The prayer is warm and the wall is insurmountable. Canons and prayers for preparation for the Sacraments of Confession and Holy Communion

Sung in every spiritual sorrow and situation, Creation of Theostirikt the monk
Troparion to the Mother of God, tone 4
Let us now diligently approach 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 had mercy on us, struggling, we are perishing from many sins, do not turn away your slaves, for you are the only hope of the imams. (Twice)

Glory, even now: Let us never be silent, O Mother of God, in speaking Your strength to unworthiness: if You had not stood before us, praying, who would have delivered us from so many troubles, who would have kept us free until now? We will not retreat, O Lady, from You: for Your servants always save you from all evil ones.

Psalm 50
Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy, and according to the multitude of Your mercies, cleanse my iniquity. Above all, wash me from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin; for I know my iniquity, and I will take away my sin before me. You alone have I sinned and done evil before You; for you may be justified in all of Your words, and you will always be victorious when You judge. Behold, I was conceived in iniquity, and my mother gave birth to me in sins. Behold, you have loved the truth; You have revealed to me the unknown and secret wisdom of Yours. Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed; Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. There is joy and gladness in my hearing; The bones of the humble will rejoice. Turn it away your face Cleanse me from my sins and all my iniquities. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb. Do not cast me away from Your presence and do not take Your Holy Spirit away from me. Reward into the world the joy of Your salvation and strengthen me with the Lord’s Spirit. I will teach the wicked Your way, and the wicked will turn to You. Deliver me from bloodshed, O God, God of my salvation; My tongue will rejoice in Your righteousness. Lord, open my mouth, and my mouth will declare your praise. As if you had desired sacrifices, you would have given them: you do not favor burnt offerings. The sacrifice to God is a broken spirit; God will not despise a broken and humble heart. Bless Zion, O Lord, with Your favor, and may the walls of Jerusalem be built. Then be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, the wave offering and the burnt offering; Then they will place the bullock on Your altar.

Canon to the Most Holy Theotokos, tone 8
Song 1
Irmos: Having passed through the water like dry land, and having escaped the evil of Egypt, the Israelite cried out: We will give drink to our deliverer and our God.

Chorus: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Contained by many misfortunes, I resort to You, seeking salvation: O Mother of the Word and the Virgin, save me from heavy and cruel things.

Passions trouble me and many despondencies fill my soul; die, O Young Lady, with the silence of Your Son and God, All-Immaculate.

Glory: Having given birth to You and God as Savior, I pray, O Virgin, to be delivered from the cruel ones: for now, running to You, I extend both my soul and my thoughts.

And now: Sick in body and soul, grant the visitation of the Divine and providence from You, the only Godmother, as a good Mother of God.

Song 3
Irmos: The Supreme Creator of the heavenly circle, O Lord, and the Creator of the Church, Thou strengthen me in Thy love, the desires of the land, the true affirmation, the only Lover of Mankind.

I entrust the intercession and protection of my life to Thee, Virgin Mother of God: Thou feed me to Thy refuge, guilty of the good; true statement, the All-Singing One.

I pray, Virgin, to destroy the storm of my spiritual confusion and sorrow: You, O Blessed One of God, gave birth to the ruler of the silence of Christ, the only Most Pure One.

Glory: Having given birth to the good and guilty, the benefactor, pour out wealth to everyone, for all you can, as she gave birth to the mighty one in the strength of Christ, the blessed one.

And now: To him who is tormented by fierce ailments and painful passions, O Virgin, help me: for I know You’s inexhaustible treasure, Most Immaculate, inexhaustible.

Save Thy servants from troubles, Mother of God, for we all run to You according to God, as an unbreakable wall and intercession.

Look with mercy, O all-sung Mother of God, on my fierce body, and heal the illness of my soul.

Troparion, tone 2
Warm prayer and an insurmountable wall, source of mercy, refuge of the world, we diligently cry out to Thee: Mother of God, Lady, advance and deliver us from troubles, the only one who will soon appear.

Song 4
Irmos: I heard, O Lord, Thy sacrament, I understood Thy works and glorified Thy Divinity.

The confusion of my passions, the helmsman who gave birth to the Lord, and the storm of my sins calmed, O Bride of God.

Grant me the abyss of Thy mercy, which gave birth to the Blessed One and the Savior of all who sing to Thee.

Enjoying, O Most Pure One, Your gifts, we sing in thanksgiving, Our Lady leading Thee.

Glory: On the bed of my illness and infirmity, I prostrate myself, as the Lover of Grace, help the Mother of God, the only Ever-Virgin.

And now: Hope and affirmation and salvation belong to the immovable wall of You, the All-Singing One, we get rid of every inconvenience.

Song 5
Irmos: Enlighten us with Your commandments, O Lord, and with Your high arm grant us Your peace, O Lover of Mankind.

Fill, O Pure One, my heart with joy, Thy incorruptible joy that gives birth to joy, which gave birth to the guilty.

Deliver us from troubles, pure Mother of God, having given birth to eternal deliverance, and peace that prevails over all minds.

Glory: Resolve the darkness of my sins, Bride of God, with the enlightenment of Your Grace, Who gave birth to the Divine and Eternal Light.

And now: Heal, O Pure One, the infirmity of my soul, worthy of Thy visitation, and grant me health through Thy prayers.

Song 6
Irmos: I will pour out a prayer to the Lord, and to Him I will proclaim my sorrows, for my soul is filled with evil, and my stomach is approaching hell, and I pray like Jonah: from aphids, O God, lift me up.

As if He saved death and aphids, He Himself gave away death, corruption and death my former nature, Virgin, pray to the Lord and Thy Son, to deliver me from the enemies of crime.

We know You as your representative and steadfast guardian, O Virgin, and I solve rumors of misfortunes and drive away taxes from demons; and I always pray to deliver me from the aphids of my passions.

Glory: Like a wall of refuge for an acquisitor, and all-perfect salvation for souls, and space in sorrows, O Young Lady, and through Thy enlightenment we ever rejoice: O Lady, save us now from passions and troubles.

And now: I now lie on my sickbed, and there is no healing for my flesh: but, having given birth to the God and Savior of the world and the Savior of ailments, I pray to You, O Good One: raise me from aphids and ailments.

Kontakion, tone 6
The intercession of Christians is shameless, the intercession to the Creator is immutable, do not despise the sinful prayers of the voice, but advance, as the Good One, to the aid of us who faithfully call upon Ty; hasten to prayer, and strive to entreat, ever interceding, the Mother of God, those who honor Thee.

Another kontakion, same voice
There are no imams of other help, no imams of other hope, except for You, Most Pure Virgin. Help us, we rely on You, and we boast in You, for we are Your servants, let us not be ashamed.

Stichera, same voice
Do not entrust me to human intercession, Most Holy Lady, but accept the prayer of Thy servant: for sorrow will hold me, I cannot endure demonic shooting, there is no protection for the imam, below where I will resort, the accursed one, we are always defeated, and there is no consolation for the imam, except for You, the Lady of the world, the hope and intercession of the faithful, do not despise my prayer, make it useful.

Song 7
Irmos: The youths who came from Judea, in Babylon, sometimes, by the faith of the Trinity, asked the flames of the cave, singing: God of the fathers, blessed art thou.

Just as you wanted to arrange our salvation, O Savior, you moved into the Virgin’s womb, and you showed the world a representative: our father, God, blessed are you.

The Commander of mercy, Whom you gave birth to, O pure Mother, beg him to get rid of sins and spiritual defilements by faith: our father, God, blessed are you.

Glory: The Treasure of salvation and the Source of incorruption, who gave birth to You, and the pillar of affirmation, and the door of repentance, you showed to those calling: our father, God, blessed are you.

And now: Bodily weaknesses and mental ailments, O Theotokos, with the love of those who approach Thy blood, O Virgin, vouchsafe to heal, Who gave birth to us the Savior Christ.

Song 8
Irmos: Praise and exalt the Heavenly King, Whom all the angels sing, to all ages.

Do not despise those who demand help from You, O Virgin, who sing and extol You forever.

You heal the infirmity of my soul and bodily illnesses, Virgin, may I glorify You, Pure, forever.

Glory: You pour out a wealth of healing to those who faithfully sing of Thee, O Virgin, and to those who extol Thy ineffable Nativity.

And now: You drive away adversity and the onset of passions, O Virgin: therefore we sing of You forever and ever.

