Merciful, gracious, and good God of the world! We recognize and acknowledge what a great good and precious treasure the beloved world is, without which there can be no blessing or success in any land, but there is only destruction, curse and misfortune. We ask You with all our hearts: deign to grant and send down to all high rulers a peaceful disposition of soul, peace-loving advice and advisers who create peace and most of all love truth and peace. Grant us obedience to Your word and to the authorities placed over us, so that we do not drive away the precious world from ourselves. Beloved Father! May we be at peace, for You are not a God of discord, but a God of peace. Grant us to have peace among ourselves, so that You, O God of peace and love, may abide with us. Amen.
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Oh, great servant of Christ, holy and righteous Father John of Kronstadt, wondrous to the shepherd, quick helper and merciful representative! Raising praise to the Triune God, you prayerfully cried out: “Your name is Love: do not reject me, who am erring. Your name is Strength: strengthen me, who is weak and falling. Your name is Light: enlighten my soul, darkened by worldly passions. Your name is Peace: pacify my restless soul. Your name is Mercy: do not cease to be merciful to me.” Now, grateful for your intercession, the All-Russian flock prays to you: Christ-named and righteous servant of God! With your love, illuminate us, sinners and weaklings, grant us to bear fruits worthy of repentance and to partake of the Holy Mysteries of Christ without condemnation: by your power strengthen our faith in us, in support through prayer, heal ailments and diseases, deliver from the misfortunes of enemies visible and invisible: with the light of your face the ministers and heads of the altar of Christ for the holy deeds of the pastor advance your deeds, bestow education upon an infant, instruct youth, support old age, illuminate the shrines of temples and holy monasteries: die, O wonderworker and most visionary, peoples of the country ours, by the grace and gift of the Holy Spirit, deliver us from internecine warfare; Collect the squandered, convert the deceived, and unite the holy catholic and apostolic Church: by your grace preserve marriage in peace and unanimity, for monastics in good deeds Grant prosperity and blessing, O cowardly consolation, to those suffering from unclean spirits of freedom; in the needs and circumstances of those who exist, have mercy and guide us all on the path of salvation: in Christ you live, our Father John, lead us to the eternal light of eternal life, so that with you we may be worthy of eternal bliss, praising and exalting God forever and ever. Amen.
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Oh, our good shepherd, great holy Patriarch Tikhon, like you appeared in a mountain city - your good deeds still shine before people. We, like you, stand before the throne of the Most Holy Trinity, with great boldness in prayers before the Lord. Look now at us, sinners and unworthy of your children, for you, who have great boldness before the Creator of all things, now we fall down and fervently pray: beg the Lord, yes He will give us the determination to acquire the piety of our fathers, which you have acquired from your youth. In your life you were a zealous defender and guardian of the true faith, and help us to unshakably observe the Orthodox faith. Your quiet soul has greatly succeeded in divine humility, teach us to nourish our minds not with the turbulent human wisdom, but with the humble knowledge of the will of God. In the face of the fierce enemies of Christ, you boldly confessed the True God; with your prayer, strengthen us, the faint-hearted, so that we too will always and everywhere resist the spirit of godlessness and flatter. Hey, saint of God, do not despise us who pray to you (names), for we ask not only for deliverance from troubles and sorrows, but for strength and firmness, generosity and love, in order to endure These are the misfortunes that rise against us. Ask us for unflagging patience even until the end of our lives, peace with the Lord and remission of sins. Holy Father! Tame the winds of unbelief and unrest in our country, may the Lord establish silence and piety and unhypocritical love on the Russian land. With your prayers may he save you from internecine warfare, may he strengthen our Holy Orthodox Church, may it not become depleted of true shepherds, good workers, rightly ruling the word of the Gospels of truth. God bless the lost sheep of Christ’s flock. Most of all, pray to the Lord for strength, so that the Russian Land will be reborn with holy repentance, and with one heart and one mouth glorify Divnago in His saints, God in the Trinity, Father and Son and Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.
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High praise to the Church of Christ, unassailable wall of the city of Moscow, divine affirmation to the Russian powers, like Prince Daniel, we earnestly pray to you: look upon us (names), memory those who sing your praises, pour out your warm intercession to the Savior of all, for may peace be established in our country, its cities and towns, and may this monastery preserve goodness, piety and love among people planting yours, and eradicating malice, civil strife and corruption of morals: grant to us all all that is good for temporary life and eternal salvation through your prayers, as let us glorify the wondrous one in His saints Christ our God forever and ever, amen.
