For every wife and mother, family is the most important value in life. The keeper of the hearth is ready to do anything for the sake of her loved ones. But sometimes it happens that a man wants to leave, succumbing to a hobby on the side. If admonitions and persuasion no longer help, the only way remains is prayer for the preservation of the family, strong and effective.
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Who to pray to save the family
Two people were created in the Garden of Eden - a man and a woman. Biblical truths say that they must be one. According to Christian laws, a marriage union is created once and forever. It is quite clear that we must try to preserve it. Often the reasons for divorce are far-fetched. The real problem lies in the unwillingness of one of the spouses to grow up and take responsibility for family well-being. After all, it is much easier to lead a free, wild life.
In this case, you need to turn to the Creator for help, since it was He who blessed people to create couples. Yes, God does not force anyone to behave correctly. But it can make a person aware of his own misdeeds; his conscience will expose him. In most cases this is quite enough.
God's values in family life
It is very important to have a strong rear, i.e. a family that is always ready to accept and console, support in difficult times and become protection from the evil world. A man, coming home, expects to find a hot lunch, a loving wife, and joyful children.
Family is a treasure that is given to a person by the Lord himself
The woman, in turn, wants to have strong support and protection in her husband. But everything is not always so smooth and perfect; in the modern world, the values of marriage are extremely unpopular - people prefer to date each other only for the sake of an intimate relationship.
Orthodox values are also not particularly popular in everyday life, but as soon as a strong marriage breaks down, people seek the Lord’s help.
Problems in relationships are a normal and natural phenomenon; two completely different people are trying to build their life together, having different experiences in this and different ideas about what this life should be like as a result. The result is scandals, quarrels, disagreements and divorce. If you initially invite the Heavenly Father into the relationship and build a family based on His words and principles, then success awaits the man and woman. The point is not that difficulties do not happen, the point is that the family learns to deal with them without destroying the relationship.
Today the statistics are disappointing - more than 70% of couples get divorced and a large percentage of divorces are due to the husband’s infidelity. How can a woman save her relationship? Only by turning to the Lord for help.
Prayer for the Preservation of Family and Marriage to Jesus Christ
A prayer for the preservation of the family is read in front of the icon of Jesus Christ:
Lord, Heavenly King, Comforter, help me in a good cause, in the salvation of my family. Hear me, sinful and unworthy, praying to You at this hour. With tears in my eyes, I pray to You: bring some understanding to the servant of God (name), my husband. Gather the lost and guide them to the right path. Teach him to be a good and worthy husband to his wife.
Arouse in the heart of God’s servant (name) love for me, his wife, and show all the corruption of his deeds. Melt his coldness, resurrect his love. Don't let the family be destroyed, give us family good.
Lord, protect my husband from the devil’s temptation and sinful life. Especially autumn and protect the servant of God (name) from all misfortunes and crafty demons who want to sacrifice him and bring him to hell alive.
Instruct my husband to live according to Your covenants: to love his wife, take care of her and be responsible for her. Enlighten Your servant (name) to start all over again, to forget and forgive all offenses against me.
Lord, I pray to You with all my heart, do not let our family fall apart. Hold me and my husband together. Grant us love for each other, patience and strength to live together according to Your commandments. I trust in Your help, Lord. Amen.
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This can be done at any time, both in church and at home - the Lord will hear everywhere. For Him, what matters is sincerity and faith, not where a person is located.
A relationship is the result of interaction between two people. It does not happen that only one spouse is the culprit of the discord. Therefore, in order to get results, you need to work on your own shortcomings. Analyze your mistakes and repent of them in confession. Then prayer will become truly powerful. How does it help?
- Find purity and peace of mind.
- Learn to accept the shortcomings of your neighbor.
- To endure the trials that God sends with humility.
Faith and patience can teach you a lot, including finding a common language with your partner in life together.
The Power of Prayers
Only God will help maintain well-being in the family, love, mutual respect and fidelity. Faith in Him is incomparable in strength to anything. If we lead a righteous life, keep God's commandments, then this is the basis for building good relationships with others, loved ones and relatives.
Prayer for well-being in the family and at home, which is a powerful protection, is an invisible thread connecting everyone around.
A marriage without God is doomed to failure. Such a marriage is deprived of blessing and virtue. By depriving ourselves of the Lord, we put carnal pleasures at the forefront, turning true love into baseness and wretchedness.
If we close our hearts to God, then we become hostages to evil forces. Therefore, it is very important to read a powerful prayer for well-being in the family and at home.
