Prayer to the Kazan Mother of God for help. A mother's prayer for her child. What do they pray to Our Lady of Kazan for?

If your child falls ill, help him get better by constantly reading a prayer to the icon of the Kazan Mother of God for good Health.
Without refusing the prescribed treatment, you can drive away the disease with Orthodox lines.
Be patient and continue to pray until the Lord hears you.
Do not think that there will be no healing. Help does not come immediately, but as you deserve it.

From time immemorial, the icon of the Kazan Mother of God was considered an incorruptible image, endowed with inexhaustible power to restore health and gain spiritual wealth.

As usual, visit an Orthodox Church and place 3 candles at the required icon.
Having crossed yourself, say these prayer lines barely audibly:

Have mercy, Holy Mother God and heal my child from terrible diseases. Let it be so. Amen.

Before leaving the Temple, collect some holy water for future use. If not in stock, buy the icon of the Kazan Mother of God.
And, of course, 36 candles for the home.

Lock yourself in a room in comfortable silence. Light 12 candles. Place an icon and a decanter of holy water nearby.
Read the Lord's Prayer several times. Cross yourself and take a couple of sips of holy water.
Mentally imagine healthy child, happily walking next to you.
Believe in what you ask for. Then prayer will become healing.
Start whispering these Orthodox lines over and over again:

Holy Queen, Kazan Mother of God. I beg you for forgiveness of sins and grace-filled intercession forever and ever. Deliver my child from illness and disease, from ulcerative wounds and from damn pain. Save his life from cruel suffering, from mental anguish and mournful lamentations. Let the child be healed with water, Holy Queen, protect us from troubles. Thy will be done. Amen.

There is another prayer for Health, but it is no longer rhymed.
I recommend that you read 2 texts one by one.

Most Holy Intercessor, Kazan Mother of God. Help me heal my child and cleanse him of painful illness. Let the wounds on the body heal, infirmity recede, and health increase. Ask the Lord God for your sick child and do not leave us in angry denial. We praise you, believe in you and constantly pray to you for the salvation of our souls. Amen.

Gently cross yourself and drink holy water.
Give holy water to your sick child.
The next day, pray fervently again, lighting 12 candles.
Total - 3 days in a row.
My dears, your child will definitely get better - just don’t give up, but on the contrary, praise them to Heaven.

May God help you!

How to correctly pray to the Guardian Angel, Virgin Mary, Matronushka and Mother of God?

It just so happens, but a person’s life consists not only of joyful moments. And it is in such difficult moments that we most often turn to God. The most interesting thing is that sometimes a prayer said from a pure heart can do what other people could do.

• So if you're having problems at home or at work, you're not feeling well, or you just can't find mutual language with others, then try to get rid of these problems with the help of Orthodox prayer. If you sincerely pray to the Holy Martyrs, God and the Guardian Angel for help, you will definitely receive it. Just don’t expect the appeal to bring instant results.

• In order for your prayers to have the desired effect, you must read them regularly. Therefore, if possible, say them at least twice a day. And if you believe that words addressed to God or your Guardian Angel will help you get rid of problems, then sooner or later the troubles will recede and happiness and peace will return to your life

Prayer to the Guardian Angel for help in health, healing, love

Appeal to the Guardian Angel

Every person, regardless of age, skin color and religion, has a Guardian Angel. These pure heavenly beings protect us from birth until the very last minute of our lives. They are the ones who warn us against troubles, try to direct our thoughts and actions in the right direction, and also fill our soul with love for God.

Therefore, pray to your Guardian Angel as often as possible, because it depends on your faith in him whether he can protect you from all defilement. If you don’t know any special prayers, then just sincerely tell him what’s bothering you and ask for help. It doesn’t matter to your Guardian Angel what words the prayer was said; the most important thing for him is your faith and desire to get closer to God.

Prayer to the Guardian Angel for health:

• Angel of God, my guardian and intercessor
• Hear my prayers (name of the person reading the prayer) and convey them to the Almighty
• I ask you to cleanse my body and soul from bad thoughts
• Deliver me from physical and mental illnesses
• I pray to you, Guardian Angel, may the illnesses recede and never again find their way to either my soul or my body
• Amen. Amen. Amen

Prayer to the guardian angel for love:

• I stand before You, Guardian Angel
• I open my soul and heart to You
• I pray to you for earthly love, pure, strong and eternal.
• I pray to you, Angel of God, to show me the quick path to the only one who can illuminate my life with light.
• Open our hearts towards each other
• I pray that a miraculous merging of our destinies and the acquisition of a common soul will occur. Amen

Prayer to the Kazan Mother of God for help in health, family, love with her husband

Kazan Icon of the Mother of God

• It is probably difficult to find a person who has not heard about the miracles that the icon of the Kazan Mother of God is capable of. For quite a long time, the face of this saint has been helping people regain their health and improve family relationships. People who especially fervently prayed to this miraculous icon got rid of ailments that modern doctors could not cure.

• There have already been several cases when completely blind people regained their sight, and completely paralyzed people began to feel their arms and legs, and even move a little. And although it is impossible to find the icon of the Kazan Mother of God in every church, you can still pray to her. If you wish, you can even do this at home

• All you have to do is get it out of your head bad thoughts, read the Our Father prayer several times and then positive attitude you can begin to pray to the Mother of God for protection and help. During prayer, always imagine the face of the saint and pronounce the words of your appeal as clearly as possible

Prayer to Our Lady of Kazan:

• Our Intercessor, Mother of the Lord Most High,
• For all of us You pray Your Son Christ our God
• Intercede for us all, O Lady Queen and Lady of Heaven
• Forgive us our sins and show us the righteous path
• Take away from your servants (names) all the misfortunes of sorrow and illness
• Give us sinners earthly love and a strong union
• you with with an open soul and with a broken heart we pray for protection
• Before Your holy face, with tears and great hope, we await Your blessing
• Grant us your beneficial mercy, O Virgin Mary. Amen

Prayer to Matronushka for help in health, love, to get pregnant, in the family

Prayer to Matronushka for your own health

• During her lifetime, Matronushka helped women find the happiness of motherhood, get rid of illnesses and illnesses, and restore mutual understanding in the family. She performed these miracles exclusively with Orthodox prayer. When Matrona died her face was painted on church icon, dedicated her and placed her in a nunnery

• To this day, women come here who want to beg for a child or get rid of a serious illness. If you do not have the opportunity to go to Matronushka, but still want to receive her grace, then go to the nearest temple and pray there. Buy candles and place them on three icons: the Orthodox icon of Jesus Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Blessed Elder Matrona of Moscow

• When you place the candles to the last icon, look at their flame for a few minutes, calm down internally and begin to tell the Saint about your problems. After you read the prayer several times, bow low to the icons and slowly leave the temple. To enhance the effect, you can buy candles in the church and pray with them in front of your home icons

Prayer to Matrona:

• Oh, blessed Eldress Holy Matronushka
• I turn to you with a prayer and with great hope for the well-being, love and health of my entire family
• I beg you to beg the Lord our God Jesus Christ for heavenly grace for me and my household
• Do not be angry with me for all my sins, evil words and bad thoughts
• I ask you, Holy Matronushka, do not refuse me righteous help.
• Cleanse our souls from filth and our bodies from illnesses
• Give my relatives good health and drive away demonic scourges from them
• Once again I pray to you Elder Holy Matronushka, forgive me all my sinful actions, intercede for me before the Lord God
• Let it be so. Amen (3 times)

Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary for help in love, family, health

Hymn to the Most Holy Theotokos

• The Most Holy Theotokos is considered another intercessor of people before God. She, just like Matrona, is capable of healing soul and body. In general, it is believed that an icon with the face of this saint should be in every home. In this case, you will not have to go to church with your problems, and you will be able to turn to the Mother of God at any time convenient for you

• The only condition successful prayer there will be peace and sincerity. It is very important that during prayer you are as sincere as possible and truly repent of your sins. Only in this case will the Holy Mother of God be able to ask the Lord for health and family well-being for you

• The most popular prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos is considered to be the “Inexhaustible Chalice”. This icon depicts a symbolic cup that cannot be drunk to the bottom. Believers claim that it can get rid of any addictions and illnesses that they provoke

Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary:

• Lady of Heaven, Holy Mother of God
• I pray to You humbly and with great hope
• Grant me your grace and deliver me from everything dark, everything bad, everything evil
• Hear me, your servant (name), have mercy on me and give me a helping hand
• I pray you help me get out of the darkness and begin to enjoy the light again
• Descend upon me Your great mercy and give me faith in the future
• I pray do not forget about me and pray for my well-being to our Lord. Amen.

Prayer to the Lord for help in health, love

Appeal to the Lord

• Every person is familiar with the feeling of despondency from the fact that everything in life is stuck and some problems constantly appear. Usually such people constantly feel a heaviness in their hearts that does not allow them to live and work normally. The only way out for such people is to turn to God

• But if you want the Lord to help you, be prepared for the fact that you will have to radically change your life. You will have to start thinking less about material things and worry more about spirituality. But this does not mean that you should spend days and nights in temples

• Just teach yourself to read the Lord’s Prayer at least twice a day, stop swearing and envying others and, most importantly, learn to help someone who needs your help. If you lead a righteous lifestyle, then the Lord will hear your prayers much faster and send you His Grace

Prayer to the Lord for help:

• Merciful great Lord
• Help me, your sinful servant (name given at baptism)
• I appeal to you, I pray instill in me patience, mercy and compassion
• Lord, give strength, faith, hope in Your blessed and help in all my worldly affairs
• I know for sure, Lord, that You can do anything.
• There is no sorrow, no misfortune, no illness on our sinful earth from which You could not deliver Your servants
• There is no darkness from which You cannot rid our souls
• I pray to You, Lord, teach your sinful servant to humbly endure all trials and disasters.
• I appeal to you, save my soul from despair and despondency
• Lord give me strength and patience to always remember and not forget about your kindness and grace
• Lord save my soul and give me earthly peace. Amen

Prayer of gratitude to the Lord God for help

Prayer of thanksgiving

• It will probably be a discovery for many that there are grateful prayers to God and the Holy Mother of God. With their help, people thank the heavenly powers for quiet life, health, good state of mind and, of course, for the fact that the Lord helps you choose the right path in life

• Such appeals to the Lord are usually read in a half-whisper, words of gratitude are pronounced in such a way that they are somewhat reminiscent of church hymns. It is also very important to observe the mystery of this process. Your gratitude higher powers should not be seen by strangers. Therefore, it will be better if you carry out the procedure at home in front of the icons

• And so that nothing in your apartment distracts you from communicating with the Lord, ask your household not to disturb you for a while and be sure to turn off your phone. And only when left alone with yourself can you begin to thank God for a happy and cloudless life

Thanksgiving message to the Lord:

• Lord, Christ of God
• I thank you for everything I have
• Lord thank you for my children, for my husband and for the health of my entire family
• I thank the great God for spiritual food and our shelter
• I pray to You, Christ of God, do not leave me or my family without your care.
• Grant us your pure grace until our very last breath.
• I pray to you God, do not leave us unattended wherever we are
• I send my eulogy with the Father and the Holy Spirit
• Let it be so always and forever. Amen

Prayer for help in a difficult life situation

Appeal to God for help

No person thinks about life's difficulties until he himself encounters them. Therefore, most often unpleasant situations unsettle a person for a long time and disrupt his peace of mind. And the longer unresolved problems influence the life of a man or woman, the more difficult it is to get rid of them later.

Sometimes it gets to the point where people stop resisting and simply go with the flow, trying not to notice troubles. But if the mind and body can still somehow isolate themselves from such a situation, then the soul will constantly feel the negativity that is present in a person’s life. Only a sincere appeal to the Almighty can bring relief in this case.

So:

• Lord the great God and the Blessed Virgin, I pray to you for help and protection
• Remember me, an earthly sinner, and send me forgiveness of my sins.
• Deliver me from bad thoughts and wrong actions
• I pray you give me a share of happiness and a calm life
• Hear my words and speeches and give a sign that you forgive your servant (name)
• I pray, Lord, deliver me from temptations, illnesses and earthly sorrows
• Give me the love of my family, teach me wisdom and humility
• May God grant you the strength to survive all troubles and bad weather and walk your earthly path with dignity
• In the name of the Father and the Holy Spirit. Amen

Prayer to the Virgin Mary for help in love, family, well-being

Prayer to the Virgin Mary

It just so happened, but even the most unbelieving men and women begin to go to church after marriage. Most often, they are motivated to do this by the desire for their child to be healthy and happy.

Usually such married couples offer their prayers to the immaculate Virgin Mary. It is she who is considered the strongest intercessor of people who for the first time seek to receive God's grace.

Appeal to the Virgin Mary:

• Our Lady Virgin Mary
• Great Mother of God, exalted above the blessed heavens
• We pray to You, ask God for grace and mutual understanding for our family
• Give us strength and wisdom to face the adversities of the world
• Support us in Hard time by the power of Your intercession
• We pray to you, Holy Virgin Mary, may troubles and bad weather pass us by
• Let our children grow up healthy and with faith in God in their souls
• Do not forget about us in your prayers to the Holy Mother of God. Amen

Prayer to Blessed Xenia for help in the family, love

Address to Blessed Xenia

Ksenia the Blessed, just like Matrona, gained fame during her lifetime. After the early death of her beloved husband, she distributed all her wealth to those in need and set out to spread the good news of God throughout the world. And although she did not heal with prayers, people were still drawn to her. Her inner strength helped her solve people's problems and show them the right path.

After her death, Blessed Xenia was ranked among the saints and people began to go to her icon with requests. But since she was a very humble and God-fearing woman, you can only ask for spiritual benefits and health. It is advisable to contact her after three days of fasting and washing the body in a holy spring.

