At a time when a child begins to get sick, it often happens that frightened parents simply begin to get lost and the mother has a particularly bad time at this moment, since there is a certain connection between children and their parents, making them especially sensitive when the baby’s health deteriorates. And in our lives, not everything depends on people, so in difficult moments a prayer for the child’s recovery will help.
What does a strong (helping) prayer for a child’s recovery give?
A prayer appeal is a conversation with the Lord, and whether in our own words or according to the sacred text, the essence remains the same - we appeal to the Almighty for receiving blessings, as well as for help in healing and continued good health for our children.
There is also a huge amount of evidence that a prayer for health of a child, said by the mother, can have a truly miraculous effect, so you should not ignore such a powerful gift (especially in cases where external intervention is not working at full strength, and anxiety is very strong ).
The prayer itself has the following effect:
Helps relieve painful parts of the child’s body from discomfort;
In case of prolonged and high fever, it lowers the temperature and alleviates the general condition of the child;
Gives the child strength to fight the disease;
In addition to the fact that a prayer appeal can save a child, it can also help the mother calm down, gather strength and instill faith in the child’s speedy recovery. After all, the last thing a baby needs is the worry of his parents, and when the mother trusts the world, prepares herself for the help of Heavenly forces and calms down, the child begins to relax and gets better.
Naturally, a child’s recovery does not always depend only on our desire, but if the mother makes every effort, then the chance of getting rid of the disease will increase significantly.
Who to pray for the health of the child
There are many prayers for the recovery and health of children, which can be addressed to the images of various Saints, namely:
*Matrona of Moscow;
*Virgin Mary;
*Nicholas the Wonderworker;
*Luke Krymsky.
Since ancient times, it has been believed that Blessed Matrona is the protector of family well-being and the patroness of the hearth. Orthodox pilgrims from all over the world come to the relics of the Saint to ask for the healing of their relatives and people close to them. And the prayer to Matrona for the healing of the child will become a good companion for every loving mother in the most difficult times.
The text of the prayer is:
“Oh, blessed Elder Matrona. I turn to you with prayer and hope for the child’s recovery. Ask the Lord our God Jesus Christ for the health of your beloved child. Do not be angry with me for sinful deeds and do not refuse me righteous help. Deliver the child from weakness, sorrow, crying and groaning. Reject bodily illness and mental turmoil. Give my child good health and drive away the evils of demons from him. Forgive me all my mother’s sins and intercede for me before the Lord God. So be it. Amen".
Such a prayer appeal is quite strong and therefore, after pronouncing it, it is recommended to give the baby some kind of drink, adding sacred water to it in advance.
The Queen of Heavenly Virgin Mary is the first mother in the Christian world, and if trouble comes to the house and brings with it the illness of a beloved child, then you can turn to her for help in recovering and gaining good health for the child. A prayer to the Mother of God for the health of the baby will certainly have an effect in healing the patient, will force the body to resist the disease, and will also give strength to the child.
“O Most Holy Lady Virgin Theotokos, save and preserve under Your shelter my children (names), all youths, young women and infants, baptized and nameless and carried in their mother’s womb. Cover them with the robe of Your motherhood, keep them in the fear of God and in obedience to their parents, pray to my Lord and Your Son to grant them what is useful for their salvation. I entrust them to Thy maternal gaze, for Thou art the Divine Cover of Thy servants.
Mother of God, lead me into the image of Your heavenly motherhood. Heal the mental and physical wounds of my children (names) caused by my sins. I entrust my child entirely to my Lord Jesus Christ and Your, Most Pure, heavenly protection. Amen".
Since time immemorial, believers, when various health problems arose, turned to Saint Nicholas for help, since during his lifetime he was widely known as a healer endowed with a comprehensive faith. To this day, a prayer request to the Elder helps relieve a child from the discomfort that physical illness causes him.
Text of the prayer:
“Oh, Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker. I fall at your feet and ask for the recovery of the sick child. Send a miracle from heaven and help him cope with a serious illness. Intercede before the Lord God for my sins and ask him for generous and merciful forgiveness. So be it. Amen".
Such a petition is allowed to be made not only within the walls of the church, but also at home, but if the child has a serious illness, then it is best to take him to church or invite a clergyman to the house.
Saint Luke was endowed with God's power of healing, the gift of clairvoyance and miracle-working. And by turning to the Elder in prayer, you can heal not only adults, but also children from various ailments.
Strong prayer to Saint Luke for the treatment of a child:
“O all-blessed confessor, our holy saint Luke, great servant of Christ. With tenderness we bow the knee of our hearts, and falling before the race of your honest and multi-healing relics, like the children of our father, we pray to you with all our zeal: hear us sinners and bring our prayer to the merciful and man-loving God. To whom you stand now in the joy of the saints and with the faces of an angel. We believe that you love us with the same love that you loved all your neighbors while you were on earth.
Ask Christ our God to confirm His children in the spirit of right faith and piety: to the shepherds to give holy zeal and care for the salvation of the people entrusted to them: to observe the right of believers, to strengthen the weak and infirm in the faith, to instruct the ignorant, to reprove the contrary. Give us all a gift that is useful to everyone, and everything that is useful for temporary life and eternal salvation.
Strengthening our cities, fruitful lands, deliverance from famine and destruction. Comfort for the grieving, healing for the ailing, return to the path of truth for those who have gone astray, blessing from a parent, upbringing and teaching for a child in the Passion of the Lord, help and intercession for the orphaned and needy.
Grant us all your archpastoral blessing, so that if we have such prayerful intercession, we will get rid of the wiles of the evil one and avoid all enmity and disorder, heresies and schisms.
Guide us on the path leading to the villages of the righteous and pray to the omnipotent God for us, in eternal life we will be honored with you to constantly glorify the Consubstantial and Indivisible Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen."
It is worth noting that the clergy recommends learning the prayer appeal by heart so as not to be distracted during its pronunciation, but it is also equally important to concentrate on reading the prayer service and imagine your smiling, happy and healthy child.
May the Lord protect you!
Watch the video prayer to Matrona of Moscow for healing and protection:
The most important thing for every parent is the health of their child. When he is sick, parents experience real grief, not knowing what to do in such a situation. But helping your child is very simple - you just need to read the correct prayer for the child’s illness, then he will always be healthy and happy, to the delight of his parents.
When to Pray
First of all, it should be understood that prayer is not a panacea for any disease. If your baby has a high fever that does not subside for a long time, pronounced symptoms of the disease, pain in the abdomen and various organs, you should first consult a doctor so that he can prescribe treatment. And only after the illness has subsided can one read a prayer that will protect him from illness in the future. You can also offer a prayer to God and the saints, when the child is not sick at all, so that he remains so in the future. But there are times when the child does not recover for a very long time, and the illness is very severe - in these cases, parents should whisper a prayer for the health of the child during illness, which will strengthen his strength and allow him to recover quickly, so that he can continue to grow strong and healthy.
Prohibition on trading with higher powers
Despite the fact that there are special prayers that parents must say so that their children get better, in moments when their child is sick, they experience extreme despair and independently come up with words of prayer to higher powers. They no longer say the usual prayers for the child’s healing from illnesses, but try to bargain with God and the saints for the health of their child. When saying their prayer, they add the phrase that they are ready to do this or that, if only their child can get better. But as soon as the child is healed, this vow is immediately forgotten, which can then have a very negative impact on both the parents themselves and their baby. Therefore, you should not bargain with higher powers; it is better to sincerely ask the Lord or the saints for the health of the child, and this will be the most powerful prayer that will bring the desired result.
Rules for reading prayer
However, in addition to the prohibition on bargaining with higher powers, there are several more rules for a mother’s prayer for the health of her child during illness, which she must follow when turning to the Lord and the saints.
- It is best for a baptized mother to pray in church, where her words will have more weight.
- The words of the prayer must be pronounced to yourself with all sincerity and faith in God's help, passing each word through your heart.
- While reading the prayer, you need to think about your child, imagine how he will recover and be strong and healthy.
- In addition to praying in the temple, you need to pray for the health of your child and next to him, trying to remain calm and not nervous, so that your worries are not passed on to the child.
