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Russia, Moscow, Malakhitovaya street, 16с1
Moscow
Russia
Temple in honor of the Icon of the Mother of God “Healer”
was consecrated in 1992 at the Research Institute of Clinical Psychiatry of the Scientific Center for Mental Health of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences on Kashirskoe Highway.
History[edit]
In 1995, the leadership of the Federal Postal Service Administration and the hierarchy of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Valaam Monastery signed an agreement on joint social activities. The center of this activity was the departmental hospital - Medical Unit No. 33, located at: Moscow, st. Malakhitovaya, house 16.
As part of the agreement, the clergy of the Moscow metochion of the Valaam Monastery were to perform church services and catechetical conversations with patients in the hospital.
Four years later, on the initiative of a team of hospital employees and patients, a house church was built on the ground floor of the building. This was preceded by extensive renovation work in the premises provided by the hospital. Donations from benefactors were used to buy liturgical books and church utensils. A baptistery for baptism with full immersion was built in the temple. A small belfry was built next to the temple.
On October 2, 1999, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus', the temple was consecrated in honor of the “Healer” icon of the Mother of God. The consecration of the temple and the first Divine Liturgy were performed by the rector of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Valaam Monastery, Bishop Pankratiy.
The temple is included in the register of Orthodox churches in Moscow and is assigned to the Moscow courtyard of the Valaam Monastery.
The past years have shown great demand for the temple not only among medical personnel and hospital patients, but also among residents of the nearby area. The rector of the church, Archpriest Alexander Pakhomov, was awarded church awards and a Letter of Gratitude from the Head of the Rostokino Administration for his active social activities.
Despite the upcoming repurposing of the building in which Medical Unit No. 33 was located, divine services are regularly held in the house church of the Icon of the Mother of God “Healer” and active catechetical activities continue: a Sunday school has been opened, which is attended by about 50 people. There is an Orthodox library at the temple, the collections of which number more than 3 thousand books. A video library of Orthodox films has been collected.
The subject for the icon of the Mother of God the Healer was a miraculous healing
The miraculous icon of the Mother of God was in the Tsilkan temple in Kartalinya. The icon depicts the Mother of God standing at the bedside of a sick cleric.
The plot for the iconography of this image was the legend of how the miraculous healing took place. This healing was described in the work of St. Dmitry of Rostov.
Dimitri Rostovsky in his essay talked about a sick cleric who was healed by the Mother of God herself
His essay describes how one sick cleric was seriously ill. He suffered from a disease that causes death. Nobody could help him. The sick cleric had one hour when the clock struck, and it was necessary to give praise to the Lady Theotokos with the greeting “Hail, Full of Grace!” He attached a prayer to it. He prayed day and night. Even if he fell asleep, he would wake up when the clock struck and then pray.
When he was about to die, and his time was drawing to a close, the Virgin Mary appeared to him. Further we see the following words: “...slightly opening Her virgin nipple and squeezing it, she sprinkles milk on the sick person’s lips and becomes invisible. As a result of this incident, the sick man jumped up, quickly put on his clerical vestments and ran to the church...”
The Mother of God heals a sick cleric who prayed to Her every day at the same time
When he walked into his church choir, everyone was very surprised that he was alive. No one thought of seeing him alive anymore. When they asked him how he remained alive, he began to glorify the miracles of the Most Holy Theotokos. This is how the Mother of God saved him from death.
Shrines[edit]
- Icon of the Mother of God “Healer”
- The Temple of the Icon of the Mother of God “Healer” is under the protection of the Valaam saints, and this is reflected in the wall painting of the temple, where the attention of parishioners is attracted by the beautiful icon of the Venerable Sergius and Herman of Valaam
.
- Next to the canon for the worship of believers is an ancient icon of the Dormition of the Mother of God
, donated to the temple by the brethren of the monastery.
- The walls and ceiling of the temple are painted, and the main theme of the paintings is the faces of Christian healing saints. icon of the great martyr and healer Panteleimon
occupies a place of honor next to the right choir .
- The temple is decorated with a carved iconostasis with painted icons. An unquenchable lamp
hangs in front of the temple icon of the Mother of God .
