To avoid a stroke I calm down, relax. I am absolutely confident in myself and that life brings me only good things. I now see the highest meaning in everything - and this meaning is to extract something good, useful for yourself from any situation! All goes to good. Now I

How to avoid these habitual actions to rectify the situation? We can use the approach of some psychologists and look for names for all participants in the conflict, highlighting the "owner of the problem", "identifier of the problem" and so on - but we can get confused in these

Permanence against divorce NZ attaches great importance inviolability of marriage bonds: the end of a marriage is either the death of one of the spouses (Rom. 7:1-3), or porneia on the part of one of the spouses (Mt. 5:31-32; 19:3, 8-9). We have already discussed the meaning of the word porneia (without qualifiers) above.

A strong, happy family is what a self-respecting person should strive for. When there is harmony at home, your beloved second half, children are waiting - hardly anything can interfere with the mood.

However, when disagreements begin in the family, the situation is very difficult to control, if you let it take its course, the breakup of the family becomes only a matter of time.

Popular family prayers

Biggest Problem Orthodox families, especially young ones - lack of patience, humility. The family life of any couple should be based on these principles. It is hardly possible to find at least one pair that would initially ideally fit each other.

AT family life you should always expect scandals, quarrels, grinding - this is normal.

In difficult moments, a prayer for the preservation of the family will help to avoid the collapse of the family. If Orthodox Christians ask for heavenly powers from a pure heart, they will definitely respond and direct the spouses in the right direction. Moreover, prayers will help in the restoration of the family, when the break has already occurred, but the divorce has not yet taken place.

Be sure to follow the rules

Any appeal to heavenly forces, including a prayer for the preservation of a disintegrating family, should be carried out in accordance with the rules of the Orthodox Church. One of the fundamental rules is the need for baptism of both spouses. If you belong to a Christian church, be sure to go through the rite of baptism, this will allow you to achieve the greatest effectiveness of your prayers.

Harmony in the family can only come if you take the process seriously. It is recommended to memorize the words of the prayer for reconciliation, read it on the territory of the church, opposite the icon of the saint, whom they decided to turn to.

It is desirable that both spouses pray, it is in this case that a favorable outcome can be expected with one hundred percent probability.

However, even if only one of them prays, there is a great possibility of resolving the situation. While reading the prayer, focus on the idea of ​​\u200b\u200ba happy family, remember how happy you were before, project this image into the future.

Choose the right prayer

When not everything is fine between the spouses, the number of scandals has become more frequent, it is recommended to choose the appropriate prayer. She is able to smooth out sharp corners, cool the heads of brawlers, calm them down, push them to a calm dialogue.

An excellent option would be to write the words of the prayer on paper, then put it in secret place where holy water is stored, church candles. It is recommended to collect holy water regularly and keep it in a bottle. After cleaning, it is sprinkled with corners in the apartment.

To restore harmony in the family, you can read miraculous prayer about the elimination of troubles to the martyrs and confessors Abius, Guriy, Samon.

Prayer to the martyrs Gury, Samon and Aviv

“Oh, glorious martyrs Guria, Samona and Aviva! To you, like ambulances and warm intercessors, we, weak and unworthy, resort, fervently praying: do not despise us, falling into many iniquities and sinning all the days and hours; guide the erring on the right path, heal the afflicted and grieving; keep us in a blameless and chaste life; and as of old, so now the patrons of matrimony abide, in love and like-mindedness this affirming and delivering from all evil and distressful circumstances. Protect, O powerful confessors, all Orthodox Christians from adversity, evil people and wiles of demons; protect me from accidental death, imploring the All-good Lord, may he give great and rich mercy to us, His humble servant. Nesmy more worthy with unclean lips to call on the magnificent name of our Creator, if not you, holy martyrs, will intercede for us; for this sake we resort to you and ask for your intercession before the Lord about us. So deliver us from famine, flood, fire, sword, invasion of foreigners, internecine strife, deadly ulcers and every soul-destroying situation. Hey, passion-bearers of Christ, arrange for us with your prayers all that is good and useful, but piously the temporary life has passed and the death has not been shamefully acquired, we will be honored with your warm intercession with all the saints at the right hand of the Just Judge of God, and unceasingly glorify Him with the Father and the Holy Spirit forever. Amen".

