Prayers according to the “My Spiritual Beacon” agreement: schedule and rules

What is prayer by agreement? The Orthodox Church practices what is called “prayer by agreement.” A resource has even been created on the Internet: “My spiritual beacon, prayer by agreement,” a schedule for reading prayers and a set of people who want to pray are listed directly in the group. Believers from different parts of the world agree among themselves that at the same time and during the same period of time they will ask the Almighty for the same thing.

“My spiritual beacon” - prayer by agreement: schedule for reading prayers

“My Spiritual Beacon”: Prayer by Agreement

Church ministers with experience advise reading prayers by agreement in the most difficult situation, when a person finds himself in a difficult life situation, he is overcome by illness or grief. He needs to find a group of like-minded people who agree to sincerely pray for him, for the fulfillment of his specific request.

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In addition, those praying can read the Gospel, akathists, and canons together, inserting the names of those for whom they are asking.

Prayer of this kind is of great benefit, because those praying sincerely ask for another person, and this increases the power of prayer a hundredfold.

However, there are also certain temptations here, one of which is optionality. It would seem that there was an agreement to pray for some time on certain days, but the person misses his reading for certain reasons, and sometimes without them. If this happens, it is necessary to repent and confess.

Not every believer is ready for such a feat, because it requires discipline and enormous responsibility. Therefore, if you are faced with such a need, ask for blessings from your spiritual father.

The plans of the Almighty do not always meet our desires. If the prayer of the person asking was heard, it means it is from the Lord, and if it remains unanswered, then the Almighty has a different understanding. You just need to reconcile and move on, trusting in the mercy of the Lord. Those praying ask the Lord with hope and humility, realizing that God's will is not always clear to man, but everything that is given to man is for his good.

Full text of the Akathist to Nicholas the Wonderworker in Russian

Kontakion 1

Chosen Wonderworker and a great servant of Christ, exuding valuable myrrh and an inexhaustible sea of ​​miracles to the whole world, I praise you with love, Saint Nicholas; But you, because you have boldness towards the Lord, free me from all troubles, so I call you:

Rejoice, Nicholas, great Wonderworker.

Ikos 1

Reveal to you the Creator of all creation in the form of an angel, an earthly being; Having foreseen the fruitful kindness of your soul, blessed Nicholas, teach everyone to cry out to you:

Rejoice, purified from the womb of motherhood; Rejoice, even you who are completely sanctified. Rejoice, you who surprised your parents with your birth; Rejoice, you who revealed the strength of your soul at Christmas. Rejoice, garden of the land of promise; Rejoice, flower of the Divine planting. Rejoice, virtuous vine of Christ's grapes; Rejoice, miraculous tree of Jesus' paradise. Rejoice, the end of the paradisiacal vegetation; Rejoice, myrrh of Christ's fragrance. Rejoice, for you will drive away sobbing; Rejoice, for you bring joy.

Rejoice, Nicholas, great Wonderworker.

Kontakion 2

Seeing your outpouring of peace, God-wise, we are enlightened in souls and bodies, you are a wondrous myrrh-bearer of life, Nicholas, understanding: miracles are like waters pouring out with the grace of God, you faithfully cry out to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 2

Instructing an unintelligible mind about the Holy Trinity, you were in Nicaea with the holy fathers, a champion of the confession of the Orthodox faith: for you confessed equal to the Father, co-essential and co-throne with the Father, and you denounced the foolish Aria. For this sake, for the sake of faithfulness, I have learned to sing to you:

Rejoice, great pillar of piety; Rejoice, faithful refuge of the city. Rejoice, solid strengthening of Orthodoxy; Rejoice, the honorable One of the Most Holy Trinity was also praised. Rejoice, Thou who preached the Son with equal honor to the Father; Rejoice, you drove away Aria, who was enraged from the Council of Saints. Rejoice, father, glorious beauty of the fathers; Rejoice, wise kindness to all the God-wise. Rejoice, you who utter fiery words; Rejoice, teach your flock well. Rejoice, for through you faith is confirmed; Rejoice, for through you the heresy is being overthrown.

Rejoice, Nicholas, great Wonderworker.

