Most Holy, Almighty, All-Good Head of Your Church, Lord Jesus, Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, give me the grace to always, from beginning to end, safely, holy, peacefully, firmly, ardently perform all divine services under all circumstances, with large and small people, on holidays and weekdays, in the church and outside the church! Give me, give me this grace and cleanse my heart from all passion, defilement of the flesh and spirit, deliver me from all slander of the enemy; during my service, ignite with heavenly fire the hearts of all those present and praying; humble the hearts of the rich and famous, the learned or the wise of this age, enchanting their wisdom and subduing their minds and hearts to Your word; soften the hearts of those hardened in passions, recreate, renew your people! Amen. I am weak, but let Your power be made perfect in my weaknesses (cf. 2 Cor. 12:12, 9). I am a sinner and a sinner, but where sin abounds, grace abounds (Rom. 5:20), so let it be in me.
...glory to Thee, Lady! Remember us in Your Kingdom and help us with Your sovereign power against enemies visible and, especially, invisible, who are constantly seeking to devour us.
...Eternal God and King of every creature (hence, my Creator), forgive me every sin, voluntary and involuntary, and grant me worthy to do Your will, for You are my God, for You are the source of life!
Praise to the Mother of God. In the Quiet Light from the holy glory of Thy immortal Son and God, the holy and blessed Jesus Christ, O most holy Virgin Theotokos, we sing of Thee: for Thou art worthy at all times to be reverent in voice, as the Mother of God and the Intercessor of life; In the same way, the Christian race constantly glorifies You.
Grant me, O Lady, with a pure heart to always call on You, thank and glorify You according to your heritage, although the angelic mind is perplexed to praise You properly as the Mother of the Existing God Himself.
... Do not forget your purpose and strive with all your might to defeat sin and achieve truth and holiness in your heart and throughout your life; and encourage others to do the same, and God is ready to help you. Help, Master, Lord!
Prayers, glorifications, supplications, petitions, thanksgivings, the promise of mercy and salvation (will have mercy and save), the names of God, the Mother of God, holy Angels, holy saints, the powers that be and other authorities are repeated, so that the prayers, petitions, thanksgivings, glorifications are firmer, sincere, stronger and more effective and would bring great benefit to those who pray and those who do not pray, for the sake of those who pray; and for some of us, due to the action of the devil, the opposite often happens: prayers, praises, thanksgivings weaken and are not said several times (repeatedly), out of laziness and desire for worldly vanity or because of the vain fear of demons. Destroy, Lord, this charm of the enemy in us and grant us freely, with a pure heart, to always pray, thank and glorify You and the Lady and all Your saints, for our confirmation and salvation and for the glory of Your name and Your saints!
Oh, saints of God! Arouse us, lazy and careless, vain and passionate, to prayer, unceasing prayer, for we are all in constant trouble from evil and all-evil spirits, and pray for us, for you have been given the grace to pray for us! Amen.
...Glory to our All-Good and All-Righteous God, who punishes and has mercy!
Oh, greatness, oh, deification, oh, holiness, oh, the beauty of human nature, in the person of the God-Man Lord Jesus Christ and the Mother of God, Ever-Virgin Mary! Oh, Blessed Mary! From Thee, the All-Blessed God, has clothed all of me as a human being and, having clothed Himself, united Him to Your Divinity with an ineffable union! Oh, wondrous, indescribable, supernatural union! ...
Grant me, Lord, to fulfill Your law, which is love in all its strength, in all its breadth, in all its depth. Amen.
The Divine Liturgy contains the wonderful, unifying power of prayer for everyone, connecting all souls! Oh, wonderful Liturgy - a sign of God’s immeasurable love for the human race and the wonderful exaltation of human nature, deified through the incarnation of the Only Begotten Son of God and through the partaking of His Most Pure Body and Blood in the sacrament of communion. God! Grant us to be worthy of such Your condescension towards us, such communication! Grant us Your holiness and let us learn Your righteousness every day and become righteous in the Holy Spirit!
…I thank You, One Father of all, King, Savior, Shepherd, Doctor, righteous Judge of all; The One Head of His Church, uniting everyone into one body, into one spirit! You arrange all this wonderfully, you work in everyone with the Holy Spirit, uniting everyone in faith, hope and love, in truth and holiness!
… God bless! Glory to the Lady Theotokos!
December 25, 1899. I thank the Lord, who has made me worthy to see the day of the glorious Nativity according to the flesh of God the Word for the sake of universal salvation, and again and again grant for Your great goodness, O Lord, to see this day and sweetly sing and glorify Your immeasurable compassion, O Christ. Amen.
... All-merciful and all-powerful Sanctifier, Holy Soul, proceed from the Father and rest in the Son, come to cleanse us all, sanctify, heal, strengthen, enlighten and comfort us with Your wonderful, life-giving and sweet overshadowing!
...How are we saved every day, if not by the cross, if not by the merits of Christ, crucified for us! Without the Cross, we would all perish, we would be the prey of the devil and hell! O Christ God, glory to You, who suffered for us and redeemed us with Your cross from sin, curse and death!
Easter of Christ. I thank the Lord, who has made me worthy to live to see this Bright Feast and to meet it in joy, with good health, with praises to the Risen One. Make us worthy of the common Resurrection of all, and of emigration to You, the Source of our life!
Resurrection of Christ. I thank the Lord, who has made me worthy to celebrate this year’s Bright Feast of His Resurrection. Grant, Lord, that I may spend this bright week with dignity and all my life – for Your glory!
… God bless! Glory to the Mother of God!
Some of my secret prayers
In addition to the prayers secretly read by the celebrant according to the service book at the Liturgy of the Faithful, to awaken enhanced feelings of thanksgiving and glorification of the Lord, who immeasurably benefits us in the celebration of the Eucharist.
After the Cherubic song and the presentation of the Divine Gifts at the holy meal, as well as after the secret reading of the troparia relating to the removal from the cross and the placing of the Most Pure Body of the Lord in the tomb, I add from myself at the end of the prayer, beginning with the words: Lord God Almighty, the following words in this combination: grant us grace to find grace before You, to be more favorable to You than our sacrifice and to be indwelled by the Spirit of grace Your goodness is in us and on these gifts presented; in all nurseries of youth and adolescence, spiritual and worldly, male and female, urban and rural, and in all non-student youth; on all the nurseries of spiritual, monastic - male and female, on Your poor people, widows, orphans and wretched, on those who suffered from fire, flood, storm and cowardice, from shortage of bread and famine, on all those who commanded me unworthy to pray for them and on all Your people, for all are Your essence: for Thou didst create them in the image and according to in Your likeness; Thou hast revived them by water and Spirit; You gave them the grace of sonship; You have given the pledge of the Spirit into their hearts, which is more precious than anything, more sanctifying, more affirmative, more complete; You feed them with the Flesh and Blood of Your Son, and there is nothing sweeter; You give them all Your goodness, by nature and by grace, of which there is no number; Appropriate us all to You, alienated by sin and the enemy who fights us, and may no one gain from us and be a waste to the stranger.
You yourself have mercy on us, Father of generosity and God of all comfort.