There are many different prayers in Orthodoxy, beautiful, kind, sincere, and all of them are a great and pure appeal to God, which every believer carries in his heart all his life. And the most powerful prayers are addressed to the Virgin Mary, the mother of Christ, because she is the symbol of the beginning of all beginnings, of everything new and righteous. In this article you will learn about a truly wonderful and powerful church text - this is the prayer “Most Holy Theotokos, save us.” It contains all the most intimate things, which gives everyone the strength to live, create, love, which remains in the soul as an eternal fire that will never go out as long as eternal faith in the Lord lives.
Every Christian must understand one very important truth: in order to ask the Almighty for anything, to turn to him with a request or for help, you must first of all believe and realize the main thing - any help comes from the person himself, from his inner strength, strong-willed qualities, the ability to determine what is important and fight for it. And only then even the most powerful prayer “Mother of God, save and preserve” will have meaning and acquire the power that is necessary to solve certain difficult life circumstances associated with experiences and pain.
How to pray correctly
We must also remember that any prayer is not a text spoken once, but words that must be heard by the Lord through the Most Holy One every day: first as a symbol of a request for help, then as a sign of immeasurable gratitude and respect. That is why, when coming to church in order to read a prayer in front of the icon of the Mother of God, one should follow a number of church rules, which reflect the real intentions of a person, his aspirations and desires, in particular their honesty, sincerity and righteousness.
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Among these are the following:
- before offering the Most Holy Prayer, you need to come to the temple in advance and go through the rite of confession;
- it is necessary to formulate your request in the text of the prayer correctly and clearly, deeply understanding your every word and action;
- It is necessary to address the saint only sincerely and heartily;
- It is advisable to read the text of the prayer by heart and without the help of other people;
- after each reading, try to lead a peaceful lifestyle, try to do everything correctly and honestly, avoid sinful things, don’t quarrel, don’t wish harm on anyone.
Prayer service
Deacon: Bless, master.
Priest: Blessed be our God always, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Chorus: Amen. Heavenly King, Comforter, Soul of truth, Who is everywhere and fulfills everything, Treasure of good things and Giver of life, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all filth, and save, O Good One, our souls.
Reader: Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (Thrice.)
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Master, forgive our iniquities; Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy name's sake.
Lord, have mercy (three times).
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages (hereinafter: Glory, and now). Amen.
Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, as it is in Heaven and on earth. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors; and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
Priest: For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Reader: Amen. Lord, have mercy (12 times). Glory, and now:
Come, let us worship our King God. Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ, our King God. Come, let us bow and fall down to Christ Himself, the King and our God.
Psalm 142
Lord, hear my prayer, inspire my prayer in Thy truth, hear me in Thy righteousness, and do not enter into judgment with Thy servant, for no one living will be justified before You. As if the enemy drove my soul, he humbled my belly to eat, he planted me to eat in dark, like dead centuries. And my spirit is depressed within me, my heart is troubled within me. I have remembered the days of old, I have learned in all Your works, I have learned Your hand in all creation. My hands have lifted up to You, my soul, like a waterless land to You. Hear me soon, Lord, my spirit has disappeared, do not turn Your face away from me, and I will become like those who go down into the pit. I hear Thy mercy upon me in the morning, for I trust in Thee. Tell me, Lord, I will go the other way, because I have taken my soul to You. Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord, I have fled to You. Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. Your good Spirit will guide me to the right land. For Thy name's sake, O Lord, live me, and through Thy righteousness bring my soul out of sorrow. And by Thy mercy consume my enemies and destroy all my cold souls, for I am Thy servant.
Glory, even now: Alleluia, three times.
God the Lord: according to the voice of the troparion (tone 4)
God is the Lord and He has appeared to us, blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.
Verse 1: Confess to the Lord that His mercy endures forever.
Verse 2: They used me, and in the name of the Lord they resisted them.
Verse 3: I will not die, but I will live and carry on the work of the Lord.
Verse 4: The stone that was built carelessly was the head of the corner; this stone came from the Lord and is marvelous in our own hands.
Troparion, tone 4
We are now diligent to the Mother of God, / sinners and humility, and let us fall, / in repentance calling from the depths of the soul: / Lady, help, having mercy on us, / struggling, we perish from many sins, / do not turn away your vain servants, / for you and Imams have one hope. Twice.
