Holy Blessed Matrona of Moscow
Akathist to the Holy Righteous Elder Matrona of Moscow
Kontakion 1
Chosen by the Spirit of God from the swaddling clothes of babies, blessed Elder Matrono, who received blindness and bodily weakness for spiritual cleansing from God, you were enriched with the gift of insight and miracles and you were adorned with an incorruptible crown from the Lord.
For this reason, we bring you a grateful crown of praise, crying out: Rejoice, righteous mother Matrono, warm prayer book for us to God.
Ikos 1
An angel in the flesh appeared on earth, Blessed Matrona, fulfilling the will of God. Even if your Nativity happened in bodily blindness, the Lord, who makes the blind wise and loves the righteous, enlightens your spiritual eyes, so that you may serve people and the works of God will appear through you. We cry out to you with love:
Rejoice, chosen by God from infancy; Rejoice, overshadowed by the grace of the Holy Spirit from the shrouds.
Rejoice, enriched by the gift of miracles from childhood; Rejoice, filled with wisdom from God above.
Rejoice, you who see the will of God with your mental eyes; Rejoice, putting to shame the mind-blind sages of this age.
Rejoice, you who lead lost souls to God; Rejoice, quenching sorrow and sorrow.
Rejoice, righteous mother Matrono, warm prayer book for us to God.
Kontakion 2
Seeing the people and the priest, when they baptized you, blessed one, the wonderful pillar of cloud over your head and smelled the great fragrance, they marveled that this young woman would sing to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 2
Having an enlightened mind, Priest Vasily of God knows that the one baptized from him is a vessel of God’s grace, and you, the righteous Matrono, are called holy girls. From our zeal we offer these praises:
Rejoice, scented in the holy font with the grace of the Holy Spirit; Rejoice, you who had the cross sealed on your forehead.
Rejoice, prayer book, given to people by God; Rejoice, unquenchable light, shining before the Lord.
Rejoice, glorified on earth by the gift of miracles from God; Rejoice, you who were crowned in Heaven with an unfading crown from the Lord.
Rejoice, proclaiming the mercy of God to sinners; Rejoice, you who give water to those who thirst from the source of living water.
Rejoice, righteous mother Matrono, warm prayer book for us to God.
Kontakion 3
Feeling the power of God's grace, even in infancy, blessed Matrona, you rushed to the icons of the saints, and with a pure heart and infant lips you proclaimed praise to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 3
Having from God the gift of insight from childhood, blessed mother, you have guided the hidden hearts of those who come to you, and the future, like the present one, has guided many people on the path of piety. Therefore, glorifying God, who makes the blind wise, we cry to you:
Rejoice, wondrous seer; Rejoice, accuser of hidden sins.
Rejoice, bright teacher of the darkened souls; Rejoice, merciful guide to the lost.
Rejoice, star, showing the right path; Rejoice, bright one, shining in the darkness of this age.
Rejoice, thou who served only God; Rejoice, having trampled down the machinations of the devil by the grace of the Holy Spirit.
Rejoice, righteous mother Matrono, warm prayer book for us to God.
Kontakion 4
The storm of bewilderment and confusion about your miracles dissipated among the people, blessed mother, and I taught them to the Lord, wondrous in His saints, glorifying and praising you, and hastening to God with thanksgiving: Alleluia.
Ikos 4
Having heard people, Mother Matrono, that you have given help in illnesses of soul and body, I come to you with hope, and, having received favorable advice and received healing, thanking God, I sing to you:
Rejoice, for you accept those who are sick and suffering in soul; Rejoice, for you grant peace to the sorrowing souls.
Rejoice, you who understand the errors of those who exist; Rejoice, teacher of piety.
Rejoice, reliever of our sorrows; Rejoice, comforter in sorrows.
Rejoice, good unmercenary; Rejoice, free healer of all kinds of ailments.
Rejoice, righteous mother Matrono, warm prayer book for us to God.
Kontakion 5
The God-rich star shone, O blessed Mother Matrono, in the days of hard times in our Fatherland, like a new confessor, you carried the yoke of Christ boldly and fearlessly through all your life, and you were strengthened by the grace of God, you gave admonition to the perplexed, to the weak, to the sick, to those who gratefully called upon God. : Alleluia.
