Who to pray for health. Prayer for the health of a sick person, the strongest

A sick person rushes to see a doctor, takes medicine, hoping to make a full recovery. Usually, only in extremely severe cases, when there is no hope of getting rid of the pathology on one’s own, does a person turn to God for help, praying for healing. There is no need for material resources or packaging of medicines.

The prayer of a sick person is the strongest if he sincerely strives to get well, believes in the help of the Lord, and wants to change his lifestyle.

A prayer request for help for healing is sent to the Creator, the Mother of God, the holy great martyrs, the guardian angel, and other celestial beings, depending on the disease and the affected organ.

You can pray for your personal health or for the granting of healing to loved ones:

1. People turn to the Mother of God regarding women's and children's diseases. The most powerful prayer for the health of the child is read by the mother. In case of severe childhood illnesses, they turn to Our Lady of Kazan for help.
2. They pray to Saint Panteleimon the Healer for the healing of bodily injuries, bone fractures, and upcoming operations on internal organs. If a patient cannot pray for health to himself, relatives and close people ask for help on his behalf. This kind of treatment is very powerful.
3. All categories of patients rush to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker for help in difficult circumstances. It is recommended to constantly keep the lamp lit under the icon of the Saint until the person fully recovers.
4. Afanasy Afonsky restores mental health to people with mental disorders. At the same time, the consequences of witchcraft or visiting psychics are also healed.
5. A prayer is offered to the Lord God, Jesus Christ for the health of a sick person. Only the Creator decides whether a person will live or die, therefore, in case of a fatal illness, they ask for God’s mercy.
6. If a child is seriously ill, you need to pray for health to Matrona of Moscow, Ksenia of St. Petersburg, and Great Martyr Varvara. It’s worth turning to a Guardian Angel for help, a saint with a name like a child’s.
7. A prayer is read to the martyr Antipas for healing from toothache.

Prayers for the recovery of the patient are offered to Saint Luke of Crimea. Various tumors can be healed, including cancer, trauma, burns, and open wounds. Luke helps women endure difficult pregnancies and conceive a child. If a person does not know who to pray to, healing from illnesses is given even after repeated sincere appeal to God with the words of the text “Our Father.”

There have been cases when recovery from a fatal disease occurred in one day. It is necessary to turn to God 2400 times, asking for forgiveness for sins and the grace of liberation from illness.

How to pray for health

God loves every person who seeks protection and mercy if the sufferer sincerely believes in the Creator.

Healing from illnesses through prayerful appeal to the Creator is possible when a person has accepted God in his heart, and does not feign faith, submitting to a fashionable trend.

In order for prayer for the health of a sick person to become effective, the following conditions must be met:

• the sick person must be a baptized person. Moreover, the rite of Baptism is available at any age without restrictions;
• the prayer for healing is read with the mention of the name given at baptism. There may be discrepancies with passport data;
• a person needs to repent of his sins in order to cleanse his soul. Sometimes significant relief occurs almost immediately;
• In order to make way for the Holy Spirit to enter your soul, you must undergo the rite of communion. At the same time, the Spirit of God penetrates every cell of the sick person;
• It is advisable to light and light a candle for health in the church, order a collective personal appeal to the Creator, indicating the name given at baptism.

The strongest prayer for health cannot help if the road to a person’s soul is closed. While waiting for God's assistance, you should not renounce treatment with traditional medicine. It is possible to defeat the disease through joint efforts. A prayer for the health of a sick person is read several times a day, and the stronger the disease, the greater the number of repetitions required.

Useful video: prayer to God for healing

How to Pray for a Child's Healing

When a person deliberately sins, his child may suffer. A prayer for the health of a sick baby is sent to the Mother of God, who acts as a defender before God.

Parents need to go through the rites of confession and communion so that the appeals have more weight. You can also bring your child to communion.

The mother needs to carry out the following activities:

• read the akathist to the Mother of God in the morning and evening, begging the Most Pure Virgin to intercede for the life of the child;
• perform the all-night prayer while kneeling;
• order petitions for recovery in several churches, making a feasible contribution - donations;
• forgive your enemies sincerely, light a candle in the temple for their health.

Prayers for the health of parents

Fulfilling the fifth commandment of God, children are obliged to read prayers for the health of their parents, since they received life from them. It doesn’t matter how the father and mother performed their duties, or whether they believe in the Lord.

Before praying to God for the health of your parents, you need to light candles near the icons in the church:

• Holy Trinity;
• Nicholas the Wonderworker;
• Mother of God;
• Matrona of Moscow.

Additionally, you can buy small images and candles to pray at home.

You should ask your parents for health by observing the basic requirements:

• turn off extraneous thoughts while saying prayer phrases;
• It is recommended to read the sacred text in front of the icon of the selected Saint;
• mention the names of the parents given at baptism;
• repeat prayer words preferably 3 times a day;
• only a sincere appeal to God gives a positive result.

The prayer requests of a daughter or son for the healing of their parents are equivalent.

Useful video: strong prayer to Matrona of Moscow

Prayer for healing to Nicholas the Wonderworker

The Church solemnly celebrates three holidays dedicated to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker:

• the day of death (December 19) is called winter Nicholas;
• date of transfer of the relics (May 22) – spring Nicholas;
• birthday (August 11).

