Explanations for the Orthodox Church Calendar. Church abbreviations Abbreviations of saints in Orthodoxy

Here they are - ordinary church notes.

In notes submitted for commemoration at the liturgy, the names of ONLY those who are BAPTIZED in Orthodox Church!

Notes must be submitted before the start of the liturgy. It is best to submit notes of remembrance in the evening or early in the morning, before the start of the service.

Notes for prayer services can be ordered before the start or in advance.

The funeral service can be ordered on the day of remembrance (without delay), or the evening before.

Names should be written in genitive case , that is, asking ourselves the question: are we praying for the health or repose of whom? Peter, Tamara, Lydia... It is incorrect to write: Tamara, Elena.

Notes should be written legible handwriting, do not make letters smaller. When entering names, remember them from the bottom of your heart with a sincere desire for their good, trying to think about each of those whose names you are entering

Write names not in abbreviation, but in full: not Katya, but Ekaterina, not Masha, but Maria, etc.

All names must be given in church spelling

Do not do it use affectionate replacements for proper names: not Dunya, but Evdokia, not Lelya, but Elena, etc., as well as common variants of Christian names, for example, Egor instead of George, Stepan instead of Stefan, etc. No matter how much we love the baby, no matter how tenderly we feel for him, in notes we need to write the full christian name: Alexander.

Feni– Dear ones, take the trouble to decipher the name of your grandmother-great-grandmother yourself. Whatever you call her - Dunya, or Dusya, or Lyolik - you need to write this name in its full, correct form. Not Feni, butThekla, and maybeAgraphenes. Ask your relatives what your grandmother's real name was.

Before entering unconventional names relatives and friends, let’s figure out what their Christian name is. Thus, the names Rustam and Ruslan are often found in notes. If this person is baptized, he is given a Christian name. Also, there are no names in the calendar such as Lenina, Oktyabrina, Kim, etc.

Ruslana- There is no such name in the calendar. Or maybe this person is not baptized at all? If a person does not Orthodox name Before asking to pray for him at church prayer, you need to find out what his baptismal name is. As a last resort, if we do not know the Christian name of this person, we can write next to it, in parentheses: (baptismal) This will show the priest that the person is an Orthodox Christian.

Oktyabrins– There is no such name in the calendar either, it’s Soviet name. It is necessary to indicate the person's Orthodox name in the notes.

Remembering the priest, mWe never write in notes: o. Vasily, Fr. Petra. Whatfather? Deacon? A priest? Archimandrite?.. We always write san: deacon, hierodeacon, priest, archpriest, hieromonk, abbot, archimandrite, monk (or monk).

The names of saints appear very often in notes. For those who don't know: we do not pray for the repose of people glorified as saints. It is they, being at the Throne of God, who pray for us. Therefore, it is not worth writing in the notes the name of Father John of Kronstadt, as is often done, or the name of St. Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg.

You can't writeBlazh. Maria- What a blessing. Maria? Wordblessed- this is the official title of the saint, glorified by the Church in the ranks of the blessed: Blessed Matrona, Blessed Xenia. If some old woman is called blessed by her admirers, this is only a pious designation for her, but not a title given to her by the Church. That's why There is no need to write all gentle and respectful forms of address in notes. Also, don't writeElder Love, Elder Nikolai. The latter is often written in notes, referring to Archpriest Nikolai Guryanov of blessed memory from the island of Zalita, near Pskov. But in the notes you need to write: prot. Nikolai, not Elder Nikolai.

Dev. Faith – Right now we don't have a title likeVirgin , orVirgo , which was in the Ancient Church. This was the name given to women who devoted their entire lives to serving God without creating a family. This is an ancient prototype of monasticism. But today there is no such rank and church title. And if a woman simply did not manage to get married, then this is all the more no reason to solemnly tell everyone about it.

Daniel, St. Petra – 1) There is no name Danila, there isDaniel. That's what you should write in your notes. 2) Write sacred. Peter, without indicating whether he is a priest or an archpriest, is not a gross mistake. The mistake is that the name of the priest is written before the names of the laity. There is no point in lumping everyone together: metropolitans, priests, and laity.

A child under seven years of age is indicated as an "infant"(for example, Young John) and completely.

A child after 7 to 14 years of age is indicated in the note as a youth(for boys) and the maiden (for girls). For example, neg. Helena, neg. Dimitri.

You cannot submit health notes for an unborn child. The unborn child has not yet received Holy Baptism, and only the names of baptized Orthodox Christians are written in the notes.

