Mother's prayer for the sick child of the Mother of God. Prayer to the Mother of God before the icon of her "Education"

Prayer of parents for the blessing of children
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, bless, sanctify, save this my child (name) by the power of Thy life-giving Cross.

Prayer to the Guardian Angel of the child
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 heart in angelic purity. Amen.
Angel of God, Keeper of the Holy - pray to God for my children!

Prayer for parenting
God and Father of all things! Teach me to raise children, given to me by Your goodness, in accordance with Your all-holy will, and help me with Your grace in fulfilling this main duty of mine!
May Thy judgment not overtake me for my negligence in raising children, but may Thy eternal mercy cover me, and together with them I glorify Thy philanthropy, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.

Mother's prayer for the blessing of children
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, prayers for the sake of Thy Most Pure Mother, hear me, Thy humble daughter (by them).
Lord, in the mercy of Your power, my child (name), have mercy and save his name for Your sake.
Lord, forgive him all the sins, voluntary and involuntary, committed by him before You.
Lord, instruct him on the true path of Thy commandments and enlighten him and enlighten with Thy light of Christ, for the salvation of the soul and the healing of the body.
Lord, bless him in the house, near the house, in the field, at work and on the road, and in every place of Your possession.
Lord, save him under the roof of Thy Saints from a flying bullet, knife, poison, fire, flood, from a deadly ulcer and from vain death.
Lord, protect him from the visible and invisible enemies, from all sorts of troubles, evil and misfortune.
Lord, heal him from all diseases, cleanse him from all filth (wine, tobacco, drugs) and ease his mental suffering and sorrow.
Lord, grant him the grace of the Holy Spirit for many years of life, health and chastity.
Lord, give him your godly blessing family life and godly procreation.
Lord, grant me also Thy humble daughter a parental blessing on my child in the coming mornings, days, evenings and nights for Thy name's sake, for Thy Kingdom is eternal, omnipotent and omnipotent. Amen.
Lord have mercy!
(12 times)

Prayer for family
The Most Blessed Lady, take my family under Your protection, instill in the hearts of my spouse and our children peace, love and unquestioning everything good, do not allow anyone from my family to parting and grievous parting, to incurable diseases and premature and sudden death... And save our house and all of us who live in it from fiery heat, thieves' attack, all evil, and we will glorify Your Holy Name both separately and openly and secretly, always, now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer for children
Most Holy Lady the Virgin theotokos, save and preserve my children (names) under Thy roof, Cover them with the robe of Thy Motherhood, observe them in the fear of God and in obedience to parents, beg my Lord and Thy Son, and grant them what is useful for their salvation. I entrust them to Thy Mother's gaze, as Thou art the Divine protection for Thy children. Mother of God, lead me into the image of Your heavenly Motherhood. Heal the mental and physical wounds of my children, inflicted by my sins. I entrust my children entirely to my Lord Jesus Christ and Thy, Most Pure, heavenly patronage. Amen.

Daily prayer for children's health
Lord Jesus Christ, may Thy mercy be on my children (names), keep them under Thy roof, cover from all evil, remove every enemy from them, open their ears and eyes, grant tenderness and humility to their hearts. Lord, we are all Thy creatures, 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 Thy Gospel, and guide them in the path of Thy commandments, and teach them, Father, to do Thy will, as Thou art our God.

Prayer for the healing of a sick child
Oh, Merciful Mother! You see the cruel sorrow tearing my heart! For the sake of the sorrow that Thou didst pierce, when a terrible sword passed into Thy soul during the bitter suffering and death of Thy Divine Son, I pray Thee: have mercy on my poor child, who is sick and fading, and if it is not contrary to the will of God and his salvation, seek his health bodily in your Almighty Son, the Physician of souls and bodies. Oh, Loving Mother!

Behold how the face of my child has turned pale, how his whole body burns with illness, and have mercy on him. May he be saved God's help and will serve with joy of heart Your Only Begotten Son, Lord and his God. Amen.

