How the Celestium worships, and how ordinary people take part.

Clergy

Dawn Vigil

• Rite to Solarin at sunrise.
• Priests greet the first light with prayer and song.

Dusk Vigil

• Rite to Lunira at dusk.
• Open to mourners, who may name their dead.

Star-Naming

• A new priest keeps a night-long watch.
• At the end, they choose a patron star.
• Later ranks may pledge to a constellation, then to the whole pantheon.

Rites of Favor

• Priests bless harvests, voyages, and weddings.
• Each blessing is offered to a fitting star.

Laity

The Household Shrine

• A small altar with a sun and a moon.
• A star token stands for the family’s patron star.
• Families pray at dawn and dusk.

Offerings

• Grain, candles, and silver coins.
• Left at shrines and temple steps.

Festivals

• Held at the solstices and equinoxes.
• Temples host feasts, processions, and blessings.

Giving to the Church

• Giving is the heart of reciprocity.
• The Order teaches that gifts keep the celestials pleased.
• Gifts may be small or large.

The Tithe of Light

• A yearly gift of one tenth of a household’s harvest or earnings.
• Collected at the local temple after the autumn festival.
• Families who pay receive a tithe seal for their household shrine.

Letters of Indulgence

• Paid for minor sins.
• A priest signs and seals a letter.
• The letter says the sin is forgiven in the eyes of the celestials.
• Higher prices buy grander letters.

Sponsored Candles

• A worshipper pays for a candle lit in their name.
• It burns for a night, a season, or a year.
• The candle is said to carry their prayer to a chosen star.

Relics and Holy Goods

• Temples sell blessed charms, star-tokens, and small relics.
• Buyers keep them at home or use them in rituals.
• Great relics are kept in temple vaults and shown on holy days.

Endowments

• Wealthy patrons pay for chapels, windows, and altars.
• Their names are carved into the work.
• The Order says this earns lasting favor for the family.

See also

• The Order of the Celestium
• The Pantheon