Carrying a child is an important and exciting period in the life of any woman. At this time, the expectant mother experiences a blissful state. However, there are times when, for various reasons, the fetus in its womb is in danger. A woman, in an attempt to save her pregnancy, turns to higher powers, and if doctors are not able to help in the struggle for the life of the child, then prayer during pregnancy becomes the only hope for bearing the desired child. It is not uncommon for earnestly asking women to beg a child from the Saints after futile attempts to get pregnant and heal a sick baby.

Are prayers able to save a pregnancy?

It is known that prayers can work miracles. The main thing when turning to the Almighty is to believe sincerely and wholeheartedly that the merciful God will not leave the request unanswered.
The future woman in labor will be heard and her child will be given life. It is important not to despair, but to repeat the prayer words as often as possible, each time without fail thanking the Almighty for the blessings sent down.

Confirmation of the extraordinary power of prayer is the numerous stories of the miraculous healing of babies, the onset of the long-awaited childbirth or the preservation of the life of the fetus in the womb.

Saints patronizing pregnancy and motherhood

One of the most powerful are appeals to the higher powers of women in position. Not every one of them, faced with adversity, knows to which of the Saints it is best to send their requests.

A petition for the onset of pregnancy, easy bearing and successful resolution from it, for the healing of the baby is addressed to such patron saints as:

Jesus Christ;
Nicholas the Wonderworker;
Matrona of Moscow;
Simeon the Myrrh-streaming;
Holy Mother of God;
Paraskeva Friday;
The Virgin Mary.

You need to ask with all your heart with diligence and effort, and then all prayers will be answered.

Prayers for pregnancy and motherhood

There are prayer words associated with childbearing and motherhood. These include:

application for the preservation of pregnancy;
treatment with the threat of premature birth;
prayer for a pregnant daughter;
a request for a successful detonation;
a petition for the granting of health to a sick child.

Praying before the icon, the future woman in labor finds peace and spiritual strength. This is important if her childbearing is difficult or the newborn is not healthy.

Icons revered during pregnancy and motherhood

In the church, prayer words during pregnancy, for pregnancy, about the health of the baby are pronounced before the icon. So the woman addresses the patron saints, falling with her lips to their faces.

The following images are especially revered by pregnant women, mothers and those who want to become them:

Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God. The Saint depicted on it sends down a healthy child praying during the demolition.
Face of the Mother of God "Help to childbirth". It brings grace to the future woman in labor, in front of her the mother hopes that her daughter will be born safely. Often this miraculous image stands by the bed of pregnant women.
Orthodox icon "Joachim and Anna". A prayer for pregnancy, said in front of her, can work wonders and give a long-awaited child.
Divine image of the Mother of God "Guide of sinners". His presence is an honor to any prayer house. The earnest appeals of the mother will be heard, her child will be healed of a serious illness.
Holy face of the Virgin "Softener of evil hearts". A prayer for pregnant women, read next to this icon, has a special sacred power. A woman in position, who venerates the image of the patron saint on the icon, will leave her anxiety for the development of the fetus in her womb and for the resolution of pregnancy. The face of the Virgin in the house promises happiness to the spouses. If her image is hung at the entrance to the dwelling, then the protection of the family hearth from adversity will be stronger.

On the eve of delivery, the woman in labor experiences severe confusion. During this period, she puts a special meaning into appeals to the patron saints, leafing through the prayer book in search of the necessary and accurate prayer texts that can help the birth of a healthy baby. The images of the Mother of God “In childbirth helper” and “Healer” have miraculous power. You can refer to the faces depicted on them in your own words, believing and hoping, and then the Mother of God will send easy childbirth and a healthy newborn child.

Prayer of a pregnant woman for a safe resolution

Oh, Glorious Mother of God, have mercy on me, Thy servant, come to my aid during my illnesses and dangers, with which all the poor daughters of Eve give birth.

Remember, O Blessed One in women, with what joy and love You went hastily to a mountainous country to visit Your relative Elizabeth during her pregnancy, and what a miraculous effect Your grace-filled visit had on both mother and baby.

And according to Thy inexhaustible mercy, grant me, Thy humiliated servant, to be relieved of the burden safely; grant me this grace so that the child, now resting under my heart, having come to his senses, with joyful leaping, like the holy baby John, worships the Divine Lord the Savior, who, out of love for us sinners, did not disdain himself to become a Baby.

The inexpressible joy that your virgin heart was filled with when looking at your newborn Son and Lord, may it alleviate the sorrow that is coming to me amid the illnesses of birth.

May the life of the world, my Savior, born of Thee, save me from death, which cuts off the lives of many mothers at the hour of resolution, and may the fruit of my womb be counted among the elect of God.
Hear, O Most Holy Queen of Heaven, my humble supplication and look upon me, a poor sinner, with Thy eye of grace; do not shame my hope in Your great mercy and fall on me. Helper of Christians, Healer of diseases, may I also be able to experience for myself that You are the Mother of Mercy, and may I always glorify Your grace, which has never rejected the prayers of the poor and delivers all those who call on You during times of sorrow and illness. Amen.

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Prayer for the preservation of pregnancy to the Lord Jesus Christ

Almighty God, Creator of everything visible and invisible! To You, beloved Father, we resort, gifted with the mind of creation, because You, on special advice, created our race, having created our body from the earth with indescribable wisdom and breathed into it the soul from Your Spirit, so that we would be Your likeness.

And although it was in Your will to create us immediately, like the angels, if only You wanted, but Your wisdom was pleased that through husband and wife, in Your established order of marriage, the human race multiplied; You wanted to bless people so that they would grow and multiply and fill not only the earth, but also the angelic hosts.

O God and Father! May Your name be forever glorified and glorified for all that You have done for us! I also thank You for Your mercy, that not only I, according to Your will, came from Your wonderful creation and replenish the number of the elect, but that You honored me to bless in marriage and sent me the fruit of the womb.

This is Your gift, Your Divine mercy, O Lord and Father of spirit and body! Therefore, I turn to You alone and pray to You with a humble heart for mercy and help, so that what You do in me by Your power will be preserved and brought to a prosperous birth. For I know, O God, that it is not in the power and power of man to choose his own path; we are too weak and prone to fall to bypass all those networks that the evil spirit sets up for us at Your will, and avoid those misfortunes into which our frivolity plunges us.

Your wisdom is limitless. Whom do you wish. Through Your angel, You will save us unharmed from every misfortune. Therefore, I, merciful Father, commit myself in my sorrow into Your hands and pray that You look at me with the eye of mercy and save me from all suffering.

Send me and my dear husband joy, O God, Lord of all joy! So that we, at the sight of Your blessing, worship You with all our heart and serve with a joyful spirit. I do not want to be removed from what You imposed on our entire race, commanding to give birth to children in illnesses.

But I humbly ask You to help me endure suffering and send a prosperous outcome. And if You hear this prayer of ours and send us a healthy and good child, then we swear to bring him back to You and consecrate him to You, so that You remain for us and our seed a merciful God and Father, as we swear to always be Your faithful servants together with our child.

Hear, merciful God, the prayer of your servant, fulfill the prayer of our heart, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our Savior, who became incarnate for us, now abides with you and the Holy Spirit and rules in eternity. Amen.

Selfless faith in the help of the Higher powers can work miracles. Everything related to childbearing is sacred. Whether a mother begged for an easy delivery for her daughter or health for a sick newborn, whether a woman in labor prayed on the eve of childbirth for their relief - not a single appeal to the Almighty will go unanswered if you believe with all your heart and pray earnestly. After turning to the Lord God, you must definitely thank him for all the blessings that he sends down.

Prayers for a pregnant woman and a woman in labor. Orthodox patron saints of pregnant women and their icons

Every believing Orthodox pregnant woman needs to know what prayers to the Lord God and the Mother of God will reduce her suffering. Pregnant women and women in childbirth should always have such prayers at hand and read twice a day - in the morning and in the evening every day.

Miracles exist only for those who believe in them. Whoever has faith in God in his soul will multiply, and whoever does not have faith, the last thing will be taken from him.

Pregnancy is always a test, and childbirth is the peak, the culmination of the torment of every woman, doomed because of the original sin of Eve to suffering at the birth of children.

Not all women have a smooth and safe pregnancy. And then it is important to know which patron saints you should turn to for help with the help of an official or your own prayer.

Even if the pregnancy of the future mother proceeds safely, this does not at all guarantee a quick, easy, painless and hassle-free delivery of a healthy, intelligent, kind, beautiful, happy baby, blessed by the Lord God.

This must be asked of the Lord and the Mother of God the Blessed Virgin Mary, the patron saints of pregnant women and women in labor every day, every free moment. And they will definitely hear your spiritual prayer, prayer - you just need to sincerely and wholeheartedly believe that the Lord is merciful and omnipotent.

