Prayer to the Holy Mother of God. Prayer to the Mother of God for help in work and affairs

The Mother of God is considered the greatest, one of the most revered Saints in Christianity. Her image is capable of creating a true miracle and fulfilling a person’s deepest desire. Find out about the most powerful prayers to the Mother of God.

A short prayer to the Mother of God

The power of the prayer text depends not on the place or on the image on the holy image, but on the strength and sincerity of faith. You can resort to a short prayer wherever you are, read it silently or say it out loud. The Mother of God will always hear the request of an Orthodox person and help in a difficult situation. But a person does not always have the opportunity to read a long Christian text in a secluded place, calmly turning to the Intercessor. This prayer can be read even in a crowded, public place, because the Mother of God hears every person, no matter where he is.

“It is worthy to eat that you are truly blessed, the Mother of God, ever-blessed and most immaculate and the Mother of our God. We magnify You, the most honorable cherub and the most glorious seraphim without comparison, who gave birth to God the Word without corruption.”

Such prayer gives a person strong protection and can provide him with invaluable help. Use it just before the start of an important task or before a particularly significant event.

Even a short phrase from a believer: “Most Holy Theotokos, save us!”, - will be an effective appeal to the Queen of Heaven. When you find yourself in trouble, say these words and you will be heard in Heaven.

The strongest prayer to the Mother of God

One of the most powerful prayers to the Mother of God must be read before the image of the Saint. There should be an icon of the Mother of God in every person's home. A miraculous image can protect you and your loved ones from the most terrible troubles and save you from life’s difficulties. You need to read the Orthodox text regularly, turning to the Mother of God with an important request and thanking her for her patronage.

“Oh, Most Holy Lady Theotokos, Queen of Heaven and earth, the highest angel and archangel and of all creation, the most honest, pure Virgin Mary, good Helper to the world, and affirmation for all people, and deliverance for all needs!
Look now, O All-Merciful Lady, upon Thy servants, praying to Thee with a tender soul and a contrite heart, falling with tears to Thee and worshiping Thy most pure and wholesome image, and asking for Thy help and intercession.
For this reason, O Mother of God, we resort to You, and looking at Your Most Pure Image with the Eternal Child held in Your hand, our Lord Jesus Christ, we bring tender singing to You and cry out: have mercy on us, Mother of God, and fulfill our request, for all that is Your intercession is possible, for glory is due to You now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen."

It doesn’t matter which image of the Mother of God you turn to and what you ask for. Prayer will help you, your loved ones and children, heal you from illnesses and relieve you of problems with finances or real estate. The main thing is that faith in God grows stronger in your soul, and that your intentions are only good. Only to a true believer who is able to recognize his sins and ask for forgiveness for them can a Christian miracle sent down by the earthly mother of Jesus Christ appear.

By resorting to these prayers, you can easily cleanse your soul from sins, and your thoughts from everything unclean. The Mother of God is all-merciful and ready to help everyone who really needs it. She protects Orthodox Christians who are able to take the right path and admit their mistakes. Turn your soul to God, take care of yourself and don't forget to press the buttons and

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Angelic greeting to the Mother of God

Rejoice, Mother of God, Virgin Mary, who has received grace, the Lord is with You! Blessed are You among women, and blessed is He born of You, because You gave birth to the Savior of our souls.

Mother of God

Mother of God (who gave birth to God); Blagodatnaya- filled with the grace of the Holy Spirit; blessed- glorified or worthy of glorification; in wives- between wives; the fruit of your womb- Jesus Christ, born of You; like- because, since; Spasa- Savior.

This prayer is to the Most Holy Theotokos, whom we call grace-filled, that is, filled with the grace of the Holy Spirit, and blessed of all women, because our Savior Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was pleased, or desired, to be born from Her.

This prayer is also called an angelic greeting, since it contains the words of an angel (Archangel Gabriel): Hail, full of grace Mary, the Lord is with you: blessed are you among women, which he told the Virgin Mary when he appeared to Her in the city of Nazareth to announce to Her the great joy that the Savior of the World would be born from Her. Also - Blessed are You among women and blessed is the fruit of Your womb, said to the Virgin Mary, when meeting Her, and righteous Elizabeth, the mother of St. John the Baptist.

Mother of God

The Virgin Mary is called because Jesus Christ, born of Her, is our true God.

It is called because before the birth of Christ She was a Virgin, and at Christmas and after Christmas she remained the same, since she made a vow (promise) to God not to marry, and remaining forever a Virgin, she gave birth to Her Son from the Holy Spirit in a miraculous way.

QUESTIONS: To whom do we pray when we say the prayer: Rejoice, Virgin Mary? What do we call the Virgin Mary in this prayer? What do these words mean: You are gracious and blessed among women? How to explain the words: for you gave birth to the Savior of our souls? Why is this prayer called the angelic greeting? What do the words mean: Mother of God, Virgin?

