Reverend Father John! Look upon us mercifully and lead those who are devoted to the earth to the heights of heaven. You are grief in heaven, we are on earth below, removed from you, not only in place, because of our sins and iniquities, but we run to you and cry: instruct us to walk in your way, with understanding and lead. Your whole holy life will be a mirror of all virtue. Don’t stop, saint of God, crying to the Lord for us. With your intercession, ask our All-Merciful God for the peace of His Church, under the sign of the militant cross, agreement in faith and unity of wisdom, the destruction of vanity and schisms, establishment in good deeds, healing for the sick, consolation for the sad, intercession for the offended, help for the needy. Do not disgrace us, who flow to you in faith. All Orthodox Christians, through your miracles and benevolent mercies, confess that you are their patron and protector.
Show your ancient mercies, and to whom you helped your father in all things, do not deny us, their children, who are walking towards you in their footsteps. Before your most honorable icon, as I live for you, we fall down and pray: accept our prayers and offer them up on the altar of God’s mercy, so that we may receive your grace and timely help for our needs. Strengthen our cowardice and confirm us in faith, so that we undoubtedly hope to receive all the good from the mercy of the Lord through your prayers. Oh, great servant of God! Help all of us who flow to you with faith through your intercession to the Lord, and guide us all in peace and repentance to end our lives and dwell with hope in the blessed the bosom of Abraham, where you now rest joyfully in your labors and struggles, glorifying God with all the saints, glorified in the Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever. Amen.