Thanks to the saints, you can forget about quarrels, conflicts, abuse for a long time. The more often you think about solving the problem, read the words of the prayer, the more tangible the effect will be. When all the worst has already happened, and the second half has left the walls of the house, it is still possible to solve the problem. If you think you still have love in your hearts, praying for your family reunion will help. It is worth contacting directly St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, who is one of the most powerful intercessors of ordinary people.

Prayer to Nicholas the Wonderworker

“Oh, all-holy Nicholas, the most beautiful servant of the Lord, our warm intercessor and quick helper everywhere in sorrow! Help me, a sinner and despondent in this life, beg the Lord God to grant me the remission of all my sins, which I have sinned from my youth in all my life, in deed, in word, thought and all my feelings; and at the end of my soul, help me, the accursed one; implore the Lord God, all creatures of the Sodetel, to deliver me from air ordeals and eternal torment; May I always glorify the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and your merciful intercession, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen."

The Blessed Virgin Mary is able to help you put things right in the family. Orthodox Christians venerate this saint and often seek help in family matters. It is better to read a prayer to her right in front of the icon.

Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary "For the family"

“Blessed Lady, take my family under Your protection. Instill in the hearts of my spouse and our children peace, love and non-controversy to all that is good; do not allow anyone from my family to separation and a difficult parting, to premature and sudden death without repentance. And our house and all of us living in it, save from fiery ignition, thieves' attack, every evil situation, various insurance and devilish obsession. Yes, and we collectively and separately, openly and secretly will glorify your name Holy always, now and ever, and forever and ever. Amen. Holy Mother of God, save us!”

Positive changes in the family are just around the corner

It is important to understand that prayer is only one of the means of solving the problem. In saving the family, the participation of both spouses is very important. The more real efforts you make to unleash the tangle of problems that served as a causal disaster, the sooner you will see the first positive results. It is advised for greater efficiency to act together and say prayers also together.

But one should not be limited to prayer alone: ​​it alone, even the most effective one, will not help. Talk to each other, make efforts to solve the problems that have arisen and analyze how to prevent them in the future.

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Hello! Please help, I have been living with a heavy heart lately. She and her husband have been married for 11 years. We got married. They raised two children. But they did not live in harmony. Rarely did a day pass without swearing and insults. For the last 7 years, my husband worked as a truck driver, got into huge debts. Didn't come home for months. I gave birth to two children, but he did not come to the maternity hospital for one. There were more important things to do. And the husband did not have time for a family. Didn't give any money at all. I fed, clothed, and supported my family as best I could. Thank you, my parents helped a lot, both with the children and financially. For this, it is clear that he does not like them very much. The husband was in the house as a guest. Rarely for a couple of days. I fornicated on the highway, and I treated unpleasant diseases from him. She didn't change herself. For me, it's even disgusting. I loved him, forgave a lot: insults, humiliations, and reproaches that I was a disabled person. There were also good moments in our lives, but few. I didn’t see love and respect from my husband, and I can’t tell you anything about a happy family life. But lately it's been really bad. Wakes up at night, and let's start talking about a divorce. Several times he asked to collect things for him. Didn't explain anything. Well, I couldn't resist. She collected his things and put them on the doorstep. He left. And a month later he started another family, lives with another woman. He says that this is how I need it, since I kicked him out myself. But I forgot about my words and requests for a divorce and refuses. For three months I was completely calm in my soul. I was surprised at myself, I was left without a husband, but I do not grieve. And then everything fell at once, and there was such confusion in my soul and heaviness in my heart, I was crying. I don’t know what I should pray to the Lord for my husband to return to the family - but I’m afraid that we won’t see happiness, but there will again be insults, reproaches and foul language. I know that I should wish that woman and husband happiness, since they are happy together, but there is confusion and longing in their souls. Do I love my husband or am I just jealous? I really need your advice, how to be, how to understand myself? Any advice on which icon to use? Maybe there is an enlightening prayer that would help me put everything in its place?

Ludmila

Dear Lyudmila, you broke up with your ex-husband, he has a different life. Another family. Try to start by simply not remembering it, except perhaps in prayer, accustom yourself to the fact that you now have a different life. With time, I hope you will be able to forgive your ex-husband, and then you will be able to create a new family. And you have to pray. First of all, common prayers. Accustom yourself to daily morning and evening prayer, go to church every Sunday. If desired, you can add prayers to the Most Holy Theotokos before the icon of Her "Seven-shot". God bless you!

Archpriest Andrey Efanov

Hello! My husband and I are divorced, but not divorced. How can we end a church marriage?

