With the blessing of AGAPIT, Bishop of Severodonetsk and Starobelsk

Introduction

Prayer is the breath of a living soul, prayer is a conversation with God, prayer is the power that opens the gates of help from the Heavenly Father to the suffering and laboring servant of God.

By the providence of God to help us on earth, holy intercessors and patrons in a variety of everyday and spiritual needs have been determined.

The prayerful intercession of these saints before the throne of the Lord has great power in invoking God's help to our needs, undertakings and deeds.

This book includes rare prayers that the great Russian saints and ascetics of piety themselves prayed.

In the prayers of the saints, precious spiritual experience is conveyed - covenants, how to relate to loved ones and relatives, enemies and persecutors, how to acquire the gifts of the Holy Spirit, how to start every business, how to pray in trouble, in illness, when death is approaching.

The holy righteous revealed the secret of the birth of these prayers: “It is good to say a few of your words in prayer, breathing with ardent faith and love for the Lord ... And how pleasing to the Lord is this our own babbling, coming directly from a believing, loving and grateful heart, it is impossible to retell: it is necessary only to say that the soul trembles with joy at its words to God ... You will say a few words, and you will taste so much bliss that you will not receive it to such an extent from the longest and most touching prayers of others, out of habit and sincerely pronounced.

For many centuries, these holy prayers with fervent faith and love lead us sinners to the Lord, helping us to overcome our thorny life path in thanksgiving to God for all sorrows, sorrows and oppressions.

The prayers of the saints for the acquisition of gifts

Good Man-lover! Even though you made a creature with a single word and created a man out of it, visit your fallen servant with your inexpressible love of mankind, as if the work of your hand will not perish to the end ... "

“Give me, Lord, to love every one of my neighbors as yourself, always, and for no reason be angry with him and do not work for the devil.

Let me crucify my vanity, pride, covetousness, lack of faith and other passions.

Let us have a name: mutual love; let us believe and hope that for all of us everything is the Lord; let's not bake, let's not worry about anything; May You, our God, be the only God of our heart, and besides You, nothing.

Let us be among ourselves in the unity of love, as it should be, and let everything that separates us from each other and separate us from love be contemptible among us, like dust trampled underfoot. Wake up! Wake up!

If God has given Himself to us, if He abides in us and we are in Him, according to His unfaltering word, then what will He not give me, what will He spare, what will He deprive me of, what will He leave me in?

The Lord shepherds me, and nothing will deprive me ().

So, be very calm, my soul, and know nothing but love.

This I command you, that you love one another ()».

How to pray for the obstinate

Lord, teach Thy servant, who has fallen into the pride of the devil, meekness and humility, and banish from his heart the darkness and the burden of satanic pride!

How to pray for

Lord, do good to this servant of yours (name) by thy grace!

How to pray for and

Our incorruptible treasure and inexhaustible wealth! Grant this servant of yours, created in your image and likeness, to know the flattery of wealth, and like all earthly things - vanity, shade and sleep, Like grass is the days of every person, or like a deep, and like you are the only wealth, our peace and joy!

Do not be embittered by anything, conquer everything with love: all sorts of grievances, whims, all sorts of family troubles. Know nothing but love. Blame always sincerely yourself, recognizing yourself as the culprit of troubles. Say: I am guilty, I am sinful.

Remember that just as you are weak, so is your neighbor, and weakness for weakness is destroyed, and there is nothing to blame the weak and sinners if they confess their weakness. The devil, mighty in evil, must be blamed.

How to pray for

Lord, enlighten the mind and heart of this Thy servant to the knowledge of Thy great, innumerable and inexhaustible gifts, they are also received from Thy innumerable bounties, in the blindness of their passion, forget Thee and Thy rich gifts, and be poor yourself, rich in Thy blessings, and For this reason, he looks more charmingly at the good of Thy servants, image, O unspoken Blessing, spare everyone, each time against his strength and according to the intention of Thy will. Take away, O all-good Master, the veil of the devil from the eyes of the heart of Thy servant and grant him heartfelt contrition and a tear of repentance and thanksgiving, may the enemy not rejoice over him, caught alive from him into his will, and may not tear him out of Thy hand.

How to pray for

Lord, look mercifully upon Your servant, deceived by the flattery of the womb and carnal joy, grant him to know the sweetness of abstinence and fasting and the fruits of the spirit flowing from him.

