Very often, many parents complain that their child, regardless of whether he is an infant or older, sleeps restlessly or has completely lost sleep. It is clear that first aid in such a situation is to see a doctor, since often the problem lies in the physical health of the baby.
If the doctor’s prescriptions and advice do not have the desired effect, you can read a special prayer for a restless child at night for a sleepless baby, which many parents turn to and receive effective help.
Prayer is not only a way to lull a baby to sleep, but also to cleanse his innocent soul from the influence of evil forces, which very often cause trouble for chaste babies.
You should not hope for an instant miracle, because when reading a prayer for a sleepless baby, you must follow some rules:
- first of all, the child must be baptized;
- parents themselves must keep the biblical commandments and not sin;
- believe in prayer;
- read the text of the prayer for a sleepless child calmly and slowly, thinking about every word;
- For greater effect, wash your child with holy water at night.
Powerful Prayer to the Seven Youths of Ephesus
One of the most powerful prayers that helps a restless child fall asleep is the prayer to the seven youths of Ephesus for a sleepless baby. The background to this prayer is as follows: in the city of Ephesus in the 3rd century there lived seven young men who professed the faith of Christ. They were in the service of the pagan emperor. When he arrived in the city where the youths served, he demanded that the soldiers make sacrifices to the old gods, which the Christian youths refused to do, since it was contrary to the faith of Christ.
The emperor did not forgive them for their disobedience, and, hiding from his reprisal, the young men first hid in one of the caves, where they offered prayers to their Lord, and then decided not to resist fate and came to trial themselves.
The emperor ordered them to be walled up in this very cave, but the youths, according to legend, did not die in it, but only fell asleep. Two hundred years later they came out into the world and told about the miracle of the resurrection from the dead.
Oh, most wonderful holy seventh generation, praise to the city of Ephesus and the hope of the whole universe! Look from the heights of heavenly glory at us, who honor your memory with love, especially at the Christian infants, entrusted to your intercession by their parents: bring down upon her the blessing of Christ God, saying: leave the children to come to Me: heal the sick in them, comfort the sorrowful; Keep their hearts pure, fill them with meekness, and in the soil of their hearts plant and strengthen the seed of the confession of God, so that they may grow to the best of their ability; and all of us, who stand before your holy icon, kissing your relics with faith and praying warmly to you, vouchsafe to enhance the Kingdom of Heaven and glorify there with silent voices of joy the magnificent name of the Most Holy Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.
Prayers for a sleepless baby
To the seven youths of Ephesus: Maximilian, Jamblichus, Martinian, John, Dionysius, Exacustodian (Constantine), Antoninus.
Prayer for the most wonderful holy seventh day, praise for the city of Ephesus and the hope of the whole universe! Look from the heights of heavenly glory at us, who honor your memory with love, and especially at the Christian infants, entrusted to your intercession by their parents. Bring down upon her the blessing of Christ God, saying: leave the children to come to Me. Heal those who are sick in them, comfort those who mourn; Keep their hearts pure, fill them with meekness, and in the soil of their hearts plant and strengthen the seed of the confession of God, so that they may grow from strength to strength. And all of us, your holy icon of the upcoming servants of God (names), and those who pray warmly to you, vouchsafe to enlarge the Kingdom of Heaven and glorify with silent voices of joy there the magnificent name of the Most Holy Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.
Troparion, tone 4 A great miracle of faith, in a cave, as if in the royal devil, the seven youths remained, and died without aphids, and after many times arose as if from sleep, as an assurance of the resurrection of all people: through those prayers, O Christ God, have mercy on us.
Kontakion, Tone 4 The present corruptible world, despising and incorruptible gifts, has received, having died except corruption, it has endured: and so they rise after many years, all having buried their fierce unbelief: even in the praise of today, praising faithfulness, let us praise Christ.
To His Guardian Angel (or the Guardian Angel of a baby, if the baby has insomnia) God gives every Christian a Guardian Angel, who invisibly protects a person throughout his earthly life from troubles and misfortunes, warns against sins, protects him in the terrible hour of death, does not leave and after death. The angels rejoice over our repentance and success in virtue, try to fill us with spiritual contemplations and assist us in all good things.
