The excitement about the baby, which will soon be born, is quite natural for pregnant women. Expectant mothers seek to protect him even before birth, to prevent illness, so that the baby is healthy. Many are eager to continue pregnancy, especially if there are problems. In Orthodoxy, there are a number of prayers with which you can turn to the divine powers for help. Consider who should pray and which texts should be read.
The power of prayer during pregnancy
During pregnancy, prayer to the Lord not only gives the woman confidence and strength, but also helps to overcome any difficulties that may arise in the process. Faith supports and edifies, brings calm and relief to the soul. A prayer for the preservation of pregnancy and the birth of a healthy child is read in order to facilitate the period of bearing a child, eliminate anxiety and excitement, bring spiritual peace, which has a beneficial effect on the fetus.
What can I ask the future mother:
- about maintaining pregnancy;
- about quick and easy birth;
- about healing a sick fetus;
- about safe bearing;
- about the birth of a healthy baby.
In cases where there are suspicions of any deviations, diseases, or the mother is simply worried about the future condition of the baby, the prayer of the pregnant woman for a healthy baby in the womb is read. A reservation about pregnancy is not without reason, such prayers are recommended for reading exclusively to women in position. It is not recommended to say such prayers to young women who have not yet known this joy, as there is a separate prayer for pregnancy and conception.
In offering heaven a petition for a future child follows the instructions:
- The sacred text is read in complete solitude. No one should interfere with prayer;
- It is necessary to turn off all electrical appliances, especially those that produce noise, including telephones, a TV and a computer;
- It is necessary to get rid of extraneous and painful thoughts. To say a moleben is calm and confident, not in a hurry, with the hope of a favorable outcome;
- There is no doubt of God's power and must be thanked for the help.
Having finished praying, do not rush to get down to business, think about the good and bright, imagine how a child is born healthy and joyful. It is important to consider that reading such hymns is allowed exclusively to women: mothers, future godparents, grandmothers.
What are some powerful prayers for pregnant women?
In order to save the child and give him a calm and happy life, women often resort to unknown prayers, turning to unfamiliar - sometimes even nonexistent - Saints. Therefore, it is important to know which prayers are genuine, who should appeal for help to and what to say.
They pray for a successful pregnancy:
- The Blessed Virgin Mary;
- Matrona of Moscow;
- Jesus Christ
- Nicholas the Wonderworker;
- Fedorov’s Mother of God.
If possible, expectant mothers should attend church, partake, confess. Visiting churches during pregnancy and before prayers helps to tune in the right way, to free oneself from painful thoughts and doubts. It is also not forbidden, and it is even recommended to drink holy water and wash it.
How to turn to the Virgin?
The prayer of the Blessed Virgin Mary during pregnancy is read on the icon with the image of the Mother of God. To concentrate and strengthen the message, you can light church candles. You can pronounce a moleben in a church, temple, even at home with the necessary icon. Before praying, tune in to the proper topic, imagine an easy birth, a healthy baby and your joy. With humility, appeal to the Virgin for the protection and health of the child:
«Accept, O All-Blessed and Almighty Lady of the Virgin Mary, Virgin, this prayer, with tears to you now brought from us, unworthy of Your servants, to Your celibate image singing those who are sent with tenderness, as You Yourselves are with us and receive our prayers. By no means a request for fulfillment of creation, grief is lightened, the weak health of the gift is given, the weak and unfortunate are healed, you drive the demons away, you save those who are offended by insults, you clean lepers and little children are sweet; yet, the Lady of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and from bonds and dungeons you are free and all kinds of passions of the doctors are different: all essence is possible by Your intercession to Your Son, Christ our God. Oh, the All-Mother, Mother of God! Do not stop praying for us unworthy Thy servants, glorifying Thy and worshiping Thy, and worshiping with affection Your Most Holy Image, and those who have hope will be irrevocable and faith unshakable to You, the Most Holy Virgin and the Immaculate, now and ever and ever. Amen».
This prayer is pronounced in front of the icon of the Mother of God, "Assistant in Childbirth." This prayer is also read so that there is no miscarriage and a healthy child can be born.
