Prayer "Prayers for the health" has recently attracted a lot of controversy, t. To. Some priests believe that such a prayer to the living people do not read.However, an appeal to the historical data indicates that in the Russian Orthodox tradition there are actually two kinds of service with the same name.
Only Russian
One of them had only been developed in Russia.It Prayers, which is made for the dead man for forty days after his death.In this case, it is necessary that the priest or the people close to read the Psalms forty times.Usually this was done on the third, ninth and fortieth day after death.Such prayer has nothing to do with what is the Prayers for the health.What is it can be found by examining the church organization of the past centuries.
Then parishes were divided into districts, each of which was forty churches.Order the required amount of funeral liturgies it could all forty churches in one day, performing the necessary ritual.Thus was formed the funeral prayer for it.
number "forty"
quite differently, believed to appear Prayers for the health.What it is?The service is also associated with the number "forty", which, in turn, is associated with the number of fasting days of Moses, for a period of wandering in the wilderness of the Jews, the Savior's stay in the desert after baptism, training time of the Apostles after the resurrection of Christ.
Prayers for the health of (what it is, everyone should know the believer) - a reference to the service (liturgy) for forty days both living and deceased, mentioned in the notes, t. To. It is believed that "for Hashemall are alive. "On proskomedia per person removed a piece of communion bread, which is then immersed in the Blood of Christ with you words, the cleansing of sins, t. E. For all those for whom they pray, bring a thank offering to God.
How to order a prayer
Today, not everyone knows how to book Prayers for the health.What is it with the "institutional" points of view?The application can be submitted at any time, but in the post liturgies are served less frequently.Note that not every person can be asked by the same prayer, t. To. The liturgy only allowed the baptized person, so proskomidiynye notes can not apply for any name.
Magic or not?
Sometimes there are suggestions that it is better to several churches to petition on Prayers for the health.Reviews have reported that people turn three, five or more places of worship, to remove damage, the evil eye or in bulk trouble or illness.It is not forbidden, but some see in such activities elements of the "magic of the church" when the main element (prayer) is added to the selection or arrangement of the numbers of churches in a particular order (triangle, star and so on.).Priests believe that is enough for the traditional service attribute to the name of the person for whom the note is served, it needs ("aching", "Suffering"), indicating that the request for healing or relief in a difficult situation.
