Virgin Mary, Rejoice, full of grace Mary, the Lord is with you, blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, for you have given birth to the Savior of our souls.
Explanation:
The Mother of God is the one who gave birth to God.
The words Hail, the Lord is with You, blessed are You among women, taken from the greeting of the Archangel Gabriel, when he announced to the Blessed Virgin Mary the birth of the Son of God from Her according to the flesh (Luke 1:28).
The words Blessed are You among women mean that the Most Holy Virgin Mary, as the Mother of God, is glorified more than all other wives (Luke 1:42; Ps. 44:18).
Graceful - full of grace, mercy from God.
Blessed - glorified.
The words blessed is the fruit of your womb taken from the greeting of the righteous Elizabeth, when the Holy Virgin Mary, after the Annunciation, wished to visit her (Luke 1:42). The fruit of Her womb is the Son of God Jesus Christ.
History:
The prayer is based on the greeting of the Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary at the moment of the Annunciation (Luke 1:28-31; Matt. 1:18-25). The famous “Ave, Maria” is the same prayer in Latin.
Video notes of the hymn to the Virgin Mary
It is worthy to eat as truly the blessedness of Thee, the Mother of God, the Ever-Blessed and Most Immaculate and the Mother of our God. We magnify Thee, the most honorable Cherub and the most glorious without comparison, the Seraphim, who gave birth to God the Word without corruption.
History:
Read about the history of the prayer in the priest’s photo album.
The name of the prayer is given to the Athonite icon of the Mother of God “Merciful”, in front of which a miraculous event took place (celebration on June 24).
Video notes of the chant It is worthy to eat
My Most Blessed Queen, My Hope, Mother of God, Friend of the Orphan and Strange to the Representative, the Sorrowful to Joy, the Offended to the Patroness!
See my misfortune, see my sorrow; Help me, for I am weak; feed me, for I am strange! Resolve my grievance, as if I were wrong: for I have no other help than You, no other Representative, no good Comforter, except You, O Mother of God! May you protect me and protect me forever and ever. Amen.
There are no other help for imams, / no other hope for imams, / except for You, Lady. / Help us, / We trust in You, and we boast in You. / For we are your servants, let us not be ashamed.
Video notes of chants Not imams of other help
To the chosen Voivode, victorious, for having got rid of the evil ones, let us sing thanksgiving to Thy servants to the Mother of God: but as having an invincible power, free us from all troubles, let us call to Thee: Rejoice Bride Not the bride.
History:
This kontakion to the Mother of God was compiled in honor of the deliverance of Constantinople in 626 from the invasion of barbarians, when Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople walked around the city walls with an icon of the Mother of God and the danger was averted.
Video notes of the kontakion of the Vzbranaya Voivode
My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.
The most honorable cherub and the most glorious seraphim without comparison, without the corruption of God the Word, who gave birth to the real Mother of God, we magnify Thee.
As I have looked upon the humility of My servants, behold, from now on all my generations will bless Me.
The most honest cherub...
For the Mighty One has done unto Me greatness, and holy is His name, and His mercy from generation to generation to those who fear Him.
The most honest cherub...
Create power with Your arm, squander their hearts with proud thoughts.
The most honest cherub...
Dethrone the mighty from the throne, and exalt the humble; Fill those who hunger with good things, and those who are rich let go of their wealth.
The most honest cherub...
Israel will receive His youth and remember His mercies, as He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed, even unto the ages.
The most honest cherub...
Explanation:
The text of the chant is based on the words spoken by the Blessed Virgin at the meeting with Her relative, the righteous Elizabeth, the mother of St. John the Baptist (Luke 1:46-55), with the addition of the refrain “More honorable than the cherubs...” to each verse, from which it received its second, most common name - “More honorable.” The Song of the Theotokos is part of the Matins service and precedes the 9th song of the canon.
Video notes of chants My soul magnifies the Lord
O All-Singing Mother, who gave birth to all the saints, the Most Holy Word! Having accepted this present offering, deliver everyone from all misfortune, and from future torment, those who cry out for You: Alleluia.
Video notes of the chant O All-Sung Mati
See the text of the Greek Orthodox hymn to the Blessed Virgin Mary, “The Pure Virgin.”
