Glory to Thee Savior, Omnipotent Power! Glory to Thee Savior, Omnipresent Power! Glory to Thee, O womb, most merciful! Glory to Thee, Hearing ever-opening to hear the prayers of me accursed, in a hedgehog have mercy on me and save me from my sins! Glory to Thee, the brightest Eyes, I will take out on me those who see kindly and see through all my secrets! Glory to Thee, glory to Thee, glory to Thee, Sweetest Jesus, my Savior!
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God! What will I bring to You, how will I thank You for Your unceasing, Your greatest mercy to me and to Your other people? For, behold, every moment I am enlivened by Your Holy Spirit, every moment I breathe the air, poured by You, light, pleasant, healthy, strengthening, I am enlightened by Your joyful and life-giving light - spiritual and material; I feed on spiritual food, sweet and life-giving, and drinking the same, the holy Mysteries of Your Body and Blood, and food and drinks of material sweetness; You dress me with a bright, beautiful royal robe - by Yourself and material clothes, cleanse my sins, heal and purify my many and fierce passions of sin; you will take away my spiritual corruption in the power of your immeasurable goodness, wisdom and strength, fill you with your Holy Spirit - the Spirit of holiness, grace; you give my soul truth, peace and joy, space, strength, boldness, courage, strength, and you endow my body with precious health; you teach my hands to fight and my fingers to fight with the invisible enemies of my salvation and bliss, with the enemies of the sanctuary and the power of Your glory, with the spirits of malice in high places; you crown with success my deeds done in your name... For all this I thank, glorify and bless your all-good, paternal, all-powerful power, God, Savior, our Benefactor. But be known by Your other people as well, as if You appeared to me, Lover of mankind, may they know You, the Father of all, Your goodness, Your providence, Your wisdom and strength, and glorify You, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
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I thank You, Lord my God, for giving me life, for giving birth to me in the Christian faith, for the Most Pure Virgin Mary, the Intercessor for the salvation of our family, for Your holy saints, praying for us, for the Guardian Angel, for the public worship that supports us faith and virtue Holy Bible, for the Holy Mysteries, and especially Your Body and Blood, for the mysterious grace-filled consolations, for the hope of receiving the Kingdom of Heaven and for all the blessings You have given me.
Prayer of thanksgiving for deliverance from the temptations of the enemy
Glory to Thee, O Almighty King, that You do not leave me in the darkness of the devil, but always send Your light into my darkness. You are my Lamp, O Lord, and enlighten my darkness. My Master, Lord Jesus Christ! My quick, quick, shameless Intercessor! I thank You with all my heart that You graciously listened to me: when I called to You in darkness, narrowness and flame of the enemy - very quickly, sovereignly, graciously delivered me from my enemies and gave my heart space, lightness, light! Oh, Lord, how I suffered from the machinations of the enemy, how timely You showed me help, and how obvious was Your almighty help! I praise Your goodness, obedient Master, the hope of the desperate; I praise You that You did not shame my face to the end, but mercifully delivered me from the darkening and dishonor of hell. How then can I ever despair of Your hearing and mercy on me, the accursed one? I will, I will always call on Your sweetest name, my Savior; You, O innumerable Blessing, as always, save me in the past, according to Your immeasurable kindness, as Your name is the Lover of Man and the Savior!
Prayer of thanksgiving for healing from illness
Glory to Thee, Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of the Father without beginning, heal every ailment and every ailment in people, as if you had mercy on me a sinner and delivered me from my illness, not allowing it to develop and kill me for my sins. Grant me from now on, Lord, the strength to firmly do Your will for the salvation of my accursed soul and for Your glory with Your Father without beginning and Your Spirit consubstantial, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
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I thank Thee, Eternal sweetness, incomparable, without number surpassing all earthly, carnal and coarse sweetness, Sweetness incorruptible, life-giving, holy, quiet, light, most peaceful, joyful, inexhaustible; I thank Thee, as if you gave me these perishable sweets for tasting, enjoyment, yes, although in part, I know how sweet You are, that You are all sweetness, all desire. Shining with the material light, I say: glory to Thee, the Light that is unstoppable, sweet and all-joyful, as if by this corruptible, but beautiful light - the image of Your unapproachable divine light shines upon us, and from this material light we incessantly flow with thought to You, the eternal, unstoppable Light, and yes we strive to achieve Your all-blissful contemplation with the purity of life.
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My endless sweetness, Lord Jesus Christ, what sweetness did You not give me to taste in my temporary existence! Thank you, my Grace, my Sweetness! But if earthly sweets are so numerous, varied, pleasant, then what are heavenly, spiritual sweets: they are truly endless, innumerable, unimaginably pleasant. Therefore, do not deprive me, many-merciful, most generous Lord, of Your heavenly sweets, which Thou hast prepared for those who love Thee. Do not deprive them and your other people! Let us all know Thee, O Lord, our Sweetness!
A song of praise in the likeness of the psalms of David
The Lord is my being; The Lord is deliverance from eternal death; The Lord is my eternal life; The Lord is cleansing and deliverance from many sins and my sanctification; The Lord is strength in my weakness, space in my narrowness, hope in my cowardice and despondency; The Lord is a light in my darkness, the world is in my confusion; The Lord is an intercessor in my temptations. He is my thinking, my desire, my activity; He is the light of soul and body, food, drink, my garment, my shield, my weapon. All for me the Lord!
About communion
Oh, what a great happiness! The Lord enters into a sinful soul and incinerates all iniquities in it, and the soul of a person becomes the house of God. So, the Savior left us, as it were, a testament to celebrate the Liturgy and partake of His life-giving body and blood. Liturgy is a marvelous gift of Jesus Christ. The Liturgy is a bridge across which one can pass into eternal life. Remember: this is the will of Jesus Christ! Walk this golden bridge that will save you from the abyss of hell. Do not listen, beloved, to those people who run from the cup of the Savior. These are unfortunate, misguided, miserable people, far from the river of Christ; they fall into the abyss. My dears, love the Divine Liturgy, consider that day of your life lost when you failed to attend the Liturgy, especially on a feast day. St. John Chrysostom says that the Divine Liturgy is a great wonderful gift; the angels of God envy us, people who are blessed with the happiness of eating the divine body and blood.
