Prayer of thanksgiving to St. John of Kronstadt. Prayers of St. Righteous John of Kronstadt from the book “My Life in Christ”

First prayer

O great servant of Christ, holy and righteous Father John of Kronstadt, wondrous shepherd, quick helper and merciful representative! Raising praise to the Triune God, you prayerfully cried out: Your name is love: do not reject me, the erring one. Your name is Strength: strengthen me, weak and falling. Your name is Light: enlighten my soul, darkened by worldly passions. Your name is Peace: pacify my restless soul. Now, grateful to your intercession, the all-Russian flock prays to you: Christ-named and righteous servant of God! With your love, illumine us, sinners and weaklings, grant us the ability to bear worthy fruits of repentance and to partake of the Mysteries of Christ without condemnation. By your power, strengthen our faith in us, support us in prayer, heal ailments and illnesses, deliver us from misfortunes, enemies, visible and invisible. With the light of your face, incite the servants and primates of the Altar of Christ to holy deeds of pastoral work, grant education to an infant, instruct youth, support old age, illuminate the shrines of churches and holy abodes! Die, most miraculous and visionary, the peoples of our country, by the grace and gift of the Holy Spirit, deliver from internecine warfare, gather the scattered, convert the seduced, and unite the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. By your grace, preserve marriage in peace and unanimity, grant prosperity and blessings to monastics in good deeds, give comfort to the faint-hearted, free those suffering from unclean spirits, have mercy in the needs and circumstances of our lives, and guide us on the path of salvation. In Christ living, our Father John, lead us to the Everlasting Light of eternal life, so that with you we may be worthy of eternal bliss, praising and exalting God forever and ever. Amen.

Second prayer

O great wonderworker and wonderful servant of God, God-bearing Father John! Look at us and listen compassionately to our prayer, for the Lord has vouchsafed you great gifts, so that you may become an intercessor and constant prayer-book for us. Behold, we are overwhelmed by sinful passions and consumed by malice, we have neglected the commandments of God, we have not brought heartfelt repentance and tears of sighing, for this reason we are worthy of appearing through many sorrows and sorrows. But you, righteous father, having great boldness towards the Lord and compassion for your neighbors, beg the All-Bountiful Lord of the world to add His mercy to us and tolerate our iniquities, not to destroy us for our sin, but to mercifully grant us time for repentance. O saint of God, help us to immaculately observe the Orthodox faith and piously preserve the commandments of God, so that all iniquity may not possess us, the Truth of God will be put to shame in our untruths, but may we be honored to achieve a Christian death, painless, shameless, peaceful and partakers of the Mysteries of God. We also pray to you, righteous father, for our Holy Church to be more established until the end of time, and for our Fatherland, ask for peace and abiding and preserve it from all evils, so that our people, preserved by God, are in unanimity of faith and in all piety and purity, in the beauty of spiritual brotherhood, sobriety and harmony testify: that God is with us! In Him we live and move, and we are, and we will remain forever. Amen.

Prayer three

Most wonderful Father John! You have drawn close to God through many virtues and have been granted spiritual gifts from Him: to heal ailments, to drive away passions and to quench sorrows. In the same way, we humbly pray to you: grant healing to our illness and healing to our passions, satisfy the sorrows that come upon us and infuse spiritual joy into our hearts. And help us to be imitators of your holy life and all your good deeds, so that together with you we may be worthy of inheriting the Kingdom of Heaven. Amen.

Troparion to Righteous John of Kronstadt

Troparion, tone 1

Champion of the Orthodox faith, saddener of the Russian land, ruler of the shepherd and faithful image, preacher of repentance and life in Christ. Reverent minister of the Divine Mysteries and daring prayer book for people, righteous Father John, healer and wonderful miracle worker, praise the city of Kronstadt and the adornment of our church, pray to the All-Good God to pacify the world and save our souls.

Glory to Thee Savior, Almighty Power! Glory to Thee Savior, Omnipresent Power! Glory to Thee, most merciful Womb! Glory to Thee, ever-opening Hearing to hear the prayer of the accursed me, to have mercy on me and save me from my sins! Glory to Thee, brightest Eyes, I will look upon me with kindness and insight into all my secrets! Glory to Thee, glory to Thee, glory to Thee, Sweetest Jesus, my Savior!

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God! What will I bring to You, how will I thank You for Your constant, greatest mercies to me and to the rest of Your people? For behold, every moment I am enlivened by Your Holy Spirit, every moment I breathe the air You have diffused, light, pleasant, healthy, strengthening, I am enlightened by Your joyful and life-giving light - spiritual and material; I feed on sweet and life-giving spiritual food and the same drink, the holy Mysteries of Your Body and Blood and material sweet food and drinks; You dress me with a bright, beautiful royal robe - with Yourself and material clothes, you cleanse my sins, heal and cleanse my many and fierce sinful passions; You take away my spiritual corruption in the power of Your immeasurable goodness, wisdom and strength, and fill me with Your Holy Spirit - the Spirit of holiness, grace; You give my soul truth, peace and joy, space, strength, boldness, courage, strength, and you endow my body with precious health; You teach my hands to fight and my fingers to fight with the invisible enemies of my salvation and bliss, with the enemies of the holiness and power of Your glory, with the spirits of wickedness in high places; You crown with success my deeds done in Your name... For all this I thank, glorify and bless Your all-good, fatherly, all-powerful power, O God, our Savior, our Benefactor. But be known by Your other people as You appeared to me, O Lover of Mankind, so that they may know You, the Father of all, Your goodness, Your providence, Your wisdom and power, and glorify You, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.

