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LIVE HELP PRAYER IS A GUARD

The time has come when people again turned to the Almighty. And to protect against the evil eye and damage, they began to wear not only pectoral cross, but also a ribbon belt of living help from the Most High with the text of the 90th Psalm (“Alive in the help from the Most High...”). Very often people, due to their ignorance, do not know how to properly wear living aids. Many are sure that by handwriting or printing out Psalm 90 in Russian or Old Church Slavonic (Church Slavonic), this piece of paper should be carried with you or sewn into the lining of clothing to protect against the devil’s machinations. This use of Psalm 90 “Living Help” originates from Old Slavonic traditions, when knots on ribbons and belts had enormous magical and protective significance.

Wearing such a belt made of braid or leather supposedly protected the old Slavs from the influence of evil spirits, sorcerers and the diseases and “damage” they caused. The Lord protects those who place their hope in Him. And this psalm itself will not protect anyone from anything. Protection does not lie in carrying living aids from above in your pocket or sewing them into a lining or tying Psalm 90 on a belt of living aids around your waist.

It is not the psalm that protects a person, but the Lord God determines the course of events in his life. Pray, attend church, and then the “evil one” will not be able to harm you. Below we present the text of the prayers for living help with emphasis and translation into Russian, and we will also rewrite the text of the prayer for living help in Old Church Slavonic (Church Slavonic).

Psalm 90 "Living help" Prayerlive help in Old Church Slavonic (Church Slavonic) with emphasis:

Alive in the help of the Most High, he will dwell in the blood of the Heavenly God.
Says the Lord: My God is my protector and my refuge, and I trust in Him.
Yako Toy will deliver you from the snare of the trap, and from the words of the rebel,
His splash will cover you, and under His wing you hope that His truth will surround you with weapons.
Not afraid from the fear of the night, from the arrow flying in the days,
from the things that pass away in darkness, from the clogs, and the demon of the midday.
Thousands will fall from your country, and darkness will be at your right hand,
He will not come close to you, but you will see your eyes and see the reward of sinners.
For You, Lord, are my hope, and have made the Most High your refuge.
No evil will come to you, and no wound will come near your body,
as His Angel gave a commandment about you, to keep you in all your ways.
They will lift you up in their arms, but not when you hit your foot on a stone, step on the asp and the basilisk,
and cross the lion and the serpent.
Because I have trusted in Me, I will deliver you; I will cover you, because I have known My name.
He will call to Me, and I will hear him: I am with him in tribulation, I will destroy him and glorify him,
I will fill him with length of days, and I will show him My salvation

Living help in Church Slavonic, praise of David's songs, Psalm 90 is not inscribed in the Jews

Living in the help of the Most High, he will settle in the shelter of the Heavenly God.
Says the Lord: Thou art my intercessor, and my refuge, my God, and I trust in Him.
Yako Toy will deliver you from the snare of traps and from rebellious words,
His cloak will cover you, and under His wing you will hope: His truth will surround you with weapons.
Do not be afraid from the fear of the night, from the arrow flying in the days,
From things in the darkness that pass away, from clots and the midday demon.
Thousands will fall from your country, and darkness will fall at your right hand, but it will not come near you,
Look before your eyes, and you will see the reward of sinners.
For You, O Lord, are my hope: You have made the Most High your refuge.
No evil will come to you, and no wound will come near your body,
As His Angel commanded you, keep you in all your ways.
They will lift you up in their arms, but not when you dash your foot against a stone,
Tread on the asp and the basilisk, and cross the lion and the serpent.
For I have trusted in Me, and I will deliver, and I will cover, and because I have known My name.
He will call to Me, and I will hear him: I am with him in sorrow, I will destroy him, and I will glorify him,
I will fill him with long days, and show him My salvation.

Live help translation of Psalm 90 in Russian

This text of the prayer “Living Help” is reprinted from the publication: Psalter with parallel translation into Russian. Translation by E. N. Birukova and I. N. Birukov. Comments by T. A. Miller. M.: Orthodox St. Tikhon's Theological Institute, 2003. P. 313-315

Live help in Russian

He who lives with the help of the Almighty will dwell under the roof of the Heavenly God.
He will say to the Lord: “My protector, my refuge, my God! I trust in Him!”
For He will deliver you from the snare of fishers and from the word of rebellion;
He will protect you with His shoulders, you will be safe under His wings; His truth will cover you with a shield.
You will not be afraid of the fear of the night, nor of the arrow that flies during the day,
Trouble, in the darkness that comes, illness and the demon of the midday.
A thousand will fall near you, and many thousands around you, but nothing will touch you;
But you will look with your eyes and you will see reward for sinners.
For you said: “Lord, You are my hope!” You have chosen the Almighty as your refuge.
No evil will befall you, and no plague will come near your tent;
For He will command His angels concerning you, to guard you in all your ways.
They will carry you on their hands, lest your foot stumble on a stone.
You will tread on the asp and the basilisk, and you will trample the lion and the serpent.
“He trusted in Me (the Lord), and I will deliver him; I will overshadow him, for he has known My name.
He will call to Me, and I will hear him; I will visit him in sorrow, deliver him from troubles and glorify him;
I will give him long life and show him My salvation!”

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Nowadays, in the church and near-church environment, the practice of wearing belts (ribbons) with the text of the 90th Psalm (“Alive in the help of the Most High…”) has become somewhat widespread. You can also hear from parishioners and “parishioners” that the rewritten or printed on paper “ miraculous prayer» "live help" ( popular name Psalm 90) must be carried with you at all times or sewn to clothing.

