Every woman dreams of giving birth to a healthy child easily and painlessly. Prayers before childbirth will help you prepare for the long-awaited event and enlist the support of heavenly forces.

During pregnancy, a woman especially needs help and support. Caring for loved ones and prayers for pregnant women will protect the expectant mother and baby from stress and external negative impacts. It is important for pregnant women to feel harmony with the outside world, peace and positive emotions. Emotional balance is achieved through meditative practices that cleanse energy flows.

Almost every woman is afraid of childbirth. Fear and panic are a natural reaction of the body, caused by the instinct of self-preservation. Prayer will help you get rid of negative thoughts and tune in to a successful outcome. On the eve of childbirth, you should pray for yourself and your baby, as well as for all the staff who will help the woman relieve herself of the burden.

Prayer to the Lord

“Lord our God, bless and assist in the birth of my child. You, who created man, his wife and are responsible for the human race, do not abandon Your servant (name) in difficult times. Forgive me all the sins committed voluntarily and involuntarily. Let my child be born without pain, but in joy. Take care of his health and send a heavenly angel to protect him. I pray to You, our Lord Jesus, I bring glory to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen".

Prayer to the Mother of God

“I pray to You, Mother of God, have mercy on Your servant (name) and do not refuse to help me and my baby. Save and protect from the dangers that all daughters of Eve face. Bless me for a successful release from the burden and do not leave me in torment. Helper of all Christians, grant me the happiness of motherhood, and I, a sinful servant, will glorify the name of our Lord and You, Glorious Mother of God. Amen".

Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary

“I appeal to You, Lady, in my sorrow. Hear your daughter, the sinful servant (name), praying and asking You, Queen of Heaven. Deliver my soul from fears and my body from suffering. Grant me an easy birth and protect me from serious illnesses. Let my child enter this world in health. I entrust my destiny to you, be my Mother and Hope, help me and send protection to me and my child. Amen".

Remember that prayers and sincere faith in a successful outcome will help every woman calm down before the difficulties that await her and fill her heart with joy and love. Pray for your children, so that the Angels will not leave them and protect them from troubles. We wish you an easy birth and family well-being, and don't forget to press the buttons and

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Childbirth is an exciting event in the life of not only the woman herself, but the entire family. There is not a single pregnant woman in the world who does not have anxious thoughts and worries about the upcoming event. Even if the pregnancy is going well, a doctor has been found, a maternity hospital has been chosen, everything is ready for the baby and mother, anxiety will not stop leaving you. And this is quite natural, because the birth of a baby is the most important thing in a mother’s life, and the process of childbirth itself is very complex and unpredictable. And only the Lord knows how everything will turn out. Therefore, it would be a good idea for pregnant pregnant women to read a prayer for a successful birth.

Prayer for an easy birth

Even in ancient times, our great-grandmothers could not do without prayer during childbirth. It was customary to hope in God and pray to him and the Most Holy Theotokos for the safe birth of the baby. Prayer for a successful birth strengthened the belief that everything would go well. Helped me calm down and prepare mentally for the upcoming event.

Not only the women in labor themselves prayed, great value had a mother's prayer during the birth of her daughter. Nowadays, prayer is not so popular, but still people do not forget to turn to the Saints for help in difficult times. Therefore, prayer during childbirth is still relevant today. Of course, not every woman will be able to read a prayer during childbirth. But in this case, you can prepare in advance and read a prayer for an easy birth, or ask your mother for prayer during the birth of her daughter.

What prayer to read during childbirth?

A believer knows who to pray to at the birth of a child. First of all, of course, to the Most Holy Theotokos. The Virgin Mary gave birth to her son painlessly, but having experienced all human difficulties and suffering, she understands us and helps us. With prayer during pregnancy and childbirth, they bow to the icons of the Mother of God “Helper in Childbirth”, “Leaping of the Baby”, “Feodorovskaya”, “Healer”, “Quick to Hear”. A pregnant woman should read a prayer for help during childbirth.

Prayer for an easy birth to the Blessed Virgin Mary:

Most Holy Virgin, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, who weighed the birth and nature of mother and child, have mercy on Thy servant (name), and help in this hour, that her burden may be resolved safely. O All-Merciful Lady Theotokos, even though You did not require help in the birth of the Son of God, grant help to this Thy servant, who requires help, especially from You. Grant her blessings at this hour, and give birth to a child like her and bring her into the light of this world; grant her, at the right time, the gift of light in holy baptism with water and spirit. We fall down before you, Mother of the Most High God, praying: Be merciful to this mother, the time has come for her to be a mother, and beg Christ our God, who has become incarnate from you, to strengthen you with His power from above. For His power is blessed and glorified, with His Beginningless Father, and His Most Holy and Good and Life-Giving Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Relatives and friends can pray for the health of the baby to the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God:

O Most Holy Lady Virgin Mary,
Save and keep my children (names) under Your roof,
All youths, young women and babies,
Baptized and nameless and carried in the womb.
Cover them with the robe of Your motherhood,
Keep them in the fear of God and in obedience to your parents,
Pray to my Lord and Your Son,
May He grant them what is useful for their salvation.
I entrust them to your maternal care,
For you are the Divine Protection of your servants.
Mother of God, lead me into the image of Your heavenly motherhood.
Heal the mental and physical wounds of my children (names),
Inflicted by my sins.
I entrust my child entirely to my Lord Jesus Christ and Yours,
Most pure, heavenly protection.
Amen!