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Quick helper to all those who diligently come running to you and our warm representative before the Lord, holy and faithful Grand Duke Alexandra! Look mercifully upon me, unworthy, for the many iniquities that have created your servant (name) are undesirable, to the race of your relics (to your holy icon) now flowing from the depths of the heart are calling to you. In your life you were a zealot and defender of the Orthodox faith: and you established us in it with your unshakable, warm prayers to God. You have carefully carried out the great service entrusted to you: and with your help, instruct us to abide in those times when we are called to eat. Having defeated the enemy’s regiments, you drove him away from the Russian borders: and bring down all visible and invisible enemies against us who have taken up arms. You, having abandoned the corruptible crown of the earthly kingdom, chose a silent life, and now you are righteously crowned with an imperishable crown in heaven: intercede for us too, We humbly pray to you, a quiet and serene life, and through your intercession arrange for us a steady march towards the eternal Kingdom. Standing with all the saints before the throne of God, praying for all Orthodox Christians, may the Lord God preserve them with His grace in peace, health, long life and all prosperity in the coming years, may we ever glorify and bless God in the Trinity of Holy Ones, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages.
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Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church, hear our earnest prayer! We, like children from you, still exist, listening to the ancient passion-bearers, and thought in our hearts how kindly and praiseworthy it is to imitate such, Neither torment nor death can separate them from the love of God. It is good for you, for you have followed the nature of the faith and patience of those, and since at any time it is possible that we may experience this unexpected trial, ask the Lord for courage for us a gift that is so useful in human life. Having sanctified all the ends of our Fatherland through your suffering, as they are common to all our prayer books, beg God to deliver our Fatherland from the yoke, more terrible than any other. And may we and our entire race be forgiven the sin that burdens the Russian people: the murder of the Tsar, the anointed of God, the saints and shepherds with their flock, and the suffering of confessors, and desecration our shrines. May the schisms in our Church be abolished, may they all be united, and may the Lord bring His workers to the harvest, may the Church not become destitute of good shepherds who have the power to enlighten By the light of the true faith there are so many people who have not been taught the faith or have turned away from the faith. You are unworthy of God’s mercy, even if you suffer for your sake, may Christ our God be merciful and have mercy on all of us who call for your help. Let us always offer to Him, our Savior, together with the Father and the Holy Spirit, contrition for sins and thanksgiving for everything, glorifying Him forever and ever. Amen.
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Sovereign Lady, the Most Holy Theotokos, holding in Her arms the Heavenly King who contains the entire universe! We thank You for Your ineffable mercy, for You have deigned to show us, sinners and unworthy, this holy and miraculous icon of Yours in these evil and fierce, like a whirlwind, like a windy storm that came upon our country, in the days of our humiliation and reproach, in the days of the destruction and desecration of our shrines from crazy people who exactly in the heart, but also with the lips they boldly say: there is no God; and in business they show this godlessness. We thank You, Intercessor, for You have looked down from Your holy height on our sorrow and the grief of the children of the Orthodox, and like the bright sun, you have cheered those who are exhausted from sadness Our eyes combed with the sweetest sight of Thy Sovereign image. Oh, blessed Mother of God, Sovereign Helper, strong Intercessor! Thanking Thee with fear and trembling, like slaves of insanity, we fall down to Thee with tenderness, with heartfelt contrition and with tears, and we pray to Thee, and we lamentably cry out to Thee: save us, save us! Help us, help us! Struggling: we are perishing! Behold, our living hell is approaching; This has happened to us, there are many sins, many troubles, many enemies. O Heavenly Queen! With the scepter of Your Divine power, scatter, like dust, like smoke, the wicked machinations of our enemies, visible and invisible, crush their grandiose thoughts and forbid them to them, and as the Mother of all, guide them on the right and godly path. Root in the hearts of all of us truth, peace and joy about the Holy Spirit; Bring to our country silence, prosperity, serenity, unfeigned love for each other. With Your omnipotent power, O Most Pure One, restrain the streams of lawlessness that want to drown the Russian land in their terrible abyss. Support us, the weak, the faint-hearted, the frail and the sad, strengthen, uplift and save us: as under Your power we always keep, we praise and magnify the Most Honest and Magnificent Name Yours, now and forever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Oh, peace to the Intercessor, Mother of All Singing! With fear, faith and love, falling before Your honorable icon “The Sovereign,” we fervently pray to You: do not turn Your face away from those who come running to You. Pray, merciful Mother of light, Your Son and our God, the Sweetest Lord Jesus Christ, to keep our country in peace, to establish our country in prosperity and deliver us from internecine warfare; may he strengthen our Orthodox Holy Church and unshakably protect her from unbelief, schism and heresies. The imams have no other help than You, Most Pure Virgin: You are the all-powerful Christian Intercessor before God, softening His righteous wrath. Deliver all who pray to You with faith from the falls of sin, from the slander of evil people, from hunger, sorrow and illness. Grant us the spirit of contrition, humility of heart, purity of thoughts, correction of sinful life and forgiveness of our sins; Yes, all of us, gratefully praising Your greatness, let us become worthy of the Heavenly Kingdom, and there, with all the Saints, let us glorify the Most Honorable and Magnificent Name in the Trinity of the glorified God: the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.
* S. Devyatova. Orthodox elders of the 20th century. Holy Righteous John the Presbyter of Kronstadt, wonderworker.
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