Song of praise to the Mother of God

It is truly worthy to glorify You, Mother of God, always blessed and completely blameless and the Mother of our God. You are worthy of veneration more than the cherubim and in Your glory incomparably higher than the seraphim, You gave birth to God the Word (Son of God) without illness, and as the true Mother of God we glorify You.

Worthy to eat

Dignified, fair; as truly- truly, in all truth; bliss Tya- to please, glorify You; ever-blessed- always having the highest joy (happy), worthy of constant glorification; immaculate- completely immaculate, pure, holy; cherubim and seraphim- the highest and closest angels to God; without decay- sinless and disease-free; God's Word- Jesus Christ, the Son of God (as He is called in the Holy Gospel); existing- real, true.

In this prayer we praise the Mother of God, as the Mother of our God, always blessed and completely immaculate, and we magnify Her, saying that She, with Her honor (most honorable) and glory (most glorious), surpasses the highest angels: cherubim and seraphim, that is, the Mother of God according to His perfections stand above everyone - not only people, but also holy angels. Without illness, she miraculously gave birth to Jesus Christ from the Holy Spirit, who, having become man from Her, is at the same time the Son of God who came down from heaven, and therefore She is the true Mother of God.

QUESTIONS: Who are we praising in this prayer? How do we glorify Her? What do the words mean: ever-blessed, most immaculate, Mother of our God? What do the words mean: the most honest cherub and the most glorious without comparison seraphim? Who gave birth to God the Word without corruption? Real Mother of God?

The shortest prayer to the Mother of God

Save, Lord, Your people and bless everything that belongs to You. Grant victory to Orthodox Christians against their enemies, and preserve by the power of Your Cross those among whom You dwell.

Bless

Make you happy, send mercy; Your heritage- Your possession; to resistance- over opponents, enemies; Your residence- Your dwelling, that is, the society of true believers, among whom God invisibly dwells; preserving by Your Cross- preserving by the power of Your Cross.

In this prayer we ask God to save us, His people, and bless the Orthodox country - our fatherland, with great mercies; He gave victories to Orthodox Christians over their enemies and, in general, preserved us by the power of His Cross.

QUESTIONS: How is the prayer to the Holy Cross read and is it for the fatherland? What do the words mean: save, O Lord, Thy people? And bless Your heritage? Granting victories to Orthodox Christians against resistance? And preserving Your residence by Your Cross?

Prayer to the Guardian Angel

Angel; custodian- the keeper.

At baptism, God gives every Christian a Guardian Angel, who invisibly protects a person from all evil. Therefore, we must ask the angel every day to preserve and have mercy on us.

Prayer to the saint

Pray to God for me, saint [holy] (name), because I diligently resort to you as a quick helper and prayer book [quick helper and prayer book] for my soul.

I; I'm running- I ask you in prayer.

In addition to praying to the Guardian Angel, we must also pray to that saint by whose name we are called, because he also always prays to God for us.

Every Christian, as soon as he is born into the light of God, under St. baptism is given saint as assistants and patrons of St. Church. He takes care of the newborn like the most loving mother, and protects him from all the troubles and misfortunes that a person encounters on earth.

Need to know Day of Remembrance in the year of your saint (your name day), know the life (description of life) of this saint. On his name day we must glorify him with prayer in church and receive St. communion, and if for some reason we cannot be in church on this day, then we must pray fervently at home.

Prayer for the living

We must think not only about ourselves, but also about other people, love them and pray to God for them, because we are all children of one Heavenly Father. Such prayers are useful not only for those for whom we pray, but also for ourselves, since we thereby demonstrate Love to them. And the Lord told us that without love no one can be children of God.

We must pray for our Fatherland-Russia, for the country in which we live, for our spiritual father, parents, relatives, benefactors, Orthodox Christians and all people like for the living, so for the dead, because everyone is alive with God(Onion. 20 , 38).

Spiritual Father

The priest to whom we confess; mentors- teachers; benefactors- doing good, helping us.

Prayer for the dead

Rest, O Lord, the souls of Your departed servants (names) and all my departed relatives and benefactors, and forgive them all sins committed by their own will and against their will, and give them the Kingdom of Heaven.

Place it in a quiet place, that is, together with the saints in an eternal blissful home; deceased- fallen asleep This is what we call the dead, because people are not destroyed after death, but their souls are separated from the body and move from this life to another, heavenly one. There they remain until the time of the general resurrection, which will occur at the second coming of the Son of God, when, according to His word, the souls of the dead will again unite with the body - people will come to life and be resurrected. And then everyone will receive what they deserve: the righteous - the Kingdom of Heaven, blessed, eternal life, and sinners - eternal punishment.

