How to pray for unbaptized people. Orthodox prayer to the holy martyr

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Not a single priest wanted to bury him - How, a suicide, and even unbaptized? And this one, about which Anna heard, thought and thought and agreed. Nothing, he says that he is not baptized. We will baptize him in absentia and at the same time immediately give him a drink.
Olesya Nikolaeva. "Mene, tekel, fares"

Archpriest Konstantin Bufeev

About hazing service to the martyr Uar

In a report at the diocesan meeting of Moscow in 2003, His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II noted: “Recently, the veneration of the holy martyr Huar has become more widespread. Chapels are built in his honor, icons are painted. From his life it follows that he had a special grace from God to pray for unbaptized dead people. During the time of militant atheism in our country, many people grew up and died unbaptized, and their believing relatives want to pray for their repose. Such private prayer has never been forbidden. But in church prayer, at divine services, we commemorate only the children of the Church who have communed with her through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism.

Some pastors, guided by mercenary considerations, perform a church commemoration of unbaptized people, accepting a lot of notes and donations for such a commemoration and assuring people that such a commemoration is tantamount to the Sacrament of Holy Baptism. People with few churches have the impression that it is not necessary to accept Holy Baptism or to be a member of the Church, it is enough just to pray to the martyr Huar. Such an attitude towards the veneration of the holy martyr Uar is unacceptable and contradicts our church doctrine.

The Primate of the Russian Church rightly pointed out that important canonical violation, which, unfortunately, has recently become a fairly common phenomenon.

However, it is not the life of the holy martyr Uar that gives grounds for those distortions of Orthodox piety that the Patriarch spoke about. No one prays for the pagans, resorting to the help of the prophet Jonah, although the shipbuilders asked him: rise up and pray to your God, for God save us, let us not perish ().

For this anti-canonical practice, unfortunately, there is a textual basis in the latest editions of the liturgical Menaia.

So, on October 19, two services were given to the martyr Huar - the statutory and non-statutory. The first one (pointed to by the Typicon) is composed quite habitually and traditionally. The holy martyr is glorified together with the prophet Joel. The main motive of the divine service can be expressed by the troparion of the canon: give me your prayers us resolution of sins hagiography fix, ware"(Canto 9, p. 469).

The second service - which the Typicon does not mention at all - begins with a rather unconventional and pretentious title: " Another service, vigilant, to the holy martyr Uar, he was already given the grace to pray for the dead Cleopatra's ancestors, who were not able to receive holy Baptism " .

Regarding this name, the following should be noted.

Firstly, it is not just a service in honor of such and such a saint of God, as always happens in the Menaion, but it is stated definite purpose, as it were, the most important task: to glorify Huar exactly how prayer book for the unbaptized "Cleopatra Ancestors".

For comparison, suppose someone wanted to compile a new alternative service "The feast of the Beheading of the honest head of John the Baptist, to whom grace has already been given to heal from a headache"- on the grounds that, they say, the prayer of the Forerunner helps with pain in the head. Or someone would compose a new service "Prelate Nicholas, to him was given the grace of deliverance, to grant the governors an unrighteous death, to accept those who have." Although the Church sings with such words (Akathist, ikos 6th) Myrlikian Wonderworker, this does not give grounds to make this single episode from the life of St. Nicholas decisive in the content and title of the service to the saint. In the same way, the title of the service should not have impoverished the abundance of gifts of the glorious martyr and miracle worker Uar.

Secondly, it should definitely be said that the name of this second, hazing service contains, if not a direct lie, then an unsubstantiated and unfounded statement: there is no evidence that Blessed Cleopatra (Comm. on the same day, October 19) has relatives were unbaptized. It is likely that a pious and zealous Christian wife was raised by believing Christian parents. Life of St. Uara gives no reason to suspect Cleopatra's relatives of unbelief and paganism. It would be necessary to declare this, having at least some facts testifying to their wickedness.

Let's remember what life says. After the martyrdom of Uar, Cleopatra secretly stole his body and, instead of her deceased husband, took "... the relics of Saint Uar, brought them, like some kind of jewel, from Egypt to Palestine and in her village, called Edra, which was located near Tabor, she laid with her ancestors" . After some time, Saint Ouar appeared in a dream to Cleopatra and said: “Or do you think that I did not feel anything when you took my body from a pile of cattle corpses and laid me in your room? Do I not always listen to your prayers and pray to God for you? And first of all, I begged God for your relatives, with whom you laid me in the tomb, so that their sins would be forgiven them.

Thirdly, even if we assume that among Cleopatra's relatives there were people who were not baptized and did not believe in Christ, they, by the Providence of God, ended up in a crypt, consecrated by the grace emanating from the relics of St. Ouar: “The earth is on it, your most patient body, wise, lies, divinely sanctified”(Canon, Song of the 9th statutory service, p. 469). God is all-powerful even to resurrect the dead from touching the relics of His saints, as was the case with the holy prophet Elisey: throwing her husband in the tomb of Eliseov, and in the fall the body of a man is dead, and touched by the bones of Eliseov, and revived, and rose to his feet ().

True, no one has yet come up with the idea of creating a new service “To the prophet Elisha, to him was given the grace to raise the dead to their feet”.

Let us also note that if there were unbaptized relatives in the family crypt, neither Cleopatra herself prayed for their salvation to Christ, nor did she ask the holy martyr Uar for prayers about this. The martyr carried out his intercession before the Lord, standing before the throne of the Almighty, and not at all consulting with those living on sinful earth.

Consider the content of the liturgical text hazing services to the martyr Uar according to the Menaion.

The stichera on "Lord, I have called" of small vespers assert about St. Ouar, as if “whose prayers forgive the dead pagans Lord Christ" . « Unfaithfulness the dead are delivered and from the places of hell are freed by the prayers of Uar the martyr " .

From such a more than dubious thesis follows the following first timid petition: “Accept our pity, martyr, and remember in the darkness and canopy of death the sitting condemned, even relatives from us, and pray to the Lord God to fulfill our petitions for them” .

At the Great Vespers in stichera on "Lord, I have cried," this theme is developed with great boldness: “begged Christ God of all to have mercy on our relatives, Faith and Baptism not reached have mercy on them and save our souls" .

At the end of the stichera, there is a "glorifier" of more than half a page, which contains such "real screams": "Remember... Faith and Baptism of the Holy Orthodox did not reach, but taco in perplexity, as in contradiction, deceived and all-differently fallen, hear, great martyr, real cries, and beg to give forgiveness to those oppressed, and absolution, and deliverance from the sorrowful ” .

The theme of begging for the unbelievers and the unbaptized is intensified in the stichera “on lithium”.

“…Remember our relatives… alienated by heterodoxy dead, infidels and unbaptized, and pray to Christ God to grant them forgiveness and remission " .

« Even for non-Orthodox pleading who have died for many years ... and now pray diligently, martyr, to deliver from the gates of hell and from the sorrows of liberation intransient, like ... the salvific offspring of not accepting and alienating the Orthodox faith, hasten, therefore, to ask them from Christ God for forgiveness and forgiveness, and great mercy " .

In the "slavnik" the stichera "on the verse" again asserts about Cleopatra that "This takes on its own infidels relatives, by the prayers of the glorious martyr, they were delivered from the bitterness of eternal torment. This gives the compiler of the canon the basis for the prayerful invocation: “In the same way, our parents and neighbors, pityingly, bake even faith and baptism of the saint alienated... ask Christ God to cry for their change, and from the darkness of endless merciful deliverance " .

The verse on the 50th psalm contains a petition: “... deliver our infidels relatives and forefathers and all, we pray for them, from fierce and bitter languor" .

In the canon of the service, the theme of prayerful intercession to the martyr Uaru for the unbaptized is intensified by the appeal, never found in other known church texts, with the same petition to the Mother of God Herself to repent of all the unbaptized and heterodox dead without exception.

“Deliver with your warm prayers from fierce torment infidels ours and unbaptized relatives ... and give them deliverance and great mercy "(Bogorodichen sedalen, c. 479) .

“... Intercede relentlessly for mercy to Your merciful Son and Master, hedgehog have mercy and forgive the sin of heterodoxy dead relative of ours"(Canto 9, p. 484).

Not only the Holy Mother of God, but also angelic ranks moving forward to pray for the unbelievers: “Move the face of the holy Powers of Heaven with you to prayer, martyr, and do a miraculous deed ... unfaithfully dead ancestor and hedgehog with them remembered hedgehog to grant them from the Lord forgiveness and great mercy "(Canto 3, p. 478.

