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Prayers to the saints for easy childbirth. Prayer during childbirth and healing icons: the miraculous power of prayer

All women, without exception, are afraid of the upcoming birth, especially for primiparas.

Many have heard from friends and grandmothers about how hard it is to give birth, non-primiparas remember the pain of attempts and contractions of previous births.

All fears are justified, because a woman wants to give birth to a beautiful and completely healthy baby.

What kind of assistance during childbirth can be provided to a woman in labor to relieve fears and pain?

Prayers for childbirth

Plays an important role during childbirth psychological help pregnant woman. And in ancient times, and now many believers Orthodox women do not represent pregnancy and childbirth without seeking help from the Almighty.

During pregnancy, a woman should lead a healthy, correct lifestyle, not allowing bad feelings and thoughts to take possession of her. During pregnancy, a woman should be the most pure psychologically and spiritually.

Many women who prayed during childbirth to God or the Mother of God said that at some point the pain subsided, and a feeling of peace appeared. Reading a prayer during contractions calms, and a woman does not feel pain so acutely.

Long ago in difficult moment people prayed and asked for help in front of the icon "Help in Childbirth". Also, there are other icons in front of which a prayer during childbirth helps a woman in labor: “Jumping a Baby”, “Healer”, “Quick Listener”, “Feodorovskaya”

Prayer during childbirth to help a woman in labor has long been applied to each icon separately. Next, we will give you an example of prayer in front of the icons “helper in childbirth” and “leaping baby”.

Women in labor and pregnant women most often turn to these icons for help. Their help is really invaluable, they help to stop bleeding, relieve severe pain, and contribute to a successful birth process.

Prayer during childbirth to the icon of the Mother of God "Help in childbirth"

“O Holy Mother of God, our merciful Mother! Reveal on us, in the sorrow of those who are and in the sins of your servants (names) who are always abiding, your mercy and do not despise us, your sinful servants.

We resort to You, Most Holy Theotokos, realizing many of our sins and praying: visit our weak souls and ask Your beloved Son and our God to give us, Your servants (names), forgiveness.

The One, Most Pure and Blessed, we place all our hope in Thee: Most Merciful Mother of God, keep us under Your protection.

Prayer during childbirth to the icon of the Mother of God "Jumping the Baby"

“Holy Virgin, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, even weigh the birth and nature of the mother and child, have mercy on Your servant (name) and help in this hour to let your burden be safely resolved.

O all-merciful Lady Theotokos, even though you did not demand help in the birth of the Son of God, give help to this servant of yours, who requires help, most of all from You.

Grant her blessings at this hour, and even have a baby to be born and enter into the light of this world at the appropriate time and smart light in holy baptism with water and spirit.

We fall down to you, Mother of the Most High God, praying: Be merciful to this mother, even if the time has come to be a mother, and implore Christ our God, who has incarnated from You, to strengthen me with His strength from above. Amen."

Pregnancy is a great event of carrying a baby under the heart, so higher power help you, the main thing is to turn to them for help sincerely, with a pure heart. Believe God and the Mother of God and you will be rewarded.

How to relieve pain during contractions

It is often said that pain during labor is stronger than during childbirth, so the main task with the help of a woman in labor is to relieve pain. It is not always possible to reduce it with the help of prayer, but you should not forget about it either. Sometimes it is useful to read it as a kind of mantra that allows you to focus not on painful sensations.

To reduce pain between contractions, your husband can help you a lot:

Stroke the lower abdomen with light movements from the center to the sides, so you calm down pain syndrome due to relaxation of the muscles of the thighs, abdomen and perineum.
The lumbar region can be massaged more strongly, even a fist massage will help relieve pain after a contraction.
You can rub the thighs on the outside with fists and palms in a standing and lying position.
A good movement is when you feel for the bones of the pelvis, press on them and move them to the stomach, then try to push them apart. It relieves pain well.

It is also possible to relieve pain by taking a position that is comfortable for you, but remember that pain during contractions is always present, so be strong woman and all will be well.

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Icon of the Mother of God "Help in childbirth"

The holy image miraculously appeared in 1993 in the Russian city of Serpukhov. During Lent, the rector of the Church of St. Nicholas Bely communed an old woman at home, who asked her granddaughter to get the icon of the Mother of God from the attic. The image with a darkened riza, covered in cobwebs and many years of dust, was given to the priest in the temple. It is known that through prayers to this image, childbirth is successful, it also heals from infertility. Now miraculous icon located in the Nikolsky Cathedral of Serpukhov.

In March 2006, a temple in honor of the shrine was also opened in Kyiv. In Ukraine, with the blessing of His Beatitude Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine, a feast in honor of the icon of the Mother of God "Help in childbirth" is established on October 3.

Icon Holy Mother of God "Help in childbirth" also referred to "Help in childbirth", "Birth Assistant""Helping Childbirth", And "Helper to wives to give birth to children". Before the image, they pray for conception, for healing from infertility, for the successful resolution of the burden and the birth of healthy children, since the Mother of God herself went through all the hardships of childbirth, just as the Savior went through the same birth path as a person. Painlessly relieved from the burden, Mother of God is a strong intercessor before God of all burdened and suffering. The icon "Help in childbirth" is brought into the room of a pregnant woman and into the maternity ward. Through prayers in front of the image, childbirth proceeds safely even with various complications.

Temple of the Icon of the Mother of God "Help in Childbirth" at the Kiev City Maternity Hospital No. 4 (currently the Kyiv City Center for Reproductive and Perinatal Medicine)

Three versions of the image are known Help in childbirth": in the old version, the Most Holy Theotokos with her head covered stands in full height with her hands raised in prayer, and at the level of Her chest, the baby Jesus in a robe is depicted. In the modern version, the Mother of God is depicted with her head uncovered, her hair loose and her fingers brought together on her chest, below which the Divine Infant without robes is placed. The third version of the image is known as the revered icon of the Mother of God "The Word Flesh" of Albazinskaya, a shrine of the Russian Amur region. The name of the icon is the words from the Gospel of John “And the word became flesh” (“And the word became flesh”) (John 1:14). Now the icon is stored in the new Annunciation Cathedral. In this image, the Mother of God with a covered head holds her hands below the Divine Infant without robes. The iconographic type of the icon is “Immakulata” (“Most Pure”).
The famous miraculous icon of the Most Holy Theotokos Help in childbirth”was revealed in the city of Serpukhov near Moscow in 1993. Image " Help in childbirth» located in the cathedral cathedral in the name (or "consecrated in the name of St. Nicholas", or simply "the Cathedral of St. Nicholas") St. Nicholas ("Nikola the White"), where every Saturday a prayer service with water blessing is performed before her. In 2005, the icon "Assistant in childbirth" of the second letter was acquired. half of XVIII century in Khabarovsk. The revered icon "Help in childbirth" is also in Moscow in the Transfiguration Church on Bolvanovka.