Some women give birth to children very easily, like from a machine gun - one after another. Some bear children, as in an incubator, up to 60 years. But the Lord does not grant such joy to all ladies - to safely endure the hardships of a pregnant life and quickly, easily give birth to healthy babies.

Many young mothers who have gone through the hellish torments of a difficult pregnancy and childbirth with complications (when the baby is located with the pelvis towards the exit from the mother, when his neck is wrapped around the umbilical cord and the day before the birth you can’t even sit down at all - it means strangling the baby itself) come to faith in God, seek protection from the patron saints, from the Mother of God, find and read prayers for the health of their children, buy in Orthodox churches the icon-patron of pregnant and already born children.

It is never too late to turn to the Lord for help. But it is better, of course, to remember the Divine help and protection sooner rather than later.

Therefore, in this article I publish Orthodox prayers that will help pregnant women and women in labor to alleviate their suffering and overcome doubts, I print just below the patron saints of expectant mothers and their children, and I also publish those icons that a pregnant woman needs to pray.

All materials are taken from official website of the Orthodox Church Pravoslavie.ru , as well as from a booklet bought in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, called "Prayers for Children", which was published by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Poltava diocese in the Transfiguration of the Mharsky Monastery in 2001 in the amount of 40,000 copies.

Icons for pregnant women, women in labor and mothers.

The main Holy Patroness of women in pregnancy and childbirth is the Mother of God and her icon "Help in childbirth", it is called - "the holy Image of the Blessed Virgin Mary in childbirth Helper".

Also, pregnant women and women who have already become mothers should appeal to the Mother of God through Her following miraculous icons:

Icon mammalgives mothers milk, children food, adults wisdom;

Icon of the Holy Mother of GodMind additionhelps children in their studies and helps people cope with difficult everyday situations. It is good for this image to pray to those women whom men abandoned during their pregnancy;

Icon Upbringinghelps to raise children;

Softening of Evil Hearts (Seven Shooters)the icon will help a pregnant woman or a woman in labor, in the hour of her grief, sadness and illness, to survive everything, to endure with God's help the prayers of the Virgin;

If you feel bad and you don’t know which icon to pray for the Lord God to hear you faster, then pray to the image of the VirginQuick Hearer- she hears all our requests - both large and small, and quickly, quickly helps people if these requests-prayers are pleasing to God;

Icon healer- heals from any diseases, even from those before which modern scientific doctors hopelessly lowered their hands;

Icon All-Tsaritsa- helps cancer patients and other seriously ill people;

Soothe my sorrows- helps fight fears, anxieties and doubts, drives away depression, which affects almost all pregnant women and women in labor;

Inexhaustible Chalice- helps to return drunkards to normal life, which is important for wives with drinking husbands;

The guarantor of sinners- the miraculous icon of the Virgin, prayer to which, by the great mercy of God, releases the most serious sins - betrayal, abortion, heals small children and adults from many diseases;

Icon of Unexpected Joy- gives people hope even in the most hopeless life situations, resolves, cuts the most difficult problems in a person's life - you just need to believe and pray, trust in the Lord God, ask under the intercessory wing of the Most Holy Theotokos;

Look for humility- this holy image helps believers who are doing well, people who are trying to lead a righteous lifestyle, not become proud and not get carried away;

Recovery of the Dead- the miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary, which helps in life, and in illness, and in poverty, and in sin;

Bread Tenderblesses people for any undertaking pleasing to God.

ORTHODOX PRAYER OF A PREGNANT WOMAN TO THE MOTHER OF GOD

Oh, Glorious Mother of God, have mercy on me, Thy servant, and come to my aid during my illnesses and dangers, with which all the poor daughters of Eve give birth.

Remember, O Blessed One in women, with what joy and love You went hastily to a mountainous country to visit Your relative Elizabeth during her pregnancy, and what a wonderful effect Your grace-filled visit had on both mother and baby.

And according to Thy inexhaustible mercy, grant me, Thy most humble servant, to be relieved of the burden safely; grant me this grace so that the child, now resting under my heart, having come to his senses, with joyful leaping, like the holy baby John, worships the Divine Lord Savior, who, out of love for us sinners, did not disdain himself to become a baby.

The unexpressed joy that filled Your virgin heart when looking at Your newborn Son and Lord, may it alleviate the sorrow that is coming to me amid the illnesses of birth.

Hear, Most Holy Queen of Heaven, my humble prayer and look down on me, a poor sinner, with Your eye of grace; do not shame my hope in Your great mercy and fall on me.

Helper of Christians, Healer of diseases, may I also be able to experience for myself that You are the Mother of Mercy, and may I always glorify Your grace, which has never rejected the prayers of the poor and delivers all those who call on You during sorrow and illness. Amen.

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Prayer of a pregnant woman and a woman in labor to the Lord

Almighty, miraculous, merciful God, Creator and Preserver of heaven and earth and all creatures, Who Himself pronounced a blessing on all Christian spouses: grow and multiply!

And again: this is the inheritance from the Lord: children, the fruit of the womb, a reward from Him.

I thank Thee that You have made me a partaker of this blessing and Thy gift in my marital state, and I pray Thee: deign to bless the fruit of the womb, bestowed upon me by Thee, bless and delight it with Thy Holy Spirit, accept Thy beloved children among the number of Thy beloved ones and make them partakers of the holy sacraments of the Church Thy beloved Son, my Lord Jesus Christ, so that he may be sanctified and cleansed from the poisonous infection of hereditary sin in which he was conceived.

Lord God!

I and the fruit of my womb are children of wrath by nature, but You, beloved Father, have mercy on us, and sprinkle the fruit of my womb with hyssop, so that it will be clean, wash it, and it will become whiter than snow.

Strengthen and keep him in the womb until the hour when he should be born into the world.

This fruit of my womb was not hidden from You, when it was formed in the womb, Your hands arranged it, You gave it life and breath, and may Your supervision preserve them.

Save me from fear and fright and from evil spirits who would like to damage and crush the work of Your hands.

Grant him a rational soul, and make his body grow healthy and undefiled, with whole, healthy members, and when the time and hour come, resolve me by Your mercy.

Grant me strength and strength for my birth, bless him with Your almighty help and ease my suffering, because this is Your work, the miraculous power of Your omnipotence, the work of Your mercy and mercy.

Remember the word that You spoke: You took me out of the womb; I am devoted to You from birth; from my mother's womb You are my God; You gave me rest at my mother's breast.

You are the God who knows and sees the needs of all people; You said: A woman, when she gives birth, suffers grief, because her hour has come.

God!

For the sake of this heartfelt compassion of Yours and for the sake of Your pity-filled heart, I beseech You, deign to relieve my sorrow, which You foresaw, and bring forth the fruit of my womb, with a healthy, living body and intact, well-formed members.

I entrust him to you, into your almighty, fatherly hands, in your mercy and mercy, and I place him, Lord Jesus Christ, in your holy arms, bless this fruit of my womb, as you blessed the children brought to you when you spoke : let the children go and do not prevent them from coming to me, because such is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Savior!

Thus I bring to Thee also this fruit of my womb; lay your graceful hand upon him.

Bless him with the finger of Your Holy Spirit and bless him when he comes into this world with holy, blessed baptism; sanctify and renew him to eternal life through rebirth, make him also a member of your holy body and your holy Christian church, so that praise to you is pronounced from his lips, and he is and forever remains a child and heir of eternal life, through the holy, Your bitter suffering and Your death and Your holy name, Jesus Christ. Amen.

(Prayer of the priest G. Dyachenko)

Prayer with a request to give birth to healthy children before the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, called the "Healer"

Accept, O All-Blessed and Almighty Lady Mistress Virgin Mary, these prayers, with tears to Thee now brought from us unworthy Thy servants to Thy whole-bearing Image, the singing of those who send with tenderness, as if You yourself are here and hearken to our prayer.

By any request, do fulfillment, ease sorrows, grant health to the weak, heal the weak and sick, drive away demons from heaven, deliver the offended from insults, cleanse lepers and have mercy on small children; also to the Lady Mistress Theotokos, and from bonds and dungeons you free and heal all kinds of passions; All things are possible through Your intercession to Your Son, Christ our God.

O Spepetaya Mother, Holy Mother of God!

Do not stop praying for us Thy unworthy servants, who glorify Thee and honor Thee, and who worship Thy Most Pure Image with tenderness, and who have irrevocable hope and unquestionable faith in Thee, the Most Glorious and Immaculate Ever-Virgin, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen.

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Not other imams of help, not other imams of hope, unless You, the Lady, help us: we hope in You, and we boast in You; For I am thy servants, let us not be ashamed.

