Selected chants from Octoechos

Contents Selected penitential hymns Selected hymns about the Cross and the Passion of the Lord Selected hymns to the Most Holy Theotokos Selected penitential hymns to the Most Holy Theotokos Selected hymns to the disembodied heavenly powers Selected hymns to St. John, the Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord Selected hymns to the holy Apostles Selected hymns holy martyrs Selected penitential chants On the Lord, I cried in the week of the evening 1) By Your goodness, Lord, having brought everything from non-existence into existence by Your Word and Spirit, You also created me, a verbal living being, that I may glorify Your Holy name, Omnipotent; I always dishonor Your name with my stupid deeds. But have mercy on me, I pray to You, and have mercy! 2) Come, my all-condemned soul, to the all-good Lord, approach Him with warm tears, confess before judgment everything you have done and, having made your Creator merciful to yourself, ask for forgiveness before the Lord closes the doors of His mercy for you. 3) Great is the abyss of my sins, O Savior, and I am miserably plunging into the depths of destruction by my sins. But give me your hand, like Peter, save me, O God, and have mercy on me. 4) I, O Savior, am subject to an incorruptible court for my evil deeds and thoughts. But grant me the thought of conversion, O God, save me, O good Benefactor, and have mercy on me. On Monday according to the 1st verse 5) I was conceived in iniquities, a prodigal one, and I do not dare look up to the heights of heaven; but, daring in Your love for mankind, I call: God, cleanse and save me! 6) Your judgment is righteous, O Lord, and your judgment is righteous, but my deeds are evil. But You, merciful One, having preceded me, save me and free me from the torments of freedom, deliver parts of them and grant me a position at Your right hand, Most Righteous Judge. Guide, O Pure One, my accursed soul and protect my soul, which has crept into the depths of destruction, O All-Immaculate One; in the terrible hour of death, snatch it from the hands of evil demons and deliver it from all torment. 7) Having madly distanced myself from You, O All-Generous One, I spent my life fornicating, always working for wordless passions, but accept me, O Compassionate Father, as a prodigal youth, and save me. From the touching canon at Matins on Monday 8) I pray to You, Christ God, consume the multitude of my sins with the multitude of Your mercy and grant me the thought of conversion, so that I may glorify Your goodness above the mind. 9) According to the immeasurable mercy of Your bounties, You, Lord, appeared on earth in the incarnation of man: in the same way, I, who have sinned more than the measure before You, but now fall to You in repentance, accept me with Your usual love for mankind. 10) Arise, come, for your soul, and cry out to your Creator, who knows all your secrets, and show the fruits of repentance: for may the Generous Lord have mercy on you and deliver you from eternal fire. 11) Cleanse, O One Good One, cleanse and save me, as a tax collector I call to You with fear, and I, drawn by a multitude of sins, suppressed by the burden of sins and filled with immeasurable cold. 12) To whom shall I liken you, my damned soul, who does only evil and does nothing good? But turn and cry out to Him who has impoverished you: Knower of the heart, be merciful and save me. 13) Having determined repentance for those who convert, Savior, grant that I too should repent before the end of my life; grant tenderness and sighing, Blessed, as once was the harlot who kissed Your nose, Master. 14) I have fallen into corrupt passions and fear Your righteous judgment, O righteous Lord. I also pray to You: strengthen me to do good deeds and save me. 15) You weigh the unknown and secret of my heart, my God and Creator and Lord. But grant me to repent, so that you do not condemn me at the hour of judgment, when you come to judge everyone. 16) This physician, Christ, heal the passions of my heart and wash me from all filth with streams, my Jesus, of tenderness, so that I sing and magnify Your compassion. 17) Who wanders on the paths of destruction and falls into the ditches of sins, turn me, O Christ, and lead me to the unlost paths of Thy holy justifications, for I glorify Thee. 18) Daniel tamed the lions of old, having virtue as his companion. Be jealous of your soul and the enemy who, like a roaring lion, wants to capture you, always fight with unceasing gaze towards God. 19) Through excess of fornication I have immeasurably desecrated my soul, O Lord. But having abundant goodness, O Christ the Savior, accept me as a prodigal, crying out to You in repentance: I have sinned in heaven and before You! 20) My deliverer, compassionate Christ, deliver me from the darkness that holds me and all temptations, so that I call You, we save: bless all the works of the Lord the Lord. 21) When You come, O Christ, to judge the world in glory, then include me also in the ranks of Your chosen ones, having prepared me for this by repentance, faith and good deeds. 22) Like the Canaanite I call to You, Lord, and I: have mercy on me, O Savior; Behold, my soul, overwhelmed by demonic excuses, madly does all sorts of obscene things and does not feel Your divine fear, Long-suffering. 23) Set, O Lord, on the stone of Your commandments the feet of my soul, and trample down the flattering serpent that wants to crush me, and deliver me from his villainy, for he is good and abundantly merciful. 24) Another world and a Judge awaits you, soul, who wants to expose your secret and shameful deeds before everyone. Do not dwell in these pleasures, but anticipate condemnation by crying out to the Judge: God, cleanse and save me. 25) Do not despise me, O Savior, possessed by sinful laziness, but raise my thoughts to repentance, and show me a skillful worker of Your grapes, so that You may grant me reward and great mercy even at the eleventh hour. Most holy of all holy powers, most honorable of all creation, Mother of God, Lady of the world! With Your prayers, save us, O Who gave birth to the Savior, from countless sins and troubles, as You are Good. 26) Christ God! According to Your compassion, grant me a source of tenderness, to cleanse all the filth of my immeasurable evils, and make me a partaker of Your Kingdom, my Benefactor. Who gave birth to the flightless Light, guide the light, Most Immaculate, my soul, always darkened by demonic pretexts, and deliver the fire of the future through Your Divine intercessions. 27) My whole life, Lord, I have lived out in shame, accursed, with harlots, and, like a prodigal, I tenderly call: Heavenly Father! those who have sinned, cleanse me, and do not reject me, who have voluntarily withdrawn from You and become poor in all good things. Tuesday morning according to the 3rd verse 28) I have fallen into the position of robbers in my thoughts and have been robbed by them in my mind; They have wounded my soul with sins, and I lie with unhealed wounds, O most merciful Jesus. But pour the oil of Thy mercy on me and heal the fierce wounds of my soul. From the touching canon at Tuesday morning 29) Enslaved by sinful passions, I fall before You, Lord, and make me free from them, so that I diligently glorify Your goodness. 30) I, the accursed one, was stung by a copy of sin and died. Seeing me lying like this, the enemy is having fun. But, O Lord who raises the dead, revive me and save me. 31) See my weakness, clothed in it, see the ugliness of my soul and listen to my voice, O most merciful Christ, and transform its absurdity into beauty, O Savior. 32) You who saved the prodigal, Jesus, save me too, who foolishly transgressed Your saving commandments and senselessly committed every sin, being carried away by thoughts that make me alien to You. 33) The wealth given to me by You, Christ, I squandered in evil, committing all sorts of indecency, and became naked and clothed in acts of dishonor. The same I cry to Thee: adorn me with the first garment, bringing me to tenderness with Thy Divine Grace. 34) In a mad soaring of my mind, I was brought to the ditch of sin, I fell violently and lay down, in incurable pain. Rising of the fallen, Lord, raise me up and establish my heart on the stone of repentance. 35) I am filled with many and cruel falls into sin, generous and long-suffering Master, have mercy on me, condemned, and do not cast me away from Your presence. 36) You justified the publican, who sighed in sorrow, O Christ God. For this I have become like this, and I, beating my heart, call to You: cleanse me, only gracious and generous Lord. 37) The bones of my accursed soul are crushed, and I am overwhelmed by the burden of many lusts. Help me too, Christ, the only helper of all. 38) We are agitated by a storm of passions and having fallen into the depths of shameful sins, we cry out: Omnipotent Christ, lift me up with Your mighty hand and save me. 39) I was overcome by bodily pleasures and became dumb, being verbal. To the Word of God, who saved the harlot with a word, save me, the accursed one, so that I may sing to You, blessing Your goodness. 40) The seducing serpent, with his evil advice, has stripped me of all goodness. Having exposed Himself, Christ the Savior, adorn me now with the robe of virtues. 41) He who comes to judge our race, the righteous Judge, in that terrible hour did not eat me, worthy of all condemnation, into the fire of Gehenna, but show mercy and save me. 42) This is the day, this is the time of repentance and holy action. My soul, shake off the sleep of evil despondency, flee the darkness of passions and hasten to enrich yourself with bright deeds, in order to become a partaker of the divine light. 43) Like a publican I sigh, like a harlot I cry, like a thief I cry to You: remember me, Generous One, like the prodigal son I cry: I have sinned, and like a Canaanite I fall down to You: do not despise me, merciful Christ! On Thursday evening on the Lord, I cried 44) On the cross, You stretched out Your most pure hands, O Christ, calling and arranging close to You those who were far from You. I pray to You, my Savior, draw me captive to the passions to You, granting me repentance, cleansing the filth of my heart. On Lord, I cried on Sunday 45) Having a source of compassion, flowing from an abyss of mercies and a sea of generosity, Most Good Father and Son-Word of the Father and Holy Soul, uncreated nature, accept our prayer and prayer and grant forgiveness to all who are in sin, for God is generous and loving of mankind. 46) As God by nature, You, Christ the Savior, have a womb of generosity and mercy and goodness. In the same way, we pray to Thee and we call: grant to Thy servants the permission of many sins and forgiveness of everything in which anyone has sinned to Thee, for God is a generous and philanthropic one. On Monday morning according to the 1st verse 47) Like the waves of the sea, my iniquities have risen up against me, like a ship in the depths I am sinking into the sea of my sins. But lead me into the quiet refuge of repentance, O Lord, and save me. 48) I am a barren tree, O Lord, producing no fruit of repentance; I am afraid of the beating and I am afraid of the unquenchable fire. I also pray to Thee, my Savior, having previously anticipated such troubles, convert and save me. From the touching canon at Matins 49) My Savior, who became incarnate and came not to call the righteous, but to call sinners to repentance, accept and save me, who have sinned much before You. 50) I opened the doors to passions and became enslaved to all kinds of sins. Benefactor of the Savior, having converted me, save me with Your mercy. 51) Having entered into the incorruptible womb, O Christ God, renew my soul, corrupted by passions, with repentance and show it filled with Your ever-present light. 52) I listened to the enemy, who grieved us, and committed every sin: with what I angered You, Lover of Mankind, the only long-suffering one. Do not reject me, but convert me and save me. 53) Having fallen into sinful impurity, I have destroyed the highest beauty, Lord, and I am afraid of torment. Enlighten and imagine, O Most Merciful One, my humble soul with the beauty of repentance. 54) The crafty enemy stole me from You with flattering words and made me food for himself. But, God of all, snatch me from the jaws of his malice and call me to Yourself with images of repentance. 55) You who enlighten the eyes of the blind, enlighten my blinded soul and strengthen it to vigorously do good deeds, and teach it to hate lazily sleep to the end. 56) Heal my wounded soul with the ulcer of the fierce sin, O One Savior, who of old healed the ulcers of those who fell into robbers. 57) I have fallen deeply through the cunning of the evil serpent and am lying on a bed of despair. You who raised up the paralytic with one word, Christ God, raise up me too. 58) The winds of the evil enemy howl at me and the waves of sin drown me. Save me, O Lord, love for mankind, like Peter. 59) Due to the corruption of my mind under the influence of demonic excuses, I was torn from Your embrace, like a prodigal, and was filled with all kinds of cold. But now, returning to You, I call, as he did: those who have sinned, do not abhor me, O Jesus, who became incarnate for my sake. 60) God of all things! just as You abolished the terrible sentence on the Ninevites of old because they repented, so deliver from the fierce torment and my heart, defiled by much fornication, now turning to You, the only love for mankind. 