Often people's problems and grief coincide. The absence of children and the illness of loved ones strengthen faith in God, and a person begins to pray more persistently and more often. How can we increase the power of prayers regarding the same topic? You can get together and read a prayer by agreement - the main thing is to know how to pray correctly.

The very concept of “church” means a meeting, that is, the tradition of getting together and asking God goes back a long way. The main rule of prayer by agreement is to pray simultaneously at exactly the specified time. Moreover, people can do this anywhere on the planet.

Reviews about the power of such prayer are extremely positive - however, if you do not fulfill the agreement and do not support the group of prayer books, God may punish you.

What is prayer by agreement

This kind of prayer is a kind of quick help for those people who happen to come face to face with a difficult life situation and this method is able to solve various problems that a person can no longer solve on his own.

A prayer appeal can help a neighbor in the following situations:

• Everyday troubles;
• Serious illnesses;
• Troubles, sorrows, misfortune, etc.

What is it for?

Jesus Christ told his disciples: “Where two or three pray to me, there I am in the midst of them.”

• It is for this reason that people gather in churches to offer their prayers to God in the hope of being heard.
• But the difference between temple reading is church service from prayer by agreement is that everyone turns to higher powers in different ways and about different things.
• Therefore, prayer in church cannot be called prayer by agreement, like family prayer, even if people read the same text.

Many priests are often asked by parishioners the question: “What is prayer by agreement, how to pray correctly?” First of all, this is a simultaneous request to God, a text that is read by several people at the same time, even while in different cities.

You can pray about anything that concerns several people, but there may be a lot of them.

1. Most often, they pray by agreement when, for example, a child is seriously ill.
2. All relatives turn to God to help him recover. Or you need a solution to some complex issue.
3. In this case, most often, by agreement, akathists are read - texts in which some kind of request is indicated.

There are known cases when a prayer was read by agreement during epidemics and military operations.

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Prayers by agreement - pros and cons

According to reviews from believers, the results from using prayers by agreement are stunning.

• People with the same problems unite and send their sincere requests to the Lord.
• Priests say only good things about prayer by agreement and urge you not to be left alone with your troubles.
• As for possible shortcomings, they largely relate to the integrity of the group members, that is, whether people will pray responsibly at the appointed time or break a promise, and this cannot be controlled in any way.

Praying by agreement is not a simple matter, so before agreeing to participate, everything must be carefully considered, since many people will be counting on help. A person should join prayer groups exclusively voluntarily, remembering that in this matter great importance has self-discipline.

If the participants do not approach this matter seriously, then you should not count on positive changes.

How it goes

Can participate in an organized prayer team different quantities people, starting with at least two. Reading prayers is a whole ritual that can be performed up to several times a day. There are special rules for reading prayers by agreement:

1. First, there is a reservation about the purpose of the collective appeal to the Higher powers. It is important to indicate not only the problem, but also the name of the person for whom you need to pray.
2. After this, the praying people begin to read the Psalter together, that is, on the first day one kathisma is read, on the next day the second, and so on.
3. At this stage, a prayer text is read, the purpose of which is to help specific people.

How to join?

Technological progress has also reached faith, so many churches and cathedrals have their own websites where you can find various information. Some resources provide help with prayer by agreement.

There are special sections where you can choose a suitable akathist, indicate the problem and describe the people for whom you need to pray. As a result, it will be indicated on what day and time you have to get up for prayer.

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Peculiarities

Home characteristic feature According to the agreement, a special prayer team is organized for its implementation, which can include either 2-3 people or 20-30 people. And even if these Orthodox believers are located at quite a considerable distance from each other, they begin to say a prayer service at the same, but pre-approved time.

The very reading of prayers by agreement is a whole prayer ritual that can be performed every day and not only once, but several times. In most cases, it is carried out based on the following plan:

• First of all, it is necessary to stipulate what the purpose of the collective appeal to the forces from Above will be, that is, what to ask for and for whom;
• And only after which can the worshipers begin to recite the Psalter together, that is, each of them must read one specific kathisma per day, but on the second day they recite the next kathisma after the one read;
• The last stage after pronouncing kathisma is considered to be reading the prayer request itself, which carries a good goal - an appeal to the Almighty to help one’s loved ones and relatives.

The key to success is a sincere appeal to the Almighty

The results of a prayer request in some cases can really be pleasantly stunning, because in Orthodox religion This kind of sacrament can bring unprecedented benefits, since in this case several believers simultaneously turn to the Almighty with the same request, from which the powerful energy of prayer words can increase many times over.

1. But along with this, the ceremony also has a weak side - the final result largely depends on how conscientious and responsible the participants in the prayer “team” will be.
2. At the same time, the effectiveness itself may decrease if the person who agreed to take part in the prayer petition begins to miss days due to forgetfulness or unreliability.

Prayer by agreement to the Guardian Angel, St. Nicholas and other Saints is not an easy task, from which it follows that before agreeing to participate in it, Orthodox man must think everything over carefully and realistically assess his capabilities, as well as take into account the main character traits.

It should be noted that the ritual must be carried out according to at will and most importantly, deliberately, and a Christian who agreed to be part of a prayer group must have impressive self-discipline and only then can success be achieved through joint efforts.

Preparing for a prayer call

The prayer service requires that participants in the sacrament observe certain preparatory measures. Naturally, it is possible to simply agree on everything with all the details, eliminate any ambiguities that have arisen, and also take into account all the details and begin turning to the Savior.

However, for truly Orthodox Christians, the very purpose of prayer is important and therefore they will not do this, since first of all they should turn to the church to the clergyman and ask him for blessings in the difficult work ahead, which in turn will be the most correct option.

• Before praying, it is recommended to ask for a blessing, but best of all from a clergyman who knows you and your spiritual state well.
• The priest should tell you about the essence of the petition, state the current problem, and name the names of those people who will read the prayer appeal with you.
• After the clergyman gives his blessing words, the Almighty will certainly send his grace.

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Does prayer by agreement always help?

There are times when prayer requests go unanswered and many do not understand what the problem is. This does not mean that the power of prayer by agreement is small and the request did not reach heaven, but such an outcome is considered normal, since there are such words: “Thy will be done.”

The Lord has the right to decide whether the request will be realized or not. A negative result is also considered a result. Many people are interested in why, through prayer by agreement, you get sick even more; this is explained by the fact that healing occurs, since by getting rid of everything negative you can get better.

Help facts

There are a huge number of messages that believers leave on sites where you can join in prayer, forums and other sources. Let us give as an example just some miracles through prayer by agreement:

1. A girl who had serious financial problems read an akathist to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker for only three Thursdays, and the very next day she was taken to Good work and the situation began to change for the better.
2. One woman prayed for her brother, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer. He lost hope, quarreled with all his relatives and wanted to die. The woman began to read an akathist to the Mother of God, and the brother began to change before his eyes. He brightened up, began to convince everyone that everything would be fine, asked to bring him the Bible and made peace with his loved ones. He left this life a different bright man.
3. With the help of the akathist “Unexpected Joy,” a girl who was afraid of childbirth and the doctors told her that there was a risk of a caesarean section, improved the situation. As a result, the birth went well and even painlessly.

