High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The first Russian Orthodox Church in Luxembourg was consecrated on 12 July 1982 to the Saints Peter and Paul. The first and still active priest is Sergey Pukh. Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service, usually religious. The word "consecration" literally means "to associate with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different groups. A synonym for consecration is to sanctify. An antonym is desecrate. The word "consecration" is used in the Catholic Church as the setting apart for the service of God of both persons and objects. The ordination of a new bishop is also called a consecration. While the term "episcopal ordination" is now more common, "consecration" was the preferred term in the centuries immediately preceding the Second Vatican Council.

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