- Prayers to God Troparion, tone 4
- Kontakion, tone 2
- Prayer 1, before the icon of the Savior, Healer of the Paralytic
- Prayer 2
- Troparion, tone 4
How to correctly read a prayer for the health of a child?
There are no strict rules regarding how to read a prayer for the health of a child. It is important to remember that one must address the saints respectfully, without fuss or haste. You can pray not only in church, but also at home. In the latter case, it is advisable to purchase an icon of the Saint to whom you want to offer a prayer for the child’s recovery.
You need to pray, focusing on your words, putting maximum emotions and feelings into them. Therefore, you should not be distracted. Turn off your phone, try to be alone so that people in your household don’t disturb you. Imagine that you are praying not to an icon, but to the one who is depicted on it, as if you are communicating with God or the Saint of your choice. You can repeat the prayer both in the morning and in the evening; it is worth praying before an operation or an important examination.
Prayers for illnesses do not have to be learned by heart. If you make a mistake in the words or replace them, nothing bad will happen. You can even pray in your own words. The main thing is not the memorized text, but what emotions the parents of a sick child put into it. Prayer must come from a pure heart, with a sincere desire to help a loved one cope with a difficult test. And then she will certainly be heard!
Powerful prayer before surgery that can heal
Before any operation, you need to contact a higher power. And this can be done with the help of strong prayer. It is always necessary, as it allows you to properly tune in and awaken internal reserves, which will contribute to a speedy recovery after surgery of any complexity.
Prayer “I am not going to the table alone, three Angels are leading me”
The prayer “I am not going to the table alone, three Angels are leading me” has enormous power. But you need to read it correctly. When a prayer is used by a patient who is about to undergo surgery, you need to start reading it several days before the operation. This should be desired every day before going to bed. Mentally repeating the prayer text is also necessary when you are taken to the operating room until the anesthesia takes effect. If the operation is performed under local anesthesia, then you should say a prayer to yourself during surgical operations. Moreover, it is very important not to be distracted by anything.
Orthodox prayer text
A short version of the prayer
The short prayer is as follows:
“I’m not going to the table alone, three angels lead me: the first accompanies me to the table, the second opens the door for me, the third saves my life.”
Interpretation of prayer words
This prayer calls on heavenly angels for help. This means that you will be confident that you will not be alone. Faith in the Lord always works miracles and it may happen that it will help to obtain a positive prognosis even with the most terrible diagnosis.
This prayer can calm you down and make you feel positive. After all, in it the Most Holy Theotokos herself is called to help. It is very simple, easy to remember, so you can pronounce it a huge number of times without any stress.
Prayer to Jesus Christ
First of all, a prayer for the child’s recovery should be read to God. Maternal prayer for children is considered the most powerful: it quickly reaches the Lord, who will certainly fulfill the woman’s cherished desire. But we must not forget that the ways of the Lord are inscrutable and no mortal knows for what reasons he sends this or that test. Therefore, you should be prepared for the fact that the disease will not go away instantly. But people who prayed to God during a child’s illness often note that events begin to develop in the most favorable way. Good specialists are found, treatment gives good results, and the prognosis improves.
A prayer to the Lord for the healing of a sick child sounds like this.
Lord Jesus Christ, let Your mercy be on my children (names), keep them under Your roof, cover them from all evil, take away every enemy from them, open their ears and eyes, grant tenderness and humility to their hearts.
Lord, we are all Your creatures, have pity on my children (names) and turn them to repentance. Save, O Lord, and have mercy on my children (names), and enlighten their minds with the light of the mind of Your Gospel, and guide them on the path of Your commandments, and teach them, Father, to do Your will, for You are our God.
Full texts of prayers after surgery in Russian
It is better to memorize the text. You are allowed to have a prayer book with you and read the text from it.
Very often, family and friends copy words onto paper that they carry with them.
Lord God
We thank Thee, Lord our God, for all Thy good deeds, even from the first age to the present, in us, Thy unworthy servants (names), who were, known and unknown, about those revealed and unmanifested, even those that were in deed and in word: Who loved us as and You deigned to give Your Only Begotten Son for us, making us worthy to be worthy of Your love. Grant with Your word wisdom and with Your fear inhale strength from Your power, and whether we have sinned, whether willingly or unwillingly, forgive and not impute, and keep our soul holy, and present it to Thy Throne, having a clear conscience, and the end is worthy of Thy love for mankind; and remember, O Lord, all who call upon Thy name in truth, remember all who desire good or evil against us: for all are men, and every man is in vain; We also pray to You, Lord, grant us Your great mercy. Amen.
