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The Mother of God of Jerusalem helps in some ways. Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God: history, worship

One of the most famous and most revered icons is Jerusalem icon Mother of God. The image depicts the life-time Face of the Mother of God, and the features of Her face are accurately embodied. Mother helps believers in absolutely everything: be it love or family relationships, serious illnesses, disasters.

Initially, this image was intended to protect the Jerusalem community. It is considered miraculous, which has many confirmations in church archival books. The celebration of the image takes place annually on October 25th.

History of the sacred image

The icon was created 15 years after the Ascension of Christ to Heaven. By that time, the Christian community in Jerusalem was fully formed, so the Face of Jerusalem was intended specifically for it.

About the Holy Land:

In its typology, it has a strong resemblance to the image of Hodegetria the Guide. And according to Tradition, Mary of Egypt, who was in prayer at this icon, suddenly heard a majestic voice commanding her to leave her sinful, unrighteous life and devote the remaining years of her earthly life to serving God.

Icon of Our Lady of Jerusalem of Gethsemane of Russian writing in a stone icon case in Orthodox church Dormition of the Virgin Mary in Gethsemane (Jerusalem)

The legend about how the icon got to the temple of Pygium

Previously, not far from the Golden Gates of Constantinople there was a spreading grove. She was considered sacred and bore the name of the Virgin Mary. In the middle of the grove there was a holy spring. But over time, the grove grew and thickened, and the spring was lost among the green and dense thickets and almost dried up.

But at this time Leo I, being a simple soldier tsarist army, was walking through the grove and unexpectedly met a traveler. He was old, exhausted and completely blind. The warrior’s soul burned with a desire to help the man, but he did not know how to do it. Then he heard a gentle female voice, which told him the location of the source and explained what needed to be done.

Soon Leo I fulfilled his promise: he cleaned the spring, built the temple of Pygia and transported the icons of the Mother of God of Jerusalem to its walls.

Historical travel icon

During the reign of Emperor Heraclinus, Scythian nomads tried to conquer Constantinople. Almost all the townspeople gathered around the miraculous image of the Mother of God of Jerusalem in fiery prayer.

The Queen of Heaven heard the cry of the faithful and begged Her Son to save the city from the attack. After this event, the icon was transported to the Blachernae Church. Here she rested for three years.

In 988, Leo the Wise, the emperor, transported her to Korsun, which was later conquered by Prince Vladimir. The Jerusalem Icon was presented to him, and he transported it to the city of Kyiv, where it remained for only a short time. Prince Vladimir transferred it to the Cathedral of St. Sophia in Novgorod, where it rested for 4 centuries.

Later, in 1571, Ivan the Terrible wished to transport the image to the Moscow Assumption Cathedral. But the military events of 1812 had a negative impact on the capital: the city was destroyed and looted, and many relics were taken abroad. Among them was the Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God.

Since then and to this day she has been in France.

Our Lady of Jerusalem

Distinctive features

The icon is similar in its iconography to the Georgian image, and many icons are painted in its likeness: Iverskaya, Kazan, Sporuchnitsa sinners. The Mother of God is shown in a half-length image, with her right hand She supports the Son, Her head is bowed. The Divine Infant's face is turned to Mother, he holds a scroll in his left hand, and his right hand is raised in a blessing gesture.

The Son's face turned towards the Mother means all-encompassing love and attention to Her. The icon shows a silent dialogue, the unity of God and man.

Having completely absorbed human nature into Himself, Jesus remained God, one of the persons of the Holy Trinity. But the Queen of Heaven became a guide for the Son into the world of people. Her soul was pierced by many sharp swords on the day of the Son's crucifixion, but the Mother passed her life with dignity. life path on the ground.

Important! And if every person patiently and humbly goes through all the hardships, then at the end of his life he will have great reward- eternity with Christ.

The Jerusalem image has several varieties:

on the margins of the icon are depicted apostles, saints, martyrs, but they are not part of the composition, but simply float in the air to the left and right;
Standing next to Mary are her parents - the holy righteous Joachim and Anna.

