One abortion often ruins several lives. For example, Orthodox journalist Sergei Ivanovich Geruk recalled a woman who, in her youth, got rid of a fetus, but could not cope with mental torment:
The author of these lines had the opportunity to communicate with one robed nun, who had been living in the monastery for more than 20 years and praying daily for her distant sin of youth, which prompted her to leave the world, two already adult children and take monastic vows.
The torment of her soul was so great that the pain from what she had done haunted her for many years, so she performed a daily prayer rule for the sin of infanticide in the womb and continues to do it to this day.
Sergey Ivanovich Geruk
journalist
A terrible fate. But not rare. What to do when the child is already lost, and there is a stone in his soul? Orthodoxy recommends reading an akathist about lost babies in the womb. This will not solve all problems, but it will help you overcome painful feelings and return to a healthy, spiritual life.
Icon “Jesus Christ’s cry about abortion”
No akathist or prayer atones for the sin of abortion, but only eases a person’s soul
Let's say an abortion happened. The reason is not that important. It is a rare mother who will react to this event with composure. There is pain in my soul, guilt, anger at myself. Finding support from others is quite difficult.
The information field clearly encourages you to give birth, but you are branded a murderer. There are happy parents with children all around, and if an abortion is not done of their own free will, but, say, for medical reasons, it is doubly painful. How to survive this?
The Lord comes to the rescue.
He is always ready to support and give us the necessary strength. You just need to turn to him - through prayer. For these purposes, there is an akathist for the wives of those who lost their babies in the womb, as well as other prayers, for example, a prayer for deceased babies in the womb.
Also, sincere prayer benefits the dead, as the Archbishop of the Bethlehem Monastery writes: Stephen of Tabor:
“Those who received St. baptism will rejoice and bliss in heaven forever, even if they receive an unexpected death; equally, those babies who were born dead and did not have time to be baptized should not be rejected; it is not their fault that they did not receive holy baptism,
and the Heavenly Father has many Abodes, among which there are, of course, those in which such babies will rest for the faith and piety of their faithful parents, although they themselves, by the inscrutable fate of God, did not receive holy baptism; It is not against religion to think so.
Parents can pray for them with faith in God’s mercy; Every mother who weeps for her children can, without a doubt, cry out to the Lord, the Lover of Mankind, in the following words:
“Lord, have mercy on my children who died in my womb, for my faith and tears, for the sake of Your mercy. Lord, do not deprive them of Your Divine light!”
Important: prayer is not a way to atone for your sin. For such purposes there is repentance and penance - godly activity to atone for guilt. Prayer helps you come to your senses, regain your spiritual strength, and establish a connection with God.
It becomes easier to live with her. Also, prayer is a way to worry about an unborn child, to ask for good for him from higher powers.
It is appropriate to quote the words of Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov:
“There is no “prayer for abortion” that automatically removes sin.
Even the rite from the breviary “Prayer to the wife when she disgorges the baby” refers only to the case when the miscarriage occurred involuntarily,
due to illness, negligence (for example, when lifting heavy objects), but not to artificial termination of pregnancy.”
Artemy Vladimirov
archpriest
See also the article Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov
There are prayers, an akathist and a canon about those killed in the womb, but they must be read sincerely - putting in your soul
Prayer for babies killed in the womb is not a dig, not a lever, not an order to God. The kindness of the Almighty cannot be manipulated through sacred words. We just send our request to him, confess, repent. And everything else, as they say, is God’s will.
Any prayer will not have an effect just like that. It is necessary to read it sincerely, to the point of tears, in order to put your soul into it. This is not just a ritual text, but a meaning addressed to heaven.
God doesn't care so much what you say. What is more important is what you put into what you say.
The prayer below is a general one. It does not apply only to aborted children. For example, it can be read to mothers who carelessly lifted something heavy, were afraid of something, had an accident, etc. In general, to those whose child died without being born.
Prayer of a believing mother to the Merciful Lord for stillborn and unbaptized babies
Remember, Lover of mankind, the souls of Your infant servants who have departed,
who in the womb of Orthodox mothers died accidentally from accidental actions from a difficult birth,
or from some carelessness,
or those who were deliberately ruined and therefore did not receive Holy Baptism.
