Six Months at the Liturgy
Half a year at the altar.
A share of every service goes to the priest's parish.
What is done
Your names at every Liturgy our priest serves for six months: for a pregnancy, a deployment, a long illness, a year of studies. Photographs at the start and the end, and the certificate.
As he prepares the bread and wine for the Divine Liturgy, in the part of the service the Church calls the proskomedia, our priest reads each name you give and takes a particle from the bread for it, saying "Remember, O Lord, the servant of God N." After Communion the particles are placed in the chalice with the prayer "Wash away, O Lord, the sins of those commemorated here by Thy precious Blood."
This is the Church's central prayer for the living and the departed, offered at the Liturgy since the first centuries. The names are written as the Church writes them, in two columns: for the health of the living, for the repose of the departed.
What you receive
- The certificate, by email, naming the service and the servants of God prayed for
- A photograph of the list as our priest read it
- A second photograph at the end of the term
Names received by Thursday evening (Eastern) join the coming week's services.
From one service to every week
Forty days is the Church's own measure; every week is how the faithful live.
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.