Prayer Book and Psalter for the Deceased

By the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan

 Metropolitan of Kyiv and All the Ukraine Onuphrius.

Number of pages: 302.

Size: 24х5х17х1,5 cm.

Paper: offset.

Weight: 607 g.

The language is Church Slavonic

Year - 2019

In the Orthodox Church there is a good custom of continuously reading the Psalms over the body of the deceased (except at the time of memorial services and funeral litanies at the tomb) before his burial and in memory of him after his burial. The reading of the Psalms for the deceased has its origin in the remotest antiquity. Serving as a prayer to the Lord for the dead, it brings them great comfort both in itself, as a reading of the word of God, and as a witness to the love of their living brethren for them. It is also of great benefit to them, for it is accepted by the Lord as a pleasant propitiation for the cleansing of the sins of those mentioned, just as all prayer, for every good deed, is accepted by Him in general.