The blessed Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia have long been revered as patrons of marriage. It's no secret that the path to family happiness is sometimes thorny and difficult. By their example, the princes of Murom showed Christians an example of self-sacrifice, humility and fidelity.
Since then, believers who have lost harmony in their relationships with their loved ones have resorted to the prayerful help of the heavenly patrons of family and marriage. The best remedy in such cases is considered to be reading the akathist to Peter and Fevronia.
The meaning of saints in Orthodoxy
Holiness is a complex concept. In Orthodoxy it is believed that only God has this property. A person can become a saint only through his closeness to God, an impeccably righteous lifestyle and a tireless struggle against sin. Then he receives Divine grace and can be canonized by the church as a saint.
A holy person has a constant connection with God. He fulfills all the commandments, not expecting a reward for it, but simply because he cannot live otherwise. Murom Saints Peter and Fevronia have a special place in the pantheon. They represent true love and a strong family. Believers often pray at their icon for family happiness.
The history of the appearance of the akathist
Peter and Fevronia are locally revered Orthodox saints. This means that by definition they do not have church-wide veneration. But they enjoy such great popular love that the day of their memory (July 8) is even timed to coincide with an all-Russian holiday - the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity.
There is no mention of the Murom prince Peter in the chronicles, but he, along with his wife, was canonized in 1547, and soon after this the famous “The Tale of Peter and Fevronia of Murom” was written, based on folk tales.
The Tale says that Prince Peter entered into battle with a serpent who was seducing the wife of his brother Paul. The prince won, but the snake's blood splashed on him caused leprosy. Peter unsuccessfully searched for a doctor, but no one could cure the terrible disease.
Once in a dream he had a vision that healing would be brought by the Ryazan girl Fevronia, the daughter of a wild honey collector. The prince went to the place he saw in a dream, and really met Fevronia there. Peter promised to take her as his wife if she cured him, and the girl cured severe leprosy. But Fevronia was a commoner, so the prince, fearing the indignation of the boyars, broke his promise and left.
Soon the illness returned with renewed vigor, and he again had to ask Fevronia for help. This time the vow was fulfilled, and Fevronia became a princess. This angered the Murom boyars, and the couple went into exile. A bloody struggle for the throne began in the city, and the boyars had to ask them to return.
The pious spouses justly ruled Murom for many years and won the people's love. In their declining years they accepted monasticism and new names: David and Euphrosyne. They lived in different monasteries, but they prayed tirelessly that God would allow them to die on the same day. They also bequeathed that their bodies should be buried in a common tomb. This tomb was prepared during their lifetime. It was carved from one stone, and a thin partition was made in it.
When the time came, the pious spouses died on the same day, but the monks broke their will and buried them in their monasteries. The next day a miracle happened: the bodies of the spouses ended up in their common tomb, as they had wished.
In 1553, by order of Ivan the Terrible, a cathedral church was erected over the relics of the saints. During the Soviet years, the peace of the saints was disturbed, and their relics were transferred to the museum. At the end of the last century, the revival of Russian Orthodoxy began, and today the relics are in the Murom Holy Trinity Monastery, where everyone can venerate them.
Prayers to the Muromskys
It is surprising that despite the popularity of the blessed princes of Murom, there was no official prayer to them aimed at resolving family troubles until the 21st century. Only on May 29, 2013, at a meeting of the Holy Synod, the text of the prayer was approved.
About saving marriage
First of all, they resort to their help at moments when discord begins in the family. The former love disappears somewhere, the spiritual connection is lost, and there is no understanding between the spouses. When quarrels and disagreements come to the fore and become commonplace. And in order to reverse the current situation, believers resort to prayer.
On the challenge of divorce
It also happens that a family is on the verge of collapse. It seems that divorce is the only right solution. As the people say: “Out of sight, out of mind.” There's no need to rush. It is always easier to destroy than to build. For those who are standing at the edge, but the old feelings are still warm in the soul, there is the following prayer.
