Mother's prayers for the health of children are the most powerful and effective. Prayers for the health of children

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 Thy truth, may He be holy in them your name. 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, so that they love You with all their soul, with all their thoughts, plant in their hearts fear and disgust from all lawlessness, so that they may 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 increase 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 words, faithful in 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 wisdom 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 life daily bread, 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 into 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 save 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 Your maternal supervision, for You are the Divine Protection of Your 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 also 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 will I 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 true path 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, multiply and strengthen him mental capacity and bodily strength.
Lord, give him Your blessing for a godly family life and godly procreation.
Lord, grant 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.

Those who have Christian names are remembered for health, and only those baptized in 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 from special prosphoras, which are subsequently lowered 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 are present 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, comforted 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, pacification, deliverance from famine and destruction, preservation from the invasion of foreigners, consolation for the grieving, healing for the sick, restoration for the fallen, for those who are led 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 rest 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 just earthly, and 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 unfeignedly, 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 with 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 and wise 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 all of us, pray to the All-Blessed Mitrofan to pacify and save our souls.

Prayer:
Saint Father Mitrofan, through the incorruption of your honorable relics and 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 believers in the faith, move sinners to repentance, console and strengthen the repentant 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.” “For forty days Christ appeared to his disciples, 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 were 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 unto 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 by that appointed to Your Church the holy 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, I diligently pray to You, Holy of Holies, to grant 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 seven pillars of the Church, 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, revealing incorruptible clothing and bodies, and you assured the king to cry out: truly there is a rising of the dead.

Prayer:

Oh, most wonderful holy 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 the fight of enemies, and you suffered for Christ, in the middle of the fire, you gave up your sacred soul to the Lord, from which you were honored 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 standing, you cut down the power of delights, and we received the crown of victory in your suffering, with the angels rejoicing more gloriously than Nikita, with them praying 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 the humble and sinners your holy and powerful intercession. 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 death and 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 feel the support. And one more the most important moment, 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, vouchsafed to come to the haven of eternal rest and in the chamber of the Bridegroom your Christ God, brightly rejoicing, adorned with the extreme 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 souls and bodies; 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 will enter into the eternal light of the never-evening day, into the city of everlasting joy, in where now you shine brightly with glory and endless joy, praising and singing with everyone heavenly forces Trisagion One Deity, Father and Son and 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, I have great boldness towards Him, in your arms we will rush for the sake of salvation. 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 us from the destruction of mortals, so now we and all the cities and villages of our country have been delivered from all misfortunes and misfortunes and vain deaths by 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 unable to patiently bear the cross of temptation and suffering, then do not deprive us of your merciful help, saint 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 deathbed, 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, as you loved our fathers, when through the Holy Spirit you saw our land turning 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: as you abied the voice of the Lord, forsake your fears; 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 broken 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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When children start to get sick, it can be quite difficult for parents to maintain self-control. But positive attitude for recovery is very important when fighting the disease. It is simply necessary to maintain hope and faith in a successful solution to the problem. Prayer for the child’s recovery can help with this.

A strong helping prayer can not only support the spirit of the mother, but also on a psychological or spiritual level will help a child struggling with an illness.

Priests recommend learn the address to the saint by heart , in order not to be distracted while pronouncing it. It is also very important when reading the prayer to imagine and concentrate on the image of a healthy, happy and smiling child.

There are many prayers for the health and recovery of children. One of the most powerful and helpful is considered to be a prayer for the recovery of the child and his health to Jesus Christ:

“Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, prayers for the sake of Your Most Pure Mother, hear me, Your sinful and unworthy servant (name).

Lord, in the mercy of Your power, my child (name), 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, in the field, at work and on the road and in every place of Your possession.

Lord, protect him under the protection 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 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 blessing for a godly family life and godly childbearing.

Lord, grant me, Thy unworthy and sinful servant, 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).”

They also pray to the Mother of God for children and their health.

Prayer to the Mother of God “For the recovery of the child”

Virgin Mary, Mother of the Lord, I can only trust in you. I repent of my sins, I will accept all my vows, Give healing to my child. Let the pain recede, the illness pass, and my child lives healthy. I will serve the Lord faithfully, just let the child recover and live. Amen.

Nicholas the Wonderworker is also a famous saint , which mothers caring for sick children should contact. The effectiveness of a prayer appeal will be very strong if it is pronounced sincerely, from the bottom of the heart.

“Oh, Saint Nicholas the Pleasant. Help my beloved child recover and do not be angry with me for sinful sorrow. Amen."

Appealing to the saints in the form of prayer is a rather powerful energy message. with healing powers. However, one should not assume that offering prayer by priests reduces the importance of taking medications.

This is not true, it’s just that the power of self-hypnosis is also very important. Each person chooses which saint to direct his prayer to, or you can consult with a church minister.

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Is there a prayer for the health of a child? What is she like? When should you read a prayer for the baby’s recovery? Under what conditions?

We heal with prayer

Priest Alexey Grachev:

“In order to properly treat a person, big or small, we need to know why a person is sick in general, what is a disease, what are its causes and what actually hurts?

