O zealous intercessor, Mother of the Lord Most High, pray for everyone to Your Son Christ our God, and cause everyone to be saved, in Your sovereign protection for those who flee. Intercede for all of us, O Lady Queen and Lady, even in adversity and sorrow, and in illness, burdened with many sins, facing and praying to You with a tender soul and contrite in my heart, before Your most pure image with tears, and the irrevocable hope of those who have in You, deliverance from all evils, grant to everyone useful, and save everything, Virgin Mary: For You are the Divine cover of the servant Yours.
Let us come, people, to this quiet and good refuge, the ambulance, the ready and warm salvation, the protection of the Virgin, let us hasten to prayer and strive for repentance: it exudes The Most Pure Mother of God brings us endless mercy, advances to our aid and delivers Her well-behaved and God-fearing servants from great troubles and evils.
Oh, Most Holy Lady Theotokos, Queen of Heaven and earth, highest angel and archangel and all creatures, most honest, pure Virgin Mary, good Helper to the world, and to all people confirmation, and deliverance for all needs! Look now, O All-Merciful Lady, upon Your servants, praying to You with a tender soul and a contrite heart, falling with tears to You and worshiping the most pure and wholesome One to Your image, and to those who ask for Your help and intercession. Oh, All-Merciful and Most Merciful Pure Virgin Mary! Look, O Lady, at Your people: for we are sinners and have no other help, except for You and from You, Christ our God who was born. You are our intercessor and representative. You are protection for the offended, joy for those who mourn, refuge for the poor, preserver for widows, glory for virgins, joy for those who mourn, visitation for the sick, healing for the weak, sinners salvation.
For this reason, O Mother of God, we resort to You, and look at Your Most Pure Image with the Eternal One in Your hand, holding the Baby, Our Lord Jesus Christ, looking at You with tender singing. We offer and cry: have mercy on us, Mother of God, and fulfill our petition, for the whole essence is possible through Your intercession: for glory befits You, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
As you were at the root of piety, / having lived well in piety, blessed Peter, / so also with your wise wife Fevronia, / pleasing God in the world, and You have been honored with similar lives./ Pray to the Lord with him,/ to preserve your fatherland without harm,// that we may unceasingly honor you.
Thinking of this world's reign and glory for a time, / for this sake you lived piously in the world, Peter, / together with your wife, the wise Fevronia, / in alms and You have pleased God with your prayers./ Moreover, even after death you lie inseparably in the tomb,/ you give healing invisibly,/ and now you pray to Christ// to save the city and the people who glorify you.
Oh, great saints of God and wonderful wonderworkers, blessed Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia, representatives and guardians of the city of Murom, and for all of us, zeal for the Lord! We come running to you and pray to you with strong zeal: bring your holy prayers to the Lord God for us, sinners, and ask us from His goodness for all that is beneficial for our souls and bodies: right faith, good hope, unfeigned love, unshakable piety, prosperity in good deeds, peace of peace, fruitfulness of the earth, prosperity of the air, souls and We wish you health and eternal salvation. Ask the King of Heaven, the Holy Church and the entire Russian country for peace, silence and prosperity and for all of us a prosperous life and a good Christian death.
Protect your fatherland, the city of Murom and all Russian cities from all evil, and overshadow all the faithful people who come to you and worship your relics with the grace of the favorable ones fulfill your prayers and all their requests for good. Hey, holy wonderworkers! Do not despise our prayers offered to you with tenderness, but be your dream representatives to the Lord and grant us, with your holy help, eternal salvation and the Kingdom of Heaven inherit, and let us glorify the ineffable love for mankind of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, in the Trinity we worship God, forever and ever. Amen.
Holy unmercenaries and wonderworkers Cosmos and Damian,/ visit our infirmities // accept, give to us.
Grace accepts healings, you extend health to those in need, doctors, wonderworkers of glory, but by your visit to the warriors you overthrow insolence, healing the world with miracles.