Other prayers
Also, the pious princes of Murom are asked to conceive children. There are many known cases where, after a pilgrimage to the shrine with the incorruptible relics of a married couple and fervent prayer, childless couples became happy parents.
Prayers also help those who suffer from a serious illness. There are documented facts of healing of believers who flow to the help of the righteous couple.
How to read correctly
The Akathist to Peter and Fevronia can be read as soon as the heartfelt need for it is felt. But most often believers turn to him in the following situations:
- before marriage;
- those wishing to have a child;
- while searching for your love;
- request for health;
- during family troubles.
Before you start for the first time, you need to turn to your priest for a blessing. Reading can only be done while standing, and all those praying must stand. Exceptions are made only for patients - they are allowed to sit (or even lie down if the reading takes place at home or in a hospital ward).
Before you start reading, you need to get into a prayerful mood, take your mind off the hustle and bustle of home and work. Thoughts must be pure. Reading can take place in front of icons or simply while standing at the window. Reading order:
- prayer to the Holy Spirit;
- “Our Father” three times;
- initial prayer with bows;
- the akathist himself;
- The 13th kontakion must be read three times in a row;
- 1st Ikos;
- 1st kontakion;
- at the end of the akathist you can add your prayer request, ending it with the words: “Thy will be done, Lord, and not mine,” because a person cannot know whether what he so earnestly asks for is useful to him;
- "It's worthy to eat."
The Akathist can be included in the complex of morning and evening prayers. In this case, the prayers are read in the usual order, and before the prayer “It is worthy to eat,” the akathist itself is read.
Meanings of the akathist to the saints
Unfortunately, in our age of religious illiteracy, the relationship of most parishioners with God comes down to the principle “you give me, I give you.” Such a person, upon entering the temple, considers it his duty to light as many candles as possible at the “right” icon and forgets about the most important thing - communication with the Creator. The very concept of prayer is devalued, and God's saints are given the role of certain intermediaries between petitioners and the Creator.
Akathist is a special type of prayer. The hymn has everything: a biography of the righteous man, a memory of his Christian deeds, his praise and glorification of the Lord.
The hymn to pious spouses was no exception. According to church canons, it includes moments from the lives of the reverend princes. For example, Kontakion 3 describes the feat of Peter, who decided to abdicate the throne in order to avoid the fate of an oathbreaker and adulterer. This shows an example of marital love and fidelity.
The hymn ends with the praise of God's saints and a simultaneous request for their prayerful intercession for the one asking before the Heavenly Father.
Why do they read?
Those who want to meet true love and be united in sacred marriage resort to reading the akathist.
Prayer also helps:
- For those who have already found their soul mate, but jealousy, misunderstanding and resentment have settled in the heart of one or both spouses.
- Childless couples ask for a blessing for the birth of children through the akathist.
- For parents who are experiencing a breakdown in communication with their children, reading the hymn miraculously helps to establish relationships and find a common language with their children.
Petitioners in an endless series go to the relics of God's saints in the Holy Trinity Monastery in the city of Murom.
After the end of the liturgy, pilgrims go to the shrine with the incorruptible remains of the righteous.
As a result, many actually get what they ask for:
- singles get married;
- those who left return to the family;
- peace and tranquility settle in the house;
- Long-awaited babies are born;
- the younger generation is coming to their senses.
Reading the prayer can be done at home or in church. Usually the akathist is part of the prayer service. This type of worship takes place in the temple and is performed by the priest together with the parishioners.
Reading rules
There are several rules observed by believers when they read the akathist.
Basic recommendations:
- First of all, it is appropriate to find out about those to whom you are making a request. To do this, it is advisable to study the lives of pious spouses.
- The akathist is read twice a day - in the morning and evening hours. Before doing this, it is appropriate to read the prayer rule according to the time of day. After the initial prayers, you can begin the akathist, ending with the prayer “It is worthy to eat.”