Additionally, every Thursday the Saint is venerated in all churches. It is on these days that prayer for the health of yourself and your loved ones is most effective.

If it is very difficult, you can pray any day:

• first they glorify the Holy Saint for his miraculous deeds;
• through Nicholas they turn to God, asking him for mercy and intercession;
• repent of their sins, freeing the entire soul from the devil’s influence;
• Nikolai immediately understands the correct attitude towards his actions, which led to diseases of the body and soul, since in the request one hears not the words themselves, but thoughts;
• there is no need to complain about a difficult fate, everyone receives trials that they are able to endure;
• It is advisable to ask the Lord for patience in order to endure the sent trials with dignity.

As a result of holy help, the patient receives health of body and peace of mind. Prayer words for loved ones (parents, relatives, spouses, children) have special power. Only a sincere believer can ask for healing for others.

Help for those asking for healing is sure to come, but at different times and in different amounts. It is impossible to measure the benefits received, which depend on patience, zeal in prayer, faith and hope for healing.

You can significantly change your life, filled with haunting illnesses and misfortunes, by turning to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker for help on your birthday. In order for the Saint to hear the request and help, you need to get rid of doubts and believe in a miracle.

Why prayers help

American Doctor of Medical Sciences Andrew Newberg spent several decades researching how prayer for the health of a sick person affects the patient’s brain.

The state of a believer was compared with the effect of meditation on brain activity. A dye that is not harmful to the human body was injected into the blood. When reading a prayer message, the area of ​​the brain responsible for speech was activated. A praying person seems to be talking to God.

During meditation, the most active area is the visual one. The meditator simply watches without receiving help. For believers, the object of conversation (God) becomes reality. As a result, brain activity is directed towards freeing the person from the disease. The scientist concluded that all religions have a similar effect on the functioning of the brain, while stimulating the body’s work to heal.

The state of the human brain is characterized by 3 phases (rapid or slow sleep, wakefulness). During research, a fourth phase was discovered - prayerful wakefulness, in which the rhythms of the brain slow down greatly.

Important! Dr. Slesin believes that in a state of prayer, brain activity practically stops. The patient no longer focuses his attention on the problem of the disease, so quite often a complete recovery occurs.

Useful video: prayer to Panteleimon the Healer

Conclusion

Research by Angelina Malakhovskaya confirms that Orthodox prayer and the sign of the cross can reduce hundreds of times the number of pathogenic microorganisms in a patient’s blood, water or any liquid.

The destruction of pathogenic microflora often leads to complete recovery. The Creator will definitely hear your sincere prayer for health and come to your aid. You just need to believe in God’s mercy, hope for healing, and live in truth.

Who lived in the twentieth century. Her real name is Matrona Dimirievna Nikonova. May 2 is considered the day of honoring her memory; it was on this day that the saint peacefully departed to the Lord.

And after death, she helps all those who suffer: she helps in finding a job, protects them from evil people, saves families, returns faded love, helps women get pregnant, and the prayer to Matrona of Moscow for the health of loved ones truly works wonders.

The old woman convinced people that the body is a kind of house given by God, and it needs to be repaired periodically, with prayer, without refusing medical prescriptions.

Prayer to Blessed Matrona for the health of relatives

O blessed mother Matrono, with your soul standing in Heaven before the throne of God, with your body resting on earth, and exuding various miracles by the grace given from above. Look now with your merciful eye on us, sinners, in sorrows, illnesses and sinful temptations, our waiting days, comfort us, desperate ones, heal our fierce ailments, from God we are allowed by our sins, deliver us from many troubles and circumstances, pray to our Lord Jesus Christ forgive us all our sins, iniquities and falls, in whose image we have sinned from our youth even to this day and hour, and through your prayers having received grace and great mercy, we glorify in the Trinity the One God, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and ever. Amen

Miracle of birth and life

Matronushka was born in 1881 into a poor family. From birth, the girl was blind; she did not even have eye sockets (they were covered with skin). The mother wanted to leave the newborn in the shelter, but after a dream, which she considered prophetic, in which she imagined a huge white-winged bird with closed eye sockets sitting on her chest, the God-fearing mother abandoned her sinful intention.

From childhood, the girl was devout and spent a lot of time in church. There was a bulge on her chest - a miraculous pectoral cross. As a teenager, Matrona received the gift of healing and began to heal people who turned to her with prayers to the Almighty. People left food and gifts as gratitude. Thus, the girl became the main breadwinner in the family, significantly improving her poor situation.

Read about the saint:

One day, the relatives of a man whose legs were paralyzed turned to Matrona. Without thinking twice, Matrona ordered him to crawl to her himself tomorrow. The unfortunate man crawled a distance of 4 kilometers, but returned home on his own feet.

Saint John of Kronstadt publicly named Matrona as his replacement. Thus, he predicted her special service before the Almighty during the time of persecution of the Church.

With the advent of the revolution, her siblings became communists. Neither they nor Matrona, who never stopped treating people and prayerfully helping them, were happy with such a neighborhood in the same house. The woman had to leave her father’s house, she wandered through the basements and other people’s apartments in the capital, hiding from the police and the arrest that threatened her, two devoted assistants helped her.

