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.
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.
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 of Repentance to Christ, the Mother of God, and the Guardian Angel. And they helped the monk move away from the 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:
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.
The song begins with the Troparion to the Theotokos (Tone 4), which says that a person zealously 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.
Song 4. Irmos: understanding the mystery of the Lord's Providence, glorifying God.
Song 5. Irmos: a request to the Lord the Lover of Mankind for the enlightenment of His Commandments and Peace.
Song 6. Irmos: prayer to the Lord for the announcement of man’s sorrows.
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.
Canto 9. Irmos: the statement that the Mother of the Lord is truly confessed to be the Mother of God.
Stichera, Tone 2. Song to the Mother of God, praise and gratitude. Please pray for the salvation of the people of All Saints.
After the Canon comes a Prayer to the Queen of Heaven. It consists of two parts.
It begins with the Troparion, Tone 6. An appeal to the Angel of God, the holy guardian, to confirm the human mind on the true path, and to 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.
Song 3. Irmos: proclamation that the Lord is Affirmation and Light.
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.
Song 5. Irmos: glorification of the Lord.
Song 6. Irmos: about the giving of the Robe.
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.
Song 8. Irmos: chanting the King of Heaven.
Song 9. Irmos: an appeal to the Lord, who is truly revered through the Mother of God and magnified with the Angels.
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 this is human will, given to everyone by God from birth.
At the end there is a prayer asking for help, mercy, intercession against an evil enemy with holy angelic prayers.
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.
Song 3. Irmos: praise to the holy and merciful Lord. Repentance of the soul before the terrible judgment.
Sedalen. Repentance for evil deeds at the thought of a terrible day, a request to the Lord for mercy.
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.
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.
Song 6. Irmos: an appeal to the Lord for salvation from destruction in the sea of life, where it is full of temptations.
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.
Song 8. Irmos: exaltation of Christ for the Holy Deeds He accomplished. A request to the Lord for repentance and mercy.
Song 9. Irmos: a person’s prayer to the Queen of Heaven, the Angels and Archangels for deliverance from eternal torment.
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.
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.
How to learn to understand prayers? Translation of the words of prayers from the prayer book for the laity from Church Slavonic, clarification of the meaning of prayers and petitions. Interpretations and quotes of the Holy Fathers. Icons.
Icon of the Mother of God Unbreakable Wall
Let us now be diligent to 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 perish from many sins; do not turn away Thy servants of vainglory, Thy fighting hope of Imams (Twice).
Glory, and now:
Let us never be silent, O Mother of God, to speak Your strength unworthy, if You had not stood before us, praying, who would have delivered us from such 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.
Pritets- We’ll come quickly, we’ll come running. Let's fall down- Let's approach with a bow, let's fall at the feet. Struggling- try, be diligent, hurry up. Don't turn me away- don’t send it back, don’t return it. Treasure- in vain, for nothing. United- the only one. Imams- we have.
We will never be silent... Your strength speaks- let us not stop talking about Your power. If only You would not have stood praying - for if You had not interceded (for us with Your) prayers. From so many - from so many. Always - always. From all kinds of fierce - from all kinds of troubles (fierce in the meaning: misfortune, villainy, lawlessness).
Irmos: Having traversed the water like dry land, and having escaped the evil of Egypt, the Israelite cried out: Let us drink to our Deliverer and our God.
Chorus:
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.
I am troubled by passions, and by a great deal of despondency, fill my soul; die, O Revelation, with the silence of Your Son and God, All-Immaculate.
Glory:
Having saved the one who gave birth to Thee and God, I pray, O Virgin, to be delivered from the cruel ones; For now, running to You, I stretch out both my soul and my thoughts.
And now:
Sick in body and soul, grant the Divine visitation and providence from You, the only Mother of God, as the good Mother of the Good.
Salvation is sought- looking for salvation. From heavy and fierce- from everything heavy and fierce, from all disasters. Prilozi- attacks, seizures. Execute- fill; in this case - filling (my soul with much despondency). Lyutykh- evil, disaster.
Irmos: Supreme Creator of the heavenly circle, Lord, and Creator of the Church, Thou strengthenest me in Thy love, the desires of the land, the true affirmation, the only Lover of Mankind.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
I offer the intercession and protection of my life to You, the Virgin Mother of God: You feed me to Your refuge, the good one, the affirmation of the faithful, the only 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:
The Mother of God, having given birth to good sinners, poured out wealth to everyone; You can do everything, for you have given birth to the mighty Christ in the fortress, O blessed one.
And now:
He who is tormented by severe illnesses and painful passions, O Virgin, help me; healings for the infinite treasure I know You, Immaculate, inexhaustible.
