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Blessed is the man who loves Your name, Ever-Virgin Mother Mary: by Your grace his soul will be strengthened, and like a tree planted at the issue of water, it will bear abundant fruits of righteousness. Blessed are You among women for the sake of the humility and faith of Your heart; You conquer all women with Your beauty, you surpass the Angels and Archangels in holiness, Your mercy and generosity are preached everywhere; God has blessed the work of Your hands. Madam, why are the tongues staggering, chilling us? Shame and overthrow them with a storm of horror and fear; May Your right hand cover us: scatter the clouds of our iniquities, take away the burden of our sins. Come to Her, all you who labor and are burdened, and He will give you rest; come to Her in your misfortunes, and the enlightenment of Her face will illuminate you; bless You with all your heart: for the earth is full of Her mercy. Madam, why have the visible and invisible enemies multiplied and chilled us? Let Thy storm of righteous anger dispel them. Have mercy on me, Lady, and heal my infirmities, warm my frozen heart and do not deliver me into the hands of my spiritual enemies; on the day of my death, appear to help my soul, lead me to the haven of salvation. Glory to You, helpless Intercessor. We praise You, Mother of God, You, Ever-Virgin Mary and Mother of God, we confess, You, chosen by the Eternal Father, the whole earth magnifies; All Angels and Archangels humbly serve You; To You all the Powers and the highest Powers of heaven, and all Dominions obey; All the Thrones stand before You, the Cherubim and Seraphim rejoice before You, all the angelic faces cry out to You with an unceasing voice: Most Holy Theotokos Mary, Mother of the Ever-Virgin! The heavens and earth are full of the majesty of the glory of Your womb; To you the glorious apostolic face of your Creator and Savior Mother is praised; Many martyrs call you the Mother of God; To you the glorious face of the confessors of the Holy Trinity is named a church; To you the virgins preach the image of their virginity; All holy souls call you the glorious Queen of heaven; Throughout the entire universe, the Holy Church of all faithful Christians confesses to you the Mother of God and honors the true King of Heaven, the God-chosen Maiden; You are the Lady of the Angels and glory to all the saints; You are heaven's open door; You are the ladder of the Kingdom of Heaven; You are the beautiful palace of the King of glory; You are an incorruptible ark of grace; You are an abyss of generosity; You are a refuge for sinners; You, blessed Mother of the Savior Christ; You, for the sake of liberating a captive man, you received God into your womb from the Holy Spirit and you contained the Inconceivable One; You trampled the hellish enemy and opened the doors of the Kingdom of Heaven to the faithful; You stand at the right hand of God; You beseech Him for us, O Ever-Virgin Mary, Who will judge the living and the dead; Therefore we wish You to always be our Intercessor to Your beloved Son and God, Who redeemed us with His honest Blood, so that we may receive the promise of eternal glory. Save Thy people, O Lady, and bless Thy inheritance, for let us be partakers of the blessed inheritance of Thy Son, and save us, and take us even unto the ages, every day. Oh, Most Generous! We wish you praise and bliss with our hearts and lips. Grant, Most Merciful Mother, that now and always we may be preserved without sin. Have mercy on us, Intercessor, have mercy on us, may Your mercy be with us, as we trust in You, keep us, Most Merciful, forever and ever. Praise is due to you, glory is due to you, singing is due to you now and ever, and forever and ever, amen When I called upon Thee, O Lady, with faith and hope in Thee, Thou didst hear me, and from the roaring malice of heaven, which was preparing to destroy me, and from the rapacious hands seeking my soul, by Thy mercy Thou didst protect and deliver me, for Thy mercy is good upon all who call on Thy holy name. Blessed are You among women, O Lady, for ever and Thy dominion is exalted for ever and ever. Inspire my words, O Lady, and do not turn away Thy motherly face from me, turn my cry into joy and my lamentation into joy, may my enemies fall before my feet, crush their proud heads with Thy powerful prayers, may all tongue bless