Which icon should you ask for the birth of a child? Prayer for female and male infertility

For many people, children represent an unspeakable joy. Unfortunately, such happiness does not always happen in families and it is increasingly possible to see people deprived of the ability to conceive a child, despite all their efforts.

Such women and men undergo repeated treatment from various doctors, resort to various techniques in order to relieve oneself of the burden of infertility. The causes of infertility can be very different. Very often, such a diagnosis can arise on psychological grounds.

The psychology of infertility is a very complex science. And the reasons are different in each case. Therefore, for many women suffering from such an illness, prayer for infertility is the only way to calm their howling souls, come to terms with their fate and gain hope for the gift of children.

The Orthodox Church considers infertility to be the worst thing that can happen to a person. Every clergyman knows about miraculous healing from infertility.

Therefore, infertility should not be considered a hopeless diagnosis for women and men. Thanks to all kinds life stories people learn that infertility is far from a death sentence. And if you approach this problem diligently and seriously, there will always be a way out.

Healing from male and female infertility in the church environment is accepted as a real miracle, assisted by the holy spirits. But only sincere prayer can contribute to this.

Features of prayer for infertility

Every despairing person should always keep before his eyes the example of the holy and righteous Godfathers Joachim and Anna. As a result of the persistent and intense prayers of the spouses, their request was heard and approved. The miraculous birth of the Lady Theotokos at an advanced age gave hope to all those suffering that even in their hopeless situation a miracle could happen, and that in no case should one lose hope and faith in the gift of children.

Before reading the prayer request for the gift of children, spouses should carefully prepare and determine who they will pray to in case of infertility. If there are people around you whom you have inadvertently offended or offended, make amends and make peace with those you have hated for so long.

Read prayers to the Holy Trinity every day, attend church and give alms.

After all this, you can invite a clergyman to the house so that he can conduct a water-blessing prayer service in the house. After this, you must begin a forty-day fast, except Saturday and Sunday. All this time, the man and woman need to sleep separately and make fifty bows every day. Every morning throughout Lent, you must eat antidor and drink holy water, then mark yourself with a cross on your forehead using holy oil. If, due to poor health or excessive fasting, one of the spouses loses strength, they need to fast according to their strength.

After fasting for forty days, you must confess again and call a clergyman. With its help it is necessary to carry out the ceremony of anointing, communion. Within three days after this, the spouses can again lie down with each other.

Prayers against infertility

Before saying a prayer, you should clear your mind, get rid of everything bad and evil. Spouses need to turn to the saints with a special prayer to help strengthen their faith. After this, you need to pray to God.

In addition to the Lord, you can also pray to the Saints for the gift of children. They will serve as intermediaries connecting a person with God, conveying to him the tearful prayers of people. Most often in this case, people turn to the Holy Intercessors - the Mother of God and Matrona. You can contact them with any problems regarding children. There are many prayers dedicated to the Mother of God and Matrona, which desperate parents read very often.

A prayerful appeal to Matrona and the Mother of God will help get rid of infertility.

Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos “From infertility”

“Virgin Mother of God, Rejoice, O Blessed Mary, the Lord is with Thee, blessed art Thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, for Thou hast given birth to the Savior of our souls.”

Immediately before the prayer itself, Matrona needs to ask the saint to forgive and have mercy. Then you should ask for conception. After this, after a seven-day fast, you should visit the Intercession Monastery, although the prayer itself does not have to be read directly in the church. It is important that the words of prayer you say to Matrona and the Mother of God come from the soul.