The holy old woman, who by that time had lost her legs, received the sick, healed, healed mental and physical pain, strengthened her in the faith, helped her become a church member and worked miracles until her death on May 2, 1952. She predicted her death 3 days in advance, but she was very afraid to die, because she had a great Fear of God. On March 8, 2004, Saint Matrona was elevated to the rank of saints of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Her relics rest on the territory of the Intercession Monastery. Every day a huge number of pilgrims flock to the shrine with her relics, people ask for her intercession in everyday needs.

Prayer for health to the Mother of God, the Lord and the saints helps to heal from serious illnesses. Believers order a prayer service in church or pray at home on their own.

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Which Saint should we pray for the health of ourselves, our loved ones and relatives?

It is better to ask the following saints for recovery:

• Nicholas the Wonderworker;
• Panteleimon the Healer;
• Matrona of Moscow;
• Athanasius of Athos and other Christian saints.

The most powerful Orthodox prayers for the health of the patient

Effective prayers for health - coming from a pure heart, spoken with faith in the omnipotence of the Creator and his Saints. Prayers help you recover faster and can even save you from death.

To higher powers for healing

For help, Orthodox Christians turn to the Higher Powers, the Holy Trinity, like this:

“O Most Merciful God, Father, Son and Holy Soul, worshiped and glorified in the indivisible Trinity, look with compassion on Your servant (name), who is overcome by illness; forgive him all his sins; give him healing from his illness; restore his health and bodily strength; Give him a long and prosperous life, Your peaceful and worldly blessings, so that together with us he brings grateful prayers to You, the All-Bounteous God and my Creator. Most Holy Theotokos, through Your omnipotent intercession, help me to beg Your Son, my God, for the healing of God’s servant (name). All saints and angels of the Lord, pray to God for His sick servant (name). Amen."

To the Lord

People turn to the Savior for help in healing like this:

“Mighty God, by mercy build all things for the salvation of the human race, visit this Thy servant (name), calling upon the name of Thy Christ, heal him from every fleshly ailment: and forgive sin and sinful temptations, and make every adversity and every invasion of hostility far from Thy servant. And raise him up from the bed of sin, and build him into Your holy Church, sound in soul and body, and glorifying the name of Your Christ with all people through good deeds, as we send up glory to You, with the Beginning Son and with the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. . Amen".

When a person recovers, a prayer of gratitude is read:

“Glory to Thee, Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of the Father Without Beginning, who alone heals every ailment and every illness among people, for You have had mercy on me as a sinner and delivered me from my illness, not allowing it to develop and kill me according to my sins. Grant me from now on, Master, the strength to firmly do Your will for the salvation of my damned soul and for Your glory with Your Originless Father and Your Consubstantial Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen".

Holy Mother of God

Orthodox Christians turn to the help of the Most Holy Theotokos in case of serious illnesses, pray for their health, for the healing of children and loved ones.

The following prayer is usually read:

My Most Blessed Queen, My Hope, Mother of God. A friend of the orphans and the strange Representatives. Those who mourn with joy, those who are offended by the Patroness, see my misfortune, see my sorrow. Help me, as I am weak, feed me, as I am strange... Weigh my offense, resolve it, as if you were a will. For the Imam has no other help, except for You, no other Representative.
Not the good Comforters, but You, O Mother of God... May you preserve and cover me forever and ever. Amen.

Among the icons of the Mother of God for prayers for health, the following are chosen:

• Joy to all who mourn;
• Affection;
• Iverskaya;
• Mammal (rare icon), etc.

Icon "Joy of All Who Sorrow" Icon "Tenderness" "Iveron" icon Icon "Mammal"

Matrona of Moscow

They pray to Matrona of Moscow for health, because in the Church she became famous for her healing. Even in adolescence, Matronushka knew how to heal people and protected them from evil forces.

Elder Matrona is prayed for health in the following cases:

• serious illness;
• child's illness;
• long-term infertility.

It is best to venerate the relics of the Blessed Matrona in the Moscow Intercession Monastery. Then prayers will be answered faster.

Prayer to Matronushka for health

You can address Elder Matronushka in your own words, but there are also canonical texts.

You need to pray for a speedy recovery with these words:

O blessed Mother Matrono, with your soul standing in heaven before the Throne of God, with your body resting on earth, and exuding various miracles by the grace given from above. Look now with your merciful eye on us, sinners, in sorrow, illness and sinful temptations, our waiting days, comfort us, desperate ones, heal our fierce ailments, from God we are allowed by our sins, deliver us from many troubles and circumstances, pray to our Lord Jesus Christ forgive us all our sins, iniquities and falls, in whose image we have sinned from our youth even to this day and hour, and through your prayers having received grace and great mercy, we glorify in the Trinity the One God, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and ever. Amen.

For the health of the child they pray to Matronushka with the folk prayer:

Blessed Elder Matrona, in this time of sorrow I turn to you. Forgive me all sinful weaknesses and reject all demonic nasty things. Help my child to heal quickly and drink in faith in God. Do not punish your child with pain, illness and bodily ailments. Do not torment his soul with suffering. I hope for your help and again I pray for your health. Thy will be done. Amen.

Watch the Orthodox prayer service in front of the Matronushka icon on channel sss777v.

Prayer words for the health of the child

In the event of a child’s weakness, mothers turn to Matrona of Moscow for help.

Example of a request for healing:

“Oh, blessed Elder Matrona. I turn to you with prayer and hope for the child’s recovery. Ask the Lord our God Jesus Christ for the health of your beloved child. Do not be angry with me for sinful deeds and do not refuse me righteous help. Deliver the child from weakness, sorrow, crying and groaning. Reject bodily illness and mental turmoil. Give my child good health and drive away the evils of demons from him. Forgive me all my mother’s sins and intercede for me before the Lord God. So be it. Amen".

Nikolai Ugodnik

Orthodox believe that Nicholas the Pleasant was sent by God to help people in all matters, including healing.

They pray to the Saint for health with these words:

“Oh, Nicholas the All-Holy, saint of the Lord, our eternal intercessor, and our helper everywhere in all troubles. Help me, God’s servant (name), sad and sinful, in this life, ask the Lord to grant me forgiveness of my sins, for I have sinned in deed, in word, in thoughts and with all my feelings. Help me, the accursed one, Holy Wonderworker, ask our Lord for good health, deliver me from torment and ordeal. Amen".

Prayer to Panteleimon the Healer for health

Most often people turn to Saint Panteleimon to pray for health. He was one of the first Christian healers.

They pray to the Healer like this:

Oh, great saint of Christ, passion-bearer and merciful physician Panteleimon! Have mercy on me, the sinful servant of God (name), hear my groaning and cry, propitiate the Heavenly, Supreme Physician of our souls and bodies, Christ our God, may He grant me healing from the cruel illness that oppresses me. Accept the unworthy prayer of the most sinful man above all. Visit me with a gracious visit. Do not disdain my sinful ulcers, anoint them with the oil of your mercy and heal me; May I be healthy in soul and body, the rest of my days, with the help of God’s grace, I will be able to spend in repentance and pleasing God, and I will be worthy of receiving the good end of my life. Hey, servant of God! Pray to Christ God, that through your intercession he may grant me the health of my body and the salvation of my soul. Amen.

Afanasy Afonsky

Athanasius of Athos is prayed to in cases of hopeless illnesses, and he also helps the mentally ill.

The Reverend is addressed with the following prayer:

Reverend Father Athanasius, a great servant of Christ and a great Athonite miracle worker, during the days of your earthly life you taught many on the right path and guided you wisely into the kingdom of Heaven, comforting the sorrowful, giving a helping hand to those who give you a helping hand, and a kind, merciful and compassionate former father! Even now, dwelling in heavenly lordship, you most especially multiply your love for us who are weak, in the midst of life, we are in need, tempted by the spirit of malice and passions that war against the spirit. For this reason, we humbly pray to you, holy father: according to the grace given to you from God, help us to do the will of the Lord in simplicity of heart and humility: to overcome the temptations of the enemy and the fierce sea of ​​passions, so that we will calmly pass through the abyss of life and through your intercession to the Lord we will be worthy of achieving the Kingdom promised to us Heavenly, glorifying the Beginningless Trinity, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer words for health to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker

Nicholas the Wonderworker is so loved by the people that they compose prayers for him about health in their own words.

One example of a poetic request for health:

“The Wonderworker Nicholas, Defender of the Righteous.

Strengthen my faith in Orthodox relics

and cleanse your mortal body from painful thinness.

Charge my soul with your praise

and do not hurt my body with sinful pain.

Let the ulcers and deep wounds heal,

may all cruel sorrows be cast aside forever.

Heal my weakness, save me from death,

and take away my illnesses forever.

Thy will be done. Amen"

Sorokoust prayer for health

The following prayers are read at home for 40 days:

• akathists;
• psalms;
• canons.

One of the types of home magpie - for 40 days the sick person must read the akathist in front of the icon of the Mother of God “Healer”.

The church magpie has greater significance: at the altar, pieces of the prosphora are taken out for each person and immersed in a bowl of wine. After this, the Transfiguration of gifts occurs, that is, the magpie is a bloodless sacrifice for the one for whom it was ordered. This is the most powerful prayer in the Orthodox Church.

According to tradition, sorokoust is ordered simultaneously in three churches. Then he acquires the greatest strength.

Such a prayer for health is ordered in the following cases:

• before surgery;
• for chronically severe patients;
• before childbirth;
• in case of illness of the child.

Sorokoust cannot be ordered for the following patients:

• unbaptized;
• excommunicated;
• Gentiles.

For more information about the meaning and significance of the magpie, see the propovedi channel. su

Prayer to Our Lady of Kazan

Prayers in front of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God are effective in the following cases:

• for infertility;
• for vision problems;
• for a successful birth;
• when a child is ill.

In church, the Kazan Mother of God is addressed with the following words:

“O Most Holy Lady Lady Theotokos! With fear, faith and love, falling before Thy honorable icon, we pray to Thee: do not turn Thy face away from those who come running to You, beg, O Merciful Mother, Thy Son and our God, the Lord Jesus Christ, to keep our country peaceful, and to establish His holy church May he preserve the unshakable from unbelief, heresies and schism. There are no imams of any other help, no imams of other hope, except You, Most Pure Virgin: You are the All-Powerful Helper and Intercessor of Christians. Deliver all those who pray to You with faith from the falls of sin, from the slander of evil people, from all temptations, sorrows, troubles and from vain death; Grant us the spirit of contrition, humility of heart, purity of thoughts, correction of sinful lives and the remission of sins, so that we all praise Thy greatness with gratitude, let us be worthy of the Heavenly Kingdom and there with all the saints we will glorify the Most Honorable and Magnificent Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen".

