Is it possible to read prayers sitting at home. What is canon? Reculting canon before communion

Asks: Stephen

Moscow, Orthodoxy

Hello father! I have such a question. There are three canons that are read before confession. In different sources, I met that you need to read a prayer canon to the Most Holy Mother of God, and the other revenue. What is right, so that not in sin? And what are the rules for reading canons and prayers at home, whether prayer is allowed, sitting, etc.? Suppose if with a duty of standing you begin to distract more on the standing itself than on prayer ...
I would also like to know whether to use at home prayer, reading canons, akathists, etc. Use the records of prayers in the execution of priests and other, which are now available in many ways, praying mentally repeating at the recording praying in the record?

Replies: Igumen Daniel (Gridchenko)

Stepan! Actually confession of special prayer training does not imply. Special prayer Rule Perfect on the eve of the communion. It is truly usually other than the "follow-up to Holy Communion", it includes three canon - the Savior, the Mother of God, the Guardian Angel. Which canon read is a prayer or repent, is the case of your choice. I think it makes sense to pray for those words that are more important for you today, rather concern the soul, match the mood.

In general, in the choice of the prayer rule, a certain kind of freedom is assumed. It cannot be the same for everyone. Obviously, the time, the strength devoted to the prayer by a monk and a person, burdensome family and work - not the same thing. People entering the church are different from each other by age, native classes, degree of incerevity .... Nevertheless, the Apostolic Commandment - mustrally pray(1Fess. 5:17), refers to all. And whatever inconvenient it seemed to be, in any case, indicates the vector, direction, towards which the spiritual life of every person should be built, considering himself a Christian. God is the Spirit - without prayer, without a living connection with his Creator and the Lord of spiritual life can not be in principle .... No need to dedicated: what is sometimes called it in a secular environment, at best, is the mental arrangements of a well-intended individual ....

You can pray standing, sitting, lying, in the way, waiting, out loud, mentally about yourself .... The main thing is that the prayer is not a mechanical subtraction of texts, but conjured with a sense of reverence. After all, it is not by chance in the Orthodox churches, God is coming ... However, the opinion that it is better sometimes sitting thinking about God, rather than standing about their feet, also has the right to exist .... It is important, therefore, choosing a prayer rule, not to impose the burden of uncommordable. For often the rule taken is not able, ends with leaving any prayer at all .... The case of prayers, as well as a good cause, requires its improvement and graduality, and prudence.

You can talk about prayer a lot. Unfortunately, the format of our communication does not imply it. But there are holy fathers who devoted to the prayer doing their lives, who left the volume of ascetic literature after themselves. To familiarize yourself with it at current times is not so difficult - there would be a desire .... Well, if it is implemented. However, it should warn: a serious attitude to prayer outside the desire to live on the Gospel Commandments, without the struggle with their sinful passions, can be dangerous, lead to a spiritual catastrophe. Be carefull….

The provisions of the Holy Trinity Cathedral of Saratov Igumen Pakhomiy (Bruckov) are responsible for questions dedicated to the personal prayer rule of Christian

Prayer is the free handling of a man's soul to God. How to correlate this freedom to read the rule even when to do this clearly do not want?

Freedom is not permissiveness. The man is so arranged that if he allows himself to be glad, it is very hard to return to the previous condition. In the gortique literature there is a mass of examples when the devotees left their prayer rule for the provision of love to those who came to the brothers. Thus, they are the commandment of love set up their prayer rule above. But it should be remembered that these people have achieved the extraordinary heights of spiritual life, incentively stuck in prayer. When we feel that we do not want to pray, it is a banal temptation, and not a manifestation of freedom.

The rule supports a person in spiritually developed state, it should not depend on the momentary mood. If a person leaves a prayer rule, he very quickly comes into relaxation.

In addition, it should be remembered that when a person communicates with God, between them always seeks to get the enemy of our salvation. And do not allow him to do this is not a restriction of individual freedom.

At what point is the moment you need to read the morning and evening rule?

This is clearly written in any orthodox prayer: "Having gotten from sleep, before any other thing, become a reverent in front of the all-leading God and, by making a sign of the sign, say ...". In addition, the meaning of a prayer tells us that the morning prayers are read at the very beginning of the day, when the mind of a person is not occupied by any thoughts. BUT evening prayers You should read the dream to the coming, after all things. In these prayers, the dream is compared with death, the bed - with the mortal one. And strange, talking about death, go watch TV or communicate with relatives.

Any prayer rule is built on the experience of the church to which we must listen. These rules do not violate human freedom, and help get the most spiritual benefit. Of course, from any rule there may be exceptions based on some unforeseen circumstances.

What else, besides the morning and evening prayers, maybe enter the prayer rule of Mijanin?

The rule of Miiryanina may include sufficiently diverse prayers and chinuse. These can be various canons, akathists, reading the Holy Scriptures or Psaltiri, Poklons, Jesus Prayer. In addition, the rule should include a brief or more detailed reciprocating about the health and rest. In monastery practice, there is a custom to include the reading of the patristic literature. But before you add something to your prayer rule, you need to think well, consult with the priest, assess your strength. After all, the rule is read independently of mood, fatigue, other heart movements. And if a person promised something to God, it is necessary to fulfill. Holy Fathers say: Let the rule be small, but constant. At the same time it is necessary to pray from the bottom of my heart.

Can a person himself, without a blessing to start reading the canons, Akathists to add to the prayer rule?

Of course, maybe. But if he did not just read the prayer for the desire of the heart, but thereby increases its constant prayer rule, it is better to ask the blessing from the confessor. The priest with a look from the outside will appreciate his condition correctly: whether it will be to favor a similar increase. If a Christian confers regularly, follows his inner life, such a change in his rule, one way or another, will affect his spiritual life.

But this is possible when a person has a confessor. If there is no confessor, and he himself decided to add something to his rule, after all it is better to consult on the next confession.

In the days when the service lasts all night, and Christians do not sleep, do you need to read evening and morning prayers?

We do not bind the morning and evening rule to a certain time. However, it would be incorrectly evening prayers to read in the morning, and the morning - in the evening. We should not refer to the rule and read it by anything, ignoring the meaning of prayers. If you are not going to sleep, why ask the blessing of God to sleep? You can replace the morning or evening rule with other prayers or reading the Gospel.

Is it possible to read a prayer rule with a uncoated head at home?

- I think the woman is better to make a prayer rule in the scarf. It brings up humility in it and shows her obedience to the Church. After all, from the Holy Scriptures, we learn that the wife covers his head not for others, but for angels (1 Cor. 11.10). This is a matter of personal piety. Of course, God is still, in the scarf or without it you get up on prayer, but it is important for you.

How do canons read and follow the Holy Communion: On the day before, or can you divide them for a few days?

- It is impossible to approach the execution of the prayer rule formally. His relationship with God man should build himself, based on prayer training, health, free time, the practice of communication with the confessor.

Today there was a tradition when preparing for the communion to read three canon: the Lord, the Virgin and Angel Keeper, Akathist to the Savior or the Virgin, followed by the Holy Communion. I think it is better to read all the rule on the day before the communion. But if hard, you can distribute for three days.

Often friends who ask how to prepare for communion, how to read a psalter? What do they answer us, the laity?

- You need to answer what you know exactly. It is impossible to take responsibility for something strictly necessarily to prescribe to another or say what is not sure. When responding, you need to be guided by the common tradition of church life today's day. If not personal experience, you need to resort to the experience of the Church, the Holy Fathers. And if you asked a question, the answer to which you is unknown, you need to advise to appeal to the priest or stenovation creations.

I read the translation of some prayers into Russian. It turns out, before I put in them a completely different meaning. Do I need to strive for a single understanding, read translations or can you understand prayers as the heart suggests?

Prayers should be understood as they are written. You can draw an analogy with conventional literature. We read the work, we understand it in your own way. But it is always interesting to know what point in this work was invested by the author himself. Also text prayer. In each of them, the author has invested a special meaning. After all, we do not conspirely read, but we appeal to God with a certain past or a gloriousness. You can remember the words of the Apostle Paul about the fact that it is better to say five words on an understandable adverb than a thousand on the incomprehensible (1 Cor. 14, 19). In addition, the authors of most Orthodox prayers are holy devotees, glorified by the Church.

How to treat modern prayers? Is it possible to read everything that write in prayerful, or prefer more ancient?

- I personally touch the words of more ancient canons, the poem. They seem to me deeper and penetrating. But many people like modern akathists for their simplicity.

If the church accepted prayers to relate to them with reverence, respect and try to find benefits for yourself. But understand that some modern prayers in their content are not so high Qualitylike prayers made up by ancient devotees.