The Lord created man in His image - that is, the Holy Trinity, and human nature is three-component. A person consists of body, soul and spirit.

Before the Fall, these three compositions were intact. The Fall led to their separation, and therefore body, soul and spirit live separately in man.

Only in a baptized person does the grace of holy Baptism open up the possibility of the life of a spiritual being, the possibility of reuniting disunited principles.

A carnal man sees all human manifestations only with carnal vision. A spiritual person is already trying to find a reason in the spiritual; he sees objects and phenomena from a greater height, from a greater distance and examines them in volume.”

We know that maternal prayer has enormous power, but prayer does not cancel timely contact with a specialist.

Priest Alexey Grachev:

“Of course, when a child falls ill, the parents’ hearts cannot be calm; anxiety begins, which often, unfortunately, turns into fussiness. And prayer helps to leave this fussiness behind. Here you can do this. If mom and dad feel like they are in a state of panic, then they need to stop for a moment. Just get up and do nothing. Approach the icon. Pluck up courage. Pray. Then quietly, calmly continue your business.

Because this fussiness brings nothing but frustration to the child, even from the point of view of elementary psychophysiology, which, of course, is not very tied to this, but simply always manifests itself as an effect of an accompanying nature - a calm child, indeed, is always in a state of such - this balance, the inner middle, this inner balance triggers everything differently physiological processes. They just flow in a completely different way, they reach the goal. A person who dances on the spot will never hit the mark with a bow. You need to stop - and then shoot.

What if there is a very high temperature or acute poisoning, or some other danger, when every second is precious?

Even if the temperature suddenly jumps, then “Lord, have mercy” can always be said before doing anything. Or even simultaneously with treatment. This is especially necessary in times of danger! You can also do this: let the other children stand at the icon and pray for their sick brother or sister, and we will help him in every possible way.

When the Lord and his disciples were sailing in a boat, he fell asleep, a storm began, so that the boat was covered with waves, the disciples woke Him up in fear and trembling, and the first thing He said: “Why are you so fearful, O you of little faith?” How could you doubt whether you would live or not if I am with you in the same boat? Then, getting up, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was great silence (Matthew 8:24-26). And this feeling should be: that the Lord is happy. We must love Him, we must always be with Him.”

Spiritual life of the family

“It is important to give the child the Holy Mysteries of Christ in order to lay a good foundation for his treatment. And our Church stands on the Blood of the Lord, and every good deed must be strengthened by the Body and Blood of Christ.

It is very good to submit a note of health at the church for the liturgy.

For everyone mentioned in the notes, the priest at the altar takes out particles from the prosphora. After the transformation of bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ - this is done mysteriously, by the Holy Spirit, during the Divine Liturgy - the priest immerses these particles into the holy Chalice and prays for all those remembered, that their sins may be washed away by the Blood of Christ. The holy prosphora, from which the particles have been removed, is then brought home and eaten on an empty stomach, every day with holy water.

It is good to order a prayer service for the health of a sick baby - say, the saint whose name he bears. Bring the water blessed at the prayer service home and give the child something to drink, as often as possible.

Holy water can be given to a patient not only on an empty stomach, but throughout the day. You can wash your child’s head, face, body with this water, and wipe his eyes. This is why water is consecrated in the temple - to heal us. Therefore, we will constantly take it from the temple, drink it, anoint ourselves with it, sprinkle our home, clothes and things we use. There should always be in the house Epiphany water for such special occasions. And it is good to accept all this with prayer in order to receive sanctification and strengthening.

You can order a sorokoust for health - then the child will be commemorated in the temple for forty days. All the church help that can be provided to him, let him be provided.

You can put an icon closer to his crib, so that the child, when he lies and is sick, can see it. It would be nice to light the lamp. When parents enter the room, it is advisable that they bless their son or daughter with their three fingers, especially at night. You can surround the child with blessed objects, put a cross next to him so that he kisses it more often. You can kiss pectoral cross, which, of course, should be on the child.

It’s good if the children get used to it: we never take off the cross. Even if I wash a child, the cross remains on him.

Sometimes parents have unnecessary fears - they say that the ribbon can harm the child, cause suffocation, etc. There has never been such a case in the entire history of Orthodoxy. So all worries can be left here. The Cross of Christ is our main defense. The devil was defeated by the Savior's feat of the Cross. Defeated, but not destroyed. Therefore, he sends us thoughts against the cross. All these thoughts always come only from him.

For that matter, the child reflexively changes his body position in case of any inconvenience. And he will always straighten the ribbon on which the cross hangs, even in his sleep,” writes priest Alexei Grachev.

These actions should not be given a “ritual” character; these are not therapeutic measures, but a completely natural desire of a believer to turn to God in difficult times and protect the child from the influence of illness.

Priest Alexey Grachev:

“How good it is if a child knows how to pray!