How to pray for those who are passionate about Brashns ()

Lord, our sweetest Brashno, who never perishes, but dwells in the eternal belly! Cleanse this servant of yours (name) from the filth of gluttony, all flesh created and alien to Your Spirit, and grant him to know the sweetness of Your life-giving spiritual brush, which is Your flesh and blood and Your holy, living and active word.

Prayers of saints for peace in the family

The saint's prayers for the pacification of the soul and for the

Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of God: my soul is mad with evil. Lord, help us. Give me, let me be satisfied and I, like a dog from grains falling from the meal of Your servants. Amen.

Have mercy on me, O Lord, the Son of God, the Son of David according to the flesh, as if you had mercy on the Canaanites: my soul is mad with anger, rage, evil lust and other pernicious passions. God! Help me, I cry to Thee, not walking on earth, but seated at the right hand of the Father in heaven. Hey, Lord! Give me a heart with faith and love to follow Your humility, goodness, meekness and long-suffering, and in Your eternal Kingdom I will be able to partake of the meal of Your servants, whom you have chosen. Amen.

The Reverend's Prayer

Forgive me, Lord, for I am very weak, and grant me Your peace, which You give to Your servants.

Prayer of Elder Eustratius Glinsky

Lord, give me a spirit of meekness, to be meek towards my neighbors and refrain from anger.

Grant me the spirit of humility, so that I do not think highly of myself and do not be proud.

Prayers for the success of every business

The Athonite elder Kirik taught how to properly pray for the success of every business: “Do not start any business before, even the smallest and most insignificant, until you call on God to help You complete this business. The Lord spoke: “Without Me you can do nothing,” that is, neither say nor think. In other words: without Me you have no right to do any good deed! And therefore, it is necessary to call on the grace-filled help of God, either in words or mentally:

God bless! God help me! Without God's help we cannot do anything useful and saving; and if we do something without asking for the grace-filled help of God for our work, then by doing this we only reveal our spiritual pride and resist God. But by invoking the name of God, we receive a blessing from the Lord ... At every slightest deed and the beginning of this deed: whether we are walking on a level place or on a rough road (this word refers to our various deeds and activities in all types and kinds) - always cry out to the Lord about help, otherwise there will be no prosperity.

Prayers for us and for our enemies, for the relentless help of God

Saint's prayers

Do not leave me, Lord my God, do not depart from me; hearken to my help, O Lord of my salvation.

Whoever offends you either by word or deed, do not be angry with him, but forgive him from your heart and, leaving, pray for him, saying:

Lord, leave him (or her).

The Reverend's Prayer for Those Who Offend Us

The soul cannot have peace unless it prays for the enemies. The soul, taught to pray from the grace of God, loves and pities every creature, and especially man, for whom the Lord suffered on the cross and was sick in soul for all of us.

The Lord taught me to love my enemies. Without the grace of God, we cannot love our enemies, but the Holy Spirit teaches love, and then it will be a pity even for demons: we have lost humility and love for God.

I beg you, try it. Who insults you, or dishonors you, or takes away what is yours, or persecutes the Church, then pray to the Lord, saying: “Lord, we are all Your creation; have pity on your servants, and turn them to repentance,” and then you will perceptibly carry grace in your soul. First, force your heart to love your enemies, and the Lord, seeing your good desire, will help you in everything, and experience itself will show you. And whoever thinks evil of his enemies, there is no love of God in him, and he did not know God.

If you pray for your enemies, peace will come to you; and when you love your enemies, then know that the grace of God lives in you great, but I do not say yet - perfect, but sufficient for salvation. And if you reproach your enemies, this means that an evil spirit lives in you and brings evil thoughts into your heart, for, as the Lord said, evil or good thoughts come from the heart.

A good man thinks: everyone who strays from the truth perishes, and therefore he is pitiful. And whoever has not been taught love by the Holy Spirit will certainly not pray for enemies. Having been taught love from the Holy Spirit, he grieves all his life for people who are not saved, and sheds many tears for the people, and the grace of God gives him the strength to love his enemies.

If you do not have love, then at least do not revile or curse them; and it will be better; and if someone curses and scolds, an evil spirit clearly lives in him, and if he does not repent, then after death he will go to where the evil spirits are. May the Lord deliver every soul from such trouble.

Understand. It is so simple. Pity those people who do not know God or go against God; my heart aches for them, and tears flow from my eyes. We can clearly see both paradise and torment; we

know it by the Holy Spirit. So the Lord said: The kingdom of God is within you (). So from here eternal life begins; and eternal torment from here begins.

