The history of the appearance of the akathist to the Pochaev Mother of God
The miraculous Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God is today kept in the Dormition Pochaev Lavra in the Ukrainian city of Pochaevo. In the middle of the 16th century, the image was presented by Metropolitan Neophytos (the future Patriarch of Constantinople) to local noblewoman Anna Goiskaya. The latter handed over the icon to the Lavra.
After Anna's death, her heir Andrzej Firlej took the miraculous image of the Blessed Virgin Mary back. The icon was returned to the Assumption Lavra only in 1644. According to legend, Firleya’s wife began to rage and was cured only when, on the advice of Abbot Job of Pochaevsky, the icon was returned.
Several miracles are associated with the image:
- The Mother of God defended the Lavra from the siege of the Turks on July 20-23, 1675. Her image appeared in the sky. The enemies got scared, started shooting, hitting each other, and eventually fled. The day when the enemy retreated (August 5) is the day of veneration of the icon.
- More than 500 miracles were recorded in the period from 1721 to 1832, when the Lavra was under the rule of the Uniates. The last miracle was the healing of the blind girl Anna, after which the monastery was returned to the Orthodox Church. In memory of this event, an akathist is read before the icon on Saturdays every week.
The icon belongs to the type of Tenderness, or Eleus. The Virgin Mary is drawn from the waist up, she holds the Child in her right hand, and in her left hand she clutches the cloth with which Christ is covered. The baby rests his left hand on his mother’s shoulder and blesses with his right hand.
The history of the appearance of this image began in the first half of the 13th century. In 1240, during the invasion of the Golden Horde, there was a dense forest on the site of the Assumption Pochaev Lavra. Two monks came here to retire from the world. They lived in a cave nearby and constantly prayed for the salvation of the country.
One day, after prayer, one of the hermits climbed to the top of the mountain. Our Lady appeared before him. She stood on a stone, and fire raged around her. The monk immediately called his friend. The shepherd John Bosoy walked nearby. Climbing the mountain, he saw a sign and fell to his knees, praying.
Soon the Mother of God disappeared, but on the stone on which she stood there remained a trace of her right foot. The trail was filled with water, which did not decrease, no matter how much water was taken from there.
The akathist also talks about this event; a stone with a footprint is often depicted on icons. The akathist itself was adopted on August 14, 1883 by the Holy Synod. It was compiled by Archpriest Andrei Khoynatsky.
Meaning in Orthodoxy
The icon of Our Lady of Pochaev is miraculous. More than 600 recorded miracles have survived, but the exact number is unknown.
Our Lady of Pochaev helps:
- To recover from a physical or mental illness. She is especially often approached about blindness or deafness - both physical and spiritual.
- Free yourself from bad tendencies or addictions.
- Protect yourself from thieves or enemies. They often turn to her if a threat looms over the entire country.
- Guide a person on the righteous path. Even hardened sinners can reform.
- Strengthen your faith, find the right path and get rid of your inner enemy.
- Get support at the beginning of a difficult task, strengthen your resolve.
- Get rid of material difficulties.
- Avoid prison for those who have been unfairly accused.
The image of the Mother of God, brought to the family, helps maintain peace and tranquility, eliminates quarrels and misunderstandings, and directs household members on the righteous path.
Priests recommend that children pray in front of the image, since the Mother of God is their protector and helps them make the right decisions.
You can read the akathist in church or on your own, always standing. An exception is made only for believers who cannot stand for long. It is important to remember that this is a more difficult moral and spiritual matter than prayer. If in doubt, you should consult your confessor in advance.
When reading for the first time, it is recommended to listen to the recording. This will help you deal with stress and highlight important ideas. It is important to focus on turning to the Mother of God, without being distracted by everyday thoughts.
Before the akathist, the intended prayer is read, after it - an appeal to the guardian angel.
How to say a prayer correctly
Help from the Pochaev Icon will come at the right moment, if a person prays correctly and asks only for bright blessings. An appeal to the Most Pure Mary must be sincere, sincere, and come from the depths of the heart of a believing Christian.
