The Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God is one of the most famous and revered in our country. This image appeared in Russia in the XII century, many of its lists are known.
Prayer in front of the icon of the Vladimir Mother of God has worked wonders more than once, protecting Russia from enemy invasions. So, the icon protected Moscow from the invasion of Tamerlane's troops, who turned back for no apparent reason. The celebration in honor of this event falls on September 8, 2019.
The Orthodox Church also celebrates the holidays in honor of the deliverance of Russia thanks to this icon from the troops of Khan Akhmat (July 6, 2019); in memory of the salvation of Moscow lands from the troops of Makhmet Giray (June 3, 2019).
What do they pray to the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God? She is addressed with requests for reconciliation of the warring, healing from various ailments.
“O All-Merciful Lady Theotokos, Heavenly Queen, Omnipotent Intercessor, our shameless hope! We thank Thee for all the blessings, in the generations of the Russian people from You who were, from ancient times and up to now 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 , coward, flood, fire and sword, invasion of foreigners and internecine warfare. 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 and all Orthodox Christian worshiping Ty and praying before Your whole-bearing 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 roof; through 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 bitterness of enemies visible and invisible. Enlighten and teach us, O All-Merciful Intercessor, to walk the path of this earthly life without sin. You weigh our infirmities, weigh our sins, but you also see faith and 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 perdition. We ask you, Most Pure Lady, and falling before your holy icon, we pray: have mercy on us and have mercy on us, on the Last Day of Judgment, with your intercession and intercession, make us worthy to stand at the right hand of your Son, Christ our God, and 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".
What do they pray for the icon of Our Lady of Vladimir? Prayer in front of this icon of the Mother of God strengthens in faith, promotes spiritual insight, eliminates delusions, helps to choose the right decision in a difficult life situation.
With a prayer, the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God is addressed with requests to strengthen marriage, improve family relations, and give children. The main thing is that the words of prayer should be sincere and come from the heart.
(May 21/June 3, June 23/July 6 and August 26/September 8)Before the icon Holy Mother of God Vladimirskaya pray for deliverance from the invasion of foreigners, for guidance in Orthodox faith, about the preservation from heresies and schisms, about the appeasement of the warring, about the preservation of Russia.
Prayers to the Most Holy Theotokos before Her Icon 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 the Church Russian dobre govern, the faithful sheep of Christ are indestructible to keep. 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. Confirm us in the faith of Christ and in diligence to Orthodox Church, put in our hearts the spirit of the fear of God, the spirit of piety, the spirit of humility, give us patience in adversity, abstinence in prosperity, love for our 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, that we be delivered from all evil and be saved to every city and village, and to 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 healing 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 whom 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 protection 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 Thy servants, all Orthodox Christians, and enlighten their minds and eyes of the heart for salvation, and grant us, Thy sinful servants, the Kingdom of Thy 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, O All-Mighty, 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 Mother of God, do not stop praying for us, Your 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 the whole 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, nor 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 of the Kingdom of Heaven and eternal life with all the saints in endless ages of ages. Amen.
The eighth prayer, which may be in some churches of the Tula diocese
O our Most Holy Lady Theotokos, the Heavenly Queen, our Gracious Hope, the most graceful Maiden, hopeless hope, salvation for sinners, shelter for orphans, strange intercessor, naked robe, grieving consolation and joy, offended patroness and all that are in trouble and misfortune help and intercession! O All-Merciful Lady Virgin Mother of God! See our troubles, sorrows and misfortunes, help us weak, sad and dull, mournful and desperate, and take away all sorrow from us. You weigh our offense, resolve it, All-blameless, as if you will and can, do not let us fall into despair. Not imams for other help, except for Your Son, Christ our God, and You, O Mother of God, O our Lady! At the same time, we look at Your most honorable image with sighing and contrition of heart, and we kneel to the ground, crying out: look with a beneficent eye, All-singing Mother of God, and hear us, Blessing, do not reject, but deign to have mercy, do not detest our sighing. No one who flows to You is put to shame and comes from You, but asks for grace and accepts a gift for the benefit of petition forever and ever. Amen.