- You should read while standing. It is wonderful if the hymn is recited directly in front of the icons with the faces of the noble princes of Murom.
- Ideally, the words of the akathist should be memorized; sight reading is, of course, allowed, but with one condition: the prayer must come from the heart and not be a soulless reading.
- It does not matter whether the prayer is said loudly, in a whisper, or silently. The main thing is sincerity and purity of thoughts.
Akathist
Kontakion 1
Chosen miracle workers and great saints of the Lord, intercessors of the city of Murom and dreams of prayer for our souls, holy blessings to Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia! The singing of praise brought to you, we pray earnestly: as you who have boldness in the Lord, through your intercession free us from all troubles, and make us heirs of the Kingdom of Heaven, so that we call you joy but: Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.
Ikos 1
The angels of earth and the people of heaven have truly appeared, blessed Peter and Fevronia, from your youth you have had a clear conscience towards God, and have lived together in goodness in piety and purity, but for us Leaving as an example of imitation your life pleasing to God, which has been miraculous and illuminated by your miracles, we call you voices of praise: Rejoice, you who have loved Christ from your youth and who have served Him with all your heart; Rejoice, guardians of chastity and guardians of mental and physical purity. Rejoice, having prepared your soul and body on earth in the abode of the Holy Spirit; Rejoice, being filled with the wisdom and intelligence of the Divine. Rejoice, as in the flesh, as without flesh, live together; Rejoice, for honor equal to the angels is worthy of acceptance. Rejoice, for you stand before the Trinity from earth to Heaven and there with the Angels; Rejoice, for with the disembodied faces you sing the thrice-holy hymn to Her. Rejoice, glorification of the Lord in Heaven and on earth; Rejoice, having found an eternal all-bright resting place. Rejoice, rich treasure of the city of Murom; Rejoice, source of inexhaustible miracles. Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.
Kontakion 2
Having visited Prince Peter in his returning sickness, the knowledge of the wrath of the god, for the non -fulfillment of his own, to appear in his wife’s wise foevia, getting down and combined with a nonsense of lawying. Both in marriage, live chastely and pleasingly to God, blessed ones, having one thought in two bodies, even pleasing to God; Therefore, today you sing to Him with the Angels a song: Alleluia.
Ikos 2
With a mind enlightened by God and gifted from above, saints Peter and Fevronia, love and mercy for the poor and orphans, the offended and helpless, faster intercessors, and many other virtues You will adorn your earthly reign. For this reason, we cry out to you: Rejoice, blessed and blessed ones, who have lived in love of God and preserved piety; Rejoice, full of mercy and compassion. Rejoice, quick helper to the helpless; Rejoice, comforters of the sad. Rejoice, feeders of orphans and widows; Rejoice, representatives of those in trouble. Rejoice, healers of mental and physical illnesses; Rejoice, joyful visitors of sorrowful hearts. Rejoice, you have shown your love for God and your love for your neighbors; Rejoice, your earthly reign is righteous and pleasing to God. Rejoice, praise to the Orthodox princes and establishment of the city of Murom; Rejoice, all Russian lands, intercession. Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.
Kontakion 3
We strengthen you with the power of God’s grace, blessed Prince Peter, you would rather leave the city of your fatherland and the reign of Murom, rather than divorce the wise Fevronia at the insistence of the proud bolyars yours. For this reason, for God’s sake, glorify you and create, so that the Bolyars, who were returned together with your wife, may once again be established on the throne of the reign of Murom, and show us an example of keeping the law of God By your labors, and imitating you in the holiness of keeping the wedding covenant, we sing to the hero Christ: Alleluia.