In You, O Gracious One, every creature rejoices, the Council of Angels and the human race, consecrated in the church and verbal paradise, virgin praise, from whom God was incarnate and the Child was born, the first God was born ours. It is false that Thy throne has been created. And Your womb made it wider than the heavens. Every creature rejoices in You, O Gracious One, glory to You.
Video notes of the chant about You rejoices
Oh, glorious miracle! The Queen of heaven and earth, implored by our holy relatives, to this day covers the Russian land and mercifully enriches the image of Her face. O Lady Sovereign! Do not stop pouring out mercy and miracles for ever in order to establish Orthodoxy in Russia. Amen.
The angel cried out with more grace: Pure Virgin, rejoice! And again I say: Rejoice! Your Son has risen three days from the grave, and raised the dead: people, rejoice.
Shine, shine, new Jerusalem, for the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Rejoice now and be glad, O Zion. You, Pure One, rejoice, O Mother of God, about the rise of Your Nativity.
Video notes of the chant The worthy of Easter, the angel crying
Ty, Mother of God, we praise, Ty, Mary Ever-Virgin and Mother of God, we confess, Ty, chosen by the Eternal Father, the whole earth magnifies;
All Angels and Archangels humbly serve You;
All the Powers and the highest Powers of heaven, and all Dominions obey you;
All Thrones stand before You, the Cherubim and Seraphim rejoice before You, all the angelic faces cry out to You with an unceasing voice:
Holy Mother of God Mary, Mother of the Ever-Virgin! the heavens and earth are full of the majesty of the glory of Your womb;
The glorious apostolic face of their Creator and Savior Mother is praised to you;
For you, many martyrs magnify the Mother of God;
To you, the glorious face of the confessor of the Holy Trinity, the church is named;
To you the virgin people 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 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 the open door of heaven;
You are the ladder of the Kingdom of Heaven;
You are the beautiful devil of the King of Glory;
You are the 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 freeing captive man, you received God into your womb from the Holy Spirit and you contained the Inconceivable Spirit;
You trampled upon the hellish enemy and opened the doors of the Kingdom of Heaven to the faithful;
You stand at the right hand of God;
You beg Him for us, Ever-Virgin Mary, Who will judge the living and the dead;
We therefore desire that You 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 may we be partakers of the blessed inheritance of Thy Son, and protect us, and take us even unto eternity, for ever day.
O Most Generous One! We wish you praise and bliss with our hearts and lips. Grant us, Most Merciful Mother, now and always to 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 forever, and to the ages of ages, amen.
Undefiled, unblasphemous, imperishable, Most Pure, Unbrideless Bride of God, Mother of God Mary, Ever-Virgin, Lady of the world and my hope! Look upon me, a sinner, in this hour and from Thy pure blood Thou hast unknowingly given birth to the Lord Jesus Christ, make merciful to me Thy mother prayers;
That which was ripe was condemned and wounded by the weapon of sorrow in my heart, wounding my soul with Divine love; The mountaineer who mourned him in bonds and humiliation, grant me tears of contrition; During His free conduct to death, my soul was sick, let me be free from illness, so that I may glorify You, worthily glorified for all ages. Amen.
Zealous Intercessor, Compassionate Mother of the Lord, I resort to You, the accursed one and the most sinful man above all. Hear the voice of my prayer and hear my cry and groaning.
For my iniquity has exceeded my head, and I, like a ship in the depths, am plunging into the sea of my sins. But You, All-Good and Merciful Lady, do not despise me, desperate and perishing in sins.
Have mercy on me, who repent of my evil deeds, and turn my lost, damned soul to the right path. On You, my Lady Theotokos, I place all my hope. Thou, Mother of God, preserve and keep me under Thy roof, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Virgin Lady Theotokos, gracious Mother of God, most blessed Mother of God, Most Blessed, God-Blessed, receptacle of the Divinity of the Only Begotten Son of the immortal and invisible Father, incline Your ear and listen to my words uttered by my foul and unclean lips. For behold, with a contrite soul and a humble mind, I have flowed to Your mercy.