Prayer of St. Simeon the New Theologian

Do not let me, Lord God, temptation or sorrow, or illness beyond my strength, but deliver them from them, or grant me the strength to endure them with thanksgiving.

The Widow's Prayer for Protection, for Help, for the Enlightenment and Softening of Offenders (compiled by Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duchess Olga)

O merciful Lord, my God Jesus Christ, my soul abides after Thee, and Thy right hand is acceptable to me: incline your ear come to me and hear my prayer. And give me a way to find, by which I will receive to please You: for I thirst for the source of salvation.

Be my helper and do not leave me, O God my Savior, for my Father and my mother have left me, and my wife has been deprived; from him I have taken one son, and that one is disobedient and unfaithful, and so are unbelieving people.

But you, Lord, have called me alone to hope.

But, Lord, I trust in Your mercy and in the abyss of Your bounties, my soul puts hope and, resorting to You, I pray: teach me to do Your will and save me from this kind of obstinate, many unfaithful people.

If they have erred the essence of Your grace, but You, Lord, for the sake of Your humanity, do not despise them, but visit and call to the mind, and bring to your knowledge.

As if from me of old you appropriated Thy heritage, so, Lord, and these people, ailing with unbelief, heal with good faith and, turning to You, attracted, and even you, once enlightened by You, will glorify the name of Your Most Holy Father and Son and Holy Spirit for generations, and for generations, and forever.

Prayer of Saint Righteous John of Kronstadt

Lord, You are the Judge of the earth, You do not love unrighteousness, hear my unworthy prayer and send Your strength, and send Your help where enemies visible and invisible meet me, and so that pillars stand in the place where Your strength meets them. Amen.

The prayer of the saint for every hour

Blessed be the day and the hour, in which my Lord Jesus Christ was born for me, suffered crucifixion and suffered death. O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, at the hour of my death, receive the spirit of Thy servant, in wandering, by the prayers of Thy Most Pure Mother and all Thy saints. Amen.

How to pray in and persecution

Saint Silouan of Athos spoke about how to pray in sorrow and persecution:

“The Lord loves people, but sends sorrows so that people would know their weakness, and humble themselves, and receive the Holy Spirit for their humility, and with the Holy Spirit - everything is good, everything is joyful, everything is beautiful.

Another suffers a lot from poverty and illness, but does not humble himself and therefore suffers without benefit. And whoever humbles himself will be pleased with every fate, because the Lord is his wealth and joy, and all people will marvel at the beauty of his soul.

You say: I have a lot of grief. But I will tell you, or, better, the Lord Himself says: humble yourself, and you will see that your troubles will turn into peace, so that you yourself will be surprised and say: “Why did I suffer and grieve so much before?” But now you rejoice, because you have humbled yourself and the grace of God has come; now you, at least alone, were sitting in poverty, joy will not leave you, because in your soul you have peace, about which the Lord said: My peace I give you. Thus the Lord gives peace to every humble soul.”

Prayer of George the Recluse, Zadonsky

My only consolation in sorrow, my Savior! Do not allow me to deviate from You: accept this cry of my heart, O my joy! God of my heart! Hear my prayer, and let my cry come to Thee.

Various prayers for the opening of spiritual eyes (compiled by St. Tikhon of Zadonsk)

God! Save me, I'm dying. Behold, my ship is in distress from the temptation of the waves, and there is near sinking. You, as God is merciful and compassionate with our infirmities, by Your omnipotent power, forbid the excitement of disasters that want to immerse me and bring me down into the depths of evil, and there will be silence, as the winds and the sea will listen to You. Amen.

Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of God. Have mercy, Jesus, Son of God. May my eyes be opened, that I may see Your light and walk in You.

The Reverend's Prayer

Lord, grant me Your grace, - this is how the reverend elder Nectarios taught to pray and said: “And now a cloud is coming at you, and you are praying: give me grace- and the Lord will carry the cloud past.

Prayers read in case of loss, loss of any property

(Reverend Aretha of the Caves)

Lord have mercy! Lord, forgive me! Everything is yours, I do not regret it!

The Lord gave. The Lord has taken, blessed be the name of the Lord.

Prayer of the persecuted by people (compiled by St. Ignatius Brianchaninov)

You are used to looking at your body as an inalienable property, but this is extremely unfair, because your body is God's building.