Ikos 3
Having care for your people, blessed Peter and Fevronia, vigilantly strive for their good, planting piety, eradicating wickedness and pacifying enmity. Moreover, the Lord, seeing such feats of yours, blessed the land of Murom with fruitfulness and granted deep peace to your reign, challenging your people to sing gratefully to you: Rejoice, God's Goddess, a participant in the lives of the great saints; Rejoice, ruler of good fortune, people of Murom who have led you to salvation. Rejoice, guardians of Christian piety; Rejoice, eradicators of disorder, strife and all wickedness. Rejoice, Christian spouses, teachers of pious life; Rejoice, conjugal chastity and continence are an excellent image. Rejoice, zealots of the righteous judgment; Rejoice, zealots of non-profit and selflessness. Rejoice, holy kings Constantine and Helen, acquisitors of virtues; Rejoice, Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir and Blessed Princess Olga are worthy successors. Rejoice, most honorable and good combination, shining with rays of miracles; Rejoice, O bright lamp of your fatherland. Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.
Kontakion 4
The storm of sorrows and misfortunes raised by the malice of this world, do not weaken your strong love for God, Peter and Blessed Fevronia, but moreover teach you to skillfully reflect kindled desires ly temptations of the devil: you have wrapped yourself in the armor of the faith of Christ, in the depths of the world, above the multi-rebellious abyss of everyday life sea, and reach the quiet harbor of salvation, and bring us to it with your prayers, so that together with you we sing to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 4
Having heard your pious life near and far, the blessed Peter and Fevronia, I glorified the lover of mankind, God, who has given you strength for all good deeds, and like the most bright rays, I asked in your fatherland, even to this day your names are honorable, and your exploits are glorified with these praises: Rejoice , the most luminous two, united by God; Rejoice in the light of your pious life, like God’s bright lights shining forth. Rejoice, having acquired the Kingdom of Heaven through alms and prayers; Rejoice, having achieved eternal bliss through humility and forgiveness. Rejoice, for your reward is abundant in Heaven; Rejoice, for your joy is eternal in the light of the saints. Rejoice, beloved servants of Christ; Rejoice, friends of all the saints. Rejoice, stars of charm, who correctly point out the path of a married life pleasing to God; Rejoice, dew-bearing clouds, driving away the heat of passions and wickedness. Rejoice, givers of God's mercies and bounty to us; Rejoice, integral adornment of your fatherland. Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.
Kontakion 5
God-enlightened luminaries of piety and wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia, who loved God with all their souls, kept all His commandments; Moreover, Christ, like the bright sun and moon, showed you, blessed ones, many miracles with the dawn illuminating the Murom region and the entire Russian country, glorifying the holy and multi-healing incorruption I am your relics, falling to them, according to our inheritance we bless you and sing with thanksgiving to the wondrous thing in our saints To God: Alleluia.
Ikos 5
Having seen your righteous life and your generosity, the people of Muromstia glorify you, their merciful rulers, blessed Peter and Fevronia, but you have loved true humility and the praises of mankind. Then, by pride, remain invincible, and thus show us the image of the highest humility, learning from it, crying out with love This is for you: Rejoice, thou who have counted the glory of man for nothing; Rejoice, you who have earnestly loved the humility of Christ. Rejoice, faithful doers of the commandments of the Lord; Rejoice, followers of the teachings of the Gospel. Rejoice, servant of the Most High God, having done His will; Rejoice, having kept the faith of Christ to the end. Rejoice, teachers of piety to people named after Christ; Rejoice, you who want to live a life pleasing to God and the wisdom of your teacher. Rejoice, for through your prayers you save us from all troubles; Rejoice, you who fulfill all our good requests. Rejoice, the grace of a physician among those who suffer; Rejoice, patron of the mercy of the country of Murom. Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.
Kontakion 6
Preachers of the Orthodox faith and zealots of piety, not only in words, but in all their lives, quickly in the city of Murom, praise to Peter and Fevronia; Moreover, the Holy Church worthily honors your exploits and labors, in which you labored for the glory of the Most High God, constantly singing to Him: Alleluia.
