The “Theotokos Rule” is the reading of the Archangel’s greeting 150 times a day: “ Virgin Mary, rejoice“Gracious Mary, the Lord is with You, blessed are You among women and blessed is the Fruit of Your womb, for You have given birth to the Savior of our souls!”
There is a church tradition that the Queen of Heaven Herself gave people this rule in the 8th century, and it was once followed by all Christians, but over time it was forgotten.

The Monk Seraphim of Sarov reminded of this rule, instructing people to walk along the groove circled around the Diveyevo monastery, reading 150 times “ Virgin Mary, rejoice…»

In the elder’s cell they found an old book describing miracles that happen to people who fulfill this rule of reading the Archangel’s Joy to the Queen of Heaven 150 times.

In his conversation with Motovilov about the purpose of Christian life, the Monk Seraphim of Sarov said:
“Although the enemy the devil deceived Eve and Adam fell with her, the Lord not only gave them a Redeemer in the fruit of the seed of the woman, who trampled death by death, but also gave us all in the Ever-Virgin Wife, the Mother of God Mary, who erased the head in herself and in the entire human race the serpent, the persistent Intercessor to His Son and our God, the shameless and irresistible Intercessor even for the most desperate sinners. That is why the Mother of God is called the Plague of Demons, for there is no way for a demon to destroy a person, as long as the person himself does not retreat from resorting to the help of the Mother of God.”
Many shepherds of high spiritual life themselves fulfilled the Rule of the Mother of God and blessed their spiritual children for this work.
Here is an excerpt from a letter from the meekest Father Alexander (Gumanovsky), in the monastic life of Daniel, nicknamed the Elder of the Mother of God for his love and constant service to the Ever-Virgin Mary: “I forgot to offer you essential saving advice. Read “Theotokos Virgin” 150 times daily, and this prayer will save you. This rule was given by the Mother of God Herself around the 7th century, and it was once followed by all Christians. We Orthodox Christians have forgotten about it, and St. Seraphim reminds us of this rule. I have in my hands a handwritten book from the cell of St. Seraphim with a description of many miracles through prayer to the Mother of God, and in particular from reading “Theotokos the Virgin” 150 times. If, out of habit, it will be difficult for you to complete 150 times daily, read it 50 times at first. After every ten, read “Our Father” and “Open the doors of mercy to us” once. No matter who I told about this miraculous rule, everyone remained grateful.”
Bishop Seraphim (Zvezdinsky), now glorified among the host of holy new martyrs and confessors of Russia, performed the Theotokos rule daily and knew from his own experience its mighty power.

In 1926, Vladyka Seraphim (Zvezdinsky) lived in the Diveyevo Monastery. During the winter he lived in the rooms of Elena Ivanovna Motovilova, in their building, behind the “ditch”. Abbess Alexandra reassured: “Live in peace, the Bolsheviks will not touch this place. St. Seraphim said that the ditch will become a wall from earth to heaven, and the Antichrist will not cross over it.” “You misunderstand the words of the Reverend,” answered the Bishop. “He taught to read “Virgin Mother of God, rejoice…” one hundred and fifty times and said: “Whoever fulfills this rule will never be overcome by the Antichrist with his soul.”

This is what he wrote from exile to his spiritual children: “I am making a long, long journey with transfers and tedious stops. But this entire path from Melenki to Moscow, from Moscow to Alma-Ata, from Alma-Ata to Uralsk, coming from Uralsk to Guryev on the Caspian Sea is a wondrous and unforgettable path. Briefly put, this is the path of miracles from reading 150 times “Virgin Mother of God, rejoice!” Sometimes I think that the Lord deliberately sent me this way in order to show me with my own eyes how powerful the prayer of His Most Pure Mother is before Him and how effective the Archangel’s greeting brought to Her with faith: “Virgin Mother of God, rejoice!” I believe and confess that I have known, as never before, on the path I am now taking all the warmth, all the protection, all the cover of this wonderful greeting of this “Virgin Mother of God, rejoice!” This appeal in the most impassable places paved the way for me with my faithful companions, in desperate circumstances it gave a way out, won over those who were not disposed towards me, repeatedly softened evil hearts, and burned and shamed those who were not softened. As if they disappeared like smoke. Archangel greeting “Virgin Mother of God, rejoice!” complete helplessness suddenly gave unexpected help and, moreover, from such a direction, from where it was impossible to expect, not to mention the inner peace in the midst of storms, about the inner order in the surrounding disorder from this greeting of the Archangel, the righteously driven wrath of God it removes from our head and the most the verdict of the Judge-Heart is canceled. O great boldness! O terrible intercession! It lifts passions from the fire, and delights grief from the bottom of the fall to heaven. Protect yourself more often and more diligently, my dear children, with this unbreakable wall, with this indestructible fence “Virgin Mother of God, rejoice!” With this prayer we will not perish, we will not burn in fire, we will not drown in the sea. If Satan, who hates us, stops us on our path and knocks us down, then even then, sending out the Archangel’s greeting, we will rise up, we will rise up for good, the darkened will be enlightened, the sick in soul will be healed, those polluted by sin will be cleansed and made white, like snow with purity, by the prayer “Higher than Heaven.” and the purest lordships of the sun." The dead, killed by passions, will rise again, we will come to life and cry out in delight of the spirit: “Christ is risen! Truly risen!”

Prayers to the Mother of God

First prayer

O Most Holy Lady Lady Theotokos! Raise us, servant of God (names), from the depths of sin and deliver us from sudden death and from all evil. Grant us, O Lady, peace and health and enlighten our minds and the eyes of our hearts to salvation, and grant us, Thy sinful servants, the Kingdom of Thy Son, Christ our God: for His power is blessed with the Father and His Most Holy Spirit.

Second prayer

Most Holy Virgin, Mother of the Lord, show me, the poor, and the servants of God (names) Your ancient mercy: send down the spirit of reason and piety, the spirit of mercy and meekness, the spirit of purity and truth. Hey, Most Pure Lady! Be merciful to me here and at the Last Judgment. For you are, O Lady, the glory of heaven and the hope of earth. Amen.

Prayer three

Undefiled, Unblessed, Imperishable, Most Pure, Unbridled Bride of God, Mother of God Mary, Lady of Peace and My Hope! Look upon me, a sinner, at this hour, and from Your pure blood You unknowingly gave birth to the Lord Jesus Christ, make me merciful through Your prayers; The one who was ripeningly condemned and wounded in the heart with the weapon of sadness, wound my soul with Divine love! The mountaineer who mourned him in chains and abuse, grant me tears of contrition; With His free conduct to death, my soul was seriously ill, free me from illness, so that I may glorify You, worthily glorified forever. Amen.

Prayer four

O zealous, compassionate intercessor of the Lord Mother! I come running to You, a cursed man and a sinner above all others: listen to the voice of my prayer, and hear my cry and groaning. For my iniquities have exceeded my head, and I, like a ship in the abyss, 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.

Fifth prayer

Most Holy Lady Theotokos, the only one most pure in soul and body, the only one who surpasses all purity, chastity and virginity, the only one who has completely become the abode of the complete grace of the all-holy Spirit, the most immaterial power here has incomparably surpassed the purity and holiness of the soul and body, look upon me, vile, unclean, soul and the body that has been denigrated by the filth of the passions of my life, cleanse my passionate mind, make immaculate and order my wandering and blind thoughts, put my feelings in order and guide them, free me from the evil and vile habit of unclean prejudices and passions that torment me, stop all sin acting in me, grant to my darkened and damned mind sobriety and prudence to correct my inclinations and falls, so that, freed from sinful darkness, I will be vouchsafed with boldness to glorify and sing songs to You, the only Mother of the true Light - Christ, our God; because you, alone with Him and in Him, are blessed and glorified by every invisible and visible creation, now, and always, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer six

O Most Holy Virgin, Mother of the Lord Most High, Intercessor and Protector of all who resort to You! Look down from Thy holy height upon me, a sinner (name), who falls before Thy most pure image; hear my warm prayer and offer it before Your Beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ; beg Him to illuminate my gloomy soul with the light of His Divine grace, to deliver me from all need, sorrow and illness, to grant me a quiet and peaceful life, physical and mental health, to pacify my suffering heart and heal its wounds, to guide me for good deeds, may my mind be cleansed from vain thoughts, and having taught me to fulfill His commandments, may He deliver me from eternal torment and may He not deprive me of His Heavenly Kingdom. O Most Holy Theotokos! You, “Joy of all who mourn,” hear me, the sorrowful one; You, called “Quenching of Sorrow,” quench my sorrow; You, "Burning Kupino", save the world and all of us from the harmful fiery arrows of the enemy; You, “Seeker of the Lost,” do not allow me to perish in the abyss of my sins. According to Bose, all my hope and hope is in Tyabo. Be a temporary Intercessor for me in life, and an Intercessor for eternal life before Your Beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Teach me to serve this with faith and love, and to reverently honor You, Most Holy Mother of God, Most Blessed Mary, until the end of my days. Amen.

Prayer to the Mother of God in front of the Inexhaustible Chalice icon

Prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary

Prayer to the Virgin Mary, rejoice
Bo-go-ro-di-tse De-vo, rejoice, blessed Ma-rie, the Lord is with You, Blessed are You in wives and blessings -Ven is the fruit of Thy womb, as Thou hast given birth to the Savior of our souls.

Worthy to eat
It is worthy to eat as the blessedness of Thee, the Mother of God, the Ever-Blessed and Most Immaculate and the Mother of our God. The most honorable He-ru-vim and the most glorious without comparison Se-ra-phim, without the corruption of God’s Word, who gave birth to the real Mother of God Thee.

To my queen, offering
My Tsar-ri-tse, Most blessed, On-dezh-do, Bo-go-ro-di-tse, Presence of the orphans and foreigners to the Representative, the grieving Ra-dos- those who offended the Patroness!
See my misfortune, see my sorrow; Help me, for I am weak; feed me, for I am strange! Resolve my grievance, as if you wished: for I have no other help, O God of You, no other Representative, no good Comforter, only You, O God. ! May you preserve me and protect me forever. Amen.

Kontakion to the Blessed Virgin Mary
There are no imams of other help, / not imams of other hope, / except for You, Lady. / Help us, / We trust in You, and we boast in You. / For we are your servants, let us not be ashamed.

Victorious Kontakion of the Chosen Voivode
To the chosen Voivode, victorious, as from the bounty of the evil ones, let us sing the blessed gift of Thy servants to the God of God: but as having an invincible power, from all our troubles svo-bo-di, let’s call Ti: Rejoice, Not-weighty, Not-not-known.

Song of the Virgin Mary
My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.
The most honorable cherub and the most glorious without comparison seraphim, without the corruption of God the Word, who gave birth to the real Mother of God, we magnify Thee.
As I have looked upon the humility of My servants, behold, from now on all my generations will bless Me.
The most honest cherub...
For the Mighty One has done unto Me greatness, and holy is His name, and His mercy from generation to generation to those who fear Him.
The most honest cherub...
Create power with Your arm, squander their hearts with proud thoughts.
The most honest cherub...
Dethrone the mighty from the throne, and exalt the humble; Fill those who hunger with good things, and those who are rich let go of their wealth.
The most honest cherub...
Israel will receive His servant, remember his mercies, like a word to our fathers, Abraham and his seed, even unto the ages.
The most honest cherub...

Orthodox veneration of the Mother of God

The Orthodox Church contains about the Mother of God what Sacred Tradition and Holy Bible reported about Her, and daily glorifies Her in their temples, asking Her for help and protection. Knowing that She was pleased only with those praises that corresponded to Her actual glory, the holy fathers and hymnals of Herself and Her Son prayed to instruct them in how to sing Her: “Guard my thoughts, O my Christ, for I dare to praise Your Pure Mother” ( Ikos of the Assumption). “The Church teaches that Christ was truly born of the Ever-Virgin Mary” (St. Epiphanius of Cyprus. The True Word about Faith). “We need to confess that the Holy Ever-Virgin Mary is truly the Mother of God, so as not to fall into blasphemy. For those who deny that the Holy Virgin really is the Mother of God are no longer the faithful, but disciples of the Pharisees and Sadducees” (St. Ephraim the Syrian. To Monk John).

From Tradition it is known that Mary was the daughter of the elderly Joachim and Anna, moreover, Joachim came from the royal family of David, and Anna from the priestly family. Despite such noble origins, they were poor. However, this was not what saddened these righteous people, but the fact that they did not have children and could not hope that their descendant would see the Messiah. And so, when one day, despised by the Jews for their infertility, they both, in the sorrow of their souls, offered up prayers to God, Joachim on the mountain, where he retired after the priest did not want to make his sacrifice in the temple, and Anna in her garden, mourning her infertility , then an Angel appeared to them and said that they would give birth to a daughter. Delighted, they promised to dedicate their child to God.
After 9 months, their daughter was born, named Maria, who showed the best spiritual qualities from early childhood. When She was three years old, her parents, fulfilling their promise, solemnly took little Mary to the Jerusalem temple. She herself ascended the high steps, and by the High Priest who met Her, according to the revelation of God, she was led into the very Holy of Holies, bringing with Her the grace of God that rested on her. hitherto a graceless temple (Kontakion of Introduction. It was a newly built temple into which the glory of God did not descend, as in the Tabernacle or Solomon’s). She settled in the premises for virgins that existed at the temple, but spent so much time in prayer in the Holy of Holies that, one might say, she lived in it (Stichera of the Introduction, on “I cried to the Lord” 2nd and on “Glory even now”). Adorned with all virtues, She set an example of an unusually pure life. Submissive and obedient to everyone, she did not offend anyone, did not say a rude word to anyone, was friendly to everyone, and did not even allow a bad thought. (Abbreviated from St. Ambrose of Milan. On the Ever-Virginity of the Virgin Mary).

“Despite the righteousness and integrity of the life that the Mother of God led, sin and eternal death manifested their presence in Her. They could not help but manifest themselves: this is the exact and correct teaching Orthodox Church about the Mother of God in relation to original sin and death" (Bishop Ignatius Brianchaninov. Exposition of the teaching of the Orthodox Church about the Mother of God). “Alien to the fall of sin” (St. Ambrose of Milan. Interpretation of Ps. 118). She was no stranger to sinful temptations. “After all, there is only God without sin” (St. Ambrose of Milan. Ibid.), and a person will always have within himself what still needs to be corrected and improved in order to fulfill God’s commandment: “Be holy, for I am holy, the Lord your God.” (Lev. 19:2). The purer and more perfect someone is, the more he notices his imperfections and the more unworthy he considers himself.

