Supplicatory Canon in Time of Deadly Pestilence, for Laypeople
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, through the prayers of Thy most pure Mother and of all the saints, have mercy on us. Amen.
Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.
O Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, who art everywhere present and fillest all things with Thy grace, Treasury of good things and Giver of life: come and abide in us, and cleanse us from every stain, and save our souls, O Good One.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (Thrice)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
O Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. O Lord, deliver us and release us from our sins; O Master, pardon our iniquities; O Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy name’s sake.
Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages,
Amen.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Priest: For Thine is the kingdom…
Choir: Amen.
Lord, have mercy. (Twelve times)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages,
Amen.
O come, let us worship God our King. O come, let us worship and fall down before Christ, our King and God. O come, let us worship and fall down before Christ Himself, our King and our God.
O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath, neither chasten me in thine anger. For thy weapons are fixed in me, and thou hast pressed thy hand heavily upon me. For there is no health in my flesh because of thine anger; there is no peace to my bones because of my sins. For my transgressions have gone over mine head: they have pressed heavily upon me like a weighty burden. My bruises have become noisome and corrupt, because of my foolishness. I have been wretched and bowed down continually: I went with a mourning countenance all the day. For my soul is filled with mockings; and there is no health in my flesh. I have been afflicted and brought down exceedingly: I have roared for the groaning of my heart. But all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hidden from thee. My heart is troubled, my strength has failed me; and the light of mine eyes is not with me. My friends and my neighbours drew near before me, and stood still; and my nearest of kin stood afar off. While they pressed hard upon me that sought my soul: and they that sought my hurt spoke vanities, and devised deceits all the day. But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and was as a dumb man not opening his mouth. And I was as a man that hears not, and who has no reproofs in his mouth. For I hoped in thee, O Lord: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. For I said, Lest mine enemies rejoice against me: for when my feet were moved, they spoke boastingly against me. For I am ready for plagues, and my grief is continually before me. For I will declare mine iniquity, and be distressed for my sin. But mine enemies live, and are mightier than I: and they that hate me unjustly are multiplied. They that reward evil for good slandered me; because I followed righteousness. Forsake me not, O Lord my God: depart not from me. Draw nigh to my help, O Lord of my salvation.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages,
Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to Thee, O God. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to Thee, O God. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.
God is the Lord and hath appeared unto us; blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Verse 1: O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy endureth for ever. Verse 2: All nations compassed me about, and in the name of the Lord I drove them back. Verse 3: I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. Verse 4: The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner; this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes.
In Thy wrath, O God, remember Thy mercies, for we are earth and ashes; chasten me not in Thine anger, lest we perish utterly, but have mercy on our souls, as the only Lover of mankind.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Thou alone, O Christ, art a swift Helper: swiftly show from heaven Thy protection over Thine afflicted servants, deliver them from sicknesses, afflictions and bitter pains, and raise them up to praise Thee and glorify Thee for ever, through the prayers of the Theotokos, O only Lover of mankind.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
O fervent Intercessor, Mother of God Most High, who entreatest Christ our Saviour for all and savest all that flee with unashamed hope under thine almighty protection, O Lady, intercede now for us who entreat thee with a humble spirit and a contrite heart, O Theotokos and Virgin, and deliver us from all sorrows, temptations and sicknesses.
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy great mercy; and according to the multitude of thy compassions blot out my transgression. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I am conscious of mine iniquity; and my sin is continually before me. Against thee only have I sinned, and done evil before thee: that thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. For, behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sins did my mother conceive me. For, behold, thou lovest truth: thou hast manifested to me the secret and hidden things of thy wisdom. Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be purified: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow. Thou shalt cause me to hear gladness and joy: the afflicted bones shall rejoice. Turn away thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit in my inward parts. Cast me not away from thy presence; and remove not thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of thy salvation: establish me with thy directing Spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and ungodly men shall turn to thee. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation: and my tongue shall joyfully declare thy righteousness. O Lord, thou shalt open my lips; and my mouth shall declare thy praise. For if thou desiredst sacrifice, I would have given it: thou wilt not take pleasure in whole-burnt-offerings. Sacrifice to God is a broken spirit: a broken and humbled heart God will not despise. Do good, O Lord, to Sion in thy good pleasure; and let the walls of Jerusalem be built. Then shalt thou be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, offering, and whole-burnt-sacrifices: then shall they offer calves upon thine altar.
