The icon of the Mother of God "Unexpected Joy", created in the 18th century, protects from numerous sorrows and troubles that persecute a person in life. Prayer before this icon contributes to moral rebirth.
The icon "Unexpected Joy" gives exactly joy, and when a person despaired of expecting changes for the better, when he no longer has any hope in his soul, and he does not expect help, he hopes only for a miracle. And a miracle descends on him, from this icon, and the praying person is given joy, which he did not expect.
From what and how can an icon protect
The main thing is that "Unexpected Joy" is able to hear and accept a prayer asking for help from someone's deafness, however, it is not at all necessary that this deafness is a physical handicap. Spiritual, or mental, deafness is much more common, and it is this deafness that is much more terrible than an illness. Prayer, which is addressed to the Mother of God, and in front of the icon of "Unexpected Joy", is able to protect from a large number of misfortunes.
For prayer to reach the ears of the Lord, you also need to pray correctly. If you read just a prayer, empty, you need to surrender with all your soul to the request and reject everything at that moment so that the sound of prayer goes up, sonorous and clear.
If there is a lot of sorrow in life, the spouses are in separation or relatives are lost somewhere, if they are haunted by deprivation and slander, all these situations can be destroyed by a prayer to the Unexpected Joy icon. You just need to ask about her and her protection. And then they will bypass the danger, those who have gone far, or those who have left, will be guaranteed a safe return to their native land.
What can be an effective help of the icon
Once Marina Tsvetaeva wrote her "Poems about Moscow", where she talked about the gift of this wonderful icon of peace of mind, about finding spiritual strength within herself. If you pray in front of this icon earnestly and correctly, according to the canons, you can get everything, and more often just something long-awaited, which a person has already despaired of waiting for.
Parents, with the help of prayer, can finally guide their lost children on the right path, help them turn off the vicious road. And even what the praying person strives for, and what is not given to him, suddenly turns out to be exactly what is not needed. That is, the failure was imaginary, and the failure to fulfill that desire or aspiration turned out to be a truly happy occasion.
If a prayer in front of the icon "Unexpected Joy" was said that someone had disappeared on the thorny roads of war, then the information about the death might not be true, and the person returned home.
The main thing is to ask for what causes great sorrow in the soul, what interferes with breathing and living normally. And when faith is already dying, the Unexpected Joy icon will return hope.