The Virgin Mary, who gave herself entirely to God, although she repelled from herself every inclination toward sin, felt the weakness of human nature more than others and ardently desired the coming of the Savior. She, in humility, considered herself unworthy to be a servant of the Virgin who had Him to give birth to. So that nothing would distract Her from prayer and attention to Herself, Mary made a vow of celibacy to God, so that throughout Her life she would please only Him. Betrothed to Elder Joseph, when Her years did not allow Her to remain at the temple any longer, She settled in his house in Nazareth. Here the Virgin was honored with the arrival of the Archangel Gabriel, who announced to Her the birth of the Most High from Her. “Rejoice, full of grace: the Lord is with you. Blessed are You among women... The Holy Spirit will come upon You and the power of the Most High will overshadow You; In the same way, the Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God” (Luke 1:28-35).

Mary humbly and obediently accepted the angel's gospel. “Then the Word, as He Himself knows, descended and, as He Himself willed, moved, entered Mary and dwelt in Her” (Venerable Ephraim the Syrian. Song of Praise to the Mother of God). “As lightning illuminates the hidden, so Christ purifies the hidden nature. He also purified the Virgin, and then was born to show that where Christ is, there purity is manifested in all its power. He cleansed the Virgin, having prepared him with the Holy Spirit, and then the womb, having become clean, conceives Him. He purified the Virgin in Her purity, which is why he left her as a Virgin when she was born. I’m not saying that Mary became immortal, but that, illuminated by grace, She was not indignant at sinful desires.” (Venerable Ephraim the Syrian. A Word on Heretics, 41). “Light entered into Her, washed Her mind, made Her thoughts pure, chaste Her cares, sanctified Her virginity” (St. Ephraim the Syrian. Mary and Eve). “I made one who was pure according to human concepts, pure by grace” (Bishop Ignatius Brianchaninov. Exposition of the teaching of the Orthodox Church about the Mother of God).

Mary did not tell anyone about the appearance of the Angel, but the Angel himself announced to Joseph about Mary’s miraculous conception from the Holy Spirit (Matthew 1:18-25), and after the birth of Christ, with the multitude of the heavenly army, he announced it to the shepherds. The shepherds, coming to worship the Newborn, said that they had heard about Him. Having previously endured suspicion in silence, Mary now silently listened and “composed in Her heart” words about the greatness of Her Son (Luke 2:8-19). After 40 days, She heard Simeon’s prayer of praise and a prediction about a weapon that would pass through Her soul. Afterwards I saw how Jesus grew in wisdom, heard Him at the age of 12 teaching in the temple and “kept everything... in His heart” (Luke 2:21-51).

Although grace-filled, She did not yet fully understand what the ministry and greatness of Her Son would consist of. Jewish concepts about the Messiah were still close to Her, and natural feelings forced Her to take care of Him, protecting Him from what might seem to be excessive work and dangers. Therefore, She unwittingly first stood in the way of Her Son, which prompted His instruction about the superiority of spiritual kinship over physical kinship (Matthew 12:46-49). “He cared about the honor of the Mother, but much more about Her spiritual salvation and the good of people, for which He took on the flesh” (John Chrysostom. Commentary on the Gospel of John, conversation 12). Mary understood this and, “hearing the speech of God, preserved it” (Luke 11:27-28). Like no other person, She had the same feelings as Christ (Phil. 2:5), meekly enduring maternal grief when she saw Her Son persecuted and suffering. Rejoicing on the day of the Resurrection, She was clothed with power from on high on the day of Pentecost (Luke 24:49). The Holy Spirit who descended on Her “taught her everything” (John 14:26), and “guided her into all truth” (John 16:13). Enlightened, She began to work even more zealously to do what She had heard from Her Son and Redeemer, in order to ascend to Him and be with Him.

The end of the earthly life of the Most Holy Theotokos is the beginning of Her greatness. “Adorned with Divine glory” (Irmos of the Canon of the Dormition), She stands, will stand both on the day of the Last Judgment and in the next century, at the right hand of the Throne of Her Son, reigns with Him and has boldness towards Him, like His Mother in the flesh and as one of the same in spirit , as having done the will of God and taught others (Matthew 5:19). Loving and merciful, She shows her love for her Son and Her God in her love for the human race, intercedes for them before the Merciful and, going around the earth, helps people.

Having experienced all the hardships of earthly life, the Intercessor of the Christian race sees every tear, hears every groan and prayer addressed to Her. Those who work in the fight against passions and are zealous for a godly life are especially close to Her. But even in everyday matters, She is an irreplaceable helper. “To all the sorrowing Joy, and the offended Intercessor, and the hungry Nourisher, the strange Consolation, the overwhelmed Refuge, the sick Visitation, the weak Protection and Intercessor, the Rod of old age, the Mother of the Most Pure God, You art the Most Pure” (Stichera of the Hodegetria). “Hope, and intercession, and refuge of Christians”, in “the never-ceasing prayers of the Mother of God” (Kontakion of the Dormition), “saving the world with Her unceasing prayer” (Theotokos 3rd tone), “day and night she prays for us and the sceptres of the Kingdom are confirmed by Her prayers "(Everyday Midnight Office).

There is no mind or words to express the greatness of the One who was born in the sinful human race, but became the Most Honest Cherub and the most glorious Seraphim. “The inexpressible God and Divine mysteries in vain in the Virgin, the grace manifested and fulfilled clearly, I rejoice and understand the image, strange and ineffable, how the chosen Pure One appeared above all creation, visible and intelligible. Even if I praise this, I am terribly horrified, but in my mind and in word, even daring, I preach and magnify: This is the village of heaven” (Ikos of the Entry into the Temple). “Every tongue is perplexed to praise according to its inheritance, but the mind and the worldly one are amazed to sing to Thee, Mother of God, and otherwise, Good Being, accept faith, for our Divine love weighs: For Thou art the Representative of Christians, we magnify Thee” (Irmos of the 9th canticle of Epiphany).

Hieromonk John (Maksimovich), monk of the Milkovo monastery of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple. Yugoslavia, 1928

The Mother of God is considered the greatest, one of the most revered Saints in Christianity. Her image is capable of creating a true miracle and fulfilling a person’s deepest desire. Find out about the most powerful prayers to the Mother of God.

A short prayer to the Mother of God

The power of the prayer text depends not on the place or on the image on the holy image, but on the strength and sincerity of faith. You can resort to a short prayer wherever you are, read it silently or say it out loud. The Mother of God will always hear the request of an Orthodox person and help in a difficult situation. But a person does not always have the opportunity to read a long Christian text in a secluded place, calmly turning to the Intercessor. This prayer you can read even in a crowded place, public place, because the Mother of God hears every person, no matter where he is.

“It is worthy to eat that you are truly blessed, the Mother of God, ever-blessed and most immaculate and the Mother of our God. We magnify You, the most honorable cherub and the most glorious seraphim without comparison, who gave birth to God the Word without corruption.”

Such prayer gives a person strong protection and can provide him with invaluable help. Use it just before the start of an important task or before a particularly significant event.

Even a short phrase from a believer: “Most Holy Theotokos, save us!”, - will be an effective appeal to the Queen of Heaven. When you find yourself in trouble, say these words and you will be heard in Heaven.

The strongest prayer to the Mother of God

One of the most powerful prayers to the Mother of God must be read before the image of the Saint. Every person should have an icon in their home Mother of God. A miraculous image can protect you and your loved ones from the most terrible troubles and save you from life’s difficulties. You need to read the Orthodox text regularly, turning to the Mother of God with an important request and thanking her for her patronage.

“Oh, Most Holy Lady Theotokos, Queen of Heaven and earth, the highest angel and archangel and of all creation, the most honest, pure Virgin Mary, good Helper to the world, and affirmation for all people, and deliverance for all needs!
Look now, O All-Merciful Lady, upon Thy servants, praying to Thee with a tender soul and a contrite heart, falling with tears to Thee and worshiping Thy most pure and wholesome image, and asking for Thy help and intercession.
For this reason, O Mother of God, we resort to You, and looking at Your Most Pure Image with the Eternal Child held in Your hand, our Lord Jesus Christ, we bring tender singing to You and cry out: have mercy on us, Mother of God, and fulfill our request, for all that is Your intercession is possible, for glory is due to You now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen."

It doesn’t matter which image of the Mother of God you turn to and what you ask for. Prayer will help you, your loved ones and children, heal you from illnesses and relieve you of problems with finances or real estate. The main thing is that faith in God grows stronger in your soul, and that your intentions are only good. Only to a true believer who is able to recognize his sins and ask for forgiveness for them can a Christian miracle sent down by the earthly mother of Jesus Christ appear.

By resorting to these prayers, you can easily cleanse your soul from sins, and your thoughts from everything unclean. The Mother of God is all-merciful and ready to help everyone who really needs it. She protects Orthodox Christians who are able to take the right path and admit their mistakes. Turn your soul to God, take care of yourself and don't forget to press the buttons and

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For every Orthodox Christian, it is extremely important to pray and live your life righteously, doing as much as possible...

A large collection of prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary for all occasions...

Gospel about the future veneration of the Virgin Mary: “And Mary said: My soul magnifies the Lord, and My spirit rejoices in God My Savior, because He has respected the lowliness of His Servant, for from now on all generations will call Me blessed; because the Mighty One has done great things for Me, and holy is His name; and His mercy from generation to generation is upon those who fear Him; He showed the power of His arm; He scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts; He brought down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted the humble; He filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty; He accepted Israel His servant. remembering mercy, as he spoke to our fathers, toward Abraham and his seed forever” (Luke 1:46-55).

Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. Novgorod icon, second quarter of the 12th century

First prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary

O Most Holy Lady Lady Theotokos! Raise us, servant of God (names), from the depths of sin and deliver us from sudden death and from all evil. Grant us, O Lady, peace and health and enlighten our minds and the eyes of our hearts to salvation, and grant us, Thy sinful servants, the Kingdom of Thy Son, Christ our God: for His power is blessed with the Father and His Most Holy Spirit.

Second prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary

Most Holy Virgin, Mother of the Lord, show me, the poor, and the servants of God (names) Your ancient mercy: send down the spirit of reason and piety, the spirit of mercy and meekness, the spirit of purity and truth. Hey, Most Pure Lady! Be merciful to me here and at the Last Judgment. For you are, O Lady, the glory of heaven and the hope of earth. Amen.

Icon of the Mother of God "Vladimir Moscow", miraculous image, 17th century

Third prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary

Undefiled, Unblessed, Imperishable, Most Pure, Unbridled Bride of God, Mother of God Mary, Lady of Peace and My Hope! Look upon me, a sinner, at this hour, and from Thy pure blood Thou hast unknowingly given birth to the Lord Jesus Christ, make me merciful through Thy motherly prayers; The one who was ripeningly condemned and wounded in the heart with the weapon of sadness, wound my soul with Divine love! The mountaineer who mourned him in chains and abuse, grant me tears of contrition; With His free conduct to death, my soul was seriously ill, free me from illness, so that I may glorify You, worthily glorified forever. Amen.

Prayer Four to the Blessed Virgin Mary

O zealous, compassionate intercessor of the Lord Mother! I come running to You, a cursed man and a sinner above all others: listen to the voice of my prayer, and hear my cry and groaning. For my iniquities have exceeded my head, and I, like a ship in the abyss, 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.

Fifth prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary

Most Holy Lady Theotokos, the only one most pure in soul and body, the only one who surpasses all purity, chastity and virginity, the only one who has completely become the abode of the complete grace of the all-holy Spirit, the most immaterial power here has incomparably surpassed the purity and holiness of the soul and body, look upon me, vile, unclean, soul and the body that has been denigrated by the filth of the passions of my life, cleanse my passionate mind, make immaculate and order my wandering and blind thoughts, put my feelings in order and guide them, free me from the evil and vile habit of unclean prejudices and passions that torment me, stop all sin acting in me, grant to my darkened and damned mind sobriety and prudence to correct my inclinations and falls, so that, freed from sinful darkness, I will be vouchsafed with boldness to glorify and sing songs to You, the only Mother of the true Light - Christ, our God; because you, alone with Him and in Him, are blessed and glorified by every invisible and visible creation, now, and always, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

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Near Alexandria, on papyrus No. 470 from the library of J. Rylands, the earliest known text of a prayer to the Virgin Mary was discovered today. The papyrus dates back to the year 250 and contains a prayer in Greek, which is still used during Orthodox worship: “Under Your mercy we take refuge, O Virgin Mother of God, do not despise our prayers in sorrows, but deliver us from troubles, O O pure and blessed One.” This find is interesting because, firstly, it confirms the veneration and prayers of the Mother of God among early Christians, and secondly, it confirms the ancient use of the term Θεοτόκος (Mother of God).

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Prayer six to the Blessed Virgin Mary

O Most Holy Virgin, Mother of the Lord Most High, Intercessor and Protector of all who resort to You! Look down from Thy holy height upon me, a sinner (name), who falls before Thy most pure image; hear my warm prayer and offer it before Your Beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ; beg Him to illuminate my gloomy soul with the light of His Divine grace, to deliver me from all need, sorrow and illness, to grant me a quiet and peaceful life, physical and mental health, to pacify my suffering heart and heal its wounds, to guide me for good deeds, may my mind be cleansed from vain thoughts, and having taught me to fulfill His commandments, may He deliver me from eternal torment and may He not deprive me of His Heavenly Kingdom. O Most Holy Theotokos! You, “Joy of all who mourn,” hear me, the sorrowful one; You, called “Quenching of Sorrow,” quench my sorrow; You, "Burning Kupino", save the world and all of us from the harmful fiery arrows of the enemy; You, “Seeker of the Lost,” do not allow me to perish in the abyss of my sins. According to Bose, all my hope and hope is in Tyabo. Be a temporary Intercessor for me in life, and an Intercessor for eternal life before Your Beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Teach me to serve this with faith and love, and to reverently honor You, Most Holy Mother of God, Most Blessed Mary, until the end of my days. Amen.

Theotokos Eleusa (“Vladimirskaya”). Tempera. Constantinople. XII century.

Prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary:

• Hymn to the Most Holy Theotokos "Virgin Mother of God, rejoice..."
• Song to the Most Holy Theotokos “It is worthy to eat because You are truly blessed...”

January 12 (25*)- icon of the Mother of God “MAMMAL” - nursing mothers pray during childbirth.

