The Altar · Prayer

Place your request before God; the clergy lift it at the liturgy.

A prayer request is not a message to an office — it is an intention placed on the altar. Whatever you carry — thanksgiving, grief, a name on your heart, a decision before you — the clergy will hold it in the Divine Liturgy. Your request is private to the clergy unless you ask otherwise.

Your Intention

Write the intention as you would speak it — a name, a situation, a thanksgiving, a burden. There is no wrong way to ask. The clergy receive it and lift it in the Sunday Divine Liturgy.

Your request is private to the clergy by default. If you wish the congregation to hold it with you, you may say so below.

A Word on Prayer

“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find.”

The African Orthodox Church inherits the ancient conviction that prayer is not a transaction but a relationship — the soul turning toward the Father who already holds it. Whether you come in thanksgiving or in need, in clarity or in confusion, the altar is open. The clergy do not require polished words; they receive the intention and carry it where it belongs. If you are carrying something you cannot name yet, you may write only that — “I need prayer” is a whole intention.

Come to the Liturgy

If you wish to bring your intention in person, the doors are open. The Mother Church receives all who come.

Find the Mother Church

4841 NW 2nd Avenue
Miami, Florida 33127

Liberty City · the congregation’s roots are in Overtown.