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The Psalter is a prayer book of the Old Testament, consisting of 150 psalms, most of which were written by the Israeli king and prophet David (an example of true repentance for all Orthodox Christians).
People prayed the Psalter while awaiting the Savior, and the Lord Jesus Christ Himself turned to the Heavenly Father. The Divine Liturgy of the New Testament is built upon the psalms of this Sacred book.
In its content, the Psalter represents not just a text, but a relevant dialogue between God and man at all times, as the book was composed by pious individuals with the help and in the Holy Spirit.
The most renowned ascetics of piety in Orthodoxy, such as Antony the Great and Macarius the Great, performed their prayerful feats primarily through the Psalter. Saints John Chrysostom and Basil the Great compare the prayerful standing in the words of the Psalter to the service of Angels.
The soul of someone praying the Psalter experiences a special spiritual tremor and transformation. Dark forces are vanquished by its profound prayer content. The Psalter can also be likened to an icon that has been prayed over for centuries, before which people kneel in prayer in any difficult situation or in gratitude to God.
The preface to various editions of the Psalter indicates that any pious Orthodox Christian can read it. The Church blesses this. Moreover, this is what our believing ancestors have been doing for many centuries; Holy Russia lived."
The Undying Psalter for the repose has its distinction from prayer in general, because the very words of the Psalter are the words of the Bible, the words of the Holy Spirit.
When we pray with these words, the action of the Holy Spirit becomes our own work within us, and we ourselves become part of this God-pleasing action.
And the Lord, seeing our prayerful labor directed toward the salvation of the souls of the deceased loved ones, grants them comfort, brings them out of the threshold of hell, and raises them to a new height. And to the one praying with faith, He gives grace.
If we pray the Psalter ourselves or ask someone to do so (especially continuously, around the clock), then we enter into a completely special form of prayer, which is the only valuable thing for the salvation of the soul.
The tradition of round-the-clock prayer by the Psalter (Unceasing or Continuous Psalter) originates from the practice of the community of Syrian monks in the fourth century (the monastery of the "Sleepless Ones" led by St. Alexander of Constantinople).
Praying to God means always being in touch with Him. Reading the Psalter of David means entering into the soul-saving experience of millennia, an experience that even the Lord Jesus Christ did not disregard, openly calling Himself the Son of David and urging everyone to pray without ceasing.
Continuous, uninterrupted prayer is conducted in Bolgar at the Skete of the Resurrection of Christ.
The given name (for health or repose) is commemorated around the clock after the reading of the kathismas. Such unceasing prayer for a person can be offered for a selected period: for a year or eternally.
The Psalter is a precious gift of Orthodoxy, the oldest form of prayer dating back to the times of the Old Testament Church. Anyone who wishes, including those who are just beginning their journey into the faith, can pray with the Psalter at home.
Today, translations of the Psalter into Russian are widely available. However, even if one reads the kathismas in Church Slavonic without fully understanding their meaning, the soul of the one praying will still benefit. As St. Macarius of Optina said: "Even if you do not understand, the demons understand and tremble."
You can order the Unceasing Psalter at the Skete of the Resurrection of Christ for yourself or your loved ones (both living and departed) using the form above.
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