The priest shared the main prayer for Good Friday

Orthodox Christians celebrate Good Friday on April 10, the Day of Mourning for the Crucified Jesus Christ. Prayers on this day are focused on remembering his sufferings on the cross. On this day, it is appropriate to pray for the forgiveness of sins, strengthening faith, and adding spiritual and physical strength, Ilya Savastyanov, a priest of the Vologda Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, told Izvestia. At the same time, he emphasizes that the power of prayer is determined not by words, but by the faith of the worshipper, therefore there are no magic words or spells in the Church.

The head of the Youth Department of the Stavropol Diocese, Priest Alvian Tkhelidze, explained that the idea of "the most powerful prayer" on Good Friday does not correspond to the church tradition.

"Prayer is always a dialogue with God. Our communication with Him," he stressed, adding that it does not act on its own as a kind of "energy impulse." According to him, the power of prayer lies not in the text, but in the sincerity and personal relationship of a person with God.

The priest also noted that in Orthodoxy there are no "particularly strong days" when prayer supposedly acts differently or desires are fulfilled by themselves. At the same time, he recalled that Good Friday is dedicated to commemorating the sufferings and death of Jesus Christ on the cross.

"On this day, we remember with sorrow how Jesus Christ was crucified on the Cross before Easter," the priest added.

The chairman of the educational Committee of the Russian Orthodox Church, Archpriest Maxim Kozlov, in turn, suggested that on this day we recall the words of the Savior, which were spoken by him from the Cross.

"These are the words addressed to the Mother of God and the Evangelist John, to whom he entrusted the care of his mother. These are the words addressed to the repentant robber, that today you will be with me in paradise. But perhaps the most tragic, the most significant and the most important for us are the words that Christ addressed to God the Father. "Either, Or! Lama Savakhfani?", which translates to: "My God, My God, why did You leave Me?" These words should mean that Christ tasted everything for us, not only physical death, but even abandonment of God, in order to save us from this," the archpriest emphasized.

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