The celebration of the icon of the Mother of God "Help in Childbirth" takes place on January 8 (December 26, old style). The feast of the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which falls on this day, is also known among the people under the nickname "Women's porridge". In Russia, it was the day of midwives, midwives and women in childbirth.

Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos before Her icon, called " Help in childbirth»
Accept, Lady Mother of God, the tearful prayers of Your servants who flow to you. I see you on holy icon bearing in her womb thy Son and our God, the Lord Jesus Christ. If and without pain you gave birth to Him, both the mother of grief, weight and weakness of the sons and daughters of men see. The same warmth falling to Your wholesome image, and tenderly kissing this, we pray to You, the all-merciful Lady: to give birth to us sinful condemned in illnesses and to nourish our children in sorrows, mercifully spare and compassionately intercede, our babies, who also gave birth to them, from a serious illness and deliver bitter sorrow. Grant them health and well-being, and nourishment from strength will increase in strength, and those who feed them will be filled with joy and consolation, as even now, through Your intercession from the mouth of the infant and the Lord, He will give His praise.
O mother of the Son of God! Have mercy on the mother of the sons of men and on Your weak people: soon heal the illnesses that come upon us, quench the sorrows and sorrows that are upon us, and do not despise the tears and sighs of Your servants. Hear us on the day of sorrow before the icon of Your kneeling, and on the day of joy and deliverance, accept the grateful praise of our hearts. Lift up our prayers to the throne of Your Son and our God, may he be merciful to our sin and weakness and give mercy to His leading His name, as yes, we and our children will glorify Thee, the merciful Intercessor and the faithful Hope of our kind, forever and ever .

Every birth is a miracle: on the effective help to women of the image of the Mother of God "Help in Childbirth"

From ancient times, in moments of suffering at the birth of children, women resort with especially fervent prayer to the Savior and His Most Pure Mother. In pious families and in our time, you can see the icon of the Mother of God, called "Help in childbirth." On this icon Holy Virgin it is depicted as a mountain standing tall and raising its hands, with the Baby with its breasts, as on the icon of the Sign.

Mothers bow before this icon in fervent prayers, calling for help the blessed Virgin Mary, who painlessly gave birth to Christ the Savior. Mothers cry out to her in a terrible, full of mystery minute, believing that She is strong before God, the Intercessor and Helper of all those who suffer and are burdened. Celebration of the image "Assistant in childbirth." takes place on December 26 / January 8, on the day of the Cathedral of the Most Holy Theotokos, together with another close to him in spiritual meaning icon of the Mother of God "Blessed Womb".

Many who resort to the Queen of Heaven receive from Her consolation and help in sorrows and illnesses. Her all-powerful intercession gives a successful outcome to the resolution of all illnesses and suffering. Prayerfully appeal to the Mother of God, the Son with a request for happy outcome childbirth, the birth of a healthy baby, the gift of strength to endure birth pains.

Pray to the Mother of God and Her miraculous image "Help in childbirth" and the women in labor, and their husbands, and pious relatives.

An obstetrician-gynecologist, Lyudmila Nikolaevna Koval, who has been helping women for more than 20 years, shares her experience. Lyudmila Nikolaevna works in the Ratnovskaya Central district hospital Volyn region. She came to our Center "Family in Joy" for a seminar on Orthodox psychology, where she shared her experience of faith with us.

“When I teach childbirth preparation classes, I make sure to tell women and their relatives that the most effective help in childbirth is prayer. Our people are believers, Orthodox. I show the icon "Assistant in childbirth." And many women in childbirth turn to the Mother of God, the intercessor for all Christians, for help. When the contractions are not yet active, they sing the prayer “Theotokos, Virgin, rejoice ...”. If relatives are involved in childbirth, they also prayerfully ask for a woman in labor and a child, with faith they read the Akathist of the Mother of God to the image of her “Help in Childbirth”. By the prayer of the mother and father receive birth healthy child, less soreness for the mother.

It happens that a problem arises in childbirth, for example, the process of opening the cervix is delayed, then all together - I, the doctor and the woman - pray to the Mother of God. The icon "Assistant in childbirth" is always with me in the delivery room, often the women themselves bring this image with them to the maternity hospital. And the Most Holy Theotokos comes to the rescue, childbirth takes place naturally, without complications, the mother rejoices, the father and I rejoice with them.

Each childbirth is a miracle: how wisely and wonderfully the Lord created man! As a doctor, an obstetrician-gynecologist with many years of experience, I can say that many times through prayers to the Mother of God to our Lord Jesus Christ, women and their newborn babies received help. And I thank you for being able to witness it. Holy Mother of God, save us!”

Troparion to the Icon of the Mother of God "Help in childbirth", tone 4

The faces of angels reverently serve You, / and all the Powers of Heaven appease You with silent voices, / Helper in childbirth, / we earnestly pray to You, Mother of God, / may you abide in the glory of the Lord, / through the icon you have revealed / and the luminous ray of the glory of Your miracles / may it delight from darkness, praying to You with faith, // and crying out to God: Alleluia.

