On which finger do you wear the Save and Save ring — How to do it right

Rings are the most pop­u­lar group of acces­sories used to attract atten­tion and styl­ish­ly com­plete the cre­at­ed image. Women and men have long dec­o­rat­ed their fin­gers with thin or wide rings with orna­ments, stones or engrav­ings. But there is a type of rings that can­not be called just jew­el­ry. Their main func­tion is pro­tec­tion. We will talk about what it means, how it appeared, how it works, how to wear the “Save and Save” ring cor­rect­ly in this arti­cle.

Why wear a “Save and Save” ring

The phrase “Save and Save” is not just a com­bi­na­tion of words. This is a prayer with which believ­ers turn to the Almighty with a request for pro­tec­tion from trou­bles and for the sal­va­tion of the soul. These words have an invis­i­ble divine pow­er. Such an inscrip­tion is a mes­sage from the uni­verse.

Wear­ing such a ring, a per­son finds a men­tor on the path of life. Such prod­ucts pro­tect peo­ple from bad thoughts and sin­ful thoughts. Many cler­ics say that they pro­tect from the dan­gers of the out­side world and cleanse the mind from evil. Accord­ing to their inner and spir­i­tu­al pow­er, they are iden­ti­fied with icons and bod­i­ly cross­es.

Any believ­er can wear such a ring, regard­less of age, nation­al­i­ty and skin col­or. The main thing is that he be Ortho­dox.

On which finger is it customary to wear the “Save and Preserve” ring?

This dec­o­ra­tion has a long his­to­ry. In the Byzan­tine era, it was pop­u­lar among pil­grims and mer­chants. In ancient Byzan­tium, prod­ucts with this inscrip­tion were believed to be endowed with pow­er­ful pow­er. They are able to pro­tect the own­er from the evil eye and dam­age. They were made by novices and sold at a sym­bol­ic price, and all pro­ceeds went to the devel­op­ment of tem­ples.

The first men­tion of wear­ing a “Save and Pre­serve” ring is in Gen­e­sis chap­ter 41, vers­es 41:42. It tells of Joseph, a Jew­ish youth who won the favor of an Egypt­ian pharaoh and received a pre­cious ring. In ancient Egypt it was a sym­bol of pow­er. All orders and deci­sions of the rulers were addi­tion­al­ly sealed with seals with a ring with such engrav­ing.

Thanks to Joseph, who was sold into slav­ery in Egypt, the Jews adopt­ed the tra­di­tion of wear­ing “Save and Pre­serve” rings as a sign of spe­cial sta­tus on the ring fin­ger.

As for the sym­bol­ic mean­ing, in the writ­ings of the prophet Jere­mi­ah, verse 22:24, it is said about the king of Judah Jehuneh, who, in order to be clos­er to God, wore this orna­ment on his right hand.

Dur­ing one of his earth­ly min­istry, Jesus Christ told peo­ple a para­ble about a prodi­gal son who returned to his father from shame­ful wan­der­ings. The father ordered to bring the best clothes and shoes to his son and put an expen­sive ring “Save and Save” on his hand (Luke 15:22). This tes­ti­fied to the father’s love for the prodi­gal son, as well as recog­ni­tion of his per­son­al dig­ni­ty. Such a ges­ture spoke of the restora­tion of a young man to the sta­tus of a full mem­ber of the fam­i­ly.

These and oth­er bib­li­cal exam­ples prove the cor­rect­ness of using this dec­o­ra­tion as an Ortho­dox acces­so­ry.

After many years, wear­ing church rings with the text “Save and Save” became like engage­ment rings. In many coun­tries of the world, it is con­sid­ered a pow­er­ful tal­is­man of mar­riage.

Where to wear the “Save and Save” ring?

As for the use of this sym­bol of faith, there are no strict canons. How­ev­er, the cler­gy gives some rec­om­men­da­tions in this regard. It does not mat­ter on which fin­ger the “Save and Pre­serve” ring should be worn.

But the first and key rule is that the own­er of this device must believe in the Almighty and that there is a spe­cial pow­er that can pro­tect him in any sit­u­a­tion. Only then does this ring have val­ue, oth­er­wise it will lose its pow­er.

The sec­ond rule, which con­cerns which fin­gers to wear the “Save and Pre­serve” ring, is a dif­fer­ence in Catholic and Ortho­dox reli­gious rit­u­als. Ortho­dox Chris­tians are bap­tized with the right hand. Cor­rect­ly wear this ring on the mid­dle, thumb or index fin­ger of the right hand. This is believed to increase its effect.

On which finger do women and men wear the “Save and Save” ring?

There are both men’s and wom­en’s mod­els of this acces­so­ry. Which side you should wear the “Save and Pre­serve” ring depends on its func­tion.