Glory to Thee, Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of the Father without beginning, heal every ailment and every ailment in people, as if you had mercy on me, a sinner, and delivered me from my illness, not allowing it to develop and kill me according to my sins. Grant me from now on, Lord, the strength to firmly do Your will for the salvation of my accursed soul and for Your glory with Your Father without beginning and Your Spirit consubstantial, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Through the prayers of the Mother of God and all Your saints, hear me, Lord. Amen.

Most Holy Theotokos Virgin, who lives and saves your legacy after death, hear the sigh of my soul, calling you for help!

Descend from heaven, come and touch my mind and heart, open the sight of my soul, let me see Thee, my Lady, and Thy Son, the Creator, Christ and my God, and I will understand what His will is and what I am deprived of. Hey, my Lady, feast on Your help and pray to Your Son, may He visit me with His grace, and with the bonds of His love, chained at His feet, I will remain forever, if in wounds and illness, if sick and relaxed in body but at His feet.

I call on you, Lord Jesus! You are my sweetness, life, health, joy more than this world of joy, the whole composition of my life. You are a light more than any light. I see my body motionless from illness, I feel the relaxation of all my members, the pain in my bones. But, O my light, how the rays of Thy light, falling on my wounds, delight me! Warmed by their warmth, I forget everything and at Your feet with my tears I wash my sins, I rise, I brighten.

This is the only thing I ask of You, my Jesus - do not turn Your face away from me, let me forever at Your feet joyfully mourn my sins, for at the sight of You, Lord, repentance and tears are sweeter for me than the joys of the whole world.

O light, my joy, my sweetness, Jesus! Do not reject me from Thy feet, my Jesus, but by my prayer be with me always, and living by Thee, I glorify Thee with the Father and the Spirit forever. Through the prayers of the Mother of God and all Your saints, hear me, Lord, Amen.

Prayers before your death

Prayer of St. Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow

Master Lord Almighty, receive my spirit in peace; send from Your most holy glory the peaceful Angel leading me to the three-sun Divinity, so that the chief of darkness with his powers does not stop me on the way; do not shame me before your angels and number me among the elect; like blessed forever. Amen.

Prayer of the holy noble prince Andrei Bogolyubsky

Lord, look at my infirmity and see my humility, and my evil sorrow, and my sorrow, which now possesses me! Yes, trusting, I endure about all these. I thank Thee, O Lord, for Thou hast humbled my soul, and in Thy Kingdom make me a partaker! And now, Lord, if they shed my blood, and count me among the saints, Thy martyrs, Lord!

Prayer of the Monk Paphnutius of Borovsky

Omnipotent Heavenly King! I pray to Thee, my Master, Jesus Christ, be merciful to my soul, may it not be restrained by nasty deceit, but may Your angels humble me, leading her through the slyness of those gloomy ordeals and instructing the light of Your mercy. We bo and az, Master, as if without Your intercession no one can escape the wiles of the spirits of wickedness.

Prayer of St. Alexander Svirsky

God, cleanse me, a sinner, and have mercy on me, and forgive me, Lord God, Merciful Savior! Give me, Lord, a Christian end with the Most Pure Body and with the Holy Blood, with tears and repentance. Deliver, O Lord, eternal torment, unquenchable fire, unsleeping worm, and boiling tar. Lord, You created me, Lord, have mercy on me, Lord, I am Your creation. Amen.

How to pray for

“When you pray for the repose of the soul of the deceased,” writes the holy righteous John of Kronstadt, “force yourself to pray for him with all your heart, remembering that this is your essential duty, and not just one priest and cleric. Imagine how much rest is necessary for the deceased and how he needs prayer for him alive, being a member of the one body of the Church; how demons dispute his soul with the angels, and how it trembles, not knowing what fate will befall it forever. The prayer of faith and love for the deceased means a lot before the Lord. Imagine also how much peace is necessary for you when you are bound by the captives of the falls, and how then you zealously, with what sincerity, ardor, and strength you pray to the Lord and the Most Pure Theotokos, and how you rejoice and triumph when, after fervent prayer, you receive deliverance from sins and peace sincere. Apply this to the soul of the deceased: and his soul also needs prayer - now yours, because it itself cannot pray fruitfully; and his soul needs rest, which you can ask for him with warm prayer, with good deeds in favor of his soul, and especially by offering a bloodless sacrifice for him. Pray for the departed as if your soul were in hell, in flames, and you yourself were tormented; feel their torment in your heart and ardently pray for their repose in a brighter and greener place, in a place of relaxation.