Song 9
Irmos: We truly confess You, the Mother of God, saved by You, a pure Virgin, with your disembodied faces majestic.

Do not turn away from the current of my tears, Even though you have taken away every tear from every face, the Virgin who gave birth to Christ.

Fill my heart with joy, O Virgin, who accepts the fulfillment of joy and consumes sinful sadness.

Be a refuge and intercession for those who come running to You, O Virgin, and an unbreakable wall, a refuge and cover and joy.

Glory: Illuminate Your light with the dawns, O Virgin, driving away the darkness of ignorance, faithfully confessing Theotokos to You.

And now: In the place of the embitterment of the infirmity of the humbled one, Heal, Virgin, transforming from ill health into health.

Stichera, tone 2
The highest of the heavens and the purest of the lordships of the sun, who delivered us from the oath, Let us honor the Lady of the world with songs.

Because of my many sins my body is weak, my soul is also weak; I come running to You, Most gracious, the hope of the unreliable, You help me.

Mistress and Mother of the Deliverer, accept the prayer of Your unworthy servants, and intercede with Him who was born of You; Oh, Lady of the world, be the Intercessor!

Let us diligently sing a song to You now, the all-sung Mother of God, joyfully: with the Forerunner and all the saints, pray to the Mother of God to be generous to us.

All the angels of the army, the Forerunner of the Lord, the twelve apostles, all the saints with the Mother of God, say a prayer that we may be saved.

Prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary
To my most blessed queen, my hope to the Mother of God, friend of the orphans and strange representatives, the sorrowful with joy, the offended patroness! See my misfortune, see my sorrow, help me as I am weak, feed me as I am strange. Weigh my offense, resolve it as you will: for I have no other help except You, no other representative, no good comforter, except You, O God of God, for you will preserve me and cover me forever and ever. Amen.

To whom shall I cry, Lady? To whom shall I resort in my sorrow, if not to You, Queen of Heaven? Who will accept my cry and my sighing, if not You, Most Immaculate, the hope of Christians and refuge for us sinners? Who will protect you more in adversity? Hear my groaning, and incline Your ear to me, the Lady of the Mother of my God, and do not despise me, who requires Your help, and do not reject me, a sinner. Enlighten and teach me, Queen of Heaven; do not depart from me, Thy servant, O Lady, for my murmuring, but be my Mother and intercessor. I entrust myself to Your merciful protection: lead me, a sinner, to a quiet and serene life, so that I may weep for my sins. To whom shall I resort when I am guilty, if not to You, the hope and refuge of sinners, with the hope of Your ineffable mercy and Thy generosity? Oh, Lady Queen of Heaven! You are my hope and refuge, protection and intercession and help. To my most kind and speedy intercessor! Cover my sins with Your intercession, protect me from enemies visible and invisible; soften your hearts evil people, rebelling against me. O Mother of the Lord my Creator! You are the root of virginity and the unfading color of purity. Oh, Mother of God! Give me help to those who are weak with carnal passions and sick at heart, for one thing is Yours and with You, Your Son and our God, the imam intercession; and through Your wonderful intercession may I be delivered from all misfortune and adversity, O most immaculate and glorious Mother of God, Mary. In the same way I say and cry out with hope: Rejoice, full of grace, rejoice, full of joy; Rejoice, most blessed one, the Lord is with you.

According to biblical teaching, despondency and sorrow are states of the sinful plan. Since a person, falling into them, ceases to represent a phenomenon of life and does not emit vital energy. But it is said: “Let it be according to your light” (Apostle Paul).

Therefore, it is important, despite the various situations and phenomena that occur in life, even if you find yourself in a state of despondency, try to get out of it as soon as possible.

One of the methods, created back in the 8th century AD by Saint Theostirictus, is the singing of the Canon of Repentance to the Lord, the Mother of God, the Guardian Angel. This will be discussed in this article.

About the author of the canons

The monk Feostirikt (according to other sources Feoktirist) lived in the 8th century AD. He was a well-known devotee of sacred icons and a spiritual writer at that time.

It was during the years of his life that Constantine Copronymus ruled in Greece. He was a cruel king, since the period of his reign is considered the time of the development of iconoclasm in the church. Constantine Copronymus was even compared to the pagan emperor Diocletian, who cruelly mocked Christians.

This ruler also subjected the monks to terrible torture for defending the Christian faith and protecting icons.

So Saint Theostirikt was no exception: his hands and nose were burned with hot resin. Others were beaten with stones.

Canons

Ancient sources report that the saint often experienced a state of despondency due to the constant persecution of Christians by the ruler of the country. He was deeply affected by the constantly falling attacks.

Therefore, being a deeply religious person, as well as a spiritual writer, he composed special song-poems, which are called the Holy Canons Repentant to Christ, Mother of God, Guardian Angel. And they helped the monk get away from negative state and again come to joy and peace.

Currently, believers who apply the Canons also experience a positive result regarding their internal state.

They are sung together, “The Penitential Canon to the Lord, the Mother of God and the Angel,” or each separately. But this does not affect the meaning and result.

These songs are called like this:

Repentant prayer canon to the Most Holy Theotokos.
Repentant canon to the Guardian Angel.
Canon of repentance to Jesus Christ.

About the language of canon songs

The article contains the Canon of Repentance to the Most Holy Theotokos in Russian. And also to the Guardian Angel and the Lord (explained in Russian).

In churches they are sung in Church Slavonic. But since not everyone knows and understands this language, the songs have been translated into Russian so that everyone can clearly understand the meaning.

They have also been translated into other languages of the world so that the Canons can glorify other peoples who revere the Orthodox faith.

Canon of repentance prayer service to the Mother of God

The song begins with the Troparion to the Theotokos (Tone 4), which says that a person earnestly turns to the Queen of Heaven and bows before Her, repenting and calling for help from the depths of his soul.

Next comes the praise of the Mother of God and a person’s promise to never deviate from the Lady, since She is the protection, support, support for the earthly righteous. It is only thanks to Her that they are still free.

Psalm 50 is about crying out for God's mercy and asking for cleansing from sin. Renew your heart and spirit. Fill with joy. Please help us open our mouths and praise the Lord before other people without fear. About the willingness to sacrifice.

The Canon of Repentance to the Mother of God begins (in Russian) with Tone 8, Song 1, with Irmos - the connecting semantic link between the Troparion and the Canon. Song of praise to God.

Chorus: a request to the Mother of God for salvation from temptations, passions, misfortunes and troubles. Glory sounds to the Queen of Heaven that she gave birth to the Son-Savior. Request for deliverance from disasters.

Song 3. Irmos: a request to the Lord to confirm a person’s love for Him.

Chorus one: it is sung that the Mother of God is the Protector and Patroness of man, the Cause of all good things.
Chorus two: a prayer for help to the Mother of God, so that confusion and despondency will dissipate. Calling Her the Parent of the Chief of Silence.
Glory (it is recommended to pronounce “Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit”).
And now (it is recommended to say: “And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen”).
Further, a request to save the slaves of the Queen of Heaven (people who revere Her) from troubles, since they turn to Her in prayers after God. A request for Her view of the body and soul of a grieving person.
Troparion, Tone 2. The title of the Mother of God is Fervent Intercession, an impregnable Wall, a Source of mercy, a Refuge for the world.

Song 4. Irmos: understanding the mystery of the Lord's Providence, glorifying God.

Chorus one: a person’s appeal to the Queen of Heaven to calm the passions of excitement and the storm of sin.
Chorus two: a request to the Mother of God for mercy.
Chorus three: Song of thanksgiving to the Mother of God.
Glory. Request for help.
And now. Gratitude to the Queen of Heaven, that She is Hope and Confirmation, and the Unshakable Wall of Salvation.

Song 5. Irmos: a request to the Lord the Lover of Mankind for the enlightenment of His Commandments and Peace.

Chorus one: an appeal to the Most Pure Mother of God to fill a person’s heart with joy and bright joy.
Chorus two: please save me from troubles.
Glory. prayer to the Mother of God to dispel the darkness of human sins.
And now. A request for healing.

Song 6. Irmos: prayer to the Lord for the announcement of man’s sorrows.

Chorus one: a request to the Mother of God to pray to Her Son to deliver man from the villainy of his enemies.
Chorus two: an appeal to the Queen of Heaven as the Defender of life and faithful protection, breaking away temptations, the evil of the unclean, driving away in prayer from destructive passions to deliver a person.
Glory. A request for salvation from passions and troubles.
And now. A request for salvation from fatal diseases of the body.

