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To the Lord
To the Most Holy Theotokos, St. Macarius of Optina
Venerable Vitaly of Alexandria
Saint Euthymius of Novgorod, wonderworker
Venerable John the Long-Suffering
Venerable John Kushchnik
Venerable Martinian of Caesarea
Venerable Moses Ugrin
Martyrs Galaktion and Epistimia
Venerable Mary of Egypt
Venerable Sarah of Egypt
Prayer to the martyr Thomaida of Egypt
Venerable Taisia of Egypt
To all the holy and ethereal Heavenly Powers

Prayer to the Lord

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God Almighty, who created all creation with wisdom, lift up me with Your hand, having fallen through many sins: grant me Your help, and grant me freedom from worldly temptations , from the devil’s snares, and from carnal lusts. Have mercy and forgive all who have sinned all the days of my life; anoint my soul with the oil of the grace and generosity of Your only begotten Son, the Lord God and our Savior Jesus Christ, with whom befits You and the Holy Spirit all glory forever. Amen.

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Prayer to St. Vitaly of Alexandria

(Reverend Vitaly was engaged in the conversion of harlots)

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Oh, sacred head, reverent father, most blessed Abvo Vitaly, do not forget your poor to the end, but always remember us in holy and favorable prayers to God: remember your flock, e. You yourself have fallen, and do not forget to visit your children and pray for us, Holy Father, for your spiritual children, for you have boldness towards the Heavenly King: do not keep silent to the Lord for us, and do not despise us, who honor you with faith and love: remember us unworthy at the Throne Almighty, and do not cease praying for us to Christ God, for grace was given to you to pray for us. We do not think that you are dead: even though you have passed away from us in body, you remain alive even after death, do not depart from us in spirit, keeping us from the arrows of the enemy and all the delights of demons and the wiles of the devil, Our good fellow. Even though your relics are always visible before our eyes, your holy soul stands with the angelic hosts, with disembodied faces, with heavenly powers, at the throne of the Almighty, worthy of rejoicing Knowing that you are truly alive even after death, we bow down to you and We pray to you: pray for us to the Almighty God, for the benefit of our souls, and ask us time for repentance, so that we may pass from earth to Heaven without restraint, from bitter ordeals, demons of the princes of the air and from eternal misery May we be delivered, and may we be heirs of the Heavenly Kingdom with all the righteous, who from all eternity have pleased our Lord Jesus Christ: to Him belongs all glory, honor and worship, with His Father who is without beginning, and with His Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and forever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Troparion to the Saint, tone 81

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In you, father, we know that I was saved, even in the image:/ for you accepted the cross, you followed Christ,/ and you taught us to despise the flesh, for it passes away,/ to be diligent about the souls, things more immortal.// Likewise, the Angels will rejoice, Reverend Vitaly, your spirit.

Translation: In you, Father, that which is in us in God’s image has definitely been preserved: for having taken up your cross, you followed Christ, and in practice taught to disdain the flesh as transitory, but to take care of the soul, an immortal creation. That is why, Reverend Vitaly, your spirit rejoices with the Angels.

Kontakion to the Saint, tone 22

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Having armed yourself with divine purity of soul,/ and unceasing prayers/ as if you had firmly handed over a copy,/ you have broken through the demonic host./ Vitaly, our Father,// pray unceasingly for all of us.

Having armed yourself with the purity of your soul, with God’s help, and unceasing prayers, like taking a spear firmly, you have overthrown the demonic militias, Vitaly, our father, pray unceasingly for all of us.

Greatness to the Reverend1

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We bless you, Reverend Father Vitaly, and honor your holy memory, teacher of monks and interlocutor of Angels.

The sinfulness of adultery

Sexual intercourse has never been prohibited by the Church as long as it occurs in a legal union. The Gospel, on the contrary, calls for regular intimacy, so that abstinence does not lead to unnecessary temptations. Since marriage unites spouses spiritually, sex is a vibrant experience for them that strengthens the family. However, outside the marital bed, intimate relationships become a sin. The pleasure received by a traitor is considered a manifestation of weakness of spirit.