Orthodox prayer during physical illness and mental pain to the holy great martyr and healer Panteleimon

Oh, the great saint of Christ, the passion-bearer and doctor, the merciful Panteleimon! Have mercy on me, a sinful slave, hear my groaning and cry, have mercy on the heavenly, supreme Physician of our souls and bodies, Christ our God, may He grant me healing from the disease that oppresses me.
Accept the unworthy prayer of the sinner more than all people. Visit me with a blessed visit. Do not disdain my sinful sores, anoint them with the oil of your mercy and heal me; yes, healthy in soul and body, the rest of my days, by the grace of God, I can spend in repentance and pleasing God and be able to perceive the good end of my life.

Hey, God's servant! Pray for Christ God, that by your intercession he will grant health to my body and the salvation of my soul. Amen.

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Also, during illnesses and pains, it is useful for physical and mental health to read the 90th psalm “Alive in the help of the highest” and the prayer “May God rise again”, as well as the strong prayer “Symbol of Faith”.

When reading these prayers, you can constantly baptize a sick person as a whole or those parts of his body that hurt (neck, stomach, back).

If a pregnant woman does not feel well, it is advisable to submit a note about her health to the church, order a magpie about health, or even order a private service about her health.

Prayer Creed

I believe in one God the Father, Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, visible to all and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Only Begotten, Who was born of the Father before all ages; Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, uncreated, consubstantial with the Father, Whom all was.

For us for the sake of man and for our sake of salvation, he descended from heaven and became incarnate from the Holy Spirit and Mary the Virgin, and became human. Crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffering, and buried. And resurrected on the third day according to the Scriptures.

And ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father. And the packs of the future with glory to judge the living and the dead, His Kingdom will have no end.

And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Life-Giving One, Who proceeds from the Father, Who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who spoke the prophets.

Into one Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.

I confess one baptism for the remission of sins.

I look forward to the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the age to come. Amen.

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Psalm 90

Alive in the help of the Most High, in the blood of the God of Heaven will settle. The Lord says: Thou art my intercessor and my refuge, my God, and I trust in Him.

Yako He will deliver you from the net of the hunter, and from the word of the rebellious, the splash of His will overshadow thee, and under His wings you hope: His truth will be your weapon.

Do not be afraid of the fear of the night, from the arrow flying in the days, from the thing in the darkness of the transient, from the scum, and the demon of the afternoon. A thousand will fall from your country, and darkness at your right hand, but it will not come close to you, both look with your eyes, and see the reward of sinners.

As you, O Lord, are my hope, the Most High have laid down your refuge. Evil will not come to you, and the wound will not approach your body, as if by His Angel a commandment about you, save you in all your ways.

They will take you in their hands, but not when you stumble your foot on a stone, step on the asp and the basilisk, and cross the lion and the serpent.

For I have trusted in Me, and I will deliver, and I will cover, and, as I know My name. He will call to Me, and I will hear him: I am with him in sorrow, I will crush him, and I will glorify him, I will fulfill him with long life, and I will show him My salvation.

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Orthodox prayer "Let God rise again"

Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered, and let those who hate Him flee from His presence.

As the smoke disappears, let them disappear; as wax melts from the face of fire, so let the scales perish from the face of those who love God and are marked by the sign of the cross, and say in joy: Rejoice, Most Honorable and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, drive away the demons by the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, crucified on you, descended into hell and corrected the power the devil, and who gave us His Honorable Cross to drive away every adversary.

O Most Honorable and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord! Help me with the Holy Lady Virgin Mother of God and with all the saints forever. Amen.

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Also, do not forget to pray to your Guardian Angel and the saint whose name you bear.

Prayer to the Guardian Angel

Holy Angel, stand before my accursed soul and my passionate life, do not leave me a sinner, depart from me below for my intemperance.

Give no place to the crafty demon to possess me, the violence of this mortal body; strengthen my poor and thin hand and guide me on the path of salvation.

Hey, holy angel of God, guardian and patron of my damned soul and body, forgive me all, insult you with great insults all the days of my stomach, and if I have sinned this past night, cover me this present day, and save me from every temptation of the opposite Yes, in no sin will I anger God, and pray for me to the Lord, may he confirm me in His fear, and show me worthy of His servant of goodness. Amen.

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Prayer to your saint

Pray to God for me, holy servant of God (name, for example, Tatyana, Vera, Olga t), as I diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for my soul.

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During pregnancy and childbirth, you can and should read a prayer from the evil eye, damage, bad wishes of bad people, from sorcery.

Orthodox prayer from sorcery

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, protect me with Your holy angels, with the prayers of the All-Pure Lady of Our Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, by the power of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross, the holy Archangel Michael of God and other incorporeal heavenly powers, the holy prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John, the holy apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, Hieromartyr Cyprian and Martyr Justina, Saint Nicholas, Archbishop of the World of Lycia, Wonderworker, Saint Leo, Bishop of Catania, Saint Nikita of Novgorod, Saint Joasaph of Belgorod, Saint Mitrofan of Voronezh, Saint Sergius, Abbot of Radonezh, Saint Zosima and Savvatius Solov Seraphim of Sarov, the miracle worker, the holy martyrs Faith, Hope, Love and their mother Sophia, the holy martyr Tryphon, the holy and righteous fathers of God Joachim and Anna and all Your saints, help me, Your unworthy servant (the name of the prayer), deliver me from all the slander of the enemy , from all evil, witchcraft, magic, charms action and from crafty people, so that they will not be able to do me any harm.

Lord, with the light of Your radiance, save me in the morning, and noon, and evening, and for the dream of the future, and by the power of Your grace, turn away and remove all evil wickedness, acting at the instigation of the devil. If any evil is conceived or done, return it to hell. For Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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Holy patrons and patronesses of pregnant women and women in childbirth

During difficult childbirth and difficult pregnancy, one must pray first of all to the Mother of GodVirgin Mary and her icon "Feodorovskaya" and "Assistant in childbirth",

Venerable Melania the Romans,

Great Martyr Anastasia the Destroyer,

Righteous Zechariah and Elizabeth,

Great Martyr Catherine.

For happiness in the family and marriage, one must pray to the Most Holy Theotokos, to his Guardian Angel, blessed Peter and Fevronia of Murom, martyr Paraskeva Pyatnitsa.

It is also worth knowing that prayers to these saints can be found in prayer books at your local Orthodox church (do not buy religious literature and icons from your hands and in stores!)

But it’s even better to buy a large collection of akathists to God, the Mother of God and the saints, and in case of great illnesses, pains and sufferings, not limit yourself to prayers only, but also read these akathists (they can be read not only standing, but also sitting, and lying down, if it’s bad, it doesn’t matter feel yourself).

The task of a pregnant woman is to carry and give birth to a healthy baby. Frequent stress, worries, illnesses and infections can become a significant threat, so the expectant mother thinks about how to prevent all sorts of complications. Prayer for the birth of a healthy child is a powerful helper in this case.

How to Prepare for Prayer

It often happens that babies are responsible for the sins of their parents. You can prevent this by doing the following:

repent before conception or after it;
confess and take the sacrament;
to refuse from bad habits;
light candles in the church near the icons of Jesus, St. Matrona and St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.

Before the face of the Matrona, it is worth saying the following words:

“Blessed Staritsa, Matrona of Moscow. Send me a healthy child and do not punish him for my sinful life. Amen!"

At home, it is worth preparing everything you need for petition: icons, candles, consecrated water.

If you are seeing a doctor, then do not stop doing this, prayers must be combined with traditional treatment.

Rules for addressing the Higher Forces

Even in the womb, the baby feeds on the prayer energy and faith of his mother. You can ask for help in a church or at home, mentally turning to the saints in your own words.

Prayer during pregnancy will have a beneficial effect on the development of the fetus and the condition of the mother, if the following recommendations are followed:

stay in the room alone, turn off the TV, radio;
focus on the request;
light candles and place yourself in front of the faces of the saints;
read texts with strong faith and pure thoughts;
pray sincerely and earnestly for two lives;
ask for help every day in the morning and evening, crossing himself before this;
in the process of praying, imagine the pregnancy that has taken place.

It is worthwhile to understand that prayer in the Orthodox faith is not used as a talisman. It is a living relationship with the Lord. Man is rewarded for his faith. It is necessary to pronounce everyday texts, adding to them the prayers of a pregnant woman. When there is time, it is worth making petitions more often: when leaving the house and after returning, before and after the meal.

The appeal must come from a woman with good intentions. If you feel demanding in reading, then you should not expect a positive result. In addition to special texts, you can pronounce your own words coming from the heart. They will also be heard.

In the morning you should take holy water and use prosphora. If possible, you need to read the Holy Letter, the New Testament. Other spiritual literature is also suitable for internal enrichment. There is a Christian tradition according to which a pregnant woman takes a blessing from a priest for carrying a baby, and eventually for childbirth.

Purpose of prayer

The Lord is present in every person. When a woman's faith is strong and sincere, and she asks for help, her efforts will be noticed. During pregnancy, turning to God and saints performs at least 4 functions.