61) Listening to the crafty enemy, I became a slave to his wiles - and this deceiver, seeing the negligence in which I live, boasts. Only the most generous, the conversion of the erring, rescue me from his bondage. 62) Lord Jesus, Savior of the world, who has released those who were held in hell from the insoluble bonds, release me also from the insoluble bonds of the passions of the contents, and guide my mother-in-law along the saving paths of Your commandments. 63) Now is the time to do. Why are you sleeping madly, my soul, in the deep sleep of laziness? Arise, trying to enlighten your light with tears. The Bridegroom of souls is approaching. Do not touch, lest you remain outside the divine doors. 64) How terrible is Your judgment seat, O most righteous Judge, on whom every deed will be revealed before Angels and men! If You want to pronounce a cruel definition on those who have sinned! But, most merciful Lord, deliver me from him, giving me tears of conversion before the end. 65) Thinking about the immensity of the cruel deeds I have committed, I resort to Your bounty, O Savior, imitating the publican, the tearful harlot and the prodigal son, and, falling down, I pray to You, the Merciful, do not even judge me first, have mercy on me, O God, and have mercy on me. Monday evening, on the Lord, I cried 66) The only sinless Christ, the only kindly one, the only source of goodness, see my distress, see my sorrow, and cleanse the wounds of my sins and save your servant with your mercy, so that, having driven away the clouds of laziness from me, I always glorify you, my most good Savior. 67) Open your eyes, my humble soul, see how bad your deeds are, look at your nakedness and remember your disastrous rejection. Alas, you will be rejected from God and the Angels and plunged into endless torment. Rise up, rise up, strive, cry out: O Savior of those who have sinned, grant me forgiveness and save me. 68) I have defiled my body with shameful lusts, I have corrupted my soul and heart with foul thoughts, and I have wounded all my feelings: I have dishonored my eyes with lustful views, I have defiled my ears with shameful hearings, I have made my tongue unclean with obscene speeches—and all of them are shameful to me. The same to You, Lord Christ, falling down, I call: those who have sinned, forgive me and save me. Tuesday morning, according to the 1st poem 69) Thinking about the test on the terrible day of judgment, my soul trembles, condemned to eternal torment and cries out in repentance, tearfully: God, I have sinned, have mercy on me. 70) Examining my conscience, I see myself worthy of all condemnation and I am afraid of Your terrible judgment, Lord, for there is no salvation for me from works. But since you have the wealth of compassion, be merciful to me, O Christ God, and save me. 71) Let us weep bitterly for ourselves, brothers, before our departure, so that with these good tears we may then avoid tears of torment, which cannot bring any benefit. 72) Once upon a time I promised You, Christ, repentance, but having an insensible soul, I keep falling into sins. Have mercy on me, O Savior, and, having driven away my weakness, strengthen me in repentance. 73) I have burdened my soul with lazy slumber. Raise me, Christ, to the vigil of repentance and teach me to do Your commandments. 74) On the terrible day of Your judgment, do not show me, O Christ Jesus, to be desperate; but, before the end, convert me, deliver me from severe torment. 75) Seeing me robbed and impoverished, the enemy rejoices over my destruction. Lord of glory and enricher of the poor, deliver me from his wickedness. 76) I have defiled my hands and eyes, O Lord, by doing many things that are not foolish to do, and thus I have provoked Your wrath into Thy generosity, having exhausted Your long-suffering. But cover my foolishness with mercy and be merciful to me, O Blessed One. 77) I add sins to sins because of my foolishness, and I will have no peace in my death. Alas for me! How will I appear before Thy face, O Christ? 78) Having been wrecked like a ship, I have destroyed all my property and, now in poverty, I cry to You: do not despise me, O all-generous Christ the King. 79) Like the Canaanite wife once, I cry to You, the Savior: Son of God, have mercy on me and be merciful, my soul suffers fiercely in sins, but does not want to come to its senses. 80) A storm of immense passions leaves me in confusion and trembling. But just as You once rebuked the sea and saved Your disciples, O Christ God, so now rise and save me, O Love of Mankind. 81) Having rejected Your commandments, O Christ the Savior, I have become enslaved to wordless lusts, and, having become futile in my thoughts, I do one thing inappropriate. But, for the sake of humanity, do not leave me to perish, merciful Lord. 82) Good shepherd, Christ God, convert and save my accursed soul, which has gone astray on the mountains of crime, so that the evil enemy does not completely devour me. 83) Oh, how terrible is Thy judgment seat, O Christ the King, at which I am to be judged. I, far from feeling this fear, spend all my days in laziness. But just as You converted Manasseh, who sinned, convert me, the only Creator, and bring me to repentance. 84) Stop the flow of my immeasurable sins, I cry to You, Christ God, grant me rivers of tears to wash away the defilements with which I have stained myself, and save me by Your mercy, as you saved the harlot who repented to You from the bottom of her heart. Stichera on Lord, I cried on Sunday 85) I have sinned greatly before You, Lord, and have upset You, my good and merciful Lord. But convert me, O Savior, accept me as a prodigal, and make me at least one from Your hired servants. 86) My laziness has exceeded all measure, even approaching the end of my life, I do not think about the judgment awaiting me. But convert me, O merciful Savior, and deliver me from eternal torment. 87) Deliver me, O most gracious Lord, from hell, gnashing of teeth and all other eternal languor, so that by faith I may sing to Thee, the merciful God and Lover of mankind by nature. 88) Save me, O Lord my God; You are the salvation of everyone. A storm of passions troubles me, and the burden of iniquities plunges me. Give me a helping hand and lead me to the light of tenderness, for there is only one who is good and a lover of mankind. Monday morning poetry 89) Repent, soul, while you live on earth; for after the laying down of the body through its death, there is no place for repentance. Cry out therefore to Christ God: Knower of the heart, have mercy and mercy on those who have sinned, and do not even condemn me first. 90) How long will you continue in sins, my soul? How long will you put off repentance? Finally, take into your mind the coming judgment and cry out to Christ: Knower of the hearts, those who have sinned, sinless Lord, have mercy on me. 91) At the terrible judgment seat, I will expose you without informers and condemn you without witnesses. Conscientious books will unfold there, and hidden matters will be revealed by themselves. But, merciful God, before you have to experience everything that I have done in this public disgrace, cleanse me and save me. 92) Lord, You weigh the depth of my sins. Give me a helping hand, like Peter, and save me. 93) O Lord alone is sinless, grant me tears of tenderness, as sometimes a harlot does, and deliver me from the darkness of sins. 94) I became a den of thieves because of my placeless deeds. But, O Lord who loves mankind, you have deigned to be born in a den, transform me into Your church, adorning my soul with virtues. 95) Just as You, O Christ God, saved Peter when he was immersed in water, so did You, O Lover of Mankind, bring me out of the depths of my sins. 96) The deceiving enemy killed me, killing me with passions. But You, Life-Giver, revive me with Your grace, bringing me along the path of repentance. 97) Loosen the bonds of my passions, O Lord, by binding me with repentance, and make me a partaker of Your good things! 98) O Sun Christ, shine upon me with the radiant rays of repentance and disperse the deep night of my evil deeds. 99) Do not place me naked of good deeds at Thy judgment, O Lover of Mankind, but clothe me in the clothing of divine deeds of repentance. 100) I was stung by the arrows of passions and fell into the ditch of despair. Do not despise me, Master, but heal me with the medicine of repentance. 101) Having been exalted in thought, I fell into sin, like that Pharisee. Seeing me like this, the flattering enemy rejoices; But You, Christ God, who humbled him with the cross, have mercy on me, who am now humbled. 102) Being sin-loving like no one else, I have exhausted Your long-suffering, Master, and I still remain insensitive; but convert me, according to Your mercy, O merciful Lord. 103) My time is running out, oh my soul, and the outcome is at the door. Show then the fruits of repentance, and before the doors close, cry out to Christ: Lord, save me. 104) Let us open our hearts to the harvest of true knowledge, let us sow the wheat of repentance in order to reap the ear of righteousness about Christ, the cultivator of our souls. 105) Ham laughed and became a slave, according to the word of his father. What will happen to you, my soul, who laughs at the commandments of hard work and passions and is not ashamed of the Heavenly Father? 106) Furious Cain in madness became a fratricide. You too, soul, appeared like him, not another, but killing yourself with voluptuousness and the charms of love of life. 107) Jacob received primacy for abstinence; Esau sold his eldership without curbing his gluttony. See how harmful intemperance is and how beneficial abstinence is. Flee from imitating evil and be zealous for the increase of good. 108) Immaculate Job, having endured much, was crowned. The streams of temptations did not shake the pillar of his heart, his heartfelt good mood. Always be jealous of Him, O soul, keeping yourself invulnerable from the wiles of the evil one. 109) Gather my scattered mind, O Lord, and cleanse my frozen heart (overgrown with freezing grass). Like Peter, grant me repentance, like a tax collector, grant me sighing, and like a harlot, grant me tears, and with a great voice I call to You: save me, O God, for you are the only compassionate Lover of mankind. 110) Repeatedly singing, I found myself sinning in it, when, singing with the tongue of a song, I thought in my soul the placeless. But correct both, O Christ God, by repentance and save me. On Monday evening on Lord, I cried 111) The manifold serpent, seeing in me laziness towards good deeds, transforms into a flattering adviser and lures me to evil, ghostly allowing the heart to feel the sweetness of bitter sin and presenting to the mind as beautiful its ugly actions and resistance to the divine commandments. Dispel, Lord, this darkness of the enemy’s flattery and restore right-mindedness and right-thinking in my soul. 112) I zealously walked along every path of unrighteousness and sin, leaving aside all the right paths. Now, approaching the gates of death and oppressed by our conscience, I call: the path of our life, my most good Jesus, turning me to the breadth of true repentance, save me, correct me, and grant me divine forgiveness before death. 113) I have killed myself with various sins and many placeless deeds, and I lie dead and helpless. The only hope that lives in me is for Your mercy, Lord. Christ the Savior, give breath to the dead, kill the passions that killed me, and snatch me from eternal death. From the canon at Tuesday morning 114) Before the end, let us mourn ourselves, faithful ones, with all our hearts. The groom is approaching: let us kindle good deeds, like bright candles, so that we may be worthy to enter the divine palace. 115) Ancient Manasseh, having repented with all his soul and cried out from the midst of his bonds to the one Master, was saved. Be jealous of that soul, and you will be saved. 116) I have foolishly rejected the law of God, and am about to be condemned. And what I will do, I don’t know! Most righteous Judge, be merciful and save me according to Your mercy. 117) This East, O Lover of mankind, shine upon me, I pray, the light of truth, take me away from the darkness of passions and deliver me from the darkness of torment, O Much-Merciful One. 118) Who of old flowed water from stone to quench the thirst of rebellious and contradictory people, flow, O my God, from my withered soul a drop of tenderness, to wash me away. 119) Physician of the sick, heal the passions of my heart according to Your gracious mercy, applying to it the medicine of repentance and divine strengthening, for it is good. 120) Sprinkle me with the hyssop of repentance and cleanse me from the filth of passions, O Christ the Savior, so that I may appear pure before You when You judge everyone by Your most righteous judgment. 121) Festering, O Savior, are the wounds of my most damned soul. Healer of the sick and giver of good things, heal me and save me, great ones for the sake of Your mercy. 122) I am enveloped in the darkness of sin and lie in relaxation without any energy. Who was once wounded by a copy for my sake, O Christ God, spare me according to Thy mercy. 123) I groan, but I do not cease to remain in evil; I’m crying, but I’m not trembling at judgment, I’m suffering from insensibility. Word of God, spare me and save me through Your good destinies. 