Each of us wants to preserve comfort, happiness and love in the family for many years. And many turn for help to the Higher Powers - God. The icon for family happiness is an image of the Saint, which allows us to turn to him for support and help.
We will tell you which icons it is customary for families to keep in the house, which Saints to pray to so that peace, love and prosperity reign in the family. We will also advise where to store holy images.
Icons for protecting home and family. Kinds:
Icons of the Mother of God are one of the most important and revered icons for any Orthodox Christian. This face is preserved by almost every Christian believer, especially families with children, and through sincere prayer they pray for health and well-being.
The Kazan Mother of God is an icon that brings prosperity and peace to the family. It will help you avoid various problems along the path of life and will heal and alleviate many ailments. The Iveron Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos is the intercessor of all women, who will preserve the family hearth, give peace and comfort in stormy days, and help in getting rid of illness. Prayers to the face of the Most Holy Theotokos, Quick to Hear, will give healthy children to spouses and make childbirth easier for a woman. It is recommended to place the “Inexhaustible Chalice” icon in a house where you need help in healing from bad addictions. Prayers to this image can improve your financial situation, save your family, and also find solace in grief and sadness.
This also includes the icons of the Mother of God of Joy and Consolation, the Mother of God of Vladimir, the Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God and others.
Wedding icons (the Lord Pantocrator and the Mother of God) are of great importance for a married couple if they have gone through the sacrament of wedding - they will definitely protect the young and bring good to their home.
The icon “Holy Trinity” is a symbol of wisdom, love and reason . The main confessional icon should be in every Christian home. In the prayer before her, they ask for forgiveness of sins. An example of an icon is here.
Saint John the Baptist. An icon of great power, protecting against any negative influence, poor health, and various diseases. John the Baptist is an image that is often located in home iconostases, in the red corner.
Great Martyr George the Victorious . Prayer to him brings well-being to the family and helps to find the right way to overcome life’s difficulties. Wives and mothers of sons waiting for their husbands from the war prayed to this Saint. They asked Saint George to help save their lives and return home safely.
Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker. A powerful icon, which is very often found in Orthodox Christian homes, is the image of this Saint. The icon of Nicholas will help in solving material problems, protect against illness, sanctify a long journey and make it easier to make an important decision.
The “Seven Shot” icon, powerful in its strength, will protect the family hearth from misfortunes, envious people and ill-wishers, damage and other manifestations of evil. In addition, she is able to heal many ailments and reconcile warring parties. Before you buy the Seven Shot Icon, you need to read a certain prayer, and then observe which of your ill-wishers will stop coming to your house. The images of Saints Peter and Fevronia will preserve the fidelity of the spouses and their love. They are the main protectors and patrons of the family, giving peace and happiness to the home. Prayers at the icon of Peter and Fevronia will allow you to preserve your feelings for each other forever.
The image “Unexpected Joy” , placed in the house, contributes to successful prayers for the health and well-being of children, and will also preserve harmony and love in marriage.
Another image - the “Holy Family” - patronizes families and helps strengthen marriages.
Also, the icons of St. Theodora, St. Xenia of St. Petersburg, St. Matrona of Moscow and many others help preserve family happiness.
In addition to the above icons for family happiness and well-being, the guardians are the Saints , whose names are borne by your loved ones after baptism, and the icons of the Guardian Angel.
Pray to the personalized icons before leaving the house, and you will be under their protection all day.
Holy Fathers Joachim and Anna
These saints are none other than the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary. They were very pious people, but did not have children until old age. In those days, childlessness was considered a curse and was highly condemned by society. Joachim and Anna fervently prayed to the Lord for the gift of a child and did not give up hope, despite their advanced age.
And just when they had almost lost their last hope, a great miracle happened - the Archangel Gabriel himself appeared to Anna to inform her about the birth of her daughter. She became the future Mother of God, named Mary at birth.
Holy Righteous Joachim and Anna
The holy parents thanked the Lord as best they could, and when the girl turned 3 years old, she was taken to the temple to be raised, where she grew up.
Since Godfathers Joachim and Anna themselves begged for a child for a long time, it is customary for them to pray to spouses who, for some reason, are deprived of the joy of parenthood. They are also turned to in difficulties with raising children, with prayers for their health and well-being.
Prayer to Saints Joachim and Anna
O holy righteous women, Godfathers Joachim and Anno! Pray to the Merciful Lord, that He may turn away His wrath from us, for our deeds are righteously moved towards us, and may, despising our countless sins, convert us, servant of God (names), on the path of repentance, and may He establish us on the path of His commandments. Also, with your prayers, save our life in the world, and ask for all good haste, all that we need from God for life and piety, freely, from all adversity and misfortune and out of the blue. stinging death through your intercession, delivering us and protecting us from all enemies, visible and invisible, and So this temporary life has passed in the world. Let us achieve eternal peace, whereby through your holy supplication may we be made worthy of the Heavenly Kingdom of Christ our God, to Him, together with the Father and the Most Holy Spirit, befits all glory, honor and worship in eyelids of centuries.
Where to place icons of family happiness and love in the house?
Revered Christian images must be properly placed in accordance with the following rules:
- Icons in an Orthodox home are placed on the eastern side, and if this is not possible, then where there is enough space for the person praying.
- Objects of earthly, decorative, frivolous significance, equipment, and household items should not be next to the images of the Saints. It is allowed to store icon lamps, candles and other church utensils, Orthodox literature, holy water, willow branches, etc. near the icons.
- Icons should be placed, not hung. The place where they are stored is the red corner. These can be special shelves for icons or a home iconostasis.
- Remember that for placement in the house, it is advisable to illuminate the icons in the church.
- Maintain hierarchy when placing faces. In the center is the Savior, the Mother of God. The images of the Saints should not cover these icons and the Holy Trinity, nor should they be located above them.
Even more information on this topic in the article: How and where to place icons in a modern interior?
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The miraculous icon of the Mother of God "Mammal".
In the city of Tula, in the Shcheglovsky Monastery, founded in honor of the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Mammal,” the icon located there was in former times in a silver robe with precious decorations. Now there is a wonderful list of her for worship. The clothes of the Mother of God, just as on the original, are written in red and blue colors; she is breastfeeding a baby.
The ancient miraculous icon “Mammal,” decorated before the revolution with a silver chasuble, painted for the small church of the monastery in honor of Nikander of Pskov, has still been preserved.
Like any newborn baby in need of healthy food and affection, the Mother of God fed Jesus Christ with her milk.
That’s why they pray to her so that children grow up healthy, so that nourishing mothers will rejoice looking at them; in addition, it protects against infertility.
Holy Martyrs Adrian and Natalia
Another married couple revered in Orthodoxy is Saints Adrian and Natalia, from the city of Nicomedia. Adrian worshiped pagan gods, and even served at the court of the emperor, who fiercely persecuted Christians. His wife Natalia was a secret Christian, of which there were many in those days.
By order of the emperor, more than two dozen Christians were arrested and tried before the ruler. Adrian was also present at the trial. He was amazed at the steadfastness of these people’s confession of faith and immediately joined them. His entourage did not believe what was happening, they thought that Adrian was not himself and suggested that he apologize and return to serving the emperor. But Adrian firmly professed Christianity and was arrested along with the others.
Martyrs Adrian and Natalia
When Natalia learned about her husband's arrest, she came to prison to cheer him up and strengthen him in his faith. Adrian was executed along with the rest of the Christians, and his wife Natalia soon died on her husband’s coffin.
Orthodox spouses pray to Saints Adrian and Natalia to strengthen the bonds of marriage, eliminate conflicts, and promote well-being in the family.
Prayer to Saints Adrian and Natalia
Oh, sacred duo, holy martyrs of Christ, Adriana and Natalia, blessed spouses and noble sufferers! Hear us praying to you with tears, and send down upon us all that is good for our souls and bodies, and pray to Christ God to have mercy on us and deal with us in His mercy, so that we do not perish in our sins. To her, holy martyrs, accept the voice of our prayer and deliver us with your prayers from famine, destruction, cowardice, flood, fire, hail, sword, invasion of foreigners and internecine warfare, from from death and from all troubles, sorrows and illnesses, let me take you out, With your prayers and intercession of strength, let us glorify the Lord Jesus Christ, to Him belongs all glory, honor and worship, together with His Beginning Father and the Most Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.
Holy Martyrs Gury, Samon and Aviv
These saints lived in the third century AD. Gury and Samon were the first to be arrested and tortured, by order of the emperor. Christianity in those centuries was severely exterminated, followers of the faith were sought out and arrested. Most Christians were secret, meeting at night in caves and other shelters, unable to openly profess their faith.
Aviv was a deacon of the Edessa church, and he surrendered himself to the authorities so that other believers would not be found through him. He was executed and buried next to Simon and Gury, so these saints are revered together.
Confessors Gury, Aviv and Samon
Traditionally, Guriy, Samon and Aviv are considered the heavenly patrons of all married women. Wives pray to these saints when they are in a quarrel with their husbands, in order to soften their hearts and smooth out the conflict.
Prayer to the holy martyrs Guria, Samon and Aviv
About the saints of the martyr and confessor of Christ Guria, Samon and Aviv! Warm intercessors and prayer books for us before God, in the tenderness of our hearts, looking at your most pure image, we humbly pray to you: hear us, sinful and unworthy servants of yours, who are in troubles, sorrows and misfortunes, and having seen our grave and countless sins, reveal Your great mercy to us, raise us up from the depths of sin, enlighten our minds, soften the evil and damned heart, stop the envy, enmity and strife that live in us. Overshadow us with peace, love and the fear of God, beg the merciful Lord to cover the multitude of our sins with His ineffable mercy. May she preserve her Holy Church from unbelief, heresies and schisms. May he give our country peace, prosperity, and fertility of the land; love and harmony for spouses; obedience to children; patience for the offended; those who offend the fear of God; complacency to those who mourn; those who rejoice abstain. May He cover us all with His all-powerful right hand, and may He deliver us from famine, destruction, cowardice, flood, fire, sword, invasion of foreigners and internecine warfare, and vain deaths. May He protect us with the militia of His holy angels, so that upon our departure from this life we will be delivered from the wiles of the evil one and his secret aerial ordeals, and may we present ourselves uncondemned to the Throne of the Lord of Glory, where the faces of the saints, the Angels and all the saints, glorify the most holy and magnificent name of the Father and the Son. and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