Irmos: Pharaoh who rode in the chariot was drowned by the rod of Moses, which once worked wonders when it struck crosswise, traced the figure of the Cross and divided the Red Sea; but it saved Israel, the fugitive going on foot, singing a hymn to the Lord: for gloriously hath He been glorified.
O merciful Lord, have mercy on Thy servants
O Almighty and Consubstantial, one Throne, one Power and thrice-radiant Glory, O unapproachable Father, Son and Holy Spirit, deliver Thy servants who entreat Thee from grievous sicknesses.
O merciful Lord, have mercy on Thy servants
The tempest of sins hath sunk me in the depth of infirmity, and I am beaten by these long-lasting pains as by billows; O almighty Sovereignty, Holy Trinity, have compassion and deliver me, a wretched one, for I am perishing miserably.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Deliver us from our sins that have compassed us about on every side, O undivided Trinity; quench the fever of our grievous sicknesses with the dew of Thy mercy, and grant health to these Thy servants, that with right faith we may praise Thee.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Thou who didst carry in thy womb the Saviour and almighty Lord who taketh away sins, entreat Him, O all-holy one, for the deliverance of thy servants from merciless sicknesses, O only helper of the race of men.
Irmos: O Lord, who didst fix the vault of heaven and art the Builder of the Church, establish us in Thy love, Thou summit of all joy and strength of the faithful, who alone lovest mankind.
O merciful Lord, have mercy on Thy servants
The spiritual ranks of the bodiless, the choirs of angels, thrones and dominions, powers and authorities entreat Thee, the good Lord and Saviour: deliver these Thy servants from destroying sicknesses.
O merciful Lord, have mercy on Thy servants
Show forth the abyss of Thy love for mankind, O Almighty, and deliver Thy servants from destroying sicknesses and merciless pains, O Thou who alone art long-suffering and merciful.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
O holy angels and archangels, who stand before the throne of glory, entreat now His great compassion, that He may assuage this grievous sickness and deliver us from this death-bearing lot.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Christ God, who was born of thee, showed thee to be a fountain of healings, O spotless and unwedded Mother; therefore deliver from all sicknesses us who are sunk in the billows of infirmities and pains, and assuage our sorrow.
Deliver thy servants from dangers, O most holy Virgin Theotokos, for after God we all flee unto thee, as to an unbreakable wall and protection.
Look upon us, O all-praised Theotokos, and heal the grievous wounds of our bodies and the sicknesses of our souls.
Cast not off utterly these Thy people, O Master, nor withdraw Thy help from us, Thou who desirest not the death of a sinner but his conversion and life; now assuage the sicknesses, drive away the sufferings, and swiftly raise up from their beds of pain all the infirm who glorify Thee.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
O Physician of our souls and bodies, with a contrite heart we fall down before Thee and with sighing entreat Thee: as Thou didst accept the tears of Hezekiah, the repentance of Manasseh and of the Ninevites and the confession of David and didst swiftly have mercy, so now accept also our supplications offered to Thee with compunction, O all-good King, and, as merciful, have mercy on us and deliver them that trust in Thee from all the sicknesses, afflictions and distresses that come upon them.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
All thy mystery, O Theotokos, is beyond nature and beyond glory, sealed with holiness and kept by virginity; and thou art known without falsehood, for thou didst bear God without change: entreat Him for the life of our souls.
Irmos: Thou art my strength, O Lord, Thou art my power, Thou art my God, Thou art my joy, who didst not leave the bosom of the Father and didst visit our poverty; therefore with the prophet Habakkuk I cry to Thee: Glory to Thy power, O Lover of mankind.
O merciful Lord, have mercy on Thy servants
The shadows of death have compassed me about and I have drawn near to the gates of hell; but do Thou, O Saviour, as the mighty One, deliver me and raise me up, who cry to Thee with unashamed faith: Glory to Thy power, O Lover of mankind.