Help from Heaven

Prayer before the Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God will help:

get recovery from ailments, even the most severe ones;
will protect you from troubles on the road or while traveling;
will prevent natural disasters;
will protect the house from the encroachment of thieves;
will comfort you in sorrow and despondency;
will help desperate women find the joy of motherhood;
will reunite a family on the verge of divorce.

What else do they pray to the Mother of God for:

needs must be earthly: the gift of love, hope, humility, faith, spiritual wisdom;

it is useless to ask for wealth, fame and retribution;

You can pray not only for yourself, but also for your family and close people; it is important to mention their names in prayer.

In the church you can order a prayer service with water and an akathist before the icon of the Mother of God of Jerusalem. At the end of the prayer service, blessed water is distributed to the parishioners. It should be taken in the morning on an empty stomach with prayer.

Advice! In order for the miracle asked for in prayers to happen, firm faith in Christ, unwavering adherence to His commandments, living according to church canons, frequent confession, and communion are necessary. And then the Mother of God will definitely hear the prayers and will certainly help.

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JERUSALEM ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD

The Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God, according to legend, was painted in the 15th year after the Ascension of the Lord (48 AD), in Gethsemane, and was the first of 70 icons of the Mother of God created by St. Luke the Evangelist. The icon was intended for the Jerusalem community. According to some testimonies, it was this image, which was once in the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Jerusalem, that appeared as that miraculous icon of the Mother of God from which the voice came to Venerable Mary Egyptian, who turned her from the sinful path.

In 463, under the Byzantine Emperor Leo the Great (457-474), the Jerusalem icon was transferred to Constantinople and placed in the Church of the Mother of God, called “Pyges” (Greek: “Source”). Under Emperor Heraclius (575-641), when the Scythians attacked Constantinople, through popular prayer before the Jerusalem icon, a miracle of the city’s deliverance occurred and it was not taken. In memory of this, the image was transferred to one of the main churches of Byzantium - the Blachernae Church, where it remained for almost three centuries, until the reign of Leo VI the Philosopher.

In 988, the Jerusalem icon was transferred to the Crimean city of Kherson, or Korsun, and given as a gift to the great Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir, who conquered this city and was baptized in it. Prince Vladimir took the icon to Kyiv. But the miraculous image was not kept for long in the Principality of Kiev. When holy baptism and conversion to Christianity was accepted in Novgorod, Prince Vladimir gave this image to the Novgorodians.

For more than 400 years, the image of the Virgin Mary remained in the St. Sophia Cathedral of Veliky Novgorod. His veneration here determines the special love for the Jerusalem icon in many cities and villages of the Russian North.

In 1571, Tsar Ivan the Terrible moved the icon to the Moscow Assumption Cathedral. The icon was placed among other shrines that patronized the former appanage principalities. Surrounded by universal veneration, the icon remained in the Kremlin until 1812.

During Napoleon's invasion in 1812, the Jerusalem icon disappeared. According to some sources, the miraculous icon was captured by the French and taken to France. In Paris, in the cathedral Notre Dame of Paris, the icon is kept to this day. However, in 1977, the chief inspector of historical monuments of France, in response to an inquiry about the fate of the Jerusalem image Holy Mother of God replied that such an icon was not listed in the cathedral’s inventory.

Now in the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin, behind the patriarchal place, an ancient copy of the Jerusalem icon is kept, brought here from the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is on Senya. In the margins of this list are images of the holy apostles Peter and Paul, Luke, Simon, Philip, Matthew, Mark, James, Thomas and Bartholomew and the holy martyrs Procopius, George and Mercury.

Miraculous lists from icons

After 1812, two exact copies of the Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God were left to console Muscovites. The first, as noted above, was brought to the Kremlin from the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary on Senya, located in the residential chambers of the Moscow kings, and placed behind the patriarchal place in the altar of the Assumption Cathedral.

The second miraculous list of the Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God is located in the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Izmailovo.

Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God. Izmailovsky list

It was written in the second half of the 17th century in the Kremlin Armory. In addition to healings during the plague of 1771, this icon helped stop the cholera epidemic that was approaching Moscow from the south. Residents of villages located on the territory of the modern Southern District asked to be released to them miraculous icon to perform public prayers, which was done on September 15, 1866. After prayers before the image of the Mother of God of Jerusalem in Kolomenskoye, Dyakovo, Saburov and other villages, not a single person died from cholera. The icon remained in the Intercession Cathedral until 1932, when the cathedral, closed five years earlier, was destroyed. Only a few icons were preserved. Among them was “Jerusalemskaya”, which was transferred to the Church of the Nativity of Christ in Izmailovo. After the restoration of the Intercession Cathedral, the icon was returned to its original place, where the blackened image was soon miraculously renewed. On the sides of the ark of the miraculous icon are the apostles and three martyrs.

Other locally revered lists from the Jerusalem icon

Ancient lists of the miraculous icon are also found:

- in the Church of the Resurrection of the Word at the Jerusalem Compound,

- in the church Life-Giving Trinity in Veshnyaki (Moscow),

- in New Jerusalem, Bronnitsy (Moscow diocese) and other places.

On Athos, in the Russian Athos Panteleimon Monastery (“Rusike”), above the royal doors of the cathedral Church of the Intercession there is also a revered Jerusalem image of the Mother of God. This icon is an exact copy of the Krivoezersk Jerusalem icon. This image was painted in 1825 by Nikon, hieromonk of the Nilo-Sora desert.

Icon of the Mother of God of Jerusalem of Gethsemane

The Gethsemane Icon of the Mother of God of Jerusalem is located in close proximity to the Garden of Gethsemane, in the tomb of the Mother of God, where her most pure body remained for three days.

Tomb of the Mother of God

The Sepulcher of the Mother of God is a small domed chapel with a very low and narrow entrance.

Behind the tomb of the Mother of God, in a stone icon case, is the miraculous icon of the Mother of God of Jerusalem

Icon of Our Lady of Jerusalem of Gethsemane of Russian writing in a stone icon case in the Orthodox Church of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary in Gethsemane (Jerusalem)

The Icon of Our Lady of Jerusalem of Gethsemane, located in the Orthodox Church of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary in Gethsemane (Jerusalem), was painted relatively recently (100-120 years ago) by Russian
nun-icon painter of one of the monasteries of Jerusalem, to whom appeared Holy Virgin and ordered to paint Her image. The image was painted and the Mother of God is depicted on it as she appeared in the vision.

Iconography

The image of the Jerusalem Icon is similar to the icon of the Mother of God and belongs to the iconographic type “ODIGETRIA” (Guide).

Hodegetria (Greek: "Guide")- one of the most common types of images of the Mother of God with the baby Jesus. This type of Mother of God icons became unusually widespread throughout the Christian world, and especially in Byzantium and Russia. This type includes such widely revered icons in Rus' as Tikhvin, Smolensk, Kazan, Georgian, Iverskaya, Three-Handed, Sporuchnitsa of Sinners, etc.

This is a half-length image of the Mother of God with the Child on the right or left hand. The only difference is in the position of Christ: He is turned both in figure and face to the Mother of God and, raising his head to Her, holds a scroll on his knees on his left hand, and blesses with his right hand with two fingers. Due to this appeal of the Baby to the Mother, She herself, bowing her head and turning her face to Him, looks at Him, lightly pressing one hand to her chest.

Copy of the Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God

Various versions of the Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God

There are several different versions of the Jerusalem Icon. The most common are two types: an icon, on the margins of which there are images of the holy apostles and martyrs, and an icon with the upcoming holy righteous Joachim and Anna - the parents of the Most Holy Theotokos.

The Icon of Our Lady of Jerusalem is considered healing. There are many known cases of deliverance from various diseases, but most of all, prayer in front of the Jerusalem image helps with eye diseases, including blindness, and paralysis (in the old days it was called relaxation). During the years of cholera epidemics common prayer in front of the Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God helped stop the onset of the disease. Prayer before it saves from fires, from the invasion of enemies into the territoryFatherland.

The celebration of the Icon of the Mother of God of Jerusalem is celebrated by the Church October 12/25.

Matermal prepared by Sergey SHULYAK

for the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity on Sparrow Hills

Troparion
the assurance of Your intercession / and the appearance of Your mercy / the icon of Jerusalem has appeared to us, Lady, / before her we pour out our souls in prayer / and with faith we cry out to You: / look, O Merciful One, on Your people, / quench all our sorrows and sorrows, / consolation Send down good things into our hearts / and ask for eternal salvation for our souls, O Most Pure One.