- If the child is not yet seven years old, then in your prayer for recovery when the child is ill, you should call him the baby of God, and after seven years - the servant of God.
- When leaving the church, you should definitely give out generous alms, which will enhance the meaning of prayer.
Appeal to the Lord
The most powerful prayer for a child’s illness is a prayer request from the Lord for the recovery of the child: “Oh, Lord, you told us in the Word of God to pray for the healing of each other, therefore I pray to You for the health and healing of my child (full name). I ask You, so that no illnesses or illnesses spoil the life of my child. In whatever part of my child’s body the illness is hidden, lay Your hand on him and thereby heal my child and grant him complete recovery, protect him from injuries and illnesses, protect him from all kinds. misfortunes. And if we need to see a doctor, point your finger at the best specialist and grant him wisdom so that he can help my child get better quickly. I expect and hope that you will give my child (full name) complete healing and the best health. he lived and glorified You in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit! "
Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary
You can help your child to be healthy and strong with the help of a prayer from the child’s illnesses to the Most Holy Theotokos: “Oh, our Lady, the Blessed Virgin Mary! I tearfully pray to you and conjuring with all my maternal heart, save and keep my child (full name of the child) under your roof. How You protect all infants, baptized and unnamed youths, as well as those whom mothers are still carrying in their wombs. I pray to You, cover my child with the veil of your motherhood, help them to live in fear of the Lord our God and obey their parents. Your son Jesus Christ and the Lord our God, may he grant my child what will be necessary for his salvation. I entrust my child to You, so that You will look after him, for You are the Divine protection for Your servants!
Brief prayer to Our Lady
There is also another prayer for the health of a child in case of illness to the Mother of God, which is a little shorter than the previous one, but has enormous power: “Oh, Most Holy Mother of God! I sincerely ask You, bring me into the image of Your holy motherhood and heal the physical and spiritual wounds of my only child (full name of the child), which were inflicted on him because of my sins. I entrust my child completely and completely to the protection of the Lord my God Jesus Christ and You, Most Holy Mother of God, Amen!”
Prayer for children's illnesses to Matrona of Moscow
Matrona of Moscow dedicated her entire life to healing the sick and helping everyone who needed it, for which she was elevated to the rank of saint. But even now the suffering continue to turn to her with pleas for help, to which she always listens. Therefore, worried parents can also ask Mother Matronushka for the health of their children: “Our Mother, Blessed Matrono, let your body rest in the earth, but with your soul now you stand at the throne of God and with the power given to you you work all sorts of miracles. In my hour of sorrow, I turn to I beg you with a tearful request, forgive me all my sins and sinful weaknesses, take away all demonic nasty things from me and allow my only child (full name of the child) to quickly be healed of his illnesses and drink in the bright faith in God, do not punish my child with all kinds of pain. , with illnesses and bodily ailments for my sins, do not torment his soul with terrible suffering. I pray for the health of my child and I trust in your help Amen!”
Prayer to Matrona for the health of adolescents
If you have an adult child who has already become a teenager, in this case it is better to say another prayer for the health of children with Matrona’s illness, which will definitely help them: “Oh, Blessed Elder Matronushko! I tearfully ask and conjure you for generosity and forgiveness. I pray you, intercede before the Lord our God for my sick servant, my child (full name of the child), so that all his mental troubles and physical ailments will be cast away. Help me end this severe ordeal for my child and grant him a speedy healing. , and his soul can then be freed from sorrow. May your will be done!”
Prayer ritual for health
In addition to the usual prayer to Matrona when children are ill, you can also perform a special prayer ritual that will serve their speedy recovery even in the most difficult cases. This ritual is divided into two stages. First, parents must visit a temple or church at their place of residence and submit a note to the clergyman there “On health”, where the full name of the child given to him by the church at baptism will be written down. Then you will need to take three simple candles and place one each at the images of Jesus Christ, the healer Panteleimon and the Matrona of Moscow herself. Moreover, standing at the icon of Matronushka, you need to say: “Oh, Mother Matrono, cleanse my soul and body, so that the first does not cry and the second does not get sick. Amen!” Then you need to cross yourself, buy 36 candles in the church shop, collect holy water, buy icons of Jesus Christ, St. Panteleimon and Mother Matrona and leave the church.
Then comes the second stage of the ritual for the child’s recovery, which will need to be carried out at home. To do this, you need to retire, put the purchased icons and a decanter of sacred water on the table, and then light 9 candles - three for each icon. Next, you should read the “Our Father” prayer 12 times and after each reading, cross yourself and take a sip of water from the carafe. After this, you need to imagine your child healthy and happy and begin to read prayers to Mother Matrona until the candles burn in front of her icon. Then you need to cross yourself again, drink holy water, hide the icons in the closet, throw the cinders in the trash and believe that the child will definitely recover.
Prayer to Nicholas the Wonderworker
It would not be superfluous to turn with a prayer for a child’s illness to Nicholas the Wonderworker, who since ancient times was considered the patron saint of children. That is why it is worth turning to him with a prayer for the recovery of your child: “Oh, our kindest shepherd and wisest mentor, Christ Nicholas! I tearfully ask you to hear us sinners, praying to you and calling on you for help. As you see, we are weak, all the best deprived and poor in mind from our cowardice. So I ask, O saint of God, do not leave us to continue to live in sin, do not let our enemies feel the joy of this and do not let us die from our wicked deeds. Pray for us to our Creator. Vladyka, so that he will be merciful to us now and in the future, I trust in you and ask you not to be angry at my sinful sorrow and help my child (the child’s full name) to recover, so that he will not be responsible for my sins, Nikolai. , the Lord our God, that he may grant us life in peace and health and salvation for our souls now and ever, and forever and ever Amen!”
Prayer to Saint Panteleimon
Since Panteleimon was an outstanding healer, it would not be amiss to turn to him with a prayer for a child’s illness: “Oh, Great Martyr Panteleimon! You are our Intercessor and great Healer, and therefore I tearfully turn to you in a prayer of repentance, begging for your all-merciful help I ask you, may my child (full name of the child) quickly be healed from all evil, and may great grace rush to him from above. I beg you with all my heart, help him cast off all sorts of illnesses, shackles, scabs and malice, so that the mercy of Christ may soon come to him. and my child did not languish for a long time. And if I am a sinner for my child, then let it be so now, and forever, and forever Amen!
A very strong prayer for the illness of a newborn child
But prayers need to be read not only for the recovery of sick children, but also so that they never get sick. Therefore, a request for the child’s health must be made even when he has just been born. It is for such cases that we need to pray to Simeon the God-Receiver, who lived to a ripe old age and was able to hold our Savior Jesus Christ in his arms before his death. Therefore, as soon as a mother has a child, she can immediately begin to read a prayer to this saint: “Oh, God-receiving Simeon! Hear us, the servants of God (full names of the child’s parents), and do not take away your sacred cover from us, and pray to the Lord Our God about mercy towards us, so that he would take away his anger from us, caused by our sins, so that he would turn his mercy on us and direct us to the path of repentance and the path of truth, so that we would henceforth keep his sacred commandments, so that we ask the Lord with our prayers. He gave us to live in peace and prosperity, so that our life would be quiet and silent in purity and piety, so that we could attain peace and in the future be able to reach the Kingdom of the Heavenly Lord our God. And I ask you, let the baby of God (full name of the newborn) live in health. ), so that then he too could live in purity and piety, glorifying the Lord God Jesus Christ together with his Father and the Holy Spirit Amen!”
However, do not worry if you cannot memorize a prayer to the Lord God or the saints, because you can pray to them for the health of the child in your own words, the main thing is that they are sincere and come straight from the heart, and then the child will definitely get better and grow up healthy and happy.
