Orthodoxy in the modern world is increasingly occupying the niche of spirituality and atheism. The miracles of healing through prayer, icon, faith in the Lord help many believers to get rid of serious chronic diseases, pathologies, infertility. Prayer during pregnancy is a powerful aid to procreation. Proof of this, Christians are already in the Bible. Many women who have tried all medical methods and have lost hope of pregnancy, turn to the great saints for help in order to give life to another person on Earth.
Proper Pregnancy Planning
Pregnancy is a special, mysterious state, full of mysteries and expectations. Orthodox Christians, accustomed to relying on God's will in everything, before embarking on the sacrament of conception, ask the priest for blessings. After passing the ritual of purification through repentance, confession and communion, receiving the blessing of the spiritual father, the woman becomes internally ready for motherhood. From this day on, her prayer for a safe pregnancy becomes her everyday companion. The clergy draw the woman’s attention to the fact that the help of higher powers during the period of conception and expectation of the baby is especially relevant and necessary for her, therefore, one should pray earnestly and, most importantly, sincerely believe in the power of prayer. Many saints are considered the heavenly patrons of a woman expecting a baby, and in the first place, the Most Holy Theotokos herself.
Heavenly Protection of the Blessed Virgin
With the onset of a desired pregnancy, the expectant mother, as a rule, begins to experience fear - a constant companion of a woman over the next few weeks. Prayer during pregnancy sanctifies the life of the mother and the unborn baby: prayer appeal to higher powers helps in waiting, calms the woman and adds feelings of humility before the Creator, which is especially necessary for the pregnant woman. The main intercessor for the human race and the helper of man in grief, misfortune, companion in joy and success, the Blessed Virgin is an indispensable companion of a woman during the period of bearing a new life. The prayer of the Theotokos for the preservation of pregnancy is most often offered before the special image of “The Assistant to the Birth”. Prayer appeal is drawn up “from the heart”, it is desirable that it be systematic, and preferably daily.
Prayer for pregnancy
Not always desired pregnancy occurs on time. Some young families wait for the first-born to appear for several years, undergo special examinations and treatment in perinatal centers and clinics, but the result is not always positive. Having lost hope for medical help, they turn to the saints so that prayer for the onset of a long-awaited event will finally help to fulfill what is desired. Appeal in prayers to higher powers is a rather effective means, since the Lord lives in every person, his soul and heart, and if you believe in him sacredly, ask for help and hope, then your efforts will not go unnoticed. Sincere prayer for the pregnancy of the Virgin is better and cleaner than any words that are sometimes thrown down the drain. Prayer for children has always been considered the most powerful and effective, which can be said about prayers for the bestowal of the happiness of motherhood.
Images of the Blessed Virgin, healing from infertility
You can pray for the giving of a child to almost any image of the Virgin - a female patroness: “Assistant in childbirth”, “Gracious”. An equally well-known assistant in the treatment of infertility is the icon "Mammal". The text of the prayer, delivered before this holy face, contains a woman’s request for conception, gestation and safe delivery, as well as for the heavenly protection of the Virgin throughout this difficult period for the future mother. Many miracles of spiritual and physical healing are recorded from the icon with the 700-year-old history of “Mother of God of Tolga”. The ancient miraculous image is glorified by miraculous healing from the illness of the feet of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, the resurrection of a deceased child through the tearful prayers of his parents, healing from demoniac, oncology, infertility. Prayer during pregnancy to this image also helps a woman to safely endure and give birth to a healthy baby. The icon, with its holy veil, “covers” the pregnant woman by her prayers and protects the mother and baby from troubles and misfortunes.
Help from the saints in our prayers
There are cases of miraculous healing from infertility after a woman turned to the relics or icons of saints, especially Xenia of St. Petersburg or Matrona of Moscow. Matron 's prayer for help reveals miracles. Shortly before her death, Matronushka said that people should continue to come to her as if alive, talking about their troubles. The great holy helper promised to help all the afflicted and needy. He fulfills his promise in full. Evidence of this happens every day at the request of believers. Mother Matrona, as in life, helped all the afflicted, continues so after her death. In order to pronounce the words of the prayer petition, the believer does not have to go to the temple, it’s enough to worship Matron at the burning candle and icon at home, the blessed woman will certainly answer the prayer message, crying out sincerely and heartily.
Ask Matron for maternal happiness ...
Prayer Matrone for help may relate not only to getting rid of troubles, diseases, misfortunes, suffering. The famous saint is also known for granting the happiness of motherhood to many women who are already desperate and have tried all medical means. Wonderful cures for infertility are known after a prayer visit to the Pokrovsky convent, where the relics of the Matrona of Moscow rest . No less healings were recorded after the visits of women to the cemetery, where Matron had been buried before. Written requests for an innermost desire are left right on the grave, flowers are brought there, the quantity is always odd, and the prayer for the children is also offered there. Before the prayer, Saint Matronushka should definitely ask her for forgiveness and pardon, only then ask for conception. Before a visit to the Pokrovsky Monastery, a woman must withstand necessarily strict fasting for one week.
Sincere patronage of the bright saint
For women to whom the Lord has already given the joy of conception, the purpose of visiting the Intercession Monastery is to pray Matrona for the preservation of pregnancy. There is an accepted order of behavior near the relics of the blessed. First of all, the one who comes must overshadow himself with a sign of the cross and bow down. The bright mother always considered the sign of the Cross to be the main defense, therefore, after bowing, it is customary to re-overshadow herself with a cross and bow. Icons are applied to the feet or hand with the forehead, after which they are humbly removed, having previously crossed themselves. We should not forget about gratitude to mother for help, especially for those who managed to get pregnant after a prayer request to St. Matron: “Helped to get pregnant, mother. Thanks. Forgive me and bless! ”
The great saint and miracle worker of our time
An equally famous assistant to the modern Christian is the miracle worker St. Luke of Crimea. This servant of God, during his lifetime, worked as a surgeon, doctor of medicine, and therefore is revered especially by patients and doctors. Many doctors adhere to the tradition of praying to St. Luke before conducting complex operations, it is believed that he will “control” the hand of the surgeon, and the operation will be successful. People come to the grave of the famous holy doctor from all over the world and pray for healing from ailments, including problems of infertility. Luke’s prayer for pregnancy is effective for those who truly believe in the help and patronage of the wonderworker Luke. Young spouses can ask the great holy doctor not only children for themselves, but also grandchildren, and conjugal happiness.
"Everything is in the hands of the Lord ..."
In search of a holy image and prayer that helps to continue the race, to be healed of the disease of infertility, one should not forget about the Lord himself. Some Orthodox people sincerely believe that the first one to ask for such great mercy is the Savior. It is to his icon that despairing women bring their troubles, their tears, their hopes, it is this holy image that says the first prayer for the giving of conception and a prayer during pregnancy, a request for deliverance from infertility and the happiness of motherhood.