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Seraphim of Sarov is one of the most miraculous images of saints. During his life, he devoted a lot of time to study and reading, constantly prayed and had the gift of healing. The glory of a saint of God was predicted to him in childhood by a foolish stranger he accidentally met, with whom the boy then communicated for many years. It is noteworthy that Seraphim had a presentiment of his own. The fact that his earthly affairs were coming to an end was predicted to him by the image of the Mother of God, which appeared in a dream.

Biography of Seraphim of Sarov

In worldly life, Seraphim of Sarov's name was Prokhor Isidorovich Moshnin. He was born in 1754 in the city of Kursk. His family belonged to the category of wealthy merchants. Prokhor's father died early, and he himself left home as a youth. The merchant's business was continued by his widow.

The Prokhor family took part in the construction of the Church of St. Sergius. His father and mother were pious people, owned brick factories, lived in prosperity, but always treated the poor mercifully, providing them with various kinds of help.

Prokhor's life was full of controversial events. At the age of seven, he fell from the roof of a temple under construction. Miraculously, the boy remained unharmed. Then a serious illness occurred in Prokhor’s life.

According to sources, in a dream, the young man saw the image of the Mother of God and heard from her a promise of healing. Soon another miracle happened, and Prokhor recovered. Healing occurred after the mother carried the boy to the Icon, which was carried past their house during the procession.

Prokhor's further life changed. In 1776, he made a pilgrimage to the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, and then, on the advice of the elder, he went to the Sarov Hermitage. At first the young man was a novice under the elder, and then he himself became a monk and took the name Seraphim. He did not stay in the monastery.

Prokhor built himself a cell a few kilometers from the temple and began to lead a solitary life. He prayed a lot, re-read books, always wore the same clothes and led a strict ascetic lifestyle. The monk obtained his own food. He ate grass, berries and other gifts of the forest.

During prayer, he could remain motionless for a long time, and Seraphim lived according to the rules of desert monasteries. On Wednesdays and Fridays he refused food, and on other days he ate once every day.

Many stories and legends are associated with the name of Seraphim of Sarov. He knew how to heal people from the most serious illnesses. Not only poor peasants, but also rich merchants and even Tsar Alexander came to his cell. Some sources indicate that people repeatedly saw a huge bear next to the old man, which Seraphim fearlessly fed from his hands.

In addition, there are many descriptions of cases that can be called miracles. For example, one day the cell was robbed. The robbers hit Seraphim on the head and caused him serious injury. The elder survived again, even forgave the thieves, but remained slightly hunched over until the end of his days.

Seraphim of Sarov died in 1833 while in his cell. It is noteworthy that the portrait depicted on the icon of the saint was painted during his lifetime. During his life, Prokhor received enormous fame. He never refused help to anyone, refused gifts, and made a significant contribution to the history of Orthodoxy. The saint was the patron and founder of the Diveyevo women's monastery.

What do they pray to him for?

The canonization of Seraphim of Sarov was carried out 70 years after his death. More than three hundred thousand people came to the solemn glorification. The cell in which the saint lived for many years entered the Church of the Holy Trinity. Here, Seraphim’s belongings have been preserved to this day - a rosary, a bench and part of the stone on which he prayed, as well as other personal belongings. The relics of the saint are located in the Sarov Monastery in the Nizhny Novgorod region.

You can pray to Seraphim of Sarov for any adversity. During his lifetime, this saint was distinguished by his unique mercy and kindness. However, it is believed that the most powerful help can be in the following cases:

• absence of children for a long time
• health problems of any severity (especially diseases of the legs, spine, lower back)
• children have learning problems
• getting rid of cravings for sins
• finding family happiness
• problems in work affairs (business)
• everyday difficulties
• exorcism and deliverance from demons

Prayers

It is recommended to read any prayer in church in Russian, and after it be sure to light a candle to the saint. In this case, you need to remember important rules. One must approach the saint sincerely and be sure to believe in healing or deliverance from everyday difficulties. If it is not possible to visit the temple, then you can pray to Seraphim of Sarov at home. It is better to place the icon in the corner, and while addressing the saint, kneel down.

About health

“Oh, the great miracle worker from Sarov! You provide emergency assistance to everyone. Just as in their earthly days no one left you inconsolable, so now you grant us healing in our sorrows, when God called you to heavenly rest. I ask you to grant me health and help in business. To guide you to spiritual salvation and protect you from sinful falls. Amen. Amen. Amen."

About healing legs, bones, spine

“Oh, great servant of God, reverend and God-bearing our father! Look down from the burning glory upon us humble and weak, burdened with many sins, your help and consolation to those asking. Penetrate us with your compassion and help us to immaculately preserve the commandments of the Lord, to firmly maintain the Orthodox faith, to diligently offer repentance for our sins to God, to gracefully prosper in piety as Christians and to be worthy of your prayerful intercession for us. To her, Holiness of God, hear us praying to you with faith and love and do not despise us who demand your intercession: now and at the hour of our death, help us and protect us with your prayers from the evil slander of the devil, so that those powers may not possess us, but may we be worthy of help with you will inherit the bliss of the abode of paradise. For we now place our hope in you, merciful father: be truly a guide to salvation for us and lead us to the unevening light of eternal life through your God-pleasing intercession at the throne of the Most Holy Trinity, may we glorify and sing with all the saints the venerable name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever centuries. Amen."

About the recovery of children

Childhood illnesses are the worst thing that can happen in the lives of parents. Seraphim of Sarov at a young age fought for his life more than once. He survived a bird's-eye fall and dealt with various ailments that threatened his life. The saint provided assistance in healing children not only during his lifetime, but also after his death. When asking for health for a child, it is important not only to believe in a miracle, but also to try to lead a decent lifestyle.

First prayer:

“Our Father Seraphim! Pray before the Lord for the health of the servant of God (servant of God) and help him to be healed, support him in the fight against illness and increase his strength. Help me get rid of suffering and see joy in earthly life! Have mercy, save and preserve!”

Second prayer:

“Oh, wonderful Father Seraphim, great Sarov miracle worker, quick and obedient helper to all who come running to you! During the days of your earthly life, no one was tired of you and was inconsolable from your departure, but everyone saw the sweetness of your face and the benevolent voice of your words. Moreover, the gift of healing, the gift of insight, the gift of healing for weak souls has appeared abundantly in you. When God called you from earthly labors to heavenly rest, your love ceased from us, and it is impossible to count your miracles, which multiplied like the stars of heaven; Behold, throughout all the ends of our earth you appear to the people of God and grant them healing. In the same way, we cry out to you: Oh, most quiet and meek servant of God, daring prayer book to Him, reject no one who calls you! Offer up your powerful prayer for us to the Lord of hosts, may He grant us all that is useful in this life and all that is useful for spiritual salvation, may He protect us from the falls of sin and may He teach us true repentance, so that we can enter without stumbling into the eternal Kingdom of Heaven, where you now in everlasting glory you shine, and there sing with all the saints the Life-Giving Trinity forever and ever. Amen."

Seraphim of Sarov was very modest when he arrived. When turning to him for help, it is important not only to believe in a miracle, but also to try to change yourself as much as possible. The saint did many good deeds during his lifetime, so if you have the opportunity to help someone, do it sincerely and selflessly. The icons and relics of Seraphim of Sarov have colossal power, but they will never help an evil and greedy person.

4. MIRACLES OF FRATE SERAPHIM

In our church there is a particle of the relics of the venerable Seraphim of Sarov. Everyone who comes can ask for prayerhelp to the saint, order a prayer service.

Every Russian person knows the name of St. Seraphim of Sarov. Dozens of books have been written about him and many films have been made. During his life thousands flocked to him, after his death - millions. His prayerful presence preserves our Fatherland, saves and heals many people. Every person should know the life of the holy elder Seraphim, learning Faith and Love from him, imitating him in wisdom and kindness.

They pray to St. Seraphim of Sarov for physical and spiritual healing.

1. PRAYERS TO REVEREND SERAPHIM OF SAROV

PRAYER FIRST

O wonderful servant of God, most radiant glory of Orthodoxy, adornment of the Russian Land, great luminary of the whole world, Spirit-Bearing Father Seraphim! With warm faith we tenderly glorify you, for you have been blessed beyond measure by the Holy Spirit. For the sake of your purity and your many deeds and unceasing prayers, God has enriched you with wondrous gifts: to heal the sick, to cast out demons, to comfort the weak, to see the future as if it were the present. More than the glorious appearances of the Most Pure One, you were honored with many, even calling you Your favorite. The Lord is One

You were honored to see the Savior in the temple. And you yourself marvelously shone with the grateful, uncreated light of the Kingdom of God, and you taught the whole world to acquire the grace of the Holy Spirit in word and deed. But even now, enjoying the blessed light of the Most Holy Trinity, do not forget to visit people all over the world who call on your name.

In the same way, we, even if we are sinners, in our sorrows ask for your mercy: guide us on the path of repentance, ask for grace for us, unworthy, and please our hearts with good hopes for the mercy of God: for many times have you said to the sad: we must not be discouraged; Christ is risen, death is dead, abolish the devil. He also commanded people to come to your grave. May we also hear your cheerful voice: do not lose heart, my joys! stay awake, save yourself! For such crowns are prepared in the Kingdom of Heaven. Amen.

PRAYER TWO(o p help and intercession, read in despondency and sinful circumstances)

A particle of the relics of St. Seraphim, the Wonderworker of Sarov, in the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Shelekhov

O great servant of God, venerable and God-bearing Father Seraphim!

Look down from the glory on high upon us, the humble and weak, burdened with many sins, your help and consolation to those who ask. Reach out to us with your mercy and help us to immaculately preserve the commandments of the Lord, to firmly maintain the Orthodox faith, to diligently offer repentance for our sins to God, to gracefully prosper in piety as Christians and to be worthy of your prayerful intercession for us.

To her, Holy One of God, hear us who pray to you with faith and love, and do not despise us who demand your intercession; now and at the hour of our death, help us and protect us with your prayers from the evil slander of the devil, so that those powers do not possess us, but may we be honored with your help to inherit the bliss of the abode of paradise. We now place our hope in you, merciful Father, be truly a guide to salvation for us and lead us to the unevening light of eternal life through your God-pleasing intercession at the Throne of the Most Holy Trinity, so that we glorify and sing with all the saints the venerable Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.