Also n You cannot submit notes for the repose of deceased and unbaptized infants. It is only possible to remember with a candle and at home with prayer for unbaptized babies.

The sequence of listing the people remembered in the note: - the names of the clergy are entered first, indicating their rank:
Patriarch...., Metropolitan...., Archbishop....,
bishop ...., protopresbyter ...., archimandrite ....,
archpriest - abbot ...., hieromonk ...., priest ....,
archdeacon...., protodeacon...., hierodeacon....,
deacon ...., subdeacon ...., monk (nun) ....,
novice (novice) ....; reader....;
- followed by the name of your spiritual father - the priest who
instructs you, takes care of the salvation of your soul, prays to the Lord for you;
- then children's names are listed:
baby (infant) .... – a child under 7 years of age;
youth (youth)…. – a child from 7 to 14 years old;
- now the names of all other adult laity are entered:
at first male names, and then female:
your parents;
own name;
names of your family members, loved ones and relatives;
the names of your benefactors;
if you have any, then write down your names
ill-wishers, offenders, envious people and enemies;
- according to pious tradition, after the list of names they usually write the phrase
“All Orthodox Christians”, which says what you want
salvation to all, without exception, Orthodox Christians, names
which you may have forgotten or not known.

As an addition to the name, you can write (in a clear abbreviation):
warrior;
sick - (sick);
traveling - (traveling);
prisoner - (conclusion);
pregnant (not idle) - (not idle).

Additional information you canindicate in notes "On Repose":
newly deceased - deceased within 40 days after
death (usually abbreviated n/a in notes);
ever-memorable (a deceased person who has a memorable date on this day)

usually abbreviated as p/p in notes:
- day of death,
- name day
- and the birthday of the deceased;

warrior.

All read notes are burned in a special place.

Archdeacon- senior deacon in the monastic clergy. The title of archdeacon is given as a reward.
Archbishop- originally a bishop, the head of a large ecclesiastical region uniting several dioceses. Bishops governing dioceses were subordinate to the archbishop. Archbishops are the bishops who govern large dioceses. In the Russian Orthodox Church, the title "archbishop" is honorary and precedes the title "metropolitan".
Bishop- clergyman (Greek senior priest, chief of priests), belonging to the third and highest degree of priesthood.
Archimandrite- monastic rank, given as the highest award to the monastic clergy and corresponds to archpriest and protopresbyter in the white clergy. "Archimandrite" is the head of the most important monasteries or a monastic person holding church administrative positions.

B

Unmercenary- a saint who gave away his property and lived without accepting money.
Bible songs– nine biblical texts that serve as themes for the songs of the canon.
Blagovest – bell ringing, by which believers are notified of the beginning of the service - measured strikes of one large bell.
Blessed Prayers- five prayers read by believers after communion. Contained in the prayer book and the following psalter.
Blessing– 1. The exclamation of the priest with which the service begins. 2. Overshadowing sign of the cross believers, performed by a priest.
Blessed are you- troparia dedicated to the Resurrection of Christ.
Blissful- Holy fool.
Dean- a priest appointed by the diocesan bishop to oversee the parish life of the churches of one of the parts of the diocese - the deanery.
Theotokos- troparion addressed to the Most Holy Theotokos.
Liturgical circle- a certain repeating sequence of services or prayers that compose them.

IN

Holy Saturday- Saturday of Holy Week. On this day, the burial of the body of Jesus Christ is remembered.
Lent- the most important of the multi-day fasts, begins seven weeks before Easter and ends on Saturday of Holy Week.
Greatness- a short chant glorifying Jesus Christ, the Mother of God or k.l. saint
Crowns- crowns placed on the bride and groom during the wedding.
Vespers- public worship held in the evening.
Vicars(lat. vicar) a bishop who does not have his own diocese and helps another bishop in the administration.
All-night vigil- public worship performed in the evening on holidays and Sundays.

G

Voice- in Byzantine church singing, one of the eight diatonic modes, which has its own dominant and final tones. In Old Russian singing, voices were transformed into sums of various diatonic voles in the volume of trichords and tetrachords.
Mountain place(high - gloriously high) - a place in the altar between the throne and the eastern wall. On the high place there are pulpits for bishops and priests.