Prayer for living sick parents and their health

The most effective prayers for the health of parents are considered to be prayer requests to Jesus Christ and the Mother of God.

The text of the prayer to the Savior is as follows:

Forgive those who hate and offend us, Lord Lover of Mankind. Do good to those who do good. Grant to our brothers and relatives the same petitions for salvation and eternal life. Visit those who are infirm and grant healing. Manage the sea as well. For travelers, travel. Grant forgiveness of sins to those who serve and forgive us. Have mercy on those who have commanded us unworthy to pray for them according to Your great mercy. Remember, Lord, our fathers and brothers who have fallen before us, and give them rest, where the light of Your face shines. Remember, Lord, our captive brothers and deliver me from every situation. Remember, Lord, those who bear fruit and do good in Your holy churches, and give them petitions for salvation and eternal life. Remember, Lord, us, humble and sinful and unworthy Thy servants, and enlighten our minds with the light of Thy mind, and guide us on the path of Thy commandments, through the prayers of our Most Pure Lady Theotokos and the Ever-Virgin Mary and all Thy saints: for blessed art thou unto the ages of ages. . Amen.

For the health of sick parents they pray to the Mother of God with these words:

O Most Holy Virgin, Mother of the Lord Most High, Quick to Hear the Intercessor of all who come running to You with faith, I pray to You: Beg Your Son that He may hear my prayer. Look down from heavenly heights and descend to my tearful petition. Forgive me, Lord, all the sins of my parents, voluntary and involuntary. Grant, Lord, to them Your forgiveness, both on earth and in Heaven. Extend their life for longevity and strengthen them in health and mind. Lord, how You love Your Mother and honor Your Father. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

You can pray in your own words in front of the icons of St. Nicholas, Matrona of Moscow, and other saints.

It is not necessary to use canonical texts: you can pray in your own words, coming from your heart.

Matronushka is approached with a request to heal her parents, for example, like this:

“Blessed Elder, Matrona of Moscow. It is with heartfelt sorrow that I turn to you. Grant me grace and heal my mother (my father) from a merciless illness. Ask the Lord God for mercy in remission of sin and do not torment us with severe trials. Let the ulcer heal, the wound heal, and the soul not suffer. Every day I trust in you and pray for blessed health. Thy will be done. Amen".

Nicholas the Wonderworker asks parents for health in these words:

“Oh, Saint Nicholas the Pleasant. Help my beloved mother (my beloved father) recover, and do not be angry with me for sinful sorrow. Amen".

Prayer for the health of your family and yourself

• "Trisagion";
• "Our Father";
• "Theotokos, Virgin";
• Psalm 50, etc.

You can also turn to Elder Matrona for prayerful intercession with these words:

“Blessed Elder, Matrona of Moscow. Have mercy and deliver me from scabs and ulcers, from scars and exhaustion, and add to me Orthodox patience. Reject sinful diseases and teach me spiritual thoughts. Protect me from the damned damage, from the evil eye and the hunchbacked cramp. Send down faithful intercession from heaven and deliver me from this evil deed. Thy will be done. Amen".

A simple prayer “For health”

“O Lord, our Creator, I ask for your help, grant complete recovery to God’s servant (name), wash her blood with your rays. Only with your help will healing come to her and bless all her roads to the long-awaited salvation, healing, recovery. Give her body health, her soul - blessed lightness, her heart - Your divine balm. The pain will forever recede and strength will return to it, all wounds will heal and Thy holy help will come. Your rays from the blue Heavens will reach her, give her strong protection, bless her for deliverance from her illnesses, and strengthen her faith. May the Lord hear these words of mine. Glory to You. Amen!"

“Blessed Matrona, cleanse my soul, cleanse my body, so that the first one does not cry, the second one does not get sick. Amen".

How to read prayers for healing correctly

In order for your prayer to be heard by higher powers, you need to set yourself up like this:

• stand with reverence in front of the icons;
• ask forgiveness for sins;
• focus on the request;
• set yourself in a prayerful mood.

Before praying, the patient should do the following:

• fast for 3 days (if possible);
• confess and receive communion.

Video

Watch the canon about the sick person in church on the Orthodoxy Prayer channel.

Sincere prayer for health and healing of a sick person has exceptional power. It is allowed to say Orthodox prayers for the sick both in church and at home.

You can pray not only for yourself and your loved ones, but also for any other person, the main thing is that this person is baptized in the church.

O Most Merciful God, Father, Son and Holy Soul, worshiped and glorified in the inseparable Trinity, look kindly upon Thy servant (name), who is overcome by illness;

forgive him all his sins; give him healing from his illness; restore his health and bodily strength; grant him a long and prosperous life, Your peaceful and premium blessings,

so that he, together with us, brings grateful prayers to You, the All-Bountiful God and my Creator.