124) I have stripped myself of the robe of incorruptibility and have clothed myself with deeds of dishonor. Moreover, I cry to You, generous God, brightly adorn me with the robes of virtues. 125) I have stained myself with lustful views, I have defiled myself with lustful touches, and I have become an abomination to You, Jesus. But, like a prodigal, accept me, O merciful Lord. 126) Not having Thy fear living in my heart, O Lord, I did not hesitate to partake of any carnal sweetness, unscrupulous, and I tremble at Thy judgment, O God of the All-Tsar. Do not disdain me, who now repent to You. 127) To the holy land, on which, according to Your word, the meek live, grant me permission to cross, having washed me from earthly sin with repentance, O most merciful Lord, who was pleased to be born sinlessly on earth from a Virgin. 128) Now is the time favorable and the day of purification. Be willing to turn again, my soul, and produce the fruits of repentance, so that the terrible ax of death will not find you barren and, having cut you like the barren fig tree, which is in the parable, send you into the eternal fire there. 129) Like a rich man, I carelessly rejoice in sweets, having much unmercifulness towards my neighbor, but not fearing the unquenchable fire. But soften, O Master, the petrification of my soul, so that at least in the end I, darkened, will be enlightened by Your mercy. On the week of evening on the Lord, I cried 130) I sinned before You, Lover of Mankind, not by nature, like a man, so that I could have the boldness to ask for forgiveness; but more than man, above nature and more than forgiveness. But, Lord the Savior, having become a man above natural statutes and above the comprehension of thought, and having love for mankind above the mind, have mercy on me who turns to You. 131) You, O Christ the Savior, have ordained repentance for those who sin, but not for the righteous. Having before my eyes examples: the thief and the prodigal, Manasseh and the harlot, the publican, Peter the denied and Paul the persecutor, I do not easily despair, but, knowing Your great love for mankind, I boldly turn to You and weep, being trustworthy, for You have received me. 132) Grant, O Lord, tenderness, aversion from evil and perfect correction to me, immersed in bodily passions and removed from You, God, the King of all, and save me, the prodigal, who has no hope, according to Your only great mercy, Omnipotent Jesus, Savior of our souls. 133) I would like to wash away with tears the handwriting of my sins, Lord, and for the rest of my life to please You with repentance; but the enemy deceives me and wrestles with my soul. Lord, before I even die completely, save me. 134) Which of those who are overwhelmed, flowing to Your refuge, will not be saved? Or which of the sick, falling to Your medicine, will not be healed? Creator of all things and Physician of the sick, Lord, before I even completely perish, save me. On Monday for verses 1, 2 and 3 135) Visit, Lord, my humble soul, which has spent its entire life in sins, and like a harlot, receive me and save me. 136) Swimming across the sea of ​​this life, I think about the depth of my evils and, having no pilot thought, Petrov proclaims a voice to You: save me, Christ, save me, O God, as a Lover of mankind. 137) We are condemned by our conscience for many sins and are embarrassed by the fear of torment, Christ our God, I offer tears of repentance from my heart to You, who have the power of life and death, and in tenderness I call to You: those who have sinned, Lord, save me. From the touching canon on Monday morning 138) My Savior Jesus! You saved the prodigal, accepted the cry of the harlot, and with Your wave you justified the publican who sighed to You. And me, who has sinned without number and turns to You, accept and save. 139) The fire of evil consumes my soul like some substance, and prepares fuel for the future flame. Long-suffering Humanity, quench it with the irrigation of Your grace, giving me tears of repentance. 140) On this night of life, the darkness of passions overwhelmed me. Christ God, this unfading Light, illuminate me with the rays of repentance and save me, as I glorify You. 141) Show me, O Christ, as the heir of a part of the elect, and separate me from this opposite part, through purification with tears and alms, as if I always glorify You in praise. 142) I fell into the hands of indomitable robbers and was completely ulcerated. Heal me, O most loving Christ, by pouring on me the wine and oil of repentance and covering me with the robe of salvation. 143) Oh, how worthy of condemnation I am to appear before You, Judge of all and God, and to be convicted of all the evil deeds with which I insanely sinned to You by will and made myself completely indecent. 144) I am filled with a lot of evil. Save me, Lord, I pray, heal my sins and cruel oppressions, do not allow me to perish, my Jesus, who has sinned much before You. 145) Being dead, I don’t know it, remaining insensible, damned, and always carrying a defiled conscience. My Creator God, do not allow me to perish completely, O Merciful One. 146) My deeds, like enemies, have the power to convict me at Thy Judgment, O Lord. But take their burden from me, O Merciful One, leading me to repentance. 147) Grant me, Christ the Savior, the rain of tears to wash away my evil deeds and do not allow me to perish, more than all the people who have sinned before You. 148) I was cultivated by the Spirit like good grapes; but the wild boar devastated me all with passions. Gracious Savior, deliver me from him and make my soul again fruitful of virtue. 149) Now is the time of repentance. Why are we being lazy? Why are we falling asleep? Let's drive away negligence and decorate our candles, as it is written, with the oil of benevolence, so as not to remain behind the doors of the palace in useless sobbing. 150) While there is time for repentance, hasten, my soul, to cleanse yourself of your evil deeds, which you have done in knowledge and ignorance, and cry to the Omniscient: forgive those who have sinned, O Master, and do not disdain me, the unworthy. 151) I have become defiled with many sins. In the same way I fall down: I have sinned, O God, have mercy on me and wash me with my tears, O Savior. 152) I am a sheep of Your verbal flock and I resort to You, the Good Shepherd. Seek me erring, O God, and have mercy on me. 153) I have sinned more than any other person on earth and am afraid of the impersonal judgment there, most good Lord. But, Lover of Mankind, grant me repentance to wash away all my defilements and, keeping me hitherto uncondemned, deliver me from eternal torment. Monday evening on Lord, I cried 154) Be jealous of the Canaanite woman, O soul, and, flowing after Christ, cry out silently: have mercy on me, Master, my child, my disorderly flesh, is raging. Drive away the kindling from her, I pray, and, having tamed her disorderly leaps, make her dead with the effect of Your fear. 155) You once sent Jonah, O Christ, to the Ninevites who had sinned to preach repentance. And they, having repented, turned Thy anger into mercy and avoided destructive punishment. Send, O Lover of Mankind, Your sovereign help to me, too, who is unworthy, so that I may turn away from my countless sins. Lead me on the path of repentance, so that I may weep and groan as a mountaineer for the forgiveness of many of my sins by Thy mercy. 156) You came into the world, O Savior, to save those who sin, calling them to repentance. Show mercy to me, O Generous One, who has angered You more than anyone else, and save me according to Your mercy, for I am gracious. Guide me on the path of repentance and grant me a thought of tenderness, strengthening my heart humbly, simply, meekly and insidiously by Your goodness, my Savior. Tuesday morning poetry 157) The mind of my damned soul, darkened by the darkness of passions and worldly pleasures, does not enter into thoughts of tenderness. But, O Savior, have mercy on me, the accursed, and grant me this thought of tenderness, so that before the end I cry out to Your compassion, O Lord: Christ, my Savior, save me, desperate and unworthy. From the touching canon on Tuesday morning 158) Lord! Do not openly expose and disgrace me before everyone, who is now secretly doing the works of darkness, but enlighten me, O Savior, and save me with the light of sincere repentance. 159) Thou who has enlightened the eyes of the blind, O Christ, enlighten also my intelligent eyes, darkened by worldly pleasures and sorrows and never looking to Thy destinies. 160) Now is the time. Arise, my soul, from the evils you have committed, and cry out to the Lord the Deliverer with fear: open for me the doors of repentance, Christ! 161) Having been stripped of my virtues, I have clothed myself with all kinds of evil, and behold, I am filled with cold. O philanthropic Christ, clothe me in Your bright divine robes. 162) Swimming across the waters of the worldly sea, out of my laziness I ran into the danger of drowning in bodily pleasures. My Savior, guide me to the haven of repentance. 163) I carelessly spend this transient life and all my days I am darkened by the delights of the world due to the actions of the enemy. Lord Jesus, forgive me and guide me to the light of repentance and life according to God. 164) Because of the enemy’s excuses, my heart was lifted up, and I fell into a bitter fall. Christ Jesus, Riser of the fallen, raise up and save me according to the multitude of Your mercies. 165) The eyelids of my soul became heavy with the slumber of negligence, and the sleep of sin came over me. Lord, awaken me to the light of repentance and save me according to Your mercy. 166) How deeply have I fallen, damned one! How far I have strayed from my good God! But I do not accept this terrible judgment. Have mercy on me, my Creator! 167) You appeared as a young youth, Christ, wanting to rid the world of the old condemnation. In the same way I cry: renew and save me, too, who have become worn out in many sins, O most gracious Lord. 168) Receive me, O Savior, in repentance, who have sinned greatly and fiercely before You, just as You sometimes saved the repentant Manasseh, showed mercy to a harlot who shed tears, and justified a thief for one word of confession. 169) I did not abide in Your fear, I did not listen to Your commandments and I never did Your will. And what will happen to me, the all-damned? - But do not reject me, O Lord, Lover of Mankind, and be merciful to me, O Savior. 170) I cry to You, the Doer of good! With the sickle of Thy fear, reap by the roots the thorny thoughts of my damned soul and from the seed of repentance grant me, O Christ, to grow an ear of salvation. 171) Behold, the mysterious bridal chamber has been opened, and the wise, having decorated their lamps with the oil of virtues, enter it, rejoicing brightly. Put aside, my soul, the sleep of laziness and negligence, so that you too may be worthy to enter with Christ into His palace with a bright light. 172) Like a harlot, I mentally embrace Your feet, O Christ the Savior, and, washing them with tears, I tenderly cry to You: wash me, O Merciful One, from the mire of passions, and with a word of consolation: Your faith has saved you; restore my soul, falling into despair, to hope. 173) I cry and sob, thinking about the terrible saying of the judgment on me, and, seeing in advance that there will be nothing for me to justify myself, I cry to You, most merciful Lord: before the end of life befalls me unprepared, before the sickle of death reaps me, before the terrible judgment and my condemnation therein, to where the unquenchable fire and the outer darkness, where the never-sleeping worm and gnashing of teeth, grant me forgiveness for my sins, my Savior. 174) I, the accursed one, have despised Your Scripture, my Creator, and rejected Your commandments. How can I avoid the condemnation and torment there? But, merciful Lord, grant me a cloud of tears and true tenderness, so that before the end I may be granted the remission of my sins, according to Your immeasurable mercy. 175) Woe is me! How have I, the damned one, become darkened in my mind? How did I distance myself from You, Lord, and become enslaved to sin? I exhausted myself completely, passionately, indulging in the carnal sweetness that lived within me. Behold, my end has already approached, and, awaiting my outcome, I fear the condemnation and torment there. But I pray to You, Most Gracious Lord, grant me tearful repentance and graciously resolve my countless sins. 176) Sinking incessantly, I add sins to sins and do not feel Your love for mankind, merciful to me. But overcome my bitterness and insensitivity, O One Good One, and have mercy on me. 177) Lord, I am afraid of Your fear, and I do not stop doing evil. Who is not afraid of the judge at a trial, or who, seeking healing, angers the doctor, like me? Long-suffering Lord, have mercy on my weakness and have mercy on me. 178) Think more often, soul, about the hour of deciding your eternal lot. Behold, the Judge will sit on the throne of judgment, menacing with righteousness, surrounded by the darkness of Angels standing before Him, trumpets loudly proclaim, a fiery flame burns, and books unbend. What will you do then, my soul, being led to judgment, when your very evil deeds will appear and your secret sins will be exposed? In the same way, before the end, cry out to the coming Judge, the Lord: God, cleanse me and save me. 179) Soul, what is here is temporary, and what is there is eternal. I see the judgment and the Judge on the throne, and I tremble at the answer. But try to turn in repentance and gain forgiveness here. The court there knows no forgiveness. 180) I lie carelessly on the bed of many sins, stealing all hope of my salvation, and the sleep of my laziness intercedes for my soul with eternal torment. But You, God, being born of a Virgin, raise me up to please You, so that I may glorify Your goodness. 181) Lured and seduced by the many deceptions of the enemy, convert me, O Christ God, and show me mercy, for He is omnipotent. 182) You who have opened the ears of the deaf, Christ, open the deaf ears of my soul, I pray to You, that I may hear Your words clearly. 183) Good Lord, who does not want anyone to perish, spare me, the perishing one, and save me by turning upon me, O All-Bountiful One, Thy mercy. 184) To You, Christ the Lord, who knows all that I have sinned against You in knowledge and ignorance, I come and fall down, praying: accept me as a prodigal. 185) The deeds I have done in my life are evil and obscene. But grant me, Christ God, sincere repentance and deliver me from condemnation for them. 186) Having rejected Your fear, O Christ our God, I, foolish one, have abolished every honest commandment. But deliver me from condemnation for them, kindly Lord, by granting me effective repentance. 187) Arise, O soul, from the heavy sleep of laziness and negligence, sober up from the intoxication of sinful pleasures and be illuminated by the light of repentance. 188) Let us renew our souls with zeal for salvation and let us drink in the clouds of compunction, so that the ear of repentance may grow. 189) There is no sin that I, the accursed one, have not committed in this life. You alone are sinless, show mercy to me and stop the flow of my sins. 190) Let us be inspired by the sails of zeal for salvation and hasten to the haven of saving repentance, so that we may be saved. 191) Lord, revive me, who became dead under the destructive influence of my sins, so that I may glorify Thee forever. 192) Deliver me, Lord, from the darkness of sin, enlightening me with repentance, so that I glorify Thee forever. 193) Lord, be merciful to me, who have sinned immeasurably before You, and grant me Your Kingdom. 194) As You sometimes saved the Ninevites who repented to You, O Savior, so save us, who sing to You, according to Your mercy. 195) Despise, O Lord, the multitude of my sins and cleanse me from all of them, giving me the thought of conversion and repentance - and have mercy on me, I pray, as a Lover of Mankind. 196) Woe is me! Who am I like? - To the barren fig tree. And I'm afraid of curses and beatings. But, Heavenly worker, Christ God, show the frozen soul to be fruitful and accept me as the prodigal son and have mercy. 197) The strangled robbers, meeting me on the path of life, covered me all over with wounds. But, resorting to Your compassion, Christ, I pray, heal and save me. 198) Alas for me, who have immensely angered You, my merciful God and Lord! How many times have I promised to You, Christ, to repent and always turned out to be false, senseless: I desecrated the first robe of baptism and violated the covenant then made with You; I also did not fulfill this second testament, confessed to You before Angels and men, when I was dressing in the deplorable schema (monastic). But don’t let me completely perish, my Savior. 199) What answer will you find, damned soul, on the day of judgment? Or who will save you from condemnation to eternal fire and unbearable torment? - Nobody; if you yourself, before the end, do not appease the gracious Lord, abandoning your evil deeds and beginning to live in a godly manner, with daily lamentation for the immeasurable sins you have previously committed, glorify in deed and thought and with unceasing prayer to Christ the Lord grant you the perfect forgiveness for them. 200) Do not, my Savior, allow the sinful custom to again entice me to evil and the crafty demon to overcome me in the struggle and bend me to his evil will. But, having snatched me from under his tyranny with Your strong hand, the Omnipotent One Himself reigned in me, O Lover of Mankind, and made me worthy to be Yours - to live according to Your will, to have peace in You and to find purification, salvation and great mercy. Tuesday morning on poetry 201) Let us always be vigilant so that we can cheerfully meet Christ with plenty of oil and brightly burning lamps and be honored in time to enter into His bridal chamber. He who remains outside the door will cry out in vain: have mercy on me. 202) When your deeds are revealed, soul, before the darkness of the Angels standing before the throne of the Judge, what answer will you find about your cold, if, before the end, you do not receive forgiveness, constantly crying out with tears: I have sinned, good Lord, have mercy on me. 203) Grant me, O Savior, forgiveness of the sins I have committed and cleanse me before I leave here. You who healed lepers, heal my purulent sinful wounds and make me worthy to stand before You without blemish when You come to judge the living and the dead. 204) Unsetting sun, Christ the Savior, cleanse the rot that lies in the eyes of my soul and forbids me to see Your rays spread across the earth through Your incarnate economy, and grant me to contemplate the light of Your grace-filled gifts, O most gracious Lord. 205) Should I repent to You, God, having promised and still sinned, what will I do and how will I appear before Your face when You judge the earth? 206) Let us offer prayers to the Lord, let us sigh, let us shed tears to cleanse our defilements, in order to get rid of condemnation there. 207) I have neglected Your enlightening words, O Lord, and have done many dark deeds. Fearing the condemnation there, I cry out to Ti: before the end, have mercy on me, O Savior, and save me. 208) There is no salvation for me from works, for I have sinned a lot on earth, a cursed one. And I tremble at Your terrible judgment, when You, O God, will judge those who have transgressed Your commandments. But depending on fate, arrange for me salvation, Lord. 209) How crazy I was! How darkened you are by doing evil deeds! And how did I not understand Your fear, O Christ, but bowed down to the ground and became like senseless cattle? But turn me to the right path, O God of all. 210) Behold, the time of conversion, and I lie in deep sleep, held by complete insensibility. But, merciful God, have mercy on me and soften the hardness of my heart. 211) Like sometimes a publican, be merciful to Christ, and me, groaning to You, and, like a harlot, grant me the ability to shed tears before You, so that I too may wash away the mire of my many sins. 212) According to the multitude of Your mercies, Christ, forgive me my iniquities, untruths and countless sins and deliver me from future torment. 213) Like the prodigal son, I, too, have squandered the wealth received from You, Lord, and I am melting from hunger, being deprived of divine food. But accept me, the repentant one, Christ, and save me. 214) Behold, the wounds of my soul have become stinking and rotten, I am suffering and completely upset. But heal me with medicine, Christ the Savior. 215) The most cunning serpent cunningly robbed all my goods and filled me with all kinds of evil. For this reason, I sigh and cry: have mercy on me, who is violated by the enemy, and do not reject me, so humiliated and trampled upon, merciful Lord. 216) Long-suffering Lord, be patient with me and do not cut me down like a barren fig tree, so that I may bring You the fruits of repentance, magnifying Your long-suffering. 217) How terrible are You, the only sovereign and strong! And who can resist Your terrible rebuke when You sit on the throne of judgment to judge everyone? But keep me then not condemned, Christ my God! 218) Just as You, O Christ God, justified the harlot who wept with all her soul, so I pray, O Master, who repents, be delivered from all torment. 219) Grant me, O Savior, a contrite thought and tears of repentance, so that I may wash away the defilement of my soul, which I have stained in every possible way by doing deeds of unrighteousness. 220) Come, damned soul, recognize the many sins you have committed in life, and pray with sighs and tears, that you may be given time for repentance, so that, like a barren fig tree, you, all-passionate, will not be sent into the fire of Gehenna. 221) I have not fulfilled a single commandment of Yours on earth, O Christ our God. And how will I appear before You when You sit on the throne, what word will I give in justification and how will I bring judgment on everything I have done in knowledge and ignorance? But, merciful Lord, before the end, lead me, like a prodigal, to repentance and justification. 222) At your terrible second coming, O Christ the Savior, may we not hear: we do not know you. We have placed our trust in You alone, although we have not kept Your commandments, and we pray to You: have mercy on our souls, for You are merciful. 223) I think about the terrible day and cry because of my evil deeds. How will I give an answer to the immortal King? And how can I dare to look at the Judge, prodigal me? Most gracious Father, Only Begotten Son and Holy Soul, have mercy on me. 224) When, in the deplorable vale, in the place where You have appointed from eternity, You sit, Lord, to execute righteous judgment on everyone, then do not expose my hidden deeds and do not disgrace me before the Angels, but, having granted me to repent now, have mercy on me then and have mercy. 225) I am terrified, Christ God, of Your terrible second coming and Your inexorable judgment, I fear and tremble, as one who has many sins. But, having converted me before the end, save me, as a merciful God is a Savior and a gracious Lover of Mankind. 226) How do you not, damned soul, accept the terrible day of judgment into your mind, passing all the days of your life in laziness and carelessness?! Rising up, choose repentance for yourself and, turning to Christ, cry out: Generous! make sure that my many sins will not be remembered at the hour of judgment. 227) Me, Christ, who fell into the hands of murderous robbers and was covered with strangling sores, heal me with mercy and mercy with oil, for I glorify Thee. 228) Having sinned a lot, I became a den of robbers. Born in a den, O Christ God, grant me a cloud of tears, so that I may be cleansed and become a worthy church of Your Holy Spirit. 229) I have given You, Christ, a vow to repent, but I will never give up my evil deeds. What will I do, struck by such blindness? Son of God, You show mercy to me. 230) Do not judge me, who have sinned much before You, O Lord, but according to Your usual mercy, spare me, O Savior. 231) You are the way of life, Christ. Vouchsafe me to always evade the deadly paths of sin. 232) Who sprang from the root of Jesse, O Christ, dry up the growth of my passions, planting Your fear in my heart. 233) Let us gain the publican’s sighs and retreat from evil deeds, so that we may avoid eternal groaning. 234) Who restored sight to the eyes of the blind, Christ, open the eyes of my soul, that I may see Your light and be delivered from the darkness of passions. 235) Grant me, O generous Lord, rivers of tears, and I will make my soul filled with life-giving waters of repentance. 236) From extreme sinfulness I have become blind in mind and do not like to look towards the light of repentance. But You, Christ, my Savior, save me Yourself. 237) Hoping for Your goodness, I fall down to You, Generous One, asking for permission for my evil deeds. Do not despise me, my Lord. 238) Generous Lord, who has quenched the winter of sin, do not let me be taken from this life unprepared for the winter, or the Sabbath of not doing good deeds, but first grant me divine conversion. 239) Joseph appeared to everyone as a wheat seller for his feat of chastity. I, being fornicator, am obsessed with hunger for virtuous deeds. 240) Repenting before You, Lord, like Peter I bring You tears, like a publican I sigh, like a prodigal I cry from the depths: forgive me those who have sinned. 241) The enemy, having found me naked from virtues, wounded me with a sinful arrow, but You, Lord, as a physician of souls and bodies, heal the ulcers of my soul and save me. 242) Heal the scabs of my heart, which has multiplied due to my many sins, as the Physician of souls and bodies, giving me tears of repentance. 243) Who will not cry for me, who transgressed the commandment of the Most High for the sake of intemperance! Carried away by the sweet vision of food, I ate from it and for its sake I became alien to God’s glory and life, deserved death and instead of heaven, I entered hell. But accept me who repents, O Lord, for I am merciful and a lover of mankind, great for the sake of Your mercy. 244) Look at my misery, Lord, due to the immeasurable multitude of sins, at the bitterness and mental deception of my soul and the condemnation that is ready for me for that. And have mercy on me: give me a contrite spirit and a humble heart, grant me the source of tears and forgiveness of many of my sins, according to Your great mercy. 