There are situations when earthly forces, friends and relatives cannot help, and a person himself understands that he is powerless in a given situation. For example, an incurable disease, insurmountable sorrow from the loss of loved ones, family discord and naughty children. At such moments in life, a person remains either alone with himself or with faith and begins to ask the Lord and other saints to help and support him. In order for your requests and prayers to be heard faster, you need to address them addressed to a particular saint. In this article you will learn what the prayer icon "Unexpected joy" gives to people, to whom it helps and why it is called that.
Icon Creation History
In the 18th century, the work of Dimitry of Rostov “The Irrigated Fleece” presented the plot for creating the icon. It tells of a criminal who had the habit of going to church to pray to the Virgin before each of his crimes.
Once, in the process of reading a prayer, the Virgin and Child appeared to this young man, whose whole body was in bleeding wounds. To the young man’s question about the child, Virgin Mary answered that these ulcers appear on the body of Jesus from every evil deed committed by sinners on Earth. After the deliberate, the criminal repented and begged for forgiveness, but Jesus forgave him only the third time, then he touched each wound with his lips on the body of the Baby, and he and the Mother of God melted in the air. From this moment, the offender repented, completely changed his lifestyle, sending it into a righteous course. When they recited a prayer, an unexpected joy visited him along with deliverance from sins. Thanks to this event, the icon got its name.
To this day, the prayer in front of the icon “Unexpected joy” awakens morality, decency, tolerance in people and others, and makes you rethink your life, behave righteously, and if you pray for loved ones and relatives, you can help them find relief, save them from grief and misfortune, if any, are present in their life.
What is depicted in the icon?
The appearance of the icon fully coincides with the plot of the story. It depicts a praying sinner, kneeling before the Virgin Mary, and Baby Jesus in rags instead of clothes and with bleeding wounds. The sinner is located in the lower left corner, and under the icon the first lines are written from the story of Dimitry of Rostov or sometimes the prayer “Unexpected joy”. Some icons depict a sinner with a ribbon in his mouth, on which the words of forgiveness addressed to the Mother of God are visible.
How the prayer in front of the icon "Unexpected joy" helps
The Virgin Mary, upon hearing human prayers addressed to her, protects those who ask from troubles, tears, sadness and sadness. The prayer of the Most Holy Theotokos "Unexpected joy" protects people from all kinds of diseases associated with hearing, both literally and figuratively.
She hears the call of the soul and asks the Lord for the people, and they say that he answers prayers to the Virgin and other saints. The
prayer of the Mother of God, “Unexpected joy”, also helps a lot.
Here is a short list of problems that she will certainly cope with:
• quarrels and separation of husband and wife;
• sadness from the loss of relatives;
• various deprivations;
• salvation of their own reputation from slander and gossip;
• protection in any difficult situations.
The Prayer of "Unexpected Joy" will help protect travelers traveling by sea and land from the dangers that may arise in their way, as well as contribute to their speedy return home safe and sound.
What matters does the icon help?
Prayer for the icon "Unexpected joy" helps everyone to get what he longed for, but secretly feared that he would never receive it. For example, a priest may want sinners to repent and thereby save their souls, kneeling before the icon will receive forgiveness and remission of sins. Parents finally manage to find a common language and admonish their rebellious naughty children, to guide them on the true path. The prayer "Unexpected joy" helps to find lost relatives, reconcile the warring, to suggest a good bright solution even in the darkest complicated situations.
Unexpected joyful news
Prayer in front of the icon gives people the most desired and at the same time unexpected, sudden joy. There is evidence that during the Great Patriotic War, women, being in the rear, did not leave the icon day and night, praying for their husbands and sons, fighting or missing. Some, especially desperate, continued to pray for the health of their loved ones even after they received news of their death - the "funeral." And they begged from heaven their unexpected joy: the information about the tragic death was erroneous, and the soldier returned home alive.
Many believers know that the prayer of the Virgin "Unexpected joy" helps everyone, fulfills almost any desire, especially those that people have already despaired of believing in.
Icon will help to find female happiness
Many women or couples turn to the icon together when they have problems conceiving a child. Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos "Unexpected Joy" helps to feel the happiness of motherhood and fatherhood to all who are passionate about it. Many cases have been recorded when couples, in vain trying to have a baby for a long time, turned to the icon and, lo and behold, they got their way. Everyone knows that maintaining fire in the family hearth is hard work, as well as the fact that the life of the modern cell of society is like a powder keg.
But wise women who want to preserve the holy marriage, instead of discussing problems with friends, resort to the miraculous power of the icon. Any quarrels, grievances are forgotten between spouses, and complete harmony and mutual understanding, harmony and peace reign in the family.
To summarize ...
After reading all of the above, someone will decide that he has found the perfect key to solving all problems, but you need to understand that it cannot be so easy. That without putting any effort, it is impossible to achieve any success, that you need to fight, and not just sit back and pray. Faith in the Lord God helps to gain faith in one's own strength. Prayer purifies the mind and directs a person to do noble deeds. Perseverance and determination, supported by strong prayer and faith - this is the perfect union that guarantees success in any life situation. The icon "Unexpected joy" will give all those who ask and need happiness grace and the resolution of all difficulties and obstacles in their lives. By turning his souls to faith and the blessed Virgin Mary, everyone will find their innocent joy.