Saint Innocent is the first Irkutsk bishop, enlightener, blessed lamp and spiritual collector of Eastern Siberia, temple builder, missionary, seer and miracle worker. Heavenly patron of missionaries and catechists. People turn to him for prayer help to admonish unbelievers and people of other faiths, sectarians, in need, drought, illness, to overcome the vices of fornication and drunkenness.
Saint Innocent of Irkutsk, Icon 1970s. Icon painter Nun Juliania Sokolova
Troparion to St. Innocent of Irkutsk, tone 3
O most radiant lamp of the Church, illuminating this country with the rays of your kindness and glorifying God with the many healings that flow to you with faith, we pray to you, Holy Hierarch Father Innocent, protect this city with your prayers from all troubles and sorrows.
Kontakion to Saint Innocent of Irkutsk, tone 4
Let us praise with love the integrity of the same-named shepherd, preacher of faith in the Mongolian pagans, the glory and adornment of the Irkutsk flock, with all faith: he is the guardian of the Siberian country and the prayer book for our souls.
First prayer to Saint Innocent of Irkutsk
To you, holy God, as to a quick helper and prayer book for my salvation, I, unworthy and sinful, fall down and pray: do not despise me, despondent, weak, fallen into many iniquities, and sinning all the days and hours, but take in my soul, as I grieve , and beg the Lord God, the Creator of all creation, Who now stands before Him in the joy of the saints and with the faces of the Angels, to have mercy on me and bring my soul out of the prison of sin, before I even leave here and whoever is not ready will appear at His judgment. Hey, father! do not disgrace me, who flows to you with faith, even though I am unworthy of your intercession and intercession, but you, being an imitator of God’s love for mankind, make me worthy by turning from evil deeds to good living, so that I am healthy in soul and body, I glorify and I sing of our God, wondrous in my saints, and of your warm intercession always, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Second prayer to Saint Innocent of Irkutsk
Holy Hierarch, Father Innocent! Look upon us, servant of God (names), and upon this parish (house); Pray to Christ God to send down His Holy Spirit to us as a gift, to make us wise to walk before Him in all piety and purity. We constantly err from the path of salvation: guide us, our merciful mentor.
We are weak in faith: strengthen us, orthodoxy to the teacher. We have done a great deal of good deeds: enrich us, treasure of mercy.
We are constantly slandered by enemies, visible and invisible, and embittered: help us, helpless intercessor; Let us glorify the name of God day and night, and let us be worthy to be an heir and eternal life, and let us glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Prayers to Saint Sophronius of Irkutsk
Saint Sophronius of Christ! Standing before the throne of God, look down from heaven on us, sinful and unworthy servants of God (names)! Warm the hearts of weak people and call them to repentance and correction of their sinful lives.
Strengthen us with your gracious help, with your intercession and prayers, protect this parish from all evil and slander of the enemy, save and preserve us in the name of the Lord God and our Savior Jesus Christ, to Him we bring glory forever.
Amen.
Saint of God, Saint of Christ, good shepherd of the verbal flock, man of God, new miracle worker and vigilant prayer book to God for this country, Father Sophrony, look down from the heights of Heaven upon us, who with faith and love worship your image and the honorable remains of holy relics, in our consolation to those who have escaped from the all-consuming fire.
Look, Holy One of God, and see our disorder and strife, our tightness, sorrow and heart disease, from the deprivation of brotherly love that abides.
Ask from Christ our God for each of us the grace of humility, the knowledge of our sinfulness and self-reproach, and, listening to each of our consciences, let us stop condemning our neighbor, slandering and slandering, but, having united with each other in love, we will be honored to live peacefully in humility for the rest of our lives and improve our Christian life. death. Yes, having united in the future life with all the saints and with you, our shepherd, we will glorify the One in the Trinity of the glorified God, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.
Orthodox prayers ☦
4 strong prayers to St. Innocent of Irkutsk
Before the canonization of Saint Sophronius, there were more than 68 miracles
Before the canonization of Sophronius, there were more than 68 miracles. Once, during a special commission, this was recorded. In 1909, a commission officially certified the remains of the saint. Throughout their stay they were in constant dampness, but the robe and body of the saint still remained incorruptible.
Hierarchs, Soviet authorities and ordinary believers turned to the Holy Synod so that the bishop could be glorified as a saint of God. For speedy glorification, a Missionary Congress was held in the same year before the Holy Synod.
Many also submitted their own personal petition. In 1914, at the Irkutsk diocesan congress, a report was read on the life and miracles of St. Sophrony.
In 1909, a commission officially certified the remains of St. Sophronius. Throughout their stay they were in constant dampness, but the robe and body of the saint remained incorruptible
In 1917, a fire occurred in the temple, which destroyed the tomb and relics. A special commission witnessed the ashes and bones of the saint, which were preserved after the fire. The remains were placed in a special reliquary.
The celebration of the glorification of the saint was supposed to take place around June 30. But the Patriarch and the Synod received a note to postpone the burial until October 8. The reasons given were quite compelling.
At that time, there was a civil war in the country, there were not even enough candles for worship, so many feared that the glorification would drag on for too long. The Patriarch agreed to postpone the glorification to a more successful and calm time.