The canon offers other saints as allies and helpers to the martyr Uar:

“For thou hast listened to Thy saints, Lord, have mercy on unfaithful dead, even today we bring Ty to prayer, but for the sake of their petitions, generous non-Orthodox deceased» (Canto 8, p. 483). This petition is noteworthy, since it obliges not one martyr Uar, but a whole council of holy saints of God to ask for the salvation of the unbaptized: “The Lamb of God, having redeemed us with His Most Pure Blood, Hearing the prayer of Feklino and the blessed Gregory, Methodius with many and Macarius receiving petition, and joy, and deliverance malevolent having given to the dead, and Chrysostom to pray for these, write up, accept ubo, Vladyka, with these glorious War and prayers them remembered from us, forgive and have mercy "(Canto 8, p. 483).

The Holy Fathers acted in full accordance with the apostolic teaching: What communion with righteousness and lawlessness, or what communion of light with darkness, what agreement of Christ with Belial, or what part will I return with the unfaithful, or what combination of the Church of God with idols? ().

The Metropolitan wrote: “Our prayers can act directly on the souls of the deceased, If only they died in the right faith and with true repentance, i.e. in communion with the Church and with the Lord Jesus: because in this case, despite the apparent distance from us, they continue to belong with us to the same body of Christ. He quotes from Rule 5 of the VII Ecumenical Council: “ There is a sin unto death when some, sinning, remain uncorrected, and ... cruelly rise up for piety and truth ... in such people there is no Lord God, unless they humble themselves and become sober from their fall". In this regard, Vladyka Macarius remarks: “Those who die in mortal sins, in impenitence and out of communion with the Church are not honored with her prayers, according to this apostolic commandment.”

The rulings of the Local Council of Laodicea expressly forbid prayer for living heretics: It is not proper to pray with a heretic or a renegade» (Rule 33). " Should not accept holiday gifts sent from Jews or heretics, below celebrate with them» (Rule 37). The same Council of Laodicea forbids members of the Church to prayerfully commemorate the dead buried in non-Orthodox cemeteries: “ To the cemeteries of all heretics, or to the so-called martyr places among them, may the churchmen not be allowed to go for prayer or for healing. And those who walk, if they are faithful, be deprived of the fellowship of the Church for some time» (Rule 9). In interpreting this Canon, the bishop noted: “This Canon of the Council of Laodicea forbids an Orthodox or, as the text says “ecclesiastical”, anyone belonging to the Church, to visit such heretical places for the sake of prayer and worship, since otherwise he can be suspected of a tendency to of this or that heresy and not be considered Orthodox by conviction.

In light of this, the ancient and ubiquitous tradition of separating Orthodox cemeteries from others - German, Tatar, Jewish, Armenian. After all, the funeral prayer in cemetery churches and chapels is performed, according to the Service Book, about « lying here and everywhere Orthodox» . Per "Here lying Gentiles" The church does not pray.

Likewise, the Church does not pray for suicides. rule Saint Timothy of Alexandria, given in the Book of Rules, forbids the church commemoration of those persons who “he will raise his hands on himself or throw himself down from a height”: “About such an offering is not befitting, for there is a suicide”(Answer 14). Saint Timothy even warns the presbyter that such cases “must certainly test with all diligence, lest it fall under condemnation”.

It is noteworthy that while the Holy Fathers forbid praying for living and dead heretics, they positively resolve the issue of the possibility of church prayer for apostates who, due to weakness and cowardice, could not stand the test during persecution: “either those who suffered in prison and were overcome by hunger and thirst, or outside the prison at the judgment seat, tormented by gouging and beating, and finally overcome by the weakness of the flesh.” "For those- decides saint, - when some, by faith, ask for the offering of prayers and petitions, it is righteous to agree with him.(See: Rulebook, rule 11). This is motivated by the fact that "compassion and condolences to those who weep and lament for those overcome in the feat ... it is not at all harmful to anyone"[Ibid].

Church canonical Rules do not allow the opportunity to pray for heretics and pagans, but declare them anathema and thereby deprive both during life and after death of prayerful communion with the Catholic Apostolic Church.

The only case of liturgical intercession for the unbaptized is prayers and litanies for the catechumens. But this exception only confirms the rule, since the catechumens are precisely those people whom the Church does not consider to be strangers in faith, since they have expressed a conscious desire to become Orthodox Christians and are preparing for holy Baptism. At the same time, the content of the prayers for the catechumens obviously applies only to the living. There are no prayer rites for deceased catechumens.

He wrote: “There should be no doubt that the prayers of St. Churches, saving sacrifice and alms benefit the dead - but only those who before death lived in such a way that after death all this could be useful to them. For for those who have lost faith aided by love, and without communion in the sacraments in vain neighbors do deeds of that piety, which they did not have in themselves when they were here, not accepting or in vain accepting the grace of God and treasure themselves not mercy, but wrath. So, they do not acquire new merit for the dead when they do something good for them known, but only derive consequences from the beginnings they have previously laid down.

In Russian Orthodox Church The Holy Synod for the first time allowed in 1797 Orthodox priests, accompanied in certain cases by the body of the deceased non-Orthodox, to confine themselves only to singing Trisagion. The "Handbook of the clergy" states: " Forbidden burial of infidels according to the rite of the Orthodox Church; but if a non-Christian of the Christian confession dies and “there is no priest or pastor of either the confession to which the deceased belonged, or another, then the priest of the Orthodox confession is obliged to lead the corpse from the place to the cemetery according to the rules indicated in the code of church laws,” according to which the priest should the deceased „“ to escort from the place to the cemetery in robes and stole and lower it into the ground while singing the verse: Holy God"(Decree of the Holy Synod of August 24, 1797)" .

In this regard, the saint remarks: “According to the rules of the Church, it would be fair if the Holy Synod did not allow this. In allowing this, he used indulgence and showed respect to the soul, which bears the seal of baptism in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. There is no right to demand more.”

The handbook also explains the following: Obligation for an Orthodox priest to bury a non-Christian The Christian confession is conditioned by the absence of the spiritual person of other Christian confessions, which the Orthodox priest must be convinced of before he fulfills the request for the burial of a non-Christian (Tserkovny vestnik. 1906, 20).

The Holy Synod, in a ruling dated March 10–15, 1847, decided: 1) at the burial of military officials Roman Catholic, Lutheran and Reformed confessions Orthodox clergy may, by invitation, perform only that, which is said in the decree of the Holy Synod on August 24. 1797 (escort to the cemetery with singing Trisagion. - holy K.B.); 2) Orthodox clergy has no right to sing those who died according to the rank of the Orthodox Church; 3) the body of a deceased non-Christian confession cannot be brought before burial to the Orthodox Church; 4) regimental Orthodox clergy for such ranks cannot perform house requiems and include them in the church commemoration(Case of the Archives of the Holy Synod of 1847, 2513)" .

Such a norm of piety, which forbids the burial of the heterodox, was observed everywhere in all local Orthodox Churches. However, in the middle of the 19th century, this provision was violated.” In 1869, Patriarch Gregory VI of Constantinople established a special rite for the burial of the deceased non-Orthodox, which was also adopted by the Hellenic Synod. This order consists of the Trisagion, the 17th kathisma with the usual refrains, the Apostle, the Gospel and a small dismissal.

In the very acceptance of this rite, it is impossible not to see a departure from the patristic tradition. This innovation was carried out among the Greeks in parallel with the adoption of the new, published in Athens in 1864, the so-called "Typicon of the Great Church of Constantinople", the essence of which was to reform and reduce the statutory worship. The spirit of modernism, which is shaking the foundations of Orthodoxy, urged to compose similar rites in the Russian Orthodox Church. As noted by the archpriest, “just before the revolution, the Petrograd Synodal Printing House printed a special pamphlet in Slavonic font “The service of the deceased non-Orthodox”. This rite is also indicated to be performed instead of a memorial service, with the omission of the prokimen, the Apostle and the Gospel.

This very “offering of rites over the deceased non-Orthodox” appeared in our Church as a manifestation of the revolutionary-democratic and renovationist mentality that captivated the minds of other theologians and clergy at the beginning of the 20th century. His text cannot be justified from the ecclesiastical canonical standpoint. The text of this "Chinese Order" in the Ribbon contains a number of absurdities.

So, for example, at the beginning of the Order it says: "For some reason blessed guilt, it will be fitting for an Orthodox priest to bury the body of the deceased non-Orthodox» . We have already shown above that church canons are no "Blessed Guilt" are not allowed here.

After the usual prayerful beginning, the "Application" cites Psalm 87, which contains, in particular, the following words: The food is to tell who is in the tomb, Your mercy, and Your truth in perdition; food will be known in darkness, your wonders, and your righteousness in the land of oblivion(). If you clarify that the Church Slavonic word food means “is it really”, the Psalm will become a rebuke to those who read it over the non-Orthodox dead.

This is followed by Psalm 119, which sings walking in the law of the Lord(). The saint, in his interpretation of this Psalm, cites the patristic judgment: “Not those blessed who stain themselves with sin in the corruption of the age, but those who blameless in the way, and walk in the law of the Lord.” .