- In our church, in addition to the revered icons, there are relics with the relics of St. Herman of Alaska, St. John of Kiev-Pechersk, Hieromartyr Patriarch Hermogenes, St. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, St. Nicholas of Valaam
.
Akathist written to the Mother of God Healer
An akathist was also written to the Mother of God the Healer, which can be read at home in front of the icon.
Akathist:
Kontakion 1
Chosen from all generations to the Most Holy Virgin Theotokos, who once appeared to a sick clergyman to heal him from a severe illness, we offer praise. But You, All-Merciful Lady, as if you have an invincible power, are free from all troubles and sorrows and illnesses, calling to You:
Rejoice, Blessed Healer of our souls and bodies.
Ikos 1
Archangel Gabriel, announcing to the Most Holy Virgin Mary the seedless conception of the Son of God from Her, said: “Rejoice, full of grace, the Lord is with You, blessed are You among women”; We, sinners, boldly imitate the voice of the Archangel, with faith, love and reverence, crying out in singing:
Rejoice, you who have been chosen since the beginning of time to be the head of our salvation; Rejoice, foretold of manifold things by the prophets.
Rejoice, Unmarried Bride, conceived a Son by the Holy Spirit; Rejoice, Mother, in the Nativity and after the Nativity, the remaining Virgin.
Rejoice, Clothed with light, like a robe wrapped in swaddling clothes; Rejoice, Thou who nourished the one above with milk and the one below with Thy Nourishing grace.
Rejoice, who bore the Almighty in Your hand; Rejoice, you who took care of the Provider of all creation.
Rejoice, thou who loved Thy Son above all; Rejoice, exalted above all others by Him.
Rejoice, most honest and most glorious without comparison of all the Heavenly Powers; Rejoice, thou who surpassest every creation.
Rejoice, Blessed Healer of our souls and bodies.
Kontakion 2
Seeing, O Most Holy Lady, the zeal and reverence of the cleric Vincent, who bowed his knee every day before Your honorable image and offered the Archangel’s greeting to You, You accepted his kindness and granted him a sudden and wondrous rise from his bed during the days of his illness.
In the same way, we bow the knees of our souls and bodies before Thy celibate image, Our Lady Theotokos, and, remembering Thy wonderful appearance to the sick clergy, we cry out to Thy Son and our God: Alleluia.
Ikos 2
Realizing the miraculous healing from a serious illness, the cleric Vincent rose from his wretched bed, went to church and there glorified Thee, the Healer of all the sick, with songs of praise. Accept from us, Mother of God, these blessings:
Rejoice, you who return those who are incurably ill to life from the gates of death; Rejoice, full of compassion for the suffering.
Rejoice, you miraculously healing those stricken with various ailments; Rejoice, you who pour heavenly joy into our hearts in all sorrows and sorrows.
Rejoice, you who help us succeed in Christian virtues; Rejoice, you who inspire us with love for God and our neighbors.
Rejoice, preserving the temptations of this world from corrupting the soul and body; Rejoice, quick hearer of those who earnestly pray to You.
Rejoice, you who exude great mercy and generosity to those who love You; Rejoice, you who give all that is needed to those who trust in You in this life.
Rejoice, you who do not abandon those who please You in the terrible hour of death; Rejoice, granting eternal life to those who worship You.
Rejoice, Blessed Healer of our souls and bodies.
Kontakion 3
By the power given from You, Lady Queen and Lady, Your holy icon exudes abundant healing to those suffering from various ailments, who flow to it with undoubted faith, crying out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 3
Having great love for the Christian race and Motherly care for it, you will quickly fulfill every good request of everyone who asks You for help and intercession; For this reason, we offer these praises to You, our all-powerful Intercessor and speedy Helper:
Rejoice, consolation for those who mourn; Rejoice, hopeless hope.
Rejoice, help and strengthening of those who labor; Rejoice, poor garment.
Rejoice, you who are hungry for nourishment; Rejoice, intercessor of the offended and persecuted.
Rejoice, you who have offended the terrorizer; Rejoice, teacher in the Christian faith.
Rejoice, recovery of the lost; Rejoice, helper of the salvation of sinners.
Rejoice, Blessed Healer of our souls and bodies.