Prayer for the dead in the cemetery

Sins freestyle

Sins done of one's own free will; involuntary- against the will under duress; grant them- give it to them; the Kingdom of heaven- eternal blissful life with God.

Prayer before teaching

Most merciful Lord! Send us the grace of Your Holy Spirit, giving understanding and strengthening our spiritual strength, so that, listening with attention to the teaching taught to us, we will grow to You, our Creator, for glory, for our parents for consolation, for the benefit of the Church and the Fatherland.

Preblagiy

Most merciful, kind; sent down- went down (from heaven to earth); grace of the Holy Spirit- the invisible power of the Holy Spirit; giver- giving; meaning- understanding; our spiritual strength- our spiritual abilities (mind, heart, will); so that- to; listening to the teaching taught to us- understanding the teaching that is taught to us: increased- grew up; Church- Society of all Orthodox Christians; fatherland- a state, a country where our ancestors have long lived: great-grandfathers, grandfathers and fathers, that is, Russia.

This prayer is to God the Father, Whom we call the Creator, that is, the Creator. In it we ask Him to send the Holy Spirit so that He, with His grace, will strengthen our spiritual strength (mind, heart and will), and so that we, listening with attention to the teaching taught to us, will grow up as devoted sons of the Church and faithful servants of our fatherland and as a consolation to our parents .

QUESTIONS: What is this prayer? To whom does it apply? What are we asking in this prayer? What is called the Church and the Fatherland?

Prayer after teaching

We thank You, Creator, that You have honored us with Your grace to understand 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.

To the Creator

Creator, Creator; as you have vouchsafed- what You have honoured; Thy grace- Your invisible help; be careful- to listen and understand with attention; bless- send mercy; to the knowledge of good- to the knowledge of all that is good; fortress- health, hunting, vigor.

This prayer is to God the Father. In it, we first thank God that He sent help to understand the teaching being taught to us. Then we ask Him to send His mercy to our bosses, parents and teachers, who give us the opportunity to learn everything good and useful; and, in conclusion, we ask you to give us health and hunting so that we can successfully continue our studies.

QUESTIONS: To whom is this prayer? At the beginning of prayer, what do we thank God for? What are we asking in this prayer?

Prayer before eating food

Everyone's eyes; on Tya- at you; hope- look, turned with hope; in good time- in a timely manner when needed; open- open to give; all kinds of animals- every living creature, that is, not only people, but also all creatures; favors- favors.

In this prayer we express confidence that God will send us food in due time, since He provides not only people, but also all living creatures with everything they need for life.

Instead of this prayer, before eating food, you can read the Lord's Prayer: Our Father.

QUESTIONS: To whom is a prayer read before eating food? What do we express in it? How does God treat living beings?

Prayer after eating food

We thank You, Christ our God, that You have nourished us with Your earthly blessings (food); do not deprive us of eternal bliss.

You; satiated- nourished; Your earthly blessings- Your earthly blessings, that is, what we drank and ate at the table; Your heavenly kingdom- eternal bliss, which righteous people are awarded after death.

In this prayer, we thank God that He fed us with food, and we ask Him not to deprive us of eternal bliss after our death, which we should always remember when receiving earthly blessings.

QUESTIONS: What prayer is read after eating food? What do we thank God for in this prayer? What is meant by earthly goods? What is called the Kingdom of Heaven?

Morning prayer

To You, Master who loves mankind, having risen from sleep, I come running, and I strive for Your works with Your mercy, and I pray to You: help me at all times in every thing, and deliver me from all worldly evil things and the devil’s haste, and save me, and bring us into Your eternal kingdom. For You are my Creator and the Provider and Giver of every good thing, and all my hope is in You, and I send up glory to You now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

To You, Lord Lover of Mankind, having risen from sleep, I come running and, by Your mercy, I hasten to Your deeds. I pray to You: help me at all times in every matter, and deliver me from every worldly evil deed and devilish temptation, and save me, and bring me into Your eternal kingdom. For You are my Creator, and Provider and Giver of all good. All my hope is in You. And I give glory to You, now and always, and to the ages of eternity. Amen.

More humane- loving people; I strive- I’m in a hurry, trying to do it; in every thing- in any matter; worldly evil thing- worldly evil (bad deed); devilish haste- devilish (evil spirit) temptation, temptation to evil; Creator- Creator; Industrialist- provider, trustee; my hope- my hope.

Evening prayer

Lord our God! everything in which I have sinned this day in word and deed and thought. You, as the Merciful and Humane, forgive me. Give me a peaceful and restful sleep. Send me Your Guardian Angel, who would cover and protect me from all evil. For You are the guardian of our souls and bodies, and to You we give glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now, and always, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

What, in what; by thought- thoughts; good- merciful; serene- calm; grant- give; then- went; covering and observing- who would cover and protect.