Prayers to the icon of the Mother of God "Help in childbirth"

Prayer one

Accept, Lady Mother of God, the tearful prayers of Your servants, who flow to you. We see you on a holy icon in the womb bearing your Son and our God, the Lord Jesus Christ. If and without pain you gave birth to Him, both the mother of grief, weight and weakness of the sons and daughters of men see. The same warmth falling to Your wholesome image, and tenderly kissing this, we pray to You, the all-merciful Lady: to give birth to us sinful condemned in illnesses and to nourish our children in sorrows, mercifully spare and compassionately intercede, our babies, who also gave birth to them, from a serious illness and deliver bitter sorrow. Grant them health and well-being, and nourishment from strength will increase in strength, and those who feed them will be filled with joy and consolation, as even now, through Your intercession from the mouth of the infant and the pissing Lord, He will give His praise. O Mother of the Son of God! Have mercy on the mother of the sons of men and on Your weak people: soon heal the illnesses that come upon us, quench the sorrows and sorrows that are upon us, and do not despise the tears and sighs of Your servants. Hear us on the day of sorrow before the icon of Your kneeling, and on the day of joy and deliverance, accept the grateful praise of our hearts. Lift up our prayers to the throne of Your Son and our God, may he be merciful to our sin and weakness and give mercy to His leading His name, as yes, we and our children will glorify Thee, the merciful Intercessor and the faithful Hope of our kind, forever and ever .

Prayer two

Oh, Blessed Lady the Lady Theotokos, who does not leave us in earthly life! To whom I will offer prayers, to whom I will bring tears and sighs, if not to You, Consolation to all the faithful! With fear, faith, love, Mother of the Belly, I pray: May the Lord enlighten the Orthodox people for salvation, may He give us birth to children to You and Your Son in goodness, may He keep us in the purity of humility, in the hope of Christ of salvation, and grant us all, in the covers of Thy grace, earthly consolation. Keep us under the shade of Your mercy, Most Pure, praying for childbirth, help, slander of evil freedom, grave misfortunes, misfortunes and deaths. Grant grace-filled insight, the spirit of contrition for sins, grant to see the full height and purity of Christ's teaching given to us; keep us from fatal alienation. Yes, all of us, gratefully singing Your majesty, let us be blessed with heavenly peace and there with Your beloved, with all the saints, we will glorify in the Trinity the One God: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.

The article was prepared by: Priest Alexander Pchelnikov, cleric of the Church of All Saints.

Ivanna Bratus, head of the family development center "Family for Joy".

St. Nicholas Cathedral in Serpukhov

FROM Among the architectural monuments of late classicism in the city of Serpukhov, the Church of St. Nicholas Bely occupies undeniably the first place both in terms of artistic merit and in terms of its urban planning significance (it serves as the main high-rise dominant for a whole area of old, historically developed buildings).

H The Church of St. Nicholas on Kaluga Street has a long and complex construction history. It was originally made of wood. As such, he appears in the documents of the XVI - early XVII centuries (in particular, in the inventories of the city of Serpukhov in 1552 and 1620). "Only the temple in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in 1649 was already stone, which is why they began to call it St. Nicholas the White ... It was the first stone church in the city and in the suburbs, the second similar church was built in the village in honor of the wives of the Myrrhbearers, then the third stone church became the Trinity Cathedral in 1696,” we read in the History of Serpukhov P. Simson.

IN it was suggested that architects from Yaroslavl took part in the construction of the first stone church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, the predecessor of the current one. It is based on the proximity of the compositional construction of the building, which can be seen from the surviving old drawing, with characteristic features Yaroslavl religious buildings of the 17th century.

IN In 1713, a decree was issued on the construction of a stone church in honor of St. Nicholas. The initiator of the construction was the clerk of the Zemsky hut of the city of Serpukhov, Mikhail Popov. Already in March 1721, Mikhail Popov wrote: "... and now, according to my promise, instead of that dilapidated church, I built a stone one and made the top of that church according to the rank." In the same year the temple was consecrated.

X the frame was then a quadrangle crowned with one head with an altar extension, which had symmetrically located tented completions above the altar and deacon. The building was built from hewn blocks of local limestone. This is where the commonly accepted local name of the temple comes from - Nikola Beliy. In this form, the monument existed until the 30s. 19th century

IN In 1831, a project was drawn up for the restructuring of the church building. Preserved design drawings with facades and sections signed: Architect Tamansky and architect Shestakov. Since there are no initials of both architects in the signatures on the drawing sheets, the question arises of identifying these persons with certain "stone craftsmen" who are known to historians of Russian architecture.

IN collected by M.V. Dyakonov's materials for the dictionary of architects of the 18th-19th centuries, who worked in Moscow and the Moscow region, contain data on three Tamanskys and six Shestakovs. However, upon closer acquaintance with the biographies of all of them, it is possible to find out that only two of them could put their signatures under the design drawings preserved in the archive in 1831: Fyodor Mikhailovich Shestakov (born in 1787 and died in 1836; Academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts, who designed many religious buildings for Moscow, Kolomna, Dmitrov, etc.) and Ivan Trofimovich Tamansky (born in 1775, died in 1850; student of M.F. Kazakov; worked mainly in Moscow, but frequently traveled on business to various places Moscow province).

IN 1835 construction began on the current church of St. Nicholas with side chapels of St. Alexis Metropolitan of Moscow and Saint Cyril Beloezersky.

IN erected in 1835-1857. Church of St. Nicholas Bely is an excellent example of the Moscow Empire style. It is built of brick and plastered, has white stone details in the external decor. A powerful quadrangle with one apse and two side porticos bears a large domed rotunda. A four-pillar refectory and a multi-tiered bell tower adjoining the main volume from the west underwent some changes in the course of their construction compared to the project.

P After the revolution of 1917, the liturgical life in the church of St. Nicholas Bely was not interrupted immediately. The fact that Saint Tikhon visited the temple on June 2, 1924 is noteworthy. It was to them, the Patriarch of All Russia, that the temple was given the status Cathedral, after which the importance of Nikola Bely in the city increased. In 1928, during church schism, the chair of the Bishop of Serpukhov Manuel (Lemeshevsky) who fought with him was in St. Nicholas Cathedral. It is also known that after the closing of the Vladychny convent the icon of the Mother of God "The Inexhaustible Chalice" revered in the city was located in the church of St. Nicholas the White. However, it suffered the fate of many churches in Serpukhov, in 1929 it was closed. According to the stories of the old-timers, the icons of the cathedral were demolished on the river. Nara and burned on its ice.