PRAYER THREE (about the giving of love, read for oneself, for loved ones and for enemies)

Reverend Father Seraphim, filled with Divine love, unceasing servant of Divine love, beloved of the Mother of Divine Love, hear me, who loves you little and grieves you much.

Grant that I too may now be a zealous servant of God-pleasing Love. That kind of love that is long-suffering, does not envy, does not boast, is merciful, is not proud, does not act outrageously, does not seek its own, does not rejoice over unrighteousness, but rejoices about others. Pray to Primordial Love, and having served Her love on earth, through your intercession and prayers I will reach the Mother of God and all the saints in the Kingdom of love and glory and light, and I will fall at the feet of my Master, who gave us the commandment about true love.

Loving Father, do not reject the prayers of the heart that loves you, and beg a loving God for the forgiveness of my sins. Help us to bear each other’s burdens, not to do to others what we don’t want for ourselves, everyone loves, in truth; He loves everything, he has faith in everything, he endures everything, even though he falls away!

This love should be a servant to me and all my relatives, and known, and to cover with love, and with a heartfelt song of love, having ended earthly life, begin with it a joyful eternal life in the land of true love. Pray for us, Father, our beloved Father, who loves us! Amen.

PRAYER FOUR (To a short prayer for help and intercession indicating the name of the person praying)

O Reverend Father Seraphim! Lift up for us, servants of God ( names), your powerful prayer to the Lord of hosts, may He grant us all that is useful in this life and all that is useful for spiritual salvation, may He protect us from the falls of sins and may He teach us true repentance, so that we can enter without stumbling into the eternal Kingdom of Heaven, where you are now in everlasting glory you shine, and there sing with all the saints the Life-Giving Trinity forever and ever.

2. THE LIFE OF THE REVEREND SERAPHIM OF SAROV

Days of remembrance: January 15 (January 2, O.S.), August 1 (July 19, O.S.).

Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, a great ascetic of the Russian Church, was born on July 19, 1754. The saint's parents, Isidore and Agafia Moshnin, were residents of Kursk. Isidore was a merchant and took out contracts for the construction of buildings, and at the end of his life he began the construction of a cathedral in Kursk, but died before the completion of the work. The youngest son Prokhor remained in the care of his mother, who raised a deep faith in her son.
After the death of her husband, Agafia Moshnina, who continued the construction of the cathedral, once took Prokhor with her there, who, having stumbled, fell from the bell tower. The Lord saved the life of the future lamp of the Church: the frightened mother, going downstairs, found her son unharmed.
Young Prokhor, having an excellent memory, soon learned to read and write. Since childhood, he loved to attend church services and read the Holy Scriptures and the lives of saints to his peers, but most of all he loved to pray or read the Holy Gospel in solitude.
One day Prokhor became seriously ill and his life was in danger. In a dream, the boy saw the Mother of God, who promised to visit and heal him. Soon a religious procession with the icon of the Sign of the Most Holy Theotokos passed through the courtyard of the Moshnin estate; his mother carried Prokhor out in her arms, and he venerated the holy icon, after which he began to quickly recover.
Even in his youth, Prokhor made the decision to completely devote his life to God and enter a monastery. The pious mother did not interfere with this and blessed him on the monastic path with a crucifix, which the monk wore on his chest all his life. Prokhor and the pilgrims set off on foot from Kursk to Kyiv to worship the saints of Pechersk.
The schemamonk elder Dosifei, whom Prokhor visited, blessed him to go to the Sarov hermitage and save himself there. Returning briefly to his parents' house, Prokhor said goodbye to his mother and relatives forever. On November 20, 1778, he came to Sarov, where the wise elder Father Pachomius was then rector. He kindly received the young man and appointed Elder Joseph as his confessor. Under his leadership, Prokhor underwent many obediences in the monastery: he was the elder’s cell attendant, worked in the bakery, prosphora and carpentry shop, carried out the duties of a sexton, and performed everything with zeal and zeal, serving as if the Lord Himself. By constant work he protected himself from boredom - this, as he later said, “the most dangerous temptation for new monks, which is cured by prayer, abstinence from idle talk, feasible handicraft, reading the Word of God and patience, because it is born from cowardice, carelessness and idle talk.” .
Already in these years, Prokhor, following the example of other monks who retired into the forest to pray, asked the elder’s blessing to also go into the forest in his free time, where he prayed the Jesus Prayer in complete solitude. Two years later, novice Prokhor fell ill with dropsy, his body became swollen, and he experienced severe suffering. The mentor, Father Joseph, and other elders who loved Prokhor looked after him. The illness lasted about three years, and not once did anyone hear a word of grumbling from him. The elders, fearing for the life of the patient, wanted to call a doctor to him, but Prokhor asked not to do this, telling Father Pachomius: “I have given myself, Holy Father, to the True Doctor of souls and bodies - our Lord Jesus Christ and His Most Pure Mother...”, and wanted to be given Holy Communion. Then Prokhor had a vision: the Mother of God appeared in an indescribable light, accompanied by the holy apostles Peter and John the Theologian. Pointing her hand at the sick man, the Most Holy Virgin said to John: “This one is from our generation.” Then she touched the patient’s side with the staff, and immediately the liquid that filled the body began to flow out through the hole formed, and he quickly recovered. Soon, on the site of the appearance of the Mother of God, a hospital church was built, one of the chapels of which was consecrated in the name of the Monks Zosima and Savvaty of Solovetsky. The altar for the chapel was built by the Monk Seraphim with his own hands from cypress wood and he always received the Holy Mysteries in this church.
After spending eight years as a novice in the Sarov monastery, Prokhor took monastic vows with the name Seraphim, which so well expressed his fiery love for the Lord and desire to serve Him zealously. A year later, Seraphim was ordained to the rank of hierodeacon. Burning in spirit, he served in the temple every day, constantly praying even after the service. The Lord vouchsafed the monk visions of grace during church services: he repeatedly saw holy Angels serving with the brethren. The monk was granted a special vision of grace during the Divine Liturgy on Maundy Thursday, which was performed by the rector, Father Pachomius, and Elder Joseph. When, after the troparions, the monk said, “Lord, save the pious,” and, standing at the royal doors, aimed his orarion at those praying with the exclamation “... and forever and ever,” suddenly a bright ray overshadowed him. Raising his eyes, the Monk Seraphim saw the Lord Jesus Christ walking through the air from the western doors of the temple, surrounded by the Heavenly Ethereal Forces. Having reached the pulpit, the Lord blessed all those praying and entered the local image to the right of the royal doors. The Monk Seraphim, looking in spiritual delight at the wondrous phenomenon, could not utter a word or leave his place. He was led arm in arm into the altar, where he stood for another three hours, his face changing from the great grace that illuminated him. After the vision, the monk intensified his exploits: during the day he worked in the monastery, and spent his nights in prayer in a deserted forest cell. In 1793, at the age of 39, St. Seraphim was ordained to the rank of hieromonk and continued serving in the church. After the death of the abbot, Father Pachomius, the Monk Seraphim, having his dying blessing for a new feat - living in the desert, also took the blessing from the new abbot, Father Isaiah, and went to a desert cell several kilometers from the monastery, in a dense forest. Here he began to indulge in solitary prayers, coming to the monastery only on Saturday before the all-night vigil and returning to his cell after the liturgy, during which he received communion of the Holy Mysteries. The monk spent his life in severe exploits. He carried out his cell prayer rule according to the rules of ancient desert monasteries; I never parted with the Holy Gospel, reading the entire New Testament during the week, and also read patristic and liturgical books. The monk learned many church hymns by heart and sang them during his work hours in the forest. Near the cell he planted a vegetable garden and built a beekeeper. Earning food for himself, the monk kept a very strict fast, eating once a day, and on Wednesday and Friday he completely abstained from food. In the first week of Holy Pentecost, he did not take food until Saturday, when he received Holy Communion.

Icon of St. Seraphim of Sarov in prayer on a stone

The holy elder, in solitude, was sometimes so immersed in inner heartfelt prayer that he remained motionless for a long time, neither hearing nor seeing anything around him. The hermits who visited him from time to time - schemamonk Mark the Silent and hierodeacon Alexander - when they caught the saint in such prayer, they quietly retired with reverence, so as not to disturb his contemplation.

In the summer heat, the monk collected moss from the swamp to fertilize the garden; mosquitoes mercilessly stung him, but he complacently endured this suffering, saying: “Pasions are destroyed by suffering and sorrow, either voluntary or sent by Providence.” For about three years, the monk ate only one herb, which grew around his cell. In addition to the brethren, lay people began to come to him more and more often for advice and blessings. This violated his privacy. Having asked for the abbot’s blessing, the monk blocked women’s access to him, and then everyone else, having received a sign that the Lord approved of his idea of ​​complete silence. Through the saint’s prayer, the road to his deserted cell was blocked by huge branches of centuries-old pine trees. Now only birds, which flocked in large numbers to the saint, and wild animals visited him. The monk fed the bear bread from his hands when bread was brought to him from the monastery.