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Everyone remembers how in childhood they ran to their mother with their problems. You can always find shelter, support, understanding with her. The Queen of Heaven has become so kind and responsive to all Christians - the Mother of God will not leave prayers for help in any matter unanswered.

Veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Veneration of the Mother of God distinguishes the Eastern and Western Christian churches; later denominations treat it rather reservedly. Orthodoxy assigns a very high place to the Ever-Virgin - it is believed that her holiness is the highest that an earthly person can achieve. They place her even above all the ranks of angels who are not tainted by original sin, like people.

Hundreds of different icons also speak of veneration, several of which can be found in any home where Orthodox Christians live. Images of the Queen of Heaven are also revered by Catholics; there are even common icons with them:

"Tenderness"
"Kazanskaya",
"Seven-shot"

According to church tradition, she was taken to heaven along with her body. On the icon of the Assumption, the Savior Himself descended from heaven to meet His earthly mother. Who can imagine what trials she endured in secret from the whole world? After all, Saint Mary never complained about her fate. She humbly accepted the great commission given to her by the Lord.

You need to understand how much the Virgin Mary worked - and we’re not just talking about needlework, which she was very skilled at. Why do people boldly ask the Most Holy Theotokos for help? Because she has been in prayer since childhood. It seems to many that the saints lived in a kind of vacuum, looked at the world through rose-colored glasses, and therefore did not notice evil. Not at all - they were aware of it and faced the same difficulties as other people. Only in difficult situations did they have the courage to behave with dignity.

What qualities distinguish St. Maria from others?

Firm faith - she did not doubt for a second that she would cope with her mission.
Spiritual maturity - was able to avoid the sin of pride.
Humility - she never complained about her cross and did not renounce it.

At the same time, she did all the usual housework that other Jewish women did. But in those days, any meal was the result of many hours of labor. There was no electricity, running water or other amenities of civilization, and the family lived quite modestly. But the difficulties did not frighten the Ever-Virgin, did not make her despondent and melancholy. She remained kind, patient, and never raised her voice.

What do they pray to the Mother of God for?

After the formation of the Christian Church, the Mother of God helps all humanity with her prayers. She can teach the human heart true love: the kind that the Apostle Paul describes, selfless, endless, sacrificial.

Are there any difficulties at work? Prayer to the Mother of God will help with this too. In a moment of fatigue, you need to stop for a moment and say mentally: “Most Holy Theotokos, save us!” If something doesn’t work out, you need to ask God to give you reason and strength to cope with what is necessary. In business you cannot rely only on yourself - this is a sign of pride. You can and should turn to the Lord for help, pray to the Mother of God and the saints.

According to church tradition, after her death, the Virgin Mary still walks the earth to take care of people. She sees every tear, hears all the complaints of the offended, the weak, the weak in body. It especially helps children, because their suffering is the hardest to see. In such cases, prayer to the Mother of God should be the most diligent. You can take any prayer; there are hundreds of them. What is important is the sincerity of faith, the strength that comes from the heart. Virgin Mary, rejoice!

Prayer to the Mother of God for help in work - text

“O Most Holy Lady Lady Theotokos! With fear, faith and love, falling before Thy honorable icon, we pray to Thee: do not turn Thy face away from those who come running to You, beg, O merciful Mother, Thy Son and our God, the Lord Jesus Christ, to preserve our country in peace, and to establish it in piety May she preserve her Holy Church unshakably and deliver her from unbelief, heresies and schism.

There are no other imams of help, no other imams of hope, except You, Most Pure Virgin: You are the all-powerful helper and intercessor of Christians. Deliver all who pray to You with faith from the falls of sin, from the slander of evil people, from all temptations, sorrows, illnesses, troubles and from sudden death.

Grant us the spirit of contrition, humility of heart, purity of thoughts, correction of sinful lives and the remission of sins, so that all of us, praising Thy greatness and mercy shown to us here on earth, may be worthy of the Heavenly Kingdom, and there with all the saints we will glorify the most honorable and magnificent name of the Father and the Son. and the Holy Spirit. Amen"!

Prayer for children to the Most Holy Theotokos

O Most Holy Lady Virgin Theotokos, save and preserve under Your roof 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, beseech my Lord and Your Son to grant them what is useful for their salvation. I entrust them to Your maternal supervision, for You are the Divine Cover of Your servants.

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Prayer to the Mother of God

A short prayer to the Mother of God

Such prayer gives a person strong protection and can provide him with invaluable help. Use it just before the start of an important task or before a particularly significant event.

The strongest prayer to the Mother of God

Look now, O All-Merciful Lady, upon Thy servants, praying to Thee with a tender soul and a contrite heart, falling with tears to Thee and worshiping Thy most pure and wholesome image, and asking for Thy help and intercession.