Glory, even now: Let us never be silent, O Mother of God, / to speak Your strength in unworthiness: / if You had not stood before us, praying, / Who would have delivered us from so many troubles; / who would have kept them free until now? / We will not retreat, O Lady, from You, / For Your servants always save You from all evil ones.
If a prayer service is performed for a saint, then the troparion is read and the Theotokos is read.
Psalm 50
Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy, and according to the multitude of Your mercies, cleanse my iniquity. Above all, wash me from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin; for I know my iniquity, and I will take away my sin before me. I have sinned against You alone and have done evil before You, so that You may be justified in Your words and triumph over the judgment of You. Behold, I was conceived in iniquity, and my mother gave birth to me in sins. Behold, you have loved the truth; You have revealed to me the unknown and secret wisdom of Yours. Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed; Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. My hearing brings joy and joy; humble bones will rejoice. Turn Your face away from my sins and cleanse all my iniquities. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb. Do not cast me away from Your presence and do not take Your Holy Spirit away from me. Reward me with the joy of Your salvation and strengthen me with the Lord’s Spirit. I will teach the wicked Your way, and the wicked will turn to You. Deliver me from bloodshed, O God, God of my salvation; My tongue will rejoice in Your righteousness. Lord, open my mouth, and my mouth will declare Your praise. for even if you had desired sacrifices, you would have given them: you do not favor burnt offerings. The sacrifice to God is a broken spirit; God will not despise a broken and humble heart. Bless Zion, O Lord, with Your favor, and may the walls of Jerusalem be built. Then favor the sacrifice of righteousness, the offering and the burnt offering; Then they will place the bullock on Your altar.
An akathist is read (if a prayer service with an akathist) or a canon (if a prayer service with a canon). We present here the canon of prayer for the Most Holy Theotokos.
Song 1
Chorus: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Contained by many misfortunes, / I resort to You, seeking salvation: / Oh, Mother of the Word and the Virgin, / save me from heavy and cruel things.
Chorus: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Passions confuse me, and many despondencies fill my soul; / die, O Young Lady, / with the silence of Thy Son and God, O All-Immaculate One.
Glory: Having given birth to You and God as the Savior, / I pray, Virgin, to be delivered from the cruel ones: / now running to You, / I extend both my soul and my thoughts.
And now: Sick in body and soul, / granted divine visitation and providence from You, the only Mother of God, / as the good Mother of the Good.
Song 3
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
I place the intercession and protection of my life in Thee, Virgin Mother of God: / Thou feed me to Thy refuge, guilty of good things; / true statement, the All-Singing One.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
I pray, Virgin, to destroy the storm of my spiritual confusion and sorrow: / For you, O Blessed One of God, / gave birth to the ruler of the silence of Christ, the only Most Pure One.
Glory: Having given birth to good and guilty benefactors, / pour out riches of good deeds to all, / for all you can, / as God-blessed One has given birth to the mighty one in the strength of Christ.
And now: To him who is tormented by fierce ailments and painful passions, O Virgin, help me: / for I know You’s inexhaustible treasure, Most Immaculate, inexhaustible.
By the 3rd song we chorus
Theotokos: Save Thy servants from troubles, O Theotokos, / as we all, according to God, resort to You, / as to the unbreakable Wall and Intercession.
Look with mercy, O All-Sung Mother of God, / on my fierce body of bitterness, / and heal the illness of my soul.
To the Savior: Deliver Thy servants from troubles, O Omni-merciful One, / as we zealously resort to Thee, / the merciful Savior, the Master of all, / the Lord Jesus.
To the Saint: Pray to God for us, name, / as we diligently resort to you, / a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.
Litany
Deacon: Have mercy on us, O God, according to Your great mercy, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Chorus: Lord, have mercy, three times.
We also pray for our Great Lord and Father, His Holiness Patriarch named after, and for our Lord, His Eminence, Metropolitan (or Archbishop, or Bishop) (name), and for all our brethren in Christ.
Chorus: Lord, have mercy, three times.
We also pray for our God-protected country, its authorities and army, so that we may live a quiet and silent life in all piety and purity.
Chorus: Lord, have mercy, three times.
We also pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation, visitation, forgiveness, prosperity of the servants of God named, and for the preservation of this holy temple (even in the monastery: this holy monastery).
Chorus: Lord, have mercy, three times.
We also pray for all the brethren and for all Christians.
Chorus: Lord, have mercy, three times.
Exclamation: For You are a merciful and lover of mankind, and to You we send glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Chorus: Amen.
