Who to pray to get married? This topic brings a smile to its timelessness and naivety - it’s unbearable to marry! At first glance, it seems that this is, in fact, some kind of anachronism. Now, marriage is far from the only object of interest for a girl - you can study, you can pursue a career, you can finally just meet a young man without tying yourself into marriage. But such freedom of choice is far from suitable for everyone, and absolutely does not suit believing girls.
Even a hundred years ago, undoubtedly, it was marriage and the degree of its success that set the direction for a woman's entire life. Actually, she could choose from only three options - either monasticism, or marriage, or to remain in the "centuries", old virgins. A sad prospect!
The first path has always been the lot of the elite, the third was an analogue of the modern concept of "failure." Therefore - get married, of course get married! At that time, divorce was a rare occurrence, the marriage was literally for life - until the death of one of the spouses.
There is nothing wrong with wanting to find your soul mate, from the point of view of the Bible. It is not good for a person to be alone, says God in the second chapter
of Genesis. The first commandment that Adam and Eve received in paradise was: "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the Earth." The state of love is verbose and poetically described by King Solomon in the Song of Songs.
The Apostle Paul speaks of ideal love, which "covers everything, believes everything, hopes everything, endures everything and never ceases."
How I want to find such love in my family! The role of a married lady, a mother of a large family, a beloved friend of a hardworking and virtuous husband has always been honored.
But ... then there was a problem that did not disappear among the believer, and indeed in
to any girl to this day - how to find such a husband? It is worth remembering that the believer has very limited opportunities for dating and flirting. Therefore, God's help, the help of a heavenly protector, is very necessary!
Who do they pray to get married? Here we enter the area of near-church myths - the comical immediately comes to mind: "St. Katerina, send me a nobleman!"
But grandmothers at any temple will surely enlighten everyone who wants to pray in order to get married.
It’s good to recall that perhaps the most important virtue of a believer is meekness and humility before God's will. And to whom do they pray to marry, if not the Lord? After all, the believer repeats daily: "Thy will be done." And if God's will has not yet led her to meet her future husband, then it is probably worthwhile to show humility and wait. Perhaps this will only benefit the impatient young lady.
Secondly, for a believer the absurdity is the expression "pray to the icon." It is not the icon that prays, it is just a "visible image of the invisible." Who do they pray to get married? The saint imprinted on the icon, he is asked for help and intercession before God.
A significant part of the legends that, if you attach to a certain icon on a certain day, and then carry out some kind of ritual, should be attributed to the near-church folklore, with which the church itself struggles in every way.
And yet, if you really want to - who do they pray to marry a worthy person, Orthodox Christians? Is there a “specialization” among saints, and who, besides, of course, Christ and the Virgin, ask for happiness in their personal lives? The Church Fathers and after them the parish priests advise to ask for help and advice from that saint whose life path is similar to his own.
Christianity knows saints who were married and happily lived a virtuous life. These are the parents of the Virgin Joachim and Anna, St. Peter and Fevronia of Murom, St. Adrian and St. Natalia, St. Juliana Lazarevskaya.
There are no special prayers in this regard, but prayer comes from the heart, and home prayer is not chained in a chain of conventionality. Moreover, Christ said: "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you."