Canon to the Holy Martyr Boniface

Holy Martyr Boniface

Martyrs were sent to the class, / you were a true martyr, / having suffered for Christ most powerfully, most valiantly, / with the power of you you returned by the faith that sent you, blessed Boniface, / / pray to Christ God to receive Forgive us of our sins.

Song 1

Irmos: Tristates strong, Be born of the Virgin, dispassion in the depths, flood the tripartite soul, I pray that You, as in the tympanum, in the mortification of the body I will sing victorious songs.

Chorus: Holy Martyr Boniface, pray to God for us.

With diligent thought and feat of jealousy for the good sufferers, you suffered greatly and you killed the serpent through your life-giving sufferings, the sufferer Boniface, the holy Angels interlocutor.

Having seen the enemy’s flattery on earth, poured out fiercely, the noble sufferer, having inflamed his soul with the most divine desire, you entered the funeral feast unafraid, blessed, wise.

Enlightened by Divine wisdom, blessed one, you have fooled your unwise enemies, proclaiming Christ, becoming like the foolishness of the flesh, to whom you will appear, Boniface, the long-suffering martyr.

Theotokos: The Mountain of God, which Daniel saw, the mental tabernacle, the pure Mary, the sanctification of glory, the table that contains the Divine bread, all the faithful, let us sing with one wisdom.

Song 3

Irmos: Because the Church has given birth to barren children, and many of the children are weary, let us cry to our wonderful God: Holy art thou, Lord.

As you, more gloriously, desired the highest freedom, freeing yourself from the yoke of work, jealous with an honest passion, more gloriously, than for the mercy of the former servant.

The carnal one who emerged from the wisdom of the divine change, suddenly you endured every cruel attack, rejoicing, martyr Boniface.

You yourself rejected yourself, and you went out to the exploits and struggles of the enemy, strengthened by the weapon of the Cross, and, having become a conqueror, you became glorified, martyr Boniface.

Theotokos: Having exhausted Yourself, Without exhausting the Father’s bosom in Your womb, the all-important God and Your Son became, the All-Immaculate One, saving humanity.

Sedalen, voice 4

Martyrs were sent to the class, the martyr was true, having suffered for Christ the most, the most valiant, the burden, blessed, was given by faith to the one who sent you, blessed Boniface. But pray diligently to receive perfect forgiveness for all sins.

Glory, and now, the Mother of God:

Having loved sins, I pray to You, who gave birth to the sinless God, who takes away the sins of the world, Most Pure One, to show mercy to my sinful soul and to cleanse my many sins: for you are the purifier of sinners knowledge, and salvation for the faithful, and intercession.

Holy Cross:

From the Beginningless Father, born, and lastly, Who was born in the flesh, hanging on the Cross, beholding, Christ, alas for Me, Most Dear Jesus, crying out as He is glorified as God from the Angels, from without mercy These people today, Son, are you crucifying yourself? I sing to Thee, Long-suffering One.

Song 4

Irmos: For the sake of Love, Generous One, You became Your image on Your Cross, and the nations melted away: For You are, O Lover of mankind, my strength and praise.

Blessing the patience of the afflicted, with the likeness, O martyr, of honorable sufferings you have become likened to you, the rich God-wise One.

Go by faith to the martyrs of the divine class, blessed one, you who desire the most wondrous burden, God-wise, you gave to you.

Purified like gold, O martyr, the plagues of the crucible, the purest one appeared, bearing the image of the Creator of Passions.

Theotokos: Virginity at Christmas is sealed to those who know, O Young Lady, the unspeakably born Word from Thy side.

Song 5

Irmos: Thy Enlightenment, Lord, send down upon us and resolve us from the darkness of sins, O Good One, grant Thy peace.

Like a shining star, you rose from the west, and you went, O martyr, to suffer patiently, and you shone towards the west, illuminating the ends.

You labored as a martyr, tormenting your nails with sharp, martyr’s, reeds, and faithfully dulling the sting of the evil one with grace.

The enemy is exhausted, God-wise, by treachery, for with an unwavering gaze towards God you endured the wounds of the flesh, as if you were incorporeal.