Kristina

Hello Christina! Church marriage is a union blessed by God. And the Holy Scriptures clearly say: “What God has joined together, let no man separate” (Matt. 19:6). That is, a church marriage cannot be “broken” in any way. The Church, due to human weakness, can bless a spouse who is not guilty of divorce, enter into a second marriage. This requires the permission of the ruling bishop. If you are not going to remarry soon, then leave everything as it is.

Priest Vladimir Shlykov

Hello father! Help! My husband left me for another girl (we are not married). We have a small child. Tell me, please, do I have the right to pray for him to return to the family, if so, how? And he also became completely uncontrollable, does what he wants, began to drink, smoke and sometimes use soft drugs. How can I pray for him so that he changes his mind? I love him very much, he has changed dramatically, I wish him well, how can I pray for him?

Marina

Marina, you can pray for your husband in church on Sunday. It's the most important. At home, you can also mention him daily in the morning and evening prayers. You can read the akathist to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. But… the “uncontrollable” husband will return to you, and what will you do? Where to run away from him when he is under the influence of drugs will be dangerous for you and the child? Wouldn't it be God's mercy that he left you to "educate" another girl? Here she will live with him, and, God willing, she will also remember the Lord. Don't you feel sorry for yourself? That they were left alone with a child, that it was hard both physically and financially, that it was a shame to be betrayed? Do not be afraid! Go to the temple for confession, correct the mistakes: they chose the wrong person with whom it was possible to live and from whom it was necessary to give birth. Now you need to go through the path of sorrow, but God will not leave. Don't be discouraged! And don't ask Him for anything you can't bear.

Archpriest Maxim Khyzhiy

Hello! The fact is that I fell in love with a person very much, even lived with him, and almost didn’t even swear, I began to go to church every Sunday. But now, after confession, already the second priest says that it is better for us to part. It hurts and hurts so much, because we love each other, and I am ready, and he is ready for any problems in life, together we will overcome them. And here's the thing. The fact that we lived in a civil marriage, I know that it is a sin to have a very close relationship before the wedding ... I repented constantly. Batiushka even advised to abstain from communion for the time being… since it’s impossible not to sin. I also said, and the priest knew that I had two children from another man, we lived together for about 8 years, but there was little happiness, he drank, raised his hand against me and the children, scared, threatened, I somehow forgave and I forgave until my feelings faded completely ... Now I can treat him like a friend. When she left him, and we divorced 2 years ago, we just got back together and lived together again. But when she went to another, he began to believe and received baptism. Now he goes to church to pray. All the priests say that we must return to ex-spouse since he is the father of the children. With that we parted, he really won’t understand why I packed my things and went back to ex-husband, because there is no love ... And the husband is happy, he is already planning a wedding. I've been in tears for 3 days now. What to do, how to be ... Such terrible thoughts climb ..

Lydia

Lydia, if there is no love for the first husband, then I think there will be no good. How do children feel about their father? How did they accept your cohabitation, another person? It's hard for me to say something definite. You rush about, run back and forth, which means you yourself have not decided. Live with your children separately for now, observe life, your feelings. Pray, live like this for 3-4 months, and make a decision.

Archpriest Maxim Khyzhiy

Hello, father! I have been married for 5 months, married. I have such a problem, after marriage, my wife began to control me in this and did not allow me to communicate with women from the past, we had many quarrels on this basis, but I continued this communication furtively from her, but I did not cheat. But the other day, my wife saw this call to a woman from the past, I swore that I did not call, I deceived. But she found out the truth and said she couldn't live with a liar. Is it a sin to communicate with women just like that, and what, because of this, you need to get divorced? So my wife left me and filed for divorce. Who among us is to blame, maybe her impatience and jealousy over trifles? She is my church. What am I supposed to do?

Alexei

Alexei, if "women from the past" were intimate with you, then your wife can be understood. I do not think that contacts with young ladies will remain harmless. Put yourself in the place of your wife: she meets innocently with former cohabitants ... Will you care? I advise you to limit relations with the opposite sex and make peace with your wife.

Archpriest Maxim Khyzhiy

Good afternoon! She lived with her husband for 25 years, married for 15 years, God gave 2 sons. But in 2010, the husband left for another woman. He said that the children and I are the closest people to him. When he left, he said that his head had been blown off, he could not do anything with himself, his legs themselves carried him there. Doesn't interact with children. How to help him? How can I get out of depression? Or maybe leave everything as it is, but the soul and heart hurt. Psychologists cannot help me, I break down and cry. I ask you, give advice, please. Thank you.

