Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos before the icon “Life-Giving Spring”
Kontakion 1.
To the Mother of God and Queen chosen from all generations, who mercifully hears the prayers of the sick, and pours out healing currents from water sources to the suffering, we offer thanksgiving singing. But you, all-merciful Healer, bow down graciously with our voice of praise and free us from all ailments of soul and body, calling:
Rejoice, Life-Giving Source, healing all our illnesses.
Ikos 1.
The holy angels reverently serve You and all the inhabitants of heaven with silent voices please You, Virgin Mary, as the Mother of the King Christ God. We are sinners, we dare to imitate them, we pray to You: grant us to continually offer thanks to You for Your abundant mercy towards the entire Christian race. Even though every tongue is perplexed to praise You according to your worth, but knowing Your goodness, we, Your unworthy servants, will boldly open our mouths, and we will be filled with the spirit, and worthy Let us burp out a word of praise, calling the Queen Mother of God like this:
Rejoice, blessed among women, Virgin of grace; Rejoice, Mother of the Most High God, indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
Rejoice, abundant source of the gift of God’s grace; Rejoice, ever-present river of miracles.
Rejoice, source of unceasing joy; Rejoice, source of inexhaustible mercy.
Rejoice, you who accept the prayers of all Christians; Rejoice, you who do not reject the prayers of the most desperate sinners.
Rejoice, intercessor of the offended; Rejoice, comforter of the sad.
Rejoice, helper of the needy; Rejoice, teacher of erring ones.
Rejoice, Life-Giving Source, healing all our illnesses.
Kontakion 2.
Seeing, most merciful Mother of God, our sorrowful earthly life, weaknesses and illnesses, You deigned to show Your mercy to us, healing the souls and bodies of the suffering; both of us, with unspeakable joy, we fall before You, Lady, and from the depths of our souls we thank You, our wondrous healer, singing to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 2.
Human reason has truly surpassed Your love for all the sick, when You mercifully looked upon the suffering blind man, languishing in the forest thicket, and You commanded King Leo Draw water from Your life-giving fountain and quench the thirst of the blind, so that everything, driven by Your compassion for the afflicted, sings to You they cry out:
Rejoice, you who transform our sorrow into joy; Rejoice, you who receive those left by doctors into your all-powerful hand.
Rejoice, Mother merciful to us all in Christ; Rejoice, thou who deliverest the despised and rejected from destruction.
Rejoice, softener of the hearts of evil people; Rejoice, you who save us from slander and annoyance and other troubles.
Rejoice, Life-Giving Source, healing all our illnesses.
Kontakion 3.
The power of God’s grace overshadows all who, with faith and reverence, resort to Your intercession, Most Pure Lady Theotokos; In the same way, we come to You, our most merciful Patroness, and tenderly call: teach us to glorify Your all-honorable and all-glorious name and worthily sing to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 3.
Having the most maternal mercy for the Christian race, give a helping hand to you, O Lady, to all who resort to you with faith and hope: healing to the sick, healing to those suffering from weakness, sight to the blind, revelation to the blind. Strengthen the poor, comfort the afflicted, and give to all who need them. O Mother of God, we fall to You with tenderness and expectantly and diligently cry out to Your rich mercy:
Rejoice, our joy, even the tears are taken away from our eyes; Rejoice, you who give unexpected joy to the faithful.
Rejoice, for through You our good desires are fulfilled; Rejoice, for Your prayer can accomplish much before Your Son and God.
Rejoice, blessing upon the homes and families of the pious; Rejoice, our joy and wonderful care for us.
Rejoice, Life-Giving Source, healing all our illnesses.
Kontakion 4.
Through the storm of many troubles, you help us, O Lady, for you always stand before the Lord’s throne and, lifting up your hands, pray, so that our unworthy prayer will be accepted by the Lord Be the King of glory, and will fulfill the petitions of those who call upon Your holy name, who call upon Your Son: Alleluia.
Ikos 4.
King Leo heard Your divine voice, O Most Holy Lady, commanding you to anoint the eyes of the blind with the water of the spring and do as Your voice commanded, and the blind man, having received his sight, will know To be the compassionate of all the weak, who with faith ask You for help and healing in illness, and to create there at Your source there is a temple to Your holy name, and everyone who has received Your mercy unceasingly glorifies You, the Mother of God, with gratitude:
Rejoice, gracious Source, exuding endless mercies to us; Rejoice, thou who deliver us from troubles.
Rejoice, unreliable hope; Rejoice, joy to those who mourn.
Rejoice, Mother of the Most High God; Rejoice, for for all You prayed for Your Son, Christ our God.
Rejoice, comforter of all those who mourn and are sick; Rejoice, healer of all bodily and mental infirmities.