When a person writes a prayer for public use, he must understand what responsibility takes. He must have a prayer experience, but at the same time be well educated. All texts that are offered by the modern creators of prayers should be edited, passing a rigorous selection.

What is more important - to read the rule of home or come on time?

- Go to the service. If a person gathered in the temple, then the first place should be public prayer. Although the fathers compared public and homely prayer with two bird wings. Like a bird cannot fly with one wing and a person. If he does not pray at home, but only to go to the temple, then, most likely, prayer will not go to his temple. After all, he does not have the experience of personal bob. If a person prays only at home, but does not go to the temple, it means that he has no understanding of what the church is. And without the church there is no salvation.

What can the layer can replace the home service if necessary?

Today is published a large number of liturgical literature, various prayers. If the layman cannot attend the service, he can read the morning, and evening service, and a deplement.

Is it possible to read the rule sitting?

The Apostle Paul writes: "Everything is permissible to me, but not everything is useful" (1 Cor. 6, 12). Tired or sick - you can sit in the church, when reading the home rule. But it should be understood how you are guided by: pain that prevents praying, or lazy. If an alternative to reading prayer is sitting is its complete absence, of course, it is better to read sitting. If a person is seriously sick, you can even lie. But if he is just tired or his bores lazy, you need to overcome myself and get up. During worship services, the charter regulates when you can stand or sit. For example, the reading of the gospel, the akathists we listen to standing, and while reading a cafe, sealrooms, the teachings sang.

Rules of prayer and prayer words.

Today there is no people in the world who would not know the meaning of the word "prayer". For some, it is just words, but for someone much more is a conversation with God, the opportunity to thank him, ask for help or protection in righteous matters. But do you know how to properly handle the prayer to God and the saints in different places? Today we will talk about it.

How to pray at home, in the church, before the icon, relics, so that God will hear us and helped: Orthodox church rules

Each of us at least once in life prayed to God - maybe it was in the church, and maybe the prayer was a request for help in a difficult situation and was expressed in his own words. Even the most persistent and strong personalities sometimes appeal to God. And so that this appeal was heard, the Orthodox Church Rules should be adhered to, which will be discussed further.

So, the first exciting of all the question: "How to pray at home?". At home can be praying and even need, but there are prescribed church ruleswhich follow:

1. Preparation for prayer:

• Before the prayer should be washed, combing and dressed in clean clothes
• Approach the icon with reverence, not loosening and not waving his hands
• Become directly, relying at the same time on both legs, do not shift, do not knead your hands and legs (stand almost quietly), prayer is allowed on the knees
• Must be mentally and morally tune in to prayer, drive all distracting thoughts, focus only on what you are going to do and for what

• If you do not know by heart the prayer, you can read it from Prayer
• If you have never prayed at home before, just read ours "ours" and you can further ask for some kind of something in your own words
• Read prayer is better out loud and slowly, with awe, missing every word "through" yourself
• If during reading the prayer you distract some sudden thoughts, ideas or desires to do something right at this moment, you should not interrupt the prayer, try to move the thoughts and focus on prayer
• And, of course, before the pronunciation of prayer, after its completion, if necessary, then during its reading - it is necessary to abandon themselves with the procession

1. Completion of the prayer of the house:

• After you pray, you can do absolutely any things - be it cooking, cleaning or receiving guests.
• Usually, the morning and evening prayers are read at home, as well as prayers before and after eating. Prayers are allowed at home and in "emergency situations" when overcoming fear for relatives and close people or there are severe ailments.
• If you have no icons at home, you can pray in front of the window going on the east side or in any place convenient for you, presenting the image to whom the prayer is facing.

Prayer at home or in church

Next no less important question: "How to pray in the church?":

• There are two types of prayers in the church - collective (general) and individual (independent)
• Church (general) prayers are performed simultaneously by groups of familiar and unfamiliar people under the leadership of Batyushka or the priest. He reads a prayer, and all those present attentively listen to her and repeat mentally. It is believed that such prayers are stronger than single - when one is distinguished, the rest will continue the prayer and the disturbed can easily join it, again becoming part of the flow
• Individual (single) prayers make parishioners during the lack of service. In such cases, praying chooses an icon and puts a candle in front of it. Then you should read the "Our Father" and the prayer of the one whose image on the icon. The church is not allowed prayer out loud to the full voice. You can pray only a quiet whisper or mentally.

The church is not allowed:

• Individual prayer loud
• Prayer back to iconostasis
• Prayer sitting (except in cases of extreme fatigue, disability or severe illness, due to which a person cannot stand)

It is worth noting that in prayer in the church, as in the prayer of the house, it is customary to ruin himself with a cross sign before prayer and after it. In addition, when visiting the Church, the cross of the church is committed before entering the church and after leaving it.

Prayer before icon.Before the icon, you can pray both at home and in the church. The main is the rule of appeal - the prayer is pronounced by the Holy, before whose icon you are standing. This rule cannot be broken. If you do not know where the icon you need is located in the church, you can clarify this to the ministers and nuns.

Prayers to relics. In some churches there are relics of saints, they can be attached to them any day through special glass sarcophages, and on large holidays - allowed to apply to the relics themselves. In addition, it is believed that the power of the saints are very important, so they are customary to seek help and in prayers.

It is no secret that to make it to the relics and read completely prayer, few people managed, because, as usual, it creates a huge onset on who is in front of the relics. Therefore, it is customary to do this:

• First, the church is lit with a candle and pray before the saint icon, whose relics want to make
• They are applied to relics, and at the time of the application itself express their request or thanks in a few words. This is done in a whisper or mentally.

The application to relics is considered one of the most ancient rituals in Christianity and carries great importance for truly believers.

What basic prayers need to know and read the Orthodox Christian?

As we have previously mentioned, in prayers a person can ask for help, thank for the help, ask for forgiveness or praise the Lord. It is on this principle (for its intended) and prayers are classified:

• Prayers are laudatory - these are prayers in which people praise God, while not asking for themselves. Such prayers include sall
• Thank you prayer - these are prayers in which people thank God for help in affairs, for protection in important affairs who are singing
• Prayers of petitions are prayers in which people ask for help in the affairs of worldly, asking for protection for themselves and loved ones, asking for soon recovery, etc.
• Prayers are repeated - these are prayers in which people are missing about the deeds, said words

It is believed that each orthodox Christian Must always remember the words 5 prayers:

• "Our Father" - the prayer of the Lord
• "King Heavenly" - the prayer of the Holy Spirit
• "The Mother of God, Delo, Rejoice" - The Prayer of the Mother of God
• "It is worthy" - the prayer of God's Mother

Prayer "Father Our": words

It is believed that Jesus Christ himself read this prayer, and after handed it with his disciples. "OUR FEW" - "universal" prayer - it can be read in all cases. Usually, it is starting home prayers, appeal to God, she is also asked for help and protection.

This is the first prayer that kids should teach. Usually, "Our Father" is familiar from childhood, and almost everyone can reproduce her by heart. Such prayer can be read mentally for its protection in dangerous situations, also read it over sick and little children so that they sleep well.

Prayer "Live in Help": words

One of the strongest prayers is considered "Live in Help". According to legend, King David wrote her, she is very old, and therefore strong. This is a prayer-charm and a prayer assistant. It protects against attacks, wounds, disasters, from unclean strength and its influence. In addition, it is recommended to read the "Lives in Help" to those who go to an important thing - to the long road, for the exam, before moving to a new place.

Live in help

It is believed that if you sew a sheet with the words of this prayer into the belt belt (and it is better to embroider them at the belt), then the person who dressed as such an outfit is waiting for luck.

Prayer "Symbol of Faith": words

Surprisingly, but the prayer "Symbol of Faith" is actually not a prayer. This fact is recognized by the church, but still the "symbol of faith" is always included in the prayer. Why?

Symbol of faith

In essence, this prayer is a meeting of the dogs of the Christian faith. They are surely read on the evening and morning prayeroh, and also sing in the Liturgy faithful. In addition, reading the "Symbol of Faith" Christians once again repeat the truth of their faith.

Prayer for neighbor: words

It often happens that our relatives, close or friends need help. In this case, you can read Jesus prayer for neighbors.

• In addition, if a person is baptized, it is possible to pray for him in a home prayer, praying to the church and put candles about health, to order a health notes about him, in special cases (when a person is very necessary for help) you can order a forty-head for health.
• For baptized relatives, loved ones and friends, it is customary to pray in the morning prayer rule, at its very end.
• Please note: for unresolved people you can not put candles in the church, you can not order notes and forty-health about health. If a naked person needs help, you can pray for him in my home prayer in your own words, without putting a candle.