However, it is important to note that this “application” of Psalm 90 is not rooted in church traditions, but in folk rituals.

In folk beliefs, wearing a belt, braid, threads with knots tied has a magical protective meaning. U Eastern Slavs there was widespread belief in healing power“nauzs” (knots) – various “imposed” amulets. Mythopoetic consciousness sees “the main counteraction and protection against all bonds and shackles of sorcery... in material impositions or sciences, also endowed with magical power, which... a person, with conventional spells and rituals, imposed on himself on different parts of his body.”

“The process of tying is a process of overcoming, of using the power of one person to destroy the power of another; this process is magical: a thread is tied around a sick person, therefore the disease is tied up, the person is tied up - the disease is tied up, the thread is removed from the person, and the disease is removed with it; the thread is thrown, buried in the ground, placed in the hole of a tree, which is then clogged, and the associated disease is thrown with the thread and buried in the ground. To make it clear that the disease is developing, knots are tied on the thread removed from the patient. Magical meaning tying is transmitted to both threads and knots. Hence, every node in itself already represents something magical, magical and serves as a source magical influence. Wearing a thread, lace, belt, braid, strip of leather tied in a knot is in itself important, since these items have a protective meaning...”

Since ancient times, in rituals and everyday life, the belt has been considered as a very strong amulet, bringing prosperity and health to its owner. A belt made of thin woven mesh, where the tying of each knot was accompanied by the reading of a specific prayer, was worn on a naked body. In the popular imagination, wearing a belt (as well as pectoral cross) protected a person from the influence of evil spirits, sorcerers and the diseases and “damage” they caused. (If, on the contrary, it was necessary to attract evil spirits, for example, to predict fate, then the fortune tellers took off their crosses and belts and untied the knots on their clothes.) And such methods of “treating” diseases or “protecting against damage” as tying with thread (often red wool) arms, legs, waist, tying knots, are found among superstitious people even today.

Imposing various amulets on oneself and tying knots for magical purposes is condemned as a relic of paganism already in ancient Russian church literature. St. Kirill of Turov (12th century) equated “wearing nauz” with “blasphemy (myths) and demonic songs.” “The monks confessed: “Those who sinned, wore the knowledge of elms on themselves and went to the sorcerer and the obavnik and the sorcerer... those who sinned, wearing the knowledge on themselves”... Wearing a magic bandage was equated to witchcraft and spells.”

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“In the Trebnik, in the chapter on sorcery, it is indicated: “Elites do sorcery... and put bandages on their children and on their animals, for the sake of a lesson... For 6 years, let them not partake of communion... or aprons... and put shrouds on their heads and on their necks, as if to ward off illnesses... 6 years, let them not receive communion... or in remembrance of the Passion of Christ on Great Heel, they knit prisons for themselves according to the number of gospels, for 6 years, let them not receive communion.” From these prohibitions it is clear that both threads and knots were constantly used and their use was an ordinary thing, but condemned by the clergy.”

Condemning the use of “nauzs,” the Russian Church followed the example of the Byzantine Church. Amulets and talismans of all kinds were ubiquitous throughout the Byzantine Empire. Their use was repeatedly condemned in the teachings of the holy fathers and in the decrees of the Councils. Canon 36 of the Council of Laodicea (IV century) prohibits “preservatives” (phylacteries, φυλακτήρια), with which superstitious Christians, during illness, bandaged a sore spot on the body or constantly wore it around the neck. The Fathers of the Council call these “preservations” the shackles of the soul (δεσμωτήρια των ψυχών, animarum vincula). “Bird divination, enchantment, predictions, or pendants on the neck against the eyes of the ghost, or on sheets of writing, sorcery, or other evil tricks and other similar obscenities are the service of the devil,” said St. Cyril of Jerusalem († 386). Matthew Blastar (XIV century), commenting church canons, wrote: “Sorcerers are those who sometimes sing David’s psalms and mention martyr names and even Herself Holy Mother of God and demonic witchcraft is added to this. And others hang folded pieces of paper on children’s necks, covered with random (random) chants, tying them with red ribbons, supposedly to prevent any harm.” Let us note that the confusion of Christian concepts with pagan ones (“demonic witchcraft”) was interpreted by the Church “as a special grave sin, leading to profanation of the sacred and blasphemy."

Although after the adoption of Christianity, along with pagan symbolism or instead of it, Christian concepts, symbols, prayers, etc. began to be used in witchcraft practice and in folk rituals in general, the magical essence of this or that pagan rite however, it has not changed. One example of this is the appearance and wide popularity of the so-called amulet in Rus'.

At the beginning of the 20th century. A.V. Balov wrote: “Wearing amulets and talismans is very common. Most often, incense is worn around the neck... Wearing... incense is considered by peasants to be a means of protecting a person from all evil in general, and in particular from various diseases. ".. By incense (palm) we usually meant a small fabric bag, into which they sewed up a piece of incense itself ( for example, taken from some especially revered local icon), as well as other objects (shed snake skin, etc.) that had, according to popular ideas, the ability to treat diseases or prevent their occurrence. So, after the sacrament of baptism, they put an amulet on the child “for health”, into which the grandmother sewed an umbilical cord, a grain of wheat and three pieces of dewy incense. They believed that incense itself instills panic in people. evil spirits and sorcerers. A piece of paper with the text of some prayer (for example, the so-called “Sunday prayer”, that is, “May God rise ...”) or a conspiracy (usually for fever) was often simply sewn into the amulet. Incenses were worn on the neck gaitan, next to the pectoral cross.

