Accept, Lady Theotokos, the tearful prayers of Your servants who flow to You. We see You in the holy icon, carrying and nourishing Your Son and our God, the Lord Jesus Christ, with milk. Even though you gave birth to Him painlessly, even though the mother bears the weight of sorrow and infirmity of the sons and daughters of men, zrishi. With the same warmth falling on Your whole-hearted image and tenderly kissing, we pray to You, All-Merciful Lady: we sinners, condemned in the pains of childbirth and in sorrows Nourish our children, mercifully spare and compassionately intercede, and deliver our babies, as well as the one who gave birth to them, from a serious illness and bitter sorrow. Grant them health and well-being, and their nourishment will increase from strength to strength, and those who feed them will be filled with joy and consolation, as even now through Your intercession from the mouth of babes and the Lord will bring forth His praise to those who piss. Oh, Mother of the Son of God! Have mercy on the mother of the sons of men and on Your weak people: quickly heal the illnesses that befall us, quench the sorrows and sorrows that are upon us, and do not despise the tears and the sighs of Your servants. Hear us on the day of sorrow who fall before Your icon, and on the day of joy and deliverance receive the grateful praise of our hearts. Offer our prayers to the throne of Your Son and our God, that He may be merciful to our sin and weakness and add His mercy to those who know His name, as we and our children do Let us glorify You, the merciful Intercessor and the faithful Hope of our race forever and ever, Amen.
* Archpriest Dmitry Sokolov. The purpose of a woman according to the teaching of the Word of God.