Testimony of God's help through prayer by agreement

In front of the icon of the Mother of God of Tikhvin, “Giver of Children,” I asked the Mother of God that, if it is the will of the Lord, to help us give birth to another child, but only when we are READY for this in all respects. At the same time I ordered an akathist to the image in the church Mother of God"Tikhvinskaya" and began to pray. After 9 months of prayer, we found out that we were expecting a baby!!!

The Akathist “Unexpected Joy” also continued to be read weekly. On short term Sasha, my son and I tried to come to the temple in the village of Three Lakes on Saturdays every week for spiritual treatment. The pregnancy went very calmly and safely, without toxicosis or threat of miscarriage.

And even from all viral and infectious diseases The Mother of God saved me during pregnancy!!! But! There was one very exciting moment closer to the birth. The baby has already turned over and sat with his butt down, and breech presentation of the fetus is now an indication for caesarean section. I really didn’t want surgery!

The special gymnastics that I did did not help, and time passed.. On July 9, the patronal feast was in the village of Three Lakes - the Day of Celebration of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God. We definitely decided to come to thank and be blessed for the birth. Sasha was even lucky enough to carry miraculous image part of the way during procession! And also an icon of Saints Peter and Fevronia!!!

Easy birth

• I remember that on the way back home the baby in my stomach was very active, moving a lot...
• 2 days later, at a doctor’s appointment, I find out that our baby is lying down correctly with his head down, there is no need for a cesarean section! Another mercy has been shown to us!
• And on July 30, our precious little one, Ilyushenka, was born! The birth was quick and easy!

My husband and I unanimously approved the name for our son, especially when we read the meaning of the name (my God is the Lord, the strength of the Lord, the power of God, a believer). And the due date was set for us on August 2 - just on Ilya’s day. We are very glad that he is so strong heavenly patron, prophet Elijah. This is a prophet of a completely unique life and power, who was the only person on earth, except the Queen of Heaven, who was taken alive into heaven!

We believe that the baptism of our beloved “Tikhvinenko” could not have happened in another church... August 28, on the Assumption Holy Mother of God, we brought our treasure to the village of Three Lakes to the CHILDREN! To the One who helped him come into this world! Father Father Georgy, dear and dear to us, did us the honor of agreeing to become godfather for Ilyusha!

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Prayer before reading the prayer by agreement

The list of mandatory preparation includes the pronunciation of the “Our Father” prayer, which is considered the strongest and most universal for believers. In order for it to activate its power, it is necessary to fully concentrate on the words while pronouncing the text and open your soul to God.

The request for help should be sincere and from the heart. Remember that a prayer by agreement cannot be said without a blessing.

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Texts of prayers by agreement

Jesus Christ

Based on experience, church ministers advise saying such a prayer if one finds oneself in a particularly difficult situation in life, overcome by grief or illness. A believer needs to find a group of like-minded people who have agreed to read a prayer for him with all sincerity so that his request will be fulfilled.
The text of the prayer words is as follows:

“Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, Thou hast declared with Thy most pure lips: “Amen, I say unto you, that if two of you take counsel on the earth of every thing, and if you ask for it, you will have it from My Father, who is on

Heaven: where two or three are gathered in My name, I am in the midst of them.” Thy words are immutable, O Lord, Thy mercy is unconditional and Thy love for mankind has no end. For this reason we pray to Thee: grant to us slaves

Thy (names), who agreed to ask Thy (request), for the fulfillment of our petition. But not as we want, but as You want. Thy will be done forever. Amen."

There are also many other petitions such as, for example, a prayer for agreement on family and faith, as well as a prayer for agreement with St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. Moreover, the second prayer is considered one of the most powerful petitions, which is most often pronounced when selling movable and immovable property, in financial difficulties, in providing assistance in getting a job, about those in captivity, in prison, and more.

Nicholas the Wonderworker

A distinctive feature of this prayer from others is that it is read not by one person, but by at least two, and a maximum of thirty people. Even if they are at a minimum distance from each other, they begin to read it at the same time. It is pronounced if a difficult situation, an incurable disease, trouble or grief, etc. has arisen in the life of one of your loved ones or acquaintances.

The very reading of such a prayer represents a whole Orthodox rite. It can be done daily and even several times a day. Typically it goes like this:

• Before you decide to read the holy appeal by agreement, you need to clearly define the purpose and group of people who will appeal to the saint.
• After the goal has been set and all the details have been agreed upon (namely, the time, period of reading, and what the petition will be asked for), you can begin to read the akathist.
• Only after reading the akathist can you begin to say a prayer.

Strong prayer of Michael the Archangel for every day

1. Before starting to read the prayer, according to the agreement of the Bulgarians, the akathist to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker must undergo preparation.
2. It is necessary to visit a church or temple and undergo the rite of communion and confession.
3. You also need to contact the priest for a blessing. This approach will only increase the likelihood of successful completion of the journey begun.

And the words of prayer will be much stronger with a blessing than without it. It is recommended to ask for a blessing from a priest who knows your spiritual state well. Before he gives his blessing for reading the akathist and prayer, you must briefly outline to him the essence of the problem that prompted you to read the akathist. Do not forget to name all the persons who will perform such a ceremony with you.

After receiving a blessing from the priest, God will definitely send his grace to a good deed.

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What to do to make your prayer heard

In order for the conciliatory prayer to be heard by Saint Nicholas and the Almighty, it is necessary to take the ritual seriously. All participants must have good intentions. The ritual will not be successful if you perform it for the sake of a favor.

Also, the effectiveness may decrease if the person who agreed to conduct such a ritual reads the prayer not regularly, but periodically.

• Remember, the ritual must be carried out regularly, without missing a single day every day.
• This kind of prayer is not an easy task.
• Therefore, before you agree to participate in it, you need to think carefully about everything and realistically assess your capabilities, so as not to harm either yourself or the person who asked you about it.
• Only with seriousness and sincerity will you definitely achieve good results.

Text of the prayer by agreement to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker:

“Oh, all-holy Nicholas, exceedingly saintly servant of the Lord, our warm intercessor and quick helper everywhere in sorrow! Help me, a sinner and a 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 one, beg the Lord God of all creation, Creator, 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 forever and ever . Amen."

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Variant of the prayer of John of Kronstadt

This text is a Church Slavonic version. In addition to John of Kronstadt, it was also used by the Moscow shepherd, Father Konstantin Rovinsky. Words:

Father Konstantin read this text 4 times a day - morning, afternoon, evening and night. Those who agreed to pray with him did the same. The petition was pronounced until the Lord fulfilled the request expressed in it.

