O holy righteous Joseph! You, while still on this earth, had great boldness towards the Son of God, who deigned to call you His father, as the betrothed of His Mother, and to listen to you: we believe that now, from the faces of the righteous in the abodes of heaven, you will be heard in every your petition to God and our Savior. Moreover, resorting to your protection and intercession, we humbly pray to you: just as you yourself were delivered from the storm of doubtful thoughts, so deliver us too, overwhelmed by waves of confusion and passions: just as you protected the All-Immaculate Virgin from human slander, protect and also protect us from all vain slander: just as you protected the incarnate Lord from all harm and bitterness, so through your intercession preserve His Orthodox Church and all of us from all bitterness and harm. Weigh, holy of God, as the Son of God in the days of His flesh had need for bodily needs, and you served them: for this reason we pray to you, and our temporary needs will be prospered by your intercession, giving us all the good things we need in this life.
We more than earnestly ask you to grant us remission of sins, to receive from the Son you are named, the Only Begotten Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, and through your intercession we are worthy of inheriting the Kingdom of Heaven, so that we, dwelling with you in the high villages, will glorify the One Trinitarian God, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and forever.