Prayer to Matrona of Moscow “From infertility”

“Oh, blessed mother Matrono, hear and accept us now, sinners, praying to you, who throughout your entire life has learned to receive and listen to all those who suffer and mourn with faith and hope to your intercession and help of those who come running, quick help and miraculous healing to all serving; May your mercy not fail now for us, unworthy, restless in this busy world and nowhere finding consolation and compassion in spiritual sorrows and help in bodily illnesses, heal our illnesses, deliver us from the temptations and torment of the passionately fighting devil, help us convey our everyday Cross, to bear all the hardships of life and not to lose the image of God in it, to preserve the Orthodox faith until the end of our days, to have strong trust and hope in God and unfeigned love for our neighbors, so that help us, after leaving this life, to achieve the Kingdom of Heaven with all those who pleased God , glorifying the mercy and goodness of the Heavenly Father, glorified in the Trinity: Father and Son and Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen"

The miraculous power of prayer

To get pregnant, you can ask for help from the icon of Our Lady of Mammals. It is worth noting a case where pregnancy occurred in a woman who could not conceive for eight years. Another story happened in 2010 with a woman who for a long time could not get pregnant, and after repeated unsuccessful attempts survived a frozen pregnancy. Only by praying to the icon of Our Lady of Mammals was she able to calmly conceive and give birth to a healthy baby.

Prayer before the Mammal Icon

“Receive, Lady Theotokos, the tearful prayers of Your servants who flow to You. We see You on the holy icon, carrying in your arms and feeding with milk Your Son and our God, the Lord Jesus Christ. Even though you gave birth to Him painlessly, yet the mother weighed the sorrow and infirmity of sons and daughters human zrishis. With the same warmth falling upon Thy whole-bearing image and tenderly kissing this, we pray to Thee, all-merciful Lady: we, sinners, condemned to give birth to sickness and to nourish our children in sorrow, mercifully spare and compassionately intercede, but our babies, who also gave birth to them, from the grave deliver from illness and bitter sorrow. Grant them health and prosperity, and their nourishment will increase in strength, and those who feed them will be filled with joy and consolation, for even now, through Your intercession from the mouth of a baby and those who piss, the Lord will bring His praise. O Mother of the Son of God! Have mercy on the Mother of the sons of men and on Your weak people: quickly heal the illnesses that befall us, quench the sorrows and sorrows that are upon us, and do not despise the tears and sighings of Your servants. Hear us on the day of sorrow who fall before Your icon, and on the day of joy and deliverance receive the grateful praise of our hearts. Offer our prayers to the throne of Your Son and our God, may He be merciful to our sin and weakness and add His mercy to those who lead His name, as we and our children glorify You, the merciful Intercessor and the true hope of our race, forever and ever. . Amen."

This miraculous icon also helped in cases of complete obstruction of the fallopian tubes - women conceived children without any medical intervention.

Another miraculous incident is associated with Theodore’s image of the Mother of God. According to the surviving data, Deacon Shlogov and his wife had no children for ten years, but after a pilgrimage to the Theodore Icon in Kostroma almost twenty-four years ago they were given children. It is known that a couple from Moscow was also able to get rid of the burden of infertility with the help of a similar icon and prayer requests to her. After three months of tearful appeals, the woman was able to conceive a child.

Prayer before the Feodorovskaya icon

“To whom will I call, O Lady, to whom will I resort in my sorrow, to whom will I bring my tears and sighs, if not to You, Queen of heaven and earth. Who will pluck 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, comfort me and have mercy on me my sorrows, protect me in troubles and misfortunes, deliver me from bitterness and sorrows and all sorts of ailments and illnesses, from enemies visible and invisible, pacify the enmity of those who chill me, so that I will be delivered from slander and human malice; Likewise, free me from your flesh’s vile customs. Cover me under the canopy of Your mercy, so that I may find peace and joy and cleansing from sins. I entrust to myself your maternal intercession: be my Mother and hope, protection, and help, and intercession, joy, and consolation, and a quick Helper in everything. O wonderful Lady! Everyone who comes to You without Your all-powerful help does not leave: for this reason, even though I am unworthy, I come running to You, so that I will be delivered from sudden and cruel death, gnashing of teeth and eternal torment. I am worthy to receive the Kingdom of Heaven and to You in the tenderness of my heart the river: Rejoice, Mother of God, our zealous Representative and Intercessor, forever and ever. Amen."

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Prayer for the birth of a child during infertility helps many women believe in a miracle, which brings unexpected results. Having tried various drug therapies, the girls turn to God for help.

