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They read prayers to Nicholas for health and healing, and ask for help and salvation. St. Nicholas has long been considered the patron saint of children, merchants and sailors. His Holiness devoted his entire life to serving Jesus Christ and the Christian faith.
Nikolai the Wonderworker, or as he is commonly called, Nikolai Ugodnik, has been familiar to people since early childhood. After all, on the day of honoring the Wonderworker, children find sweets under their pillows. As the legend says: “The Saint comes to obedient children with candy, and to disobedient children - with a rod.”
Today, the relics of the Wonderworker are kept in the Basilica of St. Nicholas (Bari). Some of the relics of the Pleasant have been preserved in the Church of St. Nicholas in Turkey.
It is imperative to say forgiveness to the Holy Saint in front of the icon. In every house, in the red corner, next to the Images of the Lord God and the Mother of God, there should be an icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. Nowadays you can often find icon-books consisting of three parts: in the center - Jesus Christ - the son of the Lord, on the right - the Virgin Mary - the Mother of God, on the left - St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
The icon of Nicholas is one of the most important saints in the Orthodox church. It is believed that if you were given the face of this saint, it means that the person who gifted it respects you very much and wishes you the best achievements in your destiny.
It is customary to honor the Holy Pleasant of God Nicholas the Wonderworker on December 19, according to the new style. On this day, the day of death of the Wonderworker is honored. And on August 11, according to the new style, Orthodox Christians honor Nicholas’s birthday.
Prayer to Nicholas the Wonderworker for health
Orthodox Christians call Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker and always resort to him for help in healing from illness. . Miraculous prayers before the icon of God's Pleasant brought God's grace to more than a thousand homes.
How to pray for help in illness
- Before praying to the Saint, it is imperative to cleanse your thoughts from all sinful, dissolute and black things.
- Then, through Nicholas, you need to ask for God’s forgiveness for your sins.
- Only after all of the above can you turn to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker with a sincere prayer for help in your health.
A prayer for the sick for healing is pronounced in the following words:
“O all-holy Nicholas, exceedingly saintly saint of the Lord, our warm intercessor, and everywhere in sorrow a quick helper, help me, a sinner and saddened one, in this life, beg the Lord God to grant me forgiveness of all my sins, which I have sinned greatly from my youth, in everything my life, deed, word, thought and all my feelings; and at the end of my soul, help me the accursed, beg the Lord God of all creation, the Creator, to deliver me from airy ordeals and eternal
torment, so that I always glorify the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and yours
merciful intercession, now and ever, and forever and ever. Amen"
About the child's health
It's very scary when children get sick. A mother, suffering over the bed of her own child, is ready to do anything to ensure that the baby recovers. Nicholas the Wonderworker has long been considered the patron saint of children.
Therefore, every mother always has an icon of the Wonderworker by her baby’s bed and has prepared the text of a prayer so that she can read it at any time in an address to Nicholas. They pray to His Holiness for the health of children; he hears these petitions and heals them from any physical ailment.
The prayer to Nicholas the Wonderworker for the healing of a child is pronounced in a special way:
- Important! - Seclude yourself in a separate room;
- Light three church candles;
- Place the Saint next to the candles;
- There must be holy water next to the icon;
- Read the Lord's Prayer.
- Only after all of the above do we address the Pleasant like this:
“Oh, Saint Nicholas the Pleasant. Help my beloved child recover and do not be angry with me for sinful sorrow. Amen".
About the health of parents and loved ones
A prayer to Nicholas the Wonderworker for a sick relative carries special power. We always worry about loved ones who are sick. There is one good phrase: “No church has heard so many sincere prayers as the walls of the hospital.”
And it is true! A person close to you is lying in a hospital bed, the doctor says that he did everything he could, and you can only hope for a miracle - this is creepy. You immediately think about how you can help him, what miracle is about to happen.
After a while, you understand what the doctor was talking about and begin to pray. You ask the Lord God, all the Saints and Great Martyrs for help, for the healing of a loved one . Lines of prayers are going through my head.
At such moments, any help will be welcome. Everything you think about, everything you pray for, any prayer for the healing of the sick will be heard. And it doesn’t matter what the prayer is said about - for health or for mercy, for the healing of a bone or for healing from cancer, it will reach the gaze of God and here only He has the right to decide whether a person should live or his soul ascend to heaven.
No matter what happens in life, no matter what happens, the church is happy to accept anyone. Even if everything is fine now, no one is safe from a sharp turn life path further.
Therefore, there is no need to be afraid or embarrassed to go to church. You need to go there at least sometimes. If you have no idea what to ask God for, you can simply light a candle and order a prayer for health , thank you for everything, cross yourself and go about your business. And Nicholas the Wonderworker will certainly become a mediator between man and the Almighty and help create a real Miracle.
God bless you!
Complete collection and description: prayer for the health of brother Nicholas the Wonderworker for the spiritual life of a believer.
A miraculous prayer to Nicholas helps in healing and recovery. Nikolai Ugodnik believed that with God in your heart you can avoid the most terrible troubles. Loss of health for a person is a terrible evil. The one who prays creates divine protection around himself, coming from within. Religiosity can heal not only the soul, but also the body. Trust in the Almighty helps to create a protective halo, a certain aura that can ward off illness from the sufferer.
A prayer to Nicholas the Wonderworker for healing begins with an appeal to Nicholas. He is praised and thanked for the eternal hope for healing that passes from century to century. The miracle worker is a protector of believers, a feeder of the needy, a healer of the sick. The saint controls the sailors. It helps you live with dignity. The prayer for health is presented in different semantic meanings, but in a single reading. They must be learned and read down to the shortest word.
The body is subject to illness, but it is believed that illness comes to those who are weak in spiritual strength. You need to pray for health in front of the icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. The best way to do this is in the temple. The Church heals, frees from sins and false actions. Turning to Nikolai, they ask God for help. They beg for forgiveness for things they have done. They free the soul from the machinations of the devil, which led to illness and torment. Saints hear not the spoken words themselves, but the thoughts that come next to and behind them. The miracle worker will understand whether a person treats his illness correctly, whether he understands why the illness came to him. When praying, it is important not to complain, but to ask for patience and strength, to experience what has been given by God. Believers believe that the Lord gives a person only what he must endure, what he deserves through his actions. Prayer helps to gain health in body and soul.
About helping the sick
There is a prayer for health to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, in which they ask not for their own health, but for the recovery of loved ones. The saint hears prayers for help. Only a good person can ask God for the health of his loved ones. Egoistic, narcissistic people cannot care about the grief of others. A true believer will be able to turn to Nicholas with a prayer for the health of his neighbor. This makes prayer different and even more meaningful. The miracle worker, having heard it, will help the sick and the healthy. Will thank you for your patience, love and self-sacrifice. Orthodox Church values compassion and kindness; all faith is built on these canons.
Prayer that changes fate
“The Wonderworker Nicholas, Defender of the Righteous.
Strengthen my faith in Orthodox relics
and cleanse your mortal body from painful thinness.
Charge my soul with your praise
and do not hurt my body with sinful pain.
Let the ulcers and deep wounds heal,
may all cruel sorrows be cast aside forever.
Heal my weakness, save me from death,
and take away my illnesses forever.
Thy will be done. Amen"
Diseases are frequent, they seem to haunt a person. They don't give up day after day. It seems to a person that everyone around him is healthy, but he is offended by God and fate. Some become lethargic and infantile. They buy medicine and start living with a bunch of pills and medical equipment. Others turn to Nikolai Ugodnik with a prayer for a change in fate. You can get rid of diseases if you read this prayer sincerely. Life changes its course, health is restored. The best day to read this prayer is your birthday. You cannot complain about this fate, you need to consciously ask for forgiveness for your mistakes, ask to change your life for the better.
If you are tired of the sores, and your birthday is still far away, you can go to church any day, light a candle and say a prayer for a change in fate.
What kind of help will there be?
Everyone wants to know how quickly a miracle will happen. Most often, everything happens differently for everyone. Nicholas the Wonderworker helps everyone, but you cannot compare helping one with helping another. Help will depend on the strength and sincerity of the appeal.
Miraculous healing
Prayers to Nicholas the Wonderworker have many stories about their miraculous power. Stories are passed on from mouth to mouth; it is impossible to come up with so many stories. They are all real, suffered through suffering, and therefore give faith in the healing of the sick. There is no doubt. In prayer, no extraneous thoughts can go nearby; you cannot mentally surrender to the illness. Then Saint Nicholas will hear and help.
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Prayers for health to Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker
There are saints whom the Orthodox reverence and love especially strongly. This is Nicholas the Wonderworker, a great saint who performed many amazing miracles to the glory of the Lord.
Saint Nicholas is unusually kind, he helps people in many endeavors, people turn to him with requests regarding a variety of problems: with finances, relationships, health. The saint does not leave a single prayer unanswered if it is sincere.
Who is Nikolai and how does he help believers?
The life of St. Nicholas was full of love for God and great miracles. He lived during the Great Roman Empire, in the Roman province of Lycia, in modern Turkey.
From childhood, the saint realized that his calling was to be a priest. At night he read a lot, studied sacred texts, and during the day he almost never left the temple, devoting all his time to prayer.
For such zeal and strong love God rewarded him with the gift of performing miracles. The merits of Saint Nicholas were recognized during his lifetime: he was elevated to the rank of archbishop in the city of Mira.
In a high position the saint helped the poor a lot, secretly gave gifts to children from the poorest strata of society (this story is a prototype of the Catholic Saint Nicholas, who brings gifts to all children on New Year's Eve).
St. Nicholas did not forget about the sick, which is why even in our time, during severe illness, it is customary to offer prayers to him. He hears all prayers and is ready to help with any diagnosis.
Prayer for health
You can pray to Saint Nicholas for your health and that of your loved ones. The main condition is the sincerity of your request. It’s good if there is an image of a saint in the house.
Shortly before prayer, get in a serious mood and forget about business. If possible, retire and light a candle.
Mentally ask St. Nicholas for forgiveness for all your sins and read the prayer:
Oh, all-holy Nicholas, exceedingly saintly servant of the Lord, our warm intercessor, and everywhere in sorrow a quick helper! Help me, a sinner and sad person in this present life, beg the Lord God to grant me forgiveness of all my sins, which I have sinned greatly from my youth, in all my life, in deed, word, thought and all my feelings; and at the end of my soul, help me the accursed, beg the Lord God, the Creator of all creation, to deliver me from airy ordeals and eternal torment: may I always glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and your merciful intercession, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
About healing from illness
Saint Nicholas does not abandon those who sincerely believe in him, even in the most serious illness.
If you are worried about your health or the health of your loved ones, you can ask the saint for help.
It is better if you come to the temple and pray in front of the image of the Wonderworker in the church. But home prayer is also effective. Buy a small image of the saint and candles from the temple. Feel like you are communicating with an all-merciful saint
, which can help you in the most difficult situations.
Read the following text of the prayer:
O all-praised, great wonderworker, saint of Christ, Father Nicholas! We pray to you, awaken the hope of all Christians, protector of the faithful, feeder of the hungry, joy of the weeping, doctor of the sick, steward of those floating on the sea, feeder of the poor and orphans, and quick helper and patron of all, may we live a peaceful life here and may we be worthy to see the glory of God’s elect in heaven , and with them unceasingly sing the praises of the one worshiped God in the Trinity forever and ever. Amen. There is an option for a longer prayer. You can read any canonical text that suits you best,.
Oh, our good shepherd and God-wise mentor, Saint Nicholas of Christ! Hear us, revered by believers all over the world, Saint Nicholas, aka Nicholas the Wonderworker, Miracle Worker of Myra, sinners praying to you and calling for your speedy intercession for help; see us weak, caught from everywhere, deprived of every good and darkened in mind from cowardice; Try, O servant of God, not to leave us in the captivity of sin, so that we may not joyfully become our enemies and not die in our evil deeds. Pray for us, unworthy, to our Creator and Master, to whom you stand with disembodied faces: make our God merciful to us in this life and in the future, so that He will not reward us according to our deeds and the impurity of our hearts, but according to His goodness He will reward us . We trust in your intercession, we boast of your intercession, we call upon your intercession for help, and falling to your most holy image, we ask for help: deliver us, saints of Christ, from the evils that come upon us, and tame the waves of passions and troubles that rise up against us, yes For the sake of your holy prayers, the attack will not overwhelm us and we will not wallow in the abyss of sin and in the mud of our passions. Pray to Saint Nicholas of Christ, Christ our God, that he may grant us a peaceful life and remission of sins, salvation and great mercy for our souls, now and ever and unto ages of ages.
Examples of the Wonderworker's help from history
Saint Nicholas performed amazing miracles during his lifetime.
Evidence has been preserved of Roman sailors who were caught in a strong storm in the Mediterranean Sea. The sails were completely damaged and the ship was already sinking.
Experienced sailors understood that there was no chance of salvation, but in their last hope began to pray to Saint Nicholas, because they respected him very much and believed in his holiness. To their surprise, soon after addressing Nikolai, he appeared on deck and took the helm himself.
After the storm subsided and the ship was completely righted, his image disappeared from the deck. The sailors themselves reached the shore and, moved by gratitude, visited the saint in the Lycian Worlds.
After this incident, Nicholas the Wonderworker began to rightfully be considered the patron saint of sailors and people of other dangerous professions.
Nicholas the Wonderworker does not leave even those of other faiths. He spoke about one incredible incident in his memoirs famous singer early 20th century Alexander Vertinsky.
After civil war he was in exile, in China, where at that time there lived a lot of Russians who had left the country. The local station was decorated with the image of the Wonderworker.
One day in early spring, when Vertinsky was waiting for the train, an old Chinese man ran into the station, all wet, and prostrated himself before the icon. It was a fisherman who fell through the ice.
Dying in the icy water, for some reason he remembered the image he had seen at the station, and began to pray to it most in simple words asking for help. After that, he woke up already on the bank, although the entire river was covered with ice, and there was no way to accidentally get out of the trap.
There are many stories related to the Great Patriotic War. Saint Nicholas saved soldiers from certain death. The most amazing thing is that many of the fighters who talked about their miraculous salvation were non-believers; they knew nothing about the great miracle worker.
Saint Nicholas led a young intelligence officer through a minefield in the guise of a gray-haired old man in a sheepskin coat, after which he disappeared. She recognized him after the war, from the image in the temple. Stories of rescue were told by pilots, sailors, privates and officers.
Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker came to the aid of hundreds and thousands of fighters, and today stories of miraculous salvation or recovery from the most serious illnesses continue.
Therefore, do not stop believing and pray to the great saint. Remember: sincere requests cannot go unanswered.
Prayer for the health of brother Nicholas the Wonderworker
We can achieve a lot in life ourselves. The main thing is to have health and strength to achieve what you want. Prayer for health will help restore poor health and alleviate the condition of a sick child, husband, or parents. The most popular prayers for health are addressed to the Mother of God, Matrona, and Nicholas the Wonderworker.
This prayer for health is very powerful. You can read it not only in church, but also at home. Moreover, it doesn’t matter who you pray for, for a person close to you, husband, mother or son, the main thing is that it is a baptized person. This important condition applies to all the prayers we are considering.
The effect of this and other prayers extends not only to the physical state. After all, the concept of health includes both physical health and mental harmony. By making a prayer, we try not only to alleviate the condition of a loved one, but also to restore his spiritual strength, the imbalance of which often causes health problems.
“O my Lord, my Creator, I ask for Your help, grant healing to the servant of God (name), wash his blood with Your rays. Only with Your help will healing come to him. Touch him with miraculous power, bless all his paths to salvation, recovery, healing "Give his body health, his soul - blessed lightness, his heart - divine balm. The pain will subside, and strength will return, and his physical and mental wounds will heal, and he will come
Your help. Your rays from Heaven will reach him, give him protection, bless him for healing from his ailments, strengthen his faith. May the Lord hear this prayer. Glory and thanks to the power of the Lord. Amen."
It's hard to see when a family member or loved one gets sick, but it's especially hard when it comes to children. It will help ease the suffering of the little one, help and speed up recovery. orthodox prayer about the health of a sick child, the text of which we present here.
“Lord Jesus Christ, may Thy mercy be upon my children (names), keep them under Thy roof, cover them from all evil, take away every enemy from them, open their ears and eyes, grant tenderness and humility to their hearts. Lord, we all Thy creatures, have pity on my children (names) and turn them to repentance. Save, O Lord, and have mercy on my children (names), and enlighten their minds with the light of the mind of Your Gospel, and guide them on the path of Your commandments,
and teach them, Father, to do Your will, for You are our God."
Of course, you should definitely know that the use of prayer texts does not exclude the use of modern medicine. Each prayer for the health of the patient should be an auxiliary means that will allow one to overcome the illness. But it is very important to consult a doctor at the first signs of illness and carry out the necessary consultations and examinations. It is not possible to know in what form the healing will come; perhaps your prayer will manifest itself by tenfold increasing the results of the doctors’ efforts and allowing you to get rid of
These prayers for health, addressed to the Most Holy Theotokos, can be read both at home and in church. It is very good if you can read them in front of the icon of the Mother of God. It doesn't matter what kind of image it is. Although they are traditionally credited with slightly different powers, when praying for the health of a neighbor this does not matter much. The main thing is how you pray, what you experience and feel in your soul. Sincere prayer that comes from the heart, firm faith
the fact that your prayer will be heard and you will definitely be helped is capable of working real miracles.
“O Most Holy Lady, Lady Theotokos! Raise us, the servants of God (names) from the depths of sin and deliver us from sudden death and from all evil. Grant us, Lady, peace and health and enlighten our minds and the eyes of our hearts, to salvation, and vouchsafe us, Thy sinful servants, the Kingdom of Thy Son, Christ our God: for His dominion is blessed with the Father and His Most Holy Spirit."
This is a very well-known prayer in the Orthodox tradition, which, nevertheless, is considered extremely effective and efficient. It can be safely read with any other prayer texts.
“Offering to our queen, our hope to the Mother of God, a refuge for the orphaned and strange, the representative of those who grieve with joy, those who are offended by the patroness, see our misfortune, see our sorrow: help us as we are weak, feed us as we are strange: weigh our offense, resolve it as you will, as if There are no other imams of help, except You, no other intercessor, except You, Mother of God, for you will preserve us and cover us, forever and ever.”
Prayers to Saint Matrona are traditionally considered strong and effective. Even during her lifetime, this saint, revered in Rus', helped the suffering, treated the sick and infirm. The power of her prayer helped many people achieve long-awaited health. The story of her life is surprisingly intertwined with a difficult period in Russia. The beginning of the 20th century, wars, revolutions, upheavals. Many people lost their faith, and the role of religion in the life of the state practically disappeared. And in these troubled times, the appearance of a man whose sincere faith
was so great, it allowed many people to reconsider their views, regain their faith, and remember the importance of spirituality in life. Many people, thanks to Matronushka’s prayer for health, found long-awaited healing.
“O blessed Mother Matrono, standing in soul in heaven before the Throne of God, resting in body on earth, and emanating various miracles from the grace given to you from above, now look with your mystical eye on us, sinners, in sorrows, illnesses and sinful temptations, spending our days, comfort us, desperate ones, heal our fierce ailments, from God to us through our sins, deliver us from many troubles and circumstances. Beg our Lord Jesus Christ to forgive
we have all our sins, iniquities and falls into sin, the image we have from our youth
we have sinned even to this day and hour, so that through your prayers we have received grace and great mercy, let us glorify in the Trinity the One God, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen."
Since ancient times, people with health problems have turned to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker with a prayer for health. His life and history are filled with numerous cases of miraculous healings. The strength of his faith allowed him to perform many good deeds, the fame of which spread widely throughout the earth. He helped many during his lifetime, many received help by turning to him in prayer, including in our time. Below we present a very famous text of the prayer to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, which must be read to get rid of illness and gain
“O all-holy Nicholas, exceedingly saintly servant of the Lord, our warm intercessor, and everywhere in sorrow a quick helper, help me, a sinner and saddened one, in this life, beg the Lord God to grant me forgiveness of all my sins, which I have sinned greatly from my youth, in everything in my life, in deed, in word, in thought and with all my feelings; and in the end of my soul, help me to the accursed, beg the Lord God of all creation, Creator, to deliver me from airy ordeals and eternal life.
torment, so that I always glorify the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and yours
merciful intercession, now and ever, and forever and ever. Amen."
If you are reading this prayer not for yourself, but for the health of your husband, son, mother or loved one, then change the address: where it says “me”, “me” - say “God’s servant (and name)”. Your sincere prayer will definitely be heard. Remember, everything depends on your faith. Pure thoughts, faith and a sincere desire to help your neighbor will definitely be rewarded.
When preparing the material, texts of prayers from Orthodox literature were used.
God sends illnesses to people for a reason; they can be a kind of signal that they should change something in life or turn their gaze to the Lord. Also, a serious illness can become payment for sins committed. To alleviate their suffering, people flock to churches, thereby embarking on the path of spiritual development. A prayer to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker for health, which has long been used by people to heal physical and mental illnesses, can perform true miracles.
The Wonderworker has been familiar to many since childhood. It was he who became the prototype of Santa Claus, who gives children all kinds of gifts. The saint became famous for giving people priceless gifts. He became an example of generosity, mercy and unconditional love.
Modern people should learn all these qualities. Every year on December 19, on the day of remembrance of St. Nicholas, it is customary to give each other small gifts and pleasant surprises.
People associate God's Pleasant with a very kind and merciful old man, who is distinguished by patience and understanding for the needs and suffering of worldly people. He devoted his entire life to serving Jesus Christ, spreading the Christian faith and helping people. There are many legends about healing the sick with its help. And today people continue to turn to the saint with a prayer for good health and cure from illness.
You can contact the Miracle Worker for any health problems. His power is so great that even after his death, God’s Pleasant continues to help people, saving them from death, injustice and almost any hopeless situation.
Note! It is advisable that the prayer to Nicholas the Wonderworker for health be read in front of the image of the saint. Icons of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary should be installed next to it.
Today in the church you can buy an icon-book with images of several saints at once. To enhance the effect, you can light a church candle or burn incense in front of the images.
Request for Healing
A strong prayer for healing, addressed to God’s Pleasant from the depths of the heart, can help to recover from a fatal illness. It helps even in cases where doctors shrug their shoulders, unable to do anything for the patient’s recovery.
Prayer for healing by agreement has special power. It can be read by relatives, friends and close people of the patient, having previously agreed on a reading time.
Prayer for a serious or fatal illness:
“Oh All-Hallow, Father Nicholas! Ambulance and intercessor of all the sorrowful and sick! Beg our Lord to forgive His servant (name) for the sins that he committed through thoughtlessness or ignorance. Ask Him to deliver your soul and body from the devil’s machinations, worldly illnesses, ordeals and eternal torment. In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen!"
Note! The myrrh that exudes the relics of the saint has a healing effect. To receive it, you need to go to Bari, where the myrrh-streaming relics of the elder are kept.
Once a year, priests collect myrrh from a special hole in the tomb, dilute it with holy water and distribute it to people. You can also buy myrrh online. However, with this method of purchase there is no guarantee of the authenticity of the sacred liquid.
Prayer for the health of loved ones
The worst moments for parents are when their children are sick. They are ready to do anything for the baby’s recovery. Since the Wonderworker patronized children during his lifetime, parents turn to him if their children suffer from any illness.
It is advisable to pray for the health of children in a secluded place where other people will not disturb you. Prayer for the health of a child begins with preparation. You should place and light 3 candles blessed in the church in front of the icon of the saint.
Holy water should also be placed in front of the image of the Saint. Having prepared in this way, you need to say the following text:
“Oh, all-good Nicholas the Pleasant. Do not be angry with me for my sinful sorrow, ask our Lord for a speedy recovery (child’s name). I pray to you for the healing of my beloved child. Thank you for your help and protection of our family. Amen!"
After praying, you should cross yourself, and then let the child drink holy water and wash him with it. This prayer text can be used not only to heal a child, but also other family members. You can also pray to the Wonderworker for the health of your husband, parents, sisters and brothers. In addition, in the church you can order a prayer service for the health of your spouse, child, loved one, or friend. One must believe that every sincere prayer to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker for the sick will definitely be heard!
Setting up candles in the church
Text of prayer for health
A prayer for recovery or for the health of a sick person to Nicholas the Wonderworker sounds as follows: “Oh, our great intercessor, Nicholas. Satisfy our illnesses and sorrows, dissolving the grace-filled healing that delights our souls and gladdens the hearts of all who zealously flow to your help and cry out to God: Hallelujah!”
This prayer to Nicholas the Wonderworker for help in health can be read in church or at home before the face of the saint. There are other texts of the sick person’s prayers to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. They can be found on the Internet or taken from one of the church shops. Orthodox churches of his hometown.
Note! Prayer for health can be supported by attending the Divine Liturgy, which is held every Sunday in Orthodox churches.
Useful video: prayer to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker for healing from illness
Causes of diseases
Healing cannot always be achieved with the help of medications and a course of medical procedures prescribed to the patient in a medical clinic. Sometimes the causes of an illness can be hidden deep in the soul. In this case, until the soul is healed, the body will not be healed. The disease will return again and again.
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The real reason for the development of the disease can be:
- disappointment in life, in yourself or loved ones;
- mental suffering;
- prolonged stress or nervous tension;
- strong fear for yourself or a loved one.
To get rid of a disease, it is not enough just to eliminate its symptoms. It is necessary, first of all, to eliminate the cause of the disease. If the cause of the illness is mental suffering, then the soul must first be cured. Modern doctors cannot do this. Only the help of a holy person who has a strong connection with God will help here. People often turn to the Miracle Worker for mental healing and support.
Before a prayer is read to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker for help in health, the following actions should be carried out:
- Clear your thoughts of everything bad and sinful. Try not to think about your daily activities and problems.
- The best time to pray is at sunrise, when the mind is calm and peaceful.
- Light a candle in front of the icon and cross yourself 3 times.
- Repent of your sins and ask the Lord for forgiveness through Nicholas the Pleasant.
After this you can pray to the saint. A prayer to Nicholas the Wonderworker for health should be sincere and filled with true faith. As you know, faith can even move mountains. And without it it is impossible to achieve success in any business. After prayer, you should definitely thank God’s Pleasant for the help provided.
If it doesn't help
There are times when even a prayer to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker for health does not help get rid of the disease. This means that the Lord is trying to speak to a person with the help of an illness, trying to draw the patient’s attention to the actions he has committed and make it clear that a sin has been committed. You should know that God never takes revenge on people and is never unjust, but only directs a person to the true path.
If even with regular church attendance the illness does not go away, you need to look deep into yourself and analyze your life. Perhaps the patient harbors anger or resentment against another person in his heart, envy someone or curse someone. In this case, you should get rid of anger in your thoughts and heart, and then sincerely repent and ask the Lord for forgiveness for your sins.
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If the cause of the illness cannot be identified, in this case you need to turn to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in prayer so that he can help you understand where the sin was committed and what the person is paying for with his illness. If possible, it is best to make a pilgrimage to holy places, swim in a healing spring (there are a huge number of such springs all over the world), take communion and confess to the priest.
Conclusion: prayer to Nicholas the Wonderworker
Conclusion
Regardless of what happens to us in life - illness, old age, fatal illness - we must remember that God is always nearby. One can always approach the Lord through his devoted servant, who is a holy person. By enlisting the support of an elder, you can get rid of a serious illness that professional doctors could not cure. A request for health to Nicholas the Wonderworker can perform a true miracle.
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Nicholas the Wonderworker is one of the most revered saints throughout the world, especially in Rus', where he was considered the “eldest” among the saints. This man deserved such love from the people with his life completely devoted to serving the Lord and people.
Therefore, prayer to Nicholas the Wonderworker for health and other needs is continuously offered in churches and the homes of believers. In Russia, perhaps, there is not a single city in which there would not be a temple or monastery in honor of St. Nicholas. From ancient times to the present day, the name Nikolai is considered the most popular among Russian boys. The love of Russian people for this saint is special.
Veneration of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Russia
The Wonderworker is called Nikola the Winter, Nikola the Spring, Nikola the Autumn and Nikola the Wet - and all these names are associated with legends.
December 19th to church calendar I remember the day of the saint’s death. On this day, fish pies were baked, mash and beer were brewed. The most respected people of the village gathered at a single table and had soul-saving conversations, while the youth sledded, danced, sang songs, and so on.
August 11 is the birthday of the saint (Nicholas the Autumn), and May 22 is the day of transferring the relics of the wonderworker from the city of Myra in Lycia to Bari. This event happened in 1087 and people call this day as St. Nicholas of the Spring (Spring or Summer). But the saint received the name Nikola the Wet Saint after he miraculously saved a baby from death.
Prayer to Nicholas the Wonderworker for the health of a sick child
This happened in Ancient Kyiv. Due to an oversight, the parents' only son, Dimitri, drowned in the river, and at night, having heard the mournful prayers of his mother and father, Nicholas the Wonderworker, by God's grace, took the child out of the water, revived him and laid him in the choir of the Church of Hagia Sophia in front of his image. In the morning his happy parents found him there. The baby was wet, as if he had just come out of the water.
The physical and spiritual health of the child is the first thing parents should take care of. A person’s life does not depend on him, but the Church tells us to appeal to God’s help directly and through such saints as St. Nicholas the Pleasant. A prayer to Nicholas the Wonderworker for the health of a child is an ambulance for all children, which should be said not only at critical moments in the lives of children, but constantly, at any time and hour of the day or night.
Where can I find a prayer to the saint?
Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of travelers, the poor, the sick, people in prison, unjustly convicted, and so on.
Of course, the Lord performs all miracles and healings, but the saints are the conductors of our petitions to the Creator. They, like the eldest and best children, ask the Lord to have mercy on the younger brothers and sisters (all of us) and thanks to them, help is provided.People often ask for health, so the prayer to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker for health is most popular among believers. It can be found in prayer books, and if there are none, you can always go to the temple and buy a prayer book or simply the text of the prayer there. To read it regularly, it is advisable to take a blessing from a priest or spiritual father.
Life of Nikolai Ugodnik
The life of this truly holy man from birth amazes the mind of the modern man in the street. His pious parents Theophanes and Nonna, who lived in the city of Patara in the country of Lycia, located in the south of the Asia Minor island, could not have children for a long time. After long joint prayers and petitions to the Lord, they had a boy, Nikolai, whom they promised to dedicate to God.
Miracles constantly happened to this baby, starting with the healing of his mother Nonna, which occurred immediately after the baby was born. Therefore, a prayer for the health of parents to Nicholas the Wonderworker is heard by the Lord first of all. But most of all, the newborn amazed everyone when he stood in the baptismal font on his legs for three whole hours, unsupported by anyone. Thus the baby gave glory Holy Trinity.
Taking Holy Orders
It is known that the newborn Nikolai took his mother’s milk on Wednesdays and Fridays only in the evening, after prayers. From childhood, the future saint did not leave the temple during the day, studying Holy Bible. His uncle, Bishop Nicholas of Patarsky, could not get enough of his nephew and instructed him to become a reader in the temple. When Nicholas grew up, he ordained him as a priest, making him his assistant.
Priest Nicholas was blessed to speak teachings to the flock, who treated the young priest, wise as an old man, with deep respect and surprise.
Many of them already at that time asked Nikolai Ugodnik to pray for the health of their children, loved ones and relatives. Therefore, a prayer to Nicholas the Wonderworker for the spiritual and physical health of modern people should be pronounced with a pure heart, contrition and humility.After the death of his parents, Nicholas the Wonderworker completely distributed the inheritance to the poor. In the akathist to this saint there are lines that recall how he saved three daughters of one man from falling.
Miraculous salvation of a poor family
In their city there lived a once rich man, who eventually became completely bankrupt. Unable to bear the burden of poverty, this unfortunate man decided to send each of his three daughters to a brothel so that they would not die of hunger. Saint Nicholas (already an archbishop) had a revelation about this, and he decided to save this family. Secretly from everyone, at night he threw three gold coins, which he had inherited from his parents, into the window of this poor man. The next morning, having discovered the bag, the man thanked the Savior and used this money to give eldest daughter married
History repeated itself again, and he used other gold coins to marry off his middle daughter. The poor man was eager to find out who was helping his family and would he help his youngest daughter? When at night he heard a bundle falling towards him from the window, the man ran out into the yard and caught up with the shepherd. Recognizing Archbishop Father Nicholas, the father of three daughters fell at his feet and warmly thanked him for the good deed.
Santa Claus
This story has gone down in the annals of human kindness. In the West, St. Nicholas is associated with Santa Claus (St. Nicholas), who brings gifts at Christmas. But in Russia more space devote themselves to prayer to the saint and his veneration.
Any prayer to a saint of God is strong prayer. Both the poor and the rich, the healthy and the sick pray to Nicholas the Wonderworker for health and other needs. All those who mourn can be sure that the Lord, thanks to people like Nicholas the Pleasant, tolerates and favors others.
And yet, why do people care so much about health? Congratulations on a birthday or any other holiday begin with a wish for physical health. A huge number of books and television programs are devoted to health, forgetting about the spiritual component human life. No matter how hard a person tries to pump up his muscles and tighten his stomach, the Lord can take him to another world at any second. And it doesn’t matter whether a person is healthy or not.
On the contrary, sick people mentally prepare themselves for the transition to another life. Only truly believing people are sure (know) that afterlife as real as the material.Can you buy health?
Health is a gift from God that cannot be replaced or bought by anything. It must be appreciated, but not forgotten that this is the mercy of the Lord, which He can easily take away. The Apostle Paul also wrote that his strength comes from weakness. But not all people can understand this, therefore various prayers for the gift of intelligence, humility, repentance (prayer to Nicholas the Wonderworker for health and other saints, the Mother of God, the Holy Trinity and the Lord Jesus Christ) are always effective, especially if they are done conciliarly, that is, simultaneously with several people. The Gospel says the Lord that where two or three are gathered in His name, there He is. And the words of the Lord are not empty words. If a request is useful to a person, our God will certainly fulfill it.