Prayer for the deceased: words

There are events that are not subject to anyone. One of these events is death. It brings a mountain, sadness and tears in a family, where a person is out of life. All those surrounding grief and sincerely wish the crash to get to heaven. It is in such cases that prayers are used for the deceased. Such prayers can be read:

1. At home
2. In the church:

• Order Panihid
• Submit a note to commemorate on liturgy
• Order Sorokoust about the rest of the soul of the deceased

It is believed that after the death of a person, a terrible court is waiting, where they will ask about all his sins. The deceased himself will not be able to alleviate his suffering and his destiny on a terrible court. But his relatives and relatives can ask for him with prayers, handing out alms, order the forties. All this helps the soul to get to heaven.

IMPORTANT: in no case should you pray, put candles on the rest of the soul and order the forties for a person who committed suicide. Also, this should not be done for unresolved.

Prayer for enemies: words

Each of us has enemies. We want this or not, but there are people who envy us who do not like because of their faith, personal qualities or actions. What to do in such a situation and how to protect yourself from negative impact?

• Right, pick up a prayer for the enemy and read it. Usually this is enough for a person to cool to you and stopped making some negative actions, to speak, etc.
• In prayer, there are sections on this particular question. But there are cases when one home prayer is little

If you know that a person negatively applies to you and constantly creates problems on this basis, then you should go to church.

In the church you need to do the following:

• Pray for the health of his enemy
• Put a candle to him for health
• In difficult cases, you can order this person a fortyst for health (but only if you know exactly what the enemy is baptized)

In addition, each time praying for the enemy, ask the Lord patience for himself to withstand.

Family prayer: words

Believers Christians believe that the family is a continuation of the church. That is why in many families it is customary to pray together.

• In homes where they pray for families, there is a so-called "red angle", where icons are placed. Typically, they choose a room in which everyone will be able to fit for prayer in such a way as to see icons. The icons in turn are placed in the eastern corner of the room. As usual, the prayer reads the father of the family, the rest mentally repeat it
• If there is no such angle in the house, nothing terrible. Family prayer can be pronounced together before eating or after meals

• In family prayer, all family members are involved, except the smallest children. Senior Children are allowed to repeat the words of prayer for the Father
• Family prayers are a very strong faith for a family. In such prayers, you can ask for the whole family or for someone alone. In families, where it is customary to pray together, real Christians grow, who are able to convey their faith to children.
• In addition, there are cases when such prayers helped the patients to recover, and with married couples, whose for a long time It is impossible to grow children, find the happiness of the parent.

Is it possible and how to pray in your own words?

As we previously told, you can pray in our words. But this does not mean that you just went to the church, lit a candle and asked or thanked God for something. Not.

For prayers in your own words, there is also your own rules:

• You can pray in the morning and evening rules between prayers
• Before praying in your own words, you should read "Our Father"
• Prayer in his own words still provides for the godmond
• Only in their own words pray for unresolved and people of another faith (only in cases of extreme necessity)
• In my own words, you can pray in home prayers and in the church, while it is worth adhere to the rules
• It is impossible to pray in your own words, as well as pronounced the usual prayer, and ask for someone

Is it possible to read prayers in modern Russian?

On this account, opinions are diverged. Some priests say that prayers should be read only in the church language, others - that there is no difference. Usually, a person appeals to God on a language understandable for himself, asks for anything that it is clear to him. Therefore, if you did not learn ours "Father" in the church language or contact the saints on your own, language, language, there is nothing terrible. No wonder they say - "God understands every language."

Is it possible to read prayers during menstruation?

In the Middle Ages, girls and women at the time of menstruation visited the church was forbidden. But the origins of this issue have their own story, which confirms the opinion of many - during menstruation to pray and visit the church.

Today, attend the church and pray at home before the icons during menstruation is permitted. But when visiting the church, there are still some limitations:

• During this period, it is impossible to pass
• It is impossible to apply to the relics, icons and a handicraft cross, which gives a priest
• It is forbidden to use prosphods and holy water

In addition, if a girl feels bad in this particular period, from visiting the church is still better refused

Is it possible to read prayers from a computer, phone in electronic form?

Modern technologies are ripening in all spheres of life, and religion is not an exception. You can read prayers from electronic media screens, but not desirable. If you do not have another output - one time you can read from the tablet / telephone / monitor screen. The main thing is not a source of texts in prayer, but a mental mood. But note that read prayers in churches from the phone is not accepted. You can make a remark servants or nuns.

Is it possible to read a prayer for a piece of paper?

• If you pray at home or in the church and still do not quite well know the text of the prayer
• If you are in the church, then the crib should be on pure sheet, You do not have to beat it or mine it. According to generally accepted rules, the prayer from prayer is allowed in the church

Is it possible to read prayers in transport?

Pray in transport you can. It is advisable to do it standing, but if it is not possible to get up (for example, transport full), it is allowed to read prayers sitting.

Is it possible to read a prayer for yourself, whisper?

Prayers loud are read in rare cases, therefore it is quite normal to commit prayer with a whisper or mentally.In addition, on a common (church) prayer, not even accepted. You are listening to the prayer that the father reads, you can mentally repeat words, but in no case out loud. Family prayers are read aloud or independent home prayers when you pray alone.

Is it possible to read prayers after meals?

Orthodox Christians have a good family tradition - Prayers before and after eating.

• Send a prayer after receiving food is permissible only if you pronounced prayer to meals
• In prayer, there are special prayers before and after eating. Their reading is allowed both sitting and standing
• Little kids during prayers lead parents. Before the end of the prayer, food intake is prohibited

The ritual itself can occur in several ways:

• Someone one reads prayer, the rest mentally repeat it
• Everyone together loud read prayer
• Everyone mentally read prayer and suffer

Is it possible to read prayers at home?

You can pray at home in several ways, we considered them higher. According to the rules, it is possible to pray only standing on the legs or knees. In a sitting position, it is allowed to pray at home in several cases:

• Disability or illness that does not allow a person to pray standing. Lying patients are allowed to pray in any position, which is convenient for them
• Extreme degree of fatigue or exhaustion
• Sitting can be prayed at the table before and after eating

Is it possible to read the prayer of the house only in the morning or only in the evening?

Reading the prayer in the morning and in the evening is called morning and evening rules. Pray only in the evening or only in the morning, of course, it is possible, but if possible, it is better to do it in the morning and in the evening. In addition, if you feel the need for prayer, but you have no prayer, read the "Father our" 3 times.

Is it possible to read the prayer of our Muslim?

The Orthodox Church does not encourage such experiments in faith. Most often for this question, the father is responsible "no". But there are such priests who are trying to delve into the essence of the problem - and if the need for reading the prayer "Our Father" comes from the depths of Muslim or Muslims, then in rare cases they give permission to read exactly this prayer.

Is it possible to read the prayer of the detention of pregnant women?

Prayer for detention is considered a very powerful faucet, but at the same time not all the priests are recognized as a prayer. Usually it is read at home before candles.

According to most of the priests, pregnant women should not read this prayer. If pregnant women have a need or they worry about the health of their baby, they are recommended to read special prayers for having a child, about a healthy child and about the preservation of the child Matron Matron.

Is it possible to read a few prayers in a row?

A few prayers in a row are allowed to read in the morning and evening rule, as well as to those people who feel need. If you just make the first steps to God, it is better to turn to him with one prayer in full concentration than a dozen prayer with porridge in the head. Allors also after reading ours' reading to pray in their own words, ask or thank God for protection and help.

Is it possible to read Jesus prayer to the Mijan?

It is impossible to pronounce Jesus prayer to Jesus Prayer. The ban on the words "Lord Jesus Christ, Blue of God, a lot of sin, for the laity, existed for a long time on only one reason - such a prayer turned to the god of the monks, and the worldly people often having heard this appeal in church language did not understand and could not repeat it . So the imaginary ban on this prayer has developed. In fact, every Christian can pronounce this prayer, it heals and cleans the mind. You can repeat it 3 times in a row or a ruling method.

Is it possible to read prayers not before the icon?

It is not possible to pray for an icon. The church does not prohibit pronounced prayers at the table (prayers before and after meals), prayers for protection and intercession in critical situations, prayers for recovery and healing can also be read over patients. After all, in prayer, it is not important to the presence of an icon before praying, the main thing is a mental attitude and a readiness for prayer.

Is it possible to read the prayer for the departed?

Today it is not considered a sin to visit the church of a pregnant woman. It is also not forbidden to order a fortyst about the health of his relatives and loved ones. You can apply notes about the rest of the shower of the deceased relatives.

