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Designed for private reading. Kontakion 1
In the chosen Voivode and the good Hodegetria, who guides us to the heavenly city, come, let us all fall, those who do not have the city that resides here, for the omnipotent intercession of Yes, miracles from the ancient years, even to this day from the icon of Her, have happened in remembrance, let us cry out loudly:
Rejoice , Lady, who continually reveals the signs of Your mercy to the world.
Ikos 1
And the angels were amazed to see Ty, the Lady, with Your icon, as if she were coming to us like a pillar of fire in our great exodus from the earth, the enslaved lawless ones. Not Moses, but Thy Imam herself, the Guide in our sorrowful journey, and therefore we gratefully call upon Thee:
Rejoice , blessed Hodegetria; Rejoice, Mother of the true Path. Rejoice, you who guide us through the desert of this world; Rejoice, gloriously conquering Amalekah of the mind. Rejoice, sources of grace flowing from Your icon; Rejoice, thou who hast written the law of Thy Son, Christ our God, on the tablets of our hearts. Rejoice, we know the burning passions of the blessed Sprinkling; Rejoice, O omnipotent Strengthening of those who are weary. Rejoice, quietest delight of troubled hearts; Rejoice, divine Otrado of the strange and orphans. Rejoice, thou who preparest the promised land for us; Rejoice, thou who openest the gates of heavenly Jerusalem to us.
Rejoice , Lady, who continually reveals the signs of Your mercy to the world.
Kontakion 2
As I walk and see, I will bring forth miracles and signs to Your Lady; We confess mercy, we do not hide Your blessings, but we cry loudly: And liluia.
Ikos 2
Who understands the mind of God and the mystery of His destinies ? He raises up and brings down, humbles and exalts, smites and heals, and who is His adviser? Likewise, for the sake of our sins, humble us and overthrow our kingdom, our sons scattering them across the whole face of the earth. To whom shall we run in our sorrow, to whom shall we stretch out our hands, if not to You, All-Blessed One? Both with a contrite heart and a cry like this:
Rejoice , Thou who beseech Thy Son for us; Rejoice, quenching the righteous wrath of God. Rejoice, purification of our iniquities; Rejoice, Intercessor of forgiveness for sinners. Rejoice, thou who kindled the lamp of unfading hope for us; Rejoice, having preceded us with Your icon in our exodus and journey. Rejoice, you who gather all those who are scattered into one; Rejoice, covering everything with Your light-like omophorion. Rejoice, dying of strife and disorder; Rejoice, destroyer of the advice of the wicked. Rejoice, you who nourish those who swim in the sea of life; Rejoice, forsaking not a single one through Your care.
Rejoice , Lady, who continually reveals the signs of Your mercy to the world.
Kontakion 3
From You flows and grace from Your honest icon pours forth endlessly, Blessed Virgin, all laboring for You cry out: A liluia.
Ikos 3
And the mighty unspeakable mercy, there Your grace abounds, O All-Good One, even though the darkness thickens and sorrows multiply, yet You have not left us orphaned, both in Your icon You came to us poor ones, praising Your condescension and crying out to our souls:
Rejoice , miracle of the sea; Rejoice, mercy abyss. Rejoice, ever-flowing Source of grace; Rejoice, inexhaustible treasure of healing. Rejoice, conqueror of nature’s statutes; Rejoice, you who have changed the laws of nature. Rejoice, turning our sorrow into joy; Rejoice, you who transform crying and groaning into spiritual joy. Rejoice, thou who turnest bitterness and misfortune to our benefit; Rejoice, gloriously humbling our enemies. Rejoice, you who put to shame the aspirations of your enemies; Rejoice, you who sing and rejoice.
Rejoice , Lady, who continually reveals the signs of Your mercy to the world.
Kontakion 4
When temptations come upon us, when sorrows and illnesses visit us, when patience in us becomes impoverished and our spirit is troubled, we look like the Lord The stature of the Virgin and the tears sharper than She, let us cry from the heart: Thy God-bearing hands stretch out to us, from the depths of the ashes raise us up, as we call grateful lips: And liluiya.
