Lives of Cyprian and Ustinia
Cyprian was born into a pagan family in the 3rd century BC, and as was customary, he studied the world of magic and witchcraft.
In middle age, the man was an authoritative black magician, to whom people from all over the area turned. One day, someone asked Cyprian to bewitch a young girl, Justinia, she was a devout Christian. Thanks to her strong faith in the Creator, the witchcraft did not work, the magician was angry for a long time and took turns sending evil eyes and damage to her family, but the girl, with faith in her soul, begged for the health of her loved ones.
Confused, the sorcerer decided to find out about Christianity and gradually Cyprian believed in Jesus Christ and was baptized, having first destroyed all his black books. The young man immersed himself in faith and loved the creator with all his heart. He served at the temple and achieved the rank of priest, and then bishop.
Due to the persecution of Christians, the Roman emperor and many believers, including Cyprian, were thrown into prison behind the castle, and Justinia was also there. The believers were mocked, subjected to various tortures, and demanded to renounce their faith, but they steadfastly endured all this. After their death, pilgrims began to come to the graves of Cyprian and Justinia, where miraculous healings of the sick took place.
You can pray to the Holy Martyr Cyprian in the following cases:
- for cleansing from conspiracies and damage;
- removing the evil eye;
- to ask for protection from dark forces and demons.
Orthodox icons and prayers
“Holy Hieromartyr Cyprian, during the days and nights, at that hour when all the power opposed to the glory of the One Living God is exercised, you, Saint Cyprian, pray for us sinners, saying to the Lord: “Lord God, mighty, holy, reigning forever, Hear now the prayer of your servant (your) name, lost in the faith, and for your sake, Lord, may the entire heavenly army forgive her (him): thousands of Angels and Archangels, Seraphim and Cherubim, Guardian Angels.”
God! You know all the secrets in the heart of your servant (the name of her husband) and their children, what they dared to do before Your face, Long-suffering,
righteous Lord, deigning to suffer for us sinners in atonement for our sins, and enlightening us sinners with the greatness of Your mercy, take away all evil from us and do not want to destroy us. Cover us sinners with the Love of Your immaculate Light and hear me, the grieving mother (father) and wife (husband) for my lost children.
I fall down and ask the bright name of the holy martyr Cyprian for the lost children living in my house and for all Christians suffering from sorcery, witchcraft, the machinations of crafty demons and evil and flattering people. May your bright prayer be read in the house over a head that is sick from an illness: from an evil person, from enchantment, from witchcraft, evil hatred, intimidation in the dark, on the road, from poisoning with malicious intent, from drunkenness, from slander, from the evil eye , intentional murder. May Your holy prayer be the protection and salvation of God’s servants in their home.
One Lord, Almighty and Omnipresent, give command to the wicked forces to leave the house in which I live, a sinner, and the home of my children. Place your Sovereign, Light, and Grace-filled hand on my home and my children. The Lord's blessing to this house, in which Your bright prayer is being said.
By Thy command that scorches all evil, help me, O Lord, the mother (father) who grieves for my children. Humble their pride, call them to repentance and save the lost, just as You called me, a great sinner. Give them reason, Lord, and call them to repentance by the power of the Honest Life-Giving Cross.
By the command of the Lord, may the evil deeds and demonic dreams of mine and my children be stopped, and may they not resist the prayer of Your Holy Hieromartyr Cyprian. At the hour of Your holy morning prayer, may the opposing forces of evil, unleashed by evil people and crafty demons, disappear.
Save us, Lord, from all evil, devilish obsession, sorcery and evil people. Just as wax melts from fire, so will all the evil tricks of the human race melt away. In the name of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity: Father and Son and Holy Spirit, may we be saved.
We glorify, Lord, Your Son Jesus Christ, sitting at the right hand of the Father, with the expectation of His Coming and the Resurrection of the dead by the power of the Honest, Life-giving Cross of the Lord. In His name I conjure and drive away all evil spirits and the eyes of evil people, far and near. Drive away, Lord, the evil man from my dwelling. Save and preserve your servant (him), my husband (s) and my children from all evil slander of the evil and unclean spirit.
Lord, the most merciful, who has increased the wealth of the long-suffering Job, save me and my children and increase the prosperity of the life of the one who has this bright prayer, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, whom all the tribes of the earth worship, serve and praise thousands of Angels and Archangels, Cherubim and Seraphim, the forces of all the heavenly armies .
I, a sinner (name), trusting in God’s mercy, drive away and overcome all malice and deceit of the devil. Let the man with evil intentions and the unclean evil spirit with deception be removed from me and from my children. Through the prayer of the Hieromartyr Cyprian I drive away, overcome, and destroy from myself and my children all the forces of evil. Disappear, forces of evil, from these servants of God by the power of the Honest Life-Giving Cross of the Lord and all the heavenly Powers, creating before the Throne of God the Power of the Lord, suppressing the power of evil.
I offer this prayer to the One and Invincible God, through whom all Christians are saved, by the Power of the Holy Trinity, by the power of the Honest Life-Giving Cross, may I, a sinner, be saved.
I will be saved in the sea, on the road, in deep waters, when crossing the mountains, in the grass from poisonous snakes, creeping reptiles, scorpions, when eating fish, from bodily, eye, head illnesses, in bed, from loss of blood and any other illness by force The Honest Life-Giving Cross of the Lord.
May the blessing of the Lord and Grace be upon His house, where the prayer lies to the Hieromartyr Cyprian.
I pray to Christ, who created heaven and earth, the sun and moon and the whole universe. I offer my prayer to His Most Pure Mother, the Queen of Heaven. Have mercy and save your (his) servant (name) and her (his) spouse and their children. May evil spirits not touch me and my children in the morning, during the day, in the evening, or at night.
I pray and ask the bright Zechariah - the Old Testament and the prophets: Hosea, Elijah, Micah, Malachi, Eremey, Isaiah, Daniel, Amos, Samuel, Elisha, Jonah. I pray and ask the four Evangelists: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul.
And also Akim, Anna, Joseph the betrothed to the Virgin Mary, James the brother of the Lord, John the Merciful, Ignatius the God-bearer, the hieromartyr Ananias, Romanus, the sweet-tongued Ephraim the Syrian, Basil the Great, Gregory the theologian, John Chrysostom, Nicholas the Wonderworker. Metropolitan Saints: Peter, Alexy, Philip, Jonah and Hermogenes. Venerables: Anthony, Theodosius, Zosima Savvatia.
Venerable Martyrs: Guria, Solomon, Barsanuphius, Avivov. St. Sergius of Radonezh, Seraphim of Sarov, the wonderworker Simeon the Stylite, Maximus the Martyr, Nikon the Patriarch of Antioch, the Great Martyr Cyprian and his mother Iulita.
Alexia the man of God, the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women: Mary Magdalene, Mary Cleopas, Solomonia. Holy women, martyrs for Christ: Paraskeva, Euphrosyne, Ustinya, Evdokia, Anastasia. Great martyrs: Varvara, Catherine, Marina. Anna the prophetess and all the saints who have shone in the earth from time immemorial to this day.
Most Pure Virgin, Queen of Heaven, save me from air alarms and demonic obsessions in the dark, for I believe through the prayer of this holy martyr Cyprian. By the power of the Life-giving Cross of the Lord and the Holy Trinity, may he destroy and destroy all evil that comes from the evil heart and the wickedness of evil spirits, and save us from the snares of Satan, praying everywhere with the prayers of the Most Pure Mother and the Light ethereal heavenly forces: Archangel Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Satavail, Iguacil Varajail and my Guardian Angel. May all the wickedness of the underworld be put to shame by the protection of the Honest Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, to the glory of our Lord Almighty Jesus Christ, now, ever and ever. Amen."
A strong prayer to the great martyrs: what they pray to Cyprian and Justinier
O holy servant of God, Hieromartyr Cyprian, quick helper and prayer book for all who come running to you! Accept this praise from us, the unworthy, ask the Lord God for strength in weaknesses, consolation in sorrows, and everything useful to everyone in our life; Offer up your powerful prayer to the Lord, may he protect us from the falls of sin, may he teach us true repentance, may he deliver us from the captivity of the devil and all the actions of unclean spirits and tame those who offend us. Be a strong champion for us against all enemies, visible and invisible, grant us patience in temptation and at the hour of our death, show us intercession from the torturers in the air ordeals, so that, led by you, we will reach the Mountain of Jerusalem and be worthy in the Heavenly Kingdom with all the saints to glorify and sing the holy name Father and Son and Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.
They pray to the holy great martyrs for the healing of serious illnesses, ailments, for the retreat of all troubles, for the retreat of enemies, for deliverance from all evil spirits.
The prayer to Saints Cyprian and Justinian against witchcraft in the full version is considered very strong, it can get a person out of the most difficult life situations. You can read a prayer over holy water, then you can drink it or wash your face in the morning, which will strengthen your petition to the Lord to deliver a person from all evil.