For this reason, O Mother of God, we resort to You, and looking at Your Most Pure Image with the Eternal Child held in Your hand, our Lord Jesus Christ, we bring tender singing to You and cry out: have mercy on us, Mother of God, and fulfill our request, for all that is Your intercession is possible, for glory is due to You now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen."

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A large collection of prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary for all occasions.

Gospel about the future veneration of the Virgin Mary: “And Mary said: My soul magnifies the Lord, and My spirit rejoices in God My Savior, because He has respected the lowliness of His Servant, for from now on all generations will call Me blessed; because the Mighty One has done great things for Me, and holy is His name; and His mercy from generation to generation is upon those who fear Him; He showed the power of His arm; He scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts; He brought down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted the humble; He filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty; He accepted Israel His servant. remembering mercy, as he spoke to our fathers, toward Abraham and his seed forever” (Luke 1:46-55).

Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. Novgorod icon, second quarter of the 12th century

First prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary

O Most Holy Lady Lady Theotokos! Raise us, servant of God (names), from the depths of sin and deliver us from sudden death and from all evil. Grant us, O Lady, peace and health and enlighten our minds and the eyes of our hearts to salvation, and grant us, Thy sinful servants, the Kingdom of Thy Son, Christ our God: for His power is blessed with the Father and His Most Holy Spirit.

Second prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary

Most Holy Virgin, Mother of the Lord, show me, the poor, and the servants of God (names) Your ancient mercy: send down the spirit of reason and piety, the spirit of mercy and meekness, the spirit of purity and truth. Hey, Most Pure Lady! Be merciful to me here and at the Last Judgment. For you are, O Lady, the glory of heaven and the hope of earth. Amen.

Icon of the Mother of God "Vladimir Moscow", miraculous image, 17th century

Third prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary

Undefiled, Unblessed, Imperishable, Most Pure, Unbridled Bride of God, Mother of God Mary, Lady of Peace and My Hope! Look upon me, a sinner, at this hour, and from Thy pure blood Thou hast unknowingly given birth to the Lord Jesus Christ, make me merciful through Thy motherly prayers; The one who was ripeningly condemned and wounded in the heart with the weapon of sadness, wound my soul with Divine love! The mountaineer who mourned him in chains and abuse, grant me tears of contrition; With His free conduct to death, my soul was seriously ill, free me from illness, so that I may glorify You, worthily glorified forever. Amen.

Prayer Four to the Blessed Virgin Mary

O zealous, compassionate intercessor of the Lord Mother! I come running to You, a cursed man and a sinner above all others: listen to 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, desperate and perishing in sins; have mercy on me, who repent of my evil deeds, and turn my lost, accursed 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.

Fifth prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary

Most Holy Lady Theotokos, the only one most pure in soul and body, the only one who surpasses all purity, chastity and virginity, the only one who has completely become the abode of the complete grace of the all-holy Spirit, the most immaterial power here has incomparably surpassed the purity and holiness of the soul and body, look upon me, vile, unclean, soul and the body that has been denigrated by the filth of the passions of my life, cleanse my passionate mind, make immaculate and order my wandering and blind thoughts, put my feelings in order and guide them, free me from the evil and vile habit of unclean prejudices and passions that torment me, stop all sin acting in me, grant to my darkened and damned mind sobriety and prudence to correct my inclinations and falls, so that, freed from sinful darkness, I will be vouchsafed with boldness to glorify and sing songs to You, the only Mother of the true Light - Christ, our God; because you, alone with Him and in Him, are blessed and glorified by every invisible and visible creation, now, and always, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Near Alexandria, on papyrus No. 470 from the library of J. Rylands, the earliest known text of a prayer to the Virgin Mary was discovered today. The papyrus dates back to the year 250 and contains a prayer in Greek, which is still used during Orthodox worship: “Under Your mercy we take refuge, O Virgin Mother of God, do not despise our prayers in sorrows, but deliver us from troubles, O O pure and blessed One.” This find is interesting because, firstly, it confirms the veneration and prayers of the Mother of God among early Christians, and secondly, it confirms the ancient use of the term Θεοτόκος (Mother of God).

Prayer six to the Blessed Virgin Mary

O Most Holy Virgin, Mother of the Lord Most High, Intercessor and Protector of all who resort to You! Look down from Thy holy height upon me, a sinner (name), who falls before Thy most pure image; hear my warm prayer and offer it before Your Beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ; beg Him to illuminate my gloomy soul with the light of His Divine grace, to deliver me from all need, sorrow and illness, to grant me a quiet and peaceful life, physical and mental health, to pacify my suffering heart and heal its wounds, to guide me for good deeds, may my mind be cleansed from vain thoughts, and having taught me to fulfill His commandments, may He deliver me from eternal torment and may He not deprive me of His Heavenly Kingdom. O Most Holy Theotokos! You, “Joy of all who mourn,” hear me, the sorrowful one; You, called “Quenching of Sorrow,” quench my sorrow; You, "Burning Kupino", save the world and all of us from the harmful fiery arrows of the enemy; You, “Seeker of the Lost,” do not allow me to perish in the abyss of my sins. According to Bose, all my hope and hope is in Tyabo. Be a temporary Intercessor for me in life, and an Intercessor for eternal life before Your Beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Teach me to serve this with faith and love, and to reverently honor You, Most Holy Mother of God, Most Blessed Mary, until the end of my days. Amen.