Sometimes parents do not dare to read the “adult” Gospel to their children - they read the “Children’s Bible”. Already from the age of seven, or even earlier, you can read the canonical text so that the child gets accustomed to complete spiritual food. Do not feed him with artificial nutrition, but with breast milk. And also – the lives of saints. Their exploits and patience will strengthen us.

How important it is for a child to enter into spiritual life! Everything changes: even a high temperature does not cause him much concern. Even some bodily troubles are tolerated differently. There are none of those vagaries that often accompany illness, increased demands on parents, or constant “moms!” dad!” - to which the parents run and hover around him. When a child gets sick, he already knows how to behave during illness.”

Prayer for physical health does not contradict Christian morality, because the Lord does not send illnesses to people, but allows physical trials in order to save a person’s soul.

Siblings of a sick child

“St. The Apostle Paul says that if one member of the body suffers, then the others also suffer. If your hand hurts, your other hand feels it. A family is a single body.

It’s very good when there are a lot of children in it. They then react sensitively to the illness of one of their brothers or sisters. For them, as well as for the patient himself, this is a whole school. It is advisable that they take part in his treatment: bring, say, cranberry juice, wash the dishes after him - of course, if it is not an infectious disease that requires quarantine. Other children need to be made to understand that now we have a special time, so that this event receives a spiritual response from everyone, so that the whole family lives prayerfully and there is no indifference when one is sick, and there is noise and play in the next room.

And it’s good when other children, while a brother or sister is sick, take on his usual homework. As a rule, this is done with pleasure: my sister is sick, which means we will do more today – and for her.

Other children then also begin to live with sympathy, begin to speak in a whisper, and every morning they approach their sick brother or sister with the question: “How are you feeling?” They already feel responsible for it. And, most importantly, children begin to pray for their brother or sister. In the evening they get up for prayer, read the evening rule, and in addition a prayer is read for the health of the sick person. And he strengthens, feels this support. This is how a family is truly created, as a single whole, as one soul, as a small Church.”

Child and suffering. How to comprehend this, how to bear it?

Priest Alexey Grachev:

“Having visited orphanage, you leave with the feeling that maybe this world, which the enemy of the human race seeks to turn into a continuous “Disneyland” with meaninglessly happy robots chewing and smiling from ear to ear, this fallen pornographic world still holds on only because there are children who suffering outweighs the scales of our godlessness and unrepentance. The destinies of these children will be revealed in eternity. Diseases and “abnormalities” are phenomena only of earthly life. If God did not create death, but it entered the world through apostasy from Him, through sin, then all the more He did not create disease...

Sick children take upon themselves the feat of martyrdom and foolishness so that the Lord will not be completely angry with this world, and perhaps thanks to them we still have time to repent. But we, due to our unrepentance, due to our habit of not thinking about our sins, but blaming someone else for them, do not feel this.

And now there is a murmur: if, they say, God is fair, then how does He allow children to suffer?

Yes, God is fair. He doesn't teach us to sin. He says: “Be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect” (Matthew 5:48).

The question of why children suffer would not be difficult for us, if in this, as in everything else, we looked to Christ the Savior and measured our whole lives with Him. Why do children suffer? Why did the Savior Himself suffer? After all, He is sinless. Every baby born into the world bears the mark of original sin. But the Lord didn’t have even that. He - purer than any child - suffered, and how!..

Here is the answer to the question: why do children suffer? For our sins. For our negligence about the salvation of their souls, about our own salvation. Our parental task is not only to provide children with physical existence, but, above all, to educate them spiritually, to open the way to God. Here is the word of the Savior: “Do not hinder them from coming to Me” (Matthew 19:14).

If we don’t bring a baby to church, don’t teach him to pray, if we don’t have an icon or Gospel at home, if we don’t try to live piously, then we are preventing him from coming to Christ. And this is our most important sin, which also falls on our children.

This is why children suffer for our sins, even if they are not to blame. We are connected with them invisible thread, they contain our blood and spirit. If they were not our children, they would not suffer for us. But then they would not have been born from us. Sin is the greatest evil because the innocent suffer from it. But according to the same law, the sins of others are atoned for by the suffering of some. “By His stripes we are healed,” we say about the Lord Jesus Christ, who opened the door of salvation for us.”

What every Orthodox person needs to know

Priest Alexey Grachev:

“In extreme cases, when the person preparing for baptism is in mortal danger, and the priest cannot arrive soon, the laity can also perform baptism, so that no one dies unenlightened. You can and should be baptized at any time - from the day the baby is born. If necessary, you can baptize and boiled water, and unclean water from a puddle. With such baptism, it is only required that the baptizer be Orthodox, understanding the importance of Divine baptism; so that he accurately pronounces the form of baptism when immersing or pouring water three times:

THE Servant of GOD (or Servant of GOD) IS BAPTIZED, in the name of the rivers, IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AMEN, AND OF THE SON, AMEN, AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AMEN.

In the breviary of Peter Mogila it is said about this: “If there is a priest there, let him baptize, and not a deacon; even if he is a deacon, he is, and not a subdeacon; If anyone is a cleric, he is not a simpleton; he is the husband, not the wife. For the sake of cold, is it more worthy for a wife to baptize a baby than for a husband, or is it better for a wife to be able to pronounce the form of baptism and pour water on it.”

