Having gone through the sacrament of the birth of the Son of God, the Virgin Mary became the Mother of God. Ascending to heaven after death, she began to be called the Queen of Heaven. Christians treat the Mother of God with special respect and gratitude. They praise her for her kindness and care for the laity.
The prayer “Queen of Heaven” stands out from a number of texts, which were compiled in large numbers by different priests to address the Mother of God. This is a song glorifying her and a plea to turn her gaze on the common man, to help him strengthen his faith, to protect him with a veil from the manifestation of even forces.
Why do they pray to the Queen of Heaven?
After the birth of Jesus Christ, the Mother of God devoted her entire life to him. She was always close to the Savior, preached the Christian faith along with the apostles, and helped in all matters. When her soul went to heaven, she took a place next to her son.
Jesus loves his mother. He tries in every possible way to please her, fulfilling her wishes. The Mother of God, in turn, is devoted to her son, and at the same time she strives to help all people on earth, as if she were her own children. This makes prayers to the Mother of God strong and quickly fulfilled.
Most often, women turn to the Queen of Heaven. It is believed that their problems are closer to her. In fact, a prayer read by a man does not go unnoticed. Our Lady hears her and passes her on to the Savior.
The entire earthly life of the Virgin Mary is well known. She was born into a family of believers. From an early age she believed in God and was singled out among other women. On the Feast of the Intercession at the age of 8, she was brought into the temple, where no woman entered. Still just a child, she asked serious questions to the priests and amazed them with her meekness and knowledge.
The girl Maria grew up at the monastery. She was given in marriage to a worthy man who was chosen as her wife. All the time, Mary lived a righteous, sinless life, worked hard and completely devoted herself to the faith.
To the Blessed Mother of God (prayers in verse) – Vitaly Kandalintsev
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Morning of golden light and joy of the day, Holy Mother of God, save me!
In labors, illnesses, sorrows, I trust in You. Holy Mother of God, support me!
In fading hope I call You: Holy Mother of God, do not forget me!
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Blessed and Most Holy Mother of God, Virgin Mary, Healing Souls and Healing Hearts!
Bring peace to my soul And warm my cold heart For the sake of Your Son and God the Lord Jesus Christ.
May your prayers, holy, pure and strong, remove all the illnesses and infirmities that have overcome me.
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The Most Holy and Most Pure Virgin Mary, patient and merciful helper to us in everything!
Protect us with your mercy from the machinations of the evil one and grant us a happy life from beginning to end.
Be also a good mother to us, Guide us reliably into Eternity, Overshadowing with grace, Guarding every step.
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Blessed Mother of Light, Illuminator of the mind, Illuminating the meaning of Christian life!
Turn us to a pure, bright, clear and desirable life. Let us understand the holy paths prepared for us!
And when something in our life becomes incomprehensible to us, grant us understanding with Your many mercy!
5.
All-merciful and All-Merciful Queen of Heaven, Strengthening faith, Protecting life!
By Your power, keep Our faith in God strong. Life is reasonable and worthy of Our faith in Christ.
Help us with grace to carry the Cross worthily and sanctify our Souls with humble love.
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Venerable Mother Maria, Radiant Source of Miracles, Bestowing with Virtue, Filling with Grace!
Create for all those who love God and you, the Most Wonderful Mother, the Immaculate Path in life under your holy omophorion.
May Your prayer shine with Grace, purity and holiness in the hearts of those who believe in Your ineffable and boundless mercy.
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Offering my Lady Hope, my Mother of God, the everlasting light and radiance of unremitting maternal love!
I firmly believe that there are no inconsolables among all those who turned to God and repented through the prayer of Your Almighty.
Work miracles of repentance, reassure the hopeless with hope, and give me hope in the power of Your love.
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Abode of Light - Heavenly joy Your prayers will be created for us by the Undoubted Mother of God, our Gracious Protector!
Crying ceaselessly to You, All who suffer and are captive, but who remember Your name, will find peace and happiness in their souls.
May the power of Your prayer End their suffering and bitterness, Turn them away from falling into despair And give them blessed peace!
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Most Holy Queen of Heaven, Most Pure Mother of God, Grace of boundless love, bestowing from Heaven upon us!
Grant us Your humility, Understanding of the word of truth, Obedience to the will of God, And unfeigned love for everyone.
May our humility become stronger, may our paths be true, and may our deeds of good multiply through Your great prayer!
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The star that reveals the Sun, the Ineffable Mother of Light, Give us the light and radiance of Your Blessed soul!
Let sorrows be transformed into joy, Darkness disappear from Light, And consciousness become clear by Your great Grace.
We also pray to give us, O Mother, Simplicity and peace in the heart, pure eyes, good thoughts and an abundance of good deeds.