Theotokos Eleusa (“Vladimirskaya”). Tempera. Constantinople. XII century.

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Prayers to the Most Holy Theotokos for children and their health

A mother's prayers have enormous power. And prayers to the Most Holy Theotokos for children strengthen this power many times over. They are of great importance to children. It is believed that it is prayers coming from a loving mother’s heart that the Lord accepts immediately. Moreover, prayers addressed to the Most Holy Theotokos with a request to send mercy on children. She is the kindest and most affectionate Mother of the whole earth, tirelessly praying and asking for mercy from her son Jesus Christ. Prayers to the Most Holy Theotokos for children are some of the most powerful in the entire prayer book.

The Lord accepts every prayer coming from a mother’s loving heart with joy. After all, there is nothing more sincere than a mother’s prayer for her children. Moreover, the fruits of such prayer are limitless. However, parents should choose the words of prayer correctly, since it is a great sin to pray for a benefit that will be received to the detriment of others. There is also no need to inquire about a sinful matter. Of course, a person has every right to ask the Lord for material, earthly things, for example, for the health of children, for their family well-being, for academic success, for material wealth, but in prayers one should not forget about higher, spiritual values and the plans of the Lord himself .

Every mother can always turn to the Most Holy Theotokos with the words of her heart. But the church also offers prayers to the Most Holy Theotokos for children.

Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The history of the Intercession holiday has its roots in the distant past. It is celebrated in mid-autumn - October 14th. It is believed that on this day the Mother of God sheds special mercy on everyone who turns to her. Therefore, prayer on the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos for children is considered the strongest and most powerful. Most often, the Virgin Mary is asked for protection and patronage on this day. But everyone knows that this holiday is associated with marriage. Therefore, mothers on this day can ask for a successful marriage of their daughters. Those whom the Lord has not yet blessed with children may ask about an early pregnancy and a healthy baby. The following prayer on the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos for children has enormous power.

Prayer for the Feast of the Intercession

“O Virgin Mary, Most Holy Theotokos, protect and envelop with Your cover my children (names), all children in our family, teenagers, babies, baptized and unnamed, carried in the womb. Cover them with the robe of Your maternal love, teach them the fear of God and obedience to their parents, ask the Lord, Your Son, to grant them salvation. I completely rely on Your Motherly vision, since You are the Divine Protection of all Your servants.

Most Holy Virgin, endow me with the image of Your Divine motherhood. Heal the mental and physical ailments of my children (names), which we, parents, inflicted on them through our sins. I completely entrust to the Lord Jesus Christ and to You, Most Pure Mother of God, the entire fate of my children. Amen".

The prayer for the children of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Feast of the Intercession will definitely be heard by the Lord.

Prayers for the birth of healthy children

As sad as it may be, today the problem of infertility is quite acute. Despite the fact that modern medicine has made some progress, most married couples still suffer because the long-awaited soul never comes into their lives. However, there is a way out. In most cases, simply sincerely praying to the Lord is enough. The prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos for the gift of children is incredibly effective. This can be confirmed by everyone who has been given frightening diagnoses by doctors and who, despite everything, is now enjoying happy parenthood.

The Tolgskaya icon of the Mother of God provides special assistance in healing women’s ailments and giving birth to children. Prayers to the Most Holy Theotokos for children in front of this icon can create a real miracle.

“Oh, Most Holy Virgin Mary, Holy Cherub and Seraphim, Holiest of all! You, All-Loving Mother, You showed Your multi-healing icon to the blessed Saint Tryphon and with it you worked many miracles, and to this day You work out of mercy for all of us. We fall down and fervently pray to You in front of Your most pure image, O our Intercessor. In our long-suffering life, do not deprive us, Your servants, of Your merciful protection.

Save us and protect us, O Sovereign, from the piercing arrows of the crafty demon. Strengthen our faith and our will to everything righteous, so as to always follow the commandments of Christ, soften our stony hearts with boundless love for the Lord and all our neighbors, grant us heartfelt repentance and crush the devil in our hearts. May it be cleansed of all the filth of sin, and may we be able to bring to the Lord the fruits of our good deeds.

Oh, All-Merciful Lady! In this terrible hour, show us Your powerful protection, come to the aid of us, defenseless, protect us with Your hand from fierce evil, for Your prayer can bring much good to our Lord, Your Son.