Health is the most valuable thing a person has, because without health nothing is needed. When a person is sick or someone close to him is sick, he is overcome by a state of helplessness, because we are all powerless in the face of various diseases. In case of any illness, you need to consult a specialist, take the necessary medications, but it also wouldn’t hurt to read prayers for health. Prayers for health are very effective and help improve the patient’s condition and also promote recovery. If you believe in God and feel the need to read a prayer, read it. Even those who are skeptical about the church, prayers and God are sometimes ready to do anything just to help save loved ones from suffering. There are a large number of different prayers for health, including prayers for the health of children. Children are our only true joy, so the health of the child is everything for the parents.
Prayer to Saint Panteleimon
(Before you read the prayer, you need to get rid of all anger and ask everyone for forgiveness. This is a very strong prayer, so you need to read it only when there are real health problems; this prayer is not read for prevention.)
“Oh, great saint of Christ, passion-bearer and much-merciful physician Panteleimon!
Have mercy on me, a sinful slave, hear my groaning and cry, propitiate the heavenly, supreme Physician of our souls and bodies, Christ our God, may He grant me healing from the illness that oppresses me.
Accept the unworthy prayer of the most sinful man above all. Visit me with a gracious visit.
Do not disdain my sinful sores, anoint them with the oil of your mercy and heal me; May I, healthy in soul and body, be able to spend the rest of my days, by the grace of God, in repentance and pleasing to God and be worthy of receiving a good end to my life.
Hey, servant of God! Pray to Christ God, that through your intercession he may grant health to my body and salvation to my soul. Amen".
Prayer for health to Saint Matrona
“O blessed mother Matrono, with your soul standing in heaven before the Throne of God, but with your body resting on earth, and with the grace given from above, exuding various miracles. Look now with your merciful eye on us, sinners, in sorrow, illness and sinful temptations, our waiting days, comfort us, desperate ones, heal our fierce ailments, from God we are allowed by our sins, deliver us from many troubles and circumstances, pray to our Lord Jesus Christ forgive us all our sins, iniquities and falls, in whose image we have sinned from our youth even to this day and hour, and through your prayers having received grace and great mercy, we glorify in the Trinity the One God, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and ever. Amen".
Prayer for health to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
“Receive, O All-Blessed and All-Powerful Lady Theotokos of Wonder, these prayers offered to You with tears from us, Your unworthy servants, who send up the singing of Your celibate image with tenderness, as if You yourself exist here and listen to our prayer. For every request you fulfill, you alleviate sorrows, you grant health to the weak, you heal the weakened and sick, you drive away demons from demons, you deliver the offended from insults, you cleanse lepers and kindness to little children, and also, to the Lady Lady Theotokos, you free them from bonds and prisons: For all things are possible through Thy intercession to Thy Son, Christ our God. O All-Singing Mother, Most Holy Theotokos! Do not cease to pray for us, Your unworthy servants, who glorify You and honor You, and who worship Your Most Pure Image with tenderness, and who have irrevocable hope and undoubted faith in You, the Ever-Virgin, Most Glorious and Immaculate, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen!"
Prayer for healing to the Lord God
“O my Lord, my Creator, I ask for Your help, grant healing to the servant of God (God’s servant) (name), wash her (his) blood with Your rays. Only with Your help will healing come to her (him). Touch her (him) with miraculous power, bless all her (him) paths to salvation, recovery, healing. You will give her (his) body health, her (his) soul - blessed lightness, her (his) heart - divine balm. The pain will subside, and strength will return, and her (his) physical and mental wounds will heal, and Your help will come. Your rays from Heaven will reach her (him) and give her (him) protection, bless her (him) for healing from her (him) ailments, and strengthen her (him) faith. May the Lord hear this prayer. Glory and thanks to the power of the Lord. Amen!"
Mother's prayer for the health of the child
“Lord Jesus Christ, awaken Your mercy on my children (names of children), keep them under Your roof, cover them from all evil lust, drive away from them every enemy and adversary, open their ears and the eyes of their hearts, grant tenderness and humility to their hearts. Lord, we are all Your creation, have pity on my children (names), and turn them to repentance. Save, O Lord, and have mercy on my children (names), and enlighten their minds with the light of the mind of Your Gospel, and guide them on the path of Your commandments, and teach them, O Savior, to do Your will, for You are our God.”
Prayer to the Holy Martyr Paraskeva for the healing of a child
“Oh, holy and blessed martyr of Christ Paraskeva, maiden beauty, praise of the martyrs, purity of image, magnanimous mirrors, wonder of the wise, guardian of the Christian faith, idolatry flattery to the accuser, champion of the Divine Gospel, zealot of the Lord’s commandments, worthy to come to the haven of eternal rest and in the devil Your bridegroom, Christ God, brightly rejoicing, adorned with the supreme crown of virginity and martyrdom! We pray to you, holy martyr, to be sorrowful for us to Christ God, whose most blessed sight will always rejoice. Pray to the All-Merciful One, Who opened the eyes of the blind with His word, that He may deliver us from the illness of our hair, both physical and mental; with your holy prayers, kindle the dark darkness that has come from our sins, ask the Father of Light for the light of grace for our spiritual and physical eyes; Enlighten us, darkened by sins, with the light of God’s grace, so that for the sake of your holy prayers sweet vision will be given to the dishonest. Oh, great servant of God! O most courageous maiden! Oh, strong martyr Saint Paraskeva! With your holy prayers, be a helper to us sinners, intercede and pray for the damned and extremely negligent sinners, hasten to help us, for we are extremely weak. Pray to the Lord, pure maiden, pray to the Merciful, holy martyr, pray to your Bridegroom, immaculate bride of Christ, so that by your prayers, having escaped the darkness of sin, in the light of the true faith and divine deeds we may enter into the eternal light of the uneven day, into the city of everlasting joy, in now you shine brightly with glory and endless joy, glorifying and singing with all the heavenly powers the Trisagion of the One Divinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen!"
Prayer for the healing of the sick
“Lord, Almighty, Holy King, punish and do not kill, strengthen those who fall and raise those who have been cast down, correct the bodily sorrows of people, we pray to You, our God, visit Your weak servant (name) with Your mercy, forgive him every sin, voluntary and involuntary. Hey, Lord, send down Your healing power from heaven, touch the body, extinguish the fire, tame passion and all lurking weaknesses, be the physician of Your servant (name), raise him from the sick bed and from the bed of bitterness whole and all-perfect, grant him to Your Church, pleasing and doing Your will. For it is Yours to have mercy and save us, our God, and to You we send glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen!"
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Prayers of a father or mother for children
Prayer 1
Holy Father, Eternal God, from You comes every gift or every good. I diligently pray to You for the children whom Your grace has given me. You gave them life, revived them with an immortal soul, revived them with holy baptism, so that in accordance with Your will they would inherit the Kingdom of Heaven, preserve them according to Your goodness until the end of their lives. Sanctify them with Your truth, may Your name be hallowed in them. Help me, by Your grace, to educate them for the glory of Your name and for the benefit of others, give me the necessary means for this: patience and strength. Lord, enlighten them with the light of Your Wisdom, may they love You with all their soul, with all their thoughts, plant in their hearts fear and disgust from all lawlessness, may they walk in Your commandments, adorn their souls with chastity, hard work, patience, honesty, protect them with truth from slander , vanity, abomination, sprinkle with the dew of Thy grace, that they may prosper in virtues and holiness, and may they grow in Thy good will, in love and piety. May the Guardian Angel always be with them and protect their youth from vain thoughts, from the temptations of this world and from all evil slander. If, when they sin before You, Lord, do not turn Your face away from them, but be merciful to them, arouse repentance in their hearts according to the multitude of Your bounties, cleanse their sins and do not deprive Your blessings, but give them everything necessary for their salvation, preserving them from all illness, danger, troubles and sorrows, overshadowing them with Your mercy all the days of this life. God, I pray to You, give me joy and joy about my children and grant me the ability to appear with them at Your Last Judgment, with shameless boldness to say: “Here I am and the children whom You gave me, Lord. Amen". Let us glorify Your All-Holy Name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Prayer 2
God and Father, Creator and Preserver of all creatures! Bless my poor children (names) By Your Holy Spirit, may He kindle in them the true fear of God, which is the beginning of wisdom and direct prudence, according to which whoever acts, his praise abides forever. Bless them with true knowledge of You, keep them from all idolatry and false teaching, make them grow in true and saving faith and in all piety, and may they abide in them constantly to the end. Grant them a believing, obedient and humble heart and mind, so that they may grow in years and in grace before God and before people. Plant in their hearts love for Your Divine Word, so that they may be reverent in prayer and in worship, respectful to the ministers of the Word and sincere in their actions, modest in their movements, chaste in their morals, true in their words, faithful in their deeds, diligent in their studies. , happy in the performance of their duties, reasonable and righteous towards all people. Keep them from all the temptations of the evil world, and let not evil society corrupt them. Do not allow them to fall into uncleanness and unchastity, so that they do not shorten their own lives and do not offend others. Be their protector in any danger, so that they do not suffer sudden destruction. Make it so that we do not see in them dishonor and shame for ourselves, but honor and joy, so that Your Kingdom may be multiplied by them and the number of believers will increase, and may they be in heaven around Your table, like heavenly olive branches, and may they reward You with all the elect honor, praise and glorification through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayer 3
Lord Jesus Christ, bring Your mercy to my children (names), keep them under Your roof, cover them from all evil lust, drive away from them every enemy and adversary, open their ears and the eyes of their hearts, grant tenderness and humility to their hearts. Lord, we are all Your creation, have pity on my children (names) and turn them to repentance. Save, Lord, and have mercy on my children (names) and enlighten their minds with the light of the mind of Your Gospel and guide them on the path of Your commandments and teach them, O Savior, to do Your will, for You are our God.