A person who prays should completely renounce everything worldly and vain. This means that you need to forget about everyday affairs and problems, avoid thoughts about your material needs and accumulated grievances. Anyone asking Our Lady for help should not think about how he looks from the outside. Only in this case will it be possible to be heard by the Mother of God and be sure to receive support from the Queen of Heaven. Having made a prayer, it is important not to forget to glorify and thank the Mother of God for her patience, compassion and truly boundless love for the entire human race.
Full text in Russian
Kontakion 1
To the chosen Governor of the Christian clans and our country, the more famous Redeemer, let us bring songs of praise, Vernia, gathered on Her holy mountain; But You, who have unspeakable mercy, O Lady Theotokos, do not lift up our prayers before Your miraculous image, but in the tenderness of our hearts we call to You:
Rejoice, praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, hope and consolation.
Ikos 1
Archangel Gabriel first says “Rejoice!” I bring it to you, O Lady, when the conception of the Son of God preaches the good news, after your most glorious Assumption all the heavenly powers here and there continually bring you praise in Heaven; How can we, sinners, dare to share our voices with the voices of the bodiless group? Moreover, Your mercy is remembrance for all who repent, we open our lips with fear and love, saying:
Rejoice, mercy abounds; Rejoice, inexhaustible sea of love.
Rejoice, O representative of the good Christian race; Rejoice, unbreakable wall of the Pochaev monastery.
Rejoice, you who attract Orthodox people to Mount Pochaev with bonds of love; Rejoice, you who drive away all sorrow from their souls.
Rejoice, even the miraculous image, like a star, guides us from Mount Pochaev; Rejoice, the passionate prayers offered to her will soon be reflected.
Rejoice, you who consoled this people with your appearance on the mountain; Rejoice, you who left the imprint of Your foot on her for us.
Rejoice, everlasting boldness of the faithful; Rejoice, you who doubt the good statement.
Rejoice, praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, hope and consolation.
Kontakion 2
Having seen the hermit in peace and the simpleton John the Barefoot, the Most Holy Theotokos appeared on the rock in a pillar of fire, following Her foot, kissing the forehead and water, here flowing from the stone, sprinkling , crying out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 2
The mind, misunderstood about Your appearance, O Lady, is seeking, in the chinese hope it is affirmed, as first from the Hagarians, after from the heretics, the stronghold of Orthodoxy on the mountain of hope is good enough to establish You are, for this reason we come to Your holy temple, with the warm faith of our hearts we fulfill, saying:
Rejoice, affirmation of the true faith; Rejoice, clear reproof of evil.
Rejoice, thou who stood in the burning bush of Sinai from ancient times; Rejoice, you who appeared here as a Christian in the pillar of fire.
Rejoice, for in the burning cave, the dew of salvation, the youths of Abraham foreshadowed Thee; Rejoice, as Thy grace was preached as water from the footprint of Thy foot.
Rejoice, our land, which was devastated long ago by the Hagarites, and was then consoled by Your appearance; Rejoice, and now you encourage those praying here with many signs.
Rejoice, those who repent will soon be heard; Rejoice, help and refuge for those who strive.
Rejoice, and admonition of the ignorant; Rejoice, and strengthening of the faint-hearted.
Rejoice, praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, hope and consolation.
Kontakion 3
You showed the power of deep grace, O Lady, on the mountain of Pochayev, when the place of Your appearance, after three hundred years, you enriched with Your miraculous icon, even with your hand St. Neophyte Yellin, from Moscow who is coming, you first bestowed upon the noblewoman Anna, then from her you received her to the monastery of Pochaevskaya Thou art the people who rejoice and sing to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 3
Having in your house your icon, Lady, the noblewoman Anna, and having seen the healing from it for her blind-born brother Philip, he was struck by the spirit of zeal for your glory and burned he builds a body of stone in the name of Thy most honorable Dormition for the hermit of Pochaev, and in the same place the one who worships Thy miraculous image cries out for :
Rejoice, thou who hast given us the rich treasure in Thy holy icon; Rejoice, thou who, by the hand of Thy bestowed image, sanctified our land.
Rejoice, turning away our souls from earthly wealth; Rejoice, you who teach us to sing the Glory of God.