245) Thou who wishes to save all men, O merciful God, look upon me and hear my prayer, and do not reject my tears as vain. For who came to You crying and was not immediately saved? Who cried out to You warmly and was not immediately heard? - But soon You appear, Master, to save those who pray to You, as if you are invincible in mercy. 246) There are no tears or repentance in me. For this reason, I pray to Thee, O Christ God: before the end, convert me and give tenderness and contrition to my heart, so that I may be delivered from torment. 247) Why are you, my soul, burdened by sins, and still work towards sin? Why are you in pain, but don’t go to the Doctor? Finally, arise from the evils you have done, and cry out to the Savior: the hope of the unreliable, the belly of the desperate, Savior, raise up and save me. 248) Grant me, O Lord, the vigor of wise virgins and enlighten the lamp of my soul with the oil of Your bounties, so that I may sing to You the angelic song: Alleluia. 249) My Savior Jesus! Just as You delivered the harlot, who repented kindly to You, from many sins, so deliver me, I pray to You, from my countless evils, for You are merciful. 250) Swimming across the fierce sea of ​​this life in vain thoughts, alas! I am subject to many wrecks and drownings. Dear Lord, deliver me from them and save me. 251) When I appear before You, Christ the Savior, and I am judged, then look upon me with your merciful eye, O only beneficent Lord. 252) Like a publican, I groan before You from the depths of my soul, Lord. Grant me repentance, to cleanse me from all sin. 253) Grant me, Almighty Lord, streams of tears of repentance to dry up the sources of my passions, to wash away all the mud of sin and to extinguish the flame of the unquenchable and eternal fire of Gehenna. 254) I never cease to rub the strings of my soul with the satisfaction of the lusts of voluptuousness. Why am I not healed, and yet I don’t want to come to my senses? What will I be and what will I do? - All-generous Christ! Heal me and save me. 255) I am a lazy slave who has hidden Your talent, O Christ, and I work only to satisfy my evil passions. But, merciful Lord, arrange that I will not be consigned to the fire of Gehenna. 256) I was Your son by grace, O compassion of Christ, but I withdrew from You and became enslaved to the enemy, living fornication. But turn me, my Savior, and save me. 257) Lord, do not allow the demons to rejoice at my death on the day of judgment; do not allow me, O Merciful One, to hear then a menacing voice sending me to hell. But before the end, draw me to repentance and save me. 258) The enemy of the righteous plunged me into the depths of sins. Moreover, resorting to the abyss of Your compassions, Jesus, I cry: guide me to the refuge of life, O most merciful Savior. 259) Having sinned immeasurably, I look at Your immeasurable mercy and, knowing Your mercy, Your long-suffering and kindness, I trustfully cry out to You: O all-generous Christ, teach me to create the fruits of repentance and save me. 260) Heal the incurable passions of my soul, Physician of souls, and lighten the heavy burden of my sins, the sin that has taken over the world, so that in tenderness I may ever glorify Thee, O Fathers God. 261) Having sinned more than David, like David, I look at the great mercy of Your bounties, O Lord, and with him I cry: You alone are merciful, quickly have mercy on me. 262) I pray for a good end; I am not zealous to put an end to my evil deeds, having a hardened heart. But, all-merciful Lord, having mercy on me, as sometimes I am bleeding, stop the currents of my sinfulness and save me. 263) You who alone know our nature’s weakness and have mercifully clothed yourself with it, Lover of mankind, strengthen me with Your power to resist every attraction of the passions and save me. 264) Like a harlot, I bring tears to You, O Lover of Mankind; like a publican, I groan and cry to You: cleanse and save me; like a Canaanite I cry: have mercy on me! And like Peter who repented, grant me forgiveness. 265) Peter, who accepted the sobbing, accept my repentance, O Christ, and grant me forgiveness for my sins. 266) Lift up your eyes, soul, and look at God with contemplation and compassion - how He, bowing to the heavens, descended to earth, so that He will lift you up from the damnation of passions and place you on the stones of faith. But strive to taste His graces, opening the door to them through repentance. 267) Look at your wicked deeds, my soul, and wonder how the earth bears you and does not dissolve? How can you not be eaten by wild beasts? How does the sun not scorch you with its rays? But get up, repent and cry to the Lord: You who have sinned, You who have sinned, have mercy on me. 268) Having trust in You, Omnipotent Lord, we pray to You, deliver us from all troubles and from every rebellion of passions, so that we may peacefully walk the path of our life and, having lived in purity, we will be worthy on the day of judgment to meet You, our Lord, merciful and beneficial. 269) Like one who fell among the robbers and was wounded, I also fell into the hands of the spirits of evil, and my whole soul was wounded by many sins. To whom shall I resort, I am guilty of everything myself? Only to You, the blessed Doctor of souls. Pour upon me, O God, Your great mercy. On Monday in poetry 270) Having the medicine of repentance available to you, soul, approach the Healer and, falling down with a sigh, call: Physician of souls and bodies, Lover of mankind, number me as a harlot, a thief, a publican and grant me forgiveness of my sins and save me. 271) You who cleansed Peter’s renunciation with tears and forgave the tax collector’s sins for the sake of sighs, O Lord, love for mankind, have mercy on me too, O Great Merciful One, granting me both sighs and tears. 272) The abyss of life overwhelms me, Lord, the waves of my iniquities drown me, Master. But stretch out Your hand, like Peter, and save me, O Love for Mankind. From the canon at Monday morning 273) Having fallen into the path of fierce passions, I cry out to You: stretch out your hand to me, Generous One, and save me, like Peter, Love for Mankind. 274) Wash me, who repents of You, O Lord, save me from my many sins, like a harlot, with the wave of Your mercy, for I glorify You, the most merciful. 275) In the darkness of the night I am contained by my placeless sins, but illuminate me now with the light of repentance, O Light-Giver of Humanity, as let me glorify Thee, the most merciful. 276) The paths along which I had walked hitherto cast me into the abyss of destructive passions. But, Lord the Savior, lead me from here to the saving paths of repentance. 277) Thou who wishes to save all men, O Generous One, save me, who have transgressed Thy commandments, and do not despise me. 278) I bowed under the yoke of dumb passions and became like dumb beasts, damned one. But, merciful Lord, have mercy on me and save me. 279) I spent my life in laziness and tremble at Your terrible judgment, at which I, passionate, will inevitably be judged. But, Lord, love for mankind, lead me to repentance before the end, so that I will not be condemned then. 280) He who enlightened the blind, to the Word, open the darkly darkened apples of my soul, so that I may see the light of Your commandments. 281) The abyss of sins enveloped me, I fell into the depths of destruction. But, like Jonah, lead me, O Lord, from incorruption to life. 282) I am overwhelmed by anxiety in my thoughts; but guide me to the haven of repentance, O Generous One, keep my heart in silence. 283) Strive to repent, soul, and silently, otherwise, offer a sacrifice of praise to God. While the bargaining of life is still going on, hasten with your purchase to increase the fruits of good repentance. 284) The mortal visitation is approaching, soul. Be zealous to create fruits worthy of repentance, so that, like a barren tree, you will not be cast into the fire of Gehenna and weep there inconsolably. 285) I received the word of faith and life like a lamp shining with light. But then I bowed to wordless passions, cursed, now I always walk in the darkness of evil. But enlighten me, Savior, with the light of repentance. 286) The Lord is near, as we believe. Heed this, soul, and do not indulge in dozing; but always be vigilant, cheerfully crying out: generous, Lover of mankind, save me. 287) The judgment is approaching. And I, burdened with deeds worthy of condemnation, am struck by despair. Righteous Judge, Christ God, for the sake of Thy love for mankind, before the judgment, arrange for me not to be condemned to be judged. 288) As a faithful Canaanite, I cry out to You, Savior, have mercy on me, and, as sometimes crooked, correct me, so that I may have the right to walk on Your paths, O Lover of Mankind. 289) Do not cut me, O Savior, like a barren fig tree, but grant me hope for many years, watering my soul with tears of repentance, so that I may bring You the fruit of alms. 290) Master and All-Bountiful God, grant me to have Your fear in my heart, grant me to abhor all sin, grant me to love You with all my soul and do Your saving will in everything. For you are our God, the river: ask and you will receive. 291) I became a laughing stock for demons, a subject of reproach for people, a cause of weeping for the righteous, a cause of weeping for the Angels, a desecration for the air, earth and waters. For with his senseless deeds he stained my body, desecrated my soul and mind, and became an enemy of God. Woe is me, Lord! those who have sinned, those who have sinned, forgive me. 292) Be patient with me, the barren one, I pray to You, Sovereign Lord, and do not cut me, like a barren tree, with mortal beatings before repentance. But make me fruitful, giving me a time of repentance, so that I may wash away, my Savior Christ, many of my sins. 293) Like a prodigal son, I came to You, Savior. Receive me, who falls before You, as one from Your hired servants, and have mercy on me, O Lover of Mankind. 294) I always sin, not having Thy fear, O Christ, who patiently seeks my repentance. Grant me the thought of conversion, my Savior, and do not despise me, for I am good. 295) I always add sins to sins and I don’t want to stop doing this, you damned one. O One Good One, grant me the desire and strength to turn away from sin. 296) In order to create my carnal desires, I despised Your desires, unscrupulous, and I am afraid of fiery languor for that. But deliver me from this through repentance, All-merciful Lord. 297) I deviated from the path leading to life and fell into the ditch of destructive passions. Take me out of it, O Savior, and save me. 298) Send down to me, my Savior Lord, streams of tears, so that I may wash away with them the mud of my many sins. 299) Deliver me from Your righteous wrath, O Lord, when You sit down to judge the earth. But cleanse me through repentance from my many sins and make me a church of Your grace, the One Creator of all. 300) From the extreme darkness of passions, I became blind in my mind, lost my feelings in my heart, and I don’t know what I’m doing. But convert me, Christ, and grant me repentance that cleanses me from defilements. 301) I turn out to be a new prodigal son, living badly on earth and indulging in lustful aspirations. But turn me, Christ the Savior, to the right path and save me. 302) Arise, my soul, here, so that you may be delivered from the eternal groaning there. Shed tears here, so that there you don’t experience constant tears from the torment of illness, which have no benefit. 303) I fell into the passions of dishonor and became like cattle, in the darkening of my mind, not thinking that Your goodness through Your long-suffering was leading me to repentance. But convert me, O Savior, and save me. 304) I spent my whole life in laziness, doing one thing that is not permissible to do. Now I am approaching the gates of hell and remain in the same insensibility. But soften my heart, O Savior, and, having cleansed me with repentance, save me. 305) Having abundantly enjoyed harmful pleasures, I surpassed every sinner. But, having abundant compassion, Lord, grant me the cleansing of my immeasurable sins. 306) Behold the Groom is at the door. Decorate, O soul, your lamp, filling it with the oil of mercy and all kinds of good deeds, and strive, before the door closes, to enter with Christ into His palace to unspeakable joy. 307) Let us inherit the good future, let us sigh, weep, and beseech Christ our Savior while we have time for repentance and prayer. 308) Like a Canaanite I call to You: have mercy on me, as I am sometimes bent, correct me, Jesus, and, like Peter, save me, O Savior, drowned by sinful waves. 309) Heal, O Lord, the inhealable wounds of my heart, for there is only one Physician of souls and bodies, and grant me the right to walk in Your saving ways. 310) Lord, who came into the world of sinners to call to repentance and who received the thief, the publican, the harlot and the prodigal, call me also, who has sinned more than all others to You, Christ, and who has not yet repented, and accept me as they do. 311) Weep, before the end, accursed soul, and cleave to God, groaningly crying out to Him from the heart, O all-foul one: those who have sinned, O Christ, do not abhor me, I pray, and turn me, for you are merciful, and grant me forgiveness. 