Troparion, tone 4
Today, the most glorious city of Moscow flaunts brightly, as if we perceived the dawn of the sun, the Lady, Your miraculous icon, to which we now flow and pray to You, we cry out to the mother: O miraculous Lady Theotokos! Pray from you to the incarnate Christ our God, may he deliver this city and all the cities and countries of Christianity unscathed from all the slander of the enemy and save our souls, like Mercy.
Kontakion, tone 8
The chosen Voivode is victorious, as if having got rid of the evil ones by the coming of Your honest image, the Lady of the Mother of God, we lightly create the feast of Your meeting and usually call Thee: Rejoice, Unbrided Bride.
Ying kontakion, same voice
To the Chosen Voivode and Intercessor, the Virgin and the Mother of God, in a pure conscience, established by faith, Russian people, irrevocably possessing hope, father, to Her miraculous and most pure image, and cry out to Her: Rejoice, Bride of the Bride.
Magnification We magnify Thee, Blessed Virgin, God-chosen Maiden, and we honor Your holy image, and bring healing to all who flow with faith.
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The Vladimirskaya Mother of God stays in the Kingdom of God. She can see not only the glory of her Son, but the suffering of people on earth. She is a caring and loving mother to Christians. That is why she is very happy with our repentance, but she is upset with sinners and those who have gone astray from the true path. The prayer of the Mother of God of Vladimir has repeatedly worked real miracles. The power of a sincere appeal to her at one time saved Russia from enemy invaders, which brought victory to our army.
The human heart is filled with happiness and love when looking at the tender image of Mary, in whose arms her long-awaited son. That is why it is recommended to have her image in any home, which allows you to get rid of feelings of hatred and anger, as well as significantly pacify impulses of passion.
In addition, the prayer to the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God helps in such matters as:
The prayer service is quite capacious, which allows the laity to concentrate their attention on the urgent problem, as well as to put all their strength and energy into prayer requests. And, what is important, prayer words must be sincere and come from the very heart.
A prayer asking for healing to this Holy image helps to cure:
They also turn to the image of the Virgin Mary about the health and well-being of the parents of the elderly.
There is a legend according to which the Mother of God touched her icon-painting image and said - may the grace of My and my Son come.
Turning for insight and standing in front of the Vladimirskaya icon, you will definitely receive help. Sincere conversion allows not only to see clearly in a figurative sense, but also in reality.
Many people, while seeking help for curing eye diseases, were healed and forgot about all ailments. Sincere conversion contributes to spiritual insight, greatly enhances the feelings of faith, protects from false prophets and delusions - this is where the power of the image helps.
Very often, women who have been suffering from infertility for a long period of time turn to the Holy Image. Their prayers for the opportunity to feel the taste of motherhood never go unheeded.
Men also turn to Her for help in serious undertakings. The Mother of God always supports people who ask to accompany and bless before an unpleasant conversation, and also protects from unpleasant deeds and enemies.
During the invasion of foreign troops, rituals of mass prayer were performed in front of the icon. The strength of the energy sent to the Almighty depended on the number of people praying for peace and kindness. And in this, the Holy Image helped them complete the battle with minimal losses, which simply could not happen without the help of the Lord.
Pray sincerely, and the Lord God will surely look back at your suffering and will not turn away from your misfortune.
“O All-Merciful Lady Theotokos, Heavenly Queen, Omnipotent Intercessor, our shameless Hope! We thank Thee for all the good deeds of the Russian people from You who have been from ancient times and up to the present from the miraculous icon revealed, and now Blessed by the Lady, look upon us sinful and unworthy servants of Yours, show us Your mercy, and pray to Your Son, Christ our God, for deliverance us from all evil, and save every city and village and our whole country from famine, destruction, a coward, a flood, fire, a sword, an invasion of a foreigner and internecine warfare.
Ask our Christ-loving people for a prosperous and peaceful life, health, long life, good haste and salvation in everything. Preserve and make wise the shepherds 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 else in power: send down Your holy blessing to all Orthodox Christians who bow to Ty and praying before Thy whole-bearing 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, Mistress; To whom shall we bring tears and sighs, if not to Thee, Most Pure Theotokos; Not imams for other help, not imams for other hope, except for You, Heavenly Queen.
We flow under Your protection: by Your prayers send us peace, health, fruitful land, 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, to pass the path of this earthly life without sin.
You weigh our infirmities, weigh our sins, but you also see faith and hope: the same 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 Last Day of Judgment, with your intercession and intercession, make us worthy to stand at the right hand of your Son, Christ our God, to whom 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.
God bless you!
See also the video prayer to the icon of the Vladimir Mother of God:
the main shrine of Russia
It just so happened in 2012 that on the Day of the great feast of the Trinity, Russian Orthodox people also celebrate the feast of the icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir. The main shrine of Russia, which was previously located in the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin on the left side royal doors iconostasis (a riza of Greek work on an icon made of pure gold with precious stones was estimated at about 200,000 gold rubles and is now in the Armory).
Prayer to the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God is a universal and very powerful Orthodox prayer, with which you can ask for various assistance in life.
Most often, this icon is addressed with the following requests:
About health and healing (their own, children, loved ones)
On keeping peace in the family
About a successful marriage
On the giving of children and their well-being.
O All-Merciful Lady Theotokos, Heavenly Queen, Omnipotent Intercessor, our shameless Hope!
Thanking You for all the great blessings, in the generations of the Russian people from You who were, before Your most pure image, we pray to You:
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 Alexy, His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, and our Lord (name), His Grace Bishop (or: Archbishop, or: Metropolitan) (title), and all His Grace Metropolitans, Archbishops and Bishops Orthodox.
Give them good governance of the Russian Church, keep the faithful sheep of Christ indestructible.
Remember, Lady, and the entire priestly and monastic rank, warm their hearts with zeal for Bose and, worthy of your title, strengthen each and every one.
Save, Lady, and have mercy on all Your servants and grant us the path of the earthly field without blemish.
Confirm us in the faith of Christ and in zeal for the Orthodox Church, put in our hearts the spirit of the fear of God, the spirit of piety, the spirit of humility,
in adversity, give us patience, in prosperity - abstinence, love for neighbors, forgiveness for the enemy, prosperity in good deeds.
Deliver us from every temptation and from petrified insensibility, on the terrible day of Judgment, vouchsafe us with Your intercession to stand at the right hand of Your Son, Christ our God.
He deserves all glory, honor and worship with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and forever and ever.
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.
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.
A request before the Vladimir image can be offered at any time.
The Intercessor and Defender of the human race provides assistance to all believers, helps to solve all the problems with which the parishioners sincerely turn to Her.
What helps the Intercessor Mother of God
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.
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.
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, that we be delivered from all evil and be saved to every city and village, and to 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 healing 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 whom 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.
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 protection 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.
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 Thy servants, all Orthodox Christians, and enlighten their minds and eyes of the heart for salvation, and grant us, Thy sinful servants, the Kingdom of Thy 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.
Accept, O All-Mighty, 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 Mother of God, do not stop praying for us, Your 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 the whole in the Trinity to the One God and all the Creator we send, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen.
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, nor another intercessor, nor a good comforter, only You, O Bogomati, as if you save me and cover me forever and ever. Amen.
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 of the Kingdom of Heaven and eternal life with all the saints in endless ages of ages. Amen.
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.
After some time, the image ended up in Moscow, so the faithful Christians saved it from the Tamerlane troops.
According to ancient chronicles, Tamerlane retired after 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.
The Mother of God resides in the Kingdom of God and can see the glory of her Son there, but she also sees the earthly suffering of people. She is a loving and caring mother to all Christians. Therefore, she rejoices immensely at our repentance, and is very upset when we sin. During her lifetime, three icon paintings were created, which she approved. One of the images is the Vladimir icon. Many miracles happened through prayer to the icon of the Vladimir Mother of God. The divine power of the Mother of God saved Russia from enemy invaders, and brought victory to our troops.
