Eastern Orthodox Prayer For A Woman With Child
O Sovereign Lord Jesus Christ our God, the Source of life
and immortality, I thank Thee, for in my marriage Thou has blest me to be a
recipient of Thy blessing and gift; for Thou, O Master, didst say: be fruitful
and multiply and replenish the earth. I thank Thee and pray: Bless the fruit of
my body that was given to me by Thee; favor it and animate it by Thy Holy
Spirit, and let it grow a healthy and pure body, with well formed limbs.
Sanctify its body, mind, heart, and vitals, and grant this infant that is to be
born an intelligent soul; establish him in the fear of Thee.
A faithful angel, a guardian of soul and body, do thou vouchsafe him. Protect, keep, strengthen, and shelter the child in my womb until the hour of his birth. But conceal him not in his mother's womb; Thou gavest him life and health.
O Lord Jesus Christ, into Thine almighty and paternal hands do I entrust my child. Place him upon the right hand of Thy grace, and through Thy Holy Spirit sanctify him and renew him unto life everlasting, that he may be a communicant of Thy Heavenly Kingdom. Amen.
O All-Merciful Christ our God, look down and protect me, Thy handmaiden, from frear and from evil spirits that seek to destroy the work of Thy hands. And when my hour and time is come, deliver me by Thy grace. Look with compassionate eye and deliver me, Thy handmaiden, from pain. Lighten mine infirmity in the time of my travail and grant me fortitude and strength for birth giving, and hasten it by Thine almighty help. For this is Thy glorious work, the power of Thine Omnipotence, the work of Thy grace and tendrt-heartedness. Amen.
My most gracious Queen, my hope, O Mother of God, the joy of those in
sorrow, help me, for I am helpless. Intercede thou and pray thy Son,
Christ our God, that He lighten for me this season while I am giving birth.
For I know no other help save thee, no other hope save thee, O Mother of God,
that will guard and protect me and my child. For by thine intercession
and help we send up glory and thanksgiving for all things unto the One God in
Trinity, the Creator of all, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
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