Address to Blessed Xenia:

• Oh, Holy All-Blessed Xenia
• Help me, servant of God (name), find family happiness and live a long worldly life
• I pray you send me love, harmony and good health
• Protect my body and soul from bad looks, from evil words and from black thoughts.
• May prosperity appear in my family and all bad weather recede
• I appeal to you, Saint Xenia, help me just as you helped others. Amen

Prayer to the Feodorovskaya Mother of God for help in childbirth for a woman in labor

Prayer for a safe delivery and the birth of a healthy child

• The process of giving birth to a new person takes a lot from a woman vitality, not only physical, but also mental. Therefore, both body and soul need to be prepared for childbirth. Of course, a sincere appeal to the Lord and the Feodorovskaya Mother of God will help you do this correctly.

• But in order for your passionate speeches to be heard, you need to do everything right. If you truly strive to receive God's blessing before childbirth, then prepare for this process just like our great-grandmothers. Be sure to go to church, repent of your sins and take communion

• After this, choose the prayer that you like best and be sure to memorize it. While you have the strength, read it yourself, and when the most crucial moment comes, your mother will have to ask God for a quick birth

ABOUT Appeal to the Feodorovskaya Mother of God:

• I pray to you, Mother of God, save and preserve the slave (the name given at baptism)
• Let the burden be easily resolved
• I appeal to you, keep me and the new life that beats under my heart under your roof.
• Cover us from pain with the robe of Your motherhood
• Ask the Lord Almighty for health for me and my child
• Grant us salvation and a long, peaceful life
• I entrust them to your maternal care
• Mother of God, heal the mental and physical wounds of me and my child
• Send us your blessing and God's light
• I entrust myself and my child to you, Mother of God and the Lord Jesus Christ
• Amen. Amen. Amen

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The Kazan Icon of the Mother of God is a miraculous icon of the Mother of God revered by Orthodox Christians. Read about all the details of its appearance in the article.

Kazan Icon of the Mother of God: history

1579 White mercilessly scorching sun, dust in a column on the roads of Kazan. Dust and ashes from a recent fire - a terrible fire burned here a week ago. It started near the Church of St. Nicholas and spread to the Kazan Kremlin. For long hours the glow blazed, women were wailing, children were crying - but how will it spread to the houses, what will happen?! And many laughed maliciously - where was your God that the church burned down? Apparently, all your priests are lying - it was so blazing. And what do you say to this? And it’s true that many in those days doubted their faith - perhaps God did not like that they were turning to Christ from Islam? “The Faith of Christ,” says the chronicler, “has become a byword and a reproach”...

In that fire, many families were left homeless, but there was nothing to do, no one would return what was burned, and they had to build soon - in time for winter. The archer Daniil Onuchin, among other fire victims, was in a hurry to complete the construction. Daniel had a daughter, Matrona. Parental sorrows were less understandable to her - for children even a fire is quite funny - so much remains after - where the glass is beautiful, where the pebble is unprecedented. Only in the evening, when you go to bed, do you remember that after the fire everything is different, unusual.

One night Matryosha woke up from something unprecedented - the Mother of God Herself, the Most Holy Theotokos, appeared to her in a dream. And she didn’t just appear, but commanded to get Her icon out of the ground. It shone with a bright light - and the girl woke up. You still have dreams and visions, you imagine everything, all your miracles are endless - the skeptic reading these lines will say. And it will anticipate our story, because this is exactly how the family answered nine-year-old Matryosha. “Dreams sometimes come from God, but only saints have visions, so it’s better not to attach importance to dreams,” said the parents. And they were right. But that dream was still a vision, because it was repeated a second time and on the third night. Then the parents decided to check the girl’s words.

Matryosha and her mother went to the place where, as the girl remembered from the dream, the icon should have been located. We started digging. Even deeper, even more - is it really her! And sure enough – an icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. They cleared it of dust and earth... But how did it end up there? Apparently, long ago the secret confessors of Christianity in the camp of other faiths hid the icon of the Queen of Heaven in this way. The news of the miraculous discovery of the icon spread faster than fast bird, and now the priests of the surrounding churches are rushing to this wondrous place, Archbishop Jeremiah, reverently receiving the icon, solemnly transfers it to the church of St. Nicholas, from where, after the prayer service, they carried her with the procession to the Annunciation Cathedral - the first Orthodox church city ​​of Kazan, erected by Ivan the Terrible. It immediately became clear that the icon was miraculous - already during the religious procession, two Kazan blind men regained their sight. We even know their names: Joseph and Nikita.

And those who just a few days ago mocked Orthodox faith, embarrassedly hurried to the icon - with requests - Queen of Heaven, help, enlighten, heal!

These miracles were the first in a long list of miracles and healings. The story of the discovery of the icon so impressed Tsar Ivan the Terrible that he ordered the construction of the Kazan Cathedral and the founding of a convent. There, after some time, Matrona and her mother took monastic vows.

The image of the Kazan Most Holy Theotokos is similar in type to the icons of Hodegetria - the Guide, and indeed, she more than once showed the right path to many of our compatriots. So, with the Kazan Icon, the militia moved to Moscow, liberating the city from the impostors of the Time of Troubles. In the besieged Kremlin at that time, Archbishop Arseny of Elasson (later Archbishop of Suzdal; † 1626; April 13), who had arrived from Greece and was seriously ill from shocks and experiences, was in captivity at that time. At night, Saint Arseny’s cell suddenly illuminated with Divine light, he saw St. Sergius of Radonezh (July 5 and September 25), who said: “Arseny, our prayers have been heard; through the intercession of the Mother of God, God’s judgment on the Fatherland was transferred to mercy; Tomorrow Moscow will be in the hands of the besiegers and Russia will be saved.” The next day Kitay-Gorod was liberated, and 2 days later the Kremlin.

Kazan Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow

Kazan Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow - one of the most famous Moscow churches was built in 1636. The liberator icon was moved there, and now the image is kept in the Epiphany Cathedral.

Before the Battle of Poltava, Peter the Great and his army prayed before the icon of the Kazan Mother of God (from the village of Kaplunovka). In 1812, the Kazan image of the Mother of God overshadowed Russian soldiers who repelled the French invasion. On the feast of the Kazan Icon on October 22, 1812, Russian troops led by Miloradovich and Platov defeated Davout’s rearguard. This was the first major defeat the French after leaving Moscow, the enemy lost 7 thousand people. It snowed that day and the very coldy, and the army of the conqueror of Europe began to melt.

The icon showed the way not only to statesmen and squads - according to good tradition, it is this icon that is used to bless young parents for marriage; a long list of miracles is accompanied by this image of the Mother of God - one of the most beloved in Rus'.

Troparion to the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, tone 4

O zealous intercessor, / Mother of the Lord Most High, / pray for all Thy Son Christ our God, / and cause all to be saved, seeking refuge in Thy sovereign protection. / Intercede for all of us, O Lady Queen and Lady, / who are in adversity and in sorrow, and in illness, burdened with many sins, / standing and praying to You with a tender soul and a contrite heart, / before Your most pure image with tears, / and having irrevocable hope on Thee, / deliverance from all evils, / grant useful things to everyone / and save everything, Virgin Mary: // For You are the Divine Cover of Your servant.