Troparion, tone 3:
Without seed from the Divine Spirit, / by the will of the Father you conceived the Son of God, / from the Father you exist without a mother, / for our sake you were from You without a father, / you gave birth to the flesh / and you nourished the Child with milk, / and do not cease to pray / get rid of troubles for our souls.
Prayer
Receive, Lady Mother of God, the tearful prayers of your servants who flow to You. We see You on the holy icon, carrying in your arms and feeding with milk Your Son and our God, the Lord Jesus Christ. Even if you gave birth to Him painlessly, yet the mother weighed the sorrow and infirmity of the sons and daughters of Zrish. The same warmth falls on Thy celibate image and with this touching kiss we pray to Thee, All-Merciful Lady: we sinners, condemned to give birth to illnesses and to nourish our children in sorrows, mercifully spare and compassionately intercede, but our babies, who also gave birth to them, from a serious illness and Deliver me from bitter sorrow. Grant them health and well-being, and their nourishment will increase in strength, and those who feed them will be filled with joy and consolation, for even now, through Your intercession from the mouths of babes and those who piss, the Lord will bring His praise. O 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, satisfy the sorrows and sorrows that are upon us, and do not despise the tears and 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 sins and weaknesses and add His mercy to those who know His name, so that we and our children may glorify You, the Merciful intercessor and the true hope of our race, forever and ever.

January 21 (3)- the icon of the Mother of God “VATOPEDA”, called “TRAYDA” or “CONSOLE” - they pray for healing from ailments.

Troparion, tone 3:
Quench the sickness of my much-sighing soul, Quenching every tear from the face of the earth. You have driven away sickness from people and destroyed sinners’ sorrows: You have gained all hope and affirmation, O Most Holy Mother of the Virgin.
Prayer
Hope to all the ends of the earth, the Most Pure Virgin Mary, our Consolation and Joy! Do not disdain us sinners, for we trust in Your mercy. Quench the flame of sin and water our withered hearts with repentance. Cleanse our minds from sinful thoughts. Accept prayers offered to You from your soul and heart with sighing. Be an intercessor for us to Your Son and God and turn His anger away from us with Mother’s prayers. Strengthen the Orthodox faith in us, put in us the spirit of the fear of God, the spirit of humility, patience and love. Heal mental and physical ulcers, calm the storm of evil enemy attacks. Take away the burden of our sins and do not leave us to perish until the end. Grant us Thy mercy and Thy holy blessing to all those present and praying here, and always remain with us, giving those who come to You joy and consolation, help and intercession, may we all glorify and magnify You until our last sigh. Amen.

January 25 (7)- icon of the Mother of God “QUIL MY SORRY” - they pray for deliverance from illnesses and bodily sorrows; from sinful passions that overwhelm the human heart.

Troparion, tone 3:
Assuage the sickness/ of my much-sighing soul,/ which has quenched every tear from the face of the earth,/ You have driven away sickness from man/ and destroyed the sorrows of sinners,/ For you have gained all hope and affirmation,/ Most Holy Mother of the Virgin.
Prayer
You are the hope of all earthly ends, Most Pure Virgin Lady Theotokos, my consolation! Do not disdain me, the foul one, in the bold prayer of my unworthy lips, and I pray: extinguish with me the flame of sin and sprinkle with repentance, heal mental and physical ulcers, alleviate, O Lady, illness, calm the storm of evil attacks, Most Pure One, take away the burden of my sins, Offering, and quench my heart-breaking sorrow. For you are the builder of the human race and the quick Comforter in sorrows. For so much of Your mercy, until my last breath, imam praise you, O All-Blessed One! Amen.

February 5 (18)- icon of the Mother of God “SEEKING THE LORD” - they pray for headaches and toothaches, fever, eye disease, for the admonition of those who have fallen away from the Orthodox faith, for perishing children, for a grace-filled marriage and for addiction to wine drinking.

Troparion, tone 4:
Seek us, the perishing Most Holy Virgin, / punish us not because of our sins, / but because of your love for mankind: / deliver us from hell, illness and need / and save us.
Prayer
Oh, Most Holy and Most Blessed Virgin, Lady Theotokos, Helper of sinners and Seeker of the lost! Look with Your merciful eye on us standing before Your holy icon and praying to You with tenderness: raise us from the depths of sin, enlighten our minds darkened by passions, and heal the ulcers of our souls and bodies. There are no imams of other help, no imams of other hope, except to You, Lady: You weigh all our weaknesses and sins, we resort to You and cry: do not abandon us with Your heavenly help, but appear to us ever, and with Your ineffable mercy and bounties save and have mercy us perishing. Grant us correction of our sinful life and deliver us from sorrows, troubles and illnesses, from vain death, hell and eternal torment. You, Queen and Lady, are a quick helper and intercessor to all those who come to You, and a strong refuge for repentant sinners. Grant us, O most blessed and all-immaculate Virgin, the Christian end of our life to be peaceful and unashamed, and grant us, through Your intercession, to dwell in the heavenly abodes, where the unceasing voice of those celebrating with joy glorifies the Most Holy Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

February 12 (25)- icon of the Mother of God “Iverskaya” (celebrated on Tuesday of Bright Week) - they pray for deliverance from various misfortunes and for consolation in troubles, from fire, for increasing the fertility of the earth.

Troparion, tone 1:
From Thy holy icon, / O Lady Theotokos, / healings and healings are given abundantly / with faith and love to those who come to her: / so visit my weakness / and have mercy on my soul, O Good One, / and heal my body with Thy grace, O Most Pure One.
Prayer
Oh, Most Holy Lady and Lady Theotokos, accept our unworthy prayer and save us from slander evil people and from vain death, and grant us repentance before the end, have mercy on our prayer, and grant us joy in a sad place. And deliver us, Lady, from all misfortune and adversity, sorrow and sorrow and from all evil. And make us, your sinful servants, worthy to be at the right hand at the second coming of Your Son, Christ our God, and as our heirs to be made worthy to be the kingdom of heaven and eternal life, with all the saints throughout the endless ages of ages. Amen.

February 21 (6)- icon of the Mother of God “KOZELSCHANSKAYA” - pray for various bodily injuries and injuries.

Troparion, tone 4:
Rejoice, O land of Poltava/ and our entire Orthodox Fatherland:/ for behold, like the radiant sun,/ Thy wonderful icon has appeared, the Most Blessed Mother of God,/ illuminating the world with the multitude of Thy miracles,/ through these we find, even on earth, all that is good and useful,/ and We are worthy of the treasures that exist in Heaven./ For this reason we cry out to Thee:/ Rejoice, our ever-worshipping Praise,/ save us who pray to Thee,/ the only Hope and Eternal Joy of those who sing Thee.
Prayer
Theotokos Virgin, Immaculate Mother of Christ our God, Intercessor of the entire Christian race! More reverent than the miraculous icon of Yours, we pray to You, hear us praying to You: accept our unworthy thanksgiving for all Your unspeakable deeds to us, in this place and in many towns and cities of the Russian land, revealed and revealed: For You are the healing of the sick, the consolation of the afflicted, correction and admonition for the lost. Give us all protection and consolation, a refuge from all evils, troubles and circumstances, from famine, cowardice, flood, fire, sword, invasion of foreigners, deadly plagues and from evil people’s bitterness. O Most Merciful Mother, be ever a loving prayer book for the well-being of this holy temple, for the peace and quiet of the life of this community, strengthen and support the priests and servants in this holy temple: autumn with Thy almighty protection the builders and benefactors of this holy monastery, reward them with eternal gifts of Thy bounty : Intercede from all adversity and preserve with faith and reverence those who flock to Your miraculous icon and pray to You with love here and in every place. Lift up our prayers, like fragrant incense, to the Throne of the Most High, who grants us health, long life and haste in pious labors, so that we are guided by Your nourishment, and covered by Your protection, glorify the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit and Your Motherly intercession for us, always, now and ever and ever. Amen.

March 2 (15)- the icon of the Mother of God “POWER” - they pray for truth, heartfelt joy, unfeigned love for each other, for peace in the country and the preservation of Russia.

Troparion, tone 4:
The faces of angels serve You reverently, / and all the heavenly powers with silent voices please You, Virgin Mother of God, / we fervently pray to You, Lady, / may Divine grace abide / on Your most honorable icon, the Most Powerful, / and may the radiant ray of glory of Your miracles descend from it / on all who pray to You with faith/and cry out to God: Alleluia.
Prayer
O Intercessor of the world, Mother of All Singing, with fear, faith and love, falling before Your honorable Sovereign icon, we fervently pray to You: do not turn Your face away from those who resort to You, beseech, Merciful Mother of Light, Your Son and our God, the Sweetest Lord Jesus Christ, may he preserve our country in peace, may he establish our state in prosperity, may he deliver us from internecine warfare and strengthen our Holy Orthodox Church, may he preserve it unshakably from unbelief, schism and heresies. There are no other imams of help, no other imams of hope, except You, Most Pure Virgin: You are the All-Powerful Intercessor of Christians before God, softening His righteous anger. Deliver all who pray to You with faith from the falls of sin, from the slander of evil people, from hunger, sorrow and disease. Grant us the spirit of contrition, humility of heart, purity of thoughts, correction of sinful lives and the remission of our sins, so that by praising all of Thy greatness, we will be worthy of the Heavenly Kingdom and there, with all the saints, we will glorify the Most Pure and Magnificent Name in the Trinity of the glorified God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit . Amen.

March 6 (19)- icon of the Mother of God “GRACEFUL HEAVEN” - pray for guidance on the path leading to salvation and inheritance of the Kingdom of Heaven.

Troparion, tone 6:
What shall we call Thee, O Blessed One?/ Heaven? - as if you have risen as the Sun of Truth;/ paradise? - how you have vegetated, the color of incorruption; / a virgin? - as if you remained incorruptible; / Pure Mother? - as if You had in Your holy embrace the Son, all God./ Pray to Him for our souls to be saved.
Prayer
What shall we call You, O Blessed Mother of God, Immaculate Mary? With what hymns shall we exalt Thee, exalted by Heaven and earth, Angels and men? For there appeared upon You a mystery unheard of for centuries on earth and unknown to the Angels in Heaven, more than mind and word, the incarnation of God the Word, born from the beginning from the beginning of the Father without a mother and incarnate in Your womb and with the imperishable seal of Your virginity. Oh, the miracle of all ancient and new miracles! The immutable word of God Himself about the victorious seed of the woman will be fulfilled and perfected in the Husbandless Virgin. Oh, the immeasurable depth of the wisdom and greatness of God! What names shall we call Thee, O Unbrided Bride? Shall we call Thee the dawn of the sun rising in the sky? But You are Heaven itself, from You the Sun of Truth has risen, Christ our God, the Savior of sinners. Do we call You the gate leading into the paradise lost by our ancestors, abounding in all blessings? But You Yourself are a blessed paradise, having grown the Flower of incorruption, healing the stink of sin and the stench of ancestral corruption. Shall we call one who has experienced marriage? But even to old age you remained uncurved and virgin until birth, and in the birth, and after the birth of the Son, you remained. Shall we call Thee Pure and Holy Mary, who with Her purity has surpassed all mothers and promothers? But You not only gave birth to That Child Christ, but You also carried Him with Your breasts and nourished Him with Your mother’s milk, the One Who nourishes every creature. The heavenly powers stand before Him with fear and trembling, and He is praised by every breath and creature. Oh, truly You are wonderful in wives, wonderful in virgins, inimitable in mothers! Before You, before Your holy feet, we cast down and lay down all our thoughts, desires, intentions and feelings. Sanctify them with Your Mother of God charity and lift them up, like the sacrifice of our humble heart, like a little-valued mite of our spiritual poverty, to the Throne of Your Son, our Savior, so that the message of destinies will guide our path to salvation and the inheritance of His Kingdom, which has no end forever and ever. . Amen.

March 7 (20) (May 29 (11))- the icon of the Mother of God “ASSISTANCE OF SINNERS” is prayed during times of sinful darkness, in all despondency, despair and spiritual sorrow.

Troparion, tone 4:
Now all despondency falls silent/and the fear of despair disappears,/sinners in the sorrow of their hearts find consolation/and are illuminated brightly by Heavenly love:/today the Mother of God extends to us a saving hand/and from Her Most Pure Image she speaks with the verb:/I am the Helper of sinners to My Son, Seidal, for their sakes they hear Me take it out./Meanwhile, people, burdened with many sins, fall at the foot of Her icon, crying out with tears: Intercessor of the world, Helper of sinners, implore with Your maternal prayers the Savior of all,/that Divine forgiveness may cover our sins/and open the bright doors of heaven to us,/You Thou art the intercessor of the destruction of the Christian groves.
Prayer 1
Oh, Most Blessed Lady, Protector of the Christian race, refuge and salvation of those who flow to You! We know, truly we know how greatly we have sinned and are angry, O Merciful Lady, the Son of God born in the flesh of You, but I have many images of those who angered His compassion before me: tax collectors, harlots and other sinners, to whom was given forgiveness of their sins, for the sake of repentance and confession. Thou, therefore, imagining the images of those who have been pardoned by the eyes of my sinful soul, and looking at the great mercy of God, which I have received, I boldly and, a sinner, will resort with repentance to Your compassion. Oh, All-Merciful Lady, give me a helping hand and ask Your Son and God with Your motherly and most holy prayers for forgiveness of my grave sin. I believe and confess that He Whom You gave birth to, Your Son, is truly Christ, the Son of the Living God, Judge of the living and the dead, rewarding each according to his deeds. I again believe and confess that You are the true Mother of God, the source of mercy, the consolation of those who mourn, the recovery of the lost, a strong and unceasing Intercessor to God, who dearly loves the Christian race, and the Helper of repentance. Truly, there is no other help and protection for man except You, the Most Merciful Lady, and no one else, trusting in You, was ashamed when, by You begging God, no one was quickly abandoned. For this sake, I pray to Your innumerable goodness: open the doors of Your mercy to me, lost and fallen into the darkness of the depths, do not disdain me, the foul one, do not despise my sinful prayer, do not abandon me, the accursed one, as an evil enemy seeks to kidnap me into destruction, but beg for may Thy merciful Son and God be born to me from Thee, may He forgive my great sins and deliver me from my destruction; as if I, together with all who have received forgiveness, will sing and glorify God’s immeasurable mercy and Your shameless intercession for me in this life and in the endless eternity. Amen.
Prayer 2
To whom shall I cry, O Lady, to whom shall I resort in my sorrow, if not to You, the Queen of Heaven? Who will accept my cry and my sighing and quickly obediently heed our prayers, if not You, All-Blessed Helper, the Joy of all our joys? Hear the present hymns and prayers offered to You for me, a sinner. And be my Mother and Patroness and Giver of Your joy to all of us. Arrange my life as you want and as you wish. I commend myself to Your protection and providence, so that I may always joyfully sing to You with everyone: Rejoice, O full of grace; Rejoice, Delighted One. Rejoice, Most Blessed One; Rejoice, Glorified One forever. Amen.

March 9 (22)- Albazin Icon of the Mother of God “THE WORD FLESH BEES” - those expecting a child pray even during difficult births.

Prayer
Virgin Mary, Immaculate Mother of Christ our God, Intercessor of the Christian race! Standing before Thy miraculous icon, our fathers prayed to Thee to show Thy protection and intercession to the Amur country. In the same way, we now pray to Thee: preserve our city and this country from the presence of foreigners and save from internecine warfare. Grant peace to the world, abundance of fruits to the land; preserve our shepherds in the shrines, those who work in holy churches: autumn with your almighty protection the builders and their benefactors. Confirm our brethren in orthodoxy and unanimity; bring to their senses those who have erred and departed from the Orthodox faith and unite them with the Holy Church of Your Son. Be protection, consolation and refuge for all who flock to your miraculous icon from all evils, misfortunes and circumstances, for you are healing for the sick, consolation for the grieving, correction and admonition for the lost. Accept our prayers and lift them up to the Throne of the Most High, so that by Thy intercession we are observed and covered by Thy protection, we glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Troparion, tone 4:
With the coming of Your venerable icon, O Lady of God, / the God-protected city of Kostroma, now rejoiced, / like ancient Israel to the ark of the Covenant, / flows to the image of Your face / and our God incarnate from You, / and through Your maternal intercession to Him, / ever intercede with everyone, / under the shade of Your shelter for those who come running,/ peace and great mercy.
Prayer
Oh, Most Merciful Lady, Queen, Mother of God, accept our humble prayer, and do not reject us, our intercession and refuge, and do not disdain us, unworthy, but, like the Merciful One, do not stop praying, Whom You gave birth to, may He grant us forgiveness of many sins ours, may He save us, like the news of our destinies. Have mercy on us, Lady, have mercy on us, for there is no salvation for us from works. It is also true that we cry to Thee: have mercy on Thy servants and show our barren heart fruitful in good deeds. Look down on us, unworthy, for You are our hope and protection, life and light to our hearts. As you raised up the Everlasting Light from Your womb, illuminate our soul, O Pure One, and drive away all darkness in our hearts. Grant us tenderness, repentance and contrition of heart. Grant us all the days of our lives to do the will of Thy Son and our God and to please Him alone in everything. Oh, Mother of God, do not stop praying to the One born of You for all those who flow with faith to this miraculous image of Yours, and give them ambulance and consolation in sorrows and misfortunes and suffering, deliver them from slander and human malice, from visible and invisible enemies and all kinds of needs and sorrows. Save our fatherland, this city and all cities and countries from all troubles and needs and make our God merciful to us, turn away all His anger against us, and deliver us from His due and righteous rebuke. Oh, God-loving Lady, adornment of the angels, glory to the martyrs and joy to all the saints, pray to the Lord with them, that he may grant us in repentance to end the course of our life. In the hour of death, Most Holy Virgin, deliver us from the power of demons and condemnation, and the answer, and the terrible test, and bitter ordeals, and eternal fire, so that, having been honored with the glorious Kingdom of God, we magnify Thee and glorify Christ, our God, incarnate from Thee, To him be glory with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

March 16 (29)- Icon of the Mother of God “ILINSK-CHERNIGOV” pray for healing from paralysis, smallpox, leg disease, attack dark forces, from sudden death.

Troparion, tone 5:
Most Pure Lady Theotokos, / the hope of all Christians, / because there is no other hope for You, / My All-Immaculate Lady, Lady Theotokos, / Mother of Christ my God. / Also have mercy and deliver me from all my evils / and implore Your Merciful Son and God mine,/ may He have mercy on my accursed soul,/ and may He deliver me from eternal torment, and may He vouchsafe me His Kingdom.
Prayer
Oh, Most Holy Lady, my Lady Theotokos, heavenly Queen, save and have mercy on me, Thy sinful servant, from vain slander, from all misfortune and misfortune and sudden death. Have mercy on me in the hours of the day, and in the morning, and in the evening, and at all times preserve me: protect me standing and sitting, and provide for me walking on every path, and provide for me sleeping in the night hours, cover and intercede. Protect me, Lady Theotokos, from all my enemies, visible and invisible, and from every evil situation. In every place and at every time, be the Mother of God, an insurmountable wall and a strong intercession. Oh, Most Holy Lady Virgin Mary, accept my unworthy prayer and save me from a vain death, and grant me repentance before the end. Most Holy Theotokos, save us. You appear to me as the guardian of all life, Most Pure One! Deliver me from demons at the hour of death! May you rest in peace even after death! We take refuge under Your mercy, Virgin Mother of God, do not despise our prayers in sorrows, but deliver us from troubles, O pure and blessed one. Most Holy Theotokos, save us. Amen.

April 3 (16)– icon of the Mother of God “UNFADING COLOR” - pray for the preservation of a pure and righteous life. It also helps in choosing the right spouse. Pure and fiery prayer to this icon helps in resolving difficult family problems. Many healings of the sick are being performed.

Troparion:
Rejoice, Bride of God, secret rod, blossoming unfading color, rejoice to the Lady, with whose joy we are filled and we inherit life.
Prayer
Oh, Most Holy and Immaculate Mother of the Virgin, hope of Christians and refuge for sinners! Protect all those who come running to You in misfortune, hear our groans, incline Your ear to our prayer. Mistress and Mother of our God, do not despise those who require Your help and do not reject us sinners, enlighten us and teach us: do not depart from us, your servants, for our murmuring. Be our Mother and Protectress, we entrust ourselves to Your merciful protection. Lead us sinners to a quiet and serene life; let us pay for our sins. Oh, Mother Mary, our most offering and speedy Intercessor, cover us with Your intercession. Protect from enemies visible and invisible, soften the hearts of evil people who rebel against us. O Mother of our Lord Creator! You are the root of virginity and the unfading flower of purity and chastity, send help to us who are weak and overwhelmed by carnal passions and wandering hearts. Enlighten our spiritual eyes, so that we may see the ways of God’s truth. By the grace of Your Son, strengthen our weak will in fulfilling the commandments, so that we will be delivered from all troubles and misfortunes and may be justified by Your wonderful intercession at the terrible judgment of Your Son. To him we give glory, honor and worship, now and ever, and forever and ever. Amen.

April 12 (25)- icon of the Mother of God “MUROM” - they pray for the gift of the spirit of reason, piety, mercy, meekness, purity and truth, for the preservation of the city and the Christian country.

Troparion, tone 4:
Today the city of Murom brightly flaunts, / like the dawn of the sun, having received, O Lady, / your miraculous icon, / to which now we flow and pray, we cry out to you: / O most wonderful Lady Theotokos, / pray from you to the incarnate Christ our God, / yes He will deliver this city and all Christian cities and countries/ unharmed from all the slander of the enemy/ and save our souls, like the Merciful.
Prayer
Oh, Most Holy Virgin Mother of the Lord of the Highest Powers, Queen of Heaven and Earth, Almighty Intercessor of our city and country! Hear us praying to You, and ask God, Your Son, for our shepherd - zeal and vigil for souls, for the city ruler - wisdom and strength, for the judges - truth and impartiality, for the mentor - reason and humility, for the spouse - love and harmony, for the child - obedience , to those offended - patience, to those who offend - the fear of God, to those who mourn - complacency, to those who rejoice - abstinence. We have all been given the spirit of reason and piety, the spirit of mercy and meekness, the spirit of purity and truth. Hey, Most Pure Lady! Have mercy on Your weak people: gather the scattered, guide those who are lost on the right path, heal the sick, support old age, educate the young to be wise, raise infants, and look upon us all with the care of Your merciful intercession. Be gracious to us here and on Last Judgment Your son. For You, O Lady, are the glory of Heaven and the hope of earth, You, according to God, are our hope and Intercessor of all who flow to You with faith. We therefore pray to You and to You, as the Almighty Helper, we commit ourselves and each other and our whole life, now and ever, and forever and ever. Amen.

Friday Holy Week - icon of the Mother of God “LIFE-GIVING SOURCE” - those suffering from bodily ailments, passions and spiritual infirmities pray, and those who turn to Her with faith receive healing.

Troparion, tone 4:
Let us, people, draw healing for our souls and bodies through prayer, / The river that precedes everything is the Most Pure Queen Mother of God, / pouring out wonderful water for us, / and washing away black hearts, / cleansing sinful scabs, / sanctifying the souls of the faithful, / with Divine grace.
Prayer
Offering to my Queen, my hope to the Mother of God, a refuge for the orphaned and strange to the Representative, to the sorrowful and joyful, to the offended to the Patroness! See my misfortune, see my sorrow: help me as I am weak, feed me as I am strange. Weigh my offense, resolve it, like a will: for I have no other help except You, no other Representative, no Good Comforter, only You, O Mother of God, for you will preserve me and cover me forever and ever. Amen.

May 5 (18)- icon of the Mother of God “INEXHAIBLE CHALICE” - they pray for the healing of those possessed by the disease of the passion of drunkenness.

Troparion, tone 4:
Today we are the harbinger of faith / to the Divine and most wonderful image of the Most Holy Mother of God, / watering the faithful hearts / with the heavenly Inexhaustible Cup of Her mercy / and showing miracles to the faithful people. / Even as we see and hear / spiritually celebrate and cry warmly: / Most merciful Lady, / heal our ailments and passion/ pleading with Thy Son Christ our God/ to save our souls.
Prayer
Oh, Most Merciful Lady! We now resort to Your intercession, do not despise our prayers, but mercifully hear us: wives, children, mothers and those who are obsessed with the serious illness of drunkenness and from the Mother of the Church of Christ and the salvation of our fallen brothers, sisters and relatives.
Oh, Merciful Mother of God, touch their hearts and quickly raise them from the falls of sin and bring them to saving abstinence. Pray to Your Son, Christ our God, that He may forgive us our sins and not turn His mercy away from His people, but may He strengthen us in sobriety and chastity.
Accept, O Most Holy Theotokos, the prayers of mothers who shed tears for their children, of wives who weep for their husbands, of orphaned and wretched children, abandoned as lost, and of all of us who fall before Your icon. And may this cry of ours come through Your prayers to the Throne of the Most High.
Cover and protect us from the evil trap and all the enemies, and in the terrible hour of our exodus, help us to go through the unprecedented airy ordeal, so that through Your prayers we will be delivered from eternal condemnation, and may we be worthy of the Kingdom of Heaven forever and ever. Amen.

June 11 (23)- the icon of the Mother of God “Merciful” or “IT IS WORTHY” - they pray during mental and physical illnesses, at the end of any work.

Troparion, tone 4:
Let us come, faithfully, with boldness/ to the merciful Queen Theotokos/ and tenderly cry out to her:/ send down Thy rich mercies upon us:/ preserve our Church,/ keep people in prosperity,/ deliver our land from every situation,/ grant peace to the world/ and salvation for our souls.
Prayer 1
Worthyly glorified and righteously blessed from all the heavenly ranks, as if surpassing them without comparison, giving birth to God and the Creator of all things, exalted above all others, Most Wonderful Lady! Pray from You to the incarnate Christ our God, may the unrequited people look upon us, may He preserve us unharmed from all the enemy’s slander and evil slander, for Your Mother’s prayer can do much, according to the saying: ask, my Mother, I will not turn away, but I will fulfill all Your requests . For this reason, filled with joy in this, we cry out to Thee: save, O Lady, your perishing servants, enlighten those darkened by the wisdom of this age, and bring us to the sweetest Jesus, and forever rejoicing we cry: Glory to the Father, glory to the Son, glory to the Holy Spirit, glory to You, the Most Glorious. and the Most Immaculate Virgin Mary, blessed and blessed forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer 2
O Most Holy and Most Merciful Lady Theotokos! Falling before Your holy icon, we humbly pray to You, listen to the voice of our prayer, see our sorrow, see our misfortunes and, like a loving Mother, trying to help us helpless, beg Your Son and our God: may He not destroy us for our iniquities, but show We kindly give you your mercy. Ask us, Lady, from His goodness for bodily health and spiritual salvation, and a peaceful life, the fruitfulness of the earth, the goodness of the air, and a blessing from above for all our good deeds and undertakings... And as of old, you mercifully looked upon the humble praise of the novice of Athos, who sang You, before Your most pure icon, sent an Angel to him to teach him to sing the heavenly song, with which the Angels glorify You; So now accept our fervent prayer offered to You. About the All-Singing Queen! Extend your God-bearing hand to the Lord, in the image of the Infant Jesus Christ you bore, and beg Him to deliver us from all evil. Show, O Lady, Your mercy to us: heal the sick, comfort the afflicted, help the needy, and grant us the honor to complete this earthly life in a pious manner, to receive a Christian, shameless death and Heavenly Kingdom inherit through Thy maternal intercession to Christ our God, who was born of Thee, to Him, with His Originless Father and the Most Holy Spirit, belongs all glory, honor and worship, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

June 18 (1)- icon of the Mother of God “BOGOLYUBSKAYA” - prayed during epidemics of pestilence, plague, cholera.

Troparion, tone 1:
God-loving Queen, / Inexperienced Virgin, Mother of God Mary, / pray for us, Who loved You / and Thy Son, who was born of You, Christ our God, / grant us forgiveness of sins, peace, abundance of fruits of the earth, / shrine to the shepherd, / and salvation for the whole human race ./ Save our cities and the Russian country from the presence of foreign invaders/ and from internecine warfare./ O Mother, God-loving Virgin! Oh, All-Singing Queen!/ Cover us with Your robe from all evil,/ protect us from visible and invisible enemies/ and save our souls.
Prayer
Oh, Most Pure Lady Theotokos, God-loving Mother, hope of our salvation! Look mercifully at those who come with faith and love and worship Your most pure image, accept our singing of praise and pour out Your warm prayer for us sinners to the Lord, so that, having despised all our sins, He will save and have mercy on us. O Precious Lady! Show us Your wonderful mercies: deliver us from all sorrow, guide us on the path of all virtues and goodness, save us from temptations, troubles and illnesses, take away slander and quarrels from us, save us from lightning thunder, from the burning of fire, from hunger, cowardice, floods and deadly plagues, give us Your merciful help along the way, in the sea and on land, so that we may not perish in the cruelty. Oh, All-Merciful, God-loving Mother, with firm hope we send our poor prayer to You! Do not reject our tears and sighs, do not forget us all the days of our lives, but always remain with us and give us joy, consolation, protection and help, so that we may glorify and magnify Your most blessed and all-sung name. Amen.

June 23 (6)- Icon of the Mother of God “VLADIMIR” - they pray for deliverance from the invasion of foreigners, for the strengthening of the Orthodox faith, for preservation from heresies and schisms, for the pacification of warring parties, for the preservation of Russia.

Troparion, tone 4:
Today the most glorious city of Moscow shines brightly, / like the dawn of the sun, having received, O Lady, your miraculous icon, / to which now we, flowing and praying to You, cry out: / Oh, wonderful Lady Theotokos! / Pray from You to the incarnate Christ our God, / May he deliver this city and all Christian cities and countries unharmed from all the slander of the enemy / and save our souls, like the Merciful.
Prayer
To whom shall we cry, the Lady; To whom shall we resort in our sorrow, if not to You, Queen of Heaven; Who will receive our tears and sighs, if not You, most immaculate, the hope of Christians and refuge for us sinners? Who is more in mercy than You? Incline Your ear to us, O Lady, Mother of our God, and do not despise those who require Your help: hear our groaning, strengthen us sinners, enlighten and teach us, O Queen of Heaven, and do not depart from us, O Thy servant, O Lady, for our grumbling, but wake up Mother and intercessor to us, and entrust us to the merciful protection of Your Son: arrange for us whatever Your Holy will pleases, and lead us sinners to a quiet and serene life, may we cry for our sins, may we rejoice with You always, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen.

June 26 (9)- icon of the Mother of God “TIKHVINSKAYA” - they pray for the sight of the blind, the healing of the demon-possessed, for illnesses of children, relaxation of joints, for paralysis, epilepsy, from invasion
foreigners.

Troparion, tone 4:
Today, like the bright sun, / the all-honorable icon of Yours, Lady, has risen in the air for us, / enlightening the world with rays of mercy, / even great Russia, / like some Divine gift from above, has reverently received, / glorifies You, Mother of God, the Lady of all, / and from You He joyfully magnifies the born Christ our God./ Pray to Him, O Lady Queen Theotokos,/ may he preserve all Christian cities and countries/ unharmed from all the slander of the enemy/ and save by faith those who worship His Divine/ and Your most pure image,/ the Virgin Unartificed.
Prayer
We thank You, O Most Blessed and Most Pure, Most Blessed Virgin, Lady, Mother of Christ our God, for all Your good deeds, which You have shown to the human race, especially to us, the Christ-named people of the Russian people, about which the most angelic tongue will be pleased with praise, as and now You surprised Your ineffable mercy on us, Your unworthy servants, with the supernatural self-coming of Your most pure icon, with which You enlightened everything Russian country. Likewise, we, sinners, worshiping with fear and joy, cry out to Thee: O Most Holy Virgin, Queen and Mother of God, save and have mercy on His Holiness the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, the bishops and all the people, and grant the country victory over all its enemies, and preserve Deliver all cities and Christian countries, and this holy temple from every slander of the enemy, and grant everything for the benefit of all who have now come with faith and pray to Your servant, and who worship Your most holy image, for blessed are You with the Son and God born of You now , and ever and ever. Amen.

June 28 (11) (July 12 (25))- icon of the Mother of God “THREE-HANDED” - pray for diseases of the hands, feet, mental unrest, in case of fire.

Troparion, tone 4:
Today, great worldwide joy has risen for us:/ granted holy mount Afonstey/ Thy celibate, Lady Theotokos, icon, / with the image of Thy three-numbered and indivisibly most pure hands / for the glorification of the Holy Trinity, / calling together the faithful and praying to You for this, to know, / as two you hold the Son and the Lord, / show the third for refuge and protection for those who honor Thee, / from all misfortunes and troubles, / and all who flow to Thee, by faith, endlessly receive liberation from all evils, / protection from enemies, / for this sake, we, together with Athos, cry out: / Rejoice, O Gracious Lord with you.
Prayer
Oh, Most Holy and Most Blessed Virgin Mary! We fall down and worship Thee before Thy holy three-handed icon, remembering Thy glorious miracle by healing the truncated right hand of the righteous John of Damascus, which was revealed from this icon, whose sign is still visible on it, in the form of a third hand, attached to Thy image. We pray to You and ask You, the All-merciful and All-generous Intercessor of our race: hear us, praying to You, and like Blessed John, who cried out to You in sorrow and illness, you heard us, so do not despise us, who grieve and suffer from the wounds of many different passions and to To you from the heart of the contrite and humble those who diligently come running. You see, O All-Merciful Lady, our infirmities, our embitterment, our need, I will demand our help and intercession, as if we are surrounded by enemies from everywhere, and there is no one who helps, less than one who intercedes, unless You have mercy on us, the Lady. To her, we pray to You, listen to our painful voice and help us to preserve the patristic Orthodox faith immaculately until the end of our days, to walk unswervingly in all the commandments of the Lord, to always bring true repentance for our sins to God and to be honored with a peaceful Christian death and a good answer at the Last Judgment of the Son Thy and our God, Whom we begged for us with Thy Motherly prayer, may He not condemn us for our iniquities, but may He have mercy on us according to His great and ineffable mercy. O All-Good One! Hear us and do not deprive us of Thy mighty help, so that having received salvation through You, let us sing and glorify Thee on the land of the living and our Redeemer, the Lord Jesus Christ, who was born of Thee, to whom befits glory and power, honor and worship, together with the Father and the Holy Spirit, always, now, and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

July 8 (21) (October 22 (4))- Icon of the Mother of God “KAZAN” - they pray for the sight of blind eyes, for deliverance from the invasion of foreigners, is an intercessor in difficult times, they bless those entering into marriage.

Troparion, tone 4:
O zealous intercessor, / Mother of the Lord Most High, / pray for all of Your Son, Christ our God, / and cause all to be saved, / in Your sovereign protection for those who resort. / Intercede for all of us, O Lady, Queen and Lady, / who are in adversity, and sorrowful, and in illness, burdened with many sins,/ standing and praying to You with a tender soul/ and a contrite heart/ before Your most pure image with tears/ and those who have irrevocable hope in You,/ deliverance from all evils,/ grant useful to everyone/ and save everything, Mother of God Virgo:/ For you are the Divine protection of your servant.
Prayer
Oh, Most Pure Lady Theotokos, Queen of Heaven and earth, the highest angel and archangel and the most honorable of all creatures, the pure Virgin Mary, the Good Helper of the world, and affirmation for all people, and deliverance for all needs! Look now, O All-Merciful Lady, upon your servants, praying to you with a tender soul and a contrite heart, falling with tears to your most pure and wholesome image, and asking for your help and intercession. Oh, All-Merciful and Most Merciful Virgin Mary, honored! Look, O Lady, at your people: for we are sinners and imams of no other help than to You and from You, Christ our God, born. You are our intercessor and representative, You are protection for the offended, joy for the grieving, refuge for the orphans, guardian for widows, glory for virgins, joy for the weeping, visitation for the sick, healing for the weak, salvation for sinners. For this reason, O Mother of God, we run to You and to Your Most Pure Image with the Eternal Child held in Your hand, looking at our Lord Jesus Christ, we bring tender singing to You and cry: have mercy on us, Mother of God, and fulfill our request, for all that is possible to Thy intercession: for unto Thee is glory due, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

July 23 (5)- icon of the Mother of God “POCHAYEVSKAYA” - they pray for protection from heresies and schisms, from the invasion of foreigners, for healing from blindness, both physical and spiritual, for liberation from captivity.

Troparion, tone 5:
Before Your holy icon, Lady,/ the one who prays is granted healing,/ accepts the knowledge of true faith/ and reflects the Hagarian invasions./ Likewise, for us who fall to You,/ ask for remission of sins,/ enlighten the thoughts of piety in our hearts/ and offer up a prayer to Your Son / and the salvation of our souls.
Prayer
To You, O Mother of God, we prayerfully flow, sinners, Your miracles, revealed in the Holy Lavra of the Most Holy Lavra, in remembrance of our own contrite sins. We, Lady, we know, as it is not fitting for us sinners to ask anything, except for the Righteous Judge to leave our iniquities to us. All that we have endured in life, sorrows, needs, and illnesses, like the fruits of our falls, have languished us, God allows this for our correction. Moreover, the Lord brought all this truth and judgment to His sinful servants, who in their sorrows came to Your intercession, the Most Pure One, and in the tenderness of our hearts we cry out to You: Our sins and iniquities, O Good One, do not remember, but rather lift up Your most honorable hand , stand before Your Son and God, so that the evil we have done may be forgiven us, and for our many unfulfilled promises, He will not turn His face away from His servants, and may not take His grace, which contributes to our salvation, from our souls. To her, Lady, be the Intercessor for our salvation and, not disdaining our cowardice, look upon our groans, even in our troubles and sorrows we lift up before Your miraculous image. Enlighten our minds with tender thoughts, strengthen our faith, confirm our hope, grant us the sweetest gift of love to accept us. By these gifts, Most Pure One, and not by illnesses and sorrows, may our belly be elevated to salvation, but by protecting our souls from despondency and despair, deliver us, the weak, from the troubles and needs that come upon us, and human slander, and unbearable diseases . Grant peace and prosperity to the Christian life through Your intercession, O Lady, establish the Orthodox faith in our country and throughout the world. Do not betray the Apostolic and Catholic Church to disparagement, preserve the statutes of the saints forever, unshakable, and save all who come to You from the perishing pit. Also, bring the heresy of our deluded brethren or the saving faith of those who have been destroyed by sinful passions back to true faith and repentance, so that together with us, who worship Your miraculous image, they will confess Your intercession. Grant us, O Most Holy Lady Theotokos, still in this life the victory of truth by Your appearance to the victors and enlighteners of the Hagarians, so that all of us with a grateful heart, together with the Angels, and prophets, and apostles, and with all the saints, glorifying Your mercy, will give glory, honor and worship in the Trinity sung to God the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.

Troparion, tone 4:
Let us now diligently set our eyes on the Mother of God, sinners and humility, and let us fall down in repentance calling from the depths of our souls: Lady, help us, having mercy on us, struggling to perish from many sins, do not turn away your slaves, for you are the only hope of the imams.
Prayer
O Most Wonderful and Highest of All Creatures, Queen Theotokos, Mother of the Heavenly King Christ our God, Most Pure Hodegetria Mary! Hear us sinners and unworthy at this hour, praying and falling before Your Most Pure Image with tears and tenderly saying: lead us out of the pit of passions, Most Blessed Lady, deliver us from all sorrow and sorrow, protect us from all misfortune and evil slander, and from the unrighteous and fierce slander of the enemy. You may, O Our Blessed Mother, save Your people from all evil and provide and save You with every good deed; Do You need other Representatives in troubles and circumstances, and warm Intercessors for us sinners, not imams? Pray, O Most Holy Lady, Thy Son Christ our God, that He will make us worthy of the Kingdom of Heaven; For this reason, we always glorify Thee, as the Author of our salvation, and extol the holy and magnificent name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, glorified and worshiped God in the Trinity, forever and ever. Amen.

July 28 (10) (July 19 (1))- the icon of the Mother of God “Tenderness” or “JOY OF ALL JOYS” - a revered icon by the Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, according to the faith of those who ask, he gives them healing.

Troparion, tone 4:
Let us fall to the Mother of God with tenderness, / all of us burdened with sins, / kissing Her miraculous icon of Tenderness / and crying out with tears: / Lady, accept the prayer of your unworthy servants / and grant us, who ask, / your great mercy.
Prayer 1
Oh, Most Holy Lady Lady, Virgin Mary! Accept our unworthy prayers, save us from the slander of evil people and from vain death, give us first and give us a place of joy in sorrow. And deliver us, O Lady and Lady Theotokos, from all evil, and grant us, your sinful servants, to be at the right hand at the second coming of Your Son, Christ our God, and to be our heirs, to be made worthy of the Kingdom of Heaven and eternal life with all the saints for endless ages. Amen.
Prayer 2
Accept, O all-powerful, Most Pure Lady, Lady Theotokos, these honorable gifts, the only ones applied to You, from us, Your unworthy servants: chosen from all generations, the highest of all creatures of heaven and earth, who appeared, because for Your sake the Lord Almighty was with us, and with You by knowing the Son of God and becoming worthy of His holy Body and His most pure Blood; Blessed are you, too, in the birth of generations, O God-blessed One, the brightest of the cherubim and the most honest of the seraphim. And now, all-sung Most Holy Theotokos, do not cease praying for us, Thy unworthy servants, that we may be delivered from every evil council and every situation and that we may be preserved unharmed from every poisonous pretext of the devil; but even to the end, through Your prayers, keep us uncondemned, as if through Your intercession and help we are saved, we send glory, praise, thanksgiving and worship for everything in the Trinity to the one God and the Creator of all, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

August 8 (21)- icon of the Mother of God “TOLGA” - they pray for deliverance from drought and lack of rain.

Troparion, tone 4:
Today your image, the Most Pure Virgin Mother of God, shines brightly on Tolga, / and, like the unsetting sun, it always appears to the faithful. / Having seen Him in the air, / invisibly the Angels, like no one, are holding, / the Right Reverend Bishop of the city of Rostov Tryphon / flowing towards the revealed luminous pillar of fire,/ and walk on the waters, as on dry land,/ and praying to You faithfully for the flock and for the people./ And we, flowing to You, call:/ Most Holy Virgin Theotokos,/ truly save those who glorify You,/ our country, deliver the bishops/ and all Russian peoples from all troubles/ according to Your great mercy.
Prayer
Oh, Most Holy Lady, Virgin Mother of God, Highest of Cherubim and Seraphim and Holiest of all saints! You, the All-Blessed One, on Tolga, You deigned to reveal Your multi-healing icon to the blessed Saint Tryphon in a fiery way, and with it You performed many and ineffable miracles, and are now doing them, out of Your ineffable mercy towards us. Before Your most pure image we bow down and pray, O Most Blessed Intercessor of our race: in this earthly journey, much sorrow and much rebellion, do not deprive us of Your intercession and sovereign protection. Save and protect us, Lady, from the kindled arrows of the crafty enemy of our salvation. Strengthen our weak will to do the commandments of Christ, soften our hardened hearts with love for God and our neighbors, grant us heartfelt contrition and true repentance, so that, having been cleansed from the filth of sin, we can bring to the Creator the fruits of good deeds pleasing to Him and be honored with a peaceful Christian death and response right at His terrible and impartial Judgment. Hey, Lady All-Merciful! In the hour of menacing death, show us Your powerful intercession, then hasten to help us, helpless, and with Your sovereign hand snatch us from the power of the fierce ruler of the world, for truly Your prayer can do much before the face of the Lord, and nothing is impossible for Your intercession, unless you only desire . Moreover, we look at Your holy image with tenderness and before it, as if You were alive and present with us, worshiping, with good hope, ourselves, and each other, and our entire life, we prayerfully commit to You according to God and we magnify You with our savior born of You. , the Lord Jesus Christ, to Him, with His Beginning Father and the Most Holy Spirit, is due all glory, honor and worship, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

August 13 (26)- icon of the Mother of God “SEMISHOT” - they pray for healing from cholera, lameness and relaxation, for the pacification of those at war.