Father Konstantin has repeatedly witnessed the miraculousness of this prayer. With its help, even seriously ill people (to whom doctors attributed nothing but death) regained their health; the blind regained their sight, the paralyzed the ability to move and walk, etc. This method continues to help those in need to this day.

When reading this text, instead of parentheses, you must first name the names of those who take part in the process, and then voice the specific request itself (for example, “for the recovery of such and such,” “for the family well-being of such and such,” etc. )

Another option

The prayer is also available in this version:

Absolutely any request can be expressed here.

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About the gift of children

The most important thing for parents, to whom the Lord, through their prayers and desire, will nevertheless give a baby, is to never forget that their child is truly begged for.
Begging children is a special responsibility, both spiritual and physical. After all, asking a child from God, hoping for His miracle, we often make many promises and vows to the Lord.

What happens next? We educate, as usual, for ourselves and our quiet old age, forgetting about the vows given, but it is very important to fulfill your promise and, above all, in the name of the begged child, because from now on he is your spiritual sacrifice to the Lord. In order to set an example of a worthy life for the future child, the parents themselves should live according to Christian laws.

The fate of the begged children will depend entirely on your spiritual life and the attitudes passed on to the children. The more you remove him from the Creator, raising him incorrectly and teaching him to be acquisitive and focusing, say, only on a career, the more tragic his fate may turn out. Prayed children must serve God in their lives. And parents need to gradually lead them to this, guide them to a godly life.

1. We see examples of saints - they, fulfilling exactly the vow given to the Lord, brought their begged children to serve God.
2. The main thing is to raise a Christian. After all, the Lord quickly takes begged souls back to Himself if He sees a bad influence on them, so as not to harm them at all with the worldly deeds of their parents and society.
3. Therefore, you need to thoroughly think and weigh everything, reviewing your life again, before asking for the miracle of motherhood.
4. Sometimes it can happen naturally, unexpectedly, if you work on yourself spiritually, don’t grieve, and help people in their needs.
5. Praying for a miracle always requires suffering and maturity—mental and spiritual—otherwise it will be impossible to appreciate and understand the miracle that has occurred.

Case 1

One woman had no children in her first marriage, and doctors gave her an inexorable diagnosis - complete infertility. She tried all the methods. And she decided to take an extreme measure for herself - to beg the saints for a child. She succeeded, her happiness knew no bounds, the family, which had been shaken, was reborn again. But time passed, the son grew up, and then the parents decided to push him along a dishonest criminal path, forgetting about their promise to the saints to raise him as a spiritual and honest person.

Gradually, problems began: first, the son became seriously ill, then he had an accident, but survived. And this was the first warning from the Heavenly Forces.

• His mother repented of breaking her vows and begged for his life, but then everything returned to normal again, and an emergency immediately occurred: the son again had an accident in his car and again miraculously survived.
• And then he was already thinking about whether he was living correctly, and partly decided to change his life, but his parents intervened - they had a very important deal planned and they needed their son’s help.
• And the deal took place, and already the last in the life of their son. My son was hit by a car on the street.

The Lord took him back, returned the soul that had once begged from Him to His bosom, so that it would not completely perish spiritually. And those people returned again to their devastated, now truly, mental state, and now there was no one to save material wealth for.

Case 2

In another case, a woman was abandoned by her husband due to infertility. But she did not despair, but accepted it as a given from above and turned her life into a different direction - spiritual. She visited the temple, many holy places, and helped those who were physically worse off than she was. And the Lord Himself first sent her a man worthy of her, and then blessed her with a child, a girl, who now visits churches with her mother, helping all the disadvantaged.

This is the true happiness of motherhood for the Lord’s sake, not overshadowed by any vices or passions, this is where you can live happily (because with God!) and wait for a calm old age and, God willing, grandchildren.

Case 3

The couple already had two children, and after last birth a complication occurred, and the wife could no longer give birth to children, which did not suit both of them, because the family was Eastern, and therefore striving for many children.

1. Finally, prayers for another child were crowned with success.
2. A boy was born, healthy and beautiful, but, as in the first case, the family went off the rails of Christian spirituality and completely forgot about the vow given to God, and this story ended tragically.
3. When the sons grew up, a drama occurred: the eldest son accidentally killed his begged brother in a fight, having become jealous of his bride.
4. In this way the Lord ended his earthly life.

Case 4

I know of one family that had no children for a long time. And so, the couple, no longer hoping to give birth to their children, took a child from orphanage. And - a miracle - a few months later the wife finds out about the pregnancy and gives birth to a child. After a while - pregnancy again! And... she has an abortion - she kills her child.

Excuses: “How will we cope, there are already two, age, weather…” But this is a miracle of God! The long-awaited miracle that you have been waiting for! This is the Lord’s reward to you for the kindness and mercy that you showed to the orphan child by taking him into your family. The Lord favors you! The Lord is sending a second opportunity to experience the miracle of motherhood! After all, you’ve been waiting for this for so long, you’ve fought so hard! It's easy, take it! And everything is on time!

We all need to know and remember the words of Archimandrite John Krestyankin: “With God, everything happens on time, especially for those who know how to wait.” ...It turns out: “No, Lord, I don’t need any more...”

This is cold, icy human egoism... And how will those two children grow up, in fact, next to their murderous parents!? If the parents have the blood of the brothers or sisters they killed? How, in such a terrible state, which is subconsciously and consciously felt by living children, to raise these very children?

This is a sin, a violation of God’s Commandments, a descent onto the path of evil, which leads the whole family to destruction.

Keeping your vows to God

Truly, the Lord endures for a long time, but it hurts. Therefore, we should under no circumstances forget our vows made to God when we ask Him to give us long-awaited children (or something else). If we ask Him for something, we must understand perfectly well that we must watch over ourselves, our future children that we will have, and our entire family. Orthodox faith and the commandments of God, to pray, to confess, to receive communion, to go to Temple. We must not forget about this.

There cannot be such a relationship with the Lord God: “You are for me, I am for you.” Prayer and fulfillment of prayer is not a transaction; you cannot receive anything from God, thank Him and “disperse in different sides" You need to devote your life to God, to become a real Christian.

This is what God calls us to through hardship and sorrow. There are amazing words: “Listen to God in the commandments, so that He will listen to You in prayers.” This means, always follow the commandments and fulfill all the promises you make to God.

Why is the Lord slow to answer us, to give us what we really, really want, what we need? This is God's Providence for us. The Lord expects that through this need and sorrow we will draw closer to Him, strengthen ourselves in faith, correct ourselves, and take the path of salvation. And let us dedicate our lives “to the glory of God.” But you can’t then stray from this correct path! Nothing is impossible for God.