Kontakion 3

By the power given to you from above, you took away every tear from the faces of those who were sorely suffering, God-bearing Father Nicholas: for you appeared to the hungry as a nourisher, to those in the depths of the seas as a great ruler, to those who were sick, healing and every helper appeared to everyone, crying out to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 3

Having truly, Father Nicholas, a song will be sung to you from Heaven, and not from earth: how can any man from man be able to preach your holy greatness? But we, overcome by your love, cry out to you:

Rejoice, image of lambs and shepherds; Rejoice, holy purifier of morals. Rejoice, repository of great virtues; Rejoice, holy and pure dwelling. Rejoice, all-bright and all-loving lamp; Rejoice, golden and immaculate light. Rejoice, worthy interlocutor of Angels; Rejoice, good teacher of men. Rejoice, rule of pious faith; Rejoice, image of spiritual meekness. Rejoice, for through you we are delivered from bodily passions; Rejoice, for through you we are filled with spiritual sweets.

Rejoice, Nicholas, great Wonderworker.

Kontakion 4

A storm of bewilderment confuses my mind, how worthy it is to sing your miracles, blessed Nicholas; No one can erase me, even if I had many tongues and wanted to speak; but we marvel at God, who is glorified in you, and dare to sing: Alleluia.

Ikos 4

Hearing, God-wise Nicholas, those near and far, the greatness of your miracles, as if through the air with light grace-filled wings you were accustomed to anticipate those in troubles, quickly delivering from them all who cry out to you like this:

Rejoice, deliverance from sorrow; Rejoice, bestower of grace. Rejoice, banisher of unforeseen evils; Rejoice, wishing good things to the planter. Rejoice, speedy consoler of those in trouble; Rejoice, terrible punisher of those who offend. Rejoice, abyss of miracles, poured out by God; Rejoice, the tablet of the law of Christ, written by God. Rejoice, strong erection of those who fall; Rejoice, rightful affirmation. Rejoice, for through you all flattery is laid bare; Rejoice, for through you all truth comes true.

Rejoice, Nicholas, great Wonderworker.

Kontakion 5

The God-bearing star appeared, instructing those floating on the sea, whose death would soon be approaching sometimes, if only you had not appeared to those calling you for help, Wonderworker Saint Nicholas; You are already unashamed of the flying demons and forbade those who want to load ships, you drove them away, but you taught the faithful to cry out to the God who saves you: Alleluia.

Ikos 5

Seeing the young women, prepared for a bad marriage for the sake of poverty, your great mercy for the poor, blessed Father Nicholas, when you gave the bundles of three hidden gold to their elder father at night, saving him and his daughters from the fall of sin. For this reason you hear from everyone:

Rejoice, great treasure of mercy; Rejoice, friend of industry for people. Rejoice, food and joy for those who come running to you; Rejoice, uneaten bread of the hungry. Rejoice, wealth given by God to the poor living on earth; Rejoice, speedy exaltation of the poor. Rejoice, quick hearing of the poor; Rejoice, pleasant care for those who mourn. Rejoice, three virgins, immaculate bride; Rejoice, zealous guardian of purity. Rejoice, unreliable hope; Rejoice, joy of the whole world.

Rejoice, Nicholas, great Wonderworker.

Kontakion 6

The whole world preaches to you, blessed Nicholas, a quick intercessor in troubles, as many times in one hour traveling on earth and sailing on the sea, anticipating, helping, preserving all from the evil ones, crying out to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 6

Thou didst shine as an animal light, bringing deliverance to the commanders, who accepted unrighteous death for those who had, to you, good shepherd Nicholas, who called, when soon after appearing in the princess’s dream, you frightened him, and you commanded to release these unharmed ones. For this reason, we are happy with them and we cry out to you in gratitude:

Rejoice, help those who earnestly call upon you; Rejoice, deliverer from unrighteous murder. Rejoice, keep away from flattering slander; Rejoice, destroy the unrighteous councils. Rejoice, tear apart lies like a spider; Rejoice, gloriously exalting the truth. Rejoice, release from bonds of the innocent; Rejoice, and revival of the dead. Rejoice, demonstrater of truth; Rejoice, darker of untruth. Rejoice, for through you the infidels have been delivered from the sword; Rejoice, for I have enjoyed the light of you.

Rejoice, Nicholas, great Wonderworker.