Fencing - the female body during the bearing of the baby experiences great physical and emotional stress. All these factors have an impact on the health of the unborn baby. To protect him in the womb, they use a protective prayer. A woman, reading the Bible, glorifies God, thanks him for the gift of having a child. The Lord enters the world of a pregnant woman, filling it with peace and joy. The prayer process is accompanied by positive emotions that go from the woman to the fetus and create protection for him.
Blessing - the expectant mother addresses her baby in the womb, says good words to him, asks God's blessing for him. Such petitions cannot go unnoticed, and the Lord answers them. The baby in the womb is filled with love, the highest virtue is formed in it.
Consecration - a woman completely entrusts her child into the hands of the Lord. She promises to do everything in her power so that the baby in the future reaches Christ, without which human life is meaningless.
Thanksgiving - a pregnant woman, as soon as she learns about a new life inside herself, must realize the whole essence of her birth. A child is a gift from God. You need to thank him right away.

It is especially necessary to pray for girls who are suspicious, insecure, prone to panic. After reading special words, a woman is able to move on. In her soul, harmony and peace occupy the main place.

To whom to pray

You can ask for help from different saints. There are many patrons who grant health to women and their children.

Lord God

Prayer to the Almighty contributes to the successful bearing and birth of a healthy baby. A pregnant woman needs to rely on his assistance. The text of the request should be:

“God's solar blessing, open the source of my life force to bring the miracle of the birth of a new life, and I will pray to give it a source. Saturate, Lord, with the power of life my particles for a miraculous manifestation, two bodies will merge and give the basis of a new life, and I will be healed by the Lord from limitation, and with my life force the Light of Heavenly touch will flow into the life of a new being. Amen!"

Holy Mother of God

The Lord chose Mary to bring into the world the savior of the world - Jesus. She personifies the perfection of women and mothers. The love of the Mother of God for people is not limited.

The Blessed Mary is able to understand the grief of a mother more than others. She is an assistant to pregnant women, women in childbirth, an intercessor of the family. Prayers to the saint will help you get pregnant. They contribute to the preservation of the baby in the womb of a woman. To do this, the following text is spoken before the icon:

“O most holy Virgin, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, intercessor of all sinful faithful who ask! Take a look from the height of your heavenly throne, turn your gaze to the indecent me that stands before your icon. Hear my humble prayer, and lift it up to the Lord Most High. Beg Your only Son to lower his eyes on me, a sinner! May He illuminate the sinful soul with the light of heavenly grace, may He cleanse my mind from the burdens of the world and obscene worries. May he forgive all the evil deeds done, may he save me from eternal torment and not deprive me of His Kingdom of Heaven! Blessed Mother of God! You deigned to be named in Your image, but commanded to resort to You with every prayer and request. In Thee, O Lord, all my hope, yes, all my hope. Under your Cover I run away, but I present myself under Your intercession forever. I praise and thank our Lord, but he gave me the happiness of marriage. I beg you, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, may the Almighty send me and my husband a child. May He give me the fruit of my womb. Change the sorrow in my soul, and send me the joy of motherhood. I praise Thee all the days of my life! Amen!"

Joachim and Anna

This is the mother and father of the Blessed Mary. Spouses for a long time could not have children. The Lord blessed the couple, and in adulthood they had a daughter.

God has chosen her for an honorable mission. Saints are asked to help conceive a child and keep the pregnancy alive when complications arise. If there is a threat of miscarriage, say the following words:

“Oh, glorification of the righteous of Christ, the holy fathers of God Joachim and Anna, coming to the Heavenly Throne of the Great Tsar and having great boldness towards Him, as if from your Most Blessed Daughter, the Most Pure Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, who willed incarnate! To you, as a powerful representative and diligent prayer book for us, we resort, sinful and unworthy. Pray for His goodness, as if He would turn away His anger from us, according to our deeds righteously moved on us, and let our innumerable transgressions despise, turn us to the path of repentance, and confirm us on the paths of His commandments. Also, with your prayers, save our life in the world, and ask for good haste in all the good things, all that we need from God for life and piety, granting us from all misfortunes and troubles and sudden deaths by your intercession, delivering us, and protecting us from all enemies visible and invisible, as if we would live a quiet and silent life in all piety and purity, and such a temporary life in the world has passed away, we will achieve eternal peace, even if by your holy prayer let us be vouchsafed to the Heavenly Kingdom of Christ our God, to Him, with the Father and the Most Holy Spirit, all glory befits , honor and worship forever and ever. Amen".

Holy Prophet Zechariah and Righteous Elizabeth

The parents of John the Baptist are the holy prophet Zacharias and the righteous Elizabeth. They are prayed for if they cannot get pregnant. The following words are used:

“O holy saint of God, the prophet Zechariah and the righteous Elisabeth! Having fought a good feat on earth, you naturally received in heaven the crown of righteousness, which the Lord has prepared for all those who love Him. Meanwhile, looking at your holy image, we rejoice in the glorious end of your residence and honor your holy memory. But you, standing before the Throne of God, accept our prayers and bring to the All-Merciful God, to forgive us every sin and help us become against the wiles of the devil, and get rid of sorrows, illnesses, troubles and misfortunes and all evil, we will live piously and righteously in the present forever and let us be honored by your intercession, if not worthy of us, to see the good on the land of the living, glorifying the One in His saints glorifying God, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever. Amen".

Matrona of Moscow

Since childhood, the saint had the gift to see human sins and heal various diseases. Now women who are unable to conceive a baby are praying to her. You need to start praying with the belief that pregnancy will happen.

They also ask for the well-being of the fetus. If possible, go to church. Otherwise, the petition is started at home in front of the face of the Matrona. A candle is lit in front of her. The prayer of a pregnant woman for the health of the baby sounds like this:

“Blessed Staritsa, Matrona of Moscow, I, the Servant of God (proper name) with a heartfelt request. Send me a safe discharge from the burden and send me a healthy child. Just do not transfer my sins to him, let me repent of them myself before the Lord God. Do not punish my baby for my sinful life, because all the sins were committed by me out of ignorance. Amen!"

Nicholas the Wonderworker

Nicholas the Wonderworker is the patron saint of families, mothers and young children. Nikolay is asked for help if it is not possible to conceive a child. Such a prayer has great power:

“Oh, Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker! Beloved saint of the Lord! Our intercessor before the Heavenly Father, yes, in the sorrows of our earthly helpers! Hear my weak prayer, and exalt it to the Almighty! Begged the Lord our God to turn your Royal gaze to your sinful servant, to grant forgiveness of all my sins, and evil deeds. I have sinned greatly from my youth, in my life in words, deeds, and thoughts and feelings. Help me, accursed, implore our Heavenly Creator, the Creator of all earthly creatures, may he hear my prayer. All the days of my life I glorify our Lord the Most High: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, may your merciful representation now and forever forever. Amen!"

Peter and Fevronia

Peter and Fevronia personify loyalty and love. Their couple patronize families. Petitions addressed to Peter and Seraphim help to conceive a baby. It is necessary to mentally imagine the pregnancy and the baby that has taken place. A strong prayer for pregnancy sounds like this:

“Holy Pleasures of the Lord, Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia! I resort to you, sinner, and with weeping I pray for your grace-filled mercy! Lift up my prayers for (it is necessary to name the names of the spouses), and ask the Almighty King to send us various graces: right faith, good hope, sincere love, unshakable piety, and prosperity in good deeds. Do not despise my prayer, but exalt it before the Heavenly Throne of our Lord Jesus Christ. May I raise up the immeasurable love of mankind of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit in all ages of ages. Amen!"

Types of prayers

You can ask God and the saints for help at different periods of bearing a baby and for different purposes. All prayers express the humility and obedience of a Christian. A pregnant woman should prepare to accept God's will.

For conception

Often, due to chronic diseases, abortions, bad habits, it is not possible to give birth to a new life. It happens that doctors do not find serious reasons, but conception still does not occur.

When a woman in a couple cannot get pregnant, prayers will be a strong help. It is necessary to seek help from the Lord God and the saints. The words of a woman will be strengthened by the millions of petitions of the same suffering, so they will easily reach heaven and be heard.

The text is spoken by the wife on behalf of both spouses. You can ask the Holy Spirit for help with the following words:

“Pure heavenly blood, Divine power is wonderful. Any word of His is to the point, and our prayer is to a new body. Help God's servants of yours, baptized (names of spouses), mother and father begotten, have a baby 9 months later. In the name of our Lord. Amen!"

The text is repeated daily until the desired pregnancy occurs. You can not make attempts to conceive on the eve and during the period of fasting, major Christian holidays. At this time, carnal pleasures are prohibited. When a miracle happens, it is necessary to thank the higher powers for their help.