So remember, your bold prayer will be heard, but do not forget about your responsibility for your children, for whom the Lord will ask you in due time.

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About the gift of pregnancy

“Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, You said with Your most pure lips:<<Истинно говорю вам, что если двое из вас согласятся на земле просить о всяком деле, то, чего бы ни просили, будет им от Отца Моего Небесного, ибо, где двое или трое собраны во имя Мое, там Я посреди них>>. Your words are immutable, O Lord, your mercy is unconditional and your love for mankind has no end.

For this reason, we pray to You: grant to us, Your servants: (the names of those praying at the same time should be mentioned), and to all those who are now lifting up with us cathedral prayer, You know their names, Lord, who agreed to ask You for the gift of a child. We pray to You for the fulfillment of our request. But let it be not as we want, but as You, Lord, may Your will be done forever. Amen."

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How not to read prayers

1. The prayer cannot be printed and read
2. It is necessary to rewrite all texts by hand and read from them. If possible, you can learn it by heart.
3. It is important to know on what days to read this or that prayer
4. So prayers for healing are read exclusively on the waning moon.
5. And for profit, a good harvest, for hair growth, for an increase in wealth, money, material wealth, be sure to read during the waxing phase of the moon.

There are women's and men's days

• Wednesday, Friday, Saturday - women's days, the rest are male.
• Sunday - neuter on this day it is not customary to read conspiracies, prayers with requests, to heal, if this is not a continuous process.

They do not make spells and do not treat people on church holidays.

Every prayer has its time of day

It is important to earn God's mercy. After all, God is not gold fish, so that upon hearing our words about help, he would immediately rush to fulfill them. God is the world around us, including each of us, since everyone has a piece of God. You need to earn the mercy of the Almighty, live according to his commandments, have compassion for others, not do evil to yourself, and be a worthy person.

Achieve unity of soul and mind

God helps those who are ready to help themselves - so says folk wisdom. Who takes responsibility for this life, who firmly moves towards the goal, listening to what is happening around.

• In order for your request or desire to be heard, it is important to achieve unity of soul and mind. But not everyone succeeds in this.
• The main thing here is your faith in the power of God in the power of all positive forces of good.
• Pray, send your messages to God, feed the energy of universal consciousness with goodness, create in your thoughts and you will be rewarded with goodness and joy in this world.

Be careful with your words, remember that we ourselves create our own reality. Boomerang rule: Everything comes back to you, everyone knows. But for some reason in life this is so often forgotten.

Everything has its time

Don't see the results of prayer? Or maybe your time just hasn't come. Learn to wait. And sometimes you just need to let go of the situation and without noticing it, suddenly you see happiness. What you asked for in your prayers has come true.

1. Very often, when people pray, they expect deliverance from terrible diagnoses and the cure of illnesses. It is important to remember that advanced diseases cannot be cured by prayers alone.
2. Everything should be here: healthy image life, healthy thoughts, proper nutrition, refusal bad habits, daily appeal to God, medical recommendations and, of course, faith in the power of God.
3. And then God will hear you and help will come.
4. And you will explain to others why prayers do not help and how to achieve the opposite.

So let our words and thoughts contain new bright images and feelings aimed at creating grace for all people. And then life will be true happiness for all of us.

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Prayer Team

Is it necessary to have prayer people on your team? I would say it is possible. Because if you know that a person will really sincerely pray and not because you will give him some kind of reward, but because he himself loves to be with God, then his help will be in demand.

But if there are such special people there is no one around, then you can invite everyone who cares and who agrees to voluntarily pray from the heart. And you don’t need to persuade anyone. Because if five or six people agreed to pray, but pray only because it was inconvenient for them to refuse, this is bad. If you approach prayer formally, there will be no benefit. The Lord sees the hearts of people and mechanical pronunciation of prayer does not produce results.

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If there is no will of God

Do I need to set a deadline? I think no. Because God has his own timing. What is six months, a year, ten years? We know examples from Holy Scripture, when all the deadlines had already passed, but the Lord kept his promise. Remember Joachim and Anna, Abraham and Sarah - how many years they prayed and the Lord sent what they asked for, when even hope was gone. Remember, it was even funny to them that they would become parents at that age, but nevertheless, the will of God is immutable. If the Lord said yes, then yes.

But it also happens that people pray for a long time, but their request is not fulfilled. You need to be prepared for the fact that God’s will may not happen. The reasons may be as follows.

Sin

The first reason is sin. Sin is the “universal separator” between man and God. If external pressure, illness, fear and other similar trials can distance a person from God, or they can bring him closer, then sin produces a complete separation and will haunt us throughout our lives.

There can be a severe struggle with sin in our lives, and this is true. But life in sin is incompatible with life in God.

1. Therefore, if we accept the presence of sin in our lives and do not fight it, God most likely will not answer our prayers, with the exception of prayers of repentance.
2. If God is silent and does not answer, then soon our Christianity may come to an end.

Wrong motive

The second reason may be that the motive behind our prayers is wrong. The Apostle James put it this way: “You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, but to spend it on your lusts” (James 4:3).

The Lord may not answer such prayers. And that's even better than if He answered.

There are times when the Lord responded to an urgent request that was contrary to His will, but was greatly desired by those He loved.

Thus, the Israelites did not want to be content with theocracy in their society, that is, God's rule through judges and prophets. They really wanted them, like other nations, to have their own king. And God gave them a king, but said at the same time that when they realized what they had asked for, they would deeply regret their request. These are His words spoken through the prophet Samuel: “Then you will groan from your king, whom you have chosen for yourself; and the Lord will not answer you...” (1 Samuel 8:18).

Prayer without faith

The third reason may be a request without faith. This may be a doubt about the correctness of the prayer, or a doubt about how the answers will be used further.

• The apostle speaks of people who lack the wisdom to behave correctly during difficult life situations. He invites them to ask the Lord for wisdom, but they should not doubt that they will receive this wisdom in order to then be guided by it.
• If they begin to hesitate and think, “Do I need this?” or “Will I really act as the Lord tells me?”, then they will not receive this wisdom from the Lord. This is precisely the meaning of the apostle’s words. James says that such a person cannot expect to receive anything from God at all.

The Lord answers our requests if we are internally ready to receive what we ask for and are ready to manage it correctly. But if we doubt that we really need what we ask for, then God may not give it to us. And, most likely, He will not give what you ask for.

Trial

But, firstly, God does not act in the same way towards everyone, but acts with consideration of everyone's heart. He does not give us a test that we would not be able to endure, but He also gives us relief from the test so that we can endure the test.

1. Secondly, God does not act this way towards everyone, but only towards the elect.
2. He can act this way only towards those in whose hearts there is an irresistible desire to know Him more.

He works this way in the lives of those people who will stop at nothing to know God better.