Kontakion to the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, tone 8

Let us come, people, to this quiet and good refuge, / the quick Helper, the ready and warm salvation, the protection of the Virgin. / Let us hasten to prayer and strive for repentance: / for the Most Pure Mother of God exudes boundless mercies to us, / advances to our aid, and delivers from great troubles and evils, // her well-behaved and God-fearing servants.

Prayer before the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God

O Most Holy Lady Lady Theotokos! With fear, faith and love, falling before Thy honorable icon, we pray to Thee: do not turn Thy face away from those who come running to You, beg, O Merciful Mother, Thy Son and our God, the Lord Jesus Christ, to keep our country peaceful, and to establish His holy church May he preserve the unshakable from unbelief, heresies and schism. There are no imams of any other help, no imams of other hope, except You, Most Pure Virgin: You are the All-Powerful Helper and Intercessor of Christians. Deliver all who pray to You with faith from the falls of sin, from slander. evil people, from all temptations, sorrows, troubles and from vain death; Grant us the spirit of contrition, humility of heart, purity of thoughts, correction of sinful lives and the remission of sins, so that we all praise Thy greatness with gratitude, let us be worthy of the Heavenly Kingdom and there with all the saints we will glorify the Most Honorable and Magnificent Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

21 July. Kazan Icon of the Mother of God

This icon appeared in 1579, shortly after the capture of the Kazan kingdom from the Tatars by Ivan the Terrible. The Most Holy Theotokos revealed her miraculous icon in order to further establish in it the newly converted from the local residents; those who did not believe were no longer to be attracted to the Christian faith. She Herself appeared in a dream to one pious maiden named Matrona, the daughter of an archer who was burned during a terrible fire in Kazan, and ordered that the archbishop and the mayor be informed to take Her icon from the ground, and at the same time indicated the very place. The girl told her mother about her dream, but she explained it as an ordinary childhood dream. The dream repeated itself twice more.

For the third time, by miraculous force, Matrona was thrown out of the window into the courtyard, where she saw an icon on which such menacing rays emanated from the face of the Mother of God that she was afraid of being burned by them, and a voice came from the icon: “If you do not fulfill my command, then I will appear in another place, and you will perish.” After this, mother and daughter went to Archbishop Jeremiah and the mayor, but they did not believe them. Then on July 8, in deep grief, both of them, in the presence of the people, went to specified place. The mother and the people began to dig the ground, but the icon was not found.

But as soon as Matrona herself began to dig, the icon was found. It was wrapped in a piece of cloth and shone with a wonderful light, as if it were completely new, just written. It is believed that the icon was buried even before the conquest of Kazan, by one of the Christians who hid their faith from the haters of the faith, the Mohammedans. The rumor about the appearance of the icon spread throughout the city, many people flocked, and the archbishop, in the presence of the mayors, carried the icon with a procession to the nearest church of St. Nicholas, and from there to the Annunciation Cathedral. When the icon was brought to the temple, many sick people, especially the blind, received healing.

One might think that this primary purpose of blindness served as a sign that the holy icon appeared to enlighten with spiritual light those darkened by the blindness of Mohammedan false teaching. The copy of the icon was sent to Moscow, and Tsar John Vasilyevich ordered the construction of a church and a nunnery on the site of the appearance of the icon. The first nun and then abbess in the monastery was the maiden Matrona. In 1768, Empress Catherine II, listening to the liturgy in the monastery, decorated the crown of the miraculous icon of the Mother of God with a diamond crown.

November 4. Kazan Icon of the Mother of God

In 1611, in winter, St. The miraculous Kazan Icon of the Mother of God was sent back to Kazan, but on the way there, in Yaroslavl, it was met by a militia from Nizhny Novgorod, assembled by Minin, over whom Prince Pozharsky took charge and who, having learned about the miracles performed by the icon in Moscow, took it with him and constantly prayed before her, asking the zealous Heavenly Intercessor of the Christian race to send them help. The Most Holy Theotokos showed Her mercy, took the faithful sons of the fatherland under Her Protection, and with Her help Russia was saved from its enemies. The militia that arrived in Moscow with Prince Pozharsky encountered many obstacles insurmountable for human strength, namely: it was necessary to take a well-fortified city and stubbornly defended by the Poles, to repel the fresh, numerous forces that had approached Moscow. Polish army, to pacify the willfulness and riot of the Russian troops, who met the arriving militia almost with hatred and showed them only hostility and treason. In addition, the lack of food in the devastated area and the lack of weapons caused a strong decline in courage in the arriving army. And many of the faithful sons of the fatherland, losing their last spark of hope, exclaimed in deep sorrow: “Forgive me, freedom of the fatherland! Sorry, sacred Kremlin! We have done everything for your release; but it is clear that God is not pleased to bless our weapons with victory!”

Deciding to last try to liberate the dear fatherland from enemies, but without relying on their own strength, the entire army and people turned with prayer to the Lord and His Most Pure Mother, establishing a special solemn prayer service for this and strictly observing a three-day fast. God heard the prayerful cry of those who cared for the fatherland and the inviolability of the Orthodox Church and showed them His mercy. Being in grave captivity among the Poles, in the Moscow Kremlin occupied by them, who came to Russia with the Greek Metropolitan Jeremiah, the sick Archbishop of Elasson Arseny appeared in a dream and announced that, through the prayers of the Mother of God and the great wonderworkers of Moscow Peter, Alexy, Jonah and Philip, The Lord, on the very next day, will overthrow the enemies and return saved Russia to her sons, and to ensure the fulfillment of his words, he granted healing to Arseny. Encouraged by the joyful news, the Russian soldiers called on the Queen of Heaven for help and courageously approached Moscow, and on October 22, 1612 they liberated Kitay-Gorod, and two days later they took the Kremlin itself. The Poles fled. The next day, Sunday, the Russian army and all the residents of Moscow, in gratitude for their deliverance from their enemies, made a solemn religious procession to the Place of Execution, carrying the miraculous icon of the Mother of God, sacred banners and other Moscow shrines. This spiritual procession was met from the Kremlin by Archbishop Arseny with the miraculous Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, which he had preserved in captivity. Seeing this icon, the soldiers and people bowed their knees and with tears of joy kissed the holy image of their Intercessor.

In memory of such a miraculous deliverance of Moscow from the Poles, with the permission of Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich and the blessing of his father, Metropolitan, later Patriarch Philaret, the Church established annually on October 22 in Moscow the celebration of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God with a procession of the cross. First, the procession took place at the Church of the Presentation of the Mother of God, on Lubyanka, where the house of Prince Pozharsky was located, and after the construction of a new church in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, built at the expense of Prince Pozharsky (which is now the Kazan Cathedral, on Resurrection Square), the procession took place is already taking place in the cathedral. The miraculous icon that was with him in the ranks of the army was also transferred there by Prince Pozharsky himself.

