Prayer for children's health is the most powerful

Who to pray for the child’s recovery

There are many prayers for the baby’s speedy recovery, which are read in front of images of various saints.

Prayer to Matrona of Moscow

Blessed Matrona is considered the patroness of the hearth and the protector of family well-being. Orthodox pilgrims from all over the world come to the saint’s relics to seek healing for their loved ones and relatives. Prayer for the health of the child will support a loving mother in difficult times. After reading the prayer, Matrona is recommended to give the baby a drink, adding a little holy water to it.

Oh, blessed Elder Matrona. I turn to you with prayer and hope for the child’s recovery. Ask the Lord our God Jesus Christ for the health of your beloved child. Do not be angry with me for sinful deeds and do not refuse me righteous help. Deliver the child from weakness, sorrow, crying and groaning. Reject bodily illness and mental turmoil. Give my child good health and drive away the evils of demons from him. Forgive me all my mother’s sins and intercede for me before the Lord God. Let it be so. Amen.

Prayer to the Mother of God

The Mother of God is the first mother in the Christian world. If trouble comes to your home and your child gets sick, read a prayer to the Virgin Mary for recovery. The prayer to the Mother of God will definitely be heard, the child will begin to recover and he will have the strength to fight the disease.

O Most Holy Lady Virgin Theotokos, save and preserve under Your shelter my children (names), all youths, young women and infants, baptized and nameless and carried in their mother’s womb. Cover them with the robe of Your motherhood, keep them in the fear of God and in obedience to their parents, pray to my Lord and Your Son to grant them what is useful for their salvation. I entrust them to Your maternal supervision, for You are the Divine Protection of Your servants.
Mother of God, lead me into the image of Your heavenly motherhood. Heal the mental and physical wounds of my children (names) caused by my sins. I entrust my child entirely to my Lord Jesus Christ and Your, Most Pure, heavenly protection. Amen.

Prayer to Nicholas the Wonderworker

Since time immemorial, Orthodox Christians have turned to Saint Nicholas when faced with health problems. During his lifetime he became famous for his miraculous healings. It is recommended to read the prayer to the Wonderworker in order to save the child from the discomfort that the disease causes him.

Oh, Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker. I fall at your feet and ask for the recovery of the sick child. Send a miracle from heaven and help him cope with a serious illness. Intercede before the Lord God for my sins and ask him for generous and merciful forgiveness. Let it be so. Amen.

Prayer to Saint Luke

Saint Luke , thanks to his righteous life, was endowed with the gift of clairvoyance and healing. They pray to him for healing from various diseases, especially if they are associated with surgery.

O all-blessed confessor, holy saint, our Father Luke, great servant of Christ. With tenderness we bow the knee of our hearts, and falling before the race of your honest and multi-healing relics, like the children of our father, we pray to you with all our zeal: hear us sinners and bring our prayer to the merciful and man-loving God. To whom you stand now in the joy of the saints and with the faces of an angel. We believe that you love us with the same love that you loved all your neighbors while you were on earth.
Ask Christ our God to confirm His children in the spirit of right faith and piety: to the shepherds to give holy zeal and care for the salvation of the people entrusted to them: to observe the right of believers, to strengthen the weak and infirm in the faith, to instruct the ignorant, to reprove the contrary. Give us all a gift that is useful to everyone, and everything that is useful for temporary life and eternal salvation.
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Strengthening our cities, fruitful lands, deliverance from famine and destruction. Comfort for the grieving, healing for the ailing, return to the path of truth for those who have gone astray, blessing from a parent, upbringing and teaching for a child in the Passion of the Lord, help and intercession for the orphaned and needy.
Grant us all your archpastoral blessing, so that if we have such prayerful intercession, we will get rid of the wiles of the evil one and avoid all enmity and disorder, heresies and schisms.
Guide us on the path leading to the villages of the righteous and pray for us to the omnipotent God, in eternal life we will be worthy with you to constantly glorify the Consubstantial and Indivisible Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Appeal to Matrona of Moscow

Saint Matrona of Moscow was known during her lifetime as a healer. Now thousands of people come to her relics to ask for healing for themselves or their loved ones. If it is not possible to go on a pilgrimage, you can say a prayer in front of the icon of the Matrona of Moscow and ask for help for a sick child.

“Oh, blessed mother Matrono, hear and accept us now, sinners, praying to you, who in all your life has learned to receive and listen to all those who suffer and mourn, with faith and hope who resort to your intercession and help, giving quick help and miraculous healing to everyone; May your mercy not fail now for us, unworthy, restless in this busy world and nowhere finding consolation and compassion in spiritual sorrows and help in bodily illnesses. Heal our illnesses, deliver us from the temptations and torment of the devil, who passionately fights, help us carry our everyday Cross, endure all the hardships of life and not lose the image of God in it, preserve the Orthodox faith until the end of our days, have strong trust and hope in God and unfeigned love to loved ones. Help us, after leaving this life, to achieve the Kingdom of Heaven with all those who please God, glorifying the mercy and grace of the Heavenly Father, glorified in the Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Blessed Matronushka, pray to our Lord for the healing of God’s servant (we call the child’s name).”