The Reverend's Prayer for a Parent Who Died Without Repentance

Seek, O Lord, the lost soul of my father, if it is possible to eat, have mercy! Your destinies are unsearchable. Do not put me in the sin of this prayer of mine. But may your holy will be done.

What can be more important for a believer than peace and prosperity in the family? Orthodox family peace prayers The saints also offered up to the Lord, asking Him for help and intercession, Fr.

Miraculous Prayer of St. Tikhon of Zadonskfamily well-being andappeasing the raging soul, and taming the passions

Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of God: my soul is mad with evil. Lord, help us. Give me, let me be satisfied and I, like a dog from grains falling from the meal of Your servants. Amen.

Have mercy on me, O Lord, the Son of God, the Son of David according to the flesh, as if you had mercy on the Canaanites: my soul is mad with anger, rage, evil lust and other pernicious passions. God! Help me, I cry to Thee, not walking on earth, but dwelling at the right hand of the Father in heaven. Hey, Lord! Give me a heart with faith and love to follow Your humility, goodness, meekness and long-suffering, and in Your eternal Kingdom I will be able to partake of the meal of Your servants, whom you have chosen. Amen.

Orthodox prayersabout peace in the familySaint Silouan of Athos

Forgive me, Lord, for I am very weak, and grant me Your peace, which You give to Your servants.

Christian prayerabout family well-beingElder Eustratius Glinsky

Lord, give me a spirit of meekness, to be meek towards my neighbors and refrain from anger. Grant me the spirit of humility, so that I do not think highly of myself and do not be proud.

According to Jesus' contemporaries, he, Jesus, was the real prophet. The gospel narratives are replete with reflections of his contemporaries: "A great prophet has arisen among us" (Luke 7:16), and also: "This is truly the Prophet Who is to come into the world" (John 6:14).

When Jesus, on the way to Caesarea Philippi, asked the disciples who the people thought he was, they brought the voice of the crowd to him: “For John the Baptist, others for Elijah, and others for one of the prophets” (Mark 8:28). Jesus never directly conferred on himself, although some scenes in the gospel narrative reveal an affinity with "prophetic initiation". This is the scene of the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist: “And as he was coming out of the water, immediately John saw the heavens open, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove” (Mark 1:10).

This descent of the Spirit is reminiscent of Isaiah 63:14: "The Spirit descends from the Lord and leads them."

In his actions, he appeared as a prophet of the present times, following the pattern of the ancient prophets, who performed symbolic actions, invoked God's curses on the wicked, called the people to purity of morals and true worship.

Jesus, like the ancient prophets, to those cities that did not listen to him - to Chorazin, Bethsaida or Jerusalem: “Woe to you, Chorazin! woe to you, Bethsaida! (Matthew 11:21)… “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to you! How many times have I wanted to gather your children together, as a bird gathers her chicks under her wings, but you did not want to! Behold, your house is left to you empty” (Matt. 23:37-38).

Marriage is a sacred union between a man and a woman in the Lord. In order for their love to be as perfect as God created it, it must be unique, inseparable, never-ending and Divine. The Lord not only gave this institution, but also gives the power to fulfill it in the Sacrament of Christian marriage in the Church. In it, man and woman are given the opportunity to become one spirit and one flesh, which cannot be achieved by human love alone. Christian marriage is essentially a union of two persons in love, human love, which, through the mysterious grace of the Holy Spirit, can be transformed into an eternal bond, not broken even by death. But this sacramental transformation does not in the least suppress human nature, the whole complex of emotions and actions associated with marital relationships. The family is a unique union of two spouses in love, two beings who can transcend their own human nature and be united not only "to each other" but also "in Christ." The very birth of children in the family is the fruit of real knowledge and the real completed fullness of married life. The appearance of a third child in the family is considered as a God-established creative act, performed “in the image of God”. The birth of the fruit of love turns the two into a trinity, making it possible to more fully reflect the Divine love in earthly life.

Saints righteous Joachim and ANNAparents Holy Mother of God
Prayer
About the glorification of the Righteous of Christ, the holy Fathers of God Joachim and Anna, coming to the heavenly Throne of the Great Tsar and having great boldness towards Him, as if from your Blessed Daughter, the Most Pure Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, who deigned to incarnate, to you, as powerful intercessors and zealous prayer books for us, we resort to sin and unworthiness. Pray for His goodness, as if He would turn away His anger from us, according to our deeds righteously moved against us, and even despising our countless sins, turn us to the path of repentance and to the path of His commandments and confirm us. Also, with your prayers, save our belly in the world and ask for good haste in all good things, all that is necessary for us from God to the belly and piety, from all misfortunes and troubles and vain death, by your intercession delivering us, and protecting us from all enemies visible and invisible , as if we would live a quiet and silent life in all piety and purity, and so in the world this temporary life has passed away, we will achieve eternal peace, even if by your holy supplication let us be vouchsafed to the Heavenly Kingdom of Christ our God, to Him with the Father and the Holy Spirit all glory befits , honor and worship forever and ever. Amen.

PROPHET ZECHARIAH AND RIGHTEOUS ELIZABETH John the Baptist's parents
Prayer
O holy saints of God, the prophet Zechariah and the righteous Elisabeth! Having fought a good feat on earth, you naturally received in heaven the crown of righteousness, which the Lord has prepared for all those who love Him. Meanwhile, looking at your holy image, we rejoice in the glorious end of your residence and honor your holy memory. But you, standing before the Throne of God, accept our prayers and bring to the All-Merciful God, to forgive us every sin and help us become against the wiles of the devil, and get rid of sorrows, illnesses, troubles and misfortunes and all evil, we will live piously and righteously in the present forever and let us be honored by your intercession, if not worthy of us, to see the good on the land of the living, glorifying the One in His saints glorifying God, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever. Amen.

Holy Martyrs ADRIAN and NATALIA
Prayer
O sacred couple, the holy martyrs of Christ Adrian and Natalia, blessed spouses and good sufferers! Hear us, praying to you with tears, and send down on us all that is useful to our souls and our bodies, and pray to Christ God, have mercy on us and do with us according to His mercy, that we not perish in our sins. Hey, holy martyrs! Receive the voice of our prayer, and deliver us with your prayers from gladness, destruction, coward, flood, fire, hail, sword, invasion of foreigners and internecine warfare, from sudden death and from all troubles, sorrows and illnesses, but strengthen with your prayers and intercession let us glorify the Lord Jesus Christ, to whom all glory, honor and worship is due, with His Father without beginning and the Most Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.

Holy Martyrs Chrysanthus and Darius
Prayer

Holy God and rest in the saints, with a three-holy voice in heaven from an angel hymned, on earth from a man praised in His saints, giving by Your Holy Spirit grace to anyone according to the measure of the gift of Christ, and then setting up the Church of Your Holy Apostles, ov prophets, ov evangelizers , ov shepherds and teachers, by their word of preaching, to You Himself acting all in all, many have been made holy in every kind and kind, pleasing You with various benefactors, and to You, leaving us the image of their good deeds, having passed away in joy, prepare, in it the temptations of the bysh themselves, and to help us who are being let down. Remembering all these saints and Chrysanthus and Darius and praising their charitable life, I praise You Samago, who acted in them, I praise, and one of Your blessings of giving to be believing, diligently I pray to Thee, Holy of Holies, let the sinner follow their teaching, life, love, faith , longsuffering, and their prayerful help, more than Thy omnipotent grace, heavenly glory with them, praising Thy Most Holy Name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever. Amen.

Holy Blessed Prince DIMITRY Donskoy and Saint Euphrosyne of Moscow

Troparion Bl. book. Dimitry Donskoy, voice 3

Great find in troubles the champion of the Russian Land, / conquering tongues. / As if on Don Mamaev you laid down pride, / for this feat, having received the blessing of St. Sergius, / so, Prince Dimitri, praying to Christ God, / grant us great mercy.

Troparion of St. Euphrosyne of Moscow, tone 8

According to the earthly widowhood of the Heavenly Bridegroom, having taken away yourself / and lived ascetically in the princely chertoz, / later you left both the chamber and your children for the sake of God, Reverend Euphrosyne, / and, having entered the monastery created by you, / and in a monastic image you showed many feats / and your holy life, by the grace of God, crowned you with a blessed end. / And now, standing before Christ God, // pray that our souls be saved.