Troparion, tone 2
Warm prayer and an insurmountable wall, / a source of mercy, a refuge for the world, / we diligently cry out to Thee: / Mother of God, Lady, advance, / and deliver us from troubles, / the only one who will soon intercede.
Or a troparion to a saint in whose honor a prayer service is performed.
Song 4
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
The confusion of my passions, / who gave birth to the Lord as a helmsman, / and calmed the storm of my sins, O Bride of God.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Grant me the abyss of Thy mercy, who gave birth to the Blessed One and the Savior of all who sing to Thee.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Enjoying, O Most Pure One, Your gifts, / we sing a song of thanksgiving, / Our Lady leading Thee.
Glory: On the bed of my illness and infirmity for those who lie down, / as you are gracious, help the Mother of God, / the only Ever-Virgin.
And now: Hope and affirmation and salvation belong to the immovable wall of You, the All-Singing One, / we get rid of every inconvenience.
Song 5
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Fill, O Pure One, my heart with joy, / giving birth to your incorruptible joy, / giving birth to joy to the Guilty One.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Deliver us from troubles, O Pure Mother of God, / having given birth to eternal deliverance, / and peace, which prevails over all minds.
Glory: Resolve the darkness of my sins, Bride of God, / with the enlightenment of Your Grace, / Who gave birth to the Divine and Eternal Light.
And now: Heal, O Pure One, the infirmity of my soul, / worthy of Thy visitation, / and grant me health through Thy prayers.
Song 6
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
As if He saved death and aphids, / He Himself gave birth to death, / through corruption and death my former nature, the Virgin, / pray to the Lord and Thy Son, / to deliver me from the enemies of crime.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
I am your representative of life / and steadfast guardian, O Virgin, / and I solve rumors of misfortunes, and drive away taxes from demons; / and I always pray to deliver me from the corruption of my passions.
Glory: Like a wall of refuge for money-grubbers, / and all-perfect salvation of souls, / and space in sorrow, O Young Lady, / and we always rejoice in Your enlightenment: / O Lady, save us now from passions and troubles.
And now: I now lie on my sickbed, / and there is no healing for my flesh: / but, having given birth to the God and Savior of the world and the Deliverer of ailments, / I pray to Thee, O Good One: / raise me from aphids.
For the 6th song: choruses, as for the 3rd song.
Choruses of the Mother of God: Save Thy servants from troubles, O Theotokos, / as we all resort to You according to God, / as to the unbreakable Wall and Intercession.
Look with mercy, O All-Sung Mother of God, / on my fierce body of bitterness, / and heal the illness of my soul.
Litany
Deacon: Have mercy on us, O God, according to Your great mercy, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Chorus: Lord, have mercy, three times.
We also pray for our Great Lord and Father, His Holiness Patriarch named after, and for our Lord, His Eminence, Metropolitan (or Archbishop, or Bishop) (name), and for all our brethren in Christ.
Chorus: Lord, have mercy, three times.
We also pray for our God-protected country, its authorities and army, so that we may live a quiet and silent life in all piety and purity.
Chorus: Lord, have mercy, three times.
We also pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation, visitation, forgiveness, prosperity of the servants of God named, and for the preservation of this holy temple (even in the monastery: this holy monastery).
Chorus: Lord, have mercy, three times.
We also pray for all the brethren and for all Christians.
Chorus: Lord, have mercy, three times.
Exclamation: For You are a merciful and lover of mankind, and to You we send glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Chorus: Amen.
Kontakion, tone 6
The intercession of Christians is shameless, / the intercession to the Creator is immutable, / do not despise the voices of sinful prayers, / but advance, as the Good One, to the aid of us, / who faithfully call upon You; / hasten to prayer, and strive to entreat, / ever interceding, O Theotokos, those who honor Thee.
Or to the saint in whose honor a prayer service is being held.
Deacon: Let's take a look.
Priest: Peace to all.
People: And to your spirit.
Deacon: Wisdom!
Prokeimenon, tone 4: I will remember Your name / in every generation and generation. Verse: Hear, O Daughters, and see, and incline Your ear.
Or to the saint in whose honor a prayer service is being held.
Deacon: Let us pray to the Lord.
Chorus: Lord, have mercy.
The priest proclaims: For Thou art holy, our God, and restest among the saints, and to Thee we ascribe glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Chorus: Amen.
Another prokeimenon: Let every breath / praise the Lord. Verse: Praise God in His saints, praise Him in strengthening His power.