The everlasting psalter
A mother's sigh for her children
God! To the Creator of all creatures, adding mercy to mercy, You have made me worthy to be the mother of a family; Your goodness has given me children, and I dare to say: they are Your children! Because You gave them existence, revived them with an immortal soul, revived them through baptism for a life in accordance with Your will, adopted them and accepted them into the bosom of Your Church, Lord! Keep them in a state of grace until the end of their lives; grant them to be partakers of the sacraments of Your covenant; sanctify by Thy truth; may Thy holy name be sanctified in them and through them! Grant me your gracious help in educating them for the glory of Your name and the benefit of your neighbor! Give me methods, patience and strength for this purpose! Teach me to plant in their hearts the root of true wisdom - Thy fear! Illuminate them with the light of Your Wisdom that governs the universe! May they love You with all their souls and thoughts; may they cleave to You with all their hearts and throughout their entire life may they tremble at Your words! Grant me the understanding to convince them that true life consists in keeping your commandments; that work, strengthened by piety, brings serene contentment in this life and ineffable bliss in eternity. Open to them the understanding of Your Law! May they act until the end of their days in the feeling of Your omnipresence! Plant in their hearts horror and disgust from all lawlessness; let them be blameless in your ways; May they always remember that You, All-Good God, are a champion of Your law and righteousness! Keep them in chastity and reverence for Your name! Let them not discredit Your Church by their behavior, but let them live according to its instructions! Inspire them with a desire for useful teaching and make them capable of every good deed! May they acquire a true understanding of those objects whose information is necessary in their condition; may they be enlightened with knowledge beneficial to humanity. God! Manage me to impress with indelible marks on the minds and hearts of my children the fear of partnerships with those who do not know Thy fear, to instill in them every possible distance from any alliance with the lawless. Let them not listen to rotten conversations; Let them not listen to frivolous people; May they not be led astray from Your path by bad examples; May they not be tempted by the fact that sometimes the path of the wicked is successful in this world!
Heavenly Father! Grant me the grace to take every possible care to tempt my children with my actions, but, constantly keeping their behavior in mind, to distract them from errors, correct their mistakes, curb their stubbornness and obstinacy, refrain from striving for vanity and frivolity; Let them not be carried away by foolish thoughts, let them not follow their hearts, let them not become proud in their thoughts, let them not forget You and Your law. May iniquity not destroy their mind and health, may sins not weaken their mental and physical strength. Righteous Judge, who punishes children for the sins of their parents to the third and fourth generation, turn away such punishment from my children, do not punish them for my sins; but sprinkle them with the dew of Your grace, that they may prosper in virtue and holiness, that they may increase in Your favor and in the love of pious people.
Father of generosity and all mercy! According to my parental feeling, I would wish for my children every abundance of earthly blessings, I would wish them blessings from the dew of heaven and from the fatness of the earth, but may Thy holy will be with them! Arrange their fate according to Your good pleasure, do not deprive them of their daily bread in life, send down to them everything they need in time to acquire a blessed eternity, be merciful to them when they sin before You, do not impute to them the sins of their youth and ignorance, bring their hearts to contrition when they resist the guidance of Your goodness; Punish them and have mercy, directing them to the path pleasing to You, but do not reject them from Your presence! Accept their prayers with favor, grant them success in every good deed; do not turn Your face away from them in the days of their tribulation, lest temptations befall them beyond their strength. Overshadow them with Your mercy, may Your Angel walk with them and protect them from all misfortune and evil paths, All-Good God! Make me a mother who rejoices over her children, so that they will be my joy in the days of my life and my support in my old age. Honor me, with trust in Your mercy, to appear with them at Your Last Judgment and with unworthy boldness to say: Here I am and my children whom You gave me, Lord! Yes, together with them glorifying Your ineffable goodness and eternal love, I extol Your Most Holy Name, Father, Son and Holy Soul, forever and ever. Amen.
Prayers to the Mother of God
O Most Holy Lady Virgin Mary, save and keep my children under Your shelter (names), all youths, young women and infants, baptized and nameless and carried in the womb of their mother. Cover them with the robe of Your motherhood, keep them in the fear of God and in obedience to their parents, pray to my Lord and Your Son to grant them what is useful for their salvation. I entrust them to Thy maternal gaze, for Thou art the Divine Cover of Thy servants.
Mother of God, introduce me to the image of Your heavenly motherhood. Heal the mental and physical wounds of my children (names), caused by my sins. I entrust my child entirely to my Lord Jesus Christ and Your, Most Pure, heavenly protection. Amen. From the convent in Shuya, Ivanovo region.
Prayer to the Guardian Angel
Holy Guardian Angel of my children (names), cover them with your cover from the arrows of the demon, from the eyes of the seducer, and keep their hearts in angelic purity. Amen.
Prayer for children, Rev. Ambrose of Optina
Lord, You alone weigh everything, you can do everything, and you want everyone to be saved and to come to the mind of Truth. Give some sense to my children (names) knowledge of Thy truth and Thy Holy will and strengthen them to walk according to Thy commandments and have mercy on me, a sinner.
Prayer to the Guardian Angel
Angel of God, my holy guardian, given to me from God from heaven for my protection! I diligently pray to you: enlighten me today, save me from all evil, instruct me in every deed, and direct me on the path of salvation. Amen.
The Most Holy Theotokos in front of Her icon “Seeking the Lost”
or “Deliverance from the troubles of the afflicted”
Troparion, tone 7:
Rejoice, Blessed Virgin Mary, who bore the Eternal Child and God in Her arms. Ask Him to give peace to the world and salvation to our souls. The Son, O Mother of God, tells You that He will fulfill all Your requests for good. For this reason, we fall down and pray, and those who hope in Thee, that we may not perish, we call Thy name: For Thou art, O Lady, the seeker of the lost.