Rejoice, for Thy miracles are visible, we admire our hearts to Heaven; Rejoice, for in Your abode, as if on the threshold of paradise, we find ourselves.
Rejoice, you who consoled the Orthodox people with Your icon; Rejoice, you who call praying people from all countries to the Pochaev monastery.
Rejoice, for her faith is increasing; Rejoice, despondency will be driven away.
Rejoice, everlasting Joy of the Pochaev monks; Rejoice, shameless Hope of the worldly people.
Rejoice, praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, hope and consolation.
Kontakion 4
A storm of heretical fury rushed towards Your holy monastery, O Lady, Your holy icon, by the hand of the evil iconoclasts, captive and to slander those feats, soon by the wrath of Bo The living were kept by the speed, always by an invisible force, the feasting blasphemers, like Artaxerxes and Herod, were thrown into sickness, over the shrine Those who cursed and did not listen to you sing: Alleluia.
Ikos 4
The monks of the chastity and all Orthodox people have heard that Your holy icon, after seventy years of heretical captivity, is returning to the holy monastery from the shamed detractors, Abiy on Wednesday Her shadow came up and she turned her weeping into joy, crying out to You:
Rejoice, refuge for Christians; Rejoice, denunciation of heretics.
Rejoice, the Pochaev monastery has not completely deprived you of Your icon; Rejoice, you who put to shame the blasphemy of the iconoclasts.
Rejoice, for you teach us not to lose heart in troubles; Rejoice, for you commanded us to believe in the justice of God.
Rejoice, Orthodoxy has become established in our country; Rejoice, She and the whole universe were deemed worthy to accept the incarnate Truth.
Rejoice, imitating the long-suffering of God; Rejoice, you who strengthen your people in patience.
Rejoice, for those who are humble receive consolation from You; Rejoice, for the proud are humbled by You.
Rejoice, praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, hope and consolation.
Kontakion 5
The God-bearing star appeared to those seeking salvation, O Lady, leading them to the Sun of Truth, just as in Your earthly life you represented the people to Your Son in Cana of Galilee. Thou art blessed, and therefore, according to Thy glorious departure to Heaven, prayers for the faithful are brought from the ends of the earth, You ascend to Your Son and here, on Mount Pochaev, you give many different healings from Him to people who cry out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 5
Seeing people flowing to Mount Pochaevskaya, just as in ancient times, and in the last summer, many healings are given by You, in the desire for the salvation of their souls they affirm and about their sins for now a warm offering, crying out to You:
Rejoice, recovery of sight for the blind and healing for the lame; Rejoice, deliverance of demons from demons.
Rejoice, Thou who miraculously returned the captive monk to Thy abode in the air; Rejoice, you raised the baby Simeon from death through the prayer of the old woman.
Rejoice, for in these signs the power of Your ancient miracles has again appeared to the people; Rejoice, for healing from Your holy icon will not fail in the last days.
Rejoice, the source of healings from Your holy icons throughout the world; Rejoice, you enrich those who pray with spiritual gifts.
Rejoice, whose ancestors boast of Orthodoxy; Rejoice, to Her help come those of little faith.
Rejoice, hope of earthly creatures; Rejoice, joy of the heavenly ranks.
Rejoice, praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, hope and consolation.
Kontakion 6
The preachers of the glory of the Most Pure Virgin appeared to the Hagarians at the Pochaev monastery, having found and not having understood the vision of the Most Pure Mother of God with the Venerable Job; When the arrows shot from them rushed back at her, she realized the power of the Lady and brought repentance for her madness, crying out in faith: Alleluia.
Ikos 6
Thy vision appeared, O Lady, on Mount Pochaevste, when the brethren of the monastery, heavily besieged by the Hagarians, prayed with a great cry before Thy holy icon and before the shrine of St. ova is lifted up, and when the Hagaryan brothers, in the vision of this, confused and running, see, abiye with joy I praised Your face:
Rejoice, our Redeemer and salvation; Rejoice, everlasting help of the Christian race.
Rejoice, thou who drove away the wicked enemies from Thy shrine; Rejoice, you who bring them to repentance.
Rejoice, even the invisible enemies of our salvation tremble; Rejoice, the Holy Angels and the departed righteous women worship her in Heaven.