Prayer to the Mother of God to save a marriage
Traditionally, Orthodox Christians turn to the Mother of God with any problem. For this purpose, the image that inspires more feelings is suitable. You need to stand in front of him, collect your thoughts and say the following words:
Most Blessed Lady, take my family under Your protection. Instill in the hearts of my husband and our children peace, love and non-questioning of all that is good; Do not allow anyone from my family to experience separation and difficult parting, to premature and sudden death without repentance.
And save our house and all of us living in it from fiery ignition, thieves' attacks, every evil of the situation, various types of insurance and devilish obsession.
Yes, we too, collectively and separately, openly and secretly, will glorify Your Holy Name always, now and ever, and forever and ever. Amen.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us!
Please note that in the prayer to the Mother of God there are no demands, but only petitions - to return peace to the family, to prevent separation from loved ones, to take the house under protection so that the family can live glorifying the Creator.
How can prayers help?
We will also answer the question of how to read prayers: how do they help and in what cases should they be said?
- If a family really needs money, it experiences financial difficulties. You can read the prayer then, there is no way to find a job with a decent salary. If your boss unfairly evaluates your work or delays your salary every time, then you also need to turn to God in prayer every day.
- If a spouse cheats, looks at others, does not feel attraction to his other half, then a daily prayer to the Mother of God, or Spyridon of Trimyfutsky, for well-being in the family and at home (which can be downloaded on our website below) will guarantee that the wife, or husband, will be faithful to each other. Saints will take care that their thoughts are not possessed by demons.
- If there is a threat of divorce, then God will help in difficult times. He will make sure that old feelings return to the spouses, and all conflicts will disappear. The main thing is to open your heart to the Lord and clear your mind.
- If spouses constantly swear, quarrel, get offended, get angry at each other. Daily prayer will soften pride and their hearts, teach them to listen to each other, understand and respect.
Also, before getting married, creating a family hearth, it is recommended to build relationships on the veneration of the Lord and the saints. Moreover, this should be a mutual decision.
Then the Heavenly Forces will support you in everything. You also need to ask God every day for wisdom and help so that there is well-being in the family.
Prayer to Nicholas the Wonderworker for the preservation of Family ties
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Saint Nicholas is so respected by the people that there is even a saying about him: “Ask Nicholas, and he will tell the Savior.” Even during a quarrel between spouses, people turn to him for help. He is able to help in the most seemingly hopeless situations. Thousands of pilgrims travel to the relics of the holy elder in the Italian city of Bari.
But it is not at all necessary to travel so far - there is an icon of the saint in any Orthodox church. And in the city of Zaraysk (not far from Moscow) there is a miraculous image that is several hundred years old.
“O all-praised and all-pious bishop, great Wonderworker, Saint of Christ, Father Nicholas, man of God and faithful servant, man of desires, chosen vessel, strong pillar of the church, bright lamp, shining star and illuminating the whole universe: you are a righteous man, like a blossoming date, planted in the courts of your Lord, living in Myra, you are fragrant with the world, and the myrrh flows with the ever-flowing grace of God. By your procession, holy father, the sea was illuminated, when your many-wonderful relics marched into the city of Barsky, from east to west praise the name of the Lord.”
How and where to read prayers
Prayers should be read (you can listen online for free, or watch on video) in church and at home. If you intend to pronounce words outside the church walls, then it is recommended to purchase candles and an icon of the Mother of God - the Intercession is better.
The icon will help you imagine the image of the saint to whom the believer is addressing. She is also a conductor between heaven and earth. And a candle brings you as close as possible to the church atmosphere.
Also, the light of a candle helps to focus on prayer. You just need to focus your gaze on it for several minutes. This will allow you to drive away all unnecessary thoughts.
Privacy is very important. You need to go to another room, where there are no working equipment, children and animals. The light should be dim. The posture in the process of saying prayers is unimportant. This can be done both lying down and sitting. The main thing is attention and concentration.
Drive away all extraneous thoughts from yourself, forget about problems and matters. Pass every phrase through yourself, your heart and soul. If you understand that you are not ready to read a prayer at the moment, it is better not to do this, but leave it for a more appropriate time.
For example, in the morning, when the mind is not yet polluted with thoughts and problems. The ideal option is also at night, when everyone in the household is already asleep and household chores are done.
Prayer to the Intercessors of marriage Guria, Samon and Aviv
The patrons of Orthodox marriage are Saints Gury, Samon and Aviv; they are prayed to to save the family from divorce. They especially help in cases where the husband hates his wife. The martyrs lived in the 3rd century in the city of Edessa. They were beheaded for refusing to sacrifice to idols. They became famous thanks to the story of the maiden Euphemia, which occurred after the death of the saints.