Prayer to help a woman in labor

In Orthodox Christianity, it is customary to confess and receive communion before giving birth. There are often cases when a woman who read a prayer subsided her pain, stopped bleeding, and her children were always born healthy. Miraculous power prayer is familiar to many believers; it is not for nothing that our ancestors completely relied on it. Prayer is the help of the Lord, so why refuse it in such a difficult and dangerous matter, especially since it mostly concerns your baby. It doesn't even matter who you go to to turn in your prayer, and in front of which icon, the main thing is to do it sincerely, with faith in your soul. After childbirth, you need to read a prayer and thank the Lord and all the Saints for the help provided and happy birth baby.

It is also important to bow with prayer after childbirth in front of the “Mammal” icon of the Mother of God. She helps mothers who lose milk or if a woman suffers greatly. The Most Holy Theotokos will give strength to cope with the illness and feed the baby. It’s not for nothing that our great-grandmothers fed their children breast milk up to two or three years old and had no idea what postpartum depression and other complications were. It was believed that it was so provided by the Lord God that a mother should feed her baby with breast milk, passing on her love and care with him.

Icon of the Mother of God "Help in Childbirth"

The holy image miraculously appeared in 1993 in Russian city Serpukhov. During Lent, the rector of the Church of St. Nicholas the Bely gave communion to an old woman at home, who asked her granddaughter to get an icon from the attic. Mother of God. The image with a darkened robe, covered in cobwebs and many years of dust, was given to the priest in the temple. It is known that through prayers to this image, childbirth is successful, and it also heals from infertility. Now miraculous icon located in the St. Nicholas Cathedral of Serpukhov.

In March 2006, a temple in honor of the shrine was also opened in Kyiv. In Ukraine, with the blessing of His Beatitude Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine, the holiday in honor of the icon of the Mother of God “Helper in Childbirth” was established on October 3.

Icon Holy Mother of God "Assistance in childbirth" also called "Assistant in Childbirth", "Assistant in childbirth""Help in childbirth", And “Helping wives give birth to children”. Before the image they pray for conception, for healing from infertility, for successful resolution burden and the birth of healthy children, since the Mother of God herself went through all the hardships of childbearing, just as the Savior went through the same path of birth as a person. Having painlessly been relieved of her burden, the Mother of God is a strong intercessor before God for all those burdened and suffering. The icon “Help in Childbirth” is brought into the pregnant woman’s room and into the maternity ward. Through prayers before the image, childbirth proceeds safely even with various complications.

Temple of the Icon of the Mother of God “Helper in Childbirth” at the Kiev City Maternity Hospital No. 4 (currently the Kiev City Center for Reproductive and Perinatal Medicine)

Three variants of the image are known " Assistance in childbirth": in the ancient version, the Most Holy Theotokos with her head covered stands at full height with her hands raised in prayer, and at the level of Her chest the baby Jesus is depicted in a robe. IN modern version The Mother of God is depicted with her head uncovered, her hair flowing and her fingers folded on her chest, below which is the Infant God without robes. The third version of the image is known as the revered icon of the Mother of God “The Word became Flesh” of Albazin, a shrine of the Russian Amur region. The name of the icon is the words from the Gospel of John “And the word became flesh” (“And the word became flesh”) (John 1:14). Now the icon is kept in the new Annunciation Cathedral. In this image, the Mother of God with her head covered holds her hands below the Infant without clothes. The iconographic type of the icon is “Immaculata” (“Most Pure”).
The famous miraculous icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary " Assistance in childbirth"was revealed in the town of Serpukhov near Moscow in 1993. Image " Assistance in childbirth» located in the cathedral cathedral in the name of (or “consecrated in the name of St. Nicholas”, or simply “the Cathedral of St. Nicholas”) St. Nicholas (“Nicholas the White”), where every Saturday a prayer service with blessing of water is performed before her. In 2005, the icon “Helper in Childbirth” of the second letter was found half of the XVIII century in Khabarovsk. The revered icon “Helper in Childbirth” is also in Moscow in the Transfiguration Church on Bolvanovka.

The celebration of the icon of the Mother of God “Help in Childbirth” takes place on January 8 (December 26, old style). The Feast of the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which falls on this day, is also popularly known as “Woman’s porridge.” In Rus' it was the day of midwives, midwives and women in labor.

Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos before Her icon called “ Assistance in childbirth»
Accept, Lady Theotokos, the tearful prayers of Your servants who flow to You. We look at you holy icon bearing in her womb Your Son and our God, the Lord Jesus Christ. Even if you gave birth to Him painlessly, even though the mother weighed the sorrow and infirmity of the sons and daughters of human beings. With the same warmth falling upon Thy whole-bearing image, and kissing this tenderly, we pray to Thee, all-merciful Lady: to give birth to us sinners condemned in illness and to nourish our children in sorrow, mercifully spare and compassionately intercede, but our babies, who also gave birth to them, from a serious illness and deliver from bitter sorrow. Grant them health and well-being, and their nourishment will increase in strength, and those who feed them will be filled with joy and consolation, for even now, through Your intercession from the mouth of the child and those who exist, the Lord will bring His praise.
O mother of the Son of God! Have mercy on the mother of the sons of men and on Your weak people: quickly heal the illnesses that befall us, quench the sorrows and sorrows that are upon us, and do not despise the tears and sighs of Your servants. Hear us on the day of sorrow who fall before Your icon, and on the day of joy and deliverance accept the grateful praise of our hearts. Offer our prayers to the throne of Your Son and our God, may He be merciful to our sin and weakness and add His mercy to those who lead His name, as we and our children will glorify You, the merciful Intercessor and the faithful Hope of our race, forever and ever. .