Theotokos: Wash away all filthiness, O Virgin, my soul, I cry out to You and save me, O Pure One, Who embodied the true God of the Savior on earth.

Song 6

Irmos: The prophet Jonah cried out, prefiguring the burial of three days, praying in the whale: deliver me from aphids, O Jesus, King of hosts.

Beaten, you wounded the godless with fleshly wounds, incurably ill with ignorance, and you appeared to the sick as a physician, the sufferer Boniface.

We exalt you to God, blessed one, with the advent of deeds, you destroyed invisible enemies and you were a helper to the humble, passion-bearing.

We drag along the earth, like a stone of great price, the sufferer, you have cast down the charms of the affirmation, but you have strengthened the faithful hearts most of all by faith.

Theotokos: The bush is the image of You, the All-blameless One, first, burning and in no way scorched, the Most Pure One, for, like it, you were not scorched, having embodied God.

Kontakion, voice 4

You have brought immaculate sanctification to you of your own accord, Who is from the Virgin for you to be born, O holy crowned, wise Boniface.

Song 7

Irmos: Abrahamsti sometimes in Babylon the youths trampled the fire of the fire, crying out in songs: Our father, God, blessed art thou.

Without bending your knees to the idol, you fell into temptation, the greatest, truly, a martyr, into the furnace, in which it was watered, you gave thanks to Christ forever.

Destroy the fortress of your confession with zeal, the flattering wise one pours bubbling tin mercilessly into your inner being, but in reality you are put to shame.

Having zealously cut off your honest head, you have cut off your flattering enemy’s many-wily head with the sword, O martyr of Christ, God-wise.

Theotokos: Let the voices of hymns befitting You, O Youth, deliver me from passions with Your prayers, troubles and sorrows and wicked people, embitter those who seek me.

Song 8

Irmos: Omnipotent Redeemer of all, in the midst of the flames of the pious, descended, watered you and taught you to sing: all you do, bless, sing to the Lord.

Your salvation is beneficial to Christ, Bonifatius, by seeking the relics of the virtuous martyrs, strengthening you, even as you truly sought to be.

Thou hast given the blessed treasure to the blessed lady, blessed one, having become rich, girded with a cheerful heart: all you do, bless, sing to the Lord.

With diligence, glorious woman, having erected the most sacred temple, place you in it, the real temple of the Divine Trinity, the passion-bearing Boniface of Christ.

Having died for the love of the Creator, who mortifies corrupting passions, you who give life through your prayer clearly cry out: all you do, bless, sing to the Lord.

Theotokos: To Ty, the Pure, the Most Divine, descended, like the news, deified people, singing songs, descended, the Virgin: all things, bless, sing to the Lord.

Song 9

Irmos: Eve, through the illness of disobedience, instilled an oath, but you, Virgin Mother of God, through the vegetation of womb-bearing, the blessing of the world has blossomed. Thus we magnify you all.

Seeing you, the sacred burden, rejoicing, crying out, ever remembering: the servant sent you, blessed, the true master, I accept the work of delivering my evils with your favorable prayers .

Like Krin, for the pleasure of your thoughts you flourished as martyrs, Bonifatius, like a phoenix, you exalted yourself like a cedar, you became known as peace-breathing, you appeared chosen like a cypress, sweetening our souls.

Today your memory shines upon us, passion-bearing, like the sun, with the radiance of Divine gifts, enlightening the souls of those who sing to you, driving away the darkness of passions, the all-blessed martyr of God.

Like the sun from the west, you have risen and you have reached the eastern city, where you have suffered and gone through death, you have risen to life and you have reached bright Rome, this enclosure is a prayer by yours.

Theotokos: Illuminate me with Thy light, O All-Immaculate One, in the darkness of sinful things, O Theotokos, and grant the Divine commandments to walk in the day, O Bride of God, as let me sing to Thee, the All-Singing One.

Prayer to the holy martyr Boniface of Tarsus

Oh, long-suffering and all-praised martyr Boniface! We now resort to your intercession; do not reject the prayers of us who sing to you, but graciously hear us. See our brothers and sisters, overcome by the serious illness of drunkenness, see for the sake of your mother, the Church of Christ, and eternal salvation falling away.

Oh, holy martyr Bonifatius, touch their hearts with the grace given by God, quickly raise them from the falls of sin and lead them to saving abstinence.

Pray to the Lord God, for whose sake you suffered, that having forgiven us our sins, may He not turn away His mercy from His sons, but may He strengthen sobriety and chastity in us, may He help His right hand For those who are sober, to keep their saving vow to the end, day and night, oh He is awake and a good answer will be given about him at the Last Judgment Seat. Accept, O saint of God, the prayers of mothers who shed tears for their children; honest wives, weeping for their husbands, children of the orphans and the poor, abandoned by the pianists, all of us who fell to your icon, and may this cry of ours come through your prayers to the throne of the Most High, granting to all according to their prayers health and salvation of souls and bodies, especially the Kingdom Heavenly. Cover and keep us from the evil deception and all the snares of the enemy, in the terrible hour of the departure of our help, we will pass through the airy ordeals without stumbling, and through your prayers, deliver us from eternal condemnation. Beg the Lord to grant us unfeigned and unshakable love for our Fatherland, before the enemies of the Holy Church, visible and invisible, invincible power, may God’s mercy cover us forever taken forever and ever. Amen.

Second prayer to the holy martyr Boniface of Tarsus

Oh, holy passion-bearer of Christ, warrior of the Heavenly King, despising earthly sensuality and ascending to heavenly Jerusalem through suffering, martyr Boniface! Hear me, a sinner, offering prayer songs from my heart, and beg our Lord Jesus Christ to forgive all my sins, both in knowledge and in ignorance, that I have committed. To her, martyr of Christ, you show the image of repentance to sinners! With your prayers to God, be a helper and protector against the evil enemy of the devil; I tried many times to escape the snares of his wicked ones, but I was caught in the snare of sin and was firmly dragged away from him, I could not get rid of him unless you appeared to me, the circumstances are bitter for the one who endures, and how long until I dared to repent, but I lied before God. For this reason I come running to you and pray: save me, Holy One of God, from all evils through your intercession, by the grace of Almighty God, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. . Amen.

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What to do if your son is drunk

There are few rules for reciting prayers, although you can address the Lord and saints anywhere. Prayers are read in front of the icons, in the “red corner”, where the home iconostasis is usually located. Cross yourself, looking at the icon, bow. Now you can read the prayer and supplement it by praying in your own words. Read the prayer with attention, stay in communion with God. After prayer, you can kiss the icon of Boniface or the “Inexhaustible Chalice” according to tradition - this is called “kissing the icon”: cross yourself twice, kiss the hand or the edge of the clothing of the image on the icon, cross yourself again. You or your son can read the prayer to the saint online using the text below. A strong prayer to the martyr Boniface is offered by people all over the world:

“Oh, holy sufferer, martyr Boniface, we ask for your intercession in grief, hear us with your mercy and do not reject us. Heal my son (name), who is overcome by the serious illness of drunkenness for the sake of the prayers of the entire Church of Christ. Oh, holy martyr Boniface, touch his heart with the grace of God and lead him from sin to abstinence for salvation. May the Lord Jesus Christ not turn away from us, may he keep us all in sobriety and virtue, may he give his hand to those being treated for addiction. Accept, O intercessor before God, my prayer (mothers, children, spouses suffering from alcoholism, drug addiction, smoking), save from the wiles of demons and temptations. May our prayer, through your help, reach the throne of the Almighty and may God’s mercy cover us forever. Amen."

Canon to the Holy Martyr Boniface

Irmos: Strong tristates, Be born of the Virgin, drown the tripartite dispassion in the depths of the soul, I pray, so that You, as in the tympanum, may sing victorious songs to the mortification of the body.

With zealous thought and feat, being jealous of the good sufferers, you suffered greatly and you killed the serpent through your life-giving suffering, sufferer Boniface, the interlocutor of the holy Angels.

Having seen the enemy’s flattery poured out on the land, the good sufferer, having inflamed his soul with the most Divine desire, you entered the funeral feast unafraid, blessed, wise.

Enlightened by Divine wisdom, blessed one, you have made fools of your unwise enemies, proclaiming Christ, becoming likened to the arrogance of the flesh, to whom you appeared at will, Boniface, the long-suffering martyr.

Theotokos: The Mountain of God, which Daniel saw in the south, the mental tabernacle, the pure Mary, the holy sanctification of glory, the table that contains the Divine bread, all the faithful, with one wisdom we will sing.

Song 3

Irmos: Because the Church has given birth to barren children, and many of the weak children of the congregation, let us cry out to our wonderful God: Holy art thou, Lord.

As you, O glorious one, desired the Highest freedom, freeing yourself from the yoke of work, jealous with honest passion, O glorious one, for the mercy of the former slave.

The highest of the flesh appeared through the wisdom of the Divine change, suddenly you endured every cruel adversity, rejoicing, martyr Boniface.

You yourself rejected yourself, and you came out to the feat and struggle of the enemy, strengthened by the weapon of the Cross, and, having become the winner, you became glorified, martyr Bonifatius.

Theotokos: Having exhausted Yourself, Without exhausting the Father’s bosom in Your womb, the pre-existent God and Your Son became, All-immaculate, saving humanity.

Kontakion, tone 4

Coming out to receive the passion-bearing relics and those suffering from the law of faith for the sake of vain, you showed your courageous strength, rushing to the passions by confessing to Christ, Who received the honor of the victory of your suffering, Bonifatius, ever pray for us.

Sedalen, voice 4

Martyrs were sent to the class, you were a true martyr, having suffered for Christ the most, most valiant, but the burden, blessed, you surrendered by faith to the one who sent you, blessed Bonifatius. But diligently pray for complete forgiveness of all sins.

Song 4

Irmos: For the sake of Love, Generous, You became Your image on Your Cross, and the pagans melted away: For You are, O Lover of Mankind, my strength and praise.

Blessing the patience of those who suffer, with the likeness of the martyr, you have become like this martyr of honest suffering, the rich wise God.

Going by faith to the martyrs of the Divine class, blessed one, you gave the most wonderful burden to you, the wise God.

Purified like gold, martyr, purified by the crucible, the purest one appeared, bearing the image of the Creator of Passions.

Theotokos: Virginity after the Nativity is sealed, recognizing, You have truly magnified the unspeakably born Word from Your side.

Song 5

Irmos: Thy Enlightenment, Lord, send down upon us and resolve us from the darkness of sins, O Good One, grant Thy peace.

Like a luminous star, you rose from the west, and you, martyr, went patiently through suffering, and you shone towards the west, illuminating the ends.

You labored as a martyr, tormenting nails with sharp, martyr's reeds, and faithfully dulling the evil sting with grace.

I am weary of the enemy, God-Wise, against your treachery, for with an unflinching gaze towards God you endured the wounds of the flesh, as though you were bodiless.

Theotokos: I have washed away all defilements, O Virgin, my soul, I cry out to You and save me, O Pure One, Who embodied the true God the Savior on earth.

Song 6

Irmos: Cry out, prefiguring the three-day burial, the prophet Jonah, praying in the whale: deliver me from aphids, O Jesus, King of hosts.

Beaten, you wounded the godless with fleshly wounds, incurably ill with ignorance, and you appeared to the sick as a doctor, the suffering Boniface.

We are exalted to God, blessed one, by the pretext of exploits, you have destroyed invisible enemies and you have been a helper to the humble, more passion-bearing.

We drag along the earth, like a precious stone, more suffering, you have cast down delights, but you have strengthened the hearts of the faithful most of all by faith.

Theotokos: The bush is a prototype of You, the All-Immaculate One, first, burning and in no way scorched, the Most Pure One, for, like it, you were not scorched, having embodied God.

Song 7

Irmos: Abrahamsti sometimes in Babylon the youths quenched the flames of the caves, crying out in songs: God of our fathers, blessed art thou.

Without bending your knees to the graven image, you fell into the greatest temptation, truly, a martyr, into the cave, watered by it, you gave thanks to Christ forever.

Eagerly to destroy the fortress of your confession, the flattering wise one mercilessly pours bubbling tin into your inner being, but in reality you are put to shame.

Having zealously cut off your honorable head, you cut off your flattering enemy's many-witted head with a sword, O martyr of Christ, God-Wise.

Theotokos: Let me sing with befitting voices to Thee, O Young Lady, deliver me from passions with Thy prayers, and troubles and sorrows and wicked people who seek to embitter me.

Song 8

Irmos: Savior of all, O All-Powerful One, in the midst of the flame of the pious, you descended, watered it and taught you to sing: all things, bless, sing to the Lord.

By making your salvation useful, Christ, Boniface, seeking the relics of the good-victorious martyrs, strengthens you, which you yourself truly sought to be.

More blessed than the lady, you have given the blessed treasure, blessed one, having become rich with it, girded with a cheerful heart: all your deeds, bless, sing to the Lord.

With diligence, the glorious woman, having erected the most sacred temple, place you in it, a true temple of the Divine Trinity, more passion-bearing than Bonifatius of Christ.

Having died for the love of the Creator, who mortifies corrupting passions, give life through your prayer to those who clearly cry out: all things, bless, sing to the Lord.

Theotokos: To Thee, the Pure One, the Divine One, descended like a message, incarnated and deified people, singing songs, the Virgin: all things, bless, sing to the Lord.

Song 9

Irmos: Eve, through the illness of disobedience, instilled an oath; But you, Virgin Mother of God, through the vegetation of the womb of the world and the Blessing of the world, you have flourished. This is why we magnify you all.

Seeing you, the sacred burden, I rejoice, cry out, ever remembering: the servant who sent you, blessed, the true master, I accept, the work of delivering me from evil with your favorable prayers.

Like a creen, in the abundance of your thoughts, you blossomed as martyrs, Bonifatius, like a phoenix, you rose like a cedar, you became known as the myrrh-breather, you appeared as a chosen one, like a cypress, fragrant to our souls.

Today your memory rises up to us, more passion-bearing, like the sun, with the radiance of Divine gifts, enlightening the souls of those who sing to you, driving away the darkness of passions, all-blessed martyr to the God-Wise.

Like the sun from the west, you shone and you reached the eastern city, where you suffered and died, you rose to life and you reached bright Rome, protecting it with your prayers.

Theotokos: Illuminate me with Thy light, O All-Immaculate One, in the darkness of the contents of sin, O Theotokos, and grant the Divine commandments to walk in the day, O Bride of God, as let me sing to Thee, the All-Singing One.

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Prayer to Boniface for drunkenness: faith to help

Prayer to Bonifatius against binge drinking is an effective way to get rid of alcohol addiction when all other available methods of folk and drug treatment have been tried.

“In the beginning was the Word. And that word was God.” This is how the Bible begins. But people remember the treatment of alcoholism with words only as a last resort, in despair, if medications and coding have not brought the long-awaited healing.

Drunkenness has recently affected young people and older people equally quickly. In just a few years or months, a completely normal person turns into an alcoholic, dependent on the next dose of ethanol. Destroyed health, trampled moral principles, unhappy households, crime and degeneration of the nation - this is the price that society pays for drunkenness.

Biography of a martyr

Medications used in the treatment of alcohol addiction attempt to cleanse the body and cause an aversion to drinking.

And the Church believes that, first of all, it is necessary to heal the soul of a drunkard, to direct him to the true path intended for every person living on Earth.

The Church categorically opposes coding and hypnosis, considering this procedure to be violence against the will of man, created in the image and likeness of God.

Prayer is a kind of conversation with God, His saints, great martyrs who accepted a difficult death, but did not abandon their faith in the Almighty. The relics and icons of many of them subsequently began to have healing qualities. Prayer to the holy martyr Boniface, for example, helps to overcome drunkenness. His icon also helps to resist alcoholic passion.

Boniface lived in the third century AD. He managed the estate of Aglaida, a woman from a noble family in Ancient Rome. He loved to drink and had an affair with his hostess.

The relationship was not legalized due to the different classes of lovers. Boniface was tormented by the awareness of his sin and the impossibility of correcting it. Aglaida and the young manager were Christians.

For their faith in the Roman Empire they were subjected to severe persecution and frequent executions.

One day, several Christians were executed in the city of Tarsus. The hostess sent Boniface to ransom and bring the dead bodies in order to bury them with dignity. By doing a good deed, Aglaida wanted to atone for her sin and earn heavenly life. When parting, the young man asked his mistress if she would accept his body with honor if he gave his life for the glory of Christ.