Kontakion, tone 5
Do not reject, O Merciful Mother, our tears and sighs, but having graciously accepted our petitions, strengthen the faith of those praying before Your Jerusalem icon, fill their hearts with tenderness, and help them bear the cross of earthly life, as much as you can.

Greatness
We magnify You, Most Holy Virgin, God-chosen Youth, and honor Your holy image, through which you bring healing to all who come with faith.

First prayer
O Most Holy and Most Blessed Mother of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Most Pure Ever-Virgin Mother of God Mary, our Patroness and Intercessor! We fall down and worship You before the holy and miraculous Jerusalem icon and humbly pray to You, hear the voice of our prayers offered to You from the soul, seeing our sorrows and temptations, and like a truly loving Mother, trying to help us who are helpless, sad, falling into many sins and constantly angering the Lord and our Creator. Pray to Him, O Lady, that He may not destroy us with our iniquities, but for the sake of Your intercession He will show us Your humane mercy; ask us, O All-Good One, mental and physical health, complete repentance for sins, success in Christian virtues, a grace-filled, peaceful and pious life, fruitfulness of the earth, goodness of the air, well-timed rains and blessings from above on all our good deeds and undertakings. Preserve and keep us in peace and prosperity, and hasten to all to bear the good and easy yoke of Christ in patience and humility, for the salvation of our souls, protecting us with Your Mother's protection from the temptations of the devil and all evil.

Oh, all-singing Queen, all-merciful Mother of God! Extend Your God-bearing hand in supplication to Your beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, and receive prayers to Him, together with You on Your icon, Your righteous parents, Joachim and Anna, with them beg Him to have mercy on us and deliver us from eternal destruction, and just as sometimes in great sorrow before this icon of Yours you gave consolation and good promises to the praying Nile, so even now we humble and sinners praying, hear and show us Your great generosity: heal the sick, comfort the sorrowing, deliver the needy from troubles, those who travel and preserve those who sail unharmed, and grant us all the honor to end our earthly life in a pious manner, to receive a good Christian death, to be partakers of the Holy Mysteries, and to inherit the kingdom of heaven: that in the light and joy of the saints we sing and magnify Thy mercy and our Lord Jesus Christ, born of Thee . To him, together with his beginningless Father and the Most Holy Spirit, is due all glory, honor and worship, forever and ever. Amen.

Second prayer
Most Holy Lady Lady Theotokos, hope of all who trust in You, Intercessor of the sad, Refuge of the desperate, widows and orphans, Nourisher! Hear and have mercy on us, Thy sinful and unworthy servants, who fall with tenderness before Thy most pure image: pray, O Merciful Lady, Thy Son and our Lord Jesus Christ, that He may turn away His righteous anger from us, that He may forgive our sins and iniquities, for that we may be worthy By His goodness we may end our life in repentance and receive His mercy with all His chosen ones, for Thou art blessed and glorified forever and ever. Amen.

Icon of the Mother of God “JERUSALEM”

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Description of the Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God:

The Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God, according to legend, is one of the 70 icons of the Mother of God painted by the holy evangelist Luke. In 453, the image was transferred from Jerusalem to Constantinople by the Greek king Leo the Great. In 988, Tsar Leo VI presented the icon as a gift to Grand Duke Vladimir when he was baptized in the city of Korsun (present-day Kherson). Saint Vladimir gave the Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God to the Novgorodians, but in 1571 Tsar Ivan the Terrible transferred it to Moscow to the Assumption Cathedral. During Napoleon's invasion in 1812, this icon of the Mother of God was stolen and taken to France, where it remains to this day.

The iconographic type of the Jerusalem image of the Mother of God is “HODIGETRIA” (Guide Book). There are several different versions of the Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God. The most common are two types: an icon, on the margins of which there are images of the holy apostles and martyrs, and an icon with the upcoming holy righteous Joachim and Anna - the parents of the Most Holy Theotokos.

