Facts about the help of prayer for the birth of a child

Hello! I want to share my journey to God and the miracles He has shown me! For eight years, my husband and I struggled to conceive a second child. We visited countless doctors, underwent tests and procedures—yet everything appeared normal. I began to wonder why the Lord wasn’t granting us a child. I went through all the emotions—tears, despair, even resentment toward God… Then, one night, I had a dream in which I was painting an image of the Mother of God. My mother asked me to turn it into an icon, and soon, huge crowds of people began coming...

Christ is Risen! Happy Pascha, dear brothers and sisters! We have been praying together with you, dear fellow prayer warriors, for eight years now. And during this time, the Lord has completely transformed our lives and the lives of our loved ones. In the first year of prayer, the number of Akathists reached 13—so many problems, so many sins… And the Lord answered 12 out of 13 of my requests, except for the most cherished one—the gift of a child. Even though that was the very reason I had begun praying… At that time, I was divorced, without a...

Hello! Now it’s my turn to write a gratitude-filled testimony about prayer. For a very long time, my husband and I dreamed of having children, but it just wasn’t happening. I had four pregnancies that, at an early stage, ended on their own… bleeding would start, and that was it. But I kept praying with the Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos "Unexpected Joy," reading testimonies from those who had succeeded, and trying not to lose hope, although at times it was very difficult. Then I found out I was pregnant again. I tried not to get too...

I submitted my name for commemoration in prayer with the Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos before the "Unexpected Joy" icon on April 21 for six months—one prayer per week. I didn’t always pray diligently and sometimes even skipped it. I had been longing for a daughter. Then, on July 8, completely unexpectedly, I was invited to become a godmother! I was overjoyed and immediately realized—this was my unexpected joy. And yesterday, on September 21, 2024, on the Feast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos, I found out that I am expecting a...