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I thank Thee, Lord my God, for giving me existence, for giving me birth in the Christian faith, for the Most Pure Virgin Mary, Intercessor for the salvation of our race, for Thy saints praying for us, for the Guardian Angel, for public worship that supports us faith and virtue, for the Holy Scriptures, for the Holy Sacraments, and especially Your Body and Blood, for the mysterious grace-filled consolations, for the hope of receiving the Kingdom of Heaven and for all the blessings You have given me.

Prayer of thanksgiving for deliverance from the temptations of the enemy

Glory to You, Almighty King, that You do not leave me in the darkness of the devil, but always send Your light into my darkness. You are my Lamp, Lord, and enlighten my darkness. My Lord, Lord Jesus Christ! My speedy, swift, unashamed Intercessor! I thank You with all my heart that You graciously listened to me: when I, in darkness, crampedness and flames of the enemy, cried out to You - you quickly, sovereignly, graciously delivered me from my enemies and gave my heart space, lightness, light! Oh, Master, how I suffered from the machinations of the enemy, how timely You showed me help and how obvious Your almighty help was! I praise Your goodness, benevolent Master, hope of the desperate; I praise You that You did not disgrace my face in the end, but mercifully delivered me from the darkness and dishonor of hell. How, after this, can I ever despair of Your hearing and mercy on me, the accursed? I will, I will always call on Your sweetest name, my Savior; But You, O innumerable Blessedness, as always, now and forever, save me according to Your immeasurable compassion, for Your name is the Lover of Mankind and the Savior!

Prayer of thanksgiving for healing from illness

Glory to Thee, Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of the beginningless Father, 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 beginningless Father and Your consubstantial Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

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I thank You, eternal sweetness, incomparable, innumerably surpassing all earthly, carnal and rough sweets, incorruptible sweetness, life-giving, holy, quiet, light, premium, joyful, inexhaustible; I thank You, for You have given me these perishable sweets for tasting, pleasure, and, although in part, I know how sweet You are, that You are all sweetness, all desire. Illuminating with the material light, I say: glory to You, the unstoppable, sweet and all-joyful Light, as with this corruptible, but beautiful light - the image of Your unapproachable divine light, you illuminate us, and from this material light we constantly flow in thought to You, the eternal, unstoppable Light, and yes We strive through purity of life to achieve Your all-blessed contemplation.

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My endless sweetness, Lord Jesus Christ, what sweets did You not give me to taste in my temporary existence! Thank you, my mercy, my sweetness! But if earthly sweets are so numerous, varied, and pleasant, then what are heavenly, spiritual sweets: they are truly endless, countless, unimaginably pleasant. Do not, O most merciful and generous Lord, deprive me of Your heavenly sweets, which You have prepared for those who love You. Do not deprive them and your other people! Let us all know You, Lord, our Sweetness!

A song of praise in the likeness of the Psalms of David

The Lord is my being; The Lord is deliverance from eternal death; The Lord is my eternal belly; The Lord is my cleansing and deliverance from many sins and my sanctification; The Lord is strength in my weakness, space in my crampedness, hope in my cowardice and despondency; The Lord is light in my darkness, peace in my confusion; The Lord is an intercessor in my temptations. He is my thinking, my desire, my activity; He is the light of soul and body, food, drink, my robe, my shield, my weapon. Everything is for me Lord!

Prayer Appeal to the Blessed Virgin Mary

Oh, Lady! Let it not be in vain and in vain that we call You the Lady: reveal and continually manifest over us Your holy, living, effective dominion. Reveal, for you can do everything for good, as the all-good Mother of the all-good King; disperse the darkness of our hearts, repel the arrows of crafty spirits, flatteringly driven towards us. May the peace of Your Son, Your peace reign in our hearts, and let us all ever exclaim with joy: who is after the Lord, as our Lady, our all-good, all-powerful and most swift Intercessor? That is why you are exalted, Lady, that is why you have been given an indescribable abundance of divine grace, that is why ineffable boldness and strength at the throne of God and the gift of almighty prayer have been given to you, that is why you have been adorned with indescribable holiness and purity, that is why you have been given unapproachable power from the Lord, that You may preserve, protect, intercede, purify and save us, the inheritance of Your Son and God, and Yours. Save us, O Most Pure, All-Good, All-Wise and All-Powerful! For you are the Mother of our Savior, Who of all names was most pleased to be called Savior. It is common for us who wander in this life to fall, for we are covered with many-passionate flesh, surrounded by spirits of wickedness in high places, seducing us into sin, we live in an adulterous and sinful world, tempting us to sin; and You are above all sin, You are the most luminous Sun, You are the Most Pure, All-Good and All-Powerful, You tend to cleanse us, defiled by sins, like a mother cleanses her children, if we humbly call on You for help, You tend to raise us, who are constantly falling, to intercede , to protect and save us, those who are slandered from the spirits of evil, and to instruct us to march towards every path of salvation.

