How to order a prayer service for health in a church

Believers seek God's help before starting any business. Special prayers are said at important events - weddings, births of children, funerals of loved ones.

But it is also necessary to turn to the Lord before less significant undertakings - a trip, a new school year, doing some work. And in order to have strength and health for all this, there is a special worship service - a prayer for health.

What is a prayer service

They do not pray for health in the church only on the weekdays of Great Lent, during the rest of the time you can order prayers of the appropriate content.

A prayer service is a short worship service, which includes troparia, canons, chapters from the Gospel, prayers, an expression of gratitude to God or requests addressed to Him, the Virgin Mary or saints. Accordingly, the priest spends it in the church so that believers can thank the Lord for the mercy He has shown or ask the Higher powers for health for themselves and loved ones.

Prayer services can also be served for other everyday needs. Since petitions occupy an essential part of worship, in other words it is called a demand, that is, an appeal to God for some kind of need.

Types of requirements

Worship services can be held in different places and for different purposes. Any parishioner can order a trebu, but after the main service, there are general prayer services in the church schedule. They are carried out in different ways and are devoted to different situations, and therefore are divided into types.

At the initiative and venue

If a prayer service is held according to a schedule, during holidays or important events, it is called a church-wide one. In all other cases, worship services are held by order of an individual asking for God's mercy for himself or relatives.

If the first type is traditionally performed in the temple, then, if necessary, you can ask for a custom-made prayer service both at home and in any other convenient place. Most often, worship services held outside the walls of the church, are used to consecrate the following places:

• at home;
• garden and orchard;
• car;
• foundation of a house under construction.

But also general prayers in special cases can take place outside the walls of the temple. For example, before the construction of a church or the installation of its important parts - the cross and bells, they can pass on the site of the future building or in front of the walls of the house of God.

According to the structure of worship

Requirements differ not only in terms of who initiates them, but also in terms of purpose or method of implementation. There are four such types.

In such short services, various prayers and litanies are used, which make up the structure of the entire rite.

For various needs

People order prayers “on demand” for various occasions. On this basis they are divided into the following types:

• about health;
• about travelers;
• in gratitude for the mercy shown by the Lord;
• before starting an important and pious work.

These individual requests of people can be combined into a single worship service.

In special cases, you can ask the priest to read a special prayer for health. What it is, unfortunately, not all parishioners know. But this is a powerful weapon in the fight against all sorts of diseases. During a special prayer, God is addressed with an individual request and they do not pray for a list of people, but tirelessly ask for one particular person. Such fervent prayer can accomplish a real miracle.

During the Liturgy, the priest also reads out lists of names, however, they are not related to a separate requirement, but to mass, magpie or proskomedia.

Order rules

A prayer for health is usually read in a church, which means that it must be ordered there. Usually at the temple or even right in it there is a special kiosk called a candle shop. In addition to candles, you can buy many other items there - prosphora, icons, pectoral crosses, prayer books and even Orthodox fiction.

There you can also order a prayer for health. Sample note with names to remember compiled according to the following rules.

The finished form is transferred to the kiosk or taken to the place where the treba will be served. Since the rules in different parishes and monasteries are different, this point can be clarified with church workers. Sometimes you may not need to write a note yourself, you need to dictate the names of the candlestick, and then she will do everything herself.

To get the maximum benefit for the soul, it is worth defending at the service, where the written names will be read out. But if this is not possible, you can submit a note and leave the temple, asking the Lord for forgiveness for the inability to stay. In any case, a prayer for health will be read about all the people recorded for the prayer service.

Orthodox Jerusalem generally offers to order divine services remotely, via the Internet. In order for the sick to be prayed for in the Holy Land, it is enough to write down the names of those who are commemorated in the genitive case in the form, and make payment according to the details provided on the site. You can order a prayer service not only for the health of living people, but also for the repose of the souls of the dead. But in the latter case, the service will be called a memorial service.

Who to turn to in prayer

The most common in worship services are appeals directly to the Lord. Thanksgiving prayers are served only to Him, since only God can give what is asked for. They turn to the saints to act as mediators between a person and the Lord, to ask Him for a miracle.

Since the saints have earned their high position in heaven by earthly deeds, to them make certain requests. For example:

• the holy princes Gleb and Boris are prayed for the healing of diseased joints;
• the prophet Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth, who were the parents of John the Baptist, are asked to cure infertility;
• Seraphim of Sarov is approached for recovery from mental illness.

But most often, prayers for health are held in front of the icon of the Healer Panteleimon. If they are devoted to other everyday needs, then they usually ask Nicholas the Wonderworker and the Apostle Luke for help to travelers, and John Sochavsky for luck in trading.

However, the Mother of God is famous for her strongest intercession. Pitying all people: both the righteous and sinners, she tirelessly prays to the Son for compassion and help to those who suffer. Believers love the kind and merciful Virgin Mary. Icon painters created many of her images, before each of which a prayer service can be served.

You can ask the Mother of God not only for bodily, that is, physical health, but also for peace of mind, which allows you to feel good and calm. Prayers are performed to famous images of the Virgin on a variety of occasions:

If any of the images is not in the temple, or for some reason it is impossible to order a prayer service for health with a specific disease, there is no need to despair. Divine services can be held absolutely in front of any icon, the main thing is to sincerely ask for help.

Obligatory Prayers

To submit a note on health, it is not necessary to order a private request. You can wait for the divine service held in the church according to the schedule. In addition, there are special days on which Prayers are held on a mandatory basis:

It is unlikely that anyone will succeed in attending all the prayers in a row, but it is necessary to attend some of them. When trouble happens in life, a person has no better helpers than the Heavenly inhabitants. When something good happens - recovery, unexpected success, or just everything is smooth and prosperous in life, you need to sincerely thank the Lord.

Relying on the will of God in everything, you should not forget that you need to make your own efforts to resolve problems. So, prayers for health alone cannot be cured of serious diseases. God sends doctors and hospitals to people, so in no case should medical care be neglected.