Kontakion 4
Deliver us from the storms of passions and lusts and demonic temptations, Most Merciful Mother of God, strengthen and preserve in us until the end of our lives our Orthodox faith and devotion to the Holy Church, so that we may sing without restraint to the Lord God: Alleluia.
Ikos 4
Hearing the Lord in heaven Your prayers for us, Blessing the Lady, He quickly fulfills every request of Yours. Leading such maternal boldness to Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, we all resort to You and fervently pray to You:
intercede for us, Your many-sinful servants, before our Almighty Creator, may He not destroy us with our iniquities, but may He grant us remission of sins, crying out to You from the depths of our souls:
Rejoice, our representative before God, saving the world from troubles; Rejoice, you who bow down your Son to us unworthy for mercy.
Rejoice, thou who deliverest from the fiery dew of Thy prayers; Rejoice, you who take away the strikes of lightning and thunder from our head.
Rejoice, you who put to shame the foolish wisdom of this age; Rejoice, you who show the way of salvation to the lost.
Rejoice, thou who bestowest boldness towards God to sinners; Rejoice, you who quickly help those who are exhausted in adversity, sorrow and temptation.
Rejoice, abiding ever in fasting, prayer and contemplation of God; Rejoice, earthly blessings, vain and fleeting, teaching us to despise.
Rejoice, raising our minds and hearts to heavenly and eternal treasures; Rejoice, you who teach us to choose the only thing needed.
Rejoice, Blessed Healer of our souls and bodies.
Kontakion 5
The heavenly light illuminated the temple of the sick cleric, when you appeared, offering to the Lady, to grant him healing from his cruel illness. Oh, Most Holy Lady Theotokos, enlighten our souls darkened by many sins and grant healing to our sick bodies, and, glorifying Your mercies, we joyfully cry out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 5
Seeing Thee, the Lady Theotokos, standing before the fiery Throne of the Trinity and praying for Christians, the heavenly powers and all the saints from the ages who have pleased God with silent praises please Thee. We, sinners on earth, striving for You in love, dare to sing to You:
Rejoice, maternal love that embraces the whole Christian world; Rejoice, saving us through Your prayers to Your Son and God.
Rejoice, great supporter of those leading the battle against worldly and spiritually harmful temptations; Rejoice, teacher of chastity and abstinence.
Rejoice, you who accept all who come running under your roof; Rejoice, protecting us from all malice and enmity with peace and love.
Rejoice, guide of ascetics of piety to the heavenly Jerusalem; Rejoice, destroyer of soul-destroying heresies and schisms.
Rejoice, quick Comforter in troubles and sorrows; Rejoice, good Intercessor of all the faithful.
Rejoice, Blessed Healer of our souls and bodies.
Kontakion 6
The Holy Orthodox Church preaches many of Your miracles and Your great mercy, offering to the Lady how you protect cities and villages, protect monastic monasteries and the dwellings of pious servants, protect the offended and send down all that is good and beneficial to all who glorify You and sing to Your Son: Alleluia.
Ikos 6
Here, Lady Theotokos, your miraculous icon, called the Healer, brightly flaunts, driving away the darkness of temptations and misfortunes from all the faithful and abundantly exuding healing. For this reason, in tenderness we call Ti:
Rejoice, you who grant quick healing from incurable diseases; Rejoice, you who deliver us from all troubles and sorrows.
Rejoice, tamer of sinful passions; Rejoice, strengthening those who waver in the Orthodox faith.
Rejoice, you who pour grace-filled consolation into God-loving hearts; Rejoice, you who delight the souls of the faithful with the hope of heavenly blessings.
Rejoice, you who help us to succeed in good deeds; Rejoice, you who protect us from visible and invisible enemies.
Rejoice, thou who by Thy grace raiseth up the fallen; Rejoice, you who instill the fear of God in our hearts.
Rejoice, Blessed Healer of our souls and bodies.
Kontakion 7
Wanting to show Your ineffable mercy, You bestowed upon us, offering to the Virgin Mary, Your miraculous icon, called the Healer, so that all who flow to it with faith will be freed from illnesses and granted all consolation. For this reason we cry out to God about You: Alleluia.