First Prayer To the holy Angel of Christ, falling to you I pray, my holy guardian, devoted to me for the preservation of my sinful soul and body from holy baptism, but with my laziness and my evil custom I angered your most pure lordship and drove you away from me with all the cold deeds: lies , slander, envy, condemnation, contempt, disobedience, brotherly hatred and rancor, love of money, adultery, rage, stinginess, gluttony without satiety and drunkenness, verbosity, evil thoughts and crafty ones, proud custom and lustful infuriation, self-lust for every carnal lust, oh my evil will, but even beasts without words do not do it! How can you look at me, or approach me like a stinking dog? Whose eyes, Angel of Christ, look upon me, entangled in evil in vile deeds? How can I ask for forgiveness for my bitter, evil and crafty deeds, I fall into misery all day and night and at every hour? But I pray to you, falling down, my holy guardian, have mercy on me, a sinful and unworthy servant of yours (name), be my helper and intercessor against the evil of my opponent, with your holy prayers, and make me a partaker of the Kingdom of God with all the saints, always, and now, and ever and ever. Amen.
Second prayer Holy Angela, stand before my damned soul and my passionate life, do not leave me a sinner, and leave me for my intemperance. Do not give room to the evil demon to possess me through the violence of this mortal body: strengthen my poor and thin hand and guide me on the path of salvation. To her, holy Angel of God, guardian and patron of my accursed soul and body, forgive me everything, I have offended you so greatly all the days of my life, and if I sinned this past night, cover me on this day, and save me from every opposite temptation, Let me not anger God in any sin, and pray for me to the Lord, that He may strengthen me in His passion, and show me worthy as a servant of His goodness. Amen.
Third prayer to the Angel of God, my holy guardian, given to me from God from heaven for my protection! I diligently pray to you: enlighten me today, save me from all evil, guide me to good deeds, and direct me on the path of salvation. Amen.
Prayer Four O holy Angel, my good guardian and patron! With a contrite heart and painful soul I stand before you, praying: hear me, your sinful servant (name), with a strong cry and a bitter cry; do not remember my iniquities and untruths, in whose image I, the accursed one, anger you all the days and hours, and create abominations for myself before our Creator, the Lord; Show yourself merciful to me and do not leave me, the vile one, even until my death; awaken me from the sleep of sin and with your prayers help me to pass through the rest of my life without blemish and create fruits worthy of repentance; moreover, protect me from the mortal falls of sin, so that I will not perish in despair and may the enemy not rejoice over my destruction. I truly confess with my lips that no one is such a friend and intercessor, protector and champion, like you, holy Angel: for standing before the Throne of the Lord, pray for me, indecent, and more sinful than all, so that the Most Good One will not take away my soul on the day of my despair and on the day of creation of evil. Do not cease to propitiate the most merciful Lord and my God, may he forgive me the sins that I have committed throughout my life, in deed, in word and with all my feelings, and, like the news of destinies, may he save me; may He punish me here according to His ineffable mercy, but may He not convict and punish me here according to His impartial justice; may he make me worthy to bring repentance, and with repentance may I be worthy of receiving Divine Communion, for this I pray more and I earnestly desire such a gift. In the terrible hour of death, be persistent with me, my good guardian, driving away the dark demons that have the power to frighten my trembling soul: protect me from those traps, when the imam passes through the airy ordeals, may we protect you, I will safely reach paradise, which I desire, where the faces of the saints and The Heavenly Powers continually praise the all-honorable and magnificent name in the Trinity of the glorified God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, to whom honor and worship are due forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer to the Mother of God
If your child confuses night with day, is nervous and capricious, in this case the prayer for the sleepless baby of the Mother of God helps:
O Most Holy Lady Virgin Theotokos, save and preserve under Your shelter my children (names), all youths, young women and infants, baptized and nameless and carried in their mother’s womb. Cover them with the robe of Your motherhood, keep them in the fear of God and in obedience to their parents, pray to my Lord and Your Son to grant them what is useful for their salvation. I entrust them to Your maternal supervision, 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) caused by my sins. I entrust my child entirely to my Lord Jesus Christ and Your, Most Pure, heavenly protection. Amen.
Texts of strong prayers
If the baby does not calm down either day or night, and practically does not sleep, the following prayers will help you:
Prayer for the baby to the holy righteous Simeon the God-Receiver
O God-receiving Simeon! Hear us, sinful servants of God (names), and do not take away your holy protection from us, pray for the goodness of the Lord, so that He may turn away His anger from us, righteously moving towards us according to our deeds, and, despising our countless sins, turn us on the path repentance and will establish us on the path of His commandments. Protect our life in peace with your prayers and ask for good haste in all good things, granting us everything we need for life and piety, so that we may live a quiet and silent life in all piety and purity, and thus we will achieve eternal peace, where we will be worthy of the Heavenly Kingdom of Christ Our God, to Him is all glory due, with the Father and His Most Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Prayer to Jesus
Sweetest Jesus, God of my heart! You gave me children according to the flesh, they are Yours according to the soul; You redeemed both my soul and theirs with Your priceless blood; For the sake of Your Divine blood, I beg You, my Sweetest Savior: with Your grace, touch the hearts of my children (names) and my godchildren (names), protect them with Your Divine fear, keep them from bad inclinations and habits, direct them to the bright path of life, truth and goodness, decorate their lives with everything good and saving, arrange their fate as You yourself want and save their souls in the image of fate. Lord God of our fathers! Give to my children (names) and my godsons (names) a right heart to keep Your commandments, Your revelations and Your statutes and to fulfill all this.
