Prayer for mothers
The Church has always asked the saints for this. Our priest can ask the Most Holy Mother of God for the ones you name, at a moleben with the akathist, or every week.
What the Church asks of the Most Holy Mother of God
- her intercession before her Son for the salvation of our souls ('Most Holy Theotokos, save us')
- protection under her veil from enemies visible and invisible
- the health and wellbeing of children
- comfort in sorrow and grief
The saints the Church turns to
- the Most Holy Mother of God
- Holy and Righteous Ancestors of God Joachim and Anna
- St Olga of Kwethluk
- the Holy Royal Passion-Bearers
- St Matrona of Moscow
What is done
A moleben is the short service in which the Church asks Christ, the Mother of God or a saint for a stated need. The names of those it is asked for are read in the litany and in the prayer, and when the saint has an akathist, the hymn of twenty-five stanzas, it is read in the service.
Our priest serves a moleben every week with every intention given to him, each with its names and its saint, as parishes always have.
Also for this need
An Akathist read for your names
A hymn of praise, read for your names.
$29
The Weekly Prayer Service
$49 a month or $449 a year
Your names at the Liturgy, and a weekly moleben to the saint you choose for the need you name.
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Our promise
- Every service is performed as described, by our priest, a priest of the Orthodox Church, and logged with your order.
- If our priest cannot serve in a week, your names are read when he next serves and your term or plan is extended by a week; or we refund you in full on request.
- A full refund until the names join a week's list; final once the service is performed.
- No prayer is sold. The fee covers the priest's time, a share to his parish, the lists, the proof and our work; the prayer is the Church's.
A share of every service goes to the priest's parish.
Questions
Is this real?
Yes. Our priest, a priest of the Orthodox Church, reads your names at the Divine Liturgy, serves the molebens and panikhidas, and reads the Psalter himself. Each service is logged, and you receive the certificate and, for molebens, panikhidas and the longer terms, a photograph of the list exactly as he read it. With the video you see it.
What are the proskomedia, a moleben and a panikhida?
The proskomedia is the preparation of the bread and wine before the Divine Liturgy: the priest takes a particle from the bread for each name, praying "Remember, O Lord."
A moleben is a short service of supplication to Christ, the Mother of God or a saint for a stated need, with the names of those it is asked for.
A panikhida is the Church's memorial service for the departed, with their names and the singing of "Memory eternal."
Who can be prayed for?
At the Divine Liturgy and the panikhida the Church commemorates baptized Orthodox Christians; other Christians are prayed for at the moleben and in the reading of the Psalter, as the Church's practice allows. The form asks, and our priest follows the Church's rule: if a name cannot be read at the Liturgy, we tell you and pray for the person at the moleben or in the Psalter instead, for the same term and price.
Which names?
Baptismal first names, up to twelve on one list; no surnames are needed. We show you how the Church writes each name (John is written Ioann) and our priest checks every list.
When are the names read?
Names received by Thursday evening (Eastern) join the coming week's services. The forty days and the longer terms begin that week. Your certificate and photographs arrive by email as each service is served.
Do you tell me the date and the place?
The certificate names the service, the names and the week of your order. We do not publish our priest's schedule or where he serves.
Can I change the names?
Yes, until the names join a week's list, from the link in your email. On a plan, any time from your plan page.
Can I give a service as a gift?
Yes. We send the certificate to them, or to you to give, and we can mail a printed certificate with your message and no prices.
What if a week is missed?
If our priest cannot serve in a week, your names are read when he next serves and your term or plan is extended by a week; or we refund you in full on request.
Can I cancel?
A full refund until the names join a week's list; final once the service is performed.
Why is there a fee?
No prayer is sold. The fee covers the priest's time, a share to his parish, the lists, the proof and our work; the prayer is the Church's.
Can I ask for someone who was not Orthodox, or who took their own life?
The Church's rule keeps the names of the unbaptized, and of those who took their own lives, for the bishop's judgment. What we can offer is the moleben for those who grieve, for the family, and the reading of the Psalter.
Every name you give is prayed for in the way the Church allows, and we tell you how.