As the fasters are the fertilizers and the fathers of beauty, / the giver of mercies, the wisdom of the lamp, / let us praise all the faiths that have come together, / the meekness of the teacher, and the shamer of heresies, / the wise Joseph, the Russian star,/ praying to the Lord,// to have mercy on our souls.
Lives of unrest and worldly rebellion, / and passionate leaping into nothingness, / you appeared as a deserted citizen, / you were a mentor to many, the venerable Joseph, / a fellow monk, and the prayer book is faithful,/ a guardian of purity.// Pray to Christ God for our souls to be saved.
##Glorification
We please you,/ like Father Joseph,/ and we honor your holy memory,/ mentor of monks// and interlocutor of angels.
Oh, great zealot and teacher of the Orthodox faith, holy wise Joseph! Accept the prayer brought to you from us sinners, and with warm intercession beg God in the Trinity, may He send down His rich mercy to us sinners, may He strengthen us in His Holy To the Orthodox Church, right faith and piety: may shepherd her holy zeal for the salvation of the verbal flock, so that believers will observe, and unbelievers and those who have fallen away from true faith will understand and convert. Also ask all of us for everything that is useful in this temporary life and useful for our eternal salvation. Remember your flock, which you have gathered, do not forget to visit your children, and like a loving father, do not despise and reject our prayers, but lift up your hands in prayer to the Lord May God put aside His righteous anger against us and deliver us from enemies visible and invisible, from famine, flood, sword, deadly plagues, invasions of foreigners and internecine warfare. Hey, our most merciful intercessor, glorious miracle worker! Guide us all in peace and repentance to end our lives and settle with hope in the blessed bosom of Abraham, where the all-sung name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit is glorified, in eyelids of centuries. Amen.
Oh, most blessed and ever-glorious is our Father Joseph! Leading your greatness to God and resorting to your firm intercession, in contrition of heart we pray to you: illuminate us with the light of the grace given to you and with your prayers help us to pass through the stormy sea of this life serenely and to reach the haven of salvation without mercy: for we are enslaved by vain things, and by love of sin, and by weaknesses from the evils that have befallen us arise, to whom will we resort, if not to you, who showed the endless wealth of mercy in your earthly life? We believe that even after your departure you gained much of the gift of showing mercy to the needy. Moreover, as we now fall to your celibate icon, we tenderly ask you, Holy One of God: having been tempted, help us too, who are tempted; by fasting and vigil trampling down the demonic power, and protecting us from enemy attacks; nourished by the hunger of the perishing, and ask us from the Lord for an abundance of the fruits of the earth and everything necessary for salvation; disgraced by heretical wisdom, protect the Holy Church from heresies and schisms and confusion with your prayers: let us all be wise in the same way, united in our hearts glorifying the Holy One, Consubstantial, Life-giving and Indivisible Trinity, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, to all ages. Amen.
Memorial Days September 9/22, October 18/31
He became famous as a fiery defender of the purity of the Orthodox faith, an exposer of the heresy of the “Judaizers,” and a guardian for the people and the Russian state. During the famine, his monastery provided food to many poor people. St. They pray to Joseph for firm standing in Orthodoxy, protection from schisms and heresies, and help in times of famine.
*Minea. September 9th.
**Minea. October 18th.