D

Holy gifts- bread and wine, consecrated and transubstantiated into the flesh and blood of Christ during the celebration of the Eucharist.
Deisis(Greek prayer) - a composition of three icons - in the center is an icon of Jesus Christ, on the left is an icon of the Mother of God facing Him, on the right is John the Baptist.
Deisis rank- a multi-icon composition, in the center of which there are three icons of the deisis, and then on both sides there are symmetrically located icons of archangels, apostles and other saints. Part of the iconostasis.
Deacon- (Greek minister) - a clergyman belonging to the first, lower degree of the clergy. Ordination to deacons is carried out by the bishop through ordination.
Clergy- clergy. There is a distinction between white (non-monastic) and black (monastic) clergy.

E

oil– vegetable oil used for anointing, blessing of oil and lithium. The image of oil as a symbol of God's mercy is often found in Holy Scripture.
Diocese- church-administrative unit (Greek region), governed by a bishop. Dioceses are divided into deaneries consisting of several parishes. The boundaries of dioceses usually coincide with the administrative division of the country.
Bishop- a clergyman of the third, highest degree of priesthood, otherwise a bishop.
Penance(Greek punishment) - spiritual and corrective measures imposed by a priest or bishop on a confessor. Penance may consist of fasting, intense prayer, etc.

AND

Rod- staff.

Z

Altarpiece icon– (1) Icon of the “Resurrection of Christ” located on the eastern wall of the altar. (2) Icon of the Mother of God and a cross with a crucifix in the altar near the eastern wall.
Recluse- a monk who performed the feats of his salvation in complete solitude.
Ringing- bell ringing.

AND

Abbot(Greek leader) – the head of the monastery, has the right to carry a staff.
Priest(Greek priest) priest.
Hierodeacon(Greek: Deacon-monk) – deacon-monk.
Hieromonk(Greek: Priest-monk) – priest-monk.
Icon(Greek image, image) - an image of Jesus Christ, the Mother of God, a saint, an evangelical or church-historical event.
Ikos(Greek house) – stanza of a kontakion or akathist.
Enoch(from Slav. other - lonely, different) - the Russian name for a monk, a literal translation from Greek.
Enthronement- a solemn service during which the newly elected patriarch is elevated to the patriarchal chair.
Subdeacon- a clergyman who serves the bishop during divine services.
Confessors- those who suffered persecution but remained alive. The name of the saint of the Orthodox Church depending on the nature of his act.

TO

Censer- a metal vessel in which incense is burned on burning coals.
Canonization(Greek: legitimize) – canonization.
Katseya- an ancient type of censer in the form of a ladle with a long handle.
Kelia(Greek from Latin se11a - room) - a separate living room of a monk in a fraternal building or a separate house of a monk.
Clergy(Greek lot) – clergy and clergy. Each temple has its own clergy.
Liturgical books- books according to which worship is performed: Apostle, Gospel, Irmologion, Menaion, Octoechos, Psalter, Service Book, Breviary, Typikon, Triodion, Book of Hours and Official.
Bell ringing- bell ringing, ringing, ringing and busting.
Kontakion- a genre of church Byzantine hymnography. Kontakia are also called stanzas of the akathist.
Cross- a symbol of salvation and redemption of the human race, a sign of victory over death and hell.
Sign of the Cross– cruciform overshadowing of oneself or someone else.
Procession- a solemn procession around the temple of the clergy and people with icons, crosses, banners, etc.
Kukol(lat. hood) the outer vestment of a monk of the great schema (see schemamonk) in the form of a pointed hood with two long strips of material covering the back and chest; black, with the image of crosses, seraphim and the text of the Trisagion on it.

Engraving from the magazine "Solovetsky Islands". No. 4-5. 1930. Solovki. Circulation - 3 thousand copies.

L

Lavra(Greek: crowded place) - name. some of the most important and large monasteries. In the Russian Orthodox Church the laurels are: Kiev-Pecherskaya; Trinity Sergeev; Alexandro-Nevskaya; Pochaevsko-Uspenskaya.
Incense- aromatic resins sublimated in a censer on burning coals.
Lamp(Greek lamp) - an oil lamp lit in front of the icons, on the throne and the seven-branched candlestick.
Liturgy(Greek: common cause) is the most important of the public services, during which the sacrament of communion is performed. In the Orthodox Church, liturgies of three rites are celebrated: St. John Chrysostom, St. Basil the Great and the Presanctified Gifts.