In fairness, it should be noted that in the editions of the Trebnik of the last ten or fifteen years, this "Ordinance" is no longer printed.

From the point of view of the Orthodox traditional attitude to the issue under consideration, the position of the monk Mitrofan, who published the book “The Afterlife” in 1897, should be considered correct. Let's take a few quotes from it.

"Our St. The Church prays for the departed thus: “God give rest, O Lord, to the souls of Thy servants who have reposed in the faith and hope of resurrection. God give rest to all Orthodox Christians.” This is who the Church prays for and with whom she is in inseparable union and communion. Consequently, there is no union and communion with dead non-Christians and non-Orthodox... For a true Christian, except for suicide, no kind of death terminates the union and communion with the living - with the Church ... The saints pray for him, and the living pray for him, as for a living member of a single living body.

“Let us ask if all those who are in hell can be delivered through our prayers? The Church prays for all the dead, but only the dead in true faith will surely be delivered from the torments of hell. The soul, while in the body, is obliged to take care of its future life itself in advance, must deserve to afterlife the intercession of the living could bring her relief and salvation.

“The sins that constitute blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, that is disbelief, bitterness, apostasy, impenitence, and the like, make a man eternally lost, and so dead the intercession of the Church and not alive will not help, because they lived and died out of communion with the Church. yes about those Church already and does not pray» .

Here the author obviously has in mind the words of the Gospel: If he speaks a word against the Son of man, he will be released to him; and whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be released to him either in this age or in the next(). From these words of the Savior, many naturally concluded that, in principle, remission of sins is possible even after the death of the sinner. The Metropolitan notes in this connection: About those who died with blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, or, which is the same, in mortal sin, and unrepentant The church does not pray, and that is why, as the Savior said, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will not be released to a person either in this age or in the next.

Reverend did not allow open commemoration at the liturgy of the departed iconoclast heretics.

Let us cite a number of sayings of the Holy Fathers, in which they, calling for prayer for the dead, did not allow it to be performed by the Church for those who died outside of Church communion - heretics and unbaptized.

: "The whole Church observes this, as given from the Fathers, so that pray for those who died in the communion of the body and blood of Christ when they are remembered in due time at the very sacrifice.

saint: “This is a very charitable and useful thing - to perform with the divine and glorious sacrament commemoration of the dead in the right faith» .

Reverend: “The mystics and self-beholders of the Word, who conquered the circle of the earth, the disciples and divine Apostles of the Savior, not without reason, not in vain and not without benefit, established with terrible, pure and life-giving mysteries to perform commemoration of the faithful dead» .

Saint John Chrysostom: “When all the people and the holy cathedral stand with outstretched hands to heaven, and when a terrible sacrifice is presented: how can we not propitiate God, praying for them (the dead)? But this about those only who died in faith» .

On the commemoration of the non-Orthodox in home prayer

In the words we quoted at the beginning of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy at the Moscow diocesan meeting in 2003, it was noted that only private, domestic prayer is allowed and has always been allowed for the unbaptized, but “at the service we commemorate only the children of the Church who have communed with her through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism” . This division into ecclesiastical and private prayer is essential.

The capital work "On the commemoration of the departed according to the Charter of the Orthodox Church" was compiled by the new martyr, Bishop Kovrov. In the section “Canon to the Martyr Uar on deliverance from torment in the heterodoxy of the dead,” he writes: “ Ancient Russia with all the severity of her attitude towards the dead, she found it possible to pray not only for the conversion of the living to the true faith, but also for deliverance from the torment of the dead in other faith. At the same time, she resorted to the intercession of the holy martyr Huar. In the old canons there is a special canon for this case, completely different from the canon found in the October Menaion under the 19th day.

However, this section, as well as the sections “Prayer for unbaptized and stillborn babies” and “Prayer for suicides”, Vladyka Athanasius places in Chapter IV - “Commemoration of the Dead at home prayer". He rightly writes: At home prayer with the blessing of the spiritual father, even those who cannot be commemorated in church services can be commemorated. “The commemoration of the departed, out of humility and for the obedience of the Holy Church, transferred to our home cell prayer, will be more valuable in the eyes of God and more gratifying for the departed than committed in the temple, but with violation and neglect of the statutes of the Church.”

At the same time, about the statutory public worship, he notes: All funeral services are precisely defined in their composition, and the time when they may or may not be performed is precisely appointed. And no one has the right to transgress these limits established by the Holy Church.

So, in a church assembly headed by a priest or bishop, there is no way to legally pray for the unbaptized (as well as for non-Orthodox and suicides). Let us note that the treatise of Bishop Athanasius deals with both the statutory divine service and the services according to the Trebnik (the service of the funeral service, panikhida). At the same time, in the first three chapters there is no mention of the service to the martyr Uar. It is noteworthy that Vladyka himself writes at the beginning of Chapter IV: “We have touched all various cases when the Holy Church permits or herself calls, sometimes strenuously calls to prayer for the departed. But all the hitherto listed cases of commemoration of the dead are performed with the priest. Thus, the rite of the vigilant hazing service to the martyr Huar, which we have considered, cannot be recognized either by the Orthodox liturgical text or the rite of the Orthodox Treasury.

Many Holy Fathers spoke about the possibility of private commemoration in home prayer of those dead who cannot be commemorated in a church meeting.

Reverend found it possible for such people to commemorate only secretly: “is it only every in your soul prays for such and does alms for them.”

Reverend Elder, not allowing church prayers for those who died outside the Church (suicides, unbaptized, heretics), he bequeathed to pray for them in private like this: “Seek, Lord, the lost soul of my father: if it is possible to eat, have mercy. Your destinies are unsearchable. Do not put this prayer of mine in sin, but Thy holy will be done.

Reverend Elder wrote to one nun: “According to church rules, commemorate a suicide should not be in church and sister and family can pray for him secretly how Elder Leonid allowed Pavel Tambovtsev to pray for his parent. Write out this prayer... and give it to the unfortunate relatives. We know many examples that the prayer transmitted by the elder Leonid calmed and comforted many and turned out to be valid before the Lord.

The testimonies of the Holy Fathers we have cited force us, in full agreement with the word of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II, to raise in our Church the question of abolishing from the annual liturgical cycle the hazing vigil service to the martyr Huar, which is not provided for by the Typicon, as contrary to canonical church norms.

In all likelihood, only the canon to the martyr Uar (but, of course, not following " All-night vigil”) is possible in special cases "some kind of blessed guilt" recommend for home cell prayer for deceased non-Orthodox relatives with a mandatory ban read this canon Orthodox churches and chapels for public worship and services.

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About prayer for the unbaptized.

1) Questions are answered by the clergy and teachers of the Kazan Theological Seminary.

About prayer for the unbaptized.

The commemoration of unbaptized people is not performed at the Proskomedia and at public worship.

Unfortunately, very often people come to church and with tears in their eyes ask if it is possible to remember the dead unbaptized relatives. The Church does not pray for the unbaptized, since these people during their lives did not enter the saving fence of the Church. Unbaptized people are dead members cut off from the whole body of the Church. One can only regret them, but it is already impossible to cure them.

One often hears reproaches that the Church acts cruelly towards the dead unbaptized, and among them there are very good and kind people. So what kept good people from becoming members of the Church? Probably, everyone had reasons, but the basis of everything is disbelief in God. And this disbelief, the soul took with it to the afterlife, where it no longer acquires new qualities.

At the same time, the Church does not forbid personal, home prayer for loved ones who died unbaptized, but only at home! Naturally, the one who prays needs to be baptized Orthodox himself and take a blessing from the priest to pray for an unbaptized relative.

The prayer for the unbaptized is based on an incident that happened in Optina Hermitage. One day, a student approached the Opinsky Elder Leonid (+1841) with a question whether it was possible to pray for a dead suicidal father, and how. To which the elder replied: “Surrender both yourself and the fate of the parent to the will of the Lord, all-wise and all-powerful. Pray to the Blessed Creator, thereby fulfilling the duty of love and the duties of sons, in the spirit of the virtuous and wise, as follows: “Seek, Lord, the lost soul of my father: if it is possible to eat, have mercy! Your destinies are unsearchable. Do not put me in the sin of this prayer of mine. But Thy holy will be done. Following the example of this prayer, one can pray for the unbaptized, as well as for non-Orthodox or baptized, but apostates from the faith.

The fact that the unbaptized can receive some relief through prayer is known from the life of St. Macarius of Egypt. One day, Saint Macarius, meeting in the desert the skull of a deceased pagan priest, entered into a conversation with him. The monk prayed very much for the departed, and therefore desired to know the effect of prayers. "When you pray for the dead," answered the skull, "we feel some consolation." This incident gives us hope that our prayers for the unfortunate, who died unbaptized, will bring them some consolation.

Don't forget about this effective means to alleviate the fate of the dead, as alms, which in these cases takes on special significance.