Seeing the exploits of the Monk Seraphim, the enemy of the human race armed himself against him and, wanting to force the saint to leave silence, decided to frighten him, but the saint protected himself with prayer and the power of the Life-giving Cross. The devil brought “mental warfare” upon the saint—a persistent, prolonged temptation. To repel the onslaught of the enemy, the Monk Seraphim intensified his labors by taking upon himself the feat of stylite mongering. Every night he climbed a huge stone in the forest and prayed with raised hands, crying: “God, be merciful to me a sinner.” During the day, he prayed in his cell, also on a stone that he brought from the forest, leaving it only for a short rest and refreshing his body with meager food. The saint prayed like this for 1000 days and nights. The devil, disgraced by the monk, planned to kill him and sent robbers. Approaching the saint, who was working in the garden, the robbers began to demand money from him. The monk at that time had an ax in his hands, he was physically strong and could have defended himself, but he did not want to do this, remembering the words of the Lord: “Those who take the sword will perish by the sword” (Matthew 26:52). The saint, lowering the ax to the ground, said: “Do what you need.” The robbers began to beat the monk, broke his head with a butt, broke several ribs, then, having tied him up, they wanted to throw him into the river, but first they searched his cell in search of money. Having destroyed everything in the cell and finding nothing in it except an icon and a few potatoes, they were ashamed of their crime and left. The monk, having regained consciousness, crawled to his cell and, suffering severely, lay there all night. The next morning, with great difficulty, he reached the monastery. The brethren were horrified when they saw the wounded ascetic. The monk lay there for eight days, suffering from his wounds; Doctors were called to him, surprised that Seraphim remained alive after such beatings. But the saint did not receive healing from doctors: the Queen of Heaven appeared to him in a subtle dream with the apostles Peter and John. Touching the head of the monk, the Most Holy Virgin granted him healing.
After this incident, the Monk Seraphim had to spend about five months in the monastery, and then he again went to a desert cell. Remaining bent forever, the monk walked, leaning on a staff or an axe, but he forgave his offenders and asked them not to punish them. After the death of the rector, Father Isaiah, who had been his friend since the saint’s youth, he took upon himself the feat of silence, completely renouncing all worldly thoughts for the purest stand before God in unceasing prayer. If the saint met a person in the forest, he fell on his face and did not get up until the passerby moved away. The elder spent about three years in such silence, stopping even from visiting the monastery on Sundays. The fruit of silence was for St. Seraphim the acquisition of peace of soul and joy in the Holy Spirit. The great ascetic subsequently spoke to one of the monks of the monastery: “...my joy, I pray you, acquire a peaceful spirit, and then thousands of souls will be saved around you.” The new abbot, Father Nifont, and the elder brethren of the monastery suggested that Father Seraphim either continue to come to the monastery on Sundays to participate in divine services and receive communion at the monastery of the Holy Mysteries, or return to the monastery. The monk chose the latter, since it became difficult for him to walk from the desert to the monastery. In the spring of 1810, he returned to the monastery after 15 years in the desert. Without breaking his silence, he added seclusion to this feat and, without going anywhere or receiving anyone, he was constantly in prayer and contemplation of God. While in retreat, the Monk Seraphim acquired high spiritual purity and was granted special grace-filled gifts from God - clairvoyance and miracle-working. Then the Lord appointed His chosen one to serve people in the highest monastic feat - eldership. On November 25, 1825, the Mother of God, together with the two saints celebrated on this day, appeared in a dream vision to the elder and commanded him to come out of seclusion and receive weak human souls that required instruction, consolation, guidance and healing. Having been blessed by the abbot for a change in his lifestyle, the monk opened the doors of his cell to everyone. The elder saw the hearts of people, and he, as a spiritual doctor, healed mental and physical illnesses with prayer to God and a word of grace. Those who came to St. Seraphim felt his great love and listened with tenderness to the affectionate words with which he addressed people: “my joy,” “my treasure.” The elder began to visit his desert cell and the spring called Bogoslovsky, near which they built a small cell for him. When leaving his cell, the elder always carried a knapsack with stones over his shoulders. When asked why he was doing this, the saint humbly answered: “I torment him who torments me.”

Diveevo (Seraphim-Diveevo Convent in the village of Diveevo, Nizhny Novgorod region)

In the last period of his earthly life, the Monk Seraphim took special care of his beloved brainchild - the Diveyevo women's monastery. While still in the rank of hierodeacon, he accompanied the late rector Father Pachomius to the Diveyevo community to see the abbess nun Alexandra, a great ascetic, and then Father Pachomius blessed the reverend to always take care of the “Diveyevo orphans.” He was a true father for the sisters, who turned to him in all their spiritual and everyday difficulties. Students and spiritual friends helped the saint to care for the Diveyevo community: Mikhail Vasilyevich Manturov, who was healed by the monk from a serious illness and, on the advice of the elder, took upon himself the feat of voluntary poverty; Elena Vasilievna Manturova, one of the Diveyevo sisters, who voluntarily agreed to die out of obedience to the elder for her brother, who was still needed in this life; Nikolai Alexandrovich Motovilov, also healed by the monk. ON THE. Motovilov recorded the wonderful teaching of St. Seraphim about the purpose of Christian life.

In the last years of the life of St. Seraphim, one person healed by him saw him standing in the air during prayer. The saint strictly forbade talking about this before his death.

Seraphim of Sarov. Appearance of the Mother of God on the Holy Canal

Everyone knew and revered St. Seraphim as a great ascetic and wonderworker. A year and ten months before his death, on the Feast of the Annunciation, the Monk Seraphim was once again honored with the appearance of the Queen of Heaven, accompanied by the Baptist of the Lord John, the Apostle John the Theologian and twelve virgins, holy martyrs and saints. The Most Holy Virgin talked for a long time with the monk, entrusting the Diveyevo sisters to him. Having finished the conversation, She told him: “Soon, My favorite, you will be with us.” At this appearance, during the wondrous visit of the Mother of God, one Diveyevo old woman was present, through the prayer of the monk for her.

In the last year of his life, the Monk Seraphim began to noticeably weaken and spoke to many about his imminent death. At this time, he was often seen at the coffin, which stood in the entryway of his cell and which he had prepared for himself. The monk himself indicated the place where he should be buried: near the altar of the Assumption Cathedral. On January 1, 1833, the Monk Seraphim came for the last time to the hospital Zosimo-Savvatievskaya Church for the liturgy and took communion of the Holy Mysteries, after which he blessed the brethren and said goodbye, saying: “Save yourself, do not be discouraged, stay awake, today crowns are being prepared for us.” On January 2, the monk’s cell attendant, Father Pavel, left his cell at six o’clock in the morning, heading to the church, and smelled a burning smell coming from the monk’s cell; Candles were always burning in the saint’s cell, and he said: “As long as I am alive, there will be no fire, but when I die, my death will be revealed by fire.” When the doors were opened, it turned out that books and other things were smoldering, and the monk himself was kneeling before the icon of the Mother of God in a position of prayer, but already lifeless. During prayer, his pure soul was taken by the Angels and flew up to the Throne of God Almighty, whose faithful servant and servant the Monk Seraphim was all his life.

3. ACQUISITION OF THE RECENTS OF THE REVEREND SERAPHIM OF SAROV

Finding the relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov. Procession

On August 1, 1903, one of the events that never ceases to excite the hearts of people took place - the canonization of St. Seraphim of Sarov 70 years after his death. On the saint’s birthday, with great triumph, his relics were opened and placed in a prepared reliquary. This long-awaited event was accompanied by many miraculous healings of the sick, who arrived in Sarov in large numbers. Very widely revered during his lifetime, St. Seraphim becomes one of the most beloved saints of the Orthodox Russian people, just like St. Sergius of Radonezh.
After the blessed death of the elder in 1833, his memory was carefully preserved among the believing people. Stories and legends about his life and spiritual exploits were preserved for us by the sisters of the Diveyevo monastery, as well as by his ardent admirer N.A. Motovilov, who recorded a conversation with the great elder about the acquisition of the Holy Spirit as the main goal of Christian life.
The spiritual path of St. Seraphim is marked by great modesty, characteristic of Russian saints. Chosen by God from childhood, the Sarov ascetic, without hesitation or doubt, ascends from strength to strength in his quest for spiritual perfection. Eight years of novice labor and eight years of temple service in the ranks of hierodeacon and hieromonk, desert living and pillar-dwelling, seclusion and silence replace each other and are crowned by eldership. Feats that far exceed natural human capabilities (for example, praying on a stone for a thousand days and nights) harmoniously and simply enter into the life of a saint.

The mystery of living prayerful communication determines the spiritual heritage of St. Seraphim, but he left the Church another wealth - brief but beautiful instructions, written down partly by himself, and partly by those who heard them. Shortly before the glorification of the saint, “The Conversation of St. Seraphim of Sarov on the Purpose of Christian Life” was found and published in 1903, which took place at the end of November 1831, a little over a year before his repose. This conversation was the ascetic’s most precious contribution to the treasury of Russian patristic teaching. In addition to teaching about the essence of Christian life, it contains a new explanation of many of the most important passages of Holy Scripture.
The glorification of the saint of God became one of the great and joyful events, because his prayer before the Throne of the Most High was strong. The Diveyevo sisters were especially looking forward to the glorification of St. Seraphim. In Diveevo, Blessed Paraskeva Ivanovna (Pasha Sarovskaya) persistently spoke to Archimandrite L.M. Chichagov (later Metropolitan and Hieromartyr Seraphim): “Submit a petition to the sovereign so that the relics are revealed to us.” Chichagov wrote the wonderful “Chronicle of the Seraphim-Diveevsky Monastery”, where much space is devoted to the life and posthumous miracles of Father Seraphim. The “Chronicle” was read by the royal family, in which the memory of the saint had long been honored. And Tsar Nicholas II, sharing the people’s faith in the holiness of Elder Seraphim, raised the question of his canonization. But among his like-minded people were only Chief Prosecutor Sabler and Metropolitan of St. Petersburg Anthony (Vadkovsky), and the resistance was very great. But the power of people’s love and faith, the fervent prayers of the Diveyevo sisters and admirers of the saint overcame all stumbling blocks and disagreements.
In 1895, His Eminence Bishop Tambov presented to the Holy Synod an investigation carried out by a special commission about miraculous signs and healings revealed through the prayers of Father Seraphim to those who faithfully asked for his help. This investigation, begun by the commission on February 3, 1892, was completed in August 1894 and was carried out in 28 dioceses of European Russia and Siberia. On the eve of the feast of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1903, under the supervision of the Right Reverend Dimitry of Tambov, the grave of the Sarov Wonderworker was opened and the brick vault of the crypt was dug, in which the oak coffin was completely intact. Upon receipt of the certificate of examination of the venerable relics, the Holy Synod prepared a decision on the canonization of Hieromonk Seraphim on July 19, 1903 - in the presence of the royal family, with a huge crowd of people.

Reliquary with the relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov in Diveevo

The solemn glorification of St. Seraphim of Sarov took place on July 19/August 1, 1903. At least three hundred thousand people gathered in Sarov that day. In difficult and difficult times, in times of impoverishment of faith and general wavering of minds, this bright triumph was so comforting and instructive - the glorification of St. Seraphim. And it has not frozen, not petrified, but that Church lives and flourishes, which is adorned with new righteous people and saints of God.