Desire's edge- the limit of desires. Okormi- guide, guide (cf. the word helmsman). Good is guilty- the cause, the culprit of good (cf. further: good culprit - the culprit of all good). The boss is the source, the beginning. Everything you can- because you can do everything. Unexpected- inexhaustible.
Lord, the Supreme Creator of the heavenly circle, and the Creator of the Church... In these words, the Lord appears as the Builder of both the firmament (and the entire visible universe) and the Church. The expression of the Heavenly Circle of the Supreme Creator is remarkable; a more accurate translation from the Greek would be “firmament”; the supreme creator is the supreme, highest builder, but also the one who lays out the top of the vault, the dome.
Save Thy servants from troubles, Mother of God, for we all, according to God, resort to Thee, 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.
Prizri- look, turn your gaze; look with mercy- look mercifully. Fierce bodily bitterness- severe bodily suffering.
A warm prayer and an insurmountable wall, a source of mercy, a refuge for the world, we diligently cry out to Thee: Mother of God, Lady, advance and deliver us from troubles, the only one who will soon intercede.
Peace refuge- a refuge for the world. We cry out diligently- we earnestly cry. Preliminary- hurry up, get ahead, show up earlier.
Tabyn Icon of the Mother of God
Irmos: I heard, O Lord, Thy sacrament, I understood Thy works, and glorified Thy Divinity.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
The confusion of my passions, the helmsman who gave birth to the Lord, and the storm of my sins calmed, O Bride of God.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Grant me the abyss of Thy mercy, Who gave birth to the Blessed One and the Savior of all who sing to Thee.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Enjoying, O Most Pure One, Your gifts, we sing a song of thanksgiving, leading You to the Mother of God.
Glory:
On the bed of my illness and infirmity, help those who lie down, as God-loving, help the Mother of God, the only Ever-Virgin.
Now:
Hope and affirmation and salvation are the wall of the immovable property of You, the All-Singing One, we get rid of every inconvenience.
I heard, I understood, I glorified- I heard, I understood, I glorified (forms of the 1st person past tense).
Watching- providence, providence, divine economy. Embarrassment- here: indignation excitement. The helmsman who gave birth to the Lord- who gave birth to the Helmsman-Lord. I call upon the abyss of Thy mercy, grant me- give me Your endless mercy, for which I cry (literally: when I call on the abyss of Your mercy, give me [it]). Even the one who gave birth to the Blessed- who gave birth to the Merciful (Not translated in this phrase). Enjoying... Your gifts - enjoying Your gifts. Leading by Thee Mother of God- knowing that You are the Mother of God (recognizing You as the Mother of God). Help- help. Property- here: having in You. Inconvenience- here: difficulty, trouble.
Irmos: Enlighten us with Your commandments, O Lord, and with Your high arm grant us Your peace, O Lover of Mankind.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Fill, O Pure One, my heart with joy, Thy incorruptible joy that gives birth to joy, which gave birth to the guilty.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Deliver us from troubles, O Pure Mother of God, by giving birth to eternal deliverance and peace, which 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.
Imperishable- pure (the word in the original Greek means “unparalleled”, “whole”). Veseliya gave birth to the guilty- giving birth to the Creator of the fun. Eternal birth of deliverance- who gave birth to eternal Deliverance (that is, Christ the Savior: here is personification). Peace, every mind prevails- peace that surpasses any mind (peace - meaning peace, silence). Allow- scatter. Most worthy- here: worthy, worthy.
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.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
As if He saved death and aphids, He Himself gave birth to death, corruption and death my former nature, Virgin, pray to the Lord and Thy Son, to deliver me from the enemies of crime.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
We are the representative of Thy life and the guardian of steadfastness, 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 money-grubbers, and all-perfect salvation for souls, and space in sorrows, O Young Lady, and we ever rejoice in Your enlightenment: O Lady, save us now from passions and troubles.
And now:
I now lie on my bed sick, and there is no healing for my flesh; but, having given birth to the God and Savior of the world and the Savior of illnesses, I pray to You, O Good One: raise me from aphids and illnesses.
Tom- To him. Come true- filled up. My hell belly is approaching- my life has come closer to hell. From aphids- from death. He saved death and aphids- because You saved from death and destruction. Having published- betrayed Yato ex- embraced. Enemies of villainy- here: from the villainy of enemies (by enemies we mean spirits of evil, demons). We blow the representative of Thy belly- I know that You are the intercessor of life (we know, I know). I will solve misfortunes by rumors- (that You) free from the excitement of temptations (rumor - confusion, anxiety; decide-allow - to untie, to free; misfortune- attack; here: demonic attack, temptation). Taxes- attacks (cf. the word lean). From aphids- from death. Like a wall of refuge- we received (You) as a wall behind which we take refuge (the wall of refuge is that fortress, city wall behind which people hide during attacks and siege). Spaces- space. We always rejoice in Your enlightenment- we always rejoice in Your light (in Your enlightenment - dative plural: in the radiance of Your light; ever - always). No- No. Illness- illnesses (genitive plural).