But in most cases, the Batyushki still do not recommend pregnant to read prayers on the departed. This is especially true for the first 40 days after the death of close relatives. In addition, to order a fortyst about the rest of the familiar or friends pregnant is prohibited.

Is it possible to read a prayer not baptized person?

If a naked man is experiencing a craving for Orthodoxy, he can read orthodox prayers. In addition, the Church will recommend to read the Gospel and think about further baptism.

Is it possible to read prayers without a candle?

The presence of a candle when reading a prayer is desirable and pious, but its presence is not a prerequisite for prayer. Since there are moments of acute necessity in prayer, and there are no candles at hand - prayer is allowed without it.

As you can see, the rules of reading the prayers exist, but in most of them they are faultful. Remember, when pronouncing the prayer, the most important thing is not a place, and not a way, but your mental attitude and sincerity.

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Why is there a mental fatigue? Can the soul be empty?

Why can't? If there are no prayers - it will be empty, and tired. The holy fathers come as follows. The man is tired, there is no strength to pray, he speaks himself: "And maybe your fatigue from demons," stands up and prays. And the person has strength appear. So the Lord arranged. In order for the soul to be not empty and there were forces, we must teach yourself to Jesus prayer - "Lord, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, have mercy with me, sinful (or sinful)."

How to spend the day of Po-God?

In the morning, when we still rest, near our beds are already standing - on the right side of the angel, and with the left demon. They are waiting for whom we will start to serve on this day. And you need to start the day. Waking up, immediately protect yourself with the godfather and jump out from bed, so that Linen remains under the blanket, and we found themselves in the holy corner. Then make three terrestrial bows and turn to the Lord with these words: "Lord, thank you over the past night, bless me for the coming day, bless me and bless this day, and help him to spend it in prayer, in good deeds, and save me from All enemies visible and invisible. " And immediately begin to read the prayer Jesus. Wash and dress up, stand in the holy corner, we will gather with thoughts, focus so that nothing distract us and begin the morning prayer. Cutting them, read the chapter from the Gospel. And immediately, I estimate which kind of good deed can be done today to your neighbor ... It's time to go to work. Here, too, it is necessary to pray: before going out the door, say such words of St. John of Zlatoust: "I deny you, Satan, the pride of your and serving you and I combine you, Christ, in the name of the Father and Son and the Saint Spirit. Amen." Autumn himself with a procession, and coming out of the house, imperceptibly crossing the road. On the way to work, and for any business, you need to read the prayer of Jesus and "the Virgin Delo, rejoice ..." If we are doing household, before cooking food, sprinkle all the products of holy water, and the slab will light a candle that I'll light down from the lamp. Then the food will not be harmful to us, but for the benefit, to strengthen not only bodily, but also soulful forcesEspecially if we prepare, incessantly reading Jesus prayer.

After the morning or evening prayers, there is no sense of grace. Sometimes prayer prevents drowsiness. How to avoid this?

Besames of prayer dislike as soon as a person begins to prayer, attacks drowsiness, absentia. We must try to delve into the words of prayer, and then you will feel it. But the Lord does not always comfort the soul. The most valuable prayer is when a person does not want to pray, and he forces himself ... A small child can not stand and walk. But parents take him, put on the legs, support, and it feels help, it is hard. And how let the parents go, immediately falls and crying. So we, when the Lord - our Heavenly father - supports us with her grace, everyone can, ready to roll and pray well and easily. But as soon as grace leaves us, we immediately fall - you can't walk spiritually. And here you have to accept and say: "Lord, I am nothing without you." And when a person understands it, God's mercy will help him. And we often hope only on ourselves: I am strong, I can stand, I can go ... Here, the Lord and takes away grace, because we fall, suffer and suffer - from our pride, we hope much.

How to become attentive in prayer?

In order for prayer to pass through our attention, you do not need to drag, make an empty; Protarabanil - and calmed down, the prayers postponed. At first, delve into each word; Do not hurry, calmly, smoothly, you need to configure yourself to pray. We begin to gradually enter it, there you can and quickly read, still every word will be in the soul. It is necessary for prayer so that it does not pass by. And then the sound of the air will be filled, and the heart is left blank.

I do not have a prayer of Jesus. What do you advise?

If the prayer does not go, it means that sins interfere. As we can, we must try to read this prayer as often as possible: "Lord, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, have a sinful son! (Or sinful)" and reading last word. In order to constantly read this prayer, you need to conduct a special spiritual life, and most importantly - to gain humility. We must consider yourself worse than all, worse than all the creatures, to endure the urge, insults, do not grow and blame anyone. Then prayer will go. It is necessary to pray in the morning. How about the mill? That in the morning I hose, then all day and will threaten. As soon as you woke up, immediately: "In the name of the father and son and the saint spirit! Lord, thank you for the past night, bless me today. Mother of God, thank you over the past night, bless me today. Lord, strengthened in me Faith, let me grace the Spirit of the Holy Spirit! Let me the death of a Christian, a physical and good answer on the day of the terrible court. My Guardian Angel, thank you for the past night, bless me today, save me from all enemies visible and invisible. Lord Jesus Christ Son of God, hunt me sinning! " This is how immediately read-read. We dress with prayer, wash. Read the morning prayers, again 500 prayer Jesus. This is a charge for the whole day. He gives man energy, strength, expels the soul of darkness and emptiness. A person will no longer walk and somewhat indignant, noise, annoyance. When a person constantly reads the prayer Jesus, the Lord for the works will award, this prayer begins to work in the mind. Man all attention focuses in the words of prayer. But you can only pray only with the penalized feeling. As soon as the thought comes: "I am Saint," know - this is the deceased path, this thought is from the devil.

The confessor said "To begin with, read at least 500 prayers of Jesus." It's like a mill - that in the morning they fell asleep, then she is all day and chalk. But if the confessor said "only 500 prayers", it means that more than 500 read do not need. Why? Because everything is given bye, according to the spiritual level of each person. Otherwise, you can easily go to the charm, and then you will not come to such a saint. In the Trinity-Sergiye Lavra, one elder had a novice. This old man lived in the monastery of 50 years, and the novice only came from the world. And he decided to work. Without the blessing of the elder and the early liturgy, and the late, the rule itself was very appointed and read everything, constantly in prayer stayed. After 2 years, he reached the great "perfection." He was already "Angels" to appear (only horns and their tails were covered by). He seduced by this, came to the old man and says: "You lived here 50 years old and did not learn to pray, but I have reached height in two years - I already have angels. I'm all in grace .. So you are not a place on Earth. , I'll blow you. " Well, the elder managed to knock on the neighboring Kelia; Another monk came, this "holy" tied. And the next morning was sent to the barn, and allowed only once a month on the liturgy to be: it was forbidden to pray (until she was going on) ... In Russia, we are very loved by prayer books, devotees, but the true devotees will never set themselves. Holiness is measured by no prayers, not the feats, but humility, obedience. Only he reached something who considers himself a sinner of all, worse than any livestock.

How to learn purely, to pray to pray?

We must start in the morning. Holy Fathers advise that it is good to pray before eating food. But as soon as the food tasted, immediately it becomes hard to pray. If a person is absentful prays, it means that he prays little and infrequently. The same, who is constantly in prayer, has a living, unprofitable prayer.

Prayer loves a clean life, without gazing souls. Here, for example, we have a phone in the apartment. Kids Shalily and cut the wire with scissors. No matter how much the numbers do not come around, I will not call anywhere. It is necessary to reunite the wires, restore the interrupted connection. Similarly, if we want to turn to God and be heard, we must establish our connection with him - repent of sins, clear the conscience. Unrecognized sins, like a deaf wall, through them prayer does not reach God.

I shared with a woman close to me, telling that you gave me a Virgin rule. But I do not fulfill him. Camel rule also do not always. What should I do?

When you give a separate rule, do not talk about it anyone. Demons will hear and necessarily kidnap your feats. I know hundreds of people who had prayer, from morning to evening they read Jesus prayer, akathists, canons - the whole soul bliss. As soon as they shared with someone - they boasted a prayer, everything disappeared. And neither prayer, nor bows they have.

I often distract me during prayer or business. What to do - continue to pray or pay attention to the coming?

Well, since we have in the first place the commandment of God's love to neighbor, it means that we must all postpone and pay attention to the guest. One holy old man prayed in his cheels and saw the window that brother was going to him. So the old man is not to show that he is a prayer room, lay down in the bed and lies. That near the door read prayer: "Our Prayers of our Father, Lord Jesus Christ God, have mercy with us." And the old man from the bed says: "Amen". Brother came to him, he accepted him with love, treating it - that is, the love showed him. And this is the most important thing!