On July 16/29, 1903, funeral all-night vigils - parastases - were held in the churches of the Sarov Desert for the ever-memorable hieromonk Seraphim. On July 17/30, a grand religious procession was carried out from the Diveyevo Monastery to the Sarov Hermitage. At two o'clock in the morning a solemn bell rang out, and after a short prayer service the procession began its procession. Banner bearers came from a variety of places: Sergiev Posad, Murom, Klin, Ryazan, Tula, Rostov, Suzdal, Vladimir, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Arzamas. Each group carried valuable, expensive banners with images of locally revered saints. The Diveyevo sisters carried the miraculous icon of the Mother of God “Tenderness”. They were followed by a large clergy. All the way, the participants in the procession performed the canon of the Mother of God and sacred chants. Short litias were celebrated in chapels along the way. The picture was extremely majestic.
To meet the religious procession from Diveevo, another religious procession set out - the Sarov procession - led by Bishop Innokenty of Tambov. When they met, His Grace Innocent overshadowed the people on four sides with the miraculous icon of the Mother of God “Tenderness” while singing “Most Holy Theotokos, save us.” The united religious procession, forming a majestic procession, headed to the Sarov Hermitage with the solemn ringing of bells.
On July 17/30, the Emperor arrived at the monastery with his august family and retinue. And in the evening of the next day, an all-night vigil began, which has a special meaning: this is the first church service at which the Monk Seraphim began to be glorified as a saint. While the lithium stichera were being sung, a procession of the cross headed from the Assumption Cathedral to the church of St. Zosima and Savvaty of Solovetsky, where the coffin of St. Seraphim was located. The coffin was placed on a stretcher, which was taken by the Emperor, Grand Dukes, Metropolitan and Bishops.
The procession headed to the Assumption Cathedral, near which lithium litanies were pronounced. Then the coffin was placed in the middle of the temple. The all-night vigil continued. It's time for polyeleos. They sang “Praise the Name of the Lord.” All those present lit candles. The Metropolitan, the bishops and all the clergy bowed to the ground three times. Then Metropolitan Anthony opened the coffin, and everyone in the church knelt down. The moment has come for the glorification of St. Seraphim. Solemnly and touchingly, shaking the soul, the magnification sounded: “We bless you, Reverend Father Seraphim.”
After reading the Gospel, the Metropolitan and bishops venerated the holy relics. Next, their imperial majesties, grand dukes and clergy applied themselves. Sovereign Nikolai Alexandrovich knelt before the new protector of the Russian land - St. Seraphim. The king of the earth prayed to the great representative for our Fatherland at the Throne of the Heavenly King.
The next day the Divine Liturgy was celebrated. At the small entrance with the Gospel, the holy relics were carried around the throne and placed in the prepared shrine. At the end of the liturgy, a festive religious procession was held with holy relics around the monastery churches. The people stood like a living wall along the route, so that, leaving the temple, the participants in the celebration truly found themselves in another temple.
Russia does not remember celebrations like Serafimov’s. People cried with joy, seeing how the sovereign and the great princes carried the relics of the wondrous saint of God on their shoulders. Upon the return of the procession, the worshipers knelt and Metropolitan Anthony read a prayer to St. Seraphim. The service ended, but the prayer singing did not stop at night. One of his contemporaries described these events as follows: “Singing could be heard from different places - circles of pilgrims were singing church hymns. Without seeing the singers in the darkness, one might think that the sounds were coming from the sky itself. Midnight passed, and the singing did not stop..."
Sarov celebrations are unforgettable days for all participants, days that left an indelible mark on the people's soul. Many found faith, found consolation in sorrows, resolution of difficult perplexities and doubts of the spirit, indication of the good, true path, for the Lord showed a warm prayer book, a great representative and a wondrous miracle worker to His people - St. Seraphim of Sarov.
From that time on, for a century now, St. Seraphim has been glorified and blessed by the Church in the ranks of the saints of God, and his holy relics have been open to public worship. The holy elder is revered by believers as one of the greatest ascetics of the holy Russian Orthodox Church, who during his lifetime received from the Lord the gift of miracles and healings and after his death did not abandon everyone who asked him for help and intercession.

4. MIRACLES OF FRATE SERAPHIM

Anatoly Viktorovich
I had a stroke two years ago. Thank God, not strong, otherwise I would no longer exist. The blow was enough. And my wife began to beg me. She is 17 years younger, we married out of great love. And now she was 50, still a woman in her prime, and I was already 67—an old man. I thought that she no longer needed me as a burden. And she says: “Where would I be without you?” I began to pray to Saint Seraphim, went to the monastery, brought from there an icon, candles, oil, crackers, water - everything to nurse me through turning to the saint. Every morning and every evening she knelt at the icon and asked for me. And then she worked with me so that I wouldn’t be a vegetable, to improve both my movements and my speech. And within five months everything was restored. She is now like a second mother to me, even though she is my wife. I, a former communist, believed in God through his prayers. As soon as I recovered, we got married in church.

Victoria
My Dashenka was born with a congenital heart defect. The doctors said: if it doesn’t grow by six years, surgery will be needed. And our whole family, since her birth, constantly prayed to Father Seraphim. Mom went to Diveevo and brought water from a healing spring and crackers blessed on the relics. They gave it to our girl, did everything the doctors prescribed, and they themselves prayed. And Dasha has straightened out, her heart is working normally. We have already been deregistered; she is now 15 years old. All through the prayers of Father Seraphim.

Olga Ushakova
My two year old grandson. High temperature, doesn’t want to eat anything, refuses! He only drinks Epiphany water and asks for crackers from Father Seraphim, brought from Diveevo. The whole day has passed, the crackers have run out, and my granddaughters keep asking. In the morning I went to work and met a woman I knew there. We haven’t seen her for a long time, since she rarely comes from a neighboring city. As soon as I approached her, she took a bag out of my bag and said: “Here’s a gift for you from Diveevo!” I gasped: crackers from the priest! The holy father did not hesitate to fulfill the child’s request; he immediately sent a gift for healing!

Holy spring of St. Seraphim of Sarov a few kilometers from Diveevo

Arkady (Riga)
My wife was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and, as a result, vision loss. She was in despair, to the point of laying hands on her. She only repeated that this was a death sentence - there was no cure for this. My mother is devout, she asked me to pray for a wife and she prayed herself. Later, my mother went to Diveevo and brought water from the spring of Seraphim of Sarov. She told her to make lotions for her eyes from this water and at the same time pray: “Father Seraphim, help my eyes to see clearly, strengthen my carnal and spiritual vision.” My wife began to do this and after about a month the first improvements came. And then my health began to improve completely. And they removed the diagnosis for us, they said that against the background of menopause it turned out to be something like multiple sclerosis, but in reality there was nothing. And now she is already 49 years old, our grandson was born, we are babysitting, and my mother is alive, and everything is fine. Through prayers to our patron saint Seraphim the Wonderworker.

Pavel (Yaroslavl)
I was in Chechnya. I was shell-shocked and practically lost my hearing. They gave me a disability - a penny. I couldn’t really find a job for the hearing impaired, there was no money, and there was no future. I only have a mother who is sick. I decided to beg for alms. At first I was embarrassed, then I got used to it. I stood where I usually did, looking at the ground, it was a white day - autumn, rain. A woman in black, a nun, approached. He says: “Why are you begging so young?” I read this from his lips, because I almost couldn’t hear him anymore, and even the noise of cars on the street. I say: “I can’t hear.” She replies: “Come on, I’ll take you, you’ll hear.” And she took me to church. She brought him to the icon of Seraphim of Sarov and showed him: pray. But I can't. She shows: pray as best you can. I began to be baptized and silently say to myself that he would help me, that I would begin to hear, that work would appear, that life would somehow improve. And then my ears felt like they were filled with cotton wool, and my head felt like a jar of water. I went home and went to bed. And in the morning I woke up because the clock was ticking very loudly - it was disturbing me. At first I got angry with them, and then I realized: I had never heard them, but now I hear them. I went to my mother and said: “Tell me something.” She shouts: “Good morning!” I say: “Tell me more quietly.” She says in a normal voice: “What is it?” I ask: “Can you whisper?” She got angry and hissed at me: “What do you want?” And then I realized what I was hearing! And a week later I already had a job. That's how life got better.

Lena
My husband and I didn’t have children for eight years. When I was examined, the doctors said: this is sterility. Not very pleasant. But I found out that someone was in Diveevo, bathed there in the spring of Seraphim of Sarov, and then children were born. Well, I got ready to go on the road and decided to take my husband with me, so that, if anything, it would have an effect on him too. They came with one goal: to plunge in and conceive someone. And suddenly something like this began to happen to us... In short, both he and I realized that the main thing is not what we want, but another thing - to be with God. And the rest will follow. What you need will come. We spent several days there, took a dip in the spring, and returned from there as deeply religious people. I began to learn everything about Seraphim of Sarov - such abysses opened up! Wow, there are such people, and we live on some little things: getting money, going on vacation, having fun somewhere... In general, we stopped thinking about our problem. We decided: everything is in God’s hands, if our own children are not born, we will take the baby from the orphanage... Our Seraphim will soon be four. We named her in honor of the priest who begged her.

Lyudmila (Kostroma)
The son served in the army, returned and could not find a good job. A healthy, strong guy was hired as a courier or salesperson - it was shameful and hopeless. Although he has no education, his hands are fine. And over time, he will graduate from college or technical school, at least in absentia. I began to pray to Seraphim of Sarov, I always turn to him when there are difficulties in life, and my soul hurts for my son. Vanya, my son, was also begged for by me: I didn’t have children for a long time, then, through my prayers to Father Seraphim, she gave birth. And then she also turned: “Father Seraphim, help my son, whom you begged from the Lord, to find a normal job.” And then about a week later, godfather Peter, my Vanya’s godfather, calls. He says that there is a place for Vanya in the auto repair shop. This is how Father Seraphim helped us!