Among these people, for example, is the Apostle Paul, who considered all his sufferings and adversities as rubbish compared to the knowledge of Jesus Christ. He knew that knowing Christ was the greatest price to pay: life.

Lacks persistence

A fifth reason may be that our prayer lacks persistence.

Evangelist Luke places special emphasis on prayer in his Gospel. He has preserved for us two examples of how Jesus taught in parables about perseverance in prayer.

Not in God's plans

A sixth reason may be that there is no place in God's plan for our lives or plans for this world for what we ask for. Here are two examples from Scripture that support this.

Not understanding your addiction

And finally, the seventh reason. It may lie in the fact that the person asking does not realize his dependence on God. We must remember that prayer is an expression of dependence on the One to whom you are turning. After all, when we beg someone to do something, it means that we cannot do it ourselves. This is why a person begs another person to do something. The same is true in your relationship with God.

A negative answer is also an answer. That’s why we always say at the end of our prayer, “Thy will be done.” (In fact, repeating the prayer “Our Father” - it can also be read by agreement. The same words, only in a different form).

You must believe that if a person sincerely prays, then the Lord will definitely reveal His will to him through other people, through his life, through circumstances, and it will become obvious to you whether you need to continue praying about this. There will be no doubt. But, of course, you need to ask for reasonable things. If a person does not have an arm or a leg, there is no need to ask for it to grow.

And most importantly, when the request is fulfilled, it is very important not to forget to thank God, serve a prayer of thanks, remember the gospel lepers, ten of whom were cleansed and only one came to thank.

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People agree to pray about something together: at the same time they get up to pray, even if they are separated by many kilometers. How to correctly read such a prayer by agreement, who to include in the prayer team and when to expect results, explains Archpriest Nikolai Sokolov, rector of the Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi.

Where are two or three

Prayer by agreement is not new. I have known this prayer for fifty years, or even more. If I’m not mistaken, it was first used in their pastoral practice by such experienced confessors as Archpriest (Bloom) and Archimandrite.

They suggested reading it if a person was in a difficult situation - be it illness, grief or other everyday difficulties - and would like it to improve. Then he was asked to find several like-minded people who would agree to voluntarily undertake the feat of prayer for him. And not just prayers “for all good things,” but about a specific request.

Based on the words of the Gospel of Matthew, “where two or three are gathered in My name, there I am in the midst of them” () it would be good to gather together for fervent prayer. After all, when everyone stands together in church, it’s easier to pray!

Unfortunately, this is not always possible, so the participants approve some time that is convenient for everyone, and people gather for prayer every day at that particular time of day. If you are unable to pray at a specific time every day, you can simply add this prayer to your morning rule- after all, time does not exist for God.

And if everyone prayed at 12 noon, and you forgot and prayed at 13, or even just realized it in the evening, it’s okay. Although it is advisable, you still try to pray together.

Which prayer to choose? There are several variants of it, their meaning is approximately the same. I use the one attributed to my father. Here he is:

“Lord Jesus Christ our God, You told us: “If two or three of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven.” With deep faith in the immutability of Your words and with hope for Your immeasurable mercy towards us, we humbly ask You to hear Your servants (names) who have agreed to jointly ask You: Lord, let Your Holy will be done. Enlighten us, strengthen us and help us in everything for the benefit of people and for Your glory, Lord. Grant us, O Lord God our Savior, to follow You, helping our neighbors to follow the path of salvation, doing works of faith, so that with Your help and by Your mercy our efforts serve to increase good and decrease evil in our deeds, words and thoughts. Amen".

In the place where the names of those who agreed to pray are listed, you need to add their request, say, “for the health of such and such a person,” “for well-being in the family,” “for granting success in such and such an enterprise,” and so on.

For those seeking a special feat, you can agree to add a chapter from the Gospel or kathisma from the Psalter to this prayer. Whether it’s worth doing this depends on your state of strength, health and desire.

There can be no worse or better in prayer. You can simply say in your own words: “Lord, we agreed to pray about this and that, but I didn’t have time to read the prayer. Help them, Lord, with what they ask.” The Lord hears such prayer too. The main thing is that she be sincere, with hope and hope. I noticed that when people begin to pray earnestly and this request pleases God, then everything happens and happens very quickly.

Especially dear to me are the cases when, after prayer, peace comes to the family by agreement. When mother and daughter did not talk, there was complete discord, but something happens and everything changes. Recently we prayed for the health of one seriously ill baby and the Lord sent good doctors. Although the child did not receive complete healing, the situation became significantly easier and the parents were able to prolong his life. I can list such stories endlessly, since in my practice as a priest, prayer by agreement is quite popular.

If there is no will of God

Do I need to set a deadline? I think no. Because God has his own timing. What is six months, a year, ten years? We know examples from the Holy Scriptures when all the deadlines had already passed, but the Lord fulfilled his promise. Remember Joachim and Anna, Abraham and Sarah - how many years they prayed and the Lord sent what they asked for, when even hope was gone. Remember, it was even funny to them that they would become parents at that age, but nevertheless, the will of God is immutable. If the Lord said yes, then yes.

But it also happens that people pray for a long time, but their request is not fulfilled. You need to be prepared for the fact that God’s will may not happen. A negative answer is also an answer. That’s why we always say at the end of our prayer, “Thy will be done.” (In fact, repeating the prayer “Our Father” - it can also be read by agreement. The same words, only in a different form). You must believe that if a person sincerely prays, then the Lord will definitely reveal His will to him through other people, through his life, through circumstances, and it will become obvious to you whether you need to continue praying about this. There will be no doubt. But, of course, you need to ask for reasonable things. If a person does not have an arm or a leg, there is no need to ask for it to grow. There was a case in history when a hand grew to St. , but this is not a common case.

Two years ago I was asked to pray for a couple. I started to pray, but they disappeared and I don’t know how they are doing. Maybe they separated, maybe they died, or maybe, on the contrary, everything was fine with them and they just moved. But I pray so, because they don't appear. Therefore, it seems to me important to share the results with each other and discuss the development of the situation.

There are times when we pray for a girl’s marriage, for example, and she has someone, but she is silent and doesn’t tell anyone anything. He thinks, let them continue to pray, maybe I’ll find something even better. There are such cases. But it’s better to share news with each other and keep them up to date. If it works out, then it’s not in vain that we pray. And if not, then maybe you need to serve an additional prayer service. Gather with the whole team in the church to read the akathist in front of the icon “Seeking the Lost” or “Quench My Sorrows” and then, by agreement, the prayer of the Church will be added to your prayer.

And most importantly, when the request is fulfilled, it is very important not to forget to thank God, serve a prayer of thanks, remember the gospel lepers, ten of whom were cleansed and only one came to thank.