Troparion, tone 5:
Soften our evil hearts, Mother of God, / and extinguish the misfortunes of those who hate us, / and resolve every tightness of our soul, / looking at Your holy image, / We are touched by Your suffering and mercy for us, / and we kiss Your wounds, / Our arrows, You those who torment us, we are horrified./ Do not allow us, O Merciful Mother,/ to perish in our hard-heartedness and from the hard-heartedness of our neighbors,/ for you are truly the softener of evil hearts.
Prayer
Oh, Long-Suffering Mother of God, who surpassed all the daughters of the earth in Her purity and in the multitude of sufferings You brought to the earth! Accept our much-painful sighing and keep us under the roof of Your mercy, for refuge and warm intercession are not known to You, but, as we have boldness towards Him who was born of You, help and save us with Your prayers, so that we may unfalteringly reach the Kingdom of Heaven, where with all the saints we will sing praises in the Trinity to the One God, always, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

August 13 (26)- icon of the Mother of God “PASSIONATE” - they pray for healing from cholera, the blind and paralytic, from fire.

Troparion, tone 4:
Today the indescribably reigning city of our Moscow / icon of the Mother of God has risen, / and like the radiant sun, the whole world has been illuminated by her coming, / The heavenly powers and the souls of the righteous are mentally triumphant, rejoicing, / but we, looking at her, cry out to the Mother of God with tears: / o All-merciful Lady, Lady Theotokos,/ pray from You to the incarnate Christ, our God,/ may He grant peace and health to all Christians/ according to His great and ineffable mercy.
Prayer
O Most Holy Lady, Lady Theotokos, Thou art the highest of all Angels and Archangels and all most honest creatures, the Helper of the offended, the hopeless hope, the poor Intercessor, the sad consolation, the hungry Nurse, the naked robe, the healing of the sick, the salvation of sinners, the help and intercession of all Christians. About the all -member of the Mistress, the Virgin Mary, the Lord, save your mercy and have mercy on your servant, the great gentleman and the father of our Holy Patriarch, and the Graceful Metropolitans, Archbishops and Bishops, and the whole priestly and monastic rank, our God -guard, military leaders, grids and Christ -loving military. and well-wishers, and all Orthodox Christians, protect us with Your honorable robe, and pray, Lady, from You, without seed, the incarnate Christ our God, may he gird us with His power from above against our invisible and visible enemies. O All-Merciful Lady, Lady Theotokos, raise us from the depths of sin and deliver us from famine, destruction, from cowardice and flood, from the sword, from the presence of foreigners and internecine warfare, and from vain death, and from the attacks of the enemy, and from the corrupting winds, and from deadly plagues, and from all evil. Grant, O Lady, peace and health to Thy servant, all Orthodox Christians, and enlighten their minds and the eyes of their hearts to salvation, and make us, Thy sinful servants, worthy of the Kingdom of Thy Son, Christ our God, for His power is blessed, with His Beginning Father, and with His Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer
O Most Holy Lady, Virgin Mother of God, our good and speedy Intercessor! We sing to You of all Your wonderful and grateful deeds. Let us sing songs from ancient years about Your inalienable intercession for the city of Moscow and our country, always revealed in Your miraculous image of the Don: the foreign regiments take flight, the cities and towns are preserved unharmed, and people are delivered from cruel death. The teary eyes are dried up, the lamentations of the faithful are silenced, crying is transformed into common joy. May we, O Most Pure Mother of God, be a consolation in adversity, a revival of hope, an image of courage, a source of mercy, and grant us inexhaustible patience in sorrowful circumstances. Give to everyone according to his request and need: educate babies, teach chastity and the fear of God to the young, encourage the despondent and support the weak old age. Visit those in sickness and sorrow, soften evil hearts, strengthen brotherly love, fill us all with peace and love. Reconcile, O Compassionate Mother, those who are at war and justify the slandered. Destroy the vices, so that our sins do not rise before the Judge of all, so that the righteous wrath of God does not befall us. With Your prayers, Your all-powerful protection, protect us from the invasions of the enemy, from famine, destruction, fire, sword and all other suffering. We hope through Your prayers to receive forgiveness and erasure of sins from the Almighty God and reconciliation with God. Pray for us to acquire the Kingdom of Heaven and, at the end of our life, at the right hand of the Throne of God, where You, O All-Sung Virgin, stand before the Holy Trinity in eternal glory. Make us worthy, from the faces of the Angels and Saints, to praise the Most Honorable Name of Your Son with His Beginningless Father and His All-Holy, Good and Life-Giving Spirit forever and ever. Amen.

August 22 (6)- icon of the Mother of God “GEORGIAN” - they pray during an epidemic of pestilence, plague, for the healing of those suffering from blindness and deafness.

Troparion, tone 5:
The Orthodox people rejoice when they see the Lady Virgin Theotokos, Your wonderful and miraculous icon, and always receive spiritual and physical healing by Your mercy. Likewise, we, who worship them, earnestly cry out to You: have mercy, O Good Mother, on Your humble servants / and deliver us from all evil and slander of the enemy, / praying to Your Son, the Lord Jesus, / that, having been saved here, we will receive heavenly residence / through His love for mankind and His grace.
Prayer
Accept, O All-merciful Most Pure Lady, Lady Theotokos, these honorable gifts from us, Thy unworthy servants, to Thy wholesome image of those who send up singing with tenderness, as You are the One who exists and listens to our prayers, granting with faith to those who ask for each request the fulfillment: having alleviated sorrows for those who mourn , you granted health to the weak, healed the weakened and sick, and drove away demons from demons, delivered the offended from insults, and saved the raped, forgave sinners, cleansed lepers, and graciously cared for small children, and resolved barrens from infertility. Again, O Lady the Lady, you freed us from bonds and prisons, and healed all manner of passions, healed eye diseases, and delivered us from deadly ulcers: for all things are possible through your intercession to your Son, Christ our God. O All-Singing Mother, Most Pure Mother of God! Do not cease to pray for us, Thy unworthy servants, who glorify Thee and honor and worship Thy most pure image, and who have irrevocable hope and unquestionable faith in Thee, the Ever-Virgin, Most Glorious and Immaculate, glorifying and honoring and singing Thee forever and ever. Amen.

September 1(14)- the icon of the Mother of God “CHERNIGOV-GETHSEMANE” - prayed by those suffering from the disease of demon possession and eye disease.

Troparion, tone 5:
Most Pure Lady Theotokos, the hope of all Christians, / before there is any other hope, are not the imams for You, / My All-Immaculate Lady, Lady Theotokos, / Mother of Christ my God. / Also have mercy and deliver me from all my evils / and implore Your Merciful Son and my God ,/may he have mercy on my accursed soul,/may he deliver me from eternal torment, and make me worthy of His Kingdom.
Prayer
Oh, Holy Virgin! Mother of Christ our God, Queen of Heaven and earth! Listen to the much-painful sighing of our souls, look down from Thy holy height upon us, who with faith and love worship Thy Most Pure Image: behold, we are immersed in sins and overwhelmed by sorrows, looking at Thy image, as if Thou lives with us, we offer our humble prayers, not imams For there is no other help, no other intercession and consolation, except for You, O Mother of all who grieve and are burdened. Help us the weak, satisfy our sorrow, guide us who are lost on the right path, heal our painful hearts and save the hopeless. Grant us the rest of our lives to spend in peace and repentance, grant us a Christian death, and at the Last Judgment of Your Son the merciful Intercessor will appear to us, may we always sing, magnify and glorify You, the Good Intercessor of the Christian race, with all those who have pleased God. Amen.

September 2 (15), (October 12 (25))- Icon of the Mother of God “KALUGA” - prayed by those suffering from the ailment of relaxation, disease of the ears and hearing.

Troparion, tone 4:
Intercessor from the enemies of foreigners, the Invincible Kaluga land,/ and the Merciful Deliverer from the deadly plague!/ Deliver Thy servants from all troubles and illnesses,/ who resort with faith and love to Thy miraculous icon,/ and save our souls.
Prayer
Oh, Most Holy Virgin, Mother of Christ our God, Marvelous Queen of heaven and earth! Listen to the much-painful sighing of our hearts; look down upon us from Thy holy height. standing with faith and love before Your miraculous icon and praying to You, Lady, with tenderness! Do not betray the Orthodox Church to disparagement, help us, Most Holy Theotokos, to preserve the patristic Orthodox faith immaculately until the end of our days, to walk unswervingly in all the commandments of the Lord and deliver us from destructive, soul-harming teachings.
In Thy, Wonderful Queen of heaven and earth, we trust in Thy mercy, Thy servants: cleanse our minds from sinful thoughts, mental relaxation, overwhelming passions, from temptations, seductions and falls: For Thou art, O Lady, a strong refuge for repentant sinners. Raise us from the depths of sin and water our withered hearts with true repentance, enlighten our heartfelt eyes to the vision of salvation, and guide those seduced by demonic delusion onto the right path; Destroy every evil and ungodly deed; Teach and promote every good and godly deed; put, O Lady, into our hearts the spirit of the fear of God, the spirit of piety, the spirit of meekness, humility, patience, gentleness; soften our evil hearts and create evil good things, grant us zeal for the salvation of our neighbors.
Enlighten and teach us, O All-Merciful Intercessor, how to walk sinlessly along the path of this earthly life, for You, Most Holy One, weigh our faith and see our hope, Lady of the world! Comfort those who mourn, help those in need; protect from lightning thunder, harmful winds, severe diseases, deadly ulcers, civil strife, and invasions of foreign enemies.
Holy Mother of God! Delivered from sudden and violent death; Grant to all of us a conversion to the true path and a Christian death of our belly that is painless, shameless, peaceful, and communicant of the Holy Mysteries. During our exodus, appear to us, O Virgin Mother of God, and deliver us from the power of demons, airy bitter ordeals and eternal fire. To those who died a sudden death, beg the mercy of Thy Son, and for all those who have died who have no relatives, begging for the repose of Thy Son, Thou Thyself be a ceaseless and warm Prayer Book and Intercessor. Those who have ceased in faith and repentance from this temporary life, our fathers, brothers and sisters, grant through Your intercession to dwell in the heavenly abodes with the angels and with all the saints, where the voices of those who continually celebrate and joyfully glorify the Most Holy Trinity of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and ever forever and ever. Amen.

September 4 (17)- the icon of the Mother of God “BURNING BUSH” - saves the houses of those who venerate and pray to Her from fires.

Troparion, tone 4:
Who, in the fires of the unpaved bush, was seen in ancient times by Moses,/ Who foreshadowed the mystery of His incarnation from the Unartificed Virgin Mary,/ Even now, as the Creator of miracles and of all Creation,/ Her holy icon glorified many miracles,/ Granting it to the faithful for healing from illness and for protection from fiery ignition./ For this sake, we cry out to the Most Blessed One:/ The hope of Christians, deliver those who trust in You from severe troubles, fire and thunder, and save our souls as the Merciful.
Prayer
O Most Holy and Most Blessed Mother of our sweetest Lord Jesus Christ! We fall down and worship You before Your Holy and Most Honorable Icon, with which You performed wondrous and glorious miracles, saving our dwellings from the fiery blaze and lightning thunder, healing the sick, and fulfilling all our good requests for the good. We humbly pray to You, O All-Powerful Intercessor of our race, to grant us, the weak and sinners, Your maternal participation and well-being. Save and preserve, O Lady, under the shelter of Your mercy, the Holy Church, this monastery, the entire Orthodox country, and all of us who fall before You, with faith and love, and tenderly ask with tears for Your intercession. She, the All-Merciful Lady, have mercy on us, overwhelmed by many sins and not having the courage to ask Christ the Lord for mercy and forgiveness: but we offer You to Him for supplication, His Mother according to the flesh: But You, All-Good One, stretch out Your God-receiving hand to Him , and intercede for us before His goodness, asking us for forgiveness of our sins, a pious, peaceful life, a good Christian death and a good answer at His Last Judgment. At the hour of the terrible visit of God, when our houses are set on fire, or we are frightened by lightning thunder, show us your merciful intercession and sovereign help: yes, we are saved by your omnipotent prayers to the Lord, we will escape God’s temporary punishment here and we will inherit the eternal bliss of paradise there, and with all the saints let us sing the most honorable and magnificent name of the worshiped Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and Your great mercy towards us, forever and ever. Amen.

September 8 (21)- Icon of the Mother of God “The SIGN” of Kursk - they pray for healing from blindness and cholera.

Troparion, tone 4:
As an insurmountable wall and a source of miracles/Thy servants,/Most Pure Mother of God, who have gained Thee,/we overthrow the resistant militias./The same we pray to Thee:/Give peace to Thy city/and to our souls great mercy.
Prayer
Oh, Most Holy Virgin, Mother of Christ our God, Queen of Heaven and earth! Listen to the much-painful sighing of our souls, look down from Thy holy height upon us, who with faith and love worship Thy Most Pure Image: behold, we are immersed in sins and overwhelmed by sorrows, looking at Thy image, as if You live with us, we offer our humble prayers, not imams For there is no other help, no other intercession and consolation, except for You, O Mother of all who grieve and are burdened. Help us the weak, satisfy our sorrow, guide us who are lost on the right path, heal our painful hearts and save the hopeless. Grant us the rest of our lives to spend in peace and repentance, grant us a Christian death, and at the Last Judgment of Your Son a merciful intercessor will appear to us, may we always sing, magnify and glorify You, the Good Intercessor of the Christian race, with all those who have pleased God, forever and ever. Amen.