Prayer for the weak and sleepless
Great God, Praiseworthy and Incomprehensible, and Inscrutable, who created man by Thy hand, dust from the earth and honored him with Thy image, appearing on Thy servant (name) and giving him peace of mind, bodily sleep, health and salvation of the belly, and spiritual strength and bodily. For Yourself, O Lover of Mankind, appear now through the influx of Your Holy Spirit, and visit Your servant (name), grant him health, strength and blessings with Your goodness: for from You is every good gift and every perfect gift. For You are the Physician of our souls, and we send up glory, thanksgiving, and worship to You with Your Beginning Father and with Your Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Prayer to Saint Matrona
O blessed Mother Matrono, with your soul standing in heaven before the Throne of God, with your body resting on earth, and exuding various miracles by the grace given from above. Look now with your merciful eye on us, sinners, in sorrows, illnesses and sinful temptations, our waiting days, comfort us, desperate ones, heal our fierce ailments, from God we are allowed by our sins, deliver us from many troubles and circumstances, pray to our Lord Jesus Christ forgive us all our sins, iniquities and falls, in whose image we have sinned from our youth even to this day and hour, and through your prayers having received grace and great mercy, we glorify in the Trinity the One God, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and ever. Amen.
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Other texts for a good night's sleep
Saints and righteous people are always ready to help if a baby sleeps restlessly and torments himself and his loved ones. Prayer texts offer to enlist the support of the Higher Powers, while at the same time beginning to accustom the child to the true faith. When the baby begins to read his own prayers at night, he is guaranteed a good sleep with colorful and innocent dreams.
Childhood insomnia can have several causes. Each of them is removed with a specific prayer:
- for a sleepless newborn, turning to Jesus Christ is suitable;
- in order to receive God's blessing and get ready for a good night's rest, they call on the Mother of God and the Lord;
- A prayer to the Creator will help cleanse the soul from evil and protect a small child from misfortunes in a dream;
- bestows balance, tranquility, and protects against any intrigues by turning to the Guardian Angel.
They read every sacred text with complete dedication. The words of appeal to God and His companions in faith should not come from despair, but from sincere deep love for the Creator and one’s own child. Thus, righteous parents grant their descendants the protection and favor of the Higher Powers, their hope, mercy and blessing.
Appeal to the Son of God
Jesus Christ has the strongest love for the defenseless and weak. In children, according to Scripture, he saw the Kingdom of God. That’s why they turn to him when a child is unable to sleep peacefully at night or during the day. They read an Orthodox prayer over the baby’s cradle:
A mother can pronounce these words not only over her own children. It also applies to godchildren or adopted children. The children's prayer ends with the blessing of the cross on the baby so that he sleeps well and peacefully.
Appeals to the Mother of God and Creator
The Mother of God, like every parent, takes care of the children and takes them under her care. Calling on her for help when a child is not sleeping well will bring relief to the whole family. Additionally, the child’s daily rhythm will improve, whims and nervous reactions to the world will disappear. The prayer is read in a low voice:
Next, read any prayer to the Lord God. She will give peace to a sleepless child so that he does not cry, and will protect him from nightmares. The latter can be read with your child if he knows it by heart.
Hymns to the Almighty about rest
The Creator is addressed with words of humility and desire to entrust one’s destiny into His hands. The prayer below is used for the infirm and sleepless of all ages. It is suitable for older children with problems falling asleep:
If the child does not want to fall asleep at the appointed time, he is washed with holy water after reading the words. Repeat the steps until the child calms down and asks to rest. The brow of a tired child is marked with the sign of the cross.
Receiving protection from a Guardian Angel
At birth, the Lord gives everyone an invisible but strong intercessor. The Guardian Angel accompanies a Christian throughout his entire life and will answer with him before the Judgment of God after death. For the child to sleep, the parents’ prayer calls on this protector and inspirer to help.
If the child has not had time to undergo the sacrament of baptism, the mother or father turns to his Guardian Angel for help. In another case, they appeal to the heavenly patron with the same name as the baby:
They also use the morning Orthodox prayer to the Guardian Angel, read immediately after waking up. They form it in their own words, coming from the heart, or learn a special one from the collection. It asks for protection, inspiration for the day, joy from contemplating the world of God and a calm and sound sleep at night.