Ikos 7
Wonderful and glorious are Your works, Most Immaculate Lady: for all, rich and poor, healthy and sick, with diligent prayer to those who flow to Your healing icon, give all good things according to each need and in the measure of faith and love. Likewise, we do not hide Your blessings, but, gratefully glorifying Your mercies, we say to You:
Rejoice, hearing of the deaf; Rejoice, sight of the blind.
Rejoice, silent verb; Rejoice, lame walking.
Rejoice, cleansing of lepers; Rejoice, strengthening of the weakened.
Rejoice, liberation from evil and crafty spirits; Rejoice, for God is our refuge and intercession.
Rejoice, immutable deliverance from needs, sorrows and troubles; Rejoice, you who eradicate the addiction to corruptible wealth.
Rejoice, thou who teachest to seek imperishable wealth in heaven; Rejoice, thou who directest our minds to the heavens
Rejoice, Blessed Healer of our souls and bodies.
Kontakion 8
Strangers and strangers in this sorrowful and many-rebellious world, we seek the eternal Heavenly Fatherland and we humbly ask You, the omnipotent Queen of the Ever-Virgin Mother of God: guide us along the paths of the saving commandments of Your Son, Christ our God, so that, having escaped the snares of the invisible enemy, we may sing uncontrollably to the Almighty Song to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 8
The whole Christian world pleases You, the Immaculate Virgin, with voices of praise: for all the faithful, especially those who are sick, find comfort in looking at Your all-honorable icon, called the Healer. Oh, Most Wonderful Lady Theotokos, accept also our tender praises as follows:
Rejoice, our Joy; Rejoice, unspeakable kindness.
Rejoice, height of virtues; Rejoice, depth of humility.
Rejoice, inexhaustible source of mercies and generosity; Rejoice, fragrant flower of virginity and purity.
Rejoice, affirmation of the Christian faith; Rejoice, reproof of wickedness.
Rejoice, praise of the powers above; Rejoice, glory to all the righteous.
Rejoice, hope of all sinners; Rejoice, hopeless hope.
Rejoice, Blessed Healer of our souls and bodies.
Kontakion 9
We place all our trust in You, Mother of God, and in sorrows and illnesses we flow to Your holy icon with reverence and faith, hoping to receive quick consolation and healing from it.
Oh, Most Holy Queen Theotokos, look mercifully on us, Your humble servants, and hasten to fulfill everything that is for our benefit, both in this life and in the future, and, glorifying Your compassion, we sing to the Creator God: Alleluia.
Ikos 9
The oracles of multi-proclamation will not be able to adequately praise Thee, the Most Pure Virgin, the most honorable cherub and the most glorious without comparison seraphim, who without seed gave birth to the Savior of our souls. But we, even though we are weak, are still overcome by love for You, and open our unworthy lips to praise You:
Rejoice, secretly incomprehensible to the minds of men and angels; Rejoice, having surpassed the angels in purity.
Rejoice, the beginning of the miracles of Christ; Rejoice, all prophecies are fulfilled.
Rejoice, you who wonderfully combined virginity and Christmas in yourself; Rejoice, having preserved both immaculate and holy for yourself.
Rejoice, Mother of the Son of God and the Most High God; Rejoice, you who have opened the entrance to the kingdom of heaven to fallen humanity.
Rejoice, quiet refuge from storms for those floating on the sea of life; Rejoice, God-given joy to those who suffer.
Rejoice, shining with grace and glory of wondrous signs and wonders; Rejoice, you who receive the praise of human words.
Rejoice, Blessed Healer of our souls and bodies.
Kontakion 10
To save the human race from lawlessness and eternal torment, the Lord, the lover of mankind, has granted You, His Mother, as help, protection and protection to those who believe in Him. Glorifying our Creator’s immeasurable mercy for us sinners, with a grateful heart and mouth we cry out to Him: Alleluia.
Ikos 10
You are an insurmountable wall and a strong intercession, O Virgin Mary, to all who come running to You in prayer. Likewise, protect us, the unworthy, from severe diseases and from every evil situation, and grant in all matters timely help and strengthening to those who call upon Ti:
Rejoice, our Intercessor and praise; Rejoice, our Guardian and affirmation.