Saints KYRIL and MARIA of Radonezhparents prp. Sergius of Radonezh
Prayer
O servant of God, Saint Cyril and Mary! Even if you ended your temporary life in body, but do not depart from us in spirit, guide us to Christ God, instruct us to walk according to the commandments of the Lord and carry our cross and follow our Master. You, reverend, together with our reverend and God-bearing Father Sergius, your beloved son, have boldness towards Christ our God and His Holy Mother of God. Wake up prayer books and intercessors for us, the unworthy ones, who live in your holy monastery, and you are the rulers of it. Be God’s helpers and intercessors to this assembled squad, so that those who live in this place and come in faith, keep your prayers, unharmed from demons and from evil people, glorify the Holy Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever, and in ages of ages. Amen.

Saints Sergius and Barbaraparents prp. Alexander Svirsky

The holy parents of St. Alexander of Svir - Stefan and Vassa, after their son left home, lamented for a long time about the disappearance of their son, not knowing whether he was alive. Only three years later they learned that their son lives on Valaam. Stefan went to the Valaam Monastery to see him and beg him to return home. But to all the persuasion, the Monk replied: “... now go to your house in peace, and everything, the fir-tree promised me your collected estate, sell it, and give it to the poor ... I pray you, my father, arrange it in your house and go to the monastery of the Most Holy Theotokos to the Island, and there you will be tonsured, and you will receive the salvation of your soul ... ". Through the fervent prayers of the Monk Alexander, his father soon did just that. Arriving home, he corrected what was required, distributed his estate and retired to the Ostrovskaya Entrance to the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos Monastery, where he took tonsure with the name of Sergius. His wife followed him, taking the name of Barbara in monasticism. Having lived piously, schemamonk Sergius and schema-nun Varvara peacefully reposed in the Lord around 1477-1480. They were buried in the lower floor of the Church of the Epiphany (now not preserved), in the chapel of the Transfiguration of the Lord.
The Church of the Epiphany, where the saints were buried, was completely destroyed in atheistic times. Today, in the current Vvedenoyatsky Monastery, the tombstones of St. Sergius and Barbara are installed on this site.

Holy Blessed Prince PETER and Princess FEVRONIA of Murom
Prayer
About the greatness of the saints of God and the wonderworkers of the future, the faithfulness of Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia, the city of Murom, the intercessor and guardian, and for all of us, zeal for the Lord of prayer! We resort to you and pray to you with strong hope: offer up your holy prayers for us sinners to the Lord God, and ask His goodness for all that is beneficial to our souls and our bodies: faith in the right, hope for the good, love is not hypocritical, piety is unshakable, in good deeds prosperity, pacification of the world, fruitfulness of the earth, well-being of the air, health of the body and salvation of souls. Intercede from the King of Heaven, the Church of Saints and the entire power of Russia, peace, silence and prosperity, and for all of us a prosperous life and a good Christian death. Protect our Fatherland and all Russian cities from all evil; and all the faithful people who come to you and worship with your holy relics, overshadow the grace-filled action of your God-pleasing prayers, and fulfill all their petitions for the good. Hey, miracle workers of the saints! Do not despise our prayers, which are offered to you today with compunction, but wake up intercession for us to the Lord, and make us worthy of your help to improve eternal salvation and inherit the Kingdom of Heaven: let us glorify the inexpressible love of mankind of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, in the Trinity worshiping God, in ages of ages. Amen.

Royal martyrs

Prayer

O holy passion-bearer Tsar Martyr Nicholas! The Lord has chosen His anointed one, in a hedgehog mercifully and the right to judge by your people and the guardian of the Orthodox Church. For this sake, with the fear of God, you performed the royal service and care for the souls. The Lord, testing you, like Job the Long-suffering, allow reproach, bitter sorrow, betrayal, betrayal, alienation from your neighbors and abandonment in the spiritual anguish of the earthly kingdom. All this for the good of Russia, like her faithful son, having endured and, like a true servant of Christ, a martyr’s death, you reached the Kingdom of Heaven, where you enjoy the Highest glory at the Throne of all the Tsar, together with your holy wife, Tsarina Alexandra and royal children Alexy, Olga , Tatian, Mary and Anastasia. Now, having the boldness of the greatness of Christ the King, pray that the Lord forgive the sin of the apostasy of our people and grant forgiveness of sins and instruct us in every virtue, may we acquire humility, meekness and love and be vouchsafed the Kingdom of Heaven, where together with you and all the saints, the new martyrs and Russian confessors let us glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

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