M

Locally revered- saints revered within one or more dioceses. The name of the saint of the Orthodox Church depending on the nature of his act.
Lay people- part of the church people who take part in prayer in the performance of divine services.
Miter(Greek bandage worn on the head) - part of the liturgical vestments of bishops, archimandrites, as well as priests, who are given the right to wear a miter as an award; headdress of a shape close to spherical.
Metropolitan(Greek metropolitan) - originally a bishop, the head of a metropolis - a large ecclesiastical region uniting several dioceses.
Prayer service- a divine service in which believers thank or ask for something from Jesus Christ, the Mother of God or k.l. saint
Monk(Greek one) – a person who has dedicated himself to God through taking vows. Taking vows is accompanied by cutting one's hair as a sign of service to God.
nuns- all religious women who were imprisoned in the Solovetsky camp for religious reasons from 1920 to 1939.
Relics- the remains of the bodies of saints. The relics of some saints are preserved incorrupt.
Martyrs- saints who accepted death for their Faith (the exception is kings and princes, who in this case are called passion-bearers). The name of the saint of the Orthodox Church depending on the nature of his act.

N

Abbot of the monastery- a clergyman (abbot or archimandrite), appointed by a bishop to manage the monastery subordinate to him.
Abbot- the senior clergyman in administrative power in a monastery or temple.
A week- Old Russian name for resurrection.
New Martyrs- in order not to be confused with those who suffered in ancient times, new martyrs in Russia are those who died for Orthodoxy in the 20th century. The name of the saint of the Orthodox Church depending on the nature of his act.

ABOUT

Mass- the common name for the liturgy.
vestment– clothes of the clergy and monasticism.
Funeral service- a divine service performed at the funeral of a believer by a priest or bishop.

P

Memorial service(Greek all-night vigil) - a service at which the dead are commemorated.
Patriarch- in some Orthodox churches - the title of the head of the local church.
Novice- a person preparing to become a monk and undergoing testing in a monastery.
Staff- a sign of the church authority of the bishop and the administrator of the monastery, archimandrite or abbot.
tonsure- (1) An act performed at certain religious services. (2) Divine services performed upon acceptance of monasticism.
Chalice(Greek chalice) - a sacred vessel in the form of a cup, in which, during the Eucharistic canon, wine and water are consecrated and transformed into the blood of Christ.
Righteous- a saint who, being a layman and living in the world, led a holy and righteous life.
Holidays days of remembrance of saints. Every day of the liturgical year is dedicated to the remembrance of k.l. holiday or memory of a saint.
Venerable Martyr- a monk who accepted torture and death for confessing faith in Jesus Christ.
Reverend- a saint who has reached the heights of monastic activity and is an example of monastic life.
Side chapel– additional altar with a throne.
Coming- the lowest church-administrative unit containing a temple and a community of believers with clergy.
Communion- a sacrament of the Orthodox Church. Otherwise, communion is called the sacrament of the Eucharist.
Prosphora(Greek offering) - liturgical liturgical bread, used for the sacrament of the Eucharist and for commemoration during the proskomedia of the living and the dead.
Protodeacon- senior deacon in the white clergy.
Archpriest- senior priest in the white clergy.

R

Equal to the Apostles- a saint who greatly contributed to the spread of Christianity in any region or country. In Russia, Saint Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir
Sacristy- a separate room in the temple or a place in the altar where vestments and sacred vessels are kept.
Ordination- a divine service during which the sacrament of the priesthood is performed - ordination to the clergy.
Ryasophorus- a monk of the lowest degree of tonsure, preparing to accept the minor schema. A cassock monk is allowed to wear a cassock and kamilavka.

WITH

Saints- holy patriarchs, metropolitans and bishops, righteous saints (priests, reverends, monastics, blessed ones - usually holy fools). The name of the saint of the Orthodox Church depending on the nature of his act.
Skeet- the monks' cells at a distance from the monastery in a more deserted place.

T

Refectory- (Greek table, food) - a building in a monastery in which monastics gather to eat food, i.e. for a meal. The refectory is usually located in a special church.
Troparion- a genre of church hymnography. Initially it was a short chant, a musical and poetic commentary on the liturgical readings of the Old and New Testaments. The melody of the troparia obeys the voices.

U

Matins- public worship. performed in the morning or evening. Matins can be daily, holiday and Easter.

F

Felonne- (1) liturgical vestments of the priest. The Russian phelonion is distinguished by the presence of a raised, rigid shoulder; (2) short or small phelonion - sleeveless clothing, with a slit for the head, covering the body to the waist. Worn only upon initiation into the clergy.

X

Chiton- belonging to the vestments of the monks of the small and great schema - clothes made of coarse fabric, a hair shirt worn under a cassock.
Temple- a building intended for the celebration of liturgy and public prayer, specially designed - having a throne and consecrated by a bishop.

