Even the most unbelieving women, having a family, begin to appear more often in the temple. And there is nothing surprising in this - we can not care and pray for ourselves as we pray for our loved ones, feeling that the responsibility for their lives lies on our shoulders. Yes, family and love are, first of all, responsibility. And God will certainly help us to bear this cross, the main thing is to ask him for help.
Prayers for the family are most often read to the Virgin Mary, since her family with Joseph is still an example of Christian relations, where both wife and husband worship God and lead a charitable way of life .
It is because of their relationship to each other, to God, to the world, that they were given the happiness to give birth and raise the Savior of all mankind. It is the duty of every Christian to try to be like them on their own. And in order for you to be sent to this grace - pray for the family of the Most Holy Theotokos, remembering as an example for imitation, her life.
Saint Archangel Varachiel
Varahiel from Hebrew means blessed God.
According to the legend, three archangels appeared at the oak in Mamre to Abraham - one of them was the Holy Archangel Varahiel. He foreshadowed him and Sarah the birth of Isaac, and also confirmed that God gives man salvation in Paradise.
Archangel Varahiel always brings blessings from God to good deeds. He can be asked for a crop if the beggar is poor and wants to provide for his family, he can be asked about the husband if the woman who addresses him is free and asks for a free man.
Varahiel is the patron of pious families, the guardian of the purity of the soul and body. He begs God for blessing for people, so that they spend it in bodily health and spiritual growth. Of course, Archangel Varahiel is given prayers for his family, for blessing to send down his family and husband, for blessing for the birth of a child, and for marriage.
Prayer to Murom Wonderworkers - Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia
Murom Princes Peter and Fevronia lived their whole lives in love and prosperity, in peace and understanding. This couple was and is an example of the ideal relationship between a man and a woman. Admiring their example, people turn to them with prayers for happiness in the family. When the princes grew old, they decided to go to monastic life together, and their children were asked to bury them in one coffin.
Being monks, Peter and Favronius prayed to God about death in one day and he fulfilled their request. The spouses died in their cell at the same time. However, the children did not fulfill the last will of their parents - they buried them separately. But God came to the aid of the Saints again - the next day they were together again.
Any appeal to these Saints instantly becomes a prayer for the family. After all, the first thing to ask from Peter and Favronia is a grace in which people can follow their example, be loved and faithful to each other all their lives, and even after life.
Prayer to St. Mark, Luke, John and Matthew
Each of these Saints served the Lord in his own way. Mark is the author of the shortest gospel, he spread faith in Egypt, where he died martyrically. Luke - was a doctor and an artist, after his death he was ranked among the Apostles, and his relics healed those who touched them. He also died preaching faith in God.
John was one of the closest disciples of Christ, together with Peter he first ran to the grave of the Risen One. And Matthew was the collector of taxes, for which, of course, he was hated by the people. He obeyed the will of God and sold all his possessions to distribute the money to the poor. All of them are different, but they are united by the fact that they preached and distributed the teachings of Christ throughout the world. Today, these Saints are addressed with the words of protective prayers for the family. They are asked about the good relations in the house, they are approached about the sending of repentance, grace and miracle even in the most difficult life situations.
Prayer to the Theotokos
Prayer to Archangel Varahiel
Prayer to St. Peter and Favronius
Prayer to the Apostle John