There were many oral traditions and tales about the miracles of the Elder of Sarov among the people, and his biography was created publicly. Written evidence of the elder’s miracles and prayerful deeds was mainly provided by two monasteries - Sarov and Diveyevo. Many manuscripts were kept here, which were copied and distributed among the people.
Even during his lifetime, Saint Seraphim performed miracles. Thus, Archpriest Vasily Sadovsky recalled: “After the consecration of the church, Father Archimandrite, Mikhail Vasilyevich and I, at the invitation of the priest, all went to him in Sarov and, not finding him in the monastery, went to his distant desert. Father, seeing us, was extremely happy to see us and thanked Father Archimandrite a lot, then, turning to me, he said: “Well, father, what should we treat such a guest to celebrate? And you can’t help but treat, father, you have to treat, you have to!.. Well, I’ve prepared a treat for such a holiday, let’s go!” And, taking me by the hand, Father Seraphim led me to the corner of his desert. It is unknown where and when a raspberry bush suddenly grew from the floor, and the priest said, pointing to three large, ripe and beautiful berries: “Pick them, father, and treat our guests!” Confused by this miracle, I tremblingly picked the wonderful berries and gave them to the priest, and he began to regale them, saying: “Eat, eat, what poor Seraphim is happy to treat you with!” And, putting a berry for each of us, he added: “It is the Queen of Heaven Herself who treats you, priests!” Father Archimandrite, Mikhail Vasilyevich and I, we were all amazed by this miracle of Father Seraphim; and thus, wonderfully treated in the month of September, suddenly in the desert with half-born berries, they could not, and would not have been able to express their extraordinary sweetness, aroma, taste; and together they confessed that they had never eaten such berries.”
Elder Varvara Ilyinichna also testified to her healing by Father Seraphim. “He, my breadwinner, healed me twice,” she said. “The first time I felt like I was spoiled, and then my teeth hurt a lot, my whole mouth was covered in abscesses. I came to him, he put me away from him, and he ordered me to open my mouth, he blew hard on me, tied a handkerchief all over my face, and immediately ordered me to go home, and the sun was already setting. I was not afraid of anything because of his holy prayer, but I came home at night, and the pain disappeared as if by hand.”

As soon as Matryona Vertyanovskaya entered the monastery, she soon fell ill with a fever. She beat her for five months and finally completely exhausted her. Father Seraphim ordered her to be taken to her parents and bathed there in the river, which they did. After this, the fever struck her for three days without rest and immediately disappeared. However, after some time, the fever returned, and the priest then ordered that she be brought, weak as she was, in a cart to Sarov and bathed at the spring. Here she finally recovered.
Church celebrations organized in 1903 in honor of the newly-minted saint of God were also accompanied by miracles: grace-filled gifts of healing flowed in abundance. A lame girl was brought to the spring of Father Seraphim in the holy monastery. She arrived from afar in Sarov, finding nowhere help for a serious illness that for almost 18 years did not allow her to get out of bed. A long-term illness did not shake her strong faith. She is full of hope that the saint who mourns for the Russian people wants and can help her. Her eyes are already filled with tears of joy at the sight of the chapel above the spring. She is deeply convinced that the saint of God will give her healing. And faith as solid as a diamond is not put to shame. Three times, at her request, her family dips her in a healing spring, and after the third time her leg hurts.<стала>grow stronger, and no trace remains of the serious illness.
Cossack widow Anna Ivleeva arrived in Sarov from the Semirechensk region. It’s been 19 years since she lost her sight and is suffering a miserable fate. And this woman plunges into a miraculous spring - and blindness falls from her eyes like scales. And again God’s world was bright for her, and again all its beauties were revealed - the work of the Creator and Provider.
A mother came to Yurovskaya Pustyn with her little blind daughter. They came to pray to the monk, believing that he could save the child from blindness. In Serov, a mother and daughter come to the spring of St. Seraphim. The child was given water to drink from it, and he received his sight.

On the day of the opening of the holy relics of St. Seraphim, a woman with a little daughter came to Sarov. The girl was a pitiful creature, all relaxed; the legs hung like whips, the child made a depressing impression. The mother bathed her in the spring, and the child stretched out her legs, stood on them and began to walk. On July 16, a miraculous healing of a deaf-mute woman took place in front of the entire people.
When, as part of the celebrations, a religious procession took place around the monastery, in front of it they carried the miraculous icon of the Tenderness of the Mother of God, in prayer before which the Monk Seraphim died, and a large image of Father Seraphim. When, having walked around the monastery, both icons were brought into the church, the mother placed her deaf-mute girl next to the miraculous icon of the Mother of God. Upon leaving the church, the girl suddenly exclaimed: “Mom!” The overjoyed mother forced her daughter to repeat the word “mom” again. The crowd surrounding the girl became agitated and became extremely embarrassed. Money rained down from all sides, two-kopeck pieces, fifty-kopeck pieces and rubles were placed in the girl’s hands; There were so many of them that the money began to fall to the ground. The girl was forced to hold the hem while continuing to give.
On the occasion of a huge gathering of pilgrims in Sarov on the solemn days of the opening of the relics of the saint, there was not enough bread for many. And so several people, brave in faith, exhausted from hunger, went back and grumbled along the way. An old man with a knapsack came up to them, started talking and fed them heartily; The travelers moved on, and the old benefactor suddenly disappeared. This was an old man who never refused a guest either affection or bread - St. Seraphim.
Facts of healings were telegraphed from Sarov; they were numerous and were confirmed by officers on duty and witnesses from the people. Here are just some records of miracles from monastery documents.
June 25 At the spring of St. Seraphim, the 19-year-old daughter of Paraskeva Ershova Matryona, a soldier of the Vetluzhsky district of the Kostroma province, was healed of a serious illness. Her limbs were cramped, her hands were clenched. After bathing, the patient stood up, her limbs straightened, and she began to walk.
June 26 At the spring of Father Seraphim, a peasant woman from the Sarapul district of the Vyatka province, Evfemia Ivanovna Smolnikova, who had been paralyzed for six years, received healing. After bathing, she felt completely healthy.
27th of June A teacher of a public school in Nizhny Novgorod, Andreevsky, who fell ill with malaria on June 10, was healed at the spring.
June 28 Matryona Nikitichna Kryukova, a peasant woman from the Tula province, Bogoroditsky district, who came to worship in Sarov, was healed. She had no use of her left hand for eight years and, by venerating the image of St. Seraphim on his grave, she received healing.
June 28 in the chapel over the grave of St. Seraphim, Elena Nikitichna Kulomzina, 25 years old, who fell ill 5 years ago from the village of Korovenki, Bogoroditsky district, Tula province, was healed of blindness. The healing took place after Matins.
On the same day, Anastasia, 52 years old, a novice of the Kutuzov Monastery of the Nizhny Novgorod diocese, who had suffered from a severe fever for several months, received healing at the spring of St. Seraphim.
3 July During the transfer of the relics of St. Seraphim from the grave to the Zosimo-Savvatievskaya Church, the peasant woman Paraskeva Vasilievna Bochalova, Tver province, Kalyazinsky district, who had suffered from severe epilepsy for more than 25 years, received healing.
4th of July Anna Timofeevna Lovetskaya, a peasant woman in the Tambov province, Borisoglebsk district, and the village of Novospasskoye, who had suffered from severe rheumatism for more than three years, received healing at the spring of St. Seraphim.
On the same day, a Cossack woman from the Kuban region, Chamlyk village, Ekaterina Egorovna Khudisova, 22 years old, who became blind eight months ago, received healing.
At the same time, at the tomb of St. Seraphim, a peasant woman from the Voronezh province, Ostrogozh district, Anna Nikiforovna Anashustikova, who had suffered from severe rheumatism for many years, received healing from rheumatism in her legs.
On the same day, at the spring of St. Seraphim, Natalya Dorofeevna Varnakova, a peasant woman from the Penza province, was healed of an unbearable headache that she had suffered for more than ten years.
Through the prayers of the saint, a peasant woman from the Kazan province, Elizaveta Guzochkina, who had suffered from malignant lichen for several years, was healed. She received relief by promising to visit Sarov, and along the way she completely recovered.