The intercession of Christians is shameless, the intercession to the Creator is immutable, do not despise the voices of sinful prayers, but advance, as the Good One, to the aid of us who faithfully call upon Ty; hasten to prayer, and strive to entreat, interceding ever since, the Mother of God, those who honor Thee.
Representation, petition... In modern Russian, in this case, we would use the words “Representative”, “Intercessor”. Do not despise the sinful prayers of the voices - do not despise the prayerful voices of sinners (the word order in the expression of the sinful prayers of the voices is different than it would be in modern Russian; these are not “sinful prayers”, but the prayers [prayers of the voices] of sinners). Preliminary- hurry up. Help us- to help us. Right- with faith. Struggling- try, be diligent. Representing- protecting.
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.
Not imams- we don’t have (we don’t have). Is it for you?- except you. Help- help (in the word, the alternation of a consonant: “g” is replaced by “z”). We are your servants- because we are Your slaves.
Do not entrust me to human intercession, Most Holy Lady, but accept the prayer of Your servant; sorrow will overpower me. I cannot stand demonic shooting, there is no protection for the imam, below where the accursed one will resort, we always win, and there is no consolation for the imam, do you, the Lady of the world, have the hope and intercession of the faithful, do not despise my prayer, make it useful.
Sorrow will hold me- because grief overwhelmed me. Not an imam - I don’t have one (I don’t have one). Below is where I will resort- and I don’t find refuge anywhere (below - and neither). Is it for you?- except you.
Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God
Irmos: The youths who came from Judea, in Babylon, sometimes, by the faith of the Trinity, quenched the fire of the cave, singing: God of the fathers, blessed art thou.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Just as you wanted to create our salvation, O Savior, you moved into the Virgin’s womb, and you showed the world a representative: our father, God, blessed are you.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
The driver of mercy, whom you gave birth to, Mother of the Pure, beg to be delivered from 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.
Came down from Judea- came from Judea. Sometimes- once upon a time, no time. By Trinity Faith- by faith in the Trinity. Ask for help- trampled. Into the womb of the Virgin- into the womb of the Virgin (that is: the Virgin; Virgo- an adjective, not a noun). Yuzhe- Which one. Showed you- You did it, you showed it. Lords of mercy- desiring mercy, loving mercy. Pillar of Affirmation- tower-stronghold, firm support, stronghold. Love coming- here: with love those who approach (that is: “heal the weaknesses and ailments of those who approach with love” - and not “heal with love the weaknesses and ailments of those who approach...”). Vouchsafe to heal- heal (deign to heal).
Irmos: Praise and exalt the Heavenly King, Whom all the angels sing, to all ages.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Do not despise those who demand help from You, O Virgin, who sing and extol You forever.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
You heal the infirmity of my soul and bodily illnesses, Virgin, may I glorify You, Pure, forever.
Glory:
You pour out a wealth of healings faithfully to those who 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.
Voi angelstii- angelic armies. Those who require help from You- those who ask for your help. Right- with faith. Christmas- here: childbirth (that is, we are not talking about Christmas - the birth of the Virgin Mary, but about the event of the Nativity of Christ). Prilogs- attacks, onslaughts, additions.
Irmos: We truly confess Thee to Theotokos, saved by Thee, Pure Virgin, with the bodiless faces magnifying Thee.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
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.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Fill my heart with joy, O Virgin, who accepts the fulfillment of joy and consumes sinful sadness.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Be a refuge and intercession for those who come running to You, O Virgin, and an indestructible wall, a refuge and cover and joy.
Glory:
Enlighten Your light with the dawnings, O Virgin, driving away the darkness of ignorance, faithfully confessing Theotokos to You.
And now:
In the place of the bitterness of the infirmity of the humbled one, O Virgin, heal, transforming ill health into health.
With disembodied faces- that is, with the angelic ranks. Yearning- flow. Who took away every tear from every face, the Virgin who gave birth to Christ- The virgin who gave birth to Christ, who wipes away every tear from every face (the word order in the phrase is different than it would be in modern Russian). Virgo, Who also receives fulfillment of joy- Virgo who has accepted the fullness of joy (fulfillment - completeness, completion). Consuming sinful sadness- destroying the sadness of sin (consume - destroy, destroy). Bitterness- disasters, suffering. Humbled- here: discouraged. Transforming from ill health to health- making a sick person healthy (transform - transform).
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 resort 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 is born of You; Mistress 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, holy everything with the Mother of God, say a prayer so that we can be saved.
From an oath- from the curse. Unreliable- deprived of hope, lost hope. Help- help. Pray, Mother of God, to be generous to us- pray, Mother of God, (God) to have mercy on us. Twelver- twelve (it would be more accurate to say - twelve, but such a word is not in the dictionaries; in addition, here is the vocative case). In the hedgehog- to.
