Most people believe that the prayer for the purchase of housing is something modern and has nothing to do with the traditional faith. However, this is not at all true. Prayers are also traditional, honored by generations, for example, “Our Father”. But there are others, pronounced by people in a state of mental confusion, coming from the very depths of the heart. Such appeals to the holy saints are living, changing over time, always corresponding to the needs of the worshipers.
Simple prayers for your everyday life are not constant archaic texts that should be memorized by generations and repeated without delving into the meaning of the words. These appeals to heavenly forces develop and change together with people, with society. It is to them that prayers for help in acquiring housing belong.
How long have such prayers appeared?
A prayer in which people ask the saints for help in acquiring their own housing has actually existed for a very long time. This is nothing but a prayer for gaining shelter. Of course, changed and taking into account modern realities.
They prayed for their own shelter always and everywhere. Over time, the words changed with which people expressed their desire or need, the names of the saints, to whose images prayers were raised. But the essence of such prayers, their meaning, remained unchanged for centuries.
No one can say when prayers arose for shelter, nor churchmen, nor historians, nor folklore scholars. They simply were always, just like prayers for health, daily bread, saving of relatives, well-being. Most likely, the first prayer for the purchase of housing or finding one's own shelter arose earlier than Christianity itself. After all, own shelter is a human need, and the help of heavenly patrons in satisfying their needs has always been asked, both at the time of the birth of paganism, when it was replaced by other beliefs, and nowadays.
Who is the patron saint?
Every Christian has a patron saint who looks after a person from heaven and saves him from mistakes on his life path. Holy patronage can be given not only to people, but also to cities, institutions, expeditions and much more. Saints provide patronage to certain professions or occupations, help in solving specific everyday needs.
Patrons in heaven for individuals are those saints whose names they bear. The tradition of calling a person in honor of a particular saint arose in the IV century. Around the same time, they began to connect the subject of patronage with the personal qualities of saints or with legends about them. For example, the author of the canonical Gospel, St. Levi Matthew during his life was a tax collector. For this reason, he is considered the patron of all activities related to finance.
Will the patron saint help?
People traditionally shared their aspirations and troubles in prayer to the saints whose names were named, or to those who provided patronage to objects of human interest. Of course, requests for a home in prayers for heavenly patrons are more than appropriate.
To the saints who guide the believer on the path of life, protecting from adversity and adversity, the prayer for the purchase of housing will certainly be heard. For the success of such prayers, it is important not how the person addresses, but how he does it. To receive heavenly help, you need deep, sincere faith. The worshiper must trust in the literal sense of the word, that is, in modern terms, be completely sure that the saint will not leave his request unnoticed.
Who needs to pray?
In addition to prayers addressed to patronizing saints, other saints are also asked to purchase their own roof over their heads. There was a firm belief that the saints help people find their own housing:
- Spiridon of Trimyphuntus;
- Daniil of Moscow;
- Nikolai the Miracle Worker;
- Matron Moscow.
It is precisely with this that the saints are mainly asked for help in finding their own roof over their heads. Most often they offer prayers for the purchase of housing to Spyridon. This saint, even in his lifetime, worked miracles that help people solve their everyday and material problems.
What are the rules for prayer?
Many believers pay too much attention to conventions, rules, rituals. For example, there is a belief that for the effectiveness of the prayer for finding your own apartment or house, you need to diligently read the akathist for forty calendar days.
Of course, if a believer is sincerely convinced that this is the only way he can get help from higher powers, then you should not suppress the desire to read an akathist in yourself. However, a forty-day prayer is akin to a spiritual feat, and this also needs to be understood, and before starting the reading process. Moreover, in such traditional types of prayers, there are many conventions, subtleties and nuances that need to be understood. For example, an akathist is not read during fasting.
Prayer for housing is not a canonical text. This is a simple everyday request, expressing the hope of man for the help of higher powers, saints in resolving his worldly everyday difficulties. Therefore, the rules for such prayer or strict canons do not exist. The main thing is the presence of deep and sincere faith, a complete conviction that the heavenly forces will not leave the needs of the praying person without attention.
In the event that if something is not enough to achieve the deepest spiritual confidence, and after the plea, there does not come a feeling of peace and expectation, which are a sign for people that their aspirations are not disregarded, you should go to the temple and talk with Father, to discuss with the churchman exciting issues, just like with a doctor a disease.
How to pray?