H hostility to the church, blasphemously cultivated in people new government, made itself felt here too: the bell tower, majestically rising above the city with mid-nineteenth century, was partially destroyed, the image of St. Nicholas on the outer wall of the temple was constantly abused. But as the inhabitants of the houses adjacent to the temple, who observed this defilement, tell, every next morning the image of the holy miracle-creator was renewed, revealing God's power and as if predicting a new life for the desecrated cathedral.

IN in a sense, the cathedral turned out to be happier than other temples. For some time it was the city's pasta factory, which may have saved it from final destruction. During the war, laundry facilities were set up here. Recently, before the opening of the premises of the temple, the headquarters of civil defense used chemical. a warehouse that was placed in the cathedral at the insistence of the chairman of the Executive Committee of the city, S. N. Kudryakov, with the main goal of avoiding the demolition of the temple, but there were such proposals!

IN On the eve of the 1000th anniversary of the baptism of Russia, the Cathedral of St. Nicholas the White, as the brightest architectural monument, was discussed again. Among the plans for the use of the temple, the possibility of turning it into a concert hall was considered. But by the grace of God in 1995 it was returned to believers as a courtyard of the Vysotsky Monastery, since 1998 it has been a parish church. In 1995, during his stay His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia in Serpukhov, the City Administration presented the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church temple keys. In 1999, bells were purchased at the expense of benefactors, the city administration and citizens. The bell weighing 1380 kg has four hallmark icons: the Savior, the Mother of God, St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and the image of the heavenly patron of His Eminence Juvenaly Metropolitan of Krutitsy and Kolomna, St. Juvenaly Patriarch of Jerusalem, the Administrator of the Moscow Diocese. A 300-pood evangelist sounds on the restored bell tower.

FROM In 2002, the Stromallyans company, which is part of the SU-155 Group of Companies, began to restore the Cathedral. In 2003, a native of the city of Serpukhov, philanthropist Mikhail Balakin presented the church with a bell weighing 5 tons, cast specially for the Serpukhov Cathedral by Yaroslavl craftsmen.

W but last years In addition to the main altar, four more side altars were restored and equipped in the Cathedral of St. Nicholas Bely: in the name of St. Alexis of Moscow, St. Cyril of Beloezersky, the new martyrs and confessors of Serpukhov, and the icon of the Mother of God "Help to Childbirth". Much has been done to improve the territory of the temple. At night, the Cathedral of St. Nicholas Bely is as if doused with light streaming on the walls and windows, and like a lit candle shines throughout the city.

ABOUT The interior painting of the cathedral deserves special attention. The entire earthly history is depicted on the vault of the dome, starting from the eternal council of the Holy Trinity about the creation of the world, Old Testament patriarchs and prophets, teachers of the Church, to Russian saints and martyrs. sunlight illuminates the temple, passing between the images of the holy apostles, recalling the true Sun - Jesus Christ. Among the icons of the Savior and His Most Pure Mother are a host of Russian saints: saints and noble princes, warriors and monks, and, of course, St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the hagiographic depiction of his miracles. Temple painting is a bible in colors. The eternal book that leads to salvation is open to believers in the Serpukhov Cathedral.

IN imposing royal doors of the main altar are crowned with an arched canopy, on which the icons of Passion Week are located: Palm Sunday, the betrayal of Judas, the unjust judgment of the worldly ruler, the crucifixion, burial, and, finally, the bright Resurrection.

IN the memory of the six new martyrs - residents of Serpukhov in the cathedral one of the aisles was consecrated. But not only painting and architecture were revived in the Cathedral of St. Nicholas Bely: a full-fledged parish life was also restored here. At the cathedral today there is public library, there are two Sunday schools: children's and adult. The clergy of the cathedral take care of the Serpukhov Military Institute, the pre-trial detention center and the orphanage and boarding school, pedagogical and humanitarian colleges ...

IN In the cathedral there is a miraculous image of the Mother of God "Help to Childbirth", before which prayers are performed with an akathist compiled by the rector of the cathedral, Archpriest Vladimir Andreev, as well as locally venerated images of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Great Martyr Panteleimon, Martyr Boniface, New Martyrs and Confessors of Serpukhov.

Prayers for a safe delivery;
in front of the icon "Mammal feeder";
about kids

From time immemorial, it has been known that in moments of the most severe suffering at the birth of a child, women resort with especially fervent prayer to the Savior and His Most Pure Mother.

Lord Jesus Christ our God, from the eternal Father, born to the Son before the age, and in the last days, by the goodwill and assistance of the Holy Spirit, deigned to be born from the Blessed Virgin as a baby, a baby, a baby, and laid in a manger, the Lord himself, in the beginning creating a man and a wife of conjugations him, giving them a commandment: grow and multiply and fill the earth, have mercy on the great mercy of Your servant (name), who is preparing to give birth according to Your commandment. Forgive her voluntary and involuntary sins, by Thy grace, grant her the strength to safely get rid of her burden, keep her and the baby in health and goodness, protect Thy angels and save from the hostile actions of evil spirits, and from all evil things. Amen.

Blessed Virgin, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, even weigh the birth and nature of the mother and child, have mercy on Your servant (name) and help in this hour, let your burden be safely resolved. O all-merciful Lady Theotokos, even though you did not demand help in the birth of the Son of God, give help to this servant of yours, who requires help, most of all from You. Grant her blessings at this hour, and even have a baby to be born and enter into the light of this world at the appropriate time and smart light in holy baptism with water and spirit. We fall down to you, Mother of the Most High God, praying: Be merciful to this mother, even if the time has come to be a mother, and implore Christ our God, who has incarnated from You, to strengthen me with His strength from above. Amen.

Most often, preparing for childbirth, the Orthodox pray to the icon "Helper in childbirth." There is another ancient and very rare icon - "Helper to wives to give birth to children". The Mother of God is depicted on it in a red cloak with an uncovered head and loose hair and hands folded on her chest. Below the hands folded on the breast of the Most Pure One, the Eternal Child is depicted. In his left hand he holds a sphere, and with his right he blesses the world. The royal clothes of the Infant, woven from golden threads, shine dazzlingly, like the rays of the sun. The icon is celebrated on January 8. (December 26, new style).