It is difficult for an ordinary believer to resist demons or magic; if there is no option to turn to the temple for help, he needs to read the prayer to Cyprian and Justina several times a day, every day. When reading a prayer, you must definitely believe that the saints will hear and help. The power of faith in this matter is very important.
The power of this prayer will protect and help with the following signs of witchcraft:
- a sudden, groundless change in health, constant apathy, fatigue or serious illness;
- when a whole heap of problems falls on your head, to which there is no end and edge;
- loss of job, big money;
- sudden family breakdown, etc.
In such cases, you need to immediately start reading this prayer and wait for improvements in life. You can read the prayer in any convenient place, it is better that there is nothing distracting, and there is an opportunity to concentrate on the request to the Saints. Parents are supposed to read a prayer over the child’s head if misfortune has touched him.
Text of prayer against witchcraft and corruption to Saint Cyprian
We begin to say the prayer of the Holy Martyr Cyprian: in the days or in the nights, or at whatever hour you exercise, all the powers of resistance will fall away from the glory of the Living God.
This Hieromartyr, praying to God with all his soul, said: “Lord God, Mighty and Holy, King of kings, now hear the prayer of Thy servant Cyprian.”
Thousands upon thousands and darkness upon darkness stand before You, Angel and Archangel. You weigh the secret of the hearts of Your servant (name), appear to him, Lord, as Paul in chains and Thecla in fire. So, let me know You, for I am the first to create all my iniquities.
You, holding the cloud and the sky, have not rained on the garden tree, and that is the fruit of the uncreated. Idle wives wait out, and others do not conceive. They only looked at the fence of the city, and did not create anything. The rose will not bloom and the class will not vegetate; The grapes do not bear fruit, and the beasts do not bear fruit. The fish of the sea are not allowed to swim and the birds of the sky are forbidden to fly. So, You showed Your power with the prophet Elijah.
I pray to Thee, O Lord my God; All sorcery, and all evil demons who tend to the sin of man and commit sin on him, You, by Your power, forbid! Now, O Lord my God, the Strong and Great One, who has favored the unworthy, worthy of me to be, and partaker of Thy Holy flock, I pray to Thee, O Lord my God, whoever has this prayer in the house or with himself, do for him what he asks for with it.
Your Most Holy Majesty, who was merciful to me and did not want to destroy me with my iniquities; Thus, do not destroy anyone who prays to You with this prayer.
Strengthen the weak in faith! Strengthen the weak in spirit! Give reason to the desperate one and do not turn away everyone who resorts to Your Holy Name.
Now, falling before You, Lord, I pray and ask Your holy name: in every house and in every place, especially on the Orthodox Christian, there is some sorcery from evil people or from demons, may this prayer be read over the head of a person or in the house and may it be resolved from binding by evil spirits in envy, flattery, jealousy, hatred, malice, intimidation, effective poisoning, from pagan poisoning and from any spell and oath.
Therefore, whoever has acquired this prayer in his home, let him be kept from every trick of the devil, indulgence, poison by evil and crafty people, from spells and all witchcraft and sorcery, and may demons flee from him and may evil spirits recede. Lord my God, having power in heaven and on earth, for the sake of Thy Holy Name and for the sake of the unspeakable goodness of Thy Son, our God Jesus Christ, hear at this hour Thy unworthy servant (name), who honors this prayer and through it may all the devil be resolved intrigues.
Just as wax melts in the face of fire, so let all sorcery and evil spells perish from the face of a person who honors this prayer. Like the name, the Life-Giving Trinity, is enlightenment for us, and don’t we know another god than You? We believe in You, we worship You and we pray to You; protect, intercede and save us, O God, from every evil action and sorcery of evil people.
Just as You brought out sweet water from the stone to the sons of Moses, so, Lord God of Hosts, lay Your hand on Your servant (name), full of Your goodness and protect from all deeds.
Bless the house in it, may this prayer abide and everyone who honors my memory, send your mercy to him, Lord, and protect him from all sorcery. Be his helper and protector, O Lord.
Four rivers: Pison, Geon, Euphrates and Tigris: the Edenic man cannot hold back, so no sorcerer can manifest the affairs or dreams of demons before reading this prayer, I conjure by the Living God! May the demon be crushed and all the nasty and evil force unleashed by evil people on the servant of God (name) be driven away.