O merciful Lord, have mercy on Thy servants
Be our deliverers from our afflictions, O holy apostles, initiates of the mysteries of Christ, His eyewitnesses and heralds, who received the grace of healings; and by your prayers to the King, Deliverer and Saviour, rescue us from the sickness that holdeth us.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Now the tempest of sins hath come upon us, and, cruelly beaten by the billows of infirmity, we are sinking in pains, and destroying sicknesses hold sway over us wretched ones; but stretch out to us a hand of help, O apostles of the Lord, and be our helpers by your prayers.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Beaten by merciless and long-lasting sicknesses, we all fall down before thee, O Virgin: shelter and deliver us all by thy royal protection, O spotless one; stay the pestilence and heal grievous sicknesses and infirmities, O Bride of God, all-holy Lady.
Irmos: Cast me not away from Thy face, O Light that never setteth, lest the unillumined darkness cover me; but look upon me and direct my ways to the light of Thy commandments, I pray Thee.
O merciful Lord, have mercy on Thy servants
O prophets, who by your honey-sweet prayer divided the sea of destroying deception, now take away all the destroying bitterness of our infirmities by the sweetness of the help of God Almighty.
O merciful Lord, have mercy on Thy servants
At Thy command the arrows of infirmity have pierced me, O Lord, and Thou hast laid Thy hand heavily upon me, O Almighty: in Thy great mercy have mercy on us all through the prayers of Thy holy martyrs.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
As of old at Thy command Thou didst raise up the widow's dead son, O Word of God, so now also raise up and quicken them that have grown weak from grievous sicknesses, as the good and merciful One, O only Lover of mankind.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
In the darkness of this life the billow of wickedness hath overtaken me and the darkness of infirmity hath covered me; but sprinkle me with cooling dew, O all-holy one, and guide me to the light of strength.
Irmos: Forgive me, O Good One, my countless sins, for which I call upon Thee; deliver me from evils; to Thee I cry: Hear me, O God my Saviour.
O merciful Lord, have mercy on Thy servants
Sunk in the depth of the abyss, infirmities have compassed us about, and we are beaten by the billows of perdition, O Master and Lord: stretch out to us the hand of help and save us.
O merciful Lord, have mercy on Thy servants
As by the divine word Thou didst in the twinkling of an eye strengthen the paralytic and raise him from his infirmity and his bed of sickness, so now relieve us of our heavy sickness and grant us health, O most merciful One.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
The company of the prophets, the choir of the apostles and the myriads of the martyrs entreat Thee, O only most merciful One, for Thy people: look with mercy upon their supplication and have mercy on us.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
O all-holy Mary, treasury of spotless virginity, cleanse us from our sins, O good Mother, and deliver us from sicknesses, sorrows and infirmities, that we may ever magnify thee with faith.
Deliver thy servants from dangers, O most holy Virgin Theotokos, for after God we all flee unto thee, as to an unbreakable wall and protection.
Look upon us, O all-praised Theotokos, and heal the grievous wounds of our bodies and the sicknesses of our souls.
Deliver Thy servants from afflictions, O most merciful One, for we flee eagerly to Thee, the merciful Deliverer and King of all, God glorified in Trinity.
Those who lie on the bed of pain and are wounded with deadly wounds, as Thou didst once raise up, O Saviour, Peter's wife's mother and the paralytic carried upon his bed, so now also, O Merciful One, look upon these sufferers and heal them; for Thou alone takest up the infirmities, pains and sicknesses of our race, and Thou canst do all things, as the most merciful One.
O Lord Almighty, holy King, who chastenest and slayest not, who upholdest them that fall and raisest up them that are cast down, who correctest the bodily afflictions of men, we entreat Thee, O our God: look in Thy mercy upon them that have fallen into infirmity and are wounded by cruel sickness, raise them up in health from the bed of pain and the couch of affliction, and grant them to please Thee and to do Thy will
Prokeimenon, Tone 4: O Lord, rebuke me not in Thine anger, neither chasten me in Thy wrath.
Verse: For Thine arrows are fixed in me, and Thou hast laid Thy hand heavily upon me.
Brethren, whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but He for our profit, that we might be partakers of His holiness. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; and make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
Alleluia, Tone 4 (thrice)
The pangs of death compassed me, and the torrents of ungodliness troubled me exceedingly. The pangs of hell came round about me: the snares of death prevented me.
At that time the fame of Him went out into every place of the country round about. And He arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought Him for her. And He stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them. Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them, and healed them. And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And He rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that He was Christ. And when it was day, He departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought Him, and came unto Him, and stayed Him, that He should not depart from them. And He said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent. And He preached in the synagogues of Galilee.