Tobolsk Icon of the Mother of God

This miraculous icon is located in Tobolsk in cathedral. She appeared in 1661. This year, on July 8 in Tobolsk, in the Znamensky Monastery, on the day of the celebration of the Kazan Icon, at Matins, when Hierodeacon Ioannikiy read the legend about the appearance of the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos in Kazan and reached the place where it is said that the Archbishop of Kazan did not previously believe the appearance of the icon , then in front of all the people he prayed to the Most Pure Lady for forgiveness of his sin, he suddenly fell unconscious on the floor along with the lectern.

When he came to his senses, he immediately asked for a confessor and revealed the following to him:

“On June 21st, after Matins, I came to my cell and fell asleep. Suddenly I see a saint coming to me in full vestments, like John Chrysostom; I considered him to be Metropolitan Philip. The saint said to me: “Get up and tell the archimandrite, the governor and all the people, so that not far from the Church of the Three Hierarchs in the city they build a church in the name of the Kazan Mother of God, they would build it in three days, and on the fourth they would consecrate and bring into it the image of the Mother of God of Kazan - that the one that now stands in the porch of this Church of the Three Hierarchs in a closet, facing the wall. Tell this image to be celebrated in the city. Because of your sins, I am angry with you, you use foul language and fill the air with your foul language, like a stench: it is a stench to both God and people; but our Lady, with all the saints, prayed to His Son Christ our God for your city and for all the people, so that He would turn away His righteous anger.” But I, getting up from sleep, was amazed, and didn’t say anything to anyone. A little later, when I was in my cell and began to write irmos: Adorned with divine glory, suddenly the same saint came to me and graciously said to me: “Why didn’t you tell what was said to you from the Most Holy Theotokos through me, Her minister? – and he disappeared. I fell to the ground out of fear, glorified God, but was afraid to talk about the vision, lest it cause confusion among the people, and for fear that they would not believe me. A few days later, during my sleep, the saint appeared to me again and said with anger: “Why didn’t you say what was commanded to you? Because of your neglect, the wrath of God will come upon your city for your sins. Your bread is rotting and your water is drowning - get up quickly and tell the archimandrite, the governor and all the people; If you don’t say it, you’ll soon lose your life. If the townspeople obey, then the mercy of God will be in your city and its surroundings; If they don’t listen, then it will be hard for your city: your cattle will die, the rain will destroy your houses, and you will all disappear like worms, and the image of the Mother of God will be glorified in another place.”

But I didn’t tell anyone about this third phenomenon, and on July 6th, when after evening singing I came to my cell, went to bed, fell into a light sleep and heard a wonderful ringing of two bells in the monastery and the singing of extraordinary voices: Let us exalt Thee, Immaculate Mother of our God. One of the singers told me: “Because you did not say what was commanded to you, tomorrow you will be punished before all the people.” And so, when at Matins I began to read about the appearance of the miraculous image of the Mother of God in Kazan, I saw that the saint who had appeared to me before was coming from the porch and blessing the people on both sides; Having come to the meal, also blessing people, he came up to me and said: “You read this and why don’t you believe it yourself? That image was in the ground, and this one stands in the porch facing the wall; why didn’t you tell about him?” And he, shaking his hand at me, said: “From now on, be decrepit until the divine deed is accomplished.” Having said this, he became invisible, and I fell to the ground out of fear and now I’m telling you.”

The people, having learned about the miraculous phenomena, glorified the mercy of the Most Holy Theotokos with tears, and everyone with zeal and a procession of the cross carried the icon to the place where it was indicated to build the Church, and the church was built in three days and consecrated on the fourth. Before the church was built, the narrator notes, there were torrential rains and water rose in the rivers, as if in spring, and when they began to build the church, there was a bucket; breads and vegetables have since recovered.

Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. Images

• Kaplunovskaya-Kazan icon
• Karpov-Kazan icon
• Katashinskaya-Kazan icon
• Ascension-Kazan icon
• Pavlovsk-Kazan icon
• Irkutsk-Kazan icon
• Kargopol-Kazan icon
• Yaroslavl-Kazan icon
• Kazan, located in the Moscow Simonov Monastery
• Kazanskaya, located in the Vyshenskaya Hermitage
• Kazan, located in the Tambov Cathedral
• Kazan, located in Suzdal

Kaplunovskaya-Kazan icon. This icon is located in the village of Kaplunovka, Kharkov diocese. Appeared in 1689 as follows. To the priest of this village, who was distinguished by his especially pious life, John Umanov, someone, an old man adorned with gray hair, appeared in a dream and told him that icon painters would soon come to him from Moscow with icons and that he should buy for himself the eighth from a bunch of icons from the oldest of them in years. account, the Kazan Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary. “From her you will receive grace and mercy,” added the elder. The priest did so, but before doing this he strictly fasted. Soon a new vision followed in a dream to priest Umanov: the Most Holy Theotokos herself appeared and ordered the icon to be placed in the church. The priest reported his vision to the people and triumphantly transferred the icon to the church, and from that time miracles began to be performed from the icon. The icon was called Kaplunovskaya. In 1709, when Emperor Peter the Great was at war with the Swedish king Charles XII, he summoned a priest with the Kaplunovskaya icon to his army in Kharkov and ordered it to be carried in front of the regiments, while he himself prayed with tears to the Queen of Heaven for help. Meanwhile, King Charles, stopping with his army near Kaplunovka, stayed with the traitor Hetman Mazepa in the house of the priest John. Then some of his violent warriors wanted to burn the church. They covered it with straw and wood, but no matter how hard they tried to set it on fire, neither the wood nor the straw caught fire. Having learned about such a miracle and also that St. The icon is in the Russian camp, Karl told Mazepa: “If they could not light the church without the icon, then where it is located will be unreliable for us.” This is exactly what happened. The Battle of Poltava brought Great Peter victory over Charles. There is a miraculous Kaplunovskaya icon in the settlement of Kozeevka, 80 miles from Kharkov.

Nizhnelomovskaya-Kazan icon. This icon appeared in 1643 at a spring two miles from the city of Nizhny Loma, Penza province. At the site of her appearance, a chapel was first erected, and then a church and a monastery.

Karpov-Kazan icon. This icon is located in the Kursk Znamensky Monastery. It was brought here in 1725 from the Karpov Desert.

Katashin-Kazan icon. This icon appeared in 1622 in a grove near the village of Bely Kolodezya, Chernigov province, to the local priest and was placed by him in the village church. In 1692, a monastery was established here, called Katashinsky.

Ascension-Kazan icon. It is located in the Ascension Convent in Moscow, in the Kremlin. She first became famous in 1689. Twice it was in danger of burning, but was miraculously preserved. This year, after a prayer service in front of this icon, they forgot to put out the candle, the candle fell, and it burned the lectern on which the icon lay, and the icon itself, despite the fact that it was painted on canvas, remained completely unharmed. Another time, when in 1701, on June 19, there was a fire in the Moscow Kremlin and the royal palace and Ascension Monastery burned down, the icon was miraculously preserved. When they took out the utensils and icons from the cathedral monastery church, they did not take it out, but meanwhile it ended up with other icons that were taken out; when, after the fire was over, they began to bring things into the cathedral, they saw that the icon was already in its place, although no one had brought it in. And there were many miraculous healings from this icon.