Every birth is a miracle: about the effective assistance to women of the image of the Mother of God “Helper in Childbirth”

Since ancient times, in moments of suffering during the birth of children, women have resorted with especially fervent prayer to the Savior and His Most Pure Mother. In pious families, even in our time, you can see the icon of the Mother of God, called the “Helper in Childbirth.” On this icon Holy Virgin the mountain is depicted standing tall and raising its arms, with the Baby wearing its toes, as on the icon of the Sign.

Mothers bow before this icon in fervent prayers, calling for help to the blessed Virgin Mary, who painlessly gave birth to Christ the Savior. Mothers call to Her in a terrible moment full of mystery, believing that She is a strong Intercessor and Helper of all those who suffer and are burdened before God. Celebrating the image of “Assistant in Childbirth”. takes place on December 26 / January 8, the day of the Council of the Most Holy Theotokos, together with another icon of the Mother of God “Blessed Womb” that is close to it in spiritual meaning.

Many who resort to the Queen of Heaven receive from Her consolation and help in sorrows and illnesses. Her all-powerful intercession gives a successful outcome to the resolution of all illnesses and suffering. They prayerfully appeal to the Mother of God and the Son with a request for a successful outcome of childbirth, the birth of a healthy baby, and the granting of strength to endure the pains of childbirth.

Women in labor themselves, their husbands, and pious relatives pray to the Mother of God and Her miraculous image “Helper in Childbirth.”

Obstetrician-gynecologist Lyudmila Nikolaevna Koval, who has been helping women for more than 20 years, shares her experience. Lyudmila Nikolaevna works in the Ratnovskaya central district hospital Volyn region. She came to our Center “Family in Joy” for a seminar on Orthodox psychology, where she shared with us her experience of faith.

“When I teach classes on preparation for childbirth, I always tell women and their relatives that the most effective help in childbirth is prayer. We are a believing, Orthodox people. I show the icon “Helper in Childbirth”. And many women in childbirth turn to the Mother of God, the intercessor for all Christians, for help. When contractions are not yet active, they sing the prayer “Virgin Mother of God, Rejoice...”. If relatives are involved in the birth, they also prayerfully ask for the woman in labor and the child, and with faith read the Akathist to the Mother of God to her image, “Helper in Childbirth.” Through the prayer of the mother and father, a healthy child is born, with less pain for the mother.

It happens that a problem arises during childbirth, for example, the process of dilation of the cervix is ​​delayed, then all together - I, the doctor and the woman - pray to the Mother of God. The icon “Helper in Childbirth” is always with me in the delivery room; often women themselves bring this image with them to the maternity hospital. And the Most Holy Theotokos comes to the rescue, the birth takes place naturally, without complications, the mother rejoices, the father rejoices, and I rejoice along with them.

Every birth is a miracle: how wisely and amazingly the Lord created man! As a doctor, obstetrician-gynecologist with many years of experience, I can say that many times through prayers to the Mother of God to our Lord Jesus Christ, women and their newborn children received help. And I thank you for being able to witness it. Most Holy Theotokos, save us!”

Troparion to the Icon of the Mother of God “Helper in Childbirth”, tone 4

The faces of angels serve You reverently, / and all the Powers of Heaven with silent voices please You, / Helper in childbirth, / we earnestly pray to You, Mother of God, / that you may abide in the glory of the Lord, / through the icon You have revealed / and may the radiant ray of glory of Your miracles / delight from darkness, praying to You with faith, // and crying out to God: Alleluia.

Prayers to the icon of the Mother of God “Helper in Childbirth”

First prayer

Accept, Lady Theotokos, the tearful prayers of Your servants who flow to You. We see you in the holy icon, carrying Your Son and our God, the Lord Jesus Christ, in your womb. Even if you gave birth to Him painlessly, even though the mother weighed the sorrow and infirmity of the sons and daughters of human beings. With the same warmth falling upon Thy whole-bearing image, and kissing this tenderly, we pray to Thee, all-merciful Lady: to give birth to us sinners condemned in illness and to nourish our children in sorrow, mercifully spare and compassionately intercede, but our babies, who also gave birth to them, from a serious illness and deliver from bitter sorrow. Grant them health and well-being, and their nourishment will increase in strength, and those who feed them will be filled with joy and consolation, for even now, through Your intercession from the mouth of a baby and those who piss, the Lord will bring His praise. O Mother of the Son of God! Have mercy on the mother of the sons of men and on Your weak people: quickly heal the illnesses that befall us, quench the sorrows and sorrows that are upon us, and do not despise the tears and sighs of Your servants. Hear us on the day of sorrow who fall before Your icon, and on the day of joy and deliverance accept the grateful praise of our hearts. Offer our prayers to the throne of Your Son and our God, may He be merciful to our sin and weakness and add His mercy to those who lead His name, as we and our children will glorify You, the merciful Intercessor and the faithful Hope of our race, forever and ever. .