312) My soul is immortal, do not plunge into the waves of life, but free yourself, crying out to your Benefactor: God, cleanse and save me. 313) With your gracious eye, O Lord, look upon my humility. A little more and my life will end, but there is no salvation for me from my deeds. For this reason, I pray to You: with your gracious eye, O Lord, look at my humility and save me. 314) As if already standing before the face of the Judge, take care of yourself, my soul, thinking about that terrible hour. Judgment without mercy will not show mercy. For this reason, before the end, we cry out: have mercy on me, O Savior, for you alone are sinless. 315) Like a harlot, I fall to You and instead of peace, I bring tears from my heart to You, Savior, and like her, graciously grant me, O Most Merciful One, and grant me the cleansing of sins. 316) How long will you live in negligence, my soul? How long will you waste your days in laziness? Arise from your sinful sleep, wretched one, and, bringing your deeds to memory, groan and tremble at the righteous decision of the Judge. What will you answer at that hour? Or how can you get rid of the scorching that awaits you if you remain wrong? Cry therefore before the end to the Judge: grant me, O Savior, forgiveness of sins, for I alone am long-suffering and abundantly merciful. 317) Perceive, O soul, before the end the sighing of the publican and the sobbing of the harlot, and with tears confessing your secret deeds to the Leader of all, do not cease crying to Him with weeping, fasting, vigil and prayer: I have sinned, cleanse and save me, O Savior, for He alone is generous. 318) Deliver me, my Deliverer, from Gehenna, which I have earned for myself through my placeless deeds, having kindled in my heart the divine flame of Your love. 319) I gave myself over to passions and became darkened, and, having been honored by words, I appeared speechless. But grant, Lord, the liberation of my soul, and save me through destinies. 320) With what eyes will I look at You then, O Christ the Savior, having not fulfilled a single commandment of Yours on earth? How will I appear before Your unbearably terrible Throne, having to give an answer about the immeasurable multitude of sins I have committed? But grant me, Lord, to repent before the end. 321) Extend the hand of Thy compassions and receive me, as before I was prodigal, just as I, who moved away from You and enslaved to dishonorable passions, most gracious Jesus, Lover of mankind. 322) Having a heart full of defilements, and bearing the burdens of sins unbearably, I flow to Your bounties, O Lord, and tearfully pray to You: having been generous, save and have mercy on me, O Omni-merciful One. 323) I have upset You, Lord, with my evil disposition and worthless deeds. But have mercy on me, who turns to You, and save me. 324) My thought, always immersed in evil, never arises from the depths of its darkness towards Your light, and my heart does not feel the destructiveness of this state. Only gracious Lord, disperse my darkness and soften my hardened heart, so that having repented, I may be saved by Your grace. 325) Christ the Light-Giver, shine the light of repentance on me, who sits in the darkness of sins, so that I may sing Your goodness. 326) I tremble at Your terrible judgment, but I do not lag behind evil deeds, being in slavery to an evil custom. But correct me, Christ, so that I may sing Your goodness. 327) Grant me, O Christ, sighing, as sometimes a publican and a harlot, so that with tears I will wash away the festering of my evils and sing a song of praise to You, the Benefactor. 328) I fell into the hands of murderous robbers and was severely ulcerated. Heal me, O Savior, with the oil of sincere repentance and save me, as I magnify Your compassion. 329) I was carried away by carnal pleasures, and I madly moved away from You and became like senseless cattle. Do not despise me, O Savior, but, having converted me before the end, save me. 330) I don’t give up on sins and never think about conversion. But have mercy on me, merciful Lord, and placate my hardened soul. 331) Just as You, O Savior, cleansed the harlot of old who fell weeping before You, just as You justified the tax collector who had just sighed before You, as You received Manasseh and David and had mercy on those who repented, so accept me and save me, grant me repentance and contrition for my sins. 332) Sigh and cry, soul, and, having retreated from your previous sins, fall openly to the Leader of your secret and cry out to Him warmly: You have sinned, O Lord, have mercy on me, according to the multitude of Your bounties, O Many-merciful One. 333) When I bring to mind the many evil things I have done and come to the thought of this terrible test, then, overcome with trembling, I run to You, God who loves mankind. Do not despise me, I pray to You, the only Sinless One, grant before the end tenderness to my humble soul and save me. 334) Grant me, O God, tears, as sometimes a sinful wife does, and grant me the power to wet Your feet with them, freeing me from the path of delusion, and, like fragrant ointment, to bring You the pure life created for me by repentance, so that I too may hear Your desired voice: Thy faith has saved thee, go in peace. 335) Heal the passions of my soul, O Christ God, the only Physician of souls and bodies, and, having washed me with tears of tenderness, cleanse me entirely, as I am blessed. 336) I have not acquired any tenderness, no source of tears, no warm confession, no washing away tears, no heartfelt humility, I have not imitated either the publican, the harlot, or the prodigal son. How can I receive remission of my many sins? But save me through fate, Christ. 337) I moved away from fulfilling every divine commandment, neglected in every possible way the acquisition of virtues, and madly, in negligence about salvation, lived my entire life, doing nothing but inappropriate and lawless deeds. But have mercy on me, O Christ God, and save me. On Tuesday in poetry 338) Like a harlot, I fall to You, Lord, bringing You tears from my heart instead of peace, so that You may be merciful to me, like her, and grant me remission of sins. 339) My age is ending, life is passing away, and Your terrible Throne is being prepared, Savior, judgment awaits me, threatening me with fiery torment and unquenchable flame. But grant me a cloud of tears and extinguish it, O Lord, who wants to save all people. 340) My soul, who has lived carelessly all my life, finally arise, turn to repentance and weep bitterly from the depths of my heart, so as not to sob fruitlessly there. Tremble at the second coming of the Lord and judge yourself before that judgment, and you will avoid the condemnation that righteously awaits you at it. 341) Fill my heart with tenderness, Christ, so that through repentance I will go into Your villages, confessing Your goodness, which has freed me from debts. 342) Loosen the bonds of my countless sins, Lord, so that in repentance I may rightly walk Your right paths, leading to Your Divine resting place of eternal beauties. 343) Wash away the sinful defilements of my heart, my Christ, and grant me blameless to appear before You on the terrible day of judgment, as all-good. 344) An evil enemy killed me with the sting of sin. You, Christ God, heal me with a life-giving bandage for the wounds of repentance. 345) The deceiving enemy deceived me into tasting sin and, having removed me far from You, O Good One, he made me devoured by his teeth. The One Savior, laboriously took me away. 346) You, Lord, You Yourself weigh my unseen and hidden. I have sinned greatly against You. But according to Your many mercies, grant me a cleansing time of repentance, for You are merciful. 347) Having cleansed the harlot with your word and the leper by Your command, O Creator of all, cleanse, I pray to You, and my humble soul from ugly sin and make it beautiful, clothing it in the bright shining clothes of virtues. 348) Release me, O Christ God, from the bonds of many of my sins and direct me to walk unhindered in Your ways, so that, with permission from the flesh, I may enter into Your holy chambers. 349) Receive me, O Christ God, repentant, as sometimes the Ninevites who believed the divine preaching of Your prophet, and, like a caring helmsman, guide the boat of my life for good. 350) Like a tax collector I sigh, like a harlot I cry, like Peter I cry out, I am immersed in many sins: give me a helping hand, O Christ, and save me. 351) I was conceived and born in iniquities - and I myself have sinned more than any other person. Grant me, O Generous One, a time of conversion and repentance for cleansing from sins. 352) I became madly proud, like the Pharisee sometimes, and fell into a cruel fall. The evil enemy, seeing me, rejoices. You, O Lord who loves mankind, raise me up, fallen, and save me. 353) You have defiled your hands with all sorts of atrocities, my soul. How dare you lift up their grief to God, who leads everything? You have made your legs indecent by going about cold things. Try to wash yourself through repentance and learn to walk the paths of salvation. 354) I have never remained in Your commandments, O Lord, not a single day have I done Your wills, O Blessed One. With what eyes will I look at You when You execute righteous judgment and send the guilty to the fire of Gehenna? 355) Look upon me, Lord, many wounds on my shoulders, and heal them, pouring on them the oil and wine of trial and Thy feelings, Savior, compassion, as we save, I will always magnify You with gratitude, my Christ. 356) Have mercy on me, O Savior, the desperate one, as You had mercy on Peter, Your great disciple, and David the prophet, as You showed mercy to the harlot who shed tears, as You delivered from the murders and the darkness of sins of the well-behaved thief, who let out a voice of confession of You as God the Savior. Addition from the Greek Paraclitic, which is not in the Slavic Tone One On Monday, on the Lord, I cried 1) Worn in the abyss of sins and immersed in the depths of falls, I cry to You, Master: deliver me from destructive temptations and unquenchable fire, O All-Merciful One. 2) Filled with evil thoughts and driven into despair, I place all my hope in You, the Word of God, O accursed one: deliver me from the violence of enemies visible and invisible. 3) Having taken pity on Your creation for the sake of mankind, with Your inexpressible impoverishment You, O Compassionate Word and God, took away the sin of the world. Take then my sinful burden, and lighten my sinful yoke. Selected hymns about the Cross and the Passion of the Lord 1) Ascending on the cross, O Christ, You exalted fallen man, but cast all the power of the enemy down to the Word. For this reason, I sing Your passions, O Lord, who suffered and delivered me from passions. 2) On the cross, You stretched out Your most pure hands, O Christ, calling and arranging close to You those who were far away. In the same way, I pray to Ti: attract me too, captivated by passions, and grant me repentance, cleansing all passionate filth. 3) We bow to the tree of your cross, love for mankind, as if you were nailed to it, to the belly of all. You opened Paradise to the thief who confessed You by faith, saying: Remember me, Lord! Accept us as well, who cry to You: we have all sinned; in Your mercy do not despise us. 4) Beaten with a reed, O Christ, you sign for me, enslaved by flattering enemies, remission of sins, our Most Good God. 5) Like a thief, I confess Thee and cry out to Thee, O love of mankind: remember me, O Lord, in Thy Kingdom, and bring me together with him, our Savior, who by the will of us accepted passion. 6) Heal my contrition and reproach with Your wound, the unsearchable Word, and with Your passion cleanse Your image in me, buried by evil passions, Lord, God of my salvation. 7) You who have enlightened the earth with Your cross, O Lord, and who call sinners to repentance, do not separate me from Your flock, O good Shepherd, but seek me, the erring one, O Master, and make me one with Your holy flock, the only one who is merciful and Lover of mankind. 8) Hanging the earth on the waters and hanging on the tree, being well-willed, lead me to heaven, having fallen into the abyss of all evil. 9) Be crowned with a crown of thorns, You who are long-suffering, uproot my thorn-bearing sins, O Lover of mankind. 10) Lord, who willingly endured plagues and slaughter, my soul, which has come running to You in repentance, ulcerated by the wickedness of robber demons, heal with Your gracious gestures. 11) The evil serpent took me out of the house, deceiving me with red-looking food. But You, Christ God, who opened the former entrance into it by freely erecting the tree, make me again enter into it with repentance and grace-filled sanctification. 