The "Pure Incense of Mount Athos with the old traditional recipe" is the final product of a combination of frankincense, fragrance, and magnesium, without any other additives.
One of the oldest and most significant uses of incense is in worship ceremonies, particularly in Church Services, where the incense is a key element of the ritual and worship.
The offering of incense by the faithful is a command directly from God, according to the Old Testament, many millennia ago. Before the incense is offered, the priest blesses the incense, binding it to God, as the offering is to have as a counter-offering on behalf of God, the "grace of the Holy Spirit."
Each day at Vespers, the phrase "Let my prayer be set forth before You as incense" is chanted as the beginning of the psalmody of the service and is associated with the priest's incensing throughout the church, the faithful, and the icons.
The fathers of the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi produce with personal care, prayer, and a great sense of responsibility, the most humanly perfect incense of exceptional quality, without additives and with fragrances that last until the end of the burning.