H

Chapel- a small building intended for public prayer - mainly divine services of the daily liturgical circle, incl. hours, where the name comes from. Unlike a temple, the chapel is not designed for the celebration of liturgy and therefore does not have an altar.
Book of Hours- a liturgical book containing the texts of the unchangeable prayers of the daily liturgical circle.
Watch– public worship services held four times a day.

Sh

Six Psalms– six psalms that are read at the beginning of Matins: 3, 37, 62, 87, 102, 142 ps.

E

Exarch- (Greek ruler) - a bishop who rules a large church region - an exarchate, lying outside the country where the patriarchate is located. It includes several dioceses, the bishops and archbishops of which are subordinate to the exarch. The exarch is subordinate to the patriarch or synod. The Russian Orthodox Church has exarchates in Belarus, Europe and America.

YU

Holy Fool- (glor. stupid, crazy) - a person who has taken upon himself the feat of depicting the external, i.e. visible madness in order to achieve inner humility.

In those families where the traditions of Orthodox piety are respected, there is a commemoration book, a special book in which the names of the living and the dead are written and which is presented during the service for remembrance. Memorial books can still be purchased in churches or Orthodox book stores.
A commemoration is a record as a keepsake for posterity about the ancestors who lived on earth, which makes the commemoration a book that is important for every Christian and forces them to treat it with respect. Memorials are kept clean and tidy, near household icons.
Church note, in essence, is a one-time commemoration and requires the same respect

Prayerful remembrance

Orthodox Christians know that prayer in church has an advantage over prayer at home. The Savior said: “Truly I also say to you that if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven, for where two or three are gathered in My name, there I am in the midst.” them" (Matthew 18:19-20). Believers gather in the temple for joint prayer. God Himself mysteriously dwells in the temple. Church prayer has a special power of grace also because it is offered by a priest specially appointed to offer prayers and sacrifices to God for people.

The most common way of asking for God's grace for one's family and friends is through prayerful remembrance. In the old days, pious Orthodox families had a commemoration book - a special book in which the names of living and deceased relatives were recorded. This book was passed down from generation to generation and was kept in the holy corner of the house - by the goddess. Names were remembered using it during home prayer, and it was served for commemoration during services in the temple.

In our time, memorial books, unfortunately, have almost gone out of use; they have been replaced by church notes. A church note, in essence, is a one-time commemoration and requires the same respect.

How is commemoration done using notes?

The priest begins to do this during the proskomedia. Proskomedia is the initial part of the liturgy, during which bread and wine are prepared for the Sacrament of Communion. Proskomedia, symbolizing the birth of Jesus Christ, is performed in the altar secretly for the believers in the church - just as the birth of the Savior took place secretly, unknown to the world.

For the proskomedia, five special prosphoras are used: “lamb” (served actually for communion), “Theotokos”, “nine-day” (in honor of the saints), “about the living” (about the Patriarch, bishops, presbyters and deacons) and “about the departed” ( Patriarchs, creators of churches, bishops, priests).

Particles are taken out of each of these prosphoras and placed on a paten - a round dish on a stand, symbolizing the manger in which the Savior was born.

Then the priest removes the particles from the prosphora served by the believers. At this time, remembrances are read - notes, memorial books, which we submitted to the proskomedia in the candle box (a place at the entrance to the temple intended for the sale of candles and for the registration of requirements). After reading each name indicated in the note, the clergyman takes out a piece of prosphora, saying: “Remember, Lord (the name we wrote is indicated).” These particles, taken out according to our notes, are also placed on the paten along with the particles taken from the liturgical prosphora.

This is the first commemoration of those whose names are written in the notes we submitted, invisible to those praying.

So, the particles taken out according to our notes lie on the paten, next to the particles taken from special liturgical prosphoras. This is great Holy place! The particles lying in this order on the paten symbolize the entire Church of Christ.

The particles taken from the prosphoras we serve are not consecrated into the body of the Lord, they are not given to believers in the Sacrament of Communion. Why are they brought? So that through them the believers, whose names are written in our notes, receive grace, sanctification and remission of sins from the cleansing sacrifice offered on the throne.

