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13 years old. I'm going to church. How to force yourself to pray?translated

September 21, 2026 · 1 min read

Reader question:

Hello! I am 13 years old. I have been a believer since childhood, for some time I was an atheist, but still I am devoted to Christ. So, I started going to church. It was only then that I realized that I needed to pray morning and evening. I have been going to church for about 4 months. I have already tried it in different ways: at first I read it completely in the morning and in the evening, but I broke down, I tried the short prayer rule of Seraphim of Sarov - I broke down, I tried to pray in my own words - too. So, how to establish regularity in prayer? To accurately pray morning and evening? And what prayers to read (the morning and evening rules, or the short rule of Seraphim of Sarov, or maybe in your own words)?

Vyacheslav

Priest's answer:

Priest Evgeniy CHEBYKIN

Hello, Vyacheslav.

I am very glad that at such a fairly young age you are asking yourself such important questions as faith in God, true Christian piety, church and cell prayer, and so on. Please continue in the same spirit and never stop there!

I think that it will be quite enough if you read the usual beginning every morning and evening (the initial exclamation, “Heavenly King...”, the Trisagion after “Our Father...”,...

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