Offering to my queen, my hope to the Mother of God, friend of the orphans and strange intercessors, those who grieve with joy, those who are offended by the patroness! See my misfortune, see my sorrow; help me as I am weak, feed me as I am strange. Weigh my offense, resolve it as if by will: for I have no other help except You, no other intercessor, no good comforter, except You, O Mother of God, for you will preserve me and cover me forever and ever. Amen.
Friend of the Orphans- orphanage. Strange representative- intercessor of travelers. Feed me like I'm strange- guide me, a wanderer, on the path. Vesey- You know. Allow that one- free from her. Yako volishi- as you want. As if I am not the imam of any other help- because I don’t have (I don’t have) any other help. Is it for you?- except you.
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 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, inspired by the hope of Your ineffable mercy and Your bounty? About the Lady Queen of Heaven! You are my hope and refuge, protection and intercession and help. To my queen, 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 to those who are weak with carnal passions and those who are sick at heart, for one thing is Yours and with You Your Son and our God Imam intercession; and by Your wondrous intercession may I be delivered from all misfortune and adversity, O most immaculate and glorious Mother of God, Mary. The same with hope I say and cry: Rejoice, O Blessed One, rejoice, O O Joyful One; Rejoice, Most Blessed One, the Lord is with You.
More- If. Pace- bigger, better. Ubo- here: same. Imam- I have. Same- That's why. I say and cry- I say and exclaim.
O Most Holy Virgin, Mother of Christ our God, Queen of heaven and earth! Hear the much-painful sighing of our soul, look down from Thy holy height upon us, who with faith and love worship Thy most pure image. We are immersed in sins and overwhelmed by sorrows, looking at Your image, as if You were alive and living with us, we offer our humble prayers. The imams have no other help, no other intercession, no consolation except You, O Mother of all who mourn and are burdened. Help us the weak, satisfy our sorrow, guide us, the erring, on the right path, heal and save the hopeless, grant us the rest of our lives to spend in peace and silence, grant us a Christian death, and at the Last Judgment of Your Son, the merciful Representative will appear to us, and always We sing, magnify and glorify Thee, as the good Intercessor of the Christian race, with all those who have pleased God, forever and ever. Amen.
Wonmi- listen with attention. As if You are alive with us- as if you are alive with us. Not imams- because we don’t have it.
Quoted from:
"How to learn to understand prayers?"
-M.: "Father's House", 2007
(Creation of Theostirikt the monk)
Troparion to the Mother of God, tone 4
TO Let us now diligently pray to 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.
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 Your words, and you will always triumph over Your judgment. 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 favor 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
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.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
The confusion of my passions, the helmsman who gave birth to the Lord, and the storm of my sins calmed, O Bride of God.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Grant me the abyss of Thy mercy, which gave birth to the Blessed One and the Savior of all who sing to Thee.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
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.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Fill, O Pure One, my heart with joy, Thy incorruptible joy that gives birth to joy, which gave birth to the guilty.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
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.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
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.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
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.
The youths came from Judea, in Babylon, sometimes, by the faith of the Trinity, they quenched the fire of the cave, singing: God of the fathers, blessed art thou.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
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.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
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.
Praise and exalt the Heavenly King, Whom all the angels sing, to all ages.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Do not despise those who demand help from You, O Virgin, who sing and extol You forever.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
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.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
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.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
Fill my heart with joy, O Virgin, who accepts the fulfillment of joy and consumes sinful sadness.
Most Holy Theotokos, save us.
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
C My all-blessed Arita, my hope to the Mother of God, friend of the orphans and the strange, the representative of the sorrowing, the joy of the offended, the patroness! See my misfortune, see my sorrow, help me as I am weak, feed me as I am strange. Weigh my offense, resolve it 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 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.
It is customary to read the canon of prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos almost every day. The canon usually consists of nine parts. In the 7th century, the canon of prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos was simply part of the divine service. Now this type of chant is also read in cell prayer. In sorrow they turn to the Most Holy Theotokos for consolation, and in joy - with gratitude. The prayer canon to the Most Holy Theotokos is an important part of Orthodox church hymnography. Among the most famous authors of the canons: Cosmas of Mayum and John of Damascus. Below you will find the text of the canon of prayer for the Most Holy Theotokos, which you can not only hear at the service, but also read at home.
Sung in every spiritual sorrow and situation
Creation of Theostirikt the monk
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.
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 Your words, and you will always triumph over Your judgment. 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 favor the sacrifice of righteousness, the wave offering and the burnt offering; Then they will place the bullock on Your altar.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
The youths came from Judea, in Babylon, sometimes, by the faith of the Trinity, they quenched the fire 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
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
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.
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.
