How to read the prayers of St. Matronushka at home
An akathist is a prayer that can be heard both in church and at home. It would be a good idea to be blessed by a priest before starting this godly work. This will help protect yourself from the machinations of the evil one, who will certainly try to prevent you from praying. It is best to be blessed by your spiritual father or the priest to whom you most often confess. He knows your spiritual measure and will advise how and when best to do it.
It is important to understand why the akathist is read: reading should not be mechanical. Like any prayer, it must come from the heart. Therefore, when reading the akathist, you must try to get rid of everything unnecessary from your head and concentrate as much as possible. It’s good if the akathist is read in front of the Matronushka icon. Her visible image will help to discard unnecessary thoughts.
What are they asking for? Mother Matrona
What troubles can you come to Mother Matrona with? Almost anyone. For many, sometimes even completely unchurched people, Matronushka is their most beloved saint and they go to her for help and advice in any troubles. But most of all they pray for her intercession:
- In material and housing problems;
- Looking for your soulmate;
- In case of infertility and inability to bear a child;
- About healing in serious illnesses;
- About well-being in the family.
However, it also helps in solving other problems if prayer is offered to it with genuine faith and love.
Cases of miraculous help
There is so much evidence of her miraculous intervention that one could probably write a huge book. To this day, miracles happen through the prayers of Matronushka. Here are just a few of them:
In 2007, a little boy Kolya was hit by a car. The injuries were severe. The brain was especially badly damaged - it was literally covered in blood. The baby was in a coma and the doctors did not give the parents vain hopes. Then the boy’s mother rushed to Matronushka for help. I prayed to the limit of my strength. And her prayer was answered. After 3 months the baby was absolutely healthy. The doctors threw up their hands and unanimously asserted that such a result with such injuries was a real miracle.
8 years ago, a Muscovite who wished to remain anonymous was given a disappointing verdict by doctors - chronic renal failure. The woman was already in the terminal stage. A kidney transplant could have saved him, but the previous multiple blood transfusions led to the level of antibodies increasing several times. Operating on the patient was simply dangerous. The woman went to the Intercession Monastery to see her most important intercessor, Mother Matrona, and at home she read the saint’s prayers. After 2 weeks the operation was performed. Moreover, according to the doctors, the matches between the donor and the recipient were so unique that this had never happened in their practice.
Elena came to Matrona of Moscow for help in solving the housing problem. The barracks, where several families lived, fell into a very deplorable state. It was scary to live there, and the authorities postponed the issue of their resettlement year after year. The woman went to Matronushka along with her entire family as her last hope. And the incredible happened - a week after returning home, she and other residents of the emergency barracks received the keys to new apartments.
So it doesn’t matter at all where you will read the akathist. What matters more is whether you are willing to open your heart to the Lord. Do you believe Him? After all, as the blessed one herself once said: “What, Matronushka God or what? It’s not I who heal, but God!”
What is an akathist and when should you read it?
Akathist is translated from Greek as “unsaddled.” Those. This is a prayer that is not read or sung while sitting. An exception is made for the sick and weakened.
The reading of the akathist begins with initial prayers, which can be found in any prayer book. All kontakia and ikos are recited in pairs. The last, 13th kontakion, is repeated three times and after it - 1 ikos and 1 kontakion - in the reverse order.
Akathist to St. blzh. Matrona of Moscow was compiled after her church glorification.
20
April
2000
The Holy Synod approved an akathist to Saint Matrona. Four years later she was canonized as a general church saint.
Like any other akathist, it is composed of 13 short kontakia and 12 more detailed ikos. All kontakia, except the first, end with the word “hallelujah” (“Praise the Lord”). In ikos the exclamation “Rejoice” is repeated many times. After this, a prayer is offered to the Matrona of Moscow and a troparion.
How to order a prayer service with an akathist in a church
As mentioned above, it is conciliar prayer that is especially powerful. And sometimes in life such troubles, troubles and illnesses happen that it is simply impossible to cope alone.
To read the akathist conciliarly, in church, you must come in advance, before the Liturgy. You can find out what time it starts either in the temple itself or on its website. And order a prayer service with an akathist behind a candle box. In this case, after the Liturgy, the prayer service you ordered will be served.
But there is one “but”. You shouldn’t count on the priest to do all the work for you, and all you have to do is get what you ask for. Without your active participation, most likely, nothing will work out.
If there is such an opportunity, you can visit the Intercession Convent in Moscow, where the relics of the holy blessed old woman are located.