Prayer for children
Merciful Lord Jesus Christ, I entrust to You our children, given to us by You, fulfill our prayers. I ask You, Lord, save them in the ways that You yourself know.
Keep them from vices, evil and pride, and let nothing that is contrary to You touch their souls. But give them faith, love and the hope of salvation, and may they be Your chosen vessels of the Holy Spirit, and may their life's path be holy and blameless before God. Bless them, Lord, that they strive every minute of their lives to fulfill Your Holy Will, so that You, Lord, could always be with them by Your Holy Spirit. Lord, teach them to pray to You, so that prayer would be their support, joy in sorrow and consolation in their lives, and may we, their parents, be saved by their prayer. Let Thy angels keep them always. May our children be sensitive to the grief of their neighbors, and may they fulfill the commandment of Your love. And if they sin, then grant them, Lord, to bring repentance to You, and by Your inexpressible mercy forgive them. When their earthly life ends, then take them to Thy Heavenly Abodes, where let them lead with them and other Thy servants chosen. Through the prayers of Thy Most Pure Mother Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, saints (all the patron saints of the family are listed) and all saints, Lord, have mercy on us, as you were glorified with Thy Godhead and Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Thy Spirit, now and ever and ever and ever. Amen.

Illness never brings anything good, especially hard in a family experiencing a child's illness. Parents find no peace when their defenseless child suffers. Despite all the achievements of science and, in particular, medicine, one should not forget about faith.

Mothers are sensitive to the physical and mental well-being of their children, because they know them for 9 months longer than anyone else in this world. When a child is sick, his mother is also sick with him, therefore, turning from a mother to a saint has special power. But the father should also read a prayer for the health of a sick child, and it is better to do this more than once.

How to read a prayer for the health of a child correctly?

Not strict rules and restrictions on the reading of the prayer, but still these are not just words, but an appeal to the saints, so you need to be respectful. It is not necessary to go to the temple to pray for the healing of a sick child, but if there are icons in the house, then it is better to do it in front of them. It is extremely important to focus on your request and not be distracted by irritants. Therefore, it is advisable to pray alone.

A disdainful attitude towards saints can offend them, do not be lazy to get up from the sofa to read a prayer. You can put a candle in front of the icon or hold it in your hand while reading the prayer. But the most important thing is sincerity. Prayer will surely be heard if the words come from the very heart, and the intentions are pure.

Prayer to Jesus Christ

First of all, they read the prayer for the health of the child to the Lord, because he is almighty and merciful. There are several prayers that are usually read before an operation or examination of a child, but the most powerful is the prayer to Jesus Christ for the health of the child:

Lord Jesus Christ, may Thy mercy be on my children (names), keep them under Thy roof, cover from all evil, remove every enemy from them, open their ears and eyes, grant tenderness and humility to their hearts.

Lord, we are all Thy creatures, 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 Thy Gospel, and guide them in the path of Thy commandments, and teach them, Father, to do Thy will, as Thou art our God.

Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos

You cannot ignore the Mother of God, the mother of Jesus Christ himself. Her love and kindness knows no bounds, and therefore she will not leave an innocent child in illness and his grieving mother. Very often, women read prayers for a sick child to the Most Holy Theotokos:

Oh, Merciful Mother!

You see the cruel sorrow tearing my heart! For the sake of the sorrow that Thou didst pierce, when a terrible sword passed into Thy soul during the bitter suffering and death of Thy Divine Son, I pray Thee: have mercy on my poor child, who is sick and fading, and if it is not contrary to the will of God and his salvation, seek his health bodily in your Almighty Son, the Physician of souls and bodies.

Oh, Loving Mother! Behold how the face of my child has turned pale, how his whole body burns with illness, and have mercy on him. May he be saved by God's help and serve with joy of heart Your Only Begotten Son, Lord and his God. Amen.

Prayer to Matrona of Moscow

Most often, with an Orthodox prayer for the health and healing of children, they turn to Matrona of Moscow, who was a healer during her lifetime. The prayer to Matrona of Moscow is also read about the healing of the baby:

Oh, blessed mother Matrono, with a soul in heaven before the Throne of God, they are standing in the body, resting on the earth, and with the grace given from above, various miracles emanate. Consider now your merciful eye on us, sinners, in sorrows, illnesses and sinful temptations your days are dependent, console us, desperate, heal our fierce ailments, from God we are tolerated by our sin, save us from many troubles and circumstances, pray our Lord Jesus Christ to forgive us all our sins, iniquities and fall, we have sinned from our youth even to the present day and hour, and through your prayers we have received grace and great mercy, we will glorify in the Trinity the One God, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and ever. Amen.