For bearing

It is important for a pregnant woman to prevent complications during pregnancy. If there are any problems, then it is worth resorting to a prayer appeal to God with the following words:

“Almighty Lord the Most High, the Creator of everything visible and invisible in the world around us! To You, the All-Merciful Father, we who live resort, because it was You who created the human race, having created our body with the wisdom deep from the earth and breathing into us the soul from Your Spirit. It was your wisdom that through a wife and a husband the human race should multiply. You desired to bless people so that they multiply and grow. Oh, Father Almighty! I glorify and glorify Your name for mercy and for everything done for us. I also thank you for the fact that by your will I myself was created and for the fact that in marriage you blessed me and sent me a fetus. This is your gift, your grace. Therefore, to you alone, Lord, I turn with a prayer and a humble heart, so that the fruit is preserved and my child comes safely into the world. Oh, God, I understand that you appoint a human path, and we have no right to choose it on our own. Therefore, I, the Servant of God (proper name), give myself into your hands and pray for your mercy. Send my husband and I joy and joy. A child born, we vow to bring him to you. And together with him we will all faithfully serve you and glorify you. Amen!"

For the successful completion of childbirth

It is necessary to prepare psychologically, physically and spiritually for the birth of a baby. In the third trimester, a pregnant woman is recommended to consecrate a church, taking part in the holy sacraments.

When contractions begin, a woman often experiences fear and panic. And if the birth is the first, then these feelings are manifested especially sharply. In order for the process to be simple and a strong baby to be born, it is necessary to seek God's help. Use the following prayer for the birth of a healthy child:

“Lord Jesus Christ, our God, from the Eternal Father, begotten to the Son before the age, and in the last days, by the goodwill and assistance of the Holy Spirit, deigned to be born from the Most Holy Virgin like a baby, I give birth and put in a manger. Lord Himself, in the beginning He created a man and a wife to hide him, giving them the commandment: Grow, and multiply, and fill the earth; have mercy on your great mercy to your servant (name), who is preparing to give birth according to your commandment. Forgive her voluntary and involuntary sins, by Your grace, grant her the strength to safely get rid of her burden, keep her and the baby in health and goodness, protect Your Angels and save from the hostile actions of evil spirits, and from all evil things. Yako God is Good and Humanitarian, and we send glory to You, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen!"

Prayer for a successful end to pregnancy can also be addressed to the Virgin. The following words are pronounced:

“Oh, the Most Holy Theotokos, who loves people and does not leave us in earthly life. I offer you a prayer of consolation. With spiritual fear and faithful love, Most Holy Theotokos, ask our Lord, your son, to give us salvation so that we can give birth to children of the Lord in pleasing. Ask us to forgive us all our sins, committed through foolishness, and keep us in the purity of humility, so that we live in the hope of Christ's salvation. May the Almighty give us consolation on earth. Holy Mother of God, keep us under the shadow of Your mercy. I pray to you, Servant of God (proper name) for help in childbirth. Save me from any misfortune and turn away from premature death. Give me grace-filled insight, give me the strength not to commit sins, let me gain spiritual purity. I believe in you with all my heart, hear me and give me your goodness. I will glorify the Holy Trinity in the hope of becoming worthy of the Kingdom of Heaven. Amen!"

Such prayers are of great help. They help you achieve the following:

relieve pain;
facilitate the maternity process, especially if everything portends its complexity;
relieve bleeding.

To keep the pregnancy

It happens that the life of the fetus in the womb is in danger. Doctors prescribe a lot of drugs and give recommendations. A strong prayer for pregnant women to save the child will help strengthen faith in a positive outcome of treatment. She will calm the woman, which is very important in such a situation.

There is a large amount of information when, after a difficult gestation, it was possible to give birth to a healthy baby. To save a child, you should ask the Blessed Virgin Mary for help. They pronounce these words:

“Oh, Blessed Mother of God, have mercy on me, the Servant of God (proper name), save me from all dangers and illnesses. Remember, O Blessed One in women, the joy that you experienced when you carried the baby Jesus under your heart. So grant your help to me and help me successfully bear my long-awaited child, and then it will be safely resolved from the burden. Let me experience all the joy of having a baby and forget about the pain associated with it as soon as possible. Save my fetus from possible death and me from death at the hour of resolution. Hear, Holy Mother of God, my humble prayer and grant me your grace. Do not be ashamed of my hope in your great mercy. I will be able to know that you are the true Mother of Mercy. I will praise you all the time. Amen!"

For the proper development of the baby

The expectant mother worries about the health of the fetus throughout pregnancy. If the doctors found some deviations from him, then at this time all the forces and desires of the expectant mother are focused on the correct development of the child in the womb. A woman's petition will help bear a healthy and strong child. It is worth turning to the Mother of God for help. For this, the following prayer is suitable:

“Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God! Hear the mother's prayer for your child! Ask Our Lord to send him good health, mental and physical! Take sickness and sorrow away from my child! To the glory of our Lord, Amen!”

For the birth of a boy or girl

Before conception or in the early stages of pregnancy, when a woman does not know who will be born to her, you can ask the saints to help in their desires. In order for the girl to see the light, it is necessary to pray to St. Paraskeva Pyatnitsa:

“O holy and blessed Paraskevo, the martyr of Christ, beauty of a virgin, praise of martyrs, purity of image, magnanimous mirror, wise surprise, Christian faith guardian, accuser of idol flattery, champion of the Divine Gospel, zealot of the commandments of the Lord, worthy to come to the haven of eternal rest and in the devil of the Bridegroom your Christ God, lightly rejoicing, adorned with the crown of virginity and martyrdom! We pray to you, holy martyr, be sad for us to Christ God. With His most blessed vision, it is always rejoicing; pray to the All-Merciful, even with a word, open the eyes of the blind, may he save us from the disease of our eyes, both bodily and spiritual; kindle with your holy prayers the dark darkness that has come from our sins, ask the Father of Light for the light of grace with our spiritual and bodily eyes; enlighten us, darkened by sins; the light of God's grace, but for the sake of your holy prayers, sweet sight will be given to the innocent. O great saint of God! O most courageous girl! O strong martyr Saint Paraskevo! With your holy prayers, be our sinful helper, intercede and pray for the accursed and viciously negligent sinners, hasten to help us, for these are very weak. Pray to the Lord, pure maiden, pray to the Merciful, holy martyr, pray to your Bridegroom, immaculate bride of Christ, and help with your prayers, the darkness of sin is gone, in the light of true faith and deeds of the Divine, we will enter into the light of the eternal day of the never-ending, into the city of joy forever, into now you shine brightly with glory and endless joy, glorify and sing with all the Heavenly Forces the Trisagionary One Deity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen!"

To get pregnant with a boy, you should contact the blessed Alexander Svirsky. This is an Orthodox hegumen who lived as a recluse on the Holy Lake. You need to pray, saying the following words:

“Oh, sacred earthly angel, God-bearing and reverend Father Alexander, humble saint of the Most Holy One, many who live in Your mercy turn to You with faith and love. Ask for us, God's servants (names of the spouses), for the long-awaited miracle, the new life of your gender. Contribute with your intercession, God's saint, ruler of our world. May the holy church of God be in peace. Be for us a merciful miracle worker, helper in all circumstances and sorrows. Do not be ashamed of our prayers, do not despise our humble prayers, but intercede for us before the Throne of the Life-Giving Trinity, so that we may be honored in the villages of Royal Majesty, and the grace and forgiveness of God will come. Amen!"

For guard

You can write a prayer on a piece of paper and carry it with you to be protected. The text is regularly read, especially before going out into a crowded place. Sacred words will protect you and your child:

“Lord, the Most High, the All-Powerful and the All-Merciful, bless me, the Servant of God (proper name), who bears the future life in her womb. Support me at every moment and at every hour. The cross is my baptist, save my soul from evil. Save my womb from evil looks. Amen!"

From the evil eye

During the gestation period, a woman is very vulnerable. The energy protection of the expectant mother is weakening, so the woman is easily amenable to negative influence from the outside. If you feel an unkind look on yourself, you should immediately step aside and say the following text:

“Lord God, I ask You and I repent of all my sins that were previously committed. I pray and honestly try to live endlessly. Do not allow someone to jinx my pregnancy and harm my child. Your will and your prohibition. Amen!"

Who else can pray

Not only the pregnant woman herself, but also people close to her can ask for the well-being of the child and the expectant mother.

Spouse

The support of a husband during the period of bearing a child is very important for his wife. The prayerful sigh of a spouse has a powerful force. To help a woman, you should use the following words:

“Lord, the Merciful and Almighty, hear me the Servant of God (proper name). I am the husband of my wife, sincere and loving, I pray for help for her. Help the Servant of God (wife's name) during the period of bearing a child, strengthen her spiritual and bodily strength, do not let evil people harm her. Bless, Lord, the fruit that is in her womb, keep it until the hour when it is destined to be born. Send to her, Lord, Your Angel, so that he will always be near her and support her. Amen!"