Ikos 5
Having seen many people in Russia miracles and healings, God’s grace given to you: walking to the lame, healing to those who are weakened and lying on their beds, driving away spirits of evil to those who are raging, rushing to you, mother, as if to an inexhaustible source, having drunk from it abundantly, touched I cry out to you with my heart:
Rejoice, you who were called from infancy to the right path; Rejoice, righteous woman, given to us by God.
Rejoice, healer, healer of our ailments; Rejoice, you who quickly help us in our needs.
Rejoice, thou who admonishes us with helpful advice; Rejoice, our perplexities are soon resolved.
Rejoice, you who drive away unclean spirits from people; Rejoice, you who protect us from all evil through your prayer.
Rejoice, righteous mother Matrono, warm prayer book for us to God.
Kontakion 6
The herald of the holiness and righteousness of your life, blessed mother, the holy and righteous father John of Kronstadt appeared, when he saw you in the temple and named you his successor, the same pillar of Russia. All who heard this glorified the Lord, singing a song to Him: Alleluia.
Ikos 6
Through your prayers, Mother Matrono, shine the light of God’s grace in hearts that do not lead God and anger Him with many sins. And seeing the miracles you perform, I turn to the Lord, pleasing you:
Rejoice, you who glorify God with your deeds; Rejoice, you who show us the glory of God.
Rejoice, teacher of the unfaithful on the right path; Rejoice, you who cleanse those defiled by sins with your prayers.
Rejoice, you who call us to repentance; Rejoice, you who admonish us to give thanks to the Lord for everything.
Rejoice, you who teach us to love the temple of God; Rejoice, you who gather the scattered sheep into the church fence.
Rejoice, righteous mother Matrono, warm prayer book for us to God.
Kontakion 7
Desiring to please our Most Holy Lady Theotokos worthily, Mother Matrono, you commanded people to paint the all-honorable image of Her, called “Seeking the Lost,” and place your scales in the temple of God, so that everyone, looking at the bright face of the Most Pure One, will praise You with tenderness, and cry out to the Lord: Alleluia.
Ikos 7
The Lord gave you a new intercessor, prayer book and intercessor to God in a difficult time for the people of Russia, for many have fallen away from the Holy Church, but you, mother, have taught those of little faith and who have gone astray in word and deed, revealing the wondrous miracles of God. In the same way we sing to you:
Rejoice, our Russian country, everlastingly sad; Rejoice, intercessor for our salvation.
Rejoice, O God, righteous Judge, propitiator; Rejoice, patroness of the sick and offended.
Rejoice, helper of the weak and hopeless; Rejoice, constant warrior against the spirits of evil.
Rejoice, for the princes of demons tremble; Rejoice, as angels and men rejoice over you.
Rejoice, righteous mother Matrono, warm prayer book for us to God.
Kontakion 8
It is strange for those of little faith and foolishness that one born blind can see and lead not only the present, but also the future, not knowing the power of God in the weakness of mankind. But we, blessed mother, the wisdom of God, clearly revealed in you, cry out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 8
You, blessed mother, endured all kinds of annoyances and insults, expulsions and reproaches, not complaining about it, but thanking God for everything. By this you teach us to patiently bear our cross, and give you this blessing:
Rejoice, you who constantly remained in prayer; Rejoice, having driven away the spirits of evil by fasting and prayer.
Rejoice, thou who hast gained the blessed world; Rejoice, for with your love you saved many around you.
Rejoice, you who served a great deal of people through your life; Rejoice, who constantly helped people after your death.
Rejoice, even now warmly listening to our petition; Rejoice, you who do not abandon those who trust in your help.
Rejoice, righteous mother Matrono, warm prayer book for us to God.
Kontakion 9
Even though you endured all sorts of sorrows and illnesses, Mother Matrono, constantly waging war against the forces of darkness, exposing their intrigues and deceits, and casting out demons from the possessed, even until the end of your days you helped the suffering, the ailing and the grieving, always singing to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 9
The oracles of multi-proclamation will not be able to worthily glorify your holy life and the miracles performed by you by the power of God, wonderful to the old lady. But we, who want to psalmically praise God in His saints and strive with heartfelt love, dare to sing to you this:
Rejoice, thou who has chosen the narrow path and the strait gate; Rejoice, you who have shone with many virtues.
Rejoice, you who have rejected all that is corruptible in your life; Rejoice, adorned with humility, like a precious crown.
Rejoice, in the Gospel, like a bird of heaven that has lived on earth; Rejoice, Son of God, who did not have where to bow his head, who followed.
