Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian
O great apostle, loud-voiced evangelist, most graceful theologian, master of secrets of incomprehensible revelations, virgin and beloved confidant of Christ John, accept with your characteristic mercy us sinners (names), who come running under your strong intercession and protection! Ask the All-Bountiful Lover of Mankind, Christ and our God, Who, before your eyes, poured out His most precious blood for us, His indecent servants, may He not remember our iniquities, but may He have mercy on us, and may He deal with us according to His mercy; May He grant us mental and physical health, all prosperity and abundance, teaching us to turn all of it into the glory of Him, the Creator, Savior and our God. At the end of our temporary life, may we, holy apostle, escape the merciless tortures that await us in the airy ordeals, but may we, under your guidance and protection, reach the Mountain of Jerusalem, whose glory you have seen in revelation, and now enjoy these joys promised to the chosen ones God's. Oh, great John, save all Christian cities and countries, this whole, this temple, dedicated to your holy name, serving and praying in it, from famine, destruction, cowardice and flood, fire, sword, invasion of foreigners and internecine warfare, deliver from all kinds of troubles and misfortunes, and with your prayers turn away the righteous wrath of God from us, and ask us for His mercy; Oh, great and incomprehensible God, Alpha and Omega, the source and object of our faith! Behold, for Your supplication we offer Saint John, whom You have made worthy to know You, the inscrutable God, in ineffable revelation. Accept his intercession for us, grant us the fulfillment of our petitions, for Your glory: and above all, make us spiritual perfection, to the enjoyment of endless life in Your Heavenly abodes. Oh, Heavenly Father, created all the Lord, the Soul of spirits, the Almighty King! Touch our hearts with Your finger, and they, melting like wax, will be shed before You, and mortal spiritual creation will be created, in honor and glory of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
How can prayer for increased love help?
Special, divine words aimed at obtaining the protection of higher powers are true prayer. It becomes a reliable shield if it is pronounced reverently. She will help you find your love, heal from sadness, and get rid of melancholy.
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Praying for an enemy works in the same way. The one for whom he asked God or the saints suddenly reconsiders his actions, and impulses towards sin cause feelings of fear in him. The influence of divine forces on him makes the sinner better, changes him. This is the effect of prayer in eradicating hatred directed towards God on behalf of the enemy. The necessary texts for these purposes can be selected in the prayer book.
How to better read sacred words
The most correct thing would be to read a prayer in God's temple. And this advice has good reason. After all, thousands of people with their troubles go to church, and this has been going on for several centuries. Those places have amazing power, they have been prayed for by more than one generation, and are clean from sinful actions. Reading should be done with a pure heart and bright thoughts. It is always necessary to be baptized with reference to the name of God. It’s good if the person asking bows while doing so. You need to get ready ahead of time and tune in to the sacrament.
When praying to a specific icon of a saint, you must approach it in the church with a candle. Face to face with the image, words addressed to it are spoken. If the church does not have the required icon, you need to pray to the Mother of God or the Savior. Making petitions at home is also not prohibited. The main thing is that there is a face and candles from the temple.
Venerable Seraphim of Sarov
Oh, wonderful Father Seraphim, great miracle worker of Sarov, quick and obedient helper to all who come running to you! During the days of your earthly life, no one was tired of you and was inconsolable from your departure, but everyone was blessed by the vision of your face and the benevolent voice of your words. Moreover, the gift of healing, the gift of insight, the gift of healing for weak souls has appeared abundantly in you. When God called you from earthly labors to heavenly rest, your love ceased from us, and it is impossible to count your miracles, multiplying like the stars of heaven; Behold, throughout all the ends of our earth you appear to the people of God and grant them healing. In the same way, we cry out to you: oh, most quiet and meek servant of God, daring prayer book to Him, reject no one who calls you! Offer up your powerful prayer for us to the Lord of hosts, may He grant us all that is useful in this life and all that is useful for spiritual salvation, may He protect us from the falls of sin and may He teach us true repentance, so that we can enter without stumbling into the eternal Kingdom of Heaven, where you now in everlasting glory you shine, and there sing with all the saints the Life-Giving Trinity forever and ever. Amen.