Ikos 6
Shine in the city of Murom with the light of your virtuous life, like the God-bright stars, blessed Peter and Fevronia, and your memory in it with praises to this day, as even after your death you do not cease illuminate us, performing many miracles, and thereby the bright dawn of immortality for us from the relics yours shining, may we bless you with our blessings: Rejoice, guardians of the rites and statutes of the holy Church; Rejoice, reverent worshipers of the servants of the altar of the Lord. Rejoice, zealots of the good customs and traditions of the patristic fathers; Rejoice, eradicators of evil customs and vanity of the pagans. Rejoice, judgments that have been impartial to your people are not partial; Rejoice, having united your judgments with mercy. Rejoice, meek and gentle followers of Christ; Rejoice, you who have overcome evil with good. Rejoice, incorruptible fragrant flowers; Rejoice, unflickering rays of immortality. Rejoice, you who shine with the greatness of miracles on earth; Rejoice, angels from Heaven glorifying God. Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.
Kontakion 7
Although the philanthropic Lord will appear in your life, Peter and Fevronia, as an example of edification not only for worldly people, but also for monastic faces, inspire you in your old age to leave the glory of the earthly reign, and take on the monastic image, in it strive for goodness by fasting, vigil and prayer, chanting continually to the Triune God the angelic song: Alleluia.
Ikos 7
You have received the new grace of God in monastic vows, in monastic vows, with new deeds you will decorate your equal life with the angels, and thus bring the fruit of spiritual perfection to Christ, and the reward of the teacher you are worthy to receive from Him. Remembering such zeal for your spiritual achievements, we glorify you with these worthy praises: Rejoice, for for the sake of the Lord you have abandoned the reign and glory of this world; Rejoice, for you have diligently accepted the monastic life of equal angels. Rejoice, ascetic of perfect patience; Rejoice, blessed money-grubbers free from poverty. Rejoice, before your death you killed all your passions through abstinence; Rejoice, having received the holy schema into the armor of salvation. Rejoice, you who changed the prince’s scarlet garment for a monastic hair shirt; Rejoice, by fasting, vigil and unceasing prayers, you have pleased God well. Rejoice, seekers of God-loving solitude; Rejoice, lovers of saving silence. Rejoice, watered with tears of prayer; Rejoice, in the host of your kind glorified in Heaven. Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.
Kontakion 8
It was a strange and wondrous miracle, when you, Blessed Peter, at the end of your life, petitions for the sake of your wife, Saint Fevronia, slowed down your exodus until she had passed away from the swaddling clothes. from the church, stitched with it and together with you to the end of death, and thus inseparability in life, inseparability in death he appeared, and on one day and hour he betrayed his holy soul in the hand of God, calling everlastingly the living and the dead to the possessing Lord God: Alleluia.
Ikos 8
You all marveled and glorified the wondrous God in His saints, when your holy body was placed in different tombs, miraculously found, lying in a common tomb, just prepared yourself, reverend, in the cathedral church of the city of Murom, where to this day you rest inseparably, miracle-working saints, inexhaustibly exuding healing to all who come running to you with faith and call: Rejoice, your union of love is faithfully preserved to the grave and beyond the grave; Rejoice, not only in life, but also in death, in the Lord of unity. Rejoice, in your pious married life imitating your strong helpers; Rejoice, you who warm us with the warmth of your love. Rejoice, having passed from temporary death to eternal life; Rejoice, from the Lord incorruptibility and miracles of glorification. Rejoice, for your memory is with praise and your dormition is with the saints; Rejoice, for your names are honorable and blessed in your fatherland. Rejoice, Russian countries, fertile fertilizer; Rejoice, indestructible fence of the city of Murom. Rejoice, O representatives of heaven who love and honor you; Rejoice, you who ever ask us from the Lord for the gifts of His goodness. Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.