Deacon: And we pray that we may be worthy to hear the Holy Gospel of the Lord God.
Chorus: Lord, have mercy, three times.
Deacon: Wisdom, forgive me, let us hear the Holy Gospel.
Priest: Peace to all.
People: And to your spirit.
And abie: Reading from Luke of the Holy Gospel.
Chorus: Glory to Thee, Lord, glory to Thee.
Deacon: Let's take a look.
Gospel of Luke, Conception 4
In those days, Miriam arose and went to the mountains with diligence, to the city of Judah. And Zechariah went into the house and kissed Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard Mary kissing, the baby leaped in her womb: and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. And you cried with a great voice and said: Blessed are You among women, and blessed is the fruit of Your womb. And where do I get this from, so that the Mother of my Lord may come to me? Behold, as if the voice of Thy kiss came into my ear, the baby leaped with joy in my womb. And blessed is She who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of what was spoken to Her by the Lord. And Miriam said: My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. as if he looked upon the humility of His Servant: behold, from now on all kin will please Me. For the Mighty One has done great things for Me, and holy is His name. So Miriam stayed with her for three months and returned to her house.
Instead of this passage from the Gospel, a different Gospel may be read or the Gospel may not be read at all.
Chorus: Glory to Thee, Lord, glory to Thee.
Glory, voice 6
Through the prayers of the Mother of God, / Merciful, cleanse / our many sins.
Or: Through the prayers of Saint [name], / Merciful, cleanse / our many sins.
And now: Through the prayers of the Mother of God, / Most merciful, cleanse / our many sins.
Have mercy on me, O God, / according to Your great mercy / and according to the multitude of Your compassions / cleanse my iniquity.
Stichera, tone 6
Do not entrust me to human intercession, / Most Holy Lady, / but accept the prayer of Your servant: / for sorrow will support me, / I cannot endure demonic shooting, / I have no protection, / below where I will resort, the accursed, / we are always defeated, / and there is no consolation Imam, don’t you, the Lady of the world, / hope and intercession of the faithful, / despise my prayer, make it useful.
If a prayer service is performed for a saint, then his stichera is sung.
Priest: Save, O God, Thy people and bless Thy inheritance, visit the world with Thy mercy and bounty, raise up the horn of Orthodox Christians and send down upon us Thy rich mercies, through the prayers of our all-pure Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, by the power of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross, the intercession of the honest Heavenly Ones The bodiless powers, the honest, glorious prophet, the Forerunner and Baptist John, the glorious and all-praised Apostle saints, like our holy fathers and the great ecumenical teachers and saints, Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom, like our holy father Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra, the Wonderworker, Saints Equal-to-the-Apostles Methodius and Cyril, Slovenian teachers, Saints Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir and Grand Duchess Olga, like the saints of our father of all Russia wonderworkers, Michael, Peter, Alexy, Jonah, Philip and Hermogenes, holy, glorious and victorious martyrs, reverend and our God-bearing fathers, the holy and righteous God-father Joachim and Anna (and the holy name, whose temple is and whose day is), and all the saints. We pray to You, most merciful Lord, hear us sinners praying to You, and have mercy on us.
Chorus: Lord, have mercy, 12.
Exclamation: By the mercy and generosity and love of Thy only-begotten Son, with Him art thou blessed, with Thy most holy and good and life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Choir: Amen
Song 7
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Just as you wanted to arrange our salvation, O Savior, / you entered into the womb of the Virgin, / you showed the intercessor to the world: / our father, God, blessed are you.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
The Commander of mercy, Whom you gave birth to, O pure Mother, / beg to be delivered from sins and spiritual impurities by faith: / our father, God, blessed are you.
Glory: The Treasure of salvation and the Source of incorruption, Who gave birth to You, / and the pillar of affirmation, and the door of repentance, you showed to those calling: / our father, God, blessed are you.
And now: Bodily weaknesses and mental ailments, O Mother of God, / with the love of those who approach Your blood, O Virgin, vouchsafe to heal, / Who gave birth to us the Savior Christ.
Song 8
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Do not despise those who demand help from You, O Virgin, / singing and extolling You forever.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
You heal the infirmity of my soul and bodily illnesses, O Virgin, / may I glorify You, Pure One, forever.
Glory: You pour out a wealth of healings faithfully to those who sing Thee, O Virgin, / and to those who extol Your ineffable Nativity.