Rejoice, Life-Giving Source, healing all our illnesses.
Kontakion 5.
O grace-filled healing You give abundantly to all the infirm; for this reason, for Your sake, the divine healer, on the water springs consecrated by You, churches will be built, O Most Holy Virgin, so that all may be faithful to freely enjoy the banners of Your mercy, without depriving us, Your humble children, who sing and cry out in duty to the creator of miracles, God: Alleluia.
Ikos 5.
We see the Life-Giving Spring, O Lady, as truly the second Pool of Siloam, in which all our illnesses are healed and not only in the summer and the first to enter the health of the body Give, but always treat every ailment and every ulcer, mental and physical, with faith and love, to those who resort to You, For this reason we cry out to You:
Rejoice, our vigilant Representative before God; Rejoice, for you are an unquenchable light, ever burning in prayers for us at the throne of the Lord.
Rejoice, Mother of mercy and generosity; Rejoice, in times of our helplessness, when we are in poverty and there is no one who helps us, who hastens to help us.
Rejoice, in the day of our despair from the ailments and sorrows that beset us, you motherly comfort us; Rejoice, preserving temptations that corrupt the soul and body.
Rejoice, thou who deliverest from sudden death; Rejoice, at the end of our communion of the Holy Mysteries, worthy.
Rejoice, Life-Giving Source, healing all our illnesses.
Kontakion 6.
The Church of Christ preaches Your miracles, O Mother of God, like the multiplying essence of the sand of the sea and the stars of heaven; From the east to the back of your miracles, and the no one of your miracles or the country, the idea is not committed by the gate of the sila of God in the deliverance and salvation, the enlightenment and healing of the Christian people. Most of all, you are accustomed to work miracles through the watery nature; by the sacred invocation of Your Holy Name, you abundantly pour out a stream of mercy on all those who suffer; Grant therefore to all who in faith receive communion or are sprinkled with holy water, perfect healing, so that we may praise Thee and Thy Son Christ the Savior and call: Alleluia.
Ikos 6.
You have shone in Your life-giving source, Most Holy Lady, streams of grace-filled healings for all those suffering from various ailments, and in our country you shine with the light of miracles and mercies; For those who flow to You will receive deliverance from sorrows, healing of illnesses, and fulfillment of all joys; O Lady Queen and Lady, You always lift up Your hands in supplication before Your Son and God, hear us even now, zealously crying out to You like this:
Rejoice, inexhaustible source of life-giving waters; Rejoice, bath, washing away sinful filth.
Rejoice, joy is greater than our sorrows; Rejoice, our sorrows are quenched.
Rejoice, healing is greater than our illnesses; Rejoice, deliverance from all our troubles.
Rejoice, Life-Giving Source, healing all our illnesses.
Kontakion 7.
Wanting to show everyone your love for suffering people, the Mother of God, you deigned to show your healing power in the watery nature and bestowed life-giving grace There was a spring of water in the thicket of the forest for the healing of the blind, and she taught us to call on Your holy name before this water, believing and boldly trusting, as even now to this water you mercifully grant the same gracious power and heal with it all of us who suffer, so that people may cry out to God with gratitude forever and ever about You: Alleluia.
Ikos 7.
Thou hast shown Thy works wondrously to the Most Pure Mother, O Lord, and Thou hast bestowed wondrous miracles upon us beyond Her source, yes, in its watery streams there is an abundance of grace-filled healing, in and Your weak people glorify the heavenly healer, Your All-Holy Mother, with heartfelt faith and heartfelt love, and this is the name:
Rejoice, Alavaster of healing, provide medicine for every ailment; Rejoice, merciful Healer of all mental and physical infirmities.
Rejoice, you who loosen the bonds of sin of repentant sinners; Rejoice, zealous representative for the whole world.
Rejoice, quiet joy for mourning mothers; Rejoice, thou who clothest us with eternal joy.
Rejoice, intercession of widows; Rejoice, compassionate care for helpless orphans.
Rejoice, children, inconvenience to students, giving reason; Rejoice, guardian of youth.
Rejoice, Life-Giving Source, healing all our illnesses.
Kontakion 8.
It is strange to see that Your watery source, Lady, exhibits miraculous effects and heals all kinds of diseases; Moreover, knowing the power of God through Your merciful intercession, glorifying the Lord God, with faith and tenderness we sing to Him: Alleluia.
Ikos 8.
Our entire earthly life here is painful and tearful from slander, annoyance, reproach and many other troubles and misfortunes; Because the body is weak, our spirit also becomes weak. We now resort to You, Mother of God, falling before Your most pure image, we pray: fill our hearts with joy, so we cry out to You:
Rejoice, Queen of heaven and earth; Rejoice, you who reign forever with Your Son and God and bring prayers to Him for us.