The merciful Lord allowed one of His saints to intercede before Him for the souls of the departed non-Orthodox. This holy martyr Uar, who died for Christ in 307. Once, in a vision to blessed Cleopatra, the saint told her that for her good deeds, he begged God to forgive the sins of all her dead pagan relatives. Since then, Orthodox Christians have been praying to the martyr Uar for intercession before the Lord for their relatives and friends who died unbaptized into the Orthodox faith.

Prayer to the Holy Martyr Uar

Oh, holy martyr Uare, venerable, we kindle with zeal for the Mistress of Christ, you confessed the Heavenly King before the tormentor, and you suffered zealously for Him, and now the Church honors you, as glorified from the Lord Christ with the glory of Heaven, Who has given you the grace of great boldness to Him, and now stand before Him with the Angels, and rejoice in the Highest, and see clearly the Holy Trinity, and enjoy the light of the Beginning Radiance, remember our relatives and languor, who died in ungodliness, accept our petition, and like Cleopatra, the unfaithful race of Your prayers freed you from eternal torment , so remember the fir-trees buried contrary to God, who died unbaptized, trying to ask them for deliverance from eternal darkness, so that with one mouth and one heart we will praise the Most Merciful Creator forever and ever. Amen.

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2) Priest Valentin Ulyakhin, Doctor of Economics, has been serving in the Church of the Holy Trinity on Pyatnitskaya for many years. This temple is also notable for the fact that every week a prayer service for St. mch. Uaru - prayers are raised to the Lord for the dearest who died unbaptized. It is hard to imagine how heavy the burden of human grief rests on the shoulders of a priest. But Father Valentin has an affectionate, encouraging word for everyone.

In the Holy Trinity Church on Pyatnitskaya Street in Moscow there is an icon of the martyr Uara, where every Saturday they pray for relief from the fate of the dead unbaptized, people come from afar, from the outskirts of vast Russia, because this is the only church in Moscow where, with the blessing of His Holiness the Patriarch, a prayer service to the martyr is performed Huaru. There is a canon to the martyr Uaru, there are prayers that have their own history. There are people who doubt the possibility of praying for the unbaptized. Moreover, sometimes one can come across in the press the opinion that it is impossible in any case to pray for the unbaptized. From a formal point of view, we cannot and should not pray for the unbaptized, we can neither sing a funeral service, nor commemorate them at requiems, and in no case commemorate them at a proskomedia. But surprisingly, in the Sacred Tradition, the life of the martyr Uar nevertheless gives such an opportunity to pray to Uar for the unbaptized.

The relics of Uar were found by a certain lady Cleopatra, who built a temple over his relics and prayed for her unbaptized dead son, and the Lord Himself came to her along with Uar, thus on a mystical level it was certified that her prayer reached the Lord, and the Lord eased the fate her unbaptized son.

They often come to the Trinity Church to pray for the unbaptized, and they pray with tears. Sometimes you ask, “Do you pray with such zeal, do you have any consolation after this prayer?” And many people tell me that in a thin light sleep the souls of the unbaptized come, communicate with their relatives, ask them to pray and say that the prayer has been heard by God, that it becomes easier for them. And this is exactly what the canon to the martyr Uar is about, that there is an opportunity to alleviate the lot of the unbaptized, and this is confirmed by practice. There were times when they did not know whether a person was baptized or not, and then the soul came and reported that the baptism was and it was possible to sing it according to the charter. This applied in particular to many soldiers who died and were thought to be unbaptized. But they were baptized before the war by monks who secretly lived in those years in Soviet Russia. And when they inquired from distant, distant relatives, it really turned out that the person was baptized. Such cases also happen repeatedly.

When people of different classes, different ranks gather, they are all, as it were, equal in one thing - in their love for those who gave them life. And turning to Christ, accepting the sacrament of the Church, preparing for this sacrament, and some for the first time cross the threshold of the temple to pray for their unbaptized relatives, they may never have come if the Lord had not called them through his martyr Uara. And so they go to the temple and in the prayer of Uaru open their souls, they come to know the love of God, it becomes easier for them. And they are already making their difficult path to God, they are becoming churched. And now the parish of the Trinity Church on Pyatnitskaya Street is ¾ of those people who began their churching with a prayer to the martyr Uar for the unbaptized. This confirms that the Lord Himself blesses. Indeed, canonically we cannot pray, but Holy Tradition has allowed it. And Sacred Tradition has no less, but even greater significance than Sacred Scripture. Orthodox accept Holy Tradition as a source Holy Scripture. And the practice of prayers to the martyr Uar confirms that this prayer is saving, saving, first of all, for the living and those who cross the threshold of the temple. And they are led by love, love for their relatives. But God is love, which means that God leads them, which means that the Lord Himself blesses them.
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Complete collection and description: a prayer for the unbaptized deceased for the spiritual life of a believer.

The Orthodox Church calls all believing Christians to constant prayer. Of course, most often we pray for people close to us, relatives, friends. But there are situations when a person who needs prayer help has not been baptized in the Orthodox Church. What then should be the prayer for the unbaptized living and dead?

Importance of the sacrament of baptism for a person

Baptism is one of the seven Sacraments of the Church, and it can be called fundamental without exaggeration. The spiritual life of an Orthodox Christian is impossible if sooner or later he has not received church baptism. Why is it so important for a person and what does it give?

First of all, baptism makes a person a full member of the Church of Christ. By accepting the Sacrament, a person confesses his faith in the crucified Jesus Christ and shows his intention to follow Him through life. In addition, in this Sacrament, the seal of original sin, which is inherent in each of us, is washed away from a person.

The rite of baptism with water itself dates back to the Gospel times. Yes, Forerunner Lord John baptized the people in the Jordan River. It was there that Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself received the Sacrament during His earthly life.

Thus, it can be said that by accepting this Sacrament, a person becomes open to God's grace and can boldly follow Christ in the fullness of church life.

Features of prayer for unbaptized living people

If a person for some reason does not accept the sacrament of baptism, he cannot be a full member of the church. This is expressed, first of all, in the opportunity to participate in the Divine Liturgy.

Interesting! Some time ago, unbaptized people could not enter the temple further than the narthex, and also had to leave the Divine Service in a certain part of it.

To date, such a strict restriction has been lifted, but still an unbaptized person cannot participate in worship as an equal.

The main feature of prayer for unbaptized people is that they cannot be commemorated at the Divine Liturgy.

The priest at the altar brings a bloodless sacrifice, symbolically denoting the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. At this time, particles are taken out of the prosphora for each name submitted for commemoration. These particles then go to the Chalice and become a great shrine - the Body of Christ.

If a person consciously avoids baptism, then Christ's sacrifice for him becomes meaningless. That is why in order to participate in the Sacrament of Communion, and in general in the fullness of the Liturgy, it is necessary to be baptized in the church.

But what to do if a person close to us turns out to be unbaptized, whose fate is not indifferent? It is impossible to commemorate him in the temple, but there are no obstacles to purely personal prayer. At home, in front of the home iconostasis, we can pray for all the people close to us, even if they have not been baptized.

Prayer for unbaptized babies

Prayer for children who were recently born and have not yet had time to be christened has its own characteristics. There is a tradition to baptize children after 40 days from the moment of birth, however, in fact, a baby can be baptized as soon as God is born. So, if the mother had a difficult birth and the child is in danger, it is very desirable to baptize the baby as soon as possible. In many maternity hospitals and children's hospitals, you can freely invite a priest, and in some places there are even functioning churches on the territory of a medical institution.

If the family decides to baptize the baby later, then all the time before the Sacrament is performed, they pray for the child in close connection with the mother. It is believed that at this time, the mother and baby have one Guardian Angel for two, and only after Baptism does the child have his own.

You can also pray for such children in the temple, but only the note does not indicate the individual name of the baby, but the name of the mother with the addition “with a child”. For example, if the mother’s name is Maria, then the note should be submitted like this: “On the health of the slave Mary of God with a child." After Baptism, you can already write the name of the child himself in a note with the addition “baby”.

O Most Holy Lady Virgin Mother of God, save and save under Your shelter my children (names), all the youths, maidens and babies, baptized and nameless and carried in the womb of their mother. Cover them with the robe of Your motherhood, keep them in the fear of God and in obedience to your parents, implore my Lord and Your Son, may He grant them useful things for their salvation. I entrust them to Your Motherly care, as You are the Divine Protection of Your servants.

Mother of God, introduce me into the image of Your heavenly motherhood. Heal the spiritual and bodily wounds of my children (names), inflicted by my sins. I entrust my child entirely to my Lord Jesus Christ and Yours, Most Pure, heavenly patronage. Amen.

