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29 March 2024

Too lazy to go to church? Pray online... for a fee

If you cannot go to church like this woman, you can buy a prayer online (AP Photo)

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Too busy to get to church to pray?
A Romanian company is offering believers an online service enabling them to send prayers to priests who will read them out during church services.


Romanian Orthodox Christians customarily write down prayers in church, which are then given to priests who read them out for a small fee. The prayers are traditionally for health, good exam results, happy marriages, and the forgiveness of sins.


Orthodox believers can now pay €1 ($1.44) per day or €24 ($34) online per month for their prayer to be read. Currently, just four churches are enlisted on the site.


Gandul.info reported Tuesday that the Romanian Orthodox church, to which more than 85 per cent of Romanians belong, did not approve the move, warning it could lead to laziness.