A certain foreign warrior fell in love with a young beauty and asked for her hand in marriage. He promised before the icons that he would take care of his wife. But when the couple arrived home, it turned out that the deceiver was married, and Euphemia was assigned the role of a concubine and maid. She lived in humiliation for several years; her child was poisoned by envious people. And so, the warrior went to Edessa again. Only he did not know that Euphemia turned to Gury, Samon and Aviv for help. The saints carried her home by air. The woman exposed her husband as a deceiver and he was executed.
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Since then, prayers have been read to the martyrs to strengthen their families.
Oh, glory to the martyr Guria, Samona and Aviva! To you, as quick helpers and warm prayer books, we, weak and unworthy, come running, fervently pleading: do not despise us, who have fallen into many iniquities and are sinning all the days and hours; guide the lost on the right path, heal the suffering and mourning; keep us in a blameless and chaste life; And as in ancient times, so now remain the patrons of marriages, in love and like-mindedness this affirms and delivers from all evil and calamitous circumstances. Protect, O mighty confessors, all Orthodox Christians from misfortunes, evil people and the machinations of demons; Protect me from unexpected death, begging the All-Good Lord, that He may add great and rich mercy to us, His humble servant. We are not worthy to call on the magnificent name of our Creator with unclean lips, unless you, holy martyrs, intercede for us; For this reason we resort to you and ask for your intercession before the Lord. Also deliver us from famine, flood, fire, sword, invasion of foreigners, internecine warfare, deadly plagues and every soul-destroying situation. To her, passion-bearers of Christ, through your prayers arrange for us all that is good and useful, so that having passed a pious life for a time and having achieved a shameless death, we will be worthy of your warm intercession with all the saints at the right hand of the Just God of the Judge, and may unceasingly glorify Him with the Father and the Holy Spirit forever. Amen.
Reading rules
Before you start reading the prayer, you should prepare for it.
- It is very important to find a secluded place in your home where no one will distract you; for this reason, it is better to choose either early morning or evening for prayer, when household members are still or already asleep.
- To tune in to prayer, you can light a candle near the holy image and stand in silence for a while. You will feel the moment when you need to start praying yourself.
- It is also important to choose in advance who you will pray to.
In order for there to be peace and mutual understanding, you need to ask the Lord to strengthen the family
If quarrels often occur in your family, then you need to pray:
- Mother of God;
- Archangel Barachiel;
- Xenia of Petersburg;
- Apostle John the Theologian;
- Icon of the Mother of God “Softening Evil Hearts”;
- Archangel Raphael.
Prayer to Saints Peter and Fevronia to preserve the family union
Russia also has its own defenders of family unions. These are the famous saints husband and wife - Peter and Fevronia of Murom. They lived a long life together, and even died on the same day. But the beginning of their journey together was not at all rosy. The prince suffered from leprosy; no one could heal the young man.
The Lord sent Peter a vision that a girl named Fevronia would help him. He came to her, and the pullet made the prince promise to marry. But the boyars did not at all want to see a simple peasant girl as the ruler’s wife. They drove the couple out of town. But things immediately went wrong in Murom. The people demanded that the prince and his wife be returned to the city. The couple became famous for their mutual love and wisdom in resolving disputes. Therefore, it is customary for the righteous to pray for their family.
Oh, great servants of God and wonderful miracle workers, faithful Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia, representatives of the city of Murom, guardians of honest marriage and prayer books for all of us with zeal for the Lord!
During the days of your earthly life, you showed nature the image of piety, Christian love and fidelity to each other even to the grave, and thereby glorified the lawful and blessed marriage of nature.
For this reason, we come running to you and pray with strong zeal: bring your holy prayers to the Lord God for us sinners, and ask us for everything that is good for our souls and bodies: rightful faith, good hope, unfeigned love, unshakable piety, success in good deeds *, especially in marriage, through your prayers, grant chastity, love for each other in a bond of peace, unanimity of souls and bodies, a bed of hate, a shameless stay, a long-lived seed, grace for your children, houses filled with goodness and in eternal life an unfading crown of Heavenly glory.
Hey, holy wonderworkers! Do not despise our prayers, offered to you with tenderness, but be our intercessors before the Lord and make us worthy through your intercession to receive eternal salvation and inherit the Kingdom of Heaven, and let us glorify the ineffable love for mankind of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, in the Trinity we worship God, forever and ever. Amen.