This kind of “incense” was classified as amulets in the works of both secular and ecclesiastical researchers. Metropolitan Kyiv Evgeniy(Bolkhovitinov) wrote: “As can be seen in our Helmsman’s Book... makers and distributors... of amulets are called uzolniks (phylacteries in Greek), because among the common people these amulets are made up of uzolki, or the so-called amulet."

Belts with texts of prayers also had a protective character similar to amulet amulet.

“Since the belt itself has always been perceived as a powerful amulet, it was natural to supplement it with signs that also carry the meaning of amulets. At first these were ornamental elements that were familiar to everyone and therefore easy to read.” The main significance of amulets was given to rhombuses, circles and swastikas. Sometimes, in their complex combination, the elements of the ornament formed a whole story. Later, when the language of the ornament was forgotten, the patterns began to be supplemented with inscriptions. Since the 18th century, belts and girdles with inscriptions - “with words” - began to spread widely. The initials and names of the owners, poetic and gift formulas (“Whom I love, I give”, “I give to the one who is dear to my heart”), as well as texts of prayers were embroidered on the belts.

Alexander Chernykh, who studied text inscriptions on Kama peasant textiles, notes that in the Kama region, belts with texts of prayers “were common both among the Orthodox population and among the Old Believers. However, the latter still have it more often. They were made in monasteries, Old Believer hermitages and very rarely - peasant women." On the belts there are the Jesus Prayer, the prayer “May God rise...”, the 90th Psalm, etc. As A. Chernykh points out, “the Old Believer population of the southwestern Kama region had belts with special treatment. For example, in order to protect yourself from vekshits and sorcerers, as well as from the diseases that they inflict, it was enough to tie forty knots on a thread, while reading forty prayers: “I read the prayers of the Mother of God forty times, forty times to Mikola, forty times the Jesus Prayer. You read it once and tie a knot, like three threads, then weave them into a pigtail and like a belt.” Belts with woven texts of prayers also had the same properties as a talisman... It was in this area that often any inscription on a belt, even one of fairly secular content, was regarded as a prayer.”

The pseudo-Orthodox “Prayer Shield” that is widespread these days Orthodox Christian” (including such examples of folklore as the “prayer of detention”), gives, in particular, the advice to “wear a consecrated belt (it’s good if the priest himself reads the prayer and ties it on you).” But when reading such recommendations, the question arises: will pagan in its essence and purpose (to give a person magical protection, without requiring spiritual efforts from him in prayer and repentance) is the ritual of tying a belt acceptable from the point of view of Orthodoxy only because it will be performed by a priest?..

The belief in the protective power of belts with prayer texts should be considered as a special case of superstitious ideas about the “protective” functions of belts in general. The significance that, as we have seen, was and is still given by the people to the so-called “security” belts with the text of the 90th Psalm, allows us to classify them as “safeguards” (phylacteries) prohibited by the 36th rule of the Laodicean Council.

We do not mean that the practice of carrying a prayer, psalm, or icon with you is in principle reprehensible. Magism would consist in the belief that wearing an object (say, an icon or the text of a prayer) has a protective power in itself, regardless of the person’s behavior. In other words, free appeal to God, a person’s personal effort in prayer becomes unnecessary.

In the case we are considering, we note the fact that since the prayer or psalm carried with you is not read (they, in essence, are not intended to be read at all), their text becomes unimportant and is sharply distorted among the people. Instead of the words “Alive to help”, “living help”, “living to help” and even “living relics” appear. At the same time, according to the observation of Andrei Desnitsky, in the common folk variations on the theme of the 90th Psalm, “it was not the vague words and expressions, like “asp and basilisk” (due to incomprehensibility, they are left as they are), but those that seemed , almost no different from Russians. “Alive in the help of Vyshnyago” turns into “live help” (by analogy with “ambulance”, obviously), or into anecdotal “live help”. “A thousand will fall from your country” is replaced by “a thousand will fall from your arrow,” and the meaning of the statement changes radically: instead of the image of a righteous man remaining unharmed in the midst of universal disaster, a superman appears before us, killing a thousand enemies with one arrow.” Thus, distortions indicate not only incomprehensibility Church Slavonic text psalm, but also about its active involvement in magical practice, which is accompanied by the reworking of the original text in accordance with the requirements of mythological thinking.

Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev, regarding the belief in the exceptional “protective power” of Psalm 90, notes: “It is not man who protects himself from “horrors in the night” by splashing holy water around and hanging talismans everywhere. The Lord protects those who place their hope in Him. And this psalm itself will not protect anyone from anything. Protection does not lie in carrying it in your pocket, tying it to a lintel, or tying it around your waist. It is not the psalm that protects, but the Lord - if a person believes in God as the Lord (that is, in the fact that it is God’s will, and not witchcraft, that determines the course of events in his life and dominates it), in His protection, in His power (and not in the power of a belt, a piece of paper or your own prayer-spell). What is the condition for the Lord to give such protection? “It’s just a person’s faith in her.” “For you have said: The Lord is my hope.” And this turning of the heart to God is enough for protection. What follows is determined only by the will of two: the will of God and the will of man (will he not renounce the Covenant, turning towards paganism?). The desires of everyone else: enemies, sorcerers, pagans, demons - are already powerless here.”