Ikos 4
Since ancient times, Russian people have heard the rumor of the appearance of Your holy image in the oak grove of Kurstey and flowed to it with care, tenderly crying out: where do we come from? Yes, may the Mother of our Lord come to us? Having seen Your icon, O Lady, lying at the root of the tree, and accepting it as a great treasure, I cried out to You, the First Image:
Rejoice , brightest Paradise, who has grown the tree of Life; Rejoice, divine Vertograd, tree of the Church that has grown over. Rejoice, fragrant flower, make the whole world fragrant; Rejoice, immaculate Krine, decorating the universe. Rejoice, fruitful Vine, who has given everyone the wine of tenderness to drink; Rejoice, sanctified Rozgo, who has nourished the human race with sweet fruits. Rejoice, Root of the economy of God; Rejoice, the salvation of our Verkh and Glavizno. Rejoice, cutting off our evil passions at the root; Rejoice, planter of virtues. Rejoice, you who root good customs in us; Rejoice, participants in the heavenly life that makes us worthy.
Rejoice , Lady, who continually reveals the signs of Your mercy to the world.
Kondak 5
to the dearest stars, Thy honorable icon, Lady, flows around the Russian land and its cities, this king reverently bows to the queen’s love That beautiful thing, the bishops greeted with fear, and the multitude of the faithful spiritually cried out triumphantly: And liluia.
Ikos 5
In the midst of the atheists, the madman advises to destroy Your icon, Most Pure One, from You, O Child, disgraced and your holy image from every action is crushed without harm. M, monks and mersts Tisitseva cried out with fear and love:
Rejoice , indestructible fortress; Rejoice, indestructible wall. Rejoice, you who put the fierce atheists to shame; Rejoice, thou who hast made the hopes of the enemies come to naught. Rejoice, you who stopped the blasphemers from getting tired; Rejoice, having preserved Your holy icon unharmed. Rejoice, you who kept this from the evil hand; Rejoice, turning Your eyes away from the evil deeds of men. Rejoice, you who do not turn away your most pure face from us poor ones; Rejoice, thou who snatchest sinners from the hand of the devil. Rejoice, forgiveness rising for those who repent; Rejoice, thou who openest the doors of God's mercy through Thy intercession.
Rejoice , Lady, who continually reveals the signs of Your mercy to the world.
Kontakion 6
The world proclaims all the mercy poured out from Your icon, O All-Tsarina! Because You came from the land of Russia, there is no city, below all, in them Your power is not manifested. At the same time, the tongues of those saved by You cry out with gratitude to God: And liluia.
Ikos 6
with the light of hope, O Most Pure Mother of God, who announced the dawn of salvation to the world in Your Nativity. Do not betray us to the end into the hands of our enemies and the councils of the wicked and cruel apostates will soon ruin. May our Russian country be like your ancient home, may piety flourish in it, may holy monasteries and temples be beautified, and may people be kept away from the cruel atheists. Let them celebrate with joy, glorifying Your intercession and calling You like this:
Rejoice , you who have spread Your love to the whole world; Rejoice, from the lips of the divine Son did the sonship of the human race come. Rejoice, Mother of God and Mother of Christians; Rejoice, ailments are taken away and the healer is healed early. Rejoice, in the dungeons of the world there is never-ending light; Rejoice, prisoners of Otrado and the Space of Cages. Rejoice, boldness for the truth of those persecuted; Rejoice, for the faith of those who suffer, Patience. Rejoice, wedding of martyrs; Rejoice, terrible Retribution to the tormentors. Rejoice, let us tie the loosening tie; Rejoice, you who free the captives in body and soul.
Rejoice , Lady, who continually reveals the signs of Your mercy to the world.
Kondak 7
I will burden the righteous Judge and God, the people of whom forget to understand, let them rise up in battle upon the earth. The nations were in confusion and the kingdoms were shaken. Death and horror spread across the face of the earth, crying and groaning filled the air. Then all who have placed their trust in Thee, O Mother of God, will earnestly flow to Thy image and from Thee alone, hoping for salvation, to God, who has given Thee to the people as an Intercessor, Yahoo: And liluia.