Miracles happen when there is faith and great desire. Women often accept infertility as punishment for their sins. But you shouldn’t despair; it’s important to pray to all the saints. Even if doctors have finally confirmed the diagnosis of childlessness, you should always have patience and pray for healing.

It is not necessary to read the prayer you have learned by heart; you can address the Lord in your own words, the main thing is that it is sincere, from the heart. It is necessary to read prayers daily, go to church, light candles, confess, not do bad things, ask for forgiveness for past sins.

Then healing comes, the married couple, without even suspecting miracles, can feel the joy of motherhood and fatherhood. Children are God's gift and only faith will help you conceive the child you want.

There are many prayers for conception, each person decides for himself which saint to pray to:

• To the Almighty Lord.
• To the Most Holy Theotokos.
• Saint Xenia of Petersburg.
• Holy Prophet Zechariah and Elizabeth.
• Mother Matrona.

Regardless of the choice of prayer, the appeal to the Saints must be sincere. It is important to adhere to all the commandments, take communion, and observe Lent if health allows. The desire to have children must be sincere and come from the heart.

When turning to the Lord, it is important to ask for faith in miracles, to cleanse the mind and soul of sinful thoughts, and to get rid of everything bad. You can also address your request to the Saints; they are intermediaries between people and God. More often, about the gift of a child, people turn to the Most Holy Theotokos, Mother Matrona.

This saint was born in the Tula province, into a very poor family. Even before her birth, the mother wanted to give the child to an orphanage, but before giving birth, a baby appeared to her in the form of a white bird that was blind. After such a dream, the mother abandoned all thoughts of getting rid of her daughter.

The baby was born blind and without eye sockets. Already at Matrona’s baptism, it became clear that the girl was a saint, so the priest said.

At the age of seven, the girl acquired the gift of clairvoyance; she could read the thoughts of other people and help them with various diseases. She constantly went to church, prayed for all humanity, and asked for healing for the sick.

From the age of seventeen she stopped walking, but continued to help people without complaining about her fate. They brought seriously ill patients to her, she saved them from various ailments, prayed to the Lord for all humanity, but never asked for herself. And even after her death, many asked for healing from the relics of Saint Matrona, and received it.

Even today, women ask for a cure for infertility near the icon of Mother. They bring her a bouquet of flowers and pray for a future child. There are many cases when miracles happened; after visiting the Intercession Monastery, girls were able to get pregnant.

Girls also go to the grave where Mother is buried, leave notes for help, ask for forgiveness for their sins, and ask to conceive a baby.

But if you have strong faith, you can turn to it from home, without coming to the monastery, praying even in your own words, mother will hear and help you cope with your illness. Prayer for infertility cleanses the soul, calms and gives faith in a miracle.

After a girl becomes pregnant, it is important to thank her mother, ask for forgiveness and blessings for the birth of healthy children.

The blessed one asked people to be moderate and not to judge others; she called turning to the Almighty the only salvation from all problems. It is important to ask a child without bad thoughts and then conception will occur. Many families want to have children; if problems arise and doctors do not give hope, prayer for conceiving a child will help you experience all the joys of motherhood.

“Oh, Mother Matrona, you stand before God with your soul, you rest on the earth with your body, you work miracles! I appear before You, sinner (name), in temptation, comfort and heal, deliver from troubles. Ask the Almighty, Jesus Christ, to forgive my sins. Through your prayers, let me experience the joy of motherhood! Send grace and mercy. I glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever Amen!

People turn to God when trouble happens; many couples go to church if they want to have children. Talking to God through prayer, they ask for healing and the opportunity to give birth to a child. In case of infertility, it is better for both spouses to turn to higher powers. Such a ritual will bring loving hearts closer, instill hope in them, and provide support to each other. There are many saints and prayers that can work miracles. You can turn to the Almighty in church or at home in front of icons; it is important to cross yourself and bow while reading the prayer. If conception has occurred, you need to thank the Lord for your recovery; after the birth of the child, you need to ask for health for him.

If believers have repented and sincerely ask for children, God will definitely help, the main thing is to believe in it.

To get rid of childlessness, you can ask the Most Holy Mother of God to give you children. There have been cases where women gave birth to children with adhesions in the fallopian tubes without surgical intervention. After prayer before miraculous icon, the woman experienced healing, she gave birth to a healthy baby, after nine years of illness.

“Oh, Most Holy Virgin, Mother of the Lord, intercessor of all, I turn to You with faith! Hear my prayer, cleanse my sinful soul, calm my heart, heal my wounds! I trust in Your salvation, let my husband and I feel all the joys of fatherhood, send us a beloved child. Create the miracle of conception in my womb. I praise and thank you, Most Holy Theotokos! Amen!"

The Lord gives help in hard times, therefore, every person needs to be trusted and there will be forgiveness, healing will come, even if doctors do not give up hope for recovery.

Often, after long-term treatment, spouses decide to adopt a child, after which a long-awaited pregnancy occurs. It is the Lord who thanks them for good deeds, sends his own baby as a reward.

You need to step away from the problem, switch your thoughts to something else.

Some tips:

• You don’t need to make love just for the purpose of conception, you need to relax and not count the necessary cycles.
• The birth of children comes from the love and tenderness of partners. It is important to bring romance into family relationships.
• It is necessary to trust each other, share your experiences and thoughts.
• Read prayers together, the Lord will hear them and healing will occur.
• Don't lose hope, faith always brings results.

If conception has occurred, one should not forget who helped with this. Always thank God, all the Saints and the Guardian Angel. Love your children, because a child is a gift from the Lord.

Before planning a pregnancy, it is important to repent of all sins. Perhaps the girl had abortions in the past; unauthorized termination of pregnancy is considered a grave sin, so you need to confess and ask for forgiveness for what you have done. After sincere repentance, the Lord will forgive this sin and give you a baby.

It is also necessary to get married before God. The sacrament of the ceremony will help the couple wait for the baby. When infertility occurs, people visit temples, holy places, and monasteries. The clergy will tell you which Saints to turn to and what prayers to say when you are childless.

The main thing is that everything is carried out sincerely, with faith in the heart and pure thoughts. Having changed their lives, believing in miracles, the power of the Lord, the spouses will experience the joy of fatherhood, their child will be prayed for.

The main thing is not to despair!

Even when many experts deny any hope of pregnancy, a woman needs to believe in higher powers. There are many known cases where, after turning to the Lord, healthy children were born. married couples diagnosed with infertility.

If the spouses turned to the Creator of life, they would have the opportunity to conceive a baby in the future. This is not an easy path; turning to God alone or going to church rarely will not bring results. It is important to constantly pray and believe!

Often people turn to Joachim and Anna with a request to give a child; they are the parents of the Virgin Mary. They went through many trials before they gave birth to Mary, who became the Mother of God. You can ask for conception in your own words. You also need to order a prayer service in the temple with your names.

The priest will always tell you the rules and prayers, you just need to believe in the Lord!

Before turning to Jesus Christ, you need to confess, repent of your sins, with sincere hope, having repented, ask for a miracle. Requests may last long time, but you cannot be disappointed and believe in salvation. God is merciful, he knows how to forgive, and he will always help worthy people experience the joy of raising children. The main thing is faith!
The Orthodox Church considers childlessness to be a grave punishment for sins committed in the past. Many people, committing rash acts, do not suspect what this could mean in the future. Therefore, after undergoing long-term treatment, having tried various modern medical techniques and not getting results, turning to the Guardian Angel is considered the only salvation. Healing from infertility in men and women is considered a great miracle. To do this, you must sincerely believe and ask for repentance from the holy spirits.

You need to invite a priest home so that he can perform the ceremony of consecrating the home. Observe a forty-day fast for purification, do not engage in sexual relations and constantly read prayers.

