In the flesh, an Angel,/ the foundation of the prophets,/ the second Forerunner of the coming of Christ, the glorious Elijah,/ sending Elisse’s grace from above/ to drive away illnesses/ and to cleanse lepers,// also He brings healing to those who worship him.
Prophet and seer of the great deeds of our God,/ Elijah of great name,/ having set up the water-flowing clouds with your prophecy,// pray for us to the only Lover of Mankind.
Oh, most praiseworthy and wonderful prophet of God Elijah, who shone on earth with your equal life as the angels, with your most ardent zeal for the Lord God Almighty, and also with glorious signs and wonders, out of God’s extreme goodwill towards you, naturally caught up in a fiery chariot with your flesh to heaven, being able to talk with the Savior of the world who was transfigured on Tabor and now in paradise I will take out their villages and stand before the Throne of the Heavenly King! Hear us, sinners and needless ones, at this hour standing before your holy icon and diligently resorting to your intercession.
Pray for us to the Lover of Mankind, may He give us the spirit of repentance and contrition for our sins and His omnipotent grace, may He help us to leave the paths of wickedness, and to thrive in every deed, yes will strengthen us in the fight against our passions and lusts; May he implant into our hearts the spirit of humility and meekness, the spirit of brotherly love and kindness, the spirit of patience and chastity, the spirit of zeal for the glory of God and the salvation of our neighbors. With your prayers, prophet, abolish the evil customs of the world, and especially the destructive and pernicious spirit of this age, infecting the Christian race with disrespect for the Divine Orthodox faith, for the charter of the Holy Church and the commandments of the Lord, disrespect for parents and those in power and casting people into the abyss of wickedness, corruption and destruction.
Turn away from us, most wonderfully prophesied, by your intercession the righteous wrath of God and deliver all cities and towns from rainlessness and famine, from terrible storms and earthquakes, from deadly ulcers and diseases, from invasion enemies and internecine warfare. Ask, prophet of God, from the Lord for our shepherds holy zeal for God, heartfelt concern for the salvation of the flock, wisdom in teaching and government, piety and strength in temptation, Ask the judges for impartiality and selflessness, righteousness and compassion for the offended, for all those in authority to take care of their subordinates, mercy and justice, and for the subordinates to show humility and obedience to the authorities and diligence. fulfilling one's duties; Yes, having lived in peace and piety in this world, we will be worthy to partake of eternal blessings in the Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, to whom honor and worship are due, with His Beginning Father and Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.
Oh, holy prophet of God Elijah, pray for us, the Lover of Mankind, that God may give us, the servants of God (names), the spirit of repentance and contrition for our sins, and may His omnipotent grace help us on our way let go of wickedness, and excel in every endeavor with brilliance, and may He strengthen us in the fight against our passions and lusts; May the spirit of humility and meekness, the spirit of brotherly love and kindness, the spirit of patience and chastity, the spirit of zeal for the glory of God and good care for the salvation of ourselves and our neighbors, implant into our hearts. By your intercession, turn away from us the righteous wrath of God, so that having lived in peace and piety in this world, we will be worthy to partake of eternal blessings in the Kingdom of the Lord and our Savior Jesus Christ, To Him is due honor and worship, together with His Beginning Father and the Most Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.
Oh, great and glorious prophet of God Elijah, for the sake of your zeal for the glory of the Lord God Almighty, not patient to see the idolatry and wickedness of the sons of Israel, rebuking the lawbreaking king Ahab and in punishment of those three-year famine on the land of Israel, through your prayer you asked from the Lord, yes, to reject vile idols and retreat from iniquities and lawlessness, turn to the One True God and the fulfillment of His holy commandments, the widow of Sarepta in famine was wonderfully nourished and her son, having died, was resurrected by your prayer, according to After the passage of the appointed time of famine, the people of Israel were gathered to Mount Carmel in apostasy and wickedness, reproaching them, and asking for fire from heaven for your sacrifice by prayer and by this miracle Israel was converted to the Lord, and the cold prophets of Baal were put to shame and put to death, and yet through prayer he again resolved the sky and asked for abundant rain on the earth and people of Israel rejoice!