Prayer before the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Joy of all who sorrow"

O most holy Lady Theotokos, blessed Mother of Christ our Savior God, all those who grieve, joy, visit the sick, the infirm protection and intercessor, the widows and the orphaned patroness, the sad mothers, the all-reliable consoler, the infants of the feeble fortress, and all the helpless always ready help and faithful refuge! You, O all-merciful, given from the Almighty grace in the hedgehog to intercede and save everyone from sorrow and sickness, you have endured the fierce sorrow and sickness, looking at the free suffering of Your beloved Son, and He is crucified on the cross by sight, when Thy heart was foretold by Simeon ... Even so, O Mother loving child, listen to the voice of our prayer, comfort us in the sorrow of those who are, like a faithful intercessor to joy: stand by the throne of the Most Holy Trinity, at the right hand of Thy Son, Christ our God, you can, if you admire, ask for all that is useful to us. For this reason, with heartfelt faith and love from our souls, we fall to You like the Queen and Lady, and we dare to cry out to You in psalm: hear, O children, and see, and incline Your ear, hear our prayer, and deliver us from the current troubles and sorrows: You are bo Fulfill the petitions of all the faithful, as if they grieve with joy, and give peace and consolation to their souls. Behold our misfortune and sorrow: show us Your mercy, eat the consolation of our wounded sorrow, show and surprise on us sinners the riches of Your mercy, give us tears of repentance to cleanse our sins and quench the wrath of God, yes with a pure heart, a good conscience and We resort to hopeless hope, to Your intercession and intercession. Accept, our all-merciful Lady Theotokos, our fervent prayer offered to You, and do not reject us unworthy of Your mercy, but grant us deliverance from sorrow and illness, protect us from all slander of hostility and slander of mankind, wake us a persistent helper throughout all days of life ours, as if under Your motherly cover we will always remain in the goal and preserve by Your intercession and prayers to Your Son and our Savior God, All glory, honor and worship, with His beginningless Father and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever and ever. Amen.

Prayer before the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Mammal"

Accept, Madame Mother of God, the tearful prayers of Thy servants who flow to You: we see You on the holy icon, carrying in your arms and nourishing your Son and our God with milk. The Lord Jesus Christ: even if and painlessly you gave birth to Him, both the mothers of sorrow, the weight and weakness of the sons and daughters of human beings: the same warmth falling upon Your celibate image and affectionately kissing this, we pray to You, the all-merciful Lady: we are sinners, give birth to those who are condemned in painful sorrow nourish our children, mercifully have mercy and compassionately intercede, but our babies, who also gave birth to them, save them from grave illness and bitter sorrow, grant them health and well-being, and they will be nourished by strength by virtue of their growth, and those who feed them will be filled with joy and consolation, for even now, through Thy intercession from the lips of the baby and the pissing, the Lord will accomplish His praise. O Mother of the Son of God! Have mercy on the mother of the sons of men and on Thy weak people: heal the illnesses that befall us soon, quench the grief and sorrow on us, and do not despise the tears and sighs of Thy servants, hear us on the day of sorrow before Thy icon, those who fall, and on the day of joy and deliverance. accept the grateful praise of our hearts, lift up our prayers to the throne of Thy Son and our God, may it be merciful to our sin and weakness and add His mercy to those who lead His name, as if we and our children, let us glorify Thee, the merciful intercessor and faithful hope our kind, forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer before the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Healer"

Accept, O all-blessed and omnipotent Lady Mistress Theotokos Virgin, these prayers, with tears to You now brought from us unworthy Thy servant, to Thy celibate image the singing of those who send with emotion, as to You who exist here and listen to our prayer. For some reason, the fulfillment of your work, you make your sorrow easier, you give health to the weak, you heal the weakened and ailing, you drive away demons from the demons, you get rid of offenses, you cleanse the lepers and the little children of the Lady from your mercy: still the same, the Lady and Lady. you heal all the many different passions: the whole essence is possible by Thy intercession to Thy Son, Christ our God. Oh all-chanted Mati, Most Holy Theotokos! Do not cease to pray for us unworthy servants of Thy, glorifying Thee and worshiping Thee, and worshiping Thy most pure image with tenderness, and the hope of those who haves irrevocable and unquestioning faith to Thee, Ever-virgin glorious and pure, now and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker

O our good shepherd and God-wise mentor, Saint Nicholas of Christ! Hear us sinners, praying to you and calling for help your quick intercession: see us weak, caught everywhere, deprived of all blessings and darkened by the mind of cowardice: sweat, please, God's saint, do not leave us in sinful captivity, let us not be our enemy in joy and we will not die in our wicked deeds. Pray for us unworthy of our Companion and Master, to Him you stand before us with incorporeal faces: mercifully create our God in this life and in the future, that he will not reward us according to our deeds, and according to the uncleanness of our hearts, but according to His goodness he will reward us ... We hope for your intercession, we boast of your intercession, we call on your intercession for help, and we ask for help to your holy image, help us: deliver us, pleaser of Christ, from the evils that come upon us, but for the sake of your holy prayers it will not overtake us to attack, and yes let us not get bogged down in the abyss of sin and in the mud of our passions. Pray, to Saint Nicholas of Christ, Christ our God, may he give us a peaceful life and the remission of sins, but to our souls salvation and great mercy, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer to Saint Panteleimon the Healer

O holy great martyr and healer Panteleimon, a merciful God imitator! Look with mercy and hear us sinners, before your holy icon the zeal of those praying. Ask us from the Lord God, to whom the angels stand in heaven, the remission of our sins and sins. Heal the mental and physical diseases of the servants of God who are now remembered, here coming and all Orthodox Christians who come to your intercession. Behold, our sin, for our sake, fiercely possessed by many ailments and not imams of help and consolation: we are resorting to you, as if we give you grace to pray for us and heal every ailment and every disease. Grant to all of us with your holy prayers the health and well-being of soul and body, the perfection of faith and piety, and all that is necessary for temporary living and for salvation, as if you were honored with great and rich mercies, let us glorify you and the Giver of all blessings, wonderful in the saints of our God, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer to the holy righteous Simeon the God-receiver

O great servant of God and God-receptive Simeon! Standing before the throne of the great King and our God Jesus Christ, the great boldness of the Imash to Him, in your arms for our salvation, the one who has deigned to rush. To you, like a powerful representative and a strong prayer book for us, we resort to sin and unworthiness. Pray His goodness, as if He would turn away His wrath from us, righteously moved by our deeds, and despising our innumerable sins, will turn us on the path of repentance and on the path of His commandments will establish us. Protect our life with your prayers in the world, and ask for good haste in all that is good, granting everything to our belly and piety. And as in ancient times Great Novgrad, by the manifestation of your miraculous icon, you delivered from the destruction of mortality, so now we and all the cities and towns of our country from all misfortunes and troubles and sudden death by your intercession, save from all the enemies visible and invisible with your cover ... [Preserve in peace, health and longevity our Most Pious Sovereign, Emperor Nikolai Alexandrovich, and His power] and the whole Kingdom of Russia, be strong and fortified, as if we will live a quiet and silent life in all piety and purity, and so in the world this temporary life past, in eternal we will achieve peace, where we will be vouchsafed to the heavenly Kingdom of Christ our God, to whom all glory befits, with the Father and His Most Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen.

It is hard for any mother to see the illnesses of children. A prayer for the health of the child will help alleviate the condition of the baby and save him from illness. In these cases, mothers pray for their children.

You can ask any saint for health - maybe you love some saint of God more than others, or it is customary in your family to resort to the help of a particular saint in all sorrows.

The holy Great Martyr Panteleimon is usually asked about the sick - during his earthly life he was a doctor, and was rewarded from God with many miracles of healing due to his boundless faith. Panteleimon is asked for healing from all ailments, especially from evil eyes and other magic.

It should always be remembered that only God is capable of allowing human illness - He is also capable of healing it.

The saints themselves, to whose help we resort - intercessors and mediators between Almighty God and us, sinful people, it is important to warn all parents who pray for the health of their children about this, so that they do not inadvertently show disrespect to God.

How to pray correctly?