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I am in him [Jn. 6, 56]. This is tangible, and experience confirms this. Blessed, full of life is the person who partakes of the Holy Mysteries with faith, with heartfelt repentance for sins. - This truth is tangible, it is also clear from the contrary. When, without sincere repentance for sins and with doubt, you approach the Holy Chalice, then Satan enters you and abides in you, killing your soul, and this can be extremely palpable.
Appreciate according to your heritage the greatest miracle of Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God, manifested in communion with faith in His divine Mysteries. What is the miracle? The repose and revitalization of your heart, mortified by sin, is so obvious after heart anxiety and spiritual death often preceding communion. Out of habit, never regard it as something ordinary and unimportant: such thoughts and dispositions of the heart bring the wrath of the Lord on you, and after communion you will not taste peace and life. With the most lively heartfelt gratitude for the gifts of quickening, acquire life from the Lord, and let your faith grow more and more. Fear and anxiety come from unbelief. Consider their appearance during communion as a sure sign that you are moving away from the Life that is in the Chalice by unbelief, and do not pay attention to them. Oh faith! faith! you yourself are a miracle for us! You save us: your faith has saved you [Mark. 5, 34]. And after a living faith in the truth of God, we always depart from the Lord in the world; on the contrary, after lack of faith - always without peace. Oh! Satan often enters after the unworthy communion of the Holy Mysteries, and he tries in every possible way to plant his lies in our hearts, i.e. disbelief, because disbelief is the same as a lie. A murderer from time immemorial, he is trying in every possible way even now to kill a person with his lies and various thoughts, and, having crept into the heart in the form of unbelief or some kind of passion, afterward he shows himself worthy of himself, more - impatience and malice. And you see that he is in you, but you will not suddenly get rid of him often, because he usually tries to lock in his heart all the ways to get out of it - by unbelief, bitterness and other generations of his. In vain do you work in me, fallen archangel. I am a servant of my Lord Jesus Christ. You, exalted pride, humiliate yourself, so strenuously fighting with me weak. So mentally speak evil spirit who lays a heavy burden on your heart and tempts you to various kinds of evil. These words are like a fiery scourge to a proud spirit, and he, put to shame by your firmness and spiritual wisdom, will flee from you. You will see it now, you will feel it, and you will be surprised at the wonderful change in yourself: there will be no heavy, murderous burden for the soul in the heart, it will become so easy, easy, and you will be tangibly convinced that there are spirits of malice in the heavenly places, constantly looking for our death, the poison of gloomy and evil thoughts poisoning our heart, intensifying to destroy love for people and sociability with them.
I am with you all the days until the end of the age (Matt. 28, 20]. So, Master, You are with us - all the days, we do not live a single day without You, without Your co-presence. You are with us especially in the mystery of Your Body and Blood. Oh, how truly and essentially You are in the Mysteries! You, Vladyka, clothe yourself every liturgy in a body obedient to us, except for sin, and nourish us with Your life-giving flesh. Through the Mysteries You are wholly with us, and Your flesh is united with our flesh and Your spirit is united with our soul - and we feel, we feel this life-giving, most peaceful, most sweet union, we feel that, clinging to You in the Eucharist, we become one spirit with You as it is said: cleave unto the Lord, there is one spirit with the Lord. We become like You, good, meek and humble, as You said about Yourself: I am meek and lowly in heart [Matt. 11, 29]. True, often crafty and blind flesh or the prince of this age living in our sinful flesh whispers to us that in the Mysteries there is only bread and wine, and not the very Body and Blood of the Lord, and sends sight, taste and touch as crafty witnesses for this. But we do not allow ourselves to listen to his slanders and reason like this: for You, Lord, everything is possible; You create flesh for people, animals, fish, birds, reptiles - all creatures; for Yourself, Who is everywhere and fills everything, do You not make flesh? What sculptor, making sculptures for others, is not able to make it for himself? Not only that, You turn dead matter into a living being, such as the staff of Moses into a serpent, and nothing is impossible for You. Will you not make flesh for yourself out of bread and wine, which are so close to our flesh, being used for food and drink and being changed into our flesh and blood? You do not allow our faith to be tempted more than it can bear, You do not transubstantiate the lumps of the earth into Your most pure Body and Blood, but white, soft, clean, tasteful bread; You do not create water with Your Blood, but wine that matches the color of blood (which is called the blood of a storm in the Holy Scriptures [Sirach 50, 17]), pleasant to the taste and gladdening the heart of a person; You know our weakness, the weakness of our faith, and therefore deigned to use for the sacrament of Your Body and Blood the most suitable substances for them. Let us firmly believe that under the guise of bread and wine we partake of the true Body and true Blood of Christ, that in the sacrament of communion the Lord will be with us all the days until the end of the age [Matt. 28, 20].
The Lord, with whom I unite daily through Holy Communion, strengthens me. Otherwise, where could I draw strength for such constant intensified labors with which I try to serve for the glory of His holy name and for the salvation of my neighbors.
Both after an unworthy communion, and after an unworthy, cold prayer, it is equally bad for the soul. This means: the Lord does not enter our hearts, offended by our unbelief and coldness of the heart, and allows evil spirits to nest in our hearts in order to let us feel the difference between His and their yoke.
Peace and abundance of heart life after communion is the greatest, inestimable gift of the Lord Jesus Christ, surpassing all the gifts related to the body and taken together. Without peace of mind - with a tightness and torment of the heart - a person cannot enjoy any benefits, either material or spiritual, for him then there are no pleasures that come from a sense of truth, goodness and beauty, because the very center of his life is suppressed and killed - the heart , or the inner man.
The future life is the perfect purity of the now gradually cleansed heart, which is most often closed, darkened by sin and the devil's breath, and sometimes - through the action of the grace of God - it clears up and sees God, uniting with Him most sincerely, in prayer and the Sacrament of Communion.