Prayer Team

To begin with, I would recommend that you take a blessing from a priest who knows your spiritual mood. Tell him that there is such a request, such a problem or such a misfortune, can we pray that the Lord will bless and resolve the situation. And tell me who you would like to ask, say, three or four such and such people. If the priest blessed, then God help!

Is it necessary to have prayer people on your team? I would say it is possible. Because if you know that a person will really sincerely pray and not because you will give him some kind of reward, but because he himself loves to be with God, then his help will be in demand.

But if there are no such special people around, then you can invite everyone who cares and who agrees to voluntarily pray from the heart. And you don’t need to persuade anyone. Because if five or six people agreed to pray, but pray only because it was inconvenient for them to refuse, this is bad. If you approach prayer formally, there will be no benefit. The Lord sees the hearts of people and mechanical pronunciation of prayer does not produce results.

I myself really love this prayer. My father advised me to pray to her. My own grandfather, a man of high spiritual life, Nikolai Ivanovich Pestov, often prayed by agreement with his loved ones. People prayed especially fervently during the years of persecution and during the war. Nowadays it takes three hours to travel from Moscow to Tula, but back then it took three days to travel by train. Yes, more bombings. They brought food with them. And so, when someone set off on the road, the rest prayed and the Lord preserved. They told me about one mother, an old one, who was going into exile and took with her a hundred kilograms of food. The guys who saw her off were all surprised, how would she get there, how would she get there?! And she said: “What does the Mother of God need? And St. Nikolai for what? Take me to the corner and pray, stand!” They brought her to the corner of this street and left. And when they returned an hour later, she was no longer there. No money, no tickets. WITH God's help, through the prayers of her loved ones, she went into exile alone and brought food with her.

Recorded by Ekaterina Stepanova

“Truly I also say to you that if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven, for where two or three are gathered in My name, there I am in the midst of them.” Matthew 18, 19-20)

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Based on this instruction in Orthodox Church the so-called “prayer by agreement” is practiced. The essence of the prayer is determined by its very name. Several Orthodox believers agree that at a certain time during the same period of time they will perform the same thing together prayer rule, to ask the Lord for the same thing, even if they were separated by many kilometers.

Experienced confessors suggested reading it if a person was in a difficult situation - be it illness, grief or other everyday difficulties - and would like it to improve. Then he was asked to find several like-minded people who would agree to voluntarily undertake the feat of prayer for him. And not just prayers “for all good things,” but about a specific request.

What does “prayer by agreement” look like? Typically ten, twenty or more people agree to read the Psalter together. If there are 20, then everyone reads one kathisma per day. For example, today - the first, tomorrow - the second, the day after tomorrow - the third... they also jointly agree on whom they will ask for health and peace. After reading the kathisma, they usually read the prayer itself by agreement and add a joint petition to it.

Here is the text of the prayer according to the agreement:

“Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, for You have declared with Your most pure lips: “Amen, I say to you, that if two of you take counsel on earth about every thing, and if you ask for it, you will have it from My Father who is in Heaven: where is it?” two or three have gathered in My name, and I am in the midst of them.” Thy words are immutable, O Lord, Thy mercy is unconditional and Thy love for mankind has no end. For this reason, we pray to Thee: grant to us, Thy servants (names), who have agreed to ask Thee (request), the fulfillment of our request. But not as we want, but as You want. Thy will be done forever. Amen".

This prayer was used by Father John of Kronstadt and one of the Moscow pastors, Father Konstantin Rovinsky. According to the latter, he witnessed numerous and miraculous cases of the effectiveness of such prayer: patients sentenced to death by doctors recovered: lost vision and the ability to walk returned; stubborn attacks of hatred, etc. stopped. When praying by agreement, Father Konstantin Rovensky read the prayer below four times a day (morning, afternoon, evening and night), which was also read by those persons with whom he agreed to pray until, by the grace of the Lord, the request was fulfilled in prayer.

Prayer by agreement brings great benefits, since there is especially intense prayer for each other, but there are also temptations here.

One of the most common is optionality. Those. the person seems to have agreed that he will read kathisma every day, but the result is that he often misses his days and it even happens that what he missed is not made up, but is left as it is. This is a great responsibility and an element of self-discipline. If you were assigned to read a certain kathisma, and you did not do it, then because of you the Psalter was not read. If this happens, you must definitely repent and confess.

Not every person is ready for such prayerful work. Therefore, you should not be self-willed, but it is better to approach your confessor or priest who knows you and ask for a blessing.

When a request is not fulfilled...

God's providence does not always agree with our aspirations and hopes. A prayer by agreement, the text of which contains the words “But not as we want, but as You want. Thy will be done forever,” implies that not all the desires of the supplicant can be fulfilled. If a person received what he asked, it was from God; if he did not receive it, then, again, according to the understanding of the Almighty. We must reconcile ourselves and continue our path, trusting in the mercy of the Higher Powers. F. M. Dostoevsky brilliantly wrote about his bitter experience of four years of hard labor: “Just think - grief; If you look closely, it’s the will of the Lord.” Orthodox prayers are read with hope and humility. Every believer understands that God's will is not always amenable to comprehension. But God always gives a person what he really needs.

Do I need to set a deadline?

I think no. Because God has his own timing. What is six months, a year, ten years? We know examples from the Holy Scriptures when all the deadlines had already passed, but the Lord fulfilled his promise. Remember Joachim and Anna, Abraham and Sarah - how many years they prayed and the Lord sent what they asked for, when even hope was gone. Remember, it was even funny to them that they would become parents at that age, but nevertheless, the will of God is immutable. If the Lord said yes, then yes.

It is especially important: before starting to read a joint prayer, you must take a blessing for this from a priest who knows your spiritual mood. Tell him that there is such a request, such a problem or such a misfortune, can we pray that the Lord will bless and resolve the situation. And tell me who you would like to ask, say, three or four such and such people. If the priest blessed, then God help!

priest Peter Guryanov, Olga Bogdanova

You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name, He may give it to you. I command you this, that you love one another.
Gospel of John 15:16-17

ABOUT PRAYER

BY AGREEMENT

Prayer by agreement can be very interesting. Many on own experience experienced the great benefits of this prayer.And, however, it is not surprising:
“Truly I also say to you that if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven, for where two or three are gathered in My name, there am I in the midst of them” ( Matthew 18, 19-20)

Based on this instruction, the Orthodox Church practices the so-called “prayer by agreement,” when, in the event of any difficult situation: illness, misfortune, disaster, etc., two or more Christians agree together to pray intensely for the deliverance of someone from the situation that has befallen them. his troubles. This prayer was used by Father John of Kronstadt and one of the Moscow pastors, Father Konstantin Rovinsky. According to the latter, he witnessed numerous and miraculous cases of the effectiveness of such prayer: patients sentenced to death by doctors recovered: lost vision and the ability to walk returned; stubborn attacks of hatred, etc. stopped. When praying by agreement, Father Konstantin Rovensky read the prayer below four times a day (morning, afternoon, evening and night), which was also read by those persons with whom he agreed to pray until, by the grace of the Lord, the request was fulfilled in prayer.