To you, saints without mercenary and miracle workers Cosmos and Damian, as to a quick helper and a warm prayer book for our salvation, we, unworthy (names), kneel, resort and fall We earnestly cry out: do not despise the prayers of us sinners, the weak, who have fallen into many iniquities, and who continue to sin all the days and hours. Beg the Lord to grant us, His unworthy servants, His great and rich mercy: deliver us from all sorrow and illness, for you have received it naturally from God and our Savior Jesus Christ's endless grace of healing, for the sake of firm faith, free healing and martyrdom is yours.
To her, pleasers of God, do not stop praying for us, who flow to you with faith: even though, due to the multitude of our sins, we are not worthy of your mercy, both of you, faithful imitators God's love for mankind exists, create, so that we may bear fruits worthy of repentance, and may reach eternal rest, praising and blessing the wondrous Lord and God and our Savior in His saints Jesus Christ and His Most Pure Mother, and your warm intercession, always, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Most Blessed Lady, take my family under Your protection. Instill in the hearts of my husband and our children peace, love and intransigence to all that is good; Do not allow anyone from my family to experience separation and difficult parting, to premature and sudden death without repentance. And save our house and all of us who live in it from fiery ignition, thieves’ attacks, all evil circumstances, various types of insurance and diabolical obsession. Yes, and we, individually and separately, openly and secretly, will glorify Your Holy Name always, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us!
Your Nativity, O Virgin Mother of God, / proclaim joy to the whole universe: / from you the Sun of righteousness, Christ our God, has risen, / and, having destroyed the oath, I have given blessing, / / and, having abolished death, I have given we have eternal life.
Joachim and Anna reproached childlessness, / and Adam and Eve were freed from mortal aphids, O Most Pure One, / in Thy holy Nativity. / Then Thy people also celebrate, / the guilt of sins. having been delivered, / always call Ti // infertility gives birth to the Mother of God and the nourisher of our Life.
Heavenly armies of the Archangels, / we always pray to you, we are unworthy, / with your prayers, protect us / with the blood of your immaterial glory, / preserving us diligently and crying out:/ deliver us from troubles, // like the rulers of the highest Powers.
Archangels of God,/ servants of the Divine glory,/ leaders of angels, and teachers of men,/ ask for what is useful for us, and great mercy,// like the Bodiless Archangels.
Oh, great Archangel of God, Archangel Barachiel! Standing before the throne of God and from there bringing the blessings of God into the houses of the faithful servants of God, ask the Lord God for mercy and blessings on our homes, may the Lord God bless us and will increase the abundance of the fruits of the earth, and will give us health and salvation, good haste in everything, and victory and victory against our enemies, and will preserve us for many years, always, now and forever and ever. Amen!
Apostle Saint Simon,/ pray to the merciful God,/ may forgiveness of sins// be granted to our souls.
It is known to the wisdom of the teaching in the souls of the pious that we stand in praise, like Simon, who speaks unto God: for he now stands before the throne of glory, and rejoices with the bodiless, praying constantly about all of us.
The holy, glorious and all-praiseworthy Apostle of Christ Simon, who was deemed worthy to receive into your house in Cana of Galilee our Lord Jesus Christ and His Most Pure Mother, our Lady Theotokos, and to be an eyewitness to the glorious miracle of Christ, which appeared on your brother, turning water into wine! We pray to you with faith and love: beg Christ the Lord to transform our souls from sin-loving to God-loving; save us and keep us with your prayers from the temptations of the devil and the falls of sin, and ask us for help from above in times of despondency and helplessness; Let us not stumble over the stone of temptation, but let us steadily march along the saving path of the commandments of Christ, until we reach those blessed abode of paradise, where you are now located and have fun. Hey, Apostle of Saviours!
Do not disgrace us, who firmly trust in you, but be our helper and protector in all our lives and help us to end this temporary life in a pious and godly manner, good and peaceful receive a Christian death and receive a good answer at the Last Judgment of Christ; so that, having escaped the ordeals of the air and the power of the fierce ruler of the world, we will inherit the Kingdom of Heaven and glorify the magnificent name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.
Apostle, beloved of Christ God, / hasten to deliver the irresponsible people, / he receives you, falling, / who fell in Persia, received. / Pray to him, O Theologian, / and the one who is present disperse the cloud of tongues, // asking us for peace and great mercy.