Outside the marital bed, intimate relationships become a sin

Causes

The factors that push a person to adultery were described by Abba Isaiah. In his work “Fatherland,” published in the second half of the 4th century, the religious writer named the following reasons:

empty talk beyond measure;
ambition;
habit of sleeping for a long time;
predilection for beautiful objects or clothing.

One passion gives rise to another, and in order not to be tempted again, you should give up sources of pleasure. Author's advice

Consequences and punishment

A person who has sinned suffers spiritually and physically. The sin of adultery has dire consequences:

the family is destroyed;
a person becomes a prisoner of his base desires and becomes like an animal;
he loses his status, falls in the eyes of his neighbors;
until death, the sinner is doomed to beg forgiveness for his immoral actions;
peace of mind is lost;
Often the Lord deprives a traitor of his mind;
the libertine is doomed to loneliness;
diseases appear that lead to early death;
love, trust, and mutual understanding leave the marital relationship;
thoughts become unclean, lustful;
an adulterer is equated to a thief, since he steals family happiness.

According to Orthodox canons, immoral intimate relationships are punishable by excommunication from the Church for a period of 15 years. Until the traitor repents, he is forbidden to undergo the Sacrament of the Eucharist. The adulterer is abandoned by God's grace, which makes him suffer morally and physically. The sinner becomes the real punishment for himself, since the family breaks up, the soul and body suffer, and the conscience is constantly tormented.

Prayer to Saint Euthymius of Novgorod, wonderworker

(Euphymy had the blessed gift of delivering from carnal passion)

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Father Saint Euthymia! From your youth you have loved Christ, and through His grace we are strengthened; you have put to death all carnal wisdom; with your pure life and meek disposition you have pleased the Lord, and by His grace you are on the throne Striving for the holiness, you appeared, the good shepherd to the flock of Christ of Great Novograd, taking care of your soul think about your flock. Moreover, even after your death, the Chief Shepherd Christ glorified you by giving miracles that flow from you, showing us the image of a virtuous life in you. Moreover, I am a sinner and sad, falling to the race of your relics, I pray to you fervently: give me a helping hand, raise me with your prayers from the depths of sin: behold, the waves of passions I am overwhelmed by carnal and other myriad worries of life. May I, a great sinner, be warm to Christ, a representative and a man of prayer, so that I may be delivered from the drowning of sin, to the refuge of an immaculate life by the grace of Christ, and glorified by a pure life I love my Savior, who redeemed me with His blood: and having finished this life, I will receive eternal life in the Kingdom In heaven, where the Most Honorable and Magnificent Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit is glorified, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

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Prayer to St. John the Long-Suffering

(The demons of fornication inflamed John’s flesh to such an extent that he did not eat anything for several days, burdened himself with chains, buried himself in a hole, leaving only his head and shoulders on top. He once remained in this position for the entire Great Lent.)

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Oh, sacred head, like the most blessed Abbot John, do not forget your poor to the end, but remember us always in holy and favorable prayers to God: remember your flock, e. You yourself have saved, and do not forget to visit your children and pray for us, Holy Father, for your spiritual children, for you have boldness towards the Heavenly King: do not keep silent to the Lord for us, and do not despise us, who honor you with faith and love: remember us unworthy at the Throne Almighty, and do not cease praying for us to Christ God, for grace has been given to you to pray for us. We do not think that you are dead: even though you have passed away from us in body, you remain alive even after death, do not depart from us in spirit, keeping us from the arrows of the enemy and all the delights of demons and the wiles of the devil, Our good fellow. Even though the relics of your cancer are always visible before our eyes, but your holy soul with the angelic hosts, with disembodied faces, with heavenly powers, stands at the throne of the Almighty, worthy of rejoicing Knowing that you are truly alive even after death, we bow down to you and We pray to you: pray for us to Almighty God, for the benefit of our souls, and ask us time for repentance, so that we may pass from earth to heaven without restraint, from bitter ordeals, demons of the princes of the air and from eternal May we be freed from torment, and may we be heirs of the Heavenly Kingdom with all the righteous, who from all eternity have pleased our Lord Jesus Christ: to Him belongs all glory, honor and worship, with His Father who is without beginning, and with His Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and forever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Troparion to the Saint, tone 82