Often it happens in our life: We read evening prayers, and suddenly the call (by phone or on the door). How do we be? Of course, we must immediately respond to the call, leaving prayer. I found out everything with a person and again continue the prayer from the place where they finished. True, we have such visitors who come not about God to talk, not about the salvation of the soul, but to populate, and someone to condemn. And we must know such friends; When they come to us, to offer them to read together prepared in advance for such an occasion, or the Gospel, or the Standard of Holy. Tell them: "My joy, let's pray, read the akathist." If they are S. sincere feeling Friendship come to you, they will read. And if not, they will find a thousand reasons, remember immediately about urgent matters and run away. If you agree to chat with them, then the "unmamilized husband of the house", and the "unobed apartment" is not a hindrance of your girlfriend ... somehow in Siberia saw an interesting scene. One with the watering lot goes, on the rocker two buckets, the second - from the store, in the hands of full bags. They met and led the conversation between them ... And I watch them. Their conversation is about the following: "Well, how is your Snow? And son?" And the gossip begins. Poor those women! One shifts the rocker from the shoulder on the shoulder, another hand bag is pulling. And just needed a pair of words to spread ... moreover, dirt - do not put bags ... and not two, and ten, and twenty, and thirty minutes. And they do not think about gravity, the most important thing - the news found out, the soul was saturated, the evil spirit was sweetered. And if the church is called, they say: "It is hard for us to stand, my legs hurt, the back of a lomit." And with buckets, nothing hurts with bags! The main language does not hurt! I don't want to pray, but there is a chat and strength, and the language is well suspended: "We will know everything, everyone knows about everything."

The best thing is how I woke up, wash and start the day from the morning prayers. After that, you need to read Jesus Prayer with attention. This is a huge charge for our soul. And with such a "recharging", we will have this prayer in thoughts throughout the day. Many say that when they become on prayer, they are scattered. You can believe, because if in the morning I'll read a little, yes in the evening a little bit - nothing will be in my heart. We will always pray - repentance will live in the heart. After the morning - "Jesus" prayer as a continuation, and after a day - evening prayers as a continuation of the day. And so we will constantly be in prayer to stay and will not scattered. Do not think that it is very difficult, very hard - pray. It is necessary to make an effort, to overpower yourself, ask the Lord, Mother of God and grace will act in us. For us, at any time will be given a desire to pray.

And when the prayer goes into the soul, in the heart, then these people try to remove from everyone, hide in secluded places. They may even climb into the cellar, just only with the Lord to stay, in prayer. Soul melts in Divine Love.

In order to achieve such a spirit of the Spirit, you need to work hard, above your "I".

When you need to pray in your own words, and when on the prayer?

When I wanted to pray, at this time and pray to the Lord; "From excess hearts verb in the mouth" (MF.12.34).

Prayer prayer is especially useful when there is a need for this. Suppose the daughter or son of the mother was lost. Or took the son to jail. There will be no prayer on the prayer. The mother of the believer immediately stands on his knees and from an excess of hearts a thinking to the Lord. There is a prayer from the heart. So God can pray at any place; Wherever we were, God our prayers hear. He knows the secrets of our heart. Even we ourselves do not know what in our heart. And God is the Creator, he knows everything. So you can pray in transport, anywhere, in any society. So Christ says: "You are praying, enter your room (i.e., inside yourself) and, damaging your door, the Father's father, who is secret, and your father, who seems secret, will reward you clearly" (MF. 6,6). When we do good when we give alms, then you should do so that no one knows about it. Christ says: "When you do alms, let left hand Your one does not know what the right thing is that the gracious of yours is secret "(MF.6.3-4). That is, it's not literally how grandparents are served only with his right hand. And if a person has no right hand? And if there is no one Hands? Good can be created without hands. The main thing is that no one has seen. secretly need to do. Everything is boastful, proud, proud atposts do a good thing to get praise, earthly glory from this: "What a good, What kind of good! He helps everyone, gives everything. "

I often wake up at night, always at the same time. Does this mean anything?

If we woke up at night, then it is possible to pray. Pray - again go to bed. But, if it happens often, you need to take a blessing from the confessor.

Somehow I talked with one person. He says:

Father Ambrose, tell me, did you ever see the sidelines?

Demons - perfume, they can not be seen with simple eyes. But they can materialize, taking the form of an old man, boys, girls, animal, any image can take. An uncoordant man can not understand this. Even believers come across his tricks. Do you want to see? Here, I have one familiar woman in Sergiev Posad, her the confessor gave the rule - to read the psalter per day. It is indispensable to burn candles, not in a hurry to read - will leave 8 hours. In addition, the rule should be subtracted by the canons, akathists, prayer Jesus, and once a day to eat only lean food. When she began to pray (and it was necessary to do this in the continuation of 40 days) with the blessing of the confessor, he warned it: "You will pray - if there are some temptations, then do not pay attention, continue to pray." She took it. At the 20th day of a strict post and almost unceasing prayer (I had to sleep at 3-4 hours), she heard the locked door opened and the steps were heard, heavy - the floor straight cracks. This is the 3rd floor. Someone came up to her from behind and began to breathe around the ear; So deep breathing! At this time, from the head to the legs, it was found by cold and trembling. I wanted to turn, but I remembered the warning and thought: "I will not stay alive." So to the end and vague.

Then I looked - everything is in place: the door is locked, everything is fine. Further, on the 30th day, a new temptation. I read the psaltry and heard how the cats began to meow on the back of the windows, rush, climb into the window. Scraper - and all! And it survived. Someone from the street threw a stone - glasses to smire, stone and fragments on the floor are lying. It is impossible to turn! The cold through the window went, but all until the end read. And when reading, it looks - the window is integer, there is no stone. This is the demonic forces attack a person.

Rev. Siluan Athossky, when prayed, at two o'clock sitting slept. He opened spiritual eyes, and he began to see evil spirits. I saw them in the middle. They are with horns, roars ugly, hoofs on the legs, with tails ...

That person with whom I spoke is very fat - more than 100 kg, loves to eat delicious - and meat eats, and everything is in a row. I say: "Here, you will start to fast and pray, then you will see everything, you will hear everything, you will feel."

How to correctly thank the Lord - in your own words or is there any special prayer?

The Lord needs to thank all his life. There is a gratitude prayer in the prayer, but very valuable to pray in your own words. In one monastery there lived Rev. Veniamin. The Lord painted him the disease - the water. It has become huge sizes, the little finger could wrap only with two hands. For him made a huge armchair. When the brothers came to him, he had shown his joy in every way, said: "Dear brothers, be happy with me. The Lord pardoned me, the Lord forgave me." The Lord gave him such a disease, and he did not rope, did not despair, rejoiced about the forgiveness of sins and the salvation of the soul and thanked the Lord. No matter how many years have lived, the main thing is to remain faithful to God in everything. For five years I carried in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, hard obedience - in the afternoon and night confessed. There were no strength, I could not and I could not stand for 10 minutes - the legs did not hold. And then the Lord bestowed the polyarthritis - 6 months lay, acute pain in the joints. As soon as the inflammation passed, he began to walk around the room with a wand. Then he began to go outside: 100 meters, 200, 500 ... More and more, more, more .... and then, in the evenings, when there are few people, it was 5 kilometers to walk; Left wand. In the spring, the Lord gave - and stopped shrome. Until this day, the Lord stores. He knows that you need. Because - thank the Lord for everything.

It is necessary to pray everywhere and always: both at home and at work, and in transport. If the legs are strong, it is better to pray standing, and if sick, how old people say, it is better to think about God during prayer than about sick legs.

Is it possible to cry during prayer?

Can. Pointed tears are not tears of evil and resentment, they wash our soul from sins. The more we cry, the better. Very valuable during prayer crying. When we pray - we read prayers - and at this time on some words we delayed the mind (they penetrated our soul), you do not need to pass them, accelerate prayer; Return to these words, and read while the soul does not dissolve in feeling and will not start crying. The soul is praying at this time. When the soul is in prayer, yes, with a tearing, next to her, the guardian angel; He prays next to us. Any sincerely believer of a person knows that the Lord hears his prayer. We draw the words of prayer to God, and he grace returns them to our heart, and the heart of the believer feels that the Lord takes his prayer.

When I read prayers, often distracted. Do not need to throw pray?