See: Priest Alexy Pluzhnikov. "Shield and Sword" of Orthodox Christians. http://pravoslavie.ru/smi/36460.htm

See: Rules of the Holy Local Council of Laodicea. Rule 36. // Rules local councils The Holy Orthodox Church with interpretations by Bishop Nikodim (Milos). Under the general editorship of Alexander, Bishop of Buenos Aires and South America. http://www.holytrinitymission.org/books/russian/canons_local_councils_n_milosh.htm#_Toc78684099; Deacon Andrey Kuraev. Christian in a pagan world, or about not caring about corruption. M., 2004. P. 281; Priest Vadim Semchuk. Where to put the stalk, or Something about rituals. http://azbyka.ru/hristianstvo/iskazheniya_hristianstva/4g71-all.shtml

Andrey Desnitsky. Liturgical language Russian Church(experience of a critical review of one discussion). http://www.kiev-orthodox.org/site/worship/1120/

See also: E. E. Levkievskaya. Zaumi as a type of ritual speech of the Slavs. http://ec-dejavu.ru/z/Zaum-2.html

Deacon Andrey Kuraev. Christian in a pagan world, or about not caring about corruption. M., 2004. S. 280-281

Psalter with parallel translation into Russian. Translation by E. N. Birukova and I. N. Birukov. Comments by T. A. Miller. M.: Orthodox St. Tikhon's Theological Institute, 2003. P. 313-315

Even in ancient times, every person knew the text of the main protective prayer Psalm 90 Alive in the help of the Most High. But most modern Orthodox people They also remember his holy words by heart and wear a consecrated belt with the text.

How and where to read

Required to read special mood allowing prayer word reach every corner of human consciousness.

It is important that prayer comes from the depths of the soul. God does not like empty speech. He needs strong faith, a desire for the best.

Icon of Jesus Christ

Before starting psalm reading, it is necessary to repent of sins. This is the Sacrament of Confession, performed in an Orthodox church.
If it is not possible to confess (due to weakness or other valid reasons), then you need to remember your sins, repent, and ask Christ for forgiveness for the sinful acts you have committed.
It is advisable to ask for a blessing to read the Psalm from the priest of the local temple.
Typically, clergy bless parishioners for 40 days of prayer. At first, it is allowed to read the Psalm from the prayer book, but it must be learned by heart.

You need to say a prayer in the temple in front of the Face of Christ or at home in front of the iconostasis. The prayer book must be baptized in Orthodoxy, wearing a cross on the body is the main symbol Orthodox faith.

Important! The main protective prayer is often read to free the mind from bad, sinful thoughts. Therefore, if a person feels that he is ready to break one of the Commandments of God, then it is urgent to read Living in the Help of the Most High.

This is one of the reasons why you need to know the text by heart, because at any moment you may need support from Heaven.

Psalm 90

Living in the help of the Most High, he will settle in the shelter of the Heavenly God.
Says the Lord: Thou art my Protector and my Refuge, my God, and I trust in Him.
Yako Toy will deliver you from the snare of the trap, and from rebellious words.
His cloak will cover you and you will hope under His wing: His truth will surround you with weapons.
Do not be afraid from the fear of the night, from the arrow flying in the days.
From things that pass away in the darkness, from clots and the midday demon.
Thousands will fall from your country, and darkness will fall at your right hand; he won't come close to you.
Look at your eyes and see the reward of sinners.
For You, O Lord, are my hope. You have made the Most High your refuge.
Evil will not come to you. And the wound will not come close to your body.
As His Angel commanded you, keep you in all your ways.
They will take you in their arms, but not when you dash your foot against a stone.
Tread on the asp and the basilisk, and cross the lion and the serpent.
Because I have trusted in Me, I will deliver, and I will cover, because I have known My name.
He will call to Me, and I will hear him: I am with him in sorrow, I will destroy him, and I will glorify him.
I will fill him with long days, and show him My salvation.

Prayer Song Rules

Any prayer is a frank dialogue with God. She helps those who, with faith and true repentance, turn to the Almighty, asking Him for protection, peace of mind, and assistance in any difficulties.

Attention! Psalm 90 Alive in the help of the Most High cannot be read periodically, “for show,” otherwise “let it be done to you according to your faith.”

Reading it every day, preferably in the morning or before starting any task, the great meaning of the words of the Psalm, Divine truth, is revealed to a person. The man of prayer realizes that he is not alone in the world, the Heavenly Father, the Great Comforter and Intercessor is always next to him, and all trials are His great providence and an invaluable lesson for the soul.

Jesus Christ - Lord Almighty

Appeal to the Lord in the dialect of Psalm 91:

can protect from any troubles and even save from death;
cure serious illnesses;
protect from witchcraft influence;
all obstacles on the path to the cherished goal will be revealed to the one praying, he will be successful in everything, all controversial issues will be resolved.

In addition, the text of the prayer contains a prophecy - the coming of the Savior - the main Protector of the Orthodox Christian - a person who believes in Christ.

The meaning of prayer

In many difficult and difficult situations, the Psalm helps, saves from troubles and misfortunes, consoles in grief, guides on the right path, strengthens the spirit, instills faith in the best.

In difficult circumstances, read:

With sincere prayer and how loving Father, sends help to his children. This is a reward, which is usually greater the more a person deserves it before Him. But God does not follow the principle “you give me - I give you.” It often happens that He helps great sinners who have strong faith and hope in Divine blessings so that the sinful servant of God becomes more and more strengthened in faith.

Jesus Christ the Great Bishop

At the same time, people who believe in Christ and live according to His Commandments do not always receive blessings from Heaven. The Lord sometimes allows attacks from the devilish forces to admonish Christians, to strengthen their spirit, and makes it clear that the sins committed could have been avoided.