Second prayer

Oh, Most Holy Lady Lady Theotokos, who never leaves us in earthly life! To whom will I offer prayers, to whom will I bring tears and sighs, if not to You, Comfort to all the faithful! With fear, faith, love, Mother of the Belly, I pray: May the Lord enlighten Orthodox people to salvation, may He allow us to give birth to children for You and Your Son to please You, may He keep us in the purity of humility, in the hope of salvation in Christ, and grant us all, in the veils of Thy grace, earthly consolation. Keep us under the canopy of Thy mercy, Most Pure One, help those who pray for childbirth, turn away the slander of evil freedom, grave troubles, misfortunes and deaths. Grant us grace-filled insight, a spirit of contrition for sins, grant us to see all the height and purity of Christ’s teaching given to us; protect us from disastrous alienation. May we all, who gratefully praise Thy greatness, be worthy of Heavenly tranquility and there with Thy beloved, with all the saints, let us glorify the One God in the Trinity: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

The article was prepared by: Priest Alexander Pchelnikov, cleric of the Church of All Saints.

Ivanna Bratus, head of the family development center “Family in Joy”.

St. Nicholas Cathedral in Serpukhov

WITH Among the architectural monuments of late classicism in the city of Serpukhov, the Church of St. Nicholas Bely indisputably occupies first place both in artistic merit and in its urban planning significance (it serves as the main high-rise dominant for an entire area of ​​old, historically developed buildings).

N Ikolsky Church on Kaluzhskaya Street has a long and complex construction history. It was originally made of wood. He appears as such in documents of the 16th - early 17th centuries. (in particular, in the inventories of the city of Serpukhov in 1552 and 1620). “Only the church in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in 1649 was already made of stone, which is why they began to call it St. Nicholas the White... It was the first stone church in the city and in the suburb, a second similar church was built in the village in honor of the Myrrh-bearing wives, then the third stone church became the Trinity Cathedral in 1696,” we read in the History of Serpukhov by P. Simson.

IN It was suggested that architects from Yaroslavl took part in the construction of the first stone church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, the predecessor of the current one. It is based on the proximity of the compositional structure of the building, which can be understood from the surviving ancient drawing, with characteristic features Yaroslavl religious buildings of the 17th century.

IN In 1713, a decree was issued on the construction of a stone church in honor of St. Nicholas. The initiator of the construction was the clerk of the Zemskaya hut of the city of Serpukhov, Mikhail Popov. Already in March 1721, Mikhail Popov writes: “...and now, according to my promise, I built a stone church instead of that dilapidated church and made the top of that church according to the order.” The temple was consecrated that same year.

X The frame was then a quadrangle crowned with one chapter with an altar extension, which had symmetrically located hipped roofs above the altar and deacon. The building was made of hewn blocks of local limestone. This is where the generally accepted local name of the temple comes from - Nikola Bely. In this form the monument existed until the 30s. XIX centuries

IN In 1831, a project for rebuilding the church building was drawn up. Design drawings with facades and sections signed by Architect Tamansky and Architect Shestakov have been preserved. Since the initials of both architects are absent in the signatures on the drawing sheets, the question arises of identifying these individuals with certain “stone craftsmen” who are known to historians of Russian architecture.

IN collected by M.V. Dyakonov’s materials for the dictionary of architects of the 18th-19th centuries who worked in Moscow and the Moscow region contain data on three Tamanskys and six Shestakovs. However, upon closer acquaintance with the biographies of all of them, it is possible to find out that only two of them could put their signatures under the design drawings preserved in the archive in 1831: Fyodor Mikhailovich Shestakov (born in 1787 and died in 1836; academician Imperial Academy Arts, who designed many religious buildings for Moscow, Kolomna, Dmitrov, etc.) and Ivan Trofimovich Tamansky (born in 1775, died in 1850; student of M.F. Kazakov; worked mainly in Moscow, but often was sent on business to various places in the Moscow province).

IN In 1835, construction began on the now existing Church of St. Nicholas with the chapels of St. Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow and St. Kirill of Beloezersky.

IN erected in 1835-1857. The Church of St. Nicholas Bely is an excellent example of the Moscow Empire style. It is built of brick and plastered, and has white stone details in its external decor. A powerful quadrangle with one apse and two side porches carries a large domed rotunda. The four-pillar refectory and multi-tiered bell tower adjacent to the main volume from the west underwent some changes during their construction compared to the project.

P After the revolution of 1917, liturgical life in the Church of St. Nicholas the Bely was not immediately interrupted. The fact that Saint Tikhon visited the temple on June 2, 1924 is noteworthy. It was he, the All-Russian Patriarch, who gave the temple the status Cathedral, after which the importance of Nikola Bely in the city increased. In 1928, during church schism, the department of the Bishop of Serpukhov Manuel (Lemeshevsky) who fought with him was located in St. Nicholas Cathedral. It is also known that after the closure of the Vladychny Convent, the image of the Mother of God “Inexhaustible Chalice”, revered in the city, was located precisely in the Church of St. Nicholas the Bely. However, it too suffered the same fate as many churches in Serpukhov; in 1929 it was closed. According to the stories of old-timers, the icons of the cathedral were demolished on the river. Nara and burned on its ice.

