Of course, every girl wants to marry for love, by mutual agreement. I want the connection with the soul mate to be so deep, complete and inseparable that life would not be conceived without each other; to relive her bitter, mournful and bright, beautiful moments together.
No less, and maybe more than the girl herself, the question of a successful marriage worries her mother. With this request, she can turn to St. Nicholas the Miracle Worker, St. Andrew the First-Called (Apostle), the Great Martyr Catherine, the Martyr Paraskeva Pyatnitsa or Filaret the Gracious, who became famous in one way or another, and be sure that the prayer for the marriage of her daughter will be heard.
Paraskeva is known for being a marriageable girl, having taken a vow of celibacy and dedicated herself to the service of Christ. She, like the Apostle Andrew, is asked to send a good groom.
In the prayer “To the Elder-Parent ...” to St. Nicholas the Miracle-Worker, the daughters of the poor father, married by three knots with gold, are recalled.
Andrew the First-Called is known not only for being the first to follow Christ. He brought Peter, his brother, to Jesus. According to legend, he went with sermons to the place on which Kiev was built, climbed the mountains of Kiev mountains and erected a cross there with the blessing and prophetic words that in the future there will be a large Orthodox city. He is asked to send a good groom.
The righteous Philaret the Gracious became famous for the fact that when, after complete impoverishment, he had three little granddaughters in his arms, one of them was chosen as a bride for the king for faith and mercy. A small but strong prayer for marriage is sent to him: "In your patience ..." After it, a prayer is read to the saints to all and ethereal forces of heaven.
Often the maternal prayer for marriage is addressed to St. Catherine. According to legend, Catherine promised to marry only someone who would be more noble, wealthy, beautiful and wise than herself. Her soul had a great desire to see the Heavenly Bridegroom. After Baptism, Catherine had a vision in which the Infant Jesus, sitting in the arms of the Mother of God, turned a tender look at the girl and presented a ring, thereby betrothing her to Himself. When the vision stopped, the ring remained on Catherine’s hand.
A prayer by a girl herself, in order to marry, can be addressed to her Guardian Angel, as a memory of Angel's help in finding Tobiah's bride; to the holy martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria, who, even before their marriage, had agreed among themselves to lead a holy life dedicated to God; to the holy apostle Simon (Zealot).
By the way, according to legend, he (Simon) was the bridegroom, at the wedding of whom in Cana of Galilee, the Lord revealed his first miracle to the world.
They pray to Saint Tryphon for the happiness of marriage, who from a young age, with God's blessing, had the grace to heal diseases, cast out demons, and help in everyday affairs.
And, of course, the girl’s prayer for marriage should be sent, first of all, to God Himself with a request to give her a pious, decent spouse, with whom it will be possible to glorify the Creator. And also to the Mother of God in remembrance of the day when the Mother of God with her son Jesus Christ visited the Galilee Cana at a wedding, where the Lord revealed his first miracle by converting ordinary water into wine.
When it came to marriage, it is no longer a prayer for marriage that is read, but a special prayer for the blessing of a new union.
The blessed prince Peter, in the monasticism of David, and Princess Fevronia, monastic Euphrosyne, the Murom wonderworkers are asking for a blessing for marriage.
On the patronage of the wedding before marriage, they pray to the miracle workers and the holy unmercenaries Cosma and Damian, brothers who studied medical art during life and helped people.