Prayer to the Lord

God! Your name is Love - do not reject me, the erring one.
Your name is Strength - strengthen me, who is exhausted and falling.
Your name is Light - enlighten my soul, darkened by worldly passions.
Your name is Peace - pacify my restless soul.
Your name is Mercy - do not cease to have mercy on me. Amen.

Morning prayer

God! Creator and Lord of the world! look mercifully upon Thy creation, adorned with Thy divine image in these morning hours: may Thy Eye live, may Thy Eye enlighten, in darkness so much brighter than the rays of the sun, my dark soul, mortified by sin. Take away from me despondency and laziness, grant me joy and spiritual vigor, so that in the joy of my heart I glorify Your goodness, holiness, Your boundless greatness, Your endless perfections at every hour and in every place. For You are my Creator and the Lord of my life, Lord, and You are due glory from Your rational creatures for every hour, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer for drunkenness

Lord, look mercifully on your servant (name), seduced by the flattery of the belly and carnal joy: grant him (name) to know the sweetness of abstinence in fasting and the fruits of the spirit that flow from it. Amen

Prayer for recovery

Glory to Thee, Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of the beginningless Father, who alone heals every ailment and every illness 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 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 beginningless Father and Your consubstantial Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer to save someone from bodily death, e.g. from drowning, from death due to illness, from fire or from any other disaster, (praising the faith of those who ask)

Blessed be your faith, according to your faith may the Lord grant the fulfillment of my unworthy, little-faithful prayer and may He add faith to me.

Prayer for the proud and obstinate

Lord, teach Your servant, who has fallen into the pride of the devil, meekness and humility, and remove from his heart the darkness and burden of satanic pride!

Prayer for the evil ones

Lord, do this Thy servant good by Thy grace!

Prayer for the money-loving and greedy

Our treasure is incorruptible and our wealth is inexhaustible! Grant to this Thy servant, created in Thy image and likeness, to know the flattery of wealth, and how all earthly things are vanity, shadow and sleep. Like the grass are the days of every man, or like the abyss, and like You alone are our wealth, peace and joy! Don’t be embittered by anything, conquer everything with love: all sorts of insults, whims, all kinds of family troubles. Know nothing but love. Always blame yourself sincerely, admitting that you are the culprit of the troubles. Say: I am guilty, I am a sinner. Remember that just as you are weak, so is your neighbor, and weakness for weakness is destroyed, and there is nothing to blame for the weak and sinners if they admit their weakness. The devil, strong in evil, must be blamed.

Prayer for the envious

Lord, enlighten the mind and heart of this Thy servant to the knowledge of Thy great, countless and unfathomable gifts, which they have received from Thy innumerable bounties, for in the blindness of their passion they have forgotten Thy rich gifts, and impoverished themselves to be considered rich in Thy blessings, and For this reason, he looks with delight at the goodness of Thy servants, in the image, O most unspeakable Goodness, who has mercifully inflicted everyone who is contrary to his power and according to the intention of Thy will. Take away, O all-merciful Master, the veil of the devil from the sight of the heart of Thy servant and grant him heartfelt contrition and a tear of repentance and gratitude, so that the enemy does not rejoice over him, captured alive from him into his will, and may he not tear him out of Thy hand.

Prayer to the Mother of God

Lady Theotokos! You, whose love for Christians surpasses the love of every earthly mother, every wife, listen to our prayers and save us! May we always remember You! May we always pray to You fervently! May we always resort to Your holy roof without laziness and without doubt.

Grant me, Lord, to love every neighbor of mine as myself, always, and not to become embittered towards him for any reason and not to work for the devil.

Let me crucify my self-love, pride, covetousness, lack of faith and other passions.
Let our name be: mutual love; Let us believe and trust that the Lord is everything to all of us; let us not worry, let us not worry about anything; may You, our God, be the only God of our hearts, and besides You there is nothing.

Let us be in the unity of love among ourselves, as it should be, and let everything that separates us from each other and separates us from love be in contempt for us, like dust trampled under foot. Wake up! Wake up! Amen.

If God has given Himself to us, if He abides in us and we in Him, according to His true word, then what will He not give me, what will He spare me, what will He deprive me of, what will He forsake me?
The Lord shepherds me and will deprive me of nothing ().
So, be very calm, my soul, and know nothing but love.
This I command you, that you love one another ()

Prayers for healing to the Lord

Lord, it is possible for You to do (this) and (that) to Your servant (name); do this to him, for Your name is the good Lover of Mankind and the Almighty. If we, the wicked being, know how to give good things not only to our children, but also to strangers, since You give all kinds of good things to those who ask You. Good Lover of Mankind! Who made creation with one word and created man from it, visit Thy fallen servant with Thy ineffable love for mankind, so that the work of Thy hand may not perish completely. Amen.

