It is possible to pray for relatives and friends at home, but if the clergy and parishioners of the church join the prayer, it will be even more useful. This can be done with the help of church notes, which are read by priests and sexton during service.
Instruction manual
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In each temple, at the entrance or near the bench, a table is usually set for writing notes. There are pens, letterheads or just blank sheets. If there are no ready-made forms, you need to fill out the sheet yourself: in the upper part in the center, draw an Orthodox cross, write “On Health” below, and then write the names in legible handwriting. According to the church charter, it is customary to write no more than 10 names.
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Indicate the names in the genitive case and without abbreviations. Leave a small indent on the left for notes: "young.", I.e. baby, "neg.", i.e. youth, "non-celebrated", i.e. pregnant. They write "sick." About a sick person. (sick), about traveling - "travel." (traveling). Sometimes not all family members are listed, but only the heads of the family, for example, Vladimir with relatives. Mom with a child is written like this: "(mother's name) with a child."
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Before you remember someone, you should make sure that the person is baptized, and write the name that he was given at baptism. For example, not Yegor, but George, not Svetlana, but Photini.
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Notes are served in the church shop. Probably, you may be asked which particular note you are submitting: for a proscidium or an ordinary one. Being remembered at the proskomedia is considered to be a special grace, since during this part of the Liturgy the priest for each name takes out particles from the prosphora and then dips them in the Cup with the Blood of Christ. This action symbolizes sanctification and cleansing from sins.
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Simple notes are also read in the altar, but without dipping particles into the Chalice. This usually happens in the second half of the service, when each petition is accompanied by exclamations of the Lord Have Mercy chorus. At this moment, the priest reads notes on health, and everyone present in the church prays for himself and his relatives.
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Some temples accept registered notes. They differ from those given for proskomidia in that they are read not only before the throne and on litanies (prayer petitions), but also during a prayer service. When performing this service, the parishioners ask the Lord, the Mother of God and the saints for the gift of mercy, and also thank God for all the blessings they have sent. Prayer notes can be left on the bench or handed over to one of the ministers before the beginning of the conciliar prayer.
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About seriously ill patients, as well as people in difficult life situations, they file a petition for magpie. The church will commemorate them at each service for forty days. In this case, a special note is not required, the name of the person will be entered in a special notebook on the bench.
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The size of the donation for all types of petitions varies depending on the desire and ability of the Christian. But in order to avoid uncertainty, it became necessary to take a fixed fee. Registered notes and those that are read on proskomid are usually more expensive than simple notes, and magpie can include the cost of several registered notes.
Useful advice
In order not to queue at the table and not to rush when filling out notes, prepare them in advance. You can create a list of names on your computer, and then print a few copies and serve them each time you visit the temple.
- How to file notes in the temple
- How to file funeral notes