A particle taken from our prosphora, reclining near the most pure Body of the Lord, is filled with shrines and spiritual gifts and sends them down to the one in whose name it ascends. At the end of the liturgy, after all the communicants have partaken of the Holy Mysteries, these particles are immersed in the Chalice with the Body and Blood of Christ; at the same time, the priest pronounces the following words: “Wash away (wash away), Lord, the sins here (here) of those remembered by Your Honest Blood.” This is done so that the saints, in their closest union with God, will rejoice in heaven, and the living and the dead, whose names are indicated in the notes, having been washed by the Most Pure Blood of Christ, receive remission of sins and eternal life. Thus, special God's grace is given to the souls of those who are remembered for health and repose.

Registered note

In some churches, in addition to ordinary notes about health and repose, they accept custom notes. A customized mass for health with a prayer differs from a regular commemoration for health in that, in addition to removing a particle from the prosphora (which happens during a regular commemoration), the deacon publicly reads the names of those commemorated at the litany.

The extended (that is, intensified) litany begins at the end of the reading of the Gospel. In two petitions, we strenuously ask the Lord to hear our prayer and have mercy on us: “Lord Almighty, our Father God, pray (that is, pray to You), hear and have mercy. - Have mercy on us, O God...” All those in the temple ask for The Patriarch, about the bishop, about the priestly brotherhood (a parable of the church) and about all “our brethren in Christ,” about the authorities and the army...

During the litany, the deacon pronounces the names of those indicated in the registered note and invokes God’s blessing on them, and the priest reads prayers. The priest then says a prayer before the throne, loudly calling out the names from the notes. But even this is not the end of the commemoration according to the ordered note - after the end of the liturgy, a prayer is offered for them at a prayer service.

The same thing happens at a custom-made mass of repose with a memorial service - and here, after removing the particles with the names of the deceased, the deacon publicly pronounces their names at the litany, then the names are repeated in front of the altar by the clergyman, and then the deceased are remembered at the memorial service, which takes place after the end of the liturgy .

The custom of reading notes with names during a special litany dates back to apostolic times. Then they used diptychs - two tablets made of paper or parchment, folded like the tablets of Moses. On one of them the names of the living were written for reading during the sacred rite, on the other - the names of the deceased.

“At the litany, the newly departed or significant builders of the monastery are remembered more, and then no more than one or two names. But the proskomedia is the most important commemoration, for the parts taken out for the departed are immersed in the blood of Christ and sins are cleansed by this great sacrifice; and when the memory occurs you can submit a note and remember one of your relatives at the litany,” wrote the Monk Macarius of Optina.

Commemoration at the Divine Liturgy (Church Note)

Health is commemorated for those who have Christian names, and repose is remembered only for those baptized in the Orthodox Church.

Notes can be submitted at the liturgy:

For proskomedia - the first part of the liturgy, when for each name indicated in the note, particles are taken from special prosphoras, which are subsequently lowered into the Blood of Christ with a prayer for the forgiveness of sins

Sorokoust is a prayer service that is performed by the Church daily for forty days. Every day during this period, particles are removed from the prosphora. “The Sorokousts,” writes St. Simeon of Thessalonica, “are performed in remembrance of the Ascension of the Lord, which happened on the fortieth day after the resurrection, and with the purpose that he (the deceased), rising from the grave, ascended to meet the Judge, was caught up in the clouds, and so I was always with the Lord."

However, magpies are ordered not only for repose, but also for health, especially for seriously ill people.

– A note about health or repose is a type of general prayer, a desire to help a living or deceased neighbor, a manifestation and development of love. Sincere, diligent, sincere prayer always helps - however, the composition and time of help is determined not by people, but by God. Only He knows what kind of help is most useful at each stage of a person’s earthly life.

How often should memorial notes be submitted?

The prayer of the Church and the Most Holy Sacrifice attract the mercy of the Lord to us, purifying and saving us. We always, both during life and after death, need God's mercy towards us. Therefore, it is necessary to be rewarded with the prayers of the Church and the sacrifice of the Holy Gifts for us or our loved ones, living and deceased, as often as possible, and especially on those days that are of exceptional significance: birthdays, baptism days, name days of both one’s own and members of one’s family. families. Honoring the memory of the saint whose name we bear, we call upon our patron to pray and intercede before God, because, as the Holy Scriptures say, much can intense prayer righteous (James 5:16). It is imperative to submit a note for remembrance on the child’s birthday and baptism. Whether sin attracts us to itself, whether we are possessed by a bad passion, whether the devil tempts us, whether despair or inconsolable sorrow befalls us, trouble, need, illness comes - the prayer of the Church with the offering of the Bloodless Sacrifice serves deliverance, strengthening and consolation.

How to write a note in a temple?