Rejoice, covering all who come to You with Your mercy; Rejoice, joy to all, quenching our sorrows.
Rejoice, intercessor of those unjustly persecuted and offended; Rejoice, O righteous avenger of those who persecute and offend.
Rejoice, Merciful One, who has mercy on us; Rejoice, you who guide the desperate on the path of truth and lead them to God.
Rejoice, Life-Giving Source, healing all our illnesses.
Kontakion 9.
Every everyday sweetness of sorrow in this world is involved: fame changes, wealth passes without a trace, health and physical beauty fade, friends and sincerity are taken away; O Merciful One, sweeten our sorrows too, giving us true joy as we cry out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 9.
The secular tongue cannot utter Your great glory, O Mother of God, even though You have become glorified in the wondrous deeds of Your mercy towards the Christian race; O Mother of God, All-Blessed Mother, Your mercy has no end and Who can confess Your greatness? May Your all-holy name be blessed forever and may there be glory with You, worthy of the greatness of Your most holy name; from us unworthy receive the Archangel’s voice:
Rejoice, O Gracious One, for the Lord is with You; Rejoice, blessed among women.
Rejoice, thou who has found grace from God; Rejoice, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
Rejoice, overshadowed by the power of the Most High God; Rejoice, God-chosen Youth, Ever-Virgin.
Rejoice, Unbridled Bride; Rejoice, faithful servant of the Lord.
Rejoice, for all the peoples of earth please You; Rejoice, Mother of the Heavenly Doctor.
Rejoice, Life-Giving Source, healing all our illnesses.
Kontakion 10.
Wanting to save many from evils, sorrows and illnesses, You have granted us healing grace in water, sanctified by invoking Your holy name, and many soon receive healing vision: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the weak are restored, the mad are healed, the earth is given fruitfulness, people are saved from death plagues, sudden deaths and violent murders are delivered, cities, villages and houses are saved from fire and lightning. O Most Holy Mother of God, who will not please You, who will not sing of Your glorious miracles? Likewise, we, glorifying God, who gives us such mercies through Your intercession, magnifying You, cry out to Him: Alleluia.
Ikos 10.
You are an insurmountable wall and a source of mercies and miracles, All-merciful Lady Theotokos, to all who resort to Your protection, we also pray to You, intercede and save those who call upon You with love. Me:
Rejoice, for You are our fervent prayer book to God; Rejoice, for Your Motherly prayer can do much to propitiate the Lord Christ.
Rejoice, you who give yourself over to despondency and sorrow and strengthen them in hope; Rejoice, thou who hast quickly dispersed the cloud of sinful passions that has come upon us.
Rejoice, you who glorify those who glorify You; Rejoice, you who put to shame those who reject You and scatter them from the earth like dust.
Rejoice, thou who comfortest sorrowful parents in the deprivation of their children with Thy gracious help; Rejoice, our Healer in bodily suffering and good Comforter in our spiritual sorrows.
Rejoice, Life-Giving Source, healing all our illnesses.
Kontakion 11.
Receive the all-contrite singing from us, O Heavenly Queen, and hear the prayer offered to You, Virgin Mother of God. We run to You in times of misfortune and sorrow, and before You in our troubles we shed tears and pray: Heal our illnesses and quench the sorrows of all those who cry to God about You: Alleluia.
Ikos 11.
A luminous light, kindled by the Holy Spirit to illuminate those in the darkness of sin and the vale of mourning, You are, Most Holy Virgin; With the bright rays of Your miracles you enlighten all of us, darkened by sinful darkness, and lead us to the silent praise of Your most holy name, for this reason we cry out to Tico:
Rejoice, you who always remain with us in fasting and prayer and contemplation of God; Rejoice, in the hour of bewilderment you put a good thought on your heart.
Rejoice, Mother of the true Light; Rejoice, sun of righteousness shining upon us.
Rejoice, teacher of immaculate virginity; Rejoice, guardian of those who are zealous for cleanliness.
Rejoice, virgin majesty; Rejoice, nourisher of the poor and clothing for the naked.
Rejoice, Life-Giving Source, healing all our illnesses.
Kontakion 12.
Thy life-giving source of grace, O Most Holy Virgin, we resort to You, as an indestructible wall and intercession. Look with kindness, Most Holy Theotokos, at our fierce anger and heal the soul and body of our sorrow and illness, so that we cry to God for You: Alleluia.
Ikos 12.
Singing Your ineffable motherly mercy for the suffering, we praise You, like a life-giving source of grace-filled healings, like an inexhaustible river of miracles, like an abyss of mercy and generosity and according to God we place all our hope in Thee, both in this life and in the future life, and, glorifying Thee, we cry out:
Rejoice, Christian, unshameful hope; Rejoice, faithful advocate for us before God.