Most Holy Theotokos, through Your omnipotent intercession, help me to beg Your Son, my God, for the healing of God’s servant (name).

All saints and angels of the Lord, pray to God for His sick servant (name).

O Lord, our Creator, I ask for your help, grant complete recovery to God’s servant (name), wash her blood with your rays.

Only with your help will healing come to her and bless all her roads to the long-awaited salvation, healing, recovery.

Give her body health, her soul - blessed lightness, her heart - Your divine balm.

The pain will forever recede and strength will return to it, all wounds will heal and Thy holy help will come.

Your rays from the blue Heavens will reach her, give her strong protection, bless her for deliverance from her illnesses, and strengthen her faith.

May the Lord hear these words of mine.

Glory to You. Amen!

A strong prayer to the Lord for healing - yourself and your loved ones (video)

Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos for the health of the sick

They pray to the Most Holy Theotokos, the holy woman who gave birth to Jesus Christ, for health and well-being:

The Most Holy Theotokos, Mother of God, who gave birth to a son for us - one Father.

You are the patroness of all the suffering, the orphaned and the wretched who turn to you. By your mercy, hear me, servant of God (name).

I say a word for the sick servant of God (name), cover him with your reliable cover, with a strong word.

Give him hope for a speedy recovery, which will immediately follow repentance.

Thank you, Mother of God. I put my trust in you alone.
Amen.

Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos for recovery on the Icon “Healer”

You can pray to the Most Holy Theotokos for recovery and speedy recovery from illness in front of the “Healer” icon.

Troparion, tone 4:

Like the Most Bright Star, asking for Divine miracles Your holy image to the Healer. Grant us, Mother of God Mary, healing of mental and physical ailments, salvation and great mercy.

Accept, O All-Blessed and All-Powerful Lady Theotokos the Virgin, these prayers, now offered to You with tears from us, Your unworthy servants, who send up the singing of tenderness to Your celibate image,

as if You yourself exist here and listen to our prayer. You fulfill every request, you alleviate sorrows, you grant health to the weak, you heal the weakened and sick, you drive away demons from demons,

you delivered the offended from their insults, cleansed the lepers and had mercy on little children; also, Lady Lady Theotokos,

and you free from bonds and prisons and heal all kinds of varied passions: for all things are possible through Your intercession to Your Son, Christ our God.

Oh, All-Singing Mother, Most Holy Theotokos! Do not cease to pray for us, Your unworthy servants, who glorify You and honor You, and worship with tenderness Your Most Pure Image,

and those who have irrevocable hope and undoubted faith in You, the Ever-Virgin, Most Glorious and Immaculate, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

They pray for recovery in front of the Icon of the Mother of God “Healer”

Healing prayer to Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker

A prayer to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker is considered a very powerful prayer that will help take care of the health of relatives and loved ones, as well as warn against illnesses:

O all-holy Nicholas, exceedingly saintly servant of the Lord, our warm intercessor, and quick helper everywhere in sorrow, help me, a sinner and saddened one, in this life,

beg the Lord God to grant me forgiveness of all my sins, which I have sinned greatly from my youth, throughout my entire life, in deed, word, thought and all my feelings;

and at the end of my soul, help me the accursed, beg the Lord God of all creation, Creator, to deliver me from airy ordeals and eternal torment, so that I always glorify the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit,

and your merciful intercession, now and ever, and forever and ever.

Prayer to Saint Panteleimon for the healing of the sick

Many prayers for health are directed to the healer Panteleimon, since he is considered one of the most powerful miracle workers and healers.

This powerful prayer to Saint Panteleimon can be used:

• to sick babies
• to sick adult children,
• to beloved husbands (wives),
• to parents and other close relatives.

Oh, great saint of Christ, passion-bearer and merciful physician Panteleimon!

Have mercy on me, the sinful servant of God (name), hear my groaning and cry, propitiate the Heavenly, Supreme Physician of our souls and bodies, Christ our God, may He grant me healing from the cruel illness that oppresses me.

Accept the unworthy prayer of the most sinful man above all. Visit me with a gracious visit.
Do not disdain my sinful ulcers, anoint them with the oil of your mercy and heal me;

May I be healthy in soul and body, the rest of my days, with the help of God’s grace, I will be able to spend in repentance and pleasing God, and I will be worthy to receive the good end of my life.

Hey, servant of God! Pray to Christ God, that through your intercession he may grant me the health of my body and the salvation of my soul.
Amen.

Another strong prayer to Saint Panteleimon for the health of the sick:

Holy great martyr and healer Panteleimon, merciful imitator of God! Look with mercy and hear us, sinners, praying earnestly before your holy icon.

Ask us from the Lord God, Who stands with the Angels in heaven, for the forgiveness of our sins and transgressions: heal the mental and physical illnesses of God’s servants,

those now remembered, those coming here and all Orthodox Christians,

those who flow to your intercession: behold, because of our fierce sin we are possessed by many ailments and are not imams of help and consolation:

We come running to you, because you have given us the grace to pray for us and heal every ailment and every disease;

Grant therefore to all of us, through your holy prayers, health and well-being of souls and bodies, advancement of faith and piety, and all that is needed for temporary life and salvation, as yes, having been granted great and rich mercies by you,

Let us glorify you and the Giver of all good things, wondrous among the saints, our God, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Prayer to Saint Spyridon of Trimifuntsky, the Wonderworker

Troparion, tone 1:

At the First Council, you appeared as a champion and wonderworker, O God-bearing Spyridon, our father. In the same way, you cried out to the dead in the tomb, and you turned the serpent into gold: and you always sang holy prayers to you, You had angels co-serving with you, most sacred one. Glory to Him who gave you strength, glory to Him who crowned you, glory to Him who heals you all!