Rejoice, thou who receivedst the venerable Job with Thyself in prayer; Rejoice, you who brought the Hagarites to Holy Baptism through your vision.
Rejoice, for through You I have faithfully put aside the fear of death; Rejoice, for for Your sake the God-fearing foreigners from the Hagarians came here.
Rejoice, ever-present manifestation of truth; Rejoice, good admonition to those who go astray.
Rejoice, praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, hope and consolation.
Kontakion 7
Although the desire for the eternal life will kindle in the hearts of Christians, the Most Holy Theotokos heals the sick with Her miracles, casts out demons, frees the captives, raises the dead, and we all, Having understood the power of God, we will hate earthly things and take care of our souls, constantly crying out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 7
The Pochaev monastery suffered new and grave misfortunes, when, together with the whole country, it was torn away from Orthodoxy by flattery into the possession of heretics, both in the past hundred and ten summers. Glorious Christians were given away, in the beginning of Orthodoxy the monks came and the holy relics of the Venerable Job were taken from under the bushel , to the miraculous image of the Lady, he fell, saying:
Rejoice, defender of Orthodoxy; Rejoice, accuser of heretics.
Rejoice, you who did not leave Your abode until the end; Rejoice, you who teach us the fear of God.
Rejoice, for through Your intercession the Volyn country has returned to Orthodoxy; Rejoice, for from the ancient years many heretics have been corrected by Your admonition.
Rejoice, who again calls the faithful to prayer to Your holy Lavra; Rejoice, teaching the infidels here to worship the Orthodox shrine.
Rejoice, even the righteous and righteous women sing unceasingly; Rejoice, those who have fallen will flock to Neizha in repentance.
Rejoice, return of apostates to the faith; Rejoice, raising those who are enticed to the light of truth.
Rejoice, praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, hope and consolation.
Kontakion 8
We see a strange miracle about You, Mother of God, since the physical illness of Your holy icons and the sprinkling of Pochaev water are healed by kissing, so spiritual passions are also removed by the vision of Your shrine. They pray, faith is confirmed and our hearts are filled with tenderness, singing to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 8
All of me, unworthy, was filled with sins, given over to worldly dispersion and neglecting my soul, especially looking at your holy icon, Lady, and the enlightenment from it for countless people, here, seeing those who come, I rush again on the path of salvation and in the joy of my heart I sing to Tisa:
Rejoice, treasure of purity; Rejoice, abyss of mercies.
Rejoice, you who offer prayers to Your Son for the faithful; Rejoice, you who do not reject the prayers of sinners.
Rejoice, for through You you have escaped much of the despair of sin; Rejoice, for those who call on Your name have risen from the strange fall.
Rejoice, the iconoclastic heresy has been put to shame in the universe; Rejoice, the true faith of the Volyn country has returned.
Rejoice, you who lead souls to the feat of chastity; Rejoice, you who teach those who offend to forgive those who offend.
Rejoice at the tenderness of our hearts; Rejoice, the hope of our souls.
Rejoice, praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, hope and consolation.
Kontakion 9
You have forgiven all apostasies and heretical wanderings to the repentant people of the land of Volyn, O Lady, and again the source of healing from Your miraculous icon, from the footprint of Your foot on the mountain You have opened the greatest hope in Your Orthodox Lavra to the people, only if they bring repentance for their sins to God and, about Your without hesitation, they will cry out to Him: Alleluia.
Ikos 9
The branch of Thy glory appeared, O Lady, to blindness and lameness healing from Thy icon, returned to the Orthodox people, who received, like a heretical wife of a certain sick woman, Thy We can call upon the power and, after healing, confess and kiss the true faith, and let us cry out to You:
Rejoice, supplication of the Heavenly King; Rejoice, everlasting representation of the earth.
Rejoice, you who turned away a certain woman’s illness from Luther’s errors with healing; Rejoice, all people who have believed in the truth of Orthodoxy.
Rejoice, for for Your sake the people of Orthodoxy have overcome the deception of the Hagarians so many times; Rejoice, for for Thy sake also the seduction from the Latins has kissed the Orthodox faith.