To a person who has never read prayers, this text may seem difficult to perceive and pronounce. In this case, contact Matrona in your own words, ask for help, and she will not refuse if the sincere request comes from the bottom of her heart.

Prayer as salvation from any misfortune

The basis of the life of any Christian should be his relationship with the Lord.

Turn to Him about the health of your children and relatives . To prevent illness from overtaking them, simply be with the Lord, attend liturgies, confess and receive communion.
Prayer is food for the soul. Having heard your request, the Lord will send you the Holy Spirit, who will ease the child’s lot and heal him.
Keep God's commandments . The first and most important obliges us to honor the Heavenly Father. Pray to Him and He will favor you by not allowing your child to get sick.
Do not break the commandment “Love your neighbor as yourself . An offended person will pray to God for intercession. The child, as one with the parents, will be responsible for their sins. By offending other people, a person exposes his child to the blow, to whom the wrath of God can spread.
Remember that the cause of frequent illnesses in a child may be aggression towards other people, or neglect of one’s Christian duties. Sometimes, in order for the illness to recede, parents need to confess and receive communion.
When faced with a child’s illness, there is no need to despair . Do not give up and fervently pray to God for the salvation of soul and body.

What needs to be done so that the child is under the protection of the Lord

So that God will be merciful and protect the baby from illnesses, or heal him, constantly offer prayers to Him and teach the child to do this. Believing parents teach us to turn to the Lord in difficult times from early childhood.

Baptize the child as early as possible so that the Almighty and the Queen of Heaven surround him with their blessing, and the Guardian Angel constantly protects the baby.
After the sacrament, the child must be given communion as often as possible so that the Holy Spirit constantly protects him.
The Almighty is a powerful force against everything demonic. Often, communion is a decisive stage in the healing of a child.
The first prayer for a child should be the one addressed to the Guardian Angel. It is advisable to send the child to a Sunday school at the church, where he will receive an Evangelical education.
The mother of the child must constantly turn to the Mother of God in prayer so that She surrounds her child with her care.

Heavenly patrons of children

In case of all sorts of troubles and misfortunes, it is customary to ask for intercession from the Heavenly Patrons.

The main thing is to understand the importance of the problem and know which one is best to contact.

Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker

The Mother of God will save you from bodily illnesses.

It is She who is famous for her miraculous healings of illnesses. It is recommended to place Her Holy Face over a child’s bed in order to quickly get rid of illness. It is the Queen of Heaven who will contemplate every minute on the sick child and intercede for him before Her Son.

Martyr Tryphon will help a sick child if, due to a serious illness, he finds himself in a hospital bed.

It is necessary to contact him before the upcoming surgical intervention. A sick child, under the patronage of the saint, will easily undergo the operation and recover quickly.

The Savior Not Made by Hands will save the child from addiction, bring him to reason, and discourage him from the bad influence of his troubled friends.

The Creator will guide him on the right path and enlighten the child who has forgotten about respect for elders.

Praying to the Guardian Angel will be useful for the protection of the child in his daily worries; it is he who will constantly patronize the child.

Holy Matrona blessed

After all, from the Sacrament of Holy Baptism to the ascension to the Heavenly Abode, it is the guardian angel who leads the soul to salvation, protects from temptations and directs on the right path.

Nicholas the Wonderworker, through a fiery mother's prayer, will protect the child on a long journey, be it a hike, a journey, or military service. Elder Matrona of Moscow will help in healing from viral diseases, cure colds, and avert frequent attacks of convulsions in infants. For the safety of the son, it is necessary to offer a prayer to St. George the Victorious . It is he who takes care of the safety of boys, young men, men. Ksenia of Petersburg, the holy fool for Christ’s sake, will help children suffering from mental disabilities or physical disabilities. She will certainly calm the sufferers and ease their lot. The saint in whose name the child is baptized will take care of the child named in his honor all his life.

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How to read prayers correctly

When the mother is nearby, even the most unpleasant symptoms of the disease are tolerated more calmly by the child. Only she can feel sorry, support and find the right words. Only a mother will pray truly sincerely, because she is even ready to sacrifice her life for the sake of the baby.

The prayer will be most effective if you read it in church. The power of healing depends on the sincere faith with which it is read.

The meaning of the Psalter

Holy ministers call the book a collection of hymns praising the Lord and his mercy. Poems are divided into three types: instructive, laudatory and repentant. The book contains special texts that will help heal and alleviate diseases.

Recommendations on when and what verses to read were compiled by Arsenios of Cappadocia, a famous healer and visionary saint. The texts are mainly written by the main author King David and his follower Solomon and others. This scripture includes the past, explains the present and guides the future.