Ikos 7
new signs and great wonders from your honorable icon, Mother of God, when we heard the voice of battle. For with a burning city and a shaking earth, with a palace in ruins and a storm filling the air, Thou didst keep the Church, and in it Thy image, the All-Tsarina, abides, unharmed. All those praying in her, seeing the miracle, with one mouth cried out to Ti:
Rejoice , Sovereign Voivode; Rejoice, all the people trust in Nyuzhe. Rejoice, Pillar and Establishment of the Church; Rejoice, protection and protection of all holy things. Rejoice, Victory, world conqueror; Rejoice, you who save those who have no hope. Rejoice, good Listener to the prayers of the diligent; Rejoice, helpless, helpless and unreliable hope. Rejoice, you who crush Satan under our nose; Rejoice, thou who commandest fire and the elements. Rejoice, thou who hast stunned us with Thy icon; Rejoice, Who overshadows us with Your Protection.
Rejoice , Lady, who continually reveals the signs of Your mercy to the world.
Kondak 8
With a strange and terrible sign you showed, O All-Holy One, the small temple that was always destroyed, which you sanctified before your icons, and preserved them unharmed. You presented the old woman and her son, who were hidden there, whole. Meanwhile, everyone who sees and hears these things is terrified with horror, crying out with fear: And liluia.
Ikos 8
Thy God-like love embraces the world, O Ever-Virgin, visiting those near and far and flowing around all the heavenly places in Thy icon. And from the East, even to the West, Thy procession is swift, and all without restraint fall down to Thee, and Thee are chanted in prototypes:
Rejoice , joy of all joys; Rejoice, Cup of inexhaustible sweetness. Rejoice, consolation of this age of sorrow; Rejoice, future life is pleasure. Rejoice, for our sake, those who rejoice in heaven, forsaking; Rejoice, you who come to a land of much sorrow and great misfortune. Rejoice, with Thy icon our grace-filled feet enter invisibly into our homes; Rejoice, you who bring blessings and joy. Rejoice, sanctifying monastic cells in Your honest image; Rejoice, thou who adorn the wretched cages more than the chambers of the kings. Rejoice, thou who shalt the temples of God with Thy most holy face; Rejoice, thou who art invisibly abiding in the dwellings of those who honor Thee.
Rejoice , Lady, who continually reveals the signs of Your mercy to the world.
Kondak 9
At every age and every rank flows to You, God-less Lady, for Your hands have extended the essence of the God-bearing nature to everyone, giving everything to everyone unconditionally, All light and comfort, O All-Tsarina. Moreover, we joyfully cry out to God about You: And liluia.
Ikos 9
In this much-prophesied withering and rhetoric of benevolence, I am exhausted, out of duty, those who want to glorify Thee, Mary Theotokos, are perplexed because every mind can praise Thee according to the heritage, both As soon as we remain silent, the stones will cry out. Moreover, even though we are unworthy beings, with mortal lips we dare to cry out to You like this:
Rejoice , fire-inspired Verb of the prophets; Rejoice, unceasing sermon of the apostles. Rejoice, holy heartfelt Song; Rejoice, confessors of Fortress and Boldness. Rejoice, silent and secretive Besyodo; Rejoice, rhetoricians and preachers of the Golden Mouth. Rejoice, exalted Reward for the passion of those who labor; Rejoice, Divine Joy of all the righteous. Rejoice, praise to mothers and virginity; Rejoice, peace for the elders and for the young to the Leader. Rejoice, Adam's mortal Daughter, Mother of God; Rejoice, shining with ineffable glory near God.
Rejoice , Lady, who continually reveals the signs of Your mercy to the world.
Kontakion 10
From the pasture of the world, pray warmly, O Mother of God, for Thy help is required, with the net of the evil one spread out across the whole face of the earth, with a reeling tongue and storms of attacks on the Church of God raised up, the same as in Cana of Galilee sometimes, shout the word to Your Son and God, yes He will transform the water of temptation and sorrow into the wine of tenderness and divine joy, so that we may drink from Him: And liluia.