One of the ancient copies of the miraculous Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God is currently in the Moscow Church of the Nativity of Christ in Izmailovo. The GEORGIAN icon of the Mother of God and the GREBNEV Icon of the Mother of God are similar to the Jerusalem icon.

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Prayers to the Most Holy Theotokos in front of Her icon called “Jerusalem”

Before the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Jerusalem they pray in grief, sadness and despondency, for healing from blindness, eye diseases and paralysis, during a cholera epidemic, for deliverance from the death of livestock, from fire, during relaxation, as well as during an attack by enemies.

First prayer

O Most Holy and Most Blessed Mother of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Most Pure Ever-Virgin Mother of God Mary, our Patroness and Intercessor! We fall down and worship You before the holy and miraculous Jerusalem icon and humbly pray to You, hear the voice of our prayers offered to You from the soul, seeing our sorrows and temptations, and like a truly loving Mother, trying to help us who are helpless, sad, falling into many sins and constantly angering the Lord and our Creator. Pray to Him, O Lady, that He may not destroy us with our iniquities, but for the sake of Your intercession He will show us Your humane mercy; ask us, O All-Good One, mental and physical health, complete repentance for sins, success in Christian virtues, a grace-filled, peaceful and pious life, fruitfulness of the earth, goodness of the air, well-timed rains and blessings from above on all our good deeds and undertakings. Preserve and keep us in peace and prosperity, and hasten to all to bear the good and easy yoke of Christ in patience and humility, for the salvation of our souls, protecting us with Your Mother's protection from the temptations of the devil and all evil.

Oh, all-singing Queen, all-merciful Mother of God! Extend Your God-bearing hand in supplication to Your beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, and receive prayers to Him, together with You on Your icon, Your righteous parents, Joachim and Anna, with them beg Him to have mercy on us and deliver us from eternal destruction, and just as sometimes in great sorrow before this icon of Yours you gave consolation and good promises to the praying Nile, so even now we humble and sinners praying, hear and show us Your great generosity: heal the sick, comfort the sorrowing, deliver the needy from troubles, travel and sailors unharmed preserve, and grant us all a pious end to our earthly life, to receive a good Christian death, to be partakers of the Holy Mysteries, and to inherit the heavenly kingdom: that in the light and joy of the saints we sing and magnify Thy mercy and our Lord Jesus Christ, born of Thee. To him, together with his beginningless Father and the Most Holy Spirit, is due all glory, honor and worship, forever and ever. Amen.

Second prayer

Most Holy Lady, Lady Theotokos, hope of all who trust in You, Intercessor of the sad, refuge of the desperate, widows and orphans, Nourisher! Hear and have mercy on us, Thy sinful and unworthy servants, who fall with tenderness before Thy most pure image: pray, O Merciful Lady, Thy Son and our Lord Jesus Christ, that He may turn away His righteous anger from us, that He may forgive our sins and iniquities, for that we may be worthy By His goodness we may end our life in repentance and receive His mercy with all His chosen ones, for Thou art blessed and glorified forever and ever. Amen.

Troparion, tone 4

O blessed Lady, glorified Mother of generosity and love for mankind, all-merciful Intercessor for the whole world! Thy servants diligently resort to Thy intercession and, with tenderness, we pray to Thy most wonderful image: create a warm prayer for Thy Son and our God, O All-Sung Queen Theotokos, that for Thy sake He may deliver us from all illnesses and sorrows, and free us from all sins , Heirs of His Heavenly Kingdom will show us: great and indescribable is the Mother’s boldness towards Him and you can ask everything from Him, One who is blessed forever.

Kontakion, tone 5

Do not reject, O Merciful Mother, our tears and sighs, but having graciously accepted our petitions, strengthen the faith of those praying before Your Jerusalem icon, fill their hearts with tenderness, and help them bear the cross of earthly life, as much as you can.

Greatness

We magnify You, Most Holy Virgin, God-chosen Youth, and honor Your holy image, through which you bring healing to all who come with faith.