Kontakion 7

Although the blasphemous heretical stench was driven away, the truly fragrant, mysterious myrrh appeared to you, Nicholas; You saved the people of the world and filled the whole world with your blessed peace. And drive away from us the godless, sinful stench, so that we may cry out pleasingly to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 7

We mean the new Noah, the mentor of the ark of salvation, Holy Father Nicholas, who disperses the storm of all fierce ones with his direction, but brings Divine silence to those crying out like this:

Rejoice, you who are overwhelmed by a quiet haven; Rejoice, drowning famous repository. Rejoice, good pilot of those floating in the midst of the depths; Rejoice, calmer of the sea. Rejoice, transport of those who are in whirlwinds; Rejoice, warming of those who are in the filth. Rejoice, radiance that disperses the sorrowful darkness; Rejoice, luminary, illuminating all the ends of the earth. Rejoice, you deliver sinful people from the abyss; Rejoice, cast Satan into the abyss of hell. Rejoice, for through you we boldly invoke the abyss of God’s mercy; Rejoice, for by you having been delivered from the flood of wrath, we find peace with God.

Rejoice, Nicholas, great Wonderworker.

Kontakion 8

A strange miracle is flowing to you, Blessed Nicholas, your sacred church: in it even small prayers bring, healing of great ailments is acceptable, if only according to God we place our hope in you, truly crying out: Alleluia.

Ikos 8

You are truly a helper to everyone, God-bearing Nicholas, and you have gathered together all those who come running to you, as a liberator, a nourisher and a quick doctor to all earthly people, striving for the praise of everyone to cry out to you:

Rejoice, source of all healings; Rejoice, dear helper to the suffering. Rejoice, dawn, shining in the night of sin for those who wander; Rejoice, dew that does not flow in the heat of the work of beings. Rejoice, give well-being to those who need it; Rejoice, prepare abundance for those who ask. Rejoice, thou who hast preceded the petition many times; Rejoice, renew the strength of old gray hairs. Rejoice, many who have gone astray from the path of the true accuser; Rejoice, faithful servant of the mysteries of God. Rejoice, for through you we trample on envy; Rejoice, for through you we correct a good life.

Rejoice, Nicholas, great Wonderworker.

Kontakion 9

Alleviate all illnesses, our great intercessor Nicholas, dissolving grace-filled healing, delighting our souls, and cheering the hearts of all who zealously flow to your help, crying out to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 9

We see the wise branches of the wicked put to shame by you, God-wise Father Nicholas: Aria for the blasphemer, dividing the Divinity, and Sabellia, confusing the Holy Trinity, has changed, but you have strengthened us in Orthodoxy. For this reason we cry out to you:

Rejoice, shield, protect piety; Rejoice, sword, cut off evil. Rejoice, teacher of Divine commandments; Rejoice, destroyer of ungodly teachings. Rejoice, ladder established by God, by which we ascend to heaven; Rejoice, protection created by God, with which many are covered. Rejoice, thou who hast made wise the foolish with thy words; Rejoice, having inspired the morals of the lazy. Rejoice, unquenchable brightness of God’s commandments; Rejoice, bright ray of the Lord’s justifications. Rejoice, for through your teaching the heretical heads are crushed; Rejoice, for through your faithfulness the faithful are worthy of glory.

Rejoice, Nicholas, great Wonderworker.

Kontakion 10

You have truly saved your soul, your flesh and your spirit, Our Father Nicholas: by being silent before and struggling with thoughts and deeds, you have applied the thought of God, and through the thought of God you have acquired a perfect mind, with which you boldly conversed with God and the Angels, always crying out: Alleluia.

Ikos 10

Thou art a wall to those who praise, O blessed one, thy miracles and to all who resort to thy intercession; Likewise, free us, the poor in virtue, from poverty, adversity, ailments and various needs, who cry out to you with love like this:

Rejoice, take away from eternal misery; Rejoice, give us imperishable wealth. Rejoice, undying cruelty to those who hunger for truth; Rejoice, inexhaustible drink for those thirsty for life. Rejoice, keep from rebellion and warfare; Rejoice, freest from bonds and captivity. Rejoice, glorious intercessor in troubles; Rejoice, great protector in adversity. Rejoice, thou who has deceived many from destruction; Rejoice, you who preserved countless people unharmed. Rejoice, for through you sinners escape cruel death; Rejoice, for through you those who repent receive Eternal Life.

Rejoice, Nicholas, great Wonderworker.

Kontakion 11

You brought the singing of the Most Holy Trinity to the Most Holy Trinity more than others, most blessed Nicholas, in mind, in word and in deed: for by many trials you have clarified the orthodox commandments, by faith, hope and love, instructing us in the Trinity to chant to the One God: Alleluia.