When a person understands this, he life path becomes even and calm. The Providence of God is present in everything, all tests are given to people according to their strength and for the good! But in advance Divine Providence is not known to anyone, people are not given the opportunity to know him before the allotted time, and there is no need for that.

The Lord is a Lover of Mankind, with faith in His help you can not be afraid of danger, because the Power of the Lord is great!

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Hello! you see, something is wrong, I turned to a magician not of my own free will, they told me that they treat me and people go to him, at first I had a business and everything was fine, as I understand it, this magician was not noticeably draining my energy in 5 years, I lost weight and I lost the message very much, I began to believe this magician, you see, she inspired me to talk to me so that I should go to her and so she began to keep pushing at a distance that I had to earn, I just lost my earnings for 3 years, I didn’t miss it, but after another 2 years I really noticed I’ve lost a lot of weight and my balance has started to collapse, I read live help every day, it seems to help, but I can’t achieve anything in life that I need, what will be the solution, I don’t know what to do anymore and how I can fight.

Good afternoon. Unfortunately, you are describing quite ordinary consequences of turning to magicians and sorcerers. Almost always, appeals to such people end in sorrows, illnesses and other troubles. The temporary external positive effect is short-term, since magicians communicate with spirits and dark forces, the purpose of which is not to help a person, but to harm him. The Orthodox Church in all centuries has warned its children not to turn to magicians and sorcerers. Their popularity Lately everything is increasing, which is explained by the seeming simplicity of solving problems. I came to a psychic, drank some water, and all my problems were resolved. Unfortunately, the retribution for such actions will always be great. And your example is another proof of this.
As for your prayer work, home prayer alone will not be enough, although you don’t need to give it up either. In addition to the fact that you read Psalm 90 at home, there should be constant prayer rule, which is best determined in consultation with a priest. In addition to home prayer, it is very important to go to church and participate in church congregational prayer. After going to the magicians, a confession is necessary, where you need to repent of this sin and make a firm promise to yourself and God to never repeat this again. After confession, we need to proceed to the Sacrament of Communion - it is through it that we unite with the living God. Many people who fell into the networks of magicians and sorcerers were able to escape in the Church. Home prayer is necessary and important, but it cannot be a substitute for a full church life.
Help you, Lord, in your difficult situation!
- You are absolutely right, I went to the magicians and was healthy, gradually I had problems with my stomach, then some illnesses appeared, then the work did not go well. You come to the magician - she walked around me with glasses of water, and it seemed like my work was going well, and my business was going, but not for long. And so on all the time. She lied to me, I believed it, I thought it was true that she good man. Over time, I realized that she was a natural witch, because when I didn’t go to her, my business went down. And now I understand - she was conjuring something, that is, all sorts of lapels and love spells, and so she tormented me for 5 years. At night I couldn't sleep. Imagine how I can go to the priest and tell this, because it’s a laugh, he will say - why did you go to the sorcerers? Now I don’t even know how to protect myself, she has some feelings for me. Either it will grab your back, as if something is clinging to it, or your leg will hurt so much that it hurts like a nerve ache. Moreover, at the time when I did not turn to her, there were no illnesses. Tell me how to get treatment now, I’m already reading about Cyprian, but I don’t know whether this prayer helps or not, and I don’t know how to ward off this evil, because it clings to me, apparently I liked it. It’s dragging me down, but in the meantime I have to suffer for nothing. I don’t know how to fight.
  - First, you need to realize that you are suffering not “because of anything,” but because of your own actions and turning to the witch. It is quite possible to understand that you were deceived and dragged into their net, and now they do not want to let you go. But still, you yourself asked for such help, although you did not understand what would come of it. This point is very important to realize so that you can repent of what you have done.
    Of course, having gained a person into their power, and even for several years, the sorcerers will not want to let their victim go so easily. And most often, a person cannot cope on his own. The fact that you pray on your own at home, read Psalm 90 and the prayer to St. Cyprian is good, keep doing it. But you shouldn’t treat prayer as a conspiracy against evil forces, thus you only become like the same sorcerers. Prayer is a conversation with God, communication with him. And in order for this communication to be complete, it is very important to join the church and become a full member Church of Christ. It is in the Church that you can find protection from the evil that you yourself have allowed into your life and which now torments you so much.
    You need to go to the temple, it is advisable to find an experienced priest with whom you can first just talk, tell him your whole situation. Next you need to confess, repent of your sin, and take communion. And then begin to lead a life according to Christian commandments. This is the only way to be saved from evil forces.
    What you should never do is read conspiracies against evil forces, look for “white” magicians, some kind of money that removes damage and the evil eye, and the like. All these people are of the same order, they will only harm you even more and drag you into an even greater swamp.
    Help you, Lord!
    - This sorceress wasn’t the first to drag me into her network! Here half the city comes to see her and every day she has 15 people at her reception, it’s not just like that, it’s some kind of power she has that people come to her and say that she helps. And I went to her, they told me that she was raising a business, but she simply stole it. Over the past 5 years, I have experienced so many illnesses, she took away all my desires that God gave me, I believe him and have always believed! And you’re right when you say that it’s pulled you into a net and doesn’t give you freedom, and it’s true, that’s how it is. When I stopped going to her, I read Alive in Help, it seems like everything is unfolding for me, you feel - both work and joy. But at what point does it all stop, although you think - it seems like you’re not guilty of anything, why is that? It seems that you want to achieve your goal... Then I started reading a prayer to Kuprian every day, and it seems that prayer also helps. But a week later evil is committed again. It feels like someone is controlling you. What you say is correct, she has pulled in with her strength and doesn’t want to lose the victim, that’s the way it is. And with my back - no matter how many times I came to her, my back was getting worse. She lied to me, saying that she had been stressed out somewhere at work. Now I understand, this is a natural deception. And you are right in saying that there are no white magicians, they all eat dark force. Probably the strongest force, as you say, is God and the church.
      Tell me, I want to go to church and tell the priest how it was, if he doesn’t laugh at me. Because only with my prayers I cannot drive away this evil that is ruining my life. I want to live, but she won’t let me. It feels like a suction cup is sucking on and pulling, like the bones are crunching, and it’s shocking my leg. Apparently, I can’t cope at home.
      The fact that you were deceived, like many other people, is understandable. This is what such sorcerers work on. But still, your decision to contact such people is your personal sin, which you need to repent and confess.
      No normal priest would ever laugh at a person who came to him with his trouble, especially with such a serious problem. Therefore, you can safely go to the priest. Ask around in your region, read thematic forums and websites - perhaps they will suggest you a good, experienced confessor. In such a neglected situation, it is definitely not possible to cope only on your own.
      The whole point is that you don’t just need to read some special prayers(such as Psalm 90). If you come to the priest and simply ask for a recipe, what prayers and rituals you can use to get rid of the influence of a sorcerer - such general recipes do not exist. Here you need to radically reconsider your life, join a church, and begin to live as a Christian. This is not an easy path, but it is the one that leads to the salvation of our soul. Without the Church, without participation in the Sacraments, a person cannot be saved. Therefore, do not be afraid of condemnation, but go to the temple as quickly as possible.
      God help you!
      I used to live without a church, and I had everything and all my wishes came true! Until, as they say, I fell for the witch’s bait. That is, the fact that I read Living in Help or the prayer to Cyprian does not protect me? Even when reading any prayer, this evil pesters me; I cannot read the prayer normally. You can imagine how she, the witch, clung to her like a magnet. I don't know how else to unhook it. It will be Saturday, we have confession these days, I will go to church for confession. After confession, should the meeting wait until it ends, or can I leave? Tell me, how many times do I need to confess now in order to get rid of this witch and for her to leave behind? She won’t let me go, and these prayers are strong, Alive in help or Cyprian, she still crosses them! How can I tell my father, just say that I went to a charlatan and she took everything from me and broke it? If he believes, of course. Is one time not enough to confess?
      Dear Sergey, you misunderstand the meaning of going to church. “I used to live without a church and all my wishes came true.” The Church of Christ is not a tool for fulfilling your desires; you cannot go there just so that there are no problems, business goes well and illnesses recede! The Church is the Body of Christ, His earthly abode. Orthodox Christians go to churches, first of all, in order to unite with the Lord through participation in the Sacraments, to reunite the connection with God lost through sins. This is incomparably higher than the fulfillment of any everyday desires.
      As for confession, first it’s better for you to just come to the church for the service (maybe not at the very beginning, if it’s hard to stand and it’s unclear), and after the end of the service, ask the priest to just talk to you. You need to explain your situation and ask for advice on what you should do. And the priest will tell you how, when and how many times you need to confess, how to prepare for it, when to come, and so on. Confession requires preparation, so if you simply show up to the next service and immediately go to confession, you will not be prepared. Therefore, first try to simply talk to the priest and ask for advice. And proceed further as he tells you.
      Regarding what to say, say it like it is. That you turned to a witch for help and now you are suffering greatly because of it. Only you must understand - the fact that she misled you, promised to help, etc., does not relieve you of your personal responsibility for going to her. This is a very important point; you must realize and repent that you yourself made the decision to go with your troubles not to God, but to the witch. Just like it is, explain it to the priest. There is no need to be afraid of condemnation, or that the priest will not believe you. Priests, especially experienced ones, constantly encounter people who have suffered from magicians, sorcerers and psychics. Therefore, you won’t surprise Father with anything.
      Help you, Lord!