More than 2000 years ago, the earthly one ended, but the love in it for the Christian race did not fade away - it is all-encompassing. The Virgin Mary lived among people, suffered, suffered many hardships during her lifetime. Her merciful soul wants to save us from suffering, so she hears all our requests. Prayers at Vladimirskaya Orthodox icons Mother of God contribute to the establishment of respect, peace, tranquility and respect in the family.
Prayer icon Vladimir Mother of God helps to cure diseases of the heart, blood vessels, nervous disorders. Mothers of God pray, asking for the health of elderly parents. According to legend, touching her iconic image with her hand, the Mother of God said, “May the grace that comes from Me and my Son be with this icon.” Orthodox prayer It helps the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God to see clearly, both directly - people get rid of eye diseases, and figuratively - prayer contributes to spiritual insight, strengthens faith, protects from delusions and false prophets.
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 Thy servants, all Orthodox Christians, and enlighten their minds and eyes of the heart for salvation, and grant us, Thy sinful servants, the Kingdom of Thy 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.
Images created by icon painters of the Blessed Virgin famous for their healing miraculous power. Prayer to the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God always brings help to the one from whose mouth it sounds.
The writing of icons with the face of the Virgin originated during the life of Jesus, when Mary herself was alive. The first icon painter who was lucky enough to depict more than one image of the Mother of Christ was St. Luke the Apostle. The Vladimir icon is also attributed to his hand, on which a mother and child (Mary and little Jesus) are depicted in such a way as to evoke tenderness among all believers: the baby is pressed to his mother with his cheek, and his little heel looks out from under the hem of his clothes.
It is known that until the 5th century the shrine was located in Jerusalem, from where it was later transferred to Constantinople. Already in the XII century, the icon came to Russian soil as a gift from the Patriarch of Constantinople to Prince Mstislav. The original name of the face is the Vyshgorod icon. It began to be called Vladimirskaya after the legendary events, when the young prince Bogolyubsky (son of Yuri Dolgoruky) brought the found icon to Vladimir.
The gift of Patriarch Luke has become a truly happy amulet for the Slavs, and it is customary to offer a prayer to the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God with every threat of military intervention hanging over Russia.
According to legend, Our Lady of Vladimir saved Russia three times from the invasion of the Gentiles. The Church even approved the days of veneration of the icon, marking the miraculous deliverance from the invaders:
Description of the prayer for the Vladimir icon
Looking at the tender images of Mary with her son, the human heart is filled with love and tenderness, therefore, every believer is advised to have such an image in his house to pacify passions and get rid of anger. In addition to its protective function, the recitation of the prayers of the Vladimir Mother of God helps in the following matters:
The prayer is very capacious and remarkably helps the laity to concentrate on pressing problems and put mental anguish and pain into the spoken text.
Prayer for the icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir
“O All-Merciful Lady Theotokos, Heavenly Queen, Omnipotent Intercessor, our shameless hope! We thank Thee for all the blessings, in the generations of the Russian people from You who were, from ancient times and up to now from Your miraculous icon revealed. And now, favoring the Lady, look upon us sinners and Thy unworthy servants, show us Thy mercy and pray to Thy Son, Christ our God, that we be delivered from all evil, and that every city and village and our whole country will be saved from famine, destruction, coward, flood, fire and sword, invasion of foreigners and internecine strife. 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 Thee and pray before Your whole-bearing 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 roof; through 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 bitterness of enemies visible and invisible. Enlighten and teach us, O All-Merciful Intercessor, to walk the path of this earthly life without sin. You weigh our infirmities, weigh our sins, but you also see faith and 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 perdition. We ask you, Most Pure Lady, and falling before your holy icon, we pray: have mercy on us and have mercy on us, on the Last Day of Judgment, with your intercession and intercession, make us worthy to stand at the right hand of your Son, Christ our God, and 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."
It begins with large-scale requests for the protection of the homeland, the land on which a person lives, then a smooth transition is made to one's own person. The Mother of God is asked for purification, strengthening of faith and for solving other important tasks at this moment in life. Women suffering from infertility ask to be given the opportunity to become a mother, men rely on the help of an intercessor in serious undertakings. People who have an unpleasant conversation, litigation, court ask the Mother of God to protect themselves from enemies and wrong deeds.