Prayer:
Zealous Intercessor, Compassionate Mother of the Lord, I come running to You, the accursed one and the most sinful person above all; Hear the voice of my prayer and hear my cry and groaning. For my iniquities have exceeded my head, and I, like a ship in the abyss, am plunging into the sea of my sins. But You, All-Good and Merciful Lady, do not despise me, who is desperate and perishing in sins; have mercy on me, who repent of my evil deeds, and turn my lost, cursed soul to the right path. On You, my Lady Theotokos, I place all my hope. Thou, Mother of God, preserve and keep me under Thy roof, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Prayer to the Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John
To the Baptist of Christ, preacher of repentance, do not despise me who repents, but copulating with the heavenly ones, pray to the Lady for me, unworthy, sad, weak and sad, fallen into many troubles, burdened by the stormy thoughts of my mind: for I am a den of evil deeds, by no means have an end to sinful customs; For my mind is nailed down by earthly things. What I will do, I do not know, and to whom will I resort, so that my soul will be saved? Only to you, Saint John, give the same name of grace, as you are before the Lord, according to the Mother of God, greater than all who are born, for you were considered worthy to touch the top of the King Christ, who takes away the sins of the world, the Lamb of God: pray for Him for my sinful soul, so from now on , at the first ten hour, I will bear a good burden and receive compensation with the last. To her, the Baptist of Christ, the honest Forerunner, the ultimate prophet, the first martyr in grace, the teacher of fasters and hermits, the teacher of purity and the close friend of Christ, I pray to you, I resort to you, do not reject me from your intercession, but raise me up, having fallen into many sins; renew my soul with repentance, as with the second baptism, of which you are the ruler: with baptism you wash away sin, and preach repentance for the cleansing of every bad deed; Cleanse me with the sins of the defiled and force me to enter, even if nothing bad enters, into the Kingdom of Heaven. Amen.
Prayer to the Holy Great Martyr Barbara
Holy glorious and all-praised Great Martyr of Christ Varvaro! Gathered today in your Divine temple, people and the race of your relics venerate and kiss with love, your suffering as a martyr and in their passion-maker Christ Himself, who gave you, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him, with pleasing praises, we pray to you , the well-known desire of our intercessor: pray with us and for us, God who beseeches Him from His compassion, may He mercifully hear us asking for His goodness, and not leave us with all the needful petitions for salvation and life, and grant a Christian death to our belly, painless, shameless, I will give peace, I will partake of the Divine Mysteries, and He will give His great mercy to everyone in every place, in every sorrow and situation that requires His love for mankind and help, so that by the grace of God and your warm intercession, with soul and body always abiding in health, we glorify God, wondrous in His saints Israel, who does not remove His help from us always, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer of parents for the blessing of children
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, bless, sanctify, preserve my child with the power of Your Life-giving Cross.
Mother's blessing
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, prayers for the sake of Thy Most Pure Mother, hear me, Thy sinful and unworthy servant.
Lord, in the mercy of Your power my child, have mercy and save him for Your name’s sake.
Lord, forgive him all the sins, voluntary and involuntary, that he committed before You.
Lord, guide him on the true path of Your commandments and enlighten him and enlighten him with Your light of Christ, for the salvation of the soul and the healing of the body.
Lord, bless him in the house, around the house, at school, in the field, at work and on the road, and in every place of Your possession.
Lord, protect him under the shelter of Your Saints from a flying bullet, arrow, knife, sword, poison, fire, flood, from a deadly ulcer and from vain death.
Lord, protect him from visible and invisible enemies, from all troubles, evils and misfortunes.
Lord, heal him from all illnesses, cleanse him from all filth and ease his mental suffering and sorrow.
Lord, grant him the grace of Your Holy Spirit for many years of life, health and chastity.
Lord, increase and strengthen his mental abilities and physical strength.
Lord, give him Your blessing for a godly family life and godly procreation.
Lord, grant also to me, Thy unworthy and sinful servant, a parental blessing on my child at this time of morning, day, evening and night for the sake of Thy name, for Thy Kingdom is eternal, omnipotent and omnipotent. Amen.
Health is commemorated for those who have Christian names, and repose is remembered only for those baptized in the Orthodox Church.
Notes can be submitted at the liturgy:
For proskomedia - the first part of the liturgy, when for each name indicated in the note, particles are taken out of special prosphoras, which are subsequently dipped into the Blood of Christ with a prayer for the forgiveness of sins
On raising children in Christian piety
Martyr Sophia
Oh, long-suffering and wise Great Martyr Sophia of Christ! You stand with your soul in heaven at the Throne of the Lord, and on earth, by the grace given to you, you perform various healings: look mercifully at the people who stand before you and those praying before your relics, asking for your help: extend your holy prayers to the Lord for us, and ask us for forgiveness our sins, healing for the sick, quick help for the grieving and needy: pray to the Lord to give us all a Christian death and a good answer at His Last Judgment, so that we may be worthy to glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit with you forever and ever. Amen.
About the development of the mind in children
Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary
before the icon of Her “Giver of Mind” or “Add of Mind”
O Most Holy Virgin! You are the Bride of God the Father and the Mother of His Divine Son Jesus Christ! You are the Queen of Angels and the salvation of people, the accuser of sinners and the punisher of apostates. Have mercy on us too, who have gravely sinned and failed to fulfill the commandments of God, who have broken the vows of baptism and vows of monasticism and many others that we promised to fulfill. When the Holy Spirit retreated from King Saul, then fear and despondency attacked him and the darkness of despair and a joyless state of soul tormented him. Now, for our sins, we have all lost the grace of the Holy Spirit. The mind has become fussy with vanity of thoughts, oblivion about God has darkened our souls, and now all kinds of sadness, sorrow, illness, hatred, evil, enmity, vindictiveness, gloating and other sins oppress the heart. And, having no joy and consolation, we call to You, Mother of our God Jesus Christ, and beseech Your Son to forgive us all our sins and send the Comforter Spirit to us, as He sent Him to the apostles, so that, consoled and enlightened by Him, we will sing a song of gratitude to You : Rejoice, Holy Mother of God, who has added wisdom to our salvation. Amen.
Troparion, tone 4:
O Glorious Mother of Christ our God, the good Giver, by Your mercy preserve the entire universe, grant to us, Your servant, wisdom and understanding, enlighten our souls with the light of Your Son, the only All-Singing One, glorified by the Cherubim and Seraphim.
Kontakion, voice 2:
As the One who enlightens us with our minds, we praise You, the Most Pure Mother of Reason, who holds the entire universe, the Beauty of the visible and invisible world, illuminating us with the rays of life.
Martyr Neophytos
Sedalen, voice 4:
Newly blossomed, like a garden, you vegetated in the helipads of Christ’s passion-bearers. You have brought the fruits of the Divine mind. Those who faithfully revere the image feed on him, more glorious than Neophyte, more wise and suffering, but always save us with your prayers, standing before God.
Stichera on “Lord, I have cried,” tone 8:
Oh, glorious miracle! From the shrouds of Samech, the perfectly wise Neophyte performs miracles through the action of the Spirit: he pours out water from stones with prayers, and raises up dead things even as rocks appear. Oh, the divine deeds of the five-suffering martyr! Through His prayers save our souls, O Christ, for He is Compassionate.
Prayer to St. Sergius, Abbot of Radonezh
Oh, sacred head, reverend and God-bearing Father Sergius, by your prayer, and by faith and love, even for God, and by the purity of your heart, you have established your soul on earth in the monastery of the Most Holy Trinity, and have been granted angelic communion and the visitation of the Most Holy Theotokos, and the gift received miraculous grace, after your departure from earthly people, you came closer to God and partook of heavenly powers, but did not retreat from us in the spirit of your love, and your honest power, like a vessel of grace full and overflowing, was left to us! Having great boldness towards the All-Merciful Master, pray to save His servants, His grace existing in you, believing and flowing to you with love. Ask us from our Greatly Gifted God every gift that is useful to everyone and everyone: observance of the immaculate faith, establishment of our cities, peace of peace, deliverance from famine and destruction, preservation from the invasion of foreigners, consolation for the grieving, healing for the sick, restoration for the fallen, those who go astray on the path of truth and return of salvation, strengthening for those who strive, prosperity and blessing for those who do good in good deeds, upbringing of infants, instruction for the young, admonition for the ignorant, intercession for orphans and widows, departing from this temporary life for the eternal, good preparation and parting words, blessed repose for those departed, and all of us assisted by your prayers vouchsafe on the day of the Last Judgment to be delivered from this part, and to be part of the right hand of the country and to hear the blessed voice of the Lord Christ: “Come, blessed of My Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” Amen.
Prayer to the unmercenary and miracle workers Cosmas and Damian
Oh, wonderworkers of glory, physicians of mercilessness, Cosmo and Damian! You, who have loved Christ God from your youth, have received not only the art of healing, but moreover the inexhaustible grace of healing all sorts of ailments from God. Likewise, you will soon hear us, who fall before your honorable icon. Young children, asking for your help in the teaching of the book, instruct them with your prayers, so that your life will be zealous, not earthly, but will acquire, and moreover, may they continually prosper in piety and true faith. To those who are lying on their sick beds, who are desperate for help in humanity, who come running to you for warmth with faith and fervent prayer, grant healing of illnesses with your merciful miraculous visit: in the same way, from severe illnesses, despondency, cowardice and murmuring have come, strengthen the grace given to you from God in patience and instruct, so that they may understand from them God’s holy and perfect will, and may become partakers of God’s saving grace. Keep everyone who diligently comes running to you unharmed from severe illnesses, and protect them from sudden death, and through your powerful intercession to God, keep them firmly in the right faith, and those who advance in piety, so that together with you, in the future, they will be honored to ever sing and glorify the All-Holy and magnificent Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.
They also pray to Saints Cosmas and Damian for the health of children.
Prayer before starting training
Lord our God and Creator, who adorned us, people, with His image, taught Your chosen ones Your Law, so that those who listen to it marvel, who revealed to children the secrets of wisdom, who bestowed upon Solomon and all who seek it - open the hearts, minds and lips of these Your servants (names) in order to understand the power of Thy Law and successfully learn the useful teaching taught by it for the glory of Thy Most Holy Name, for the benefit and structure of Thy Holy Church and the understanding of Thy good and perfect will. Deliver them from all the snares of the enemy, keep them in the faith of Christ and purity all the time of their lives, - may they be strong in mind and in fulfilling Your commandments and so taught, glorify Your Most Holy Name and be heirs of Your Kingdom, - for You, God, are strong by mercy and goodness and strength, and all glory, honor and worship is due to You, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, always, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Prayer before teaching
Most gracious Lord, bestow upon us the grace of Your Holy Spirit, bestowing and strengthening our spiritual strength, so that, by listening to the teaching taught to us, we may grow to You, our Creator, for the glory, and as our parent, for the consolation of the Church and the Fatherland for the benefit.
Prayer after teaching
We thank You, Creator, for You have made us worthy of Your grace to listen to the teaching. Bless our leaders, parents and teachers, who lead us to the knowledge of good, and give us strength and strength to continue this teaching.
Prayer for a youth who is a poor student
Lord Jesus Christ our God, who dwelled in the hearts of the twelve apostles without hypocrisy, by the grace of the All-Holy Spirit, who descended in the form of a fiery tongue, and opened these lips, and began to speak in other tongues: Lord Jesus Christ our God Himself, send down Thy Holy Spirit upon this child (Name): And plant in the ear of his heart the Holy Scriptures, even as Thy most pure hand wrote upon the tablets of Moses the Lawgiver, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
On the welfare of children in society
Saint Mitrofan, Voronezh Wonderworker
Troparion, tone 4:
You were the rule of faith and the image of meekness in word and life for your flock, O humble Father Mitrofan. In the same way, in the brightness of the saints of the sun, you have shone most brightly, we adorn you with the crown of incorruption and glory, pray to Christ our God that our country and your city will be saved in peace.
Kontakion, tone 8:
By abstinence he enslaved the body to the spirit, and created the soul equal to the angels. You have dressed yourself in holy clothes, like the crown of the priesthood, and now, standing before us all, pray to the all-blessed Mitrofan to pacify and save our souls.
Prayer:
To the Holy Hierarch Father Mitrofan, by the incorruption of your honorable relics and by the many good deeds that you have miraculously done and performed with faith, flowing to you, convinced that you have received great grace from the Lord our God, we all humbly fall down and pray to you: pray for us, Christ our God, that he may send to all who honor your holy memory and diligently resort to you, His rich mercy: may He establish in His Holy Orthodox Church the living spirit of right faith and piety, the spirit of knowledge and love, the spirit of peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, that all its members may be pure from worldly temptations and carnal lusts and the evil actions of evil spirits, they worship Him in spirit and in truth and are diligently concerned about keeping His commandments for the salvation of their souls. May her shepherds give holy zeal to care for the salvation of the people entrusted to them, enlighten the unbelievers, instruct the ignorant, enlighten and confirm those who doubt, convert those who have fallen away from the Orthodox Church into her holy bowels, keep the believers in the faith, move sinners to repentance, console and strengthen the penitents in the correction of life, those who have repented and corrected themselves will be confirmed in the holiness of life: and thus everyone will be led along the path indicated by Him into the prepared eternal Kingdom of His saints. To her, the saint of God, may your prayers arrange all that is good for our souls and bodies: may we glorify in our souls and bodies our Lord and God, Jesus Christ, to Him, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, be glory and power forever and ever. Amen.
About lost children
Great Martyr George the Victorious
Troparion, tone 4:
As the liberator of the captives, and the protector of the poor, the physician of the infirm, the champion of kings, the victorious Great Martyr George, pray to Christ God to save our souls.
Kontakion, tone 4:
Cultivated by God, you showed yourself to be a most honest worker of piety, having collected the virtues of the handle for yourself: having sowed in tears, you reaped with joy; having suffered with your blood, you received Christ: and through your holy prayers, you grant forgiveness to all sins.
Magnification:
We magnify you, the passion-bearing holy great martyr and victorious George, and we honor your sufferings, which you endured for Christ.
Prayer:
Holy, glorious and all-validated Great Martyr of Christ George! Gathered in your temple and in front of your holy icon, people worshiping, we pray to you, known to the desires of our intercessor: pray with us and for us, beseeching God from His mercy, that He may mercifully hear us asking for His goodness, and not abandon all ours to salvation and life needful petition, and may the grace given to you strengthen the Orthodox army in battle, may the enemy destroy the forces of the rebels, may they be ashamed and put to shame, and may their insolence be crushed, and may they know that we are imams of Divine help; and show your powerful intercession to all who are in sorrow and distress. Pray to the Lord God, the Creator of all creation, to deliver us from eternal torment, so that we may always glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and we confess your intercession, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Sorokoust is a prayer service that is performed by the Church daily for forty days. Every day during this period, particles are removed from the prosphora.
Elder Schema-Archimandrite Zosima noted that the entire history of mankind is measured in “weeks and forties.” “Christ appeared to his disciples for forty days, remaining on earth until the feast of the Ascension of the Lord. The holy feast is the fortieth day of the Ascension of the Lord. We celebrate Easter on the eve and we will celebrate the great annual holiday on the fortieth day after Easter - the Ascension of the Lord. Forty days of fasting, forty days Easter, everything goes by forties, weeks and forties, and the history of mankind also goes by weeks and forties.” Sorokousts are ordered about health, especially about seriously ill people.
In sadness about the children, where they are and whether they are alive
Venerable Xenophon and Mary
Troparion, tone 4:
God our father, always deal with us according to Your meekness, do not leave Your mercy from us, but through their prayers guide our belly in peace.
Kontakion:
You have been vigilant in the commandments of the Master, lavishing your wealth on the poor, blessed, quietly with your spouse and your children, thereby inheriting Divine pleasure.
Prayer:
About Saints Xenophon and Mary with your children Arkady and John! Behold, we, unworthy and sinners, diligently resort to you and with strong hope we pray: now mercifully hear our voice of prayer and strive for our help, and now your love for us, the servants of God (names), show the gracious action of your God-pleasing prayers, send down to us the great and rich mercy of the Lord, so that we may sing and glorify the wondrous God in His saints, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages.