Your greatness, virgin, who is the storyteller?/ Perform miracles, and pour out healings,/ and pray for our souls,// as the Theologian and friend of Christ.
Oh, great and all-praised apostle and evangelist John the Theologian, confidante of Christ, our warm intercessor and quick helper in troubles! Pray to the Lord God to grant us forgiveness of all our sins, even the sins we have committed since our youth throughout our lives, in our deeds, words, thoughts and all our feelings. At the exodus of our souls, help us, sinners, to get rid of airy ordeals and eternal torment, and through your merciful intercession we glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit now and forever and ever. Amen.
Oh, holy Archangel Raphael! We earnestly pray to you, be our guide in our lives, save us from all visible and invisible enemies, heal our mental and physical illnesses, direct our lives to repentance for sins and the creation of good deeds. Oh, great holy Raphael the Archangel! Hear us, sinful servants of God (names), praying to you, and grant us in this and the future life to thank and glorify our common Creator to the endless ages of ages. Amen.
Oh, Most Holy Virgin, Mother of the Lord of the Highest Powers, Heaven and Earth Queen, our city and country, omnipotent Intercessor! Accept this singing of praise and gratitude from us, unworthy of Your servants, and lift up our prayers to the Throne of God Your Son, may He be merciful to our unrighteousness and increase His grace to those who honor Your all-honorable name and with faith and love worship Your miraculous image. We are not worthy of mercy from Him, unless You propitiate Him for us, Lady, for all that is possible for You from Him.
For this reason we resort to You, as to our undoubted and speedy Intercessor: hear us praying to You, cover us with Your all-powerful protection and ask God the Son Your shepherd is zeal and vigilance for souls, your ruler is wisdom and strength, your judge is truth and impartiality, your mentor is reason and humility, your husband is love and harmony, obedience to children, patience to those who are offended, fear of God to those who are offended, complacency to those who mourn, self-control to those who rejoice: to us all the spirit of understanding and godliness, the spirit of mercy and meekness, the spirit purity and truth.
Hey, Most Holy Lady, have mercy on Your weak people; Gather the scattered, guide those who have gone astray on the right path, support old age, bring up the youth with integrity, educate the young, and look upon us all with the care of Your merciful intercession; raise us up from the depths of sin and enlighten the eyes of our hearts to the vision of salvation; be merciful to us here and there, in the land of earthly coming and at the Last Judgment of Your Son; Having ceased in faith and repentance from this life, our fathers and brothers created eternal life with the Angels and with all the saints. For you are, Lady, the Glory of heaven and the Hope of earth, You, according to God, are our Hope and Intercessor of all who flow to You with faith. We therefore pray to You and to You, as the Almighty Helper, to ourselves and to each other and our whole lives we commit, now and forever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Accept, O all-merciful, Most Pure Lady, Lady Theotokos, these honorable gifts, the only ones bestowed upon You, from us, Your unworthy servants: chosen from all generations, all the creatures of heaven and the highest thing on earth, because for Your sake the Lord of Hosts may be with us, and through You we have known and been made worthy of the Son of God by His holy Body and His most pure Blood; Moreover, blessed art thou in the lineages of generations, O blessed one, the brightest of the Cherubim and the most honest of the Seraphim. And now, all-singing Most Holy Theotokos, do not cease praying for us, your unworthy servants, so that we may be delivered from all evil advice and every situation and may remain unharmed from every poisonous device of the devil; but even to the end, through Your uncondemned prayers, keep us, as if by Your intercession and help we are saved, glory, praise, thanksgiving and worship for everything in the Trinity to the One God and the Creator of all we send, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
To whom will I call, O Lady, to whom will I resort in my sorrow; To whom shall I bring my tears and sighs, if not to You, Queen of Heaven and earth. Who will pluck me out of the mire of sins and iniquities, if not You, O Mother of the Belly, Intercessor and Refuge of the human race.