Someone who was mortally ill with inflammation of the stomach for nine days and did not receive the slightest relief from medical benefits, as soon as he received communion of the life-giving Mysteries on the ninth day in the morning, by the evening he became healthy and rose from his sick bed. He took communion with firm faith. I prayed to the Lord for him, so that He would heal him. God! I said: Heal Your servant from his illness. He is worthy, this is to him, he loves Your priests and sends his gifts to them. — I also prayed in church at the throne of the Lord during the liturgy, during prayer: “He who has given us prayers that are common and concordant...” and before the Mysteries themselves. Among other things, I prayed like this: God! Our belly! Just as it is easy for me to think about healing, so it is easy for you to heal every disease; Just as it is easy for me to think about the resurrection from the dead, so it is easy for You to raise every dead person. Heal your servant Vasily from his cruel illness and do not allow him to die, so that his wife and children do not give in to weeping, - and the benevolent Lord pardoned. And then he was on the verge of death. Glory to Thy omnipotence, goodness and good obedience, Lord!

Relics: Ioannovsky woman. Monastery on Karpovka (St. Petersburg)

Studying the life and works of John of Kronstadt, one is surprised by the boldness with which he prayed for people requiring help. Even Jesus, on the night before his suffering, asked: to carry this cup past, adding: “Not my will, but yours, O God, be done”.

It is recommended to end any petition with this phrase, trusting that the Lord will choose the best option. Until a certain time, Saint John did this. Until I received the blessing to “demand” healing, admonition, and help to those in need.

All-Russian priest

Receiving letters asking for help, the holy righteous man prayed, and the sick recovered without seeing the priest himself. The fame of the power of his prayers was so great that St. Andrew’s Church, in which he served (with a capacity of 5,000! thousand people) was always overcrowded. Devotees of shrines tore the epitrachelion into pieces when he visited Riga. Here is an example of how he prayed:

They called Fr. John to a patient who had a volvulus. The doctors could not do anything; the man was dying. Father began to pray like this: “Lord, you made him the father of six children. Don't leave them orphans. Heal the afflicted". In the morning, to the surprise of the doctors, the dying man began to recover.

All people are different, especially in misfortunes, but saints are very similar to each other. They have the amazing ability to love both the good and the bad, seeing the Image of God in everyone. John of Kronstadt dreamed that everyone would be like this. Man, with the help of God, must acquire the Spirit of Love, then there will be no beggars, hungry or suffering on earth.

The inherent pain of the saint of God for the fate of the country, the future of which he saw, made him a fiery fighter against the destructive trends of unbelief - an All-Russian priest. He visited many cities with his sermons. There were no indifferent listeners. Despite the attempts of the revolutionaries to erase the dear name from the memory of the people, destroying St. Andrew's Church and filling the relics with concrete, his fame is growing. How Fr. is remembered. Joanna:

Listen to the online prayer of St. John of Kronstadt:

Memories of his former concern for the needs of ordinary people are still alive. Nowadays wonderful help is given to everyone who turns to him. For him there is no soul rejected; he is ready to serve anyone both during life and after death.

Death of the Humble Righteous

Arriving at the address, he was pushed away from the alarmed accompanying people, allegedly inviting him to see the sick person. There they attacked with a knife. Sensing trouble, the coachman broke open the doors and burst into the room, but the priest had already been stabbed several times. The humble priest forbade talking about this, completely surrendering himself into the hands of God. After which he fell ill a little and peacefully went to the Lord.

What are they asking John of Kronstadt to do?

The lamp of the Russian land died not so long ago in 1908. Since then, people have not stopped turning to him for help. In recent years, volumes have been collected describing miraculous healings that were received by praying both at the shrine with relics and at home. Before you ask for anything, find out about this amazing man.

Reading about John Sergius of Kronstadt, people's worldview changes, non-believers come to church, those in need receive what they ask for. The saint had a special affection for children. He loved everyone, but children immeasurably more. He told one drunkard husband: “Your home is heaven, because children live in it, and you traded it for a tavern.”

There was so much love and compassion in these words that the man stopped drinking. Father became famous as a healer of any addiction, especially drunkenness. Don't believe in narrow specialization of saints or icons. In the end, all petitions are directed to Christ. The saints participate in our requests. They strengthen their weak prayers while standing before the throne of the Lord. Here is a small part of what we asked for and received help:

Getting rid of the disease of drunkenness.
Healing severe cancer.
Discovering learning abilities (languages, mathematics).
University admission.
Treatment of a brain tumor - the disease resolved without surgery.
There is a known case when a woman who died on the resuscitation table came to life at the moment of her sister’s prayer under the window of the temple with the relics of I. Kronstadt.
The lamp oil that illuminates the Saint’s shrine cured long-term asthma.
Help was received: from the consequences of frostbite; when the hand is immobilized; nerve damage that threatens paralysis; stomach ulcer; pneumonia; severe burns after an explosion; kidney diseases and many others.