Prayer for the unbaptized dead

Anyone Orthodox Christian it is hard to realize that someone close to you has died without becoming a full member of the Church of Christ. It is not worth falling into despondency, the Providence of God is also about such people. But sincere heartfelt prayer will help the soul of a deceased person, even if he did not have time to deeply know God.

Have mercy, Lord, on the soul of Your servant (name), who departed into eternal life without Holy Baptism. Your destinies are unsearchable. Do not put me in the sin of this prayer of mine. But may your holy will be done.

Important! As in the case of people who are still living, it is impossible to submit notes with the names of unbaptized people in the temple for commemoration.

The reason is the same - a person in his life, for one reason or another, did not have time to enter the Church of God. It is all the more important for such a soul that there is a person who, in his personal home prayer, commemorates the deceased. After all, the whole Church prays for baptized people at every liturgy, and only those who take on this burden in personal work pray for the unbaptized.

What kind of prayers to read for the unbaptized dead

In Orthodox worship there is a special service - a memorial service - during which all Orthodox Christians who have died from the century are commemorated. Notes can only be submitted about those who in their lives managed to come to God and His Holy Church. However, this does not mean that everyone else should be left without a prayerful commemoration.

Most often, for the repose of the souls of unbaptized people, they pray to the martyr Uaru. There is a specially compiled canon for this saint, who lived in the 3rd century and begged all his life for those unfortunates who remained outside the protection of the Church of Christ. To this day, a sincere appeal to this ascetic brings great relief to souls after death.

With the army of holy martyrs, the suffering is lawful, in vain, oneh, showed you courageously your fortress. And rushing to passion with your will, and die lust for Christ, Izhe accepted the honor of the victory of your suffering, Uare, pray that our souls be saved.

Following Christ, martyr Uare, Having drunk the cup, and tied the crown of torment, and rejoicing with the Angels, pray unceasingly for our souls

O holy martyr Uare, venerable, kindle with zeal for the Mistress of Christ, you confessed the Heavenly King before the tormentor, and you zealously suffered about Him, and now stand before Him with angels, and rejoice in the highest, and see clearly the Holy Trinity, and enjoy the light of the Beginning Radiance , remember our relatives and languor, who died in ungodliness, accept our petition, and like Cleopatra, the unfaithful family freed you from eternal torment with your prayers, so remember the figurines buried contrary to God, who died unbaptized, trying to ask them for deliverance from eternal darkness, but with one mouth and with one heart let us praise the Most Merciful Creator forever and ever. Amen.

Separately, for stillborn or unbaptized babies, you can pray with the prayer of Metropolitan Gregory of Novgorod or Hieromonk Arseny Athos. If such a disaster happened in the family, and the child died before receiving the Sacrament of Baptism, then special prayer support is needed both for his soul, and for his parents and family. In prayer and hope in God's Providence for each person, it will be easier to survive loss and grief.

Remember, Lover of mankind, Lord, the souls of the departed servants of Your infants, who in the womb of Orthodox mothers died accidentally from unknown actions or from a difficult birth, or from some kind of negligence, and therefore did not receive the holy sacrament of Baptism! Baptize them, O Lord, in the sea of Thy bounties and save them with Thy unspeakable goodness.

It should be remembered that prayer is always work. And personal prayer without the support of the church is a special work. Therefore, if we undertake to beg for unbaptized people close to us, we must be prepared for various temptations and obstacles along the way. And only with God's help and humility can this path be overcome.

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Today, there are many different disputes about whether it is possible to pray for the health of an unbaptized person. Some argue in this regard that it is categorically impossible to ask the Lord for such people. They justify this by the fact that a person who has not been baptized puts his person against church canons, rejecting the shrine of God's Temple.

Others say that you can even ask God for lost sheep, so he will definitely hear your prayer for unbaptized people.

Judging by the numerous arguments of the clergy on this topic, we can safely draw a conclusion. To the question, is it possible to read a prayer for unbaptized children or adults? You can answer like this: of course, you can, why not?

Church sources even contain real prayers for unbaptized people. In such prayers, people turn to God for the forgiveness of sinners and the opportunity to return them to the bosom of the divine temple.

For the deceased unbaptized - prayers to the martyr Uar

If you want to reach out to the Lord and ask for protection for a person who has not passed the Sacrament of Baptism, then it is better to turn to the patrons of the lost. One of these patrons is the holy righteous War. This Saint, during his lifetime, prayed for the repose of the unbaptized for the protection of the Lord.

Saint War is addressed to:

for living lost people;
for children who have not been baptized;
for unborn babies;
for an unbaptized deceased baby who did not have time to receive the Sacrament;
for lost people who have died.

Words of prayer to this Holy Martyr:

“Oh, holy martyr Uare, venerable, with zeal for the Lord Christ, we kindle, you confessed the Heavenly King before the tormentor, and now the Church honors you, as if glorified from the Lord Christ with the glory of Heaven, Who has given you the grace of great boldness towards Him, and now stand before Him with the Angels , and rejoice in the highest, and see the Holy Trinity clearly, and enjoy the light of the Beginning Radiance: remember our relatives and languor, who died in ungodliness, accept our petition, and as Cleopatrino, the unfaithful family freed you from eternal torment with your prayers, so remember the trees that were unholy buried who died unbaptized (names), try to ask them for deliverance from eternal darkness, so that with one mouth and one heart we will praise the Most Merciful Creator forever and ever. Amen".

Prayers for unbaptized dead people

The Church has an ambiguous attitude towards lost souls. But there, no less, there is real prayer to the Lord for such people. And many clergymen even declare that every person has the right to ask for God's protection.

However, it must be remembered that the church forbids ordering liturgies and funerals for lost souls. You can only read a private prayer for the deceased. At the same time, being outside the influence of the church.

praying for dead soul You not only support the deceased, but also yourself. After all, as you know, prayer allows you to plead sadness, grief for a worthy person who was an important part of your life.

Prayer for the unbaptized dead to the Lord

Many people often ask themselves the question: “to whom can one pray for the souls of dead people who did not accept Orthodox baptism? The clergy say that it is possible to address prayers not only to God, but also to the Saints. Remember that sincere prayers from a pure heart will definitely reach the addressee. Every person on the planet has the right to the protection of the Almighty and his forgiveness.

Praying for people who have not been baptized is possible even for people without faith or who have converted to another religion. Moreover, in the Orthodox Church to this day there is no specific opinion on whether baptized Catholics should be considered Christians or not.

You can ask the Almighty in these words:

Seek, O Lord, the lost soul of my father: if it is possible to eat, have mercy! Your destinies are unsearchable. Do not put me in the sin of this prayer of mine. But Thy holy will be done

May the Lord keep you!

See also a video about prayer for unbaptized people:

Prayer for the unbaptized dead

It is a great tragedy if a person dies without being baptized. This can't be fixed anymore. And according to church laws, it is impossible to bury him in the temple, to commemorate him at the Liturgy. But relatives always have the right to personal prayer for the unbaptized dead. What is the best way to do this?

What happens after death

If a person completely rejected the Lord during his lifetime, there is no need to pray too hard for him. There were times when the dead appeared and asked not to pray for them. In any case, talk to the priest, he will advise what to do in specific situation. But it happens that people respect the faith, show a desire to be baptized, but simply do not have time to do it. Then you can and should pray.

Each soul after death goes to a private judgment, which will take place on the 40th day after death. It is believed that prayers for the unbaptized dead help the soul of the deceased to go through air trials and ways to even alleviate his plight. On the very day of death, you can:

read 17 kathisma - psalms and the necessary prayers for repose;
to perform the secular rite of lithium in the cemetery;
put a candle in the temple and pray.

It is impossible to order a memorial service and church commemoration. This is done because the person himself during his lifetime did not express a desire to belong to the Church, he rejected God.

What other prayers can be read

There is a veneration of the martyr Uar, who supposedly had the grace to pray for the unbaptized. Even a service was composed for him, only it is non-canonical, that is, it is not officially recognized by the church. Church prayer for the unbaptized dead, although now allowed by some priests (for a fee), violates all the canons. Whether or not to read the canon for the dead to the martyr Uar is a personal matter for everyone.

The Holy Fathers also advise giving alms for those who died without repentance, without accepting Christ.

If a baby died

Great grief - loss small child. But the Holy Church believes that all babies go to heaven. This is written in the Gospel. Prayer for unbaptized babies is also performed privately, as well as for other people who have not become members of the Church. Children, although they do not have conscious bad deeds, still bear the stamp of the original sin of Adam and Eve. That is why the Church considers it necessary to baptize young children.

Prayer for deceased relatives
Children's prayer for deceased parents for the repose of the soul - here
Prayer before reading the Gospel - https://bogolub.info/molitva-pered-chteniem-evangeliya/

It may seem unfair that a child should not know life. But we don't know how his fate would have turned out. It is believed that the Lord takes to Himself in order to save a person from a more terrible misfortune, this also applies to children. We must believe in the goodness of God, do not despair and give thanks for everything, although this can be difficult.

