Oh, Marvelous Creator, Humane-loving Master, Most Merciful Lord! With a contrite and humble heart I pray to Thee: do not disdain my sinful prayer, do not reject my tears and sighs, hear me, like the Canaanite, do not despise me, like a harlot, show upon me, a sinner, the great mercy of Thy love for mankind: with Thy robe of honest protection, have mercy and strengthen me, so that all the troubles and misfortunes sent from You will come with I will endure thanksgiving in the hope of eternal blessings; Rather, turn my sadness into joy, so that I, the damned one, do not fall into despair and perish. For You are the source of mercy and the unshameful hope of our salvation, Christ our God, and to You we send glory with Your Beginning Father, and Your Most Holy and Good and Life-Giving One By the Spirit, now and forever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
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Lord of heaven and earth, King of the ages! Deign to open for me the door of repentance, for in the pain of my heart I pray to You, the true God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Light of the world: look upon many By your kindness and accept my prayer; do not turn him away, but forgive me, who have fallen into many sins. For I seek peace and do not find it, because my conscience does not forgive me. I am waiting for peace, and there is no peace in me, because of the deep multitude of my iniquities. Hear, Lord, me, who is in despair. For I, deprived of all readiness and every thought to correct myself, fall to Your compassions: have mercy on me, cast down to the earth and condemned for my sins. Turn my cry, O Lord, into joy for me, tear away the sackcloth and gird me with joy.
And deign that I may receive peace, as Thy chosen ones, O Lord, from whom sickness, sorrow and sighing have fled, and may the door of Thy Kingdom be opened to me, so that I may enter with those who enjoy By the light of Your countenance, O Lord, obtain for me eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.
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[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. {I waited...: Heb. In waiting I waited}
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, {and} established my goings. {an...: Heb. a pit of noise}
And he hath put a new song in my mouth, {even} praise unto our God: many shall see {it}, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
Blessed {is} that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Many, O LORD my God, {are} thy wonderful works {which} thou hast done, and thy thoughts {which are} to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: {if} I would declare and speak {of them}, they are more than can be numbered. {they cannot...: or, none can order them unto thee}
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. {opened: Heb. digged}
Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book {it is} written of me,
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law {is} within my heart. {within...: Heb. in the midst of my bowels}
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. {falleth: Heb. forsaketh}
Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
But I {am} poor and needy; {yet} the Lord thinketh upon me: thou {art} my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
[A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.] Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. {of: or, for}
Hide not thy face from me in the day {when} I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day {when} I call answer me speedily.
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. {like...: or, (as some read) into smoke}
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. {skin: or, flesh}
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; {and} they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
My days {are} like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
Thou shalt arise, {and} have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; {those...: Heb. the children of death}
To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. {weakened: Heb. afflicted}
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years {are} throughout all generations.
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens {are} the work of thy hands.
They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: {endure: Heb. stand}
But thou {art} the same, and thy years shall have no end.
The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
Oh, great saint John Chrysostom! You have received many and varied gifts from the Lord, and like a good and faithful servant, you have multiplied all the talents given to you: for this reason, truly universal You were a teacher, for every age and every rank learns from you. Behold, the image of you appeared to the youth of obedience, to the young - the luminary of chastity, to the husband - the mentor of hard work, to the old - the teacher of kindness, to the monk - the rule of abstinence, to those who pray - a leader inspired by God, an enlightener of wisdom to those who seek wisdom, an inexhaustible source of living words to those who seek good words, a star of mercy to those who do good, and the rule of the wise to those in power an image, a zealot for righteousness - an inspirer of boldness, a mentor for righteousness for the sake of the persecuted, a teacher of patience: you were all, and you saved everyone.
Above all of these you have acquired love, which is the union of perfection, and with that, as by the power of Divine, you have united all the gifts in your soul into one, and Here, the love shared and reconciling, in the interpretation of the words of the apostles, you preached to all the faithful. We are sinners, we each have our own gifts, the unity of the spirit in the union of the world is not imams, but we are vanity, irritating each other, each other enviously: for this reason, for the sake of our gift, we were divided not into peace and salvation, but into enmity and condemnation for us. Moreover, we fall to you, the saint of God, servants of God (names), overwhelmed by discord, and in contrition of heart we ask: with your prayers drive away from our hearts all pride and envy, dividing us, so that in many places we may remain one body of the church without restraint, so that, according to your prayerful words, we will love each other and with one mind confess the Father and the Son and The Holy Spirit, Trinity, Consubstantial and Indivisible, now and ever and unto ages of ages. 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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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.
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Oh, Most Blessed Lady, Protector of the Christian race, refuge and salvation of those who resort to You! We know, truly we know, how much we have sinned and been angry, O Most Merciful Lady, the Son of God was born in the flesh of You. But to the imams there are many images of those who angered His mercy: tax collectors, harlots and other sinners, to whom forgiveness of sins will be given for the sake of repentance and confession. I imagine the images of those who have been pardoned by the sinners of my soul, and I, looking at the great mercy of God that I have received, will dare and I, a sinner, will come running with repentance to To your mercy. Oh, All-Merciful Lady! Give me a helping hand and ask Your Son and God with your motherly and most holy prayers for forgiveness of my grave sin.