Pavlovsk-Kazan icon. This icon is located in the village of Pavlovskoye, Moscow province, Zvenigorod district. She appeared on a tree near the village where a chapel was built in memory of the apparition; Inside the chapel there is a well, popularly called holy. The first miracle from the icon was the following. One of the peasants of the village of Pavlovskoye fell into a severe illness from an intemperate life. At this time, the Most Holy Theotokos appeared in a dream to another pious peasant and ordered him to tell the sick man to pray to Her for healing and go to the holy well to wash. Then he would give up his intemperate life, otherwise he might perish. The patient with great effort went to the well, washed himself and completely recovered.

Irkutsk-Kazan icon. It is located in Irkutsk in the Epiphany Cathedral and became famous for many miracles. Every year in April or May, after sowing spring grain, it is carried in a religious procession through neighboring rural peasant fields to consecrate the crops. This religious procession has long been established on the occasion of frequent grain harvest failures in the surrounding villages of the city of Irkutsk.

Kargopol-Kazan icon. This miraculous icon is located in the city of Kargopol, Olonets diocese, in the Church of the Ascension. She became famous in 1714. The icon was in the house of the pious widow Martha Ponomareva, who once, while praying before the icon, saw a tear flowing from the right eye of the Most Holy Theotokos, and in fear reported this to the priest. The icon was transferred to the church, and here twice in a short time, in the sight of everyone, streams of tears appeared from the eyes of the Mother of God, which was reported to the then Metropolitan Job of Novgorod.

Yaroslavl-Kazan icon. This icon is located in Yaroslavl in the Kazan convent. The story of her glorification is as follows. In 1588, on July 2, a certain pious man named Gerasim, while he was in Kazan, had a miraculous vision of the Mother of God Herself, and after that, when he wished to purchase Her icon for himself, in a dream he heard a voice indicating where and what icon purchase, and then go to the city of Romanov and tell the residents there to build a temple in the name of the icon. Gerasim found the icon and just took it in his hands when right hand he, who had been ill for a long time, was healed. The temple was built in Romanov, and the icon stood there until 1604, when Romanov was taken by the Lithuanians. At this time, one of them took a miraculous icon from the church and took it with him to Yaroslavl. Here the Mother of God Herself appeared to a certain deacon Eleazar and commanded to build a temple in Her honor. A temple was erected, and then a monastery was attached to it. The inhabitants of Romanov wanted to return the miraculous icon to themselves, but the citizens of Yaroslavl asked Tsar Vasily Ioannovich to leave it in their city, and the tsar, on the advice of Patriarch Hermogenes, approved the desire of the latter with a letter on his behalf, but so that they would make an accurate list of the miraculous icons for Romanov. And the miraculous icon itself is carried every year from Yaroslavl to Romanov.

Kazan, located in the Moscow Simonov Monastery. This icon was donated to the monastery by those who received it for a blessing from Bishop Tikhon of Voronezh. On its sides are depicted St. Tikhon, the angel of the saint, and Martha, the angel of the saint’s sister, Martha. She first became famous for the healing of a maiden, the wanderer Natalia, to whom an icon appeared three times in a dream, but she did not know where to find it. Finally, the Hieroschemamonk of the Simonov Monastery, Alexy, appeared to her in a dream with the image itself and said that the icon stood in the monastery in the cathedral church on the right side. The icon was found, and the sick woman, after praying before it, received healing. Subsequently, a special chapel was built in her honor and for her at the cathedral monastery church. There were many miracles from the icon.

Kazanskaya, located in the Vyshenskaya Hermitage. This icon was brought from Moscow to the Tambov Ascension Convent in 1812 by the nun Miropiya, who, on the occasion of the ruin of the capital, moved there. The pious old woman heard a voice from the icon three times in reality, commanding it to be transferred to the Vyshenskaya Hermitage, and after her death, according to her will, the icon was transferred. In addition to many healings from the icon, the Vyshensky monks sometimes at night saw a bright light spilling from it throughout the church.

Kazan, located in the Vysochinsky Kazan Monastery. The monastery was named after the icon, and the icon after the village of Vysochino, where it became famous for its miracles. The icon appeared in early XVIII century, during the reign of Emperor Peter I. The village of Vysochino did not yet exist, but there was a government Pinery. On the banks of the swampy Mzhi River, which flowed through a forest and surrounded by swamps, a watchman and his family lived in a hut. The icon appeared to this watchman standing on a marshy hummock. Light rays emanated from the icon. The watchman, with reverence and prayer, took it and placed it in his hut with icons on a shelf. Here the icon soon marked itself with a sun-like radiance emanating from it and at the same time with the healing of a blind and lame old man, the watchman’s father. Then they took the icon to the nearest church in the village of Artyukhovka, but the icon returned three times to the watchman’s hut. The people, having learned about the revealed icon, began to come in large numbers to worship it, and many received healing and consolation. Then the centurion Vysochin, to whom the emperor gave land with a forest - a forest, where a miraculous icon stood in the watchman's hut, for his services during the Battle of Poltava, built a village here, which was named after his surname, Vysochino, and from the village of Artyukhovka he moved a church here, where and the miraculous icon was delivered. Subsequently, a monastery was built here. And in the monastery there were many miracles from the icon.

Kazan, located in the Tambov Cathedral. This icon is richly decorated. Her first miracle was in 1695, on December 6, during an all-night vigil, tears that wetted the shroud and lectern.

Kazan, located in the Temnikovsky Transfiguration Cathedral. It was in the pantry among unusable utensils. The icon appeared three times to a lady who suffered from pain in her legs, and promised healing if she found her. The patient demanded that she be taken to the Temnikov Cathedral. As soon as she saw the icon in the storeroom, she immediately felt relief and, after prayer, was completely healed.

Kazanskaya, located in the city of Vyazniki. It stands in the cathedral church. This icon marked itself with miracles at the beginning of the 17th century.

Kazan, located in Suzdal. It stands in the parish Church of the Resurrection. This icon, as a result of the appearance of the Mother of God Herself, was painted by one pious monk of the Shartom St. Nicholas Monastery, Joachim, who lived in the 17th century. A monk lived near the Kazan Church in a hut, where he was buried.

“Miracle-working icons of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Their history and images,” compiled by Archpriest I. Bukharev. Moscow, “Caravel”, 1994. Published according to the publication: Miraculous Icons of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Their History and Images). Compiled by Archpriest I. Bukharev. Moscow, Typo-Lithography G.I. Prostakova, Balchug, village of Simonov Monastery. 1901

The miraculous image of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God is a talisman of Russia, especially in Hard times. From baptism to wedding, a person walks with this image, receiving God’s blessing on his life from it. Through prayers at the icon, fires are stopped, the blind regain their sight, and enemies are defeated. The prayer of the Kazan Mother of God for the gift and health of children, family well-being is strong; she is our helper in life and work.

