Lord Jesus Christ our God, who dwelled in the hearts of the twelve apostles without hypocrisy, by the grace of the All-Holy Spirit, who descended in the form of fiery tongues, and opened these lips, and began say in other tongues: Lord Jesus Christ our God Himself, sent down Thy Holy Spirit upon this child (name): and plant in the ear of his heart the Holy Scriptures, even Your most pure hand wrote on the tablets Moses the Lawgiver, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
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O Most Glorious Mother of Christ our God, the good Giver, by Your mercy preserve the entire universe, grant to us, Your servants, wisdom and understanding, with the light of Your Son our souls enlighten, one All-Singing One, glorified by the Cherubim and Seraphim.
As you enlighten us with the mind of Christ, we praise You, the Most Pure Mother of the Lord, who holds the entire universe, the beauty of the world, visible and invisible, illuminating us with the rays of Life.
Oh, Holy Virgin! You are the Bride of God the Father and the Mother of His Divine Son Jesus Christ! You are the Queen of angels and the salvation of people, the accuser of sinners and the punisher of apostates! Have mercy on us too, who have gravely sinned and failed to fulfill the commandments of God, who have broken the vows of baptism and many others that we promised to fulfill. When the Holy Spirit departed from King Saul, then fear and despondency attacked him, and the darkness of despair and a joyless state of soul tormented him. Now, for our sins, we have all lost the grace of the Holy Spirit. The mind has become fussy with vanity of thoughts, oblivion about God has darkened our souls, and now all kinds of sadness, sorrow, illness, hatred, evil, enmity, vindictiveness, gloating and other sins oppress the heart. And, not having joy and consolation, we call to You, Mother of our God Jesus Christ, and beseech Your Son to forgive us all our sins and send to us the Comforter Spirit, as He sent Him to the apostles, so that, comforted and enlightened by Him, we will sing a song of gratitude to You: Rejoice, Most Holy Theotokos, who has added to our minds towards salvation. Amen.
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O sacred head, our venerable and God-bearing Father Sergius, by your prayer, and by faith and love, even for God, and by purity of heart, back on earth to the monastery of the Most Holy Trinity having established your soul, and having received angelic communion and the visitation of the Most Holy Theotokos, and having received the gift of miraculous grace, after your departure from those on earth, you have drawn closer to God, and Participating in the heavenly powers, but not retreating from us in the spirit of your love, and leaving your honest powers, like a vessel of grace, full and overflowing, to us! Having great boldness towards the All-Merciful Master, pray to save His servants, His grace existing in you, believing and flowing to you with love. Ask us from our Greatly Gifted God for every gift that is beneficial to everyone, the observance of the immaculate faith, the establishment of our cities, the pacification of peace, deliverance from famine and destruction, from invasion preservation of foreigners, consolation to those who mourn, healing to those who are sick, restoration to those who have fallen, return to those who go astray to the path of truth and salvation, strengthening to those who struggle, prosperity and prosperity to those who do good in good deeds. blessing, education for children, instruction for the young, admonition for the ignorant, intercession for orphans and widows, departing from this temporary life to the eternal, good preparation and parting words for those who have departed blissful repose, and grant all of us, through your prayers, to be delivered on the day of the Last Judgment, and the right hand of the country will be common to us and that blessed voice of the Lord Christ hear: come, blessed ones of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Amen.
Oh, our reverend and God-bearing Father Sergius! Look at us, servant of God (names), mercifully and, to the land of the faithful, lead us to the heights of Heaven. Strengthen our cowardice and confirm us in faith, so that we undoubtedly hope to receive all the good from the mercy of the Lord God through your prayers. Through your intercession, ask for every gift that is beneficial to everyone and everyone, and through your prayers, all of us, on the day of the Last Judgment, will be spared, and the gums of the country will be commoners and Hear the blessed voice of the Lord Christ: come, blessed ones of My Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Amen.
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Father John is most wonderful! With many virtues you have drawn closer to God and you have been granted spiritual gifts from Him: to heal ailments, to drive away passions and to quench sorrows. Moreover, we humbly pray to you: grant healing to our illnesses and healing to our passions, quench the sorrows that come upon us and infuse spiritual joy into our hearts. And help us to be imitators of your holy life and all your good deeds, so that we may be honored with you to inherit the Kingdom of Heaven. Amen.