Hear my groaning, comfort me and have mercy in my sorrow, protect me in troubles and misfortunes, deliver me from bitterness and sorrows and all sorts of ailments and illnesses, from visible enemies and invisible, pacify the enmity of those who oppress me, so that I will be delivered from slander and human malice; So, free me from my flesh and vile customs.
Cover me under the canopy of Your mercy, so that I may find peace and joy and cleansing from sins. To your Mother’s intercession I entrust to myself: be my Mother and Hope, Protection and Help and Intercession, joy and consolation and quick helper in everything.
Oh, wonderful Lady! Everyone who flows to You does not leave without Your all-powerful help: for this reason, even though I am unworthy, I come running to You, so that I will be delivered from sudden and cruel death and gnashing dental and eternal torment. I am honored to receive the Kingdom of Heaven, and in the tenderness of my heart I say to You: Rejoice, Mother of God, our zealous Representative and Intercessor, forever and ever. Amen.
You appeared in our country, / like a bright star, / blessed Prince Daniel, / with the rays of your light, illuminating your city and your abode, / a champion of the Orthodox people You are/ the liberator of the captives and the protector of the poor./ Pray to Christ God/ to grant peace to the Russian state// and save our souls.
You have immutably observed the image, / and having left the corruptible in the world, / with the angelic faces you stand before Christ, / like Prince Daniel, / in no way forgetting your children, / but mercifully visiting and telling them: I am with you and no one is against you.
High praise to the Church of Christ, unassailable wall of the city of Moscow, Divine affirmation to the Russian powers, reverend Prince Daniel! Flowing to the race of your relics, we earnestly pray to you: look upon us, who sing thy memory and come running with faith under the shelter of your prayers. Shed your warm intercession to the Savior of all, for may he establish peace in our country, its cities and towns, and may this monastery preserve goodness, piety and love among your people planting, and eradicating malice, civil strife and corruption of morals. Grant to all of us all that is good for temporary life and eternal salvation through your prayers, so that we glorify the wondrous Christ our God in His saints forever and ever. Amen.
Having loved the poverty of Christ,/ now enjoying immortal meals,/ having exposed the madness of the world through imaginary madness,/ through humility on the cross you have received the power of God./ For this reason, you have acquired the gift of miraculous help, / Blessed Xenia, pray to Christ God // to deliver us from all evil through repentance.
Today the city of St. Peter rejoices brightly, / as many who mourn find consolation, / relying on your prayers, / All-Blessed Xenia, / for you are the praise of this city and statement.
Oh, most simple in the way of her life, homeless on earth, heir to the abodes of the Heavenly Father, blessed wanderer Xenia! As before, to the tombstone of your illness and sorrow, having fallen and filled with consolations, now we (names), overwhelmed by pernicious circumstances, resort to you, with We ask with hope: pray, O good heavenly Goddess, that our feet may be straightened according to the word of the Lord to do His commandments, and that the godless atheism that has captivated your city and your country, plunging us, many sinners, into mortal hatred of brothers, proud self-indignation and blasphemous despair.
Oh, most blessed one for Christ’s sake, who has put to shame the vanity of this age, ask the Creator and Giver of all blessings to grant us humility, meekness and love in the treasure of our hearts, faith in the strengthening of prayer, hope in repentance, strength in a difficult life, merciful healing of our soul and body, chastity in marriage and caring for our neighbors and our sincere ones, renewal of our entire life in the purifying bath of repentance, as we praise your memory with all praise, let us glorify in you the miracle worker, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, the Trinity Consubstantial and Undivided forever and ever. Amen.
Hear us, Merciful and Almighty God, may Thy grace be sent down through our prayer.
Be merciful, Lord, to our prayer, remember Your Law about the multiplication of the human race and be a merciful Patron, so that with Your help what You have established will be preserved.
By Your sovereign power You created everything out of nothing and laid the foundation for everything that exists in the world - you created man in Your image and with a sublime secret you sanctified the union of marriage and a foreshadowing of the mystery of the unity of Christ with the Church.