September 18 (1)- icon of the Mother of God “HEALER” - they pray for healing from various diseases.

Troparion, tone 1:
To Love, Pure Virgin, those who venerate Your holy icon, and those who glorify You, the true Mother of God, and faithfully worship the Healer who appears, removing all evil and illness from them, like the Almighty.
Prayer 1
Oh, Most Holy Lady Queen Theotokos, Supreme of all heavenly powers and Holiest of all saints. We fall down and worship You before Your all-honorable and wholesome image, remembering Your wondrous appearance to the sick clergyman Vincent and earnestly pray to You, the All-powerful Intercessor and Helper of our family, as in ancient times you gave healing to that cleric, so now heal our souls and bodies, sick with the wounds of sins and deliver us from all kinds of misfortunes, troubles, sorrows and eternal condemnation. Save from soul-destroying teachings and unbelief, from flattering and arrogant attacks of invisible enemies. Grant us a Christian death that is painless, peaceful, without shame, with the Holy Mysteries and communion. Grant us, at the impartial judgment of Christ, to stand at the right hand of the All-Righteous Judge and to hear His blessed voice: Come, blessed by My Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Amen.
Prayer 2
Accept, O All-Blessed and All-Powerful Lady Theotokos the Virgin, these prayers, now offered to You with tears from us, Your unworthy servants, who send up the singing of Your celibate image with tenderness, as if You yourself are here and heed our prayer. For every request you fulfilled, you alleviated sorrows, you gave health to the weak, you healed the weakened and sick, you drove away demons from demons, you delivered the offended from insults, you cleansed lepers and graciously cared for little children: also, O Lady the Lady Theotokos, you freed them from bonds and prisons and You heal all manifold passions: for all things are possible through Your intercession to Your Son, Christ our God. Oh, All-Singing Mother, Most Holy Theotokos! Do not cease to pray for us, Your unworthy servants, who glorify You and honor You, and who worship Your most pure image with tenderness, and who have irrevocable hope and undoubted faith in You, the Ever-Virgin, Most Glorious and Immaculate, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Troparion, tone 4:
Today, faithful people, we brightly celebrate, overshadowed by Your coming, O Mother of God, and looking to Your Most Pure Image, we tenderly say: Cover us with Your honorable Protection, and deliver us from all evil, praying to Your Son Christ our God to save our souls.
Prayer
O Most Holy Virgin, Mother of the Lord of the Highest Powers, Queen of Heaven and Earth, our city and country, our all-powerful Intercessor! Accept this singing of praise and gratitude from us, unworthy Thy servants, and lift up our prayers to the Throne of God Thy Son, that He may be merciful to our iniquities and add His grace to those who honor Thy All-Honorable Name and with faith and love worship Your miraculous image. We are not worthy of being pardoned by Him, unless You propitiate Him for us, the Lady, for everything is possible for You from Him. For this reason, we resort to You, as to our undoubted and speedy Intercessor: hear us praying to You, cover us with Your all-powerful Protection and ask God Your Son as our shepherd for zeal and vigilance for souls, as a city ruler for wisdom and strength, for judges of truth and impartiality, as a mentor reason and humility, love and harmony for a spouse, obedience for a child, patience for the offended, fear of God for those who offend, complacency for those who grieve, abstinence for 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 those who are scattered, guide those who have gone astray onto the right path, support old age, bring up young ones with chastity, raise infants and look upon us all with the gaze of Your merciful intercession, raise us up from the depths of sin and enlighten our heartfelt eyes to the vision of salvation; be merciful to us here and there, in the land of earthly arrival, and at the Last Judgment of Your Son: having ceased in faith and repentance from this life, make our fathers and brothers live in Eternal Life with the Angels and with all the saints. For you are, Lady, the Glory of heaven and the Hope of earth, You, according to God, are our Hope and Intercessor of all those who flow to You with faith. We therefore pray to You and to You, as the Almighty Helper, we commit ourselves and each other and our whole life, now and ever, and forever and ever. Amen.

October 12 (25)- Icon of the Mother of God “JERUSALEM” - they pray during a fire, a cholera epidemic, for deliverance from livestock deaths, for healing from blindness, paralysis.

Troparion, tone 3:
the assurance of Your intercession/ and the appearance of Your mercy/ the icon of Jerusalem appeared to us, Lady, before her we pour out our souls in prayer/ and in faith we cry out to You:/ look, O Merciful One, upon Your people,/ quench all our sorrows and sorrows,/ consolation Send down good things into our hearts/ and ask for eternal salvation for our souls, O Most Pure One.
Prayer
Most Holy Lady, Lady Theotokos, hope of all who trust in You, Intercessor of the sad, refuge of the desperate, widows and orphans, Nourisher! Hear and have mercy on us, Thy sinful and unworthy servants, who fall with tenderness before Thy most pure image: pray, O Merciful Lady, Thy Son and our Lord Jesus Christ, that He may turn away His righteous anger from us, that He may forgive our sins and iniquities, for we may be worthy By His goodness we may end our life in repentance and receive His mercy with all His chosen ones, for Thou art blessed and glorified forever and ever. Amen.

October 15 (28)- icon of the Mother of God “THE CONTRACTOR OF BREAD” - they pray for deliverance from drought, destruction of bread, famine.

Prayer
Oh, Most Pure Virgin Mary, Merciful to the Lady, Queen of heaven and earth, every Christian home and family, Blessing to the working people, Blessing to those in need, the orphans and widows, and all people to the Nurse! To our Nourisher, who gave birth to the Nourisher of the Universe and the Spreader of our breads: Lady, send Your Motherly favor and blessing to the holy monastery, our city and villages, and fields, and to everyone who has trust in You. With reverent awe and a contrite heart, we humbly pray to You: Oh, Most Merciful Mother of the Christian race, be a wise house-builder for us, your sinful and unworthy servant, who organizes our life well. Keep every community, every home and family in piety and Orthodoxy, like-mindedness, obedience and contentment. Feed the poor and needy, support old age, educate babies, teach everyone to sincerely cry out to the Lord: “Give us this day our daily bread.” Save, Most Pure Mother, Your people from all need, illness, famine, destruction, fire, evil conditions and all disorder. To the holy monastery, the city, our village, our homes and families, and every Christian soul and our entire country, intercede peace and great mercy. Let us glorify Thee, our Most Pure Nourisher and Nurse, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

October 24 (6)- the icon of the Mother of God “JOY OF ALL WHO SORRY” - all the offended, oppressed, and suffering pray; suffering from seizures, relaxation of the hands, throat disease, tuberculosis.

Troparion, tone 8:
To the source of ever-flowing mercy, / the Most Pure Virgin Theotokos, / by all the people, priests and foreigners, / husbands and wives, and children, healthy and sick, / crying out in repentance and tenderly saying: / Lady, help your sinful servant, / Reveal your good glory, / always strive to have mercy on us, / ask for the cleansing of our souls and bodies / from the Source of our life, God, / whom you alone gave birth to, the Blessed One.
Prayer
O Most Holy Lady and Mother of God, Supreme Cherub and Most Honest Seraphim, God's Chosen Maiden, Retribution for the lost and Joy to all who mourn! Give consolation to us, who live in perdition and sorrow; Are there no other refuge and help for you from the imams? You alone are our Intercessor of joy, and as the Mother of God and the Mother of Mercy, standing at the Throne of the Most Holy Trinity, you can help us, for no one who flows to You leaves in shame. Hear now also from us, on the day of destruction and sorrow, who fall before Your icon and pray to You with tears: take away from us the sorrows and troubles that are upon us in this temporary life, but do not, through Your omnipotent intercession, create eternal endless joys in the Kingdom of Your Son and Our God. Amen.

November 9 (22)- icon of the Mother of God “QUICKLY TO HEAR” - they pray for many ailments - blindness, lameness, weakness, those in captivity, those caught in a shipwreck.

Troparion, tone 4:
To the Mother of God the father of those in troubles,/and to Holy icon Let us fall to her now, / calling with faith from the depths of our souls: / soon hear our prayer, O Virgin, / as the One who is quick to hear: / For you, Thy servants, are a ready helper in your needs, imams.
Prayer
Oh, Most Holy Virgin, Mother of the Lord Most High, Quick to obey the intercessor of all who come running to You with faith! Look down from the heights of your heavenly majesty on the indecent me, falling to your icon, hear the humble prayer of the less sinful me and bring it to your Son: beg Him to illuminate my gloomy soul with the light of His Divine grace and cleanse my mind from vain thoughts, and soothe may my suffering heart heal its wounds, may it enlighten me to do good deeds and strengthen me to work for Him with fear, may He forgive all the evil I have done, may He deliver eternal torment and not deprive His heavenly kingdom. O Most Blessed Mother of God: You have deigned to be called in your image Quick to Hear, commanding everyone to come to You with faith: do not look upon me as sorrowful and do not allow me to perish in the abyss of my sins. In You, according to God, all my hope and hopes of salvation, and I entrust myself to Your protection and intercession forever. Amen.

November 27 (10) - Novgorod Icon of the Mother of God “THE SIGN” - pray for an end to disasters from thieves.

Troparion, tone 4:
I come to the invincible wall and source of miracles/Thy servants who have gained Thee,/Most Pure Mother of God,/we overthrow the resistant militias./The same we pray to Thee:/grant peace to Thy city/and to our souls great mercy.
Prayer
Oh, Most Holy and Most Blessed Mother of our Sweetest Lord Jesus Christ! We fall down and bow to You before Your Holy, miraculous icon, remembering the wondrous sign of Your intercession, which was revealed to Great Novugrad from it during the days of the military invasion. We humbly pray to Thee, O All-Powerful Intercessor of our race: just as Thou hast hastened the help of our father in ancient times, so now we are weak and sinful, worthy of Thy Motherly intercession and care. Save and preserve, O Lady, under the shelter of Your mercy all of Russia and all its Christ-loving army. Establish the holy Church, Thy city, and our entire Orthodox country, and all of us who fall to You with faith and love and tenderly ask with tears for Your intercession, have mercy and save. Hey, Lady All-Merciful! Have mercy on us, overwhelmed by many sins, stretch out your God-receiving hands to Christ the Lord and intercede for us before His goodness, asking us forgiveness of our sins, a pious peaceful life, a good Christian death, a good answer at His Last Judgment: may we be saved by your omnipotent prayers to him , we will inherit the bliss of paradise, and with all the saints we will sing the most honorable and magnificent name of the venerable Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and Your great mercy to us forever and ever. Amen.

December 9 (22)- icon of the Mother of God “UNEXPECTED JOY” - those suffering from deafness turn to her

Troparion, tone 4:
Today, faithful people, we spiritually triumph, / glorifying the zealous Intercessor of the Christian race, / and, flowing to Her most pure image, we cry out: / O Most merciful Lady Theotokos, / grant us unexpected joy, / burdened with many sins and sorrows, / and deliver us from all evil,/ beseeching Thy Son, Christ our God,/ to save our souls.
Prayer
Oh, Most Holy Virgin, All-Blessed Son of the All-Blessed Mother, Patroness of the city of Moscow, Faithful to the Representative and Intercessor of all who are in sins, sorrows, troubles and illnesses! Accept this prayer song from us, unworthy of Your servants, offered to You, and like the sinner of old, who prayed many times before Your honorable icon, You did not despise him, but You gave him the unexpected joy of repentance and You bowed down Your Son to the many and zealous towards Him. intercession for the forgiveness of this sinner and lost one, so even now do not despise the prayers of us, Thy unworthy servants, and beg Thy Son and our God, and grant to all of us, who with faith and tenderness worship before Thy celibate image, unexpected joy for each need: a sinner mired in the depths of evil and passions, all-effective admonition, repentance and salvation; for those who are in sorrow and sorrow - consolation; for those who find themselves in troubles and embitterment - a complete abundance of these; for the faint-hearted and unreliable - hope and patience; to those who live in joy and abundance - unceasing thanksgiving to the Benefactor; to those in need - mercy; those who are in illness and long illness and abandoned by doctors - unexpected healing and strengthening; for those who were waiting for the mind from illness - the return and renewal of the mind; those departing into eternal and endless life - memory of death, tenderness and contrition for sins, a cheerful spirit and firm hope in the mercy of the Judge. O Most Holy Lady! Have mercy on all who honor Your honorable name, and show everyone Your all-powerful protection and intercession; abide in piety, purity and honest living until their last death in goodness; create evil good things; guide the erring one on the right path; Make progress in every good work that is pleasing to Your Son; Destroy every evil and ungodly deed; in bewilderment and difficult and dangerous circumstances, those who find invisible help and admonition were sent down from Heaven; save from temptations, seductions and destruction; protect and preserve from all evil people and from enemies visible and invisible; floating float; for those who travel, travel; Be the Nourisher for those in need and hunger; for those who do not have shelter and shelter, provide cover and refuge; Give clothes to the naked; for those offended and unjustly persecuted - intercession; invisibly justify the slander, slander and blasphemy of those who suffer; expose slanderers and slanderers before everyone; Grant unforeseen reconciliation to those who are bitterly at odds, and to all of us for each other love, peace and piety and health with long life. Preserve marriages in love and like-mindedness; spouses who exist in enmity and division, die, unite me to each other and establish an indestructible union of love for them; to mothers and children giving birth, grant permission quickly; raise babies; For young people to be chaste, open their minds to the perception of every useful teaching, instruct them in the fear of God, abstinence and hard work; Protect from domestic strife and enmity of half-bloods with peace and love. Be the Mother of motherless orphans, turn them away from every vice and filth and teach them everything that is good and pleasing to God, and bring those seduced into sin and impurity, having revealed the filth of sin, from the abyss of destruction. Be the Comforter and Helper of widows, be the rod of old age, deliver us all from sudden death without repentance, and grant us all a Christian end to our lives, painless, shameless, peaceful and a good answer at the terrible Judgment of Christ. Having ceased in faith and repentance from this life, with the Angels and all the saints, make them live, begging for the mercy of Thy Son to be merciful to those who passed away by sudden death, and for all the departed who have no relatives, begging for the repose of Thy Son, Thou thyself be a ceaseless and warm Prayer-maker and Intercessor May everyone in Heaven and on earth lead You as a steadfast and shameless Representative of the Christian race, and, leading, glorify You and Your Son, with His Originless Father and His Consubstantial Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

December 20 (2)- the icon of the Mother of God “SAVIOR OF THE DROWNING” - appeal to those who have to surrender themselves to the power of the water element.