Ikos 11

We see you as a luminous ray in the darkness of life, unquenchable, chosen by God, Father Nicholas: with the immaterial angelic lights you talk about the uncreated Trinity light, but you enlighten the faithful souls, crying out to you like this:

Rejoice, illumination of the Trisolar Light; Rejoice, day of the never-setting Sun. Rejoice, O luminary, kindled by the Divine flame; Rejoice, for you have extinguished the demonic flame of wickedness. Rejoice, bright preaching of orthodoxy; Rejoice, transparent radiance of the Gospel Light. Rejoice, lightning, consuming heresies; Rejoice, thunder, terrifying tempter. Rejoice, true teacher of reason; Rejoice, mysterious exponent of the mind. Rejoice, for through you I have trampled upon the worship of creation; Rejoice, for through you we have learned to worship the Creator in the Trinity.

Rejoice, Nicholas, great Wonderworker.

Kontakion 12

The grace given to you from God, knowledgeable, rejoicing in your memory, we celebrate according to duty, glorious Father Nicholas, and we wholeheartedly flow to your wonderful intercession; But your glorious deeds, like the sand of the sea and the multitude of the stars, cannot be exhausted, but once you are overcome by bewilderment, we cry out to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 12

Singing your miracles, we praise you, O all-praised Nicholas: for in you God, glorified in the Trinity, is wondrously glorified. But even if we bring you many psalms and songs composed from the heart, O miracle-working saint, we do nothing equal to the granting of your miracles, and in wonder at them, we cry out to you like this:

Rejoice, servant of the King of kings and Lord of lords; Rejoice, cohabitants of His heavenly servants. Rejoice, help to faithful people; Rejoice, kind of Christian exaltation. Rejoice, victory of the same name; Rejoice, proud crowned one. Rejoice, mirror of all virtues; Rejoice, everyone who flows to you has been taken away by the strong. Rejoice, all our hope is in God and the Mother of God; Rejoice, health to our bodies and salvation to our souls. Rejoice, for through you we are freed from eternal death; Rejoice, for through you we have been granted endless life.

Rejoice, Nicholas, great Wonderworker.

Kontakion 13

(read three times)

O most holy and wonderful Father Nicholas, consolation of all who mourn, accept our present offering and implore the Lord to deliver us from Gehenna through your God-pleasing intercession, so that we may sing with you: Alleluia.

Ikos 1

(read again)

Reveal to you the Creator of all creation in the form of an angel, an earthly being; Having foreseen the fruitful kindness of your soul, blessed Nicholas, teach everyone to cry out to you:

Rejoice, purified from the womb of motherhood; Rejoice, even you who are completely sanctified. Rejoice, you who surprised your parents with your birth; Rejoice, you who revealed the strength of your soul at Christmas. Rejoice, garden of the land of promise; Rejoice, flower of the Divine planting. Rejoice, virtuous vine of Christ's grapes; Rejoice, miraculous tree of Jesus' paradise. Rejoice, the end of the paradisiacal vegetation; Rejoice, myrrh of Christ's fragrance. Rejoice, for you will drive away sobbing; Rejoice, for you bring joy.

Rejoice, Nicholas, great Wonderworker.

Kontakion 1

(also read again)

Chosen Wonderworker and a great servant of Christ, exuding valuable myrrh and an inexhaustible sea of ​​miracles to the whole world, I praise you with love, Saint Nicholas; You, as if you have boldness towards the Lord, free me from all troubles, so I call you: Rejoice, Nicholas, great Wonderworker.

Prayer to Saint Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia

O all-holy Nicholas, exceedingly saintly servant of the Lord, our warm intercessor, and everywhere in sorrow a quick helper! Help me, a sinner and a sad person, in this present life, beg the Lord God to grant me forgiveness of all my sins, which I have sinned greatly from my youth, in all my life, in deed, word, thought and all my feelings; and at the end of my soul, help me, the accursed one, beg the Lord God, the Creator of all creation, to deliver me from airy ordeals and eternal torment, so that I may always glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and your merciful intercession, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Do you need to think about the time of fulfillment of what you want?

How to read a prayer correctly: My spiritual beacon prayer by agreement

The Almighty has his own timing. Everyone knows the cases from the Holy Scriptures when all imaginable deadlines passed and the Lord fulfilled the request of ardent believers. It is worth remembering Anna and Joachim, Sarah and Abraham, who prayed for many years and the Lord sent them what they wanted when their last hope was fading.

Advice: before you decide to pray by agreement, ask for a blessing from your spiritual mentor, who senses the strength of your faith and your attitude. Tell him that there is a certain situation and you would like to pray to the Lord for its resolution. Indicate the people you would like to take on your team. If the spiritual mentor has given his blessing, then God hear you!

You can speak to God in your own words, for example, you can say this: “Lord, we agreed to pray about such and such a problem, but I didn’t have time to read the prayer (I didn’t find it, missed the appointed time, etc.). God bless them and send them what they ask You for.” The Almighty will hear every prayer if it comes from the heart and with faith.

What is Akathist and when is it read?

Orthodox Christians are required to read the Akathist, as it is one of the key church books. It is important to correctly interpret all the lines written in it.

For a person discovering the religious world, it will not be easy to adapt, especially if his parents did not teach him to serve God from childhood.

The main guidebooks in Orthodoxy are the Bible and Akathist. These books help to learn more about the creation of the world, about the first people on earth, about the life of the son of God on earth; they are man’s guides to God, establishing a subtle spiritual connection between them.

Prayer Team

Is it worth assembling a team of prayer books? Probably worth it. If you are confident in the sincerity of the people praying with you, then their help will be very useful.

However, if there are no such people nearby, you can call everyone who cares about your grief and is ready to pray for you. Persuasion has no place here. After all, if people agreed to help you only out of fear of offending you, their help will be of no use, even if they pray as agreed. The Lord sees the hearts and thoughts of those who pray, and without sincerity and faith in prayer, do not expect success.

A prayer by agreement, said simultaneously by several people about the same thing in different parts of our planet, has enormous power. It is gratifying to understand that this practice is known not only in our country, but also abroad. For example, in America, Indonesia, America, Morocco. However, this prayer is now performed only according to Moscow time. Believers living in a different time zone have a problem getting up in the middle of the night or interrupting their work day.

Order of reading Akathists

An akathist is a song of praise in honor of the Savior, the Mother of God, saints or any holidays (events).
Akathists are not a statutory, obligatory liturgical rite. At services in churches, only the Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos “Charred Voivode” is necessarily read. "On the Saturday of Praise of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the fifth week of Great Lent. In modern practice during Great Lent, the Akathist of the Passion of the Lord is also used in the rite of Passion, which is served on Sunday evenings in the 2nd-5th weeks of Great Lent.

Akathists in honor of holidays are sometimes read at Matins of a festive service or at a prayer service on the very day of the holiday. In general, at prayer services they often resort to reading akathists. This is how the order of reading the Paraklisis of the Mother of God developed, where at the prayer service after the sixth song of the canon, an akathist to the Mother of God (or to her icons) is read.

Calling upon the holy saints of God to help with everyday needs, akathists are read to them, to the icons of the Mother of God.

There are no special instructions in the Charter for reading akathists in church and during cell (home) prayer. But a rule can be deduced from general church practice: during the period of Great Lent it is not customary to read akathists , except for the Akathist to the Mother of God on the 5th week (on Saturday) and the Akathist to the Passion of Christ. On all other days of the year, reading akathists is permitted.

The akathist itself has a special sequence. So the 13th kontakion is read three times, and immediately after it the first ikos is repeated again, after which the first kontakion is read. At the end of the akathist, a prayer is read.

What akathists to read for everyday needs (for every need)

Akathists to the icons of the Mother of God

Akathists to the saints

Reading akathists during the week

The service of each day of the week corresponds to the memory of a particular event or saint. In accordance with this rule, the practice arose of reading akathists throughout the week, imitating the weekly liturgical circle:

Anthem structure

All akathists are written according to the model of the Great, consisting of 24 kontakia and ikos. That's how many letters there are in the Greek alphabet. With each of them, in order, each chant began. In translated texts, this rule, of course, is not observed, although the number of chants remains the same.

St. Roman Sladkopevets

The names of the parts of the akathist are Greek. Kontakion was originally a scroll or stick on which it was wound for convenience. Therefore, many assume that the kontakia during early Byzantium were significantly larger than the current ones. "Ikos" is translated as "house".

Each pair of kontakion and ikos is united by a common theme. But the first reveals its content briefly, and the second - more extensively. Ikos always consists of 12 “hairetisms” (“haire” - “rejoice”), dedicated to a saint or holiday.

The hymn ends with another special kontakion, containing a special prayer to Christ, the Mother of God or the saint of God, after which first 1 ikos is repeated, then 1 kontakion. In conclusion, a prayer is read.

Rules for reading a prayer book

In order for God or the saints to hear you, you must adhere to the rules of reading the Akathist. This will help you establish a strong connection with the Heavenly forces and then they will quickly heed your requests.

We recommend that before you start praying on your own, go to the temple and listen carefully to how the Akathist is sung there.

Note! Any prayer must be read thoughtfully.