Rejoice, our joy and wonderful care for us; Rejoice, our well-known refuge in all sorrowful situations.
Rejoice, education of infants; Rejoice, teacher of chastity to young people.
Rejoice, you who give love and harmony to your spouse; Rejoice, you who lead reverent elders to the peaceful end of their lives.
Rejoice, strengthening and admonishing the faithful shepherds of the Holy Church; Rejoice, you who strive in monastic form as intercessors for eternal joy.
Rejoice, who does not abandon those who live piously in the world through Your intercession; Rejoice, wonderful help to all Christians.
Rejoice, Blessed Healer of our souls and bodies.
Kontakion 11
Accept, O Ever-Virgin Mother of God, the songs and supplications of all-contriteness that we now offer before your celibate image, and grant us worthy to sing to the One God until the end of our lives: Alleluia.
Ikos 11
Your miraculous icon, Mother of God, shines brightly, exuding currents of grace-filled healings to the faithful and instructing those wandering in the darkness of sins on the bright path of virtues and salvation. For this reason we cry out to You these songs of praise:
Rejoice, by the shadow of Your icon you drive away the power of the enemy from everyone; Rejoice, you who provide quick consolation and healing to all who come running in sorrows, needs and illnesses.
Rejoice, miracle of miracles, Hodegetria the Lady, instructing the path of salvation; Rejoice, granter of a peaceful dispensation to those overwhelmed by misfortunes.
Rejoice, teaching us pure living through Your purity; Rejoice, thou who admonisheth wicked, proud and angry people.
Rejoice, thou who instills in us the right faith and fear of God; Rejoice, you who drive away the darkness of unbelief with the light of Christ’s teaching.
Rejoice, remover of confusion from doubtful thoughts; Rejoice, generous giver of all spiritual gifts.
Rejoice, teacher of piety; Rejoice, intercessor of peace.
Rejoice, Blessed Healer of our souls and bodies.
Kontakion 12
By Your grace and mercies, Most Merciful Lady, do not forsake Orthodox Christians, granting consolation to the grieving, intercession to the offended, healing to the sick, and deliverance to all those in various troubles; For this reason, glorifying You, we cry out to God in gratitude: Alleluia.
Ikos 12
Singing Your ineffable mercies and miracles, revealed to us unworthy, we bow our knees before Your celibate image, the Ever-Virgin Mother of God, and we earnestly pray to You:
Grant us peace, silence and a good Christian death, and do not leave without Your help and intercession in the second coming of Your Son and our God all who bring this praise to You with tenderness:
Rejoice, strengthening those who have fallen into despondency and despair with the hope of salvation; Rejoice, looser of the bonds of sin.
Rejoice, you who turn God’s righteous wrath upon us into mercy; Rejoice, you who organize our earthly life well.
Rejoice, thou who deliverest us from dangerous circumstances; Rejoice, at the hour of death there is an ambulance for everyone.
Rejoice, those who honor Thee at the ordeals of the air; Rejoice, love for you who opens the gates of heaven to you.
Rejoice, you who grant eternal bliss in the Kingdom of Heaven to those who glorify You; Rejoice, you who disgrace those who do not honor You before everyone.
Rejoice, O sovereign, our Helper in the days of difficult trials; Rejoice, for in bright days you rejoice with us.
Rejoice, Blessed Healer of our souls and bodies.
Kontakion 13
Oh, All-Singing Mother of our sweetest Lord Jesus Christ, graciously accept this little prayer of ours, deliver us from all misfortune, illness and sudden death and grant us the heirs of being the heirs of the Kingdom of Heaven and with all the saints to sing to Your Son and our God: Alleluia.
This kontakion is read three times, then the 1st ikos: “Archangel Gabriel...” and the 1st kontakion: “The chosen one from all generations...”.
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Sunday school[edit]
There is a Sunday school at the church for young parishioners and their parents. It was founded in 2004.
Currently, children aged 5 to 13 years old study at the school. They are divided into classes by age and level of knowledge: junior class (preparatory group) from 5 to 6 years; middle class from 8-9 years old; senior class from 10-13 years old.
The lesson program includes the study of the Law of God, Gospel history, History of the Russian Orthodox Church, Church Slavonic language, the basics of choral and church singing.