Not. Read the prayer anyway. Very useful, going out on the street, walk and read the prayer Jesus. It can be read in any position: standing, sitting, lying ... Prayer is a conversation with God. Here, we can be nearly telling everything - and grief, and joy. But the Lord is closer than any neighbor. He knows all our thoughts, mystery of the heart. He hears all our prayers, but sometimes he is slow to fulfill, it means that we ask, not to benefit our soul (or not to favor the neighbor). Any prayer must be finished with the words: "Lord, let's be your will. Not as I want, but like you."

What is the prayer daily rule for Orthodox Miiryanina?

The rule is and it is necessary for all. These are the morning and evening prayers, one chapter from the Gospel, two chapters from the messages, one caffeine, three canon, akathist, 500 prayers of Jesus, 50 bows (and for blessing can be more).

I somehow ask one person:

Do I need to dine and dinner every day?

It is necessary - he answers, - but in addition to this, I can intercept something else, drink a seagull.

And pray? If our body requires food, is it not more than that shower? We are the body of feeding so that the soul keeps the soul and was cleared, sanctified, was dismissed from sin to the Holy Spirit in us. It is necessary that she already connected here with God. And the body is the clothes of the soul, which agitates, dies and crumbles in the dust of the earth. And we are temporary, we pay special attention to this. So about him care! And feed, and we, and we paint, and wear fashion rags, and we give peace - we pay a lot of attention. And for the soul sometimes there is no concern. Are you reading a prayer?

So you can not have breakfast (i.e. dining, Christians never have breakfast). And if you and evening are not going to read, it means you can not dinner. And you can not drink tea.

I will die with hunger!

So your soul dies with the hunger! That's when a person rule does it to make the norm of his life, then he has peace, silence and peace on his soul. The Lord sends grace, and the Mother of God, and the angel of the Lord pray. In addition, Christians are still praying to the saints, they read other akathists, the soul is supplied, satisfied and glad, Mirna, the person saves. But you do not need to read like some, to make an empty. They read, ottarabanili - by air, and did not fall into the soul. A little inclined this - broke out! But he considers himself a big prayer room - "praying" very well. The Apostle Paul says: "It is better to say five words to my mind, so that others write out, rather than the darkness of words in an unfamiliar language" (1 Cor.14,19) Better than five words will be in the soul, rather than the darkness of the words past the soul.

Read the acathists at least every day. He knew one woman (called her pelagias), she read 15 acaldays every day. The Lord gave her a special grace. Some of the Orthodox there are many acafers assembled - and 200, and 500. They are usually every holiday celebrated by the Church, a certain Akathist read. For example, tomorrow the holiday of the Vladimir icon of the Mother of God. People having an akathist for this holiday will read it.

Akathists read well for fresh memory, i.e. In the morning, when the mind is not burdened by the works of everyday life. Very good at all praying from morning to lunch, while the body is not burdened by food. Then there is the opportunity to feel every word from the akathists, canons.

All prayers and acafers are best read out loud. Why? Because words through rumors are in the soul and are better remembered. You can constantly hear: "We cannot learn prayers ..." And they should not be learning - they just need to be constantly, every day to read - in the morning and in the evening, and they are remembered by themselves. If "Our Father" is not remembered, then it is necessary where our dining table is to attach a piece of paper with this prayer.

Many people refer to poor old age memory, and when they are starting to ask them, various household questions ask everyone, everyone remembers. Remember who, when born, in which year, the birthdays are remembered. They know how much that now in the store and on the market - and the prices are constantly changing! Know how much bread, salt, oil. Everyone is perfectly remembered. Ask: "What street do you live on?" - Everyone will say. Very good memory. But I can not remember the prayers. And this is because we have flesh in the first place. And we so care about the flesh, everyone remember that she needs. And we do not care about the soul, so there is a bad memory for everything good. On the bad, we are the masters ...

Holy Fathers say that those who daily read the canons to the Savior, Mother of God, the Angel Keeper, Saints, especially those of the Lord and from all demonic misfortunes, and evil people.

If you come to any boss on the reception, you will see a sign on the door "Hatch of reception with ... to ..." You can contact God at any time. Especially valuable prayer night. When a person prays at night, how the holy fathers say, this prayer is paid for gold. But in order to pray at night, you need to take a blessing from the priest, because there is a danger: a person can be ingrained, which prays at night and fall into the charm, or the demons will especially attack. Through the blessing, the Lord will protect the person.

Sitting or standing? If the legs do not hold, then you can, put on your knees, read. If the knees are tired, you can sit up. Better sitting thinking about God than standing to think about the legs. And yet: prayer without bows is a premature fruit. Fans need to do.

Now many speak of the benefits of the revival of paganism in Russia. Maybe indeed, paganism is not so bad?

In ancient Rome, gladiatorial battles were arranged in the circuses. One hundred thousand people gathered at this sight, filling the benches through numerous entrances for ten minutes. And all threw blood! Easured spectacles! Two gladiator fought. In the struggle, one of them could fall, and then the second put his foot on his chest, he listed over the defeated sword and watched what sign to him by Patricia. If your fingers raise up, then you can leave the opponent to live, if down, it was necessary to deprive his life. Most often demanded death. And the people triumphed, seeing shed blood. Such was the pagan fun.

In our Russia, the forty ago one acrobat was on the cable high under the circus dome. Cutting, she fell. The mesh was stretched below. She did not break, but another thing is important. All the audience as one got up and touched: "Is she alive? Faster a doctor!" What does it say about? The fact that they did not want death, and worried about the gymnast. He was alive by the Spirit of Love in the minds of people.

Otherwise, the younger generation is now raising. On the television screens of militants with murder, blood, pornography, horrors, space wars, aliens - demonic forces ... People from the Small years get used to the scenes of violence. What remains a child? After watching these paintings, he produces weapons and shoots his classmates, who, in turn, mocked him. How many such cases in America! God forbid and we will start this.

Happened and earlier in Moscow committed custom killings. And now the crime scale, mortality from the hands of killers sharply went up. A day kill three - four people. And the Lord said: "Do not kill!" (Exp. 20,13); "... I do not inherit the coming so the kingdoms of God" (Gal. 5,21), "they will all go to the Geen Fire.

I often have to go to prison, confess the prisoners. Confessing and suicide. They are killed in murder: who are in customs, and someone killed in Afghanistan, Chechnya. Killed two hundred seventy, three hundred people. They counted themselves. These are terrible sins! One thing is the war, and another - by order to deprive the person of life, which you did not give him.

When you confess the number of ten murderers and leave prison, then only wait: demons necessarily goats will arrange some trouble.

Each priest knows how angry evil spirits for the fact that he helps people are free from sins. One mother came to Rev. Seraphim Sarov:

Batyushka, Pray: My son died without repentance. He first refused, settled, and then gave way to the request, began to pray. And the woman saw that, praying, he rose above the floor. The elder said:

Mother, your son saved. Go, pray, God thanks.

She left. And before death, the Rev. Seraphim showed his own body to his Clain, from where the demons snapped the piece:

That's how demons for each soul revenge!

Not so easy - pray for the salvation of people.

Orthodox Russia accepted the spirit of Christ, and pagan the West wants to finish it for it, he craves her blood.

Orthodox faith is the most impitory for a person. She obliges to strict life on Earth. And Catholics promise the soul purulent after death where you can repent and escape ...

IN Orthodox church There is no such concept "purgatory". According to the teachings of the Orthodox Church, if a person lived righteously and moved to the otherworldly world, he honors eternal joy, such a person for his good deeds can get reward, living on Earth, in the form of peace, joy, peace of mind.

If a person lived unclean, did not repent and moved to the otherworldly world, he falls into the paws of demons. Before the death, such people are usually dull, desperate, delimited, bladder. Their souls after death, languishing in torment, are waiting for prayers of relatives, prayers of the church. When a strengthened prayer goes for the deceased, the Lord frees their souls from hellish torment.

Church prayer helps and righteous, those who have not yet received all the completeness of grace with earthly life. Fullness of grace and joy are possible only after the terrible court will determine this soul to paradise. On earth all their completeness is impossible. Only elected saints merged here with the Lord so that they were admired by the Spirit in the kingdom of God.

Often Orthodoxy call the "religion of fear": "That will be the second coming, everyone will punish, eternal flour ..." And the Protestants talk about a friend. So will the punishment of unrelated sinners or the love of the Lord covers everything?

Atheists deceived us for a long time, talking about the emergence of religion. They said that people could not explain that or another phenomenon of nature and began to deify her, enter with her in religious contact. It happened, thunder thunder, people hide in the underground, in the basement, sit there, fear. Think that their pagan God was angry and will punish or rushing, or solar eclipse will begin...