Strong prayer to Nicholas the Wonderworker for the health of the sick
After Baptism, a believer must learn to pray throughout his adult life. It is known that the monk who does not say the Jesus Prayer will not see the Kingdom of Heaven. This also applies to the laity.
Prayers come in different strengths. Sometimes a person says the morning and evening rules (special prayers) on autopilot, without delving into the essence of what is written, or his mind wanders while reading the prayers. Unfortunately, almost everyone suffers from this “disease” to one degree or another.
But there are days or hours during grief when the soul calls out with all its heart to the Lord, His Most Pure Mother and other saints. Such prayer, of course, is gracious, and God hears and comforts.
Prayer can also be a prayer of repentance, when, with the help of God’s grace, all his sins are revealed to a person. This is the most powerful prayer, because at this moment one feels all the insignificance and vileness of sin, which disfigures the image and likeness of God - man. This was well understood by people of holy life, one of whom was Nikolai Ugodnik.
Why is prayer not always heard?
Often people pray and want their request to be fulfilled instantly, but this happens quite rarely.
This causes bewilderment and questions of the following order: why doesn’t prayer for the health of the sick person help St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, the sick person is not healed? There is no clear answer to this question. The Lord knows best who, when and how to help. But the elders give an approximate answer to this question. If it is useful for a person (his soul) to get sick, to suffer for the recovery of the spirit, then the Lord “delays” in fulfilling the request.Each person must turn to himself, consider his own life, from childhood to the present, correct himself, completely change his worldview, and only then, perhaps, the Lord will come to the rescue. The wonderworkers and elders themselves were people of such humble lives that they did not dare to ask God for anything for themselves.
Congregational Prayer
Believers should not forget that, in addition to the earthly Church, there is also the Heavenly Church, where there is all the fullness of life. At the Liturgy, these two Churches unite and jointly pray to God for the health of all Orthodox Christians and, in general, for people throughout the world. Such petitions are called litanies. Therefore, it is possible and necessary to pray privately (in your room at home) to the Lord, the Mother of God and the saints, but prayer in church is special and cannot be compared with anything.
Praying to Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker for the health of loved ones or for your own health is the same as a conversation with the saint himself. Seeing on the icons images of the Lord, His Mother, Nicholas the Wonderworker, Seraphim of Sarov, Matronushka, Sergei of Radonezh and other saints, believers worship them and ask for help in any matter. And everyone is given according to his faith.
Strong prayer to Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker for healing
Illnesses are sent to a person for a reason, but to atone for sins. Thanks to sorrows, people develop spiritually and become closer to God.
A prayer to Nicholas the Wonderworker for healing will help alleviate the serious condition of the patient, and perhaps the saint will help him to recover completely.
What to ask for in prayer
The prayer to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker for health has long been used by people to get rid of many ailments. During his earthly life, he more than once saved those suffering from impending death. And according to his dormition, the Saint continues to look after humanity, saving his prayer workers from troubles and hopeless situations.
It is recommended to attend the Liturgy according to Sundays, confess and receive communion. It is necessary to understand that when turning to Nicholas the Wonderworker with a call for help, our prayer will be to the saint, and we will receive help from the Lord.
When reading prayer requests, you need to have pure thoughts, a bright soul and faith in the best!
O all-holy Nicholas! Intercessor and speedy helper of all the sorrowful and sick! Beg our Lord to forgive His servant (your name) for the sins that he committed out of ignorance or thoughtlessness. Ask Him to deliver your body and soul from the machinations of the devil, worldly diseases, from ordeals and eternal torment. Amen!
Alleviate all illnesses, our great intercessor Nicholas, dissolving grace-filled healing, delighting our souls, and cheering the hearts of all who zealously flow to your help, crying out to God: Alleluia.
We see the wise branches of the wicked put to shame by you, God-wise Father Nicholas: Aria for the blasphemer, dividing the Divinity, and Sabellia, confusing the Holy Trinity, has changed, but you have strengthened us in Orthodoxy. For this reason, we cry out to you: Rejoice, shield, protect piety; Rejoice, sword, cut off evil.
Rejoice, teacher of Divine commandments; Rejoice, destroyer of ungodly teachings.
Rejoice, ladder established by God, by which we ascend to heaven; Rejoice, protection created by God, with which many are covered.
Rejoice, thou who hast made wise the foolish with thy words; Rejoice, having inspired the morals of the lazy.
Rejoice, you who brighten the unquenchable commandments of God; Rejoice, bright ray of the Lord’s justifications.
Rejoice, for through your teaching the heretical heads are crushed; Rejoice, for through your faithfulness the faithful are worthy of glory.
Rejoice, Nicholas, great Wonderworker.
The Saint's childhood
The baby Nicholas was born into the family of pious Christians Theophanes and Nonna, who had a large fortune. From birth, he never ceased to amaze his father and mother. For example, during the Sacrament of Baptism, the baby stood on his own legs for 3 hours, not supported by anyone, thereby giving praise to the Most Holy Trinity. On Wednesdays, Fridays and days of long fasts, he did not take mother's milk and slept soundly for most of the day.
Growing up, he was increasingly drawn to God, spending most of the day in the temple. And at night I studied Holy Gospel and prayed to the Heavenly Father.
Youth and service to the Holy Trinity
At a young age, the future Saint was consecrated as a reader by his uncle, Bishop John of Patara. His task, in addition to reading certain prayers during the divine service, was to preach the Law of God to the flock entrusted to him. The parishioners loved the kind and intelligent young man and were sincerely amazed at his wisdom, which only elders possess.