A husband may also ask for a sick wife. The Holy Letter states that strong faith moves hills. Other people close to the pregnant woman can help with this. Combined efforts and the pronunciation of texts about the health of a woman can provide miraculous healing.

Mother

Maternal prayer for a daughter has great power. It helps to achieve the following results:

establish powerful energy protection;
provide support;
increase the chances of having a healthy baby.

Mom worries about her daughter more than she once did for herself during pregnancy. She can pray to the Mother of God for the preservation of pregnancy, easy bearing of the fetus and a successful birth process. They pronounce these words:

“Holy Virgin, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on Your servant (name) and help in this hour, let your burden be safely resolved. O all-merciful Lady Theotokos, give help to this Thy servant, who requires help, especially from You. I fall down to you, Mother of the Most High God, be merciful, the time has come for her to be a mother, and implore Christ our God, who has incarnated from You, to strengthen her with His strength from above. Amen!"

Mothers say prayers for their daughters in the process of childbirth, when they do not have the strength to turn to the saints. Petitions can relieve pain and speed up the birth of a baby, as well as preserve the health of the baby and the woman in labor. The following text is read before the icon of the Mother of God:

“Blessed to the Lady, the Ever-Virgin Mother of God, God the Word, more than any word for our salvation, giving birth, and His grace more abundant than all others, a sea of Divine gifts and miracles, a river that flows ever-flowing, pouring out goodness to all who, with faith, come running to You! Falling down to Your miraculous image, we pray to You, the all-generous Mother of the Human-loving Lord: surprise us with Your rich mercy, and speed up our petitions, brought to You, quick to hearken, to fulfill everything, for the benefit of consolation and salvation for anyone. Visit, Blessing, Thy servants of Thy grace, give the ailing healing and perfect health, overwhelmed silence, captive freedom and various images of the suffering consolation, deliver, all-merciful Lady, every city and country from gladness, ulcers, coward, flood, fire, sword and other temporal and eternal executions, with Your motherly boldness averting the wrath of God: and spiritual relaxation, overwhelmed by passions and falls, the freedom of Your servant, as if you lived without stumbling in all piety in this age, and in the future of eternal blessings we will be vouchsafed to the grace and philanthropy of Your Son and God, Him all glory, honor and worship is due, with His Beginningless Father and the Most Holy Spirit, now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen!"

Father

Parental love is very strong, so a father can also pray for a daughter. It is necessary to ask for the safe bearing of a child in front of the icon of Christ. They pray to him in this way:

“Our Father, Great Savior, Almighty and All-Merciful. I am the Servant of God (proper name) and I turn to you and trust in you. I ask for help for my daughter, the Servant of God (daughter's name). Do not let her go astray, protect her from evil and dark forces, send her bright meetings and true friendship. Give her the strength to carry the baby safely and give birth to a healthy baby. I ask for support for her in the future, I thank you for every day I live and glorify Your Holy Name. Amen!"

mother in law

For a woman, support from all loved ones is of great importance. Although the daughter-in-law and mother-in-law are not related by blood, the prayer for the health of the pregnant woman will be heard from her lips. It acquires powerful power when it is read in church. It is worth asking for help from the Most Holy Theotokos, using the following text:

“Holy Virgin Mary, Mother of our Savior, I ask you for the health of the Servant of God (name of daughter-in-law). Help her to easily survive the birth and give birth to a healthy baby. Grant her to know happy motherhood and raise her child in the fear of God, glorifying the holy name of our Lord. Be merciful to her, do not let her deviate from the true path, strengthen her with the power of God. Amen!"

Which icon to pray

You need to turn to the saints with petitions daily, but it is not always possible to attend church, so you can do it at home by properly arranging a place for prayer.

How to Prepare for an Appeal

You need to purchase Orthodox images, place them at home and pray to them. After purchasing them, perform the following actions:

A bowl with holy water is placed near the faces of the saints;
Light candles;
Stroke the belly and imagine a healthy baby;
They say the following text:
“Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God. Have mercy on me and forgive all sinful deeds. You give us new life and the Orthodox faith for the salvation of the soul. Bless me for the birth of a healthy child and protect him from terrible diseases. Save my future child from the devilish temptation and carnal temptation. May your will be done. Amen!"
After they are baptized three times, they drink holy water;
Extinguish the candles and remove the icons.

Which faces of the saints to choose

With a prayer for a safe pregnancy, they turn to such Orthodox icons: the Theotokos of Tikhvin, the Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God, St. Paraskeva Pyatnitsa, etc.

The Tikhvin Mother of God is one of the eight miraculous and significant faces in Russia. She is asked to grant the birth of a new life. Helps during pregnancy, promotes safe delivery. Protects babies.

Before the icon, it is necessary to say a prayer for three days. This is done by a husband or wife, grandmother or grandfather. It is also good when everyone living under the same roof with a pregnant woman at least once say this prayer together:

“Mother of God, Intercessor of Kazan. Have mercy and hear my prayer. Send us a healthy child, not sick or sick. Protect him from filth, weakness and human filth. Let the woman in labor endure everything, the womb will tighten, but health will remain. In difficult times, do not leave us, save the child from evil eyes. May it be so. Amen!"

Patronizes families with no children, the Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God. It appeared thanks to the work of St. Luke. You can find it in one of the monasteries of Kostroma. Prayers for pregnant women to this image have great power. Ask for help using the following words:

“I appeal with prayer to you, Heavenly Lady, Most Holy Theotokos. Only you are the comforter in my sorrows. Only to you can I bring my tears and sighs, only you will beg forgiveness from the Lord for my sins, only you can protect me from iniquity. Hear my spiritual groaning, console me and have mercy in my sorrows, protect me in troubles and misfortunes, deliver me from anger at people, as well as all sorts of ailments, from enemies visible and invisible, humble the enmity around me, give deliverance from human slander. Also free me from all bad habits. Shelter me under the shadow of Your mercy, Blessed Mother of God, grant me peace and joy, help me to receive cleansing from sins. Be my intercessor, Holy Mother of God, I entrust my life to you, be my life hope, shelter and help. May your intercession bring me joy and comfort. O Great Lady of the Kingdom of Heaven! Anyone who resorts to you for help is not left without it. I believe and hope that I will be able to glorify you and pray unceasingly for the salvation of my soul. Amen!"

Other icons

Holy Paraskeva Friday protects women's health, helps in the performance of maternal duties. In Russia, she was called "The Holy Woman". A childless husband and wife pray to her. The saint also protects their family hearth.

The image of the Mother of God "Assistant in childbirth" contributes to a successful pregnancy and the easy birth of a baby. It gives strength during pregnancy, makes a woman calmer.

The icon "Softener of Evil Hearts" depicts the Mother of God, pierced by seven arrows, therefore her second name is "Seven Arrows". It will help to overcome the difficulties that arise during the period of bearing a baby. Will take away misfortunes at his birth.

There is no significant difference to whom to pray. Each of the saints hears requests and helps if necessary. You can choose the saint that is closer to you.

After asking

Prayer has no criteria for effectiveness. A woman should not expect that immediately after asking, she will feel something. But if the words were sincere and came with good intentions, then they will certainly be heard by the Higher powers. The Lord will not leave a pregnant woman in difficult times, will heal her and the baby, and facilitate the birth process.

Some people point to the fact that they experience grace after praying. It's hard to put into words what this feeling is. But if it visits a woman, she will immediately understand what was discussed.

When the pregnant woman managed to bear the child, it is necessary to read the thanksgiving text. One of them:

“We thank Thee, O Lord our God, for all Thy good deeds, even from the first age to the present, in us, unworthy Thy servants (names), who were, who are also known and not known, about those who were manifest and not manifest, even those who were in deed and in word: love us as well as Thy only begotten Son for us to give, vouchsafe us worthy of being Thy love. Give by Your word wisdom and Your fear, inhale strength from Your strength, and if we sin willingly or unwillingly, forgive and do not blame, and save our holy soul, and present to Your Throne, I have a clean conscience, and the end is worthy of Your humanity; And remember, Lord, all who call upon Your name in truth; the same we pray to Thee, O Lord, give us Thy benevolence and great mercy.”

Pregnancy is a special state in a woman's life. The expectation of the unborn child transforms her, changes the usual course of life.

In our time of dysfunctional ecology, it is rare for a woman to endure pregnancy without difficulties. And sometimes, it is accompanied by serious ones. When doctors are no longer able to help, only prayer can help save the life of an unborn child.

Turning to God from the heart can work wonders. In addition, prayer calms pregnant women, acting as a talisman for them and strengthening their state of mind. And, as you know, it is one of the key components of a favorable course of pregnancy.