N hostility towards the church, blasphemously cultivated in people by the new government, made itself felt here too: the bell tower, which had risen majestically over the city since the middle of the 19th century, was partially destroyed, the image of St. Nicholas on external wall The temple was constantly subjected to abuse. But as the inhabitants of the houses adjacent to the temple, who observed this desecration, say, every time the next morning the image of the holy miracle worker was renewed, demonstrating God’s power and as if predicting new life desecrated cathedral.

IN In some ways, the cathedral turned out to be happier than other churches. For some time it housed a city pasta factory, which may have saved it from final destruction. During the war, laundries were set up here. IN Lately Before the opening, the temple premises were used by the civil defense headquarters for chemical purposes. warehouse, which was placed in the cathedral at the insistence of the chairman of the city Executive Committee S. N. Kudryakov with the main goal - to avoid the demolition of the temple, and there were such proposals!

IN eve of the 1000th anniversary of the baptism of Rus' about the Cathedral of St. Nicholas the Bely as the brightest architectural monument they spoke again. Among the plans for using the temple, the possibility of turning it into a concert hall was considered. But by the grace of God in 1995 it was returned to the believers as a courtyard of the Vysotsky Monastery, and since 1998 - a parish church. In 1995, during the stay of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus' in Serpukhov, the City Administration presented the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church keys to the temple. In 1999, bells were purchased with funds from benefactors, the city administration and citizens. The bell, weighing 1380 kg, has four icon-stamps: the Savior, the Mother of God, St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and the image of the heavenly patron of the Administrator of the Moscow Diocese, His Eminence Juvenalius, Metropolitan of Krutitsky and Kolomna - St. Juvenalius, Patriarch of Jerusalem. A 300-pound gospel message sounds in the restored bell tower.

WITH In 2002, the Stromalians company, part of the SU-155 Group of Companies, began to restore the Cathedral. In 2003, a native of the city of Serpukhov, benefactor Mikhail Balakin, donated a bell weighing 5 tons to the temple, cast especially for the Serpukhov Cathedral by Yaroslavl craftsmen.

Z A last years in the Cathedral of St. Nicholas the Bely, in addition to the main altar, four more side altars were restored and equipped: in the name of St. Alexy of Moscow, St. Kirill of Beloezersk, the new martyrs and confessors of Serpukhov and the icon of the Mother of God “Help to Childbirth.” Much has been done to improve the temple grounds. At night, St. Nicholas the Bely Cathedral seems to be bathed in light flowing along the walls and windows, and like a lit candle it shines throughout the city.

ABOUT The interior painting of the cathedral is worthy of special attention. The vault of the dome depicts the entire earthly history, starting from the eternal council of the Holy Trinity on the creation of the world, the Old Testament patriarchs and prophets, teachers of the Church, to Russian saints and martyrs. Sunlight illuminates the temple, passing between the images of the holy apostles, reminiscent of the true Sun - Jesus Christ. Among the icons of the Savior and His Most Pure Mother, there are a host of Russian saints: saints and noble princes, warriors and monks and, of course, St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in a hagiographic depiction of his miracles. Temple painting is the bible in colors. The eternal book leading to salvation is revealed to believers in the Serpukhov Cathedral.

IN The majestic royal doors of the main altar are crowned with an arched canopy on which icons are located Holy Week: Palm Sunday, the betrayal of Judas, the unrighteous trial of a worldly ruler, crucifixion, burial and, finally, the Holy Resurrection.

IN In memory of the six new martyrs - residents of Serpukhov, one of the chapels was consecrated in the cathedral. But not only painting and architecture were revived in the Cathedral of St. Nicholas Bely: full-fledged parish life was also restored here. Today the cathedral has a public library and two Sunday schools: for children and for adults. The clergy of the cathedral takes care of the Serpukhov Military Institute, a pre-trial detention center and an orphanage and boarding school, pedagogical and humanitarian colleges...

IN In the cathedral there is a miraculous image of the Mother of God “Helping Childbirth”, before which prayers are performed with an akathist compiled by the rector of the cathedral, Archpriest Vladimir Andreev, as well as locally revered images of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, the Great Martyr Panteleimon, the Martyr Bonifatius, the new martyrs and confessors of Serpukhov.

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Pregnancy for a woman is often the main goal of life. We said that recently not everyone has it, many families themselves, without the participation of medicine, are not able to conceive offspring. Therefore, I want to end the long-awaited pregnancy with the birth of a child, avoiding the threat of miscarriage. To maintain pregnancy and childbirth on time, read prayers.

The miraculous power of prayers has demonstrated its power in illness and healing more than once. It will also help during childbirth. Don't forget to say thank you after giving birth higher power for your help and happiness to see your child healthy.