Rejoice, all who live lift up their eyes to Neizha in prayer; Rejoice, O South, and those praying for the repose of the dead call for help.
Rejoice, and taking away from the needs of life those who flow to You; Rejoice, giving strength to those who endure all kinds of needs.
Rejoice, help to the Christ-loving army in battles; Rejoice, there is good instruction for the militant demons.
Rejoice, praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, hope and consolation.
Kontakion 10
The Most Pure Mother of God wanted to save a certain simple old woman, who was blinded by Latin and had little grandson, enlightened by Orthodoxy, but blinded by the hairs of her body, and wished for both good things. It is important to venerate Her miraculous image on Mount Pochaev, where Abi miraculously heals a blind young woman and an Orthodox elder. Teaches faith to confess, crying to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 10
The indestructible wall of true faith appeared to You, O Lady, like the wicked heretics from glorifying You, as the True Mother of God, stubbornly rejecting, even Orthodoxy in the faith. abiding in the firmament and from the prayers constantly offered to You, they will in no way turn away, and for the sake of heretics They do not dare to accept the verb in their own ears, but with a grateful heart they will not stop praising You, saying:
Rejoice, Christians are joy and consolation; Rejoice, glory and worship to the angelic order.
Rejoice, you who turn us away from the flattering words of heretics; Rejoice, raising our minds to God by the remembrance of Your mercies.
Rejoice, holy Apostles who called to Your Assumption on the clouds of the air; Rejoice, and sinful people gathered on that day to Mount Pochaev in thousands and thousands for the whole summer.
Rejoice, even for the sake of Christians the difficulty of the path, like sweet repose, is lifted; Rejoice, even for the sake of laziness they strive to imitate them.
Rejoice, for the monk to forget the sweetness of the world through Your grace; Rejoice, you who look back at the terrifying dreams.
Rejoice, best diadia of the Church of Christ; Rejoice, invincible shield of our country.
Rejoice, praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, hope and consolation.
Kontakion 11
The singing of gratitude about Your, Lady, good deeds throughout the world from Christians, ascended like incense, constantly ascending to Heaven, thinking, and our wretched praise does not turn away from You about We also pray to grant You the grace of repentance, singing with hope to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 11
The light of the life of temporary and eternal life, the hope of you, O Lady, appeared to a man in Bessarabia who had to die, but suddenly, after eating water from the Pochaev shrine, health to the former, who saw his relatives, cried out to You with fear and tenderness:
Rejoice, healing of the sick; Rejoice, hearing of those who mourn.
Rejoice, for through You the death that came was driven away; Rejoice, for you have given us undoubted faith.
Rejoice, for Gabriel’s prophecy is coming true before our eyes; Rejoice, for from all generations you are blessed, according to Your word, now and ever.
Rejoice, Mount Pochaev, for you have sanctified your dwelling place; Rejoice, like the second Nazareth, you who revealed Tuya.
Rejoice, you who have turned away no one’s hope; Rejoice, you who warmly accept all prayers.
Rejoice, you who give us health; Rejoice, thou who leadest us to salvation.
Rejoice, praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, hope and consolation.
Kontakion 12
The grace of healing and tenderness of prayer from Thy, Lady, flows from the icon, so that our souls will not be in vain, even if for the sake of sin we fall into petrified insensibility, even though we have power It is possible to resurrect the dead, and awaken our spiritual deadness and illuminate our hearts with a better thought, yes Having hated sinful charm, let us sing to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 12
Singing Your miracles in the monastery of the Most Holy, we pray to You, Lady, not to turn Your face away from our country, but also to all who come to Your holy mountain and mercy from You seeking for good Fulfill the request, so that everyone will sing to You:
Rejoice, propitiation of the all-righteous God; Rejoice, Christians have boldness in Christ.
Rejoice, thou who manifestest the triumph of faith in Thy Lavra; Rejoice, you who inflame the hearts of men with love.
Rejoice, for through ancient miracles people have been able to see something like this here; Rejoice, like this mountain, like the second Sinai, glorify yourself in Christian countries.
Rejoice, O God, who appeared on earth and bore in Your womb; Rejoice, you who lift up people to God through your prayer.