Ikos 10
Be with us from the shadow of the insurmountable, All-Immaculate One, resisting the militias of visible and invisible enemies, powerfully fighting for us, crying out with love, Ti is like this:
Rejoice , Thy God-bearing hands ever lifting up for us to God; Rejoice, subduing the spirits of malice under our nose. Rejoice, thou who shamest the prince of darkness by the cunning counsels; Rejoice, you who dispel clouds of thoughts through the Spirit of God. Rejoice, you who drive away despondency from us; Rejoice, humble troubles of life. Rejoice, thou who commandest the storm of misfortunes; Rejoice, you who graciously nourish those who are overwhelmed. Rejoice, thou who removest ashes from the depths; Rejoice, you who mercifully extend your hand to those who are perishing. Rejoice, instructing our nose on the path of salvation; Rejoice, strengthening our hand in battle.
Rejoice , Lady, who continually reveals the signs of Your mercy to the world.
Kontakion 11
prayer , like Your Son, accept the widow’s mite, O All-Holy One, and grant us to always bring this to You, our life in the world of rulers and rulers Whoever gives forgiveness, because we have entered into the heavenly abodes, let us exclaim to God: And liluia.
Ikos 11
With the into -and -like Omofor, all -out, overwhelming the earth, invisibly, is inherently, unhealthy, the indispensable ones are driving, but packed, and in the ranges is incredibly as called:
Rejoice , thou truly clothed with the Sun; Rejoice, crowned with the stars. Rejoice, thou adorned with gold; Rejoice, Ineffable Beauty. Rejoice, Serenity, brightest stars; Rejoice, Warmth, dearest sun. Rejoice, Lightning of the future century; Rejoice, non-evening Light of angels and men. Rejoice, you who drive away the dark demonic regiments far away; Rejoice, enlightening darkness through unbelief. Rejoice, you who clothe us with the armor of light; Rejoice, Holy One, fragrant flowers of all virtues.
Rejoice , Lady, who continually reveals the signs of Your mercy to the world.
Kontakion 12
Bless you with grace from Your icon, O Most Pure Mother of God. No one flows to her with faith and then departs, but each person, according to his need, receives the Divine gift and is crowned with joy, crying out to God: Hail .
Ikos 12
We praise You, we magnify You, we worship, Most Pure Lady, we are not at all aware of the satiety of Your praises, and falling before Your honest image, we tenderly call upon You ́ sitse:
Rejoice , sweetest spring of our souls; Rejoice, brightest Morning of our hearts. Rejoice, unimaginable height; Rejoice, Unfading Glory. Rejoice, endless bliss; Rejoice, inexhaustible goodness. Rejoice, Ineffable Joy; Rejoice, truly one Most Blessed One. Rejoice, exalted above all creation; Rejoice, you who intercede for us in this life. Rejoice, thou who meetest the faithful in the hour of death; Rejoice, for you who trust in Thee will save you even at the terrible judgment.
Rejoice , Lady, who continually reveals the signs of Your mercy to the world.
Kondak 13
Oh , All-Singing Mother, and Mother of all Christians! Imitating Your Son and God with love, cry out to us mercifully: “Fear not, little flock, I am with you and no one is against you!” Moreover, with love and with tears of gratitude, we loudly call to You: A liluiya.
This kontakion is said three times. Also Ikos 1st and Kondak 1st
Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos
Our most blessed Queen, Our Hope, Mother of God, Friend of the orphaned and strange to the Representative, the sorrowful to Joy, the offended to the Patroness! See our misfortune, see our sorrow; help us as the weak, feed us as the strange; resolve our offense, as if you were free; deliver our fatherland, the suffering land of Russia, from enemies visible and invisible, save and preserve Your servants [ name ] and all of us here standing and praying, and cover us from all evil with Your honest omophorion. For the Imams have no other Help than Thee, no other Representative, no good Comforter, only Thee, O Mother of God, for preserve us and cover us forever and ever. Amen.
