Thy apostles, O Christ, have bound Thy apostles with a union of love, and we, Thy faithful servants, have been firmly bound to Thyself, to keep Thy commandments and to love one another unfeignedly. create, through the prayers of the Mother of God, the One Lover of Mankind.
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Our hearts have kindled toward You with a flame of love, O Christ God, so that with our heart, mind and soul, and with all our strength, we will love You, and our sincere self, and We keep Thy commandments and glorify Thee, the Giver of all good things.
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O great apostle, loud-voiced evangelist, most graceful theologian, wiser of the mysteries than incomprehensible revelations, virgin and most beloved confidante of Christ John, accept with what is proper to you the mercy of us sinners (names), who come running under your strong intercession and protection! Ask the All-Generous Lover of Mankind, Christ and our God, Who, before your eyes, poured out Your most precious blood for us, Your worthless servants, may He not remember our iniquities, but may He have mercy on us, and may He deal with us according to His mercy; May He grant us health of soul and body, all prosperity and abundance, teaching us to turn all of it into the glory of Him, the Creator, Savior and our God.
At the end of our temporary lives, may we, holy apostle, escape the merciless tortures awaiting us in the airy ordeals, but may we achieve under your guidance and protection The mountain of Jerusalem, whose glory you have seen in revelation, and now you enjoy the joys promised to God’s elect. Oh, great John, save all Christian cities and countries, this whole church, dedicated to your holy name, those who serve and pray in it, from famine, destruction, coward and flood, fire, sword, invasion of foreigners and internecine warfare, deliver from all misfortune and adversity, and with your prayers turn away the righteous wrath of God from us, and ask for His mercy is upon us. Oh, great and incomprehensible God, Alpha and Omega, the source and object of our faith! Behold, in supplication to You we offer Saint John, whom You have made worthy to know You, the inscrutable God, in ineffable revelation.
Accept his intercession for us, grant us the fulfillment of our petitions, for Your glory: and above all, complete us with spiritual perfection, to the enjoyment of endless life in Heaven Your abodes. Oh, Heavenly Father, who created all the Lord, the Soul of spirits, the Almighty King! Touch our hearts with Your finger, and they, melting like wax, will be poured out before You, and the mortal spiritual creation will be created, in honor and glory of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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Oh, wonderful Father Seraphim, great miracle worker of Sarov, quick and obedient helper to all who come running to you! In the days of your earthly life, no one was tired of you and was inconsolable when you left, but everyone was blessed by the sight of your face and the sweet voice of your words. Moreover, the gift of healing, the gift of insight, the gift of healing for weak souls has appeared abundantly in you. When God called you from earthly labors to heavenly rest, your love ceased from us, and it is impossible to count your miracles, multiplying like the stars heavenly; Therefore, throughout all the ends of our earth you appeared to the people of God and granted them healing. In the same way, we cry out to you: oh, humble and meek servant of God, daring man of prayer to Him, turn away from those who call upon you!
Offer up your merciful prayer for us to the Lord of hosts, may He grant us all that is beneficial in this life and all that is useful for spiritual salvation, may He protect us from the falls of sin and may he teach us true repentance, so that we may enter without stumbling into the eternal Kingdom of Heaven, where you are now in everlasting glory, and there sing with everyone saints of the Life-Giving Trinity forever and ever. Amen.
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Oh, wonderful servant of God, Father Silouan! By the grace given to you by God, to pray tearfully for the whole universe - the dead, the living and the coming - do not keep silent for us to the Lord, who fervently come to you and are tenderly touched by your intercession those asking (names). Move, O all-blessed One, to prayer the Zealous Intercessor of the Christian race, the Most Blessed Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, who miraculously called you to be a faithful worker in Her earthly heliport, where the chosen one of God prays to God for our sins, to be merciful and long-suffering, even if we do not remember our untruths and iniquities, but by ineffable goodness Our Lord Jesus Christ will graciously and save us according to His great mercy. She, saint of God, with the Most Blessed Lady of the world - the Most Holy Abbess of Athos and the holy ascetics of Her earthly lot, ask the saints for the most holy Word of the holy mountain Athos and its God-loving desert dwellers will be preserved in the world from all troubles and slander of the enemy.
May the Angels deliver saints from evils and be strengthened by the Holy Spirit in faith and brotherly love, until the end of the age, pray for the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church They show everyone the path of salvation, so that the Earthly and Heavenly Church may continually glorify the Creator and Father of Lights, enlightening and illuminating the world in the eternal truth and goodness of God. Ask the people of the whole earth for a prosperous and peaceful life, the spirit of humility and brotherly love, good morals and salvation, the spirit of the fear of God. Let it not be malice and lawlessness that harden the hearts of men, which can destroy the love of God in men and cast them into godly enmity and fratricide, but in the power of Divine love and truth, As in heaven and on earth, hallowed be the name of God, may His holy will be done to man, and may peace and the Kingdom of God reign on earth.
So also for your earthly Fatherland - the Russian lands, ask, saint of God, the longed-for peace and heavenly blessing, covered by the omnipotent omophorion of the Mother of God, may he be delivered from famine, destruction, cowardice, fire, sword, invasion of foreigners and civil strife, and from all enemies, visible and invisible, and thus from the most holy house of the Blessed One The Mother of God will remain with him until the end of time, the Cross with life-giving power, and he will be established in the love of God inexhaustibly. For all of us, who are immersed in the darkness of sins and warmth of repentance, who do not have less than the fear of God and who never cease to insult the Lord who loves us immeasurably, ask, O All-Blessed One, from the All-Merciful One May our God, by His omnipotent divine grace, visit and revive our souls, and may He abolish all the malice and pride of life, despondency and negligence in our hearts.
We also pray for us, strengthened by the grace of the All-Holy Spirit and warmed by the love of God, in love for mankind and brotherly love, in humble crucification for each other and for everyone, in the truth of God to be established and well-behaved in the grace-filled love of God, and to draw closer to the son-loving One. Yes, so, doing His all-holy will, in all piety and purity of temporary life, let us walk the path shamelessly and with all the saints of the Heavenly Kingdom and His Lamb marriage. To Him from all on earth and in heaven be glory, honor and worship, with His Beginning Father, His Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
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Receive, O all-merciful, Most Pure Lady Theotokos, these honorable gifts, best applied to 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 know the Son of God and have become worthy of 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.
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Oh, long-suffering Mother of God, who surpassed all the daughters of the earth, in Her purity and in the multitude of sufferings You transferred to the earth, accept our much-painful sighs and keep us under Your roof mercy. Do you not know another refuge and warm intercession, but, since you have boldness in the One born of You, help and save us with Your prayers, so that we may reach without stumbling The Kingdom of Heaven, where together with all the saints we will sing praises in the Trinity to the One God, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
* Troparion and kontakion of the Lord.
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