Irina

Hello Irina. Psychology tries to change your attitude to what is happening. As a rule, these changes imply the removal of any responsibility and worries. For a Christian, this is at least not useful. The sorrows that are happening to us must be accepted as you would take a disgusting medicine from the hands of a doctor, which alone can save you from a fatal illness. Because suffering is the cure for eternal death. And God gives them to us. Proper use of the medicine is the key to recovery. In sorrow, one should thank God, simply and artlessly: "Glory to God, glory to God, glory to God." Always repeat when sadness and tears begin from self-pity. Through this you will receive great benefit and relief. God help you.

Priest Alexander Beloslyudov

Hello, tell me, can I get married if my husband does not love my child from my first marriage? My husband and I don't get along at all. Constant misunderstanding. We are just completely different people. But this is not the main thing, I would agree to endure and forgive him. But the child suffers. He interferes with her husband, the husband is constantly angry with him, and we constantly quarrel because of the child. In addition, I want another child, but my husband does not. Is it really in this case that I should live in a marriage only because I made a mistake and got married? I'm just afraid for the psyche of the child. I already spit on myself.

Cassandra

Let's start with the fact that it is impossible to raise and educate a child, "spitting on yourself." The child will not respect such a parent, and therefore will not listen. You can, of course, dissolve a marriage (and a church one too). No one sentences you to serfdom, but you will have to ask God for forgiveness for your foolishness when creating a family, for hasty vows at the altar, if you are a believer and understand the meaning of a church blessing.

Archpriest Maxim Khyzhiy

Good afternoon! My mother-in-law disliked me, and is inciting her husband to leave me with the child. The thing is, she wants us to do everything she wants, down to every little thing. I don’t want to obey her, and my husband completely depends on her words, as she says, and does, we have scandals every day because of this, I get nervous, cry, he became cold, angry, inattentive, constantly offends me, child takes practically no time. I think he's ready to leave us. Advise me how to be. We are not married (mother does not allow him, because she wants a divorce).

Svetlana

Hello Svetlana. Adult children should live their own own house, apart from their parents, and visit them on holidays, and to provide assistance in need. There is no need to fight the mother-in-law, believe me, you will only make things worse for yourself. In any family, even without the participation of parents, two egoisms always collide, and their happiness depends on how much they can humble themselves before each other. But, when a third egoism appears, then hold on. We do not have a commandment - "let people love you", or "demand love for yourself", but we have another commandment - "love one another" (John 13:34), show love yourself. Do not demand humility from others, humble yourself. Then all troubles will subside. The Lord allows you to suffer a little, not as He suffered, but just a little bit. Be patient, kindly, and you will benefit. And life will be corrected, and the soul will recover. God help you.

Priest Alexander Beloslyudov

I wanted to know if my husband and I are divorced, but got along and love each other, can we get married?

Kseniya

Hello Xenia! Currently, weddings are performed only after the marriage is registered in the registry office. Therefore, most likely, you will not be married without a stamp in your passport. Check this with your church. If you are determined to be together until the end of your days, then why don't you sign again before the wedding, this procedure does not take much time.

Priest Vladimir Shlykov

Hello, father! I'm sorry to interrupt you, but I really need your help. My husband and I have been married for 6 years, not married, no children. During this time, there were three missed pregnancies. I don’t know why God doesn’t give us children, but we want to. I even wrote to the Hilandar Monastery on Mount Athos, and the monks sent us the vine of St. Simeon. But there is a condition: the marriage must be crowned. The husband previously spoke about the wedding, but now he is silent. And the other day we had an argument, and he reproached me for not having children. I felt offended, because I’m trying, I go to the doctors, I want a child from him, and then a reproach ... It became very painful, and when I decided to talk to him, he said that he didn’t want to live like that, and that I should leave . So I don’t know what to do next, 6 years of marriage, and why there are no children, and why he doesn’t support me, but vice versa? After all, we must fight, ask God. On the one hand, I don’t want to divorce him, but on the other hand, maybe that’s why there are no children, that they shouldn’t be together, so why then did God bring us together in life? True, everything is not like people’s: there is no housing, it seems to be there, but not completed, with work - I don’t have it, he has it permanently, I depend on his work, because he has such a job, that today in one city, and tomorrow in another, and I cannot realize myself, and there are no children. It seems that it turns us a lot, but whether these are trials that need to be experienced, or I don’t know. Help, father, please, in my situation, thank you very much. May God protect you!

Marina

Hello Marina! Of course, you must bear this cross together. You need to go to church, confess and take communion, correct your life, pray for the gift of a child. Everything is possible for God, but we must give the opportunity to fulfill the will of God, and not necessarily seek the fulfillment of our desire. Not only you, but also your husband needs to break himself and trust God. Perhaps the Lord is waiting for you to take this step. Pray to the Mother of God in front of Her icon of Feodorovskaya, read the akathist. In the wedding, God gives great grace to the spouses to create a family, if they approach the sacrament with faith. But the husband must come to this decision himself, you cannot force him to get married to please his wife. God help you to survive all the trials together and save your family!

Priest Vladimir Shlykov

Hello, father. My daughter is married, churched, her husband is not, and neither goes to church nor prays. They have a child. Her husband is constantly rude to her, constant nit-picking, insults. She suffers a lot from him. She doesn't want to live with him. She endured everything until the question touched the child. He yells at the child, swears at the child. Recently there was a case: it was cold, the car stalled and would not start. We went with the child to the temple. I called him, he answered: "What do I have to do with it?" To the fact that his child was freezing in the car, he said: "So what?" She passed out. He hasn't called back and hasn't called in days. Interested in nothing. My daughter is now with a child with me. How should she be? She says, as long as it concerned only her, she endured. Now she is touching the child, and she does not want to live with him anymore.

Olga Anatolievna

Hello, Olga Anatolyevna. It is necessary that your daughter herself turn to her confessor for advice - you write that she is church-bound. All you need is patience and love. There is not a single person without sin. We are all equally responsible before God. God help you.

Priest Alexander Beloslyudov

Father, hello. At 18, I got married and got married. In the future, the husband took a mistress, she became pregnant, and he went to her. Now I'm 27 and I met a man. But the thought that I swore an oath to love and be with one person all my life does not leave me alone. Tell me, please, what can be done?

Nina

Hello Nina! Adultery is the only ground for divorce mentioned in the Gospel. This is a sin that in itself already destroys the family. If you have already made up your mind about your feelings and decided to remarry, then you need to take the blessing for the second marriage from your reigning bishop. It can be obtained by contacting the diocesan administration at the place of residence (for residents of Moscow, you need to apply to the Moscow Patriarchate) with a petition addressed to the ruling bishop, having with you a certificate of annulment of a registered civil marriage and, if preserved, a wedding certificate.

Priest Vladimir Shlykov

Hello, please tell me, maybe I'm doing something wrong? Divorced for 8 years, still no one, why GOD DOES NOT GIVE ME A HUSBAND, WHAT IS THE REASON, I VERY NEED HIS PRESENCE!

Catherine

Hello Ekaterina. Everything has its time. Believe that God gives you what you need for salvation. It is up to you whether to accept it or be dissatisfied. When the ancient Jews, seeing that all the surrounding peoples have kings, envied them and began to demand a king for themselves, God said to the prophet Samuel: "They did not reject you, but Me." And he gave the people King Saul, a petty tyrant and a psychopath. The people suffered a lot from it. But when he humbled himself, he received another king, the just and God-fearing David. Persistent begging from God for earthly well-being (health, husband, work) is similar to the above example with the demand for a king by the Jews. God knows what we need even before we ask. But if we humble ourselves and thank God for what He gives us, whether we like it or not, then we will have everything necessary for temporal and eternal life, and we will not suffer. God help you.

Priest Alexander Beloslyudov

Father, hello! Forgive me for taking up your time and trying to somehow solve my problem. My husband and I have been married for 25 years. Our marriage is married. The husband is a big drinker. It started small, and then his binges began to reach up to 2 weeks. Tried to encode for 3 years. But after 3 years everything started all over again. Now he is most likely a chronic alcoholic. Drinking for three days, sober for four. And so every week. By himself, he is not rowdy, he does not beat or swear, but he constantly drinks. He is, if I may say so, a quiet alcoholic. Normal, quiet family life does not work. I am constantly irritated, became very nervous. I tried to talk to him, to persuade, to swear, to pour out his stash. He seems to understand everything that this is bad, even goes to church, takes communion, but still does it his own way. Even after communion, the next day he comes drunk. He flatly refuses to be treated. The son is already 21 years old, thank God, so far he does not follow the example of his father, but I don’t know what will happen next. Please advise what to do. Give up everything and get a divorce, because you no longer have the strength to endure, or carry your cross to the end and endure, after all, are we married? In advance, many thanks for your reply.

Svetlana

Hello Svetlana! Of course, you can get a divorce (one of the reasons for the dissolution of a church marriage is medically certified chronic alcoholism), but what will fix it? "Coding" with the help of hypnosis is not approved by the Church and can lead to aggravation of vice. If your husband is a believer, invite him to go to Serpukhov, Moscow Region, to miraculous icon Holy Mother of God Inexhaustible Chalice. Order a magpie for your husband, order a prayer service, take water from this prayer service with you. Let the husband drink this water and ask God and the Mother of God for help. The main thing is that he himself wants to fight with his passion. You, too, intensify your prayer for him. With God's help all things are possible. Help you Lord!

Priest Vladimir Shlykov

Good afternoon. I would like to ask for advice in the following situation. I am 34 years old, never married and have no children. But personal life is not glued at all. I met with many, but everything ended very quickly. Until recently, I lived with a young man for 8 months, we planned a wedding, a child, but we were waiting for his divorce. AT New Year his wife said: "Go live separately, and find yourself another woman" ... And so he found me. We lived for six months, on August 13 they divorced, they both even refused a month for reconciliation. And this ex sees us together, and she starts to get hysterical, she starts calling him, crying, manipulating the child. And he loves his son very, very much (he is 12 years old). And my son is very drawn to him. He also came to us, and was very happy when he stayed with us to spend the night, mother, of course, did not know that dad was not alone. And so, in hysterics, she offers him to start everything from scratch. And he, without thinking twice, goes to her. On the third day after the divorce! I can’t find a place for myself, because we almost had our own family, I was left without a job in a foreign city and without money. I gave up everything for him and was left with nothing. Yes, and in depression, from which for almost two months I can not get out ... But everything was so excellent that I could not even think that I would be left with nothing again. Father, I know that this is a sin, but I also believe in the presence of magic and witchcraft, maybe I have damage or a crown of celibacy? How to be? I am in complete despair, what if someone wished me harm and now my life does not add up? I know that there is a concept of humility, but how? I'm a young girl, and I also want simple female happiness.

Olga

Hello Olga. For simple happiness, the Commandments of God are given. As a loving Father, the Lord God warned us against possible errors. Do not commit adultery, that is, do not love a married man, and you will not suffer. There is no need to look for any damage, because you ruined your own life by violating the Seventh Commandment. Now we need to fix it. Decide according to the circumstances where to live and how to earn a living, but don’t listen to the married anymore: the spouses quarreled, time will pass- they reconcile. God bless.

Priest Sergiy Osipov

In almost every family, there are strife and it seems that previously good relations have come to an end.

Young couples are especially at risk of divorce - they have not yet learned how to overcome everyday barriers together. If a feeling of love has been preserved between a husband and wife, but the family is on the verge of divorce, then you can turn to the saints with a request.

It is especially helpful to avoid family troubles and restore relations with the prayer of the Matrona of Moscow for help in the family.

What prayers will help preserve love and prosperity in the family

The life of the popularly beloved Matronushka is a long and thorny path to God. The basis of her deeds was compassion and helping people. She healed the sick, guided them on the true path, supported them in faith, and brought the Word of God into the world.

After her death, the old woman was canonized as a saint, and to this day she does not cease to intercede for those in need to the Lord.

With God, everyone is alive, so every day people flock to the cancer with the relics of the blessed Matrona with a prayer for help and protection.

Prayer to the Matrona for family well-being

Oh, blessed mother Matrona, we resort to your intercession and we tearfully pray to you. As if you have great boldness in the Lord, pour out a warm prayer for your servants, who are in sorrow of the soul and ask for help from you. For the word of the Lord is true: ask, and it is given to you and again: as if you counsel two of you, on earth about every thing, even if she asks, she will be from My Father, who is in Heaven. Hear, therefore, our sighing and bring the Lord to the throne, and even if you stand before us, as the prayer of the righteous can do much before God. May the Lord not completely forget us, but look from the heights of heaven on the sorrow of His servants and bestow the fruit of the womb on useful things. Truly, God wants children, so the Lord did to Abraham and Sarah, Zechariah and Elizabeth, Joachim and Anna, pray with him. May the Lord God do this to us also by His mercy and inexpressible love of mankind. May the name of the Lord be blessed from now and forever. Amen

Prayer for the preservation of well-being in the family

Blessed old woman Matrona, our intercessor and petitioner before the Lord! You look with your spiritual gaze both into the past and into the future, everything is open to you. Enlighten the servant of God (name), give advice, show the way to solve the problem (....). Thank you for your holy help. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Family Prayer

Holy Righteous Mother Matrona! You are a helper to all people, help me in my trouble (…..). Do not leave me with your help and intercession, pray to the Lord for the servant of God (name). In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Life of the Blessed Virgin

The baby was born in poverty peasant family. Even before her birth, the pregnant mother decided to give the newborn to an orphanage. But at night a vision visited the woman: a huge snow-white bird with huge wings sat on her chest, but she was blind - she had no eyes.

Soon a girl was born and she, like that bird in a dream, had no eyes, her eyelids were tightly closed, but a bulge flaunted on her chest - a miraculous cross. The God-fearing mother left the child in the family.

The Miracle of the Birth of Saint Matrona

From an early age, the girl fell in love with being at services, at home she played with icons, talked with them, and then put the icon to her ear and it seemed that the Saints of God answered her.

About 8 years old, Matrona discovered the gift of foresight and healing. She could predict the future of every person and prayerfully turning to God to cure any ailment. The Holy Pleaser changed the worldview of people, instilled in them faith in Christ. Since then, she has become the breadwinner of the family. People flocked to her from all corners and villages for help, thanking the girl not with money, but with food.

At the age of 18, her legs were taken away, now the blessed one could only sit or lie down. But she accepted this situation with humility and did not stop thanking the Heavenly Father for everything.

Many felt sorry for Matrona and considered her an unfortunate blind man. But she was sincerely surprised at the statements of those around her, because the Lord miraculously showed her the world, forests and fields, animals and birds, seas and rivers, countries and cities. Mother visited holy places, talked with ascetics, and St. John of Kronstadt called her "the eighth pillar of Russia", as if predicting a special service to the Almighty.

At a time when her brothers became ardent communists, there was no place for Matrona in parental home. She and her friend went to Moscow, where she lived with strangers, but did not stop helping those in need. The blessed one was visited by both ordinary people and prominent politicians of that time. It is known that Stalin addressed Matrona and she predicted a favorable outcome of the Great Patriotic War.

Their last days The old woman spent her earthly life in the Moscow region, 3 days before her death, the date of her assumption was revealed to her. Before her death, she said that people should come to her grave not as dead, but as alive. The old woman promised to help everyone who asks for help.

Believers talk about many miracles that happened through prayers to the blessed one.

The Holy Matrona hears everyone who asks for her intercession before the Heavenly Father.

• you can turn to the old woman both within the walls of the cathedral, the temple, and in home environment standing before her face in the Red Corner;
• if possible, you need to visit the resting place of the old woman on the territory of the Intercession Monastery in Moscow and venerate her relics;
• according to custom, it is advisable to bring fresh flowers (an odd number) to the grave and ask for help and protection.

Archpriest Andrey Tkachev. About the Orthodox family.

Family is the most valuable thing in the life of any person. It is she who becomes a reliable haven and source of peace during any turmoil: whether it be problems at work, in personal life, difficult situations. However, like any relationship dear to the heart, it must be valued and protected, keeping grains of good and sweeping aside all evil. Prayer for the preservation of the family can help you with this.

What is prayer?

Before answering a number of questions regarding the preservation of the family hearth, let's clarify the very concept of prayer. It implies some kind of mental or voiced appeal of a person to God: it can come from the depths of the soul (when the prayer comes up with the text of the prayer in the course of the appeal) or be composed in poetic form. A prayer is said for the preservation of the family (like any other) in a low voice, in a whisper or in a singsong voice.

An appeal to God can be presented in the form:

• requests (“Please solve my situation ... Help!”);
• question and reproach (in biblical texts they speak of “murmuring against God”);
• forgiveness and repentance (“Forgive me”…), etc.

When is prayer used?

Any prayer is associated with any problems or difficulties on life path asking. For example, a prayer for the family of the Most Holy Theotokos makes it possible to preserve its integrity. Each petition is purely individual and applies to each specific person and case. For example, some women turn to saints with a request to return their husbands to the family, thinking that they were “bewitched” (forced to love another with the help of magic). Others were worried about the health of their spouse, who went to work far from home, and so on.

Prayer can be associated with a solemn (birth of a child, wedding, promotion, etc.) or an alarming, or even tragic event (illness or injury of a loved one, bankruptcy and other problems).

How to pray?

Any request to the Almighty, like a prayer for the preservation of the family, involves a certain ritual. For example, it is traditionally believed that in order to pray, a person needs:

• get on your knees;
• raise your eyes to the sky (ceiling or look at the icon);
• close hands (palms together, fingers together).

However, this is not quite true. Prayer for the family of the Blessed Virgin Mary can be voiced in any form (for example, lying on the sofa). It should be pronounced at any convenient time of the day. The main thing is that the text of the prayer reflects the purpose of the appeal.

Each prayer for the preservation of the family is associated with a certain hope and faith of a person that everything that he asked for will be fulfilled.

Whom to pray for the preservation of the family?

As in Greek and Egyptian mythology, bible stories talk about a variety of saints, who are advised to ask for a request from experts in the field of religious teachings. Moreover, each saint, according to legend, is responsible for a certain “sector”. For example, we can recall the appeal of one of the heroines of the movie "D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers" Catherine, who sang the song: "Saint Catherine! Send me a gentleman…” In this case, the saint was the patroness of unmarried ladies and helped them find suitable suitors.

So, the Blessed Virgin Mary has been the patroness of the family hearth for many centuries. "Semistrelnitsa" saved families from vain rumors, from evil and betrayal (both on the part of a man and a woman).

That is why the prayer for the family of the Most Holy Theotokos is so especially true for homes in which husbands are forced by the nature of their activities to often leave for distant lands.

Prayer to the Holy Mother of God for the preservation of the family

The prayer to the Mother of God for the preservation of the family has several interpretations, the most popular of which is the following:

Regardless of where the appeal to the Virgin takes place, it is necessary after pronouncing cherished words, put exactly three candles in front of the image and light them. Next, you need to wait until the candles burn out to the end, cross yourself three times and sprinkle yourself with holy water.

Prayer to the Holy Matrona of Moscow for the preservation of the family

Another petition for wives and mothers includes the preservation of the family. They say the following aloud:

Since Matrona was considered the patroness of the poor, the suffering, and also, speaking modern language, "responsible for charity", in addition to asking for help, the person asking, according to custom, had to make a certain donation for her. To this end, you need to treat some homeless person with one of the following list of products:

• black bread;
• cookies;
• raisins;
• walnuts;
• crackers;
• flour;
• honey or sugar.

In addition, in front of the image of the Matrona, as a sign of reverence, you can put a bunch of live chrysanthemums. According to legend, it is worth asking for help from the Matrona if frequent quarrels began to arise in your family due to problems with housing. For example, you cannot purchase a separate apartment or home and are forced to live with their parents or other relatives. You can also turn to her when there are frequent scandals in the family about raising children or problems at work.

Prayer to confessors Samon, Aviv and Gury

The preservation of the family was considered the most intimate in the life of any person, regardless of his religion and nationality. Apart from female images saints, since ancient times, members of the same clan could seek spiritual help from the confessors and martyrs Samon, Aviv and Guri.

These saints are considered special patrons of a happy life together. According to legend, these great martyrs were publicly executed by pagans because of their rejection of the faith of their fellow tribesmen (they denied polytheism and prayed to only one god).

It is this saint that is popularly called the “apostle of love”, since for his own he experienced persecution by the city authorities and idolaters, and was imprisoned. As a result, he lived in torment and exile until the age of 105.

It is believed that parents of schoolchildren who have any psychological problems on the basis of family troubles, to normalize relations between a man and a woman in marriage, etc.

Prayer of the Mother of God Semistrelnitsa

One more for the strong family union- an appeal to depicts the Virgin without a Child with seven arrows piercing Her heart. It is believed that this amount is enough to neutralize all the negativity that can fall on a happy family at any time.

Turning to the Semistrelnitsa, those praying usually ask her to protect their family hearth from human envy, from illness, from carnal temptation, from the evil eye, etc. The image of the Virgin must be hung close front door(or above it). They say that in this way you will not allow those people who wish you and your loved ones evil into your house.

In conclusion, let us say that regardless of whether you direct your appeal about family well-being to God, saints, archangels or great martyrs, you need to back up your words with faith. Otherwise, you won't succeed! Peace in your home, prosperity, love and great universal happiness!