What are the prayers?
What are the prayers?
In the Christian liturgical practice, prayer servicescall a service in which they address the holy person for the purpose of obtaining a specific petition. There are several types of prayer services, in which the believer can ask the Lord, the Virgin, the saint or the angels.
First of all, prayer services are turned to the Lord,Theotokos, angels or saints. There is also a certain type of prayer, during which the water is consecrated. Such a worship is called a water service.
Prayers to the Lord are of different kinds. The most common are prayers for the sick (they ask for healing for the sick), traveling (blessing on the journey) and thankful (believers thank God for His blessings). Also widespread use in church practice is prayer for any petition in which believers turn with any request to God. Sometimes, before starting an important matter, a Christian orders a moleben, which is called "prayer before the beginning of every good deed." There are several other prayers. For example, before the operation, about assisting in childbirth, in getting rid of drunkenness or drug addiction, blessing in an air or sea voyage. For entrepreneurs, a moleben can be used to help in trade. A special place is occupied by prayers for the multiplication of love and the eradication of hatred and anger. It happens that believers order memorial pleas for peace between spouses.
In the church tradition there are manyprayers before the icons of the Virgin. For example, before the Kazan or Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God. They ask for help in school at the prayer service before the image "Adding the Mind", but for those who suffer from the ailment of drunkenness, they ask for help before the icon "The Inexhaustible Chalice". There are many other icons of the Virgin Mary, to which certain prayers can be served.
Often in Christian practice they turn tomoleben singing to holy people. On the sick praying to the healer Panteleimon, Nicholas the Wonderworker is an assistant in all needs and sorrows, the prayer to Saint Moses Murin helps get rid of drunkenness.
In addition to the holy saints of God, prayer services can be turned to the angelic forces. There are prayers to the higher angels and guardian angels.
With all the diversity of prayer services, it is necessaryto realize that help is given from a particular person, which can be treated in any kind of good needs. And the practice of dealing with a specific request to this or that saint is only a pious tradition.