Prayer of the Mother of God in honor of Her icon “Help for wives to give birth to children” and “Help in childbirth”

O Most Holy Theotokos, our merciful Mother! Reveal on us, in the sorrow of those who are and in the sins of your servants (names) who are always abiding, your mercy and do not despise us, your sinful servants. We resort to You, Most Holy Theotokos, realizing many of our sins and praying: visit our weak souls and ask Your beloved Son and our God to give us, Your servants (names), forgiveness. The Most Pure and Blessed One, we place all our hope in Thee: Most Merciful Mother of God, keep us under Your protection.

and further

Prayer first.

O mother of the Son of God! Have mercy on the mother of the sons of men and on Your weak people: soon heal the illnesses that come upon us, quench the sorrows and sorrows that are upon us, and do not despise the tears and sighs of Your servants. Hear us on the day of sorrow before the icon of Your kneeling, and on the day of joy and deliverance, accept the grateful praise of our hearts. Lift up our prayers to the throne of Your Son and our God, may he be merciful to our sin and weakness and give mercy to His leading His name, as yes, we and our children will glorify Thee, the merciful Intercessor and the faithful Hope of our kind, forever and ever .

Prayer two.

Prayer of a pregnant woman for a safe resolution

Oh, Glorious Mother of God, have mercy on me, Thy servant, and come to my aid during my illnesses and dangers, with which all the poor daughters of Eve give birth. Remember, O Blessed One in women, with what joy and love You went hastily to a mountainous country to visit Your relative Elizabeth during her pregnancy, and what a miraculous effect Your grace-filled visit had on both mother and baby. And according to Thy inexhaustible mercy, grant me, Thy humble servant, to be relieved of the burden safely; grant me this grace so that the child, now resting under my heart, having come to his senses, with joyful leaping, like the holy baby John, worships the Divine Lord the Savior, who, out of love for us sinners, did not disdain himself to become a Baby. The inexpressible joy that your virgin heart was filled with when looking at your newborn Son and Lord, may it alleviate the sorrow that is coming to me amid the illnesses of birth. May the life of the world, my Savior, born of Thee, save me from death, which cuts off the lives of many mothers at the hour of resolution, and may the fruit of my womb be counted among the elect of God. Hear, O Most Holy Queen of Heaven, my humble supplication and look upon me, a poor sinner, with the eye of Your grace; do not shame my hope in Your great mercy and fall on me. Helper of Christians, Healer of diseases, may I also be able to experience for myself that You are the Mother of Mercy, and may I always glorify Your grace, which has never rejected the prayers of the poor and delivers all those who call on You during times of sorrow and illness. Amen.

Prayers before childbirth

Before childbirth, primiparous fear appears - a natural reaction, a reaction of human self-preservation. How to reduce this fear? Everything from the hand of God must be accepted with humility and thanksgiving. It must be remembered that without the will of God, even a hair from a human head cannot fall. For the Lord we live and die.
Be sure to pray to the Lord to bless the birth. Having prayed and relied on the will of God, then everything should be accepted meekly, for there is no prayer that the Lord has not heard.
On the eve of childbirth, you should pray for all the doctors who will take part in them: midwives, anesthesiologists, sisters, so that the Lord will help them in their work. Until the very moment of childbirth, pray with unceasing short prayers: "Lord, have mercy! Lord, bless! Lord Jesus Christ, son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner!"
If the midwife insists that you remove the cross before giving birth, then try to convince her that she does not force you to do this as a person. Orthodox faith. But if you see irritation, if a dispute flares up, a quarrel, in this case it is better to remove the cross, or hang it on your hand or finger, or ask that this cross be placed next to you during childbirth.

Prayer to the wife before childbirth to the Lord Jesus Christ

Lord Jesus Christ our God, from the eternal Father, begotten to the Son before the age, and in the last days, by the goodwill and assistance of the Holy Spirit, deigning to be born from the Blessed Virgin as a baby, laid to rest and laid in a manger, the Lord himself, in the beginning creating a man and a wife of conjugations him, giving them a commandment: grow and multiply and fill the earth, have mercy on the great mercy of Your servant (name), who is preparing to give birth according to Your commandment. Forgive her voluntary and involuntary sins, by Your grace, grant her the strength to safely get rid of her burden, keep her and the baby in health and goodness, protect them from Your angels and save them from the hostile actions of evil spirits, and from all evil things. Amen.

Prayer to the wife before childbirth to the Most Holy Theotokos

Blessed Virgin, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, even weigh the birth and nature of the mother and child, have mercy on Your servant (name) and help in this hour, let your burden be safely resolved. O all-merciful Lady Theotokos, even if you did not demand help in the birth of the Son of God, give help to this servant of Yours, who requires help, most of all from You. Grant her blessings at this hour, and even have a baby to be born and enter into the light of this world at the appropriate time and smart light in holy baptism with water and spirit. We fall down to you, Mother of the Most High God, praying: be merciful to this mother, even if the time has come to be a mother, and implore Christ our God, who has incarnated from You, to strengthen her with His strength from above. Amen.

Prayer before the icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary "Mamming"

Accept, Lady Mother of God, the tearful prayers of Your servants who flow to You. We see Thee on a holy icon in her arms, carrying and nourishing with milk Your Son and our God, the Lord Jesus Christ. If and without pain you gave birth to Him, both the mother of grief, weight and weakness of the sons and daughters of men see. The same warmth, clinging to Your wholesome image and tenderly kissing this, we pray to Thee, the All-Merciful Lady: us sinners, condemned to give birth in illnesses and sorrows, feed our children, mercifully spare and compassionately intercede, our babies, who also gave birth to them, from a serious illness and deliver bitter sorrow. Grant them health and well-being, and if they feed on strength, they will grow in strength, and those who feed them will be filled with joy and consolation, even now, through Your intercession from the lips of babies and pissing, the Lord will give His praise. Oh Mother of the Son of God! Have mercy on the mother of the sons of men and on Your weak people: soon heal the sicknesses that come upon us, quench the sorrows and sorrows that are upon us, and do not despise the tears and sighs of Your servants. Hear us on the day of sorrow, before the icon of Your fall, and on the day of joy and deliverance, accept the grateful praise of our hearts. Offer up our prayers to the Throne of Your Son and our God, may he be merciful to our sin and weakness, and give mercy to His leading His name, as we and our children, glorify Thee, the merciful Intercessor and the faithful Hope of our kind forever and ever . Amen.