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Love ascending to God, Grace is a source of eternal Peace and joy that brings people. Sanctify us, Holy Mother!
And our wingless prayer will acquire its white wings, rising higher and higher to Heaven by Your omnipotent Grace.
May the Lord hear the prayers of those who turn to God with all their hearts and through the prayers of the Mother of God He will have mercy on everyone and save them.
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The Most Holy Theotokos, who opens the door of repentance and gives everyone hope for life. Do not reject my prayer.
But with Your invisible Veil, preserve my repentance and preserve my hope for imperishable eternal life.
I believe in the power of Your prayer. I believe in the power of Your grace. And I humbly ask for help, replenishing my weakness.
Prayer “Queen of Heaven” in Russian
The prayer text “Queen of Heaven” has been translated into Russian, composed into verses and is easy to remember. You can not only read it, but also hum it to a simple melody. The Mother of God will hear any sincere appeal composed independently by the person praying. But it is better to read the canonical text.
Prayer in Russian is read by believers in cases where moral support is needed. If a person feels that his faith has weakened, that he himself is unable to resist temptations, flattery, the temptation of sin, he should turn his attention to the prayer to the Queen of Heaven and read it.
The Blessed Virgin Mary will understand and hear everyone, regardless of their language. But every person praying must understand the meaning of the text, pronounce each word clearly and correctly, and place emphasis. Therefore, it is best to read the prayer in Russian.
Words of prayer
“Queen of Heaven” refers to prayers dedicated to the Mother of God. The main prayer speech to the Virgin Mary is aimed at the health of children and loved ones. When addressing divine powers, people most often ask, thank, or glorify. Icons of the Mother of God have healing properties. People who seek help in treating serious illnesses find salvation. They feel better in front of the images of saints, there are even cases of absolute recovery, so oncology hospitals try to acquire lists of icons, then place the images in the wards of patients.
Interpretation
The text of the prayer “Queen of Heaven” is not simple. It is not read when fulfilling the morning prayer rule. The prayer, composed in poetic form, has choruses and verses. They involve an appeal to the Mother of God for moral help. The Great Martyr is asked to help strengthen her faith, to protect her, to protect her from temptations and sinful desires.
The Most Holy Lady Theotokos is an example of a righteous, sinless life and service to God. She, being an earthly woman, experienced many attempts to tempt her with unclean people, flattery as a way to awaken pride in her, to make her sinful. The Mother of God, like no one else, understands the suffering and doubts of a mere mortal.
She is constantly next to Jesus Christ and asks him for all people to help them and forgive their sins. The Queen of Heaven directs the gaze of the Holy Spirit to those who suffer and ask for spiritual support, believers. So that he would condescend to them, strengthen them in faith, and deliver them from sinful thoughts.
The Song to the Queen of Heaven is a prayer of repentance. In each of its verses there is a request to hear a Christian, guide him along the right path and teach him to atone for his sins in order to appear at the Last Judgment and without fear appear before God, to worthily take a place in the Kingdom of Heaven, in paradise.
How to pray correctly
The song to the Queen of Heaven is repentance and a request to heal spiritual wounds. The text is read to strengthen faith and heal from terrible illnesses. Cancer patients often resort to its power. You can also read powerful prayers for cancer.
Usually, after the prayer rule, a candle is lit in front of the icon of the Mother of God in the crown - the Queen of Heaven, and the test is read or sung several times. If repetition three times is not enough and mental relief is not felt, the number of readings should be increased. At the end of each prayer, you should bow from the waist and cross yourself three times.
Having read the prayer to the end the required number of times, you should thank the Mother of God: for everything you have, for future help, and you can go about your business. There is no need to blow out the candle, let it burn out. It must be placed in a place where it will not fall and cause trouble.
Before reading the prayer text “Queen of Heaven,” you should be in the right mood. There should be no bad thoughts left in your head. If you offended someone, then you need to forgive him and ask for protection for yourself, imagining your future without the negative influence of enemies.
For spiritual enlightenment and confirmation in faith, while reading the prayer, you should imagine your pure righteous life after the soul finds peace, doubts go away and faith becomes strong, unshakable by temptations and flattery.
Questions for the priest
The origin of the title of Queen of Heaven and why is the Mother of God called that?
The name Queen of Heaven has ancient roots that stretch back to paganism. In the pre-Christian period, some goddesses were called this way. The treatment options were different: Lady of the Sky, Mistress of the Sky, Lady of Heaven. Several goddesses were awarded this title: Hera, Hathoor, Inanna, Anat. More often than others in mythology, the goddess Isis is mentioned under the name of the Heavenly Queen. She represents the first goddesses who were worshiped in Ancient Egypt. When Alexander the Great conquered the country of the pyramids, the image of Isis was combined with Demeter, revered in Greece, and they began to pray to her as the Lady of Heaven.