In particular, prayer by agreement is also practiced when reading the Psalter. Often there is a joint reading of the Psalter, when a group of, for example, 20 people is gathered and as a result the entire Psalter is read in a day, but there is also a situation when there are fewer like-minded people, but they also want to support each other prayerfully, precisely by remembering each other at kathismas. It could be 2 people - and that’s already strong. How does this happen?
Usually, for example, two people agree that they want to prayerfully support each other and agree to read a certain volume of the Psalter every day and remember each other, for example, by reading one kathisma a day. And the reading period is also specified. Stipulating deadlines is a reasonable decision. Sometimes people will want to decide that they will always read the Psalter for each other. But in fact, this is a very big commitment and, as a rule, one agrees to this thoughtlessly. In general, they try such reading for a short period of time (for example, a month or six months or a year), and then we will see.

One of the most common is optionality. Those. the person seems to have agreed that he will read kathisma every day, but the result is that he often misses his days and it even happens that what he missed is not made up, but is left as it is. It’s just that demons, seeing a good desire, especially want to interfere, want to distract you from reading with various activities, by pretending to be tired and in other ways. I know several people who practiced such prayer by agreement. And one believer said that she was very sorry, but she didn’t always succeed and often missed it. The second believer read diligently at first, and then seemed to forget. The third one missed a lot, and then caught up in one day, as she put it, “in bulk.” And indeed, the irregularity of reading, when prayer occurs by agreement, is one of the most powerful temptations.

There is also a situation where a person missed his day, but then made up for it, but there is, as it were, some kind of remorse. What can be done? Repent, do not forget to say what especially worries the soul during confession, and it is also advisable to read the additional volume for the person, as if in the form of a small epithem. Your soul will feel much better and all this anxiety and restlessness will go away.

Another important temptation is suddenly an incomprehensible distance from each other. Demons, seeing the zeal of those who pray like this, want to break up this union, they want to make sure that prayer by agreement as a result not only brings them fruit, but rather sets them at odds.Suddenly, incomprehensible grievances may especially come to mind, some incomprehensible quarrels may appear that did not exist before. Of course, all this is feigned by the enemy, who wants to destroy the established alliance. Just dark forces they understand how powerful prayer by agreement is in its effect and want in every possible way to interfere with what has begun good cause!
And if things don’t work out, don’t lose heart under any circumstances! But we must ask God for help to endure all this, to ask for help to fulfill the will of God, which is what we all need!
Not everyone who says to Me: “Lord, Lord!” will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in Heaven (Matthew 7:21)

A PRAYER BY AGREEMENT IS ROUGHLY LIKE THIS :

Lord Jesus Christ; Son of God, Thou hast declared with Thy most pure lips: Amen, I say unto you, For if two of you take counsel on earth concerning every thing that ye ask, it shall be done from My Father who is in heaven: for where there are two or three gathered together in My name, I am in the midst of them. Thy words are immutable, O Lord, Thy mercy is unconditional and Thy love for mankind has no end. For this reason, we pray to Thee: grant to us, Thy servants (names), who have agreed to ask Thee (request), the fulfillment of our petition. But not as we want, but as You want. Thy will be done forever. Amen.

Or this:

Lord our God, Jesus Christ, with Your most pure lips You told us: “If two of you agree on earth to ask for anything, then whatever they ask will be done for you by My Heavenly Father.” With deep faith in the immutability of Your words and Your immeasurable mercy, we ask You to hear Your servants (name the names of those asking), who have agreed to humbly ask You for Your needy (sick, lost, etc.) servant (name) - and grant him. (state your request). However, not as we want, but as You, Lord; May Your holy will be done for everything. Amen.

The prayer is read daily (for example, at 21.00 Moscow time).

Of course, the text of the prayer can be changed at will, as long as the prayer comes from loving hearts and with firm faith that the Lord hears her and, in His wisdom, will do what is best for the one or those for whom they are praying. Depending on the zeal of those praying and the condition of the one for whom they are praying, the frequency of saying prayers during the day is determined.

ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT: before starting to read a joint prayer, you must take a blessing for this from the clergyman!

Prayer by agreement

Ksenia of Petersburg

Oh, holy servant of God, blessed Ksenia! Look mercifully with your eye on us, servant of God (names), tenderly praying to your honorable icon and asking you for help and intercession. Extend your warm prayers to the Lord our God and ask our souls for forgiveness of sins. Therefore, with a contrite heart and a humble spirit, we call on you to be a merciful intercessor to the Lady and a prayer book for us sinners, as if you have received from Him the grace to pray for us and deliver us from troubles. We therefore ask you, do not despise us, unworthy, praying to you and demanding your help, and intercede for everyone everything that is useful for salvation, for by your prayers to the Lord God, having received grace and mercy, we glorify all the good Source and Gift-Giver and the One God, glorified in the Trinity of Saints, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.

AMEN .

Prayer by agreement

About the sick person

Lord our God, Jesus Christ, with Your most pure lips You told us: “If two of you agree on earth to ask for anything, then whatever they ask will be done for you by My Heavenly Father.” With deep faith in the immutability of Your words and Your immeasurable mercy, we ask You to hear Your servants (name the names of those asking), who have agreed to humbly ask You for Your needy (sick, lost, etc.) servant (name) - and grant him... ( make a request). However, not as we want, but as You, Lord; May Your holy will be done for everything. Amen.

Prayer by agreement

About health

† Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, for Thou hast declared with Thy most pure lips: Amen I say unto you, For if two of you take counsel upon the earth of every thing whichsoever she asketh, it shall be done by her from My Father who is in heaven: wherefore there are two or three congregations in My name, I am in the midst of them.
Thy words are immutable, O Lord, Thy mercy is unconditional and Thy love for mankind has no end.
For this reason we pray to Thee: grant to us, Thy servants ( name the names of those asking ) and to all whose names You weigh, Lord, who agreed to ask You
about giving to Your servants ( names ) health, strengthening, healing, admonition and deliverance from the actions of the devil, the fulfillment of our request.
But not as we want, but as You want.
Thy will be done forever.
Amen

Now they are already conducting such a prayer

Although Christianity has ancient history, but modern trends are not alien to him either. Thanks to the Internet, thousands of Orthodox Christians communicate with each other. They share news, information, and unite for joint events. A phenomenon called prayer by agreement is gaining popularity online among believers. This article explains how to pray correctly and join this process.