Hello! I went to church, but tell me, I read on the Internet that the prayer of living help needs to be read 40 times, how is that? I don’t understand whether it’s read once a day or read 40 times every day and it turns out to be 40 days, but what will change after 40 days?

Good afternoon, Christ is Risen! Yes, there is a church practice of reading prayers for 40 days in a row (once a day), for this you need to take the blessing of your confessor. This aggravated prayer rule is undertaken by believers who have already reached a certain level in their spiritual life. If you are just taking your first steps in church, you need to start with less, namely: daily reading of the Gospel (preferably with an interpretation so that it is clear what is being said), constant participation in divine services, regular Confession and Communion. In addition, you need to consult with a priest and determine a daily prayer rule for yourself. These will be the prayers that you will read every morning and every evening. There are such prayers in every Orthodox prayer book, but if their entire volume is difficult to read at first, the priest can bless a shorter rule.
As for your question, what should change after 40 days of reading the prayer - it is incorrect to pose the question this way. Prayer is not a conspiracy to make a wish come true, a magic formula for getting something, or a tool for increasing comfort in life. You can’t think that I’ll pray for 40 days and get what I want. This approach demonstrates a pagan understanding of Christianity. Prayer is a dialogue with God, and not a form of application for getting what you want. The final result and goal of prayer should be union with the Lord, striving for Him, knowing Him. Of course, by His mercy, the Lord can also send us earthly blessings if they are useful to us. But still, using prayer only as a way to eliminate your everyday problems, and nothing more, is unacceptable.
- Hello! I talked to the priests, he didn’t say anything specific. Read, he said, if you have sins, confess and that’s it. I confessed, but he didn’t tell me what to read after that. I confessed and the sorcerers began to leave, the church is really stronger than these sorcerers, but it can again drag me into its net. It’s not for long, she let me go, a strong prayer for living help. In theory, it might now help me against these sorcerers if I read it, but will the Gospel drive me away from the sorcerers? It seems to me that living help is stronger than prayer.
  - Good afternoon. You need to not come to church for confession just once, but start going there constantly. You may have to look for a priest who will understand your situation and can really help. Do not despair if the first priest did not devote much time and attention to you and did not say anything special. Priests have a very heavy workload, and it is not always possible to fully communicate with every person. You can go to another church, communicate with another priest - there is nothing wrong with that. Look for a person who will be close to you.
    It is important not to just come to church and confess. It is important to make the temple an integral and permanent part of your life. And to seek in it not only salvation from sorcerers and magicians, but in general to seek God, the path to Him. Then many questions about life will disappear.
    As for prayer, it’s the same thing. Why are you praying? If it is only to get rid of the action of the sorcerer, and then you don’t need the Lord, then such a prayer will never bring any benefit. That is why it is very necessary and important to read the Gospel - not because it is weaker or stronger than Psalm 90 (they cannot be compared like that at all), but because the Gospel is the basis of our faith. And if you want to be an Orthodox Christian, you must know the Gospel and study it.
    Help you, Lord!
  - Seryoga, Seryoga. You've come across an underwater snake. It got under your skin and is sucking the juices of life. Although I have met kind whispering grandmothers more than once. When I was a child, I was about 7 years old, my father sent me to take out the garbage late at night, and I had to go to the garbage bin through a dark gateway, there were always packs of stray dogs that attacked everyone. Well, in a word, I went into this gateway, and in the dark I was attacked by dogs, suddenly, apparently they were in ambush. Out of fear, I ran away and threw the trash can. Didn't bite much. When I ran home, I couldn’t say the words. This went on for more than six months. It was not speech therapists, not doctors, not psychiatrists who helped. It was as if someone had inserted a jumper into my head. My parents struggled for a long time and thought about how to help me get rid of this stupor in speech. Those were Soviet times. We came to the village in the summer to visit our grandmother. She immediately said that I needed to be baptized, and everything would pass. That's what they decided on. We agreed with the holy father, took the godparents with us, came to the church, the holy father began to read a prayer, then the ritual of the sacrament, sprinkled me with holy water, crossed me, put on a cross, gave the church cross to kiss, and said, be baptized, and read the Our Father. And it was as if someone had pulled this jumper out of my head, and I spoke.
    The main thing is faith. God is in each of us, each of us is God. Is this the same prayer or should it be read only in Old Russian?
Hello, I am preparing for surgery, but I have doubts about the postoperative period, I am afraid that I will not be able to maintain my eating regimen, since the operation will be performed on the stomach. I turned to God for help with all my heart, trusting entirely in God’s will, and then, as if something told me, print out Psalms 50 and 90, print them out, put them in a frame and put them in a visible place at work and at home. First I read Psalm 50, then slowly 90 my soul became lighter, hope and strengthening appeared. I decided to look on the Internet what these psalms mean and came across your page, I am grateful to God even more, now I know where to go and I will ask for the blessing of my confessor for the operation and everything will be fine. Thank God for everything and thank you
- Good afternoon. Unfortunately, you fall for a very common trick. Orthodox Church teaches that there are no Orthodox grandmothers, whisperers, psychics, clairvoyants and similar specialists who would “treat” with God’s grace. There are perspicacious elders and elders, but there are only a few of them; it is not so easy to get to them and they live mainly in monasteries, leading an ascetic life in constant prayer and participation in divine services. The same people who live in the ordinary world human life and “treat” with prayers, candles, holy water - they are either in deep personal delusion, imagining themselves as guides God's grace, or are ordinary deceivers trying to make money on people. There are also real sorcerers who simply have to do their dirty deeds, they are forced by demonic power. Yes, often outwardly it may even look like helping a person, but as a result, the person always pays with even greater troubles. Read Sergei’s comments above, he described his trips to like a person like that and the consequences that befell him.
  It is enough to ask the opinion of any priest about such whispering grandmothers. Believe me, you will not be able to find a single priest who would bless you to turn to such a person. Moreover, many experienced shepherds warn that believers should stop chasing the elders, seeking clairvoyance and other spiritual miracles. This is not the essence of the Orthodox faith, and the help of another person (even a saint) cannot replace our personal spiritual achievement.
Hello. My situation is not clear. My family are all believers. Mom always encouraged us to go to Church (she died recently). We have such a situation. My brother married a woman of Bulgarian origin. Less than 1.5 years ago, my brother was killed. Oh, a month ago, my mother died suddenly (which is still strange). About half a year ago, my brother’s wife’s grandmother died, and when she arrived from the funeral, she brought a black scarf and gave it to my Mom, saying that it was their custom to give a black scarf at the funeral. When my mother told me this, I was shocked and told her to urgently give the scarf back to her daughter-in-law. A little time has passed and my mother ends up in the hospital and dies within 5 days. I understand that this is something black from her. Tell me what you need to read or do to protect yourself from the evil it brings? We go to Church.

"Live help". Psalm 90 and belts with texts of prayers in the Russian folk tradition (abbr.)