Prayer of Lev Optina for those who died unbaptized

“Have mercy, Lord, on the soul of Your servant (name), who departed into eternal life without Holy Baptism. Your destinies are unsearchable. Do not put me in the sin of this prayer of mine. But Thy holy will be done."

It is good to pray to the Mother of God, reading the rosary "Virgin Mary, rejoice ..." (how much strength allows: from 30 to 150 times a day). At the beginning and at the end of this rule, one must ask the Mother of God to help the soul of the deceased.

deceased . Prayer on deceased up to 40 days...

Orthodox tradition requires commemoration deceased repeatedly, the first 40 days after death are especially important. . Prayer on deceased up to 40 days...

The prayer for the unbaptized is based on an incident that happened in Optina Hermitage. Once, a disciple in inconsolable grief about his dead suicidal father turned to the Optina Elder Leonid (in schema Leo, who died in 1841), asking if it was possible to pray for him and how. To which the elder replied: Surrender both yourself and the fate of the parent to the will of the Lord, all-wise and all-powerful. Pray to the Blessed Creator, thereby fulfilling the duty of love and the duties of filial, in the spirit of the virtuous and wise, as follows:

Seek, O Lord, the lost soul of my father: if it is possible to eat, have mercy! Your destinies are unsearchable. Do not put me in the sin of this prayer of mine. But may Thy holy will be done.

This prayer can pray at home about relatives who arbitrarily took their own lives, but given the certain spiritual danger described earlier, in order to perform a home prayer, it is necessary to take a blessing from the priest.

From the patristic heritage, there are cases when, through the intense prayer of loved ones, the fate of the souls of suicides was eased, but in order to achieve this, it is necessary to accomplish a feat of prayer.

Following the example of this prayer, one can also pray for the unbaptized (those who have departed into eternal life unenlightened by the Orthodox faith), as well as those baptized, but who have apostatized from the faith (who have departed into eternal life in apostasy from the Holy Orthodox Church).

In this instruction for every Christian who is in a similar position, there is much comforting, calming the soul in surrendering himself and the deceased to the will of God, always good and wise. And the fact that the unbaptized can receive some relief through prayers is known from the conversation of St. Macarius of Egypt with the skull of a pagan priest. The monk prayed very much for the departed, and therefore desired to know the effect of his prayers. When you pray for the dead, answered the skull, we feel some consolation. This incident gives us hope that our prayers for the unfortunate, who died unbaptized, will bring them some consolation. We should not forget about such an effective means to alleviate the fate of the dead as alms, which in these cases takes on special significance.

It is a great sin not to accept the Savior and reject the Orthodox faith, but the merciful Lord allowed one of His saints to intercede before Him for the souls of the non-Orthodox dead. This saint is the martyr Uar, who died for Christ in the year 307. Once, in a vision of blessed Cleopatra, the saint told her that for her good deeds, he begged God to forgive the sins of all her dead pagan relatives. Since then, Orthodox Christians have been praying to the martyr Ouar for intercession before the Lord for their relatives and friends who died not baptized into the Orthodox faith.

Prayer to the Holy Martyr Uar

O holy martyr Uare, venerable, with zeal for the Lord Christ we inflame, Thou didst confess the Heavenly King before the tormentor, and Thou didst suffer earnestly for Him, and now the Church honors thee, As we glorify Him from the Lord Christ with the glory of Heaven, even as a gift to you, the grace of Nemune commanded and now stand before Him with the Angels, and rejoice in the Highest, and see clearly the Holy Trinity, and enjoy the light of the Infinite Radiance, remember our relatives and languor, who died in ungodliness, accept our petition, and like Cleopatra, the unfaithful generation of your prayers from eternal torment freed you So remember the pilgrimages buried contrary to God, who died unbaptized, trying to ask Him for deliverance from eternal darkness, so that with one mouth and one heart we will praise the most merciful Creator forever and ever. Amen.

Complete collection and description: a prayer to the holy war for the unbaptized for the spiritual life of a believer.

Despite the ambiguous attitude of the church towards the lost souls, prayer for the unbaptized dead also works. Many clergy say that any person is worthy of the protection of the Lord.

However, it is known that the church rejects unbaptized souls, as such, forbidding ordering liturgies for a deceased person who refused to enter the bosom of Orthodoxy. You can only take the opportunity to read a private prayer for the deceased, being outside the influence of the church.

It is possible to offer prayers for the unbaptized dead to anyone who wants to give them a well-deserved rest in another world.

By praying for the departed soul, you provide support not only for the dead, but also for yourself. The power of prayer allows you to diminish the degree of grief for a worthy person who occupied a significant place in your life.

Scientists also note the need to offer prayers. According to one of the existing theories, prayer has a special effect on the consciousness of everyone who reads it, due to the presence of a special combination of sounds. Neuro-linguistic programming discovers the amazing properties of prayers for an unbaptized soul, used for centuries by thousands of people.

On the Internet, you can read a huge number of real cases when, thanks to prayer services, the fate of unbaptized people really improved, who then appeared with gratitude in dreams to close person who lifted her up. It happens that the deceased appear in a dream and ask their loved ones to pray for them in order to find peace. You shouldn't be afraid of this. If you also have such dreams, do not refuse the deceased: this is the least that you can do for him.

Pray to our God for the lost

But to whom should we pray for the souls of the departed who have not received Orthodox baptism? The clergy note that it is possible to pray for the unbaptized not only to the saints, but even to the Lord our God. Offered prayers will surely reach the addressee, because everyone who has lived righteously earthly life, has the right to God's forgiveness and patronage.

You can even pray for people who have apostatized from the faith, who have converted to another religion, or who originally represented it. By the way, in the Orthodox Church there is still no consensus on whether to consider Catholics as baptized Christians or not.

There are many legends about the holy martyr Uare, the patron saint of the lost. According to church sources, he once appeared to a believer named Cleopatra, declaring that he had asked for forgiveness of sins for all her dead ancestors. Hence, Christians began to ask Uar for forgiveness of sins for the unbaptized dead.

During his lifetime, Ouar was famous for many good deeds. Possessing the opportunity to help the unfortunate Christians who were imprisoned for their faith, he tried in every possible way to alleviate their plight.

Heaven help everyone

It is possible and necessary to offer prayers for the unbaptized dead, because the soul of the deceased is easier when she is commemorated at the icon. And let it be an icon at the home altar, for the deceased it does not matter.

There are prayers:

For those who are not baptized to God:

For unbaptized souls to the holy martyr Uar:

The power of faith - works under any circumstances

The church forbids ordering liturgies for the unbaptized, however, those who wish can use the power of private prayer said outside the church. But be careful: there is an opinion that the unbaptized have made their choice, and prayers for their souls, addressed to the great martyrs, can harm yourself.

Offer a prayer service when you yourself want it.

Words must fully comply with your desires, only then they will come true. In addition, one more condition must be strictly observed - Faith. Availability sincere faith is able to work real miracles, granting peace to the unbaptized dead and living on Earth.

They also pray for the unbaptized:

Prayers for the unbaptized dead: comments

Comments - 7,

My father was unbaptized. Unfortunately, that was the time. However, before his death, he told me that he was extremely sorry about this, and if he could turn back time, he would perform the rite of baptism. That's what I'm praying for. And if a person has been a convinced atheist all his life, then, probably, there is no point in "imposing" his point of view on religion on the deceased. In any case, it is better to clarify this issue with the priest.

You could baptize him yourself... By analogy with Bulat Okudzhava.

When a person dies, he kind of begins to see clearly and in no case should you even think about the fact that you allegedly “impose your point of view on the deceased” with your prayers about him, on the contrary, this saves his soul, and all other thoughts from the evil one.

On July 2, 2017, my dad Lev Alekseevich died, at the age of 76, after a long illness, he is not baptized, but a very kind, reasonable and fair person.

hello my son's suicide is 39 years old, what prayers can I have up to 40 days to relieve the suffering of his soul. The son was a drug addict, he was ill for a long time, he got away from unbearable mental pain. Nina

Daddy died on July 5 this year, he was unbaptized. I pray for his soul every day. Holy Martyr Huar. My father never believed in God, But I had a dream that my dad tells me that it’s hard for him there. What else can be done for him?

Beloved daughter died like this and having not had time to be baptized, how to be baptized for her? Her name is Victoria! I myself am baptized!

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Others say that you can even ask God for lost sheep, so he will definitely hear your prayer for unbaptized people.

For the deceased unbaptized - prayers to the martyr Uar

Saint War is addressed to:

for living lost people;
for children who have not been baptized;
for unborn babies;
for an unbaptized deceased baby who did not have time to receive the Sacrament;
for lost people who have died.

Words of prayer to this Holy Martyr:

Prayers for unbaptized dead people

By praying for a dead soul, you not only support the deceased, but also yourself. After all, as you know, prayer allows you to plead sadness, grief for a worthy person who was an important part of your life.