After baptism, water must be poured into a river or into a place that is not trampled underfoot.

If after this the person baptized by a layman is alive, then the baptism must be supplemented by a priest.”

Prayers for sick children

Prayer before the icon of the Savior the Healer of the Paralytic

Good Lover of Mankind, most merciful Lord, who bore our ailments and healed us with Your wounds! Before Your Majesty, we slavishly fall down and humbly pray: look, O merciful One, upon Your servants, and just as You healed the weakened man of old, who had been lying sick for thirty-eight years, so now, O good Healer, visit Your servants with Your mercy and bounty. You said to the weakened people of old: Arise, take up your bed and walk. Likewise, we, sinners and unworthy Thy servants, relying on Thy Divine words, humbly falling before Thy Majesty, touchingly ask Thy Divine mercy and ineffable love for mankind: open to us the doors of Thy mercy and forgive all our sins, voluntary and involuntary, in the image of Thy goodness with anger and Your love for mankind with irritation; heal our sinful illness; transform our mental and physical ailments into health, transform our infirmities into strength, transform our sorrows into joy and transform our sorrows into consolation; Take away from us all despondency and oblivion; Strengthen our mind and keep it whole, so that we can always learn from Your commandments; Correct all our lives, to do Your good and perfect will. For You are a good healer, an uplifter for the weak, a physician for the sick, a healer for the sick, a guardian of health for the healthy, and we send up glory to You, with Your Beginning Father, and with Your Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

About those who are sick

Troparion, tone 4. One quick in intercession, Christ, quick from above show visitation to Thy suffering servant, and deliver from ailments and bitter illnesses; and raise up thee to praise and glorify unceasingly, with the prayers of the Mother of God, the One Lover of Mankind. Kontakion, voice 2

On the bed of illness, lying and wounded by the wound of death, as you sometimes raised up, Savior, Peter’s mother-in-law and the weakened one carried on the bed, and now, Merciful One, visit and heal the suffering: for you alone are the ailments and illnesses of our family, who have suffered and are all able, as Much merciful.

Prayer for the healing of a child

Master, Almighty, Holy King, punish and do not kill, strengthen those who have fallen and raise up those who have been cast down, correct people’s physical afflictions, we pray to You, our God, visit Your weak servant (name of the rivers) 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 infirmities, be the physician of Your servant (the name of the river), 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, O 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.

Prayerful reading of the Gospel

“Reading the Psalter tames passions, and reading the Gospel burns the thorns of our sins: for the word of God is a consuming fire. Once, over the course of forty days, I was reading the Gospel about the salvation of a soul who had done good to me, and then I saw in a dream a field covered with thorns. Suddenly fire falls from heaven, burns up the thorns that covered the field, and the field remains clear. Perplexed about this vision, I hear a voice: the thorns that covered the field are the sins of the soul that did you good; the fire that burned him is the word of God, what you have given her for her.” Venerable Elder Parthenius of Kiev-Pechersk (+1855)

“The Gospel... This book is the mother of all books, it is also the prayer above prayers, and it is the ruler into the Kingdom of Heaven, and it brings people to the true mind on earth, and it makes it worthy to see God with the heart while still in the flesh, and it merits us to see God face to face in the world to come. enjoy the sweet vision of the Holy Trinity.”

Prayer

Save, O Lord, and have mercy on Thy servant (name of the rivers) with the words of Thy Divine Gospel, which are about the salvation of this Thy servant. The thorns of all his sins, voluntary and involuntary, have fallen, Lord. And may Thy grace dwell in him, scorching, cleansing, sanctifying the whole person, in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

(And the chapter of the Holy Gospel is read. Then this prayer can be read again, then the next chapter of the Gospel, etc.)

Prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary

Troparion, tone 4

Let us now diligently approach the Mother of God, sinners and humility, and let us fall down in repentance calling from the depths of our souls: Lady, help us, having had mercy on us, struggling, we are perishing from many sins, do not turn away your slaves, for you are the only hope of the imams.

Blessings to my queen, my hope to the Mother of God, friend of the orphans and strange intercessors, those who grieve with joy, those who are offended by the patroness! See my misfortune, see my sorrow, help me as I am weak, feed me as I am strange. Weigh my offense, resolve it as if by will: for I have no other help except You, no other intercessor, no good comforter, except You, O Mother of God, for you will preserve me and cover me forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer before the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Joy of all who mourn”

O most holy Lady Theotokos, most blessed Mother of Christ God our Savior, joy to all who grieve, visitation of the sick, protection and intercession of the weak, widows and orphans, patroness of the sad, all-reliable comforter of sad mothers, strength of weak infants, and always ready help and faithful refuge for all the helpless! You, O all-merciful one, have been given grace from the Almighty to intercede for everyone and deliver them from sorrow and illness; before you yourself endured fierce sorrow and illness, looking at free suffering We see Your beloved Son and Him on the cross, when we see the weapon Simeon foretold Your heart let's pass. Moreover, O beloved Mother of children, heed the voice of our prayer, comfort us in the sorrow of those who exist, as an intercessor faithful to joy: standing before the throne of the Most Holy Trinity, at the right hand of Your Son, Christ our God, you can, if you wish, ask for everything useful to us. For this reason, with heartfelt faith and love from the soul, we fall to You as the Queen and Lady, and we dare to cry out to You in psalms: hear, O Daughters, and see, and incline Your ear, hear our prayer, and deliver us from current troubles and sorrows: You You fulfill the requests of all the faithful, as joy to those who mourn, and give peace and consolation to their souls. Behold our misfortune and sorrow: show us Thy mercy, give us consolation to our hearts wounded by sorrow, show and surprise us sinners with the riches of Thy mercy, give us tears of repentance to cleanse our sins and satisfy the wrath of God, and with a pure heart, good conscience and With undoubted hope we resort 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 the enemy and human slander, be our constant helper all the days of our lives. ours, for under Your maternal protection we will always persevere in purpose and preservation through Your intercession and prayers to Your Son and God our Savior, to Him belongs all glory, honor and worship, with His beginningless Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Kontakion, tone 6

There are no imams of other help, no imams of other hope, except for You, Most Pure Virgin. Help us, we rely on You and boast in You, for we are Your servants, let us not be ashamed.

Prayer before the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Mammal”

Accept, O Lady Theotokos, the tearful prayers of Your servants who flow to You: we see You on the holy icon, carrying in your arms and feeding Your Son and our God with milk. The Lord Jesus Christ: even if You gave birth to Him painlessly, even though You gave birth to the sorrows and infirmities of the sons and daughters of men, see: with the same warmth falling on Your whole-bearing image and lovingly kissing this, we pray to You, all-merciful Lady: we sinners, condemned to give birth in illnesses and in Nourish our children of sorrow, mercifully spare and compassionately intercede, but our babies, who also gave birth to them, will deliver them from serious illness and bitter sorrow, grant them health and well-being, and their nourishment will increase in strength, and those who feed them will be filled with joy and comfort, for even now, through Your intercession from the mouth of a child and those who piss, the Lord will bring His praise. O Mother of the Son of God! Have mercy on the mother of the sons of men and on Your weak people: quickly heal the illnesses that befall us, quench the sorrows and sorrows that are upon us, and do not despise the tears and sighs of Your servants, hear us on the day of sorrow who fall before Your icon, and on the day of joy and deliverance accept the grateful praise of our hearts, lift up our prayers to the throne of Your Son and our God, may He be merciful to our sin and weakness and add His mercy to those who lead His name, as we and our children glorify You, merciful intercessor and true hope of our race, forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer before the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Healer”

Accept, O all-blessed and all-powerful Lady Lady Theotokos the Virgin, these prayers, now brought to You with tears from us unworthy Thy servants, who send up the singing of Thy whole-bearing image with tenderness, as if You yourself are here and hear 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 have mercy on little children: also, O Lady the Lady Theotokos, you free from bonds and prisons and You heal all manifold passions: for all things are possible through Your intercession to Your Son, Christ our God. O all-sung 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 unquestionable faith in You, the Most Glorious and Immaculate Ever-Virgin, now and forever. Amen.

Prayer to Saint and Wonderworker Nicholas

O our good shepherd and God-wise mentor, Saint Nicholas of Christ! Hear us sinners, praying to you and calling for your quick intercession for help: see us weak, caught everywhere, deprived of every good and darkened in mind from cowardice: strive, servant of God, do not leave us in the sinful captivity of being, so that we may not joyfully be our enemy and we will not die in our evil deeds. Pray for us unworthy of our Creator and Master, to whom you stand with disembodied faces: make our God merciful to us in this life and in the future, so that He will not reward us according to our deeds and the impurity of our hearts, but according to His goodness He will reward us . We trust in your intercession, we boast of your intercession, we call upon your intercession for help, and falling to your most holy image, we ask for help: deliver us, saint of Christ, from the evils that come upon us, so that for the sake of your holy prayers the attack will not overwhelm us, and yes Let us not wallow in the abyss of sin and in the mud of our passions. Pray to Saint Nicholas of Christ, Christ our God, that he may grant us a peaceful life and remission of sins, salvation and great mercy for our souls, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer to the Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon

O holy great martyr and healer Panteleimon, merciful imitator of God! Look with mercy and hear us sinners who pray fervently before your holy icon. Ask us from the Lord God, Who stands with the angels in heaven, for the forgiveness of our sins and transgressions. Heal the mental and physical illnesses of the servants of God who are now remembered, those who are present here, and all Orthodox Christians who flow to your intercession. Behold, for our sin, we are fiercely possessed by many ailments and are not imams of help and consolation: we resort to you, as you have given the grace to pray for us and heal every ailment and every disease. Grant therefore to all of us, through your holy prayers, health and well-being of souls and bodies, advancement of faith and piety, and all that is needed for temporary life and salvation, for having been granted great and rich mercies by you, let us glorify you and the Giver of all good things, wondrous 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-receiving Simeon! Standing before the throne of the great King and our God Jesus Christ, I have great boldness towards Him, in your arms we will rush for the sake of salvation. To you, as a powerful intercessor and a strong prayer book for us, we resort to sins and unworthiness. Pray for His goodness, for He may turn away His anger from us, righteously driven by our deeds against us, and, despising 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. And just as in ancient times Great Novgrad, by the appearance of your miraculous icon, you delivered from the destruction of mortals, so now we and all the cities and villages of our country from all misfortunes and misfortunes and sudden death through your intercession, and from all enemies visible and invisible with your protection . [Keep in peace, health and long life our Most Pious Sovereign, Emperor Nikolai Alexandrovich, and His power] and the entire Kingdom of Russia, be a stronghold and fortified, so that we may live a quiet and silent life in all piety and purity, and so this life is temporary in the world having passed, we will achieve eternal peace, where we will be worthy of the heavenly Kingdom of Christ our God, to Him all glory is due, with the Father and His Most Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer to the holy noble princes Boris and Gleb

About the sacred duo, the beautiful brothers, the noble passion-bearers Boris and Gleb, who from their youth served Christ with faith, purity and love, and were adorned with your blood like crimson, and now reign with Christ! Do not forget us who are on earth, but, as warm intercessors, have mercy on us through your strong intercession before Christ our God: preserve the young ones in holy faith and purity, unharmed from every excuse of unbelief and impurity, and preserve all of us who pray from all sorrow, bitterness and deliver from sudden death, and tame all enmity and malice raised up by the action of the devil from neighbors and strangers. We pray to you, Christ-loving passion-bearers, [assist our Blessed Sovereign, Emperor Nikolai Alexandrovich in victory over his enemies,] ask the great-gifted Master for all of us to forgive our sins, unanimity and health, deliverance from the invasion of foreigners, internecine warfare, plagues and famine. Provide this city (or this whole, or this monastery) and all who honor your holy memory with your intercession, forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer to the Holy Infant Martyr Gabriel of Bialystok

Guardian of infantile kindness and bearer of martyrdom, blessed Gabriel, precious adamante of our country and denouncer of Jewish wickedness! We sinners come running to you in prayer, and lamenting our sins, ashamed of our cowardice, we call to you with love: do not disdain our filth, this treasure of purity, do not detest our cowardice, long-suffering to the teacher, but more than this, seeing our weaknesses from heaven, those Grant us healing through your prayer, and teach us to be imitators of your fidelity to Christ. If we are unable to patiently bear the cross of temptation and suffering, then do not deprive us of merciful help, servant of God, but ask the Lord for freedom and weakness for us. Hear the same mother who prays for her children, and pray for health and salvation for the baby from the Lord. There is no such cruel heart that the holy infant will not be moved by hearing about your torments: and even if, apart from this tender sighing, we are able to bring no good deed, but even with such a tender thought our minds and hearts, blessedly, have been enlightened for the correction of our life by the grace of God instruct. Instill in us tireless zeal for the salvation of the soul and the glory of God, and help us keep vigilant memory of the hour of death. Most importantly, in our dormition, demonic torment and thoughts of despair are driven away from our souls by your intercession, and this is fulfilled with the hope of Divine forgiveness, so that both then and now we may glorify the mercy of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and your strong intercession, forever and ever. Amen.

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Prayer for parents to bless their children
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, bless, sanctify, preserve this child of mine (name) with the power of Your life-giving Cross.

Prayer to the Child's Guardian Angel
Holy Guardian Angel of my children (names), cover them with your protection from the arrows of the demon, from the eyes of the seducer, and keep their hearts in angelic purity. Amen.
Angel of God, Guardian Saint - pray to God for my children!

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

Mother's prayer for blessing children
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, for the sake of Your Most Pure Mother, hear me, Your humble daughter (them).
Lord, in the mercy of Your power, my child (name), 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, 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, knife, poison, fire, flood, from a deadly ulcer and from a vain death.
Lord, protect him from visible and invisible enemies, from all troubles, evils and misfortunes.
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 blessing for a godly family life and godly childbearing.
Lord, grant also to me, Your humble daughter, a parental blessing for my child in the coming mornings, days, evenings and nights for the sake of Your name, for Your Kingdom is eternal, omnipotent and omnipotent. Amen.
Lord have mercy!
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Prayer for family
Most Blessed Lady, take my family under Your protection, instill in the hearts of my husband and our children peace, love and unquestioning everything good, do not allow anyone from my family to be separated and difficult, to incurable illnesses and premature and sudden death. And save our house and all of us living in it from fire, thieves’ attacks, all evil, and we, collectively and separately, openly and secretly, will glorify Your Holy Name always, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer for children
Most Holy Lady Virgin Theotokos, save and preserve my children (names) under Thy roof, cover them with the robe of Thy Motherhood, keep them in the fear of God and in obedience to their parents, beg my Lord and Thy Son to grant them what is useful for their salvation. I entrust them to Your maternal care, for You are the Divine protection of Your children. Mother of God, introduce me to the image of Your heavenly Motherhood. Heal the mental and physical wounds of my children caused by my sins. I entrust my children entirely to my Lord Jesus Christ and Your, Most Pure, heavenly protection. Amen.