Prayer to the Great Martyr Eustathius Placidas
Oh, glorious saint and long-suffering great martyr of Christ Eustathius! Hear us, sinners and unworthy ones, who celebrate your holy long-suffering memory. Ask us from the Lord with your many-powerful prayers for grace, even to salvation, and forgiveness of all the sins we have committed, the prosperity of the earth, a peaceful dispensation for the world and liberation from the fierce wiles of the devil, the Christian end of our life and the peaceful passage to heaven through airy ordeals, for you have accepted This grace is from the Lord, if you pray for us, and if you desire to have mercy on us who honor your sacred memory. You can do everything. Do not despise us unworthy, Holy Great Martyr Eustathius. Ask from the Lord all that is good and useful to our souls, so that we too may be worthy to glorify and glorify His All-Holy and Magnificent Name in the worldly Kingdom of Heaven, where there is the dwelling place of all saints, forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer to all saints and ethereal heavenly powers
Holy God and rest in the saints, praised by the thrice-holy voice in heaven from angels, praised on earth by man in His saints; Who by Your Holy Spirit gave grace to everyone according to the bestowal of Christ, and thereby appointed Your holy Church to be the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, whose word of preaching, to You Himself who acted all in all, accomplished many saints in every generation and kind, having pleased You with various virtues, and to You, leaving us with an image of their good deeds, in the joy that has passed, prepare, in which the temptations themselves were, and help us those who are attacked. Remembering all these saints and praising their godly lives, I praise You Himself, who acted in them, and believing in Your goodness, the gift of being, I diligently pray to You, Holy of Holies, grant to me a sinner to follow their teaching, life, love, faith, patience, and through their prayerful help, and moreover through Your all-effective grace, the heavenly ones with them will be honored with glory, praising Your Most Holy Name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever. Amen.
They also pray to the Guardian Angel of the child and the Great Martyr St. George the Victorious.
For sleep disturbances in infants
To the Holy Seven Youths in Ephesus:
Maximilian, Jamblichus, Martinian, John, Dionysius, Exacustodian and Antoninus
Troparion, tone 8:
Preachers of piety and exponents of the resurrection of the dead, the pillars of the Church sevenfold, we praise the all-blessed youths with songs: for after many years of incorruption, as if rising from sleep, we proclaimed to all the resurrection of the dead.
Kontakion, tone 4:
Having glorified Thy saints on earth, before Thy second and terrible coming, O Christ. By the glorious rising of the youths you showed the Resurrection to the ignorant by revealing the incorruptible garments and bodies, and you assured the king to cry out: truly there is a rising of the dead.
Prayer:
Oh, the most wonderful holy seventh day of the seventh generation, praise to the city of Ephesus and the hope of the whole universe! Look from the heights of heavenly glory at us, who honor your memory with love, especially at the Christian infants, entrusted to your intercession by their parents: bring down upon her the blessing of Christ God, saying: leave the children to come to Me: heal the sick in them, comfort the sorrowful; Keep their hearts pure, fill them with meekness, and in the soil of their hearts plant and strengthen the seed of the confession of God, so that they may grow to the best of their ability; and all of us, who stand before your holy icon, kissing your relics with faith and praying warmly to you, vouchsafe to enhance the Kingdom of Heaven and glorify there with silent voices of joy the magnificent name of the Most Holy Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.
They pray to the Guardian Angel of the baby for the same thing.
When spoiling children and about healing from a “relative”
Great Martyr Nikita
Troparion, tone 4:
The Cross of Christ, like some kind of weapon, we zealously accepted, and you came to fight your enemies, and having suffered for Christ, in the middle of the fire you gave up your sacred soul to the Lord, from whom you were vouchsafed to receive the gifts of healing from Him, Great Martyr Nikito, pray to Christ God that our souls may be saved.
Kontakion, voice 2:
With your graces you have cut down the power, and in your suffering we have received the crown of victory, with the Angels rejoicing more gloriously than Nikita, who is named after Nikita, praying with them to Christ God incessantly for all of us.
Prayer:
Oh, great passion-bearer of Christ and wonder-worker, Great Martyr Nikito! Falling before your holy and miraculous image, while your deeds and miracles and your great compassion for people are glorifying, we diligently pray to you: show us your holy and powerful intercession to the humble and sinful. Behold, it is a sin for our sake, not the imams of freedom of the children of God, who boldly ask our Lord and Master for our needs: but we offer you, a favorable prayer book to Him, and we cry for your intercession: ask us from the Lord for beneficial gifts for our souls and bodies: faith right, undoubted hope of salvation, unfeigned love for everyone, courage in temptation, patience in suffering, constancy in prayer, health of soul and body, fruitfulness of the earth, prosperity of the air, contentment of everyday needs, peaceful and pious life on earth, Christian life and death. a good answer at the Last Judgment of Christ. And show your holy intercession to all Orthodox people: heal the sick, comfort the sorrowing, help the needy. Hey, servant of God and long-suffering martyr! Do not forget your holy monastery and all the nuns and worldly people living in it and striving, but hasten to bear the yoke of Christ in humility and patience, and graciously deliver them from all troubles and temptations. Bring us all into a quiet refuge of salvation and make us worthy to be heirs of the blessed Kingdom of Christ through your holy prayers: may we glorify and sing the great generosity of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit in the Trinity of the glorified and worshiped God, and your holy intercession forever and ever. Amen.
The everlasting psalter
The indefatigable Psalter is read not only about health, but also about peace. Since ancient times, ordering a commemoration on the Everlasting Psalter has been considered a great alms for a departed soul.
It is also good to order the Indestructible Psalter for yourself, you will clearly feel the support. And one more important point, but far from the least important,
There is eternal remembrance on the Indestructible Psalter. It seems expensive, but the result is more than millions of times more than the money spent. If this is still not possible, then you can order for a shorter period. It's also good to read for yourself.
In infant diseases
(They pray to her for protection of the family hearth;
in marital infertility; about worthy grooms)
Prayer to the holy martyr Paraskeva, named Friday
Oh, holy and blessed martyr of Christ Paraskeva, maiden beauty, praise of the martyrs, purity of image, magnanimous mirrors, wonder of the wise, guardian of the Christian faith, idolatry flattery to the accuser, champion of the Divine Gospel, zealot of the Lord’s commandments, honored to come to the haven of eternal rest and in the devil’s chamber of the Bridegroom your Christ God, brightly rejoicing, adorned with the supreme crown of virginity and martyrdom! We pray to you, holy martyr, to be sorrowful for us to Christ God, whose most blessed sight will always rejoice. Pray to the All-Merciful One, Who opened the eyes of the blind with His word, that He may deliver us from the illness of our hair, both physical and mental; with your holy prayers, kindle the dark darkness that has come from our sins, ask the Father of Light for the light of grace for our spiritual and physical eyes; Enlighten us, darkened by sins, with the light of God’s grace, so that for the sake of your holy prayers sweet vision will be given to the dishonest. Oh, great servant of God! O most courageous maiden! Oh, strong martyr Saint Paraskeva! With your holy prayers, be a helper to us sinners, intercede and pray for the damned and extremely negligent sinners, hasten to help us, for we are extremely weak. Pray to the Lord, pure maiden, pray to the Merciful, holy martyr, pray to your Bridegroom, immaculate bride of Christ, so that by your prayers, having escaped the darkness of sin, in the light of the true faith and divine deeds we may enter into the eternal light of the never-evening day, into the city of everlasting joy, in now you shine brightly with glory and endless joy, glorifying and singing with all the heavenly powers the Trisagion of the One Divinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
About patronage of children
Righteous Simeon the God-Receiver
Troparion, tone 4:
Simeon the Elder is rejoicing today; he has taken the Infant of the Eternal God into his hand, asking to be released from the bonds of the flesh and crying out: my eyes have seen Your worldly salvation.
Kontakion, tone 4:
The elder today renounces the bondage of praying to this corruptible life; they will accept Christ into their arms, the Creator and Lord.
Prayer:
Oh, great servant of God, God-receptive Simeon! Standing before the Throne of the great King and our God Jesus Christ, we have great boldness in approaching Him, in our arms, for the sake of salvation, we will rush to the one who wills. To you, as a powerful intercessor and a strong prayer book for us, we, sinners and unworthy, resort. Pray for His Goodness, for He may turn away His anger from us, righteously moved towards us by our deeds, and, having despised our countless sins, turn us to the path of repentance and establish us on the path of His commandments. Protect our life in peace with your prayers, and ask for good haste in all good things, granting us everything we need for life and piety. Just as in ancient times Great Novograd, by the appearance of your miraculous icon, delivered you from the destruction of mortals, so now you and all the cities and towns of our country have delivered us and all the cities and villages of our country from all misfortunes and misfortunes and vain deaths through your intercession, and from all enemies, visible and invisible, with your protection. Let us live a quiet and silent life in all piety and purity and, having passed this temporary life in the world, we will achieve eternal peace, where we will be made worthy of the Heavenly Kingdom of Christ our God. To Him all glory is due, together with the Father and His Most Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
They pray to him for those who are imprisoned or in captivity.