Preparatory group - children from 5-6 years old study “Fundamentals of Musical Literacy” and “Introduction to the Law of God” according to a program adapted for this age.
The educational process for children is supplemented by classes in drawing and singing clubs. The school operates a puppet theater and a theater studio. Excursions around Moscow and the Moscow region are organized for children to get acquainted with historical and spiritual centers.
On the Christmas and Easter holidays, Sunday school children organize concerts, performances, and exhibitions of children's drawings for parents and church parishioners.
Activities of the parish[edit]
- Catechesis
- Children's Sunday school
- Social service
- Library and video library
As part of the agreement, the clergy of the Moscow metochion of the Valaam Monastery perform church services and catechetical conversations with patients in the hospital.
There is a Sunday school for children on the basis of the temple.
The temple community helps large and low-income families of parishioners. To feed them, a refectory house was built on the temple grounds. The charity department of the Moscow Metochion of the Valaam Monastery and volunteers provide comprehensive assistance to needy parishioners and their children.
Description and meaning in Orthodoxy
The full-length painting of the icon depicts the Most Holy Theotokos healing a hopeless patient. She stands at the bedside of a weak cleric, wearing red and blue clothes decorated with pearls, and a halo around her head. On the folding doors there is an image of Archangel Michael on the left, and Archangel Gabriel on the right. Two saints seem to be supporting the icon. The entire surface of the folded chasuble is decorated with diamonds.
The first miracle of healing occurred with a singer from the Navarna church. His name was Vikenty Bulvinensky. He always, entering the doors of the temple, fell on his face before the holy image of the Mother of God, each time saying a prayer. Unfortunately he became seriously ill. The patient's tongue festered, he could not make a single sound, and he was tormented by unbearable pain. At times the cleric fell into unconsciousness.
Each time he regained consciousness, he repeated in his thoughts the words of his daily prayer. One day he saw a Guardian Angel in the form of a charming young man at the head of his bed. He read a prayer, asking him to heal the sick man. The Mother of God herself appeared at the bed.
She sprinkled her milk on the lips of the terminally ill man and disappeared. After this, the singer recovered in one second, immediately went to church service, where, to the surprise of everyone, he began to sing. This miracle of healing was captured in the plot of the icon. The theological meaning of the iconography is that the believer must constantly pray to the Mother of God for healing and expect it, without falling into a state of despondency. The right time will come, and the Lord will answer the request, clothed in prayer.
Where is the original
The Georgian original of “The Healer” was kept in Kartalinia (a region of modern Georgia). It was considered the property of the Tsilkan Cathedral Church. It was lost. There is no information about him.
The Moscow icon, which performed miracles of healing, was first kept in the Alekseevsky convent.
When the 30s of the 19th century arrived, she was transported to Krasnoe Selo. There she spent some time within the walls of the Novo-Alekseevsky Monastery. Later, the icon, which performed miracles of healing, was transferred for storage to the Church of the Resurrection of Christ, which is located in Sokolniki.
Where can you find famous lists?
The miraculous power of lists is known. Copies with the image of the Virgin Mary imprinted on them can be seen in clinics, churches and hospital chapels opened at medical centers. They pray to the icon in many almshouses. People turn to the Mother of God with requests when they really feel bad. They are asking for healing. The Mother of God does not make everyone happy with her help.
It relieves people from illnesses who think about the meaning of life, are grateful to God for it, and always glorify the Lord and the Virgin Mary. As in ancient times, the saint heals the sick in response to their humility. Several churches were built in Russia to the glory of the “Healer” icon:
- Oncological dispensary in Perm;
- Regional Hospital No. 2 Tyumen;
- Medical Center of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.
The subject depicted on the lists may differ in small details, but on all of them, without exception, the Mother of God stands, stretching out her hand to the sick person. For centuries, the Queen of Heaven has helped Christians suffering from illnesses. Miraculous healings are not uncommon; they also happen to our contemporaries.
Origin story
The first mention of the miraculous power of the image of the Holy Mother of God, depicted on an Orthodox icon, dates back to the 4th century. It was written in Iveria (the territory of modern Georgia), when Nina, a famous Christian educator, lived there. This saint led her people to Orthodoxy.
