Special Prayers to be Offered in OCA Parishes for Resolution to Crisis in Yugoslav Republic

His Beatitude, Metropolitan THEODOSIUS, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, today issued a series of special prayer petitions for a “just and equitable end and solution to the grievous conflict in Kosovo.”

The petitions will be added to liturgical services in all parishes of the Orthodox Church in America.

The text of the prayer petitions follows.

“Again we pray that You would hear us and bring a just and equitable end and solution to the grievous conflict in Kosovo, we ask You, hear us and have mercy.

“Again we pray that You would grant peace, justice, and deliverance for all the suffering inhabitants of that region, we ask You, hear us and have mercy.

“Again we pray that You would enlighten all members of civil governments seeking an equitable solution to the conflict in that region, we ask you, hear us and have mercy.

“Again we pray that you would grant protection for those serving in the armed forces and solace for their families and friends, and peace for all the nations of this world, we ask You, hear us and have mercy.”

With headquarters in Syosset, New York, the Orthodox Church in America numbers over 600 parishes, missions, monasteries, seminaries and institutions throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico.