The excitement about the baby, which will soon be born, is quite natural for pregnant women. Future mothers seek to protect him before birth, to prevent illness, so that the child is healthy. Many are eager to keep pregnant, especially if there are problems. In Orthodoxy, there are a number of prayers with which you can turn to divine forces for help. Consider who should pray and what texts should be read.
The power of prayer during pregnancy
During pregnancy, a prayer to the Lord not only gives a woman confidence and strength, but also helps to overcome any difficulties that may arise in the process. Faith supports and instructs, brings peace and relief to the soul. A prayer about the preservation of pregnancy and the birth of a healthy child is read in order to facilitate the period of childbearing, eliminate anxiety and excitement, bring spiritual peace, which has a beneficial effect on the fetus.
What can you ask the expectant mother:
- about preserving pregnancy;
- about fast and easy childbirth;
- about the healing of a sick fetus;
- about safe bearing;
- about the birth of a healthy baby.
In cases where there are suspicions of any abnormalities, diseases, or the mother simply worries about the future state of the baby, the prayer of the pregnant woman is read for a healthy baby in the womb. The reservation of pregnancy is not without reason, such prayers are recommended for reading exclusively to women in the position. Young ladies, who have not yet known this joy, are not recommended to say such prayers, as there is a separate prayer for pregnancy and conception.
When presenting a petition to the heavens concerning the future child, one should follow the instructions:
- Read the sacred text in complete solitude. No one should interfere with prayer;
- It is necessary to turn off all electrical appliances, especially those producing noise, including telephones, television and computer;
- It is necessary to get rid of extraneous and painful thoughts. It is worthwhile to say the prayer calmly and confidently, without haste, with the hope of a favorable outcome;
- You can’t doubt the power of God and be grateful for the help.
When you finish praying, do not rush to get down to business, think about good and light, imagine how a child is born healthy and joyful. It is important to take into account that the reading of such hymns is allowed exclusively to women: mothers, future godparents, grandmothers.
What are strong prayers for pregnant women?
In order to preserve the child and grant him a calm and happy life, women often resort to unknown prayers, referring to unfamiliar - sometimes even non-existent - Saints. Therefore, it is important to know which prayers are real, to whom to call for help and what to say at the same time.
Pray for a successful pregnancy:
- The Blessed Virgin;
- Matrona of Moscow;
- To Jesus Christ;
- Nicholas the Wonderworker;
- Fedorovskoy Mother of God.
If possible, future mothers should attend church, clean up, confess. Visiting temples during pregnancy and before prayers helps to tune in the right way, to get rid of dooms and doubts. It is also not forbidden, and even recommended to drink holy water and wash it.
How to contact the Virgin Mary?
The Prayer of the Most Holy Theotokos during pregnancy is read on the icon depicting the Mother of God. To concentrate and strengthen the message, you can light church candles. You can say a prayer in a church, temple, even at home with the necessary icon. Before you pray, tune in to the proper topic, imagine a light birth, a child in good health and your own joy. With humility, appeal to the Virgin for the protection and health of the child:
"Accept, oh, the All-Blessed and All-Powerful Lady, Lady of the Blessed Virgin Mary, this prayer, with tears to You now brought from us, unworthy of Your servant, to Your goal-bearing image, singing with emotion, because You are real and listening to our prayer. According to whom the execution of the work is done, the grief is eased, the feeble health is given, the weakened and unwell children, the devils drive away, you get rid of offenses, lepers, and small children are milayshi; yet, Lady Lady of the Theotokos, and free from bonds and dungeons and all kinds of different passions of the doctor: all more is possible by Your petition to Your Son, to Christ our God. Oh, Mother of All Sisters, Most Holy Theotokos! Do not stop praying for us unworthy servants of Yours, praising Thee and honoring Thee, and worshiping with tenderness to Your Most Pure Image, and having the hope of irrevocable and faith undoubtedly to You, the Most-holy Veda and the Most undemanding, now and ever and ever and ever. Amen".
