Oh, holy righteous Joseph! You, while still on earth, had greatness and boldness towards the Son of God, who deigned to call you His father, as His Betrothed to His Mother, and to listen to you. We believe that now, from the faces of the righteous in the heavenly abodes, you will be heard in all your petitions to God and our Savior. Moreover, having resorted to your protection and intercession, we humbly pray to you: just as you yourself were delivered from the storm of doubtful thoughts, so deliver us too, from the waves of confusion and passions overwhelmed; Just as you protected the All-Immaculate Virgin from human slander, protect us in the same way from all vain slander; Just as you kept the incarnate Lord from all harm and bitterness, so through your intercession preserve His Orthodox Church and all of us from all bitterness and harm. Weigh, Holy One of God, as the Son of God in the days of His flesh had need for bodily needs, and you served them: for this reason we pray to you, and to our temporary needs Make good progress through your intercession, giving us all the good things we need in this life. We most earnestly ask you to grant us forgiveness of sins from your betrothed Son, the Only Begotten Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, and to be worthy of inheriting the Kingdom Make us heavenly by your intercession, so that we, who dwell with you in the mountain villages, will glorify the One Trihypostatic God, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and forever centuries. Amen.