Conclusion: Turn to the saints for help. Believe that illnesses, sorrows, failures in business and relationships can be corrected. You are not alone in your trouble. The Lord and the holy righteous are always there to save and protect from all evil. The main thing is to ask in time, to turn, to know how much the Heavenly Forces love us. With whom someday, God willing, we too will find ourselves.

Prayer to Saint Righteous John, Presbyter of Kronstadt, Wonderworker

O great wonderworker and wonderful servant of God, God-bearing Father John! Look at us and listen compassionately to our prayer, for the Lord has vouchsafed you great gifts, so that you may become an intercessor and constant prayer-book for us. Behold, we are overwhelmed by sinful passions and consumed by malice, we have neglected the commandments of God, we have not brought heartfelt repentance and tears of sighing, for this reason we are worthy of appearing through many sorrows and sorrows.

But you, righteous father, having great boldness towards the Lord and compassion for your neighbors, beg the All-Bountiful Lord of the world to add His mercy to us and tolerate our unrighteousness, not to destroy us for our sin, but to mercifully grant us time for repentance.
O Saint of God, help us to immaculately observe the Orthodox faith and piously preserve the commandments of God, so that all iniquity may not possess us, the Truth of God will be put to shame in our untruths, but may we be honored to achieve a Christian death, painless, shameless, peaceful and partakers of the Mysteries of God.
We also pray to you, righteous father, for our Holy Church to be strengthened until the end of time, and for our fatherland, seek peace and prosperity in the Truth of God and save us from all evils, so that our people, preserved by God, are in unanimity of faith and in all piety and In purity, in the beauty of spiritual brotherhood, sobriety and harmony, they testify: that God is with us! In Nemzhe we live, and we move, and we are, and we will abide forever. Amen.

Prayer to John of Kronstadt (2)

Oh, holy and righteous Father John, All-Russian lamp and wonderful miracle worker! From your infancy you were chosen by God and, with a fiery spirit, like a true shepherd, you served the people in your life, in your words, in your love, in your faith, in your purity. For this reason we pray to you, righteous father: pray to the Lover of Mankind to protect the holy Church with peace and silence, to preserve the Russian land in prosperity, to fill the shepherds of grace and truth abundantly, to make the authorities wise, to strengthen the Orthodox army, to heal the weak, to correct the corrupt, to educate the young, the elders and widows to console us all in the Kingdom of Heaven to be honored with all the saints to glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen

Prayer to John of Kronstadt (3)

O great servant of Christ, holy and righteous Father John of Kronstadt, wondrous shepherd, quick helper and merciful representative! Raising praise to the Triune God, you prayerfully cried out: Your name is Love: do not reject me, the erring one. Your name is Strength: strengthen me, who is weak and falling. Your name is Light: enlighten my soul, darkened by worldly passions. Your name is Peace: pacify my restless soul. Your name is Mercy: do not cease to have mercy on me. Now, grateful to your intercession, the all-Russian flock prays to you: Christ-named and righteous servant of God! With your love, illumine us, sinners and weaklings, grant us the ability to bear worthy fruits of repentance and to partake of the Holy Mysteries of Christ without condemnation. By your power, strengthen our faith in us, support us in prayer, heal ailments and illnesses, deliver us from misfortunes, enemies, visible and invisible. With the light of your face, incite the servants and primates of the Altar of Christ to holy deeds of pastoral work, grant education to an infant, instruct youth, support old age, illuminate the shrines of churches and holy abodes! Die, most miraculous and visionary, the peoples of our country, by the grace and gift of the Holy Spirit, deliver from internecine warfare, gather the scattered, deceived converts and unite the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. By your grace, preserve marriage in peace and unanimity, grant prosperity and blessings to monastics in good deeds, give comfort to the faint-hearted, freedom to those suffering from unclean spirits, have mercy in the needs and circumstances of our lives, and guide us all on the path of salvation. In Christ living, our Father John, lead us to the Everlasting Light of eternal life, so that with you we may be worthy of eternal bliss, praising and exalting God forever and ever. Amen.

PRAYER OF THANKS

I thank Thee, Lord my God, for giving me existence, for giving me birth in the Christian faith, for the Most Pure Virgin Mary, Intercessor for the salvation of our race, for Thy saints praying for us, for the Guardian Angel, for public worship that supports us faith and virtue, for the Holy Scriptures, for the Holy Sacraments, and especially Your Body and Blood, for the mysterious grace-filled consolations, for the hope of receiving the Kingdom of Heaven and for all the blessings You have given me.

