— One Athos monk received a message from Russia that his friend had died. He took the prosphora, entered the altar and gave the servant hieromonk: “Father, remember the repose” and called the name. Only he took a prosphora in his left hand, and in the right copy, the monk to the right of the altar saw the deceased.
She was so eager to see the sacrifice made for her! As soon as the particle was removed, a happy smile appeared on the face of the deceased, and she disappeared. The servant of the hieromonk gives the monk prosphora, and he cannot take it into his hands. They ask him, «What’s wrong with you?» He barely gathered strength, told what he saw. You know how powerful proskomedia is, how important it is for those who have passed into that world! They can no longer pray for themselves, waiting for the prayers of relatives and loved ones.
Faith and salvation
Archimandrite Ambrose Jurasov
The Holy Land Charitable Foundation
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