Prayer
Zealous Intercessor, Mother of the Lord Most High! You are the help and intercession of all Christians, especially those in trouble. Look now from Thy holy height upon us, who with faith worship Thy Most Pure Image, and show, we pray to Thee, Thy speedy help to those floating on the sea who suffer sorrow. Move all Orthodox Christians to salvation in the waters of drowning, and reward those who strive for this with Thy rich mercy and generosity. Behold, looking at Your Image, as if You are mercifully present with us, we offer our humble prayers. The imams have no other help, no other intercession, no consolation except You, O Mother of all who grieve and are guided. You are our hope and intercessor, and we trust in You, ourselves, and each other, and we commit our whole life to You forever and ever. Amen.

December 26 (8)- icon of the Mother of God “THREE JOYS” - they pray for the acquittal of the accused, for release from captivity, for the return of what was lost.

Troparion, tone 4:
From Your holy icon/ You filled the heart of a pious wife with unspeakable joy./ O Most Pure Lady of the world,/ Omnipotent Queen of joy, Ever-Virgin creation,/ She returned to her both her husband and her son, and her property,/ Likewise, You are merciful to all of us, grant fulfillment good desires,/ exuding an ever-flowing source of joy to those who pray to You and cry out with all their souls:/ You gave birth to joy to the whole world,/ fill those who honor You with unfailing joy.
Prayer
Oh, Most Holy Virgin, the All-Blessed Son of the All-Blessed Mother, the protection of the reigning city and the holy temple of this temple, faithful representative and intercessor of all! Do not despise the prayers of us, your unworthy servants, but beg your son and our God, so that all of us, with faith and tenderness before your miraculous image, worship, according to every need, grant joy: to the sinner all-effective admonition, repentance and salvation; consolation for those who are in sorrow and sorrow; in the troubles and bitterness of those who remain there is a complete abundance of these; hope and patience for the faint-hearted and unreliable; those who live in joy and abundance give unceasing thanksgiving to God; those who exist in illness are healing and strengthening. O Madam Most Pure! Have mercy on all who honor Your honorable name, and show everyone Your all-powerful protection and intercession: protect and preserve your people from visible and invisible enemies. Establish marriages in love and like-mindedness; educate infants, young ones to be wise, open their minds to the perception of every useful teaching; Protect half-blooded people from domestic quarrels with peace and love, and grant to all of us love, peace and piety and health with long life, so that everyone in heaven and on earth will lead You, as a strong and shameless representative of the Christian race, and these leaders will glorify Thee and Thy Son, with His beginningless Father and His consubstantial Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Icon of the Mother of God “ALL QUEEN” - they pray for healing for cancer diseases.

Troparion, tone 4:
In the joyful image of the honest All-Tsarina, with the warm desire of those seeking Thy grace, save the Lady; deliver those who come running to You from circumstances; Protect Your flock from every adversity, always crying out for Your intercession.
Prayer 1
O Most Pure Mother of God, All-Tsarina! Hear our much-painful sigh before Your miraculous icon, brought from the Athos inheritance to Russia, look upon Your children, those suffering from incurable ailments, who fall to Your holy image with faith! Just as a winged bird covers its chicks, so You are now an ever-living being, covering us with Your multi-healing omophorion. There, where hope disappears, awaken with undoubted Hope. There, where fierce sorrows prevail, Appear with Patience and Weakness. There, where the darkness of despair has settled in the souls, let the ineffable light of the Divine shine! Comfort the faint-hearted, strengthen the weak, grant softening and enlightenment to hardened hearts. Heal Your sick people, O all-merciful Queen! Bless the minds and hands of those who heal us; may they serve as an instrument of the Almighty Physician Christ our Savior. As if You are alive, we pray with us before Your icon, O Lady! Extend Your hand, full of healing and healing, Joy to those who mourn, Consolation to those in sorrow, so that we soon receive miraculous help, we glorify the Life-Giving and Indivisible Trinity, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer 2
All-merciful, venerable Mother of God, Pantanassa, All-Queen! I am not worthy, but come under my roof! But as the merciful God of the Mother of the Mother of God said the word, may my soul be healed and my weak body strengthened. You have an invincible power, and all your words will not fail, O All-Tsaritsa! You beg for me. You begged for me. May I glorify Your glorious name always, now and forever. Amen.

September 16 (29)- Kursk Icon of the Mother of God “PRAISE HUMILITY” - pray for healing from blindness, cholera

Troparion:
An irresistible wall, Your image and source of miracles, just like in ancient times You bestowed Your intercession on the city of Pskov, and now You have mercifully delivered us from all troubles and sorrows and saved our souls like a loving Mother.
Prayer
Oh, Most Holy Lady, Virgin Mother of God, highest Cherub and Most Honest Seraphim, God's chosen Youth! Look from the heights of heaven with Your merciful eye on us, Your unworthy servants, praying with tenderness and tears before Your Most Pure Image; do not deprive us of Your intercession and the protection of the Sovereign in this earthly journey, many-sorrowful and many-rebellious. Save us in the destruction and sorrow of those who exist, raise us up from the depths of sin, enlighten our minds, darkened by passions, and heal the ulcers of our souls and bodies! Oh, All-Generous Mother of the Humane-loving Lord! Surprise us with Your rich mercies, strengthen our weak will to do the commandments of Christ, soften our hardened hearts with love for God and our neighbors, grant us heartfelt contrition and true repentance, so that, having been cleansed from the filth of sin, we may be honored with a peaceful Christian death and a good answer to the Last Thing. impartiality to the Judgment of our Lord Jesus Christ, to Him, with His Beginning Father and the Most Holy, Good and Life-Giving Spirit, is due all glory, honor and worship, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Prayers to the Most Holy Theotokos are most often read along the ladder. The Monk Seraphim of Sarov, to whom the revelation of the Mother of God was given, taught them to read the ladder.

The Ladder (or “crown of roses”) is a rosary prayer with reflections on the most important events in the life of the Lord Jesus Christ and the Mother of God. Joyful, sorrowful and glorious mysteries of the ladder - 15 mystical steps leading to the kingdom of heaven to achieve perfect holiness. Contemplation of God when reading the sacraments opens the heart to the Lord; it becomes a living tablet, contemplating His earthly days.

Seraphim of Sarov invited all believers to read the Mother of God prayers along the ladder. Each link of the ladder is a special step that lifts us above earthly affairs and leads us to God.

The ladder has 5 large links. 10 small rosary beads are connected by large ones. Then there are 3 more small beads, one large one and a cross with the Savior’s crucifixion.

Praying the rosary is very easy. When a large bead is taken, it reads “Our Father...”, and on the small beads one reads “Hail Mary...”, on the cross one reads “I Believe...”. There are 5 sacraments in total - these are the 5 steps of the ladder.

Mother of God and Jesus Christ

First you need to pick up the cross and read “I Believe”, then, holding a large bead in your hand, “Our Father”, then “Hail Mary” three times over the small beads. "Our Father" again. After this, read “Hail Mary” 10 times, “Our Father” - 1 time, “Hail Mary” - 10 times, “Our Father” - 1 time, “Hail Mary” - 10 times, “Our Father” - 1 time, “Hail Mary” - 10 times, “Our Father” - 1 time, “Hail Mary” - 10 times, “Our Father” - 1 time. After this, “Hail Mary” is read again - 3 times, “Our Father” - 1 time and “I Believe”. The praying man again holds the cross in his hands.

This is the full circle of the ladder. Having passed it, a person is purified by his soul and can turn to God with pure thoughts. At the beginning of each sacrament, a petition is pronounced for the forgiveness of sins, for an appeal to the immaculate heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, other petitions, the name of the sacrament is proclaimed, and a thought about it follows. At the end of the sacrament, “Glory...” is read. Usually joyful sacraments are read in the morning, mournful ones in the afternoon, and glorious sacraments in the evening.

In addition to these prayers, the following prayers can be addressed to the Most Holy Theotokos:

Theotokos rule

“Rejoice to the Virgin Mary” is read 150 times daily:

“Virgin Mother of God, rejoice, blessed Mary, the Lord is with you; Blessed are You among women and blessed is the fruit of Your womb, for You have given birth to the Savior of our souls.”

Rejoice to the Virgin Mary

“Our Father, who art in heaven! Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as it is in heaven and on earth. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors; and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.”

“Open the doors of mercy for us, blessed Mother of God, who trust in You, so that we may not perish, but may be delivered from troubles by You: for You are the salvation of the Christian race.”

Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary

“Accept, O All-Powerful, Most Pure Lady Theotokos, these honorable gifts, applied to You alone, from us, Thy unworthy servants, chosen from all generations, the highest of all creatures of heaven and earth. Because for Your sake the Lord of hosts was with us, and through You we knew the Son of God, and became worthy of His holy body and His most pure blood; In the same way, blessed are you in the birth of generations, God-blessed, the most luminous of the cherubim and the most honorable of the seraphim. And now, all-singing, Most Holy Theotokos, do not cease praying for us, Thy unworthy servants, that we may be delivered from every evil advice and from every situation, and that we may be preserved unharmed from every poisonous pretext of the devil. But even to the end, through Your prayers, keep us uncondemned: for through Your intercession and help we are saved; glory, praise, thanksgiving and worship for all in the Trinity to the one God, and all to the Creator, now and ever, and unto ages of ages, amen.”

Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary

In addition to the usual, everyday prayers, a canon to the Blessed Virgin Mary is performed in churches. The solemn prayers of the canon are said on special days.

Song of the Blessed Virgin Mary

“My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. As the humility of His servant was despised, so from now on all of you will please me. For O Mighty One, do greatness to me, and holy is His name, and His mercy throughout all generations of those who fear Him. Create power with Your arm, scatter the proud thoughts of their hearts. Descend the mighty from the throne, and lift up the humble, fill the hungry with good things, and let go of the rich. Israel will receive His servant, remembering His mercies, as He spoke to our fathers, Abraham and his seed, even unto the ages.”

Each verse is accompanied by a song:

“The most honorable cherub and the most glorious without comparison the seraphim, who without incorruption gave birth to God the Word, the real Mother of God. We magnify you.”

Song to the Most Holy Theotokos

“Blessed are you, the Virgin Mother of God: we incarnate from You hell was captivated, Adam cried out, took an oath, Eve was freed, death was slain, and we come to life. Thus we cry hymnically: blessed is Christ God, who is so well-willed, glory to Thee.
Glory to You, who showed us the light.”

Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos by St. Ephraim the Syrian

“Virgin, Lady Theotokos, who, more than nature and word, gave birth to the only begotten Word of God, the Creator and Ruler of all visible and invisible creation, the One of the Trinity of God, God and Man, who became the abode of the Divine, the receptacle of all holiness and grace, in which, by the good pleasure of God and The Father, with the assistance of the Holy Spirit, physically inhabited the Fullness of the Divinity; incomparably exalted by divine dignity and superior to every creature, Glory and Consolation, and the indescribable joy of the Angels, the royal crown of the apostles and prophets, the supernatural and wonderful courage of the martyrs, the Champion of exploits and the Giver of victory, preparing for the ascetics crowns and eternal and divine rewards, honor and the glory of the saints, the infallible Guide and Teacher of silence, the door of revelations and spiritual secrets, the Source of Light, the gate eternal life, inexhaustible river of mercy, inexhaustible sea of ​​all divine gifts and miracles, we ask and beseech You, most compassionate Mother of the philanthropic Master, be merciful to us, your humble and unworthy servants, look compassionately on our captivity and humility, heal the contrition of our souls and bodies, scatter visible and invisible enemies, be for us, unworthy, in the face of our enemies, a strong pillar, a battle weapon, a strong militia, a Commander and an invincible Champion, now show us Your ancient and wonderful mercies, so that our lawless enemies will know that Your Son and God is the only King and Master, that You are truly the Mother of God, who gave birth to the true God in the flesh, that everything is possible for You, and whatever You desire, Lady, You have the power to accomplish all this in Heaven and on earth, and to grant whatever is useful to anyone for every request: to the sick, to those who live on the sea, peace and good sailing. Travel and protect those who travel, save captives from bitter slavery, comfort the sad, alleviate poverty and any other bodily suffering: free everyone from mental ailments and passions, invisible by Your intercessions and suggestions, so that, having completed the path of this temporary life well and without stumbling, we will improve through You and these eternal blessings in the Kingdom of Heaven. Strengthen the faithful, honored by the terrible name of Your Only Begotten Son, who trust in Your intercession and in Your mercy and in everything who have You as their Intercessor and Champion, invisibly against the surrounding enemies, dispel the cloud of despondency that envelops their souls, deliver them from their spiritual situation and give them light complacency and joy, establishing peace and serenity in their hearts. With Your prayers, Lady, save this flock primarily dedicated to You, the entire city and country, from famine, earthquake, flood, fire, sword, invasion of foreigners, internecine warfare, and turn away every righteous wrath that has been brought against us, by the good will and grace of the only begotten Son and Your God, to Him belongs all glory, honor and worship, with His Beginning Father, with His Co-Eternal and Life-Giving Spirit, now and always, and unto the ages of ages. Amen".

Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos, St. John of Kronstadt

“Oh, Lady! Let it not be in vain and in vain that we call You the Lady: reveal and continually manifest over us Your holy, living, effective dominion. Reveal, for you can do everything for good, as the all-good Mother of the all-good King; disperse the darkness of our hearts, repel the arrows of crafty spirits, flatteringly driven towards us. May the peace of Your Son, Your peace reign in our hearts, and let us all ever exclaim with joy: who is after the Lord, as our Lady, our all-good, all-powerful and most swift Intercessor? That is why you are exalted, Lady, that is why you have been given an indescribable abundance of divine grace, that is why ineffable boldness and strength at the throne of God and the gift of almighty prayer have been given to you, that is why you have been adorned with indescribable holiness and purity, that is why you have been given unapproachable power from the Lord, that You may preserve, protect, intercede, purify and save us, the inheritance of Your Son and God, and Yours. Save us, O Most Pure, All-Good, All-Wise and All-Powerful! For you are the Mother of our Savior, Who of all names was most pleased to be called Savior. It is common for us who wander in this life to fall, for we are covered with many-passionate flesh, surrounded by spirits of wickedness in high places, seducing us into sin, we live in an adulterous and sinful world, tempting us to sin; and You are above all sin, You are the most luminous Sun, You are the Most Pure, All-Good and All-Powerful, You tend to cleanse us, defiled by sins, like a mother cleanses her children, if we humbly call on You for help, You tend to raise us, who are constantly falling, to intercede , to protect and save us, those who are cursed from the spirits of evil, and to instruct us to march towards every path of salvation.”