Rejoice, now rejoicing in the abodes of heaven; Rejoice, and do not forsake us sinners who pray to you by your mercy.
Rejoice, righteous mother Matrono, warm prayer book for us to God.
Kontakion 10
Wanting to save many people from the suffering of bodily and mental ailments, you remained all night, O righteous woman of God, in prayer, asking them for help and strengthening from our Lord Jesus Christ, singing to Him: Alleluia.
Ikos 10
You were a wall and a covering during the days of your life, blessed mother, to all who came running to you, and after death you did not cease to intercede before God for the people who flow with faith to your tomb. Likewise, now hear us, sinners, who are overcome by sorrows, illnesses and many sorrows, and strive to help with your prayers, to all who cry out to you:
Rejoice, quick intercessor to the offended; Rejoice, comforter of those who suffer hardships.
Rejoice, guardian of an honest marriage; Rejoice, peace of all who are in enmity.
Rejoice, those who are brought to justice are not brought to justice by the defender; Rejoice, and merciful intercessor to God for the guilty before the earthly judgment.
Rejoice, shelter for the homeless; Rejoice, for all those who call upon you, intercessor.
Rejoice, righteous mother Matrono, warm prayer book for us to God.
Kontakion 11
You heard the singing of angels, O honorable mother Matrono, while still living on earth. Teach us, unworthy, how to glorify God, who is revered in the Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, to whom the heavenly hosts continually sing loudly: Alleluia.
Ikos 11
Your life shines with a luminous light, blessed Matrono, illuminating the darkness of this busy world, and attracts our souls to itself, as if we too will be illuminated by the rays of God’s grace and we will pass the sorrowful path of our temporary life in a godly manner and we will achieve the Kingdom of God, where you, mother, have now settled. Hearing our voice calling to you:
Rejoice, light of God, ever-burning; Rejoice, O honorable bead, who illumines us with the brilliance of Thy shrine.
Rejoice, fragrant flower, who scents us with the Holy Spirit; Rejoice, rock of faith, strengthening the faint-hearted in piety.
Rejoice, bright star, showing us the right path; Rejoice, good warrior of Christ, terrifying the demonic army with the sword of prayer.
Rejoice, for all your life is holy and immaculate; Rejoice, for your death is honorable before the Lord.
Rejoice, righteous mother Matrono, warm prayer book for us to God.
Kontakion 12
You have received the grace of God abundantly from the shrouds, O blessed mother, even as I will endure to remain with you all the days of your life. We believe without a doubt that even after your dormition, this grace will richly remain with you. For this reason, we desperately pray: do not deprive us, who are still wandering on earth, of your help and intercession, asking the Lord to have mercy on all who sing to Him: Alleluia.
Ikos 12
Singing your many and wondrous miracles, Mother Matrono, we praise God, who gave the city of Moscow and our Fatherland in the days of godlessness and persecution, an unshakable pillar of piety and faith. Now, blessed mother, with a grateful heart we sing to you:
Rejoice, thou who has gained the peace of Christ in thy soul; Rejoice, for this reason you brought many people around you to God.
Rejoice, who in a weak body showed the power of God's grace; Rejoice, having shown us God's mercy in the discovery of your holy relics.
Rejoice, great prosperity has come to the host of Moscow saints; Rejoice, glorious adornment of the city of Moscow.
Rejoice, sorrowful one of our Fatherland before God; Rejoice, calling everyone to repentance and prayer for the Russian lands.
Rejoice, righteous mother Matrono, warm prayer book for us to God.
Kontakion 13
O blessed mother, hear the song of praise now sung to you and ask us from the Lord Jesus Christ for forgiveness of sins, a Christian peaceful death and a good answer at His Last Judgment, so that you and I will be honored in the villages of paradise to glorify the Holy Trinity, crying out: Alleluia.
This kontakion is read three times, then the 1st ikos “Angel in the flesh...” and the 1st kontakion “Chosen by the Spirit of God...”.