If it is a charm, then the inscrip­tion must be out­side, a sym­bol of spir­i­tu­al affil­i­a­tion — the phrase must be addressed to the own­er, that is, be inside.

As for whether the ring “Save and Save” can be worn by unmar­ried peo­ple, the cler­gy remind that it is a sym­bol of faith, so mar­i­tal sta­tus is not par­tic­u­lar­ly impor­tant.

If such a ring is cho­sen by the spous­es as an engage­ment ring, then it should be worn on the fin­ger on which it was worn dur­ing the wed­ding.

Men who are mar­ried not only accord­ing to the laws of soci­ety, but also before God, can wear such rings on one hand togeth­er with wed­ding rings. If a per­son is not mar­ried or recent­ly divorced, he should not wear a “Save and Save” ring on the ring fin­ger. This is con­sid­ered a great sin. The same rule applies to those who are not mar­ried.

On which finger is it better to wear the “Save and Save” ring?

The answer to this ques­tion depends on the design of this jew­el­ry and who wears it.

It can be an excel­lent gift for a child who is going to be bap­tized, and for an adult who often encoun­ters trou­bles or obsta­cles on his way.

The mate­r­i­al of the dec­o­ra­tion plays a role in which fin­ger peo­ple wear the “Save and Save” ring. The first reli­gious arti­cles were made from impro­vised means — sim­ple wood or met­al.

Recent­ly, gold has become an increas­ing­ly pop­u­lar and pop­u­lar mate­r­i­al for mak­ing jew­el­ry. But it is rec­om­mend­ed to use sil­ver to make this jew­el­ry all over the world. This met­al not only attracts atten­tion with its beau­ty, but also has spe­cial heal­ing prop­er­ties:

• pro­tects the human body from the influ­ence of the exter­nal envi­ron­ment;

• strength­ens immu­ni­ty;

• has a ben­e­fi­cial effect on the diges­tive sys­tem and res­pi­ra­to­ry organs.

Is it possible to wear two “Save and Save” rings?

Accord­ing to church Ortho­dox canons, only male cler­gy­men are allowed to wear sev­er­al such orna­ments.

Since in the Ortho­dox reli­gion the right side is con­sid­ered to be clos­est to the Lord, it is with the right hand with a ring and a prayer that believ­ers mark them­selves with the sign of the cross.

Wear­ing it on the left hand is allowed to pray for pro­tec­tion from the evil one. It is also allowed to wear this attribute around the neck, but not on a chain that already has a cross or oth­er acces­sories on it. It is prefer­able that it be a sep­a­rate sil­ver chain or a leather cord.

Now you know on which hand the “Save and Save” ring is worn, but do not for­get that:

• like any amulet or tal­is­man, it should be exclu­sive­ly indi­vid­ual;

• it is not rec­om­mend­ed to give it to oth­er peo­ple, let alone sell it;

• if you want to give some­one such a ring as a gift, it should not be yours or some­one else’s, but com­plete­ly new;

• it should not have any dec­o­ra­tions, stones or oth­er inscrip­tions;

• before start­ing to wear it, it is desir­able to con­se­crate it in the church;

• when con­stant­ly wear­ing such a charm, you need to pray every day for the sal­va­tion of your soul and body;

• try to put it on so that the inscrip­tion “Save and Save” is vis­i­ble, with the excep­tion of the inter­nal engrav­ing;

• it is allowed to use these dec­o­ra­tions as wed­ding dec­o­ra­tions only if the cou­ple decid­ed to get mar­ried in the church;

• if the gift­ed ring “Save and save” did not suit you in size, it can be enlarged or reduced by the mas­ter, but after that it must be con­se­crat­ed again.

• if sud­den­ly the “Save and save” ring turned black, it means that it took on prob­lems and dis­eases. There­fore, it must be cleansed and sanc­ti­fied again in the church.

Often women wear two engraved rings on one fin­ger. One — from the engage­ment, the sec­ond — wed­ding rings. There are 2 oppos­ing opin­ions on this mat­ter:

1. when a man pro­pos­es to his beloved, he puts an engage­ment ring on her ring fin­ger. On top of it at the wed­ding cer­e­mo­ny — wed­ding rings. It is believed that two orna­ments will bring the new­ly­weds hap­pi­ness and a strong union. A wife has to wear two acces­sories through­out her life to main­tain a hap­py mar­riage;

2. in some coun­tries, it is believed that after the wed­ding, the bride must take off the jew­el­ry she wore at the engage­ment and put it in a cas­ket. If the cou­ple has a boy, he is giv­en an engage­ment ring with his girl­friend. Wear­ing two prod­ucts is con­sid­ered a bad omen, it can destroy a mar­riage due to male infi­deli­ty.

Which of these state­ments to believe is up to you. The main thing is that the own­er of this ring has good thoughts that tend to mate­ri­al­ize.

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