Daily prayer for the health of children
Lord Jesus Christ, let Your mercy be on my children (names), keep them under Your roof, cover them from all evil, take away every enemy from them, open their ears and eyes, grant tenderness and humility to their hearts. Lord, we are all Your creatures, 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, Father, to do Your will, for You are our God.

Prayer for healing a sick child
Oh, Mother of Mercy! You see the cruel sorrow tormenting my heart! For the sake of the sorrow with which You were pierced, when a terrible sword passed into Your soul during the bitter suffering and death of Your Divine Son, I pray to You: 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, intercede for his health bodily with Your Almighty Son, Physician of souls and bodies. O Loving Mother!

Look how my child’s face has turned pale, how his whole body is burning from illness, and have mercy on him. May he be saved by God's help and serve with the joy of his heart Your Only Begotten Son, his Lord and 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 have chosen.
Save them from vices, evil and pride, and let nothing that is contrary to You touch their souls. But grant them faith, love and hope for salvation, and may they be Your chosen vessels of the Holy Spirit, and may their path of life be holy and blameless before God. Bless them, Lord, may they strive every minute of their lives to fulfill Your Holy will, so that You, Lord, may always abide with them by Your Holy Spirit. Lord, teach them to pray to You, so that prayer may be their support, joy in sorrow and consolation in their life, and may we, their parents, be saved by their prayer. May Your angels always protect them. 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, Lord, vouchsafe them to bring repentance to You, and in Your ineffable mercy forgive them. When their earthly life ends, then take them to Your Heavenly Abodes, where let them lead with them other Your chosen servants. Through the prayers of Your Most Pure Mother Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, the saints (all the patron saints of the family are listed) and all the saints, Lord, have mercy on us, as You are glorified with Your Beginning Father and Your Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Illness never brings anything good; it is especially difficult for families to experience a child’s illness. Parents find no peace when their defenseless child suffers. Despite all the achievements of science and, in particular, medicine, we should not forget about faith.

Mothers are sensitive to the physical and mental well-being of their children, because they have known them 9 months longer than anyone in this world. When a child is sick, his mother is sick along with him, so the appeal from the mother to the saint has special power. But a 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 correctly read a prayer for the health of a child?

There are no strict rules and restrictions regarding 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 church to pray for the healing of a sick child, but if there are icons in the house, then it is better to do this in front of them. It is extremely important to focus on your request and not be distracted by irritants. Therefore, it is recommended to pray alone.

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

Prayer to Jesus Christ

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

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

Lord, we are all Your creatures, 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, Father, to do Your will, for You are our God.

Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary

One 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, Mother of Mercy!

You see the cruel sorrow tormenting my heart! For the sake of the sorrow with which You were pierced, when a terrible sword passed into Your soul during the bitter suffering and death of Your Divine Son, I pray to You: 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, intercede for his health bodily with Your Almighty Son, Physician of souls and bodies.

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

Prayer to Matrona of Moscow

Most often, with 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:

O blessed Mother Matrono, with your soul standing in heaven before the Throne of God, with your body resting on earth, and exuding various miracles by the grace given from above. Look now with your merciful eye on us, sinners, in sorrows, illnesses 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 before the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Joy of all who mourn”

O most holy Lady Theotokos, most blessed Mother of Christ God our Savior, joy to all who grieve, visitation of the sick, protection and intercession of the weak, widows and orphans, patroness of the sad, all-reliable comforter of sad mothers, strength of weak infants, and always ready help and faithful refuge for all the helpless! You, O all-merciful one, have been given grace from the Almighty to intercede for everyone and deliver them from sorrow and illness, for you yourself have endured fierce sorrow and illness, looking at the free suffering of Your beloved Son and Him crucified on the cross in sight, when the weapon Simeon predicted Your heart passed . Moreover, O beloved Mother of children, heed the voice of our prayer, comfort us in the sorrow of those who exist, as an intercessor faithful to joy: standing before the throne of the Most Holy Trinity, at the right hand of Your Son, Christ our God, you can, if you wish, ask for everything useful to us. For this reason, with heartfelt faith and love from the soul, we fall to You as the Queen and Lady, and we dare to cry out to You in psalms: hear, O Daughters, and see, and incline Your ear, hear our prayer, and deliver us from current troubles and sorrows: You You fulfill the requests of all the faithful, as joy to those who mourn, and give peace and consolation to their souls. Behold our misfortune and sorrow: show us Thy mercy, give us consolation to our hearts wounded by sorrow, show and surprise us sinners with the riches of Thy mercy, give us tears of repentance to cleanse our sins and satisfy the wrath of God, and with a pure heart, good conscience and With undoubted hope we resort 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 the enemy and human slander, be our constant helper all the days of our lives. ours, for under Your maternal protection we will always persevere in purpose and preservation through Your intercession and prayers to Your Son and God our Savior, to Him belongs all glory, honor and worship, with His beginningless Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer before the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Mammal”