And now: You drive away adversity and the onset of passions, Virgin: / in the same way we sing of You forever and ever.
Song 9
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Do not turn away from the flow of my tears, / even as you take away every tear from every face, / the Virgin who gave birth to Christ.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Fill my heart with joy, O Virgin, / who accepts fulfillment of joy, / who consumes sinful sadness.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Refuge and intercession for those who come running to You / be, O Virgin, and an indestructible wall, / refuge and protection and joy.
Glory: Illuminate Your light with the dawns, O Virgin, / driving away the darkness of ignorance, / faithfully confessing the Theotokos to You.
And now: In the place of the embitterment of the infirmity of the humbled one, O Virgin, heal, / transforming illness into health.
It is worthy to eat as truly / blessed Thee, the Mother of God, / the Ever-Blessed and Most Immaculate / and Mother of our God. / The most honorable Cherub, / and the most glorious without comparison, the Seraphim, / who gave birth to God the Word without corruption, / we magnify Thee as the real Mother of God.
If a prayer service to the Mother of God is being performed, the priest censes the altar and the worshipers. are sung :
Higher than the heavens, / and purer of the lordships of the sun, / who delivered us from the oath, / Let us honor the Lady of the world / with songs.
Because of my many sins / my body is weak, / my soul is also weak: / I resort to You, the most gracious, / the hope of the unreliable, / help me.
Mistress and Mother of the Deliverer, / accept the prayer / of Your unworthy servants, / and intercede with Him who is born of You. / O Lady of the world, be the Intercessor!
Let us diligently sing a hymn to You now / joyfully to the all-sung Mother of God, / with the Forerunner and all the saints, / pray to the Mother of God / to show mercy to us.
All the angels of the army, / the Forerunner of the Lord, / the twelve apostles, all the saints / with the Mother of God, say a prayer, / so that we can be saved.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. Three times.
Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Master, forgive our iniquities; Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy name's sake.
Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, as it is in Heaven and on earth. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors; and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
Priest: For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Reader: Amen.
And troparia, tone 6
Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us; / bewildered by any answer, / we offer this prayer to You, as the Lord, sinners: / have mercy on us.
Glory: Lord, have mercy on us, / for we trust in You; / do not be very angry with us, / remember our iniquities, / but look now, as if you are gracious, / and deliver us from our enemies; / For Thou art our God, / and we are Thy people, / all works are done by Thy hand, / and we call on Thy name.
And now: Open the doors of Mercy to us, / blessed Mother of God, / who trust in You, so that we may not perish, / but may we be delivered from troubles by You: / For You are the salvation of the Christian race.
Or the troparion of the saint, Glory, and now: Theotokos.
Litany
Deacon: Have mercy on us, O God, according to Your great mercy, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Chorus: Lord, have mercy (three times).
We also pray for our Great Lord and Father, His Holiness Patriarch named after, and for our Lord, His Eminence, Metropolitan (or Archbishop, or Bishop) (name), and for all our brethren in Christ.
Chorus: Lord, have mercy (three times).
We also pray for our God-protected country, its authorities and army, so that we may live a quiet and silent life in all piety and purity.
Chorus: Lord, have mercy, three times.
We also pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation, visitation, forgiveness, prosperity of the servants of God, and for the preservation of this holy temple.
Chorus: Lord, have mercy, three times.
We also pray for all the brethren and for all Christians.
Chorus: Lord, have mercy, three times.
Exclamation: For You are a merciful and lover of mankind, and to You we send glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
Chorus: Amen.
According to the litany, a prayer to the Lord, the Mother of God or the saint to whom the prayer service is served.
If to the Most Holy Theotokos, priest: To the Most Holy Lady Virgin Mary, let us pray.
Choir: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary
O Most Holy Lady Lady Theotokos, you are the highest angel and archangel of all, and the most honorable of all creatures, the Helper of the offended, the hopeless hope, the poor Intercessor, the sad consolation, the hungry nurse, the naked robe, the healing of the sick, the salvation of sinners, the help and intercession of all Christians. O All-Merciful Lady, Virgin Mother of God Lady, by Thy mercy save and have mercy on the most holy Orthodox patriarchs, and the most reverend metropolitans, archbishops and bishops, and the entire priestly and monastic rank, and all Orthodox Christians with Thy honest protection, and pray, Lady, from You without seed may the incarnate Christ our God gird us with His power from above against our invisible and visible enemies. O All-Merciful Lady Lady Theotokos, raise us from the depths of sin and deliver us from famine, destruction, from cowardice and flood, from fire and sword, from the presence of foreigners and internecine warfare, and from vain death, and from the attacks of the enemy, and from the corrupting winds , and from deadly plagues, and from all evil. Grant, O Lady, peace and health to Thy servant, all Orthodox Christians, and enlighten their minds and the eyes of their hearts, leading to salvation; and make us, Thy sinful servants, worthy of the Kingdom of Thy Son, Christ our God, for His power is blessed and glorified, with His Beginning Father, and with His Most Holy, and Good, and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages, amen .
