What helps St. Natalia?

The topic of who St. Natalia is(patroness), what it helps, what it protects from, and how to pray to her, you can start with the fact that every Orthodox family should have its own home iconostasis or, as it is also called, a “red corner”.

In this place icons are usually combinedprayer and protectors of all family members. And above all, these are images of the Savior and the Virgin, then icons of the saints, whose names include family members, and icons of the saints — patrons of certain occupations or professions with which those living in the house are associated.

The family iconostasis should also include icons of the esteemed local and other great saints of the Russian land. And now let's try to deal with the question: St. Natalia is the patroness of whom?

Saint Natalia: icon, meaning

The icon of Saint Natalia depicts the early Christian holy martyr, who has undergone great bloodless spiritual suffering. Saint Natalia is the patroness of women with the beautiful name Natasha.

Any icon is gorgeous by the fact that it isthe saints are depicted - the first helpers in our conversion to God. If we feel that our prayer is weak to him, then it is simply necessary to turn to holy helpers. With prayer and hope come to the icon of the saints Adrian and Natalia.

Saint Natalia: patroness, prayer

Natalia and Adriana are honored as well aspious miracle workers Peter and Fevronia of Murom. They are considered patrons of the family hearth. And if God sends his blessing, the union will be strong and true, the fire of love will never die out and the happy years of life will pass in respect and understanding.

These saints also pray for their husbands, who have created some kind of hardships or difficulties in legal matters.

The first prayer to the saints begins with the words: “Oh, the holy martyr Adriana and Natalia! Hear us, servant of God ... ". The second prayer: "Oh, holy please God, Natalia, by a good feat I fought on the earth ...".

Troparion, voice 4th: "Thy martyrs, O Lord, in the sufferings of their crowns ...".

Kontak, voice 4th: "Wives of divinely wise divine words ...".

Prayer calling: "Pray God for me, holy pleaser of God (name) ...".

Prayer to saints Adriana and Natalia for happiness in marriage: “O, the sacred twin, the saints of the martyrs of Christ, Adriana and Natalia ...”.

In the Orthodox Church, the day of remembrance of these martyrs is set on August 26 (September 8).

Temples in honor of the holy martyrs

Continuing the topic related to the question - St. Natalia is the patroness of which, it is also necessary to indicate the temples, where it is possible to pray to this holy martyr.

В Москве в р-не Бабушкино находится храм (1914-1916), dedicated to the holy martyrs Adrian and Natalia. There, since 2004, between the main altar and the limit of "Unexpected Joy" is stored a particle of the relics of St. Natalia. In the district of Golyanovo stands the temple of the Venerable Zosima and Savvatiy of Solovki, in which there is a venerated image of the saints Adrian and Natalia, located in the limit, named after them. And one more revered icon is in the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God “The Sign”, located in the district of Pereyaslavskaya settlement.

In St. Petersburg in the district of Staro-Panov, too, there isThe temple, built in 1809, in honor of Saints Andrian and Natalia. But it was destroyed at the beginning of the war in 1942, as it turned out to be on the front line. Now it was rebuilt, now it has become a monument to the soldiers who defended besieged Leningrad.

Temples in honor of these holy martyrs are also inOdessa, Kiev, Kozelets (Chernihiv region), Kazan, in the village of Shemeti (Perm region), as well as in Kazakhstan. But the most ancient fresco of the 11th century, where Saint Natalia is depicted, is located in the Sofia Cathedral of the city of Kiev.

Life

Saint Natalia lived in the IV century in Asia Minor inthe large and populous city of Nicomedia, located on the shores of the Sea of ​​Marmara. She married a very wealthy young man who held a solid position in the Trial Chamber, whose name was Adrian. He was 28 years old, and he was a pagan - he went to the temple and made sacrifices to his gods. Natalia was a secret Christian.

For about a year they lived together when in Nicodemypersecution of Christians began and the emperor Maximian Galerius (305–311) arrived in the city, who vehemently hated the Church of Christ. Then the real hunt for Christians began. Even the reward was given to anyone who points to the Gentile. Christians were denounced, caught, and the whole trial was conducted over them. According to one of these denunciations, 23 Christians were captured by executioners, hiding in the cave of Nicodemia.

Torture

They began to torture, torture and force them to bringsacrifice to the pagan gods, but they refused. Then they were taken to the Court of Justice to register the interrogation. The head of the judicial chamber was Andrian, Natalia's husband. He watched with horror, with what courage and courage Christians endured all the sufferings for their faith. Then he asked them, what reward did they expect from their God for such torment? They replied that it was impossible to describe the rewards of this, but the human mind could not comprehend. And suddenly, as if the Holy Spirit found Adrian, and then he ordered his subordinates to write him down as a Christian, who was also willing to die for Christ with joy.

This was immediately reported to the emperor, who immediately summoned him to himself and asked him whether he was mad. Andrian replied that he was not distraught, but turned to common sense.

Unexpected joy

Then the emperor ordered to chain him andsend to the dungeon. Having learned about all this, Saint Natalya was filled with deep joy from the fact that Adrian had known Christ, and now a martyr's crown awaits him. She immediately ran to his dungeon and began to kiss his shackles and strengthen him with words about eternal bliss and that soon, when facing God, he would plead with Him to be her worthy of the same fate.

When St. Natalia was at home, after the bail of other Christian martyrs, Adrian was allowed to go home from prison so that he would inform her about the day of the execution.

Execution

Natalia was frightened and thought that Adrian was notendured and denied Christ, and therefore he was released from captivity. Because of this, she did not want to let him go home, but he convinced that he had come to inform her of his imminent execution.

Когда наступил этот день, христиан вывели из dungeon. They were supposed to betray the terrible death throes - on the anvil to kill the hands and feet. Natalia herself asked her husband to be the first to be executed. She was afraid that he would be afraid when she saw the torture of other martyrs. But Saint Andrian did not flinch, and then Saint Natalia herself laid his hands and feet on the anvil. After the execution, the mutilated bodies of the holy martyrs were supposed to be burned, but suddenly a thunderstorm began, the kindled furnace for Christians went out sharply, and the executioners who were nearby were killed by lightning.

Holy relics

Saint Natalia was next to her husband until the endhe did not betray his soul to the Lord. Then she took her husband's hand and then kept it at home. The widow asked her first prayer before God, Adrian, to say that no one would force her to marry a heathen.

However, the army’s millennialbegan to ask the emperor to give him a rich and beautiful Natalia, but she fled to Byzantium. Andrian appeared to her there and warned that she would soon be with the Lord.

И Бог действительно миловал - после перенесения such heavy emotional distress, in the estate of Byzantium, she died in a dream on the grave of her husband, whose body was transported by the believers. Saint Natalia received a bloodless martyr's crown, and followed her husband to the Kingdom of Heaven. Her relics are now in Milan in the Cathedral of St. Lawrence, and the relics of St. Adrian in Rome, in the temple, named after his memory.

At this point you can finish the topic "Saint Natalia: life and prayer." And may the saints pray for us before the throne of God, and all we can do is hope for the mercy of God.