PRAYERS FOR A CHURCH SOBOR
from the Sluzhebnik of Metropolitan Peter Moghila
Note that there are two possible forms:
1. as texts added at the Divine Liturgy, and
2. as a Moleben. In the latter case it follows the same format as the Molebens for the Sick, for
Travelers, for the New Year, and so on.
1. As texts inserted in the Divine Liturgy
At the Proskomede, when the priest commemorates the Metropolitan or ruling hierarch, he adds this
Prayer:
O Lord Jesus Christ our God, accept this sacrifice unto the
remission of sins of Thy servants
(here he commemorates
all the bishops of the Sobor):
and all the clergy gathered at
this Sobor and in Thy name, and send down upon them the
grace of Thy Holy Spirit, for good and profitable counsel
unto the benefit of all, and unto the confirmation of the
Orthodox Catholic faith and piety, the good order of the
Church, and all that works for the well-being of souls, that
the wonderful glory of Thy most holy name may be
increased and multiplied.