Prayers for children

First: Holy Father, Eternal God, every gift or every good comes from You. I diligently pray to you for the children whom your grace has bestowed on me. You gave them life, revived them with an immortal soul, revived them with holy baptism, so that they, in accordance with Your will, would inherit the Kingdom of Heaven. Preserve them according to Your goodness until the end of their lives, sanctify them with Your truth, may it be sanctified in them your name. Help me by Your grace to educate them for the glory of Your name and for the benefit of others, give me the necessary means for this: patience and strength. Lord, enlighten them with the light of Thy Wisdom, may they love Thee with all their soul, with all their thoughts, instill in their hearts fear and aversion from all lawlessness, may they walk in Thy commandments, adorn their souls with chastity, diligence, long-suffering, honesty; protect them with Thy righteousness from slander, vanity, abomination; sprinkle with the dew of Thy grace, may they succeed in virtues and holiness, and may they grow in Thy favor, in love and piety. May the guardian angel always be with them and keep their youth from vain thoughts, from the seduction of the temptations of this world and from all kinds of crafty slander. If, however, when they sin against You, Lord, do not turn Your face away from them, but be merciful to them, arouse repentance in their hearts according to the multitude of Your bounties, cleanse their sins and do not deprive them of Your blessings, but give them everything that is necessary for their salvation, preserving them from every illness, danger, trouble and sorrow, overshadowing them with Your mercy all the days of this life. God, I pray to You, give me joy and joy about my children and make me stand with them on the Last Judgment Yours, with shameless boldness to say: "Here I am and the children whom You have given me, Lord." Let us glorify Your All-Holy Name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Second: God and Father, Creator and Preserver of all creatures! Grace my poor children (names) with Your Holy Spirit, may He kindle in them the true fear of God, which is the beginning of wisdom and direct prudence, according to which whoever acts, that praise abides forever. Bless them with true knowledge of Thee, keep them from all idolatry and false teaching, make them grow in true and saving faith and in all piety, and may they remain in them constantly to the end. Grant them a believing, obedient and humble heart and mind, may they grow in years and in grace before God and before people. Plant in their hearts love for Your Divine Word, so that they are reverent in prayer and worship, reverent towards the ministers of the Word and sincere in their deeds in every way, bashful in body movements, chaste in morals, true in words, faithful in deeds, diligent in studies. happy in the performance of their duties, reasonable and righteous towards all people. Keep them from all the temptations of the evil world, and let the evil community not corrupt them. Do not let them fall into impurity and unchastity, let them not shorten their lives for themselves and let them not offend others. Protect them in every danger, so that they do not suffer sudden death. Make sure that we do not see dishonor and disgrace in them, but honor and joy, so that Your Kingdom is multiplied by them and the number of believers increases, and may they be in heaven around Your meal, like heavenly olive branches, and with all the chosen ones they will reward You honor, praise and glorification through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Third: Lord Jesus Christ, be Thy mercy on my children (names). keep them under Your shelter, cover from every crafty lust, drive away from them every enemy and adversary, open their ears and eyes of the heart, grant tenderness and humility to their hearts. Lord, we are all Your creation, have pity on my children (names) and turn them to repentance. Save, Lord, and have mercy on my children (names) and enlighten their minds with the light of the mind of Your Gospel and guide them on the path of Your commandments and teach them, Savior, to do Your will, for You are our God.

The birth of a child for a believer is not just a physiological process, but a miracle. When a baby is born, it is a great event, big stage for every family. But for a woman it is also a great physical test. Therefore, believers read a prayer to help childbirth.

Training

The long months of pregnancy are filled with both anticipation and excitement. Young mothers who are members of the church community should especially diligently attend the temple during this period. Exist special prayers who read to get help in childbirth. As a rule, they are turned to the Mother of God. After all, she was so perfect that even such a test passed easily. Therefore, the Virgin Mary, like no one else, can understand a woman in labor.

Awe before the unknown, fear for the child, his fate - a whole gamut of experiences arises during this period. A Christian woman who is expecting a child should rely on God, often come to Communion. This is beneficial both for her and for the fetus. After all, Orthodoxy considers a person to be a living soul immediately after conception, so prayers are pleasant to him. For easy childbirth, they pray in front of the Fedorovskaya icon. This image was considered the patron royal family, many women from this family turned to him.

Who can you pray

In past centuries, medicine was not so well developed, childbirth was an ordeal that often ended tragically. This, of course, was reflected in the fact that people were looking for help from above. It is rather difficult for the woman in labor to read the prayer directly during childbirth. For her, this can be done by relatives - husband, parents, friends. There is also plenty of time before the fights start. During pregnancy, you can turn to different saints:

Virgin Mary in front of the icon "Jumping the Baby";
Great Martyr Catherine;
Righteous Elizabeth and Zechariah (parents of St. John the Baptist);
Before the image "Assistant in childbirth."

Of course, one can and should turn to Christ Himself. As our creator, who took on human nature, He understands any problem, both spiritual and related to physical body. Prayer before childbirth should be regular.

For pregnant women, there are indulgences before communion, strict fasting is not required, it depends on the woman herself - she can abstain from one type of food, everything should be within her power. Perhaps, for the health of the baby, doctors will completely prohibit fasting. You can still proceed to the sacraments.

During Lent, you need to calculate your capabilities. A woman wants to make a feasible sacrifice to God - this will certainly have a positive effect on the state of the child's soul. As well as attending services. animal protein can be noticed vegetable, but if there is an urgent need - you can eat meat. Only do it out of necessity, and not for pleasure, avoiding delicacies. It is enough to cook a piece of lean meat.