Venerable Silouan of Athos
O wonderful servant of God, Father Silouan! By the grace given to you by God, tearfully pray for the entire universe - the dead, the living and the future - do not remain silent for us to the Lord, who diligently fall to you and touchingly ask for your intercession (names). Move, O all-blessed one, to prayer the Zealous Intercessor of the Christian race, the Most Blessed Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, who miraculously called you to be a faithful worker in Her earthly city, where the chosen one of God begs God for our sins, merciful and long-suffering, so that our untruths and iniquities are not remembered , but according to the ineffable goodness of our Lord Jesus Christ, to spare and save us according to His great mercy. She, the saint of God, with the Most Blessed Lady of the World - the Most Holy Abbess of Athos and Her holy ascetics, ask the saints for the most holy Word of the holy Mount Athos and its God-loving desert dwellers to be preserved from all the troubles and slander of the enemy in the world. Yes, the Angels deliver the saints from evil and strengthen them in faith and brotherly love with the Holy Spirit, until the end of the century they pray for the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church and show everyone the saving path, and the Earthly and Heavenly Church constantly glorifies the Creator and Father of Lights, enlightening and illuminating peace in the eternal truth and goodness of God. Ask the people of the entire earth for a prosperous and peaceful life, a spirit of humility and brotherly love, good morals and salvation, a spirit of fear of God. Let it not be malice and lawlessness that harden the hearts of men, which can destroy the love of God in men and cast them into godless enmity and fratricide, but in the power of Divine love and truth, as in heaven and on earth, hallowed be the name of God, may His holy will be done in men , and may peace and the Kingdom of God reign on earth. Likewise, for your earthly Fatherland - the Russian lands, ask, servant of God, the longed-for peace and heavenly blessing, covered by the omnipotent omophorion of the Mother of God, to get rid of famine, destruction, cowardice, fire, sword, invasion of foreigners and internecine warfare and from all visible enemies and invisible, and thus remain the most holy house of the Most Blessed Mother of God until the end of the age, the Life-giving Cross by the power, and be established in the inexhaustible love of God. For all of us, who are immersed in the darkness of sins and warmth of repentance, who have no lower fear of God and who constantly insult the Lord who loves us immeasurably, ask, O all-blessed one, from our All-Bountiful God, so that with His All-powerful divine grace He will visit and revive our souls and all evil and let the pride of life, despondency and negligence in our hearts be abolished. We also pray that we, strengthened by the grace of the All-Holy Spirit and warmed by the love of God, in philanthropy and brotherly love, in humble crucification for one another and for everyone, may be established in the truth of God and well strengthened in the gracious love of God, and will draw closer to the filial One. Yes, thus, doing His all-holy will, in all piety and purity of temporary life, let us walk the path unashamedly and with all the saints of the Heavenly Kingdom and His Lamb we will be honored. To Him from all earthly and heavenly be glory, honor and worship, with His Beginningless Father, His Most Holy and Good and Life-Giving Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Rules for reading the Orthodox prayer for love
Believers believe that everyone living in the world is divided into two camps: happy and unhappy. As such, there are simply no good or evil people. For this reason, the Lord commanded us to send our prayers even for our enemies and enemies. Anyone who wants harm to someone is essentially a very unhappy person who does not know happiness. He is unable to resist the sins that take possession of him.
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Those who dream of a calm, happy life in a family should regularly read prayers for increased love. There are quite a lot of such holy texts in religious publications. Any of them can help, the main thing is to use them correctly. What do you pay attention to first of all?
- The general emotional state should be calm.
- Words and phrases should sound without malice, without anger, without threats or issuing an ultimatum.
- The heart must be pure, carrying love.
- The petition should not be made on behalf of oneself, but on behalf of the enemy.
Of course, one cannot in prayer demand that God send down evil and harm to another. The Almighty himself will determine what he is worthy of.
Prayers before the icons of the Mother of God “Tenderness”
Accept, O all-powerful, Most Pure Lady Theotokos, these honorable gifts, the only ones applied to You, from us, Your unworthy servants: chosen from all generations, the highest of all creatures of heaven and earth, who appeared, because for Your sake the Lord Almighty was with us, and Your Son By knowing God and being made worthy of His holy Body and His most pure Blood; Blessed are you, too, in the birth of generations, O God-blessed One, the brightest of the Cherubim and the most honest of the Seraphim. And now, all-sung Most Holy Theotokos, do not cease praying for us, Thy unworthy servants, that we may be delivered from every evil council and every situation and that we may be preserved unharmed from every poisonous pretext of the devil; but even to the end, through Your prayers, keep us uncondemned, as if through Your intercession and help we are saved, we send glory, praise, thanksgiving and worship for everything in the Trinity to the One God and the Creator of all, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Prayers before the icons of the Mother of God “Softening Evil Hearts”
O long-suffering Mother of God, Higher than all the daughters of the earth, in Your purity and in the multitude of sufferings You have endured on earth, accept our much-painful sighs and keep us under the shelter of Your mercy. Do You know of no other refuge and warm intercession, but, since You have the boldness to be born of You, help and save us with Your prayers, so that we may without stumbling reach the Kingdom of Heaven, where with all the saints we will sing praises in the Trinity to the One God, now and ever, and forever and ever. Amen.
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How to read correctly to get help
Prayers sow the seeds of love in the soul and heart. The rules for reading them are simple, the main thing is not to make a routine out of it.
- You can go to church at any convenient time, stand at the icons of saints, light a candle, and read a prayer. Feel the presence of God. The main thing is to do everything without rushing.
- If you learn prayers by heart, you can read them absolutely everywhere - in nature, in transport, on the street. The whole world will sparkle with new colors, and life will never be gray.
- At home, in a quiet, clean, calm corner, it would be nice to light a candle and pray in front of the icons. Any prayer cleanses the living space of our home and fills the house with happiness.
- Prayer calls must be read confidentially and openly. The saints see our feelings and understand us when we strive to communicate with them with all our souls.
Every person has a good, bright, humane beginning. By turning to prayers, we begin to see these qualities in people, and we realize how beautiful the world is, filled with love.