Do not despise me, poor one, do not allow me, your unworthy servant, to perish completely, but use the Mother of Your prayers, heal my accursed soul, mercilessly crushed by my evil passions.
The evil enemy, having crushed her with the sins of voluptuousness, trampled her into dust. Therefore, I am filled with all shame, I do not dare and do not have the face to ask my humane God for forgiveness of my many sins and healing of my incurable ulcers. For I desecrated the physical church, brought into it many impurities with my obscene wishes, and damaged all my feelings with impermissible deeds. Therefore, I do not have the courage to raise my hands to heaven, defiled by evil practices.
And I opened my lips to pray, defiled by slander and slander against my neighbor. Therefore, before Your ineffable bounty, O All-Immaculate Lady, I, poor and prodigal, prostrate myself. For I have no other hope or refuge than You, my only consolation and quick protection - You, the joy of my soul, liberation from sadness, redemption from captivity, the deification of mortals, our purification and refuge, the rise of the fallen, the re-creation of my soul and body, the atonement for my sins, exuded by God, the irrigation of my parched heart, the radiant lamp of the darkened my soul, the covering of my nakedness, the cessation of my sighs, the change of my destinies.
I trust in You, I boast in You; do not deprive us of Your intercession, but always help, protect and do not abandon us. Pleasant are Your petitions to Your Only Begotten Son. For He who was pleased to be counted among the slaves, how much more will He preserve His decree and mercy towards You, who served Him with an ineffable birth? That is why He rejoices at Your intercessions and, considering Your glory to be His own, dutifully fulfills Your requests.
Don’t just despise me, the poorest one, and let the indecency of my deeds not stop Your immeasurable mercy, Mother of God, the name that is most precious to me, for nothing can be stronger than Your help. Therefore, most impeccable Intercessor of the world, guilty of many sins, I fall with repentance to You, the quick Helper in need, according to God the Protector, reliable and strong intercession for me, and from the depths of my heart I cry: have mercy on me, filled with all stench and laziness, O Benevolent and Compassionate One, and accept this pitiful and insignificant request of mine.
And although I lazily and carelessly bring it to You, nevertheless, with Your Mother’s prayers, make me worthy of the Heavenly Kingdom, praising and blessing the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and always, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
O all-merciful Virgin Mother of God, Mother of generosity and love for mankind, dear to my hope and hope!
O Mother of the sweet, first-born and all-surpassing love of the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, Lover of mankind and my God. Light of my darkened soul!
I fall to You, a great sinner and hopeless, and I pray to You, Source of mercy, Virgin Mary, who gave birth to the abyss of mercy and the abyss of generosity and love for mankind: have mercy on me, I cry to You painfully, have mercy on me, who was wounded, who fell among the cruel robbers, and who clothed me in nakedness, O Father, woe is me, naked. Moreover, my wounds grew stale and rotted away from the face of my madness.
But, my Lady Theotokos, I humbly pray to You, look at me with your merciful eye and do not disdain me, all that is darkened, all that is defiled, all that is in the mire of sweets and immersed in passions, fallen in the ferocity and unable to rise: have mercy on me and give the world a helping hand, so that I can raise me up from the depths of sin.
O my joy! Deliver me from those who have passed me by; make Thy face shine upon Thy servant, save the perishing, cleanse the defiled, raise up the fallen: for thou canst do all things, as the Mother of Almighty God.
Pour on me the oil of Thy mercy, and give me the wine of tenderness: for You truly have the only hope of gain in my life.
Do not reject me, who flows to You, but see my sorrow, O Virgin, and the desire of my soul, and accept this and save me, Intercessor of my salvation. Amen.
To whom shall I cry, Lady? To whom shall I turn in my grief, if not to You, Queen of Heaven? Who will accept my cry and my sighing, if not You, Most Immaculate, Hope of Christians and Refuge for us sinners? Who will protect you more in adversity?
Hear now my groaning, and incline Your ear to me, the Lady of the Mother of my God, and do not despise me who requires Your help, and do not reject me, a sinner.
Give understanding and teach me, O Queen of Heaven; do not depart from me, Thy servant, O Lady, for my murmuring, but be my Mother and Intercessor.
