Молитовник

This edition embodied the idea of ​​a "living tradition" and created an attempt to unite divided Ukrainian Orthodox Christians in prayer.

The purpose of the project:

1) to unite Ukrainian Orthodox Christians, separated into several church jurisdictions, in a joint prayer for the unity of the Church in Ukraine;

2) to enliven the prayer life of believers by expanding their worldview through familiarity with the richness of the Eastern Orthodox prayer tradition, in particular, with the practice of prayer of the Greek Church.

The challenges facing Ukrainian Orthodox churches today require us, the people of the Church, to act quickly. These challenges are a socio-political crisis in the conditions of external aggression by the state, which calls itself Orthodox, and at the same time tries to inflame conflicts on an inter-confessional basis; strengthening of antagonistic attitudes among Ukrainian believers towards each other; and at the same time, a long-standing process of secularization, a "magical" attitude to religion, widespread superstition and superstition in society. The division of Ukrainian Orthodoxy continues, although people's demand for the unity of the Church is growing. However, believers mostly do not know what to do with this desire for unity.

The sincere and fervent prayer of Christians can help in this. Perhaps this will not lead to a quick result, but it will lay an important foundation for a good perspective. Christians who pray for unity actually become united because of this, despite church partitions.

In this edition, you will not find the usual morning and evening prayers, which are usually offered to read in all other prayer books. A prayer life should not be limited to reciting the same set of prayers every day, year after year. Instead, here you can find classics forgotten by believers - morning and evening, as well as noon, night prayers, etc., selected from the classic prayer book of the Church - the Chronicle. There are also the prayers of Reverend Siluan Afonsky, Archimandrite Sophrony Sakharov, Father Oleksandr Men - our contemporaries.

More about the project on the website https://www.molytovnyk.ukr