In the city square, Boniface saw another execution of his fellow believers. Amazed by their courage and unshakable faith in God, the young man publicly declared that he, too, believed in Jesus Christ.

Inhuman torture continued for two days to force the saint to renounce his faith, but it was all in vain.

Twice the Lord saved the martyr from certain death, thereby increasing the ranks of his followers who saw the miracle with their own eyes.

Realizing that it was impossible to break a person’s faith and will through torture, the executioner cut off the martyr’s head. The people accompanying Bonifatius brought the body to Aglaida, who buried him, building a temple at the burial site. The young woman distributed her goods to the poor and retired to a monastery to atone for her sins with prayers.

And those suffering from the disease of drunkenness began to pray to the newly-minted saint for deliverance from the sins of alcoholism and fornication. The akathist to Bonifatius, which describes the life and feat of the martyr, has great power.

The healing effect of turning to God and saints

Drunkenness and alcoholism in Orthodoxy are considered a passion inspired by unclean spirits that have enslaved the body and soul of a person.

By turning to God or Saint Boniface, you can get rid of the influence of the “green serpent” on the soul. A correctly pronounced prayer against alcoholism is much more effective than traditional treatment.

Healing can be instantaneous, but the results are persistent and long-lasting.

An indispensable condition is that the akathist must be pronounced sincerely, with firm faith in the help of the Lord. It doesn’t matter whether the appeal is pronounced out loud or in a whisper. The main thing is to believe that help will definitely come sooner or later. “According to your faith it will be done for you.”

How is the healing effect of turning to Higher Powers explained:

Any disease is stress for the body. A person in a state of prayer calms down and becomes peaceful. As a result, immunity increases, mobilizing all forces to eliminate the disease. The prayer of all family members for the health of an alcohol addict greatly enhances the effect, gives him protection, and increases the desire to be free from the disease.
By surrounding himself with love for his neighbors, empathy, joy, and compassion, a sincere believer achieves mental balance, which contributes to a speedy recovery.

Doctor of Biological Sciences V. B. Slezin discovered the fourth state of the human brain, in addition to the three previously known (wakefulness, rapid and slow sleep).

When a person sincerely prays, he falls into a kind of trance, while remaining fully conscious.

The rhythm of electrical impulses in the cerebral cortex noticeably decreases, approaching the amount observed in infants up to four months of age. “Be like children and you will be saved.” After the end of the prayer, the rhythm of biocurrents is restored.

It does not matter in what language the prayer to the Holy Great Martyr Boniface is pronounced, the result has the same characteristics. When repeated daily, the meaning of the words is forever deposited in the subconscious of the drinker, gradually filling the soul with harmony and grace. Life improves, alcoholism problems go away, health is restored.

It has been experimentally proven that all 4 states of the brain are necessary for the harmonious development of a person. If prayer is excluded from daily use, then the personality gradually degrades, the person succumbs to passions and illnesses.

How to Pray for Deliverance from Drunkenness

The relics of the saint, as well as his icon, have the miraculous property of healing people from alcoholism at any stage. The patient himself can pray if he has fully realized his sin and wants to get rid of alcohol addiction. Also effective is the prayer of a wife for her husband, and parents for drinking children. The main thing is that the words come from the very heart of the speaker.

The prayer is read several times a day. Treatment should be carried out in cycles of at least 28-30 days. Most often the cycle contains from 40 days to 40 weeks.

Before praying for her husband, the wife must undergo a kind of cleansing from dirty thoughts and actions:

Forgive others for their deeds and actions. This is very difficult, but without forgiving the sins of others, you cannot ask God to forgive your own;
Do not judge people by external characteristics, do not condemn anyone out loud or in your heart;
Stop drinking alcohol, smoking, and taking drugs;
Do not use swear words even mentally;
Combine spiritual fasting with physical fasting, limiting yourself from excesses;
Try to fulfill God's 10 commandments.

The cleaning procedure lasts at least 9 days. They begin treating the husband’s drunkenness with prayers in the morning.

You need to read the prayer cycle sequentially:

It is obligatory to read the morning prayer for the forgiveness of one’s sins;
Appeal to Saint Boniface to heal drunkenness;
The Akathist to the Martyr should be read, standing and solemnly, as a kind of hymn to a person who has given himself to the glory of Jesus Christ;
Canon of Boniface with mention of her husband's name.

We must forget about laziness, abandon extraneous thoughts, think only about the person whose drunkenness needs to be eradicated. If it is difficult to read all the prayers, then you can skip the akathist once or twice, but it is advisable to use all of the above for treatment.

When trouble comes to a family - a loved one falls ill with alcoholism - you should exert every effort to pull him out of the swamp of drunkenness.

All means are good that help maintain the health and moral character of a spouse, children or parents. There is no need to neglect medications and folk remedies that overcome drunkenness.

Only through joint efforts can we win a person from the “green serpent.”

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The Life of Saint Boniface reports that he was a slave of a young woman

The life of Saint Boniface reports that he was a slave of a young Roman woman. Bonifatius was in lawless cohabitation with her. But they both still felt remorse. After much thought, they decided to somehow wash away their sin.

The Lord decided to help them, he gave them the opportunity to cleanse their sins. The woman learned that if you keep the holy relics in your home with special reverence, then through their prayers you can receive healing from your sins.

Then the persecution of Christians began. The woman sent Boniface to the East to bring the relics of some martyr. Boniface, leaving, asked his mistress what would happen if he decided to suffer for Christ, or if he did not find the relics of a saint or martyr, what would happen? Will his body accept him, his lady?

Persecution of Christians

Saying this, Boniface laughed and thought that everything was not serious. But the lady took his words quite seriously and began to reproach him for going on a holy mission. After this, Boniface thought about her words, and was very focused for the rest of the time.

Canon to the Holy Martyr Boniface of Tarsus - Saints

Strong tristats, Born of the Virgin, dispassion in the depths, flood the tripartite soul, I pray that You, as in the tympanum, in the mortification of the body, will sing a victorious song.

With zealous thought and feat, jealous of the good sufferers, you suffered greatly and you killed the serpent through your life-giving suffering, sufferer Boniface, the holy angels interlocutor.

Having seen the enemy's flattery poured out on the lands, the good sufferer, having inflamed his soul with the most divine desire, you entered the funeral feast unafraid, blessed, wise.

Theotokos:

The mountain of God, which Daniel saw, the mental tabernacle, the pure Mary, the sacred sacredness, the table, the divine bread containing all the faithful, let us sing with one wisdom.

Irmos:

Because the Church has given birth to barren children, and many of the weak children of the congregation, let us cry out to our wonderful God: Holy art thou, Lord.

As you, O Glorious One, desired the highest freedom, freeing yourself from the yoke of work, jealous of honest passion, O Glorious One, for the mercy of the former servant.

The highest carnal wisdom was revealed by a divine change, suddenly you endured every cruel adversity, rejoicing, martyr Boniface.

Theotokos:

Having exhausted Yourself, Without having exhausted the Father’s bosom in Your womb, the all-important God and Your Son came, the All-Immaculate One, saving humanity.

Sedalen, voice 4.

Theotokos:

O sin-loving one, I pray to You, who gave birth to a sinless God, who takes away the sins of the world, Most Pure One, to show mercy to my sinful soul and to cleanse my many sins: for You are purification for sinners, and salvation for the faithful, and intercession.

Holy Cross:

Born from the Beginning Father, who finally gave birth to You in the flesh, hanging on the Cross, beholding, Christ, alas for Me, most dear Jesus, crying out, how glorified as God is from the angels, from the lawless men of today, the Son, although you are crucified? I sing to Thee, the Long-Suffering One.

Saint Boniface is asked for deliverance from alcoholism

What are they asking him for? In Orthodoxy it is believed that a saint helps:

from alcoholism;
from gluttony and terrible addictions;
in finding a life without debauchery;
in finding love and happiness.

Saint Boniface helps everyone who turns to him with a prayer for help. Everyone who wants to receive his help must read prayers in front of his icon. You can address the saint with your simple words. But the most important thing is that they are sincere and come from the heart.