Holy, glorious and all-praised Great Martyr George! Gathering in your temple and before your holy icon, worshiping people, we pray to you, known to the desires of our intercessor, pray with us and for us, beseeching God from your good graces, yes He will mercifully hear us asking for His grace, and will not abandon all our needs for salvation and life, and will grant our country victory over the enemy; and again, falling, we pray to you, victorious saint: strengthen the Orthodox army in battle with the grace given to you, destroy the forces of the rising enemies, so that they will be ashamed and disgraced, and Let their insolence be crushed, and let them know that we have Divine help, and let everyone in sorrow and the present situation see their powerful intercession. Pray to the Lord God, Creator of all creation, to deliver us from eternal torment, so that we glorify the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and we confess your intercession now, and ever, and unto the ages centuries. Amen.
Oh, wonderful Father Seraphim, great miracle worker of Sarov, quick and obedient helper to all who come running to you! During the days of your earthly life, no one left you weary and inconsolable, but everyone was blessed by the vision of your face and the sweet voice of your words. Moreover, the gift of healing, the gift of insight, the gift of healing for weak souls has appeared abundantly in you. When God called you from earthly labors to the heavenly rest, none of your loves ceased from us, and it is impossible to count your miracles, multiplying like the stars of heaven: behold, in all At the end of our earth you appear to the people of God and grant them healing. In the same way, we cry out to you: O humble and meek servant of God, bold man of prayer to Him, deny those who call upon you! Offer up your merciful prayer for us to the Lord of strength, may He grant us all that is beneficial in this life and all that is useful for spiritual salvation, may He protect us from the falls of sin and may He teach us true repentance, in let us enter without stumbling into the eternal Kingdom of Heaven, where you now shine in everlasting glory, and there sing with all the saints the Life-Giving Trinity forever and ever. Amen.
Oh, sacred head, our reverend and God-bearing Father Sergius, by your prayer, and by faith and love, even for God, and by purity of heart, still on earth to the monastery of the Most Holy Having established your soul in the Trinity, 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 earthly people, especially to God drawing near and joining the heavenly powers, but not retreating from us in the spirit of your love, and your honest power, like a vessel of grace, full and overflowing, leaving 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.
Zealous intercessor, Compassionate Mother of the Lord, I come running to You, the accursed and most sinful man above all, hear the voice of my prayer, hear my cry and groaning, for my iniquities have exceeded my head, and I, like a ship in the depths, am plunging into the sea of my sins. But You, All-Good and Merciful Lady, do not despise me, desperate and perishing in sins; have mercy on me, who repent of my evil deeds, and turn my lost, accursed soul to the right path. On You, my Lady Theotokos, I place all my hope. Thou, Mother of God, preserve and keep me under Thy roof, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Oh, Most Holy Virgin, Mother of the Lord of the highest powers, Heaven and earth Queen, our city and country, Almighty Intercessor! Accept this praiseful song of thanksgiving from us, Thy unworthy servants, and lift up our prayers to the Throne of God Thy Son, that He may be merciful to our unrighteousness, and may He add grace Those who honor Your all-honorable name and with faith and love worship Your miraculous image. For we are not worthy of mercy from Him, unless You propitiate Him for us, O Lady, for all things are possible for You from Him. For this reason we resort to You, as to our undoubted and speedy Intercessor: hear us praying to You, overshadow us with Your all-powerful protection, and ask God Your Son: our shepherd is zeal and vigilance for souls, the ruler of wisdom and strength, the judge of truth and impartiality, the mentor of reason and humility, the husband of love and harmony, the child obedience, patience to those who are offended, fear of God to those who are offended, complacency to those who mourn, self-control to those who rejoice; to all of us the spirit of reason and piety, the spirit of mercy and meekness, the spirit of purity and truth. To her, Most Holy Lady, have mercy on Your weak people; Gather the scattered, guide those who have gone astray on the right path, support old age, bring up the young with chastity, raise the infants, and look upon us all with the gaze of your merciful intercession, raise us up from the depths sinners and enlighten the eyes of our hearts to the sight of salvation, be merciful to us here and there, in the land of earthly arrival and at the terrible judgment of Your Son; Having ceased in faith and repentance from this life, our fathers and brothers created eternal life with the Angels and with all the saints. For you are, Lady, the Glory of Heaven and the Hope of the earth, You, according to God, are our Hope and Intercessor of all who flow to You with faith. We pray to You, and to You, as the Almighty Helper, we commit ourselves and each other and our whole life, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
1 Menaion. April 23rd.
2 Menaion. July 19th.
3 Menaion. July 5th.
4 Menaion. February 5th.