In what cases do they pray to the image?

They ask God for many blessings, and miraculous icons help with this. When praying to this image, you need strong faith in the Lord and knowledge of how to correctly address the Blessed Virgin and what to ask for.

The prayer of the Kazan Mother of God helps:

• for blindness and vision problems;
• in diseases, oncology;
• to achieve a successful marriage;
• for children's illnesses;
• for infertility;
• for depression and melancholy;
• in complex life situations.

The icon is the guardian of family well-being; it is used to bless the couple at their wedding. All newlyweds should have this image on their home iconostasis. In case of family troubles, you should turn to him for help, and the crisis will pass.

History of the icon

Ivan the Terrible conquered Kazan and ordered the conversion of local Muslims to Christianity. They offered fierce resistance, and the big fire of the Kazan Kremlin, along with part of the city, was regarded as the wrath of God for this. It was here that the miraculous icon was revealed, which received the name Kazan. The icon of the Mother of God was found buried in the ground at the site of the fire. The place was indicated by the little girl Matrona thanks to her dreams of the phenomenon Holy Virgin. Immediately after its acquisition, the image performed several miracles - when it was transferred to the temple, two blind men received their sight during a religious procession. Ivan the Terrible, surprised by such a miracle, gave the order to build the Kazan Cathedral and with it a convent.

In the seventeenth century, the icon saved Russia from the Poles. The army turned to the Most Holy Theotokos for help, organizing a prayer service and observing a three-day fast. God heard their prayer and appeared in a dream to one sick archbishop. The Almighty said that through the prayers of the Mother of God and the saints, the army would defeat the enemies the next day. And to confirm the truth of the dream, he granted the archbishop healing from illnesses. In memory of this event, a celebration of the icon was established, which takes place on November 4.

Prayers for Marriage

Mothers call upon God's mercy for their children and pray for their daughter's marriage. Requests from the Kazan Icon are quickly heard by God. If parents are worried about their daughter’s long loneliness, they need to visit an Orthodox church more often, pray at the face and light candles.

When praying, you should not mindlessly read ready-made texts. These prayers were compiled in ancient times by holy people and provide an example of how we should speak with the Lord. We must pray in spirit, and written appeals do not replace our own prayer, but only guide it.

A woman's prayer for marriage:

About the gifts of children and their health

Infertile couples ask the intercession of the Mother of God for the gift of children and conception. The ways of the Lord are unknown to man, and those who pray do not always quickly receive what they ask for. The power of prayer lies in firm faith, trust in mercy and complete surrender of oneself to God’s providence.

Strong prayer for conception:

The Kazan icon is famous for its emergency assistance in cases of child health problems. They pray for health at the image, which it is advisable to place in the children's room or near the crib. You can pray short prayer repeating it as many times as necessary.

A short prayer: “Be merciful to us, Most Holy Theotokos, and ask the Lord God for healing for my child. Amen".

Throughout the history of the formation of Christianity, people have repeatedly allowed themselves to doubt the Orthodox faith, and it was at such moments that the Lord showed miracles to the world that dispelled all doubts about the power of the Divine. The appearance of the icon of the Mother of God in Kazan to the people belongs to such a miracle.

Prayers to the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God are considered the most powerful in Orthodoxy. We present to you the strongest prayers that will help you appeal to the mercy of the Mother of God. Let them help you life path. An extraordinary divine energy hovers around the holy image.

Finding an icon

The history of the Kazan icon began back in 1579. That year, a severe fire destroyed more than half of the Kazan Kremlin and part of the city. Nothing could be saved, only ashes remained. The glow burned for many hours. Moans, lamentations of women, appeals to the Lord and crying of children were heard all around. Many families were exsanguinated, but life went on, and new housing had to be built before the approaching cold weather. Fire survivor Daniil Onuchin was also in a hurry with the construction. He had a daughter, Matronushka. One day she saw the Mother of God in a dream, and she told the girl to get an icon out of the ground. Matrona told her parents about the dream. But they did not attach due importance to this. But on the second and third nights, the Mother of God appeared in a dream to the girl and indicated the place where the holy image was found. In the morning, Matresha and her mother nevertheless went to the indicated place. There they found an icon of the Mother of God, it was wrapped in linen. The image was so bright and light, as if it had just been painted. This is how the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God was found by fire victims. Prayer to her helps from many troubles and misfortunes.

Epiphany from an icon

In an instant, the good news of the discovery of the icon spread throughout the city. Priests from surrounding churches hurried to the spot. The image of the Mother of God was solemnly transferred to the Church of St. Nicholas, Archbishop Jeremiah read a prayer service. They placed the icon in the Annunciation Cathedral - the first Orthodox church in Kazan, which was built by Ivan the Terrible. It immediately became clear to everyone that the image of the Mother of God was miraculous. During the solemn religious procession, when the shrine was being transferred, two blind men, who really wanted to see the miraculous icon, prayed passionately and suddenly received their sight. From that moment on, even those who doubted began to offer prayers to the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and ask her for mercy. Until now, the Kazan Icon works true miracles and listens to those who ask by faith. The list of gracious help is endless. Tsar Ivan the Terrible was so amazed by the story of the discovery of the holy image that he ordered the construction of the Kazan Cathedral. A convent was founded there, and later Matronushka and her mother were tonsured there.

Troubled times

Everyone knows from history the period of the Time of Troubles early XVII century. At that time, all the tragic circumstances coincided. Natural disasters caused crop failures, which resulted in famine. During the same period it was interrupted royal dynasty Rurikovich, the crisis began government controlled, the economy was collapsing. As a result of all this, part of the country with the capital was captured by the interventionists. Patriarch Hermogenes called on the Russian people to defend the Motherland. The militia was led by Prince Dmitry Pozharsky. A list of the miraculous image of the Mother of God was sent from Kazan to help the people. The militia and all the people observed for three days strict fast and exalted prayers to the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, asking for heavenly help. The Mother of God heard the people's prayer. Under her patronage, Moscow was liberated from the Polish invaders.

Ancient lists (copies)

The first copy of the image of the Kazan Mother of God was made in 1579 and transferred to Tsar Ivan the Terrible in Moscow. In 1636, this image was transferred to the newly built Kazan Cathedral on Red Square. Later, in 1737, he was transported to the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary (St. Petersburg). In 1811, the icon was moved to the Kazan Cathedral.

In the Time of Troubles, in 1611, a second list of the shrine was made. It was handed over to the army of Dmitry Pozharsky for the militias who liberated Moscow from the Polish army.

In the 19th century, many copies of the Kazan Icon were made. The original, however, was lost. At the beginning of the 20th century, the shrine was stolen, the precious frame was looted, and the icon itself disappeared without a trace.

Copies made from the image spread throughout the world and became famous in the same way as miracle-working ones. Many icons were taken abroad from Russia after the revolution in 1917. Strong prayers to the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God make the whole world believe in miracles. The icon is especially famous for miracles of healing from eye diseases and blindness. The Kazan icon is an indispensable assistant in difficult war times.