You wrote a book, let's say, about the Holy Trinity, and printed it in a thousand copies, or you can have as many as you like. And in all these books you have not only one spirit, but the same words, the same form. So it is with the offering of the Body of Christ. Throughout the universe, in countless churches it is offered, on all the altars of Christian churches the same Trinity operates, in all the lambs the same Christ and His Spirit (as in the book its content), everywhere the same form of offering, - and it turns out that this Holy Sacrament it is as if there is one great sacred book of the Lord's love for the human race, which is being prepared in countless quantities throughout the universe in the same form with the same loving Spirit living in it, who took upon himself the sins of the world, the spirit of Christ. Another similarity: what a multitude of separate human personalities on earth: they all have the same body shape, they all have the same soul, with the same, although not with the same abilities, and all these personalities have one name - man. All people are like one person, and all originated from one beginning: initially from God the Father and the Son and His Spirit, and then from one couple. That is why, by the way, the commandment of God commands to love everyone as yourself, according to identity, i.e. our nature. So, you see many faces, and they are one in the identity of the nature of soul and body. So the Lord in His life-giving Mysteries, wherever they are brought, is the eternally one and inseparable Creator from the one blood of the whole human race [Acts. 17, 26]. Through His one Spirit, living in the Mysteries of the Body and Blood, performed in all the churches of the world, He wants to unite with Himself us who have fallen away through sin and submission to the devil from union with Him, and that which in all of us is separating from Him and from each other cut off and cleanse: that they may all be one: as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they also may be one in Us [Jn. 17, 21]. That is the purpose of communion!
Is it any wonder that bread and wine are the Body and Blood of Christ, and that Christ rests in them, as the soul in the body? What is surprising when the devil nests in the insignificant embryo (in the heart) of an infant, grows stronger along with the growth of the body, so that later the infant is born with the devil hidden and nestling in his heart? Oh, what infinite goodness and wisdom of the Lord is revealed in giving us the most pure Mysteries of His Body and Blood, in the fact that they are accepted by a Christian to the very heart! Note, in the heart - where the devil nests, having the power of sin and death [Heb. 2:14] - as a perfect antidote to it, for giving us holiness and life, and for driving away sin and death! Just as it is certain that the devil and every sin often nests in our hearts, so it is certain that Christ the Life-Giver, our holiness, dwells in our hearts. Boly is our Lord of the devil, but if the devil lives and acts in our hearts through our various attachments to earthly objects, then how not to enter our hearts for Christ, through faith and repentance, when it was created by Him to be the temple of God, how not to enter in our hearts to Christ, namely in His flesh and blood, in accordance with our spirituality and at the same time with carnality? Also: if the devil can give the spirit and the word to the animal icon [Rev. 13:15], then how can Christ not dwell in bread and wine and not transform them, not appropriate them completely to Himself, as flesh and blood?
Communion of the Life-Giving Mysteries with undeniable faith, I in a tangible way learn of the omnipresent Christ. How? This is how: in every particle of the body and in every drop of blood, I receive the All-Whole Christ and, thus, I see with the eyes of the heart that He is at the same time all in all the particles and drops, no matter how many there are, to infinity. In the same way, the Lord is all in every church, in the Holy Mysteries and in every smallest particle, and as Orthodox churches are all over the earth, the Lord is not only in His Divinity, but also in His soul and body is present throughout the earth, everywhere communicating to believers all inseparably and producing sweet fruits in them: the cleansing of sins, the sanctification of the souls and bodies of Christians, righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, uniting everyone with Himself, with the Father and His Holy Spirit. We also know that through fervent prayer He dwells in the souls of believers with His Father and the Holy Spirit. Being inherent in the entire material world and at once reviving it all and every part of it separately, the Lord is all the more inherent in people and especially Christians, lives in them: Or do you not know for yourself that Jesus Christ is in you, unless you are inexperienced by nature? Do you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit living in you?
Communicators of the Divine Mysteries! know how sincerely you partake of the Lord if you partake worthily. What boldness you have towards the Lord and the Mother of God! What purity must have! What meekness, humility, gentleness! What impartiality to earthly things! What an ardent desire for heavenly, purest, eternal pleasures!
Many people pray hypocritically, and their hypocritical prayer has become a habit with them; they themselves do not even notice and do not want to notice that they pray hypocritically, and not in spirit and truth, so that if someone told them in reproof that they pray hypocritically, they would be angry at the one who dared to say such, in their opinion, incongruity. A person comes to hypocrisy not suddenly, but gradually. At first, perhaps, he prayed from the heart, but then, since praying always with the heart is a significant work, to which one must always force oneself, for the Kingdom of Heaven, it is said, is forced [Matt. 11, 12], - he begins to pray more with his lips, superficially, and not from the depths of his soul, since it is much easier; and finally, during the intensified struggle of the flesh and the devil, he prays with his lips, not bringing the power of the words of prayer to the heart. There are a lot of such people. The Lord says of them: These people draw near to Me with their lips, and with their lips they honor Me, but their heart is far from Me [Matt. 15:8 (Isaiah 29:13)]. What has been said about prayer should also be said about the communion of the holy, immortal, and life-giving Mysteries. Often at first a person communes with living faith, with a feeling of love and reverence, and then, with the unceasing opposition of the flesh and the devil to the truth of God, he yields to them the victory over himself and partakes hypocritically, not of the Body and Blood, but, according to his thoughts of the heart, bread and wine. . Being Mystery spirit and belly [Jn. 6, 63], as the Savior said, does not fit [Jn. 8, 37] in it; he is inwardly robbed by Satan. God save everyone from such communion, from such blasphemy against the Lord! The same happens with the sacrament of repentance.
Just as the Spirit of God lives in a multitude of Christians and in all of them with the Father and His Son Jesus Christ, and at the same time He is all everywhere - in heaven and on earth - so the Lord Jesus Christ is in every particle of His Body and Blood, completely in all Christian churches and at the same time all everywhere in heaven and on earth; like God, He is all everywhere, and there is no place where He is not all. - I take one particle of communion: He is all here, I take another - He is all here; the third, and so on, but in all the same Christ.