I entrust myself to Your merciful protection: lead me, a sinner, to a quiet and serene life, so that I may weep for my sins.
To whom shall I turn when I am guilty, if not to You, the hope and refuge of sinners, with the hope of Your ineffable mercy and Your bounty?
About the Lady Queen of Heaven! You are my hope and refuge, protection and intercession and help.
Best regards to my queen and speedy intercessor! Cover my sins with Your intercession, protect me from enemies visible and invisible, soften the hearts of evil people who rebel against me.
O Mother of the Lord my Creator! You are the root of virginity and the unfading flower of purity.
O Mother of God! Give me help to those who are weak with carnal passions and those who are sick at heart: for one is Thine and with Thee Thy Son and our God and to the intercession of the Lord, and to Thy wonderful ones By intercession, may I get rid of all misfortune and adversity, O most immaculate and glorious Mother of God, Mary.
Moreover, with hope I say and cry: Rejoice, O Blessed One, Rejoice, O O Joyful One, Rejoice, O Most Blessed One, the Lord is with Thee.
O Most Holy Virgin, Mother of the Lord Most High, all-merciful Intercessor and Patroness of all who come running to You with faith!
Look down from the height of Your heavenly glory upon the flesh that falls at Your foot, hear the humble prayer of me, Your sinful and unworthy servant, and offer it before His beloved Son.
O Most Blessed Mother of God! You, who are called quick to listen to all and joy to those who mourn, hear even those who are less sorrowful;
You are the quenching of sadness, quenching my mental illnesses and sorrows;
You are the burning bush, save the world and all of us from the harmful fiery arrows of the enemy;
You are the seeker of the lost, do not let me perish in the abyss of my sins;
You are the healer of the afflicted, heal me too, wounded from mental and physical infirmities;
You are unexpected joy, with the joy of Your salvation you have taken away from me the fear of future torment;
You are the helper of sinners, be me, a sinner, a compassionate helper of repentance and my salvation.
In You, according to God, I place all my hope, may I be a tireless intercessor and all-powerful representative before Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen my faith in Him, confirm Him in His love, teach me to love and glorify You, the Most Holy Mother of God, the Blessed Mary: to Your almighty protection, Mother of God, I entrust to myself forever. Amen.
O Lady! Let it not be in vain and in vain that we call You the Lady: reveal and continually manifest over us Your holy, living, effective dominion. Reveal, for you can do all things for good, as the all-good Mother of the all-good King; Dispel the darkness of our hearts, repel the arrows of evil spirits that flatter us.
The peace of Thy Son, let Thy peace reign in our hearts, and let us all ever exclaim joyfully: who is after the Lord, as is our Lady, all-good, all-powerful and swift Our intercessor? For this reason You are exalted, Lady, for this reason an unspeakable abundance of divine grace was given to You, for this reason ineffable boldness and strength at the throne of God and the gift of almighty prayer were given to You, for then You are adorned with indescribable holiness and purity; therefore, unrivaled power has been given to You by the Lord, so that You may preserve, protect, intercede, cleanse and save us, the inheritance of the Son Yours and God's and Yours.
Save us, O Most Pure, All-Good, All-Wise and All-Powerful! For you are the Mother of our Savior, Who of all names was most pleased to be called Savior.
It is common for us, who wander in this life, to fall, for we are covered with many-passionate flesh, surrounded by spirits of wickedness in high places, enticing us to sin, we live in an adulterous world and a sinner who tempts us to sin; and You are above all sin, You are the bright Sun, You are the Most Pure, All-Good and All-Powerful, You tend to cleanse us, defiled by sins, like a mother cleanses her children our own, when we humbly call on You for help, It is Your nature to raise us, who are constantly falling, to intercede, protect and save us, haunted by the spirits of malice, and to instruct to lead us to every path of salvation.
1 Saint Demetrius of Rostov. Psalter of the Mother of God.
2 Venerable Alexander of Svirsky. Prayers.
3 Venerable Ephraim the Syrian. Prayers to the Most Holy Theotokos.
4 Rare prayers of great Russian saints and devotees of piety.
5 Canon of prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos.
6 Righteous John of Kronstadt. My life in Christ. Volume 2. 1201–1500.