Or another prayer
Blessings to my queen, my hope to the Mother of God, friend of the orphans and strange intercessors, those who grieve with joy, those who are offended by the patroness! See my misfortune, see my sorrow, help me as I am weak, feed me as I am strange. Weigh my offense, resolve it as if by will: for I have no other help except You, no other intercessor, no good comforter, except You, O Mother of God, for you will preserve me and cover me forever and ever. Amen.
Or another
To whom shall I cry, Lady? To whom shall I resort in my sorrow, if not to You, Queen of Heaven? Who will accept my cry and my sighing, if not You, Most Immaculate, the hope of Christians and refuge for us sinners? Who will protect You more in adversity? Hear my groaning, and incline Your ear to me, the Lady Mother of my God, and do not despise me, who requires Your help, and do not reject me, a sinner. Enlighten and teach me, Queen of Heaven; do not depart from me, Thy servant, O Lady, for my grumbling, but be my Mother and intercessor. I entrust myself to Your merciful protection: lead me, a sinner, to a quiet and serene life, so that I may weep for my sins. To whom shall I resort when I am guilty, if not to You, the hope and refuge of sinners, inspired by the hope of Your ineffable mercy and Your bounty? Oh, Lady Queen of Heaven! You are my hope and refuge, protection and intercession and help. My most blessed and speedy intercessor! Cover my sins with Your intercession, protect me from enemies visible and invisible; soften the hearts of evil people who rebel against me. O Mother of the Lord my Creator! You are the root of virginity and the unfading color of purity. Oh, Mother of God! Give me help to those who are weak with carnal passions and those who are sick at heart, for one thing is Yours and with You the intercession of Your Son and our God; and through Your wonderful intercession may I be delivered from all misfortune and adversity, O Most Immaculate and Glorious Mother of God, Mary. In the same way I say and cry out with hope: Rejoice, full of grace, rejoice, full of joy; Rejoice, most blessed one, the Lord is with you.
Glorification of the Mother of God
We magnify You, / Most Holy Virgin / God-chosen Youth, / and honor Your holy image, / through which you bring healing / to all who come with faith.
If a prayer service is performed for a saint, then prayers are read to him.
Deacon: Wisdom.
Priest: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Choir: The most honorable Cherub / and the most glorious without comparison Seraphim, / who gave birth to God the Word without corruption, / the real Mother of God, we magnify You.
Priest: Glory to Thee, Christ God, our hope, glory to Thee.
Chorus: Glory, and now: Lord, have mercy, three times. Bless.
The priest makes a dismissal
On Sunday: Risen from the dead, Christ, our true God, through the prayers of His Most Pure Mother, the glorious and all-praised Apostle saints (the saint in whose honor the temple was consecrated, or whose memory is celebrated today), the holy and righteous Godfather Joachim and Anna, and all saints, will have mercy and save us, for He is Good and Lover of Mankind.
Chorus: Amen.
Troparions for kissing the icon
Voice 2: Thou art present to all, O Good One, / who resort with faith to Thy sovereign protection, / for no other imams, sinners, to God / in troubles and sorrows ever deliverance, / burdened with many sins, / Mother of the Most High God, / with the same Thy we fall : / Deliver Thy servants from every situation.
Tone 2: Joy to all who mourn, / and those who are offended by the Intercessor, / and those who are hungry for the Nourisher, / strange consolation, / those overwhelmed by refuge, / visiting the sick, / the protection of the weak and the Intercessor, / the rod of old age, / You are the Mother of the Most High God, O Most Pure One: / striving We pray that Your servant may be saved.
Voice 8: Lady, accept the prayers of your servants, / and deliver us / from all need and sorrow.
Voice 2: I place all my trust / in You, Mother of God, / keep me under Your protection.
Priest: Through the prayers of our saints, our fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us, amen.