In his eleventh book in the novel “The Golden Ass,” Lucius Apuleius described scenes of his characters praying to the “Queen of Heaven.” In the same book, in chapter 47, the ancient Egyptian chronicler describes a case when Isis herself answered his prayer to the Queen of Heaven.
Herodotus is a Greek scientist, back in the 5th century BC. e. described Isis as the only goddess who was called the Queen of Heaven and was prayed to her only as such.
With the advent of Christianity, pagan polytheism disappeared into oblivion. But people still remember the appeal to the most important and powerful goddess on Olympus, “The Queen of Heaven.” When the Virgin Mary completed her earthly journey and Archangel Michael carried her soul to heaven, the old tradition was revived. The Most Holy Theotokos began to be called the Heavenly Queen.
For the first time such an appeal to Mary was used in the appeal of Archangel Michael, when he descended to earth and announced the birth of the Savior. In many prayers, the Mother of God is called the queen.
The prayer text “Queen of Heaven,” addressed to the Mother of God, in the form of a repentant song, belongs to ancient prayers. In its first version in ancient Greek, it appeared in the first century after the birth of Christ. Having undergone some changes, through the centuries it came to us in the form of a song to the Most Holy Mother of God, the main woman next to God.
Powerful prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Rejoice, Virgin Mary, refuge and intercession of my poor soul, sweet hope of my salvation!
Rejoice, you who received joy from the Angel in the Annunciation of the God of the Word who was incarnate from You!
Rejoice, you who bore all the Creator in Your wombs!
Rejoice, you who gave birth to God in flesh, the Savior of the world!
Rejoice, you who preserved your virginity incorruptibly at Christmas!
Rejoice, you who received gifts from the Magi and saw their worship from You who was born, and who heard the glorious words of the shepherds about Him and composed them in Your heart!
Rejoice, You joyfully found the Youth Jesus, Your Son and God, in the temple, among the teachers of the law!
Rejoice, you who experienced the cruel diseases of the suffering of the Cross, the crucifixion and death of Your Son, the sweet Jesus, and were brightly rejoiced at His resurrection for three days!
Rejoice, you who saw the ascension of Your Son and God with His disciples in heavenly glory!
Rejoice, who received the Holy Spirit from him in the upper room of Zion in the form of fiery tongues, who received the Lord’s disciples!
Rejoice, on earth the Special Prayerful Cover of the Most Holy Theotokos lived like an angel!
Rejoice, surpassing all the ranks of angels and all the saints in purity and holiness!
Rejoice, exalted by glory, by the coming to You of Your Son and God!
Rejoice, Thou who joyfully betrayed Thy soul into Thy holy hands!
Rejoice, gloriously exalted by Thy body into heaven with the ascension!
Rejoice, who appeared on the third day after Your repose as an apostle of God!
Rejoice, in heaven, crowned with the diadem of the eternal kingdom from the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit!
Rejoice, blessed by all the heavenly powers!
Rejoice, near the throne of the Most Holy Trinity, seated on the throne of glory!
Rejoice, O cause of reconciliation between God and man!
Rejoice, O reigning Queen of heaven and earth!
Rejoice, for it is impossible for anything to eat Your intercession!
Rejoice, for everything is true, those who flow to You will be saved!
Rejoice, for through You the grieving, the sick, healing, and the needy receive timely help!
I pray to You, O joyful Lady, take away the sorrow of sin in me and give me the joy of salvation, give me comforting tears, everlasting tenderness, true repentance and perfect correction.
Do not disdain me, Lady, but graciously accept these joyful voices brought to You by me, the poor, and come to my aid in times of my helplessness,
in that terrible hour, when my mother’s soul is separated from my accursed body;
Then, I pray, come to my aid and deliver me, guilty of sins, eternal punishment for them, so that the joy of the demon and the food of hell fire will not appear.
She, my Lady, do not allow my soul to see the terrible and formidable punishment and torture of the demons, prepared for the sinner,
but foresee and save me, Thy servant, in this terrible hour, so that I may glorify Thee forever, the only one who is my hope and the Intercessor of my salvation.
Amen.
Listen to the choir
A beautiful song with the prayer text “Queen of Heaven”, when played in the house, will cleanse its space of negative energy and fill it with light and grace. On the Internet it is easy to find performances of the song by different church groups.
You should listen to the prayer online while standing in front of the images, facing the icon of the Mother of God - our Heavenly Queen.
Reading the prayer text “Queen of Heaven” will replace repentance in church for a Christian and strengthen him morally. If it is not possible to visit the temple, and your soul is heaviness and turmoil, recite the prayer of repentance or listen to it regularly at home.