Kontakion 9
All the Angels and holy faces rejoiced with great joy, when your holy souls reached the eternal in the abodes of the heavenly villages, and the Creator Himself of the Angels and the Most Holy of Holies, the King of Sla You are Christ, who crowned you with immortality and gave you the grace to pray to Him with boldness in many ways for all those who seek your intercession, Do not deprive us, sinners, of this praise, Peter and Fevronia, who humbly sing a song of praise to God who glorified you: Alleluia.
Ikos 9
Human wisdom does not suffice for the worthy glorification of your wondrous life, holy wonderworkers Peter and Fevronius; Who is it that confesses all your prayers and forgiveness, illnesses and labors? who will count all your tears and sighs to God? Both of us strive with love for you, we dare to sing to you these small and simple praises: Rejoice, you chosen vessels of the grace of the Holy Spirit; Rejoice, everlasting blessings to us intercessors. Rejoice, God-fearing spouses confirmed in piety; Rejoice, violators of marital chastity and harmony are a terrible reproof. Rejoice, the wrath of God, righteously moving against us, quenched by your prayers; Rejoice, you who continually pray to the Lord for the peace of the whole world. Rejoice, fortresses against our enemies, visible and invisible, and our supporters; Rejoice, angelic people. Rejoice, joint heirs of the venerable and righteous; Rejoice, faithful saint of the Most Holy Trinity. Rejoice, blessed inhabitants of the mountain city of Heavenly Jerusalem; Rejoice, you who triumph with the saints in the tabernacles of paradise. Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.
Kontakion 10
Eternal salvation has been inherited by the blessed Peter and Fevronia, with your souls in the heavenly abodes inseparably remaining in God, and with your holy relics in the temple of God resting incorruptibly together, and You exude abundant healing, so that your miracles are gracefully illuminated, we cry out in praise to the Supreme Creator of miracles, God: Alleluia.
Ikos 10
The wall of intercession, your favorable prayers to God, have been found, holy wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia, we diligently send thanks to the Heavenly Father for all His good deeds, which you have abundantly shown to us all To you, our representatives, we bring the chant: Rejoice, all-bright heir of the Kingdom of Christ; Rejoice, interlocutor of angelic faces. Rejoice, you who contemplate God in more unapproachable glory; Rejoice, Trisian Deity of the Mystery. Rejoice, you who reign forever with the saints in Heaven; Rejoice, you who mercifully reach from the heights of the earth to those born on earth. Rejoice, smell the fragrance of heavenly vegetation; Rejoice, cypress trees of the miracle-working paradise of Jesus. Rejoice, givers of envy and free healing; Rejoice, performers of many praiseworthy miracles. Rejoice, you who shower many blessings upon us; Rejoice, the mercy of your compassion encompassing everyone. Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.
Kontakion 11
We bring prayer songs to you, saints of God Petra and Fevronia, and with love we fall before the rank of your holy and multi-healing relics, glorifying your godly life and many deeds. We earnestly pray to you, holy wonderworkers, help us to imitate your virtues, so that we may sing to our Creator in a godly manner: Alleluia.
Ikos 11
The cathedral temple of the city of Murom was filled with heavenly light, when with the favor of God the holy relics of your Peter and Fevronia were found safe and fragrant in it, and from the depths of the earth, as if hidden a precious thing, worn out in the past, where they rest to this day, abundant healing flowing to the sick and sick . For this reason we cry to you with song: Rejoice, incorruptible gold, found in the depths of the earth; Rejoice, beads that shine and gracefully enlighten people. Rejoice, praise to the holy Orthodox Church; Rejoice, denunciation of heresies and schisms. Rejoice, light up your minds, enlightened by the dawn of the Holy Spirit; Rejoice, peace filled with the fragrance of Christ. Rejoice, having been clothed in the robe of grace-filled incorruptibility; Rejoice, girded with the power of many miracles. Rejoice, for your honest physician’s cancer has become a human disease; Rejoice, for from her everyone who comes with faith receives gifts of healing. Rejoice, the brightness of your miracles illuminating the darkness of our souls; Rejoice, you who show us the dawn of the common resurrection through the incorruption of your holy relics. Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.
