The blessed old woman Matrona is known to many Orthodox people. She is revered as one of the most powerful intercessors before the Lord for us sinners. Therefore, believers often with any requests and in various tribulations turn to her. While still alive, mother Matrona said: “After my death, come to me, talk about your troubles, how alive, I will hear you and help you.” And, indeed, these words came true. If a person addresses his mother with faith and hope, asks for good with a pure heart, then the request will certainly be heard.
Prayers to St. Matrona can be pronounced both in your own words, and read the canonical text, sing an akathist. This article gives examples of how to pray and ask for something, as well as some real examples of miracles that God performed through the prayers of the blessed old woman.
A little information about the saint
Perhaps one of the readers first learned about St. Matron and would like to get to know her life better.
Mother Matrona was born in the Tula region in the village of Sebino at the end of the 19th century. Even before her birth, the Lord signaled that the holy chosen one would be born: a huge dove appeared in the dream of Matron’s mother with a human face, but with closed centuries. Matronushka was born blind, she did not have eyes, but from childhood she had spiritual vision.
The second sign came when she was baptized in a local temple. During the immersion of the baby in the font, a fragrant fragrance appeared. The baptized father was surprised, but explained to his parents that the baby would be holy.
The third miraculous sign happened when the Matronushka was brought to St. Petersburg to St. Andrew's Cathedral, where the righteous Saint John of Kronstadt served as a teenager. He then said to the people: “Separate! ... Come to me, Matron! Here comes my shift - the eighth pillar of Russia! ”
At the age of 18, the feet of the holy old woman were taken away. Until the end of her life, she could not walk. After a while, mother permanently moved to Moscow, and rested in 1952, May 2.
Where and how to pray?
Prayer to St. Matrona of Moscow can be performed at any time of the day and in any quiet and peaceful place. But most often people tend to visit the Pokrovsky convent in Moscow, where her relics rest. Arriving at the Taganka, having walked about 15-20 minutes on Taganskaya Street, the believer finds himself in a wonderful place where you can pray to the blessed old woman.
One line is to the miraculous icon, which hangs on the street. Standing in line or just near the icon, you can mentally ask mother about everything that worries, pray with hope and strong hope for her help. And, applying to the icon, just ask her to help, thank if the miracle has already happened.
The second stage reaches for the temple, where the relics of the saint rest. And here, standing in line, you can again ask for something or read an akathist, a prayer. Our pure hearts, sincerity, desire to change for the better are important to Saint Matron, then the soul will surely become easier, and the problem will be solved in the best way.
What can I ask for
There is an opinion among people that each saint has his own “specialization”: some heal, others help with housing, and others solve family problems. In fact, all this is a fallacy. All saints equally help in certain situations, if you handle with deep faith. So is Matron's mother. During her lifetime, she helped everyone: the sick, students, family, workers.
Therefore, prayer to St. Matrona for help can be offered any, regardless of the subject and scope of the problem. You just need to understand that praying is a good thing, but you need to work yourself in the name of fulfilling the petition. For example, if a person has been looking for work for a long time and cannot find anything, he asks Matron to help. Soon, miraculously, he was invited to an interview and, based on the results, was arranged for a good position. It would seem that a person did not make efforts, no longer ran in search. His acquaintances just called him. But to pass an interview is already work, own efforts. On the other hand is a family drama where the husband and wife do not get along, and the marriage is about to fall apart. A wife cannot begin to relate normally to her spouse. After the prayer, St. Matrona will still have to change her behavior, work on her mistakes.
In any case, the offering of one’s requests to God and the saints is also a labor over oneself, a desire to correct the situation not only with help from above, but also with one's own strength where it is possible and necessary.
About 9 prayers to mother
Some people who venerate the blessed have heard from each other about the 9 prayers of St. Matrona of Moscow. These prayers are divided by subject / category of need. In fact, almost each of them is not canonical, that is, it is not approved by the Russian Orthodox Church. Therefore, it is better to read the prayer that is printed on the last pages of a book with an akathist or in a prayer book, blessed and allowed to print, for sale.
The only thing that these prayers can help is to tell the novice how to pray in their own words and what to ask for. But real spiritual teaching can only be gleaned from those prayers that were compiled by the ancient fathers of the church, beginning with the Lord's “Our Father”.