Look, O Merciful One, on these Your servants (names), united in a marital union and begging for Your help, may Your mercy be on them, may they be fruitful and may they see the sons of their sons, even to the third and fourth generation and to the desired old age, will live and enter the Kingdom of Heaven through our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be all glory, honor and worship befits with the Holy Spirit forever.
The Church of the firstborn triumphs,/ and the mother rejoicing in her children will rejoice,/ even as her namesake of wisdom/ with the triple theological virtue of equal number beget./ You and the wise virgins behold the ignorant Bridegroom God the Word,/ with her and we spiritually rejoice in their memory, saying:/ The champions of the Trinity,/ Faith, Love and Hope,//confirm us in faith, love and hope.
Honest Sophia of the most sacred branches,/ Faith and Hope and Love, appearing,/ wisdom enshrouded Hellenic grace,/ both the sufferer and the victorious one appearing,// the crown The Lord Christ has become incorruptible from all.
Oh, long-suffering and wise Great Martyr Sophia of Christ! You stand in soul in heaven at the Throne of the Lord, but on earth, by the grace given to you, you perform various healings: look mercifully on the people who are coming and praying before your relics, asking for your help: extend your holy prayers to the Lord for us, and ask us for forgiveness of our sins, healing for the sick, quick help for the grieving and needy: beg the Lord, May he give us all a Christian death and a good answer at His Last Judgment, may we also be honored with you to glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.
Miracles of Thy saints, martyr/ the insurmountable wall given to us, O Christ God,/ with those prayers destroy the advice of the tongues,/ strengthen the holy Church,// as the One is Good and Lover of Humanity.
From the height of wisdom we receive grace,/ you who stand in temptation, O all-honored ones./ Moreover, the holy damsel has been delivered from the bitter death // for you truly belong to Edes the glory and joy to the world.
Oh, glory to the martyr Guria, Samona and Aviva! To you, as a quick helper and a warm prayer book, we, weak and unworthy, come running, earnestly begging: do not despise us, who have fallen into many iniquities and continue to sin all the days and hours: guide the erring on the right path, heal the suffering and mourning; keep us in an immaculate and chaste life, and as in ancient times, so today, remain the patronage of marriages, in love and like-mindedness, this affirming and from all evil and calamitous circumstances liberating. Protect, about the great power of the confessor, all Orthodox Christians from misfortunes, evil people and the machinations of demons: protect me from unexpected death, imploring the All-Good Lord, and the great and He will add rich mercy to us, His humble servant. For we are not worthy to call upon the magnificent name of our Creator with unclean lips, unless you, holy martyrs, will intercede for us: for this reason we resort to you and your representation before the Lord. we ask.
So deliver us from hail, flood, fire, sword, invasion of foreigners, internecine warfare, deadly plagues and every soul-destroying situation. Hey, Passion-Bearers of Christ, through your prayers arrange for us all that is good and useful, so that a pious life has passed and the death of the unshameful one has come, we will be rewarded with the warm intercession of yours. with all the saints at the right hand of the just God, the Judge, and will unceasingly glorify Him with the Father and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.
Orthodoxy to the zealot and schism to the eradicator, / Russian healer, and new prayer book to God, / with your writings you have made them whole, / spiritual priest, Demetrius Blessed, // pray to Christ God to save our souls.
The Russian star rose from Kiev, / and through Novgrad Seversky reached Rostov, / but illuminated this entire country with teachings and miracles, / let us please the golden-speaking teacher Demetrius, / for that is all written, even for instruction,/ so that he will win everyone, like Paul, to Christ,// and save our souls through orthodoxy.
Oh, all-blessed Saint Demetrius, great saint of Christ, Chrysostom of Russia, hear us sinners praying to you, and bring our prayer to the Merciful and Lover of Mankind, You stand before him now in the joy of the saints and on the face of the Angels! Pray to His mercy, that He may not condemn us according to our iniquities, but may He deal with us according to His mercy. Ask us from Christ and our God for a peaceful and serene life, mental and physical health, the prosperity of the earth and all abundance and prosperity in everything, and may we not turn the good things given to us into evil Generous God, but to His glory and to the glorification of your intercession. Grant that we may pass through this temporary life in a God-pleasing manner; Deliver us from airy ordeals and guide us on the path that leads to the villages of the righteous, where they celebrate the unceasing voice, beholding the indescribable kindness of God’s face.