This is the fear of the pagan. Christian God is love. And we should be afraid of God. Not because he will punish us, we must be afraid to insult him with their sins. And if we retreated from God and brought you trouble, we do not hurt in the underground from the wrath of God, do not wait when God's wrath passes by. On the contrary, we go to the confession, we appeal to God with a repeated prayer, we ask God for mercy, pray. Christians are not hidden from God, on the contrary, they themselves seek him for resolving from sins. And God gives the hand of help, covers his grace.

And warns the church that the second coming will be, a terrible court is not in order to intimidate. If you go on the way, ahead of the pit and you tell you: "Caution, do not fall, do not cool down," do you not be intimidated? You warn you, help to avoid danger. So the church says: "Do not sin, do not make a neighbor, all this will turn against you themselves."

No need to put God the villain for the fact that he does not take sinners to heaven. In the paradise, the unrearious souls will not live, they will not bear that light and purity, which there is, how can not be taken bright light Sick eyes.

It all depends on ourselves, from our behavior, prayers.

The Lord can change everything according to prayers. One woman came to us from Krasnodar. She was planted her son. There was a consequence. She came to one judge, he tells her: "Chona is eight years old shines." Large some kind of temptation was. She came to me, cried, sobbed: "Patty, pray, what to do? The judge asks five thousand dollars, and I have no such money." I say: "You know, mother, you will pray, the Lord will not leave you! How to call him?" She said his name, we prayed. And in the morning it comes:

Batyushka, I go there now. The question is solved, whether they will be placed, or they will be released.

The Lord put on the heart so to say to her:

You will pray, God will arrange everything.

I prayed all night. After dinner, he returned, says:

Son liberated. Justified him. We figured out and let go. Everything is fine.

This mother had so much joy, so much faith that the Lord heard her. And the son was not to blame, just stunned in business.

The son completely defeated his hands, does not speak, does not listen. He seventeen. How do I pray for him?

It is necessary to read the prayer for 150 times. "Virgin, Delo, Rejoice." Rev. Seraphim Sarovsky said that the one who walks in Diveyev in the groove of the Mother of God and one hundred and fifty times reading the "Virgin Delo, Rejoice," is under the special cover of the Virgin. The holy fathers constantly talked about the worship of the Mother of God, about the prayer appeal to her for help. Mother's prayer of God has great strength. By prayers Blessed Virgin Mary The grace of God will drop into both the mother and the child. Righteous John Kronstadtsky says: "If all the angels, the saints, all people living on Earth will gather together and will pray, the prayer of the Mother of God in force exceeds all their prayers.

I remember one family. It was at a time when we served at the parish. At one mother, Natalia, there were two girls - Lisa and Katya. Lisa is thirteen-fourteen, she was a capricious, self-width. And although he went to church together with her mother, remained very restless. I was surprised at the patience of the mother. Every time in the morning gets up and says daughter:

Lisa, let's pray!

All, Mom, I read prayers!

Quickly read, read slowly!

Mom did not want her, patiently performed all her requests. At this time, the daughter was sleeping unpiringly. Mother suffered. Time passed, the daughter grew, it became calmer. Joint prayer went to her benefit.

You do not need to be afraid of temptations. The Lord will keep this family. Prayer never harmed anyone. It brings only the benefit of our soul. Harms us boasting: "I read the psalrty for the deceased." We praise, and this is a sin.

It is customary to read the psalter from the head of the deceased. The reading of the psalter is very useful for the soul of the man who constantly went to the church and with repentance switched to that world. Holy Fathers say: When we read the psalter over the departed, let's say, for forty days, the sins fly with the deceased soul, like autumn leaves from a tree.

How to pray for living or deceased, is it possible to represent a person at the same time?

The mind must be clean. When we pray, we are God, Mother of God, holy wedliness should not represent: neither their face, no position. The mind must be free from the images. Especially when we pray for a person, you just need to remember that there is such a person. And if images represent, you can damage your mind. Holy Fathers prohibit it.

I'm twenty-four years old. In childhood I laughed at the grandfather, who spoke with himself. Now, when he died, I myself began to talk with myself. The inner voice says to me that if I pray for him, then this vice quietly will leave me. Do I need to pray for him?

Everyone needs to know: if we condemn a person in some vice, I will definitely shift in it. Therefore, it is said by the Lord: "Do not judge and do not judge. What court you judge, so condemn."

For the grandfather it is necessary to pray. Serve for a dinner, memorial notes on the package, remember in the morning and in the evening in home prayers. It will be a huge benefit for his soul and for us.

During home prayer, is it necessary to cover your head with a handkerchief?

"Any wife, praying or prophesy with an open head, cares for his head, for it is the same as if she was around," says Apostle Paul (1 C.11.5). Orthodox Christians are not only in the temple, but at home cover their head with a handkerchief: "The wife should have his own sign of power on her head" (1 Cor. 11.10).

The civil authorities at Easter are organized by additional buses on the cemetery. Is it correct? It seems to me that this day is the main thing to be in the temple and there to remember the deceased.

For the deceased, there is a special day of commemoration - "Radonitsa". It happens on Tuesday for the second week after Easter. On this day, all Orthodox Christians go to congratulate their deceased with the universal holiday of Easter, the Resurrection of Christ. And on the day of Easter, believers should pray in the temple.

The routes organized by the city authorities for those people who do not go to church. Let at least go there, at least so remember the death and the limb of earthly existence.

Can I watch live broadcasts from the services from the temples and pray? Often there is not enough health and forces to be present in the temple, but I want to touch the soul to the Divine ...

The Lord encouraged me to visit the holy place, in the coffin of the Lord. We had a camcorder with you, and we pulled the holy place. Then showed the removed one priest. He saw the coffins of the Lord and says: "Stop this frame." Made the earthly bow and said: "I have never been at the Merry Coffin." And straight kissed the image of the Holy Sepulcher.

Of course, it is impossible to worship the image on the TV, we have icons. The case I told an exception to the rule. The priest entered the simplicity of heartfelt, from a feeling of reverence before the shrine depicted.

On holidays, all Orthodox should strive to be in the temple. And if there is no health, move the strength, look at the broadcast, keep with the Lord with your soul. Let our soul together with the Lord participate in his holiday.

Is it possible to wear a belt "live help"?

One person came to me. I ask him:

What do you know prayers?

Of course, even with you "live help" I wear.

I got the documents, and there he has the 90th Psalm "Live in helping Vysnyago" rewritten. A man says: "I wrote my mother, I gave, I now always wear with me. Can I?" "Of course, it's good that you wear this prayer, but if you don't read it, what's the use of it? It is equivalent to when you wear bread with you, products, but do not eat. You are weaker, you can die. Similarly," Live Aid "is written not to wear them in his pocket or on a belt, but for you to pull out every day, read, pray to the Lord. If you don't pray, you can die ... That's when you, hungry, bread got off , I walked, reinforced my strength and you can easily work in the sweat. So praying, you feed food for the soul and get protection for the body.

Why is there a mental fatigue? Can the soul be empty?

Why can't? If there are no prayers - it will be empty, and tired. The holy fathers come as follows. The man is tired, no strength to pray, he speaks himself: "And maybe your fatigue from demons," stands up and prays. And the person has strength appear. So the Lord arranged. In order for the soul to be not empty and there were forces, it is necessary to teach yourself to Jesus prayer - "Lord, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, have mercy with me, a sinful (or sinful)".

How to spend the day of Po-God?

In the morning, when we still rest, near our beds are already standing - on the right side of the angel, and with the left demon. They are waiting for whom we will start to serve on this day. And you need to start the day. Waking up, immediately protect yourself with the godfather and jump out from bed, so that Linen remains under the blanket, and we found themselves in the holy corner. Then make three terrestrial bows and appeal to the Lord with these words: "Lord, thank you over the past night, ...

Do not think that there is some very high, unattainable for everyday people. Not. It is definitely a high condition, but is achievable for everyone. After all, and everyone sometimes feels a tide of warmth and diligence during prayer, when the soul, from everything, beyond, deeply enters his senses and is warmly fed to God. This is, at times, there is no matter how the victim of the spirit of prayer, it is necessary to bring to a permanent state, and the limit of prayer will be achieved.

The horse can be a skull horse. Remember the things of Oleg, the Roerich horse skirts on the chaps and skull horses at the corners of the houses and at the base of the ancient Russian trees. That is, it is an echo of a pagan ritual. But let me think. And please, both Vishnikovsky options are completely. "Say of the day - on Cha Lo on the Sea Spa. "It is for more than a fee of a holiday. The life of it will be the life of it, the life of the WTO, the WTO of the WTO, and

Do not eat ourselves \u003d) In the temple of the icon and at all on each wall there are a willy-noil whose to some and cost. This should not worry you at all. You are not back during prayer to your icons.

