Prayer is a mental or verbal conversion to God. It can be a request, thanksgiving, remorse. You can speak in prayer to heaven at any time, the content of the conversation can also be different.
The power of prayer in the Nativity of Christ
Through prayer, a person gets emotional balance, peace and hope. Sometimes a direct dialogue with God allows you to leave a heavy load, feel lightness, freedom and get hope. Of course, this is possible only on condition that a person really has faith and fully opens his soul in moments of conversion.
What are the prayers?
The text of prayer can be free in form, when words that come from the heart are spoken or spoken aloud. This is a good way when a person wants to talk to God, but does not know how. Such prayers are called private.
There are public prayers. These are the texts that came to us from distant times. Today they are available to all comers, have a clear structure, and their essence consists in turning to God, the saints. The meaning of public prayer is divided into several types:
- thankful;
- prayers of supplication;
- prayers of repentance.
The prayer of a clergyman in the church has a special meaning and strength. It is believed that such treatment is heard first. In addition, prayers that are timed to great church feasts, for example, a prayer for Christ's Nativity, Easter, have a great effect.
How to pray for Christmas
Christmas is one of the biggest church holidays of the year. It is celebrated on January 7 and reminds Christians of high truths, it is an example of piety, virtue. The prayer for the Nativity of Christ has great power and possibilities. If these days you turn to heaven with an open mind, repent sincerely, ask with all your heart, then the praying person will be surely heard. The evening before the holiday is called Christmas Eve (from the word "osovo" - cereal porridge, which is popularly called kutya). Traditionally eat Christmas Eve on the eve of the holiday. There is a tradition, there is nothing to eat until the first star, but it is not prescribed by the charter. To pray for Christmas is better in the temple. As a rule, on a sacred night, there is always a service, during which there is a conversion, the praise of Jesus Christ. Christmas service is distinguished by solemnity and festive atmosphere. If you can not visit the temple, you can pray at home, for example, during a holy supper. First of all, thank God for the opportunity to drink and eat. Do this before the icon or sitting at the table. On the feast of the Nativity of Christ they turn to God, Jesus Christ, the Virgin, the saints. The head of the meal is the father of the family. At the very beginning of the feast is read a passage of the Gospel of St. Luke about the birth of Jesus Christ. Then there is a joint family prayer.
You can pray like this: "Lord Jesus Christ our God, who is willing to save our salvation for the sake of the earth in the flesh, and from the Immaculate and Most Blessed Virgin Mary, inordinate birth!" We thank Thy, as You have granted us, the feat of the fasting of those who have been purified, to attain the great feast of Your Nativity, and in the joy of the spiritual with the angels chant thee, with the shepherds of glorification, and with the wise men worship. We thank Thy, for by Your great mercy and infinite indulgence towards our infirmity, you now comfort us not with the abundance of abundant food by the spiritual, but also with the feast of the feast. " *** "We pray to Thee, opening Thy generous hand, Who fulfills all your living blessings, giving all food corresponding to the time and rules of the church, bless the festive meal, your faithful people prepared, in particular, from below obedient to the Charter of Your Church, in a past The days of fasting were forsaken by your servants, so that they may eat those who eat them with thanksgiving in health, in reinforcing the bodily forces, in joy and joy. Yes, we, all the contentment of things that are good, will be abundant in good works, and from the fullness of the grateful heart, glorify Thy, nourishing and comforting us, in the same way that Your Father and the Holy Spirit are for ever and ever. Amen". It is known that the prayer for the Nativity of Christ has great power. But it is important that communication with God be sincere, sincere.
Prayer for Christmas in Orthodox churches
For over two hundred years, the glad tidings of Christ have come, who came to earth, revealed to us God, and by his resurrection affirmed the eternal victory over death and sin, giving mankind the present and the future. In Orthodox churches, the service, as a rule, begins on the evening of January 6, then it connects with the liturgy, the solemn morning service and lasts until the morning. Morning service necessarily includes chanting, glorifying the Savior, the troparion of the Nativity of Christ (chant revealing the essence of the holiday), stichera (the type of troparion) is read.
The text of the Troparion of the Nativity of Christ
"Thy Nativity, O Christ our God, shine the light of the world: in it thou shalt worship the stars of the servant, thou shalt take pleasure in the star, Thou shalt worship the Sun of Righteousness, and Thou leadest from the height of the East: Lord, glory to Thee." ours, illuminated the world with the light of knowledge, for through him to stars the stars who served were learned to worship You, the Sun of righteousness, and to know You from the height of the Rising Sun. Lord, glory to You! "The Holy Church cares for all people, in particular those who have not yet found the right path. The prayer for Christmas in the church is not only joyful songs, but also zealous petitions for every Christian soul searching for God.
Kontakion of the Nativity of Christ
"The virgin graciously awakens the Virgin, and the earth brings the crooked to the Unapproachable: the angels with the shepherds glorify, and with the star travel with the stars: for the sake of the birth of the Orotcha Mlado, the Eternal God." Russian translation: "The virgin in this day gives birth to the Supernatural, and the earth caves the Unapproachable brings ; The angels with the shepherds glorify, the wise men behind the star travel, for for us a little child was born, the Eternal God. "During the prayer remember that the powers of heaven are near and God is patronizing. The prayer for Christmas will be heard. The main thing to do it with a sincere soul, pure heart and thoughts.