Thee and Thy name be confessed by all flesh. Blessed are you, O great Daughter of the Heavenly King: You are the crown of all holiness, You are the glory of Jerusalem above and below; those who bless Thee will be abundant in their labors, those who bless Thee will be blessed, those who swear by Thee will be cursed; Let not the abundance of wine and oil fail from the house of Your servants. We bless God, who created Thee; bless Thy parents, who gave birth to Thee; Blessed are you, O Lady, in heaven and on earth, praised and glorified forever and ever. Madam, may the just Lord not reprove us sinners with His wrath; let us be punished with His wrath; Thou, our Intercessor, take care of us and for the sake of Thy holy name, deliver us from the gates of hell and from the belly of the dark abyss through Thy prayers, so that we may tell Thy miracles forever, before we are dead, even those in hell will praise Thee, but we, alive, will bless Thee with Thy grace. Glory to Thee, Mother of God, refuge of the faithful, deliverance in cruel contents, Divine consolation for my soul. My all-cursed soul, O Blessed One, wounded by the shooting of an evil warrior, I entrust to Thy omnipotent intercession, so protect, and cover, and save unharmed from the demonic machinations, and I call Thee: Rejoice, Unmarried Bride! My lady, I trust in You; Deliver my soul from enemies, so that in my humility I may please You; May the lightness of Your face brighten my soul and may Your merciful glance at me sanctify my conscience, and I will bring Your prayers and supplications to the Most High. Madam, our Lord is Your Savior and our brother; Like fire in a bush and dew on the fleece, the eternal Word of God descended on You, I found the Holy Spirit, in the autumn of You the power of the Most High; blessed is the fruit of your womb conceived in You, blessed is Your virgin birth, blessed is the purity of Your flesh, blessed is the generosity of Your heart: glory to You, zealous Intercessor of all the faithful. Rejoice, Most Generous Mother of Grace, save by Your grace all who call upon You in truth, in solitude be a consolation, in temptations a refuge: I entrust my soul and body to Your help, guide me, teach me what I should do, so that I may be saved. According to the 1st kathisma troparia, ch. 1 Enlighten, O Good One, my darkened soul and the insensibility of my life, and teach me to do the will of Your Son, so that I may receive remission of many of my sins through Your prayers. Grant me, O Virgin, tenderness, an abundant outpouring of tears, who has poured out for us an abyss of generosity, drying up the flood of evils and currents of passions, the only Most Pure One The Judge is approaching, the end is at the door, stay awake, soul, and from the depths of your heart cry out to the Mother of our God: deliver me from terrible torment, and fill me in a bright place with Your intercession, O Lady. Lady Theotokos, my humane-loving Lady, You weigh my thoughts and deeds and the weakness of my nature. I present to you my soul, which has been desecrated by sins and obscene thoughts. You, Lady, weigh the pus of my ulcers, physical and mental, and grant healing from them, pouring a drop of Your love for mankind and mercy. Look, therefore, my Lady Theotokos, with Your merciful eye on my accursed soul, possessed by the burden of sin and ready to be given over to the fire by the Righteous Judge. But through Your prayers, O Lover of Mankind, make Your Son and all God favorable, who wants to convict me before Angels and men for my evil thoughts and deeds. He will listen to You, who is Good and Lover of Mankind, when I pray for my most wretched soul. Oh, refuge of the faithful, have mercy on me, wallowing in the abyss of sin, but bringing to You sighing from a contrite heart, so that for the sake of Your intercession I will be granted the forgiveness of many of my sins. For You have given us refuge, Your Son God. She, Lord, Lord, deigning mercy for Your sake to be born of the Pure Mother and Ever-Virgin Mary, for the sake of human salvation, accept this Intercessor for my unworthiness. It is for the sake of help and intercession that I fall before Your immeasurable goodness and love for mankind, so that I may receive forgiveness of my sins, through which I have sinned before You, Lord. For all glory and honor are due to You, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.