To you, wonderful servant of God, we diligently resort to you, sinners and humility, languishing in rainlessness and heat: we confess that we are unworthy of the mercy and blessings of God, deserve more than the cruel punishments of His wrath, sorrow and need, and all kinds of evils and illnesses. We did not walk in the fear of God and in the ways of His commandments, but in the lusts of our depraved hearts we created countless kinds of sin; Our iniquity is greater than our head, and we are not worthy to appear before the face of God and see into heaven. We confess, as we, like ancient Israel, have apostatized from the Lord our God, if we do not believe, then we are our iniquities, and if we do not worship Baal and other vile idols, then We are servile to our passions and lusts, serving the idol of gluttony and lust, the idol of greed and ambition, the idol of pride and vanity, and we follow the ungodly foreign customs and the destructive spirit of the times.
We confess that for this reason the heavens were closed and created like copper, for our hearts were closed with mercy and true love for our neighbor; For this reason the earth has hardened and become barren, because we do not bring to our Lord the fruits of good deeds; for this reason there is no rain and dew, as if not the imams of tears of tenderness and life-giving dew of God-thought; For this reason, every grain and grass has withered away, because every good feeling has died out in us; For this reason, the air is darkened, as our mind is darkened with cold thoughts and our heart is defiled with lawless lusts. We confess that you, the prophet of God, have made a request unworthy of us. You, having become a servile man to us, became like an angel in your life and, as if incorporeal, you were taken up into heaven, but we are like dumb cattle with our cold thoughts and deeds Let us become like and make our soul like flesh. You surprised angels and men with fasting and vigil, but we, indulging in intemperance and lust, become like foolish cattle.
You burned with extreme zeal for the glory of God, but we neglect the glory of our Creator and Lord and are ashamed to confess His venerable Name. You have eradicated wickedness and evil customs, but we are slaves to the spirit of this age, which sets up the ungodly customs of the world rather than the commandments of God and the statutes of the Holy Church. And what sin and untruth have we not committed, O wretches? Our iniquity exhausts the long-suffering of God. Moreover, the just Lord became angry with us and punished us in His anger. Knowing your great boldness before the Lord and trusting in your love for the human race, we dare to pray to you, most praiseworthy prophet: be merciful to us, unworthy and unneeded. Pray to the Greatly Gifted and All-Bountiful God, may he not be completely angry with us and may he not destroy us with our iniquities, but may he bring abundant and peaceful rain to the thirsty and parched earth, and grant it fruitfulness and good dissolution of the air.
By your effective intercession, bow to the mercy of the King of Heaven, not for the sake of us, sinners and abominations, but for the sake of His chosen servants, who did not bow their knee to the Baal of the world this, for the sake of gentle and foolish babies, for the sake of dumb cattle and birds of the air, suffering for our iniquity and melting away from hunger, heat and thirst. Ask us with your favorable prayers from the Lord for the spirit of repentance and heartfelt tenderness, the spirit of meekness and self-control, the spirit of love and patience, the spirit of fear of God and piety, and so, having returned from paths of wickedness to the right path of virtue, we walk in the light of God’s commandments and we will achieve the good things promised to us, by the favor of the Beginningless God the Father, by the love of His Only Begotten Son and by the grace of the All-Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
In the flesh, an angel, the foundation of the prophets, the second forerunner of the coming of Christ, the glorious Elijah, who received food from the Angel and fed the widow of Sarepta during the famine, himself and us who honor you, be a prosperous feeder. Amen.
Memorial Day July 20/August 2
One of the most revered prophets both in Old Testament Israel and in Christian times. He was jealous of the purity of faith in the One God, fought against idolatry among the Jewish people. Through his prayers, Israel was first left without rain for repentance, and three years later, after the Jews repented of their apostasy from the true faith, the sky again produced clouds and rain on the crops. In Rus' it is revered as the heavenly helper of farmers. For his righteous life he did not suffer death, but he was just as right. Enoch was taken by the Lord to heaven in his body. According to prophecies, together with Enoch, the prophet Elijah must come to earth again and expose the Antichrist. Holy Prophet Elijah prays for the protection of Christians of recent times from the deception of the Antichrist, for intercession in persecution, in times of famine and widespread disease, in poverty and other everyday difficulties.