Kontakion, voice 2:

Having been wounded by the love of Christ, most sacred, your mind was fixed on the dawn of the Spirit, by your active vision you found the deed, O God-pleasing, the Divine altar became, asking for the Divine radiance to all.

Oh, great and wonderful saint of Christ and miracle worker Spyridon, Kerkyra praise, bright luminary of the whole universe, warm prayer book to God and to all who come running to you and pray with faith, quick intercessor!

You gloriously expounded the Orthodox faith at the Nicene Council among the Fathers, you showed the unity of the Holy Trinity with miraculous power, and you completely put the heretics to shame.

Hear us sinners, O Saint of Christ, praying to you, and through your strong intercession with the Lord, deliver us from every evil situation: from famine, flood, fire and deadly plagues.

For in your temporal life you delivered your people from all these disasters: you saved your country from the invasion of the Hagarians and from famine,

You delivered the king from an incurable illness and brought many sinners to repentance, and for the holiness of your life you had angels invisibly in the church, singing and serving you.

Sitse therefore glorify you, His faithful servant. Master Christ, as if all the secret human deeds are given to you to understand and to expose those who live unrighteously.

You diligently helped many who lived in poverty and lack, you nourished the poor people abundantly during famine, and you created many other signs through the power of the living Spirit of God in you.

Do not forsake us either, Saint of Christ, remember us, your children, at the throne of the Almighty, and beg the Lord to grant forgiveness of many of our sins, grant us a comfortable and peaceful life,

the death of a life that is not shameful and peaceful and eternal bliss in the future will vouchsafe us, so that we may continue to send glory and thanksgiving to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

Prayers to the Holy Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian, Wonderworkers

Troparion, tone 8:

Holy saints without money and miracle workers, our infirmities will visit us: come to us, give us to you.

Kontakion, voice 2:

Having received grace for healings, you extend health to those in need, physicians, wonderworkers of glory; but by your visit to the warriors, overthrow insolence, healing the world with miracles.

Oh, wonderworkers of glory, physicians of mercilessness, Cosmo and Damian!

You, who have loved Christ God from your youth, have received not only the art of healing, but moreover the inexhaustible grace of healing all sorts of ailments from God.

Likewise, you will soon hear us, who fall before your honorable icon.

Young children, asking for your help in learning the books, instruct them with your prayers, so that they will earn zealously, not only earthly things, in your life, and, moreover, may they continually prosper in piety and true faith.

On the sickbed, to those who are lying in hope of helping people, but who come running to you warmly with faith and fervent prayer, grant healing of illnesses through your merciful miraculous visit:

Likewise, those who have come from severe illnesses into despondency, cowardice and murmuring, strengthen and instruct you with the grace given from God in patience,

that they may understand from them the holy and perfect will of God, and may become partakers of God’s saving grace.

Keep everyone who diligently comes running to you unharmed from severe illnesses, and protect them from sudden death, and through your powerful intercession to God, keep them firmly in the right of faith,

those who advance in piety, may together with you in the future be worthy to sing and glorify the all-holy and magnificent name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever.

Prayer to the Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenaries, Martyrs Cyrus and John

Troparion, tone 5:

Glorious saints Cyrus and John, without silver, martyrs and wonderworkers, with your mercy, like an insurmountable wall, protect us from all troubles and preserve us from enemies visible and invisible through your unceasing prayer to the Lord.

Kontakion, voice 3:

From Divine grace you have received the gift of miracles, holy ones, work miracles unceasingly, all our passions are cut by invisible hands, Cyrus the God-Wise with John the Glorious: for you are divine healers by nature.

Oh, holy wonderworkers and gratuitous doctors Cyrus and John, we resort to you, suffering fiercely from our illnesses.

In the days of your life you preached that the illness of the soul is more severe than all the illnesses of the body, and when the soul is sick with sins, the body often falls into illness.

We know that through illness we are cleansed of sins; pray, holy miracle workers, to the Lord, may He grant forgiveness of sins to us, weak and helpless, exhausted by illness, and may we not perish, falling into despondency.

Hasten to help us and heal our illnesses, and we will be in health, having spent our days in repentance, we will end our lives in peace and on the Day of Judgment with a pure heart we will appear before the eyes of the Judge of the universe, the Knower of the Heart of God.

We sing and glorify Him forever and ever.

Prayers for health to the Blessed Matrona of Moscow

One of the most powerful prayers for the health of a sick person is the prayer to Saint Matrona. Parents pray to her for their children, mothers for entire families. In principle, anyone can light a candle in the church and pray to Saint Matronushka for their sisters, brothers, nephews, friends, and even for protection from enemies.

O blessed Mother Matrono, with your soul standing in heaven before the Throne of God, with your body resting on earth, and exuding various miracles by the grace given from above.