Baptize them, O Lord, in the sea of Your bounties and save them with Your ineffable grace,
and forgive me, a sinner (name), who committed the murder of babies in my womb and do not deprive me of Your mercy. Amen.
God, be merciful to me, a sinner. (bow to the ground)
Lord, have mercy on my children,
who died in my womb, for my faith and tears, for the sake of Thy mercy,
Lord, do not deprive them of Your Divine Light
In 2021, the Holy Synod approved texts that are suitable for reading to repentant mothers who have committed abortion:
- prayer following with the canon of repentance about the sin of killing children in the womb (abortion);
- canon of repentance to our Lord Jesus Christ;
- service to the infants of Bethlehem, written by St. Andrew of Crete.
The akathist about lost babies in the womb is also suitable for these purposes. The main thing is not the form of the text, but the content of the thought.
See also the article Non-idle woman in Orthodoxy
Akathist of repentance for women who destroyed babies in their wombs
WIVES WHO KILLED BABIES IN THEIR WOMB
Kontakion 1
Lamb of God, take away the sins of the world, hear my groaning and take in the sorrows of my heart, take my heavy burden of sin, bear our infirmities, accept in repentance I fall to You, praying and crying from the depths of my soul:
My Lord, Lord, my joy, have mercy on me , fallen.
Ikos 1
God and Lord! Yours is a creation, but alas for me, Adam’s sin committed in paradise lives in me and in my body, and like a slave I always work diligently for him, but now I pray to You:
Have mercy on me, Creator of the heavenly world; have mercy on me, Creator of the earthly nature.
Have mercy on me, Lord of the Heavenly Powers; Have mercy on me, Ruler of bodily creatures.
Have mercy on me, Provider of all; Have mercy on me, bringing my tears for my sins to You.
My Lord, Lord, my joy, have mercy on me, the fallen one.
Kontakion 2
All-Merciful Master, how dare such a vile sinner come to You with my prayer, who has transgressed Your commandment, which You commanded me through Your prophet Moses: Thou shalt not kill, for I am a murderer, and alas, a hundred times crueller, of a serpentine disposition, who, although for a short time she allows her children to see the light, then she devours them, but she, the accursed one, mercilessly deprived her children of not only the sensual, but especially the true Light, our Lord Jesus Christ, through the Sacrament of Baptism, illuminating; and for the sake of temporary bodily peace, avoiding many children, she killed while still in her womb. And therefore, I, darkened by these and many countless sins, hope only for the mercy of Your mercy, and with boldness I call to You: Alleluia.
Ikos 2
I have despised the words of Your life, O Lord, and walked according to the will of my heart, from my very youth even to this day, but now in repentance I call upon You, my All-Bountiful Savior:
Have mercy on me, who was conceived in iniquity; have mercy on me, born in sins.
Have mercy on me, who have not kept Your commandments; Have mercy on me, who have lost Your grace.
Have mercy on me, who does not care about my salvation; have mercy on me, who have caught me in the net of passions.
My Lord, Lord, my joy, have mercy on me, the fallen one.
Kontakion 3
It is good and beautiful for brethren to live together and to love each other, as You commanded, our Savior, as if he is angry with his brother, he is a murderer, and with his anger he surpassed all those born from the ages, especially murderers, whose victims were for various reasons, lives and ages in time, I, the accursed one, took the lives of those who had only received time to live from You, the Giver of life for their existence, but in my madness I mercilessly took it away even in my womb, without the Fear of God, rejecting Your will and blessed The gift of childbearing is yours. I willfully snatched my innocent children from Your creative hands and, before Your eyes, I killed them without shame. But their fate is in Your right hand, O Lord, and I will take away my sin before me. I repent to You alone, and I pray to You, O Blessed One, to direct my feet on the path of repentance, so that with all the repentant sinners I will sing to You: Alleluia.
Ikos 3
Alone, knowing human weakness, weigh all my sins, do not remember the sins of my youth, and cleanse me from my secrets, calling to You:
Have mercy on me, a great sinner; have mercy on me, a transgressor of God's law.
Have mercy on me, the breaker of Your covenant; have mercy on me, as You, my Master, have repaid the reward of evil.