Prayer to the martyr Gabriel of Bialystok
Guardian of infantile kindness and bearer of martyrdom, blessed Gabriel. Our countries are precious adamante and the accuser of Jewish wickedness! We sinners come running to you in prayer, and lamenting over our sins, and ashamed of our cowardice, we call to you with love: do not disdain our filth, you are a treasure of purity; Do not hate our cowardice, long-suffering teacher; but more than this, seeing our weaknesses from heaven, grant us healing through your prayer, and teach us to be imitators of your fidelity to Christ. If we are not able to patiently bear the cross of temptation and suffering, then do not deprive us of your merciful help, servant of God, but ask the Lord for freedom and weakness for us: hear the same mother’s prayers for her children, and pray for health and salvation as an infant from the Lord. : There is no such cruel heart that the holy infant will not be touched by hearing about your torment. And even if, apart from this tender sighing, we are able to bring no good deed, but with such a tender thought our minds and hearts, blessedly, have enlightened us to correct our lives with the grace of God: put in us tireless zeal for the salvation of the soul and for the glory of God, and In the hour of death, help us to keep vigilant memory, especially in our death, demonic torment and thoughts of despair from our souls through your intercession, and ask for this hope of Divine forgiveness, but then and now glorify for us the mercy of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and your strong intercession, forever and ever. Amen.
About chastity and successful marriage of daughters
Prayer to Saint Nicholas, Miracle Worker of Myra
Oh, all-holy Nicholas, exceedingly saintly servant of the Lord, our warm intercessor and quick helper everywhere in sorrow! Help me, the sinful and sad person in this life, beg the Lord God to grant me forgiveness of all my sins, which I have sinned greatly from my youth, throughout my life, in deed, word, thought and all my feelings; and at the end of my soul, help me, the accursed one, beg the Lord God, the Creator of all creation, to deliver me from airy ordeals and eternal torment: may I always glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and your merciful intercession, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Prayer to the Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called
First-called Apostle of God and our Savior Jesus Christ, supreme follower of the Church, all-validated Andrew! We glorify and magnify your apostolic works, we sweetly remember your blessed coming to us, we bless your honorable suffering, which you endured for Christ, we kiss your sacred relics, we honor your holy memory and believe that the Lord lives, and your soul lives, too. You remain with us forever in heaven, where you do not forsake us with your love, just as you loved our fathers, when you saw through the Holy Spirit the conversion of our land to Christ. We believe, as God prayed for us; in His light all our needs are in vain. Thus we confess this faith of ours in your temple, and we pray to the Lord and God and our Savior Jesus Christ, that through your prayers he will give us everything we need for the salvation of us sinners: yes, just as you abided by the voice of the Lord, forsake your hesitations; and let each one of us seek not his own, but for the building up of his neighbor, and let him think about a higher calling. Having you as an intercessor and prayer book for us, we hope that your prayer can accomplish much before our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, to Him belongs all glory, honor and worship with the Father and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.
To the Righteous Philaret the Merciful
Troparion, tone 4:
Imitating Abraham in faith and following Job in patience, Father Philaret, you shared the good things of the land with the poor and you endured their deprivation courageously. For this reason, the Hero of God, Christ our God, has crowned you with a bright crown, and pray to Him for the salvation of our souls.
Kontakion, voice 3:
Truly, your all-inclusive purchase is visible and wisely, it is judged by all the wise: for you have given what is long and short-lived, seeking what is above and eternal. Thus and worthily have you gained eternal glory, merciful Philaret.
Stichera, voice 2:
You are from God, says the Theologian, and you are from God, merciful to Philaret. Just as there is God, so is your work, the hedgehog of good deeds, His by nature, and yours by communion.
Prayer to the Great Martyr Catherine
O Saint Catherine, virgin and martyr, true bride of Christ! We pray to you, for you have received the special grace that your Bridegroom, Sweet Jesus, has preceded you to: just as you have put to shame the temptations of the tormentor with your wisdom, you have overcome fifty revolutions, and having given them heavenly teaching, you have guided them to the light of the true faith, so ask us for this Godly wisdom, Yes, and we, having thwarted all the machinations of the hellish tormentor, having despised the temptations of the world and the flesh, will be worthy to appear of Divine glory, and for the expansion of our holy Orthodox faith we will become worthy vessels, and with you in the heavenly tabernacle of our Lord and Master Jesus Christ with the Father and the Holy Spirit Let us praise and glorify to all ages of ages. Amen.
A girl's prayer for marriage
Oh, All-Good Lord, I know that my great happiness depends on the fact that I love You with all my soul and with all my heart, and that I fulfill Your holy will in everything. Rule Yourself, O my God, over my soul and fill my heart: I want to please You Alone, for You are the Creator and my God. Save me from pride and self-love: let reason, modesty and chastity adorn me. Idleness is disgusting to You and gives rise to vices, give me the desire to work hard and bless my labors. Since Your Law commands people to live in an honest marriage, then lead me, Holy Father, to this title, sanctified by You, not to please my lust, but to fulfill Your destiny, for You Yourself said: it is not good for man to be alone and, having created He gave him a wife to help him, blessed them to grow, multiply and populate the earth. Hear my humble prayer, sent to You from the depths of a girl’s heart; give me an honest and pious spouse, so that in love with him and in harmony we glorify You, the merciful God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
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Maternal Orthodox prayer for the health of a sick child works wonders.
We offer strong and very rare prayers to the Most Holy Theotokos for the healing of children. Mothers should pray these prayers for the healing of any illnesses in their children.
Miracle prayer for the health of a sick child to the Blessed Virgin Mary
“O Most Holy Lady Virgin Theotokos, save and keep my children (names) under Your roof, all youths, young women and infants, baptized and nameless and carried in the womb of their mother. Cover them with the robe of Your motherhood, keep them in the fear of God and in obedience to their parents, mine and Your Son, may He grant them what is useful for their salvation. I entrust them to Thy maternal gaze, for Thou art the Divine protection of Thy servants.”
Strong church prayer for the health of sick children to the Blessed Virgin Mary
“Mother of God, lead me into the image of Your heavenly motherhood. Heal the mental and physical wounds of my children (names), caused by my sins. I entrust my child entirely to my Lord Jesus Christ and Your, Most Pure, heavenly protection. Amen".
Does Christian prayer for a patient before surgery help?
Yes, it helps, but only if you sincerely believe in the Lord God and repent of your sins. Before the operation, you need to go to church to confess, take communion and take a blessing for the operation. Order a magpie for health, a prayer service. Read “Canon of Repentance to Our Lord Jesus Christ”, Canons to the Most Holy Theotokos, to the Guardian Angel. Forgive everyone, ask for forgiveness, make peace with everyone, order a prayer service for health in church, akathists.
A miraculous prayer read for a patient before surgery
“Lord Almighty, holy king, punish and do not kill, confirm the descendant, and raise the undestroyed, bodily sorrows of man, and correct the sorrows we pray to you, our God, visit your servant (name), who is weak, with your mercy. Forgive him for every sin, voluntary or involuntary.
By God, your healing power has been sent down from heaven to control the mind and hand of your slave doctor (name) and perform the necessary surgery safely, as if the bodily ailment of your servant (name) was completely healed, and every hostile invasion was driven far away from him. Raise him from the horde of sickness and grant him health in soul and body, pleasing and doing your will. For yours is the hedgehog of mercy to save us, our God, and to you we send glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Now and ever and forever and ever. Amen".
The purpose of religion is the salvation of the human soul, but Neil Smelser argues that another goal is no less important: a person’s finding the meaning of life.
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