You should not literally follow all the rules if there is toxicosis, bad feeling. the main objective women - maintain good state of mind to bear a healthy baby. God should not be imagined as a harsh overseer. church life should bring joy, spiritual uplift, and not deprive the last forces.

A new soul comes into the world

There are many different prayers. Which one to choose is a matter of personal preference. It is important to avoid conspiracies, turning to sorcerers. During childbirth, the daughter should read prayers to the Mother of God, you can ask for help from saints known for miracles of healing. Although pregnancy is not a disease, it is still an ordeal, especially for the first time.

If the birth has already begun, the future grandmother can become an assistant. Prayer can be read to any saint of your choice, the main thing here is the power of faith with which the words are pronounced. Only this should not be some kind of “insurance”, but a sincere appeal to the Living God, to the Mother of God.

After giving birth, a prayer of gratitude is definitely needed. Relatives can order a thanksgiving service. The woman herself should thank Christ for giving strength to resolve safely. Also, every day now you need to pray for your child, ask him for health and the salvation of his soul.

First Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos in honor of the icon of Her "Help in Childbirth"

Accept, Lady Mother of God, the tearful prayers of Your servants who flow to You. We see You on a holy icon in the womb bearing Your Son and our God, the Lord Jesus Christ. If and without pain you gave birth to Him, both the mother of grief, weight and weakness of the sons and daughters of men see. The same warmth falling to Your wholesome image and tenderly kissing this, we pray to Thee, the All-Merciful Lady: us, sinners, condemned in illness to give birth and in sorrows to feed our children, mercifully spare and compassionately intercede, our babies, who also gave birth to them, from a heavy deliver sickness and bitter sorrow; grant them health and well-being, and nourishment from strength will increase in strength, and those who feed them will be filled with joy and consolation, as even now, by Your intercession from the mouth of the infant and the pissing Lord, He will give His praise.
O Mother of the Son of God! Have mercy on the mother of the sons of men and on Your weak people: soon heal the illnesses that come upon us, quench the sorrows and sorrows that are upon us, and do not despise the tears and sighs of Your servants. Hear us on the day of sorrow, before the icon of Your fall, and on the day of joy and deliverance, accept the grateful praise of our hearts. Offer up our prayers to the Throne of Your Son and our God, may he be merciful to our sin and weakness and give mercy to His leading His name, as yes, we and our children will glorify Thee, the Merciful Intercessor and the faithful Hope of our kind, forever and ever . Amen.

Prayer one

The most beautiful, wise, wonderful virgin, St. Great Martyr Catherine! Having thoroughly studied all the Hellenic wisdom, oratory Having learned well both philosophy and medical science, you desired more enlightenment, but having believed in Christ, in a vision you saw the Eternal Infant in the arms of his Most Pure Mother, who gave you the ring of immortal betrothal to Him. Fierce, then, having endured torment, heavy blows and cruel wounds, and the darkness of the prison, and members of the fragmentation on wheels, by the power of Christ you were healed from all this. Going to the execution, you prayed like that, glorious great martyr: “Lord, Jesus Christ! Those, the trees, will call on me Your all-holy name, fulfill in the good forgiveness of everything, if they need it, so that Your greatness is sung from all forever. Wives, tormented by birth diseases and calling for your help, showing intercession, you, Saint Catherine; therefore, even now, with love and reverence of those who pray to you, and with faith, warmth, and tears from the bottom of your heart, women who come running to you, do not reject, hasten to help them and free them from difficult births, so that having given birth to children, they will raise them in the fear of God, thanking you, most glorious Catherine, for the help shown to them, and glorifying God for you with all their house. Amen.

Prayer for help in childbirth - text was last modified: July 8th, 2017 by Bogolub

Glorious Mother of God! Have mercy on your servant and come to my aid during my pains and dangers, with which all the poor daughters of Eve give birth. Remember, O Blessed One in wives, with what joy and love you hurried to the mountainous region to visit your relative Elizabeth when she was hoping for a child, and how wonderfully your blessed visit had an effect on mother and baby. From your inexhaustible mercy, grant me, your unworthy servant, to wait for a child. Grant me such grace that the child, now nurturing under my heart, having been born with joy, like the holy baby John, worships the Divine Lord the Savior, that out of love for us sinners, he humbled himself and became a baby himself. The indescribable joy that filled your immaculate heart when contemplating your newborn Son and Lord, may it console the sorrow that belongs to me to endure amid the pains of birth. The life of the world, my Savior, born of you, will save me from death at the hour of childbirth and let him join the fruit of my womb to the number of God's chosen ones. Hear, Blessed Queen of Heaven, my humble prayer and look at the poor sinner with your gentle look: do not quarrel with hope for your great mercy and fall me, helper of Christians, healer of the sick, with your maternal cover during my torment and pain, so that I can be vouchsafed to test on myself that you are the Mother of Mercy, and that you always glorify your mercy, which never rejects the prayers of the poor and frees all who turn to you during sorrow and illness. Amen.

Prayer - Blessing of pregnant women

Lord our God, Creator of all life! You, with the help of the Holy Spirit, prepared the glorious Virgin Mary for a worthy life for your Son. You filled John the Baptist with the Holy Spirit and commanded him to rejoice in his mother's womb. Look at these women asking for Your Blessing for themselves and their children. Fill them with deep joy, for the miracle of the beginning of a new life is taking place before their very eyes. Accept the ardent desire of those who humbly ask You to preserve their offspring, which You called into existence. May, with Your help, their children happily see the light of day and be vouchsafed the grace of Holy Baptism. May they faithfully serve You and reach eternal life in heaven. Amen.

Prayer of a mother expecting a child

Blessed Virgin Mary, when God preached to You, then You swore to Him "Here I am the Lord's servant: let it happen to me according to Your word!" You kept your promises - you never sinned anywhere. Mary, Mother of God, in this state I feel so close to God. These words flow from my heart, because I believe and love Him sincerely.

My God, prepared for her motherly calling. You, Mother of God, keep me everywhere, so that I will always be faithful to God as His child, as a wife, as a mother loving child. Amen.

