Orthodox believers September 21 mark an important holiday - the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin. This day involves a large number of traditions, signs, and people conduct various rituals to improve their lives. Necessarily for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin on September 21, prayers are read. There are special texts intended for this day, but you can also use other references to the Mother of God, which will certainly be heard.
What prayers to read at Christmas for the Blessed Virgin?
Believers on this day must necessarily go to church and attend the festive service, which is dedicated to the Mother of God. In the temple, it is necessary to say a word of gratitude to God, who gave people hope for salvation. There are special prayers intended for this day. In the morning, it is accepted to read prayer texts aimed at glorifying the Virgin. It is important to pronounce them from the heart, putting meaning into every word. If you can not learn a great prayer, then you can use a short text that should be repeated throughout the day. It is worth repeating before the icon of the Mother of God, and the prayer sounds like this:
"We magnify You, Most Holy Virgin, and we honor the saints of Your parents, and we glorify Your Nativity".
In order to join this important event, you should read the prayer for the holiday - the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin:
"O, Most Holy Lady, Christ the Savior our God-chosen Mother, with God's holy prayers, prayed for God, God-dedicated and God-loving! Whoever does not please you or who does not sing, Christmas for Yours is the beginning of the salvation of men, and we who are in the darkness of sin, see You, the Inextinguishable Light dwelling. For this reason, the speaking language can not sing songs about You in the domain. Above, for you have exalted the seraphim, the Most Pure One. We hate all evil, strengthening the Divine grace in our good deeds. You are our unwashed hope at the hour of death, grant us a Christian death, a comfortable procession on the terrible ordeals of the air and the legacy of the eternal and indescribable blessings of the Kingdom of Heaven, and with all the saints, we implicitly confess your offer of us and let us praise the one True God, in the Holy Trinity, Father and Son and Holy Spirit. Amen".
Prayers do not need to be read, only because it is necessary to do it, because to address the Theotokos follows only when the call of the soul is felt.
In the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, women read prayers about children, or rather, about their conception. Many women can not get pregnant for a long time, so they seek help from the Higher Powers and in this case it is difficult to find a better assistant than the Mother of God. On the day of her birth, you should read this prayer:
"Oh, the Most Blessed and Blessed Virgin, with God's holy prayers, prayed for by holy prayers, dedicated to God, the beloved of God, and purity for the sake of your soul and body by the Mother of the Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, chosen. Who does not please you or who does not sing Your glorious Christmas for Your birth is the beginning of our salvation.
Receive from us, unworthy,
Praise you and do not reject our plea. Your greatness is confessed, we fall in love with you, and the childish and gracious Mother asks us: ask your Son and our God to give us a sinful, sincere repentance and a pious life, the opportunity to live in God's own way and our souls is useful.
O Most Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of heaven and earth, sing mercifully upon your servants who could not yet be born of offspring and by Your all-powerful petition brought them healing from barrenness. O Theotokos and the Feeder of our life, help us and the faithful children of the Holy Church, save our prayers, heal them, sorrow is sated, courage is for the good of the direction.
Therefore, we humbly come to You and ask: Ask us, from the All-Merciful Lord God, the forgiveness of all our sins free and unwilling, to the suffering country of our salvation, peace, peace and piety. And all that life is so necessary for our salvation, ask us from your Son, the Christ our God.
Birth of the TheotokosYour hope is ours in the hour of death, grant us a Christian death, and a legacy of the eternal and unspeakable blessings of the Kingdom of Heaven. With all the saints we tirelessly ask you for intercession and we glorify the one True God, in the Holy Trinity worshiped, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen."
Many lonely girls dream of meeting with a worthy man and on Christmas Day the Blessed Virgin can be given a prayer about marriage. Read it is necessary not only on this holiday, but also in the future during each day, and its text sounds like this:
"Oh, Most Holy Virgin Mary, take this prayer from me, unworthy of your servant, and lift it to the Throne of God your Son, may He be merciful to our entreaties. I seek refuge with You as our intercessor: hear us praying to you, cover us with your veil, and ask God for your all blessings from God: to the spouses of love and consent, to the children of obedience, to the offended patience, to the grieving of complacency, to us all the spirit of reason and piety , the spirit of mercy and meekness, the spirit of purity and truth.
Keep me from pride and vanity, give me the desire for diligence and bless my labors. As the Law of the Lord our God commands people to live in an honest marriage, bring me, the Mother of God to him, not to please my desire, but to fulfill the destiny of our Holy Father, for He Himself said: it is not good for a man to be alone and create a wife for him , blessed them to grow, to be fruitful and to inhabit the earth. The Most Holy Theotokos, hear a humble prayer from the depths of my maiden's heart: give me an honest and godly wife so that we in love with him and in accord will glorify You and the merciful God: Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen".
Still it will be interesting to learn about church traditions for the Nativity of the Virgin. On this day, special bread is baked, on which the letters "R" and "B" are depicted, symbolizing the name of the holiday. They need to treat all the relatives so that they will join in on the great holiday. They also carried bread to the church and treated them to needy people. If a woman refused to ask people, then she could become barren. They were also put under the icons and left until the Nativity of Jesus Christ. It was believed that such baking becomes curative and it, for example, was added to water, which was then given to a sick person.