The light does not fall on the icon ... It is also an area of \u200b\u200bwhat is not necessary to think about what to think \u003d) Candle is not needed at all for lighting items -cling church.
If the facial is not visible, in the room dark, since everyone is sleeping, because the light does not turn on - well, what's this? Pray. Prayer is a conversation with God, and God is not a bureaucrat. The main thing is that the heart is burning, not a candle! He is important sincerity of praying, and external only contributes to the right location, but is not obligatory. Previously, there was no icon - and it was good. And now there is, and also good \u003d)

What errors can be? The biggest attack is our magnitude. Words pray, and the mind is far from God. The attention should be ...

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30.09.02 15:33

All messages Dear Vladimir!
Regarding how it is in this case that in this case, "in" or "on" is permissible, since "in" this case denotes the application within the country, and "on" on the country.
For incorrectly understood - sorry. I understood the raised question. as a question of nationalism, and you will be touched upon the question of the so-called. "Passage", when other people's perceived all non-important representatives of the locality, even (which is very often) of one nationality. This problem costs quite acutely and in Ukraine, when in Western Ukraine to arrive from the eastern regions, it is not negligible, and often hostile, and on the contrary - in the east, a resident of Western Ukraine is not perceived.
In relation to Muscovites, such an attitude arose mainly due to psychology of the so-called. "Limits", when a person ...

In the Holy Trinity Cathedral of Pokrovsk (Engels), the first conversation of the bishop of the Pokrovsky and Nikolaev Pakhomy with parishioners took place. Some questions and answers that sounded on it, we present to your attention.

Prayer is the free handling of a man's soul to God. How to correlate this freedom to read the rule even when to do this clearly do not want?

Freedom is not permissiveness. The man is so arranged that if he allows himself to be glad, it is very hard to return to the previous condition. In the gortique literature there is a mass of examples when the devotees left their prayer rule for the provision of love to those who came to the brothers. Thus, they are the commandment of love set up their prayer rule above. But it should be remembered that these people have achieved the extraordinary heights of spiritual life, incentively stuck in prayer. When we feel that we do not want to pray, it is a banal temptation, not a manifestation ...

In the Holy Trinity Cathedral of Pokrovsk (Engels), the first conversation of the bishop of the Pokrovsky and Nikolaev Pakhomy with parishioners took place. Some questions and answers that sounded on it, we present to your attention. - Prayer is the free handling of the human soul to God. How to correlate this freedom to read the rule even when to do this clearly do not want? - Freedom is not permissiveness. The man is so arranged that if he allows himself to be glad, it is very hard to return to the previous condition. In the gortique literature there is a mass of examples when the devotees left their prayer rule for the provision of love to those who came to the brothers. Thus, they are the commandment of love set up their prayer rule above. But it should be remembered that these people have achieved the extraordinary heights of spiritual life, incentively stuck in prayer. When we ...

1301. I know that one of the most familiar priests leads an unworthy lifestyle. Is it worth passing when it serves as a liturgy, or better postpone? The same applies to the sanctification of water and other priesthoods.

St. John Zlatoust indicates that grace is valid through unworthy priests.

1302. Can I imagine the prayer of the Lord, the Saints? Is it possible to excite the desire to see the angels or feel the suffering of Jesus Christ?

Imagine the Lord forbade many holy fathers, in particular, prep. Simeon New theologians and SVT. Feofan Reasanizer. Rev. Simeon New Theologian talks about three images of prayer, and prayer with imagination is not permitted as a prayer for charms.

1303. What is "charm"?

Each person with his weak, sinful nature is more or less susceptible to charms. You thought that I said well, did well, - now and the charm. It was gathered about his dating, abilities, - again charm. Accepted praise ...

Does prayer comes, if you read it coming to the dream lying in bed, at night? And is it necessary to communicate with the Lord through prayer, is it possible to ask the language of communication?

Dear visitor of our site, of course, if you are on the bed without strength, we worked the whole day, worked, studied, cared for children, and your bones are leaving and no opportunity to climb the prayer - then the Lord will not condemn you for prayer sitting or lying. But if the ability to get together, focus, reverently, stand up, stand up with a procession, to put yourself in order - there is, then it is better to do it. Because a person is a spiritual and bodily creature, and not only the soul is consecrated through prayer, but also the body composition.

If I correctly understood the second part of your question, it is definitely the prayers that we read by prayer, you can and good together with prayer in your own words, which naturally we say most often in our native Russian conversational ...

Named Allah gracious, merciful

Praise Allahu - Lord of Worlds, Peace and Blessing of Allah Our Prophet Muhammad, members of his family and all his associates!

Each Muslim and Muslim must make a prayer fully, standing, with its waist and earth bows. And all these provisions are the conditions of prayer, the remaining of what makes it invalid. And there is no disagreement scientists regarding this. See "Sharh Sakhih Al-Bukhari" 3/89, Al-Mufheim 2/342.

However, there are situations and provisions when the prayer can be sitting sitting, walking and even lying. We bring these provisions with the permission of the Most High Allah:

About the performance of prayer sitting or lying due to health

'Imran ibn Husine (may Allah be pleased) told: "I had hemorrhoids, and I asked the Prophet (peace and blessing of Allah) about how to make a prayer. He said: "Make a prayer standing, but if you can not, pray sitting, and if not ...

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Good day. I really need help with advice and instructions. A very difficult situation in the family (huge debt is hanging, more than 1,500,000 rubles), which must be urgently repay. There are very complex questions that I myself do not know how to find answers. Because of this, and not only, the family relationship crumbs (I have a wife and daughter). I can not find a suitable job now (there is, but it's not that). Sometimes they go straight straight, I don't know what to do. Help. I began to pray to Nicholas the Wonderworker, Mother of God, Economic, Spiridon Trimifunsk. Traveled to the Pokrovsky monastery to Matrey. Now I start to read Psalms. Please explain what rules in reading psalms (if a very difficult situation is all the psalms read, or is it necessary for a cafe every day, or better a cafium in the morning, a cafium in the evening?) Psalms read in Russian or better ...

Battyushki response in the weekly "Evening Orenburg" (Vol. 38 from 14 Sep. 2000)
When you do a not prayer rule, then you can pray in any position, and when you make a rule, then it is sinful, and sit without need. If you can, then it is better to read St. Gospel, and if tired or weave, then sitting, with reverence. IN public transport It is better to read the psalter (well rewritten in the notebook).

Hieromona Pimen (Herbins) to the question "Is it possible to pray and donate ourselves with the cross sign lying, sitting and on the go?" Replied extremely briefly: "Need".
(Questions to the priest. "Worship and rites" http://www.pravoslavie.ru/answers/Q_bogosluzh.htm)

In the B-KE forum there is a wonderful collection "Wear of the Spirit of St. Ignatius. Thoughts about spiritual life in modern world"Http://beseda.mscom.ru/library/books/nositeli.html.
There are collections on topics. In the sections: About prayer .. And the name of the Lord .. Prayer - the court of the soul .. if we doubt if the Lord pleases .. the pollos or prayer ... ..

Why not. I personally do not see anything terrible in this. In general, you can read a prayer anywhere and ever (by the way, it helps calm down, especially in our mad world). So read the prayer and in bed too, the main thing is that this sacrament is created from the soul.

you can sick with people, but with the highest forces such numbers do not pass

such a bug as a person, they see through.

It is necessary to have some respect for the highest.

As a person belongs to a high same, he receives and answer.

Heaven is waiting for the spiritual ministry from us, and not requests and especially without lying.

In general, it is possible to pray and when walking, and doing business, and lying in bed.

But if you are healthy and can perplex standing before icons, it is better to strain for such a responsible case than to hope to get in response to our prayers, God's help.

If a person is sick, he can pray and sitting and lying, after after, praying, you need ...

Is it allowed to read Namaz sitting on a chair in a wheelchair? When you can read Namaz sitting on a chair, and when it is impossible? And how to make Namaz sitting? Read is Namaz at home instead of a mosque, if Saddi gets only signs?

In today's selection of fiche issues, we will give the answers of some Islamic scientists of the Hanafi school on certain issues related to the commission of Namaz. This is the reading of namaz in a wheelchair, reading the namaz with pain in the knees, to read the namaz at home or in a mosque with physical constraints, reading the namaz if it is impossible to stand neither to sit, about long-term reading of namaz when mawing during taverch.

These are transfers to the Russian language of Fethu scientists for real issues of people experiencing objective physical difficulties, but still wanting to achieve the content of Allah. The main source is the book "Masail Rifcati Kasymi" edited by Muhammad Rhyft Kasymi