Looking at Your Holy Image, we worship You with hope and humility, we convey our entire essence to You and prayerfully magnify You with the appearance of our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. To Him belongs all power, honor and praise. Amen".

In some sources you can find the statement that this is also a strong prayer for sick children to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

“Oh, All-Blessed Lady, Most Pure Virgin Mary, accept these prayers, brought to you with tears from us, Your unworthy servants before Your healing image, for only You can hear our prayers and fulfill every will of the one who asks.

Ease the sorrow of all sinners who repent and pray for forgiveness, cleanse the body and spirit of lepers, drive away all demons, deliver from offenses, forgive all sins and have mercy on small children. Free from the prisons and shackles of worldly passions, You, Righteous Lady, the Most Holy Theotokos, for everything is done only by Your intercession to Your Son Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Oh, Blessed Mother of God, Most Holy Theotokos Virgin Mary! Do not cease to pray for us, Your unworthy servants, who glorify You and the Holy Name of the Lord and worship Your most pure image. Amen".

A mother’s prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos for her children, coming from her very soul, will always help in all difficulties and troubles.

After reading these powerful prayers, you can ask the Virgin Mary in your own words for the gift of a child. The prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos for the birth of a child in this case will have several hundred times greater power.

If children are sick

Any mother in grief calls out to the Lord asking for the healing of her sick child. And this is correct, since no one else is able to console her and help her. The prayer for the children of the Most Holy Theotokos is the cry of every mother grieving for her sick child. There are some powerful prayers of the Mother of God for help with illnesses of children. You can also pray in your own words. The pain in the heart of a mother whose child is sick will definitely be heard. You can also ask the accepted prayers of the Christian Church. The following prayer for sick children is incredibly powerful.

Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos before the icon called “Healer”

“Oh, Almighty, All-Blessed Lady, Lady Virgin Mary, accept these prayers brought to You with tears in our eyes from us, Your unworthy servants asking before Your healing image with tenderness, as if You are Yourself omnipresent and listening to our prayers. For every request you make, you alleviate sorrow, you grant health to the weak, you heal from all sorts of ailments, you drive away demons, you deliver from insults and troubles, you cleanse lepers and help little children, Lady Theotokos, you heal from all passions. Only through Your intercession to the Son of God do we warm hope for the healing of our child (name). Be merciful, convey this request to Your Son and give us hope and faith in the miracles You perform. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen".

A prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos for the health of children will definitely be heard, even if you say it in your own words. The main thing is to believe in her power and mercy.

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

On September 21, all Christians celebrate one of the important holidays of the Orthodox Church - the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This blessed day is directly connected with the holy parents of the Virgin Mary - Joachim and Anna. For a long time the Lord did not send them children, and they tirelessly prayed to Him for a miracle. As a result, the Lord heeded their prayers and sent them a daughter - the Virgin Mary.

All women who, for one reason or another, cannot have children will be blessed if they begin to pray tirelessly on the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The prayer for children on this day is so strong that its fruits can come in a short time.

Prayer for conceiving a child to the Blessed Virgin Mary

“Oh, Immaculate, Blessed Virgin Mary, begged from the Lord with holy prayers, given to God, loved by the Lord, chosen by the mother of our Lord Jesus Christ for her purity of soul and body. Who will glorify You or not, because Your Birth is our salvation.

Accept our prayer from Your unworthy servants, do not reject the prayer of our heart. We glorify You again and again, we glorify Your greatness, we fall before You with tenderness, as to the quick intercessor of a child-loving intercessor. We pray to You, ask Your Son Jesus Christ, our God, to grant us, unworthy, a pious life, so that we may live as it pleases our God, and for the benefit of our souls.

Oh, Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Heaven, look with all Your mercy on Your servants who have turned to You, who have not yet been able to acquire offspring, and through Your all-powerful intercession have sent down healing from infertility. Oh, Mother of God, hear our prayers, quench our sorrow and grant us the courage to live in goodness.

We humbly resort to You and pray, ask our All-Merciful Lord for forgiveness for all the sins we have committed willingly and without our will. And ask everything that we need in a righteous life from Your Son, Christ the Savior.

You are our only hope in the hour of death, give us a Christian death and lead us into the Kingdom of the Lord. Together with all the saints, we pray to You tirelessly and glorify the one Lord, Father and Son and Holy Spirit. Amen".

At the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, prayer for children is especially strong. You can also pray to the Virgin Mary for the health of your children or for a happy future.

Prayer for children to the Most Holy Theotokos will always be heard and accepted.

If the prayer of the righteous can do much, then all the more powerful is the prayer of the Most Holy Theotokos.

Even during Her earthly life, She found grace from the Lord and turned to Him with intercession for those who asked for Her help and intercession.

The Most Holy Theotokos was awarded special grace and closeness to the Throne of God after Her Dormition. She moved to Heaven not only in order to abide in the radiance and majesty of the Divine Glory of Her Son, but also in order to intercede for us before Him with Her prayers. “Rejoice! I am with you all the days,” She said, appearing to the holy apostles.

The Blessed Virgin, while living on earth, herself experienced the same deprivations, needs, troubles and misfortunes that we also experience. She experienced the sorrow of suffering on the cross and the death of Her Son. She knows our weaknesses, needs and sorrows. Our every sin causes Her suffering, and at the same time, our every misfortune finds Her sympathy. What mother does not take care of her children and is not heartbroken by their misfortunes? What kind of mother leaves them without her help and attention? The Mother of God is always ready to give us timely help.

The Mother of God, like the sun, shines and warms us with the rays of Her love and revives our souls with the grace given to Her from God. By Her Spirit She always abides on earth. When blessed Andrew the Fool, like the Apostle Paul, was caught up in spirit into the heavenly abodes and saw the Lord there, he began to grieve, not seeing the Most Pure Mother of God. But the Angel told him that She had retired into the world to help people.

We are all burdened with sorrows, life's adversities, illnesses and misfortunes, for we all sin. The Word of God says that there is no person who would live on earth and not sin. But God is the highest Love, and out of love for His Mother and for us, He accepts Her prayers. We believe in Her constant intercession and intercession for us sinners before the Merciful and Humane-loving God and in the power of Her prayers. Let us resort to Her as a quiet and kind refuge and diligently call on Her all-holy and all-sung name. And She will not leave us with the unexpected joy of salvation.

Prayers for the intercession of the Virgin Mary

Ideally, this prayer is best said in front of the “Seven Arrow” icon (Softening Evil Hearts), but any other image of the Blessed Virgin Mary will do.

“Soften our evil hearts, Mother of God,
and extinguish the misfortunes of those who hate us
and resolve all the tightness of our soul.
Looking at Your holy image,
We are touched by your suffering and mercy for us
and we kiss your wounds,
We are horrified by our arrows, tormenting You.
Do not let us, Mother of the Compassionate,
in our hardness of heart and from the hardness of our neighbors we will perish.
You will truly soften evil hearts.”

“O Most Holy Lady Lady Theotokos!
Raise us, servant of God (names) from the depths of sin
and deliver us from sudden death and from all evil.
Grant us, Lady, peace and health
and enlighten our minds and the eyes of our hearts to salvation,
and vouchsafe us, Thy sinful servants,
Kingdom of Your Son, Christ our God:
for His power is blessed with the Father and His Most Holy Spirit. »

Prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary

“We resort to your mercy, Virgin Mary:
Do not despise our prayers in sorrow, but deliver us from troubles,
The One Pure and Blessed One.
Most Holy Theotokos, Save us!”

“O long-suffering Mother of God, Higher than all the daughters of the earth,
by His purity and by the multitude of sufferings,
You brought them to the lands
accept our painful sighs
and keep us under the shelter of Your mercy.
Do You know no other refuge and warm intercession?
but, as one who has boldness towards the One who was born of You,
help and save us with your prayers,
may we reach the Kingdom of Heaven without stumbling,
where, with all the saints, we will sing praises in the Trinity to the one God, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen".

“O Most Holy and Most Blessed Lady Theotokos,
accept these heartfelt prayers,
ascending with great hope and faith in Your immeasurable mercy,
have mercy, intercede, save and protect me, the servant (servant) of God (him)
from all evil and give me Your help (indicate request).
O zealous intercessor, deliver me through these prayers,
lifting up to You with all my heart and soul,
from all witchcraft harm, temptations of the world,
from sinful lusts, from the wiles of the devil
and from attacks by enemies visible and invisible..
And cover with Your Honest Prayer Veil from all evil. Amen"

« O Most Holy Lady Theotokos, Queen of Heaven,
save and have mercy on us, Your sinful servants (name),
from vain slander and from all sorts of troubles, misfortunes and sudden deaths,
have mercy in the daytime hours, morning and evening,
and protect us at all times - standing, sitting,
on every path that walks, in the hours of the night that sleeps,
supply, protect and cover, protect.
To the Lady Theotokos, from all enemies visible and invisible,
from every evil situation,
in every place and at every time, be to us the Mother of God, an insurmountable wall,
and strong intercession always,
and now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen".

There is a short prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos, which we should say as often as possible.

“Virgin Mother of God, Rejoice, O Blessed Mary, the Lord is with You;
Blessed are You among women and blessed is the fruit of Your womb,
for you gave birth to the Savior of our souls"

These words are taken from the greeting of the Archangel Gabriel when he announced to the Blessed Virgin Mary the birth from Her according to the flesh of the Son of God (Luke 1:28).