At the spring of St. Seraphim, Natalia Ivanovna Luskova, a peasant woman from the Kharkov province, Bogodukhovsky district, was healed of a hernia. She suffered from this disease for about 30 years and was treated by many doctors, but did not get any relief.
July 11 and 12 In the spring of St. Seraphim the following miracles were performed on the sick. Agrafena Shibkova, a peasant woman from the Penza province, suffered from constant severe abdominal pain for ten years. She was treated by many doctors, but without success. Arriving at the spring of St. Seraphim, she tasted the water and at that very moment felt complete relief. Several years ago, a peasant in the Vyatka province, Nikolsky village, Mikhail Savelyevich Tyufkin, grew a huge tumor on his neck, which prevented him from turning his neck and caused severe pain. When he came to the spring of St. Seraphim, the swelling on his neck disappeared and his neck began to turn. A peasant from the Saratov province, Anna Timofeevna Sverchkova, could not use her legs for four years; Having bathed, she walked, although quietly, but without crutches.
July, 12 In the Sarov desert, at the spring of St. Seraphim, there was an outstanding case of healing of a mute peasant woman from the Samara province, Paraskeva Sergeevna Klemnova. According to the sick woman, on February 5 she lost the use of her tongue, and now, having bathed at the spring of St. Seraphim, she began to speak again.
the 14 th of July At the spring of St. Seraphim, a blind peasant woman from the Simbirsk province was healed. According to her, she became blind 13 years ago. Arriving in Sarov with her relatives, she was taken to the source and, as soon as she crossed herself, drank water and wet her eyes with it, she began to see, at first as if in a fog, but by the evening her vision improved even more, and she began to clearly distinguish objects.
Rassophore novice of the Seraphim-Diveevsky Monastery Natalia Mikhailovna Pushkina, 40 years old, a native of the village of Putyatin, Ryazan province, Sapozhkovsky district, suffered greatly from debilitating bleeding, which lasted for seven years. Finding no help from doctors, she traveled on foot to the Seraphim-Ponetaevsky Monastery, where she prayed diligently and fervently before the icon of the Sign of the Mother of God and received healing from her serious illness. But soon after this, Pushkina fell ill again: a tumor appeared in her stomach, which grew larger over the course of five years. Natalia Mikhailovna suffered greatly, walked and bent over with great difficulty, and constantly experienced extraordinary internal heat and intense thirst. Medicines did not help, and the operation, which the doctors pointed to as the only way out of the difficult situation, could have ended sadly for Pushkina’s life. So, earthly doctors were powerless to cure her of her illness; all that remained was to hope for God’s help.
The patient spent another three years in great suffering. And now the time has approached for the glorification of God's saint Seraphim. It began to be heard about healings taking place at the saint’s grave and at his healing spring. Pushkina gathered for the Sarov hermitage with great hope for the help of the holy elder Seraphim. The old nun, Mother Fevronia, decided to accompany the sick woman, who with great difficulty walked the distance of twelve miles between Sarov and her monastery. Arriving at the monastery, both nuns confessed, and then went to the grave of God's saint, where Natalia Mikhailovna, with tears and great zeal, asked the saint to grant her healing. After praying, the travelers went to the hotel, where they went to bed. At one o'clock in the morning the patient hears that someone opens the door and enters the cell. She thought that Mother Fevronia unlocked the door at night and forgot to lock it, and that it was the novice who came in to wake them up for Matins, which is why she covered her head with a blanket. But at that moment she feels someone touching her right shoulder and saying: “You came to the poor Seraphim to be healed; bathe three times in my spring, and everything will pass with you.” After these words, the steps began to move away. Then the patient threw the blanket off her eyes and saw some kind of extraordinary light around her. Mother Fevronia, awakened by her tears, listened to the story of the wonderful visit, then they looked at the door - they found it locked. It was only then that Pushkina realized that Father Seraphim had come to her. Having dressed, both nuns went to matins. At the end of the service and requiem at the grave of the great elder, at which the sick woman prayed fervently and with tears, both travelers went to the holy spring. On the way there, Natalia Mikhailovna felt that the tumor had fallen off and she began to bleed. She forcibly reached the source, where she bathed; at four o'clock in the afternoon she went there again to swim.
The next night, Pushkina woke up again and felt that her tumor had completely disappeared, nothing hurt, and she seemed to be reborn. Waking up her companion, she, with tears and great excitement, told her about her great joy. At four o'clock in the morning Natalya Mikhailovna again went to the source, after which she felt completely healed, and her illness passed without a trace.
Praskovya Ivanovna Kiseleva, a peasant girl from the village of Vertyanova, Ardatovsky district, caught a cold and had pain in her legs for two years. They were brought together so that the patient could neither walk nor lie down, and her arms also did not rise up. The girl spent all her time on the stove, and only sometimes she was taken on a sled to her grandmother. Praskovya had long had a desire to go to the grave of God's saint Seraphim, but since her father did not have a horse, her intention had to be postponed. One winter, at the end of January of this year, they took a sick girl to her grandmother, with whom Praskovya stayed overnight. And then the sick woman sees a dream: some old man of handsome appearance enters the hut and, going up to the stove on which Praskovya was sleeping, says to her: “This is the third time you are going to go to Sarov to see the poor Seraphim to be healed, and you still don’t go.” Praskovya told him that she had no money for the trip. The elder told her: “Sell the canvas that you brought, and with the proceeds from the sale, go and bathe in the spring and you will be healthy. By the way, buy two five-kopeck prosphoras - eat one and hide the other until Clean Monday.” With these words, the Monk Seraphim disappeared, and the girl woke up and told her dream to her grandmother, who immediately harnessed the horse and took it to Sarov. On the way, the old woman kept thinking about how she would get her granddaughter out of the sleigh; but, to her greatest surprise, the girl got out herself, went to church, then went to the source of Father Seraphim, bathed in it and received complete healing. Now she walks freely and raises her arms. Returning home, Praskovya again saw in a dream the Monk Seraphim, who blessed her with the cross.

5. Akathist to Venerable Seraphim of Sarov

Troparion and magnification of St. Seraphim of Sarov

Greatness

We bless you, Reverend Father Seraphim, and honor your holy memory, mentor of monks and interlocutor of Angels.

Troparion, tone 4

From your youth you loved Christ, O blessed one, and, having ardently longed for the One who worked, you labored in the desert with unceasing prayer and labor, and having acquired the love of Christ with a tender heart, you appeared as the chosen one beloved of God’s Mother. For this reason, we cry out to you: save us with your prayers, Seraphim, our reverend father.

Kontakion, tone 2

Leaving the beauty of the world and the corruption in it, reverend, you moved into the Sarov monastery; and having lived there like an angel, you were the path to salvation for many. For this reason, Christ will glorify you, Father Seraphim, and enrich you with the gift of healings and miracles. In the same way we cry to you: Rejoice, Seraphim, our reverend father.

Kontakion 1

Chosen miracle worker and wonderful servant of Christ, our quick helper and prayer book, Rev. Father Seraphim! Having magnified the Lord who glorified you, we sing praises to you. You have great boldness towards the Lord, free those of us from all troubles who call: Rejoice, Reverend Seraphim, miracle worker of Sarov.

Ikos 1

The Creator of Angels chose you from the beginning, so that through your life you may glorify the wonderful name of the Holy Trinity: for you have truly appeared as an Angel on earth and in the flesh, Seraphim: like a bright ray of the eternal Sun of Truth, your life will be enlightened. We, seeing your praiseworthy works, with reverence and joy say to you:

Rejoice, rule of faith and piety; Rejoice, image of meekness and humility.
Rejoice, glorious magnification of the faithful; Rejoice, quiet consolation for the sorrowful.
Rejoice, beloved praise of monks; Rejoice, wonderful help for those living in the world.
Rejoice, glory and protection to the Russian state; Rejoice, sacred adornment of the Nizhny Novgorod and Tambov countries.

Kontakion 2

Seeing your mother, Reverend Father Seraphim, your warm love for monastic life, knowing the holy will of the Lord for you, and bringing God as a perfect gift, bless you on the narrow path of monasticism with your holy cross, which you wore on your chest until the end of your life, signifying your great love for Christ our God, who was crucified for us, we all call to Him with tenderness: Alleluia.

Ikos 2

Heavenly intelligence has been given to you, more holy than God: from your youth, without ceasing to think about Heavenly things, you left your father’s house, for the sake of the Kingdom of God and its righteousness. For this reason, accept this praise from us:
Rejoice, God's chosen child of the city of Kursk; Rejoice, most honorable branch of pious parents.
Rejoice, you who inherited your mother’s virtues; Rejoice, taught by her to piety and prayer.
Rejoice, blessed by your mother with the cross for exploits; Rejoice, you have kept this blessing as a shrine until death.

Rejoice, having left your father's house for the love of the Lord; Rejoice, all the red of this world, imputed to nothing.

Rejoice, Reverend Seraphim, miracle worker of Sarov.

Kontakion 3

The power of the Most High has truly preserved you from your youth, reverend: from the heights of the temple, having fallen, the Lord has preserved you unharmed, and the Lady of the world herself, who suffered in the rage, appeared, bringing healing from Heaven, and from a young age you faithfully served God, crying out to Him: Alleluia.

Ikos 3

Having diligence for the struggle of monastic life equal to the angels, you flocked to the holy city of Kyiv for the sake of worship for the sake of the venerable Pechersk people, and from the lips of the venerable Dositheus we received the command to rule our way into the Sarov desert, by faith from afar you kissed this holy place, and there you settled in your godly life and died. We, marveling at God’s providence for you, cry out to you with tenderness:

Rejoice, having renounced worldly vanities; Rejoice, fiery desire for the Heavenly Fatherland.
Rejoice, loving Christ with all your heart; Rejoice, you who have received the good yoke of Christ upon yourself.
Rejoice, full of perfect obedience; Rejoice, faithful guardian of the holy commandments of the Lord.
Rejoice, prayerfully affirming your mind and heart in God; Rejoice, unshakable pillar of piety.
Rejoice, Reverend Seraphim, miracle worker of Sarov.

Kontakion 4

Calming the storm of evil misfortunes, you walked the entire path of the cramped and sorrowful feat of the monastic, carried by the yoke of desert life, seclusion and silence, many-night vigils, and thus by the grace of God ascending from strength to strength, from deeds to the vision of God, you settled in the monastery of Heaven, where with Angels eat to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 4

Hearing and seeing your holy life, Reverend Father Seraphim, all your brethren were amazed at you, and coming to you, I learned about your words and struggles, glorifying the Lord, wondrous in His saints. And we all praise you with faith and love, Reverend Father, and cry out to you:

Rejoice, you who sacrificed everything to yourself to the Lord; Rejoice, you who ascended to the heights of dispassion.
Rejoice, victorious warrior of Christ; Rejoice, good and faithful servant of the Heavenly Master.
Rejoice, unashamed intercessor for us before the Lord; Rejoice, our vigilant prayer book to the Mother of God.
Rejoice, deserted valley of wonderful fragrance; Rejoice, immaculate vessel of God's grace.
Rejoice, Reverend Seraphim, miracle worker of Sarov.

Kodak 5

The divine light is your dwelling place, reverend one, when, when you are sick and lying on your deathbed, the Most Pure Virgin Herself came to you with the holy apostles Peter and John, saying: this is from Our generation, and I will touch your head. Having healed Abiye, you sang, grateful to the Lord: Alleluia.

Ikos 5

Seeing the enemy of the human race your pure and holy life, Rev. Seraphim, the desire to destroy you: for people brought evil upon you, who unlawfully tortured you and left you barely alive; But you, Holy Father, like a gentle lamb, have endured everything, praying to the Lord for those who offended you. Moreover, we all, marveling at your kindness, cry out to you:

Rejoice, thou who in thy meekness and humility imitated Christ God; Rejoice, conquering the spirit of malice through your kindness.
Rejoice, diligent guardian of spiritual and physical purity; Rejoice, hermit, filled with grace-filled gifts.
Rejoice, God-glorified and perspicacious ascetic; Rejoice, wonderful and godly teacher of monks.
Rejoice, praise and joy to the Holy Church; Rejoice, glory and fertilization of our monastery.
Rejoice, Reverend Seraphim, miracle worker of Sarov.

Kontakion 6

The Sarov desert preaches your deeds and labors, God-bearing saint of Christ: for you have fragrant the wilds and forests of it with prayer, imitating the prophet of God Elijah and the Baptist of the Lord John, and you have appeared in the desert, abundant vegetation with the gifts of the Holy Spirit. You have accomplished a great and glorious action by calling on the faithful to sing good things to the Giver God: Alleluia.