In Russia, they also revered an image called “Our Lady of Healing.” It was created in the 18th century. A miraculous sign was taken as the basis for Russian iconography. It was described in detail by Dmitry of Rostov (the saint). He spoke about the miraculous healing of a terminally ill church minister in his book “The Irrigated Fleece.”
Lyrics
With the blessing of the priest, a believer can read an akathist to the Mother of God and a prayer to the “Healer” icon outside the walls of the temple (at home, in a hospital ward). Those who are just starting to pray and read the akathist, chants and the prayer itself should listen to the recording. Their printed texts are in every prayer book.
Prayer
“Presently, O All-Blessed, All-Powerful Mistress, Master of the Theotokos, with prayers, with tears, now from us, Thy worthy servants, to Thy purpose to the beneficial image of the souls of those who send them with a tender heart, as if they were the very present and heedful prayer of ours.
According to whom, in the past you are fulfilled, you ease sorrows, with a powerful healthy gift, you heal the weakened, you heal, you drive away the hurtful, you drive away the offended from the bad. you say, lepers are cleansed, small children are young; More than the Lady, the Lady of the Mother of God, and from the bonds of darkness you free all kinds of passions and heal them, for everything is possible through your intercession to your son, Christ our God.
O All-Sung Mat, Most Holy Theotokos! Do not cease to pray for us, Thy worthy servants, who glorify Thee, who honor Thee, who worship with affection the Most Holy Image of Thy, who hope for the return of the powerful, and who doubt the faith in Thyself, Pr. սснодꬲвꬲ More glorious and Nꬲvicious, now ꬲ ս prսsno ս in ꬲкս вꬲkov. Amen."
Akathist
Akathist is a church hymn glorifying the Mother of God. It consists of 13 songs of praise (kontakia) and 12 lengthy songs (ikos). First the kontakion is read, then the corresponding ikos. Lengthy songs are not read separately from songs of praise. Healthy people always perform chants while standing, while seriously ill people recite the text while lying down. The ancient Greek word akathist means non-seated singing.
The last kontakion is repeated three times, this is an ancient tradition. The text of the 13th song of praise contains words addressed to the Mother of God herself: “O All-Sweet Mother of our Sweetest Lord Jesus Christ, mercifully just a little of our prayers, having delivered us from all adversity, pain nor sudden death and grant us heirs of the existence of the Kingdom of heaven and All the saints praise Thy Son and our God: Halleluah.”
Reading the akathist is allowed on all days except during Lent. You need to read the songs in the morning. After reading the 13th kontakion three times, recite the text of the first ikos, the first kontakion, and then say a prayer.
What does it help with?
The “healer” became famous for a number of miraculous healings of believers from a variety of diseases. Therefore, there are lists of it in many churches located near hospitals.
Healing from diseases of varying severity
Believers go with prayers to the icons with the image of the Mother of God. Praying, they ask to be delivered from all sorts of diseases. The icon facilitates the treatment of mental disorders and severe depression.
Healing wounds and injuries
Treatment of serious injuries is successful if a person turns to the Mother of God with words of prayer.
To the victims of the war
Before the revolution, military hospitals were consecrated in the name of the “Healer”, where soldiers were treated for wounds received in battle. The image of the Mother of God was consecrated:
- parish of the Alexander III hospital;
- in Moscow, a temple built at the Staro-Catherine Hospital.
These historical buildings have not survived to this day. The tradition of consecration was revived in 1992 in Moscow.
The “Healer” icon was used to consecrate a new church, which was erected next to the Institute of Clinical Psychiatry.
Assistance during childbirth and pregnancy
They turn to the image of the saint if they cannot conceive a child. The icon helps to preserve the fetus, carry and safely give birth to a baby, and avoid miscarriage. With “Healer” toxicosis is easier to tolerate. The Mother of God can heal the fetus in the mother’s womb from a serious illness.
Help in sorrows
Before the face of the saint, people pray for their departed loved ones.
Protection from misfortunes
A holy image can protect from misfortunes. People turn to him in prayer if it is necessary to free themselves from any addiction (drugs, alcohol, smoking, games).