Appeal to the Theodore Mother of God
The miraculous icon of the Mother of God in the Epiphany Cathedral has repeatedly saved and helped all who ask and suffer. The prayer of the Feodorovskaya Mother of God for pregnant women also allows you to maintain pregnancy, facilitate the period of bearing a child, and bestow health on him and his mother. The special power of petition is the ability to heal any uterine ailments and contribute to the development of a healthy and strong child.
When reading a prayer, it is important to observe all stresses, to speak in a clear and confident voice, but not ordering, but asking for leniency and blessing. A correctly read text increases the chance that your words will not only be heard, but will certainly fulfill the desired. You can turn to Theodore's Mother of God before an icon or its small copy with the words:
“To whom I will call, Master, to whom I will come running in my grief; to whom I brought my tears and sighing, and not to You, the Queen of Heaven and earth: who eradicates me from the silence of sins and lawlessness, but not Thou, about Mother Belly, the Protector and the Coast of the human race. Hearing my lamentation, comfort me and have mercy on my grief, protect me in troubles and misfortune, get rid of bitterness and sorrow and all ills and illnesses, from enemies who are visible and invisible, and who are at peace and enmity against me; also from my own plane of the vile commonplace of freedom of me. Cover me under the grace of thy mercy, that I may rest and rejoice, and be cleansed from sins. I give your Matter to the intercession of myself; be with me Mother and hope, covering and help and intercession, joy and comfort and ambulance in all the Helper. O miraculous Master! Everyone that flows to You, without Your omnipotent help, will not leave: it is joyful and merciless to resort to You, but it is saved from sudden and cruel death, screeching and mourning.The heavenly kingdom I will receive, and I will be able to receive thee in the tenderness of the heart of the river: Rejoice, Mother of God, the Presidency and Protector of our assiduous, forever and ever. Amen".
Matron Prayer for Pregnancy
For help during pregnancy, Matrona of Moscow was often approached with hope for the best. Matrona was extremely devout, therefore she taught people faith and shared her knowledge and prayers, which save them under any difficulties. A prayer for the preservation of early pregnancy, addressed to Matron, helps support the nascent life and improve the well-being of the mother. The same prayer for the preservation of pregnancy can be read in the later stages, which facilitates childbirth and gives the baby good health. Call to Matron with the words:
“Oh, blessed mother Matrono, hear and receive us now, sinners, praying to you, skilled in receiving and listening to all those who suffer and grieving with faith and hope for your intercession and help from those who come to you, quick help and miraculous healing are all giving; may your mercy not be impoverished now, unworthy, troubled in this much-troubled world, and nowhere finding comfort and compassion in the sorrows of the soul and help in bodily illnesses, heal our disease, save the temptations and torment of the devil how to fight The cross, to demolish all the hardships of life and not to lose the image of God in it, to preserve the Orthodox faith until the end of our days, hope and hope in God that you have strong and unfeigned love for our neighbors, so that we can help us to reach the kingdom after our departure from this life. Heaven’s presence with all who pleased God, glorifying the mercy and goodness of the Heavenly Father, in the Trinity glorious: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen".
Prayer to Nicholas the Wonderworker for pregnancy and conception
A prayer for pregnancy and conception is read in front of the icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. During his lifetime, he often performed miracles and granted long-awaited pregnancy to those thirsting for a child. That is why they turn to him for help in conception with the following prayer:
“God the Great, Belly and life to the Giver and Keeper. I thank you, as with thy mercy and me, the humble thy servant, who was involved, I made him the grace of childbearing, since the imam is the fruit of the womb. Lots of weight, Lord, I’m afraid I’m afraid that I’m not cruel for the sake of sorrow, I’ll be painful, and I resort to Thy mercy for the sake of mercy. I don’t pray, let me spare the fate of the whole family of our female, I have determined for him in the disease to give birth to a child, the general law is to us, sinning. For this I pray you: My time will always come, give me weakness and easy permission, save me from overwhelming illnesses. Fulfill, Lord, the desire of my heart, but also the desire of my spouse, he gave him to him. Give us the joy of the birth of a new man into your world. May the infant appear safe, sound and strong, and for whom we do not remember the sorrow for the joy, grace and bounties of Your Only Begotten Son, Even for our sake incarnate from the pure blood of Mary the Virgin, we carry swiftness and birth flesh in the woods, But glory befits him with the Holy Spirit forever. Amen".