Have mercy on me, who came to You in repentance at the tenth hour; have mercy on me, accursed child killer.
My Lord, Lord, my joy, have mercy on me, fallen.
Kontakion 4
Giver of Life, Heavenly King, come and dwell in me, defiled by sins, and cleanse me from all filth, and save, O Blessed One, my soul, so that I may call to You, the one who is being saved: Alleluia.
Ikos 4
I have gone astray, like a lost sheep, seek me, Thy servant, my God, who has wandered away from Thy commandments into the impenetrable wilderness of passions and self-will, save me, unworthy, groaning warmly to Thee, praying and crying out:
Have mercy on me, aggravated by willful sins; have mercy on me, darkened by passions.
Have mercy on me, delighted with pride; have mercy on me, consumed by envy.
Have mercy on me, filled with unrighteousness; have mercy on me, you who do not want the death of a sinner.
Have mercy on me, the deliberate killer of my children.
My Lord, Lord, my joy, have mercy on me, the fallen one.
Kontakion 5
Wherever you want, my Almighty God, there the order of nature is overcome, conquer my living, sinful nature and its forces that attract me to sin, for You are the Creator of all things and the Creator of nature, by Your Divine grace renew the spirit of rights in my womb, not cast me away from Thy presence, and do not take Thy Holy Spirit away from me, and erase the death seal of the child killer that is worthily placed on my soul, imposed by Thy justice according to the sixth commandment of Thy law, “Thou shalt not kill,” and restore again Thy eternal covenant to us, broken by my sins. , Lord, and restore my former virtues, lost through sin, so that I may sing to You without restraint: Alleluia.
Ikos 5
Who has ever sinned as I have sinned, the accursed one, which sin I have not committed, which evil I have not imagined in my soul, but with a repentant heart and with tears I come to You, All-Bountiful Lord, crying out:
Have mercy on me, Thy unfaithful servant; have mercy on me, petrified of sins.
Have mercy on me, who hates my neighbor; have mercy on me, who offends me in word and deed.
Have mercy on me, foul in soul and body; have mercy on me, my conscience is seared.
Have mercy on me, a child killer, like Herod.
My Lord, Lord, my joy, have mercy on me, the fallen one.
Kontakion 6
With the rays of Your grace, O Lord, enlighten the robe of my soul, Light-Giver, and save me, so that, rejoicing, I will sing to You: Alleluia.
Ikos 6
Many are my many sins, O Christ, and like the dark night of all my life, but not despairing of Thy mercy, my Savior, like David, I cry out to Thee:
Have mercy on me, who spent my entire life in laziness; Have mercy on me, about prayer for my sins.
Have mercy on me, ungrateful for Your good suggestions of repentance; Have mercy on me, who did not honor Your law and did not keep Your commandments.
Have mercy on me, as I have loved the world and have loved everything in the world; have mercy on me, who spent the days of my age in the vanity of the world.
Have mercy on me, for, imitating the laws of this age and disdaining the childbearing blessed by You, I committed infanticide.
My Lord, Lord, my joy, have mercy on me, the fallen one.
Kontakion 7
I lift my eyes to heaven to You, the Word of God, but my mortal nature draws me down, my Savior. O Creator of heaven and earth and everything in them! Raise me to the things above with the way I think and act, so that I may always sing victoriously with my heart and lips: Alleluia.
Ikos 7
The imam has an evil eye and is filled with all kinds of impurity, I am seduced by the charms of this world, I also pray to Thee, O All-Blessed One, turn away my eyes from seeing my vanity, and I pray to Thee:
Have mercy on me, who longs to serve You faithfully; have mercy on me, who desires to worship You in spirit and truth.
Have mercy on me, tears of my repentance, like a sacrifice for my sins brought to You; Have mercy on me, asking You for forgiveness for the murder of my children.
Have mercy on me, who awaits deliverance from my passions from You; have mercy on me, who weep bitterly for my grave and mortal sins.
Have mercy on me, a murderer, guilty of divine and human judgment.
My Lord, Lord, my joy, have mercy on me, the fallen one.
Kontakion 8
Have mercy on me, Lord, my Savior, who came into the world to save sinners, from whom I am the most vile of all, but I pray to Thee, my All-merciful God, bow to the mercy of Thy compassion, hear my heartfelt sighs, accept the sources of my tears, warm spiritual prayers, yes I will sing to You: Alleluia.
Ikos 8
Robbery evil thoughts attacked me, my sleeping conscience, alas for me, the bright clothes given to me at my Baptism, for the vileness of my sins, I lost them, that’s why I committed childicide, I still remain naked in virtue, with the same greatness I strive to lift up my grief, down to those who have fallen for the multitude cruel things done before You, O Lord, and thus I cry to You:
Have mercy on me, who have committed a mortal sin; have mercy on me, hitherto stuck in sins.
Have mercy on me, full of all abomination; have mercy on me, tainted by unnatural vices.
Have mercy on me, who did not preserve the purity of my virginity; have mercy on me, for I have deprived myself of pious motherhood.
Have mercy on me, from the womb of my child who spewed forth without time.
My Lord, Lord, my joy, have mercy on me, the fallen one.
Kontakion 9
Grant me tears, O my God, that I may weep for my sin, and so, rejoicing, I cry: Alleluia.
Ikos 9
She has defiled my body with vile secrets, she has darkened my soul with my placeless deeds, my body is weak, my soul is also weak. Falling down to You, the One Unmemorable, Merciful Judge and my God, I pray:
Have mercy on me, the murderer, for the memory of the fate of my expelled children brings me into awe and horror and unspeakable surprise: how, O Merciful Lord and Most Righteous Judge, bear with and do good to me, a prisoner of hell, even to this day and hour, awaiting my repentance in every possible way; have mercy on me, who repeatedly promised to reform, and again returned to sins, like a dog to its vomit.
Have mercy on me, who has committed many murders; have mercy on me, as without the fear of God and maternal love for my children, but with the ferocity of a wild beast, I tore my children to pieces.
Have mercy on me, for I have committed my sins by my own will; have mercy on me, who have defiled my spirit with vile thoughts.
Have mercy on me, as I continue to lead my sinful life to this day.
My Lord, Lord, my joy, have mercy on me, the fallen one.
Kontakion 10
I was wounded by the charms of this world and bowed my knees before it, choosing the disastrous path of its vile law, forgetting my promises, given by me at Baptism, and, committing my crimes one after another, which only the world suggested to me, I finally reached the very pinnacle of mortal sins - murder of children, but embraces, Father, open to me, my God, struggling, until at the end of my life I bring the sacrifice of praise to Thee, crying out: Alleluia.
Ikos 10
Predators, murderers, thieves and all unrepentant sinners will not inherit the kingdom of God. But I have defiled my body and soul with all unrighteousness and all sorts of vile sins; for this reason, for the sake of my spiritual distress, falling down, I call to You:
Have mercy on me, born in the New Testament of Your blessed Kingdom; have mercy on me, in the Church created by You, in the Church.
Have mercy on me, sealed with the gifts of the Holy Spirit; Have mercy on me, nourished by Your Most Pure Body and Life-Giving Blood.
Have mercy on me, baptized in Christ, clothed in Christ; have mercy on me, who have rejected all these good deeds and chosen a vicious life.
My Lord, Lord, my joy, have mercy on me, the fallen one.
Kontakion 11
Grant me the spirit of chastity, Lord and Master of my life, since from my very youth I have been deprived of virtue, I have enslaved myself entirely to passion, I have desecrated my spirit and soul and corrupted my body. God of bounty and mercy! Do not disdain to cleanse me, such a vile sinner, Thy creation I am, have mercy on me, and cleanse me from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit and make me worthy to boldly sing to You: Alleluia.
Ikos 11
Do not reject the aspirations of my heart, which trusts in You, O Lord, and do not disgrace me before angels and men at Your righteous and Last Judgment. Do not then judge me according to my deeds, but by Your mercy forgive all my sins, crying out to You:
Have mercy on me, who have an unclean heart; have mercy on me, caught in demonic captivity.
Have mercy on me, born in sins, washed by Baptism and fallen like a pig into iniquity; have mercy on me, the wounds of the fall of my soul stink.
Have mercy on me, because of my grave mortal sins I have fallen into despondency and despair; have mercy on me, who have committed every sin and am worthy of every punishment.
