Moleben of repentance for sin of abortion approved by Russian Orthodox Church

January 2, 2017

Photo: RIA-Novosti/Igor Palkin Photo: RIA-Novosti/Igor Palkin
    

At its December 27 meeting in Danilov Monastery, under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church approved the text of a prayer service for forgiveness for the sin of abortion, reports life.ru.

The “Moleben of Repentance for Forgiveness for the Sin of Killing a Child in the Womb” has been sent to the Moscow Patriarchate’s publishing house for inclusion in prayer books. The new service is “very important,” in the words of Vladimir Legoida, the head of the Patriarchate’s Department for Relations Between Church and Society and the Media.

Abortion is unequivocally a sin in the eyes of the Orthodox Church. Although post-Soviet numbers have dropped considerably, Russia still has an alarmingly high number of abortions every year. Hierarchs, clergy, and activists routinely speak out against abortion and organize petitions and demonstrations against this terrible sin and its current legal status.

In November Patriarch Kirill proposed to remove the abortion procedure from the medical insurance system, noting that the Church is “of course against abortion.”

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See also
Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov: If we don’t stop committing abortions, the Lord will wipe us from face of earth Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov: If we don’t stop committing abortions, the Lord will wipe us from face of earth Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov: If we don’t stop committing abortions, the Lord will wipe us from face of earth Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov: If we don’t stop committing abortions, the Lord will wipe us from face of earth
“To expect some prosperous marriage or some kind of joyous life after infanticide is simply ridiculous. A person can find no kind of happiness if he is a murderer of his own children. Such cannibals, as our people, need to be wiped off the face of the earth, and only the great grace of God towards us (for we are all His children) will save us from the wrath of God. But if we don’t wake up, the wrath of God will fall upon us,” stated Fr. Dmitry. Well-known priest accuses Ministry of Health of unwillingness to dialogue on of abortion Well-known priest accuses Ministry of Health of unwillingness to dialogue on of abortion Well-known priest accuses Ministry of Health of unwillingness to dialogue on of abortion Well-known priest accuses Ministry of Health of unwillingness to dialogue on abortion
The priest noted that already five years have passed from the patriarch's first address to the authoroties with an anti-abortion proposal. Alexander Shchipkov: we will keep struggling for removal of abortions from the system of mandatory medical insurance Alexander Shchipkov: we will keep struggling for removal of abortions from the system of mandatory medical insurance Alexander Shchipkov: we will keep struggling for removal of abortions from the system of mandatory medical insurance Alexander Shchipkov: we will keep struggling for removal of abortions from the system of mandatory medical insurance
Earlier, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, speaking in the State Duma and the Council of the Federation, more than once called for the removal of abortions from the system of mandatory medical insurance.
Comments
Michael4/8/2020 2:40 pm
Where might I obtain a PDF of this moleben? Thanks
Leonard Eisenstein3/31/2017 10:56 am
AMEN!
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