Then you need to confess and after three days you can make love. This is not an easy path, but by following all the advice of the clergyman, one can hope that the Almighty will have mercy and send a child to the married couple. God Almighty, the main thing is not to lose heart!

family_style wrote in September 6th, 2012

Text: Tatyana Zhidkova

MOSCOW. Believers come to worship and ask for a child to the Holy Matrona of Moscow. “Everyone come to me and tell me, as if alive, about your sorrows, I will see you, and hear you, and help you,” Matrona instructed.

You can go on a pilgrimage to Matrona to the Danilovskoye cemetery, where the blessed one was buried in 1952, or to the Intercession Monastery, where the saint’s relics were transferred in 1998. Now in the Intercession Monastery there is an icon of St. Matrona of Moscow and the relics of the blessed one. They bring fresh flowers to the matron; you can write a note with your wishes in advance and leave it at the icon.

Another Orthodox place on the map of Moscow where people ask for the birth of a child is the Conception Monastery. The monastery was founded the last Rurikovich, Moscow Prince Fyodor Ioanovich.

God-fearing Fyodor Ioannovich - the third son of Ivan the Terrible - founded the temple in the hope that his wife Irina Godunova (sister of the notorious Boris Godunov) would be healed of infertility. Therefore, the temple was consecrated in honor Christian holiday The Conception of Righteous Anna. Happy birth daughters in royal family happened eight years later, but the prince's paternity was short-lived - the daughter of Theodosius lived a little less than a year. This ended the Rurik dynasty, the first ruling dynasty in Rus'.

In the former village of Kolomenskoye near Moscow, and now a state museum-reserve, on the edge of the Golosovoy ravine there are the Maiden Stone and the Goose Stone. According to legend, the stones are nothing more than the skin of the Serpent, who was defeated by St. George the Victorious.

The smooth stone is called Maiden, and the other - pimply, as if covered with “goose skin” - is called Goose. Weight - about five tons each. The bulk of these boulders are located in the ground. Small peaks emerge to the surface. One of the stones lies at the bottom of the ravine, the other on its high slope. It is believed that the Maiden Stone cures female infertility, and the Goose Stone cures male infertility.

SAINT PETERSBURG. In St. Petersburg, Saint Xenia the Blessed, who is especially revered here, is asked to be a parent. Her grave is located at the Smolensk cemetery on Vasilievsky Island, next to which the Chapel of St. Blessed Xenia of Petersburg was built.

Blessed Xenia, having become a widow at the age of 26, distributed her property to the poor, donated her house and, donning the clothes of her husband, set off to wander. She spent 45 years wandering. Ksenia blessed children, healed the sick, prayed for childless women, and never asked for alms. To turn to the saint for help, you need to leave a note with a request at the chapel, light a candle, then walk around the chapel three times.

Also, with a request for the birth of a child, they turn to the Monk Alexander of Svirsky, whose relics are located in the Holy Trinity of Alexander of Svirsky monastery, located 260 km from St. Petersburg and 21 km from the city of Lodeynoye Pole.

DIVEEVO. In the Nizhny Novgorod region there is a place that is Orthodox world revered as the fourth “earthly inheritance of the Most Holy Theotokos.” This is the Holy Trinity Seraphim-Diveevo Convent, colloquially better known as Diveevo. The Diveevo land is famous for its holy springs; here are the relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov, the founder and patron of the monastery. The main shrine of the monastery is the Holy Kanavka, according to legend, the construction of which was indicated by the Mother of God herself, appearing in 1825 to Seraphim of Sarov.

In 1903, the royal couple Nicholas II and Alexandra Fedorovna visited Diveevo. At that time, the parents of four daughters, they prayed for the birth of a son. And the next year after the visit to the holy land in the family Russian Emperor a son was born, Tsarevich Alexei. Today people go to Diveevo for a blessing for childbearing and to offer a prayer St. Seraphim, venerate his relics. After prayer, believers strive to plunge into one of the holy springs, and keep the towel and use it during illness.

MUROM. In Murom Holy Trinity convent there are the relics of the holy believers Peter and Fevronia, who lived and reigned in the city of Murom and died on the same day.