Well forgotten old

Don't forget that every new trend is based on the traditions of the past. Likewise, prayer by agreement is nothing other than the fulfillment of the words of Christ, who commanded in the Bible that people gather together for the sake of prayer. An indication of this can be found in the writings of Matthew, in verses 19-20 of the 18th chapter. There the Son of God directly promises that he will fulfill the requests that will be made by several people gathered together.

Today the only difference is that everything is organized via the Internet. Modern methods of communication make it possible even for those thousands of kilometers away from each other to unite for a good cause.

For an event a group of people gathers, ranging from two to several dozen people (there can be more via the Internet). Distance and borders are not a hindrance here - as long as Orthodox believers begin to pray at the same time. It is determined in advance, just like the texts of prayers. It is better to familiarize yourself with them first, so that during the reading process all your attention and spiritual strength are directed to God. If you are distracted by searching for the meaning of incomprehensible revolutions, the returns will decrease. This is especially true for verses from the Psalter, if you decide to read kathismas for health or peace.

• The most common option is singing - a special form of church versification, very popular in our time. These prayers are addressed to various saints, the Mother of God, the Lord, and the Angels.

Before promising your participation, it would be useful to ask for a blessing from the priest in the temple. He should describe the purpose, indicate what text will be read, answer questions if they follow. Most likely, the blessing will be given. Perhaps the priest himself will want to participate or will offer to gather for prayer in the temple.

There is no need to force anyone to participate in this holy cause. It may be inconvenient for a person to refuse - as a result, he will read the prayer carelessly. There is no benefit from this. It is better to have several truly caring people who sincerely want to spend time communicating with the saints and help those who are in trouble. There have already been many cases when people who gathered to pray received a quick answer to their requests.

At the appointed time, you should exclude all distractions: television, the Internet, turn off the sound on the telephone. You can light a lamp, if you have one in the house or purchase a candle in advance from the temple. Standing in front of the images, mentally focus on what is the purpose of appealing to higher powers. It is better to read the text out loud, slowly. It could be an akathist to St. Nicholas, the holy Psalms of King David - it doesn’t matter, the rules are the same. How should the participant feel? “Prayer is my duty towards my neighbor,” - such an attitude will definitely bring a positive result.

My spiritual beacon

Being a regular parishioner of any Orthodox church, it is quite possible to organize such meetings in your church. But no one is stopping you from participating in them remotely. This can be done through the website, groups in in social networks.

The temple in a small Russian city Bulgarian, where a variety of akathists are regularly read:

Each participant can remotely submit their name for mention during a joint reading. A donation may apply! The main thing here is not to fall for the bait of scammers, of whom there are a lot on the Internet. It is worth remembering that the Lord does not demand money from anyone for prayers, All that matters to him is a person’s heartfelt disposition.

To make participation convenient for people from different time zones, prayers begin at different time, four times a day. It is possible to join both early in the morning (before work) and late in the evening (when everything is done and the children have gone to bed).

So does prayer by agreement really exist?"My spiritual beacon"? Yes, she is. But to be completely sure, it is better to carefully watch the video with the participation of priest Vladimir Golovin. There he talks in detail about how to join in prayer by agreement. The temple does accept donations, but this is not a requirement for participation. The priest reads out all the names that come to him from believers.

"Athos" deception

Who among the Orthodox has not heard about the monks from the holy mountain? Everyone will consider it a special honor to pray for their blessing. Allegedly, the Athonite prayer, by agreement, became Lately widely known on the Russian Internet. One of the Orthodox activists conducted an investigation, trying to find out who was behind this.

It turned out that in the Athonite monastery to which the site refers, not only is there no Internet, but there is not always light. The monks did not create any website; by agreement, they do not collect donations for prayers. Fraudsters have settled in Ukraine. Their goal is one - to collect from gullible people more lungs money.

Believers should be more careful. It is quite easy to distinguish the details of a real-life church, monastery from a private person’s bank card. If you have any doubts, you should make inquiries. You should remember that you don’t have to pay anyone to read prayers. Funds should only be transferred to verified organizations.

Saint Nicholas - patroness

Millions of people recognize this man by sight., although he died almost two thousand years ago. Also, the elderly bishop became the prototype of everyone’s beloved Santa Claus. What did he do to deserve such love? Because he loved God and the people who lived nearby. As a young man, Nikolai was already doing things for the benefit of his neighbors. He saved the girls he knew, whose father was completely bankrupt, from dishonor.

A prayer by agreement to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker can have any purpose:

• healing from illness;
• way out of difficult financial situation;
• request for the gift of children;
• about successfully starting your own business;
• about a successful trip by any means of transport.

To do this, you need to read the akathist to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, this must be done while standing. Number of times doesn't play here decisive role. It’s better to do it once, but with full dedication, than several times, but inattentively.

You can even ask for a new one, more modern household appliances. There's nothing wrong with that. After all, such things help save energy and time, which you can devote to your children, raising them. During his lifetime, Nicholas the Wonderworker helped his neighbors in such ordinary everyday matters. There is nothing wrong with household amenities if they are acquired honestly. The main thing is not to forget to thank God and the saints for their help. It is also important not to stop praying. After all, on earth someone always needs help, including sincere requests to the Almighty.

What saints can you pray to?

There are no restrictions here. The spiritual world of the Russian person contains a whole pantheon of holy martyrs, righteous people, and saints. Each has its own history and is correlated in the church tradition with different life situations. In fact, this connection is quite conditional.

You can find a special short prayer text on the Internet. by agreement, addressed to the Lord. It is available in both Church Slavonic and Russian. Reading it takes very little time, so most often akathists are used in prayer by agreement. Reading one takes about half an hour for an unprepared person. If the content is already familiar, then slightly less. You can use the Psalms or any other one you like - it is important to agree on this with other participants.

Responsibility

It would seem that it couldn’t be easier, just read the finished text and success is guaranteed. But this method There is weak sides. After all, a lot depends on diligence, the responsibility of each participant. If even one believer thinks, “My voice doesn’t matter,” the effectiveness of the conversion may be reduced.

Unanswered requests - what to do?

“My desire is not fulfilled - does that mean there is no God?” - Probably everyone has asked this question at least once. But the Orthodox understanding of the will of the Almighty is very different from the philistine view. An inexperienced person views prayer as magic spell- said and you can get what you want. But the spiritual world is somewhat more complicated.

Any prayer request must be imbued with humility. Man simply cannot comprehend the will of God. And he should not be offended by his Creator because his wish was not fulfilled. The Lord is wise and wishes only the best for everyone. “My weak human mind is far from understanding the higher plane,” one should remind one’s ego when in doubt.

The lack of results only indicates that that we must accept current circumstances and do what is humanly possible. After all, God sees what is still unknown to mere mortals. Under no circumstances should one lose faith in His goodness and hope for the best. If you are strongly overwhelmed by unkind thoughts, be sure to talk about it with your spiritual mentor. But as many participants testify, prayer by agreement brings quick positive results.