As he multiplied the years of Hezekiah the king, so multiply the years of him who has this prayer: by the service of the Angel, by the singing of the Seraphim, by the annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the Archangel Gabriel and the incorporeal for the sake of Her conception, our Lord Jesus Christ, by His glorious Nativity in Bethlehem, by the slaughter of Herod the king four times ten thousand infants and His Holy Baptism received in the Jordan River, fasting and temptation from the devil, His terrible victory and His most terrible judgment, His most terrible miracles in the world: He granted healing and cleansing. Give life to the dead, cast out demons, and fulfill His entry into Jerusalem as a King: - “Ossain to the Son of David - from the baby crying to Thee, hear” the Holy Passion, the Crucifixion and Burial, enduring, and on the third day the Resurrection came, as it is written, and into heaven ascent. There are numerous Angels and Archangels singing, glorifying His rise, who sits at the right hand of the Father until His second coming to judge the living and the dead.
You have given authority to Your holy disciples and Apostles, saying to them: “Hold and hold on - decide and they will be resolved,” so through this prayer, allow every devilish sorcery over Your servant (name).
For the sake of Your Holy Great Name, I conjure and drive away all wicked and evil souls and the combing of evil people and their sorceries, slander, witchcraft, eye damage, sorcery and every trick of the devil. I pray to You, O most merciful Lord, take me away from Your servant (name), and from his house, and from all his acquisitions.
As you increased the wealth of the righteous Job, so, Lord, increase the household life of the one who has this prayer: the creation of Adam, the sacrifice of Abel, the annunciation of Joseph, the holiness of Enoch, the righteousness of Noah, the conversion of Melchisidek, the faith of Abraham, the holiness of Jacob, the prophecy of the Prophets, the shrine of the Patriarchs, the blood of the Holy Martyrs , the slaughter of Peter and Paul, the childhood of Moses, the virginity of John the Theologian, the priesthood of Aaron, the action of Joshua, the holiness of Samuel, the twelve tribes of Israel, the prayer of the Prophet Elisha, the fasting and knowledge of the Prophet Daniel, the sale of the beautiful Joseph, the Wisdom of the Prophet Solomon, the power of one hundred and sixty Angels, by the prayer of the Honest Glorious Prophet and Baptist John and one hundred to ten Saints of the second council, holy confessors and swearers of the terrible unspeakable name of Your Holy, All-Glorious All-Seer God, and before Him stands a thousand and ten thousand Angels and Archangels. For the sake of their prayers, I pray and ask You, Lord, drive away and overcome all malice and wickedness from Your servant (name), and let it flee to Tartarus.
I offer this prayer to the One and Invincible God, for may salvation befit all Orthodox people in that house, in which there is this prayer, written in seventy-two languages, and may all wickedness be resolved through it; either in the sea, or along the way, or in the source, or in the vault; either in the upper pose or in the lower one; either behind or in front; either in the wall, or in the roof, let it be resolved everywhere!
May every devilish obsession be resolved in the course or in the camp; or in the mountains, or in dens, or in the precincts of houses, or in the abysses of the earth; or in the root of a tree, or in the leaves of plants; either in fields or in gardens; or in the grass, or in a bush, or in a cave, or in a bathhouse, may it be resolved!
Let every evil deed be resolved; either in fish skin or in flesh; or in the skin of a snake, or in the skin of a man; or in elegant jewelry, or in headdresses; or in the eyes, or in the ears, or in the hair of the head, or in the eyebrows; either in bed or in clothes; or in cutting foot nails, or cutting hand nails; either in hot blood or in icy water: let it be resolved!
Let every crime and sorcery be resolved; or in the brain, or under the brain, or in the shoulder, or between the shoulders; either in the muscles or in the legs; either in the leg or in the arm; or in the belly, or under the belly, or in the bones, or in the veins; either in the stomach or within natural limits, let it be resolved!
May every devilish act and obsession committed be resolved; either on gold or on silver; or in copper, or in iron, or in tin, or in lead, or in honey, or in wax; or in wine, or in beer, or in bread, or in food; May everything be resolved!
May every evil devil's intention against man be resolved; or in sea reptiles, or in flying insects; either in animals or in birds; or in the stars, or in the moon; either in beasts or in reptiles; or in charters, or in ink; May everything be resolved!
Even two wicked tongues: salamaru and remihara, pursuit; elizda and the devil from the servant of God (name), by the power of the Honest and Life-giving Cross of the Lord with all the heavenly powers before the High and Terrible Throne of God, create Your servants scorching fire. Cherubim and Seraphim; Authorities and Pristoli; Dominance and Power.
In one hour the thief entered heaven through prayer. Joshua, the sun and the moon, prayed a prayer. The prophet Daniel prayed and stopped the mouths of the lions. Three youths: Ananias, Azariah and Misail extinguish the flame of the cave with fiery prayer. I also pray to You, Lord, grant this prayer to everyone who prays to it.
I pray and ask the holy council of the prophets: Zechariah, Hosea, Jesse, Joel, Micah, Isaiah, Daniel, Jeremiah, Amos, Samuel, Elijah, Elisha, Nahum and the Prophet John the Baptist of the Lord: - I pray and ask the four Evangelists, Matthias, Mark , Luke and John the Theologian, and the holy Chief Apostles Peter and Paul, and the holy and righteous Godfather Joachim and Anna, and Joseph the betrothed, and James the Lord's brother according to the flesh, Simeon the God-Receiver, and Simeon the relative of the Lord, and Andrew Christ for the sake of the fool, and John the Merciful, and Ignatius the God-Bearer, and the Hieromartyr Ananias, and Roman the singer of the kontakion, and Mark the Greek, and Cyril the Patriarch of Jerusalem and the Venerable Ephraim the Syrian, and Mark the grave-digger, and the three Great Saints, Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom, and others like them the holy father of our saints Nicholas Archbishop of Myra Lycian wonderworker, and the holy metropolitans: Peter, Alexy, Jonah, Philip, Hermogenes, Innocent and Cyril, Moscow wonderworkers: St. Anthony, Theodosius and Athanasius, Kiev-Pechersk wonderworkers: St. Sergius and Nikon, Radonezh wonderworkers ; Reverends Zosima and Savatius, Solovetsky miracle workers; Saints Guria and Barsanuphius, Kazan miracle workers; Like our holy fathers: Pachomius, Anthony, Theotosiya, Pimen the Great, and like our holy father Seraphim of Sarov; Samson and Daniel the Stylites; Maximus the Greek, monk Miletius of Mount Athos; Nikon, Patriarch of Antioch, Great Martyr Kyriakos and his mother Iulita; Alexy, the man of God, and the holy venerable myrrh-bearing women: Mary, Magdalene, Euphrosyne, Xenia, Evdokia, Anastasia; The Holy Great Martyrs Paraskeva, Catherine, Fevronia, Marina, who shed their blood for You, Christ our God, and all the saints of the Father who pleased You, Lord, have mercy and save Your servant (name), may no evil and wickedness touch him or his house neither in the evening, nor in the morning, nor in the days, nor in the night, let him not touch.
Save him, Lord, from air, tartar, water, forest, yard and all kinds of other demons and spirits of evil.
I pray to You, Lord, even as this holy prayer of the Hieromartyr Cyprian was written, it was confirmed and marked by the Holy Trinity for the destruction and driving away of all evil, the enemy and adversary of demonic nets, catching people everywhere with the witchcraft and sorcery of Zadok and Naphael, called Ephil, and the daughters of Samuel, skilled in sorcery.
By the Word of the Lord, heaven and earth and everything under heaven were established; by the power of this prayer, all enemy obsession and indulgence were driven out. I call upon all the powers of heaven and Your ranks for help; Archangels: Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Salafail, Yehudil, Barahail and my Guardian Angel: The power of Your Honest and Life-giving Cross and all the powers and spirits of heaven, and may Your servant, Lord (name), be observed, and may the wickedness of the devil be put to shame by all means By Heavenly Power to the glory of You, Lord, my Creator and to the glory of Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, always now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
God! You are the only All-Powerful and Almighty, save Your servant (name) through the prayer of the Holy Martyr Cyprian. Say this three times and bow three times.
Lord Jesus Christ the Word and Son of God, through the prayer of Your Most Holy Mother and my Guardian Angel, have mercy on me, Your sinful servant (name). Say this three times and bow three times. All saints and righteous ones, pray to the Merciful God for the servant (name), that he will preserve and have mercy on me from every enemy and adversary.
How to read a prayer correctly
A quick reading of the text of the prayer will not be enough.
Since turning to the Saints and the Lord is a sacrament, there are some unspoken rules for reading the prayer. It is advisable that at this moment the person is alone in front of the icon or in the temple. In fact, it doesn’t matter where exactly the soul turns to God for help, the Saints and the Lord always hear sincere prayers. Basic rules for reading a prayer:
- the prayer to Cyprian against witchcraft has great power if a person believes in God and his power;
- sincerity in asking the Saints is important;
- At the same time, it is imperative to repent of your sins that weigh on your soul.
This prayer helps a person to cleanse himself from the influence of evil forces, witchcraft and magic. The prayer will definitely be heard if it is sincere and with faith in the soul; it is advisable to pray often and every day. You need to read the texts of prayers not only when a misfortune has happened, but also when everything is good in life. Do not forget to thank the Patron Saints and the Lord for the fact that all your loved ones are healthy and happy.