Glory to Thee, O Lord, glory to Thee.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
By Thy mercy, O most merciful God, blot out the multitude of our transgressions.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Through the intercessions of the holy Theotokos, O Merciful One, blot out the multitude of our transgressions.
Have mercy on me, O God, according to Thy great mercy, and according to the multitude of Thy compassions blot out my transgression, and have mercy on me, O God.
Sticheron: With faith we flee to Thee, the merciful Deliverer and
King of all, God glorified in Trinity, and we entreat Thee for the unshaken preservation of the Church, the deliverance of Iberia from the incursions of the enemy, the strengthening of our people, mercy for the faithful and the gift of peace.
Irmos: At the descent of God the fire was put to shame in Babylon of old; therefore the youths in the furnace, treading as on roses with joyful feet, sang in choir: Blessed art Thou, O God of our fathers.
O merciful Lord, have mercy on Thy servants
The furnace of fierce pains is kindled, and the destroying flame of unquenchable fire burneth me; but with the dew of Thy mercy, O Saviour, refresh them that sing to Thee: Blessed is the God of our fathers.
O merciful Lord, have mercy on Thy servants
O prophets and apostles, martyrs and divine teachers, by your prayer tame the sicknesses of us the infirm and ask of God health for them that sing: Blessed is the God of our fathers.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
O Thou who by Thy word didst raise Lazarus, O Lord, now quicken us also and raise us from the beds of merciless infirmity, that we may cry to Thee a hymn of thanksgiving: Blessed is the God of our fathers.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
O merciful Mother of the all-merciful God, deliver from afflictions and sicknesses thy peoples, O Virgin, who call upon thy compassion as they sing: Blessed is the God of our fathers.
Irmos: The youths, carried captive of old by the tyrant from the land of Judah to Babylon, clothed with the Spirit, quenched the fire of the furnace and said: O God of our fathers, blessed art Thou for ever.
O merciful Lord, have mercy on Thy servants
In pain we lament from our bed of sickness, and, the eyes of our soul being opened, we ask for health, that we may rise to sing to Thee: Ye youths, bless; ye priests, praise; and ye people, supremely exalt Him unto the ages.
O merciful Lord, have mercy on Thy servants
O Thou who didst mercifully put on our infirmity and wast pleased to become like unto men, save us, O Saviour, through the prayers of Thy saints, and raise us from the tomb of despair to the glory of God:
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
To the Creator of all that is and the Giver of healings, the bosom of mercies and the abyss of compassion, we pray together: look upon Thy peoples amid destroying infirmities and quicken them to praise Thee.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
O firm intercessor and all-praised advocate, hope of the hopeless, look upon them that suffer from sickness, O all-spotless one; lighten the heaviness of their infirmity, drive away the destroying infirmity and deliver these thy servants, O Theotokos.
Irmos: Creation trembled at the ineffable condescension of God, how the Most High came down of His own will into the Virgin's womb to take flesh and became man without change in humility; therefore we the faithful magnify the spotless Theotokos in song.
O merciful Lord, have mercy on Thy servants
Thou who didst work many miracles without number, O Immortal One, show now Thy compassion upon Thy servants, O God, as one who is merciful, and free us from the sickness that besetteth us, through the prayers of Thine all-holy Mother and of all Thy saints.
O merciful Lord, have mercy on Thy servants
Through the prayers of Thine angels and archangels, prophets, martyrs, venerable ones, hierarchs and priest-martyrs, change our sorrow into joy, O Almighty; heal the sicknesses, lighten the infirmities and grant health to all.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
I entreat the Physician of souls and bodies, rich in mercy, the Lord and our God: heal these my many sufferings, take away my sicknesses and scatter my sorrows, as the good and only Lover of mankind and Saviour of them that glorify Thee.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Thou who didst bear in the flesh God, the good and compassionate King, our Creator and Lord, show now thy mercies upon me according to thy wont, and deliver me from merciless sickness, O Virgin Theotokos, and grant me health of soul and body.
It is truly meet that we should magnify thee, O Theotokos, who art ever-blessed and all-immaculate and the Mother of our God. Thee, more honourable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, who without corruption gavest birth to God the Word, the only Theotokos, we magnify in song.