Main icons during pregnancy and childbirth

You can pray to any icon that is in the house: the icon of our savior Jesus Christ, his mother Mary, the Holy Mother of God. In front of the icons of all saints: Matrona of Moscow, Xenia of St. Petersburg, Panteleimon, but the icon of the Mother of God “Helper in Childbirth” has special power in this matter. There are several types of the “Helper in Childbirth” icon; it is very easy to recognize by the image of the child with it. For those who are about to give birth, buy an icon, let it protect you.

Which Saints to pray to during pregnancy and childbirth

And it is not so important who you turn to in prayers, in front of which icon you light a candle, the main thing is that faith lives in your soul. First of all, of course, in this situation one turns to female saints. But men can also help. So prayers to Nicholas the Wonderworker and Panteleimon are also appropriate here.

Strong prayer during childbirth to the Lord Jesus Christ

Lord Jesus Christ our God, born of the Eternal Father to the Son before the ages and in the last days, by the good will and assistance of the Holy Spirit, He deigned to be born of the Most Holy Virgin as a child, given birth and laid in a manger, the Lord Himself, who in the beginning created man and yoked woman to him, having given them a commandment: grow and multiply and fill the earth, have mercy, according to Thy great mercy, on Thy servant (name) who is preparing to give birth according to Thy commandment. Forgive her voluntary and involuntary sins, by Thy grace grant her the strength to be safely relieved of her burden, keep this and the baby in health and well-being, protect them with Thy angels and save them from the hostile action of evil spirits, and from all evil things. Amen.

Another prayer in labor to Jesus

This prayer is non-canonical, most likely composed by the Orthodox themselves or one of the priests, but it clearly contains a hidden code, so it’s worth using it:

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, prayer for the sake of your Most Pure Mother. Hear me, Your unworthy daughter (mother’s name). Lord, in Your merciful power, our children are Your children (the name of the children), have mercy and save them for Your name’s sake. Lord, forgive all the sins, voluntary and involuntary, committed by them before You. Lord, guide them on the true path of Your commandments and enlighten their minds with Your light of Christ for the fulfillment of the soul and the healing of the body.

Lord bless them at home, on the road, on the road, and in every place of dominion. Lord, save them under Your holy roof from a flying bullet, arrow, poison, sword, fire, flood, from a deadly plague and from a vain death. Lord, protect them from all visible and invisible enemies, from all kinds of troubles, evils and misfortunes. Lord, heal from each and every disease, cleanse them from all filth and ease their mental suffering and sorrow. Lord, grant them the grace of Your Holy Spirit for many years of life in health and chastity, in all piety, love, peace with the people around them, near and far. Lord, multiply and strengthen them mental capacity and the bodily strength You bestowed upon them for pious childbearing. Lord, grant to me, Your daughter (mother’s name), and to all parents who pray for the children of Your children (children’s name). Our parental blessing in the coming, coming time of morning, afternoon, evening and night, for Thy name's sake. For Your kingdom is eternal, omnipotent and mighty.

Lord, have mercy, Lord, have mercy,Lord, have mercy.Amen.

Prayer for an easy birth to the Most Holy Theotokos:

Most Holy Virgin, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, who weighed the birth and nature of mother and child, have mercy on Thy servant (name), and help in this hour, that her burden may be resolved safely. O All-Merciful Lady Theotokos, even though You did not require help in the birth of the Son of God, grant help to this Thy servant, who requires help, especially from You. Grant her blessings at this hour, and give birth to a child like her and bring her into the light of this world; grant her, at the right time, the gift of light in holy baptism with water and spirit. We fall down before you, Mother of the Most High God, praying: Be merciful to this mother, the time has come for her to be a mother, and beg Christ our God, who has become incarnate from you, to strengthen you with His power from above. For His power is blessed and glorified, with His Beginningless Father, and His Most Holy and Good and Life-Giving Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer to the Holy Great Martyr Catherine (during difficult childbirth)

The most beautiful, wise, wonderful Virgin, St. Great Martyr Catherine! Having completely studied all the Hellenic wisdom, the art of oratory and philosophy, and the science of medicine, having learned well, you desired more enlightenment, but having believed in Christ, in a vision you saw the Eternal Child in the arms of his Most Pure Mother, who gave you the ring of immortal betrothal to Him. Then, having endured severe torment, severe blows and cruel wounds, and the darkness of prison, and the crushing of members on wheels, by the power of Christ you were healed from all this. Going to execution, you prayed thus, glorious great martyr: “Lord Jesus Christ! Those who will call upon me the all-holy your name, will fulfill in good forgiveness everything that they need, so that Your greatness may be praised from everyone forever.” To the wives who are tormented by birth illnesses and who call on you for help, showing intercession, you, Saint Catherine; Therefore, now, with love and reverence, those who pray to you, and with warm faith, and with tears from the bottom of their hearts, do not reject the wives who come running to you, hasten to their aid and free them from difficult childbirth, so that having given birth to children, they will raise them in the fear of God, thanking you, most glorious Catherine, for the help shown to them, and glorifying God for you with all their house. Amen.

Prayer for a successful birth to the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God

O Most Holy Lady Virgin Mary,
Save and keep my children (names) under Your roof,
All youths, young women and babies,
Baptized and nameless and carried in the womb.
Cover them with the robe of Your motherhood,
Keep them in the fear of God and in obedience to your parents,
Pray to my Lord and Your Son,
May He grant them what is useful for their salvation.
I entrust them to your maternal care,
For you are the Divine Protection of your servants.
Mother of God, lead me into the image of Your heavenly motherhood.
Heal the mental and physical wounds of my children (names),
Inflicted by my sins.
I entrust my child entirely to my Lord Jesus Christ and Yours,
Most pure, heavenly protection.
Amen!

