Welcome to the Diaspora
The true aim of our Christian life is the acquisition of the Holy Spirit. As for fasts, and vigils, and prayer, and almsgiving, and every good deed done because of Christ, they are only means of acquiring the Holy Spirit. Of course, every good deed done because of Christ gives us the grace of the Holy Spirit, but prayer gives us it to us most of all, for it is always at hand, so to speak, as an instrument for acquiring the grace of the Spirit. For instance, you would like to go to church, but there is no church or the service is over; you would like to give alms to a beggar, but there isn’t one, or you have nothing to give. You would like to do some other good deed in Christ’s name, but either you have not the strength or the opportunity is lacking. This certainly does not apply to prayer. Prayer is always possible for everyone, rich and poor, noble and humble, strong and weak, healthy and sick, righteous and sinful.
After much study on prayer and an increased call to prayer, I have decided to expand my current Prayer Ministry by soliciting prayer requests here on my website. In order that my prayers be accurate and timely it is necessary that I set some pre-conditions for prayer requests. They are:
- I will pray for the sick for one week.
- I will pray for the departed for one week.
- I will pray the Akathist to the Theotokos Queen of All, "Healer of Cancer" for one week if your loved one suffers from that disease.
- I will pray the Akathist to the Theotokos of the Inexhaustible Cup for one week if your loved one suffers from Alcoholism or other Addiction.
- I will pray the Akathist to the St. Xenia of St. Petersburg for one week if you or your loved one has become unemployed.
- Please include the full name of the person for whom prayers are requested, the nature of the request (see above) and if they are Orthodox Christians or another denomination.
All prayer requests can be renewed for a period of one week simply by making a new e-mail request:
I will send a confirmation e-mail for all requests that you may know I will be praying for your loved one.
Father Seraphim