Symbol of faith
The Creed is a statement of faith of an Orthodox person, his agreement with all the events that occurred more than 2000 years ago. This prayer should especially be read in moments of despair, in moments of doubt, since by its affirmation it destroys these doubts. If there is doubt in even one line of the prayer, then something is wrong with faith.
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“I believe, Lord! Help my unbelief!
Christians set out their confession of faith in the Creed.
The Creed is a prayer book that contains all the basic provisions and dogmas of the Orthodox Church. This doctrine is stated in the Creed in a brief but very precise form. It was compiled in the 4th century by the fathers of the First and Second Ecumenical Councils.
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It is universal, and is suitable both for everyday reading (during morning prayers) and for special occasions, for example on the day of baptism of children (boys or girls). The creed is not a prayer (but a confession of faith). For it does not contain appeals to God, the Most Holy Theotokos, Angels or saints.
“Creed” in Russian with accents
I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, everything visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the only begotten, begotten of the Father before all ages, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, one being with the Father, through whom all things were created;
for us people and for our salvation, he came down from heaven, took flesh from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became human,
crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, suffered and buried,
resurrected on the third day according to the Scriptures,
ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father,
and He will come again with glory to judge the living and the dead; His kingdom will have no end.
And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father, worshiped and glorified equally with the Father and the Son, who spoke through the prophets.
And into the one, Holy, Universal and Apostolic Church.
I confess one baptism for the remission of sins.
I await the resurrection of the dead
and the life to come. Amen.
The 1st member talks about God the Father, the 2nd to 7th members talk about God the Son, the 8th – about God the Holy Spirit, the 9th – about the Church, the 10th – about baptism, the 11th and 12th -th - about the resurrection of the dead and eternal life.
| 1st. I believe in one God, the Father, Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, visible to all and invisible. | I believe in one God, the Father, Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, of everything visible and invisible. |
| 2nd. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the only begotten, who was born of the Father before all ages; Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, uncreated, consubstantial with the Father, by whom all things were; | (I believe) in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages; Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not created, one being with the Father, through whom all things were created; |
| 3rd. For our sake, man and our salvation came down from heaven, and became incarnate from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became human; | For us people and for our salvation, He came down from heaven, took flesh from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became human; |
| 4th. Crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried; | Crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, suffered and buried; |
| 5th. And he rose again on the third day, according to the Scriptures; | And rose again on the third day, according to the Scriptures (prophetic). |
| 6th. And ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father; | And ascended into heaven and sat at the right hand of the Father; |
| 7th. And again the one who is to come will judge with glory the living and the dead, His Kingdom will have no end. | And again he will come with glory to judge the living and the dead, a kingdom that will have no end. |
| 8th. And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Life-Giving One, who proceeds from the Father, who is with the Father and the Son, worshiped and glorified, who spoke the prophets. | (I believe) also in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father, worshiped and glorified equally with the Father and the Son, who spoke through the prophets. |
| 9th. Into the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. | (I believe) in the One, Holy, Catholic (Ecumenical) and Apostolic Church. |
| 10th. I confess one Baptism for the remission of sins. | I confess one Baptism for the remission of sins. |
| 11th. I hope for the resurrection of the dead. | I look forward to the resurrection of the dead. |
| 12th. And the life of the next century. Amen. | And the life of the next century. Truly so. |
* There is no letter е in the Church Slavonic language, therefore all е must be read as е (not ё).
Prayer to the Creator for his children, so that they are happy
God and Father, Creator and Preserver of all creatures! Grace my poor children (names) with Your Holy Spirit, may He kindle in them the true fear of God, which is the beginning of wisdom and direct prudence, according to which whoever acts, his praise abides forever. Bless them with the true knowledge of You, keep them from all idolatry and false teaching, make them grow in the true and saving faith and in all piety, and may they remain in them constantly to the end. Grant them a believing, obedient and humble heart and mind, so that they may grow in years and in grace before God and before people. Plant in their hearts love for Your Divine Word, so that they may be reverent in prayer and in worship, respectful to the ministers of the Word and sincere in their actions, modest in their movements, chaste in their morals, true in their words, faithful in their deeds, diligent in their studies. , happy in the performance of their duties, reasonable and righteous towards all people. Keep them from all the temptations of the evil world, and let not evil society corrupt them. Do not allow them to fall into uncleanness and unchastity, so that they do not shorten their own lives and do not offend others. Be their protector in any danger, so that they will not be subject to sudden death. Make sure that we do not see in them dishonor and shame, but honor and joy, so that Your Kingdom may be multiplied by them and the number of believers will increase, and may they be in heaven around Your table as the olive branches of heaven, and with all the elect, may they give You honor, praise and glorification through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