About healing the sick
O Most Merciful God, Father, Son and Holy Soul, worshiped and glorified in the Undivided Trinity, look kindly upon Thy servant (name), who is overcome by illness; forgive him all his sins; grant him healing from illness; restore his health and bodily strength; Give him a long and prosperous life, Your peaceful and premium blessings, so that he, together with us, brings grateful prayers to You, the All-Generous God and our Creator. Most Holy Theotokos, by Your omnipotent intercession help me to beg Your Son, my God, for the healing of God’s servant (name). All saints and angels of the Lord, pray to God for His sick servant (name). Amen.
Prayer of thanksgiving by John of Kronshadt
Glory to Thee, Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of the Beginning Father, the One who heals every ailment and every illness among people, for You have had mercy on me as a sinner and delivered me from my illness, not allowing it to develop and kill me according to my sins. Grant me from now on, Master, the strength to firmly do Thy will for the salvation of my damned soul and for Thy glory with Thy Beginningless Father and Thy Consubstantial Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Matrona of Moscow
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.
Nicholas the Wonderworker
O all-holy Nicholas, exceedingly saintly saint of the Lord, our warm intercessor, and everywhere in sorrow a quick helper, help me, sinful and sad, in this life, beg the Lord God to grant me the remission of all my sins, which I have sinned greatly from my youth, throughout my life. in my deed, word, thought and all my feelings; and at the end of my soul, help me the accursed, beg the Lord God of all creation, the Creator, to deliver me from airy ordeals and eternal torment, so that I always glorify the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and your merciful intercession, now and ever, and forever and ever. Amen.
Luka Krymsky
O all-blessed confessor, holy saint, our Father Luke, great servant of Christ! With tenderness, we bow the knee of our hearts, and falling to the race of your honest and multi-healing relics, like the children of our father, we pray to you with all diligence: hear us sinners and bring our prayer to the merciful and philanthropic God, to whom you now stand in the joy of the saints and with the faces of an angel. We believe that you love us with the same love with which you loved all your neighbors while you were on earth. Ask Christ our God:
May he establish in his holy Orthodox Church the spirit of right faith and piety, may he give to her shepherds holy zeal and concern for the salvation of the people entrusted to them:
To observe the right of the believer, to strengthen the weak and infirm in the faith, to instruct the ignorant, and to reprove the contrary.
Give us all a gift that is useful to everyone, and everything that is useful for temporary life and eternal salvation.
Strengthening our cities, fruitful lands, deliverance from famine and destruction.
Comfort for those who are grieving, healing for those who are ill, return to the path of truth for those who have lost their way, blessing from a parent, education and teaching for a child in the Passion of the Lord, help and intercession for the orphaned and needy.
Grant us all your archpastoral and holy blessing, so that through you we will get rid of the wiles of the evil one and avoid all enmity and disorder, heresies and schisms.
Grant us a godly way to cross the path of temporary life, guide us on the path leading to the villages of the righteous, deliver us from airy ordeals and pray to the omnipotent God for us:
Yes, in eternal life with you we unceasingly glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, to Him belongs all glory, honor and power forever and ever. Amen.
Archangel Michael
Oh, Great Archangel of God, Michael, conqueror of demons. Conquer and crush all my demons, visible and invisible. Pray to the Lord Almighty, may the Lord save and preserve me from all sorrows and illnesses, from deadly ulcers and from vain death, O Great Archangel Michael, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Panteleimon the Healer
Holy Great Martyr, Healer and Wonderworker Panteleimon, all-round servant of God and constant prayer book of Orthodox Christians! You are worthily named Panteleimon, the all-merciful hedgehog, for having received from God the grace to pray for us and heal illnesses, you richly give to everyone who comes to you, various healings and everything needed for temporary life and salvation. For this reason, we, unworthy, having been worthy of your mercy, again before your holy icon, run to you, and glorifying you, as a sincere saint of God, our faithful prayer book and healer, we zealously thank you and the Giver of all good things, the Lord our God, for great blessings, from Him you were to us. Therefore, mercifully accept this small prayerful thanksgiving of ours, before imams will give you anything other than what is due, and for the rest of our life, do not deprive us, weak and sinners, of your help and prayerful intercession with the Lord our God, to Him belongs all glory, thanksgiving and worship, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Great Martyr Barbara
Holy Great Martyr of Christ Varvaro! Pray with us and for us, the servants of God (names), beseeching God from His mercy, that He may mercifully hear us asking for His goodness, and not leave us with all the necessary petitions for salvation and life, but the Christian end of our life will be painless, shameless, May I partake of peace and the Divine Mysteries, and by the grace of God and your warm intercession, may you always remain in good health in soul and body, glorifying the God of Israel, wondrous in His saints, who does not withdraw His help from us, always, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Holy Mother of God
The Most Holy Theotokos, Mother of God, who gave birth to a son for us - one Father. You are the patroness of all the suffering, the orphaned and the wretched who turn to you. By your mercy, hear me, servant of God (name). I say a word for the sick servant of God (name), cover him with your reliable cover, with a strong word. Give him hope for a speedy recovery, which will immediately follow repentance. Thank you, Mother of God. I put my trust in you alone. Amen.
Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary
The prayer to the Mother of God for the health of the child is one of the most powerful. The Mother of God is considered one of the most merciful and kind Saints. She is especially sensitive to her mother's request. After all, she herself was a mother, a beloved child who suffered a lot during her life. If a child is sick, it is worth purchasing an icon of the Mother of God and placing it at the head of the crib. The saint will definitely protect the baby and give the child strength to fight the disease.
You need to pray, turning to the Mother of God with these words.
Oh, Mother of Mercy!
You see the cruel sorrow tormenting my heart! For the sake of the sorrow with which You were pierced, when a terrible sword passed into Your soul during the bitter suffering and death of Your Divine Son, I pray to You: have mercy on my poor child, who is sick and fading, and if it is not contrary to the will of God and his salvation, intercede for his health bodily with Your Almighty Son, Physician of souls and bodies.
O Loving Mother! Look how my child’s face has turned pale, how his whole body is burning from illness, and have mercy on him. May he be saved by God's help and serve with the joy of his heart Your Only Begotten Son, his Lord and God. Amen.
Real examples of help
Anna, 32 years old: “One day my son fell ill with the flu and could not recover from it. No matter what I tried, not a single pill helped. Only a helping prayer to the Mother of God for health cured the flu. After this incident, I regularly pray to Our Lady.”
Tatyana, 41 years old: “Recently, my child fell ill with a sore throat, he developed a runny nose, and it became difficult to breathe. The medications prescribed by the doctors did little to help, and the condition did not improve. Desperate, I turned to the Lord God for help and asked him for the well-being and health of my son. Just a few days later, the condition began to improve and the disease subsided.”
Prayer to Matrona of Moscow
Matrona was a healer during her lifetime. After her departure to another world, she continues to heal people from any ailments. People turn to her when the disease seems incurable and the hope for salvation becomes less and less. Surprisingly, sometimes prayers to Matrona of Moscow, especially prayers for children, work real miracles.
Prayer before the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Joy of all who mourn”
The icon “Joy of All Who Sorrow” is considered miraculous. It depicts the Virgin Mary, who is surrounded by suffering people, and angels performing miracles in the name of the Virgin Mary. When a child is ill, you should pray in front of this icon, so that the Mother of God will ask the Lord to send healing and deliver him from the illness.
Prayer before the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Mammal”
The “Mammal” icon is considered unique, because it depicts the Mother of God while feeding the infant Christ with breast milk. It is customary to pray in front of this icon when a baby is sick. She can also be contacted by women who want to safely get rid of their pregnancy.
A prayer for the recovery of a sick child sounds like this.
Which saints should I turn to for help?
To cope with despair, you need to seek support from Heavenly patrons.
To fight cancer they pray:
- to the Almighty;
- Holy Mother of God;
- Archangel Raphael;
- Archangel Michael;
- guardian angel;
- saints, famous for their gift of healing.
Often a tearful prayer before the face of the saints, so that they become petitioners before the Lord for the sick, is fulfilled.
Saint Panteleimon was a skilled healer who healed people with medicinal potions and prayer to Christ. During the persecution of Christians he was executed. Matrona of Moscow became famous for her mercy towards the suffering, although she herself was blind from birth and then immobilized. Through her prayer to the Lord, hopelessly ill people were cured.
Luka Krymsky (before he was tonsured, Valentin Voino-Yasenetsky) was a talented surgeon before entering the path of priesthood. Until his last days (1961), the archbishop combined surgical activities with episcopal ministry. From a young age, he saw the meaning of his life in helping those suffering. Nectarios of Aegina suffered a lot of persecution and injustice in his life, but this did not shake his faith in God.
Archangel Raphael is the patron saint of doctors and helps everyone suffering from physical pain. Archangel Michael is a great helper to those who mourn. The Mother of God, a merciful petitioner before the Son, is addressed with any misfortune. The Lord is merciful to sincerely repentant sinners. Cancer patients and their loved ones, for example, a wife for her husband, can ask for healing.
Prayer before the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Healer”
“Healer” is one of the most ancient icons of the Mother of God. It depicts the Virgin Mary standing near the bed of a sick cleric. The icon is considered miraculous, healing from any, even the most severe, ailments.
It is not surprising that during a child’s illness, parents turn to the Mother of God with prayer, standing in front of this icon and praying for recovery. The words of the prayer appeal sound like this.
Prayer to Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker
The prayer to Nicholas the Wonderworker for the health of the child is considered one of the most powerful. She can drive away any illness, especially if her loving mother reads it. During his lifetime, the saint possessed the gift of healing, of which much evidence has been preserved, and continues to help believers even after his death. It is interesting that Nicholas the Wonderworker is considered the quickest to help the saints. He quickly hears the prayers read by the suffering, and prays to the Lord to send help.
The prayer goes like this.