- At the top of the note, draw an eight-pointed cross, then inscribe it - “On health” or “On repose.” Next, in large, legible handwriting, list in the genitive case the full names (usually 10 names) given at Baptism of those people for whom prayers are asked. Names should be written in church form, for example, not Ivan, but John; not Semyon, but Simeon; not Ulyana, but Juliania. Children's names should also be written in full, for example, “Sergius”, not “Seryozha”. The names of the clergy are written first; the rank is indicated before the names, in full or in an understandable abbreviation, for example: “Bishop. Eustathius", "Jerome. Photius", "Priest Alexander". If you want to remember many of your family and friends, you can submit several notes. In the notes “On Repose” the deceased is referred to as “newly deceased” (new) within 40 days after death. There is no need to pray for those whom the Church has glorified as saints (for example, Blessed Xenia), they themselves are already praying for us.

Who can't submit notes for?

– Notes in the church are not submitted for those who are not members of the Orthodox Church: for the unbaptized, heterodox, non-Orthodox, for suicides (if there is no Bishop’s blessing for their funeral service and church commemoration), for convinced atheists and fighters against God, even if they have been baptized.

How does commemoration take place according to notes at the proskomedia?

– During the proskomedia (translated from Greek as “offering”), the preparatory part of the Liturgy, people are remembered whose names are written in the notes on health and repose, and the priest at this time takes out particles from the prosphora and at the end of the Liturgy, after communion of the laity, lowers these particles into the Holy Chalice, in which are the Body and Blood of Christ, with the prayer: “Wash away, O Lord, the sins of those remembered here by Thy Honest Blood, by the prayers of Thy saints.”
On Valaam, such a commemoration is performed by the brethren of the monastery in the temple during the reading of the midnight office. At this time, a proskomedia is performed in the altar.

Until what age is a child, an infant, an adolescent? How to properly reflect this in notes?

– Up to 7 years of age, a child is an infant, from 7 to 14 years of age is an adolescent. This is indicated abbreviated before full name child while writing notes. For example: “ml. Sergius" or "neg. Evgenia."

Is it possible to write “lost”, “embarrassed” in notes?

- It’s not customary to write like that. To the name of the person being commemorated, written in the genitive case, it is allowed to add the words: “baby”, “youth” (for children). In funeral notes, before the name of the deceased, within 40 days after death, the word “newly deceased” is usually added. Sanity is added to the names of clergy and written at the beginning of notes. For prayerful commemoration, it is enough for the priest to know the person’s name given in Baptism.

Is it possible to submit health notes for an unborn child?

- It is forbidden. The unborn child has not yet received holy Baptism, and only the names of baptized Orthodox Christians are written in the notes.

Notes on the health of the expectant mother should be submitted, and the mother herself should visit church more often, confess and receive communion - this will be useful both for her and for the child, who from the moment of conception is already a person with an immortal soul.

What is sorokoust and how to order it?

– Sorokoust is a forty-day commemoration of health or repose during proskomedia. Sorokoust can be ordered in the candle shop of the temple only for baptized Orthodox Christians.

What is annual commemoration?

– In addition to notes on one-day commemorations, churches and monasteries also accept notes on daily commemorations of living and deceased Christians for long periods: for 40 days (Sorokoust), for a year.

Church prayer is the prayer about which the Lord said: “Truly I also say to you that if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven, for where there are two or three are gathered in My name, there I am in the midst of them” (Matthew 18:19-20). Believers gather in the temple for joint prayer. God Himself mysteriously dwells in the temple. The temple is the house of God. In the temple, the priests offer the Most Holy Bloodless Sacrifice.

A church note given “On health” or “On repose” is a relatively recent phenomenon. In those families where the traditions of Orthodox piety are respected, there is a commemoration book, a special book in which the names of the living and the dead are written and which is presented during the service for remembrance. Memorial books can still be purchased in churches or Orthodox book stores. A memorial is a record for posterity about the ancestors who lived on earth, which makes the memorial a book that is important for every Christian and forces them to treat it with respect. Memorials are kept clean and tidy, near household icons. A church note, in essence, is a one-time commemoration and requires the same respect.

It would seem that submitting a note in the temple is simple... Take a piece of paper and write the names. However, many people often have questions at this step. When? But as? How to write correctly? Let's try to answer these questions.