Ikos 6

A new visionary of God has arisen in you, like Moses, like the blessed Seraphim: having served immaculately at the altar of the Lord, you have been vouchsafed to see Christ in the temple with the incorporeal Powers of the future. Marveling at this favor of God for you, we sing to you:

Rejoice, Glorious One of God; Rejoice, illuminated by the tri-shining light.
Rejoice, faithful servant of the Most Holy Trinity; Rejoice, dwelling adorned with the Holy Spirit.
Rejoice, beholding Christ with the angels' bodily eyes; Rejoice, foretaste of heavenly sweetness in this mortal body.
Rejoice, thou filled with the Bread of Life; Rejoice, filled with the drink of immortality.
Rejoice, Reverend Seraphim, miracle worker of Sarov.

Kontakion 7

Although the Lord, the Lover of Mankind, will show in you, O Reverend, His indescribable mercy for people, showing you as truly a God-bright light: by your deeds and words you led everyone to piety and the love of God. Moreover, with the radiance of your deeds of enlightenment and the bread of your teaching, we zealously magnify you and cry out to Christ who glorified you: Alleluia.

Ikos 7

Seeing you again as God’s chosen one, from afar faith flowed to you in sorrows and illnesses: and you did not reject those burdened by troubles, exuding healing, giving consolation, interceding in prayers. In the same way, the broadcast of your miracles went out throughout the entire Russian land, and your spiritual children glorified you:

Rejoice, our good shepherd; Rejoice, merciful and meek Father.
Rejoice, our speedy and gracious physician; Rejoice, merciful healer of our infirmities.
Rejoice, quick helper in troubles and situations; Rejoice, sweet pacifier of the troubled souls.
Rejoice, thou who art come as a real prophet; Rejoice, perspicacious accuser of hidden sins.
Rejoice, Reverend Seraphim, miracle worker of Sarov.

Kontakion 8

We see a strange miracle on you, reverend: like this old man, weak and very difficult, you remained on the stone in prayer for a thousand days and a thousand nights. Whoever is pleased has uttered your sicknesses and struggles, blessed Father, even as you have endured, lifting up your reverend hands to God, conquering Amalek in your thoughts and singing to the Lord: Alleluia.

Ikos 8

You are all desire, all sweetness, sweetest Jesus! This is how you cried out in your prayers, Father, in your desert silence. But we, who have spent our entire life in vanity and darkness, praising your love for the Lord, cry out to you:

Rejoice, those who love and honor you as the mediator of salvation; Rejoice, lead sinners to correction.
Rejoice, wonderful silent and reclusive one; Rejoice, diligent prayer book for us.
Rejoice, you who showed fiery love for the Lord; Rejoice, you who burned the arrows of the enemy with the fire of prayer.
Rejoice, unquenchable light, flaming with prayer in the desert; Rejoice, lamp, burn and shine on spiritual gifts.
Rejoice, Reverend Seraphim, miracle worker of Sarov.

Kontakion 9

All the angelic nature was surprised at the strange vision: for the Queen, who exists in the shutter of Heaven and earth, appeared to the old man, commanding that he open his shutter and not forbid Orthodox people to come to him, but let him teach everyone to sing to Christ God: Alleluia.

Ikos 9

The oracles of multi-proclamation will not be able to express the strength of your love, blessed one: for you have given yourself over to the service of all who come to you, fulfilling the command of the Mother of God, and you have been a good adviser to the perplexed, a comforter to the despondent, a gentle admonition to the erring, a doctor and healer to the sick. For this reason we cry out to you:

Rejoice, you who have moved from the world into the desert, so that you may acquire virtues; Rejoice, you who returned from the desert to the monastery, sowing the seeds of virtue.
Rejoice, illumined by the Holy Spirit; Rejoice, filled with meekness and humility.
Rejoice, loving father of those who flocked to you; Rejoice, you who gave them encouragement and consolation in words of love.
Rejoice, you who call those who come to you joy and treasure; Rejoice, for your holy love you have been granted the joys of the Heavenly Kingdom.
Rejoice, Reverend Seraphim, miracle worker of Sarov.

Kontakion 10

You have reached the end of your saving feat, reverend, in prayer, on your knees you have given up your holy soul in the hand of God, even as the holy angels lifted up the mountain to the throne of the Almighty, so that you may stand with all the saints in eternal glory, singing the song of praise of the saints to the most holy Word: Alleluia.

Ikos 10

The wall is a joy to all saints and monks; the Most Holy Virgin appeared to you before your death, announcing your imminent departure to God. We, marveling at such a visit to the Mother of God, cry out to you:
Rejoice, thou who beholdest the Queen of Heaven and earth; Rejoice, overjoyed by the appearance of God to Matera.
Rejoice, you have received the message from Her to heavenly exile; Rejoice, having demonstrated the holiness of your life by your righteous death.

Rejoice, in prayer before the icon of the Mother of God you commended your tender spirit to God; Rejoice, having fulfilled your prophecy with a painless outcome.
Rejoice, thou crowned with the crown of immortality from the hand of the Almighty; Rejoice, you who have inherited heavenly bliss with all the saints.
Rejoice, Reverend Seraphim, miracle worker of Sarov.

Kontakion 11

Lifting up unceasing singing to the Most Holy Trinity, O Reverend One, through all your life you have appeared as a great ascetic of piety, to those who have gone astray for admonition, to those who are sick in soul and body for healing. But we, being grateful to the Lord for His mercy to us, call upon Him: Alleluia.

Ikos 11

The light-giving lamp was in life, blessed father, and after your death, you shone like a luminous luminary of the Russian land: you exude from your honest relics currents of miracles to all who flow to you with faith and love. Moreover, like a warm prayer book for us and a miracle worker, we cry out to you:

Rejoice, glorified by many miracles from the Lord; Rejoice, thou who shone forth with thy love to the whole world.
Rejoice, faithful follower of the love of Christ; Rejoice, consolation to all those who require your help.
Rejoice, endless source of miracles; Rejoice, healer of the sick and sick.
Rejoice, inexhaustible storehouse of multi-healing waters; Rejoice, for you have embraced all the ends of our earth with your love.
Rejoice, Reverend Seraphim, miracle worker of Sarov.

Kontakion 12

Your grace and great boldness before God are known to you, Reverend Father, we pray: pray warmly to the Lord, that He may preserve His holy Church from unbelief and schism, from troubles and misfortunes, and that we may sing through you to the God who benefits us: Alleluia.

Ikos 12

Singing your glorification, we please you, reverend one, for you are a powerful prayer book for us before the Lord, a comforter and intercessor, and with love we cry out to you:

Rejoice, praise to the Orthodox Church; Rejoice, shield and fence for the Fatherland and our monastery.
Rejoice, guide, guide everyone to Heaven; Rejoice, our protector and patron.
Rejoice, you who have performed many miracles by the power of God; Rejoice, through your robe you healed many sick people.
Rejoice, victorious over all the wiles of the devil; Rejoice, you who conquered the marvelous beasts with your meekness.
Rejoice, Reverend Seraphim, miracle worker of Sarov.

Kontakion 13

O wonderful saint and great wonderworker, Rev. Father Seraphim, accept this little prayer of ours, offered in praise to you, and standing now before the throne of the King of kings, our Lord Jesus Christ, pray for us all, that we may find His mercy on the day of judgment, singing in joy To him: Alleluia. (This kontakion is read three times, then ikos 1 “The Creator of Angels...” and kontakion 1 “The chosen one, the miracle worker...”).

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Comforter and healer, Seraphim of Sarov is an assistant to those who call on him for help. The prayer to Seraphim of Sarov for healing is heard from the sick and suffering, and the monk, who healed during his ministry, helps the sick even after leaving for eternity.

What to pray to the holy wonderworker for

To the saint, who was a hieromonk in the monastery in Sarov, all the suffering and sick pray to the saint:

• about getting rid of physical and mental illnesses;
• about support in business;
• about strengthening faith;
• about blessings for every day;
• about love and marriage;
• about removing negativity;
• about healing feet.

Saint Seraphim founded and during his lifetime patronized the Diveyevo convent, so the girls ask him to pray for assistance in marriage.

Important! A prayer to Seraphim of Sarov for help is read on memorable days - January 2 and 15, as well as July 19 and August 1, the same dates when the monk’s relics were transferred to the emperor’s tomb for pilgrimage.

Very often in churches there is a prayer to Seraphim of Sarov for the healing of the sick and suffering, because the monk never refused anyone during his ministry and now continues to intercede with God for suffering people.

More about Saint Seraphim of Sarov:

The holy hermit dedicated his entire life to serving God, he was an ascetic and a monk, and for a long time he struggled alone with his temptations. Therefore, believers today can pray to him for help in daily affairs and ask him for perseverance during temptations.

Icon of Seraphim of Sarov

Life of a Saint

In July 1754, Prokhor Moshnin was born in Kursk, who later took monasticism and a different name. He came from a believing merchant family and from his youth he strove to be pious. The first miracles happened to him in childhood:

• at the age of 7, Prokhor fell from a high bell tower, but did not receive a single scratch;
• a little later, the boy became seriously ill and in a dream he saw the Mother of God, who promised to give him health. At that time, a religious procession was taking place in Kursk and the icon of the Sign of the Mother of God was carried around the city. The mother of the future saint took her son outside, and he was able to touch and kiss the holy face, after which he was immediately healed.

Admiring the exploits of the monks, at the age of 17 the young man left his father’s house and went as a pilgrim to the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, where the local elder blessed the young man and showed him the place of service - the Sarov Desert.

In 1778, Prokhor entered the service of Elder Joseph in the men's monastery of the Sarov Hermitage, and in 1786 he took monastic vows along with the name Seraphim here. In 1794 he became a hermit in a remote cell, where he fed himself, read Scripture and remained in fasting and prayer. In 1807 he accepted the feat of silence, and in 1810 he returned to the monastery, where until 1825 he remained in solitary prayer. After finishing his retreat, he led an active monastic life, founded and patronized a women's community, and received visitors, including Alexander the First himself. The monk died on his knees in prayer, which cannot better characterize a believer.

During his life, Sarovsky was repeatedly visited by the Mother of God and other saints. The monk was perspicacious and had the gift of healing mental and physical illnesses. A prayer to Seraphim of Sarov for help will not remain unanswered, no matter who prays - a believer or someone who entered the temple for the first time.

About other Orthodox saints:

Feats of Faith

The life of the saint is marked by miracles and deeds of faith that began in childhood. Strength of spirit makes one admire the saint, and deeds amaze the mind:

• For several years the monk ate only grass;
• performed the feat of pillar-building for 1000 days and nights;
• according to visitors, he was repeatedly seen feeding a bear;
• once suffered from robbers who severely beat the ascetic and even broke his skull with an ax. The saint was healed and continued to live in his cell.

Throughout his life he received more than 100 visitors and refused to help anyone. He was known during his life for his exploits of faith and constant education of spirit and body, and after death he became an intercessor for sinners before the Lord and an assistant in business. You can contact him with words of prayer or

Pavel Ryzhenko “Seraphim of Sarov”

Honor and remembrance

In 1903, he was glorified by the Russian Church and canonized at the personal request of Emperor Nicholas II and Princess Alexandra Feodorovna. Sarovsky is one of the brightest personalities in the Russian Church and one of the most revered monks. There is evidence from contemporaries that Princess Alexandra Feodorovna prayed to Seraphim for an heir and soon became pregnant and gave birth to Tsarevich Alexei.

On January 11, 1903, Metropolitan Vladimir Epiphany, together with Archimandrite Seraphim Chichagov and the commission, examined the remains of the monk and stated that only the skeleton of the body had been preserved. Despite the fact that the relics turned out to be perishable, they were still placed in a special sarcophagus and sent to the tomb of the emperor. Nowadays the relics are kept in.

Important! Saint Seraphim of Sarov is the protector and patron of all believers. This is one of the most revered saints from the entire host of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Prayer to Seraphim of Sarov for healing and good luck in trading

“O wonderful Father Seraphim, great miracle worker of Sarov, quick and obedient helper to all who come running to you! During the days of your earthly life, no one was tired of you or comforted by your departure, but everyone was blessed by the vision of your face and the benevolent voice of your words. Moreover, the gift of healing, the gift of insight, the gift of healing for weak souls has appeared abundantly in you. When God called you from earthly labors to heavenly rest, your love ceased from us, and it is impossible to count your miracles, multiplied like the stars of heaven: for all over the end of our earth you appeared to the people of God and granted them healing. In the same way, we cry out to you: O most quiet and meek servant of God, daring man of prayer to Him, denying no one who calls you, offer up your powerful prayer for us to the Lord of Hosts, may He strengthen our power, may He grant us all that is useful in this life and all that is spiritual useful to salvation, may he protect us from the falls of sin and teach us true repentance, so that we can enter without stumbling into the eternal Heavenly Kingdom, where you now shine in unfathomable glory, and there sing with all the saints the Life-Giving Trinity until the end of the age. Amen."

Prayer for love and marriage

“O great servant of God, reverend and God-bearing Father Seraphim!

Look down from the glory on high upon us, the humble and weak, burdened with many sins, your help and consolation to those who ask. Reach out to us with your mercy and help us to immaculately preserve the commandments of the Lord, to firmly maintain the Orthodox faith, to diligently bring repentance for our sins to God, to gracefully prosper in piety as Christians and to be worthy of your prayerful intercession for us.

To her, Holy One of God, hear us who pray to you with faith and love, and do not despise us who demand your intercession; now and at the hour of our death, help us and protect us with your prayers from the evil slander of the devil, so that those powers may not possess us, but may we be honored with your help to inherit the bliss of the abode of paradise

We now place our hope in you, merciful Father, be truly a guide to salvation for us and lead us to the unevening light of eternal life through your God-pleasing intercession at the Throne of the Most Holy Trinity, so that we glorify and sing with all the saints the venerable Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever centuries. Amen!"

Prayer to Seraphim of Sarov for help

“Oh Reverend Father Seraphim! Offer up for us, servants of God (names), your powerful prayer to the Lord of hosts, may He grant us all that is useful in this life and all that is useful for spiritual salvation, may He protect us from the falls of sins and may He teach us true repentance, so that He can heed us without stumbling. to the eternal Heavenly Kingdom, where you now shine in eternal glory, and there sing with all the saints the Life-Giving Trinity forever and ever.”

Troparion to St. Seraphim of Sarov, tone 4

From your youth you loved Christ, O blessed one, and passionately longed for the One who worked, you labored in the desert with unceasing prayer and labor, and having acquired the love of Christ with a tender heart, you appeared as the chosen one beloved of the Mother of God. For this reason, we cry out to you: save us with your prayers, Seraphim, our reverend father.

Kontakion to St. Seraphim of Sarov, tone 2

Leaving the beauty of the world and the corruption in it, reverend, you moved into the Sarov monastery; and having lived there like an angel, you were the path to salvation for many. For this reason, Christ will glorify you, Father Seraphim, and enrich you with the gift of healings and miracles. In the same way we cry to you: Rejoice, Seraphim, our reverend father.

Watch the video with a prayer to Seraphim of Sarov

Prayers are a way known to every believer to get closer to Heaven and ask for their protection. Including in material matters.

After all, sometimes financial problems become not just a nuisance, but a real disaster. Debts can drag down the family budget; the lack of a good income can ruin the atmosphere of comfort and security. So that loved ones do not suffer, and their wishes come true, people usually turn to Higher powers for support.

How to properly pray for money and material well-being

Prayers to Seraphim of Sarov help a lot in money matters. But it is important to remember the main thing - when turning with prayer to a saint or to the Creator himself, you need to be in the appropriate frame of mind. When asking for material things, take care first of all about the spiritual. After all, money is usually needed not for its own sake, but for the sake of some goal. And prayer will help you if this goal is good.

Therefore, when reading a prayer for financial well-being, take care of your spiritual well-being. Don't ask for money to make people envy you or to do something dishonest. And then Heaven will support you in your request. And when it comes true, be sure to thank them for their help, not forgetting to offer prayer words even when everything in your life is safe and cloudless.

Seraphim of Sarov is a famous patron and protector of honest traders and just people. You can trust him with your sorrows, ask for advice and pray for prosperity and good luck. You can start your prayer with a traditional church text:

Chosen miracle worker and wonderful servant of Christ, our quick helper and prayer book, Rev. Father Seraphim! Having magnified the Lord who glorified you, we sing praises to you. You have great boldness towards the Lord, free those who call us from all troubles. Rejoice, Reverend Seraphim, miracle worker of Sarov.

This is how the kontakion of Seraphim of Sarov sounds, a short chant that is customary to be offered in temples and churches. Having addressed the holy elder in this way, you can remember your request:

Reverend Father Seraphim of Sarov, great miracle worker, do not leave the servant of God (state your name) in my trouble. Help and protect from adversity, give strength to overcome trials, strengthen the spirit and send down a comfortable existence.

Next, formulate what your request is. Sincere words can be quite simple - there is no need to deliberately complicate a request coming from the heart. But make sure your address is respectful. There is no need to blame Heaven for all misfortunes. To grumble is not only a sin, but also a thankless task, the lot of the weak. With God's help, you will be able to overcome any adversity and achieve the life you want, without poverty and need.

The miracles of the prayer of Seraphim of Sarov are truly amazing. So you can try them and see that strong faith works wonders.

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Prayer to Saint Seraphim of Sarov

O wonderful Father Seraphim, great Sarov wonderworker, quick and obedient helper to all who come running to you! During the days of your earthly life, no one left you weary and inconsolable, but everyone was blessed with the vision of your face and the benevolent voice of your words. Moreover, the gift of healing, the gift of insight, the gift of healing for weak souls has appeared abundantly in you. When God called you from earthly labors to heavenly rest, your love ceased from us, and it is impossible to count your miracles, which multiplied like the stars of heaven: for throughout the ends of our earth you appeared to the people of God and granted them healing. In the same way, we cry out to you: O most quiet and meek servant of God, daring man of prayer to Him, denying no one who calls you, offer up your powerful prayer for us to the Lord of hosts, may He strengthen our power, may He grant us all that is useful in this life and all that is spiritual useful to salvation, may he protect us from the falls of sin and teach us true repentance, so that we can enter without stumbling into the eternal Heavenly Kingdom, where you now shine in unfathomable glory, and there sing with all the saints the Life-Giving Trinity until the end of the age. Amen.

Second prayer to Seraphim of Sarov

O Reverend Father Seraphim! Offer up for us, servants of God (names), your powerful prayer to the Lord of hosts, may He grant us all that is useful in this life and all that is useful for spiritual salvation, may He protect us from the falls of sins and may He teach us true repentance, so that He can heed us without stumbling. to the eternal Heavenly Kingdom, where you now shine in eternal glory, and there sing with all the saints the Life-Giving Trinity forever and ever.

Third prayer to Seraphim of Sarov the Wonderworker

O great servant of God, venerable and God-bearing Father Seraphim! Look down from the heavenly glory on us humble and weak, burdened with many sins, your help and consolation to those who ask. Approach us with your mercy and help us to preserve the commandments of the Lord immaculately, to firmly maintain the Orthodox faith, to diligently bring repentance for our sins to God, to gracefully prosper in piety as Christians and to be worthy of your prayerful intercession for us. To her, Holiness of God, hear us praying to you with faith and love and do not despise us who demand your intercession: now and at the hour of our death, help us, and protect us with your prayers from the evil slander of the devil, so that those powers do not possess us, but yes With your help, let us be worthy to inherit the bliss of the abode of paradise. We now place our hope in you, merciful Father: be truly a guide to our salvation and lead us to the unevening Light of eternal life by your God-pleasing intercession at the Throne of the Most Holy Trinity, may we glorify and sing with all the saints the venerable name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever centuries. Amen.

About Saint Seraphim of Sarov

Saint Seraphim of Sarov, hieromonk of the Sarov Monastery, founder and patron of the Diveyevo convent. Glorified by the Russian Church in 1903 as a saint. He is one of the most revered Orthodox saints. Seraphim, who loved God from his youth, devoted his entire life to prayer and Orthodox service. Thousands of Orthodox believers turn to Saint Seraphim of Sarov with faith and sincere prayer.