First of all, it is important to understand that a prayer request is a desire for joint prayer for our dearest and nearest, and not an automatic transfer of prayer to the hands of priests. Each divine service is filled with prayers that we offer to God who loves us for the people we remember, and these requests cannot be a mere formality.
Commemoration for the Departed takes place at different services and at different times. It can be
Liturgy and
Proskomedia,
Panikhida,
Lithia.
Panikhida in our church , as a rule, is served on special days of remembrance of the departed (on Radonitsa and Parents’ Saturdays), and
Lithia can be performed after the morning or evening service. These services can be viewed in the
Service schedule of our Temple.
The Liturgy is served in our church every morning, so the commemorations for the
Liturgy and
Proskomidia will be read the next morning.
Forty days’ prayers for the departed mean 40 days of reading the names at the Liturgy and during the Proskomidia, when particles are taken out for the living and the dead. A prayer request for the departed contains
baptismal names of Orthodox Christians. You can submit a prayer request online using the form on this website.
What is the difference between a proskomedia and a memorial service and is it possible to order a memorial service online?
Proskomidia and Panikhida take place during two different services, both of which commemorate the dead. Proskomedia precedes the Liturgy, when the particles are taken for the souls of the living and the dead, and then they are lowered into the cup with the Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ. At this time, only members of the Church, that is, Orthodox Christians, are commemorated, since this action makes sense only for those who confess the saving sacrifice of Christ in the Orthodox sense. During the Panikhida and Litiya, we also read prayers for the dead, asking God to forgive their sins and give rest (grant peace) to the souls. Here you can specify all people, regardless of their religion. You can order a memorial service in our church with submitting a prayer request online according to the service schedule.
How to submit a prayer request for the Living?
You can submit a prayer request through this website. In our church we accept prayer requests for Liturgy, Proskomedia and Akathist to St. Nicholas of Japan. It is also possible to order Forty days’ prayers for the living online. Please, remember that for commemoration at the Liturgy, Proskomidia (including Forty days’ prayers) only baptismal names of Orthodox Christians are submitted, since the Liturgy is a concentration of meanings that are close only to a Christian who professes the Orthodox faith.
When submitting a prayer request for the living to the Akathist to St. Nicholas of Japan, in order to understand when it will be read, please check the current service schedule.A prayer request should contain baptismal names of Orthodox Christians.