Prayer for the unbaptized dead to the Lord

Many people often ask themselves the question: “who can pray for the souls of dead people who have not received Orthodox baptism?” The clergy say that it is possible to address prayers not only to God, but also to the Saints. Remember that sincere prayers from a pure heart will definitely reach the addressee. Every person on the planet has the right to the protection of the Almighty and his forgiveness.

You can ask the Almighty in these words:

Seek, O Lord, the lost soul of my father: if it is possible to eat, have mercy! Your destinies are unsearchable. Do not put me in the sin of this prayer of mine. But Thy holy will be done

May the Lord keep you!

See also a video about prayer for unbaptized people:

Orthodox prayer to the holy martyr Uar

The Holy Apostle Paul said that the Church is the living great body of Christ, all baptized people are living cells of this great organism. The unbaptized are dead cells cut off from the church body, since they did not receive holy Baptism, they were not born spiritually. Many families have deceased unbaptized relatives. Christian prayer to Uaru, the intercessor of the unbaptized, is able to save their sinful souls. If your prayer is heard by the saint, he will ask God to forgive all the sins of the dead. Prayers are offered to Saint Uar, asking to save the souls of babies killed in the womb.

Saving Prayer to Saint Ouar for Those Who Died in Non-Christianity

There were many paradoxes in the life of St. Ouar - before becoming a saint, he was a coward and a sinner. He considered himself a Christian, but was afraid to openly show his faith. He came to dungeons to support the martyrs suffering for the faith, saying that he would like to accept suffering for Christ, just like they did, but he could not, because he did not have firmness of spirit and was very afraid of bodily pain. But when the moment came, he resolutely joined the ranks of the martyrs and accepted all the suffering prepared for him. This suggests that the line between cowardice and courage, between a saint and a sinner is very shaky, and anyone can overcome it. A person strengthened by the Holy Spirit gains additional strength and can pass any test. Saint Ouar died from severe beatings, his body was thrown out to be eaten by dogs. The pious widow Cleopatra secretly buried the remains of the martyr and began to pray every day at his tomb. Other people soon followed her example, they began to offer independent prayers to Uaru and receive healing from the holy relics. Wanting to thank Cleopatra, the holy martyr begged God to ask for the sins of all her dead pagan relatives. Since then, all those who have relatives of those who died in a different faith have been turning to Uaru with prayers.

Orthodox prayer to the martyr Uar for the unbaptized dead

Relatives of people who died without baptism cannot apply for prayer help to the church. Divine services, memorial services, prayer services cannot be performed for the unbaptized, they are not buried in the church, but for them, with the blessing of the priest, you can pray on your own. The Orthodox prayer of Uaru for the unbaptized dead will help their souls find the Kingdom of Heaven. Huarus also pray for suicides.

The text of the Orthodox prayer to Saint Ouar

Oh, holy martyr Uare, venerable, with zeal for the Mistress of Christ we kindle, you confessed the Heavenly King before the tormentor, and now the Church honors you, as if glorified from the Lord Christ with the glory of Heaven, Who has given you the grace of great boldness towards Him, and now stand before Him with the Angels, and in the highest you rejoice, and see the Holy Trinity clearly, and enjoy the light of the Beginning Radiance: remember our relatives and languor, who died in ungodliness, accept our petition, and as Cleopatra, the unfaithful generation freed you from eternal torment with your prayers, so remember the figurines buried contrary to God, who died unbaptized (names), try to ask them for deliverance from eternal darkness, so that with one mouth and one heart we will praise the Most Merciful Creator forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer to the holy war for the unbaptized

Once, a disciple in inconsolable grief about his dead suicidal father turned to the Optina Elder Leonid (in schema Leo, who died in 1841), asking if it was possible to pray for him and how.

To which the old man replied:

Pray to the Blessed Creator, thereby fulfilling the duty of love and the duties of filial, in the spirit of the virtuous and wise, as follows:

Your destinies are unsearchable.

Do not put me in the sin of this prayer of mine.

But may Thy holy will be done.

With this prayer, you can pray at home for relatives who have arbitrarily taken their own lives, but given the certain spiritual danger described earlier, to perform home prayer, you must definitely take a blessing from the priest.

There is also a special prayer that is read for children who died unbaptized.

(The same prayer applies to stillborn babies.)

You can also pray for all your living loved ones (children, husband, wife, parents) daily, calling their baptismal names. It is advisable to do this every morning. Whoever reads this prayer every day, neither the devil nor the evil person touches him, and his heart will not be tempted by flattery, and hell will be delivered.

civic style). The canon is taken from an old canon, and Bishop Athanasius (Sakharov), an authoritative expert on the statutory worship, refers to it as sung for deliverance from the torment without repentance of the dead in his book “On the Commemoration of the Dead According to the Rule of the Orthodox Church”.

With divine love from youth, we inflame the reverend, all the red even in the world hate, Christ alone you loved. For this sake, they settled in the desert, even if they were worthy of a Divine visitation, It is inconvenient to see Him and the angelic eyes, bow down. But the Great Giver, like the Lover of mankind, speaks to you: Do not be horrified, My beloved, your deeds are pleasing to Me. Behold, I give you a gift: if you pray for any sinner, his sins will be forgiven. But you, in the purity of your heart, were kindled, taking water and touching the Inviolable, the minds of His feet. And drinking water, enrich yourself with the gift of miracles, deliver sinners from their torment with your prayer, heal the sick, oh, reverend Father Paisios, and drive away demons from people, for I am the first from these sinners. I pray thee, pray to the One who promised you, may he give me time for repentance, and forgive my sin, as the Good and Lover of mankind, and with all I will sing to Him: Alleluia. (Twice)

Irmos. Helper and Patron be to my salvation, This is God, and I will glorify Him. The God of my father, and I will exalt Him, gloriously be glorified.

Even if you pray to the wise God, reverend for your servant, may he open my mouth to unworthiness, and move my bewildered tongue. Tightness and thinness, Father, open up the grace that is in you of the Holy Spirit, to the singing of your miracles.

Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.

I will begin your praiseworthy and soulful life from infancy. Even of old Egypt the great in the prophets uttered Moses, even to God by appropriation and great miracles glorified. Even now, Egypt seems to be glorified as a secondary, for your sake, Father Paisios, enrich yourself with your honest name and many virtues, if the Lord has given you, pray to Him, that our soul will save.

Having entered the Kingdom of Heaven by the narrow and sorrowful path according to the commandment of the Lord of his Christ, Reverend Father Paisios, having hated the wide and spacious path, the spreading darkness of my mind, may I be able to bring this small prayer to your most honorable memory.

Bogorodichen. The spirit is broken, give me, Good, humbly heart, mind the purity and life of correction and sin abandonment.

Or this catastrophe: Deliver your servants from troubles, reverend father Paisios, as if we all resort to you according to Bose, you pray for us Christ our God (bow). Lord, have mercy (three times with bows).

Irmos. Establish, O Lord, my heart that has moved on the stone of Your commandments, for One is Holy and the Lord.

Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.

Thou hast become like the stone of faith to Peter the Apostle, the worlds will be crucified in all their lives, reverend Paisios, and Thou hast ruled their feet irrevocably to the heavenly procession, and has reached the mountainous Jerusalem, with the saints coming Holy Trinity, pray for me the only good philanthropist.

Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.

The most luminous branch of the pious root, the Lord has chosen you, the angel of the speech of your mother, this is pleasing to God. From infancy, you took up your cross, follow that irrevocable path, and grow in years and in mind, and by the grace of God. Please grant me remission of sins.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

O Master Lord Jesus Christ, who will not be surprised at Your love of mankind, when the desire of the reverend monastic life to receive the work of Your commandments, by Your grace, like a lamb without blemish, was led into the wilderness, and reached the verbal sheep, and introduced to the shepherd blessed Pamva, and put on the monastic image, in it also confirm me, Lord, with the prayers of the Monk Paisios, to the doing of Thy commandments.

And now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Bogorodichen. Fierce me torment, and the darkness of pitch and hell, With your prayers, free, Virgin, have more will and power, the Lord giving birth to the one Pre-good.

Katavasia: Deliver from the eternal torment of your deceased servant (say the name), reverend Father Paisios the Great, as if we are running to you according to Bose, you pray for us Christ our God (bow). Lord, have mercy (three times with bows).

Bogorodichen. Show quick protection and help and mercy on Your servant, Pure, and tame the waves of vain thoughts, and raise up my fallen soul, Mother of God, for you, as you can, as much as you want.

Irmos. The prophet heard Your coming, Lord, and was afraid, as if you wanted to be born of the Virgin and appear as a man, and say: I hear Your hearing and fear, glory to Your power, Lord!

Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.

God-wise Paisios perceives the law-suffering life from soft nails, you even remained to the end, as if the divine valiant crown received victory from all the King, with your prayers to deliver sinners from torment, from them I am the first, do not forget me.

Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.

Blessed Paisios is strong in the possession of a prayer book, and a sad promiser, a representative and champion and a pious intercessor, we are saved from all troubles, misfortunes and circumstances.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Having a great fate of the abyss, He said to you: behold, I give you a gift, but ask everything from My Father in My name, it will be given to you, pray for any sinner, sins of that will be left: for this sake I fall down to you, Father Paisios, having an abyss sins, may he let go of your prayers, even as you are promised, as Good and Humanitarian.

And now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Bogorodichen. Foretell the verb, when the right of the imam to sue, the Theotokos, to His Son, Immaculate, may I then find thee a refuge and intercession of the most powerful, and delivering the torment of all.

Irmos. From the morning night, Lover of mankind, enlighten, I pray, and guide me to Thy commandments, and teach me, Savior, to do Thy will.

Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.

By fasting, depressing your body, Father Paisios, sometimes after communion of the Body and Blood of Christ, like an angel for seventy days without bodily food, having divine power indescribable, and being able to contain the animal power in yourself by Thy grace, more than food strengthening, glory to Thy power, Lord.

Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.

Like John the Baptist chose to walk in a narrow and sorrowful way. But when he saw his Builder in the Jordan, he was afraid and cried out: I do not dare to set the hay on fire. But you, Father Paisios, in the desert sometimes appeared to the Lord, unable to see His most pure face, fell in trembling obsession. He said more quietly: Fear not, I will fill this wilderness with fasting people for you. We pray with them, Father, do not forget us, your prayer book, be merciful.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

For in the beginning I see my sins before You, and I pray Your mercy for my iniquities, forgive me and cover with Your goodness many of my sins, and give me the rest of my life to spend this time sinlessly. May I flow the path to salvation, without stumbling to a good end I will reach Your help, except for Your help and instruction to do nothing good, and whoever can receive mercy from You.

And now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Bogorodichen. I offer you a slavish prayer unreasonable az, and I resort to Your compassionate mercy, do not turn me away, Pure, shamed.

Katavasia: Deliver from the torment of the eternal torment of your deceased servant (say the name), reverend Father Paisios the Great, as if we are running to you according to Bose, you pray for us Christ our God (bow). Lord, have mercy (three times with bows).

Irmos. Cry with all my heart to the generous God, and hear me from the hell of the underworld, and raise up my belly from the aphids.

Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.

The soulless creature Jordan was ashamed of its Creator, crying out: I cannot wash the Sinless One. The holy one saw the Lord, we took water, I touched the Inviolable, the minds of His feet. And drinking water, and accepting the gift of healing ailments and driving demons from people. For this sake, we fall down to you, Father, with your prayers, have mercy on us from all demonic inductions.

Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.

According to the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ, I have found you, Father Paisios, a great refuge, and an intercessor and warmth of a prayer book for our sins. As if the first monk had died, and alienated Christianity and descended into the depths of hell with pernicious unbelief, and when you felt flowing to you, pray to the All-Merciful. The generous Lord appeared to you and said: Oh, My servant, there is good in my love, like you, care for sinners, deign to accept torment for their deliverance.

Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.

Bring your prayer and tears to God, like fragrant incense, and the sacrifice is blameless and favorable, and do not forget me with your intercession to the Most Holy Theotokos, give me tears of tenderness, wash my sins abyss, deliver me from the depths of death. And grant great mercy to those who do not hope, and forgive their sins.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

I am obsessed with all bewilderment, when I take in my mind that hour of terrible trials of the Judge and God, and I cry and mourn and weep, remembering the abyss of my evils. Save me the same, Lover of mankind, with the prayers of Your saint, the Monk Paisios, and deliver me from torment, as you are Merciful.

And now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Bogorodichen. From the heart of groaning, I offer Thee, Immaculate, Your asking for a prosperous intercession. Have mercy on my all-passionate soul, have mercy, Mother of the many-merciful God, deliver me the Court and the fiery lake.

Lord, have mercy (three times with bows).

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. And now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Leave worldly rumors, you loved the silent life, like the Baptist with all the images, we honor you with him, Father Paisios.

Hearing the voice of Christ, you walked in the wake of That commandment, being born of life, rejected cares and all acquisitions and possessions, and your brothers and love mother, God-bearing Paisios, one in the deserts of God, talking with reason, you received gifts, and send me in songs to the one who sings , father of the boss Paisie.

Irmos. I have sinned, lawless, unrighteous before You, lower observant, lower co-worker, as if commanded to us, but do not betray us to the end, God of the fathers.

Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.

I am filled with many sins, and your prayer, like a censer, amended, father. Consume the abyss of my sins, and dry up the raging sea of evil life, and drink the angry drink, and affirm the chaste mind with your prayers, Father Paisios.

Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.

You have a mentor and a prayer book of warmth, and a quick helper, like a wall is firm and immovable and the governor is strong and invincible, we pray to you, do not forget your prayer book, delivering from the wind of sorrow and slander of the enemy.

Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.

Oh, a great miracle, in one day you sit, Father Paisios, in the cave, be the voice of the voice: peace be with you, my beloved saint, you rise up with fear, and possess trembling, bow down and say: behold, your servant, God. For this sake, we pray to you, pray to the Lover of mankind, may our souls be saved.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Give me Christ reason and patience, so as not to condemn those who sin with the arrogance of the Pharisees, but accept repentance like a publican, and like a prodigal son, God, your supper is worthy of revealing me, with the prayers of St. Paisius, and grant me forgiveness of sins.

And now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Bogorodichen. Arise, oh, passionate soul, arise, accursed one, beating from the depths into Persian, and shed tears from the springs, may the cursed, merciful Mother of Christ God have mercy on you.

Irmos. His warriors of Heaven praise and tremble Cherubim and Seraphim, every breath and creature, sing, bless and exalt Him forever.

Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.

Do not despise this singing that is gratefully brought to you, Father Paisios, but rather accept it and fill it with spiritual joys, but without obscurity I will bow to your image, where it is written, giving healing to everyone.

Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.

All the venerable life was jealous of the charitable father, who had lived for centuries, Father Paisios, in the humility and fasting of Christ, for the sake of Christ, you died a martyr all your life, and you suffered a lot from the demons of the attack, and defeated them. For this sake, I pray thee, father, rage, rage and neglect of your prayers, reject me from me.

Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.

Lord Christ, the All-Generous God, let me hate the deeds of the evil one, for you are our God, ask and receive. Give love from all my soul, through the prayers of the Reverend Father Paisios, do Thy saving will.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Pray, on me, a sinner, be long-suffering, Master, and do not sow me like a barren tree by slaughtering mortals into the fire, but make me fruitful with the prayers of the reverend, I beg you, give me a time of repentance, like a philanthropist.

And now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Bogorodichen. Jets sent down tears and groaning from the heart, create me, Pure, sometimes to fall to Your cover, as if I would find the resolution of my sins, by Your prayer.

Katabasia: Deliver from the eternal torment of your deceased servant (say the name), reverend Father Paisios the Great, as if we are running to you according to Bose, you pray for us Christ our God (bow). Lord, have mercy (three times with bows).

Irmos. Having received joy from the Angel, and having given birth to Your Creator, Virgin, save Thee who magnify.

Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.

You were a quick help, reverend, even in this life, sometimes I’ll die at the reverend elder’s disciple in disobedience, and lead me to hell, he’s asking, begging the All-Generous for his disciple, you’re like a quick novice and keeper of love, put hope in the All-Generous Stretching out to God for prayer, and He is many-merciful and unfaltering in vows, make a will for those who fear Him, and hear your prayer, lead the soul from hell. For this reason, I am unworthy, crouching, I pray to you, Father Paisios, with your prayers, deliver me from torment and unquenchable fire.

Holy Father Paisios the Great, pray to God for us.

Laughter that was a demon, humiliation of a man, sobbing of the righteous, crying of an angel, defilement of the air and earth and waters. The body is scorched and the mind of the defiled, more than the words of deeds. I am the enemy of God. Alas, I have sinned, forgive me through the prayers of the Monk Paisios.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Like falling into robbers and wounded, so I fell into many sins and wounded by my soul. To whom will I resort guilty az? Only to Thee, the merciful souls of the Physician, accept the prayer service of the warmth of the Monk Paisios, and through his prayers pour out Your great mercy on me.

And now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Bogorodichen. Multiplying my sins, worthy of petition and judgment, Pure, falling to the call of Ty: before the end, give me purification and tenderness, and correction in character.

ours from eternal torment, and our Savior will accept your prayer in good will and give them His mercy instead of good deeds, free them, we believe, from suffering and instill in the villages of the righteous, and we will be worthy to die in repentance, let us glorify together the All-Holy and magnificent the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.