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In you, father, it is known that you were saved even in the image of receiving the cross, for you followed Christ, and in your deed you taught to despise the flesh, it comes: be diligent about souls, things more immortal: in the same way and with A The angels rejoice, O Reverend John, your spirit.

In you, father, that which is in us in God’s image has definitely been preserved: for having taken up your cross, you followed Christ, and in practice taught to disdain the flesh as transitory, but to take care of the soul, an immortal creation. That is why, St. John, your spirit rejoices with the Angels.

Kontakion to the Saint, tone 22

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Having armed yourself with divine purity of soul,/ and unceasing prayers/ as if you had handed over a copy,/ you have broken through the demonic host,/ John, our Father,// pray unceasingly for all of us.

Having armed yourself with the purity of your soul, with God’s help, and unceasing prayers, like taking a spear firmly, you have overthrown the demonic armies, John, our Father, pray unceasingly for all of us.

Greatness to the Reverend2

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We bless you, like Father John, and honor your holy memory, teacher of monks and interlocutor of angels.

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Prodigal thoughts and how to deal with them?

Prodigal thoughts torment modern humanity probably as much as never before.

Men and girls of all ages suffer from this problem. As a rule, prodigal thoughts usually come either before sleep or during inactivity (usually idleness). Everyone knows how to deal with idleness, but how to build a defense system for the time before going to bed is often not obvious. It is this question that will be addressed in this article.

The reasons why prodigal thoughts constantly visit our heads:

Lack of quality sleep
Lack of determination in renouncing lustful thoughts and regularly fighting passions
Presence of images, pictures, films in memory

In order to regulate the quality of sleep you need to:

At least 1 hour before bedtime, turn off the screens of any electronic devices (phone, tablet, laptop, PC, TV) - anything that emits light from the monitor screen.
Do not eat at least 2 hours before bedtime.
The last meal should consist of light food that is digested in 1-2 hours (salads, if protein foods - then fish, seafood, chicken, turkey). Eating meat for dinner is prohibited (the average digestion time for beef is 5 hours, for pork - 8 hours) - not only will you not be able to sleep for a long time while the food is being digested, it will still not be fully digested - by the morning you will get heaviness and blockage of the intestinal walls protein mucus, because In addition to the problem of sleep, a problem with the gastrointestinal tract will be added.
Do not drink a lot of liquid before bed, otherwise you will not avoid night trips to the toilet and a long time to fall asleep again.
Ventilate the room before going to bed (10-15 minutes is enough) to enrich the room with oxygen. Monitor the room temperature (20-24 degrees is optimal) - falling asleep in the cold and stuffiness is more difficult.
You need to sleep in complete darkness. Curtain all the windows; if this is not possible, buy a sleep mask, it is inexpensive.
Sleep should not be disturbed by extraneous noise, otherwise you will wake up regularly, and with weak noise, even if you do not wake up, your brain will process this information and will not rest properly. Buy earplugs at any pharmacy; this will allow you to quickly and easily solve the noise problem.
Install the f.lux program on your computer. Select your city in the settings. The program will automatically change the warmth of the screen as the lighting outside the window changes. Those. in the evening the color spectrum will be closer to orange-red hues (similar to the color scheme when ordering), in the morning and afternoon - blue. Due to this, the retina of the eye will be able to read the range of color radiation from the monitor screen and give a command to the brain to produce the hormone melatonin, which is responsible for smoothly transferring the body to the sleep stage.
For Android phones there is a similar program called Twilight