It is believed that those who pray to the relics will receive healing from infertility and happiness in family life. The most favorable day for conversion is July 8 - the day of canonization of saints, and in the Russian state calendar it is the day of family, love and fidelity.

CHEKHOV. The snow-white Anno-Conception Church in the city of Chekhov was built more than 300 years ago. According to legend, the family of the state steward Savva Vasilchikov had no children for a long time. His wife Anna fervently prayed and asked for a child. One day, having dozed off near the icon of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a vision descended upon her. The icon seemed to speak, saying that the long-awaited child would appear when her husband built a church on this place. As soon as the first stone was laid in 1689, Anna became pregnant and nine months later gave birth to a daughter, who was named Maria. Five years later the church was completed and consecrated in honor of Saint Righteous Anna "when to conceive Holy Mother of God ". Since then, the estate of the Vasilchikov princes has been called Zachatievskoye.

PEREYASLAVL-ZALESSKY. Not far from Pereslavl-Zalessky, on the shore of Lake Pleshcheevo, the legendary Blue Stone rises. A giant boulder weighing 12 tons “migrated” here in prehistoric times with the glacier. And in the pre-Christian era it was an object of worship for the ancient pagan Slavs.

The stone got its name for its unusual property: after rain gray The stone changes to dark blue.
According to legend, Yarila’s heart is hidden in the Blue Stone - Slavic god Sun. Here those dreaming of a child sit on a boulder.

KHAKASIA. In the Khakass steppe there is a stone female deity Ulug Khurtuyakh Tas - “Big Stone Woman” (“Mother of all mothers”, “Womb of the Earth”), whose age, according to archaeologists, is about 6 thousand years. The stone statue is revered as a symbol of fertility and, according to legend, has healing powers against female infertility.

According to legends, Ulug Khurtuyakh Tas was a woman with a husband and children (the number of children varies from two to forty), who had to leave home. In one version, she asks the gods to save Khut, the life force of the Khakass people. “Take Hut into yourself, you must save it, get on your best horse and ride as hard as you can! But remember, if you turn around, you will turn to stone!” - the gods answered. And so, when the horse had already reached the middle of the Khakassian land, she forgot the order, turned around and... instantly turned to stone. Since then, it has stood in the middle of the steppe and kept within itself Khut - the immortality of the people.

According to another version, Ulug Khurtuyakh Tas turned to the gods with a request to save her children while she looked for a safe shelter for them. Why did the gods turn children into beads? While running, she didn’t notice how the thread broke and all the beads were lost. Then, out of grief, she screamed and sang so beautifully that the gods were moved (there is an option that they were angry) and she, having lost her children, was made the patroness of other people’s children and their mothers.

The belief says that it is necessary to walk around Ulug Khurtuyakh Tas three times in the sun, sprinkle something milky on the four cardinal points, and then put food in front of her and ask for a child.

KABARDINO-BALKARIA. The legend that Mount Ullu-Tau, or as it is also called “Mother Mountain,” fulfills women’s desires for motherhood, is passed down from generation to generation in the Caucasus. Located in Ullu-Tau national reserve Elbrus region in Kabardino-Balkaria. At the foot of the mountain there is a tree with scraps of fabric on which are written a woman’s innermost desires - “son” or “daughter”.

During the ascent you will have to stop using meat food. There is no electricity in the wooden house on the top of the mountain where the pilgrims stay. Food is cooked over a fire. These are special conditions for acquiring a special state of body and spirit of expectant mothers.

KIROV. In our usual urban environment there is also “ special places”, which acquire interesting folk beliefs. The sculpture “A Stork Bringing a Child” is located next to one of the city registry offices in the city of Kirov. If you believe modern signs To get rid of infertility, just rub the heels of the baby, which the stork holds in its beak, and mentally ask the baby.

TOMSK. We meet another modern “object” of urban culture in Tomsk. Opposite the medical university there is an unusual “Pregnant”. The sculpture is made in an avant-garde style: the mother’s body consists of a metal frame through which her unborn child is visible. A legend also appeared that if a woman ties a ribbon on the grill, she will have a calm birth, or she will be able to get pregnant.