Prayer of the mother of God before the icon of her Vladimir

The miraculous icon of the Vladimir Mother of God is one of the most revered Faces of the Virgin Mary, loved by the people.

The iconography of the Holy image conveys the warmth and sincerity of the relationship between God and man. The Creator of the World Himself became so small that His life depended on a simple laywoman.

How to ask correctly

Prayer before the icon of the Vladimir Mother of God for help and intercession is offered by Christians all over the world. The Most Pure Virgin, staying in the Kingdom of God, sees not only the Glory of Her Son, but also worldly suffering, greatly mourns over the sins of people.

Icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir

A request before the Vladimir image can be offered at any time.

1. First you need to turn to the Creator, subtract the necessary prayers, and only then say a prayer or an akathist to the Mother of God in front of Her Vladimir icon.
2. It is not necessary to read a certain number of times, you can pray as often as you like, so long as the mind and attention are focused on the Queen of Heaven and the petition to Her.
3. It is impossible to pronounce a prayer mechanically and without feeling - this is similar to witchcraft.

Prayers before other images of the Virgin:

What to pray for the Intercessor

The Intercessor and Defender of the human race provides assistance to all believers, helps to solve all the problems with which parishioners sincerely turn to Her.

Fragment of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God

What helps the Intercessor Mother of God

• protects the dwelling;
• helps to find the right path in life;
• strengthens in the Orthodox faith;
• protects from enemies;
• pacifies the warring;
• delivers from sinful thoughts;
• heals bodily and mental ailments;
• heals diseases of the heart, eyes;
• protects the family hearth;
• delivers from the invasion of foreigners;
• returns to the Temples of God those who have fallen away from the faith.

More about Orthodox prayers:

The Mother of God teaches her children mutual trust and boundless love for each other.

Important! The veneration of the Holy Face of the Vladimir Mother of God takes place on August 26, June 23 and May 21.

May the fiery prayers before her bring to mankind spiritual renewal and the salvation of the soul in the universal Resurrection.

Prayer before the icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir

Prayer one

O All-Merciful Lady Theotokos, Heavenly Queen, Omnipotent Intercessor, our shameless Hope! Thanking Thee for all the great blessings, in the generations of the Russian people from You who were, before Your most pure image, we pray to Thee: save this city (or: this whole, or: this holy abode) and your forthcoming servants and the whole Russian Land from gladness, destruction , land of shaking, flood, fire, sword, invasion of foreigners and internecine warfare. Save and save, Madam, our Great Lord and Father (name of the rivers), His Holiness the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, and our Lord (name of the rivers), His Grace Bishop (or: Archbishop, or Metropolitan) (title), and all the Most Reverend Metropolitans, Orthodox archbishops and bishops. Give them good governance of the Russian Church, keep the faithful sheep of Christ indestructible. Remember, Lady, and the entire priestly and monastic rank and their salvation, warm their hearts with zeal for God and, worthy of your title, strengthen each one. Save, Lady, and have mercy on all Your servants and grant us the path of the earthly field without blemish. Establish us in the faith of Christ and in zeal for the Orthodox Church, put into our hearts the spirit of the fear of God, the spirit of piety, the spirit of humility, give us patience in misfortune, abstinence in prosperity, love for neighbors, forgiveness for the enemy, prosperity in good deeds. Deliver us from every temptation and from petrified insensitivity, on the terrible day of Judgment, vouchsafe us with Your intercession to stand at the right hand of Your Son, Christ our God, and He deserves all glory, honor and worship with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever and ever . Amen.

Prayer two

O All-Merciful Lady Theotokos, Heavenly Queen, Omnipotent Intercessor, our shameless Hope! We thank Thee for all the good deeds that have been from You by the Russian people, from ancient times to the present day from Your miraculous icon revealed. And now, Blessing the Lady, look upon us sinful and unworthy Thy servants, show us Thy mercy and pray to Thy Son, Christ our God, to deliver us from all evil and save every city and village, and our whole country from gladness, destruction , a coward, a flood, fire, a sword, an invasion of foreigners and manly battles. Ask an Orthodox Christian for a prosperous and peaceful life, health, long life, good haste and salvation in everything. Preserve and make wise the pastors of the Church, who are worthy to shepherd the flock of Christ and the right to rule the word of truth; strengthen the Christ-loving All-Russian army, give the spirit of advice and reason to the military commander, the mayor and everyone who is in power, send down Your holy blessing to all Orthodox Christians who bow to You and pray before Your wholesome icon. Be our Intercessor and Intercessor before the throne of the Most High, where you stand. To whom shall we resort, if not to Thee, O Lady? To whom shall we bring tears and sighs, if not to Thee, Most Holy Theotokos? Not imams for other help, not imams for other hope, except for You, Heavenly Queen. We flow under Your protection, with Your prayers send us peace, health, fruitfulness of the earth, good air, deliver us from all troubles and sorrows, from all ailments and diseases, from sudden death and from all the embitterment of enemies visible and invisible. Enlighten and teach us, O All-Merciful Intercessor, how sinlessly to pass the path of this earthly life; You weigh our infirmities, weigh our sins, but you also weigh faith and see hope; grant us the correction of sinful lives and soften our evil hearts. Strengthen the right faith in us, put in our hearts the spirit of the fear of God, the spirit of piety, the spirit of humility, patience and love, prosperity in good deeds; deliver us from temptations, from pernicious soul-harming teachings, from unbelief, corruption and eternal death. We ask you, Most Pure Lady, and bowing down before your holy icon, we pray, have mercy on us and have mercy on us, on the terrible day of judgment, through your intercession and intercession, make us worthy to stand at the right hand of your Son, Christ our God, to Him befits all glory, honor and worship, with His Beginningless Father, and His Most Holy and Good and Consubstantial Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer three

To whom shall we cry, Lady! To whom shall we resort in our sorrow, if not to Thee, Queen of Heaven? Who will receive our weeping and sighing, if not You, Immaculate One, Hope of Christians and refuge for us sinners? Who is more in mercy to You? Incline Your ear to us, Lady, Mother of our God, and do not despise those who demand Your help: hear our groaning, strengthen us sinners, enlighten and teach us, Queen of Heaven, and do not depart from us, Your servant, Lady, for our murmuring, but wake up Mother and Intercessor to us, and entrust us to the gracious cover of Your Son, arrange for us, whatever Your holy will will, and lead us sinners to a quiet and serene life, let us cry for our sins, but we will rejoice with You always, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer Four

O Most Holy Lady Theotokos! Thou art above all the Angel and Archangel and the most honest of all creatures, helper of the offended, hopeless hope, wretched intercessor, sad consolation, hungry nurse, naked robe, sick healing, sinful salvation, Christians of all help and intercession. O All-Merciful Lady, Virgin Mother of God! By Thy mercy, save and have mercy on our country, Your Grace Metropolitans, Archbishops and Bishops, and the entire priestly and monastic rank, military leaders, city governors and the Christ-loving army, and well-wishers, and all Orthodox Christians with Thy honest robe protect, and beg, Madam, from You without seed incarnate Christ our God, may He gird us with His power from above against our invisible and visible enemies. O All-Merciful Lady Mother of God! Raise us up from the depths of sin, and deliver us from famine, destruction, from cowardice and flood, from fire and sword, from finding foreigners and internecine warfare, and from sudden death, and from enemy attacks, and from corrupting winds, and from deadly ulcers. and from all evil. Grant, Madam, peace and health to Your servants, all Orthodox Christians, and enlighten their minds and eyes of the heart for salvation, and vouchsafe us, Your sinful servants, the Kingdom of Your Son, Christ our God, as His Power is blessed and glorified, with the Beginningless His Father and with His Most Holy and Good and Life-Giving Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer Five

Accept, Omnipotent, Most Pure Lady Mistress of the Theotokos, this honest gift, the only one applied to you, from us unworthy servants of yours, chosen from all generations, the highest being of all creatures of heaven and earth. For the sake of Thee, for the sake of Thee, the Lord of hosts be with us, and by Thee we will know the Son of God, and we will be honored with His Holy Body and His Most Pure Blood. Blessed are you also in childbirth, God-blessed, the brightest of the Cherubim and the most honest of the Seraphim. And now, All-holy Theotokos, do not stop praying for us, Thy unworthy servants, to deliver us from every advice of the evil one and from every circumstance, and keep us intact from every poisonous pretense of the devil. But even to the end, by Your prayers, keep us uncondemned, as if by Your intercession and help we save, glory, praise, thanksgiving and worship for everything in the Trinity to the One God and all the Creator we send, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer six

Preblagaya my queen, my hope to the Mother of God, the refuge of orphans and strange representatives, grieving joy, offended patroness! See my misfortune, see my sorrow, help me as if I am weak, guide me as if strange. I’ll offend my weight, resolve it, as if you will: as if I don’t have any other help for You, neither another intercessor, nor a good comforter, only You, O Bogomati, as if you save me and cover me forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer Seven

O Most Holy Lady Theotokos! Accept our unworthy prayer, and save us from the slander of evil people and from sudden death, and grant us repentance before the end. Have mercy on our prayer, and grant joy instead of sorrow. And deliver us, Madam, from all troubles and misfortunes, sorrows and illnesses and all evil. And vouchsafe us, Thy sinful servants, to the right hand at the second coming of Thy Son, Christ our God, and heirs to be the Kingdom of Heaven and eternal life with all the saints in endless ages of ages. Amen.

A bit of history

Church Tradition says that the Face belongs to the brush of the Evangelist Luke and is written on the material from which the table was made, which served as a place for the meal of Jesus and the Virgin Mary. Previously, the icon was in Constantinople and Jerusalem, and later, as a gift, it was presented to Yuri Dolgoruky. Then his heir moved the Face to the Assumption Cathedral in the city of Vladimir, from here the icon got its name.

Word on the Presentation of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God

After some time, the image ended up in Moscow, so the faithful Christians saved it from the Tamerlane troops.

According to ancient chronicles, Tamerlane left after a strange vision: the Mother of God herself appeared to him and ordered him to leave the Christian land. So for the first time the Most Pure Virgin saved Russia from inevitable war.

The second miracle from the icon was the salvation of the Russian people from the invasion of the Tatar Khan.

And for the third time, the Lady of Holy Russia did not leave: She prevented bloodshed during the attacks of the Kazan Khan.

History is widely known case when 12 people were under the collapsed gates of Vladimir. At the plea of ​​Prince Andrei before the Mother of God, all the victims remained alive and did not receive serious injuries.

Attention! At present, the miraculous Face of the Queen of Heaven is in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.

Video about the akathist icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir.