What is the never-ending psalter? Why do they read it all night? What problems does Holy Scripture help with and how to tune in to prayer?
The Orthodox religion has many sacred scriptures; the ancient lives of martyrs and their exploits have been preserved. The Psalter is a type of holy scripture, one of the oldest liturgical books. The history of the book is led by the prophet and king David, who laid the foundation for the worship of the Old Testament church. It includes 150/151 psalms describing different life situations. Many of them are disassembled for the service and read before the Holy Scriptures.
The psalms are the basis of the entire church and permeate all the rites and rituals of the Orthodox world.
What is the never-ending psalter?
Saint Chrysostom wrote that the psalms are the verbs of the Holy Spirit. That is why they are so important in the life of the church and all Orthodox people. You can enter the kingdom of heaven by reading the psalms. The tradition of reading these scriptures has been preserved since the times of Egyptian monks who went into the desert to read the scriptures.
It brings together all the scriptures, prophesies the future and shows the lessons of the past. Thus, the psalter is called upon to fulfill two purposes: to teach Divine Revelation and to help implement the commandments.
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The never-ending Psalter is a special kind of prayer that lasts around the clock. The monks replace each other.
Price
The holiness of the book attracts the laity with its antiquity and power of influence. Everyone wants to get their hands on a psalter and learn to read indefinitely. It is extremely difficult to do this - the soul must be in peace and solitude. You should not be disturbed during the day - such a picture is impossible in an ordinary house. Lay people resort to a simplified version of reading.
You can buy the holy book in any church shop - the cost ranges from 200 to 5000 rubles, there are also more expensive options. (see how to protect yourself from the evil eye and damage yourself)
In order for the everlasting psalter to be read for your family and friends, monks need to pay at least 400 rubles per name. If you want to pray for the health and peace of several relatives, the cost increases. Reading takes place over the course of a month. After this, the name you gave is crossed off from the list of spoken ones. You can order a reading for several months, then the cost of the service increases.
Important! Church rule establishes a ban on the names of the unbaptized, people of other faiths and suicides.
The priests believe that it does not matter in which monastery - female or male - you submit the names of your relatives, the main thing is to do it from a pure heart, with true faith.
Monasteries accept payment not only in the form of monetary donations, but also in food, things and building materials.
Prayer to Saint Matrona from damage and the evil eye
The prayer to the Blessed Matrona (Matronushka) against the evil eye should be said daily. It is also used not only to remove damage and love spells, but also during periods when not everything is going well in life.
I am addressing you, oh Matrona of Moscow.
Help me get rid of the evil eye and damage, rejecting the damn dirty tricks of evil people.
Cleanse my soul from the soot of sin and do not punish my mortal body with pain.
I sincerely repent to you for sorrow, intolerance, anger, swearing and lack of faith.
Ask the Lord God for pity and grant me mercy in the form of spiritual Orthodoxy.
Let corruption, the evil eye and mental anguish not kill my faith in the Lord God.
Let it be so.
Amen.
Icon of Matrona of Moscow
History and modernity
Egyptian saints believed that reading the psalter was beneficial not only by exalting the Lord and worshiping him, but also by cursing the devil.
The form of indefatigable writing was formed at the end of the 4th - beginning of the 5th centuries. The source of such prayer was the Holy Tradition - about the round-the-clock enlightenment of God in paradise. The Companions tried to get as close to the ideal as possible. It was first read by the Monk Alexander on the Euphrates River at the end of the 4th century. Before starting prayer, he tirelessly asked the Lord for three years to give him strength and permission to fulfill the will of God. The Lord appeared to him and predicted that he would begin what he wanted. The Alexander Monastery received the name Unsleeping, and later such a monastery appeared in Constantinople.
How do monks pray? The entire psalter is divided into twelve parts - kathismas, meaning “sitting” in Greek. Each part is divided into three "glories". At the end of each of them, a prayer of enlightenment to the Lord is read. After the first two glory, the monks read a prayer for health, and after the third for the repose of the souls of the dead. The abbot divides the scriptures by the number of monks who read the holy scriptures. The monastery creates schedules for services in cells. In addition to the Psalter, it contains journals with lists of deceased and living laymen. After each part, the priest pronounces the names of everyone who ordered.
What does scripture give to a person?
We have already said above that the psalter is the most powerful scripture, helping to find the path to God, faith and protecting from demons.
People have long believed that it helps protect a person from evil spirits, shows the right path, saves from the negative influence of demons and saves from sins and internal passions. There are many cases when, after such prayers, a person gradually abandoned bad habits, was saved from alcohol and drug addiction and radically changed his life.
Incessant prayer gives strength and faith, heals the soul and body of the one for whom the monks pray. Prayers and requests acquire special power through a form of forgiveness—24-hour prayer.
Every day in churches the Psalter is read in excerpts, you can also read it at home, but in the monastery there is a real incessant reading. This is explained by the special grace given to the monks.
Reviews on forums
You can find out about the power of incessant prayer and reading the psalter on the forums and in reviews of the monastery. There you will find a million stories of salvation and healing. Here are some of them.
My husband and I often argued, every evening ended in a quarrel. After a trip to the Diveyevo Monastery, where I ordered an indestructible psalter, the conflicts did not stop, but we began to listen to each other.
After the New Year, Nikita, our son, began to have endless illnesses. We tried everything - numerous tests and medications. Prayer helped, we read some parts of the psalter at home.
Every year my mother and I visit one of the ancient monasteries - we observe strict fasts and try to defend the never-failing psalter. Several times I had to read one part of it - this indescribable feeling of unity with God.
I write notes for health and peace every time I come to church. This helps me, I feel that the Lord is near.
Have you ordered the never-ending psalter?
I know that reading a prayer is a cleansing of the body and spiritual cleansing.
