incense (dewy, white and black), herbs and roots (such as styrax, mastic, nutmeg, rose, lavender and other oils, rose flowers, ginger and violet root, basil, cardamom, etc. ).

During the time of the patriarchs (pre-synodal period), the making of Chrismation was first performed on the porch of the Church of the Three Saints at the patriarchal house. Since 1763, when this church was destroyed, the Patriarchal Cross Chamber of the Kremlin was appointed to prepare peace. This is how it was used in Synodal times. The myrrh was consecrated in the Assumption Cathedral. Nowadays, the rite of Chrismation is performed in the Small Cathedral of the Don Icon of the Mother of God of the Donskoy Monastery, and is consecrated at the Liturgy of Great Thursday in the Epiphany (Elokhovsky) Cathedral.

The rite of preparation of St. the world begins long before its brewing, on the Week of the Cross: oil, wine and other necessary ingredients are selected, fragrant infusions are made. On the very first day of Holy Week, His Holiness the Patriarch, in the co-service of the senior clergy, performs the rite of the minor consecration of water, sprinkles all the substances and accessories of the myrrh, and, pouring in a little St. water into the cauldron, blesses the priests and deacons to pour oil, wine and fragrant substances. Then the Primate lights a fire under the cauldron with a trikirium and begins reading St. The Gospel, which is read after it by the clergy vigilantly throughout the three days of the preparation of the world, while the deacons incessantly stir the boiled oil with wooden oars. The prepared myrrh is poured into special silver vessels and on Maundy Thursday it is transferred to the Epiphany Cathedral, along with a special vessel in which the ancient consecrated myrrh is kept. Since ancient times, according to church custom, after the consecration of the world, a little of the ancient world is added to each vessel with the newly consecrated world, which, in turn, is replenished with the new world, so that this source never runs out. After consecration, the myrrh is transferred to all dioceses, parishes and monasteries of the Russian Orthodox Church, in Russia and abroad. Kept in St. myrrh is always on the throne in the altar.