In any of your requests, add at the end the phrase "But let it be, as you, Lord, want, and not like me." When addressing the saints and the Mother of God, one can also add something like this: “But let everything be as God pleases, as it is useful and saving to us.”
Prayers for children
During life and death, Matronushka helps all mothers who come to her with requests to save, cure, arrange the personal life of sons and daughters. The saint hears the heartfelt prayers of the parents and helps the children, comforts the parents.
There are several stories where St. Matron’s prayer for a son worked wonders: for one mother, an adult son quit drinking and found a good job, for another - a small child recovered from a fatal illness and so on.
You can pray this way: first read the main prayer from an akathist, and then mentally, standing in front of the icon, state your requests for children. Mother will definitely hear wherever her mother is - in Moscow on the Taganka or in distant Siberia.
Often mothers and fathers ask for the health of the child. Prayer to St. Matrona will help calm down the parents themselves who are worried about the state of health of the child, and will also certainly heal or at least alleviate the suffering. In addition, if there is an oil pan from the relics or the icon of the blessed old woman, it is advisable to anoint the brow (forehead) and sore spots crosswise.
During her life, mother healed both children and adults. There were cases when demoniac was brought into her house. There is one striking example: in one woman the son was obsessed with being in a mental hospital. Mother went to the Matronushka to ask how to help her only child. Mother gave her holy water and ordered the guy to splash in the mouth when orderlies would take him out. Indeed, the young man was healed of an obsession with an unclean spirit. After a short time, he, who was in his right mind, was discharged.
Is it worth praying for well-being
Each of us wants everything to go well in life. But often you have to experience setbacks and losses. Each person always has good and unpleasant moments. If a person prays to God, saints, the guardian angel, then he manages to avoid tragedy, but this does not mean that he will be lucky everywhere. On the contrary, a believer can have much more problems. Only he believes that the Lord permits it to be good for him to be strengthened in faith, because after sadness, real joy and realization always comes that with God's help everything was resolved. Could be worse.
Therefore, of course, it is worth every day to read the prayer to St. Matron for prosperity. It is recommended that you take a blessing from the priest, explaining the situation. Those who love and venerate the Matronushka often pray at home, come to the Pokrovsky monastery whenever possible. She hears all our requests, helps in all matters. Well-being can be attributed to work, study, and family life, the health of oneself and loved ones, the financial side.
With family and everyday problems
People go to the Matronushka monastery in Pokrovsky monastery with their troubles, needs and problems. Queues are almost always there. Looking at the huge crowds, you can understand how strong she is an intercessor before God. And the saint helps in all matters.
Prayers to St. Matrona for the family are lifted from ordinary believers daily. How many marriages break up, how many problems between spouses and with children. Someone does not have their own housing, but someone cannot arrange their personal lives. And in both cases, they turn to the intercessor before God.
With problems in the family, you can read a prayer, ask for something in your own words and, if possible, read an akathist. This chant contains everything you need to understand how to ask and how to give thanks. There is such a tradition among some believers - standing in line for relics or an icon, reading to himself an akathist. Indeed, if time is spent with attention, understanding to whom and why they came, then relief will surely come, and sorrow will turn into joy. After all, it’s very important for saints, like God, the Mother of God, that we “have sorrow have hearts” (that is, turn our hearts to God with attention, and not absent-mindedly, and not think about anything outside).
Currently, Russians and residents of some CIS countries have an acute housing problem: someone got married and does not have their own house, someone burned out their apartment, and someone was “lucky” to become deceived by scammers and to be evicted. It would seem that the situation is hopeless. But you can endlessly list real stories where, through the prayers of the holy righteous blessed Matrona of Moscow, people miraculously received new housing or returned to their rightful apartment.
About health and healing
The Gospel describes cases of healing by the Lord Jesus Christ himself of the hopeless sick and even dead. In this case, we can recall the holy righteous Lazarus. He was dead, and on the fourth day the Lord raised him up. The holy apostles are not only disciples of the Savior, but also those who lived later, the holy saints of God, were honored to have the gift of insight, they knew how to heal, resurrect. Mother Matrona lived in the 20th century. As you know, even before her birth, the Lord informed his mother that the baby would be holy. In life and after death, mother heals the sick, if they come with deep faith. It should only be remembered that illness is sometimes allowed by God for good, in which case relief may come, not cure.