Kontakion. Voice 6. Appeal to the Mother of God as a reliable Protection of Christians, an Intercession before God.

Second kontakion. Voice 6. Appeal to the Most Holy One as the only Helper and Hope.

Stichera. Voice 6. The request to the Mother of God is not for earthly intercession, but for Heavenly.

Song 7. Irmos: a song about young men from Judea who were burned for their faith in the Trinity.

Chorus one: chanting the Savior, who came to Earth through the Womb of the Mother of God - Defender of the World.
Chorus two: an appeal to the Queen of Heaven as a pure Mother, who gave birth to the Loving Mercy, in a prayer of deliverance from sins and spiritual defilement.
Glory. An appeal to the Lord, who revealed His Mother as the Treasury of salvation and the Source of eternity.
And now. A request to the Mother of God for the healing of a person’s mental and physical infirmities.

Chorus one: a request to the Queen of Heaven not to despise those who ask Her for help, who extol Her forever.
Chorus two: praising the Mother of God as the Healer of human infirmities.
Glory. The chanting of the Virgin, who abundantly pours out healing to those who sing Her with Faith.
And now. Chanting of the Virgin, who reflects temptations.

Canto 9. Irmos: the statement that the Mother of the Lord is truly confessed to be the Mother of God.

Chorus one: a person’s request to the Queen of Heaven not to reject his tears, but to wipe them from his face.
Chorus two: please fill your heart with Joy.
Chorus three: a request to the Mother of God to become a refuge, protection, an unshakable wall, a refuge, a cover, a joy for people who resort to her.
Glory. A request to the Queen of Heaven to drive away the darkness of ignorance with the Light of illumination.
And now. A request for healing from weakness to health.

Stichera, Tone 2. Song to the Mother of God, praise and gratitude. Please pray for the salvation of the people of All Saints.

Prayer in the Canon of Penance to the Holy Mother of God

After the Canon comes a Prayer to the Queen of Heaven. It consists of two parts.

The first is an appeal - a request for help, consolation, resolution of suffering and troubles.
And in the second part, first there is a prayer-murmur, cry for help. Then the praise of the Mother of God, already a joyful request for help. And at the conclusion of the Canon of Repentance to the Mother of God in Russian the sound is “Rejoice!”

Canon of repentance to the Guardian Angel

Begins with the Troparion, Tone 6. An appeal to the Angel of God, the holy guardian, to confirm the human mind on true path, and inflame the soul with love for the heavenly Father.

Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. And forever and ever. Amen.

Theotokos: a request to the Queen of Heaven, the Holy Lady, to pray for the salvation of the human soul of Christ and the Angel. And forgive sins.

Canon. Tone 8. Song 1. Irmos: a song of gratitude to the Lord that He led His people through the waters of the Red Sea.

Chorus one: sing a song about mercy to Jesus Christ and offer praise to the Angel.
Chorus two: a request to the Guardian Angel to pray to God for a person who remains in foolishness and laziness this moment. Don't leave him to die.
Glory. Please direct your mind correctly, towards the Lord, and receive forgiveness of sins, and turn away from evil.
And now. We ask the Mother of God to pray for the person together with the Guardian Angel.

Song 3. Irmos: proclamation that the Lord is Affirmation and Light.

Chorus one: a song about thoughts and soul directed towards the Guardian Angel. Request for deliverance from enemy misfortunes.
Chorus two: a confession about an enemy who tramples and instructs you to fulfill your desires. A request to the Angel for Protection.
Glory. We ask the Angel to grant the opportunity to sing the song of Praise to God and the Guardian Angel.
And now: a request to the Mother of God to heal the ulcers of the soul and drive away the enemies fighting against man.

Sedalen. Voice 2. Appeals to the Angel for protection and preservation from insidious tricks, for direction to Heavenly Life, for admonition, enlightenment and strengthening.

Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. And forever and ever. Amen.

Theotokos: an appeal to the Most Pure One together with the Angel for help in getting rid of any difficulty, giving tenderness and light to the soul.

Song 4. Irmos: man’s hearing about the Mystery of the Lord’s Providence. Understanding His works. And glorifying Him.

Chorus one. We ask the Angel to always pray to the Lord for a person, not to abandon him, to preserve peace and provide salvation.
Chorus two. Prayer to the Angel as the Intercessor and Guardian of life from God. Please free me from all troubles.
Glory. A request for cleansing and deliverance to the Angel.
And now: a request to the Mother of God for deliverance from troubles and difficulties.

Song 5. Irmos: glorification of the Lord.

Chorus one. A song to the Guardian Angel to pray to the Lord for deliverance from oppressive evils.
Chorus two: a song to an Angel, like a shining Light, to enlighten a person’s soul.
Glory. We ask the Angel to keep a person awake.
And now. A request to the Virgin Mary to bring down the enemy’s heaps, and to rejoice those who sing Her.

Song 6. Irmos: about the giving of the Robe.

Chorus one: prayer to the Angel for salvation from misfortunes and sorrows.
Chorus two: a request to the Guardian to sanctify the mind and thoughts.
Glory. We ask the Guardian Angel to preserve the human heart from confusion, to be vigilant in good deeds and to direct it to life-giving silence.
And now. Song of praise to the Mother of God.

Kontakion. Voice 4. A request to the Angel for mercy, not excommunication from a person, for enlightenment.

Ikos. A prayer-request to the Guardian Angel for pardon and preservation of the soul, for enlightenment with good thoughts, for the overthrow of enemies malicious against a person, to help him become worthy of the Kingdom of Heaven.

Song 7. Irmos: about the young men from Judea who remained faithful to the Holy Trinity. They were burned for this.

Chorus one: a request to the Angel for mercy, for He is the intercessor, mentor and guardian of human life forever.
Chorus two. A prayer to the Angel to protect the human soul from attacks by robbers along the way and direct it to the Path of repentance.
Glory. A request to the Angel for the healing of a person’s disgraced soul.
And now. According to the prayers of the Mother of God, please fulfill the request with wisdom and divine strength.

Song 8. Irmos: chanting the King of Heaven.

Chorus one: a request to the Guardian Angel to affirm a person’s life and remain with him forever.
Chorus two: chanting the Angel - the soul of the human mentor and guardian.
Glory. Prayer of the Angel to be the Veil and the Fortress Wall in times of trials.
And now. We ask the Mother of God to be Helper and Silence for the person who believes in Her.

Song 9. Irmos: an appeal to the Lord, who is truly revered through the Mother of God and magnified with the Angels.

Chorus to Jesus: a request-song for mercy and for a person to join the hosts of the righteous.
Chorus: a request to the Guardian Angel to think and do good and useful things, to show strength to the righteous and blameless in weakness.
Glory. The Angel's request to pray for the Lord for the man and have mercy on him.
And now. A request to the Virgin Mary for her to pray to her Son to free man from bonds and save him.

Prayer to the Guardian Angel

Just like the prayer to the Mother of God, the final Canon of Penitence, so at the end of the Canon of Penitence there is a prayer to the Guardian Angel.

At its very beginning, recognition and repentance for human sins: laziness, evil disposition, shameful deeds. But that’s the will of man, everyone given by God from birth.

At the end there is a prayer asking for help, mercy, intercession against an evil enemy with holy angelic prayers.

Canon of repentance to the Lord Jesus Christ

Begins with Song 1. Irmos: singing a victory song to God when the Israelites walked on dry land and the Pharaohs drowned in the sea. A request for mercy, a repentant prayer to the Lord.

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
An appeal to the Mother of God with a request for deliverance from the networks of darkness. And instructions on the Path of repentance.

Song 3. Irmos: praise to the holy and merciful Lord. Repentance of the soul before the terrible judgment.

Glory. Prayer is the repentance of the soul of a person, desecrated and hard-hearted by deeds and thoughts.
And now. Prayer of repentance and a request for mercy to the Mother of God.

Sedalen. Repentance for evil deeds at the thought of a terrible day, a request to the Lord for mercy.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
And now. Prayer for help and salvation to the Queen of Heaven.

Song 4. Irmos: chanting of the Lord by the Holy Church. The path of the righteous is narrow, but the path of the voluptuous is wide and convenient - a call to beware of the latter. Repentance.

Glory. A call to seek the Kingdom of God on earth rather than material wealth, which is perishable.
And now. A request-prayer to the Mother of God for mercy, strengthening of virtue, accompaniment to the Kingdom of God.

Song 5. Irmos: morning prayer - a request to the Lord to fill the human soul with Divine Light, Love, Bright aspiration. Repentance for sinful deeds.

Glory. The Lord accepts repentant sinners, like the harlot and the thief, in earthly life.
And now. A request for help and cleansing of the soul to the Mother of God.

Song 6. Irmos: an appeal to the Lord for salvation from destruction in the sea of life, where it is full of temptations.

Glory. Prayer of repentance and mercy. A request for help in liberation from sin.
And now. We ask the Mother of God to save man from visible and invisible evil.

Kontakion. An appeal to the soul that has sinned to repent before the Lord.

Ikos. A request to the soul for repentance before death.

Song 7. Irmos: chanting the furnace created by the Angel, sprinkling dew on the holy youths and God's command of the Chaldeans, that even the tormentor-king exclaimed a blessing to God. An appeal to the human soul not to rely on perishable wealth and external beauty.

Glory. A call to the soul to remember eternal life for the righteous and torment for the unworthy.
And now. Prayer to the Mother of God for ambulance and mercy.

Song 8. Irmos: exaltation of Christ for the Holy Deeds He accomplished. A request to the Lord for repentance and mercy.

Glory. Faith in the Lord and a request for repentance before death.
And now. Prayer of repentance to the Most Pure Mother of God.

Song 9. Irmos: a person’s prayer to the Queen of Heaven, the Angels and Archangels for deliverance from eternal torment.

Glory. Prayer to the holy martyrs, hermits, righteous people to turn to the Lord for mercy on a person.
And now. We ask the Mother of God to pray to the Lord for the man and have mercy on him during the trial.

Prayer to the Lord Jesus Christ

The fervent prayer of a repentant righteous person to Christ, who with His sufferings healed human passions, and with His ulcers healed human ulcers. We ask you to bestow the life-giving fragrance on your body and sweeten your soul with the Honest Blood, so that the bitterness poured out by your enemies will go away.

Please raise the human mind to the Lord, take it away from the abyss of destruction, and grant repentance and grace.

The prayer ends with a request to find a righteous person and introduce him to the pasture of the Lord, to the sheep of the chosen flock.

Finally

The Penitential Canon to the Mother of God, Guardian Angel and Jesus Christ is a fairly strong song-prayer. It is necessary to join this shrine only with sincere motives of repentance.

But everyone who ever turns to the Canon of Repentance to the Most Holy Theotokos in Russian or Church Slavonic certainly receives help and support.

Canon of prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos

Sung in every spiritual sorrow and situation

Creation of Theostirikt the monk

Troparion to the Mother of God, tone 4

Let us now diligently approach the Mother of God in sinfulness and humility, and let us fall down in repentance calling from the depths of our souls: Lady, help us, having had mercy on us, struggling, we are perishing from many sins, do not turn away your slaves, for you and the only hope of the imams (twice).

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy, and according to the multitude of Your mercies, cleanse my iniquity. Above all, wash me from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin; for I know my iniquity, and I will take away my sin before me. You alone have I sinned and done evil before You; for you may be justified in all of Your words, and you will always be victorious when You judge. Behold, I was conceived in iniquity, and my mother gave birth to me in sins. Behold, you have loved the truth; You have revealed to me the unknown and secret wisdom of Yours. Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed; Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. There is joy and gladness in my hearing; The bones of the humble will rejoice. Turn Your face away from my sins and cleanse all my iniquities. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb. Do not cast me away from Your presence and do not take Your Holy Spirit away from me. Reward into the world the joy of Your salvation and strengthen me with the Lord’s Spirit. I will teach the wicked Your way, and the wicked will turn to You. Deliver me from bloodshed, O God, God of my salvation; My tongue will rejoice in Your righteousness. Lord, open my mouth, and my mouth will declare your praise. As if you had desired sacrifices, you would have given them: you do not favor burnt offerings. The sacrifice to God is a broken spirit; God will not despise a broken and humble heart. Bless Zion, O Lord, with Your favor, and may the walls of Jerusalem be built. Then be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, the wave offering and the burnt offering; Then they will place the bullock on Your altar.

Canon to the Most Holy Theotokos, tone 8, Song 1

Having passed through the water like dry land, and having escaped the evil of Egypt, the Israelite cried out: We will give drink to our deliverer and our God.

Contained by many misfortunes, I resort to You, seeking salvation: O Mother of the Word and the Virgin, save me from heavy and cruel things.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Passions trouble me and many despondencies fill my soul; die, O Young Lady, with the silence of Your Son and God, All-Immaculate.

Glory: Having given birth to You and God as Savior, I pray, O Virgin, to be delivered from the cruel ones: for now, running to You, I extend both my soul and my thoughts.

And now: Sick in body and soul, grant the visitation of the Divine and providence from You, the only Godmother, as a good Mother of God.

The Supreme Creator of the heavenly circle, O Lord, and the Creator of the Church, Thou strengthen me in Thy love, the desires of the land, the true affirmation, the only Lover of Mankind.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

I entrust the intercession and protection of my life to Thee, Virgin Mother of God: Thou feed me to Thy refuge, guilty of the good; true statement, the All-Singing One.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

I pray, Virgin, to destroy the storm of my spiritual confusion and sorrow: You, O Blessed One of God, gave birth to the ruler of the silence of Christ, the only Most Pure One.

Glory: Having given birth to the good and guilty, the benefactor, pour out wealth to everyone, for all you can, as she gave birth to the mighty one in the strength of Christ, the blessed one.

And now: To him who is tormented by fierce ailments and painful passions, O Virgin, help me: for I know You’s inexhaustible treasure, Most Immaculate, inexhaustible.

Save Thy servants from troubles, Mother of God, for we all run to You according to God, as an unbreakable wall and intercession.

Look with mercy, O all-sung Mother of God, on my fierce body, and heal the illness of my soul.

Troparion, tone 2

Warm prayer and an insurmountable wall, source of mercy, refuge of the world, we diligently cry out to Thee: Mother of God, Lady, advance and deliver us from troubles, the only one who will soon appear.

I heard, O Lord, Thy sacrament, I understood Thy works and glorified Thy Divinity.

The confusion of my passions, the helmsman who gave birth to the Lord, and the storm of my sins calmed, O Bride of God.

Grant me the abyss of Thy mercy, which gave birth to the Blessed One and the Savior of all who sing to Thee.

Enjoying, O Most Pure One, Your gifts, we sing in thanksgiving, Our Lady leading Thee.

Glory: On the bed of my illness and infirmity, I prostrate myself, as the Lover of Grace, help the Mother of God, the only Ever-Virgin.

And now: Hope and affirmation and salvation belong to the immovable wall of You, the All-Singing One, we get rid of every inconvenience.

Enlighten us with Your commandments, O Lord, and with Your high arm grant us Your peace, O Lover of Mankind.

Fill, O Pure One, my heart with joy, Thy incorruptible joy that gives birth to joy, which gave birth to the guilty.

Deliver us from troubles, pure Mother of God, having given birth to eternal deliverance, and peace that prevails over all minds.

Glory: Resolve the darkness of my sins, Bride of God, with the enlightenment of Your Grace, Who gave birth to the Divine and Eternal Light.

And now: Heal, O Pure One, the infirmity of my soul, worthy of Thy visitation, and grant me health through Thy prayers.

I will pour out a prayer to the Lord, and to Him I will proclaim my sorrows, for my soul is filled with evil, and my stomach is approaching hell, and I pray like Jonah: from aphids, O God, lift me up.

As if He saved death and aphids, He Himself gave away death, corruption and death my former nature, Virgin, pray to the Lord and Thy Son, to deliver me from the enemies of crime.

Kontakion, tone 6

The intercession of Christians is shameless, the intercession to the Creator is immutable, do not despise the sinful prayers of the voice, but advance, as the Good One, to the aid of us who faithfully call upon Ty; hasten to prayer, and strive to entreat, ever interceding, the Mother of God, those who honor Thee.

Another kontakion, same voice

There are no imams of other help, no imams of other hope, except for You, Most Pure Virgin. Help us, we rely on You, and we boast in You, for we are Your servants, let us not be ashamed.