O our Lord Jesus Christ, who didst teach us to receive all that we ask of Thy heavenly Father in Thy name! Behold, trusting unerringly in Thy words, we ask of God Almighty that He look with mercy upon our people, which beareth Thy Cross upon the earth, and deliver us from the destroying pestilence and the fierce sickness that hath come upon us.
O all-holy Trinity, unapproachable, grant us a right confession, that we may proclaim God perfect, in three Persons without confusion, undivided in nature, glorified as one in essence, and may cry: Look also with Thy mercy upon them that lie on the bed of pain; quench the fever, still the suffering and every hidden infirmity within them.
O Physician and Helper of the suffering, Deliverer and Saviour of the afflicted, Thou Lord and King of all, who with Thy divine hand didst heal the fever of Peter's mother-in-law, and didst raise the daughter of Jairus from her bed of pain and make her whole: heal now in Thy goodness the infirmities of Thy servants who grievously suffer, and grant them speedy health, we fervently entreat Thee, O our Saviour, Fountain of healings. The heavens of heavens, the hosts of angels, the earth and they that dwell in the world, things visible and invisible, those beneath and those on high, with the sons of men, priests and people, bless Thee, O Trinity, and entreat Thee: Remove all insolence and pride from our darkened mind and establish us on the rock of Thy commandments, that Iberia may shine forth through the help of the Theotokos and we may all sing to Thee in spirit and in truth: Behold, we who lie loosed like a lifeless corpse upon the painful bed of despair — O all-holy Theotokos, in the goodness of thy mercy grant me healing and raise me up to the glory and praise of the all-holy Trinity:
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (Thrice)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
O Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. O Lord, deliver us and release us from our sins; O Master, pardon our iniquities; O Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy name’s sake.
Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us; for, at a loss for any defence, we sinners offer to Thee, our good Master, this supplication: Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
O Lord, have mercy on us, for we have put our trust in Thee; be not exceeding wroth with us, nor remember our iniquities; but look upon us now, as Thou art compassionate, and deliver us from Thy just wrath; for Thou art our God, and we are Thy people; we are all the work of Thy hands, and Thy name is called upon us; and have mercy on us.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Open unto us the doors of compassion, O blessed Theotokos, that hoping in thee we may not perish, but through thee be delivered from our adversaries, for thou art the salvation of the Christian race.
O all-holy Trinity, consubstantial and incomprehensible Might, Father Almighty, only-begotten Son and Holy Spirit, one God, who art the Creator and Lord of all things visible and invisible, and who in Thy righteous judgement justly bringest wrath upon us for our sins: now we fall down before Thee and entreat Thee, O good Lord: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vineyard — the inheritance of the Georgians — and our Orthodox people dwelling therein; shelter it with Thy great mercy and deliver it from the incursions of the enemy and from strife between brothers. Keep unshaken, O Lord, our holy Church and all her children who hope in Thy mercy; turn away Thy terrible wrath justly stirred up against us, still this destroying plague, O Master, and stay Thy dread sword by which we are cut down before our time, that it may not take our souls captive by death, for with tears of repentance we fall down before Thee, our God who receivest us. Raise up and revive those who are worn down by cruel pains and stricken by merciless sicknesses, as Thou art good and merciful, and dispel our sorrow. Strengthen in his ministry, O Lord, and shelter our most blessed and most holy Patriarch Ilia, Catholicos of Mtskheta and Patriarch of All Georgia and Metropolitan of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazia; the most reverend hierarchs and our lord… (here the local bishop is commemorated); the honourable priests and deacons, monks and nuns: make them wise, O Lord, by the grace of the Holy Spirit, that through their prayer and labour they may guide their flock to eternal salvation; for Thine it is to have mercy on us and to save us, O our God, and unto Thee we send up glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, through the prayers of Thy most pure Mother
and of all the saints, have mercy on us. Amen.
While the icon is kissed we sing thus:
O Lord our God, have mercy on us, Thy lowly and unworthy servants, who fall down before Thee with a contrite and repentant heart and hope in Thy mercy; fence us about against the fierce sickness that hath come upon us, and deliver us from deadly plague and from vain and untimely death.
O all-holy Theotokos and Virgin, look upon them that with faith bow down before the Holy Trinity and kiss Its icon, and direct our going well upon the way of salvation.
Translated from Slavonic by Nona Namgaladze; revised and supplemented by Tinatin Mchedlishvili
Source: the Facebook page “Library of the Patriarchate”