Kontakion 12
Having known the grace from above given to you, holy wonderworkers Peter and Fevronius, with reverence and love we worship your incorruptible and multi-healing relics and from them we accept healing in times of ill health and in sorrow. hope, in troubles, grace-filled help: therefore, we glorify you according to your heritage, heavenly representatives and our intercessors, singing praises and thanksgiving to the Lord God who does us good: Alleluia.
Ikos 12
Singing your many and glorious miracles, great saints of God Petra and Fevronia, we bless you as healers, comforters and helpers from the Lord given to us, and we prayerfully celebrate the Holy Father I pray to you, from the love of my heart I sing to you in gratitude and praise: Rejoice, in the fragrance of the holy incorruptible resting; Rejoice, you who come to the race with faith and sanctify your relics with grace. Rejoice, you who call in prayerfully honest names your speedy hearers; Rejoice, because God has placed trust in you as a wonderful helper. Rejoice, you who have known the propitiators of the Heavenly King; Rejoice, our mighty protectors from invisible enemies. Rejoice, you have dreamed of us all as intercessors of salvation; Rejoice, persistent guardians of the city of Murom. Rejoice, wonderful kindness of the Russian princes; Rejoice, patrons of your fatherland given by God. Rejoice, healing grace of our bodies; Rejoice for our souls’ zeal for the Lord in prayer. Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.
Kontakion 13
About the holiness and glory of the wonderworkers, the blessing of Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia! Mercifully accept this laudatory song from us, unworthy, brought to you in tenderness, and by your intercession from the Lord ask us for confirmation in faith and good deeds, and deliverance from all sorrows and illnesses temporary and eternal, may we be honored to sing together with you and all the saints in the Kingdom of Heaven To the Most Holy Trinity, an everlasting song of praise: Alleluia.
(This kontakion is read three times, then ikos 1 and kontakion 1)
First prayer
About the great saints of God and the wonderful wonderworkers of the blessed Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia, representatives and guardians of the city of Murom, and about all of us, zealous prayers to the Lord! We come running to you and pray to you with strong hope: bring your holy prayers to the Lord God for us sinners and ask us from His goodness for all that is beneficial to our souls and bodies: right faith, hope goodness, unfeigned love, unshakable piety, prosperity in good deeds, peace of peace, fruitfulness of the earth, prosperity of the air, health of souls and bodies and eternal salvation. Intercede with the King of Heaven: let His faithful servants, in sorrow and sorrow cry out to Him day and night, hear the painful cry and let our lives be delivered from destruction. Ask the Church of Saints and the entire Russian state for peace, silence and prosperity, and for all of us a prosperous life and a good Christian death. Protect your fatherland, the city of Murom, and all Russian cities from all evil, and overshadow all the faithful people who come to you and worship with the relics with the grace of your favorable prayers, and all about fulfill their intentions for good. Hey, holy wonderworkers! Do not despise our prayers offered to you with tenderness, but be the representatives of the Lord in your dreams and grant us, with your holy help, eternal salvation and the Kingdom of Heaven to inherit; Let us glorify the ineffable love for mankind of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, in the Trinity we worship God, forever and ever. Amen.
Second prayer
O saints of God, blessed Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia, we resort to you and to you with strong hope we pray: lift up for us sinners (names), your holy prayers to the Lord God and ask Receive from His goodness all that is good for our souls and bodies: faith truth, good hope, unfeigned love, unshakable piety, success in good deeds. And petition us from the Heavenly King for a prosperous life and a good Christian death. Hey, holy wonderworkers! Do not despise our prayers, but dream of intercession with the Lord for us, and grant us, through your help, eternal salvation and inherit the Kingdom of Heaven, and let us glorify the ineffable love of mankind Father and Son and Holy Spirit, in the Trinity we worship God forever and ever.