What is your opinion about the power of the Never-Sleeping Psalter on health? Does it get rid of strong negativity (damage, curse) if ordered from a monastery?
Why is a psalter ordered?
The elders assure that when reading the Vigilant Psalter, angels protect a person from temptation, evil spirits and tame passions. If you ordered a prayer for the deceased, then they find peace.
Repeat the person's name throughout the day of scripture reading.
Prayer helps those who have lost themselves, are not sure of the correctness of the chosen path and hope in faith and God to find answers to their questions. Help also goes to the monks who read the prayer - they receive spiritual cleansing, blessing and help the monastery provide for itself financially.
Prayerful commemoration in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra is carried out around the clock
This is a famous holy monastery, located in the city of Sergiev Posad (Moscow region). There are many nuances that can negatively affect the soul’s aspiration to God when reading the Psalms. For example, a large crowd of tourists (in places open to the public), this does not allow you to concentrate and turn to the Almighty. That’s why it’s so important to contact remote monasteries like the Trinity-Sergius Lavra.
Order a hymnal online
Most monasteries today have their own website on the Internet and accept applications for reading the indestructible psalter online. Now you don’t have to travel thousands of kilometers, stand in line and order demand for all your relatives at once. You can fill out an application right from home. To do this, choose a temple that is close to you in spirit. A special form will be indicated on its website. In the St. Nicholas Holy Monastery there is a special section where you need to fill out: the reading time, the names of relatives at baptism, the number of churches in which you want the psalter with your names to be recited, and the reason for reading the prayer service (for peace or health).
Remember that the name indicated is not worldly, but given at baptism. The application must be completed separately for each person, otherwise the prayer is said only for the first name.
Who are sorcerers?
Mages and sorcerers are people who contacted fallen spirits, rejected the True God, and chose to serve demons. Interaction with otherworldly forces can manifest itself explicitly or hidden, consciously or out of bewilderment. Be that as it may, such people are deprived of the protection of the Heavenly Forces.
Having opened the entrance to the demons, they receive information from them (both true and false). Having violated the Lord's prohibition - not to communicate with unclean spirits, sorcerers then suffer without knowing peace. If they do not do evil to others, demons torment them. Attracting the attention of evil spirits occurs when they engage in:
divination is any type of fortune telling, astrology, spiritualism, kabbalism, palmistry, etc.; meditation, yoga, shamanism, mediumship, etc.; non-traditional treatment - exposure to the biofield (passes), coding, extrasensory perception, etc.; sorcery, witchcraft, all types (colors) of magic.
Note: When seeking protection and salvation, pay attention to the resources you visit. If they only offer a miracle prayer (more like a conspiracy), to remove damage with the help of a psychic, or white magic, then the site is far from Orthodoxy. Instead of helping, you will open the door to demonic influence.
How does it help?
Any appeal to God helps only those who truly believe. For those who have not come to the Almighty, he shows the way and helps them find themselves.
The prayers of the monks help us cleanse ourselves, remove terrible sins and get rid of bad habits (for example, smoking or alcoholism). The main thing that incessant prayer gives us is faith, strengthening in our strength and God’s grace.
What is the difference between Sorokoust and the Never-Sleeping Psalter
Sorokoust is a daily commemoration of the servant of God during the Divine Liturgy for 40 days in a row. Such repeated appeal to God has special power. Sorokoust is one of the most significant Orthodox prayers, which is ordered in order to:
- recover from illness;
- strengthen spiritual health;
- help with childbirth;
- help cope with worldly difficulties;
- ask for the repose of the soul.
The Indefatigable (or Indefatigable) Psalter is a petition that is read by the servants of the temple non-stop, day and night: one reader replaces another, but the sound of the Treasure does not stop. That’s why it got its name – Vigilant. The vigilant Psalter can last 40 days, months, six months, a year, and even until the end of time. This prayer is ordered for the same reasons as Sorokoust - either asking for health and strength, or for repose.
Does it remove damage?
The most powerful Orthodox scripture will certainly save you from evil spirits, harmful influences and negative influences. The clergy deny the possibility of the evil eye, damage and conspiracies, attributing all this to demonic entertainment. Thus, they explain the signs of corruption as a departure from real faith. Incessant prayers return a person to God and help him get rid of the negative influence of unknown forces. (see Navruz Bayram in 2019)
Reading the Psalter at home
It is impossible to read the indefatigable psalter in full at home. A person cannot completely isolate himself from distractions and withstand all the kaffirs. The parishes have come up with an interesting practice - twenty of the most active parishioners read one kathisma a day. This is how parishioners read the Holy Scriptures themselves, protecting each other from evil.
You can read some passages of the psalter at home, sitting down with the whole family to pray. This is how God's power brings the family together and unites it. Those who are especially suffering can try to devote themselves to the psalter; God will appreciate the purity of your views and help you accomplish what you can do.
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A few rules for reading at home: light a lamp or church candle; pronounce kathismas while sitting, and glories while standing; give up gesturing - your soul, not your body, speaks to God.
How to read the psalter correctly in church?
Psalms are the basis of any Divine service. The rules for reading them are stipulated by the charter of the Church. Thus, it is recommended to read the entire book of Psalms once a week. An exception is the Easter holiday: during each week of Lent it will be correct to recite prayer texts 2 times a day.
Other rules:
- they mark periods when at Matins 2 kathismas are selected and read;
- prayer texts are transferred to Vespers if a vigil is served in the morning;
- 17 Kathisma is not pronounced if polyeleos are sung in the morning.
There is a calendar for reading the Psalms during the period of Great Lent. At the same time, kathismas are constantly changing. These prayers are not read for 10 days: starting on Maundy Thursday of Holy Week and ending with St. Thomas Week.