Another prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos
Oh , Most Holy Lady and Merciful Intercessor of the Christian race! Long ago, in the days of fierce sorrows, You, Most Blessed One, visited our country with the appearance of the miraculous icon of sowing and with Your grace-filled help you strengthened it our venerable forefathers. And many times therefore You saved Your city and our entire country from troubles and misfortunes, strengthening Your faith with Your signs and wonders and the wondrous light of the Lord’s glory of the dawn I love our Christ-loving fatherland in the days of its glorious prosperity. When our fatherland fell into the abyss of suffering through the wickedness of the wicked and our grave sins, You did not abandon, O All-Merciful, suffering children, but as Your blessing She gave this icon to those in exile. And now with this shrine of the same name you signify the coming triumph of the true faith of Christ and with it the deliverance of our suffering homeland through our repentance and correction and to keep the commandments of Your Son. In the same way, in the days of fierce battle, you saved the troubled, even though you came under your roof with faith, preserving the houses blessed by your visitation and your ways Signifying the grace-filled procession. Confirmed by You in our faith, we fall before this grace-filled icon of Yours and earnestly pray to You: do not leave us even now in the troubles and confusion of those who exist. Oh, do not deprive us of Your intercession and with the grace-filled overshadowing of the holy icon sowing, raise us from the depths of sin, unfeigned faith in us Ukropy and teaching all in the suffering of the Sones of your son and God to be in the love and reproduction to observe and would be the same. Deliver our Holy Church from all unstructured fences that tear the robe of Christ to understanding, from the destructive lust for power, from the grave sin of schism, both Grant to the faithful the holy, with humility to preserve the high Orthodoxy in its undamaged purity. Establish peace, fulfill with uncomplaining patience and adorn the lives of Your faithful children with love; in the bitter work of the existing fortified, suffering and oppressed by despair, the consolations and all the exiles rejoiced with the joyful acquisition of the fatherland, relatives and your neighbors. Pray, O Most Gracious One, to Your Son and our Lord, to forgive us our sins, for which we have lost His favor, and help us, who have gone astray, to return to the house of the All-Good Father of our God, see the deliverance of our fatherland and give thanks to you, our Intercessor and Guide, to sow the miraculous Thy icons are in the holy place of her appearance, where all the faithful will rejoice in glorifying Thy glorious signs and wonders forever and ever. Amen.
The third prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos of the Holy Righteous John, the Wonderworker of Kronstadt
O Most Holy Lady Theotokos, Merciful Christian Helper and Intercessor who trusts in You! Hear us praying to You, show us Your intercession and help in salvation. Ask from Christ God, Your Son, for all of us: the spirit of faith and fear of God, the spirit of humility and meekness; the spirit of love and mercy, the spirit of chastity and purity, with all other spiritual gifts, everything and everyone beneficial. Make us conform to Your Son and our God, and to You, the Most Holy Mother of Christ our Lord. Oh, Lady Theotokos! You are the Most Holy Prayer Lady and our Representative before God: teach us to pray fervently, holyly, fervently from the heart. You are adorned with indescribable holiness and purity: make us partakers of Your holiness. Grant us the strength to overcome our sinful lusts and passions, instruct us to always keep the commandments of your Son and Your God, instill in our hearts love and zeal for life. know the holy and godly things. You are the all-merciful Patroness of those who flow to You with faith: teach us to be merciful to everyone, compassionate, generous, filled with faith and good deeds. May we, with Your help, be imitators of our Lord Jesus Christ and You, the Most Pure and Most Holy Mother of God; may we, “like a living stone, being built up for a temple of the spiritual, a holy priesthood, offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God” (1 Pet. 2:5). Oh, Lady, Lady! It is not in vain that we call You by this name! Take us, sinners and weaklings, under Your good care, and do not deprive us of Your merciful dominion. Protect us, as the sovereign Helper, from all temptations that come to us from the flesh, the sinful world and evil spirits. Deliver us, like the all-good Mother, from all troubles, misfortunes and sorrows of life; preserve from the fall of sins, and keep in all piety and purity. May the peace of Your Son and our God and Your peace “be in our hearts” (Col. 3:15). Convert the heretics and apostates who have gone astray from the Orthodox faith to the path of truth and salvation; strengthen those who are ill with unbelief and lack of faith in the faith, and grant them to understand in their hearts the truth and salvation of the Holy Orthodox Church. Give reason and strength to the grieving and despondent, and ask forgiveness for those who repent of their sins; widows, orphans, wretched people and all those in need will be taken under Your protection and protection, and Your rich mercies and bounties have been bestowed upon us all. At the hour of death, appear to us, O Lady, and strengthen and preserve us: for by Your Protection we are preserved and protected, and may we achieve the Christian end of our life—peaceful, joyful, the holy and life-giving Mysteries, the sacrament - and a good answer at the terrible judgment of Your Son and God. You may, O Lady, show us this mercy, for you have great boldness at the throne of God and the gift of almighty prayer, as the Mother of Christ the Lord, Almighty God , For this sake, we, sinners, place all our hope in You and pray: Mother of God, keep us honest Your protection; Intercede and save, O Lady, with Your motherly prayers. Amen.