This prayer is pronounced in front of the icon of the Mother of God "Helper in childbirth". This prayer is also read so that there is no miscarriage and it is possible to give birth to a healthy child.
Appeal to Theodore Mother of God
The miraculous icon of the Mother of God in the Epiphany Cathedral saved more than once and helped all those who ask and suffer. Theodore's Mother of God Prayer for Pregnant Women also allows you to save the pregnancy, ease the period of carrying the child, and grant health to him and the mother. The special power of the petition is in the ability to heal any uterine ailments and contribute to the development of a healthy and strong child.
When reading a prayer, it is important to observe all accents, speak in a clear and confident voice, but not ordering, but asking for mercy and blessing. Correctly read text increases the chance that your words will not only hear, but also necessarily fulfill what you want. You can contact Theodore Mother of God before the icon or its small copy with the words:
"To whom I will call, the Lady of God, to whom I will resort to my sorrows; to my eyes, my eyes, and to the queen of heaven, and the heavens, and to the queen of heaven, and the earth, will tear my soul away from the sin of sin and without the sun, and to the earth: and comelion to man, and keep my fellow man in peace, and keep the rest of the congregation from under the congregation; and evil people it is also the place where you can take a look at it. and peace in all things, flowing to you, without your support, does not depart from thee: your heart, and your heart, which is unsuitable for you; Nagoya torment. The heavenly kingdom receive also be gracious and thee in the mercy of the seer of the river: rejoice, Mother of God, presenter, and our guardian of our dispensary, for all ages. Amen".
Prayer Matrona about pregnancy
For help in pregnancy, the Matrona of Moscow was approached often and with hope for the best. The matron was extremely devout, because she taught people to faith and shared knowledge and prayers, saving in all difficulties. The prayer for the preservation of pregnancy in the early stages, addressed to the Matron, helps to support the beginnings of life and improve mother's well-being. The same prayer for the preservation of pregnancy can be read in the later periods, which facilitates childbirth and gives the baby good health. Appeal to the Matron with the words:
"Oh, blessed mother of Matrono, hear and receive us now, sinners, praying to you, skill in all of your living, accepting and listening to all those who suffer and grieving with faith and hope to your intercession and help of those who resort, quick help and miraculous healing to all those who suffer and mourn; let not thy mercy be depleted even now to those who are unworthy, rebellious in this multisused world and who nowhere find solace and compassion in the sorrows of the soul and help in the sickness of our bodies, heal our diseases, deliver the devil from the temptations and torment of the devil with passionate warring, Pomosi to bring his life Cross, to bear all the life and not to lose the image of God in him, the Orthodox faith until the end of our days to save, hope and hope for God strong imaging and unfeigned love for others in order to help us to leave the Kingdom of Heaven with all who pleased God, glorifying the mercy and goodness of the Heavenly Father, in the Trinity glorified: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen. "
Prayer to Nicholas the Wonderworker about pregnancy and conception
A prayer for pregnancy and conception is read before the icon of St. Nicholas. During his lifetime, he rarely performed miracles and bestowed upon a long-awaited pregnancy on those who thirst for a child. That is why they turn to him for help in conceiving with the following prayer:
"Good God, To the Belly and Life of the Giver and the Keeper. I thank You, as Thy mercy and me, humble Thy Slave, sacramental, made the grace of childbearing, behold the Imam the fruit of the womb. I pray for them, and for the sake of Thy mercy I resort. I don’t pray, save the lot of the whole race of our women, he was determined by you in the sickle of the child, the common law is for us who sin. my, give me peace and permission is not difficult, get rid of diseases of neposi Let me fulfill the desire of my heart, mean and the desire of my spouse, he gave them to you. Give us the joy of the birth of a new person to your world. May the infant be whole, healthy and strong, and let us not remember the sorrow for joy, to the grace and bounties of your Only-Begotten Son, Who we are, for the sake of the incarnation of the purest blood of Mary the Virgin, in lojesna we are born and received by the flesh of birth, He also befits glory with the Holy Spirit forever. Amen. "