If you pray (it does not matter if it is a mother's prayer for the bestowal of health on a child, or a request for the success of the business you have begun) - keep your soul pure, do not believe in fortune-telling, spells, do not speak and do not bewitch, refuse all the pseudo-Orthodox actions that you are offered to perform ... Do not be afraid to seem naive or look stupid - ask and ask the priest about the actions offered to you on the side - he will tell you exactly what is right and useful, and what is an act objectionable to God.

Types of prayers

Prayer for good health The Blessed Mother Theotokos is pronounced in the temple or in the cell (at home). It is usually customary to ask for help from that saint, before whose icon petitions are raised, but if this is not possible, ask for help from any place and position - strong mother's prayer keeps children in danger, even when you are away from icons.

Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos "For good health"

“To the Mother of God, we are diligently now a dear, sinful and humble, and let us fall, in repentance calling from the depths of the soul: Lady, help, having mercy on us, sweat, we are perishing from a multitude of sins, do not turn your slaves away, You are the one hope of the imams. My queen, my hope, The Mother of God, the friend of the orphan and the strange to the patroness, the grieving joy, the offended patroness! Behold my misfortune, behold my sorrow, help me as I am weak, feed me as strange. My grievance, resolve that, as if you will: as if there is no other help for You, not a different representative, or a good comforter, only You, O Bogomati, as if save me and cover me forever and ever. Amen."

At the same time, one should distinguish between the impossibility of reading prayers in front of the icon and simple laziness. If you pray at home on the couch, while you are not sick and can stand in front of the icons - you are committing a sin, such a prayer will be of no use.

Saint Nicholas, the Miracle Worker of Lycia, became famous for many miracles during his earthly life, and constantly helps everyone who comes to him for help - especially a mother asking for children, the Saint loved children very much and always protected and protected them. You can also pray to him for the health and salvation of children.

Prayer to Nicholas the Wonderworker "About children's health"

“O our good shepherd and God-wise mentor, Saint Nicholas of Christ! Hear us sinners praying to you and calling for your quick intercession: see us weak, caught everywhere, deprived of all blessing and darkened in mind from cowardice: sweat, please God, not leave us in sinful captivity to be, may we not be our enemy for joy and not die in our crafty deeds. Pray for us unworthy of our Companion and Master, to Him you stand before us with incorporeal faces: mercifully create our God in this life and in the future, so that he will not reward us according to our deeds and according to the uncleanness of our hearts, but according to His goodness he will reward us. We rely on your intercession, we boast of your intercession, we call on your intercession for help, and we ask for help to your holy image, help us: deliver us, the servitor of Christ, from the evils that come upon us, so that for the sake of your holy prayers it will not take us to attack and not get bogged down in the abyss of sinfulness and in the mud of our passions. Pray, to Saint Nicholas of Christ, Christ our God, may he give us a peaceful life and the remission of sins, but to our souls salvation and great mercy, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen."

The holy great martyr and healer Panteleimon, a great saint of God, lived in pagan Rome and suffered for faith in Christ. At the same time, he was a respected, famous doctor who healed children and adults with the power of medicine and faith. Panteleimon debunked myths about the power of idols, exposed the demons that acted through them.

Prayer to Panteleimon "About the health of children"

“O holy great martyr and healer Panteleimon, merciful God imitator! Look with mercy and hear us sinners, before your holy icon the zeal of those praying. Ask us from the Lord God, to whom the angels stand in heaven, the remission of our sins and sins. Heal diseases the spiritual and bodily servants of God who are now remembered, who are coming here and all Orthodox Christians who come to your intercession. Behold, our sin, for our sake, fiercely possessed by many ailments and not imams of help and consolation: we are resorting to you, as if we give you grace to pray for us and heal every ailment and every disease. Grant to all of us with your holy prayers the health and well-being of soul and body, the perfection of faith and piety, and all that is needed for temporary living and for salvation, as if you were honored with great and rich mercies, let us glorify you and the giver of all blessings, wonderful in the saints of our God, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen."

Therefore, the healer Panteleimon has a special power to heal various kinds of evil eyes, conspiracies and similar terrible consequences of witchcraft.

Read the life of Saint Panteleimon aloud - it is written in a light, fascinating form, it is useful for you and your child to learn about it.

Matushka Matrona of Moscow was a cripple (she was blind), but at the same time she always helped in the healing of ailments to those who resorted to her help. Mothers are accustomed to asking for their children from the blessed Mother, who always helps to rise even from the most serious illness.