Prayer to the saints is necessary only with a deep inner need for this action. In fact, everyone always knows that the time has come to pray. An inner voice, intuition or something else tells the believer how to do it. But, unfortunately, most people do not listen to the inner voice.
The only answer to the question of how to pray is sincerely. Only a sincere prayer is heard. What exactly the believer will say, whether he will pronounce the text aloud in the temple before the image, or whether he will turn to the saints in thoughts while on the way to work, does not really matter.
However, it is no coincidence that people walk with their needs in the church and put candles in front of the images. Rituals, both in the pronunciation of any specific words and in the setting of candles in front of the icons, are not necessary for the saints, and especially not for the Lord. The praying people themselves need these actions. It is much easier for many to focus on their request to the saints, on the main need tormenting the soul in the temple, observing any rituals.
Therefore, you need to pray as your heart tells you. If there is a conviction that you need to go to church, put a candle and whisper certain words in front of the image, this is what you need to do. If there is no particular desire to attend the temple, due to some life circumstances, but praying in thoughts does not work out very well, it is quite possible to acquire an icon and ask for help from the saints, being in front of the image. You need to pray sincerely, with faith in what is being done, and the other details are not as important as it seems to many.
How to pray to Spyridon of Trimyphus?
Prayer for the purchase of his habitation to Spiridon of Trimifuntsky is considered one of the most effective. The saint, who performed many miracles during his lifetime, ascended to heaven, continues to help people who do not have material wealth to solve their worldly problems.
The prayer addressed to this saint may be:
“The great miracle worker, saint and intercessor Spyridon! I trust in your mercy and pray with a pure heart, without secret intention and thoughts that are objectionable to the Lord, to give me, the Servant of God (proper name), my corner. I pray you in great humility and help in my worldly needs and concerns. I thank you, great gracious man, for the good already granted to me, and I ask for help. Do not leave me, servant of God (proper name) in your aspirations. Amen".
How to pray to Daniel of Moscow?
With requests for help in many matters related to real estate, they often turn to this saint. The greatest veneration of Daniel, as well as Matron, is among Muscovites. But this does not mean at all that the saint will not help the inhabitants of other cities to find their shelter.
A prayer to Daniel of Moscow for the acquisition of housing may be:
“Saint Daniel, I trust in you in my aspirations and worldly concerns. With humility, I beg you for intercession and asking for mercy for me (proper name) from our Lord. I pray for the bestowing of the greatest earthly mercy - a life of comfort, peace of mind, a peaceful heart. I pray you, blessed saint, for granting shelter over your head and bow in humility. I bring glory to you, Saint Daniel, and I pray for attention to my vain worries. Amen".
How to pray to Nicholas the Wonderworker?
One of the most effective means of solving your housing problem is a prayer to Nicholas the Wonderworker. Assistance in acquiring housing from this saint was waited by many people. He was prayed in Russia for finding his own corner for centuries, and Nikolai Ugodnik always rendered heavenly assistance to people.
A prayer for the purchase of housing to Nicholas the Wonderworker can be this:
“Nikolai the Pleasure Father. Nikolai the Miracle Worker father. I thank you for your mercies, and I apologize to you with a request. Sent to me, the Servant of God, true thoughts and good deeds that will lead to gaining a roof over my head and daily bread. Amen".
How to pray Matrona of Moscow?
The Matronushka is not as popular among Orthodox believers as Nicholas the Wonderworker or many other holy saints. Meanwhile, Matron during her lifetime was extremely responsive and did not leave anyone without participation and help. The patron saint is also attentive to human needs from heaven.
Prayer Matrone of Moscow for the acquisition of housing may be this:
“Matronushka-intercessor, I trust in your mercy and ask for help. I pray you to be guided by an honest and righteous path, which will lead me to find my shelter, but will not lead me into debt and despair. I beg you to bestow this mercy, to find your roof without deception and money-grubbing, with pure thoughts and beyond the powers of the evil one. Amen".
What to consider?
Prayer will not lead to the fact that funds for the purchase of housing will fall from the sky or will lie on the threshold and wait for them to be found. Of course, such miracles can be done under the power of the Lord, but do not forget about popular wisdom - “Hope in God, but don’t betray yourself.”
People are rewarded, not only humble in heart and full of sincere faith, but also working people, trying, bringing benefits to this world. Assistance will not be granted to lazy people, a prayer for the purchase of housing also implies the efforts of the person himself in this direction.