Instead of the tree of life, the bread of life; instead of the fruits of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, the same life-giving bread of life. Then it is said: do not touch, lest you die [Gen. 3, 3], now it is said: eat, and you will live [cf. John. 6, 51, 58]. Then Eve and Adam believed the deceiver and died; now, on the contrary, we believe the words of the Lord of life: this is my body, this is my blood [Mt. 26, 26, 28; Mrk. 14:22:24], and we are quickened; than they fell, so they rose; fell in unbelief to God, in disobedience, rose in obedience to faith. There we agreed with the devil against God and united with him - a liar - to our own death; now we wholeheartedly agree with the Truth Itself - God the Savior, and with a true heart we unite with Him for our own life, for peace and joy. Ole terrible mystery! Ole goodness of God! What a clay I partake of the Divine Body and Blood, and I am created imperishable [canon to communion, song 8]!
Christian hope is our hope for union with God in the next age. In our present Christian position, everything responds and is directed towards this union: both material and spiritual blessings: the grace of God in the Church, Divine services, the sacraments, conscience, God’s inner testing and purification, prayers, the fruits of prayers, sorrows that purify the heart, illnesses (will take his cross [Matthew 16:24; Mark 8:34]). The present union in fervent prayer, in the sacrament of communion, prepares for heavenly union: this is assured by the pledge of the Holy Spirit in the hearts of Christians. For the same reason, any other connection of the heart, except for God and not for God, is strictly forbidden to us. For the same reason, we must protect ourselves from carnal lusts, from all sin.
Means affirming Christian hope: prayer, especially frequent, sincere prayerful confession of one's sins, frequent reading of the Word of God, and especially frequent communion of the Holy Life-giving Mysteries of the Body and Blood of Christ.
Some put all their well-being and service before God in reading all the prescribed prayers, not paying attention to the readiness of the heart for God, to their inner correction; for example, many read the rule for communion in this way. Meanwhile, here, first of all, one must look at the correction and readiness of the heart to receive the Holy Mysteries; if the right heart has become in your womb, by the grace of God, if it is ready to meet the Bridegroom, then glory to God, although you did not have time to subtract all the prayers. The kingdom of God is not in words, but in power. Good obedience in everything to the Mother Church, but with prudence and, if possible, able to accommodate - a long prayer - let it contain. But not all can accommodate this word [Matt. 19, 11]; if a long prayer is incompatible with the ardor of the spirit, it is better to make a short but fervent prayer. Remember that one word of the publican, spoken from a warm heart, justified him. God does not look at a lot of words, but at the disposition of the heart. The main thing is the living faith of the heart and the warmth of repentance for sins.
Christ Himself vouches for the truth of the Mysteries of Christ. The truth is the visible and invisible worlds created by Him and standing in existence, the cleansing of sins, the peace and joy of the heart after communion.
Never despair of the mercy of God, no matter what sins you are bound by the temptation of the devil, but pray with all your heart with the hope of mercy, crowds are at the door of God's mercy - and it will be opened to you. I, a sinful priest, am an example to you: no matter how I sometimes sin due to the action of the devil, for example - sometimes you will treat your brother with enmity because of something, even if it is because of a just deed, and you will be completely upset, and you will arm your brother against yourself , and you will perform the holy sacrament unworthily, not out of voluntary neglect, but out of unpreparedness and the action of the devil, however, out of repentance, the Lord forgives everything, everything, especially after worthy communion of the Holy Mysteries: like snow or a wave you will be whitened with the Blood of Christ; the peace of heaven will dwell in your heart; and it will be easy, easy on your heart, you will become blessed. You will forget all the indignations, anxieties and tightness of the devil, you will become completely new and, as it were, you will rise from the dead. Do not despair, brethren, no matter what sins you have committed, only repent with a contrite heart and a humble spirit. Glory to Your mercy, Lord! Glory to Your patience, Lord!
I thank You, Lord my God, for giving me life, for giving birth to me in the Christian faith, for the Most Pure Virgin Mary, the Intercessor for the salvation of our family, for Your holy saints, praying for us, for the Guardian Angel, for the public worship that supports us faith and virtue, for the Holy Scriptures, for the Holy Mysteries, and especially Your Body and Blood, for the mysterious grace-filled consolations, for the hope of receiving the Kingdom of Heaven and for all the blessings You have given me.
Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos
Oh, Lady! Yes, not in vain and in vain do we call You the Mistress: reveal and manifest ever above us Your holy, living, active dominion. Reveal, for you can do everything for good, as the Mother of the all-good of the all-good King; disperse the darkness of our hearts, reflect the arrows of crafty spirits, flatteringly moved at us. May the peace of Thy Son, Thy peace reign in our hearts, may we all joyfully exclaim: who is after the Lord, like our Lady, our all-good, all-merciful and most swift Intercessor? For this you are exalted, Mistress, for that an abundance of unspeakable divine grace has been given to you, for that inexpressible boldness and strength at the throne of God and the gift of almighty prayer have been given to you, for this you have been adorned with indescribable holiness and purity, for this you have been given unapplied power from the Lord, so that you can preserve, protect, intercede, purify and save us, the inheritance of your Son and God, and yours. Save us, O most pure, all-good, all-wise and all-merciful! You are the Mother of our Savior, Who of all names deigned to be called the Savior more than anyone else. It is natural for us, wandering in this life, to fall, for we are overlaid with many-passionate flesh, surrounded by spirits of malice in high places, seducing to sin, we live in an adulterous and sinful world, seducing to sin; and You are above all sin, You are the brightest Sun, You are the Most Pure, All-good and All-pleasing, You tend to cleanse us, defiled by sins, as a mother cleanses her children, if we call on You humbly for help, You tend to raise us, who are constantly falling, to intercede to protect and save us, who are slandered by the spirits of evil, and to instruct us to walk towards every path of salvation.
Prayer to the Lord
God! Your name is Love - do not reject me, the erring one.
Your name is Strength - strengthen me, exhausted and falling.
Your name is Light - enlighten my soul, darkened by worldly passions.
Your name is Peace - pacify my restless soul.