Stichera, same voice

Do not entrust me to human intercession, Most Holy Lady, but accept the prayer of Thy servant: for sorrow will hold me, I cannot endure demonic shooting, there is no protection for the imam, below where I will resort, the accursed one, we are always defeated, and there is no consolation for the imam, except for You, the Lady of the world, the hope and intercession of the faithful, do not despise my prayer, make it useful.

The youths who came from Judea, in Babylon, sometimes, by the faith of the Trinity, asked the flames of the cave, singing: God of the fathers, blessed art thou.

Just as you wanted to arrange our salvation, O Savior, you moved into the Virgin’s womb, and you showed the world a representative: our father, God, blessed are you.

The Commander of mercy, Whom you gave birth to, O pure Mother, beg him to get rid of sins and spiritual defilements by faith: our father, God, blessed are you.

And now: Bodily weaknesses and mental ailments, O Theotokos, with the love of those who approach Thy blood, O Virgin, vouchsafe to heal, Who gave birth to us the Savior Christ.

Praise and exalt the Heavenly King, Whom all the angels sing, to all ages.

Do not despise those who demand help from You, O Virgin, who sing and extol You forever.

You heal the infirmity of my soul and bodily illnesses, Virgin, may I glorify You, Pure, forever.

Glory: You pour out a wealth of healing to those who faithfully sing of Thee, O Virgin, and to those who extol Thy ineffable Nativity.

And now: You drive away adversity and the onset of passions, O Virgin: therefore we sing of You forever and ever.

We truly confess You, the Mother of God, saved by You, a pure Virgin, with your disembodied faces majestic.

Do not turn away from the current of my tears, Even though you have taken away every tear from every face, the Virgin who gave birth to Christ.

Fill my heart with joy, O Virgin, who accepts the fulfillment of joy and consumes sinful sadness.

Be a refuge and intercession for those who come running to You, O Virgin, and an unbreakable wall, a refuge and cover and joy.

Glory: Illuminate Your light with the dawns, O Virgin, driving away the darkness of ignorance, faithfully confessing Theotokos to You.

And now: In the place of the embitterment of the infirmity of the humbled one, Heal, Virgin, transforming from ill health into health.

Stichera, tone 2

The highest of the heavens and the purest of the lordships of the sun, who delivered us from the oath, Let us honor the Lady of the world with songs.

Because of my many sins my body is weak, my soul is also weak; I come running to You, Most gracious, the hope of the unreliable, You help me.

Mistress and Mother of the Deliverer, accept the prayer of Your unworthy servants, and intercede with Him who was born of You; Oh, Lady of the world, be the Intercessor!

Let us diligently sing a song to You now, the all-sung Mother of God, joyfully: with the Forerunner and all the saints, pray to the Mother of God to be generous to us.

All the angels of the army, the Forerunner of the Lord, the twelve apostles, all the saints with the Mother of God, say a prayer that we may be saved.

Prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary

To my most blessed queen, my hope to the Mother of God, friend of the orphans and strange representatives, the sorrowful with joy, the offended patroness! See my misfortune, see my sorrow, help me as I am weak, feed me as I am strange. Weigh my offense, resolve it as you will: for I have no other help except You, no other representative, no good comforter, except You, O God of God, for you will preserve me and cover me forever and ever. Amen.

To whom shall I cry, Lady? To whom shall I resort in my sorrow, if not to You, Queen of Heaven? Who will accept my cry and my sighing, if not You, Most Immaculate, the hope of Christians and refuge for us sinners? Who will protect you more in adversity? Hear my groaning, and incline Your ear to me, the Lady of the Mother of my God, and do not despise me, who requires Your help, and do not reject me, a sinner. Enlighten and teach me, Queen of Heaven; do not depart from me, Thy servant, O Lady, for my murmuring, but be my Mother and intercessor. I entrust myself to Your merciful protection: lead me, a sinner, to a quiet and serene life, so that I may weep for my sins. To whom shall I resort when I am guilty, if not to You, the hope and refuge of sinners, with the hope of Your ineffable mercy and Thy generosity? Oh, Lady Queen of Heaven! You are my hope and refuge, protection and intercession and help. To my most kind and speedy intercessor! Cover my sins with Your intercession, protect me from enemies visible and invisible; soften the hearts of evil people who rebel against me. O Mother of the Lord my Creator! You are the root of virginity and the unfading color of purity. Oh, Mother of God! Give me help to those who are weak with carnal passions and sick at heart, for one thing is Yours and with You, Your Son and our God, the imam intercession; and through Your wonderful intercession may I be delivered from all misfortune and adversity, O most immaculate and glorious Mother of God, Mary. In the same way I say and cry out with hope: Rejoice, full of grace, rejoice, full of joy; Rejoice, most blessed one, the Lord is with you.

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Canon of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The penitential canon to the Most Holy Theotokos is a special chant with which believers express their respect to the Queen of Heaven and ask her for deliverance from the sin of despondency. The author of the canon and the time of its creation are unknown.

Why do they read?

As is clear from the very name of the chant penitential canon The Mother of God is sung by believers with the goal of the Lord’s forgiveness of sins committed. They turn to the Queen of Heaven for the reason that for a long time it has been customary to consider the Mother of God as the Helper and Protector before Christ for all sinful people.

The penitential canon is also sung to the Mother of God to overcome the state of despondency, which is considered one of the seven deadly sins. Helps to tune the soul, heart and mind to communicate with the Lord. With constant reading, it relieves a person from anger and anger, bad mood. For some people, the canon of repentance helps them find their own path in life.

When is it customary to read

Unlike a number of hymns, which are customary to be read only on strictly defined days of the year, the penitential canon to the Most Holy Theotokos can be read at least every day, because there is not a single sinless person on Earth. In addition, regular reading of it gives good mood, puts you in a positive mood and the desire to bring good to people.

Read the penitential canon to the Most Holy Theotokos

Song 1

As Israel walked across the dry land, with footsteps across the abyss, seeing the persecutor Pharaoh drowned, we sing a victorious song to God, crying out.

I weep for all my vile life, and for the multitude of my immeasurable evils: what shall we confess to thee, Pure One, I am perplexed and horrified: but help me to the Lady.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Where will I begin to say, wicked and fierce, my fall, passionate one; alas for me that I will do otherwise; but Lady, before the end, spare me.

Glory: The hour of death, and the terrible judgment, I always think about, Most Pure One, but I am seduced by the all-evil custom: but help me.

And now: The good smolderer, looking at me now naked of the Divine virtues, and having retreated far and alienated from God, rushes to devour me: Lady, advance.

Song 3

There is no one holy like You, O Lord my God, who has lifted up the horn of Your faithful, O Good One, and established us on the rock of Your confession.

My soul is sickened by the immeasurable evils of my passionate soul, to the Lady of the Mother of God: and everything else I will go, completely overcome with despair.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

And the hedgehog is in the image of herself, Pure, and in the likeness: in deed, and in word, and in thought she has done without place.

Glory: There is no other person in man who has done anything like this, nor was he born in the world, but I, the Good One, have been darkened in mind: for I have desecrated Divine baptism.

And now: At the end the evil ones have reached, most holy Virgin, you will help me soon: heaven and earth cry out to the mountaineer, from the placeless and incomparable deeds.

Song 4

Christ is my strength, God and Lord, the honest Church sings divinely, crying out from a pure meaning, celebrating in the Lord.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Angelic ranks and hosts heavenly powers, the powers are terrified of your Son, Pure One: now I am in despair, I am possessed by fearlessness.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

The whole earth was astonished and horrified, seeing the cruel and evil things done by me, and the placeless: and your Son seemed to see much mercy.

Glory: Having desecrated the Church with bodily evil, and the Church of the Lord, men tremblingly enter into it, but the prodigal I enter without a cold: woe is me.

And now: Do not show me, O Lady, do not show me the strange blood of your Son, who is unworthy in every way: but wash me from the filth of my sins.

Song 5

With Thy God's light, O Blessed One, illumine the souls of Thy morning with love, I pray, Lead Thee, the Word of God, the true God, crying out from the darkness of sin.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

By your Divine radiance, O Good One, heal the passions of my soul, which corrupt all of me: and deliver me from this bitter captivity.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Adam transgressed the one commandment of the Virgin, and fell into exile: how I weep for my sins into the abyss, I am a criminal.

Glory: The murderer now appeared to the tree, and the fratricide Cain was cursed by God: what will I do, the all-bold one, who have killed my soul now, and I am not ashamed.

And now: Esau was fiercely jealous of gluttony and satiety: all who have defiled my soul with drunkenness and my kindness of life: and whoever does not cry passionately for me, woe is me.

Song 6

The sea of life, raised in vain by misfortunes and storms, flowed to Your quiet refuge, crying out to You: lift up my belly from aphids, O Most Merciful One.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

My life is prodigal, my soul is filthy, and my whole stomach is cursed, but my body is all in evil, fierce stains: the Virgin strives for my help.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

The end is before me, and I am not warm, Good conscience, convicts me: for I have before me evil deeds, and a life of immorality, and the judgment of your Son, Pure One, I am terrified.

Glory: My flesh is kindled, a terrible and unquenchable river of fire awaits, truly, and a never-ending worm: but quench this with your prayers, O Most Pure One.

And now: Now I am possessed by trembling, O Good One, and I am horrified by the evil one’s trapping: before the end, the wicked one wants to kill me, holding me as if I were captive of everything, and naked of virtues.

Lord have mercy, three times.

Glory, even now: sedalen, tone 6

Hope and wall and refuge for your people, Virgin: from whom you were born without passion, the Savior of all: just as your Son wept at the cross, pray to him even now to deliver from aphids, all who sing to you.

Song 7

The angel made the venerable cave into a venerable youth, and the Chaldeans, the scorching command of God, exhorted the tormentor to cry out: Blessed art thou, O God of our fathers.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

For the seventh time the flame has been kindled by my evil passions, and my heart has always been mortified by fornicators: with the same currents of my tears, quench it, Mother of God, and save it.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Scorched by the mud of my sins, do not reject me, good Lady: for in vain I am in despair, the evil enemy laughs: but raise me up with your sovereign hand.

Glory: This is a terrible judgment, my soul is passionate and insensible, and the torment is endless and terrible: but now, fall down to the Mother of your Judge and God, and do not despair yourself.

And now: I have been darkened by passion, with a multitude of immeasurable evils, and have desecrated my soul and body and mind: also, Most Pure One, with the light of your radiances, quickly lead me to the dispassion of sweetness.

Song 8

You poured out dew from the flames of the saints and burned the righteous sacrifice with water: you did everything, O Christ, only as you wished. We extol You forever.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

I am horrified at the coming of a mortal, O Most Pure One, and now I am all afraid of its judgment: this is an evil deed, I am in no way ashamed: spare me before the end, with your prayers, Virgin.

Glory: Unsilent groaning, O Lady, grant me, and give me clouds of tears, so that I may wash away my many sins and incurable ulcers: so that I may gain eternal life.

And now: My evils are many, I confess to you to the Lady: for not one in the world is so angry with God, your Son and your Lord: I will soon change this to mercy, O Virgin.

Song 9

It is impossible for a man to see God; the angels do not dare to look at him; By You, O All-Pure One, the Word Incarnate as man, Who magnifies Him, with the heavenly howls we please You.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Who from the Trinity gave birth to the one God, and carried in her hand, the Virgin Mother: quench the fiery furnace of passions, and wash my soul with currents of tears.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Behold, I come to you, the Most Pure One, with much fear and love, knowing the strength of your many prayers, your servant, who can truly do a lot, the Lady, the mother’s prayer to the Son: for she bows with mercy.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Who from the Trinity gave birth to the one God, and carried in her hand, the Virgin Mother: quench the fiery furnace of passions, and wash my soul with currents of tears.

Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Glory: And now and then may I find your help, Pure, in the same hour my spirit will depart: quickly take away the demonic torment, Most Immaculate, and do not forsake me, the Good One, to be betrayed to be them.

And now: Judge of the generous tea, and your man-loving Son: Pure one, do not despise me, but do what is good for me, place me at my right hand then, All-Immaculate, to his most pure judge: for I have placed my trust in you.

Prayer to the Most Holy Lady Theotokos

My Most Holy Lady Theotokos, with your holy and all-powerful prayers, take away from me your humble and accursed servant despondency, oblivion, unreason, negligence, and all the nasty, evil and blasphemous thoughts, from my accursed heart, and from my darkened mind. And extinguish the flame of my passions, for I am poor and damned: and deliver me from many and cruel memories, and enterprises, and free me from all evil actions. For you are blessed from all generations, and your most pure name is glorified forever, amen.

Rules for private reading of the canon

Due to the fact that in most cases the canons are read in conjunction with morning and evening prayers, there is no need to read any additional prayers. In this case, the canon is read before the prayer “It is worthy to eat.”

If the canon is read separately from the morning or evening prayer rule, then the following prayers are said first: Initial prayer

Through the prayers of the saints, our fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us. Amen. Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.

Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, abiding everywhere and filling everything, Treasury of blessings and Giver of life, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from all filth, and save, O Good One, our souls.

Instead of this prayer, from Easter to Ascension, it is read three times: “Christ is risen from the dead, trampling death upon death, and giving life to those in the tombs”; from the Ascension until the day of Holy Pentecost (Trinity), this prayer is not read at all, the Trisagion is read immediately.

Trisagion

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.

Read with the sign of the cross and a bow from the waist.

Prayer to the Holy Trinity

Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us; Lord, cleanse our sins; Lord, forgive our iniquities; Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy name's sake.

Lord have mercy.

Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now, and always, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Lord's Prayer

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

Psalm 50

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy, and according to the multitude of Your mercies, cleanse my iniquity. Above all, wash me from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin; for I know my iniquity, and I will take away my sin before me. I have sinned against You alone and have done evil before You, so that You may be justified in Your words and triumph over the judgment of You. Behold, I was conceived in iniquity, and my mother gave birth to me in sins. Behold, you have loved the truth; You have revealed to me the unknown and secret wisdom of Yours. Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed; Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. My hearing brings joy and joy; humble bones will rejoice. Turn Your face away from my sins and cleanse all my iniquities. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb. Do not cast me away from Your presence and do not take Your Holy Spirit away from me. Reward me with the joy of Your salvation and strengthen me with the Lord’s Spirit. I will teach the wicked Your way, and the wicked will turn to You. Deliver me from bloodshed, O God, God of my salvation; My tongue will rejoice in Your righteousness. Lord, open my mouth, and my mouth will declare Your praise. As if you had desired sacrifices, you would have given them: you do not favor burnt offerings. The sacrifice to God is a broken spirit; God will not despise a broken and humble heart. Bless Zion, O Lord, with Your favor, and may the walls of Jerusalem be built. Then favor the sacrifice of righteousness, the offering and the burnt offering; Then they will place the bullock on Your altar.

Symbol of faith

I believe in one God, the Father, Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, visible to all and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the only begotten, who was born of the Father before all ages; Light from Light, true God from true God, born, uncreated, consubstantial with the Father, to Whom all things were.

For our sake, man and our salvation came down from heaven and became incarnate from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became human.

She was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried.

And he rose again on the third day according to the Scriptures.

And ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father.

And again the coming one will be judged with glory by the living and the dead, His Kingdom will have no end.

And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Life-Giving One, who proceeds from the Father, who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who spoke the prophets.

Into one Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.

I confess one baptism for the remission of sins.

I hope for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the next century. Amen.

Then the canon itself is read.

Abbreviations: instead of the inscription “Glory:” or “Trinity:”, it reads “Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.” Instead of the inscription “And now:” or “Theotokos:” it reads “And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen". Instead of “Glory, and now:” it reads “Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen". During cell readings, in addition to the liturgical custom, it is allowed to read instead of the word “Trinity”: “Most Holy Trinity, our God, glory to Thee,” and instead of “Theotokos”: “Most Holy Theotokos, save us.”

Before reading each troparion, a chorus is added (see choruses to the canons). If the troparion is preceded by the designation “Glory:” or “Trinity:”, then the troparion is dedicated to the Lord and instead of the chorus, “Glory:” is read. If the troparion is inscribed “And now:” or “Theotokos:”, then it is dedicated to the Most Holy Theotokos and is also read without a chorus (only “And now:” is read). If there is no trinity in the song, but only the Mother of God, “Glory, and now:” is read before it. If not and the Mother of God (in the canons of the Most Holy Theotokos), then “Glory, and now:” is read after all the troparions. In the eighth canto, instead of “Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,” it reads “Let us bless the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit of the Lord.” After the 3rd and 6th songs (during home reading), “Lord, have mercy” is read three times.

The combination of canons is carried out in accordance with the Typikon or liturgical instructions. The canons for the Lord and the holidays are read first. The second is to the Most Holy Theotokos. Third - saints, saints, martyrs, righteous people and other saints. At the beginning of each song, the irmos of the first canon is read, then all its troparia with choruses are read in turn, then the troparia of the next song of the second canon, etc.

After the canon, the final prayers are read:

It is worthy to eat as to truly bless Thee, Theotokos, Ever-Blessed and Most Immaculate and Mother of our God. We magnify You, the most honorable Cherub and the most glorious without comparison Seraphim, who gave birth to God the Word without corruption.

From Easter to Ascension, instead of this prayer, the chorus and irmos of the 9th canon of the Easter canon are read: “Angel crying with the Most Blessed One: Pure Virgin, rejoice! And again the river: Rejoice! Your Son is risen three days from the grave and raised up the dead; people, have fun! Shine, shine, new Jerusalem, for the glory of the Lord is upon you. Rejoice now and be glad, O Zion. You, Pure One, show off, O Mother of God, about the rise of Your Nativity.”

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Lord have mercy. (Thrice)

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, prayers for the sake of Thy Most Pure Mother, our reverend and God-bearing fathers and all the saints, have mercy on us. Amen.

Some believers, in addition to the traditional opening prayers, also read the following lines between the Lord's Prayer and Psalm 50:<.>

excerpts from the prayer to the Most Holy Trinity:

Come, let us worship our King God. (Bow)

Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ, our King God. (Bow)

Come, let us bow and fall down to Christ Himself, the King and our God. (Bow)

Psalm 142

Lord, hear my prayer, inspire my prayer in Thy truth, hear me in Thy righteousness, and do not enter into judgment with Thy servant, for every living person will not be justified before You. As if the enemy drove my soul, he humbled my belly to eat, he planted me to eat in dark, like dead centuries. And my spirit is depressed within me, my heart is troubled within me. I have remembered the days of old, I have learned in all Your works, I have learned Your hand in all creation. My hands have lifted up to You, my soul, like a waterless land to You. Hear me soon, Lord, my spirit has disappeared, do not turn Your face away from me, and I will become like those who go down into the pit. I hear Thy mercy upon me in the morning, for I trust in Thee. Tell me, Lord, the way, where I will go, as if I have taken my soul to You. Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord, I have fled to You. Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. Your good Spirit will guide me to the right land. For Thy name's sake, Lord, live me by Thy righteousness, remove my soul from sorrow, and by Thy mercy consume my enemies and destroy all my cold souls, for I am Thy servant.

Glory, even now. Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, glory to You, O God. (Three times with bows)

Lord have mercy (12 times). Glory, even now.

Then the holy troparion twice.

Glory, and now, the Theotokos according to the voice of the troparion (Note: The Theotokos is taken in the same voice as the troparion that precedes it).

And the traditional closing prayers are replaced by the following:

Lady, accept the prayer of Your servants and deliver us from all need and sorrow, You are, Mother of God, our weapon and wall, You are our intercessor, and we resort to You, We still call on You for prayer, and deliver us from our enemies. Let us magnify You all, the all-immaculate Mother of Christ God, South of autumn the Holy Spirit. (Bow)

Trisagion. Holy Trinity... Lord, have mercy. (Thrice) Glory, even now. Our Father...

Then they read the troparion, Glory, kontakion, and now, Theotokos.

Lord have mercy (40 times).

And, if desired, one or more prayers. If there is no separate prayer, then you can read the general prayer of the saint.

If we omit prayers, then: Glory to this day.

Then:

We magnify You, the most honorable Cherub and the most glorious without comparison Seraphim, who gave birth to God the Word without corruption. (Bow)

Glory (bow), and now (bow). Lord have mercy (three times). God bless. (Bow)

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, through the prayers of Your Most Pure Mother, holy martyrs (or holy martyrs, or venerable, or righteous), name and all saints, have mercy and save us, for you are Good and Lover of Mankind. Amen.

Lord have mercy (three times).

If desired, the troparion about health can be read three times:

Merciful Lord, save and have mercy on Your servants, their names (bow). Deliver them from all sorrow, anger and need. (bow), from all illnesses of soul and body (bow). Forgive them for every sin, voluntary or involuntary. (bow), and do something useful for our souls (bow).

In Old Believer churches, before the reading of the canon, the beginning of the seventh worship is also said with additional prayers (before the opening prayer):

God, be merciful to me, a sinner. (Bow)

Having created me, Lord, have mercy on me. (Bow)

Without number of sinners, Lord, have mercy and forgive me, a sinner. (Bow)

It is worthy to eat, as truly, to bless Thee, the Mother of God, the Ever-Blessed and Most Immaculate and the Mother of our God. Most honorable Cherub, and Most Glorious without comparison Seraphim, without corruption of God the Word

We magnify You, the born, living Mother of God. (Bow to the ground)

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. (Bow)

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. (Bow)

Lord, have mercy (three times). God bless. (Bow)

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, prayers for the sake of Thy Most Pure Mother, by the power of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross, and my holy Guardian Angel, and for the sake of all the saints, have mercy and save me, a sinner, for I am Good and Lover of Mankind. Amen.

Troparion to the Most Holy Theotokos, tone 4

Let us now diligently resort to the Mother of God / we, sinners and humble ones, and fall to Her, / crying out in repentance from the depths of our souls: / “Mistress, help, take pity on us, / hasten, we are perishing from many sins! / Do not let Your servants go empty-handed: / for in You we have our only hope!”

Glory, even now: We, unworthy ones, will never stop / proclaiming Your power, Mother of God, / for if You had not protected us with Your prayers, / who would have delivered us from so many troubles, / who would have kept us free to this day? / We will not retreat, Lady, from You, / for You always save Your servants from all disasters.

CANON TO THE HOLY VIRGIN, CREATURE OF THEOSTYRICTUS MONK, TONE 8

Irmos: Having walked on water as if on dry land, / and having escaped Egyptian corruption, / the Israeli cried out: / “Let us sing to our Deliverer and our God!”

Tormented by many temptations, I resort to You, seeking salvation. / O Mother of the Word and Virgin, / save me from troubles and misfortunes!

Passion attacks confuse me, / filling my soul with strong despondency. / Pacify her, O Young Lady, with the silence / of Thy Son and God, All-Immaculate.

Glory: I beg You, who gave birth to the Savior and God, to deliver me from disasters; / for to You, Virgin, now resorting, / I extend both my soul and my thoughts.

And now: I, who am sick in body and soul, / honor me with divine visitation / and Thy care, O only Mother of God, / as a good and good Mother.

Irmos: Creator of the firmament, Lord, / and Builder of the Church, / You confirm me in love for You, / the limit of desires, the true affirmation, / the only Lover of Mankind.

Chorus: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

I consider You, Mother of God, Virgin, to be the protection and cover of my life. / You guide me, like a helmsman, to Your pier, / The author of good things, the true affirmation, / the one praised by all.

I beg, Virgin, to dispel the confusion of my soul / and the storm of my despondency, - / You, after all, God’s Bride, conceived / the Chief of silence, Christ, / the only all-pure one.

Glory: Who gave birth to the Benefactor, who gave birth to the goodness of the Author, / pour out wealth of good deeds to everyone, / for You can do everything, / as You who gave birth to the mighty power of Christ, / blessed in God.

And now: With serious illnesses / and painful sufferings to the sufferer, / You, Virgin, help me, / for I know You, All-Immaculate, as a treasury of healings / inexhaustible, unfading.

Save Your servants from troubles, Mother of God, / for we all, after God, resort to You, / as to an indestructible Wall and Intercessor.

Look favorably, O All-Praise Mother of God, / on the grievous suffering of my body / and heal the sorrow of my soul.

Lord have mercy, three times.

Troparion, tone 2

Warm Intercession and the Impregnable Wall, / Source of mercy, Refuge for the world! / We earnestly appeal to You: / “Mother of God, Lady, hurry / and deliver us from troubles, / the only speedy Intercessor!”

Irmos: I heard, Lord, / about the mystery of Your providence, / I understood Your works, / and glorified Your Divinity.

Chorus: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Calm the excitement of my passions, / the helmsman who gave birth to the Lord, / and the storm of my sins, / God’s Bride.

Give the abyss of Thy mercy / to me who calls for help, / Who gave birth to the Merciful / and the Savior of all who sing of You.

Enjoying, O All-Pure One, / Your gifts, / we sing a song of gratitude, / knowing You, Mother of God.

Glory: (On the bed of my illness / and lying infirmity, / help me, Mother of God, as one who loves goodness, / the only one eternally virgin.)

And now: As hope, and confirmation, / and an unshakable wall of salvation, / having You, O all-glorified One, / we are delivered from every difficulty.

Irmos: Enlighten us with Your commandments, O Lord, / and with Your uplifted hand / Give us Your peace, O Lover of Mankind.

Chorus: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Fill my heart, O Pure One, with joy, / Giving your unclouded joy, / giving birth to the joy of the Creator.

Deliver us from troubles, pure Mother of God, / who gave birth to eternal deliverance / and peace that surpasses all understanding.

Glory: Dispel the darkness of my sins, / God’s Bride, / with the light of Your radiance, / Who gave birth to the divine and eternal Light.

And now: Heal, O Pure One, the infirmity of my soul, / worthy of Your visit, / and grant me health through Your intercession.

Irmos: I will pour out a prayer to the Lord / and I will proclaim my sorrows to Him, / for my soul is filled with evil / and my life has approached hell, / and I pray like Jonah: / “From destruction, O God, deliver me!”

Chorus: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

The One who saved from death and corruption, / by betraying Himself to death, / my nature, embraced by death and corruption, / - Your Lord and Son, - Virgin, beg / to deliver me from the villainy of my enemies.

As the Defender of life, I know You, / and the most faithful guardian, O Virgin, / and dispelling many temptations, / and driving away the malice of demons, / and I always pray to You / to deliver me from my destructive passions.

Glory: We have You as a wall of refuge, / and complete salvation for souls, / and space in sorrows, O Young Lady, / and in Your light we always rejoice. / And now, O Lady, / save us from passions and troubles.

And now: I now lie on my bed in weakness, / and there is no healing for my flesh; / but God, and the Savior of the world, / and the Deliverer from illnesses, / I pray to You, the good one: / raise (me) up from disastrous diseases!

Lord have mercy, three times. Glory, and now:

Kontakion, tone 6

The protection of Christians is reliable, / The intercession to the Creator is unchanging! / Do not despise the prayerful voices of sinners, / but come quickly, as the Good One, to help us, / who call upon You with faith: / “Hasten with your intercession and hasten your prayer, Mother of God, / always protecting those who honor You!”

[Ikos: Stretch out Your hands, / in which You held the Lord of all as a Child; / because of your abundance of goodness, do not forsake us, / who always hope in You. / With Thy unceasing prayer / and innumerable condescension, have mercy on us / and show Thy mercy to our souls, / flowing it to us forever. / For in You we, sinners, have a Protector / from the troubles and evils approaching us. / But, as full of mercy and compassion, / hasten with your intercession and hasten your prayer, Mother of God, / always protecting those who honor You!]*

Another kontakion, same voice

We have no other help, / we have no other hope, / except You, Lady. / Help us: / we hope in You / and we boast in You, / for we are Your servants; / let us not be ashamed!

Stichera, same voice

Do not entrust me to human intercession, / Most Holy Lady, / but accept the prayer of Your servant: / for sorrow has seized me, / I cannot bear the arrows fired by demons; / I have no protection / and nowhere to turn for me, unfortunate, / struggling on all sides / and having no consolation except You. / Mistress of the world, hope and Intercessor of the faithful, / do not despise my prayer, do something useful for me!

Irmos: The young men who came from Judea / in Babylon once / by faith in the Trinity trampled the flame of the furnace, chanting: / “God of our fathers, blessed are You!”

Chorus: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Desiring to arrange our salvation, / You, the Savior, moved into the womb of the Virgin, / Whom you showed to be the Defender of the world. / God of our fathers, blessed are You!

Loving mercy, / born of You, Pure Mother, / pray that we may get rid of sins / and spiritual defilements / we, who cry with faith: / “God of our fathers, blessed are You!”

Glory: You have shown the One who gave birth to You as a treasury of salvation / and a source of immortality, / and a safe stronghold, / and a door of repentance for those who cry: / “God of our fathers, blessed are You!”

And now: Bodily infirmities / and mental ailments, O Mother of God, / with love coming / to Thy divine protection, / are deigned to heal, / Who bore us the Savior Christ.

Irmos: The King of heaven, / Whom the armies of Angels sing, / sing and exalt / in all ages.

Chorus: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Do not despise those who ask You for help, O Virgin, / who sing to You, O Young Lady, / and who exalt You forever.

You heal the infirmities of my soul, / and bodily suffering, Virgin, / so that I glorify You, / gracious, (forever).

Glory: You pour out healings abundantly / with faith praising You, Virgin, / and extolling the incomprehensible / birth of Christ by You.

And now: You repel the attacks of temptation / and the attacks of passions, Virgin, / therefore we glorify / You throughout all ages.

Irmos: Truly we confess You as the Mother of God / we, saved by You, pure Virgin, / with the hosts of the incorporeal we magnify You.

Chorus: Most Holy Theotokos, save us.

Do not reject my stream of tears, / Virgin who gave birth to Christ, / who wiped away every tear from every face.

Fill my heart with joy, O Virgin, / who has accepted the fullness of joy, / who has destroyed the sadness of sin.

Become a refuge and protection, / for those who resort to You, O Virgin, / and an unshakable wall, / and a refuge, and a cover, and joy.

Glory: Illuminate Your light with your rays, O Virgin, / driving away the darkness of ignorance, / reverently the Mother of God / those who confess You.

And now: In the place of suffering from illness / the humbled one, heal, Virgin, / transforming from weakness into health.

Stichera, tone 2

Let us honor the highest of the heavens / and the purest of the sun’s radiances, / who delivered us from the curse / the Lady of the world / with hymns.

Because of many sins / my body is weak / my soul is weak. / I resort to You, O Blessed One: / Hope of the hopeless, / Help me!

Lady and Mother of the Redeemer! / Accept the petitions / of Your unworthy servants / about Your intercession before the One born of You for us. / O Lady of the world, become a Mediator between us!

Now we earnestly sing a song / to You, the all-praised Mother of God, joyfully: / with the Forerunner and all the saints / pray, Mother of God, / for mercy on us.

[Let the lips of the wicked be silent, / those who do not worship your revered icon, / written by the most sacred Apostle Luke, / Hodegetria.]

All the Angels of the army, / the Forerunner of the Lord, / the twelve Apostles, all the saints / make intercession with the Mother of God / for our salvation!

Prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary

My most blessed Queen, my Hope, Mother of God, shelter of orphans and protector of wanderers, joy of the grieving, patroness of the offended! You see my misfortune, you see my sorrow; help me as a weak person, guide me as a stranger. You know my offense: resolve it according to Your will. For I have no other help than You, no other Protector, no good Comforter - only You, O Mother of God: may you preserve me and protect me forever and ever. Amen.

To whom shall I appeal, Lady? To whom shall I resort in my sorrow, if not to You, Queen of Heaven? Who will graciously accept my cry and my sighing, if not You, Most Immaculate, the hope of Christians and refuge for us sinners? Who better to protect you in adversity? Hear my groaning and incline Your ear to me, Lady, Mother of my God; and do not despise me, who need Your help, and do not reject me, a sinner. Enlighten and teach me, Queen of Heaven; do not depart from me, Thy servant, O Lady, for my murmur, but be my Mother and Intercessor. I entrust myself to Your merciful protection: lead me, a sinner, to a quiet and serene life, so that I may weep for my sins. For to whom will I, guilty, resort, if not to You, the hope and refuge of sinners, inspired by the hope of Your ineffable mercy and Your bounties? O Lady, Queen of Heaven! You are my hope and refuge, protection and intercession, and help. My most blessed and speedy Intercessor! Cover my sins with Your intercession, protect me from enemies visible and invisible; soften the hearts of evil people who rebel against me. O Mother of the Lord, my Creator! You are the root of virginity and the unfading color of purity. O Mother of God! Give me help, weak from carnal passions and sick at heart, for I have only Yours and Your Son’s protection; and may I be delivered by Your wonderful intercession from every misfortune and misfortune, O most immaculate and glorious Mother of God Mary. Therefore, with hope I proclaim and cry: “Rejoice, O full of grace! Rejoice, joyful one! Rejoice, most blessed one, the Lord is with you!”