(January 25)
Accept, Lady Theotokos, the tearful prayers of Your servants who flow to You. We see You on the holy icon, carrying in our arms and feeding with milk Your Son and our God, the Lord Jesus Christ. Even though you gave birth to Him painlessly, the mother of the weight of sorrow and infirmity of the sons and daughters of men is born. With the same warmth falling upon Thy celibate Image and with this touching kiss, we pray to Thee, All-Merciful Lady: we sinners, condemned to give birth to illnesses and to nourish our children in sorrows, mercifully spare and compassionately intercede, and deliver our babies, as well as the one who gave birth to them, from a serious illness and bitter sorrow. Grant them health and well-being, so that they will grow from strength to strength, and those who feed them will be filled with joy and consolation, as even now through Your intercession from the mouth of babes and those who are nursing The Lord will perfect His praise. O Mother of the Son of God!
Have mercy on the mother of the sons of men and on Your weak people: quickly heal the illnesses that befall us, quench the sorrows and sorrows that are upon us, and do not despise the tears and sighs of the servants Yours. Hear us, on the day of sorrow, those who fall before Your icon, and on the day of joy and deliverance, accept the grateful praise of our hearts. Offer our prayers to the Throne of Your Son and our God, that He may be merciful to our sins and weaknesses and add His mercy to those who know His name, as we and our children do Let us glorify You, the merciful Intercessor and the true hope of our race, forever and ever. Amen.