Look now with your merciful eye on us, sinners, in sorrows, illnesses and sinful temptations, waiting for our days, comfort us, desperate ones, heal our fierce ailments, from God we are allowed by our sins,

deliver us from many troubles and circumstances, beg our Lord Jesus Christ to forgive us all our sins, iniquities and falls, in whom we have sinned from our youth even to this day and hour, so that through your prayers we have received grace and great mercy,

Let us glorify in the Trinity the One God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer for the health of a sick child

This is a very powerful prayer for the health of children, especially if you have become spiritually attuned and cleansed:

Blessed Elder Matrona, in this time of sorrow I turn to you. Forgive me all sinful weaknesses and reject all demonic nasty things.

Help my child to heal quickly and drink in faith in God. Do not punish your child with pain, illness and bodily ailments.

Do not torment his soul with suffering.

I hope for your help and again I pray for your health.

Thy will be done. Amen.

Prayer for husband's health

They also pray to the Venerable Matrona of Moscow for the health and healing of a sick spouse:

Blessed Eldress, Matrona of Moscow, ohI turn to you for my husband.Help him cope with life's difficulties and protect him from sinful mistakes.Grant your spouse good health and strengthen our marriage for many years to come. Forgive us sinful filth and carnal weakness.Thy will be done. Amen! Amen! Amen!

Prayer for healing

Glory to Thee, Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of the beginningless Father, who alone heals every ailment and every disease among people,

for you have had mercy on me, a sinner, and delivered me from my illness, not allowing it to develop and kill me because of my sins.

Grant me from now on, Master, the strength to firmly do Your will for the salvation of my damned soul and for Your glory with Your beginningless Father and Your consubstantial Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

We explain the causes of illness by cold, infection, overwork, poisoning, etc. But this is only partly true. In fact, any physical illness grows from a spiritual illness. Yes, these are our sins for which we pay with illness. But the Lord, thus, does not at all want to punish us or enjoy our agony; he wants to warn us against the occurrence of spiritual diseases. If a person does not come to his senses during illness, does not repent, does not realize his guilt and does not change his life, the disease will spread to his immortal soul, which is much more terrible.

The first step to healing should be repentance. And we can repent with the words of prayers for recovery:

“O Most Merciful God, Father, Son and Holy Soul, worshiped and glorified in the indivisible Trinity, look kindly upon Thy servant (name), who is sickly possessed; forgive him all his sins; give him healing from his illness; restore his health and bodily strength; Give him a long and prosperous life, Your peaceful and peaceful blessings, so that together with us he brings grateful prayers to You, the All-Bountiful God and my Creator. Most Holy Theotokos, through Your omnipotent intercession, help me to beg Your Son, my God, for the healing of God’s servant (name). All saints and angels of the Lord, pray to God for His sick servant (name). Amen".

Although we know that sins are the cause of illness, seeing that someone is sick, we cannot think about his sinfulness, so we ourselves sin greatly. On the contrary, you need to ask God to have mercy on the soul of the patient. To do this, refer to the Mother of God for the patient’s recovery, because she is the most powerful mediator between man and God:

“O Most Holy Lady, Lady Theotokos! With fear, faith and love before Your honest and miraculous icon, we pray to You: do not turn Your face away from those who come running to You, beg, O merciful Mother, Your Son and our God, the Lord Jesus Christ, to keep our country peaceful and His holy Church May he preserve him unshakably, and may he deliver from unbelief, heresies and schism. There are no imams of any other help, no imams of other hope, except for You, most pure Virgin.”

Our efforts for the patient’s recovery may work, or they may remain ignored. The fact is that no matter how zealously we ask God to help the sick, he will not do this until the sinner himself realizes why he is sick. Otherwise, it will be possible to say that “one builds, the other destroys.” You understand what the result is.

When we do not realize our sins and do not repent, God is forced to remind us of the need for changes in life through the illnesses of our loved ones. The worst thing for a parent is when his child is sick, and he is sick (almost always) because of parental misconduct.

In this case, there is no time to hesitate. Any mother will understand in her heart that she is to blame for the suffering of her little one. At such moments, a prayer to the Mother of God for the child’s recovery will help. She will not only console the poor mother, but also ask for God’s mercy towards the sinful woman and the health of her child. The Mother of God has the power to send grace to a person, in which he realizes his sins and will be able to change his life.

The text of the mother’s prayer for the child’s recovery to the Most Holy Theotokos:

“Oh, merciful Mother! You see the cruel sorrow tormenting my heart! For the sake of the sorrow with which You were pierced when a terrible sword passed into Your soul during the bitter suffering and death of the Divine Thy Son, I pray to Thee: have mercy on my poor child, who is sick and fading, and if it is not contrary to the will of God and his salvation, intercede for him bodily health from Thy Almighty Son, the Physician of souls and bodies, Who healed every disease and every infirmity, having compassion on with the tears of a mother weeping over the loss of her only son, he awakened him from death and gave him to her. O Loving Mother! Look at how the face of my brainchild has turned pale, how all his veins are burning from illness, and have mercy on him, so that death will not snatch him away at the dawn of life, but may he be saved by God’s help and serve with the joy of his heart Your Only Begotten Son, your Lord and God. Amen".