Rejoice, unreliable hope; Rejoice, true salvation of the faint-hearted and desperate.
Rejoice, comforter in all sorrow; Rejoice, you who save us from the depths of destruction.
Rejoice, joy on the day of death; Rejoice, the only hope even after death.
Rejoice, Life-Giving Source, healing all our illnesses.
Kontakion 13
O all-singing Mother, Heavenly Queen and Lady, Virgin Mother of God, who gave birth to us Christ, the Son of God, who deigned for our salvation to come down to earth and be incarnate from the Holy Spirit and from You ́, Most Holy Virgin, and become human; Hear our fervent prayers and have mercy on all those present here, praying with tears and sighs. Grant us all help in every request, so that no one from us will depart from Your divine face without being heard, but everyone who has received Your mercy will cry out to our God with gratitude for You. Gu: Alleluia.
This kontakion is read three times, then ikos 1st and kontakion 1st.
Ikos 1.
The holy angels reverently serve You and all the inhabitants of heaven with silent voices please You, Virgin Mary, as the Mother of the King Christ God. We are sinners, we dare to imitate them, we pray to You: grant us to continually offer thanks to You for Your abundant mercy towards the entire Christian race. Even though every tongue is perplexed to praise You according to your worth, but knowing Your goodness, we, Your unworthy servants, will boldly open our mouths, and we will be filled with the spirit, and worthy Let us burp out a word of praise, calling the Queen Mother of God like this:
Rejoice, blessed among women, Virgin of grace; Rejoice, Mother of the Most High God, indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
Rejoice, abundant source of the gift of God’s grace; Rejoice, ever-present river of miracles.
Rejoice, source of unceasing joy; Rejoice, source of inexhaustible mercy.
Rejoice, you who accept the prayers of all Christians; Rejoice, you who do not reject the prayers of the most desperate sinners.
Rejoice, intercessor of the offended; Rejoice, comforter of the sad.
Rejoice, helper of the needy; Rejoice, teacher of erring ones.
Rejoice, Life-Giving Source, healing all our illnesses.
Kontakion 1.
To the Mother of God and Queen chosen from all generations, who mercifully hears the prayers of the sick, and pours out healing currents from water sources to the suffering, we offer thanksgiving singing. But you, all-merciful Healer, bow down graciously with our voice of praise and free us from all ailments of soul and body, calling:
Rejoice, Life-Giving Source, healing all our illnesses.
Prayer.
O Most Holy Virgin, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ! You are the Mother and patroness of all who come running to You, look with compassion on the prayers of Your sinners and humble children. You, called the Life-Giving Source of grace-filled healings, heal the illnesses of the afflicted and pray to Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, to bestow health of soul and body on all who flow to You. dear and, having forgiven us our voluntary and involuntary sins, gives us everything that is eternal and temporal necessary for life. You are the joy of all who mourn, hear us, the sorrowful; You are the quencher of sorrow, quench our sorrow too; You are the seeker of the lost, do not allow us to perish in the abyss of our sins, but always deliver us from all sorrows and misfortunes and all evil circumstances. To her, our most blessed Queen, our indestructible hope and invincible intercessor, do not turn Your face away from us for the many of our sins, but extend to us the hand of Your Motherly mercy And do with us a sign of Thy mercy for good: show us Thy help and prosper in every matter good. Turn us away from every sinful undertaking and evil thought, so that we may always glorify Your most honorable name, magnifying God the Father and the Son of the Only Begotten Lord Jesus Christ and the Life-Giving Holy One God's Spirit with all the saints forever and ever. Amen.
Reading rules
The Most Pure Virgin Mary is the mediator between the earthly world and the Kingdom of Heaven. Believers throughout the Christian world turn to her with a variety of requests. The Mother of God is considered the intercessor of the human race and always helps those who sincerely and with faith pray to her for their salvation.
Icon of the Mother of God “Life-Giving Spring”
Before starting prayer, you need to clear your mind of everyday thoughts and negative emotions and tune in to the process. A person’s mind must be fully included in the words of prayer so that they penetrate the heart. Attention is a very important condition for correctly offered prayer. After all, with attention comes humility, and with humility comes a feeling of repentance. Before asking, you should sincerely repent of your sins.
Important! You should not limit yourself to a one-time prayer. You need to read the prayer book more often until you get what you want. After all, only diligent and repeated prayer cultivates in us the same patience and humility necessary for realizing our own sinfulness and the benefits of the trials sent.
Of course, prayer in church has a very beneficial effect on a person. If it is not possible to get to the temple, then you can pray at home, secluded in a separate room. It is better to do this in front of the icon of the Mother of God with a lit lamp. A calm and quiet atmosphere without distractions will promote heartfelt prayer with faith and trust in the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