If you or someone close to you is sick, you can offer a prayer to Saint Matron for healing. But recovery or deterioration is God's will, His holy providence. It happens that a person suffers in favor. Of course, Matron can make this clear.
Despite this point of view, of course, one can and should ask for health, in addition, you should definitely pray for spiritual health, for guidance on the true path and saving the soul from perdition. Often people ask only for earthly things, forgetting that once earthly life will end, and everything that was asked for will be temporary. But you need to think about eternity. In the book about the life of the old woman Matrona, as well as in the appendix, where her instructions are stated, it is said that each person has to pass an ordeal on death by death. He who did not care to prepare for a meeting with God will be regrettable. And the God of illness gives for admonition and cleansing of the soul from sins, if a person does not yet realize what is happening, how to live. And through suffering, the soul recovers. Therefore, miracles of healing from bodily ailments do not always occur, not only after a prayer to St. Matron for health, but also to other holy righteous people.
Ask for healing, recovery. Mother will definitely hear. For the rest, trust God. Someone is given to be healed immediately, while someone is given relief, remission.
Help in conception and pregnancy
Many women in modern Russia cannot become pregnant for a long time. Often there is such a case: the spouses go around all the doctors, the couple are told that they are healthy, but for some reason it does not work out. On the other hand, there are those who have serious problems in the reproductive sphere, both in the husband and in the wife. No matter how serious the diagnosis may be, one can hope in God. And the Lord sent us his helpers and intercessors: the Blessed Virgin Mary and the saints. Mother Matrona helps all childless couples become happy parents.
There are many cases and even witnessed in some editions of books, as a miracle happened during the prayers of St. Matron for conception - a long-awaited pregnancy.
Whenever possible, pregnant women also often visit the monastery, where they rest the relics of the blessed. They are not afraid to stand for several hours at any time of the year in order to bow to the holy old woman with warm prayer and hope, hope. Mother helps everyone, gives grace through herself from the Lord, blesses future mothers.
Strong prayers of St. Matron to the Almighty will surely help each spouse to become parents, bear and give birth to healthy babies.
How else can you pray the saint
Mother Matron hears each of us who sincerely asks. A student before a very difficult exam when moving to the subway can mentally pray this way: "Blessed old Matron, help me pass an exam on a very complex subject." When applying for a new job, you can also ask that the interview be successful, but there must be God's holy will for everything. The fact is that the work may turn out to be either dangerous or dishonest, or the company may soon close. Therefore, before the interview, it is better to simply ask briefly: "Mother Matrona, help me find a job."
Of course, it is better to look at the icon or icon of the blessed, so as not to lose attention to prayer. Saint Matron will surely hear and help. Only the situation can ultimately seem simple, after a while the prayer will remember that a miracle happened.
Sometimes girls, desiring something very important, such as marriage, or women seeking motherhood, can embroider, with the blessing of a priest, an icon with the face of an old woman. At the same time, one must constantly pray, hold fast and, of course, attend services, confess and receive communion. Often during the embroidery process or at the end of miracles, petitions are executed. You can keep the icon for yourself or give it to relatives, donate to the temple.
With what to go to Pokrovsky monastery to mother
Admirers of St. Matron say that it’s better to go to mother’s monastery with flowers, namely roses. Moreover, there should be an odd number of flowers, as for the living. But if you couldn’t buy a suitable bouquet anywhere, then it’s okay. You can bow and pray empty-handed. It happens that people, having received the request, go to thank the old woman with roses, carnations or chrysanthemums.
In fact, the main thing is a prayer to St. Matrona of Moscow, not bouquets. It should be remembered that in the walls of the monastery you need to observe silence, not talk. Women should be in long skirts or dresses, coats, men - in trousers. It is unacceptable to be in a monastery in defiant clothes. Also, there should not be any makeup on the face so as not to stain the glass of the icon and relics.
Prayer to St. Matron for help will be heard if you reverently treat the old woman herself, believe that she hears and prays to God sinners for us. Even if the request is not fulfilled, you can not despair. Joy will certainly visit you when it is really necessary, useful and soul-saving.