Every person strives to be happy. Loneliness often becomes an obstacle on this path. Prayers addressed to Ksenia of St. Petersburg for marriage, coming from the very heart of the person asking, will help you overcome obstacles, find love, and create a strong family.
Memorial Days:
- June 6
- June 28 (movable) – Cathedral of St. Petersburg Saints
- February 6
Every year thousands of believers come to the blessed Saint. Someone makes a pilgrimage to St. Petersburg to the Smolensk cemetery to cling to Ksenia’s coffin. Someone sends letters with the hope of a good deed. The saint hears requests and helps the suffering, and in the heart of each happy person remains the memory of his own personal miracle.
Life of Xenia of Petersburg
Ksenia Grigorievna Petrova was the wife of Colonel Andrei Fedorovich, who served as a court singer. Having been widowed at the age of 26, the young woman took upon herself the difficult feat of foolishness for Christ's sake. Earthly goods have become worthless for Ksenia. She distributed all her property to those in need. Having declared herself dead, the blessed woman began to wear her husband’s clothes and call herself by his name.
The death of her beloved husband showed the young widow the fragility of earthly happiness. Blessed Ksenia rushed to the Lord with all her soul. Only He could give her comfort and protection.
The people of St. Petersburg loved Blessed Xenia and rejoiced if she visited their home or store. They tried to treat us, give us new clothes, and give us a place to stay for the night. Cab drivers offered to give us a ride. Mothers brought their children to the saint, in the hope that she would caress them. For everyone whom Ksenia showered with attention, their lives improved:
- girls successfully married out of mutual love,
- children grew up healthy and strong,
- merchants' goods were quickly sold out,
- The cab drivers' profits increased.
Ksenia rejoiced in her poverty and refused all help. After the clothes of her deceased husband became completely shabby, the blessed one put on a cheap skirt, jacket and torn shoes. The blessed saint did not wear warm clothes even in the cold winters.
Having no shelter over her head, Ksenia of Petersburg was among the poor during the day, and at night she went into the field. There she spent time in fervent prayerful communication with God. When the construction of the church at the Smolensk cemetery began, the Saint secretly carried bricks to the upper part of the building at night, facilitating the work of the masons.
Blessed Ksenia died at the age of 71 and was buried in the same Smolensk cemetery where she participated in the construction of the church. The exact date of her dormition, as well as the date of birth, is not known. But death did not stop the flow of her love towards people. The saint, as during her lifetime, continued to help everyone who turned to her with sincere prayer coming from the heart.
When praying to Xenia of St. Petersburg, you must not forget to pray to the Lord. After all, it is He who is the Giver of all blessings, and it is to Him that Saint Xenia’s prayer request for us is sent.
Blessed Ksenia of St. Petersburg heard my request and arranged everything at her discretion
This happened twenty years ago, when I was still a student at the St. Petersburg Chemical and Pharmaceutical Academy. I lived in a dormitory, and for the first three years I was so absorbed in my studies that I didn’t look up from my notes, while my classmates were already having affairs with guys and getting married.
And in my fourth year I fell in love with a young teacher, Igor Vasilyevich. He taught practical classes for us. I wasn't scared by the ten-year age difference. In her girlish dreams she affectionately called him Igorechek, Igoresha.
Remembering Pushkin’s Tatiana, one day I decided to write a note to Igor Vasilyevich declaring my love. I didn’t subscribe, I thought: “Let him just know that there is a girl nearby who loves him very much.
If he is my destiny, he will understand who it is and take a step towards it.” During the break, I managed to quietly slip a note into his briefcase.
I went to the next lesson with excitement, because Igor Vasilyevich should have already discovered and read my message. But the teacher looked impassive, as if he had not found the student’s frank confessions. This calmed me down a little.
However, after class, when everyone was already leaving the classroom, Igor Vasilyevich asked me to stay. “Listen, Pryakhina, I read the letter and recognized your handwriting
Let's make everything clear here and now. Get this stupid romantic nonsense out of your head. You and I cannot be a couple, a teacher and a student are the worst thing that could happen in my life. I don't want to see notes like this again. Goodbye".
I flew out of the audience and didn’t go to the next class. She walked down the street and roared like a beluga, even passers-by turned around. Suddenly, from behind, someone affectionately took my hand. I turned around and saw a sweet old lady of about eighty.
- What happened, dear? Why such bitter tears?
- My love is unhappy, grandmother.
Without expecting it from myself, I told the whole story in detail to the first stranger I met. Then I thought that I shouldn’t have done it. Now the old lady will begin to reproach me, saying that you can’t be so promiscuous and force yourself on an adult man.
But my grandmother didn’t tell me anything like that.
- I will help your trouble, come with me.
And I, absolutely not knowing this old woman, blindly followed her. We arrived at the Smolensk cemetery, went into the temple and placed candles near several icons. Then I was in church for the first time in my life.
Then we walked past the graves and crosses to a small house - a chapel. Grandmother told me to write my request and give it to Saint Ksenyushka. Of course, I didn’t understand how to do this, so I asked again.
“Write a little note and stick it in some crevice of the chapel.” Then walk around, bow and cross yourself.
I tore a sheet out of the notes and wrote: “I want to marry Igor Vasilyevich.” She folded the note several times, found a crack and shoved it deeper. Then she did everything as the old woman advised and awkwardly crossed herself.
Grandma said that now I can go home, and she will stay here a little longer. Sitting in the minibus, I suddenly felt such relief, as if a huge stone had been lifted from my shoulders.
The hostel calmly began to prepare for tomorrow's test. And only when I had already gone to bed did I suddenly realize that after the trip to Saint Xenia I had never thought about Igor Vasilyevich. It’s strange, but at that moment I realized that I was absolutely indifferent to him.
The next day, having passed a difficult test, I joyfully jumped out of the institute and ran to the metro. It was snowing and the road was slippery. Already at the station I slipped and fell, dropping my record book from my hands right into the snow.
Some guy got out of the car, picked up my grade book, and for some reason flipped through it. Then he came up to me, helped me up and said: “Why are you so careless, Irina Vitalievna.” I smiled, it was he who read my name in the record book.
- Let's get acquainted. I am Igor Vasilievich.
Can you imagine my condition??? This is how Blessed Xenia arranged everything. Six months later we got married. For twenty years now I have been calling my beloved husband Igor and Igoresh.
Wed, 17 Jun 2021 18:12:50 +0300
© Author: Oksana Abramovich, writer
How does the saint help?
They turn to the Blessed One in various life situations.
There are numerous cases where, through prayers to Xenia of St. Petersburg, help in love and a happy marriage were granted. Healing was sent to the terminally ill. Material problems went away, important issues were resolved, success in business appeared, conflicts between relatives stopped, and family relationships strengthened.
In addition, the Righteous One is considered the patroness of women. Each sufferer receives a response to her appeal, be it:
- a mother bringing prayers to Ksenia of Petersburg for the successful marriage of her grown-up daughter,
- a woman who dreams of becoming pregnant and giving birth to a healthy child,
- a young girl offering a prayer to Xenia of St. Petersburg with a request for the granting of love and happiness in marriage.
The holy helper is always nearby and immediately responds to a prayer call with help.
Read the prayers meaningfully, slowly, so that you feel every word spoken with your mind and heart. For greater concentration, pray in front of the icon of St. Xenia of St. Petersburg. A lit candle will help you better concentrate on prayer.
Texts of prayers to Ksenia of St. Petersburg to get married
First prayer
Oh, holy all-blessed mother Ksenia! Living under the protection of the Almighty, guided and strengthened by the Mother of God, you have received hunger and thirst, cold and heat, endured reproach and persecution, received the gift of clairvoyance and miracles from God, and you have received peace under the canopy of the Almighty isishya. Now the Holy Church, like a fragrant flower, glorifies you. Standing at the place of your burial, before your holy image, as if you are living, existing with us, we pray to you: accept our petitions and bring them to the Throne of the Merciful Father in Heaven, as boldly She who has knowledge towards Him. Ask for eternal salvation for those who flow to you, our generous blessing for good deeds and undertakings, deliverance from all troubles and sorrows. Stand before our All-Merciful Savior with your holy prayers for us, unworthy and sinners. Help, Holy Blessed Mother Xenia, illuminate the infants with the light of Holy Baptism and seal the gift of the Holy Spirit, youths and young women in faith, honesty, fear of God and chastity educate and grant them success in learning; heal the sick and ailing, send love and harmony to families, be worthy to strive for good as a monk and be protected from reproach, shepherds establish in the fortress of the Holy Spirit, people and preserve our country in peace and serenity, pray for those deprived of the Holy Mysteries of Christ at the hour of death. For you are our hope and hope, quick hearing and deliverance, we send thanks to you and with you we glorify the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Second prayer
Oh, our glorious holy blessed mother Xenia, warm for us before God in the prayer book! As before we fell to your tombstone, now, after your glorification, we resort to your relics, we ask: pray to the Lord, may He sanctify our souls and bodies, may He enlighten our minds and purify conscience from all filthiness, unclean thoughts, evil and blasphemous intentions and from all exaltation, pride and arrogance, arrogance and insolence, from all Pharisee hypocrisy, and from all our cold and evil customs; May He grant us sincere repentance, contrition of our hearts, humility, meekness and quietness, reverence, and spiritual understanding with all prudence and gratitude. Hidden from the wise of this age, but known to God, ask our Russian country for deliverance from severe troubles, for renewal and correction of all our lives, keep us in every pious Orthodox confession the gift of the Christian faith, so that in pleasing you we may be honored all the days to sing, give thanks and glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, the Trinity of One Essence, Life-Giving and Indivisible forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer three
Oh, holy saint of God, blessed Ksenia! Look mercifully with your eye on us, servant of God (names), tenderly praying to your honorable icon and asking you for help and intercession. Extend your warm prayers to the Lord our God and ask for forgiveness of sins for our souls. Behold, with a contrite heart and a humble spirit, we call upon you a merciful intercessor to the Lady and a prayer for us sinners, as you have received from Him the grace to pray for us and deliver us from troubles. We therefore ask you, do not despise us, unworthy, who pray to you and demand your help, and intercede for everyone everything that is useful for salvation, as if by your prayers to the Lord God, having received grace and mercy, we will glorify everyone good Source and Gift Giver and One God, glorified in the Trinity of Saints, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
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Akathist to Saint Xenia of Petersburg is a prayer that helps you find happiness in your personal life.
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The Russian Orthodox akathist to St. Blessed Xenia is a relatively new prayer, since the famous St. Petersburg ascetic is one of the newly glorified saints. Mother Ksenia, the path to whose chapel can be shown to any believer in St. Petersburg, lived in the 18th – early 19th centuries, already during her lifetime attracting pious people to her, and at the same time not at all desiring earthly glory.
You can read the akathist to Saint Xenia of St. Petersburg on a variety of occasions, but most often people turn to this saint with a prayer for the gift of children, as well as for their healing. What is surprising is that St. Ksenia was childless, and her feat had nothing to do with children, but it has long been the case that God gave the great holy grace to help desperate women, and through her prayers he repeatedly sent them a long-awaited pregnancy.
Akathist to Saint Blessed Xenia can be read either once or for forty days
Very often, clergy give their blessing to read the text of the akathist to St. Xenia of St. Petersburg not just once, but over a long period of time, most often for forty days. Many people prefer to pray to the blessed saint at her resting place in the Smolensk cemetery in St. Petersburg - it is believed that a pilgrimage to the relics of the saint greatly strengthens prayer, as evidenced by the stories of Orthodox Christians. Miracles at the grave of Blessed Xenia began from the day of her funeral and continue to this day, so those who have the opportunity try to visit mother and pray to her. You can buy an akathist to St. Blessed Xenia in almost any icon shop.
What made Saint Xenia the Blessed famous?
The text of the akathist to St. Xenia of Petersburg in Russian briefly retells her amazing life. The blessed one was married to the court singer Andrei Petrov, but when she was 26 years old, her husband died suddenly. St. Ksenia loved him very much, and in order to atone for his sins, she took upon herself the feat of foolishness, that is, she began to pretend to be crazy. She gave her house to the needy, kept only her husband’s clothes, began to respond exclusively to his name, and told everyone that Andrei was alive, and Ksenia had died. When reading the akathist to St. Blessed Xenia about her personal life, one should remember the amazing life of this woman and humbly ask her for help.
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Kontakion 1
Chosen saint and fool for Christ's sake, holy blessed mother Xenia, who chose the feat of patience and suffering, we offer songs of praise to you who honor your holy memory. Intercede for us from enemies visible and invisible, so we call to you: Rejoice, blessed Xenia, prayer book for our souls.
Ikos 1
You sought an equal life with the angels, blessed mother, after the death of your husband you rejected the beauty of this world and everything in it: the lust of the hair, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life, through foolishness you acquired the mind of Christ. For this reason, hear from us the praises offered to you: Rejoice, by your life to Andrew, equal to the holy fool for Christ’s sake; Rejoice, you who denied your name and called yourself dead. Rejoice, who in foolishness took the name of your husband Andrew; Rejoice, having called yourself by a man's name, having renounced the infirmities of women. Rejoice, you who have distributed all your property to good people and to the poor; Rejoice, you who accepted voluntary poverty for Christ’s sake. Rejoice, you who taught us to reject this age of superstition through your foolishness; Rejoice, good consoler of all who come running to you in prayer. Rejoice, blessed Xenia, prayer book for our souls.
Kontakion 2
Seeing your strange life, how you despised your home and all worldly wealth, your relatives according to the flesh considered you insane, but the people of the city of Petrov, seeing your humility, non-covetousness and free poverty, sang to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 2
The reason given to you by God, you, blessed Xenia, hid in imaginary madness; You lived like a hermit in the bustle of the great city, constantly offering up your prayers to God. We, marveling at such a life of yours, cry out to you in praise: Rejoice, heavy cross of foolishness, given to you by God, upon your frame; Rejoice, you who hid the radiance of grace with imaginary madness. Rejoice, you who acquired the gift of clairvoyance through extreme humility and the feat of prayer; Rejoice, you who have shown this gift for the benefit and salvation of the suffering. Rejoice, thou who shrewdly ripened human suffering in the vastness of the distance; Rejoice, you who prophesied the birth of a son to a good wife. Rejoice, for you who asked that wife for a child from God; Rejoice, you who taught everyone to run to God in prayer. Rejoice, blessed Xenia, prayer book for our souls.
Kontakion 3
By the power from above, given to you by God, you bravely endured the heat and bitter cold, crucifying your flesh with passions and lusts. Enlightened by the same Holy Spirit, she continually cried out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 3
Having, O blessed one, the sky as your cover and the earth as your bed, you have rejected carnality for the sake of the Kingdom of God. We, seeing such your life, call to you with tenderness: Rejoice, you who gave your earthly dwelling to people; Rejoice, thou who sought and received heavenly shelter. Rejoice, you who possess nothing earthly, but enrich everyone spiritually; Rejoice, you who teach us patience through your life. Rejoice, you who show God’s love to people; Rejoice, adorned with the fruits of piety. Rejoice, you who have shown patience and kindness to the world; Rejoice, our warm representative before the throne of the Most High. Rejoice, blessed Xenia, prayer book for our souls.
Kontakion 4
You, blessed mother, overcame the storm of life, which was troubled in the city of Petrov, with meekness and gentleness, and you acquired dispassion for the corruptible world. And eat the same to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 4
Hearing about you, as you who suffer for Christ’s sake, comfort the sorrowful, strengthen the weak, instruct those who are lost on the right path, suffering people come running to your help, singing to you: Rejoice, you who loved the path of Christ with all your heart; Rejoice, you who joyfully bore the cross of Christ. Rejoice, you who have endured all reproach from the world, the flesh and the devil; Rejoice, filled with the gifts of God. Rejoice, you who have shown love for your neighbors; Rejoice, you who gave consolation to suffering people. Rejoice, you who wiped away the tears of those who cried; Rejoice, wonderfully warmed by the grace of the Holy Spirit. Rejoice, blessed Xenia, prayer book for our souls.
Kontakion 5
Your holiness, Blessed Xenia, appeared as a godlike star, illuminating the horizon of the city of Petrov. You have already shown the way of salvation to people perishing in the madness of sin, calling everyone to repentance and crying out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 5
Seeing your exploits in prayer, endurance of cold and heat, pious people are trying to diminish your suffering, bringing you clothes and food. You gave all this to the poor, wanting to keep your feat in secret. We, marveling at your free poverty, cry out to you: Rejoice, you who voluntarily endured the heat and cold of Christ for the sake of Christ; Rejoice, you who constantly remained in prayer. Rejoice, you who protected the city of Petrov from troubles with an all-night vigil; Rejoice, you who turned away the wrath of God from him many times. Rejoice, you who prayed at night in the field all the days of the year; Rejoice, you who have tasted the sweetness of heaven in spiritual poverty. Rejoice, for you have left all earthly things in this sweetness; Rejoice, for you abided entirely in God. Rejoice, blessed Xenia, prayer book for our souls.
Kontakion 6
They preach the holiness of your life, blessed one, of all your deliverance from various diseases, troubles and sorrows, wealth and poverty, old and young. In the same way, glorifying you, we cry out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 6
The glory of your exploits shone, blessed mother, when you secretly carried stones to the builders of the Smolensk church at night, making it easier for the church workers. This is the leading one, and we sinners call you this: Rejoice, you who secretly teach us to do virtues; Rejoice, calling everyone to deeds of piety. Rejoice, you who help the builders of God’s temples; Rejoice, thou who has loved the holiness of the Church. Rejoice, you who facilitate our labors on the path of salvation; Rejoice, you are an ambulance for those who come running to you. Rejoice, good comforter to all who mourn; Rejoice, heavenly intercessor of the city of Petrov. Rejoice, blessed Xenia, prayer book for our souls.
Kontakion 7
Although to save the weeping doctor who was burying his wife from grief, you ordered a certain girl to run to Okhta and find and console her husband there. And it happened as you promised. They hurried to God in joy: Alleluia.
Ikos 7
You showed a new miracle in your prayer, blessed mother, when you told your pious wife: “Take a nickel, it will go out.” Shem prophesied to her that her house would burn. And through your prayer the flame of the fire went out. We, knowing this, cry out in praise: Rejoice, quenching the sorrows of people; Rejoice, you who showed boldness before God for the suffering. Rejoice, unquenchable candle, burning brightly in prayers to God; Rejoice, our representative in troubles and misfortunes. Rejoice, you who save those possessed by passions from destruction; Rejoice, thou who turns away pious virgins from unfaithful marriages. Rejoice, you who deliver those wounded from despair by slander; Rejoice, speedy defender in unjust judgment. Rejoice, blessed Xenia, prayer book for our souls.
Kontakion 8
You walked the path of your life as a homeless wanderer in the capital city of our fatherland, bearing sorrow and reproach with great patience. Now being in the heavenly Jerusalem, eat in joy to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 8
You were everything to everyone, blessed Xenia: comfort to the grieving, protection and protection to the weak, joy to the sad, clothing to the poor, healing to the sick. For this reason we cry out to you: Rejoice, you who dwell in the heavenly abodes; Rejoice, you who pray for us sinners. Rejoice, you who have shown a good image of serving God; Rejoice, patroness of the humiliated and persecuted. Rejoice, Orthodox people interceding with your prayers; Rejoice, you who protect those who are offended and pray to you. Rejoice, you who admonish those who offend; Rejoice, thou who shamest the infidels and mockers. Rejoice, blessed Xenia, prayer book for our souls.
Kontakion 9
You have endured all sorts of illnesses, blessed mother, bodily poverty, hunger and thirst, and also reproach from lawless people, even if you were insane. You, praying to the Lord, cried out to Him: Alleluia.
Ikos 9
The prophets of many things cannot understand how with your madness you have exposed the madness of this world and how you have put to shame the strong and wise with your weakness. They do not know God’s power and God’s wisdom in you. We, having received your help, sing to you as follows: Rejoice, bearer of the Divine Spirit; Rejoice, you who boasted with the Apostle Paul in your weakness. Rejoice, you who have exposed the world with your imaginary madness; Rejoice, you who rejected the beauty of the age of your salvation for the sake of it. Rejoice, you who loved heavenly blessings with all your heart; Rejoice, you who call us to the path of salvation. Rejoice, formidable accuser of the sin of drunkenness; Rejoice, you who were a free doctor and merciful to everyone. Rejoice, blessed Xenia, prayer book for our souls.
Kontakion 10
Although to save your soul, you crucified your flesh with its passions and lusts and, having irrevocably rejected yourself, you laid your cross on your frame and you followed Christ with all your heart, singing to Him: Alleluia.
Ikos 10
You are a solid wall and an invincible refuge that has appeared to those praying to you, Mother Ksenia. In the same way, protect us from enemies, visible and invisible, with your prayers, so that we call to you: Rejoice, who raises us up for spiritual work; Rejoice, thou who deliverest us from the snares of the enemy. Rejoice, incense offered to God; Rejoice, you who bring the peace of God into the hearts of people. Rejoice, quenching the spirit of malice in the hearts of the embittered; Rejoice, you who give blessings to good children. Rejoice, you who heal them from illnesses through secret prayer; Rejoice, you who have shown the wisdom of God to an embittered world. Rejoice, blessed Xenia, prayer book for our souls.
Kontakion 11
Singing of praise is brought to you, blessed Xenia, who were saved by your prayers from troubles and sorrows, and all sorts of misfortunes, and together with you they joyfully sing to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 11
Your life, holy mother, appeared as a radiant light, illuminating people in the darkness of this life. You have delivered those who have fallen from the mire of sin, and you have directed their path to the light of Christ. By the same token we call you: Rejoice, enlightening Orthodox people with God’s light: Rejoice, servant of Christ, who has lived above the world in the world. Rejoice, thou who through many labors has acquired great grace; Rejoice, thou who shone forth in the darkness of sin by the grace of God. Rejoice, you who give a helping hand to those who despair on the path of salvation; Rejoice, strengthening the weak in faith. Rejoice, thou who shamest the spirits of evil; Rejoice, you who surprised the angels with your life. Rejoice, blessed Xenia, prayer book for our souls.
Kontakion 12
You exude grace abundantly, Blessed Xenia, on those who honor your memory and resort to your protection. Let us also, who pray to you, send forth streams of healing from God, and let us call to Him: Alleluia.
Ikos 12
Singing your many miracles, blessed mother, we praise you and earnestly pray, do not leave us sinners in sorrowful circumstances, but pray to the Lord of strength, so that we do not fall away from our Orthodox faith, in Him we call you: Rejoice, teaching us compassion for the suffering; Rejoice, you who diligently heal our infirmities. Rejoice, crucify the flesh with its passions and lusts; Rejoice, for those who honor the memory of your intercessor and patroness. Rejoice, you who have passed through a sorrowful path; Rejoice, you who have thus improved eternal salvation. Rejoice, you who give joy to those who flow to your grave; Rejoice, ever interceding for the salvation of our Fatherland. Rejoice, blessed Xenia, prayer book for our souls.
Kontakion 13
O holy blessed mother Ksenia, who bore a heavy cross in your life. Accept from us sinners this prayer brought to you. Protect us with your prayers from the slander of the spirits of darkness and everyone who thinks evil of us. Pray to the all-generous God to give us strength and strength, so that each one of us will take his cross and follow Christ, singing to Him with you: Alleluia.
/This kontakion is read three times, then ikos 1 and kontakion 1/
Holy prayer to Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg for early marriage
O holy all-blessed mother Ksenia! Having lived under the protection of the Most High, led and strengthened by the Mother of God, having endured hunger and thirst, cold and heat, reproach and persecution, you have received the gift of clairvoyance and miracles from God and are resting in the shadow of the Almighty. Now the Holy Church, like a fragrant flower, glorifies you. Standing at the place of your burial, before your holy image, as if you were alive and present with us, we pray to you: accept our petitions and bring them to the throne of the merciful Heavenly Father, as you have boldness towards Him, ask for eternal salvation for those who flow to you, for good deeds and our undertakings are a generous blessing, deliverance from all troubles and sorrows. Stand before our All-Merciful Savior with your holy prayers for us, unworthy and sinners. Help, holy blessed mother Xenia, to illuminate the infants with the light of holy baptism and seal the gift of the Holy Spirit, to educate boys and girls in faith, honesty, fear of God and grant them success in learning; heal the sick and ailing, send down love and harmony to families, honor monastics to strive for good deeds and protect them from reproach, strengthen pastors in the strength of the Holy Spirit, preserve our people and country in peace and serenity, pray for those deprived of communion of the Holy Mysteries of Christ in the dying hour. You are our hope and hope, quick hearing and deliverance, we send thanks to you and with you we glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