Troparion, tone 4
I am to the irresistible Wall and Source of miracles, having acquired Thee, Thy servants, Most Pure Mother of God, we overthrow the opposing militias, and we also pray to Thee: peace to our Fatherland Grant also great mercy to our souls.
Kontakion, tone 4
Come , faithful ones, let us brightly celebrate the all-honorable image of the Mother of God, a wonderful phenomenon and, from this, drawing grace, Let us most tenderly cry out to the Archetype: Rejoice, Mar This is the Mother of God, Mother of God, Blessed One.
Greatness
It is worthy to magnify Thee, the Mother of God, the Most Honest Cherub and the Most Glorious without Comparison, the Seraphim.
Icon of the Sign of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The icon of the Most Holy Theotokos called “The Sign” is especially revered among Orthodox Christians in Russia. After the miraculous deliverance of Novgorod, copies of the original appeared throughout Rus', and many miracles also occurred from them.
It depicts the Queen of Heaven, who sits on a throne and raises her hands to the sky in a prayer gesture. Against the background of a round shield located on the chest of the Virgin Mary, there is the Infant Emmanuel.
History of origin and significance in Orthodoxy
The first images of the Mother of God in Rus' appeared in the 11th-12th centuries, and received their name from the Novgorod icon, which showed a miracle during the siege of the city in 1170. The appanage princes united their troops and, under the leadership of the Suzdal prince, treacherously attacked Novgorod. The townspeople prayed to the Almighty day and night, asking for intercession. After three days, the local archbishop named Elijah heard a wondrous voice from heaven, which commanded him to take the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, which was in the Church of the Transfiguration, and take it to the city wall.
At the moment when the image was transferred in procession to the indicated place, the archers of the attackers fired arrows along the procession. One of the arrows hit the face of the Queen of Heaven, and tears flowed from her eyes, and the icon itself turned to face the besieged city. After seeing the Divine sign, the attackers were attacked by inexplicable horror, and they began to kill each other. The townspeople who saw this rushed to attack and destroyed the opponents.
In memory of this miracle and the intercession of the Mother of God, Elijah established a holiday in honor of the icon, which is still celebrated annually by the Orthodox Church today.
How to pray in front of an icon
Before the image of the Mother of God, you must pray with a pure heart and sincere faith that the Queen of Heaven will hear your petitions and come to your aid. The ceremony can be performed both in church and at home. The face of the Blessed Virgin Mary called “The Sign” can be ordered through the online store. After this, he must be consecrated in the temple. During prayer, you can light church candles or a lamp.
What can you ask for?
Believers turn to Our Lady with sincere prayers in the following cases:
- to reconcile warring parties and end wars;
- during natural disasters such as floods, fires or earthquakes;
- during pandemics and various epidemics;
- for protection from robbers and thieves;
- to take away the evil eye and envy from yourself.