Main — in notes for remembrance, the names of only those who are baptized in the Orthodox Church are written. Notes must be submitted before the start of the Liturgy. It is best to submit notes of remembrance in the evening or early in the morning, before the start of the service. Notes for the prayer service can be ordered before it begins, or in advance. The funeral service can be ordered on the day of remembrance (without delay) or the evening before. Names are supposed to be written legible handwriting in the genitive case, that is, asking ourselves the question: are we praying for the health or repose of whom? Peter, Tamara, Lydia... It is incorrect to write: Tamara, Elena. When entering names, remember them from the bottom of your heart with a sincere desire for their good, trying to think about each of those whose names you are entering. Write names fully: not Katya, but Ekaterina, not Masha, but Maria, etc. All names must be given in church spelling.Not affectionate replacements for proper names should be used: not Dunya, but Evdokia, not Lelya, but Elena, not Feni, but Fekla or Agrafena, etc., as well as common variants of Christian names, for example, Egor instead of George, Stepan instead of Stefan, etc. No matter how much we love the baby, no matter how tenderly we feel for him, we must write his full Christian name in the notes.

Before entering unconventional names relatives and friends, let’s figure out what their Christian name is. Thus, the names Rustam, Oktyabrina, Kim and others are often found in the notes. Rustam- there is no such name in the calendar. Or maybe this person is not baptized at all? If a person has a non-Orthodox name, before asking to pray for him at church prayer, you need to find out what his baptismal name is. As a last resort, if we do not know the Christian name of this person, we can write next to it, in parentheses: (baptismal) This will show the priest that the person is an Orthodox Christian. Oktyabrina- there is no such name in the calendar either, it is a Soviet name. It is necessary to indicate the person's Orthodox name in the notes.

When remembering a priest, we should not write in notes: Fr. Vasily, Fr. Petra. What father? Deacon? A priest? Archimandrite?.. We always write san: deacon, hierodeacon, priest, archpriest, hieromonk, abbot, archimandrite, monk (or monk). The names of saints appear very often in notes. We do not pray for the repose of people who have been glorified as saints. It is they, being at the Throne of God, who pray for us. Therefore, it is not worth writing the names of saints in notes. You can't write Blazh. Maria- What a blessing. Maria? Word blessed- this is the official title of the saint, glorified by the Church in the ranks of the blessed: Blessed Matrona, Blessed Xenia. If some old woman is called blessed by her admirers, this is only a pious designation for her, but not a title given to her by the Church. Therefore, there is no need to write all gentle and respectful forms of address in notes. Also, don't write Elder Maria, Elder Nikolai. A child under seven years of age is indicated as an “infant”(for example, Young John) and completely. A child after 7 to 14 years of age is indicated in the note as a youth(for boys) and otrokovitsa (for girls). For example, neg. Helena, neg. Dimitri. You cannot submit health notes for an unborn child. The unborn child has not yet received Holy Baptism, and only the names of baptized Orthodox Christians are written in the notes. You also cannot submit funeral notes for deceased and unbaptized infants. It is only possible to remember with a candle and at home with prayer for unbaptized babies.

The sequence of listing the people remembered in the note:
— the names of the clergy are entered first, indicating their rank:
Patriarch...., Metropolitan...., Archbishop....,
bishop ...., protopresbyter ...., archimandrite ....,
archpriest - abbot ...., hieromonk ...., priest ....,
archdeacon...., protodeacon...., hierodeacon....,
deacon ...., subdeacon ...., monk (nun) ....,
novice (novice) ....; reader....;
— followed by the name of your spiritual father- a priest who
instructs you, takes care of the salvation of your soul, prays to the Lord for you;
— Then the children's names are listed:
baby (infant) .... – a child under 7 years of age;
youth (youth)…. – a child from 7 to 14 years old;
— now the names of all other adult laypeople are entered:
first male names and then female ones:
your parents;
own name;
names of your family members, loved ones and relatives;
the names of your benefactors;
if you have any, then write down your names
ill-wishers, offenders, envious people and enemies;
- according to pious tradition, after the list of names they usually write the phrase
“All Orthodox Christians”, which says what you want
salvation to all, without exception, Orthodox Christians, names
which you may have forgotten or not known.

As an addition to the name, you can write (in a clear abbreviation):
warrior;
sick - (sick);
traveling - (traveling);
prisoner - (conclusion);
pregnant (not idle) - (not idle).

Additional information that you can include in the “Repose of Repose” notes:

newly deceased - deceased within 40 days after
death (usually abbreviated n/a in notes);
ever-memorable(a deceased person who has a memorable date on this day)

usually abbreviated as p/p in notes:
- day of death,
- name day
- and the birthday of the deceased;

SAMPLE WRITING NOTES.

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