I believe and confess that He Whom You gave birth to, Your Son is truly Christ, the Son of the living God, Judge of the living and the dead, rewarding everyone according to his deeds; I believe again and confess that You are the true Mother of God, the source of mercy, the consolation of those who mourn, the recovery of the lost, a strong and unceasing intercessor to God, fervently loving the Christian race, and the champion of repentance; Truly, there is no other help and protection for us except You, Most Gracious Lady, and no one else, trusting in You, was ashamed when, and by You begging God, no one was quickly abandoned.
For this sake, I pray to Your innumerable goodness: open the doors of Your mercy to me who have gone astray and fallen into the darkness of the depths, do not disdain me who is unclean, do not despise my sinful prayer, do not forsake me, the accursed one, for an evil enemy seeks to kidnap me into destruction, but pray for me, Thy merciful Son and God, born of You, may the great one forgive my sins and will deliver me from my destruction, as yes and I, with all who have received forgiveness, I will sing and glorify the immeasurable mercy of God and Your unashamed intercession for me in this life and in endless time. Amen.
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Hope to all the ends of the earth, Most Pure Virgin, Lady Theotokos, our consolation! Do not disdain us sinners, for we trust in Your mercy: extinguish the sinful flame burning in us and water our parched hearts with repentance; Cleanse our minds from sinful thoughts, accept the prayers offered to You from the soul and heart with sighs. Be an intercessor for us to Your Son and God and turn away His anger with Your motherly prayers. Heal mental and physical ulcers, Lady Lady, quench the illnesses of souls and bodies, calm the storm of evil attacks of the enemy, take away the burden of our sins, and do not leave us until the end perish, and comfort our hearts crushed by sorrow, may we glorify Thee until our last breath.
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Oh, Most Holy Virgin, the All-Blessed Son of the All-Blessed Mother of this city and holy church, the Patroness of all who are in sins, sorrows, troubles and illnesses, faithful to the Representative and Intercessor!
Accept this prayer song from us, Thy unworthy servants, offered to You, and like the sinner of old, every day many times before Thy honorable icon who prayed, You did not despise, but You gave him the unexpected joy of repentance and You bowed down Your Son with many and zealous petitions to Him for the forgiveness of this sinner and the lost, so even now despise the prayers of us, Thy unworthy servants, and pray to Thy Son and our God, and to all of us, who with faith and tenderness worship before Thy celibate image, grant an unexpected gift for each require joy: a sinner mired in the depths of evil and passions - all-effective admonition, repentance and salvation; to those in sorrow and sorrow - consolation; to those who find themselves in troubles and embitterment - complete abundance of these; for the cowardly and unreliable - hope and patience; To those who live in joy and abundance - unceasing thanksgiving to God the Benefactor; to the needy - mercy; for those who are sick and long-term and abandoned by doctors - unexpected healing and strengthening; for those who were waiting for the mind from an illness - the return and renewal of the mind; departing into eternal and endless life - memory of death, tenderness and contrition for sins, a cheerful spirit and firm hope in the mercy of the Judge.
Oh, Most Holy Lady!
Have mercy on all who honor Your all-honorable name and show everyone Your all-powerful protection and intercession: in piety, purity and honest living, abide by their goodness until the end; create evil blessings; guide those who have gone astray to the right path; Make progress in every good work and that which is pleasing to Your Son; Destroy every evil and ungodly deed; in bewilderment and difficult and dangerous circumstances, to those who find invisible help and admonition sent down from Heaven, from temptations, temptations and death, save from all evil people and from visible enemies protect and preserve invisible ones; float to those who swim, travel to those who travel; Be the Nourisher for those who are in need and hunger; for those who do not have shelter and shelter, provide cover and refuge; Give clothing to the naked, intercession to the offended and unjustly persecuted; invisibly justify those who suffer slander, slander and blasphemy; expose the slanderers and blasphemers before everyone; Grant unforeseen reconciliation to those who are bitterly at enmity, and to all of us - love, peace, and piety, and health with long life.
Keep your marriage in love and like-mindedness; spouses, in the enmity and division of existence, die, unite me to each other and establish an indestructible union of love for them; Give speedy permission to mothers giving birth, raise babies, keep young ones chaste, open their minds to the perception of every useful teaching, the fear of God, abstinence and hard work. instruct; protect from domestic strife and enmity of the same blood with peace and love; Be the Mother of motherless orphans, turn them away from all vice and filthiness, and teach them all that is good and pleasing to God; bring forth the abysses of destruction; Be the Comforter and Helper of widows, be a rod of old age; Deliver us all from sudden death without repentance and grant us all a Christian death of our lives, painless, shameless, peaceful and a kind answer at the Last Judgment of Christ: having ceased in faith and repentance from this life with the Angels and created the lives of all the saints; those who died of sudden death, beg the mercy of Your Son, and for all those who have fallen who have no relatives, begging for the repose of Your Son, You Yourself be unceasing and warm Prayer Book and Intercessor: let everyone in Heaven and on earth lead You, as a steadfast and unashamed Representative of the Christian race, and, leading, glorify You and Your Son, with His Beginningless Father and His Consubstantial Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.