PRAYER TO THE HOLY VIRGIN

Oh, Lady! Let it not be in vain and in vain that we call You the Lady: reveal and continually manifest over us Your holy, living, effective dominion. Reveal, for you can do everything for good, as the all-good Mother of the all-good King; disperse the darkness of our hearts, repel the arrows of crafty spirits, flatteringly driven towards us. May the peace of Your Son, Your peace reign in our hearts, and let us all ever exclaim with joy: who is after the Lord, as our Lady, our all-good, all-powerful and most swift Intercessor? That is why you are exalted, Lady, that is why you have been given an indescribable abundance of divine grace, that is why ineffable boldness and strength at the throne of God and the gift of almighty prayer have been given to you, that is why you have been adorned with indescribable holiness and purity, that is why you have been given unapproachable power from the Lord, that You may preserve, protect, intercede, purify and save us, the inheritance of Your Son and God, and Yours. Save us, O Most Pure, All-Good, All-Wise and All-Powerful! For you are the Mother of our Savior, Who of all names was most pleased to be called Savior. It is common for us who wander in this life to fall, for we are covered with many-passionate flesh, surrounded by spirits of wickedness in high places, seducing us into sin, we live in an adulterous and sinful world, tempting us to sin; and You are above all sin, You are the most luminous Sun, You are the Most Pure, All-Good and All-Powerful, You tend to cleanse us, defiled by sins, like a mother cleanses her children, if we humbly call on You for help, You tend to raise us, who are constantly falling, to intercede , to protect and save us, those who are slandered from the spirits of evil, and to instruct us to march towards every path of salvation.

PRAYER TO THE LORD

God! Your name is Love - do not reject me, the erring one.
Your name is Strength - strengthen me, who is exhausted and falling.
Your name is Light - enlighten my soul, darkened by worldly passions.
Your name is Peace - pacify my restless soul.
Your name is Mercy - do not cease to have mercy on me. Amen.

MORNING PRAYER

God! Creator and Lord of the world! look mercifully upon Thy creation, adorned with Thy divine image in these morning hours: may Thy Eye live, may Thy Eye enlighten, in darkness so much brighter than the rays of the sun, my dark soul, mortified by sin. Take away from me despondency and laziness, grant me joy and spiritual vigor, so that in the joy of my heart I glorify Your goodness, holiness, Your boundless greatness, Your endless perfections at every hour and in every place. For You are my Creator and the Lord of my life, Lord, and You are due glory from Your rational creatures for every hour, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

PRAYER AGAINST DRUNKENNESS

Lord, look mercifully on your servant (name), seduced by the flattery of the belly and carnal joy: grant him (name) to know the sweetness of abstinence in fasting and the fruits of the spirit that flow from it. Amen

PRAYER FOR RECOVERY

Glory to Thee, Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of the beginningless Father, who alone heals every ailment and every illness 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 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 beginningless Father and Your consubstantial Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

PRAYER TO SAVE SOMEONE FROM BODILY DEATH

Blessed be your faith, according to your faith may the Lord grant the fulfillment of my unworthy, little-faithful prayer and may He add faith to me.

PRAYER FOR THE PROUD AND THE SOBSTIVE

Lord, teach Your servant, who has fallen into the pride of the devil, meekness and humility, and remove from his heart the darkness and burden of satanic pride!

PRAYER FOR THE EVIL

Lord, do this Thy servant good by Thy grace!

PRAYER FOR THE AVERABLE AND GREEDY

Our treasure is incorruptible and our wealth is inexhaustible! Grant to this Thy servant, created in Thy image and likeness, to know the flattery of wealth, and how all earthly things are vanity, shadow and sleep. Like the grass are the days of every man, or like the abyss, and like You alone are our wealth, peace and joy! Don’t be embittered by anything, conquer everything with love: all sorts of insults, whims, all kinds of family troubles. Know nothing but love. Always blame yourself sincerely, admitting that you are the culprit of the troubles. Say: I am guilty, I am a sinner. Remember that just as you are weak, so is your neighbor, and weakness for weakness is destroyed, and there is nothing to blame for the weak and sinners if they admit their weakness. The devil, strong in evil, must be blamed.

PRAYER FOR THE ENVIROUS

Lord, enlighten the mind and heart of this Thy servant to the knowledge of Thy great, countless and unfathomable gifts, which they have received from Thy innumerable bounties, for in the blindness of their passion they have forgotten Thy rich gifts, and impoverished themselves to be considered rich in Thy blessings, and For this reason, he looks with delight at the goodness of Thy servants, in the image, O most unspeakable Goodness, who has mercifully inflicted everyone who is contrary to his power and according to the intention of Thy will. Take away, O all-merciful Master, the veil of the devil from the sight of the heart of Thy servant and grant him heartfelt contrition and a tear of repentance and gratitude, so that the enemy does not rejoice over him, captured alive from him into his will, and may he not tear him out of Thy hand.