Your name is Grace - do not cease to have mercy on me. Amen.
morning prayer
God! Creator and Lord of the world! look graciously on your creation, adorned with your divine image in these morning hours: may it live, may it enlighten your Eye, with darkness that times the brightest rays of the sun, my soul is dark and mortified by sin. Take away despondency and laziness from me, grant me gladness and cheerfulness of soul, and in the joy of my heart I glorify Your goodness, holiness, Your boundless greatness, Your endless perfections at every hour and in every place. Thou art my Creator and Lord of my life, O Lord, and glory befits Thee from Thy intelligent creatures at every hour, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer for drunkenness
Lord, look graciously on your servant (name), deceived by the flattery of the womb and carnal joy: grant him (name) to know the sweetness of abstinence in fasting and the fruits of the spirit flowing from it. Amen
Prayer for recovery
Glory to Thee, Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of the Father without beginning, heal every ailment and every ailment among people, as if you had mercy on me, a sinner, and delivered me from my illness, not allowing it to develop and kill me for my sins. Grant me from now on, Lord, the strength to firmly do Your will for the salvation of my accursed soul and for Your glory with Your Father without beginning and Your Spirit consubstantial, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer for the salvation of someone from bodily death, eg. from drowning, from death due to illness, from fire or from any other disaster, (praising the faith of those who ask)
Blessed be your faith, according to your faith, may the Lord grant the fulfillment of my unworthy, unbelieving prayer, and may he add faith to me.
Prayer for the proud and the obstinate
Lord, teach Your servant, who has fallen into the devil's pride, meekness and humility, and drive away from his heart the darkness and the burden of satanic pride!
Prayer for the Evil Ones
Lord, do good to this servant of yours by your grace!
Prayer for the money-loving and greedy
Our incorruptible treasure and inexhaustible wealth! Grant this servant of yours, created in your image and likeness, to know the flattery of wealth, and like all earthly things - vanity, shade and sleep. Like the grass is the days of every person, or like the abyss, and like You, the only wealth, our peace and joy! Do not be embittered by anything, conquer everything with love: all sorts of grievances, whims, all sorts of family troubles. Know nothing but love. Blame always sincerely yourself, recognizing yourself as the culprit of troubles. Say: I am guilty, I am sinful. Remember that just as you are weak, so is your neighbor, and weakness for weakness is destroyed, and there is nothing to blame the weak and sinners if they confess their weakness. The devil, mighty in evil, must be blamed.
Prayer for the envious
Lord, enlighten the mind and heart of this Thy servant to the knowledge of Thy great, innumerable and inexhaustible gifts, they are also received from Thy innumerable bounties, in the blindness of their passion, forget Thee and Thy rich gifts, and be poor yourself, rich in Thy blessings, and for this sake, it looks more charming at the good of Thy servants, image, O unspoken Blessing, have compassion on everyone, every time against his strength and according to the intention of Thy will. Take away, O all-merciful Master, the veil of the devil from the eyes of the heart of Thy servant and grant him heartfelt contrition and a tear of repentance and thanksgiving, may the enemy not rejoice over him, caught alive from him in his own will, and may not tear him out of Thy hand.
Prayer to the Mother of God
Lady Mother of God! You, whose love for Christians surpasses the love of any earthly mother, any wife, hearken to us in our prayer and save us! May we always remember You! May we always pray to You! May we always run under Your holy roof without laziness and without doubt.
Give me, Lord, to love every one of my neighbors as yourself, always, and for no reason be angry with him and do not work for the devil.
Let me crucify my vanity, pride, covetousness, lack of faith and other passions.
Let us have a name: mutual love; let us believe and hope that for all of us everything is the Lord; let's not bake, let's not worry about anything; May You, our God, one God our hearts, and apart from You, nothing.
Let us be among ourselves in the unity of love, as it befits, and let everything that separates us from each other and separate us from love be contemptible among us, like dust trampled underfoot. Wake up! Wake up! Amen.
If God has given Himself to us, if He abides in us and we are in Him, according to His infallible word, then what will He not give me, what will He spare, what will He deprive me of, what will He leave me in?
The Lord shepherds me, and will deprive me of nothing ().
So, be very calm, my soul, and know nothing but love.
This I command you, that you love one another ()
Prayers for healing to the Lord
Lord, it is possible for You to do (that) and (that) to Your servant (name); do this to him, for your name is the good Lover of mankind and the Almighty. If we, a crafty being, know how to give good things not only to children, but also to strangers, how much more do You give all kinds of blessings to those who ask You. Good Man-lover! Even though you made a creature with a single word and created a man out of it, visit your fallen servant with your inexpressible love of mankind, as if the work of your hand will not perish to the end. Amen.
Someone who was mortally ill with inflammation of the stomach for nine days and who did not receive the slightest relief from medical benefits - as soon as he took communion on the ninth day in the morning of the life-giving Mysteries, by the evening he became healthy and got up from the painful bed. He took communion with firm faith. I prayed to the Lord for him to heal him. God! I said: heal your servant from his sickness. He is worthy, give this to him, he loves your priests and sends his gifts to them. - I also prayed in the church at the throne of the Lord at the liturgy, during the prayer: “who is in common and concordant, granting us prayers ...” and before the Mysteries. I prayed like this: God! Our belly! As it is easy for me to think about healing, so it is easy for You to heal any disease; as it is easy for me to think about the resurrection from the dead, so it is easy for you to raise every dead person. Heal your servant Basil from his fierce illness and do not let him die, so that his wife and children will not weep, and the obedient Vladyka pardoned. And that was on the verge of death. Glory to Thy omnipotence, goodness and obedience, O Lord!
Relics: Ioannovsky female. convent on Karpovka (St. Petersburg)
Studying the life and works of John of Kronstadt, one is surprised by the boldness with which he prayed for people who needed help. Even Jesus, on the night before the sufferings, asked: to carry this cup past, adding: "Not My will, but Yours, God, be done".
It is recommended to end any petition with this phrase, believing that the Lord will choose the best option. Until a certain time, Saint John acted in this way. Until he received the blessing to “demand” healing, admonition, help to those in need.
All-Russian priest
Receiving letters asking for help, the Holy Righteous prayed, and the sick recovered, without seeing the priest himself. The fame of the power of his prayers was so great that St. Andrew's Church, where he served (with a capacity of 5,000! thousand people) was always crowded. The worshipers of shrines tore the stole into pieces when they visited Riga. Here is an example of how he prayed:
They called o. John to a patient who had a volvulus of the intestines. Doctors could not do anything, the man was dying. The father began to pray like this: “Lord, you made him the father of six children. Don't leave them orphans. Heal the afflicted". In the morning, to the surprise of the doctors, the dying man recovered.
All people are different, especially in misfortunes, but the saints are very similar to each other. They possess amazing ability to love both good and bad, seeing in everyone the Image of God. John of Kronstadt dreamed that everyone was like that. A person, with the help of God, must acquire the Spirit of Love, then there will be no poor, hungry and suffering on earth.
The pain inherent in the saint of God for the fate of the country, the future of which he saw, made him a fiery fighter against the destructive trends of unbelief - the All-Russian priest. With his sermons he visited many cities. There were no indifferent listeners. Despite the attempts of the revolutionaries to erase the dear name from the memory of the people by destroying St. Andrew's Church and pouring concrete over the relics, his fame is growing. How do they remember about John:
Listen online prayer of St. John of Kronstadt:
Memories of his former care for needs are alive ordinary people. Now miraculous help is given to all who turn to him. For him there is no rejected soul, he is ready to serve anyone both during his lifetime and after his death.
Death of the humble righteous
Arriving at the address, he was pushed aside from the alarmed attendants, allegedly inviting him to the sick man. They attacked with a knife. Sensing trouble, the coachman broke down the doors and burst into the room, but the priest had already been stabbed several times. The humble priest forbade talking about this, completely giving himself into the hands of God. After that, he fell ill a little and peacefully went to the Lord.
What is asked of John of Kronstadt?
The lamp of the Russian land died not so long ago in 1908. Since then, people have not stopped turning to him for help. Behind last years volumes will be collected describing the miraculous healings that they received while praying both at the shrine with relics and at home. Before you ask for anything, find out about this amazing person.
Reading about John Sergius of Kronstadt, people's worldview changes, unbelievers come to church, those in need receive what they ask for. The saint had a special affection for children. He loved everyone, but the children are immeasurably more. He told one drunkard husband: “Your house is a paradise, because children live in it, and you exchanged it for a tavern.”
There was so much love and compassion in these words that the man stopped drinking. The priest became famous as a healer of any addiction, especially drunkenness. Do not believe in the narrow specialization of saints or icons. In the end, all petitions are directed to Christ. The saints share in our requests. They strengthen their weak prayers, being before the throne of the Lord. Here is a small part of what we asked for, received help:
- Relief from the disease of drunkenness.
- Healing severe cancer.
- Discovery of learning abilities (languages, mathematics).
- University admission.
- Treatment of a brain tumor - the disease passed without surgery.
- There is a known case when a woman who died on the resuscitation table came to life at the moment of her sister's prayer under the window of the church with the relics of I. Kronstadt.
- Lamp oil, which is illuminated at the shrine of the Holy One, cured many years of asthma.
- Help received: from the effects of frostbite; when immobilizing the hand; nerve damage, threatening paralysis; stomach ulcer; inflammation of the lungs; severe burns after the explosion; kidney disease and many others.
Conclusion: Turn to the saints for help. Believe that illnesses, sorrows, failures in business and relationships can be corrected. You are not alone in your trouble. The Lord and the holy righteous are always there to save and protect from all evil. The main thing is to ask in time, to turn, to know how the Heavenly Powers love us. With whom once, God forbid, we will meet.
Prayer to the holy righteous John, presbyter of Kronstadt, miracle worker
O great miracle-worker and marvelous servant of God, God-bearing Father John! Look upon us and listen graciously to our prayer, as if the Lord vouchsafed great gifts to you, may you be an intercessor and a constant prayer book for us. Behold, we are overwhelmed with sinful passions and consumed with malice, we neglected the commandments of God, did not bring repentance of the heart and tears of sighing, for this sake we are worthy of many sorrows and sorrows.
But you, righteous father, having great boldness towards the Lord and having compassion for your neighbors, implored the All-Generous Lord of the World to grant His mercy to us and tolerate our iniquities, not to destroy our sin for our sakes, but graciously grant us time for repentance.
O saint of God, help us to keep the Orthodox faith without blemish and keep the commandments of God piously, may not any lawlessness possess us, lower the Truth of God will be put to shame in our unrighteousness, but may we be able to reach the end of the Christian, painless, shameless, peaceful and sacraments of God involved.
We also pray to you, righteous father, about the hedgehog of our Church of the Holy Ones until the end of the age of being affirmed, but for our fatherland, ask for peace and prosperity in the Truth of God and save from all evils, so that our people, God keep, in the unanimity of faith and in all piety and purity, in the beauty of spiritual brotherhood, sobriety and harmony testify: for God is with us! In Nemzha we live, and we move, and we are, and we will abide forever. Amen.
Prayer to John of Kronstadt (2)
Oh holy righteous father John, All-Russian luminary and marvelous miracle worker! You were chosen by God from infancy, and, with a fiery spirit, like a true shepherd, with life, in a word, love, faith, purity, you served people. For this sake, we pray to you, righteous father: pray to the Lover of God, protect the holy Church with peace and silence, preserve the Russian land in prosperity, fulfill the shepherds of grace and truth abundantly, make the authorities wiser, strengthen the Orthodox army, heal the weak, correct the corrupt, educate the young, elders and widows console us all in the Kingdom of Heaven to be honored with all the saints to glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit now and forever and forever and ever. Amen
Prayer to John of Kronstadt (3)
O great saint of Christ, holy righteous Father John of Kronstadt, wonderful shepherd, quick helper and merciful intercessor! Giving praise to the Triune God, you prayerfully cried out: Your name is Love: do not reject me, the erring one. Your name is Strength: strengthen me, exhausted and falling. Your name is Light: enlighten my soul, darkened by worldly passions. Your name is Peace: pacify my restless soul. Your name is Grace: do not cease to have mercy on me. Now, grateful for your intercession, the All-Russian flock prays to you: Christ-named and righteous servant of God! With your love, illumine us, sinners and the weak, make us worthy to bear the fruits of repentance and partake of the Holy Mysteries of Christ without condemnation. Strengthen your faith in us by your strength, support us in prayer, heal illnesses and diseases, deliver us from misfortunes, enemies, visible and invisible. With the light of the face of your servants and primates of the Altar of Christ, move on the holy feats of pastoral work, grant upbringing as a baby, instruct youth, support old age, illuminate the shrines of temples and holy cloisters! Die, miracle worker and seer of the most wonderful, the peoples of our country, by the grace and gift of the Holy Spirit, deliver from internecine strife, gather squandered, deceived convert and gather the Holy Councils and Apostles of the Church. By your mercy, keep marriages in peace and unanimity, grant prosperity and blessings to those who are monks in good deeds, give cowardly comforts, suffer from unclean spirits of freedom, have mercy on the needs and circumstances of those who exist, and guide us all on the path of salvation. Living in Christ, our Father John, lead us to the Non-Evening Light of eternal life, may we be vouchsafed with you eternal bliss, praising and exalting God forever and ever. Amen.
PRAYER OF GRATITUDE
I thank You, Lord my God, for giving me life, for giving birth to me in the Christian faith, for the Most Pure Virgin Mary, the Intercessor for the salvation of our family, for Your holy saints, praying for us, for the Guardian Angel, for the public worship that supports us faith and virtue, for the Holy Scriptures, for the Holy Mysteries, and especially Your Body and Blood, for the mysterious grace-filled consolations, for the hope of receiving the Kingdom of Heaven and for all the blessings You have given me.
PRAYER TO THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD
Oh, Lady! Yes, not in vain and in vain do we call You the Mistress: reveal and manifest over us Your holy, living, active dominion. Reveal, for you can do everything for good, as the Mother of the all-good of the all-good King; disperse the darkness of our hearts, reflect the arrows of crafty spirits, flatteringly moved at us. May the peace of Thy Son, Thy peace reign in our hearts, may we all joyfully exclaim: who is after the Lord, like our Lady, our all-good, all-merciful and most swift Intercessor? For this you are exalted, Mistress, for that an abundance of unspeakable divine grace has been given to you, for that inexpressible boldness and strength at the throne of God and the gift of almighty prayer have been given to you, for this you have been adorned with indescribable holiness and purity, for this you have been given unapplied power from the Lord, so that you can preserve, protect, intercede, purify and save us, the inheritance of your Son and God, and yours. Save us, O most pure, all-good, all-wise and all-merciful! You are the Mother of our Savior, Who of all names deigned to be called the Savior more than anyone else. It is natural for us, wandering in this life, to fall, for we are overlaid with many-passionate flesh, surrounded by spirits of malice in high places, seducing to sin, we live in an adulterous and sinful world, seducing to sin; and You are above all sin, You are the brightest Sun, You are the Most Pure, All-good and All-pleasing, You tend to cleanse us, defiled by sins, as a mother cleanses her children, if we call on You humbly for help, You tend to raise us, who are constantly falling, to intercede to protect and save us, who are slandered by the spirits of evil, and to instruct us to walk towards every path of salvation.
PRAYER TO THE LORD
God! Your name is Love - do not reject me, the erring one.
Your name is Strength - strengthen me, exhausted and falling.
Your name is Light - enlighten my soul, darkened by worldly passions.
Your name is Peace - pacify my restless soul.
Your name is Grace - do not cease to have mercy on me. Amen.
MORNING PRAYER
God! Creator and Lord of the world! look graciously on your creation, adorned with your divine image in these morning hours: may it live, may it enlighten your Eye, with darkness that times the brightest rays of the sun, my soul is dark and mortified by sin. Take away despondency and laziness from me, grant me gladness and cheerfulness of soul, and in the joy of my heart I glorify Your goodness, holiness, Your boundless greatness, Your endless perfections at every hour and in every place. Thou art my Creator and Lord of my life, O Lord, and glory befits Thee from Thy intelligent creatures at every hour, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
PRAYER FROM DRUNKNESS
Lord, look graciously on your servant (name), deceived by the flattery of the womb and carnal joy: grant him (name) to know the sweetness of abstinence in fasting and the fruits of the spirit flowing from it. Amen
PRAYER FOR RECOVERY
Glory to Thee, Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of the Father without beginning, heal every ailment and every ailment among people, as if you had mercy on me, a sinner, and delivered me from my illness, not allowing it to develop and kill me for my sins. Grant me from now on, Lord, the strength to firmly do Your will for the salvation of my accursed soul and for Your glory with Your Father without beginning and Your Spirit consubstantial, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
PRAYER TO SAVE SOMEONE FROM BODY DEATH
Blessed be your faith, according to your faith, may the Lord grant the fulfillment of my unworthy, unbelieving prayer, and may he add faith to me.
PRAYER FOR THE PROUD AND THE STRONG
Lord, teach Your servant, who has fallen into the devil's pride, meekness and humility, and drive away from his heart the darkness and the burden of satanic pride!
PRAYER FOR THE EVIL
Lord, do good to this servant of yours by your grace!
PRAYER FOR THE MONEY-LOVERING AND GREEDY
Our incorruptible treasure and inexhaustible wealth! Grant this servant of yours, created in your image and likeness, to know the flattery of wealth, and like all earthly things - vanity, shade and sleep. Like the grass is the days of every person, or like the abyss, and like You, the only wealth, our peace and joy! Do not be embittered by anything, conquer everything with love: all sorts of grievances, whims, all sorts of family troubles. Know nothing but love. Blame always sincerely yourself, recognizing yourself as the culprit of troubles. Say: I am guilty, I am sinful. Remember that just as you are weak, so is your neighbor, and weakness for weakness is destroyed, and there is nothing to blame the weak and sinners if they confess their weakness. The devil, mighty in evil, must be blamed.
PRAYER FOR THE ENVY
Lord, enlighten the mind and heart of this Thy servant to the knowledge of Thy great, innumerable and inexhaustible gifts, they are also received from Thy innumerable bounties, in the blindness of their passion, forget Thee and Thy rich gifts, and be poor yourself, rich in Thy blessings, and for this sake, it looks more charming at the good of Thy servants, image, O unspoken Blessing, have compassion on everyone, every time against his strength and according to the intention of Thy will. Take away, O all-merciful Master, the veil of the devil from the eyes of the heart of Thy servant and grant him heartfelt contrition and a tear of repentance and thanksgiving, may the enemy not rejoice over him, caught alive from him in his own will, and may not tear him out of Thy hand.
PRAYER TO THE MOTHER OF GOD
Lady Mother of God! You, whose love for Christians surpasses the love of any earthly mother, any wife, hearken to us in our prayer and save us! May we always remember You! May we always pray to You! May we always run under Your holy roof without laziness and without doubt.
Give me, Lord, to love every one of my neighbors as yourself, always, and for no reason be angry with him and do not work for the devil.
Let me crucify my vanity, pride, covetousness, lack of faith and other passions.
Let there be a name for us: mutual love; let us believe and hope that for all of us everything is the Lord; let's not bake, let's not worry about anything; May You, our God, be the only God of our heart, and besides You, nothing.
Let us be among ourselves in the unity of love, as it befits, and let everything that separates us from each other and separate us from love be contemptible among us, like dust trampled underfoot. Wake up! Wake up! Amen.If God has given Himself to us, if He abides in us and we are in Him, according to His infallible word, then what will He not give me, what will He spare, what will He deprive me of, what will He leave me in?
The Lord shepherds me, and deprives me of nothing (Ps. 22:1).
So, be very calm, my soul, and know nothing but love.
This I command you, that you love one another (John 15:17)
PRAYER FOR HEALING TO THE LORD
Lord, it is possible for You to do (that) and (that) to Your servant (name); do this to him, for your name is the good Lover of mankind and the Almighty. If we, a crafty being, know how to give good things not only to children, but also to strangers, how much more do You give all kinds of blessings to those who ask You. Good Man-lover! Even though you made a creature with a single word and created a man out of it, visit your fallen servant with your inexpressible love of mankind, as if the work of your hand will not perish to the end. Amen.
Prayer one
O great saint of Christ, holy righteous Father John of Kronstadt, wonderful shepherd, quick helper and merciful intercessor! Giving praise to the Triune God, you prayerfully cried out: Your name is love: do not reject me, the erring one. Your name is Strength: strengthen me, exhausted and falling. Your name is Light: enlighten my soul, darkened by worldly passions. Your name is Peace: pacify my restless soul. Now, grateful for your intercession, the All-Russian flock prays to you: Christ-named and righteous servant of God! With your love, illumine us, sinners and the weak, make us worthy to bear fruits of repentance and partake of the Mysteries of Christ without condemnation. Strengthen your faith in us by your strength, support us in prayer, heal illnesses and diseases, deliver us from misfortunes, enemies, visible and invisible. With the light of the face of your servants and primates of the Altar of Christ, move to the holy feats of pastoral work, grant upbringing as a baby, instruct youth, support old age, shrines of temples and holy cloisters illuminate! Die, miracle worker and seer of the most precious, the peoples of our country, by the grace and gift of the Holy Spirit, deliver from internecine strife, squandered gather, deceived convert and gather the Holy Cathedrals and the Apostolic Church. By your mercy, keep marriages in peace and unanimity, grant prosperity and blessings to those who are monks in good deeds, give cowardly comforts, those who suffer from unclean spirits of freedom, have mercy on the needs and circumstances of those who exist, and guide us on the path of salvation. Living in Christ, our Father John, lead us to the Non-Evening Light of eternal life, may we be vouchsafed with you eternal bliss, praising and exalting God forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer two
O great miracle-worker and marvelous servant of God, God-bearing Father John! Look upon us and listen graciously to our prayer, as if the Lord vouchsafed great gifts to you, may you be an intercessor and a constant prayer book for us. Behold, we are overwhelmed with sinful passions and consumed with malice, we neglected the commandments of God, did not bring repentance of the heart and tears of sighing, for this sake we are worthy of many sorrows and sorrows. But you, righteous father, having great boldness towards the Lord and having compassion for your neighbors, implored the All-Generous Lord of the World to grant His mercy to us and tolerate our iniquities, not to destroy our sin for our sakes, but graciously grant us time for repentance. O saint of God, help us to keep the Orthodox faith without blemish and keep the commandments of God piously, may not any lawlessness possess us, lower the Truth of God will be put to shame in our iniquities, but may we be able to reach the end of the Christian, painless, shameless, peaceful and sacraments of God involved. We also pray to you, righteous father, for the hedgehog of our Church of the Holy Ones until the end of the age to be affirmed, but ask for peace and sojourn for our Fatherland and save from all evils, so that our people, God save, in the unanimity of faith and in all piety and purity, in the beauty of spiritual brotherhood, sobriety and harmony testify: for God is with us! In Him we live and move, and we are, and we shall remain forever. Amen.
Prayer three
Holy Father John! You have drawn close to God with many virtues and you have been honored with spiritual gifts from Him: heal ailments, drive away passions and quench sorrows. Meanwhile, we humbly pray to you: grant healing with our illness and healing with passion, but satisfy those who find sorrow on us and instill spiritual joy in our hearts. And help us to be imitators of your holy life and all your good deeds, as if we were worthy with you of the heritage of the Kingdom of Heaven. Amen.
Troparion to Righteous John of Kronstadt
Troparion, tone 1
Advocate of the Orthodox faith, saddened the Russian land, ruled as a shepherd and faithful image, preaching repentance and life in Christ. Divine Mysteries reverent servant and daring for the people of prayer, Father righteous John, healer and wonderful miracle worker, praise to the city of Kronstadt and our decoration of the church, pray to the All-good God to pacify the world and save our souls.