Prayer to Matrona "For children"

“O blessed mother Matrono, hear and accept now us, sinners, praying to you, accustomed in all your life to accept and listen to all those who suffer and grieve, with faith and hope to your intercession and help who come running, quick help and miraculous healing to all serving; May your mercy to us, unworthy, restless in this busy world and nowhere find solace and compassion in the sorrows of the soul and help in bodily illnesses also not fail now: heal our diseases, save from the temptations and torment of the devil, who is passionately at war, help bring your life Cross, bear all the burdens of life and not lose the image of God in it, preserve the Orthodox faith until the end of our days, have strong hope and hope in God and unfeigned love for neighbors; help us, after our departure from this life, to reach the Kingdom of Heaven with all who have pleased God, glorifying the mercy and goodness of the Heavenly Father, in the Trinity, the glorified Father and Son and Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen."

Not only in Christianity there are mothers' prayers for the health of children: Muslim mothers pray in their own way. The main thing that is required muslim prayers about children - this is sincerity to Allah and humiliation before Him. Prayer must be answered - this is what the theologians of Islam say.

Maternal orthodox prayer works wonders about the health of a sick child. We offer powerful and very rare prayers to the Most Holy Theotokos for the healing of children. These prayers are due to mothers for the healing of any diseases in their children.

Miraculous prayer for the health of a sick child to the Most Holy Theotokos

“O Most Holy Lady the Virgin Mary, save and preserve under Your shelter my children (names), all the youths, young women and babies, baptized and nameless and carried in the womb of the mother. Cover them with the robe of Your motherhood, keep them in the fear of God and in obedience to your parents, pray to my Lord and Your Son, that he may grant them useful things for their salvation. I entrust them to Thy Maternal gaze, as you are the Divine cover for Thy servants. "

Strong church prayer for the health of sick children to the Most Holy Theotokos

“Mother of God, lead me into the image of Your heavenly motherhood. Heal the mental and physical wounds of my children (names), inflicted by my sins. I entrust my child entirely to my Lord Jesus Christ and Yours, Most Pure, heavenly protection. Amen".

Does Christian prayer for the 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, receive communion and take a blessing for the operation. Order a magpie for health, prayer. Read "The Canon of Repentance to our Lord Jesus Christ", the Canon to the Most Holy Theotokos, to the Guardian Angel. Forgive everyone, ask for forgiveness, make peace with everyone, order a prayer for health in the church, akathists.

Miraculous prayer read for the patient before the operation

“O Lord Almighty, holy king, punish and do not mortify affirming the overpowering one, and erect the uncontested, bodily man and correct sorrows, we pray to you, our God, your servant (name), who does not wander, visit with thy mercy. Forgive him every sin, voluntary or not.

To her, Lord, your medical power from heaven sent down the hedgehog to manage the mind and the hand of your servant doctor (name) and create the necessary surgery safely, as if the bodily ailment of your servant (name) would be completely healed, and any hostile invasion would be driven far away from him. Raise him from the horde of the sick and grant him health with soul and bodies pleasing and doing your will. Yours is a merciful hedgehog to save us our God and to you we give glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Now and ever and forever and ever. Amen".

The Purpose of Religion is Salvation human soulHowever, Neil Smelser argues that another goal is no less important: a person's acquisition of meaning in life.

Does this mean that the life of an atheist is meaningless, or does religion give meaning to those who are unable to find it on their own? Believers in many countries who eat large quantities of beef steaks and steaks, how much do they offend the religious feelings of the Hindus, who revere the cow as a sacred animal, and how does this correlate with the religious tolerance that is now proclaimed by each of the world's churches? At the same time, it is curious how the movement for one church intends to eliminate such contradictions: to prohibit the use of beef for food or to deprive the cow of the status of a sacred animal.

