Dear friends. I bring to your attention a collection of prayers for the missing: children, relatives, acquaintances or simply missing people.
Unfortunately, a lost person is a fairly common occurrence these days. There are many reasons for such a loss: lost in an unfamiliar place, lost memory, fell into slavery, became a victim of swindlers or other crimes. At such moments, it is logical to contact not only the police, but also to pray to the Omnipresent God and His saints.
We must pray both for the health of the missing person and for the person’s speedy return home.
Prayers for a missing person
In Russia, people disappear every day; sad statistics show that the number of missing people is increasing every year.
But what’s even worse is that children are disappearing. Some of the missing will be lucky and found alive, while others will be searched for months or years. How can loved ones live after such a blow all this time? Where can I get the strength to wait? How to withstand one of the most terrible tests? The Orthodox Church will come to the aid of those suffering. A prayer for the return of a missing person will suggest ways to search or information about the missing person. Remember that according to church laws, unless it is definitely established that the missing person is dead, he is considered alive. With a prayer for a missing person, we can turn to various saints; most often they come to the icons of the Mother of God, St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and St. George for help.
Icon “Recovery of the Lost”
This miraculous icon identifies the collective divine image of fathers and mothers whose children are in trouble. Recovering the Lost is called the comforter of grief for those who offer prayer that a person will be found alive. After all, the concept of “lost” does not speak about death, but about the fact that a person got lost, lost in his tossing, stopped believing. The Holy Mother of God wages a constant struggle for those who ask sincerely and gives him strength to wait and search, and shows the way to the lost.
How do prayers to Saint Nicholas help?
Nicholas the Wonderworker is rightfully considered one of the most revered saints of Orthodoxy. They say that Nikolai has a certain connection with the Lord and therefore requests to him are fulfilled. He patronizes travelers and sailors and helps overcome crises and failures. If you sincerely and strongly ask Nicholas in prayer for the return of the missing person, he will definitely help.
The meaning of the prayer to St. George the Victorious
Prayers for missing people are also said in front of the icon of St. George the Victorious, patron of the military, protector of the suffering, guardian of lands related to military maneuvers.
One should come to the shrine of the Great Martyr with a prayer for the protection of all who defend the Fatherland and disappeared while performing their military duty. He is an intercessor in armed conflicts, protecting military personnel in their difficult task.
Prayer to the icon “Seeking the Lost”
This prayer appeal to the saint helps to survive the difficult time of searching for loved ones who have gone missing.
O zealous, compassionate intercessor of the Lord Mother! I come running to you, accursed and most sinful man above all: listen to the voice of my prayer, and hear my cry and groaning. For my iniquities have exceeded my head, and I, like a ship in the abyss, am plunging into the sea of my sins. But you, All-merciful and merciful Lady, do not despise me, desperate and perishing in sins, have mercy on me, who repent of my evil deeds, and turn my lost, accursed soul to the right path. On You, my Lady Theotokos, I place all my hope. Thou, Mother of God, preserve and keep me under Thy roof, now and ever and unto ages of ages.
Prayer before the icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
Nicholas the Wonderworker can help destroy the misfortunes of fate:
Oh, all-validated and all-honorable bishop, great miracle worker, saint of Christ, Father Nicholas, man of God and faithful servant, man of desires, chosen vessel, strong pillar of the church, bright lamp, star shining and illuminating the whole universe: you are a righteous man, like a blossoming phoenix , planted in the courts of your Lord, living in Mireh, you were fragrant with the world and the ever-flowing myrrh exuded the grace of God. By your procession, holy father, the sea was sanctified, when your many-wonderful relics marched to the city of Barsky, from east to west to praise the name of the Lord. Oh, wonderful and wondrous miracle worker, quick helper, warm intercessor, kind shepherd, saving the verbal flock from all troubles! We glorify and magnify you, as the hope of all Christians, the source of miracles, the protector of the faithful, the wise teacher, the hungry feeder, the weeping joy, the naked, the sick doctor, the sea-floating steward, the liberator of captives, the widows and orphans, the nourisher and protector, the guardian of chastity, infants a meek chastiser, the old strengthened, fasting a mentor, the toilers restful, the poor and wretched abundantly rich. Hear us praying to you and running under your roof, show your intercession for us to the Most High and intercede with your God-pleasing prayers everything useful for the salvation of our souls and bodies: preserve this holy monastery (or this temple), every city and the whole, and every country Christian, and people living from all bitterness with your help, we know, we know how much the prayer of the righteous can do, hastening for good: for you, the righteous, according to the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, intercessor to the All-Merciful God of the Imams, and to yours, most kind father, warm intercession and we humbly flow to intercession. You protect us, like a cheerful and warm shepherd, from all enemies, destruction, cowardice, hail, famine, flood, fire, sword, invasion of foreigners, and in all our troubles and sorrows, give us a helping hand, and open the doors of God’s mercy: tenderly We are unworthy to behold the heights of heaven, from the multitude of our iniquities, bound by sinful bonds, and neither the will of our Creator nor the will of our creator, nor the preservation of His commandments. At the same time, we bow our contrite and humble hearts to our Creator, and we ask for your fatherly intercession to Him: help us, servant of God, so that we do not perish with our iniquities, deliver us from all evil and from all things that are resistant, guide our minds and strengthen our hearts ours in the right faith, in which through your intercession and intercession, we will not be belittled by wounds, nor rebuke, nor by pestilence, nor by any wrath from our Creator, but let us live a peaceful life here and may we be worthy to see good on the land of the living, glorifying the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, One in the Trinity, glorified and worshiped God, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
The holy elder will protect travelers from troubles on the road:
O Saint Nicholas of Christ! Hear us, sinful servants of God (names), praying to you, and pray for us, unworthy, our Creator and Master, make our God merciful to us in this life and in the future, so that he does not reward us according to our deeds, but according to his own He will reward us with goodness. Deliver us, saints of Christ, from the evils that come upon us, and tame the waves, passions and troubles that rise against us, so that for the sake of your holy prayers the attack will not overwhelm us and we will not wallow in the abyss of sin and in the mud of our passions. Pray to Saint Nicholas, Christ our God, that he may grant us a peaceful life and remission of sins, and salvation and great mercy for our souls, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Prayer to St. George the Victorious for help and protection
Saint George will protect the holy army of the Lord from harm:
O all-validated, holy great martyr and wonderworker George! Look upon us with your quick help, and beg God, the Lover of Mankind, not to judge us, sinners, according to our iniquities, but to deal with us according to His great mercy. Do not despise our prayer, but ask us from Christ our God a quiet and godly life, mental and physical health, fertility of the earth, and abundance in everything, and may we not turn the good things given to us by you from the All-Bountiful God into evil, but into the glory of the Holy One in His name and in glorification of your strong intercession, may He grant our country and all the God-loving army victory over the adversaries and strengthen us with unchangeable peace and blessing.
May His angel protect us saints with a militia, so that we, upon our departure from this life, may be delivered from the wiles of the evil one and his difficult airy ordeals, and may present ourselves uncondemned to the Throne of the Lord of Glory. Hear us, passion-bearing George of Christ, and pray for us unceasingly to the Trinitarian Lord of all God, so that by His grace and love for mankind, with your help and intercession we may find mercy, with the angels and archangels and all the saints at the right hand of the Just Judge of the world, and He will be glorified with the Father and Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Prayers for a missing person
Dear friends. I bring to your attention a collection of prayers for the missing: children, relatives, acquaintances or simply missing people.
Unfortunately, a lost person is a fairly common occurrence these days. There are many reasons for such a loss: lost in an unfamiliar place, lost memory, fell into slavery, became a victim of swindlers or other crimes. At such moments, it is logical to contact not only the police, but also to pray to the Omnipresent God and His saints.
We must pray both for the health of the missing person and for the person’s speedy return home.
PRAYERS FOR THE MISSING
Prayers for missing people
Lord Almighty, Lord All-Good, on my knees I pray to You for a great miracle. Grant, Lord, the return of the missing person, Your servant (name). For You yourself said: “Whoever seeks in My name, My angel will come to him and reveal what everyone asks. Amen".
Lord, for the sake of the hands that swaddled You, for the sake of the hands that kissed Your feet, for the sake of Holy Baptism, for the sake of the holy icon of Tenderness, for the sake of Your mother, my Queen of Heaven. I tearfully ask and pray: may the servant of God (name) be found and return to the threshold of his home. Lord, accept my prayer, bless every word, and find the servant of God. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Prayer to Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker for help on the road and for the preservation of a person on the road
O Saint Nicholas of Christ! Hear us, sinful servants of God (names), praying to you, and pray for us, unworthy, our Creator and Master, make our God merciful to us in this life and in the future, so that he does not reward us according to our deeds, but according to his own He will reward us with goodness.
Deliver us, saints of Christ, from the evils that come upon us, and tame the waves, passions and troubles that rise against us, so that for the sake of your holy prayers the attack will not overwhelm us and we will not wallow in the abyss of sin and in the mud of our passions.
Pray to Saint Nicholas, Christ our God, that he may grant us a peaceful life and remission of sins, and salvation and great mercy for our souls, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Prayer for the missing in front of the image of the Mother of God, called Recovering the Lost
O zealous, compassionate intercessor of the Lord Mother! I come running to You, the accursed one, the most sinful man above all: listen to the voice of my prayer, and hear my cry and groaning.
For my iniquities have exceeded my head, and I, like a ship in the abyss, am plunging into the sea of my sins. But You, all-good and merciful Lady, do not despise me, desperate and perishing in sins, have mercy on me, who repent of my evil deeds, and turn my lost, accursed soul to the right path.
On You, my Lady Theotokos, I place all my hope. Thou, Mother of God, preserve and keep me under Thy roof, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Prayer to Saint George the Victorious for a missing person, for his protection and salvation
Holy, glorious and all-praised Great Martyr of Christ George! Gathering in your temple and before your holy icon, people worshiping, we pray to you, known to the desires of our intercessor: pray with us and for us, beseeching God from His mercy, that He may mercifully hear us asking for His goodness, and not abandon all ours to salvation and life needful petitions, and grant our power victory over the opposing forces, may the grace given to you strengthen the Orthodox army in battle, and may our enemies overthrow the forces of the rebels, may they be ashamed and disgraced, and may their insolence be crushed, and may they know that we are imams of Divine help , and to all those in sorrow and distress, show your powerful intercession.
Pray to the Lord God, the Creator of all creation, to deliver us from eternal torment, so that we may always glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and we confess your intercession, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Prayer to the Monk Xenophon and his wife Mary when there is no news from the children
About Saints Xenophon and Mary with your children Arkady and John! Behold, we, unworthy and sinful, diligently resort to you and with strong hope we pray: now mercifully hear our voice of prayer and strive for our help, and now show your love for us, the servants of God (names), by the grace-filled action of your God-pleasing prayers, send down to us great and the rich mercy of the Lord, may we sing and glorify the wondrous God, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, in His saints, now and ever and unto ages of ages.
Prayer to the Guardian Angel of the missing
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 all saints and ethereal heavenly powers
Holy God and rest in the saints, glorified by the thrice-holy voice in heaven from Angels, praised on earth by man in His saints: having given grace to each by Thy Holy Spirit according to the bestowal of Christ, and by that ordaining Thy holy Church to be Apostles, prophets, and evangelists , you are shepherds and teachers, preaching in their own words.
You yourself act all in all, many saints have been accomplished in every generation and generation, having pleased you with various virtues, and leaving us with an image of your good deeds, in the joy that has passed, prepare, in it the temptations themselves were, and help us who are attacked . Remembering all these saints and praising their godly lives, I praise You Himself, who acted in them, and believing in Your goodness, the gift of being, I diligently pray to You, Holy of Holies, grant to me a sinner to follow their teaching, moreover, by Your all-effective grace, heavenly ones with them be worthy of glory, praising Your most holy name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever. Amen.
IN THE TEMPLE ABOUT MISSING PERSONS
In addition to home prayer for a missing person, it is necessary to submit for the liturgy, that is, you need to write notes with the name of the missing person, which will be read by the priest in preparation for Communion.
“God has no dead, He has everyone alive. And according to church rules, until the truth is established, they pray for five years for the missing person as if they were alive, only with the addition of the words: “missing person.” Speak about him more often during the liturgy, and the Lord will reveal the secret of his disappearance, but not to me, but to his mother.”
They also order a prayer service to Saints Xenophon and Mary (January 26).
The Monks Xenophon and Maria lost their children. They searched for their sons for a long time, but their faith in God’s help did not diminish. As a reward for faith, God brought loving parents together with their children.
THE MAIN SECRET IN THE SEARCH OF THE MISSING PERSON
Faith in God's help, humility and love for one's neighbor - these are the miraculous forces that can do everything, including keeping a person on the road and helping to unite again.
The mercy of God is great, and the power of sincere prayer before Him is great. Dear friends, pray more often for your family and friends.
MORE ON THE TOPIC
- Categories:With God Keywords:Prayers
Oleg Plett 4:47 pm
I would be glad if you help develop the site by clicking on the buttons below