Where is the icon

The modern Russian Orthodox Church is doing everything to ensure that shrines are returned to Russian land. The most ancient list is available to people in the Tretyakov Gallery. The dating date of the holy image is 1606.

At the residence of the Moscow Patriarch there is another holy copy of the Kazan Icon, which is also of great value. The image was received from the Roman Catholic Church as a sign of the end of rivalry.

There is a list in the Prince Vladimir Cathedral in St. Petersburg; it is closest to the oldest prototype of the icon.

Defender of the Russian land

The image of the Kazan Mother of God is classified as a guide icon. They show the right path to lost souls and help those in need. The icon became famous for its miracles during the troubled times. The Mother of God showed the defenders the path to victory and supported the military spirit. The icon helped to win more than one terrible battle.

Under the protection of the Kazan Icon, in the Time of Troubles, an entire army went to battle, and the soldiers under the leadership of Prince Pozharsky liberated the capital from the Polish invaders.

Before the famous Battle of Poltava, Peter I also offered strong prayers in front of this list. In 1812, with the image of the Kazan Mother of God, soldiers fought off French raids, and the beginning of victories over Napoleon’s army was laid. Before going into the active army, Mikhail Kutuzov stood before the Mother of God with strong prayers.

But not only rulers and troops receive blessings from the icon. The common people also turn to her for help and receive miracles that she bestows on those who pray.

What do they pray for in front of the image?

A prayer to the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God for help is offered for any bodily ailment. People often ask for their vision to be restored. They also turn for spiritual insight, when searching for the right path, if the flame of faith has weakened in the soul.

The Mother of God helps with her consolations and instructions in any difficult life situations when there is no strength left to fight difficulties.

The Guide comes to the aid of those who pray and seek the right decision. It protects from misfortunes and making mistakes, and points the way to a good goal. Many people talk about the appearance of the holy face in a dream, when the Mother of God advises what to do to avoid trouble.

They pray to the Mother of God for the soldiers, from getting rid of enemy raids.

In joy they also turn to the Mother of God, the young people ask for blessings for marriage and starting a family. There are many signs associated with the icon. If the wedding falls on the feast of the holy image, then the marriage will be happy. The icon helps to avoid discord in the family, bring prosperity and harmony.

Prayer to the icon of the Kazan Mother of God for children will protect your child from sorrows and misfortunes. Will help him in his development on the path of life.

The Mother of God helps everyone without exception. Whoever asks her with ardent faith in his heart, she gives her protection and blessing.

How to pray in front of an icon

In order for your prayers to reach the Mother of God, you need to pray to her correctly. You can do this not only in church, but also at home. If you have a desire to ask the Mother of God for help, it is best to do this in the morning:

• Wash well after waking up clean water. Cross your arms in advance. Tune in only to positive emotions.
• Throw out of your head various negative, bad thoughts that irritate you.
• Light the candles and kneel in front of the image. Begin the ritual.
• It doesn’t matter what prayer to read to the icon of the Kazan Mother of God. The most important thing is to say your words from the bottom of your heart, sincerely, then you will be heard.
• After prayer, express your request to the Mother of God. Remember one thing - she will never accept any negative wish of yours that will negatively affect another.

Family support

Prayer to the icon of the Kazan Mother of God for marriage has helped many people find a family. It is no coincidence that young girls who get married are blessed by their mothers with this icon. Since ancient times, it has been believed that this image is the most powerful in providing family support. The Mother of God helps everyone who prays with strong faith and wants to create his own hearth.

If the mother blessed the girl for marriage with this icon, the image of the Kazan Mother of God must be kept in the family. This is a kind of amulet for your home. Prayers offered to her will preserve the family hearth, as well as the children who will be born in this marriage. They will help maintain peace and quiet in your home.

Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, the most powerful prayer. Miracles of Healing

Many miracles happened before the image of the Kazan Icon; we will tell you about the most famous ones.

• The sight of the blind. The icon of those praying for healing from blindness often surprises. Everyone remembers the amazing discovery of an icon in Kazan. Already at procession Two blind men, sincerely praying to the image, regained their sight. The news of this spread far beyond the borders of Kazan. The needy and sick were drawn to the shrine. Soon a desperate mother brought the blind baby to the icon. From her lips flowed a prayer to the icon of the Kazan Mother of God for recovery, and the parishioners of the temple and the priest himself supported her. Just a short time after the prayer, the baby began to touch his mother’s face with his hands and everyone realized that he had received his sight. There was a case of epiphany and a blind monk. He did not find relief during prayer in the temple, and he left disappointed. Then the Mother of God appeared to the monk in a dream and ordered him to continue his prayers and then wipe himself with a shroud. Having done everything exactly, the monk received his sight.
• Healing the weak in mind and body. Healing was recorded in the city of Kazan young man from relaxation. For more than two years the young man did not get back on his feet. The parents did not stop praying and believing in the mercy of God. The Kazan Icon of the Mother of God helped. The most powerful prayer was simultaneously said by the mother in the temple in front of the image and by the son, who, lying in bed, tearfully asked the Mother of God for healing. Suddenly he felt relief and was able to get to his feet. Leaning on two staffs, he went to his mother in the temple. The fervent prayers of two believing hearts allowed a miracle to happen. Dementia is also healed by prayer to the Mother of God. A young man in the Kazan Cathedral sincerely prayed and asked for healing. After the prayer service, to the surprise of all parishioners, he went home completely healthy.
• Many deliveries from cancer have been recorded through prayers to the Kazan Icon. The guide is considered a protector in the fight against the enemy, and the battle with a tumor is nothing more than a battle for one’s health against this scourge, which simply mows down people no less than on the battlefield. Therefore, turning to prayer to cure this disease has a special meaning.

Feast of the Icon of the Kazan Mother of God. Prayers

In the summer, the feast of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God is celebrated on July 21, and it is dedicated to the discovery of the shrine, when the image appeared in a dream to little Matrona. Later, Ivan the Terrible built a monastery, where in the future Matrona became Abbess Mavra (Martha).

The autumn holiday is celebrated on November 4th. As already mentioned, during the Time of Troubles on this date, thanks to the intercession of the Mother of God, Russian militias were able to liberate Moscow from the invasion of the Poles.

A significant event was the fact that it was on November 4 that the restored Kazan Cathedral was opened in Moscow, in front of Red Square. Today the image of the Kazan Mother of God is one of the greatest in Orthodox Church. Miracles through prayer continue to happen in our time. In the procession of the cross in Donbass, Orthodox believers carried the Kazan Icon as one of the main ones. They prayed to the intercessor to grant peace and tranquility to native land. Why does the shelling in Donetsk not subside? Maybe people have lost faith in heavenly power and therefore lost the protection of the saints. The whole world needs to unite the people and, as in the Troubled Times of the 17th century, turn to the intercessor, extolling strong prayers from a pure, sincere heart.