You can pray in your own words. After all, its strength depends on the sincerity of the one who prays. There are also specially composed Orthodox prayers for pregnant women. It is believed that by reading them, future mothers gain strength that will help them endure all hardships.

What are the Orthodox prayers for pregnant women?

In the Orthodox tradition, it is customary for a pregnant woman to pray for her health and the health of her child in front of the parents of the Most Holy Theotokos (Jokim and Anna) and the parents of John the Baptist (Zechariah and Elizabeth). In fact, there are a lot of icons patronizing pregnant women and motherhood. Consider the most revered.

Important icons for future mothers

Before childbirth, prayer for pregnant women is of particular importance. You can pray for a safe resolution in front of the miraculous icons of the Mother of God: “Assistant in childbirth”, “Healer”, “Fedorovskaya”, etc.

Prayers for pregnant women with a threat of miscarriage

It is believed that a prayer for the preservation of pregnancy to the Most Holy Theotokos has special power for a pregnant woman. In addition, you can read the “Prayer for Preservation of Pregnancy to the Lord Jesus Christ” or “Prayer of Pregnant Women” in front of the icon of the Kazan Mother of God and others.

What prayers should be read to pregnant women?

Prayer is an appeal to the Almighty. God hears a sincere heart in all languages, in any form and in any part of our planet. It all depends on the future mother herself and her religion. Prayers for a pregnant woman every day will help to find peace of mind.

Orthodox prayer of a pregnant woman to the Blessed Virgin Mary

The unexpressed joy that filled Your virgin heart when looking at Your newborn Son and Lord, may it alleviate the sorrow that is coming to me amid the illnesses of birth. May the life of the world, my Savior, born of Thee, save me from death, which cuts off the lives of many mothers at the hour of resolution, and may the fruit of my womb be counted among the elect of God.

Hear, Most Holy Queen of Heaven, my humble prayer and look down on me, a poor sinner, with Your eye of grace; do not shame my hope in Your great mercy and fall on me.

Helper of Christians, Healer of diseases, may I also be able to experience for myself that You are the Mother of Mercy, and may I always glorify Your grace, which never rejects the prayers of the poor and delivers all who call on You during sorrow and illness. Amen.

Prayer for the preservation of pregnancy to the Lord Jesus Christ

Almighty God, Creator of everything visible and invisible! To You, beloved Father, we resort, gifted with the mind of creation, because You, on special advice, created our race, having created our body from the earth with indescribable wisdom and breathed into it the soul from Your Spirit, so that we would be Your likeness.

And although it was in Your will to create us immediately, like the angels, if only You wanted, but Your wisdom was pleased that through husband and wife, in Your established order of marriage, the human race multiplied; You wanted to bless people so that they would grow and multiply and fill not only the earth, but also the angelic hosts.

O God and Father! May Your name be forever glorified and glorified for all that You have done for us! I also thank You for Your mercy, that not only I, according to Your will, came from Your wonderful creation and replenish the number of the elect, but that You honored me to bless in marriage and sent me the fruit of the womb.

This is Your gift, Your Divine mercy, O Lord and Father of spirit and body! Therefore, I turn to You alone and pray to You with a humble heart for mercy and help, so that what You do in me by Your power will be preserved and brought to a prosperous birth. For I know, O God, that it is not in the power and power of man to choose his own path; we are too weak and prone to fall to bypass all those networks that the evil spirit sets up for us at Your will, and avoid those misfortunes into which our frivolity plunges us.

Your wisdom is limitless. Whom do you wish. Through Your angel, You will save us unharmed from every misfortune. Therefore, I, merciful Father, commit myself in my sorrow into Your hands and pray that You look at me with the eye of mercy and save me from all suffering.

Send me and my dear husband joy, O God, Lord of all joy! So that we, at the sight of Your blessing, worship You with all our heart and serve with a joyful spirit. I do not want to be removed from what You imposed on our entire race, commanding to give birth to children in illnesses.

But I humbly ask You to help me endure suffering and send a prosperous outcome. And if You hear this prayer of ours and send us a healthy and good child, then we swear to bring him back to You and consecrate him to You, so that You remain for us and our seed a merciful God and Father, as we swear to always be Your faithful servants together with our child.

Hear, merciful God, the prayer of your servant, fulfill the prayer of our heart, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our Savior, who became incarnate for us, now abides with you and the Holy Spirit and rules in eternity. Amen.

Prayer for the preservation of pregnancy to the Blessed Virgin Mary

Oh, Glorious Mother of God, have mercy on me, Thy servant, come to my aid during my illnesses and dangers, with which all the poor daughters of Eve give birth.

The unexpressed joy that filled Your virgin heart when looking at Your newborn Son and Lord, may it alleviate the sorrow that is coming to me amid the illnesses of birth.

May the life of the world, my Savior, born of Thee, save me from death, which cuts off the lives of many mothers at the hour of resolution, and may the fruit of my womb be counted among the elect of God. Hear, Most Holy Queen of Heaven, my humble prayer and look down on me, a poor sinner, with Your eye of grace; do not shame my hope in Your great mercy and fall on me, Helper of Christians, Healer of diseases, may I also be able to experience for myself that You are the Mother of mercy, and may I always glorify Your grace, which never rejects the prayers of the poor and delivers all who call on You during times of grief and illness. Amen.

Prayer of a pregnant woman for a safe resolution

Oh, Glorious Mother of God, have mercy on me, Thy servant, come to my aid during my illnesses and dangers, with which all the poor daughters of Eve give birth.

Remember, O Blessed One in women, with what joy and love You went hastily to a mountainous country to visit Your relative Elizabeth during her pregnancy, and what a miraculous effect Your grace-filled visit had on both mother and baby.

And according to Thy inexhaustible mercy, grant me, Thy humiliated servant, to be relieved of the burden safely; grant me this grace so that the child, now resting under my heart, having come to his senses, with joyful leaping, like the holy baby John, worships the Divine Lord the Savior, who, out of love for us sinners, did not disdain himself to become a Baby.

The inexpressible joy with which Your virgin heart was filled when looking at Your newborn Son and Lord, may it alleviate the sorrow that is coming to me amid the illnesses of birth.

Hear, O Most Holy Queen of Heaven, my humble supplication and look upon me, a poor sinner, with Thy eye of grace; do not shame my hope in Your great mercy and fall on me. Helper of Christians, Healer of diseases, may I also be able to experience for myself that You are the Mother of Mercy, and may I always glorify Your grace, which has never rejected the prayers of the poor and delivers all those who call on You during times of sorrow and illness. Amen.

Prayer for children

Father of bounty and all mercy! As a parent, I would wish my children every abundance of earthly blessings, I would wish them blessings from the dew of heaven and from the fat of the earth, but may Thy holy will be with them!

Arrange their fate according to Your good pleasure, do not deprive them of their daily bread in life, send down to them everything necessary in time for the acquisition of blessed eternity; be merciful to them when they sin against you; impute not to them the sins of youth and their ignorance; bring contrite hearts to them when they resist the guidance of thy goodness; punish and have mercy on them, directing them to the path pleasing to You, but do not reject them from Your face!

Accept with favor their prayers; grant them success in every good deed; turn not thy face away from them in the days of their affliction, lest their temptations be overtaken above their strength. Overshadow them with Your mercy; May Your Angel walk with them and keep them from every misfortune and evil way.

Prayer of a pregnant woman (in her own words)

Lord, I thank you for giving me a child.

And I ask You to bless the fruit within me. Help keep him from vices and diseases. Bless him with full development and health.

Bless me also. So that there are no diseases and complications in my body. Strengthen me and keep us with the child.

May my birth be blessed and easy.

You gave us this miracle. Thank you. But help me to be a worthy mother.

I trust in your hands his life and our future.

Pregnancy and the birth of a child is a real miracle and an incomparable period in a woman’s life in terms of the depth of emotions. Most expectant mothers consider the period of waiting for a baby the happiest in their lives, especially if the pregnancy is long-awaited and desired. However, along with the joy of the upcoming motherhood, fears also come at the same time, which are facilitated and added fuel to the fire by all kinds of publicly available, often frightening information on the Internet. And if there is still really a reason for unrest - how to cope with fear and panic? The birth of a new life is God's gift, therefore, in addition to complete trust in the attending physician and compliance with all his prescriptions for a believing future mother, there is no doubt that you need to rely on God's help.

Everything is the will of the Lord, and we do not know His providence for us, but it is not in vain that there is such a proverb: “A mother’s prayer will get it from the bottom of the sea.” It's no secret that sincere prayer works wonders. And besides everything else, when the expectant mother prays and lives a spiritual life, then the baby in her womb is spiritually strengthened by this prayer, as if praying with her. One of the greatest Orthodox confessors - Theophan the Recluse - says that while a child is in the womb, from the very moment of his conception, everything that happens to his mother happens to him, because they are one whole, one life, and everything that the mother experiences, is transmitted to the baby through physical, mental and spiritual channels. During this period, it is especially important for the expectant mother to visit the temple of God as often as possible in order to participate in the Sacraments of confession and communion, or at least just put a candle and pray at the icons. It is possible and necessary to pray both at home and in any other place, but church prayer is incomparably higher than home, cell prayer, because church churches are places of the special presence of God.

