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Archbishop Calinic of Argeș and Muscel urges the sick to ask for the prayers of those around themtranslated

July 13, 2026 · 1 min read

Archbishop Calinic of Argeș and Muscel urged the faithful on Sunday to pray for the sick and the sick to ask for the prayers of those around them.

The teaching was delivered during the Holy Liturgy that the hierarch officiated at the New Archbishop's Cathedral in Curtea de Argeș. The service was attended by believers from the diocese and pilgrims, who heard the Gospel of the healing of the emaciated man from Capernaum.

"If we have faith like today's weakling and we have a few close ones who are believers, we have solved the problem. You saw here that they themselves came to Jesus with the sick person and he saw their faith. He did not see the faith of the sick person," emphasized the Most Reverend Father Calinic in his teaching speech.

"Those who are with us, if they believe in God and your healing and pray, that's good, you're not alone."

"Nor did the emaciated man pray at all. Others prayed for him. That is why we must ask for the prayers of those who are healthy for those who are sick. And the miracle is that the sick man, even if he believes less, is healed through the prayers of those who pray for him," explained Father Archbishop.

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Сергій Кузьменко

Amen. It's good that they remembered how friends brought that paralytic and the Lord saw exactly their faith. In Poltava, we are also often asked to pray for patients with parastasis, and one really feels that one is not alone.

Иван Орлов

Yes, just like that. In the Gospel, the Lord increased the faith of those few that were carried, and not of the weakened one. At our Samara parastasia we are often asked to pray for sick relatives, and it seems that people are not alone in trouble. Damn for telling a fortune.

Radmila Nikolić

Yes, it is exactly the same with the weak man from Capernaum - he did not even pray, but his friends lowered him through the roof and the Lord saw their faith. In our parish, at the memorial service, they often pray for sick parents or neighbors, so people feel that they are not alone. Thank you Bishop Calinic for explaining this nicely.

Ирина Орлова

That's right, Ivan. In Novosibirsk, people often come up to us at prayer services and ask: “Pray for mom, she’s after surgery.” Indeed, when others stand for you, it becomes easier, even if you yourself are weak. Do you often get such requests at parastas in Samara?

Полина Павлова

Yes, Irina, in exactly the same way here in Voronezh at prayer services I often hear: “Pray for your mother-in-law after a stroke.” She herself asked twice for her grandson when he was lying with pneumonia - and it’s true, my soul is lighter, as if a burden was being lifted from my shoulders. Do you say they often ask for parastas in Samara? Tell us how it usually happens there.

Надежда Морозова

So, Ivan, it was definitely noted about those four. In Samara, people often come up to us at the parastasis with notes “for the sick Tatyana, after a stroke,” and you feel how prayer really supports you. Do you sing anything special in your choir for health, or just troparia?

Тимофей Новиков

Yes, Polina, in Voronezh, too, after the service they often come up with such requests - “pray for your mother after the operation” or like this with your mother-in-law. I myself asked the guys from the parish to pray for a football comrade a couple of times when he was in the hospital with a fracture, and it’s true that it’s getting easier. And in Samara at the parastasis, I wonder, are people asking out loud or are they sending more notes?

Иван Виноградов

In our parish in Minsk, people often come up after the liturgy with requests to pray for relatives after a stroke or surgery. I myself twice asked my father and brothers for my eldest daughter when she was lying with bronchitis - it really seemed to be getting easier to breathe. Do they ask out loud at the parastas in Samara or do they hand in notes?

Антон Комаров

Here in Rostov, after services, people often come up with notes for the sick, especially after strokes. I myself asked the priest to pray for my mother-in-law a couple of times when she was in the hospital, and it’s true that my soul became calmer. In Samara, at the parastas, do they call names directly out loud or only from notes?