Rejoice, Thy icon, for having left the preacher of salvation in Thy monastery; Rejoice, the footprint of Your foot, filled with healing water, glorifying miracles.
Rejoice, looking down upon Your servants from the heavenly heights; Rejoice, instructing the faithful in good deeds.
Rejoice, praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, hope and consolation.
Kontakion 13
O All-Singing Mother of Christ God, who has given birth to all generations of Christians through love, worthy of praise, we, sinners, are perplexed by Your love for victory and Your miracles. Lifting up our eyes to the bright image, we pray to You: in our struggles and needs, do not abandon Your children to their intercession To Your warmth of those who believe and to Your Son who cry out: Alleluia.
This kontakion is read three times, then the 1st ikos and the 1st kontakion.
Ikos 1
Archangel Gabriel first says “Rejoice!” I bring it to you, O Lady, when the conception of the Son of God preaches the good news, after your most glorious Assumption all the heavenly powers here and there continually bring you praise in Heaven; How can we, sinners, dare to share our voices with the voices of the bodiless group? Moreover, Your mercy is remembrance for all who repent, we open our lips with fear and love, saying:
Rejoice, mercy abounds; Rejoice, inexhaustible sea of love.
Rejoice, O representative of the good Christian race; Rejoice, unbreakable wall of the Pochaev monastery.
Rejoice, you who attract Orthodox people to Mount Pochaev with bonds of love; Rejoice, you who drive away all sorrow from their souls.
Rejoice, even the miraculous image, like a star, guides us from Mount Pochaev; Rejoice, the passionate prayers offered to her will soon be reflected.
Rejoice, you who consoled this people with your appearance on the mountain; Rejoice, you who left the imprint of Your foot on her for us.
Rejoice, everlasting boldness of the faithful; Rejoice, you who doubt the good statement.
Rejoice, praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, hope and consolation.
Kontakion 1
To the chosen Governor of the Christian clans and our country, the more famous Redeemer, let us bring songs of praise, Vernia, gathered on Her holy mountain; But You, who have unspeakable mercy, O Lady Theotokos, do not lift up our prayers before Your miraculous image, but in the tenderness of our hearts we call to You:
Rejoice, praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, hope and consolation.
Prayer
To You, O Mother of God, we, sinners, prayerfully flow to Your miracles, revealed in the Holy Lavra of Repentance, in remembrance and contrition for our own sins. Vema, Lady, Vema, as it is not fitting for us, sinners, to ask anything, except for the hedgehog of the Righteous Judge, to leave our iniquities to us. All that we have endured in life, sorrows, needs, and illnesses, like the fruits of our falls, have vegetated us, I allow this God for our correction. Moreover, the Lord will guide all this truth and His judgment upon His sinful servants, who in their sorrows come to Your intercession, O Most Pure One, and in the tenderness of their hearts they cry out to You sitze: do not remember our sins and iniquities, O Good One, but rather lift up Your all-honorable hand , present yourself to Your Son and God, so that what we have done will be forgiven us, and for the many unfulfilled promises of ours He will not turn His face away from His servants, so that His grace may come to salvation Those who help us will not take them away from our souls. To her, Lady, be the Intercessor for our salvation and, not disdaining our cowardice, look upon our groans, even in our troubles and sorrows before your miraculous image. Enlighten our minds with tender thoughts, strengthen our faith, confirm our hope, grant us the sweetest gift of love to accept us. With this, Most Pure One, with the gift, and not with illnesses and sorrows, may our life be raised to salvation, but protect our souls from despondency and despair, deliver us, the weak, from those who are in this day and age Yes, and needs, and human slander, and unbearable diseases . Grant peace and prosperity to the Christian life through Your intercession, O Lady, establish the Orthodox faith in our country and throughout the world. Do not betray the Apostolic and Conciliar Church to degradation; the Fathers will forever preserve the statutes of the saints, unshakable, and save all who come to You from the pit of destruction. Also bring the heresy of our deceived brothers or the saving faith in sinful passions who destroyed them back to true faith and repentance, and together with us, worshiping Your miraculous image, Your intercession will be confessed. Grant us, O Most Holy Lady Theotokos, to see the victory of the truth in this belly through Your intercession; grant us grace-filled joy before the end of our perception, as ancient inhabitants of Pochaev, by your appearance you showed the victors and enlighteners of the Hagarians, and we all have a grateful heart, together with the Angels, and prophets, and apostles, and with all the saints, glorifying Your mercy, let us give glory, honor and worship in the Trinity to the sung God of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.