Prayer
O blessed Mother Matrono, standing in soul in Heaven before the Throne of God, resting in body on earth, and emanating various miracles from the grace given to you from above, look now with your merciful eye on us, sinners, in sorrow, illness and sinful temptations, waiting for our days, comfort We, desperate ones, heal our severe ailments, from God to us because of our sins, deliver us from many troubles and circumstances, beg our Lord Jesus Christ to forgive us all our sins, iniquities and falls, in the image of us from our youth even to the present day and having sinned for an hour, so that through your prayers we have received grace and great mercy, let us glorify in the Trinity the One God, the Father and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Troparion, tone 2
Let us praise the blessed old woman Matrona, wise and wise, the prosperity of the land of Tula and the glorious adornment of the city of Moscow. This, having not known the light of day, was enlightened by the light of Christ and enriched with the gift of insight and healing. Having been a sojourner and a wanderer on earth, now in the heavenly chambers she stands before the Throne of God and prays for our souls.
Kontakion, tone 7
Pre-chosen to the service of Christ from the womb, the righteous Matrono, walking the path of sorrows and sorrows, having demonstrated firm faith and piety, you pleased God. Moreover, honoring your memory, we pray to you: help us to remain in God’s love, blessed old lady.
Greatness
We magnify you, holy righteous old lady Matrono, and honor your holy memory, for you pray for us to Christ our God.
When to read an akathist
Matronushka, blessed Matrona, Saint Matrona of Moscow - all these are the names of one saint, revered by the entire Orthodox Church, beloved and dear to Orthodox Christians around the world. The saint was born in the 19th century and died in 1952. There are many witnesses to her holiness who saw Matronushka during her lifetime. And today, when the text of the akathist to Matrona of Moscow is read, the saint especially helps those praying; there is a lot of evidence even about the appearances of the blessed Matrona in dreams to pious believers.
Akathist to the Matrona of Moscow Intercession Monastery. And his heirs read it every day. The relics of Blessed Matronushka are located in the Pokrovsky Monastery (called the Intercession Gate) in Moscow and are open for veneration by believers daily, from 7:00 to 20:00. Every day many people from all over Russia come to touch this great shrine.
Song 7
Irmos: The youths who came from Judea, in Babylon, sometimes, by the faith of the Trinity, quenched the fire of the fire, singing: God of the fathers, blessed ecu.
Chorus: Holy blessed Matrono, pray to God for us.
Iniquity flared up in our land, like the flame of old in the caves of Babylon, trying to burn the fatherly faith in people, but you, blessed one, taught those who came to you to chant by faith: God of the fathers, blessed are you.
The tormentors of God's opposition, who apostatized from the law of God, kindled the fire of persecution in our country, but you, righteous Matrono, gave spiritual dew to those who came to you by the power of Christ, so that they would not be burned to the end, but would always sing: God of the fathers, blessed are you.
Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
The angel of God, in the cave of Babylon as a youth of old who extinguished the fiery flame, you became likened to the Russian people in the days of wickedness by your prayers from the evil tongue of evil, you helped to be unharmed, teaching you to cry: God of the fathers, blessed are you.
And now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.
Theotokos: We resort to Your protection, Virgin, Burning Bush, our sins, like harmful thorns, fell through Your prayers, and with a pure heart we cry: Fathers, God, blessed are you.
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.
Chorus: Holy blessed Matrono, pray to God for us.
Raising your prayers to God, you proclaimed all your needs and sorrows to Him, righteous mother, and like Jonah in the belly of the whale, you cried out in great sorrow: God, bring me up from the depths of evil.
With the help of God, having humbly endured all your needs, righteous Matrono, you defeated the power of the enemy through your prayer. Moreover, having now received the abundant grace of Christ, pray that we may be delivered from the villainy of the devil.
Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
By many of your deeds, righteous Matrono, have you become against the wiles of the devil, waging war with the ruler of the darkness of this age. In the same way, pray for us now, that we may accept all the weapons of God and be able to resist in the days of fierce spiritual wickedness in high places.
And now and forever, and forever and ever. Amen.
Theotokos: O Most Pure Virgin, Who gave birth to Hell and Death, the Conqueror, pray to the Lord and Your Son to deliver us from our enemies of crime.
Lord, have mercy, three times. Glory, and now:
Prayer
O blessed mother Matrono, standing in Heaven before the Throne of God with her soul, resting with her body on the earth and exuding various miracles with this grace from above! Look now with your merciful eye on us, sinners, in sorrows, illnesses and demonic temptations, waiting for our days, comfort us, desperate ones, heal our fierce ailments, from God forgive us for our sins, deliver us from many troubles and circumstances, beg our Lord Jesus Christ forgive us all our sins, lawlessness and fall, for we have sinned from our youth even to this day and hour, and through your prayers we have received grace and greatness Please, let us glorify in the Trinity the One God, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen.