After the death of his parents, Nikola distributed his inheritance to the poor, engaging in charity work.
One day he became aware of the impending fall from grace of a previously wealthy city dweller. Being in poverty and having three daughters, the father had no means of subsistence. He decided to give the girls away for fornication in order to somehow improve the difficult situation. To protect him from sin, Saint Nicholas threw a small bundle containing gold coins into the open window of the house for three days in a row. The father of the family was incredibly happy and counted the rich gifts as help from Heaven.
Soon, each of the young women met a worthy groom and the father played three cheerful weddings.
Under the protection of the Almighty
During a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, the ship on which the Saint was sailing along with other passengers was caught in a terrible storm. Black sea waves they tried to sink the ship, and the reason for this was the presence of the devil in human form on deck. Nicholas prayed to the Almighty, soon the storm subsided, and the ship and people were saved. But during a storm, one of the sailors fell dead from a high mast. The miracle worker prayed to Christ and the sailor came to life.
Following the sea route back to their homeland, the evil captain decided to turn the ship back. Nikolai, noticing something was wrong, began to beg him to turn the ship in the right direction, to which he was refused. Then God intervened: a strong wind blew, turned the ship around and directed it along the right path.
Upon returning to Lycia, the saint joined the Brotherhood of Holy Zion, where he intended to spend the rest of his earthly life in silence. But the Voice of the Lord announced his other purpose on earth - the Pleasant was to serve people. He left the monastery and came to Myra. At that time, the holy fathers chose a bishop. It was revealed to one of them that the chosen one would be called Nikolai. And so it happened. The Lord Himself appeared to the saint and presented the Gospel, and the Most Pure Virgin Mary placed an omophorion on Christ’s protege.
At this time, severe persecution of Christians took place by order of Emperor Diocletian. Nicholas and his brothers in faith were imprisoned, where they spent several years, but the great saint was strong in spirit and strengthened his allies in the faith. With the advent of the reign of Constantine the Great, the shackles of the prisoners were removed and they gained their long-awaited freedom.
Nicholas returned to Myra and fiercely fought against paganism, idolatry, and zealously spread Christianity in Lycia.
In 325, the 1st Ecumenical Council took place, where the heretic Arius denied the Divinity of God the Son. In a fit of zeal for God, the holy saint slapped the false teacher, for which he was stripped of his rank and signs of hierarchical dignity and sent to prison. But a miracle happened and several fathers who participated in the Council had a vision of the Savior and the Mother of God returning the Gospel and the omophorion to the Wonderworker. Shocked, they freed the saint from custody and restored him to his rank.
Mercy and miracles
During his earthly life, Nicholas the Wonderworker was merciful and performed many miracles.
So, during a terrible famine in the city of Myra, he appeared in a dream vision to a rich merchant and begged him to bring a ship with grain to the city so that the starving people could bake bread. As a deposit, he gave the merchant three gold coins, which he found in his clenched fist in the morning.
During times of mortal danger, the Saint appeared to those praying through the air. Evidence preserved wonderful help to Roman sailors who found themselves in the Mediterranean in a severe storm. The ship's sails were torn by the hurricane, and the ship tilted and began to sink. Most sailors understood that this was the end and there was no chance of salvation. But still, in the hope of salvation, they prayed to the Holy Saint. They were very surprised that after the appeal, Nikolai himself appeared on the ship, took the helm in his hands and steered the ship. Soon the storm subsided and the position of the ship straightened out, and the image of the Saint disappeared from the deck. The sailors reached the shore without hindrance and offered thanksgiving prayers to the Saint and Heavenly Father.
It happened that a selfish military leader accused innocent men. Nicholas, having learned about this, hurried to the place of execution. He snatched the sword from the hands of the executioner, which was raised over the heads of the prisoners, exposed the governor in a lie and forced him to repent.
The end of life's journey
The Great Saint passed away to the Lord at an old age; he was more than 70 years old. As in life, after his death, out of his inexhaustible mercy, he helps people who ask him for protection.
Upon his death, his burial place was Cathedral in Myra, which became the center of Christian pilgrimage. In the 11th century, the relics of the Saint were secretly transported to the Italian city of Bari.
Miracles from the Holy Saint
Alexander Vertinsky said that after the civil war he emigrated to China. On the façade of the local station hung a large icon of St. Nicholas. One spring day, a breathless elderly man ran into the station and fell to his knees in front of the icon. He turned out to be a fisherman who fell through the ice, which turned out to be quite thin. The drowning man accidentally remembered the image of Nikola Ugodnik and with his own words, with the last of his strength, began to beg for help. The man woke up on the shore and realized that only the Wonderworker could help him get out of his deadly captivity.
During the Great Patriotic War The saint saved soldiers from death. Surprisingly, some of them were not believers and were not baptized, thus they knew nothing about the Heavenly Helper.
One day in 1943, the saint led a young girl scout through a minefield and then disappeared. He appeared to her in the form of an old man dressed in a sheepskin coat. The girl learned the name of her savior only in the post-war years from the image in the temple.
Many wonderful stories about unexpected rescue were told by pilots, sailors, military officers and ordinary soldiers. And in modern times The flow of miraculous salvations and recoveries from serious illnesses through prayers to the Holy Saint of Christ does not dry out. Therefore, one cannot stop praying to the great elder; he never leaves people’s sincere requests unanswered.
During the illness of a loved one, his relatives try to maintain peace in the house and create all the conditions for the patient to recover quickly. It often happens that even people who deny God, in a fit of despair, go to the Temple of God, light candles, order prayer services, magpies, ask the Almighty and His Saints for help.
Any prayer is not just a standard text, it is a sincere conversation with the Lord. A prayer request can work miracles if it is pronounced not only with the lips, but also with the heart.