Second prayer
To our Most Blessed Queen, Most Blessed Lady, our hope to the Mother of God! We now flow to You with tenderness, and with a contrite soul and a humble heart we pray to You, the All-Singing One, before Your most pure image: remember Your bounties of old, even from You who were here oh, and as sometimes you appeared on the rock of Pochaevste, in a pillar of fire, from the stone wholesome water Elepeating, and now imagine, to be multiple, and the warmth of the Mother of God, your loving heart, is a fossilized heart, tears of love and repentance of indigestible from the worships. For You are our only God-given intercessor: We pray to You, deliver from all troubles, from every adversity, illness and sorrow, Thy servants, through the intercession of the great intercessor and prayer for us Your father, our all-blessed father Job, your saint of Pochaev, whose prayer I have listened to Thou art sometimes in the air, when by Thy all-glorious and terrible appearance Thou hast delivered Thy monastery from the invasion and deposition of the Agarians. Look with mercy, O All-Singing One, look at Your merciful intercession on our country, and pour out Your rich mercies on all your people: gather together those who are scattered, the infidels and those of other faiths, in the lands of guide them on the true path, those who have fallen away from the pious faith of their fathers, bring them back and bring them together Thy holy orthodox and catholic Church: establish peace in our families, support old age, instruct the young, raise babies, stand up for the orphans and widows, captives of freedom, for Heal those who lie, remember those who are in judgment, and in prison, and in captivity, and in bitter labors, protecting us now, visiting and comforting us with the currents of miracles and various signs, even as you continually pour out to everyone from your holy, celibate icon. Grant, O All-Good One, the fertility of the earth, the goodness of the air, and all the timely and useful gifts for our benefit, through the prayers of Thy chosen saints, Thy gracious face upon the holy Your icon surrounding: Elijah the God-speaking, Holy Archdeacon Stephen the First-Suffering, Venerable Abraham the All-Blessed, and God-blessed Mina a martyr of many names, and with them a number of saints and righteous women: the most praised Paraskeva, the blessed Irene and St. Catherine the Great Martyr, and all the saints. When our departure from this life and migration to eternity has arrived, stand before us, O Most Blessed One, as sometimes You made Your abode prosperous for salvation during the Battle of Zbar. woman, and through Your warm intercession grant us the Christian end of our lives, painless, without shame, peace and the Holy Mysteries I participate: that in this life, in this life and in the world to come, we may all, through Your prayers, be made worthy of endless heavenly life in the Kingdom of Your beloved Son, the Lord God and our Savior, Jesus Christ, to Him belongs all glory, honor and worship, forever and ever. Amen.
The Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God is kept in the Assumption Lavra of the Ukrainian city of Pochaevo. The very appearance of the monastery is associated with the miraculous appearance of the Mother of God to monks, and the icon was handed over in the middle of the 16th century. Several hundred miracles performed in front of the icon have been recorded.
Where is the Temple icon located?
The Church of the Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God exists in many cities. Copies of the original icon, which resides in the Iovo-Pochaev Dormition Lavra, are available in many villages and mountains of Russia,
The Temple of the Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God Saltykovka is a church in the Balashikha deanery, on Razinsky Highway, building 1. At first there was a chapel on this site; by 1928 a temple was built, but it was closed in 1936. Since 2007, the temple has been revived, social activities are carried out here and patronage of disabled children is carried out.
The Church of the Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God in Chertanovo is also quite famous. It was built in 2015 and consecrated at the same time. Located on Kirovogradskaya street, 21, bldg. 1, page 1. The Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God in Moscow is located at this address.
The Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God Belgorod is also a well-known list of icons. Construction of the temple lasted from 2010 to 2012. The temple is quite large and can accommodate 450 parishioners.