Accept, O Lady Theotokos, the tearful prayers of Your servants who flow to You: we see You on the holy icon, carrying in your arms and feeding Your Son and our God with milk. The Lord Jesus Christ: even if You gave birth to Him painlessly, even though You gave birth to the sorrows and infirmities of the sons and daughters of men, see: with the same warmth falling on Your whole-bearing image and lovingly kissing this, we pray to You, all-merciful Lady: we sinners, condemned to give birth in illnesses and in Nourish our children of sorrow, mercifully spare and compassionately intercede, but our babies, who also gave birth to them, will deliver them from serious illness and bitter sorrow, grant them health and well-being, and their nourishment will increase in strength, and those who feed them will be filled with joy and comfort, for even now, through Your intercession from the mouth of a child and those who piss, the Lord will bring His praise. O Mother of the Son of God! Have mercy on the mother of the sons of men and on Your weak people: quickly heal the illnesses that befall us, quench the sorrows and sorrows that are upon us, and do not despise the tears and sighs of Your servants, hear us on the day of sorrow who fall before Your icon, and on the day of joy and deliverance accept the grateful praise of our hearts, lift up our prayers to the throne of Your Son and our God, may He be merciful to our sin and weakness and add His mercy to those who lead His name, as we and our children glorify You, merciful intercessor and true hope of our race, forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer before the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Healer”

Accept, O all-blessed and all-powerful Lady Lady Theotokos the Virgin, these prayers, now brought to You with tears from us unworthy Thy servants, who send up the singing of Thy whole-bearing image with tenderness, as if You yourself are here and hear 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 have mercy on little children: also, O Lady the Lady Theotokos, you free from bonds and prisons and You heal all manifold passions: for all things are possible through Your intercession to Your Son, Christ our God. O all-sung 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 unquestionable faith in You, the Most Glorious and Immaculate Ever-Virgin, now and forever. Amen.

Prayer to Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker

O our good shepherd and God-wise mentor, Saint Nicholas of Christ! Hear us sinners, praying to you and calling for your quick intercession for help: see us weak, caught everywhere, deprived of every good and darkened in mind from cowardice: strive, servant of God, do not leave us in the sinful captivity of being, so that we may not joyfully be our enemy and we will not die in our evil deeds. Pray for us unworthy of our Creator and Master, to whom you stand with disembodied faces: make our God merciful to us in this life and in the future, so that He will not reward us according to our deeds and the impurity of our hearts, but according to His goodness He will reward us . We trust in your intercession, we boast of your intercession, we call upon your intercession for help, and falling to your most holy image, we ask for help: deliver us, saint of Christ, from the evils that come upon us, so that for the sake of your holy prayers the attack will not overwhelm us, and yes Let us not wallow in the abyss of sin and in the mud of our passions. Pray to Saint Nicholas of Christ, Christ our God, that he may grant us a peaceful life and remission of sins, salvation and great mercy for our souls, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer to Saint Panteleimon the Healer

O holy great martyr and healer Panteleimon, merciful imitator of God! Look with mercy and hear us sinners who pray fervently before your holy icon. Ask us from the Lord God, Who stands with the angels in heaven, for the forgiveness of our sins and transgressions. Heal the mental and physical illnesses of the servants of God who are now remembered, those who are present here, and all Orthodox Christians who flow to your intercession. Behold, for our sin, we are fiercely possessed by many ailments and are not imams of help and consolation: we resort to you, as you have given the grace to pray for us and heal every ailment and every disease. Grant therefore to all of us, through your holy prayers, health and well-being of souls and bodies, advancement of faith and piety, and all that is needed for temporary life and salvation, for having been granted great and rich mercies by you, let us glorify you and the Giver of all good things, wondrous 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-receiving Simeon! Standing before the throne of the great King and our God Jesus Christ, I have great boldness towards Him, in your arms we will rush for the sake of salvation. To you, as a powerful intercessor and a strong prayer book for us, we resort to sins and unworthiness. Pray for His goodness, for He may turn away His anger from us, righteously driven by our deeds against us, and, despising 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. And just as in ancient times Great Novgrad, by the appearance of your miraculous icon, you delivered from the destruction of mortals, so now we and all the cities and villages of our country from all misfortunes and misfortunes and sudden death through your intercession, and from all enemies visible and invisible with your protection . [Keep in peace, health and long life our Most Pious Sovereign, Emperor Nikolai Alexandrovich, and His power] and the entire Kingdom of Russia, be a stronghold and fortified, so that we may live a quiet and silent life in all piety and purity, and so this life is temporary in the world having passed, we will achieve eternal peace, where we will be worthy of the heavenly Kingdom of Christ our God, to Him all glory is due, with the Father and His Most Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.