Prayer to preserve pregnancy

And now you carry a new life within you. But often there is a threat of miscarriage, so that this does not happen, so that you can carry the child to the end, the words of the following conspiracy will help you. You need to speak to a glass of water and let the pregnant woman drink 12 sips from this glass during the day. Words used to slander water:

Mother Theotokos, intercessor of mothers, come out of the black doors, strengthen the servant of God (name), the fruit of the womb and the womb of the fetus. Amen.

Prayer during pregnancy for the baby to be strong and beautiful

You are pregnant and, like every mother, you want your child to be healthy, happy and good-looking. On new moon days, when washing your face, say:

How you, month, are bright, clear and beautiful for the whole world,

So my child would be healthy and beautiful.

In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Now, forever, forever and ever. Amen

Protective amulet during pregnancy

Everyone knows how many unexpected things happen in life when a pregnancy turns into a miscarriage. So that bad things do not happen to you difficulties, falls, bruises, diseases, it is important to do protective ritual, read these words:

“Mother Intercessor, Intercede for my belly, for my child,
Save, preserve and protect me.
In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen."

Read between contractions:

Christ was born and we are expecting a baby. Amen

Ritual for long labor

Open all the locks in the house. Light a candle and read:

While the candle burns out, here she will give birth to God's servant (name). Amen

I really hope that these prayers and rituals will help you during pregnancy, preserve the fetus, and you will joyfully and patiently give life to a new person.

Glorious Mother of God! Have mercy on your servant and come to my aid during my pains and dangers with which all poor Eve’s daughters give birth to children. Remember, O Blessed One among women, with what joy and love you hurried to the mountainous region to visit your relative Elizabeth when she was hoping for a child, and how wonderfully your blessed visit had an effect on mother and baby. With your inexhaustible mercy, grant me, your unworthy servant, to have a child. Grant me such grace that the child I now bear under my heart, having been born with joy, like the holy baby John, will worship the Divine Lord Savior, who, out of love for us sinners, humbled himself and became a baby himself. The indescribable joy with which your immaculate heart overflowed at the contemplation of your newborn Son and Lord, may it console the sorrow that must be endured among me amid the pains of birth. The life of the world, my Savior, born of you, will save me from death at the hour of childbirth and may he add the fruit of my womb to the number of God’s chosen ones. Hear, O Most Holy Queen of Heaven, my humble prayer and look at the poor sinner with your tender gaze: do not let hope for your great mercy fall upon me, helper of Christians, healer of the sick, with your maternal protection during my torment and pain, so that I may be worthy to experience that you are the Mother of mercy, and that your mercy will always be glorified, which never rejects the prayers of the poor and frees all who turn to you in times of sorrow and illness. Amen.

Prayer - Blessing of pregnant women

Lord our God, Creator of all life! With the help of the Holy Spirit, you prepared the glorious Virgin Mary for a worthy life for your Son. You filled John the Baptist with the Holy Spirit and commanded him to rejoice in his mother's womb. Look at these women who ask for Your Blessing for themselves and their children. Fill them with deep joy, because before their eyes the miracle of the beginning of a new life takes place. Accept the ardent desire of those who humbly ask You to preserve their offspring, which You called into existence. With Your help, may their children happily see the light of day and be worthy of the grace of Holy Baptism. May they serve You faithfully and achieve eternal life in heaven. Amen.

Prayer of a mother expecting a child

Most Pure Virgin Mary, when God preached the gospel to You, then You swore allegiance to Him: “Here I am the Lord’s servant: let it happen to me according to Your word!” You kept your promises - you never sinned anywhere. Mary, Mother of God, in this state I feel so close to God. These words flow from my heart because I believe and love Him sincerely.

My God is prepared for her calling as a mother. You, Mother of God, keep me everywhere, so that I will always be faithful to God as His child, as a wife, as a mother loving child. Amen.

Prayer to the Mother of God to help women during childbirth

Most Holy Virgin, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, You know about the difficult condition of mothers at the birth of their children, have mercy on Your servant (name) and help her give birth to a child without difficulties. O All-Merciful Lady Theotokos, You did not need help at the birth of the Son of God, but give help to Your servant who required it from You.

Give her grace-filled strength at this time, and allow the baby who is about to come into the world to receive the light of reason in Holy Baptism in time. We bow down to You, Mother of the Most High God, and pray: be merciful to this mother when the time comes for her to give birth, and ask for the one born of You, Christ our God, to strengthen her with His Power from Heaven. Amen.

Prayer for pregnant women for successful childbirth

Almighty God, Creator of everything visible and invisible! We resort to You, our beloved Father, gifted with the mind of knowledge and creative will, for You, of Your own will, created our race, with inexpressible wisdom creating our body from the earth and breathing into it a soul from Your Spirit, so that we would be Your likeness. And although You could, by Your sole desire, create us, like the angels, at once, Your Wisdom was willing that the human race should increase due to men and women in the order of marriage established by You. You wanted to bless people so that they would grow and multiply, and fill not only the earth, but also the hosts of angels. O God and Father, may Your name be forever praised and glorified for all that You have done for us!