A mother prays for a child with great zeal, love, hope and faith, and this is precisely what she is able to pray to the Lord for the bestowal of the good for her child. As the saying goes, prayer can get you from the bottom of the sea. After all, no one loves a child but his mother. Everyone can turn away from him when he stumbles through weakness, falls through life, but not his mother. She wore it under her heart, listened to how he moved, shuddered, woke up crying at night, when everyone in the house was asleep, sinning more love to a child than to the Lord.
Mom is the only person in the world who loves just because you are. Whatever happens will condemn the deed, but not you. Her love is boundless, anxiety is all-embracing. Happy is the one who is guarded by the mother's prayer, for there is no stronger feeling, the power of thoughts turned to God, than the thought of a woman praying for her child.
Ardent parental prayer can truly work miracles. The daily prayer work of a mother or father will also not leave the Lord without a reward. And in joy, and in trouble, and in everyday cares, the Lord is next to us and our children, it is important to remember this and teach this unceasing memory to our children.
It is necessary to pray for a child from birth and even earlier, but it is impossible that prayer requests were only about health, material well-being and success in this life - first of all, they should be about the salvation of the soul, for we do not know which way the Lord will lead our a child towards this goal: perhaps through serious illness, misfortune, disappointment.

Through grief, the Lord reminds mothers of the obligation to pray for their children. I would like to give an example from the book "Mother's Tears", which narrates well about this topic, giving real examples from church history and life stories. It was painfully sunk into the soul of such words that after the Resurrection the mother should show the Lord either her child next to her, or her battered legs from the constant kneeling prayer for his salvation.

Prayer of parents for the blessing of children

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, bless, sanctify, save my child by the power of Thy Life-giving Cross
(and put the sign of the cross).

Prayer to the Guardian Angel

Holy Angel to the guardian of my children (names), cover them with your cover from the arrows of the demon, from the eyes of the seducer and keep their heart in angelic purity. Amen.

Prayer to the Mother of God

O Most Holy Lady the Virgin Mary, save and preserve under Your shelter my children (names), all the youths, young women and babies, baptized and nameless and carried in the womb of the mother. Cover them with the robe of Your motherhood, keep them in the fear of God and in obedience to your parents, pray to my Lord and Your Son, that he may grant them useful things for their salvation. I entrust them to Thy Mother's gaze, as Thou art the Divine Cover for Thy servants.

Mother of God, lead me into the image of Your heavenly motherhood. Heal the mental and physical wounds of my children (names), inflicted by my sins. I entrust my child entirely to my Lord Jesus Christ and Yours, Most Pure, heavenly protection. Amen.

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This akathist is a real find for all mothers; regardless of whether they are carrying their child under their hearts or are already raising grandchildren.

As a mother protects the peace of her child, so the Mother of God will reassure everyone who turns to Her with words of prayer in her spiritual and physical sorrows, and will send him His heavenly help and protection to the children of mothers, protecting them in life path from all kinds of temptations and adversities.

It is with great pleasure that we publish it on our website.

PRAYER FOR A SICK CHILD

Oh, merciful Mother! You see the cruel sorrow tearing my heart! For the sake of the sorrow that Thou didst pierce, when a terrible sword passed into Thy soul during the bitter suffering and death of Thy Divine Son, I pray Thee: have mercy on my poor child, who is sick and fading, and if it is not contrary to the will of God and his salvation, seek his health bodily to Your Almighty Son, the Physician of souls and bodies, Who healed every disease and every infirmity, taking pity on the tears of a mother who wept over the loss of her only son, awakened him from death and gave him to her. Oh, Loving Mother! Behold how the face of my brainchild has turned pale, how all its veins burn with illness, and have mercy on it, may death not steal it at the dawn of life, but may it be saved by God's help and serve with joy of heart Your Only Begotten Son and Lord and your God. Amen.

It is very good to wash the baby's face with holy water, and lightly sprinkle it on the bed before going to bed. You should also remember about the sign of the cross, which the mother should put on the baby.

Sometimes the petals of flowers consecrated from the icon or on the feast of the Trinity, or the Dormition of the Mother of God are sewn into the pillow.(flowers from icons can be taken in our church after big holidays - ask the attendant in the church)

In the room where the child sleeps, there must be any consecrated Orthodox icon and, preferably, an icon lamp.