Prayer to the Mother of God to help women during childbirth

Holy Virgin, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, You know about serious condition mothers at the birth of their children, have mercy on Your servant (name) and help her give birth to a child without difficulty. O All-Merciful Lady Mother of God, You did not need help in the birth of the Son of God, but give help to Your servant who requires it from You.

Give her grace-filled power at this time, and let the baby, who is to come into the world, receive the light of reason in Holy Baptism in time. We fall down to you, Mother of the Most High God, and pray: any merciful one to this mother, when the time comes for her to give birth, and beg the one born of You, Christ our God, to strengthen her with His Power from Heaven. Amen.

Prayer of pregnant women for a successful birth

Almighty God, Creator of everything visible and invisible! To You, beloved Father, we resort, gifted with the mind of knowledge and creative will, for You, at Your own will, created our race, with inexpressible wisdom creating our body from the earth and breathing into it the soul from Your Spirit, so that we would be Your likeness. And although You could create us, just like the angels, immediately by Your only desire, but Your Wisdom wanted the human race to increase because of men and women in the order of marriage established by You. You wanted to bless people so that they grow and multiply, and fill not only the earth, but also the angelic hosts. O God and Father, may Your name be forever praised and glorified for all that You have done for us!

I also thank You for Your mercy, that with Your will, as a result of Your wonderful creation, I not only arose and replenished the number of the elect, but that You blessed me in marriage and sent me the fetus of the womb. This is your gift, your, God, mercy is created, Lord and Father of spirit and body! Therefore, I turn to You alone and with a humble heart I ask You for mercy and help, so that what You do in me by force is preserved and brought to a prosperous birth. I know, God, that man does not have the authority and power to choose his own path. We are too weak and prone to fall to go around all those networks that, by Your permission, have prepared for us evil spirit and avoid the misfortunes into which our frivolity throws us. Your wisdom is limitless. Whomever You wish, You will preserve unscathed through Your Angel from every misfortune. Therefore, I, merciful Father, commit myself in my sorrow into Your hands and pray that You look at me with the eye of mercy and save me from all suffering. Send me and my dear husband joy, O God, Lord of all joy! So that we, seeing Your blessing, serve and worship You with all our hearts in a spirit of joy. I do not want to be removed from what You have imposed on our entire race, commanding to give birth to children in illnesses. But I humbly ask You to help me endure suffering and send a successful conclusion. And if You hear this prayer of ours and send us a healthy good baby, then we promise that we will again bring him to You and consecrate You, so that You remain for us and our seed a merciful God and Father, as we vow to always be Your faithful servants together with our child. Hear, Merciful God, the prayer of Your last servant, fulfill the request of our heart, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our Savior, incarnated for us, now abides with You and the Holy Spirit and guides in eternity. Amen.

Prayer for difficult childbirth

To whom shall I call, Mistress, whom shall I resort to in my sorrow; who should bear my tears and sighs, if not you, the Queen of heaven and earth: who will deliver me from the captivity of sins and iniquity, like you, Mother of life, Intercessor of the human race? Hear my prayers, pamper me and have mercy in my sorrow, protect me in troubles and misfortunes, free me from malice and sorrow and all kinds of ailments, save me from enemies visible and invisible, subdue the hostility of envious people and ill-wishers, may I be protected from slander and human malice; and especially from the shameful habits of my flesh, deliver me. Cover me in autumn with your grace, may I find peace, joy and cleansing from sins. I entrust myself to your maternal intercession; become my mother and hope, cover, help and patronage, joy, consolation and an early helper in everything.

O miraculous Mother of God! Everyone who approaches you does not leave without your all-powerful help; for the sake of this, I, unworthy, resort to you: save me from sudden and furious death, gnashing of teeth and eternal torment. I strive to receive the Kingdom of Heaven and appeal to you with tenderness of heart: Rejoice, Mother of God, our zealous intercessor, forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer - Blessing of a woman after childbirth

God, all blessings come from You, make sure that this mother, strengthened by Your Blessing, always gives due thanks to You and, together with her child, is always under Your protection. The Lord, gave her the joy of motherhood, then bless her so that she tirelessly thanks for her offspring, together with him she achieved eternal bliss, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Prayer for the caress of breastfeeding

(of the Most Holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary in front of her icon, called the Nurse)
Accept, Virgin Mother of God, the tearful prayers of Your servants who are lost to you. We see You on the holy icon, how You feed Your Son and our God, the Lord Jesus Christ, in Your arms and with the milk of Your breast.

You painlessly gave birth to Him, but on the other hand, you look with pain at the maternal sorrows and infirmities of the sons and daughters of men. Therefore, in hot tears, clinging to your image and kissing it with excitement, we implore you. All merciful Lady: us sinners, condemned to give birth in agony and feed our children in sorrow, have mercy on our children, as well as those who gave birth to them , from a serious illness and bitter sorrow deliver. Grant us health and strength, so that those who feed happily gain strength, and feeding them are filled with joy and joy, because until now, through your intercession with the lips of babies, they receive food from their mother’s breasts, the Lord administers his praise.

O Mother of the Son of God, take pity on the mothers of the sons of men, on my children of yours: heal the diseases that haunt us, quench sorrows and sorrows, and do not despise the tears and sighs of your servants. Hear us on the day of sorrow before your icon, those who run, and on the day of joy and deliverance, accept the grateful glorification of our hearts. Lift up our prayers to the throne of Your Son and our God, may he be merciful to our sins and weaknesses and not limit his mercy for those who know His name, so that we and ours glorify You, the gracious Intercessor and the faithful hope of our kind forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer - Blessing of pregnant women after Liturgy

Lord our God, Creator of all life! You, with the help of the Holy Spirit, prepared the glorious Virgin Mary for a worthy dwelling for your Son. You filled John the Baptist with the Holy Spirit and commanded him to rejoice in his mother's womb.

Look at these women asking for Your Blessing for themselves and their children. Fill them with deep joy, for the miracle of the beginning of a new life is taking place before their very eyes. Accept the ardent desire of those who humbly ask You to preserve their offspring, which You called into existence. May, with Your help, their children happily see the light of day and be vouchsafed the grace of Holy Baptism. May they faithfully serve You and attain eternal life in heaven. Amen.

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