12) Having raised Your hand on the cross, O Christ my God, strengthen with Your strength my hands, weakened by many passions, and strengthen my knees towards the divine flow. Selected hymns to the Blessed Virgin Mary On Sunday at the Midnight Office, Canons Voices 1, 2 and 3 Having first created me in Your image and likeness, the Divine and omnipotent Trinity, unfused into the Unity, and now enlighten me, enlighten me and strengthen me to always faithfully do Your holy, good and perfect will. We sing praises to Thee, the Trisolar nature, who all existed for goodness, asking for forgiveness of sins and deliverance from misfortunes, troubles and sorrows. To the Word of God, the natural radiance of the Almighty God, create in me, as You promised, a God-beneficent dwelling with Your Father and the Spirit, and show me the terrible demons and passions. Three-light God-originating Unity, disperse all the darkness of my sins and passions with the sweetest fusions of Thy bright rays and make me a church and a tabernacle of Thy unapproachable glory. Creator of human nature, Trinitarian God, as the all-seeing one, you see all my inability now. In the same way, show mercy to Your servant and lead him to a better life. O Lord of mercy, have mercy on those who believe in You, Trisun God, and deliver the sins, passions and troubles of Your servants. One unchanging Trinitarian Lord! You always set up the angelic hosts to be immutable. Show my heart to be immutable, so that I praise You warmly and sing piously. Unapproachable to the Trinity, co-essential and co-originating, not differing in yourself in anything except personal properties, destroy by Your influence every evil advice of demons against me and keep me unharmed from the enemy’s oppression. Shine in the hearts of those who praise You with a tri-shiny light, Trinitarian God, and grant reason to understand and fulfill Your one will, good and perfect, in everything, and to always magnify and glorify Your immeasurable goodness. The corruptible nature of earthly creatures sings to Thee, the three-bright Creator, the only unchangeable one, and cries out to Thee, Lord: deliver me from all the various changes and save me. Reveal me, O Master, as the most luminous church of Your Trisienna Divinity, having dispersed my fierce sinful darkness with Your illuminating illuminations. Selected penitential hymns to the Most Holy Theotokos 1) With faith I pray to Thee, O Young Lady, the door of God’s mercy to us, do not despise my humble soul, but, quickly showing mercy, save it from the abyss of my sins and, renewing Thy grace on me, enlighten me, O Pure Virgin. 2) Heal, O Most Holy Theotokos, the secret sins of my soul with the healing of Thy mercy, calm down the carnal desire and, returning the spears and arrows of the enemies to themselves, plunge deeply into their hearts. 3) Calm, O Good One, with Thy strong prayer the fierce storm of my passions, who dispassionately gave birth to Christ, as if in the silence of my soul, living the rest of my life, I peacefully sing of Thee in song, the Mother of God. 4) Having grown old in passions and having reached the west of my life, naked from virtues, I cry to Ti, the Lady: consolation of the earthly, have mercy on me and arrange repentance for me through Your prayers. 5) The destructive thorns that grew in my soul were hit by divine fire, Most Pure One, and through Your prayers raise me up to do virtues, so that I may appear fruitful to Christ the Lord, from You more than the nature of the flesh sprung. 6) Blessed Virgin Mary, refuge of the desperate, God’s presence, guide us on the path of repentance, who always deviate into the paths of evil and thereby anger our all-good Lord. 7) Most Pure Virgin, who was the home of eternal light, deliver me now from the darkening of passions through Your prayers. 8) All-Immaculate Pure One, guide my accursed soul, spare it, crawling into the depths of destruction, and deliver me from many sins; in the terrible hour of death, snatch me from the hands of the demons who want to capture me and plunge me into eternal torment. 9) All-immaculate Lady, by Your omnipotent intercession, guide me, embraced and oppressed by many sins, to the breadth of repentance. You can do this, as the Mother of all that is Mighty. 10) Unspeakably You conceived, O Most Pure Lady, and more than nature gave birth to God, who delivered the sins of earthly beings. I also pray to You, save me from many sins. 11) All-immaculate Virgin Mother, with Your strong nourishment and prayers, guide me, drowned in the abyss of countless sins, to the divine silence of repentance. 12) An uncontrollable desire draws me to evil, through the action of the enemy and evil custom. Help me, Lady, and bring me to repentance, so that the all-destroyer does not completely take possession of me, cutting off my path to repentance with death. 13) All the time of my life I spent in fornication, and I was terribly wounded all over. Now the demons who destroy my soul are finally leading my soul to destruction. But help me, Mother of God, and deliver me from their hands through repentance. 14) Hear, O All-Immaculate One, my painful voice, raised from the depths of my soul with groaning to You, and through Your prayers intercede for me the resolution of the debts I have incurred due to my senseless disposition. 15) Lady of the world, Mother of God, help me. The evil enemy consumes me with sinful memories and thoughts that separate me from God. Do not leave me and do not despise me, but through repentance, pull me out of its destructive snares. 16) In You, Lady, believers always have ready help. For this reason, I fall down to You with tears and call: Pure Mother of God, deliver me from the arrows of the enemy and from future torture. 17) Cleanse my accursed soul, defiled by passions, O Most Pure Mother of God, by sprinkling Your divine prayers and clothe it in the bright clothes of salvation. 18) You, Mother of God, were the Divine tabernacle of the Master when you conceived and gave birth to His flesh. In the same way, deliver us from passions and illnesses, sorrows and debts, for you have much strength and strength. 19) Stop, Pure One, the unbearable illness of my damned soul and make me happy, taming the muddy waves of my many sins. 20) The indignation of passions causes me great sorrow, O Mother of God. But You, Pure One, who gave birth to the culprit and giver of silence and peace, keep me in a peaceful dispensation and fill me with quiet joy and joy. 21) You gave birth to the Creator and God of all, Most Pure Virgin. Beg Him then to grant us cleansing of sins and deliverance from eternal fire. 22) Accept my tearful prayer now and grant me forgiveness of the many sins I have committed, O all-sung Mother of God, so that I may not completely perish from immeasurable despair. 23) Immaculate Virgin, who gave birth to the flightless Light, light guide my soul, always darkened by the pretexts of demons, and deliver the fire of the future through Your intercession. 24) To You, who alone was the receptacle of the non-evening Light, from the Father who shone forth, I appeal, O Pure One: illuminate my soul darkened by passions with the light of virtues and make it dwell in the bright abodes of heaven, Most Immaculate. 25) Nurture, O Pure One, my agitated life and take care of my accursed soul, which has crawled and sunk into the depths of destruction due to many sins. 26) Put aside, O soul, the sleep of laziness and, having lit the bright lamp of repentance, depart with joy from everyday rebellion to meet the immortal Bridegroom, crying: receive into Thy palace, the Word, and me through the prayers of the One who gave birth to Thee. 27) You, the Virgin Mother of God, appeared as a consecrated church of God, more than the mind that dwelt in You. Pray to Him to cleanse us from all sinful defilements, so that we may become the church and abode of the Divine Spirit. 28) By this sacred vision revealed to Mary the Mother of God, sanctify my soul, defiled by sinful sweets, and make me a partaker of divine glory. 29) Bring a prayer to God, O Most Pure One, that He may despise our countless sins and deliver us from the eternal tormenting fire. 30) The planter of all good things, having found You as a flower fragrant in the valleys of this life, dwelt in You. Smell us now, Mother of God, with the stench of virtues and purity. 31) The harlot, the prodigal, the thief, the tax collector and the Ninevites have I surpassed in sins. Woe to me, what will I do? How can I avoid eternal torment, damned one? I fall before You, O Pure One, protect me with Your mercy and save me, as Your Son and God saved them. 32) Having given birth to God in the flesh, Pure, You remain a Virgin even after the Nativity, as before the Nativity. Beg Him, we pray to You, Most Pure One, to deliver us from carnal and spiritual passions. 33) Having wasted my life in laziness, I fall to You, Most Pure One, raise my mind with Your unceasing prayers to God and the blessings of repentance, enlighten me, darkened by passions. 34) You stopped the flow of death, Pure One, giving birth to the source of immortality - Christ God. Pray therefore, O God-gracious One, to dry up the passions that have killed my soul and save me. 35) Mother of God, help of the faithful, purification of sinners, giver of all good things, graciously and graciously accept me, who falls to You weeping and asking for permission for my sins. 36) To me, lying in the darkness of negligence and laziness, now, Most Pure One, shine the Divine light, may it dispel the darkness of passionate thoughts and establish deep peace in my soul, which is incessantly outraged by sinful excuses. 37) Raise me up, fallen and possessed by the darkness of sin, O Most Pure One, give me a cloud of tears, so that I may wash away my bad deeds with them. For we have You alone as our intercessor, Mother of God. 38) You, the Most Pure One, were the church of the King of all - God, me, who had become a den of soul-corrupting robbers, snatched away from their bitterness and revealed to be the pure dwelling of the Divine Spirit. 39) I pray to You, Most Pure One, that I, who have fallen asleep in death, lying in the tomb of despair and bound by the bonds of many sins, raise me up with Your cheerful prayer and direct me to repentance. 40) Lady, give me your hand and raise me, the accursed one, mired in the mud of passions, and direct me to the haven of repentance. 41) Purify, O Christ, Thy servants with the prayers of Who gave birth to Thee, and grant us forgiveness of sins, for the only good thing is. You are the Savior and deliverer of all who hope in You. 42) Take the heavy burden of my sins, O all-sung Mother of God, and grant me the privilege to bear the lightest yoke of Your Son and God, and to walk along the path that leads to the highest perfection. 43) Save me, through the love of the One who honors You, O Most Pure One, from fierce troubles, raise me up from nasty passions and deliver me from the captivity and bitterness of crafty demons. 44) Anxiety of thoughts, attacks of passions and sinful habits overwhelm my accursed soul. Help me, Holy Lady. 45) Hope of Christians, Most Holy Virgin, constantly pray to God, Whom You gave birth to above all intellect and words, to grant us forgiveness of sins and correction of life to all who glorify Thee with faith and love. 46) With all the incorporeal, pray to the Virgin Mary, God of the Word, Whom you gave birth to above words, to deliver Your servants from placeless deeds and carnal passions. 47) Friend of the mental World, the whole earth fragrant with divine stench, Most Pure Bride of God, with the fragrance of Your prayers destroy in my soul all the stench of passions. 48) The fire of sinful passions scorches me, hurts my heart and draws me to placeless deeds. Trying to extinguish it, O Bride of God, who gave birth to the divine fire. 49) Illuminate my mind, O Virgin Mother of God, and enlighten my heart with the light from You who shone in the flesh, driving away the darkness of sin and dispelling every darkness of my despondency. 50) How terrible is the day of testing, O Trokovitsa! What a terrible answer! What a bitter misfortune! Who can resist, Most Pure Lady? Have mercy on my passionate soul and, before the end, intercede for me forgiveness of sins, Most Pure One. 51) I confess my sins to You, Virgin, I present my pain to Your face and cry out from my soul: have mercy and mercy on me, Most Pure One, for I have placed firm trust in You through God. 52) Dispel the darkened darkness of my passions with the illuminations of Your prayers, Most Pure Lady, and enlighten me, O Who gave birth to Christ, the unsetting Sun, which shone from the Sun before the star. 53) By Your Nativity, Most Pure One, You restored the fallen and broken tabernacle of David, Your forefather. Raise up, O Mother of God, also me, Your servant, crushed by passions and sins. 54) Through the healing of Your prayers, Lady, heal the sinful ulcers of my soul, who gave birth to God, the healer of our nature. 55) Mother of God, shine the light of repentance on me, shut up in pernicious darkness, give a helping hand to the one lying down and with Your prayers raise me up to do the divine commandments. 56) A wave of passions confuses my mind and shakes my soul. But, having given birth with a single command to calm the troubled sea, establish in me the silence of dispassion and suppress the rebellion of the flesh with Your prayers. 57) I cut myself off from Your wombs, Most Immaculate Lady, like an honest stone from a mountain, and crushed the pillars of all charm, like the omnipotent Almighty. Destroy the idols of passions in my soul, crushing the jaws of my mental enemies. 58) Entered into the incorruptible womb, O Christ, may you return incorruption to our fallen nature, renew my decayed soul with repentance and fill it with the ever-present light that gave birth to You with holy prayers. 59) Mother of God, look at me with your merciful eye and, having healed my souls, laziness and infirmity of hearts with Your prayers, make me worthy to receive some of the saved. 60) Create, O Lady, that the non-evening Light, which has risen from Your womb to those on earth, illuminate my darkened soul and drive away all darkness from my heart. 61) Having showered me with a drop of tenderness, O Lady, remove from my heart every passionate heat and stop the muddy streams of my thoughts. 