PRAYER TO THE MOTHER OF GOD

Lady Theotokos! You, whose love for Christians surpasses the love of every earthly mother, every wife, listen to our prayers and save us! May we always remember You! May we always pray to You fervently! May we always resort to Your holy roof without laziness and without doubt.
Grant me, Lord, to love every neighbor of mine as myself, always, and not to become embittered towards him for any reason and not to work for the devil.
Let me crucify my self-love, pride, covetousness, lack of faith and other passions.
Let our name be: mutual love; Let us believe and trust that the Lord is everything to all of us; let us not worry, let us not worry about anything; may You, our God, be the only God of our hearts, and besides You there is nothing.
Let us be in the unity of love among ourselves, as it should be, and let everything that separates us from each other and separates us from love be in contempt for us, like dust trampled under foot. Wake up! Wake up! Amen.
If God has given Himself to us, if He abides in us and we in Him, according to His true word, then what will He not give me, what will He spare me, what will He deprive me of, what will He forsake me?
The Lord shepherds me and will deprive me of nothing (Ps. 23:1).
So, be very calm, my soul, and know nothing but love.
This commandment I command you, that you love one another (John 15:17)

PRAYER FOR HEALING TO THE LORD

Lord, it is possible for You to do (this) and (that) to Your servant (name); do this to him, for Your name is the good Lover of Mankind and the Almighty. If we, the wicked being, know how to give good things not only to our children, but also to strangers, since You give all kinds of good things to those who ask You. Good Lover of Mankind! Who made creation with one word and created man from it, visit Thy fallen servant with Thy ineffable love for mankind, so that the work of Thy hand may not perish completely. Amen.

The prayer to John of Kronstadt, the intercessor of the human race before the Almighty, is distinguished by its special healing power. Before the image of the Saint, Orthodox Christians ask for intercession, protection and deliverance from addictions and various ailments.

The meaning of prayers to John of Kronstadt

John of Kronstadt, who in the world bore the name John Ilyich Sergiev, was born into the family of a poor rural deacon Ilya Sergiev and his wife Fedora, who lived in the small village of Sura in the Arkhangelsk region. According to historical information, the date of birth of the Righteous Wonderworker falls on October 19, 1829.

The newborn was so weak and sickly that his parents rushed to baptize him immediately. Soon after the sacrament of baptism, the boy began to recover and grow stronger.

Having experienced hardship and need from early childhood, John grew up thoughtful and reserved, but never refused help and compassion to the poor and needy.

Noticing his son’s interest in the Orthodox faith, his father often took the boy to church services. In the sixth year, the parents began to teach their son to read and write, but science was difficult for the child. Once in the Arkhangelsk parish school, the guy found solace in prayer and the study of the Holy Scriptures. One day, after a sleepless night, which John spent in prayer to God and the Most Holy Theotokos, as if scales had fallen from his eyes, inspiration and interest in science and knowledge opened up.

From then on, John became a diligent student. Having successfully graduated from college and the Arkhangelsk Theological Seminary, he was admitted to the St. Petersburg Theological Academy, where he studied at public expense.

The pastoral life of the Saint occurred in troubled times, when riots, drunkenness, poverty and revolutionary ideas were all around. Despite the difficulties of enlightening non-believers and directing them to the true path, the saint continues to carry good intentions and work miracles. Left without means of subsistence, the shepherd gave all his money to the poor and needy. Thanks to the patience and perseverance of the saint of God, prudence and peace of mind began to return to people who had lost faith in the Lord God.

Succumbing to the influence of the sermons of God's mentor, more and more unbelievers began to turn to God in their prayers and petitions.

Orthodox Christians note that prayers to John of Kronstadt are endowed with special power and are capable of working real miracles:

Prayer for healing relieves gluttony and worldly temptations, helps to cure even the most serious illnesses that were beyond the control of medicine and traditional healers. You can ask not only for your own health, but also for the recovery of your family, friends and acquaintances.
Prayer for drunkenness. Those addicted to alcohol, tobacco products and drugs, having tried various methods to cope with their addictions to no avail, ask the Saint for help and grace.
Prayer for corruption. As the rector of the temple, John often expelled evil spirits and demons from the human body, healed from a terrible misfortune, and helped remove damage and the evil eye.
Prayer for despondency. Experiencing despondency, confusion and turmoil, Christians turn to the Holy One, asking for alms and prosperity.
Prayer for teaching to John of Kronstadt helps to learn various facets of science, prepare for and successfully pass exams, cope with complex subjects and believe in one’s own strength.

Every day many parishioners come to churches to turn to John of Kronstadt with a request for intercession, patronage, healing from various ailments and restoration of faith in themselves and their strengths.

Video “Akathist to the holy righteous John of Kronstadt”

From this video you will learn about the akathist to the holy righteous John of Kronstadt.

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About healing

Oh, great servant of Christ, holy righteous Father John of Kronstadt, wondrous shepherd, quick helper and merciful representative! Raising praise to the Triune God, you prayerfully cried out: “Your name is Love: do not reject me, who am erring; Your name is Strength: strengthen me, weak and falling; Your name is Light: enlighten my soul, darkened by worldly passions; Your name is Peace: pacify my restless soul. Your name is Mercy: do not cease to have mercy on me.