To whom should a pregnant woman pray? Usually, future mothers ask for help and intercession from the Most Holy Theotokos, because only a mother can fully understand the feelings of a mother. The Most Holy Mother of God is the greatest saint, She is the Mother of God and is always near Her Divine Son, Her prayers for us have special power. Although we must not forget that the holy fathers teach us: it does not matter to which saint or icon of which saint our prayer will be addressed, because only the Lord can fulfill what is asked, only He is the giver of all blessings, and we ask the saints and the Most Holy Theotokos only to intercede for us before God, prayerfully help us, as we ask friends to intercede for us before the boss. In addition, we must remember that according to Orthodox teaching, we do not worship an icon, i.e. not on a board and paints, but on the prototype that is depicted on the icon, and these are completely different concepts.

Prayer is the greatest, priceless gift of the Creator, through it we can talk with God, as with a father (after all, we are all His children). And you can complain to the Father, and cry, and ask, but only sincerely, from the heart, and He will definitely hear. And it does not matter how the future mother will indulge in prayer: in her own words or according to the prayer book, the most important thing is that the prayer be alive, sincere and warm, with faith and trust in God's help.

What prayers to read during pregnancy?

Prayer in your own words can be something like this:
Most merciful Lord, hear my humble prayer, forgive me, Lord, all my sins, voluntary and involuntary, known and unknown, and by Your inexhaustible mercy, grant me, Your sinful servant (name), bear the fruit of my womb and be resolved from the burden safely and on time established by You ... Do not leave me, Lord, hear my prayer, but may Your will be done, now and forever and forever and ever, Amen.

Prayers from the Orthodox Prayer Book:

Prayer to the Mother of God
Oh, Glorious Mother of God, have mercy on me, Thy servant, come to my aid during my illnesses and dangers, with which all the poor daughters of Eve give birth. Remember, O Blessed One in women, with what joy and love You went hastily to a mountainous country to visit Your relative Elizabeth during her pregnancy, and what a wonderful effect Your grace-filled visit had in the mother and in the baby. And according to Thy inexhaustible mercy, grant me, Thy most humble servant, to be relieved of the burden safely; grant me this grace so that the child, now resting under my heart, having come to his senses, with joyful leaping, like the holy baby John, worships the Divine Lord Savior, who, out of love for us sinners, did not disdain himself to become a baby. The unexpressed joy that filled Your virgin heart when looking at Your newborn Son and Lord, may it alleviate the sorrow that is coming to me amid the illnesses of birth. May the life of the world, my Savior, born of Thee, save me from death, which cuts off the lives of many mothers at the hour of resolution, and may the fruit of my womb be counted among the elect of God. Hear, Most Holy Queen of Heaven, my humble prayer and look down on me, a poor sinner, with Your eye of grace; do not shame my hope in Your great mercy and fall on me, Helper of Christians, Healer of diseases, may I also be able to experience for myself that You are the Mother of Mercy, and may I always glorify Your grace, which never rejects the prayers of the poor and delivers all who call on You during times of grief and illness. Amen.

Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos before Her Feodorovskaya Icon
To whom will I call, Lady, to whom will I resort in my sorrow; to whom I will bring my tears and sighs, if not to You, the Queen of Heaven and earth: who will uproot me from the mire of sins and iniquities, if not You, O Mother of the Belly, Intercessor and Refuge of the human race. Hear my groaning, console me and have mercy in my sorrow, protect me in troubles and misfortunes, deliver me from bitterness and sorrow and all sorts of ailments and diseases, from enemies visible and invisible, pacify the enmity of those who torment me, may I be delivered from human slander and malice; so free me from your own flesh of vile customs. Cover me under the shade of Your mercy, may I find peace and joy and cleansing from sins. I entrust myself to your motherly intercession; Wake me Mati and hope, cover and help and intercession, joy and consolation and an ambulance in everything Helper. O wonderful mistress! Everyone who flows to You does not leave without Your all-powerful help: for this sake, and I am unworthy, I run to You, so that I will be delivered from sudden and fierce death, gnashing of teeth and eternal torment. I will receive the Kingdom of Heaven and I will be honored with You in the tenderness of the heart of the river: Rejoice, Mother of God, Our zealous Intercessor and Intercessor, forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos in front of Her icon "Healer»
Troparion, tone 4:
Like the Most Bright Star, asking Divine miracles for Your holy image to the Healer. Grant us, Mother of God Mary, the healing of mental and bodily ailments, salvation and great mercy.
Prayer:
Accept, O All-Blessed and Almighty Lady Mistress Virgin Mary, these prayers, with tears now brought to Thee from us, Thy unworthy servants, to Thy whole-bearing image, the singing of those who send with tenderness, as if You yourself are here and listen to our prayer. By any request, do fulfillment, ease sorrows, grant health to the weak, heal the weak and sick, drive away demons from heaven, deliver offended from insults, cleanse lepers and have mercy on small children; moreover, to the Lady Mistress of the Theotokos, and free from bonds and dungeons and heal all kinds of passions: all the essence is possible through Your intercession to Your Son, Christ our God. Oh, Mother of God, Mother of God! Do not stop praying for us unworthy Thy servants, glorifying Thee and honoring Thee, and worshiping Thy Most Pure Image with tenderness, and having irrevocable hope and undoubted faith in Thee, the Most Glorious and Immaculate Ever-Virgin, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer to the wife before childbirth to the Lord Jesus Christ

Lord Jesus Christ our God, from the eternal Father, born to the Son before the age, and in the last days, by the goodwill and assistance of the Holy Spirit, deigned to be born from the Blessed Virgin as a baby, a baby, a baby, and laid in a manger, the Lord himself, in the beginning creating a man and a wife of conjugations him, giving them a commandment: grow and multiply and fill the earth, have mercy on the great mercy of Your servant (name) who is preparing to give birth according to Your commandment. Forgive her voluntary and involuntary sins, by Thy grace, grant her the strength to safely get rid of her burden, keep her and the baby in health and goodness, protect Thy angels and save from the hostile actions of evil spirits, and from all evil things. Amen.

Prayer to the wife before childbirth to the Most Holy Theotokos

Blessed Virgin, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, even weigh the birth and nature of the mother and child, have mercy on Your servant (name) and help in this hour, let your burden be safely resolved. O all-merciful Lady Theotokos, even though you did not demand help in the birth of the Son of God, give help to this servant of yours, who requires help, especially from You. Grant her blessings at this hour, and even have a baby to be born and bring into the light of this world at the appropriate time and smart light in holy baptism with water and spirit. We fall down to you, Mother of the Most High God, praying: Be merciful to this mother, even if the time has come to be a mother, and implore Christ our God, who has incarnated from You, to strengthen me with His strength from above. Amen.

Another prayer, most likely composed by one of the laity and found only in some prayer books:
Prayer to the Lord

Almighty God, Creator of everything visible and invisible! We resort to You, beloved Father, endowed with the mind of creation, because You, on Your own advice, created our race, having created our body from the earth with indescribable wisdom and breathed into it the soul from Your Spirit, so that we would be Your likeness. And although it was in Your will to create us immediately, like angels, if only You wanted, but Your Wisdom was pleased that through husband and wife, in Your established order of marriage, the human race multiplied; You wanted to bless people so that they grow and multiply and fill not only the earth, but also the angelic hosts. O God and Father, may Your name be forever glorified and glorified for all that You have done for us! I also thank You for Your mercy, that not only I, according to Your will, came from Your wonderful creation and fill the number of the elect, but that You honored me to bless in marriage and sent me the fruit of the womb. This is Your gift, Your Divine mercy, O Lord and Father of spirit and body! I know, O God, that it is not in the power and power of man to choose his own path; we are too weak and prone to fall to bypass all those networks that the evil spirit sets up for us at Your will, and to avoid those misfortunes into which our frivolity plunges us. Your wisdom is limitless. Whom You wish, You will save unscathed through Your Angel from every misfortune. Therefore, I, the Merciful Father, commit myself in my sorrow into Your hands and pray that You look at me with the eye of mercy and save me from all suffering. Send me and my dear husband joy, O God, Lord of all joy! So that we, at the sight of Your blessing, worship You with all our heart and serve with a joyful spirit. I humbly ask You to help me endure suffering and send a prosperous outcome ... Hear, Merciful God, the prayer of Your servant, fulfill the prayer of our heart, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our Savior, Who became incarnate for us, now abides with You and the Holy Spirit and reigns for eternity. Amen.