Preserve the Holy Church from schisms and heresies, strengthen the faithful, convert the erring, and grant to all everything that is appropriate for the salvation and glory of God; Save your fatherland from enemies without hatred, but overcome the weapons of the Crusader army; and grant us all your archpastoral and holy blessing, so that through it we will get rid of the wiles of the evil one and escape from all misfortune and misfortune. Hear our prayer, Father Demetrius, and constantly pray for us to the Almighty God, glorified and worshiped in the Three Hypostases, to Him belongs all glory, honor and power forever centuries. Amen.
In you, mother, it is known that you were saved even in the image, having accepted the cross, you followed Christ, and in action you taught to despise the flesh, for it passes away: to be diligent about the souls of things more immortal, and also with the angels, the Venerable Athanasia, your spirit, rejoices.
For the love of the Lord, you have hated the desire for peace, you have enlightened your spirit with pity, you have conquered the beasts with great strength: but through your prayers the enemy is staggering ruin.
The four ten martyrs of Christ, / who bravely suffered in the city of Sebaste, / who passed through fire and water, / who entered into eternal rest, / pray for us to the Lord / yes He will preserve life in peace // and save our souls, like the Lover of Mankind.
All the hosts of the world have left, / cling to the Lord in Heaven, / the fourty passion-bearers of the Lord, / having passed through fire and water, blessed ones, / deservedly received glory with There are many heavens // and many crowns.
Oh, saints, glorious passion-bearers of Christ, four ten, in the city of Sebastia Christ for the sake of those who courageously suffered, through fire and water they passed through and, like friends of Christ, to rest Having entered the Heavenly Kingdom, you have great boldness to intercede with the Most Holy Trinity for the Christian race, especially for those who honor your holy memory with faith and with the love of those who call you. Ask the All-Bountiful God for forgiveness of our sins and correction of our lives, yes, in repentance and unfeigned love, friend, for each other, we will boldly present ourselves to the Last Judgment of Christ and yours We will stand as intercessor at the right hand of the Righteous Judge. To her, pleasers of God, be our protector from all enemies, visible and invisible, so that under the roof of your holy prayers we will get rid of all troubles, evils and misfortunes until the last day of our lives and so on Let us glorify the great and venerable Name of the Almighty Trinity, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
And a participant in morals,/ and a vicar of the throne, an apostle,/ you gained action, inspired by God,/ in a vision of the sunrise,/ for this purpose, correcting the word of truth,/ and for the sake of faith You suffered even to the point of bleeding,/ Hieromartyr Blasie./ Pray to Christ God // for our souls to be saved.
You have been adorned with the anointing of sanctification and the torment of blood, O glorious Blasie, / and you are shining everywhere, rejoicing in the Highest / and watching over us, having come to your church / and in it, constantly calling to you // for all of us comply.
Blessed and ever-memorable Holy Martyr Blasie, wondrous sufferer and warm representative of ours, after your departure into eternal life, help those who call upon your holy name in all their petitions promise to be heard! Behold, now to you, the saint of God, as the true intercessor of salvation, we flow and humbly pray: come to our aid, bound by the bonds of sins, move towards your almighty Let us pray to God and pray for us sinners: we dare to call on you, the unworthy, to intercede, and we wish you to receive liberation from all our sins. Oh, Holy Blasie of God! In the contrition and humility of our hearts, we fall before you and pray: shine upon us, darkened by the slander of the enemy, with the light of grace from above, so that as we walk in it, we may not stumble our feet on a stone.
You, as a vessel chosen in honor and filled with the grace of God, we pray: grant us sinners from the fulfillment of your desire to accept, and heal our mental and physical ulcers from sin Ask the Lord for our forgiveness and for our mental and physical health and for our beneficial salvation, so that we may always glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and your merciful intercession for souls and bodies ours, now and forever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Recommended for publication by the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church
Publishing house "Blagovest", 2011