Prayer

The Prayers: The appeal of the spirit and why it’s made

By Ljudmila Petrovic I was raised in a household that practiced Serbian Orthodox Christianity. I learned the Lord’s Prayer in the language, went to church for Easter and Christmas, and celebrated our patron saint day. Despite not considering myself a religious person, I still go to church for those occasions, and I still consider my religion to be Serbian Orthodox. Yet there is one thing that I can never bring myself to do: pray. Perhaps it’s because I don’t believe in a god or gods, or perhaps it’s my personality. To me, prayer has always had implications of giving up…

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