62) Do not despise me, Most Pure One, wounded by the weapon of sweets and lying down in wounds, but heal me with the copy and blood of the crucified Thy Son and our God. 63) Cool me, O Virgin, with repentance, water my heart, dried up by the heat of passions, pouring upon me the oil and healing of Thy mercy. 64) Guide me, O Lady, on the path of repentance, who often goes astray on the path of life and falls into sinful confusion. 65) Having given birth to the heavenly rain, You renewed, O Most Pure One, human nature, which had dried up with placeless deeds. Renew and reveal the fruitful and withered rein of my soul. 66) Shower a drop of tenderness for me, O Lady, to quench the thirst of my heart and my sorrow and to drive away dirty excuses. 67) O Virgin Mother of God, who gave birth to the source of dispassion, heal me, wounded by the passions, and snatch me from the eternal fire, the only one who delights in God. 68) The coals of my passions flared up in me, Mother of God, from anger and rage, from drunkenness and fornication, from love of money and vanity, from despondency and embarrassment, from trampling of conscience and hardening of the heart. Lady, deliver my soul from them and save me. 69) The fire of my sin burns within me more than that of Gehenna. O pure Lady, extinguish it with Your prayer, guiding me towards the light with repentance. 70) Mental grape, which has grown for us the Divine grapes, from which we will be drunk with the water of incorruption, flow to my soul the wine of tenderness and cleansing through Your prayers. 71) Grant, O Lady, that the reins of my soul may be abundantly watered with tears and that I may bear fruit a hundredfold to the Lord Christ, Thy Son, O Most Blessed Mother of God. 72) A storm of sins engulfs me and drags me into the depths of despair. But give me your hand, O Pure One, and guide me to repentance. 73) Grant me, merciful Mother, streams of spiritual tears, so that I may wash away with them the mud of my sins, indecent passions and bodily filth. Selected hymns to the ethereal heavenly forces 1) You save the human race, Lord of all, with angelic instructions: for You have assigned them to all believers who sing Orthodoxy. 2) You, O Savior, have placed ethereal minds as the mysteries of Your ineffable glory. With these, save now Your people, who resort to You with faith and love. 3) Archangels and Angels, Principalities and Dominions, Powers, Powers and Thrones, many-eyed Cherubim and six-winged Seraphim, pray for us, that we may get rid of troubles and the unquenchable fire. 4) We bring the ranks of Angels in prayer for us to You, Christ, save and reward us with those, despising all our sins in knowledge and ignorance, for they are all good. 5) Now standing before Christ with your utmost desire, pray, Angels of God, that our souls may be saved. 6) Cherubim, Seraphim and Thrones, Archangels, all the Powers and Powers, beg the Creator, in His love for mankind, to despise my sins when He sits to judge the earth. Selected hymns to Saint John, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord 1) Wonderful prophet, Christ the Baptist and Forerunner, create, I pray you, with your prayers, so that my heart, dried up from placeless deeds, begins to shed rivers of tears, so that, having suffered greatly from sins, I will gain salvation and magnify the Lord who magnified you. 2) Wise preacher of grace, who foretold repentance to all tongues, arrange with your prayers, so that my all-condemned and blinded soul remains in repentance and always does the will of the Lord. 3) You were the first to preach about the coming of the Belly to us, the dead, to the Forerunner. Moreover, O blessed one, put to death the passions that kill me and make me a partaker of the Divine Lordship. 4) Having sprung sacredly from the barren and non-bearing, you appeared, Forerunner, fruitful by the power of divine cultivation. Likewise, make my barren heart blessed, bearing many fruits of good deeds. 5) For the Lamb who takes away the sins of the world, who first preached, blessed Forerunner, lighten the heavy burden of my sins, I pray, giving me tenderness that cleanses the filth of passions. 6) Irrigate with a drop of salvation also me, who is melting from the kindling of lusts, the Forerunner of the Lord, who immersed the Life-Giver Jesus in the streams of the Jordan, exuding abundant streams of Divine delight. 7) You, the Forerunner of Christ, moved into the desert, like Elijah of old. Moreover, fertilize my heart, turned into the desert by sins, blessedly, with divine zeal and beautify it with good plants. 8) Great Forerunner of Christ, an unshakable pillar for the faithful, through your prayers make my thoughts unshakable, shaken by the wiles of the evil one. 9) Thou who preached repentance on earth, to the Baptist, show me the paths of repentance that would lead me to the light, and deliver me from the abysses of delusion. 10) Forerunner, preacher of Christ, like one who immersed the abyss in the streams of the river, dry up the abyss of my passions, giving me a source of tears. 11) As a mediator between the New and Old Testaments, glorified by the Baptist, intercede renewal for me, completely worn out by sins, praying for this to the Renewer of all things, Jesus the Lord. 12) You appeared as the Lawgiver of repentance on earth, the Forerunner of Christ and the Baptist. Strengthen us all with your prayers to accomplish this in tears of tenderness, so that we can get rid of the immeasurable sins that we constantly commit. 13) Having walked the narrow path of all abstinence, wise Baptist, you were illuminated by the breadth of bright visions of God. Grant us also to enjoy them, begging Christ. 14) You were unrighteously truncated at the head, blessed one, having immersed the head of Christ in the waters. With your prayers, strengthen us all to trample upon the head of the flattering enemy, truly destructive. 15) Having many sins, I offer you, as a friend of the Bridegroom, as a prayer book and cry out to you, the Baptist: intercede for me, blessed one, to cut off my debts and kindle in my soul the lamp of good zeal, completely extinguished by my laziness. 16) Branch of the barren, holy Forerunner, show my barren soul fruitful with good deeds, as if bringing history to God, I will offer you warm praise, blessed one. 17) Enlightened with perplexed enlightenment, like a multi-bright star, you, the Lord's Forerunner, preceded the mental East, with whom you pray to be illuminated, the Baptist, and my heart, darkened by all demonic excuses. 18) You resolved the barrenness of the mother who gave birth to you, being born by Divine providence, the Forerunner of the Lord, and make my barren heart fruitful with your intercession, so that it brings the vegetation of virtues. 19) The impassable desert had you as a citizen, Forerunner of the Lord. Supply, I cry to you, my soul, empty of every divine act. 20) In the streams of the Jordan, having baptized Christ, a new stream of incorruptibility, pray to the Forerunner to dry up the outflow of my passions and grant an inheritance of joy to the righteous and drink from the streams of heavenly sweets. 21) With the ax of repentance, having cut out the wounds of my passionate heart from the roots, plant in it divine dispassion and the purest fear of God, alienating from all evil. 22) In the streams of the Jordan, who baptized with the waters of the covering of the most exalted Lord, pray to Him, O glorious Forerunner, to grant the water of divine tenderness to my soul. 23) Having stretched out your right hand and washed it with the waters of the Undefiled, Forerunner, give your right hand to me, who lies on the earth, and, having raised it up, cleanse me from all filth by repentance and save me. 24) You have prepared the path for Christ the Lord and straightened the paths of His march, and make my heart blessed for Him through your prayers. 25) Lamp of the Sun, illuminate my soul, darkened by laziness, guiding me to the paths of repentance, the Baptist of Christ. 26) You preached the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, John the Baptist. Selected Hymns to the Holy Apostles 1) All-wise Apostles, God-chosen disciples of Christ, teachers of the universe, strengthen me with your prayers to heed the divine teachings and help me always walk on the narrow path, so that I may reach the most extensive stay of heaven. 2) Mental luminaries, bright disciples of Spasov, like fire you illuminated the entire universe with divine teaching. I also pray, enlighten, O all-blessed ones, my soul in darkness with your radiant rays. 3) Enlighten me with the bright rays of the Most Holy Spirit, covered by my sins, and guide me on the path of repentance, blessed ones. 4) I have sinned against you alone, Christ, I have committed lawlessness against you alone and desecrated my soul with evil deeds. By Your only mercy, cleanse and save me, through the prayers of Your wise Apostles, Jesus alone, the benefactor. 5) Deliver me, Apostles who are compassionate towards us, from the bitterness of thoughts, passions and all sin, delighting my soul with repentance, as if you carry divine sweetness in your heart, you are all-praised. 6) Friends of the divine insights of the Spirit, blessed Apostles, illuminate my darkened soul with the light of repentance, which willingly accepts the attractions of all passions. 7) Clouds, who have rained down animal water on the earth, all-praised Apostles, water my soul, dried up from the lack of rain of passions, with divine dew, and make it capable of increasing the classes of saving virtues. 8) My poor soul, my accursed soul, my unrepentant soul, repent and cry out to Christ: those who have sinned, cleanse Me, Lord, Lover of Mankind, through the prayers of Your holy Apostles. 9) You who in ancient times poured water out of stone for Israel, O omnipotent Lord, resolve my hardening and create that I may shed streams of tears of repentance through the prayers of Your Apostles, O Many-Merciful One. 10) Carrying in your heart a mental fire, the Divine grace of Christ, you have burned the substance of worshipful atheism. Burn my substance-loving passions with your prayers, divine Apostles. 11) All-damned soul, groan and cry to the Lord: those who have sinned more than all. Cleanse and save me, as a harlot, as a publican, as a thief, through the favorable prayers of Your Apostles, O Generous One. 12) Lamps of the mental East, bright enlighteners, heralding the appearance of the Sun, dispelling the darkness of evil, free my multi-passionate heart from the darkness of passions and pleasures. 13) Having sent Your holy disciples into the world, O Savior, like bright lights, You enlightened the sunflower, delivering all people from the darkness of unreason. I begged those with prayers to enlighten, Lover of mankind, my soul existing in darkness and save me. 14) Light-bearing Apostles of Christ, lightning bolts of Divine light, enlighten me, who am all darkened by the darkness of sweets and have lived my whole life in laziness. 15) Disciples and friends of Christ, deliver me from him, who became a friend of the frantic enemy of our race because of the love of evil deeds, moving my soul to love the One who loved our race in His goodness. 16) My humble soul, strive before death to repent and weep for yourself as if you were dead, so that through the prayers of the holy Apostles the Lord, who raised Lazarus of four days, may also resurrect you, for He is merciful. 17) All-praiseworthy Apostles, resolve the infertility of my soul and make it bring fruitfulness of deeds in virtues, seers of God’s miracles. 18) You who have revealed the Sun - Christ, to those in darkness, highly praised Apostles, enlighten me, who lies in sinful darkness, cutting away the evil thoughts of my heart. 19) You, Apostles, enlightened with divine light the hearts that were in the darkness of delusion. Enlighten, I pray, you, blessed ones, and me, darkened by the darkness of sweets. 20) You who abound in living water, disciples of Spasov, give water, I pray to you, to my soul, which is melting away from the heat of sin. 21) The ends of the world, having fulfilled the Divine teaching, fill my soul with virtuous deeds and good thoughts, Christ's witnesses. 22) Streams of passions rushed in and drowned my spiritual church. Raise me up, I pray, holy Apostles, builders of spiritual churches to the Lord. 23) Break the snares of the enemy against us, God-honored Apostles, and smooth out the paths of repentance for us who come running to you. 24) God-speaking Apostles of the Lord—divine salt, make wise my soul, which has become foolish with carnal passions, cleansing it from all filth. Selected hymns to the holy martyrs 1) Passion-bearers - fighters, having dried up the deep sea of atheism, you inherited inexhaustible streams of divine sweets. With your prayers dry up the spills of my sin, for I too will be honored to be granted sweetness in heaven. 2) Lamps of the universe, supporters of the salvation of the faithful, enlighten us all with the bright dawns of the Spirit, who will please you for a long time. 3) Passion-bearers of the Lord, blessed is the earth that has drunk your blood, holy are the churches that have received your bodies. You exposed the enemy at the trial and preached Christ with boldness. Pray to him who is good for the salvation of our souls. You might be interested in: