The Orthodox world considers the icon of the Pochaev Mother of God to be a real shrine, so the significance of this image for Orthodox believers is difficult to underestimate. The image is kept in the Ukrainian city of Pochaev in the monastery of monks. It was received in the 16th century, and from that time the holy face became known among believers as miraculous.
Miracles icons
The icon of Our Lady of Pochaev is known among people for its miracles. This is one of the few miraculous icons that have been preserved in the bosom of the church. The image is painted with oil paints on a linden board. It was originally decorated with a silver stripe, but over time it was lost and replaced with a pearl robe. The setting resembles a star, whose rays are rich in stones. There is evidence of miracles that occurred thanks to the icon, here are just a few of them:
- sinners repented and came to God;
- captives were miraculously released;
- the sick received healing even from incurable diseases;
- homeless people found a home.
One of the most famous miracles is the salvation of the monastery from the Turkish army. This happened in 1975, when the Turkish army burned the city, took all the young people captive and destroyed all the Orthodox shrines. People did not believe in salvation, because the threat was serious. The monks sang an akathist to the Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God day and night, asking for protection and salvation. When the Turks began to besiege the monastery, the Mother of God herself appeared before their eyes. She rose above the monastery along with a host of saints and silently looked at the Turks. Even the most desperate warriors were horrified by this picture and the army hastily left the holy place.
Since then, people have come to ask for protection and protection from the Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God. The Mother of God often grants miracles through the prayers of believers at the images.
Every year thousands of pilgrims come to the Lavra to perform a prayer service and defend the service. The celebration takes place in spring (03.31), summer (07.23) and autumn (09.08).
Icon of Our Lady of Pochaev
Prayers to the Mother of God
First prayer
Oh, All-Merciful Lady, Queen and Lady, chosen from all generations, and blessed by all generations, heavenly and earthly! Look mercifully at this people standing before Thy holy icon and fervently praying to You, and make Your intercession and intercession with Thy Son and our God, so that no one will come from here empty-handed and put to shame in his hope, but may everyone receive everything from You, according to the good will of your heart and according to your need and desire, for the salvation of the soul and the health of the body. Look with mercy, O All-Sung Theotokos, and upon this monastery, which bears Your name, You have loved it since ancient times, having chosen it as your property, and endlessly flowing currents of healing from Your miraculous icon and from the ever-flowing source, in the footprint of Your foot, revealed to us, and preserve it from every excuse and slander of the enemy, as in ancient times you preserved it, by Your appearance, intact and undamaged from the fierce invasion of the Hagarians, so that the Most Holy Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and Your glorious Dormition, will be sung and glorified in it forever and ever. Amen.
Second prayer
Our Most Blessed Queen, Most Blessed Lady, Our Mother of God of Hope! We now flow to You with tenderness, and with a contrite soul and a humble heart we pray to You, the All-Singing One, before Your Most Pure Image: remember Your ancient generosity, even from You that was here, and how sometimes You appeared on the rock of Chayev, in a pillar of fire, from the stone, healing water flowing forth, appear before us now, O Mother of many powers, and with the warmth of the Mother of God, Thy love, warm our stony hearts, tears of love and unrepentant repentance flowing from our eyes. For You are our only God-given Intercessor: We pray to You, deliver from all troubles, from all adversity, illness and sorrow, Thy servants, through the intercession of Thy great intercessor and prayer book for us, our all-blessed father Job, Thy saint Pochaevsky, whose prayer I manifestly listened to Thou art sometimes in the air, when by Thy all-glorious and terrible appearance Thou hast delivered Thy monastery from the invasion and taxation of the Hagarians. Look with mercy, O All-Singing One, with the charity of Thy merciful intercession, pour out Thy rich mercies upon all our kingdom and country, and upon all the people: gather together those who are scattered, and guide the unfaithful and other faiths in our countries on the true path, having fallen away from the pious faith of our fathers. return and associate them with the Holy Saints of Your Orthodox and Catholic Church; Establish peace in our families, support old age, mentor the young, raise babies, stand up for the orphans and widows, heal the captives of freedom, heal the sick, remember those who live in judgment and in prison, and in captivity, and in the bitter labors, protect us from death, visit and comfort currents of miracles and signs of many different kinds, which You continually pour out to everyone from Your holy, celibate icon. Grant, O All-Blessed One, the fertility of the earth, the goodness of the air, and all the gifts that are timely and beneficial for our benefit, through the prayers of Your chosen saints, Your gracious face on the holy icon of Your surroundings: Elijah the God-speaking, the holy Archdeacon Stephen the First-Suffering, the Venerable Abraham the All-Blessed, and the God-Music Mina a martyr of many names, and with them a number of saints and righteous wives: the most praised Paraskeva, the blessed Irene and the long-suffering Saint Catherine the Great, and all the saints. When our departure from this life and resettlement to eternity is ripe, appear before us, O Most Blessed One, just as You sometimes brought Your monastery to safety for salvation during the Battle of Zbarazh, and by Your warm intercession grant us the Christian death of our life, painless, shameless, peaceful and the Holy Mysteries involved; so that in this life, now and in the future, we will all be worthy, through Your prayers, of endless heavenly life in the Kingdom of Your beloved Son, the Lord God and our Savior, Jesus Christ, to Him belongs all glory, honor and worship, forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer three
Oh, Most Holy Virgin, Lady Theotokos! I thank You with all my heart, for You have vouchsafed me, Your sinful and unworthy servant, to appear here and worship on Your holy mountain. Oh, how many blessings have I, such a great sinner, been rewarded with Your mercy. I see, O Most Pure One, and I am horrified and my spirit melts away, in vain with my own eyes this multi-healing source of Thy grace, which Thou hast ineffably revealed since ancient times in the footsteps of Thy holy foot, and we all reverently bow down in the place where Thy virginal nose stands, I pray to Thee, blessed Hope and Salvation souls and bodies of ours: wash me with Your wholesome water from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, quench with Your grace-filled streams all the passions of my heart, heal with drops from Your ever-flowing source all my bodily ailments, yes, instructed, healed and delivered by You, I sing to You with all diligence: Rejoice, source of unceasing joy, rejoice, source of unspeakable kindness. Rejoice, drowning of unclean lusts, Rejoice, washing away of all kinds of defilements. Rejoice, the most luminous stream for the health of the faithful from the mountain-shaded thicket, bestowing the grace of healing; Rejoice, heavenly dew, sending down currents of wisdom from above to those who thirst for true knowledge. Rejoice, praise of Pochaevskaya, save us who pray to You, our hope and consolation. Amen.
Prayer four
To You, O Mother of God, we, sinners, prayerfully flow to You, Your miracles in the Holy Lavra of Pochayev, revealed with humility and for our lamenting sins. We, Lady, we know, as it is not fitting for us sinners to ask anything, except for the Righteous Judge to leave our iniquities to us. All that we have endured in life, sorrows, needs, and illnesses, like the fruits of our falls, have languished for us, and I allow this to God for our correction. Moreover, the Lord brought all this truth and judgment to His sinful servants, who in their sorrows came to Your intercession, the Most Pure One, and in the tenderness of their hearts they cry out to You: our sins and iniquities, O Good One, do not remember, but rather raised Your all-honorable hand Stand before Your Son and God, so that the cruelty we have committed may be forgiven us, and for our many unfulfilled promises, He will not turn His face away from His servants, and He will not take His grace, which contributes to our salvation, from our souls. To her, Lady, be the Intercessor for our salvation and, not disdaining our cowardice, look upon our groans, even in our troubles and sorrows we lift up before Your miraculous image. Enlighten our minds with tender thoughts, strengthen our faith, confirm our hope, grant us the sweetest gift of love to accept us. By these gifts, Most Pure One, and not by illnesses and sorrows, may our belly be elevated to salvation, but protect our souls from despondency and despair, deliver us who are weak from the troubles and needs that come upon us, and human slander and unbearable diseases. Grant peace and prosperity to the Christian life through Your intercession, O Lady, establish the Orthodox faith in our country, throughout the world. Do not betray the Apostolic and Catholic Church to disparagement, preserve the statutes of the saints forever, unshakable, save all who come to You from the perishing ditch. Also, bring the heresy of our deceived brethren or the saving faith of those who have been destroyed by sinful passions to true faith and repentance, so that together with us those who worship Your miraculous image will confess Your intercession. Vouchsafe us, O Most Pure Lady Theotokos, even in this belly the victory of truth by Your intercession to behold, vouchsafe us grace-filled joy before the end of our perception, just as the inhabitants of ancient times were shown by Your appearance to the victors and enlighteners of the Hagarians, so that we all have a grateful heart, together with the angels, and prophets, and apostles, and with all the saints, glorifying Your mercy, let us give glory, honor and worship in the Trinity to the sung God the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.
History of the image
The history of the face begins in Pochaev in the 16th century, when Metropolitan Neophytos rode past the city and was met by the Goysky nobles. The Metropolitan was touched by the care and warmth of the nobles, and as a memory of himself, he left them an image of the Mother of God. Since then, it has become a symbol of the city and its shrine. The Metropolitan soon became a patriarch, and the face of the Mother of God began to work miracles among people.
Initially, the Pochaev Icon was kept in the house of nobles (about 20-30 years) and only then it healed the sick person for the first time. After the miracle, the owner of the house, Anna Goyskaya, decided that her house was not worthy of such a shrine and she should not own it alone, and the shrine was transferred for safekeeping to the monastery, where every believer could bow to it and ask for a miracle. However, after the death of the pious Christian woman, her descendants decided to regain power and took the image back.
However, the image demanded a reverent attitude towards itself, which the new owners did not give it, and punishment came to their family - the wife of the owner of the estate became possessed and was freed only after the monk advised the image to be returned to the monastery.
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In 1721, the icon was transferred to Catholics, who occupied the monastery as a result of Poland's seizure of right-bank Ukraine. They realized the significance of the image and treated her with reverence. The image of the Mother of God was placed in a golden chasuble, which was decorated with small crowns. Only 100 years later, in 1821, the monastery returned to the Orthodox Church, and the icon became the property of believers. The monastery today has become a Lavra and is under the leadership of the Moscow Patriarchate.
Important! Every week on Saturday an akathist is read to the Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God.
Pochaev Lavra
In the church of the same name, the Pochaev Icon is placed above the royal doors, and after midnight prayer and the singing of troparions it is lowered to a height accessible to parishioners. The image is placed on silk ribbons, and a monk is always next to her. Everyone who comes to the service approaches the face of the Mother of God, keeping a queue and in silence.
The temple in Pochaev has been the center of the Orthodox Church in Western Ukraine for several centuries. In addition to the holy image, the temple is famous for other miraculous phenomena. Each parishioner can ask the monks for life-giving water from a source that was opened thanks to the Mother of God. The water is distributed by the novice, who collects it from a spring outside the monastery fence. At this holy place, lamps burn around the clock. The relics of Saint Job, the famous prayer book, who died here as a 100-year-old man, are also kept on the territory of the temple.
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Services were performed in the church constantly and did not stop either during the First World War or during the Great Patriotic War. The monastery was still operating and even the German Gestapo could not close the monastery. Even during the Soviet oppression of the church, prayer to the Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God sounded within these walls, services did not stop. The monks asked the Pochaev Mother of God for protection, and she did not leave them.
Icon of Our Lady of Pochaev
How does the akathist help the Mother of God of Pochaev
The holy image of the Mother of God can not only strengthen a person’s weakened spirit and faith, but also direct him to the true path, the path of knowing the Creator and serving Him.
Our Lady of Pochaev answers prayers:
- about protection;
- about healing;
- about help and intercession;
- about the return of vision;
- about saving the family from quarrels and scandals;
- about returning loved ones to the true path.
Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos of Pochaev in front of her image
To the chosen Governor of the Christian clans and our country, the most famous Deliverer, let us bring songs of praise, faithfully, gathered on Her holy mountain; But You, who have unspeakable mercy, about the Lady Theotokos, do not reject our prayer, which is offered up before Your miraculous image, but in the tenderness of our hearts we call to You:
Archangel Gabriel says “Rejoice!” brought to you, O Lady, when the conception of the Son of God was preached to you, after your glorious Dormition all the heavenly powers continually bring you praise in Heaven; Why should we, sinners, dare to unite our voices with the voices of the Bodiless? Moreover, remembering Your mercy to all who repent, we open our lips with fear and love, saying:
Rejoice, abyss of mercy; Rejoice, inexhaustible sea of love.
Rejoice, good Representative of the Christian race; Rejoice, unbreakable wall of the Pochaev monastery.
Rejoice, you who attract Orthodox people to Mount Pochaev with bonds of love; Rejoice, you who drive away all sadness from their souls.
Rejoice, even the miraculous image, like a star, guides us from Mount Pochaevsky; Rejoice, Passionate prayers offered to her are soon reflected.
Rejoice, you who consoled people with Your appearance on this mountain; Rejoice, you who left the footprint of Your foot on it for us.
Rejoice, everlasting boldness of the faithful; Rejoice, those who doubt the good statement.
Rejoice, praise of Pochaev and the whole world, hope and consolation.
Seeing the hermit and the simple John the Barefoot, the Most Holy Theotokos appeared on the rock in a pillar of fire, kissing the footprint of Her foot and sprinkling the water that flowed from the stone, crying out to God: Alleluia.
The misunderstood mind about Your appearance, O Lady, seeking, in the blue hope is confirmed, as first from the Hagarians, after from the heretics, you deigned to establish the stronghold of Orthodoxy on the Mount of Hope, for this reason, coming to Your holy temple, we fill our hearts with warm faith, saying:
Rejoice, confirmation of the true faith; Rejoice, clear reproof of evil.
Rejoice, thou who was known of old in the burning bush of Sinai; Rejoice, you who appeared here as a Christian in the pillar of fire.
Rejoice, for in the burning cave, with the dew of salvation, the youths of Abraham foretold Thee; Rejoice, for through the water of Your footsteps You preached Your healing grace.
Rejoice, our land, devastated in ancient times by the Hagarians, who was then comforted by Your appearance; Rejoice, and now you encourage those praying here with many signs.
Rejoice, those who repent will soon be heard; Rejoice, help and refuge for those who strive.
Rejoice, and admonition of the ignorant; Rejoice, and strengthening of the faint-hearted.
Rejoice, praise of Pochaev and the whole world, hope and consolation.
You showed the power of deep grace, O Lady, on Mount Pochaevstey, when you enriched the place of Your appearance in three hundred years with Your miraculous icon, and by the hand of St. Neophytos Hellenes, who came from Moscow, you first bestowed it on the boyar Anna, then from her you received it to the monastery of Pochaevskaya Thou art the people who rejoice and sing to God: Alleluia.
Having in her house your icon, Lady, the noblewoman Anna and having seen the healing from it of her brother Philip who was born blind, was struck by the spirit of jealousy for your glory, and was inflamed with a monastery of stone in the name of your most honorable Assumption by the hermit of Pochaev, in which the worshipers cry out to your miraculous image. sitse:
Rejoice, you who taught us the rich treasure in Your holy icon; Rejoice, having sanctified our land by the hand of the saint given by Thy image.
Rejoice, turning away our souls from earthly wealth; Rejoice, you who teach us to sing the Glory of God.
Rejoice, for Thy miracles are visible, we admire our hearts to Heaven; Rejoice, for in Your abode, as if on the threshold of paradise, we find ourselves.
Rejoice, you who have comforted the Orthodox people with Your icon; Rejoice, you who call praying people from all countries to the Pochaev monastery.
Rejoice, for Her faith increases; Rejoice, for her despondency will be driven away.
Rejoice, everlasting Joy of the Pochaev monks; Rejoice, shameless Hope of the worldly people.
Rejoice, praise of Pochaev and the whole world, hope and consolation.
A storm of heretical fury rushed towards Your holy monastery, O Lady, the holy icon by Your hand, captivating the evil iconoclasts and inciting them to blaspheme, soon the wrath of God restrained the speed, while the invisible force of the blasphemers who feasted without cold, like Artaxerxes and Herod, was cast into slack and into illness, over the holy now Those who cursed and did not take away your song: Alleluia.
Hearing that the monks and all the Orthodox people heard that Your holy icon, after seventy years of heretical captivity, returned to the holy monastery from the shamed blasphemers, Abiy came out to meet it and turned its cry into joy, I cried out to You:
Rejoice, refuge for Christians; Rejoice, denunciation of heretics.
Rejoice, the Pochaev monastery has not completely deprived you of Your icon; Rejoice, you who have put to shame the blasphemy of the iconoclasts.
Rejoice, for you teach us not to lose heart in troubles; Rejoice, for you commanded us to believe in the justice of God.
Rejoice, Who has established Orthodoxy in our country; Rejoice, You have been worthy to receive the embodied Truth and the whole universe.
Rejoice, imitator of God’s long-suffering; Rejoice, Your people are strengthened in patience.
Rejoice, for those who are humble receive consolation from You; Rejoice, for those who are proud are humbled by You.
Rejoice, praise of Pochaev and the whole world, hope and consolation.
The God-bearing star appeared to those seeking salvation, O Lady, leading them to the Sun of Truth, just as in Your earthly life for people the intercessor to Your Son in Cana of Galilee appeared, so also after Your glorious departure to Heaven, prayers for the faithful were brought from the ends of the earth, Thou didst ascend to Thy Son, and here, on Mount Pochaevstya, He gave manifold healings to the people who cried out to God: Alleluia.
Seeing people, on Mount Pochaevskaya, as in ancient times, as in recent years, many healings are given by You, in the desire for the salvation of my soul I affirm and offer warm repentance for my sins, crying out to You:
Rejoice, recovery of sight for the blind and healing for the lame; Rejoice, deliverance of demons from demons.
Rejoice, Thou who miraculously returned the captive monk to Thy abode in the air; Rejoice, you who resurrected baby Simeon through the prayer of the old woman.
Rejoice, for in these signs the power of Your ancient miracles has again appeared to the people; Rejoice, for healing from Your holy icon will not fail in the last days.
Rejoice, you who provide a source of healing throughout the whole world from Your holy icons; Rejoice, you enrich those who pray with spiritual gifts even more than these.
Rejoice, who have given birth to Orthodoxy; Rejoice, to Him help and lack of faith flow.
Rejoice, earthly hope! Rejoice, joy of the heavenly ranks.
Rejoice, praise of Pochaev and the whole world, hope and consolation.
The preachers of the glory of the Most Pure Virgin appeared to the Hagarians at the Pochaev monastery, having found and visioned the Most Pure Theotokos with the Monk Job without first understanding; When the arrows fired from them again rushed at her, having realized the power of the Lady and brought repentance for her madness, she cried out in faith: Alleluia.
Thy vision appeared, O Lady, on Mount Pochaevstey, when the brethren of the monastery, heavily besieged by the Hagarians, lifted up their prayers with a great cry before Thy holy icon and before the shrine of the Venerable Job, while the brethren of the Hagarians, dismayed by this vision and fleeing, saw it with joy. sing to Your face:
Rejoice, our Redeemer and salvation; Rejoice, everlasting help of the Christian race.
Rejoice, thou who drove away the wicked enemies from Thy shrine; Rejoice, you who bring them to repentance.
Rejoice, even the invisible enemy of our salvation trembles; Rejoice, the Holy Angels and the departed righteous women worship in Heaven.
Rejoice, you who received the Venerable Job with You in prayer; Rejoice, you who brought the Hagarians to Holy Baptism with your vision.
Rejoice, for by Your return the fear of death has been put aside to the end; Rejoice, for for Your sake there were no God-fearing foreigners from the Hagarians who appeared here.
Rejoice, everlasting manifestation of truth; Rejoice, good admonition to those who go astray.
Rejoice, praise of Pochaev and the whole world, hope and consolation.
Wanting to kindle the desire for eternal life in the hearts of Christians, the Most Holy Theotokos heals the sick with Her miracles, casts out demons, frees the captives, raises the dead, so that we all, having understood the power of God, will hate the earthly power and take care of our souls, constantly crying out to God: Alleluia.
The Pochaev monastery suffered new and grave misfortunes, when, together with the whole country, it was torn away from Orthodoxy by flattery into the possession of heretics, but in the past hundred and ten summers it was quickly given over to Orthodox Christians; foreigners came and took away the holy relics of the Venerable Job from under the bushel. , fell to the miraculous image of the Lady, saying:
Rejoice, defender of Orthodoxy; Rejoice, accuser of heretics.
Rejoice, you who did not completely leave Your abode; Rejoice, you who teach us the fear of God.
Rejoice, for through Your intercession the Volyn country has returned to Orthodoxy; Rejoice, for from the ancient years many heretics have been corrected by Your admonition.
Rejoice, thou who once again calls Thy faithful to prayer to Thy holy Lavra; Rejoice, teaching the infidels here to worship the more Orthodox shrine.
Rejoice, even the righteous and the righteous sing unceasingly; Rejoice, those who have fallen will flock to Neizha in repentance.
Rejoice, return of apostates to the faith; Rejoice, raising those who are led to the light of truth.
Rejoice, praise of Pochaev and the whole world, hope and consolation.
We see a strange miracle about You, Mother of God, since the physical health of Your holy icons is healed by kissing and sprinkling Pochaev water, so the passions of the soul are taken away by the vision of Your shrine, faith is confirmed and the tenderness of our hearts is filled, singing to God: Alleluia.
All unworthy, I have been filled with sins, given over to worldly dispersion and neglecting my soul, both looking at Thy holy icon, Lady, and the enlightenment from it to the countless people who come here, seeing, I am rushing again on the path of salvation and in the joy of my heart I sing to Thee:
Rejoice, treasure of purity; Rejoice, abyss of mercies.
Rejoice, you who bring prayers to Your Son for the faithful; Rejoice, you who do not reject the prayers of sinners.
Rejoice, for through You I have escaped much of the despair of sin; Rejoice, for those who call on Your name from the fall of the strange riser.
Rejoice, the iconoclastic heresy has been put to shame in the universe; Rejoice, the true faith of the Volyn country has returned.
Rejoice, you who lead souls to the feat of chastity; Rejoice, teaching to forgive those who offend.
Rejoice, tenderness of our hearts; Rejoice, hope of our souls.
Rejoice, praise of Pochaev and the whole world, hope and consolation.
You have forgiven all apostasies and heretical wanderings to the repentant people of the land of Volyn, O Lady, and again you have opened the source of healing from Your miraculous icon, from the footprint of Your foot on Mount Pochaevstei in Your Orthodox Lavra, only if they bring repentance for their sins to God and, about Your Without hesitation, they will cry out to Him: Alleluia.
The vigor of Thy glory appeared, O Lady, to the blind and chromium, healing from Thy icon, returned to the Orthodox people, who received, like a heretical wife of a certain sick woman, to call upon Thee for help and, after healing, to confess the true faith and kiss, and we cry out to Thee:
Rejoice, supplication of the Heavenly King; Rejoice, earthly intercession.
Rejoice, you who turned away a certain woman from Luther’s errors with healing; Rejoice, all people who have believed in the truth of Orthodoxy.
Rejoice, for for You, for the sake of Orthodoxy, people have overcome the deception of the Hagarians so many times; Rejoice, for for Your sake and seduction from the Latins you have again embraced the Orthodox faith.
Rejoice, all who live lift up their eyes to Neizha in prayer; Rejoice, O South, and those praying for the repose of the dead call for help.
Rejoice, and taking away from the needs of life those that flow to You; Rejoice, for you bestow strength on those who endure all kinds of need.
Rejoice, help to the Christ-loving army in battle; Rejoice, good instruction for demons who are militant.
Rejoice, praise of Pochaev and the whole world, hope and consolation.
Wanting to save the Most Pure Mother of God, a certain simple old woman, who was blinded by Latin and had little grandson, already enlightened by Orthodoxy, but blinded by her bodily hairs, she gives both of them a good desire to venerate Her miraculous image on Mount Pochaevstey, where she miraculously heals the blind young woman and the Orthodox old woman teaches to confess faith, crying out to God: Alleluia.
The indestructible wall of true faith appeared to you, Lady, like the wicked heretics from glorifying You, like the True Mother of God, stubbornly rejecting, so Orthodoxy remained in Your faith in the firmament and from the prayers constantly offered to You, they will no longer turn away from glorifying You, and these for the sake of heretics They do not dare to take the verb into their own ears, but with a grateful heart they will not stop praising You, saying:
Rejoice, joy and consolation for Christians; Rejoice, glory and worship to the angelic order.
Rejoice, thou who turns us away from the flattering verbs of heretics; Rejoice, thou who liftest our minds to God by the remembrance of Thy mercies.
Rejoice, holy Apostles who called upon the clouds of the air for Your Dormition; Rejoice, and sinners who gather on that day to Mount Pochaev in thousands and thousands for every summer.
Rejoice, even for the sake of Christians the difficulty of the path, like sweet repose, is lifted up; Rejoice, even for the sake of laziness they strive to imitate them.
Rejoice, for the monk to forget the sweetness of the world through Your grace; Rejoice, you who look back at the terrible and terrifying dreams.
Rejoice, best diadimo to the Church of Christ; Rejoice, invincible shield of our country.
Rejoice, praise of Pochaev and the whole world, hope and consolation.
Singing of gratitude about Your, Lady, good deeds from Christians all over the world, ascended like incense, constantly ascending to Heaven, thinking, and we ask You not to turn away our wretched praise, and we also ask You to grant Thee the grace of repentance, singing with hope to God: Alleluia.
The light of the temporary life and the hope of eternal life appeared to you, Lady, to a certain person in Bessarabia who had to die, but suddenly, after tasting the water from the Pochaev shrine, the former health, hedgehog his relatives saw, with fear and tenderness she cried out to you:
Rejoice, healing of the sick; Rejoice, hearing of those who mourn.
Rejoice, for through You you drove away the death that came; Rejoice, for You have given us unfailing faith.
Rejoice, for Gabriel’s prophecy is coming true before our eyes; Rejoice, for from all generations, according to Your word, now and ever you are blessed.
Rejoice, Mount Pochaev, for you have sanctified your place of residence; Rejoice, like the second Nazareth who revealed this.
Rejoice, Thou who has turned away no one’s hope; Rejoice, warmly accepting all prayers.
Rejoice, you who give us health; Rejoice, you who lead us to salvation.
Rejoice, praise of Pochaev and the whole world, hope and consolation.
The grace of healing and tenderness of prayer from Thy, Lady, is exuded from the icon, so that our souls will not be in vain, even if for the sake of sin we fall into petrified insensibility, both as if you have the power to resurrect the dead, awaken our spiritual deadness and illumine our hearts with a better thought, yes Having hated the delusion of sin, let us sing to God: Alleluia.
Having sung Your miracles manifested in the monastery of the Holy Ones, we pray to You, Lady, not to turn Your face away from our country, but to all who come to Your holy mountain and seek mercy from You, fulfill their good request, so that everyone will sing to You:
Rejoice, propitiation of the all-righteous God; Rejoice, Christians have boldness towards Christ.
Rejoice, you who demonstrate the triumph of faith in Your Lavra; Rejoice, you who inflame the hearts of men with love.
Rejoice, for by ancient miracles people have been vouchsafed to see something like this here; Rejoice, for this mountain, like the second Sinai, has become glorified in Christian countries.
Rejoice, O God, who appeared on earth, and carried Him in Your womb; Rejoice, you who lift up people to God through Your prayer.
Rejoice, O Thy icon, for having left Thy icon of salvation in Thy monastery; Rejoice, the footprint of Your foot, filled with healing water, glorifying miracles.
Rejoice, looking down upon Your servants from the heavenly heights; Rejoice, thou who instruct the faithful in good deeds.
Rejoice, praise of Pochaev and the whole world, hope and consolation.
O All-sung Mother of Christ God, who has adopted all the Christian generations with love, who are worthy of praise and praise You, we, sinners, are perplexed, however, overcome by Your love and lifting up our eyes to Your miraculous image, we pray to You: in our struggles and needs, do not abandon Your children, intercession To Your warmth of those who believe and to Your Son, crying out: Alleluia.
This kontakion is read three times, then the 1st ikos “Archangel Gabriel...” and the 1st kontakion “To the Chosen Voivode...”.
To You, O Mother of God, we prayerfully flow, sinners, Your miracles, revealed in the Holy Lavra of the Most Holy Lavra, in remembrance of our own contrite sins. We, Lady, we know, as it is not fitting for us sinners to ask anything, except for the Righteous Judge to leave our iniquities to us. All that we have endured in life, sorrows, needs, and illnesses, like the fruits of our falls, have languished us, I allow this to God for our correction. Moreover, the Lord brought all this truth and judgment to His sinful servants, who in their sorrows came to Your intercession, the Most Pure One, and in the tenderness of their hearts they cry out to You: Our sins and iniquities, O Good One, do not remember, but rather lift up Your all-honorable hand , stand before Your Son and God, so that the evil we have done may be forgiven us, and for our many unfulfilled promises, He will not turn His face away from His servants, and may not take His grace, which contributes to our salvation, from our souls. To her, Lady, be the Intercessor for our salvation and, not disdaining our cowardice, look upon our groans, even in our troubles and sorrows we lift up before Your miraculous image. Enlighten our minds with tender thoughts, strengthen our faith, confirm our hope, grant us the sweetest gift of love to accept us. By these gifts, Most Pure One, and not by illnesses and sorrows, may our belly be elevated to salvation, but by protecting our souls from despondency and despair, deliver us, the weak, from the troubles and needs that come upon us, and human slander, and unbearable diseases . Grant peace and prosperity to the Christian life through Your intercession, O Lady, establish the Orthodox faith in our country and throughout the world. Do not betray the Apostolic and Catholic Church to disparagement, preserve the statutes of the saints forever, unshakable, and save all who come to You from the perishing pit. Also, bring the heresy of our deceived brethren or the saving faith in sinful passions who destroyed them again to true faith and repentance, and together with us, who worship Your miraculous image, they will confess Your intercession. Vouchsafe us, O Most Holy Lady Theotokos, to see in this belly the victory of truth by Your intercession, vouchsafe us grace-filled joy before the end of our perception, just as the inhabitants of Pochaev of old, by Your appearance, showed the victors and enlighteners of the Hagarians, so that we may all have a grateful heart, together with the Angels, and prophets, and apostles, and with all the saints, glorifying Your mercy, let us give glory, honor and worship in the Trinity to the sung God the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.
Troparion, tone 5
Before Your holy icon, Lady, those who pray are honored with healing, accept the knowledge of true faith and repel the Hagarian invasions. Likewise, for us who fall before You, ask for remission of sins, enlighten the thoughts of piety in our hearts, and offer up a prayer to Your Son for the salvation of our souls.
Kontakion, tone 1
The source of healings and faith of the Orthodox affirmation of the Pochaevskaya icon, the Mother of God, appeared, and we, who flow to her, also free from troubles and temptations, keep Your Lavra unharmed, establish Orthodoxy in the surrounding countries and resolve the sins of Your prayer book: for if you willed, you could .
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Kontakion 1
To the chosen Governor of the Christian clans and our country, the most famous Deliverer, let us bring songs of praise, faithfully, gathered on Her holy mountain; But You, who have indescribable mercy, O Lady Theotokos, do not reject our prayer before Your miraculous image, but in the tenderness of our hearts we call to You: Rejoice, Praise of Pochaev and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Ikos 1
Archangel Gabriel, first of all, rejoice in bringing you, O Lady, when the conception of the Son of God was preached to you, after your glorious Dormition, all the heavenly powers continually bring you praise in Heaven; Why should we, sinners, dare to unite our voices with the voices of the Bodiless? Moreover, we remember Your mercy to all who repent, we open our lips with fear and love, saying: Rejoice, abyss of mercy; Rejoice, inexhaustible sea of love. Rejoice, Good Representative of the Christian race; Rejoice, unbreakable wall of the Pochaev monastery. Rejoice, you who attract Orthodox people to Mount Pochaev with bonds of love; Rejoice, you who drive away all sadness from their souls. Rejoice, even the miraculous image, like a star, guides us from Mount Pochaevsky; Rejoice, passionate prayers offered to her are soon reflected. Rejoice, you who consoled people with Your appearance on this mountain; Rejoice, you who left the footprint of Your foot on it for us. Rejoice, everlasting boldness of the faithful; Rejoice, you who doubt the good statement. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 2
Seeing the hermit and the simple barefoot John the Most Holy Theotokos appearing on the rock in a pillar of fire, I kissed the footprint of Her foot and sprinkled myself with the water that flowed from the stone, crying out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 2
The misunderstood mind about Your appearance, O Lady, seeking, in the blue hope is affirmed, as first from the Hagarians, after from the heretics, you deigned to establish the stronghold of Orthodoxy on the Mount of Hope, for this reason, coming to Your holy temple, we fill our hearts with warm faith, saying: Rejoice, statement of true faith; Rejoice, evil faith has been clearly exposed. Rejoice, thou who was known of ancient times in the Neopalim Bush of Sinai; Rejoice, you who appeared here as a Christian in the pillar of fire. Rejoice, for in the burning cave, with the dew of salvation, the youths of Abraham foretold Thee; Rejoice, for through the water of Your footsteps You preached healing grace. Rejoice, our land, devastated in ancient times by the Hagarians, who was then comforted by Your appearance; Rejoice, and now you encourage those praying here with many signs. Rejoice, those who repent will soon be heard; Rejoice, help and refuge for those who strive. Rejoice, and admonition of the ignorant; Rejoice, and strengthening of the faint-hearted. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 3
You showed the power of intense grace, O Lady, on Mount Pochaevstey, when you enriched the place of Your appearance in three hundred years with Your miraculous icon, and by the hand of St. Neophytos the Greek, coming from Moscow, you first bestowed it on the boyar Anna, then from her you received it to the monastery of Pochaevskaya Thou art the people who rejoice and sing to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 3
Having in your house your icon, Lady, the boyar Anna, and having seen the healing from it of your blind brother Philip, who was struck by the spirit of jealousy for your glory, the monastery of the hermit of Pochaev is being built in stone in the name of your Most Honorable Dormition, in which they worship your miraculous image. cries out to the mother: Rejoice, thou who hast taught us the rich treasure in Thy holy icon; Rejoice, having sanctified our land with the hand of Thy gifted image. Rejoice, turning away our souls from earthly wealth; Rejoice, you who teach us to sing the Glory of God. Rejoice, for Thy miracles are visible, we admire our hearts to Heaven; Rejoice, for in Your abode, as if on the threshold of paradise, we find ourselves. Rejoice, you who have comforted the Orthodox people with Your icon; Rejoice, you who call praying people from all countries to the Pochaev monastery. Rejoice, for by this faith increases; Rejoice, for this will drive away despondency. Rejoice, everlasting Joy of the Pochaev monks; Rejoice, shameless Hope of the worldly people. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 4
A storm of heretical fury rushed towards Your holy monastery, O Lady, the holy icon by Your hand, captivating the evil iconoclasts and inciting them to blaspheme, soon the wrath of God restrained the speed, while the invisible force of the blasphemers who feasted without cold, like Artaxerxes and Herod, was cast into slack and into illness, over the holy now Those who cursed and did not take away your song: Alleluia.
Ikos 4
Hearing that the monks and all the people of Orthodoxy heard that Your holy icon, after seventy years of heretical captivity, returned to the holy monastery from the shamed blasphemers, Abi came out to meet it and turned its weeping into joy, crying out to You: Rejoice, refuge for Christians; Rejoice, denunciation of heretics. Rejoice, the Pochaev monastery has not completely deprived you of Your icon; Rejoice, you who have put to shame the blasphemy of the iconoclasts. Rejoice, for you teach us not to lose heart in troubles; Rejoice, for you have commanded us to believe in the Justice of God. Rejoice, Who has established Orthodoxy in our country; Rejoice, You who and the entire universe have been honored to receive the embodied truth. Rejoice, imitator of God’s patience; Rejoice, Your people are strengthened in patience. Rejoice, for those who are humble receive consolation from You; Rejoice, for those who are proud are humbled by You. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 5
The God-bearing star appeared to those seeking salvation, O Lady, leading these to the Sun of Truth, just as in Your earthly life the Representative to Your Son in Cana of Galilee appeared to You, so after Your glorious departure to Heaven, prayers for the faithful from the ends of the earth were brought to Thou didst offer up to Thy Son, and here, on Mount Pochayev, He gave manifold healings to the people who cried out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 5
Seeing people, on Mount Pochaevskaya, as in ancient times, as in recent years, many healings are given by You, in the desire for the salvation of my soul I affirm and offer warm repentance for my sins, crying out to You: Rejoice, sight for the blind and healing for the lame; Rejoice, deliverance of demons from demons. Rejoice, Thou who miraculously returned the captive monk to Thy abode in the air; Rejoice, you who resurrected baby Simeon through the prayer of the old woman. Rejoice, for in these signs the power of Your ancient miracles has again appeared to the people; Rejoice, for healing from Your holy icon will not be lacking in the last days. Rejoice, you who provide a source of healing throughout the whole world from Your holy icons; Rejoice, you who enrich those who pray with spiritual gifts even more than these. Rejoice, who have given birth to Orthodoxy; Rejoice, to Him help and lack of faith flow. Rejoice, earthly hope! Rejoice, joy of the heavenly ranks. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 6
The preachers of the glory of the Most Pure Virgin appeared to the Hagarians at the Pochaev monastery and found and did not understand the vision of the Most Pure Mother of God with the Monk Job; When the arrows fired from them again rushed at her, having realized the power of the Lady and brought repentance for her madness, she cried out in faith: Alleluia.
Ikos 6
Thy vision appeared, O Lady, on Mount Pochaevstei, when the brethren of the monastery were heavily besieged by the Hagarians, with a great cry of prayer before Thy holy icon and before the shrine of the Venerable Job, they lifted up their prayers, while the brethren of the Hagarians, dismayed by this vision and fleeing, saw it with joy I sang to You: Rejoice, our Redeemer and salvation; Rejoice, everlasting help of the Christian race. Rejoice, thou who drove away the wicked enemies from Thy shrine; Rejoice, you who bring them to repentance. Rejoice, even the invisible enemy of our salvation trembles; Rejoice, She is worshiped by the Holy Angels and the departed righteous in Heaven. Rejoice, you who received the Venerable Job with You in prayer; Rejoice, you who brought the Hagarites to Holy Baptism with your vision. Rejoice, for by Your return the fear of death has been put aside to the end; Rejoice, for for Your sake there were no God-fearing foreigners from the Hagarians who appeared here. Rejoice, everlasting manifestation of truth; Rejoice, good admonition to those who go astray. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 7
Wanting to kindle the desire of the Eternal Life in the hearts of Christians, the Most Holy Theotokos heals the sick with Her miracles, casts out demons, frees the captives, raises the dead, so that we all, having understood the power of God, will hate the earthly and take care of our souls, constantly crying out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 7
The Pochaev monastery suffered new and grave misfortunes, when, together with the whole country, it was torn away from Orthodoxy by flattery into the possession of heretics, but in the past hundred and ten summers it was quickly given over to Orthodox Christians; foreigners came and took away the holy relics of the Venerable Job from under the bushel. , fell to the miraculous image of the Lady, saying: Rejoice, defender of Orthodoxy; Rejoice, accuser of heretics. Rejoice, you who did not completely leave Your abode; Rejoice, you who teach us the fear of God. Rejoice, for through Your intercession the Volyn country has returned to Orthodoxy; Rejoice, for from the ancient years many heretics have been corrected by Your admonition. Rejoice, thou who once again calls Thy faithful to prayer to Thy holy Lavra; Rejoice, teaching the infidels here to worship the more Orthodox shrine. Rejoice, even the righteous and the righteous sing unceasingly; Rejoice, in Neizha the fallen also flow in repentance. Rejoice, return of apostates to the faith; Rejoice, you who have led those who are led to the light of truth. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 8
We see a strange miracle about You, Mother of God, since the physical health of Your holy icons is healed by kissing and sprinkling Pochaev water, so the passions of the soul are taken away by the vision of Your shrine, faith is confirmed and the tenderness of our hearts is filled, singing to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 8
All unworthy I have been filled with sins, given over to worldly distraction and neglecting my soul, both looking at Thy holy icon, Lady, and the enlightenment from her to the countless people who come here, seeing, I am rushing again on the path of salvation and in the joy of my heart I sing to Tisitsa: Rejoice, treasure of purity; Rejoice, abyss of mercies. Rejoice, you who bring prayers to Your Son for the faithful; Rejoice, you who do not reject the prayers of sinners. Rejoice, for through You I have escaped much of the despair of sin; Rejoice, for those who call on Your name from the fall of the strange rise. Rejoice, the iconoclastic heresy has been put to shame in the universe; Rejoice, the true faith of the Volyn country has returned. Rejoice, you who lead souls to the feat of chastity; Rejoice, you who teach those who offend to forgive those who offend. Rejoice, tenderness of our hearts; Rejoice, hope of our souls. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 9
You have forgiven all apostasies and heretical wanderings to the repentant people of the land of Volyn, O Lady, and again you have opened the source of healings from Your miraculous icon from the footprint of Your foot on Mount Pochaevstei in Your Orthodox Lavra to the people, only if they bring repentance for their sins to God and about Yours Without hesitation, they will cry out to him: Alleluia.
Ikos 9
The branch of Thy glory appeared, O Lady, to blindness and chromium healing from Thy icon, returned to the Orthodox people, who received, like a heretical wife of a certain sick woman, to call upon Thee for help and after healing to confess and kiss the true faith, we cry out to Thee: Rejoice, King Heavenly supplication: Rejoice, earthly intercession. Rejoice, you who turned away a certain woman from Luther’s errors with healing; Rejoice, all people who have become convinced of the truth of Orthodoxy. Rejoice, for for You, for the sake of Orthodoxy, people have overcome the deception of the Hagarians so many times; Rejoice, for for Your sake and seduction from the Latins you have again embraced the Orthodox faith. Rejoice, all who live lift up their eyes to Neizha in prayer; Rejoice, O South, and those praying for the repose of the dead call for help. Rejoice, and taking away from the needs of life those that flow to You; Rejoice, for you bestow strength on those who endure all kinds of need. Rejoice, help to the Christ-loving army in battle; Rejoice, good instruction for demons who are militant. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 10
You want to save, the Most Pure Mother of God, a simple old woman who was blinded by Latin and has little grandson, who is already enlightened by Orthodoxy, but is blinded by her bodily hairs, and at the same time she gives both of them a good desire to venerate Her miraculous image on Mount Pochaevstey, where Abi miraculously heals the blind girl and teaches the old woman to confess the Orthodox faith, crying out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 10
The indestructible wall of true faith appeared, O Lady, because the heretics, like the wickedness of the heretics, stubbornly rejected You from glorifying You, like the True Mother of God, so Orthodoxy remained in Your faith in the firmament, and from the prayers constantly offered to You, they will no longer turn away, and for these heretical sakes the verb in They do not dare to take their own blessings, but with a grateful heart they will not stop praising You, saying: Rejoice, for Christians are joy and consolation; Rejoice, glory and worship to the angelic order. Rejoice, thou who turns us away from the flattering verbs of heretics; Rejoice, thou who liftest our minds to God by the remembrance of Thy mercies. Rejoice, holy apostles who called upon the clouds of the air for Your Dormition; Rejoice, and sinners gathered on that day to Mount Pochaev in thousands and thousands for every summer. Rejoice, even for the sake of Christians the difficulty of the path, like sweet repose, is lifted up; Rejoice, even for the sake of laziness they strive to imitate them. Rejoice, for the monk to forget the sweetness of the world through Your grace; Rejoice, you who look back at the terrible and terrifying dreams. Rejoice, best diadimo to the Church of Christ; Rejoice, invincible shield of our country. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 11
The singing of gratitude about Your, Lady, blessings throughout the world from Christians, ascending like incense to Heaven, constantly ascending in thought and our wretched praise, we ask You not to turn away, and we also pray to grant You the grace of repentance, singing with hope to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 11
The light of the life of temporary life and Eternal Life, the hope appeared to you, Lady, to a certain person in Bessarabia who had to die, but suddenly, after tasting the water from the Pochaev shrine, the former health, the hedgehog of his relatives saw him, with fear and tenderness she cried out to You: Rejoice, healing for the sick; Rejoice, hearing of those who mourn. Rejoice, for through You you drove away the death that came; Rejoice, for You have given us undoubted faith. Rejoice, for Gabriel’s prophecy is coming true before our eyes; Rejoice, for from all generations, according to Your word, now and ever you are blessed. Rejoice, Mount Pochaev, for you have sanctified your place of residence; Rejoice, like the second Nazareth who revealed this. Rejoice, you who have turned away the hope of no one; Rejoice, you who warmly accept all prayers. Rejoice, you who give us health; Rejoice, you who lead us to salvation. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 12
The grace of healing and tenderness of prayer from Thy, Lady, flows from the icon, so that it will not be in vain for our souls, even if for the sake of sin we fall into petrified insensibility; otherwise, as having the power to resurrect the dead, awaken our spiritual deadness, and illumine our hearts with the best thoughts, and having hated the delusion of sin, let us sing to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 12
Singing Your miracles revealed in the monastery of the Most Holy, we pray to You, Lady, not to turn Your face away from our country, but to all who come to Your holy mountain and seek mercy from You for a good request, so that everyone will sing to You: Rejoice, propitiation of the all-righteous God ; Rejoice, Christians have boldness towards Christ. Rejoice, you who demonstrate the triumph of faith in Your Lavra; Rejoice, you who inflame the hearts of men with love. Rejoice, for by ancient miracles people have been vouchsafed to see something like this here; Rejoice, for this mountain, like the second Sinai, has become glorified in Christian countries. Rejoice, thou who bore God on earth in Thy womb; Rejoice, you who lift up people to God through Your prayer. Rejoice, O Thy icon, for having left Thy icon of salvation in Thy monastery; Rejoice, the footprint of Your foot, filled with healing water, glorifying miracles. Rejoice, looking down from the heavenly heights upon your servants; Rejoice, thou who instruct the faithful in good deeds. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 13
O all-sung Mother of Christ God, who has adopted all generations of Christian love into Herself worthy of praise, we are perplexed to sing to You, we sinners, both overcome by Your love and lifting up our eyes to Your miraculous image, we pray to You: in our struggles and needs, do not abandon Your children, Your intercession is warm believers and cry to Your Son: Alleluia.
(This kontakion is read three times, then ikos 1 and kontakion 1)
Prayers to the Most Holy Theotokos in front of Her icon, called “Pochaevskaya”
First prayer
Oh, All-Merciful Lady, Queen and Lady, chosen from all generations, and blessed by all generations, heavenly and earthly! Look mercifully at this people standing before Thy holy icon and fervently praying to You, and make Your intercession and intercession with Thy Son and our God, so that no one will come from here empty-handed and put to shame in his hope, but may everyone receive everything from You, according to the good will of your heart and according to your need and desire, for the salvation of the soul and the health of the body. Look with mercy, O All-Sung Theotokos, and upon this monastery, which bears Your name, You have loved it since ancient times, having chosen it as your property, and endlessly flowing currents of healing from Your miraculous icon and from the ever-flowing source, in the footprint of Your foot, revealed to us, and preserve it from every excuse and slander of the enemy, as in ancient times you preserved it, by Your appearance, intact and undamaged from the fierce invasion of the Hagarians, so that the Most Holy Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and Your glorious Dormition, will be sung and glorified in it forever and ever. Amen.
Second prayer
Our Most Blessed Queen, Most Blessed Lady, Our Mother of God of Hope! We now flow to You with tenderness, and with a contrite soul and a humble heart we pray to You, the All-Singing One, before Your Most Pure Image: remember Your ancient generosity, even from You that was here, and how sometimes You appeared on the rock of Chayev, in a pillar of fire, from the stone, healing water flowing forth, appear before us now, O Mother of many powers, and with the warmth of the Mother of God, Thy love, warm our stony hearts, tears of love and unrepentant repentance flowing from our eyes. For You are our only God-given Intercessor: We pray to You, deliver from all troubles, from all adversity, illness and sorrow, Thy servants, through the intercession of Thy great intercessor and prayer book for us, our all-blessed father Job, Thy saint Pochaevsky, whose prayer I manifestly listened to Thou art sometimes in the air, when by Thy all-glorious and terrible appearance Thou hast delivered Thy monastery from the invasion and taxation of the Hagarians. Look with mercy, O All-Singing One, with the charity of Thy merciful intercession, pour out Thy rich mercies upon all our kingdom and country, and upon all the people: gather together those who are scattered, and guide the unfaithful and other faiths in our countries on the true path, having fallen away from the pious faith of our fathers. return and associate them with the Holy Saints of Your Orthodox and Catholic Church; Establish peace in our families, support old age, mentor the young, raise babies, stand up for the orphans and widows, heal the captives of freedom, heal the sick, remember those who live in judgment and in prison, and in captivity, and in the bitter labors, protect us from death, visit and comfort currents of miracles and signs of many different kinds, which You continually pour out to everyone from Your holy, celibate icon. Grant, O All-Blessed One, the fertility of the earth, the goodness of the air, and all the gifts that are timely and beneficial for our benefit, through the prayers of Your chosen saints, Your gracious face on the holy icon of Your surroundings: Elijah the God-speaking, the holy Archdeacon Stephen the First-Suffering, the Venerable Abraham the All-Blessed, and the God-Music Mina a martyr of many names, and with them a number of saints and righteous wives: the most praised Paraskeva, the blessed Irene and the long-suffering Saint Catherine the Great, and all the saints. When our departure from this life and resettlement to eternity is ripe, appear before us, O Most Blessed One, just as You sometimes brought Your monastery to safety for salvation during the Battle of Zbarazh, and by Your warm intercession grant us the Christian death of our life, painless, shameless, peaceful and the Holy Mysteries involved; so that in this life, now and in the future, we will all be worthy, through Your prayers, of endless heavenly life in the Kingdom of Your beloved Son, the Lord God and our Savior, Jesus Christ, to Him belongs all glory, honor and worship, forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer three
Oh, Most Holy Virgin, Lady Theotokos! I thank You with all my heart, for You have vouchsafed me, Your sinful and unworthy servant, to appear here and worship on Your holy mountain. Oh, how many blessings have I, such a great sinner, been rewarded with Your mercy. I see, O Most Pure One, and I am horrified and my spirit melts away, in vain with my own eyes this multi-healing source of Thy grace, which Thou hast ineffably revealed since ancient times in the footsteps of Thy holy foot, and we all reverently bow down in the place where Thy virginal nose stands, I pray to Thee, blessed Hope and Salvation souls and bodies of ours: wash me with Your wholesome water from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, quench with Your grace-filled streams all the passions of my heart, heal with drops from Your ever-flowing source all my bodily ailments, yes, instructed, healed and delivered by You, I sing to You with all diligence: Rejoice, source of unceasing joy, rejoice, source of unspeakable kindness. Rejoice, drowning of unclean lusts, Rejoice, washing away of all kinds of defilements. Rejoice, the most luminous stream for the health of the faithful from the mountain-shaded thicket, bestowing the grace of healing; Rejoice, heavenly dew, sending down currents of wisdom from above to those who thirst for true knowledge. Rejoice, praise of Pochaevskaya, save us who pray to You, our hope and consolation. Amen.
Prayer four
To You, O Mother of God, we, sinners, prayerfully flow to You, Your miracles in the Holy Lavra of Pochayev, revealed with humility and for our lamenting sins. We, Lady, we know, as it is not fitting for us sinners to ask anything, except for the Righteous Judge to leave our iniquities to us. All that we have endured in life, sorrows, needs, and illnesses, like the fruits of our falls, have languished for us, and I allow this to God for our correction. Moreover, the Lord brought all this truth and judgment to His sinful servants, who in their sorrows came to Your intercession, the Most Pure One, and in the tenderness of their hearts they cry out to You: our sins and iniquities, O Good One, do not remember, but rather raised Your all-honorable hand Stand before Your Son and God, so that the cruelty we have committed may be forgiven us, and for our many unfulfilled promises, He will not turn His face away from His servants, and He will not take His grace, which contributes to our salvation, from our souls. To her, Lady, be the Intercessor for our salvation and, not disdaining our cowardice, look upon our groans, even in our troubles and sorrows we lift up before Your miraculous image. Enlighten our minds with tender thoughts, strengthen our faith, confirm our hope, grant us the sweetest gift of love to accept us. By these gifts, Most Pure One, and not by illnesses and sorrows, may our belly be elevated to salvation, but protect our souls from despondency and despair, deliver us who are weak from the troubles and needs that come upon us, and human slander and unbearable diseases. Grant peace and prosperity to the Christian life through Your intercession, O Lady, establish the Orthodox faith in our country, throughout the world. Do not betray the Apostolic and Catholic Church to disparagement, preserve the statutes of the saints forever, unshakable, save all who come to You from the perishing ditch. Also, bring the heresy of our deceived brethren or the saving faith of those who have been destroyed by sinful passions to true faith and repentance, so that together with us those who worship Your miraculous image will confess Your intercession. Vouchsafe us, O Most Pure Lady Theotokos, even in this belly the victory of truth by Your intercession to behold, vouchsafe us grace-filled joy before the end of our perception, just as the inhabitants of ancient times were shown by Your appearance to the victors and enlighteners of the Hagarians, so that we all have a grateful heart, together with the angels, and prophets, and apostles, and with all the saints, glorifying Your mercy, let us give glory, honor and worship in the Trinity to the sung God the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.
Troparion to the Most Holy Theotokos in front of Her icon, called “Pochaevskaya”
Troparion, tone 5
Before Your holy icon, Lady, those who pray are honored with healing, accept the knowledge of true faith and repel the Hagarian invasions. Likewise, for us who fall before You, ask for remission of sins, enlighten the thoughts of piety in our hearts, and offer up a prayer to Your Son for the salvation of our souls.
Greatness
We magnify Thee, Most Holy Virgin, and venerate Thy venerable icon, which Thou hast glorified since ancient times on Mount Pochaev.
Celebration:
Troparion, tone 5
Before Your holy icon, Lady, those who pray are honored with healing, accept the knowledge of true faith and repel the Hagarian invasions. Likewise, for us who fall before You, ask for remission of sins, enlighten the thoughts of piety in our hearts, and offer up a prayer to Your Son for the salvation of our souls.
Kontakion, tone 1
The source of healings and faith of the Orthodox affirmation of Your Pochaev icon, Mother of God, appearing, and also us, who flow to her, from troubles and temptations of freedom, keep Your Lavra unharmed, establish Orthodoxy in the surrounding countries and resolve your sins, your prayer book: for if you willed, you could .
Kontakion 1
To the chosen Governor of the Christian clans and our country, the most famous Deliverer, let us bring songs of praise, faithfully, gathered on Her holy mountain; But You, who have unspeakable mercy, O Lady Theotokos, do not reject our prayer before Your miraculous image, but in the tenderness of our hearts we call to You:
Ikos 1
Archangel Gabriel says “Rejoice!” We offer you, O Lady, when the conception of the Son of God is preached to you, and after your glorious Assumption, all the Heavenly Powers here and there continually bring you praise in Heaven; Why should we, sinners, dare to unite our voices with the voices of the Bodiless? Moreover, Your mercy is remembrance for all who repent, we open our lips with fear and love, saying:
Rejoice, abyss of mercy.
Rejoice, inexhaustible sea of love.
Rejoice, Good Representative of the Christian race.
Rejoice, unbreakable wall of the Pochaev monastery.
Rejoice, you who attract Orthodox people to Mount Pochaev with bonds of love.
Rejoice, you who drive away all sadness from their souls.
Rejoice, even the miraculous image, like a star, guides us from Mount Pochaev.
Rejoice, passionate prayers offered to her are soon reflected.
Rejoice, you who consoled people with your appearance on this mountain.
Rejoice, you who left the footprint of Your foot on it for us.
Rejoice, everlasting boldness of the faithful.
Rejoice, you who doubt the good statement.
Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 2
Seeing the hermit and the simpleton John the Barefoot, the Most Holy Theotokos appearing on the rock in a pillar of fire, kissed the footprint of Her foot and sprinkled the water that flowed from the stone, crying out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 2
The misunderstood mind about Your appearance, O Lady, seeking, in the blue hope is confirmed, as first from the Hagarians, after from the heretics, you deigned to establish the stronghold of Orthodoxy on the Mount of Hope, for this reason, coming to Your holy temple, we fill our hearts with warm faith, saying:
Rejoice, confirmation of the true faith.
Rejoice, evil faith has been clearly exposed.
Rejoice, thou who was known of ancient times in the Neopalimaya Bush of Sinai.
Rejoice, you who appeared here as a Christian in the pillar of fire.
Rejoice, for in the cave burning with dew the salvation of Abraham was foreshadowed by the youths.
Rejoice, for through the water of Your footsteps You preached Your healing grace.
Rejoice, our land, devastated in ancient times by the Hagarians, who was then comforted by Your appearance.
Rejoice, and now you encourage those praying here with many signs.
Rejoice, those who repent will soon be heard.
Rejoice, help and refuge for those who strive.
Rejoice, and admonition of the ignorant.
Rejoice, and strengthening of the faint-hearted.
Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 3
You showed the power of intense grace, O Lady, on Mount Pochaev, when you enriched the place of Your appearance in three hundred years with Your miraculous icon, and by the hand of St. Neophytos the Hellen, who came from Moscow, you first bestowed it on the Bolyarina Anna, and then received it from her to the Pochaev monastery. Thou art the people who rejoice and sing to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 3
Having in your house your icon, Lady, the boyar Anna, and having seen the healing from it of her brother Philip who was born blind, he was struck by the spirit of zeal for your glory and built a monastery of stone in the name of your most honorable Dormition by the hermit of Pochaev, in which those who worshiped your miraculous image called out. sitse:
Rejoice, you who taught us the rich treasure in Your holy icon.
Rejoice, having sanctified our land with the hand of Thy gifted image.
Rejoice, turning away our souls from earthly wealth.
Rejoice, you who teach us to sing the glory of God.
Rejoice, for Thy miracles are visible, we admire our hearts to Heaven.
Rejoice, for in Your abode, as if on the threshold of paradise, we find ourselves.
Rejoice, Orthodox people who have consoled you with Your icon.
Rejoice, you who call praying people from all countries to the Pochaev monastery.
Rejoice, Your faith is increasing.
Rejoice, for Her despondency will be driven away.
Rejoice, everlasting joy of the Pochaev monks.
Rejoice, unshameful hope for the worldly people.
Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 4
A storm of heretical fury rushed towards Your holy monastery, O Lady, the holy icon by Your hand, captivating the evil iconoclasts and inciting them to blaspheme, soon the wrath of God restrained the speed, while the invisible force of the blasphemers who feasted without cold, like Artaxerxes and Herod, was cast into slack and into illness, over the holy now Those who cursed and did not take away your song: Alleluia.
Ikos 4
Hearing that the monks and all Orthodox people heard that Your holy icon, after seventy years of heretical captivity, returned to the holy monastery from the shamed blasphemers, Abiy came out to meet her and turned her cry into joy, I cried out to You:
Rejoice, refuge for Christians.
Rejoice, denunciation of heretics.
Rejoice, the Pochaev monastery has not completely deprived you of Your icon.
Rejoice, you who have put to shame the blasphemy of the iconoclasts.
Rejoice, for you have taught us not to lose heart in troubles.
Rejoice, for you have commanded us to believe in the Justice of God.
Rejoice, for Orthodoxy to be established in our country.
Rejoice, You who and the entire universe have been honored to receive the embodied truth.
Rejoice, imitator of God’s long-suffering.
Rejoice, Your people are strengthened in patience.
Rejoice, for those who are humble receive consolation from You.
Rejoice, for those who are proud are humbled by You.
Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 5
The God-bearing star appeared to those seeking salvation, O Lady, leading these to the Sun of Truth, just as in Your earthly life the Representative to Your Son in Cana of Galilee appeared to You, so after Your glorious departure to Heaven, prayers for the faithful from the ends of the earth were brought to Thou didst offer up to Thy Son, and here, on Mount Pochayev, He gave manifold healings to the people who cried out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 5
Seeing people, on Mount Pochaevskaya, as in ancient times, as in recent years, many healings are given by You, in the desire for the salvation of my soul I affirm and offer warm repentance for my sins, crying out to You:
Rejoice, recovery of sight for the blind and healing for the lame.
Rejoice, deliverance of demons from demons.
Rejoice, Thou who miraculously returned the captive monk to Thy abode in the air.
Rejoice, you who resurrected baby Simeon through the prayer of the old woman.
Rejoice, for in these signs the power of Your ancient miracles has again appeared to the people.
Rejoice, for healing from Your holy icon will not be lacking in the last days.
Rejoice, you who provide a source of healing throughout the whole world from Your holy icons.
Rejoice, you who enrich those who pray with spiritual gifts even more than these.
Rejoice, for those who gave birth to Orthodoxy they boast.
Rejoice, to Him help and lack of faith flow.
Rejoice, earthly hope.
Rejoice, joy of the heavenly ranks.
Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 6
The preachers of the glory of the Most Pure Virgin appeared to the Hagarians at the Pochaev monastery, having found and visions of the Most Pure Mother of God with the Venerable Job, having never understood before: when the arrows shot from them again rushed at her, having foreseen the power of the Lady and brought repentance for their madness, they cried out in faith: Alleluia.
Ikos 6
Thy vision appeared, O Lady, on Mount Pochaevstei, when the brethren of the monastery were heavily besieged by the Hagarians, with a great cry of prayer before Thy holy icon and before the shrine of the Venerable Job, they lifted up their prayers, while the brethren of the Hagarians, dismayed by this vision and fleeing, saw it with joy sing to Your face:
Rejoice, our Redeemer and salvation.
Rejoice, everlasting help of the Christian race.
Rejoice, having driven away the wicked enemies from Your shrine.
Rejoice, you who bring them to repentance.
Rejoice, even the invisible enemy of our salvation trembles.
Rejoice, the holy angels and the departed righteous women worship her in Heaven.
Rejoice, you who received the Venerable Job with You in prayer.
Rejoice, you who brought the Hagarites to holy Baptism with your vision.
Rejoice, for by Your return the fear of death has been put aside to the end.
Rejoice, for for Your sake there were no God-fearing foreigners from the Hagarians who appeared here.
Rejoice, everlasting manifestation of truth.
Rejoice, good admonition to those who go astray.
Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 7
Wanting to kindle the desire for eternal life in the hearts of Christians, the Most Holy Theotokos heals the sick with Her miracles, casts out demons, frees the captives, raises the dead, so that we all, having understood the power of God, will hate the earthly power and take care of our souls, constantly crying out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 7
The Pochaev monastery suffered new and grave misfortunes, when, together with the whole country, it was torn away from Orthodoxy by flattery into the possession of heretics, but in the past hundred and ten summers it was given back to Orthodox Christians, in the new Orthodoxy the foreigners came and the holy relics of the Venerable Job were taken from under the bushel, I fell to the miraculous image of the Lady, saying:
Rejoice, Defender of Orthodoxy.
Rejoice, Accuser of heretics.
Rejoice, you who did not completely leave Your abode.
Rejoice, you who teach us the fear of God.
Rejoice, for through Your intercession the Volyn country has returned to Orthodoxy.
Rejoice, for from the ancient years many heretics have been corrected by Your admonition.
Rejoice, thou who once again calls Thy faithful to prayer to Thy holy Lavra.
Rejoice, teaching the infidels here to venerate the more Orthodox shrine.
Rejoice, even the righteous and the righteous sing unceasingly.
Rejoice, those who have fallen will flock to Neizha in repentance.
Rejoice, the apostates have returned to the faith.
Rejoice, you who have led those who are led to the light of truth.
Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 8
We see a strange miracle about You, Mother of God, since the physical health of Your holy icons is healed by kissing and sprinkling Pochaev water, so the passions of the soul are taken away by the vision of Your shrine, faith is confirmed and the tenderness of our hearts is filled, singing to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 8
All of me, unworthy, filled with sins, given over to worldly dispersion and neglecting my soul, both looking at Thy holy icon, Lady, and the enlightenment from her to the countless people who come here, seeing, I again rush to the path of salvation and in the joy of my heart I sing to You sitse:
Rejoice, treasure of purity.
Rejoice, abyss of mercies.
Rejoice, you who bring prayers to Your Son for the faithful.
Rejoice, you who do not reject the prayers of sinners.
Rejoice, for through You you have escaped much of the despair of sin.
Rejoice, for those who call on Your name from the fall of the strange rise.
Rejoice, this iconoclastic heresy has been put to shame in the universe.
Rejoice, the true faith of Volhynia has returned to the country.
Rejoice, you who lead souls to the feat of chastity.
Rejoice, you who teach those who offend to forgive those who offend.
Rejoice, tenderness of our hearts.
Rejoice, hope of our souls.
Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 9
You have forgiven all apostasies and heretical wanderings to the repentant people of the land of Volyn, O Lady, and again you have revealed the source of healing from Your miraculous icon from the footprint of Your foot on Mount Pochaevstei in Your Orthodox Lavra to the people, only if they bring repentance for their sins to God and do not ask for Your help doubting, they will cry out to Him: Alleluia.
Ikos 9
The branch of Thy glory appeared, O Lady, to blindness and chromium, healing from Thy icon, returned to the Orthodox people, who received, like a heretical wife of a certain sick woman, to call upon Thee for help and, after healing, to confess and kiss the true faith, but we cry out to Thee:
Rejoice, supplication of the Heavenly King.
Rejoice, earthly intercession.
Rejoice, you who turned away a certain woman from Luther’s errors with healing.
Rejoice, all people who have become convinced of the truth of Orthodoxy.
Rejoice, for for You, for the sake of Orthodoxy, people have overcome the Hagaryan deception so many times.
Rejoice, for for Your sake and seduction from the Latins you have again embraced the Orthodox faith.
Rejoice, all who live lift up their eyes to Neizha in prayer.
Rejoice, O South, and those praying for the repose of the dead call for help.
Rejoice, and taking away from the needs of life those that flow to You.
Rejoice, for you bestow strength on those who endure all kinds of need.
Rejoice, help to the Christ-loving army in battle.
Rejoice, good instruction for demons who are militant.
Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 10
The Most Pure Mother of God wanted to save a certain simple old woman, who was blinded by Latin and had little grandson, who was already enlightened by Orthodoxy, but was blinded by her bodily hairs: and with this same good desire she puts in both of them, to venerate Her miraculous image on Mount Pochaevste, where Abi miraculously heals the blind girl and the old woman He teaches us to confess the Orthodox faith, crying out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 10
The indestructible wall of true faith appeared to You, Lady, because of the wickedness of heretics from glorifying You, like the true Mother of God, stubbornly rejected, so Orthodoxy remained in Your faith in the firmament, and from the prayers constantly offered to You, they will no longer turn away from glorifying You, and these for the sake of heretics They do not dare to take the verb into their own ears, but with a grateful heart they will not stop praising You, saying:
Rejoice, you give joy and consolation to Christians.
Rejoice, glory and worship to the angelic order.
Rejoice, thou who turns us away from the flattering and heretical.
Rejoice, thou who liftest our minds to God by the remembrance of Thy mercies.
Rejoice, O holy Apostles who called upon the clouds of the air for Your Dormition.
Rejoice, and on that day gathered sinners to Mount Pochaev in thousands and darkness for every summer.
Rejoice, even for the sake of Christians the difficulty of the path, like sweet repose, is lifted up.
Rejoice, even for the sake of laziness they strive to imitate them.
Rejoice, the monk has forgotten the sweetness of the world through Your grace.
Rejoice, you who look back at the terrible and terrifying dreams.
Rejoice, best diadimo to the Church of Christ.
Rejoice, invincible shield of our country.
Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 11
Singing of gratitude about Your good deeds, O Lady, from Christians all over the world, ascended like incense, constantly ascending to Heaven, thinking, and we ask You not to turn away our wretched praise, and we also ask You to grant Thee the grace of repentance, singing with hope to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 11
The light of the temporary life and the hope of eternal life appeared to you, Lady, to a certain person in Bessarabia who had to die, but suddenly, after tasting the water from the Pochaev shrine, the former health, hedgehog his relatives saw, with fear and tenderness she cried out to you:
Rejoice, healing of the sick.
Rejoice, hearing of those who mourn.
Rejoice, for through You you drove away the death that came.
Rejoice, for You have given us undoubted faith.
Rejoice, for Gabriel’s prophecy is coming true before our eyes.
Rejoice, for from all generations, according to Your word, now and ever you are blessed.
Rejoice, Mount Pochaev, for you have sanctified Your place of residence.
Rejoice, like the second Nazareth who revealed this.
Rejoice, you who have turned away no one’s hope.
Rejoice, you who warmly accept all prayers.
Rejoice, you who give us health.
Rejoice, you who lead us to salvation.
Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 12
The grace of healing and tenderness of prayer from Thy, Lady, flows from the icon, so that our souls will not be in vain, even if for the sake of sin we fall into petrified insensibility, both, as if you have the power to resurrect the dead, awaken our spiritual deadness, and illumine our hearts with a better thought, Yes, having hated the delusion of sin, let us sing to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 12
Singing Your miracles revealed in the monastery of the Holy Ones, we pray to You, Lady: do not turn Your face away from our country, but fulfill your good request to all who come to Your holy mountain and seek mercy from You, so that everyone will sing to You:
Rejoice, propitiation of the All-Righteous God.
Rejoice, Christians have boldness towards Christ.
Rejoice, you who demonstrate the triumph of faith in Your Lavra.
Rejoice, you who inflame the hearts of men with love.
Rejoice, for by ancient miracles people have been honored to see something like this here.
Rejoice, for this mountain, like the second Sinai, has become glorified in Christian countries.
Rejoice, thou who bore God on earth in Thy womb.
Rejoice, you who lift up people to God through Your prayer.
Rejoice, Thy icon, as a preacher of salvation, who left Thy monastery.
Rejoice, the footprint of Your foot, filled with healing water, glorifying miracles.
Rejoice, looking down upon Your servants from the Heavenly heights.
Rejoice, thou who instruct the faithful in good deeds.
Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 13
O All-Sung Mother of Christ God, who has adopted all the Christian generations with love, who are worthy of praise to sing to You, we, sinners, are perplexed, even though we are overcome by Your love and lift up our eyes to Your miraculous image, we pray to You: in our struggles and needs, do not abandon Your children, to Your intercession the warmth of those who believe and cry out to Your Son: Alleluia.
(This kontakion is read three times, then ikos 1 and kontakion 1).
Prayer
To You, O Mother of God, we, sinners, flow in prayer, Your miracles revealed in the Holy Lavra of Pochaev, humming and lamenting our sins. We, Lady, we know, as it is not fitting for us sinners to ask anything, except for the Righteous Judge to leave our iniquities to us. All that we have endured in life, sorrows, needs, and illnesses, like the fruits of our falls, have languished for us, and I allow this to God for our correction. Moreover, the Lord brought all this truth and judgment to His sinful servants, who in their sorrows came to Your intercession, the Most Pure One, and in the tenderness of their hearts they cry out to You: Our sins and iniquities, O Good One, do not remember, but even more so, Thy all-honorable hand having risen up, stand before Your Son and God, so that the evil we have done may be forgiven us, and for our many unfulfilled promises, He will not turn His face away from His servants, and may not take His grace, which contributes to our salvation, from our souls. To her, Lady, be the Intercessor for our salvation and, not disdaining our cowardice, look upon our groans, even in our troubles and sorrows we lift up before Your miraculous image. Enlighten our minds with tender thoughts, strengthen our faith, confirm our hope, grant us the sweetest gift of love to accept us. By these gifts, Most Pure One, and not by illnesses and sorrows, may our belly be elevated to salvation, but by protecting our souls from despondency and despair, deliver us, the weak, from the troubles and needs that come upon us, and human slander, and unbearable diseases. Grant peace and prosperity to the Christian life through Your intercession, O Lady, establish the Orthodox faith in our country and throughout the world. Do not betray the Apostolic and Catholic Church to disparagement, preserve the statutes of the saints forever, unshakable, save all who come to You from the perishing ditch. Also, bring the heresy of our deceived brethren or the saving faith in sinful passions who destroyed them again to true faith and repentance, and together with us, who worship Your miraculous image, they will confess Your intercession. Vouchsafe us, O Most Pure Lady Theotokos, even in this belly the victory of truth by Your intercession to behold, vouchsafe us grace-filled joy before the end of our perception, just as the inhabitants of ancient times were shown by Your appearance as the victors and enlighteners of the Hagarians, so that we may all have a grateful heart together with the Angels, and prophets, and apostles, and with all the saints, glorifying Your mercy, let us give glory, honor and worship in the Trinity to the sung God, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.
Pochaev Icon of Godto her Mother
The history of this miraculous icon is inextricably linked with the Pochaev Monastery in honor of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is located in Western Ukraine (now within the Ternopil region). Founded in the middle of the 13th century, the Pochaev Monastery remained a small monastery until the 16th century. The heyday of the monastery dates back to the end of the 16th - beginning of the 17th century, when the monastery received a miraculous icon of the Most Holy Theotokos as a gift from the owner of the estate A.E. Goyskaya (in 1597), and the Monk Job of Pochaevsky became the head of the monastery.
The miraculous image of the Blessed Virgin Mary, called the Pochaev Icon, was received as a gift from the Greek Metropolitan Neophytos, who in 1559 passed through the estate of Goyskaya Orlya (near Pochaev) to Moscow. This icon stood in the castle chapel for about 30 years, until it was noticed that an extraordinary light was emanating from the icon. After A.E. Goyskaya’s brother Philip Kozinsky, who was blind from birth, received a miraculous healing from the icon, the pious resident gave the shrine to the monks of the Pochaev monastery. The miraculous icon with the procession was transferred to the Pochaev Monastery.
On the small icon, the Mother of God is depicted with the Eternal Child on her right hand. In her left hand She holds the cloth with which the Infant Jesus is covered. The Lord put his left hand on the shoulder of His Most Pure Mother, and raised his right hand for blessing; The Mother of God bowed Her face to the head of the Son. On the marks of the icon there are seven miniature images of saints: the prophet Elijah, the martyr Mina, the first martyr Stephen, the Monk Abraham, the great martyr Catherine, the martyr Paraskeva and the martyr Irina. The Slavic writing on the icon indicates that “the image of Pochaev was painted by a Russian hand.” “The Book of Records of the Miracles of Pochaev” reports many healings through prayers to the Most Holy Theotokos, revealed through Her Pochaev Icon.
For four centuries, the Queen of Heaven has been showing Her all-powerful help to the Pochaev monastery. Thus, in the summer of 1675, Turkish troops led by Khan Nurredin besieged the Pochaev Lavra from three sides. The weak monastery fence was not a serious obstacle for the Turkish army. The besieged monks and laymen hiding in the monastery awaited the start of the assault in fear. Hegumen of the monastery Joseph (Dobromirsky) called on the Orthodox to turn for help to heavenly intercessors - the Most Holy Theotokos and St. Job of Pochaev. All night the besieged prayed fervently in front of the miraculous Pochaev Icon and at the tomb with the relics of St. Job. On the morning of July 23, when the sun rose, they began to sing an akathist to the Mother of God. When they sang “To the Chosen Voivode,” a wondrous miracle occurred: the Most Holy Theotokos Herself appeared above the monastery temple with numerous Angels holding drawn swords. The Monk Job was next to the Mother of God and prayed to Her for the protection of the monastery. The Turks, seeing the Heavenly Host, mistook it for a ghost and began to shoot arrows at the Queen of Heaven and the Angels. But the arrows returned and struck those who directed them. There was confusion in the Turkish army, the distraught warriors killed each other, and then took a panicked flight. The defenders of the monastery, taking advantage of the enemy’s panic, captured many. Some of the prisoners accepted holy Baptism and remained forever in the Pochaev Dormition Lavra. In memory of the miraculous deliverance of the monastery from enemies, on July 23 (August 5, new style), an annual celebration was established in honor of the Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God - Intercessor and Helper in all sorrow and sorrow.
By God's permission, from 1721 to 1831 the Pochaev Monastery was in the hands of the Uniates. During this period, on September 8, 1733, by order of Pope Clement XIV (1769-1774), the so-called coronation of the Pochaev Icon was carried out, which in the practice of the Roman Catholic Church means the formal canonical recognition of this icon as truly miraculous. From 1721 to 1831, 539 miraculous healings from the Pochaev Icon were witnessed. In 1831, the Pochaev Monastery returned to the fold of the Orthodox Church. The Mother of God continued through Her Pochaev Icon to provide innumerable benefits to Christian believers who came to Her prayerful intercession. The healing of a blind nine-year-old girl, Anna Akimchukova, in 1832 is especially famous.
In 1859, Emperor Alexander II, who visited the Pochaev Monastery, donated a new iconostasis for the cathedral Dormition Church. In this iconostasis, to this day, in the 3rd tier, there is a miraculous icon of the Mother of God, in a star-shaped silver icon case above the Royal Doors. Every morning after the Midnight Office, when the troparion “The Impenetrable Gate” is chanted, the miraculous icon slowly descends on special ribbons and stops at the level of human height. Believers approach and reverently worship the icon. The icon is also lowered on Saturdays, after the cathedral singing of the akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos, as well as on Sundays and holidays, after the late Liturgy. And to this day the grace-filled power exuding from this glorified pan-Christian shrine has not diminished.
The revered copy of the Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God resides in the Holy Spirit Cathedral in the city of Kherson. The icon sailed along the Dnieper and for many years was the cell icon of the nun of the Assumption Aleshkovo Monastery, nun Eutropia (Isaenkova), canonized as a locally venerated saint of the Kherson diocese on August 9, 2011.
By blessing
The Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God is the greatest Orthodox and Catholic Shrine, which is revered by all Orthodox believers and clergy, as well as Catholics. Hymns of praise have been composed in her honor, including the Orthodox akathist to the Pochaev Mother of God. This icon is rightfully considered miraculous because it was blessed by the Virgin Mary herself and is located in the place where the Mother of God appeared to two monks. The icon was brought to Constantinople by Metropolitan Neophytos and given to the noblewoman Anna Goiskaya. It was soon noticed that, and soon from the grace that she exuded, the brother of the noblewoman Anna Philip was healed. In this regard, Anna gave the icon to the monks, who, after the miraculous appearance of the Mother of God, settled on Pochaevskaya Mountain. Thus, the Christian world found two shrines that still attract pilgrims from all over the world - the Pochaev Icon and the Pochaev Monastery.
How does the akathist help the Pochaev Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary?
They pray to the Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God for protection from enemy attack, as well as for the preservation of the faith and the church. She is endowed with grace by which she can heal blindness, both physical and spiritual. People who have long-standing and incurable diseases should read the Russian Orthodox akathist to the Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God. She is the patroness of all those who are innocent but imprisoned. They pray to her for the speedy release of the prisoners.
How to read the akathist before the holy icon of the Pochaev Mother of God
Akathist is a genre in church choral singing of the Orthodox Church. It belongs to cell prayers, which means it is read mainly at home independently. This genre is not included in church liturgical days. According to the charter, only the “Great Akathist” is to be read once a year, which was written in honor of the Mother of God and became the basis of the genre that is now called the Akathist. The akathist to the Pochaev Mother of God is endowed with miraculous power and great grace will come if you read it on Pochaev Mountain at the foot print, which. Of course, if there is no opportunity to go on a pilgrimage, you can read the akathist to the Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God at home. It is advisable to read the akathist in the morning, when thoughts are still fresh and not burdened with everyday worries. A special blessing from the priest for reading this akathist is not necessary, but if your soul requires it, you can ask for it.
Russian Christian akathist to the Pochaev Icon of the Virgin Mary
Kontakion No. 1
To the chosen Governor of the Christian clans and our country, the most famous Deliverer, let us bring songs of praise, faithfully, gathered on Her holy mountain; But You, who have indescribable mercy, O Lady Theotokos, do not reject our prayer before Your miraculous image, but in the tenderness of our hearts we call to You: Rejoice, Praise of Pochaev and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Archangel Gabriel, first of all, rejoice in bringing you, O Lady, when the conception of the Son of God was preached to you, after your glorious Dormition, all the heavenly powers continually bring you praise in Heaven; Why should we, sinners, dare to unite our voices with the voices of the Bodiless? Moreover, we remember Your mercy to all who repent, we open our lips with fear and love, saying: Rejoice, abyss of mercy; Rejoice, inexhaustible sea of love. Rejoice, Good Representative of the Christian race; Rejoice, unbreakable wall of the Pochaev monastery. Rejoice, you who attract Orthodox people to Mount Pochaev with bonds of love; Rejoice, you who drive away all sadness from their souls. Rejoice, He who, like a star, guides us from Mount Pochaev; Rejoice, passionate prayers offered to her are soon reflected. Rejoice, you who consoled people with Your appearance on this mountain; Rejoice, you who left the footprint of Your foot on it for us. Rejoice, everlasting boldness of the faithful; Rejoice, you who doubt the good statement. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion No. 2
Seeing the hermit and the simple barefoot John the Most Holy Theotokos appearing on the rock in a pillar of fire, I kissed the footprint of Her foot and sprinkled myself with the water that flowed from the stone, crying out to God: Alleluia.
The misunderstood mind about Your appearance, O Lady, seeking, in the blue hope is affirmed, as first from the Hagarians, after from the heretics, you deigned to establish the stronghold of Orthodoxy on the Mount of Hope, for this reason, coming to Your holy temple, we fill our hearts with warm faith, saying: Rejoice, statement of true faith; Rejoice, evil faith has been clearly exposed. Rejoice, thou who was known of ancient times in the Neopalim Bush of Sinai; Rejoice, you who appeared here as a Christian in the pillar of fire. Rejoice, for in the burning cave, with the dew of salvation, the youths of Abraham foretold Thee; Rejoice, for through the water of Your footsteps You preached healing grace. Rejoice, our land, devastated in ancient times by the Hagarians, who was then comforted by Your appearance; Rejoice, and now you encourage those praying here with many signs. Rejoice, those who repent will soon be heard; Rejoice, help and refuge for those who strive. Rejoice, and admonition of the ignorant; Rejoice, and strengthening of the faint-hearted. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion No. 3
You showed the power of intense grace, O Lady, on Mount Pochaevstey, when you enriched the place of Your appearance in three hundred years with Your miraculous icon, and by the hand of St. Neophytos the Greek, coming from Moscow, you first bestowed it on the boyar Anna, then from her you received it to the monastery of Pochaevskaya Thou art the people who rejoice and sing to God: Alleluia.
Having in your house your icon, Lady, the boyar Anna, and having seen the healing from it of your blind brother Philip, who was struck by the spirit of jealousy for your glory, the monastery of the hermit of Pochaev is being built in stone in the name of your Most Honorable Dormition, in which they worship your miraculous image. cries out to the mother: Rejoice, thou who hast taught us the rich treasure in Thy holy icon; Rejoice, having sanctified our land with the hand of Thy gifted image. Rejoice, turning away our souls from earthly wealth; Rejoice, you who teach us to sing the Glory of God. Rejoice, for Thy miracles are visible, we admire our hearts to Heaven; Rejoice, for in Your abode, as if on the threshold of paradise, we find ourselves. Rejoice, you who have comforted the Orthodox people with Your icon; Rejoice, you who call praying people from all countries to the Pochaev monastery. Rejoice, for by this faith increases; Rejoice, for this will drive away despondency. Rejoice, everlasting Joy of the Pochaev monks; Rejoice, shameless Hope of the worldly people. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion No. 4
A storm of heretical fury rushed towards Your holy monastery, O Lady, the holy icon by Your hand, captivating the evil iconoclasts and inciting them to blaspheme, soon the wrath of God restrained the speed, while the invisible force of the blasphemers who feasted without cold, like Artaxerxes and Herod, was cast into slack and into illness, over the holy now Those who cursed and did not take away your song: Alleluia.
Hearing that the monks and all the people of Orthodoxy heard that Your holy icon, after seventy years of heretical captivity, returned to the holy monastery from the shamed blasphemers, Abi came out to meet it and turned its weeping into joy, crying out to You: Rejoice, refuge for Christians; Rejoice, denunciation of heretics. Rejoice, the Pochaev monastery has not completely deprived you of Your icon; Rejoice, you who have put to shame the blasphemy of the iconoclasts. Rejoice, for you teach us not to lose heart in troubles; Rejoice, for you have commanded us to believe in the Justice of God. Rejoice, Who has established Orthodoxy in our country; Rejoice, You who and the entire universe have been honored to receive the embodied truth. Rejoice, imitator of God’s patience; Rejoice, Your people are strengthened in patience. Rejoice, for those who are humble receive consolation from You; Rejoice, for those who are proud are humbled by You. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion No. 5
The God-bearing star appeared to those seeking salvation, O Lady, leading these to the Sun of Truth, just as in Your earthly life the Representative to Your Son in Cana of Galilee appeared to You, so after Your glorious departure to Heaven, prayers for the faithful from the ends of the earth were brought to Thou didst offer up to Thy Son, and here, on Mount Pochayev, He gave manifold healings to the people who cried out to God: Alleluia.
Seeing people, on Mount Pochaevskaya, as in ancient times, as in recent years, many healings are given by You, in the desire for the salvation of my soul I affirm and offer warm repentance for my sins, crying out to You: Rejoice, sight for the blind and healing for the lame; Rejoice, deliverance of demons from demons. Rejoice, Thou who miraculously returned the captive monk to Thy abode in the air; Rejoice, you who resurrected baby Simeon through the prayer of the old woman. Rejoice, for in these signs the power of Your ancient miracles has again appeared to the people; Rejoice, for healing from Your holy icon will not be lacking in the last days. Rejoice, you who provide a source of healing throughout the whole world from Your holy icons; Rejoice, you who enrich those who pray with spiritual gifts even more than these. Rejoice, who have given birth to Orthodoxy; Rejoice, to Him help and lack of faith flow. Rejoice, earthly hope! Rejoice, joy of the heavenly ranks. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion No. 6
The preachers of the glory of the Most Pure Virgin appeared to the Hagarians at the Pochaev monastery and found and did not understand the vision of the Most Pure Mother of God with the Monk Job; When the arrows fired from them again rushed at her, having realized the power of the Lady and brought repentance for her madness, she cried out in faith: Alleluia.
Thy vision appeared, O Lady, on Mount Pochaevstei, when the brethren of the monastery were heavily besieged by the Hagarians, with a great cry of prayer before Thy holy icon and before the shrine of the Venerable Job, they lifted up their prayers, while the brethren of the Hagarians, dismayed by this vision and fleeing, saw it with joy I sang to You: Rejoice, our Redeemer and salvation; Rejoice, everlasting help of the Christian race. Rejoice, thou who drove away the wicked enemies from Thy shrine; Rejoice, you who bring them to repentance. Rejoice, even the invisible enemy of our salvation trembles; Rejoice, She is worshiped by the Holy Angels and the departed righteous in Heaven. Rejoice, you who received the Venerable Job with You in prayer; Rejoice, you who brought the Hagarites to Holy Baptism with your vision. Rejoice, for by Your return the fear of death has been put aside to the end; Rejoice, for for Your sake there were no God-fearing foreigners from the Hagarians who appeared here. Rejoice, everlasting manifestation of truth; Rejoice, good admonition to those who go astray. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion No. 7
Wanting to kindle the desire of the Eternal Life in the hearts of Christians, the Most Holy Theotokos heals the sick with Her miracles, casts out demons, frees the captives, raises the dead, so that we all, having understood the power of God, will hate the earthly and take care of our souls, constantly crying out to God: Alleluia.
The Pochaev monastery suffered new and grave misfortunes, when, together with the whole country, it was torn away from Orthodoxy by flattery into the possession of heretics, but in the past hundred and ten summers it was quickly given over to Orthodox Christians; foreigners came and took away the holy relics of the Venerable Job from under the bushel. , fell to the miraculous image of the Lady, saying: Rejoice, defender of Orthodoxy; Rejoice, accuser of heretics. Rejoice, you who did not completely leave Your abode; Rejoice, you who teach us the fear of God. Rejoice, for through Your intercession the Volyn country has returned to Orthodoxy; Rejoice, for from the ancient years many heretics have been corrected by Your admonition. Rejoice, thou who once again calls Thy faithful to prayer to Thy holy Lavra; Rejoice, teaching the infidels here to worship the more Orthodox shrine. Rejoice, even the righteous and the righteous sing unceasingly; Rejoice, in Neizha the fallen also flow in repentance. Rejoice, return of apostates to the faith; Rejoice, you who have led those who are led to the light of truth. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion No. 8
We see a strange miracle about You, Mother of God, since the physical health of Your holy icons is healed by kissing and sprinkling Pochaev water, so the passions of the soul are taken away by the vision of Your shrine, faith is confirmed and the tenderness of our hearts is filled, singing to God: Alleluia.
All unworthy I have been filled with sins, given over to worldly distraction and neglecting my soul, both looking at Thy holy icon, Lady, and the enlightenment from her to the countless people who come here, seeing, I am rushing again on the path of salvation and in the joy of my heart I sing to Tisitsa: Rejoice, treasure of purity; Rejoice, abyss of mercies. Rejoice, you who bring prayers to Your Son for the faithful; Rejoice, you who do not reject the prayers of sinners. Rejoice, for through You I have escaped much of the despair of sin; Rejoice, for those who call on Your name from the fall of the strange rise. Rejoice, the iconoclastic heresy has been put to shame in the universe; Rejoice, the true faith of the Volyn country has returned. Rejoice, you who lead souls to the feat of chastity; Rejoice, you who teach those who offend to forgive those who offend. Rejoice, tenderness of our hearts; Rejoice, hope of our souls. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion No. 9
You have forgiven all apostasies and heretical wanderings to the repentant people of the land of Volyn, O Lady, and again you have opened the source of healings from Your miraculous icon from the footprint of Your foot on Mount Pochaevstei in Your Orthodox Lavra to the people, only if they bring repentance for their sins to God and about Yours Without hesitation, they will cry out to him: Alleluia.
The branch of Thy glory appeared, O Lady, to blindness and chromium healing from Thy icon, returned to the Orthodox people, who received, like a heretical wife of a certain sick woman, to call upon Thee for help and after healing to confess and kiss the true faith, we cry out to Thee: Rejoice, King Heavenly supplication: Rejoice, earthly intercession. Rejoice, you who turned away a certain woman from Luther’s errors with healing; Rejoice, all people who have become convinced of the truth of Orthodoxy. Rejoice, for for You, for the sake of Orthodoxy, people have overcome the deception of the Hagarians so many times; Rejoice, for for Your sake and seduction from the Latins you have again embraced the Orthodox faith. Rejoice, all who live lift up their eyes to Neizha in prayer; Rejoice, O South, and those praying for the repose of the dead call for help. Rejoice, and taking away from the needs of life those that flow to You; Rejoice, for you bestow strength on those who endure all kinds of need. Rejoice, help to the Christ-loving army in battle; Rejoice, good instruction for demons who are militant. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion No. 10
You want to save, the Most Pure Mother of God, a simple old woman who was blinded by Latin and has little grandson, who is already enlightened by Orthodoxy, but is blinded by her bodily hairs, and at the same time she gives both of them a good desire to venerate Her miraculous image on Mount Pochaevstey, where Abi miraculously heals the blind girl and teaches the old woman to confess the Orthodox faith, crying out to God: Alleluia.
The indestructible wall of true faith appeared, O Lady, because the heretics, like the wickedness of the heretics, stubbornly rejected You from glorifying You, like the True Mother of God, so Orthodoxy remained in Your faith in the firmament, and from the prayers constantly offered to You, they will no longer turn away, and for these heretical sakes the verb in They do not dare to take their own blessings, but with a grateful heart they will not stop praising You, saying: Rejoice, for Christians are joy and consolation; Rejoice, glory and worship to the angelic order. Rejoice, thou who turns us away from the flattering verbs of heretics; Rejoice, thou who liftest our minds to God by the remembrance of Thy mercies. Rejoice, holy apostles who called upon the clouds of the air for Your Dormition; Rejoice, and sinners gathered on that day to Mount Pochaev in thousands and thousands for every summer. Rejoice, even for the sake of Christians the difficulty of the path, like sweet repose, is lifted up; Rejoice, even for the sake of laziness they strive to imitate them. Rejoice, for the monk to forget the sweetness of the world through Your grace; Rejoice, you who look back at the terrible and terrifying dreams. Rejoice, best diadimo to the Church of Christ; Rejoice, invincible shield of our country. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion No. 11
The singing of gratitude about Your, Lady, blessings throughout the world from Christians, ascending like incense to Heaven, constantly ascending in thought and our wretched praise, we ask You not to turn away, and we also pray to grant You the grace of repentance, singing with hope to God: Alleluia.
The light of the life of temporary life and Eternal Life, the hope appeared to you, Lady, to a certain person in Bessarabia who had to die, but suddenly, after tasting the water from the Pochaev shrine, the former health, the hedgehog of his relatives saw him, with fear and tenderness she cried out to You: Rejoice, healing for the sick; Rejoice, hearing of those who mourn. Rejoice, for through You you drove away the death that came; Rejoice, for You have given us undoubted faith. Rejoice, for Gabriel’s prophecy is coming true before our eyes; Rejoice, for from all generations, according to Your word, now and ever you are blessed. Rejoice, Mount Pochaev, for you have sanctified your place of residence; Rejoice, like the second Nazareth who revealed this. Rejoice, you who have turned away the hope of no one; Rejoice, you who warmly accept all prayers. Rejoice, you who give us health; Rejoice, you who lead us to salvation. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion No. 12
The grace of healing and tenderness of prayer from Thy, Lady, flows from the icon, so that it will not be in vain for our souls, even if for the sake of sin we fall into petrified insensibility; otherwise, as having the power to resurrect the dead, awaken our spiritual deadness, and illumine our hearts with the best thoughts, and having hated the delusion of sin, let us sing to God: Alleluia.
Singing Your miracles revealed in the monastery of the Most Holy, we pray to You, Lady, not to turn Your face away from our country, but to all who come to Your holy mountain and seek mercy from You for a good request, so that everyone will sing to You: Rejoice, propitiation of the all-righteous God ; Rejoice, Christians have boldness towards Christ. Rejoice, you who demonstrate the triumph of faith in Your Lavra; Rejoice, you who inflame the hearts of men with love. Rejoice, for by ancient miracles people have been vouchsafed to see something like this here; Rejoice, for this mountain, like the second Sinai, has become glorified in Christian countries. Rejoice, thou who bore God on earth in Thy womb; Rejoice, you who lift up people to God through Your prayer. Rejoice, O Thy icon, for having left Thy icon of salvation in Thy monastery; Rejoice, the footprint of Your foot, filled with healing water, glorifying miracles. Rejoice, looking down from the heavenly heights upon your servants; Rejoice, thou who instruct the faithful in good deeds. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion No. 13
O all-sung Mother of Christ God, who has adopted all generations of Christian love into Herself worthy of praise, we are perplexed to sing to You, we sinners, both overcome by Your love and lifting up our eyes to Your miraculous image, we pray to You: in our struggles and needs, do not abandon Your children, Your intercession is warm believers and cry to Your Son: Alleluia.
/This kontakion is read three times, then ikos No. 1 and kontakion No. 1/
Kontakion 1
To the chosen Governor of the Christian clans and our country, the most famous Deliverer, let us bring songs of praise, faithfully, gathered on Her holy mountain; But You, who have indescribable mercy, O Lady Theotokos, do not reject our prayer before Your miraculous image, but in the tenderness of our hearts we call to You: Rejoice, Praise of Pochaev and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Ikos 1
Archangel Gabriel, first of all, rejoice in bringing you, O Lady, when the conception of the Son of God was preached to you, after your glorious Dormition, all the heavenly powers continually bring you praise in Heaven; Why should we, sinners, dare to unite our voices with the voices of the Bodiless? Moreover, we remember Your mercy to all who repent, we open our lips with fear and love, saying: Rejoice, abyss of mercy; Rejoice, inexhaustible sea of love. Rejoice, Good Representative of the Christian race; Rejoice, unbreakable wall of the Pochaev monastery. Rejoice, you who attract Orthodox people to Mount Pochaev with bonds of love; Rejoice, you who drive away all sadness from their souls. Rejoice, even the miraculous image, like a star, guides us from Mount Pochaevsky; Rejoice, passionate prayers offered to her are soon reflected. Rejoice, you who consoled people with Your appearance on this mountain; Rejoice, you who left the footprint of Your foot on it for us. Rejoice, everlasting boldness of the faithful; Rejoice, you who doubt the good statement. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 2
Seeing the hermit and the simple barefoot John the Most Holy Theotokos appearing on the rock in a pillar of fire, the trace of Her foot was placed on the forehead and the water that flowed out from the stone, sprinkling itself, cried out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 2
The misunderstood mind about Your appearance, O Lady, seeking, in the blue hope is affirmed, as first from the Hagarians, after from the heretics, you deigned to establish the stronghold of Orthodoxy on the Mount of Hope, for this reason, coming to Your holy temple, we fill our hearts with warm faith, saying: Rejoice, statement of true faith; Rejoice, evil faith has been clearly exposed. Rejoice, thou who was known of ancient times in the Neopalim Bush of Sinai; Rejoice, you who appeared here as a Christian in the pillar of fire. Rejoice, for in the burning cave, with the dew of salvation, the youths of Abraham foretold Thee; Rejoice, for through the water of Your footsteps You preached healing grace. Rejoice, our land, devastated in ancient times by the Hagarians, who was then comforted by Your appearance; Rejoice, and now you encourage those praying here with many signs. Rejoice, those who repent will soon be heard; Rejoice, help and refuge for those who strive. Rejoice, and admonition of the ignorant; Rejoice, and strengthening of the faint-hearted. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 3
You showed the power of intense grace, O Lady, on Mount Pochaevstey, when you enriched the place of Your appearance in three hundred years with Your miraculous icon, and by the hand of St. Neophytos the Greek, coming from Moscow, you first bestowed it on the boyar Anna, then from her you received it to the monastery of Pochaevskaya Thou art the people who rejoice and sing to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 3
Having in your house your icon, Lady, the boyar Anna, and having seen the healing from it of your blind brother Philip, who was struck by the spirit of jealousy for your glory, the monastery of the hermit of Pochaev is being built in stone in the name of your Most Honorable Dormition, in which they worship your miraculous image. cries out to the mother: Rejoice, thou who hast taught us the rich treasure in Thy holy icon; Rejoice, having sanctified our land with the hand of Thy gifted image. Rejoice, turning away our souls from earthly wealth; Rejoice, you who teach us to sing the Glory of God. Rejoice, for Thy miracles are visible, we admire our hearts to Heaven; Rejoice, for in Your abode, as if on the threshold of paradise, we find ourselves. Rejoice, you who have comforted the Orthodox people with Your icon; Rejoice, you who call praying people from all countries to the Pochaev monastery. Rejoice, for by this faith increases; Rejoice, for this will drive away despondency. Rejoice, everlasting Joy of the Pochaev monks; Rejoice, shameless Hope of the worldly people. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 4
A storm of heretical fury rushed towards Your holy monastery, O Lady, the holy icon by Your hand, captivating the evil iconoclasts and inciting them to blaspheme, soon the wrath of God restrained the speed, while the invisible force of the blasphemers who feasted without cold, like Artaxerxes and Herod, was cast into slack and into illness, over the holy now Those who cursed and did not take away your song: Alleluia.
Ikos 4
Hearing that the monks and all the people of Orthodoxy heard that Your holy icon, after seventy years of heretical captivity, returned to the holy monastery from the shamed blasphemers, Abi came out to meet it and turned its weeping into joy, crying out to You: Rejoice, refuge for Christians; Rejoice, denunciation of heretics. Rejoice, the Pochaev monastery has not completely deprived you of Your icon; Rejoice, you who have put to shame the blasphemy of the iconoclasts. Rejoice, for you teach us not to lose heart in troubles; Rejoice, for you have commanded us to believe in the Justice of God. Rejoice, Who has established Orthodoxy in our country; Rejoice, You who and the entire universe have been honored to receive the embodied truth. Rejoice, imitator of God’s patience; Rejoice, Your people are strengthened in patience. Rejoice, for those who are humble receive consolation from You; Rejoice, for those who are proud are humbled by You. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 5
The God-bearing star appeared to those seeking salvation, O Lady, leading these to the Sun of Truth, just as in Your earthly life the Representative to Your Son in Cana of Galilee appeared to You, so after Your glorious departure to Heaven, prayers for the faithful from the ends of the earth were brought to Thou didst offer up to Thy Son, and here, on Mount Pochayev, He gave manifold healings to the people who cried out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 5
Seeing people, on Mount Pochaevskaya, as in ancient times, as in recent years, many healings are given by You, in the desire for the salvation of my soul I affirm and offer warm repentance for my sins, crying out to You: Rejoice, sight for the blind and healing for the lame; Rejoice, deliverance of demons from demons. Rejoice, Thou who miraculously returned the captive monk to Thy abode in the air; Rejoice, you who resurrected baby Simeon through the prayer of the old woman. Rejoice, for in these signs the power of Your ancient miracles has again appeared to the people; Rejoice, for healing from Your holy icon will not be lacking in the last days. Rejoice, you who provide a source of healing throughout the whole world from Your holy icons; Rejoice, you who enrich those who pray with spiritual gifts even more than these. Rejoice, who have given birth to Orthodoxy; Rejoice, to Him help and lack of faith flow. Rejoice, earthly hope! Rejoice, joy of the heavenly ranks. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 6
The preachers of the glory of the Most Pure Virgin appeared to the Hagarians at the Pochaev monastery and found and did not understand the vision of the Most Pure Mother of God with the Monk Job; When the arrows fired from them again rushed at her, having realized the power of the Lady and brought repentance for her madness, she cried out in faith: Alleluia.
Ikos 6
Thy vision appeared, O Lady, on Mount Pochaevstei, when the brethren of the monastery were heavily besieged by the Hagarians, with a great cry of prayer before Thy holy icon and before the shrine of the Venerable Job, they lifted up their prayers, while the brethren of the Hagarians, dismayed by this vision and fleeing, saw it with joy I sang to You: Rejoice, our Redeemer and salvation; Rejoice, everlasting help of the Christian race. Rejoice, thou who drove away the wicked enemies from Thy shrine; Rejoice, you who bring them to repentance. Rejoice, even the invisible enemy of our salvation trembles; Rejoice, She is worshiped by the Holy Angels and the departed righteous in Heaven. Rejoice, you who received the Venerable Job with You in prayer; Rejoice, you who brought the Hagarites to Holy Baptism with your vision. Rejoice, for by Your return the fear of death has been put aside to the end; Rejoice, for for Your sake there were no God-fearing foreigners from the Hagarians who appeared here. Rejoice, everlasting manifestation of truth; Rejoice, good admonition to those who go astray. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 7
Wanting to kindle the desire of the Eternal Life in the hearts of Christians, the Most Holy Theotokos heals the sick with Her miracles, casts out demons, frees the captives, raises the dead, so that we all, having understood the power of God, will hate the earthly and take care of our souls, constantly crying out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 7
The Pochaev monastery suffered new and grave misfortunes, when, together with the whole country, it was torn away from Orthodoxy by flattery into the possession of heretics, but in the past hundred and ten summers it was quickly given over to Orthodox Christians; foreigners came and took away the holy relics of the Venerable Job from under the bushel. , fell to the miraculous image of the Lady, saying: Rejoice, defender of Orthodoxy; Rejoice, accuser of heretics. Rejoice, you who did not completely leave Your abode; Rejoice, you who teach us the fear of God. Rejoice, for through Your intercession the Volyn country has returned to Orthodoxy; Rejoice, for from the ancient years many heretics have been corrected by Your admonition. Rejoice, thou who once again calls Thy faithful to prayer to Thy holy Lavra; Rejoice, teaching the infidels here to worship the more Orthodox shrine. Rejoice, even the righteous and the righteous sing unceasingly; Rejoice, in Neizha the fallen also flow in repentance. Rejoice, return of apostates to the faith; Rejoice, you who have led those who are led to the light of truth. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 8
We see a strange miracle about You, Mother of God, since the physical health of Your holy icons is healed by kissing and sprinkling Pochaev water, so the passions of the soul are taken away by the vision of Your shrine, faith is confirmed and the tenderness of our hearts is filled, singing to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 8
All unworthy I have been filled with sins, given over to worldly distraction and neglecting my soul, both looking at Thy holy icon, Lady, and the enlightenment from her to the countless people who come here, seeing, I am rushing again on the path of salvation and in the joy of my heart I sing to Tisitsa: Rejoice, treasure of purity; Rejoice, abyss of mercies. Rejoice, you who bring prayers to Your Son for the faithful; Rejoice, you who do not reject the prayers of sinners. Rejoice, for through You I have escaped much of the despair of sin; Rejoice, for those who call on Your name from the fall of the strange rise. Rejoice, the iconoclastic heresy has been put to shame in the universe; Rejoice, the true faith of the Volyn country has returned. Rejoice, you who lead souls to the feat of chastity; Rejoice, you who teach those who offend to forgive those who offend. Rejoice, tenderness of our hearts; Rejoice, hope of our souls. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 9
You have forgiven all apostasies and heretical wanderings to the repentant people of the land of Volyn, O Lady, and again you have opened the source of healings from Your miraculous icon from the footprint of Your foot on Mount Pochaevstei in Your Orthodox Lavra to the people, only if they bring repentance for their sins to God and about Yours Without hesitation, they will cry out to him: Alleluia.
Ikos 9
The branch of Thy glory appeared, O Lady, to blindness and chromium healing from Thy icon, returned to the Orthodox people, who received, like a heretical wife of a certain sick woman, to call upon Thee for help and after healing to confess and kiss the true faith, we cry out to Thee: Rejoice, King Heavenly supplication: Rejoice, earthly intercession. Rejoice, you who turned away a certain woman from Luther’s errors with healing; Rejoice, all people who have become convinced of the truth of Orthodoxy. Rejoice, for for You, for the sake of Orthodoxy, people have overcome the deception of the Hagarians so many times; Rejoice, for for Your sake and seduction from the Latins you have again embraced the Orthodox faith. Rejoice, all who live lift up their eyes to Neizha in prayer; Rejoice, O South, and those praying for the repose of the dead call for help. Rejoice, and taking away from the needs of life those that flow to You; Rejoice, for you bestow strength on those who endure all kinds of need. Rejoice, help to the Christ-loving army in battle; Rejoice, good instruction for demons who are militant. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 10
You want to save, the Most Pure Theotokos, a simple old woman who was blinded by Latin and has little grandson, already enlightened by Orthodoxy, but blinded by her bodily hairs, the same gives both of them a good desire to venerate Her miraculous image on Mount Pochaevsty, where the blind young woman was wondrously venerated. He heals and teaches the old woman to confess the Orthodox faith, crying out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 10
The indestructible wall of true faith appeared, O Lady, because the heretics, like the wickedness of the heretics, stubbornly rejected You from glorifying You, like the True Mother of God, so Orthodoxy remained in Your faith in the firmament, and from the prayers constantly offered to You, they will no longer turn away, and for these heretical sakes the verb in They do not dare to take their own rock, but with a grateful heart they will not cease to praise Thee, saying: Rejoice, for Christians are joy and consolation; Rejoice, glory and worship to the angelic order. Rejoice, thou who turns us away from the flattering verbs of heretics; Rejoice, thou who liftest our minds to God by the remembrance of Thy mercies. Rejoice, holy apostles who called upon the clouds of the air for Your Dormition; Rejoice, and sinners gathered on that day to Mount Pochaev in thousands and thousands for every summer. Rejoice, even for the sake of Christians the difficulty of the path, like sweet repose, is lifted up; Rejoice, even for the sake of laziness they strive to imitate them. Rejoice, for the monk to forget the sweetness of the world through Your grace; Rejoice, you who look back at the terrible and terrifying dreams. Rejoice, best diadimo to the Church of Christ; Rejoice, invincible shield of our country. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 11
The singing of gratitude about Your, Lady, blessings throughout the world from Christians, ascending like incense to Heaven, constantly ascending in thought and our wretched praise, we ask You not to turn away, and we also pray to grant You the grace of repentance, singing with hope to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 11
The light of the life of temporary life and Eternal Life, the hope appeared to you, Lady, to a certain person in Bessarabia who had to die, but suddenly, after tasting the water from the Pochaev shrine, the former health, the hedgehog of his relatives saw him, with fear and tenderness she cried out to You: Rejoice, healing for the sick; Rejoice, hearing of those who mourn. Rejoice, for through You you drove away the death that came; Rejoice, for You have given us undoubted faith. Rejoice, for Gabriel’s prophecy is coming true before our eyes; Rejoice, for from all generations, according to Your word, now and ever you are blessed. Rejoice, Mount Pochaev, for you have sanctified your place of residence; Rejoice, like the second Nazareth who revealed this. Rejoice, you who have turned away the hope of no one; Rejoice, you who warmly accept all prayers. Rejoice, you who give us health; Rejoice, you who lead us to salvation. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 12
The grace of healing and tenderness of prayer from Thy, Lady, flows from the icon, so that it will not be in vain for our souls, even if for the sake of sin we fall into petrified insensibility; otherwise, as having the power to resurrect the dead, awaken our spiritual deadness, and illumine our hearts with the best thoughts, and having hated the delusion of sin, let us sing to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 12
Singing Your miracles revealed in the monastery of the Most Holy, we pray to You, Lady, not to turn Your face away from our country, but to all who come to Your holy mountain and seek mercy from You for a good request, so that everyone will sing to You: Rejoice, propitiation of the all-righteous God ; Rejoice, Christians have boldness towards Christ. Rejoice, you who demonstrate the triumph of faith in Your Lavra; Rejoice, you who inflame the hearts of men with love. Rejoice, for by ancient miracles people have been vouchsafed to see something like this here; Rejoice, for this mountain, like the second Sinai, has become glorified in Christian countries. Rejoice, thou who bore God on earth in Thy womb; Rejoice, you who lift up people to God through Your prayer. Rejoice, O Thy icon, for having left Thy icon of salvation in Thy monastery; Rejoice, the footprint of Your foot, filled with healing water, glorifying miracles. Rejoice, looking down from the heavenly heights upon your servants; Rejoice, thou who instruct the faithful in good deeds. Rejoice, Praise of Pochaevskaya and the whole world, Hope and Consolation.
Kontakion 13
O all-sung Mother of Christ God, who has adopted all generations of Christian love into Herself worthy of praise, we are perplexed to sing to You, we sinners, both overcome by Your love and lifting up our eyes to Your miraculous image, we pray to You: in our struggles and needs, do not abandon Your children, Your intercession is warm believers and cry to Your Son: Alleluia.
(This kontakion is read three times, then ikos 1 and kontakion 1)
Prayers to the Most Holy Theotokos in front of Her icon, called “Pochaevskaya”
First prayer
Oh, All-Merciful Lady, Queen and Lady, chosen from all generations, and blessed by all generations, heavenly and earthly! Look mercifully at this people standing before Thy holy icon and fervently praying to You, and make Your intercession and intercession with Thy Son and our God, so that no one will come from here empty-handed and put to shame in his hope, but may everyone receive everything from You, according to the good will of your heart and according to your need and desire, for the salvation of the soul and the health of the body. Look with mercy, O All-Sung Theotokos, and upon this monastery, which bears Your name, You have loved it since ancient times, having chosen it as your property, and endlessly flowing currents of healing from Your miraculous icon and from the ever-flowing source, in the footprint of Your foot, revealed to us, and preserve it from every excuse and slander of the enemy, as in ancient times you preserved it, by Your appearance, intact and undamaged from the fierce invasion of the Hagarians, so that the Most Holy Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and Your glorious Dormition, will be sung and glorified in it forever and ever. Amen.
Second prayer
Our Most Blessed Queen, Most Blessed Lady, Our Mother of God of Hope! We now flow to You with tenderness, and with a contrite soul and a humble heart we pray to You, the All-Singing One, before Your Most Pure Image: remember Your ancient generosity, even from You that was here, and how sometimes You appeared on the rock of Chayev, in a pillar of fire, from the stone, healing water flowing forth, appear before us now, O Mother of many powers, and with the warmth of the Mother of God, Thy love, warm our stony hearts, tears of love and unrepentant repentance flowing from our eyes. For You are our only God-given Intercessor: We pray to You, deliver from all troubles, from all adversity, illness and sorrow, Thy servants, through the intercession of Thy great intercessor and prayer book for us, our all-blessed father Job, Thy saint Pochaevsky, whose prayer I manifestly listened to Thou art sometimes in the air, when by Thy all-glorious and terrible appearance Thou hast delivered Thy monastery from the invasion and taxation of the Hagarians. Look with mercy, O All-Singing One, with the charity of Thy merciful intercession, pour out Thy rich mercies upon all our kingdom and country, and upon all the people: gather together those who are scattered, and guide the unfaithful and other faiths in our countries on the true path, having fallen away from the pious faith of our fathers. return and associate them with the Holy Saints of Your Orthodox and Catholic Church; Establish peace in our families, support old age, mentor the young, raise babies, stand up for the orphans and widows, heal the captives of freedom, heal the sick, remember those who live in judgment and in prison, and in captivity, and in the bitter labors, protect us from death, visit and comfort currents of miracles and signs of many different kinds, which You continually pour out to everyone from Your holy, celibate icon. Grant, O All-Blessed One, the fertility of the earth, the goodness of the air, and all the gifts that are timely and beneficial for our benefit, through the prayers of Your chosen saints, Your gracious face on the holy icon of Your surroundings: Elijah the God-speaking, the holy Archdeacon Stephen the First-Suffering, the Venerable Abraham the All-Blessed, and the God-Music Mina a martyr of many names, and with them a number of saints and righteous wives: the most praised Paraskeva, the blessed Irene and the long-suffering Saint Catherine the Great, and all the saints. When our departure from this life and resettlement to eternity is ripe, appear before us, O Most Blessed One, just as You sometimes brought Your monastery to safety for salvation during the Battle of Zbarazh, and by Your warm intercession grant us the Christian death of our life, painless, shameless, peaceful and the Holy Mysteries involved; so that in this life, now and in the future, we will all be worthy, through Your prayers, of endless heavenly life in the Kingdom of Your beloved Son, the Lord God and our Savior, Jesus Christ, to Him belongs all glory, honor and worship, forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer three
Oh, Most Holy Virgin, Lady Theotokos! I thank You with all my heart, for You have vouchsafed me, Your sinful and unworthy servant, to appear here and worship on Your holy mountain. Oh, how many blessings have I, such a great sinner, been rewarded with Your mercy. I see, O Most Pure One, and I am horrified and my spirit melts away, in vain with my own eyes this multi-healing source of Thy grace, which Thou hast ineffably revealed since ancient times in the footsteps of Thy holy foot, and we all reverently bow down in the place where Thy virginal nose stands, I pray to Thee, blessed Hope and Salvation souls and bodies of ours: wash me with Your wholesome water from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, quench with Your grace-filled streams all the passions of my heart, heal with drops from Your ever-flowing source all my bodily ailments, yes, instructed, healed and delivered by You, I sing to You with all diligence: Rejoice, source of unceasing joy, rejoice, source of unspeakable kindness. Rejoice, drowning of unclean lusts, Rejoice, washing away of all kinds of defilements. Rejoice, the most luminous stream for the health of the faithful from the mountain-shaded thicket, bestowing the grace of healing; Rejoice, heavenly dew, sending down currents of wisdom from above to those who thirst for true knowledge. Rejoice, praise of Pochaevskaya, save us who pray to You, our hope and consolation. Amen.
Prayer four
To You, O Mother of God, we, sinners, prayerfully flow to You, Your miracles in the Holy Lavra of Pochayev, revealed with humility and for our lamenting sins. We, Lady, we know, as it is not fitting for us sinners to ask anything, except for the Righteous Judge to leave our iniquities to us. All that we have endured in life, sorrows, needs, and illnesses, like the fruits of our falls, have languished for us, and I allow this to God for our correction. Moreover, the Lord brought all this truth and judgment to His sinful servants, who in their sorrows came to Your intercession, the Most Pure One, and in the tenderness of their hearts they cry out to You: our sins and iniquities, O Good One, do not remember, but rather raised Your all-honorable hand Stand before Your Son and God, so that the cruelty we have committed may be forgiven us, and for our many unfulfilled promises, He will not turn His face away from His servants, and He will not take His grace, which contributes to our salvation, from our souls. To her, Lady, be the Intercessor for our salvation and, not disdaining our cowardice, look upon our groans, even in our troubles and sorrows we lift up before Your miraculous image. Enlighten our minds with tender thoughts, strengthen our faith, confirm our hope, grant us the sweetest gift of love to accept us. By these gifts, Most Pure One, and not by illnesses and sorrows, may our belly be elevated to salvation, but protect our souls from despondency and despair, deliver us who are weak from the troubles and needs that come upon us, and human slander and unbearable diseases. Grant peace and prosperity to the Christian life through Your intercession, O Lady, establish the Orthodox faith in our country, throughout the world. Do not betray the Apostolic and Catholic Church to disparagement, preserve the statutes of the saints forever, unshakable, save all who come to You from the perishing ditch. Also, bring the heresy of our deceived brethren or the saving faith of those who have been destroyed by sinful passions to true faith and repentance, so that together with us those who worship Your miraculous image will confess Your intercession. Vouchsafe us, O Most Pure Lady Theotokos, even in this belly the victory of truth by Your intercession to behold, vouchsafe us grace-filled joy before the end of our perception, just as the inhabitants of ancient times were shown by Your appearance to the victors and enlighteners of the Hagarians, so that we all have a grateful heart, together with the angels, and prophets, and apostles, and with all the saints, glorifying Your mercy, let us give glory, honor and worship in the Trinity to the sung God the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.
Troparion to the Most Holy Theotokos in front of Her icon, called “Pochaevskaya”
Troparion, tone 5
Before Your holy icon, Lady, those who pray are honored with healing, accept the knowledge of true faith and repel the Hagarian invasions. Likewise, for us who fall before You, ask for remission of sins, enlighten the thoughts of piety in our hearts, and offer up a prayer to Your Son for the salvation of our souls.
Greatness
We magnify Thee, Most Holy Virgin, and venerate Thy venerable icon, which Thou hast glorified since ancient times on Mount Pochaev.