Prayer to Mother Alipia for Help

When life becomes difficult, we do not always know what to ask for or how to express what is in our hearts. At such moments, we can turn to God with simple words and ask Mother Alipia of Kyiv to pray for us.

Mother Alipia devoted her life to prayer, compassion, and service to suffering people. She welcomed the lonely, comforted those who were grieving, fed the hungry, and gave hope to people who had almost lost it.

Before reading this prayer, you may wish to learn more about the life of Mother Alipia.

This prayer may be read in times of illness, sorrow, loneliness, family difficulties, financial hardship, fear, or any situation in which a person especially needs God’s help.

Prayer to Mother Alipia for Help

O blessed Mother Alipia, merciful comforter of those who suffer and faithful intercessor for all who are in need, hear us as we turn to you with hope and ask for your prayers.

During your earthly life, you never passed by another person’s pain. You welcomed the lonely, showed kindness to those who had been hurt, fed the hungry, comforted those who wept, and through your prayers restored hope to those who had almost fallen into despair.

Do not leave us alone in our needs, sorrows, fears, and confusion.

Mother Alipia, pray for us before the Lord.

We do not always know how to pray as we should, and often we do not understand what is truly good for us. Therefore, bring before Christ everything that weighs upon our hearts today: our unspoken fears, our painful thoughts, our tears, our illnesses, our family troubles, and the difficulties for which we can see no solution.

Ask the Lord to forgive our sins, both known and unknown. Pray that He may cleanse our hearts from anger, bitterness, envy, resentment, and despair. Help us not to lose faith when our prayers seem unanswered and when the road before us appears dark.

Pray for those who are ill and suffering. Ask the Lord to strengthen them, ease their pain, guide those who care for them, and grant healing if it is His holy will.

Pray for our children and grandchildren. Protect them from evil, dangerous choices, cruel people, addiction, and everything that can wound their souls. Ask the Lord to enlighten their minds, soften their hearts, and lead them along the path of truth, mercy, and love.

Pray for our families. Where there is conflict, ask for reconciliation. Where love has grown cold, ask the Lord to renew it. Where people have become distant from one another, help them find the courage to speak, forgive, and begin again.

Do not forget those who are lonely, abandoned, or grieving. Be near to those who have no one to share their pain with, those who cry in silence, and those who feel that nobody needs them.

Pray for those who have lost their work, who are burdened by debt, or who do not know how they will provide for their families. Ask the Lord to open a way for them, send trustworthy people into their lives, and give them strength not to surrender to fear or despair.

Remember those who are far from home, those separated from their loved ones, and those waiting for news from someone dear to them. Comfort every heart wounded by separation.

Mother Alipia, pray also for those who have lost their faith or cannot find the strength to pray. May the Lord touch them quietly and reveal that they have not been forgotten.

Help us accept what cannot yet be changed, but give us courage to do what depends upon us. Teach us not to demand miracles, but to trust God even when we do not understand His ways.

Ask the Lord to grant us wisdom in our decisions, patience in our trials, humility in our relationships, and mercy toward those who have hurt us.

And if the help we ask for does not come in the way we expect, pray that we may not turn away from God. May we recognize His presence even in silence and believe that His love does not abandon us.

Mother Alipia, receive this prayer and bring it before our Lord Jesus Christ. Ask Him to look upon us with mercy, strengthen us in our weakness, comfort us in our sorrow, and lead us through every trial.

May the Lord’s will be done in our lives, and may He give us everything necessary for our salvation.

O blessed Mother Alipia, do not leave us without your prayers.

Amen.

Автор: о. Владимир Маглена · 21.09.2026