PRAYER FOR HELP FOR THE SUFFERING OF DRUG ADDICTION OR ALCOHOLISM

Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of Thy Beginning Father, Thou art Thou most pure with Thy lips: as without Me you cannot do nothing. My Lord, Lord, by faith the volume in my soul was spoken by You, I fall to your goodness: despise all my sins, and do not expose me as a sinner, but do with me according to Your mercy. Protect my son (daughter, my children) from the destructive slander of demons, through addictions from the work of sowing hostility, from shameful adherence to a dope, and save him (her, them) from all evil. It’s like Yours is the Kingdom and Power and Glory, with Your Beginning Father and with the Most Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

To any prayer, especially in such difficult situation, pray in your own words as well as you can and do not lose hope NEVER!

PRAYER FOR DRUNK AND IN DURMAN

Lord, look mercifully on Your servant, deceived by the flattery of intoxication and carnal joy. Grant him the knowledge of the sweetness of abstinence and fasting and the fruits of the spirit that flow from it.

And those who experience sorrow: illness or suffer grief for their relatives, children suffering from alcoholism and drug addiction, we advise you to read one chapter of the Gospel a day. Before and after, read this short prayer:

Save, Lord, and have mercy on your servant (slave, slaves) (Yours, Yours) (names) with the words of the Divine Gospel, which are about the salvation of Your servant (...). The thorns of all his (her, mine, our, their) sins have fallen, Lord, and may your grace (...) dwell in him, scorching, cleansing, illuminating the whole person in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

It is a very powerful remedy, like a real medicine. Over time, it will certainly bear fruit. Verified many times. If you read the Gospel and do not understand anything. Do not be embarrassed by this. The main thing that is required of you is constancy and diligence. You don't understand, but demons understand very well.

Also, in the fence of our church there is the grave of Priest Euthymius. We all believe in the power of his prayer and his intercession for us before God, so we always ask for his help. Go to his grave, ask, tell us about your misfortune, light a candle in the church about the repose of the servant of God Euthymius. If possible, order a panikhida in his name (priest Euthymius).

Batiushka always helps, and during his lifetime he used to say: "How can I refuse to ask someone?"

May God give you patience, love and faith in your prayers.

This prayer is practiced on the basis of this instruction in Holy Scripture: "Truly also, I say to you that if two of you on earth agree to ask for any deed, then whatever they ask, it will be from My Heavenly Father, for where two or three are gathered in My name, there I am in the midst of them" (Matt 18, 19-20), when in any difficult situation: illness, misfortune, calamity, etc., two or more Christians agree to pray together earnestly for the deliverance of someone from the misfortune that befell him. It is recommended to read it four times a day (morning, afternoon, evening and night), which to yourself and to those persons with whom you agreed to pray until, by the grace of the Lord, the fulfillment of the requested prayer comes.

And further - give alms. Alms can be different: it is bread and food for the poor, for the same homeless people, it is help to your pensioner neighbor, or a first-grader who really wants new paints or a toy. Just remember - you are doing this for yourself, and therefore, do not be proud and do not expect gratitude! And, most importantly, do not tell anyone about this and do not advertise, otherwise, what is the use? Alms may not necessarily be shown financially. This is help to buy medicines in a neighbor's pharmacy, visiting a patient in the hospital and consolation kind word, this and feed the stray dogs and cats.

Like any prayer, the prayer of parents for their children can be reasonable and unreasonable. Apostle James says: "You ask and do not receive, because you ask not for good" (James 4: 3).

The Holy Fathers say: "Pray carefully for the outer destinies of a Christian's life." This also applies to the prayer of parents, and in particular to the case when parents pray for the recovery of a terminally ill child. It happens that the Lord saves parents from future grief by taking away their children at an early age.

Therefore, in these cases, parents need humble obedience to the all-good Providence of God, and their prayer for the sick, no matter how fervent it may be, must always end with the words of the Lord in the Garden of Gethsemane: "... however, not My will, but Thine be done" ( Luke 22:42).

In such cases, one must remember the story of how one mother prayed in despair for the recovery of her two sons, who were lying in mortal fever. In a subtle dream, the Lord revealed to her the future of her sons on earth. She sees them as adults at a riotous revelry in a pub. In a quarrel, they throw themselves at each other and with knives inflict mortal wounds on each other.

Of course, apart from the cases when, by the will of God, children die despite the prayers of their parents, there are even more cases when the fervent prayer of the parents miraculously saved a terminally ill child. It must be remembered that the prayer of parents for their children has a special power before God: ardent love drives ardent prayer. And fervent prayer will not remain unanswered by God.