Have mercy on me, my Creator, and in repentance accept me, the fallen one.
My Lord, Lord, my joy, have mercy on me, the fallen one.
Kontakion 12
With the breadth of Your love, my God, cover all the sins of my iniquity, accept my repentance, so that in love for You I always call: Alleluia.
Ikos 12
My youth passed in my madness, my entire life was spent in sins, in laziness and negligence to repentance, but my old age, with the horror of death of Your inevitable Judgment, brought me to repentance. Do not reject me, my Savior, who at the tenth hour came into Your Father’s embrace and called in repentance:
Have mercy on me, as the blood of my innocent children cries out to You, testifying to my murder of them; have mercy on me, my God, by the Triune nature.
Have mercy on me, O Lord, with wonderful mercy; Have mercy on me, Master, long-suffering for our sins.
Have mercy on me, Holy King, who heals infirmities; have mercy on me, O Thou of Love, and Who warmeth desperate sinners with Thy love.
Have mercy on me, O Almighty, who bore our infirmities.
My Lord, Lord, my joy, have mercy on me, the fallen one.
Kontakion 13
To appear as the sign of the Son of Man in Heaven on that terrible day and the second Coming of the Judge alive and dead, the Son of God, the Most Honest and Life-Giving Cross. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn. Oh, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Judge and King of all! Give me tears of repentance before this day, so that I may weep in the warmth of my evil and destructive deeds, for I have detested my soul and Thy Most Pure Blood of Thy Testament to the mountaineer! Yes, then with the angels and with all the saints and righteous I sing to You: Alleluia.
This kontakion is read three times, then the 1st ikos: “God and Lord!...” and the 1st kontakion: “Lamb of God...”.
First prayer
O Master, Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God! Much of Your goodness, for our sake and for our salvation, man was clothed in flesh and crucified, and buried, and with Your Blood renewing our corrupted nature, accept my repentance of sins, and hear my words: I have sinned, O Lord, in heaven and before You, in a word , in deed, soul and body, and in the thoughts of my mind, I transgressed Thy commandments, did not listen to Thy commandment, angered Thy Goodness, my God, but as Thy creation exists, I do not despair of salvation, but to Thy immeasurable Compassion, boldly, I come and pray To you: Lord! in repentance, give me a contrite heart and accept me as I pray, and give me a good thought, give me tears of tenderness, Lord, let me, by Thy grace, make a good beginning. Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me who has fallen, and remember me, Thy sinful servant, in Thy Kingdom, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Second prayer
O God, Most Merciful Christ Jesus, Redeemer of sinners, for the sake of the salvation of the human race, You left us, O All-Merciful, glorious Heaven, and You dwelt in this deplorable and sinful vale, You took on Your Divine shoulder our infirmities and You bore our illnesses; You, O Holy Sufferer, were wounded for our sins and tormented for our iniquities, and therefore we, O Lover of Mankind, offer our humble prayers to You: accept them, O Most Blessed Lord, and condescend to our weaknesses, and do not remember our sins, and turn away the angry intention to avenge our sins from us. By Thy All-Honorable Blood, having renewed our fallen nature, renew, O Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior, us, in the ashes of our sins, and comfort our hearts with the joy of Thy forgiveness. With a cry and immeasurable tears of repentance, we fall at the feet of Your Divine mercy: cleanse us all, our God, with Your Divine grace from all the untruths and iniquities of our life. May we, in the holiness of Your love for mankind, praise Your All-Holy Name, with the Father and the All-Good and Life-Giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Prayer to the Merciful Lord of the wives who committed the murder of babies in their wombs.
Remember, O Lord who loves mankind, the souls of Your departed servants, the infants who died in the womb of Orthodox mothers accidentally from accidental actions or from a difficult birth, or from some carelessness, or who were deliberately ruined and therefore did not receive Holy Baptism. Baptize them, O Lord, in the sea of Thy bounty and save with Thy ineffable grace, but forgive me, a sinner (name), who committed the murder of a baby in my womb and do not deprive Thy mercy. Amen.
God, be merciful to me, a sinner.
bow to the ground)
Kontakion 1 Lamb of God, take away the sins of the world, hear my groaning and take in the sorrows of my heart, take my heavy burden of sin, bear our infirmities, accept the one who falls to You in repentance, praying from the depths of her soul, crying out: My Lord, Lord, my joy, have mercy me, fallen. Ikos 1 God and Lord! Yours is a creation, but alas for me, Adam’s sin, committed in paradise, lives in me and in my body, and like a slave I always work diligently for him, now I pray to You: have mercy on me, Creator of the heavenly world; have mercy on me, the Creator of the earthly nature; have mercy on me, Lord of the heavenly powers; have mercy on me, the ruler of bodily creatures; have mercy on me, Provider of all; have mercy on me, bringing my tears for my sins to you; My Lord, Lord, my joy, have mercy on me, the fallen one. Kontakion 2 O all-merciful Master, how dare I such a vile sinner come to You with my prayer, having transgressed Your commandment, which You commanded me through Moses your prophet: Thou shalt not kill; I am a murderer, and alas, a hundredfold crueller, of a serpentine disposition, who, although for a short time allows his children to see the light, devours the next, and I, the accursed one, mercilessly deprived my children not only of the sensual, but especially of the true Light, the Lord our Jesus Christ, illuminating through the Sacrament of Baptism; and for the sake of temporary bodily peace, avoiding many children, she killed while still in her womb. And therefore, I, darkened by these and many countless sins, hope only for the mercy of Your mercy, and with boldness I call to You: Alleluia. Ikos 2 Having despised the words of your life, O Lord, and walked according to the will of my heart, from my very youth even to this day, now in repentance I call to you, my All-Bountiful Savior: have mercy on me, conceived in iniquity; have mercy on me, born in sins; Have mercy on me, who have not kept Your commandments; have mercy on me, who have lost Thy grace; have mercy on me, who does not care about my salvation; have mercy on me, who have caught me in the network of passions; My Lord, Lord, my joy, have mercy on me, the fallen one. Kontakion 3 It is good and good to live as brothers together and to love each other, as You commanded us, our Savior, as one who is angry with his brother is a murderer, and in his anger he has surpassed all those born from the beginning of time, especially murderers, whose victims were different reasons, lives and ages in time, but I, the accursed one, took the lives of those who had only yet received time to live from You, the Giver of life for their existence, but in my madness I mercilessly took it away in my womb, rejecting it without the fear of God Your will and the gift of childbearing blessed by You. I willfully snatched my innocent children from Your creative hands and, before Your eyes, I killed them without shame. But their fate is in Your right hand, O Lord, and I will take away my sin before me. I repent to You alone, and I pray to You, O Blessed One, direct my feet onto the path of repentance, so that with all repentant sinners I will sing to You: Alleluia. Ikos 3 Alone, knowing human weakness, weigh all my sins, do not remember the sins of my youth, and cleanse me from my secrets, calling to You: have mercy on me, a great sinner; have mercy on me, a transgressor of God's law; have mercy on me, the breaker of your covenant; have mercy on me, as You, my Master, have repaid the reward of evil; have mercy on me, who came to You in repentance at the tenth hour; have mercy on me, accursed child killer; My Lord, Lord, my joy, have mercy on me, the fallen one. Kontakion 4 Giver of Life, Heavenly King, come and dwell in me, defiled by sins, and cleanse me from all defilement, and save, O Blessed One, my soul, so that I may call to You, the one who is being saved: Alleluia. Ikos 4 Lost, like a lost sheep, seek me, Thy servant, my God, who has wandered away from Thy commandment into the impenetrable wilderness of passions and self-will, save me, unworthy, moaning warmly to you, praying and crying: have mercy on me, aggravated by self-willed sins; have mercy on me, darkened by passions; have mercy on me, delighted with pride; have mercy on me, consumed by envy; have mercy on me, filled with unrighteousness; have mercy on me, you who do not want the death of a sinner; have mercy on me, the deliberate killer of my children; My Lord, Lord, my joy, have mercy on me, the fallen one. Kontakion 5 Wherever you want, my Almighty God, there the rank of nature is conquered, conquer my living, sinful nature in me, and its forces that attract me to sin, for You are the Creator of all things and the Creator of nature, by Your Divine grace renew the spirit of rights in the womb mine, do not cast me away from Thy presence, and do not take Thy Holy Spirit from me, and wipe away the death seal of the child killer that is worthily placed on my soul, imposed by Thy justice according to the sixth commandment of Thy law, “Thou shalt not kill,” and restore again Thy eternal covenant, broken by my sins. to us, Lord, and return my former virtues, lost through sin, so that I may sing to You without restraint: Alleluia. Ikos 5 Who has ever sinned as I, the accursed one, have sinned, which sin I have not committed, which evil I have not imagined in my soul, but with a repentant heart and with tears I come to You, O All-Bountiful Lord, crying out: have mercy on me, Your unfaithful servant; have mercy on me, petrified of sins; have mercy on me, who hates my neighbor; have mercy on me, who has offended me in word and deed; have mercy on me, foul in soul and body; have mercy on me, my conscience is seared; have mercy on me, a child killer, like Herod; My Lord, Lord, my joy, have mercy on me, the fallen one. Kontakion 6 With the rays of Your grace, O Lord, illuminate the robe of my soul, O Light-Giver, and save me, so that, rejoicing, I will sing to You: Alleluia. Ikos 6 Many are my many sins, O Christ, and like the dark night of all my life, but not despairing of Thy mercy, my Savior, like David, cry out to Thee: have mercy on me, who spent all my life in laziness; have mercy on me, about prayer for negligent sins; have mercy on me, ungrateful for Your good suggestions of repentance; Have mercy on me, who did not honor Your law and did not keep Your commandments; have mercy on me, as I have loved the world and have loved everything in the world; have mercy on me, who spent the days of my age in the vanity of the world; have mercy on me, because imitating the laws of this age and abhorring the childbearing blessed by You, I committed infanticide; My Lord, Lord, my joy, have mercy on me, the fallen one. Kontakion 7 I lift my eyes to heaven to You, the Word of God, but my mortal nature draws me down, my Savior. O Creator of heaven and earth and everything in them! Raise me to the things above with the way I think and act, so that I may always sing victoriously with my heart and lips: Alleluia. Ikos 7 The imam's evil eye is filled with all uncleanness, I am seduced by the charms of this world, I pray to You, O All-Blessed One, turn away my eyes from seeing my vanity, and I pray to You: have mercy on me, who thirsts to serve You faithfully; have mercy on me, who desires to worship You in spirit and truth; have mercy on me, bringing tears of my repentance as a sacrifice for my sins to You; have mercy on me, asking You for forgiveness for the murder of my children; have mercy on me, who awaits deliverance from my passions from You; have mercy on me, who weep bitterly for my grave and mortal sins; have mercy on me, a murderer guilty of divine and human judgment; My Lord, Lord, my joy, have mercy on me, the fallen one. Kontakion 8 Spare me, O Lord, my Savior, who came into the world to save sinners, from whom I am the most vile of all, but I pray to Thee, my All-merciful God, bow to the mercy of Thy compassion, hear my heartfelt sighs, accept the sources of my tears, warm spiritual prayers, My Savior soul, may I sing to You: Alleluia. Ikos 8 Robbery evil thoughts attacked me, my sleeping conscience, alas for me, the bright clothes given to me at my baptism, for the vileness of my sins, I lost them, that’s why I committed childicide, I still remain naked in virtue, with the same greatness I strive to lift up my grief, down to the bottom for the multitude of evil deeds committed before You, Lord, and thus I cry to You: have mercy on me, who have committed a mortal sin; have mercy on me, hitherto stuck in sins; have mercy on me, full of all abomination; have mercy on me, tainted by unnatural vices; have mercy on me, who did not preserve the purity of my virginity; have mercy on me, for I have deprived myself of pious motherhood; have mercy on me, who from my womb spewed out my child without time; My Lord, Lord, my joy, have mercy on me, the fallen one. Kontakion 9 Give me tearful currents, O my God, that I may weep for my sin, and thus rejoice and cry out: Alleluia. Ikos 9 She has defiled my body with vile secrets, she has darkened my soul with my placeless deeds, my body is weak, my soul is also weak. To You, the Only Unmemorable, Merciful Judge and my God, falling down, I pray: have mercy on me, a murderer, for the memory of the fate of my expelled children brings me into awe and horror and unspeakable surprise: what Mercy, Lord and Most Righteous Judge, bear with me and do good to me, the hellish the prisoner, even to this day and hour, in every possible way awaiting my repentance; have mercy on me, who repeatedly promised to reform, and again returned to sins, like a dog to its vomit; have mercy on me, who has committed many murders; have mercy on me, as without the fear of God and maternal love for my children, but with the ferocity of a wild beast, I tore my children to pieces; have mercy on me, for I have committed my sins by my own will; have mercy on me, who have defiled my spirit with vile thoughts; have mercy on me, as I continue to lead my sinful life to this day; My Lord, Lord, my joy, have mercy on me, the fallen one. Kontakion 10 I was wounded by the charm of this world and bowed my knees before it, choosing the destructive path of its vile law, forgetting my promises given at Baptism and committing my crimes one after another, which only the world suggested to me, I finally reached the very pinnacle of mortal sins - child murder, but embrace, Father, open to me, my God, struggling, until at the end of my life I bring the sacrifice of praise to Thee, crying out: Alleluia. Ikos 10 Predators, murderers, thieves and all unrepentant sinners will not inherit the Kingdom of God. But I have desecrated my body and soul with all unrighteousness and all sorts of vile sins, and for the sake of my spiritual distress, falling down, I call to You: have mercy on me, born in the New Testament of Your gracious Kingdom; have mercy on me, in the Church created by You, in the Church; have mercy on me, sealed with the gifts of the Holy Spirit; have mercy on me, nourished by Your Most Pure Body and Life-Giving Blood; have mercy on me, baptized in Christ, clothed in Christ; have mercy on me, who have rejected all these blessings and chosen a vicious life; My Lord, Lord, my joy, have mercy on me, the fallen one. Kontakion 11 Grant me the spirit of chastity, O Lord and Master of my life, since from my very youth I was deprived of virtue, I enslaved myself entirely to passion, I desecrated my spirit and soul and corrupted my body. God of bounty and mercy! Do not disdain to cleanse me, such a vile sinner, Thy creation I am, have mercy on me; and cleanse me from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit and make me boldly sing to You: Alleluia. Ikos 11 Do not reject the aspirations of my heart, which trusts in You, O Lord, and do not disgrace me before angels and men at Your righteous and Last Judgment, do not then judge me according to my deeds, but by Your mercy forgive all my sins, crying out to You: have mercy I, who have an unclean heart; have mercy on me, captured by demonic captivity; have mercy on me, born in sins, washed by baptism and again, like a pig, fallen into iniquity; have mercy on me, the wounds of the fall of my soul stink; have mercy on me, who have fallen into despondency and despair from my grave and mortal sins; have mercy on me, who have committed every sin and am worthy of every punishment; have mercy on me, my Creator, and in repentance accept me, the fallen one; My Lord, Lord, my joy, have mercy on me, the fallen one. Kontakion 12 By the breadth of Your love, my God, cover all the sins of my iniquity, accept my repentance, so that in love for You I always call: Alleluia. Ikos 12 My youth was spent in my madness, my whole life was spent in sins, in laziness and negligence to repentance, but my old age, with the horror of death of Your inevitable Judgment, brought me to repentance. Do not reject me, my Savior, who at the tenth hour came into Your Father’s embrace and called in repentance: have mercy on me, as the blood of my innocent children cries out to You, testifying to my murder of them; have mercy on me, my God, with the Triune nature; have mercy on me, O Lord, admirable in your mercy; have mercy on me, Master, long-suffering for our sins; have mercy on me, Holy King, who heals infirmities; have mercy on me, O loving one, and who warms desperate sinners with your love; have mercy on me, O Almighty, who bore our infirmities; My Lord, Lord, my joy, have mercy on me, the fallen one. Kontakion 13 Appear to bear the sign of the Son of Man in Heaven, on that terrible day of the second coming of the Judge alive and dead, the Son of God, the Most Honorable and Life-Giving Cross. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn. Oh, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Judge and King of all! Give me before this day tears of repentance, so that I cry warmer than my evil and destructive deeds, because I have detested my soul and your Most Pure Blood of Your Covenant! Yes, then with the angels, and with all the saints and righteous, I sing to You: Alleluia. .