I thank You also for Your mercy, that with Your will, as a result of Your wonderful creation, I not only arose and replenished the number of the elect, but that You blessed me in marriage and sent me the fruit of the womb. This is Your gift, Yours, God, created mercy, Lord and Father of spirit and body! Therefore, I turn to You alone and with a humble heart I pray to You for mercy and help, so that what You do in me with power may be preserved and brought to a successful birth. I know, God, that man does not have the power and strength to choose his own path. We are too weak and prone to fall to bypass all the nets that, by Your permission, you have prepared for us. evil spirit, and avoid those misfortunes into which our frivolity throws us. Your wisdom is limitless. Whomever You wish, You will preserve unharmed through Your Angel from all adversity. Therefore, I, merciful Father, commend myself in my sorrow into Your hands and pray that You look at me with the eye of mercy and preserve me from all suffering. Send joy to me and my dear husband, O God, Master of all joy! So that we, seeing Your blessing, serve and worship You with all our hearts in a spirit of joy. I don’t want to be taken away from what You imposed on our entire family, ordering us to give birth to children in illness. But I humbly ask You to help me endure the suffering and send me to a successful conclusion. And if You hear our prayer and send us a healthy good child, then we promise that we will bring him to You again and dedicate him to You, so that You will remain for us and our seed a merciful God and Father, as we always swear together with our child to be Your faithful servants. Hear, O Merciful God, the prayer of Your last servant, fulfill the request of our hearts, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our Savior, for our sake He became incarnate, now abides with You and the Holy Spirit and guides us in eternity. Amen.

Prayer for difficult childbirth

To whom should I appeal, O Lady, to whom should I resort in my sorrow; who will bear my tears and sighs if not you, Queen of heaven and earth: who will deliver me from the captivity of sins and iniquity, like you, Mother of life, Intercessor of the human race? Hear my prayers, pamper me and have mercy in my sorrow, protect me in troubles and misfortunes, free me from anger and sorrow and all kinds of ailments, save me from visible and invisible enemies, pacify the hostility of envious people and ill-wishers, may I be protected from slander and human malice; and especially free me from the shameful habits of my flesh. Cover me with your mercy, may I find peace, joy and cleansing from sins. I entrust myself to your maternal intercession; become my mother and hope, protection, help and protection, joy, consolation and quick helper in everything.

O wonderful Lady Theotokos! Everyone who approaches you does not leave without your all-powerful help; For this reason, I, unworthy, am running to you: save me from sudden and violent death, gnashing of teeth and eternal torment. I strive to receive the Kingdom of Heaven and I cry to you with tenderness of heart: Rejoice, Mother of God, our zealous intercessor, forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer - Blessing of a woman after childbirth

God, all blessings come from You, so make sure that this mother, strengthened by Your Blessing, always gives due thanks to You and, together with her child, is always under Your protection. The Lord gave her the joy of motherhood, then bless her, so that she tirelessly gives thanks for her offspring, and together with them achieves eternal bliss, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Prayer for the affection of breastfeeding

(The Most Holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary in front of her icon called the Nurse)
Accept, O Virgin Mother of God, the tearful prayers of Your servants who are lost to You. We see You in the holy icon, how You feed Your Son and our God, the Lord Jesus Christ, in your arms and with the milk of your breast.

You gave birth to Him painlessly, but you look with pain at the maternal sorrows and infirmities of the sons and daughters of men. That is why, in hot tears, clinging to your image and kissing it with excitement, we pray to You, O All-merciful Lady: we sinners, condemned to give birth in pain and feed our children in sorrow, have mercy on our children, as well as those who gave birth to them , deliver me from serious illness and bitter sorrow. Grant us health and strength, so that those who are fed happily will gain strength, and feeding them will be filled with joy and joy, because to this day, through your intercession through the mouth of babies, they receive food from their mother’s breasts, the Lord brings His praise.

O Mother of the Son of God, have pity on the mothers of the sons of men, on my children: heal the illnesses that haunt us, quench grief and sorrow, and do not despise the tears and sighs of your servants. Hear us, on the day of sorrow, running before Your icon, and on the day of joy and deliverance, accept the grateful glorification of our hearts. Lift up our prayers to the throne of Thy Son and our God, that He may be merciful to our sins and weaknesses and may not limit His mercy to those who know His name, so that we and ours may glorify You, the gracious Intercessor and the faithful hope of our race forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer - Blessing of pregnant women after the Liturgy

Lord our God, Creator of all life! You, with the help of the Holy Spirit, prepared the glorious Virgin Mary for a worthy home for your Son. You filled John the Baptist with the Holy Spirit and commanded him to rejoice in his mother's womb.

Look at these women who ask for Your Blessing for themselves and their children. Fill them with deep joy, because before their eyes the miracle of the beginning of a new life takes place. Accept the ardent desire of those who humbly ask You to preserve their offspring, which You called into existence. With Your help, may their children happily see the light of day and be worthy of the grace of Holy Baptism. May they serve You faithfully and achieve eternal life in heaven. Amen.


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