Now, grateful to your intercession, the all-Russian flock prays to you: Christ-named and righteous servant of God! With your love, illuminate us, sinners and weaklings, grant us the ability to bear worthy fruits of repentance and to partake of the Holy Mysteries of Christ without condemnation; by your power strengthen our faith in us, support us in prayer, heal ailments and illnesses, deliver us from misfortunes, visible and invisible enemies; with the light of your face, incite the servants and primates of the Altar of Christ to holy deeds of pastoral work, grant education to infants, instruct youth, support old age, illuminate the shrines of churches and holy monasteries; die, wonder-worker and visionary of the most extraordinary peoples of our country, by the grace and gift of the Holy Spirit, deliver from internecine warfare, gather the scattered, convert the wicked and unite the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church; By your grace, preserve marriage in peace and unanimity, grant prosperity and blessings to monastics in good deeds, give comfort to the faint-hearted, freedom to those suffering from unclean spirits, have mercy in the needs and circumstances of our lives, and guide us all on the path of salvation.

From drunkenness

Lord, look mercifully on Your servant (name), seduced by the flattery of the belly and carnal joy. Grant him to know the sweetness of abstinence in fasting and the fruits of the Spirit flowing from it. Amen.

About teaching

Your name is Strength: strengthen me, who is weak and falling. Your name is Light: enlighten my soul, darkened by worldly passions. Your name is Peace: pacify my restless soul. Your name is Mercy: do not cease to have mercy on me. Now the all-Russian flock, grateful to Your intercession, prays to You: Christ-named and righteous servant of God! With your love, illumine us, sinners and weaklings, grant us the ability to bear worthy fruits of repentance and to partake of the Holy Mysteries of Christ without condemnation.

With your power, strengthen our faith in us, support us in prayer, heal ailments and illnesses, deliver us from misfortunes, visible and invisible enemies. With the light of your face, incite the servants and heads of the altar of Christ to perform holy deeds of pastoral work, grant education to infants, instruct youth, support old age, illuminate the shrines of churches and holy abodes. Die, O most wonderful miracle worker and prophet, the peoples of our country, by the grace and gift of the Holy Spirit, deliver them from internecine strife; Collect the squandered, convert the deceived, and unite the Holy Ones of Your Catholic and Apostolic Church.

By your grace, preserve marriage in peace and unanimity, grant prosperity and blessings to monastics in good deeds, give comfort to the faint-hearted, freedom for the suffering unclean spirits, have mercy in the needs and circumstances of those who exist, and guide us all on the path of salvation. In Christ living, our Father John, lead us to the unevening light of eternal life, so that with you we may be worthy of eternal bliss, praising and exalting God forever and ever. Amen.

From damage

Glory to You, Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of the beginningless Father, You alone heal every ailment and every illness in people, as you had mercy on the flesh of 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 beginningless Father and Your consubstantial Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Oh, great servant of Christ, holy righteous Father John of Kronstadt, wondrous shepherd, quick helper and merciful representative! Raising praise to the Triune God, you prayerfully cried out: “Your name is Love - do not reject me, who am erring. Your name is Strength - strengthen me, who is exhausted and falling. Your name is Light - enlighten my soul, darkened by worldly passions. Your name is Peace - pacify my restless soul. Your name is Mercy - do not cease to have mercy on me.

Now, grateful to your intercession, the all-Russian flock prays to you: Christ-named and righteous servant of God! With your love, illumine us, sinners and weaklings, grant us the ability to bear worthy fruits of repentance and to partake of the Holy Mysteries of Christ without condemnation. With your power, strengthen our faith in us, support us in prayer, heal ailments and illnesses, deliver us from misfortunes, visible and invisible enemies.

With the light of your face, incite the servants and heads of the altar of Christ to perform holy deeds of pastoral work, grant education to infants, instruct youth, support old age, illuminate the shrines of churches and holy abodes. Die, most wonderful miracle worker and visionary, the peoples of our country, by the grace and gift of the Holy Spirit, deliver them from internecine warfare; Gather up the squandered, convert and unite the most precious things of the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.

By your grace, preserve marriage in peace and unanimity, grant prosperity and blessings to monastics in good deeds, give comfort to the faint-hearted, freedom to those suffering from unclean spirits, have mercy in the needs and circumstances of our lives, and guide us all on the path of salvation. In Christ living, our Father John, lead us to the unevening light of eternal life, so that with you we may be worthy of eternal bliss, praising and exalting God forever and ever. Amen.

Out of despondency

The Lord is the destruction of my despondency and the revival of my boldness. Everything is Lord for me. Oh, truly this Lord, glory to You! Glory to You, Father Life, Son Life, Holy Soul Life - Simple Being - God, who always delivers us from spiritual death, caused by passions to our soul.

Glory to Thee, Trinitarian Master, for from one invocation of Thy name you enlighten the dark face of our soul and body and bestow Your peace, which surpasses all earthly and sensual good and all understanding.