In the fight against lustful thoughts, the holy fathers recommend the Jesus Prayer:

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner

In addition to the effective help (if you have faith) from this prayer in the spiritual sphere, there is also a significant advantage in the material sphere. The fact is that the human brain can only focus on one thing. If you train your brain with the Jesus Prayer with attention, focusing on the prayer itself, then neither prodigal nor any other thoughts, according to our natural structure, will be able to penetrate the mind.

Read about how to eradicate lost memories from your memory in a separate article.

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Prayer to St. John Kushchnik

(Reverend John himself spent six years in a terrible struggle with longing for his homeland and for his parents.)

Kontakion, tone 23

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You, wisely, desired to improve those on high,/ You, wisely, have overpowered the red ones/ and, having shared Christ with the poor,/ rejoicing, you followed John./ To Him, do not cease praying diligently. about all of us.

Desiring to achieve the highest, O wise one, you with wisdom despised the lower, earthly blessings and Christ, who became poor (2 Cor. 8:9), having become poor, rejoicing, followed, John. Don’t stop praying to Him fervently for all of us.

Kontakion, tone 33

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You turned away from the worries of life, / and you directed your processions to the Divine refuge, O blessed one, / and you poured out healings like streams, / with faith and love, John, for you To those who flow and cry:/ appear on the Day of Judgment as those praising your luminous memory, Father, / deliver from passions and torments.

You escaped the storms of life and directed your path to the Divine refuge, blessed one, and flowed out healings like streams, with faith and love, John, who come to you and cry: “Protect on the Day of Judgment those who glorify your luminous memory, Father, and deliver from torment and suffering."

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Prayer to Saint Martinian of Caesarea

(When a harlot, disguised as a wanderer, came to Martinian, he stood on hot coals until his carnal lust was extinguished. To avoid the temptation of women, he wandered from place to place.)

Kontakion, tone 24

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As a skilled ascetic of piety,/ and a sufferer of honest will,/ and a desert dweller and inhabitant,/ in songs let us worthily praise Martinian, the ever-honest // for he tramples down the serpent.

As a proven ascetic of piety, and a venerable voluntary martyr, an experienced desert dweller, in prayer chants we will duly glorify Martinian, always revered, for he crushed the serpent (the devil).

Ikos

From end to end there was a broadcast of your red virtues and divine deeds: when you were young in age, you desired to live in the deserts, singing to Christ, psalms and prayers recited at dream: day and night, growing in illness and tears, you ended your life pure and, wise, you have put to shame the evil one, for you have trampled upon the serpent.

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Prayers to Saint Moses Ugrin

(Moses was captured by the King of Poland, then ransomed by a noble Lyakhina, who was captivated by him and demanded mutual passion from Moses, but the righteous husband did not change his pious life. The Lyakhina, out of revenge, put him in a pit, starved him, flogged him daily, then condemned him to be eunuch and expelled him with dishonor.)

Prayer 1

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Oh, wonderful and God-bearing Father Moses, great servant of Christ and great miracle worker, we humbly fall to you and pray: let us be partakers of your love for God and neighbor, help We must do the will of the Lord in simplicity of heart and humility, fulfill the commandments of the Lord without sin, look It is kind to every soul of your faithful admirers who seek your mercy and help. Hey, all-merciful servant of God, hear us praying to you, and do not despise us, who demand your intercession and bring you a worthy song, we please you, Father Moses, we praise you, purity of the lamp, glorifying the merciful God, glorifying the Father and the Son in the Holy, Originless Trinity and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer 2