E. M. Skeeter

Nowadays, in the church and parachurch environment, the practice of wearing belts (ribbons) with the text of the 90th Psalm (“Alive in the help of the Most High...”) has become somewhat widespread. You can also hear from parishioners and “parishioners” that the “miraculous prayer”, “living help” (the popular name for the 90th Psalm), rewritten or printed on paper, must be constantly carried with you or sewn to clothes.

However, it is important to note that such an “application” of Psalm 90 is rooted not in church traditions, but in folk rituals.

In folk beliefs, wearing a belt, braid, threads with knots tied has a magical protective meaning. The Eastern Slavs had a widespread belief in the healing power of “nauzs” (knots) - various “imposed” amulets. Mythopoetic consciousness sees the main counteraction and protection against all bonds and shackles of sorcery... in material impositions or teachings, also endowed with magical power, which... a person, with conventional spells and rituals, imposed on himself on different parts of his body

The process of tying is a process of overcoming, of using the power of one person to destroy the power of another; this process is magical: a thread is tied around a sick person, therefore the disease is tied up, the person is tied up - the disease is tied up, the thread is removed from the person, and the disease is removed with it; the thread is thrown, buried in the ground, placed in the hole of a tree, which is then clogged, and the associated disease is thrown with the thread and buried in the ground.

To make it clear that the disease is developing, knots are tied on the thread removed from the patient. The magical meaning of tying is transmitted to both threads and knots. Hence, every knot in itself already represents something magical, magical and serves as a source of magical influence. Wearing a thread, lace, belt, braid, strip of leather tied in a knot is in itself important, since these items have a protective meaning...”

Since ancient times, in rituals and everyday life, the belt has been considered as a very strong amulet, bringing well-being and health to its owner. A belt made of thin woven mesh, where the tying of each knot was accompanied by the reading of a specific prayer, was worn on a naked body. In the popular belief, wearing a belt (as well as a pectoral cross) protected a person from the influence of evil spirits, sorcerers and the diseases and “damage” they caused. And such methods of “treating” diseases or “protecting against damage,” such as tying a thread (often red wool) on the arms, legs, lower back, or tying knots, are found among superstitious people even today.

Although after the adoption of Christianity, along with pagan symbols or instead of it, Christian concepts, symbols, prayers, etc. began to be used in witchcraft practice and in folk rituals in general, the magical essence of this or that pagan rite did not change. One example of this is the appearance of the so-called amulet.

At the beginning of the 20th century. A.V. Balov wrote: “Wearing amulets and talismans is very common. Most often they wear amulet around the neck... Wearing... amulet is considered by peasants to be a means of protecting a person from all evil in general, and in particular from various diseases. the actual piece of incense (for example, taken from some particularly revered local icon), as well as other objects (shed skin of a snake, etc.), which, according to popular beliefs, had the ability to treat diseases or prevent their occurrence. So, after the sacrament of baptism, they put an amulet on the child “for health”, into which the grandmother sewed an umbilical cord, a grain of wheat and three pieces of dewy incense. They believed that incense itself instills panic in the minds of evil spirits and sorcerers. A piece of paper with the text of some prayer (for example, the so-called “Sunday prayer”, that is, “May God rise ...”) or a conspiracy (usually for fever) was often simply sewn into the amulet. Incenses were worn on the neck gaitan, next to the pectoral cross.

This kind of “incense” was classified as amulets in the works of both secular and ecclesiastical researchers. Metropolitan of Kiev Evgeniy (Bolkhovitinov) wrote: “As can be seen in our Helmsman’s Book... the makers and distributors... of amulets are called uzolniks, because among the common people these amulets are made up of knots, or so-called amulet.”

Belts with texts of prayers also had a protective character similar to amulet amulet.

The pseudo-Orthodox “Prayer Shield” that is widespread these days Orthodox Christian" (including such examples of folklore as the "prayer of detention"), gives, in particular, the advice to "wear a consecrated belt (it’s good if the priest himself reads the prayer and ties it on you)." But when reading such recommendations, the question arises: will the pagan ritual of tying a belt become acceptable from the point of view of Orthodoxy only because it is performed by a priest? .

The belief in the protective power of belts with prayer texts should be considered as a special case of superstitious ideas about the “protective” functions of belts in general. The significance that, as we have seen, was and still is given by the people to the so-called “security” belts with the text of the 90th Psalm, allows us to classify them as “safeguards” prohibited by the 36th rule of the Council of Laodicea.

In the case we are considering, we note the fact that since the prayer or psalm carried with you is not read (they, in essence, are not intended to be read at all), their text becomes unimportant and is sharply distorted among the people. Instead of the words “Alive to help”, “living help”, “living to help” and even “living relics” appear. At the same time, according to the observation of Andrei Desnitsky, in the common folk variations on the theme of the 90th Psalm, “it was not the vague words and expressions, like “asp and basilisk” (due to incomprehensibility, they are left as they are), but those that seemed , almost no different from Russians. “Live in the help of Vyshnyago” turns into “live help” (by analogy with “ambulance”, obviously), or into anecdotal “live help”. “A thousand will fall from your country” is replaced by “a thousand will fall from your arrow,” and the meaning of the statement changes radically: instead of the image of a righteous man remaining unharmed in the midst of universal disaster, we see a superman killing a thousand enemies with one arrow.” Thus, the distortions indicate not only the incomprehensibility of the Church Slavonic text of the psalm, but also its active involvement in magical practice, which is accompanied by the reworking of the original text in accordance with the requirements of mythological thinking.

Virgo

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