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Reverend Father Moses! Look upon us mercifully and lead those who are devoted to the earth to the heights of heaven. You are grief in heaven, we are on earth below, removed from you, not only by place, because of our sins and iniquities, but we run to you and cry: instruct us to walk in your way, give us understanding and guide. Your whole holy life will be a mirror of all virtue. Don’t stop, saint of God, crying to the Lord for us. By your intercession, ask our All-Merciful God for the peace of His Church, under the sign of the militant cross, agreement in faith and unity of wisdom, destruction of vanity and schisms, confirmation in good deeds x, healing for the sick, consolation for the sad, intercession for the offended, help for the needy. Do not disgrace us, who flow to you in faith. All Orthodox Christians, through your miracles and benevolent mercies, confess that you are their patron and protector. Reveal your ancient mercies, and to whom you helped your father in all things, do not deny us, their children, who are marching towards you in their footsteps. Before your most venerable icon, as I live for you, we fall down and pray: accept our prayers and offer them up on the altar of God’s mercy, may we receive from you grace and timely blessings We are waiting for our help. Strengthen our cowardice and confirm us in faith, so that we undoubtedly hope to receive all the good from the mercy of the Lord through your prayers. Oh, great servant of God! Help all of us who flow to you with faith through your intercession to the Lord, and guide us all in peace and repentance to end our lives and settle with hope in the blessed bosom of Abraham Ova, where you now rest joyfully in your labors and struggles, glorifying God with all the saints , in the Trinity glorified, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer 3

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Oh, sacred head, reverent father, most blessed Abbot Moses, do not forget your poor to the end, but always remember us in your holy and favorable prayers to God. Remember your flock, even though you yourself fell, and do not forget to visit your children. Pray for us, holy father, for your spiritual children, as you have boldness towards the Heavenly King, do not remain silent for us to the Lord, and do not despise us, who honor you with faith and love. Remember us unworthy at the Throne of the Almighty, and do not stop praying for us to Christ God, for grace has been given to you to pray for us. We do not think that you are dead, even though you have passed away from us in body, but even after death you remain alive. Do not give up on us in spirit, keeping us from the arrows of the enemy and all the charms of the demonic and the wiles of the devil, our good shepherd. Even though the relics of your cancer are always visible before our eyes, but your holy soul stands with the angelic hosts, with the disembodied faces, with the heavenly powers, at the Throne of the Almighty, worthy having fun. Knowing that you are truly alive even after death, we bow down to you and we pray to you: pray for us to Almighty God, for the benefit of our souls, and ask us time for repentance, may it not be forbidden let us pass from earth to heaven, from the bitter ordeals of the demons of the princes of the air and may we be delivered from eternal torment, and may we be heirs of the Heavenly Kingdom with all the righteous, who from all eternity have pleased our Lord Jesus Christ, to Him belongs all glory, honor and honor. together with His Beginning Father and with His Most Holy and Good and Life-Giving Spirit, now and forever and ever. Amen.

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Why is prayer against fornication so important?

To understand when and how a prayer against fornication is read, it is necessary to understand the essence of this sinful passion. The term “fornication” in Orthodoxy has several meanings. In a narrow sense, this is a carnal relationship between people who are not in a legal marriage. Fornication can also mean any other debauchery. Starting from lust and obscene thoughts up to adultery and sodomy.

Orthodox prayer

Finally, the original meaning of the Old Church Slavonic word “fornication” is clarified by literal translation into modern Russian. This is spiritual “wandering,” that is, deviation from the Truth, falling into heresy or atheism. Corporal depravity is only a consequence of a person’s spiritual disorientation. Priest Igor Silchenkov notes:

“Wandering is a loss of the road, a waste of time and energy... The more we satisfy passion and indulge sin, the more they enslave us. And as a result, people find only suffering and disappointment. They wander outside their path, in sinful darkness.”

Martyrs Galaktion and Epistimia

(When Saint Galaktion was taken to torture, his bride Epistimia voluntarily joined him in order to share the cup of suffering with him to the end.)

Troparion, tone 41

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