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Akathist to the Holy Mother of God before her Icon,
CALLED "JERUSALEM"

Kontakion 1
To the most blessed Virgin, chosen from all generations, we offer praise in praise, as the Mother of the essence of God. Thou art the merciful Mother who appeared to the earth-born, giving joy to those who suffer, healing to those suffering from various ailments and protection from the slander of the enemy, and speedy hearing to all who pray to You. Moreover, in joy and tenderness we cry out to Ti: Rejoice, our joy, deliver us from all need and sorrow.

Ikos 1
The faces of archangels and angels in heaven and multitudes of people on earth glorify Thee, the Queen of all and the Mother of God, for Thou hast given us great joy and consolation: Thy holy image, standing before it reverently, we tenderly call to Thee: Rejoice, foreseen from eternity by the Lord and King fame; Rejoice, prepurified through generations and generations of the righteous. Rejoice, most holy Virgin, chosen by God himself to be the Mother of the Son of God; Rejoice, worthy fruit of Your sinless parents Joachim and Anna. Rejoice, Bride of God, raised in the earthly house of the Heavenly King; Rejoice, overjoyed by the gospel of the Archangel Gabriel of God. Rejoice, exalted above all women by the birth from You of the Savior of the world; Rejoice, our joy, deliver us from all need and sorrow.

Kontakion 2
The honorable cherubim and the most glorious seraphim, surrounding the all-powerful throne of the Most Holy Trinity, look at You in ardent reverence, as if they are present there in glory, praying to the merciful God for the Christian race. We are here on the land of Your coming holy icon, with all our hearts we joyfully and reverently cry out to the Most High: Alleluia.

Ikos 2
The apostles of Christ were enlightened by the spirit of God, since the mark on the deck would be desirable for believers Holy Face The Most Pure Virgin Mother of God, who chose the divine Luke from among herself, like a wonderful painter. And then, ask the Motherly blessing from You, supported by fasting and prayer, by writing the first icon of You, Master, to which You Yourself proclaimed: My grace and strength will be with You. For this reason, we call You with tenderness: Rejoice, for not only did You not forbid, but You Yourself deigned that Your Most Pure face would be depicted on the deck; Rejoice, for as you ascended to heaven, you left us the mark of Your face as a pledge of Your love. Rejoice, for after Your departure to heaven, Your holy image became a true consolation to all believers; Rejoice, for all Christians have flocked to Gethsemane to Your image, as if You were the living One, to worship. Rejoice, for who then looked at Your image found relief in spiritual sorrows; Rejoice, for you who prayed with tears before Your icon for the healing of those who were sick. Rejoice, for even now all those who pray before Your Most Pure Image accept the fulfillment of their petitions; Rejoice, our joy, deliver us from all need and sorrow.

Kontakion 3
The grace-filled power You bestowed on Your first-painted icon also manifested itself in many likenesses of It, when Your devoted child prayed to the apostles, may they multiply Your icons, so that everyone may have them each in their home, and, rejoicing and reverently, glorify You, the Most Holy Mother Almighty God, crying out to him: Alleluia.

Ikos 3
Having immeasurable love for the God-given children of God, You blessed the holy apostles to create even up to thirty marks of Your Most Pure Face, for the consolation and joy of the verbal sheep of the flock of Your Holy Son. In the same way, with all-hearted reverence, we call Ti: Rejoice, praised by the angels and sung by the seraphim; Rejoice, for through You the whole universe of joy and joy is filled. Rejoice, for You have given us Your icons for prayerful communication with You; Rejoice, for through them you pour out good deeds throughout the world. Rejoice, for You have abundantly transferred Your grace-filled power to this icon; Rejoice, for having covered us with Your holy icon, You Yourself dwell invisibly among us. Rejoice, we worship the most glorious icon of Yours, we worship You, the true Mother of God; Rejoice, our joy, deliver us from all need and sorrow.

Kontakion 4
Overwhelmed by the worries of life and overcome by the temptations of sin, Thy servants, humble and sinful, taking refuge under Thy merciful protection, as if in a quiet and silent refuge, we diligently pray to Thee: pour Thy invisibly life-giving grace into our souls and pacify our dejected hearts, to a pure mind and undefiled With our lips we always cry: Alleluia.

Ikos 4
King Leo of the Greeks heard that a great many miracles and countless blessings emanate from the icon of the Mother of God, as in Jerusalem, he desired to have it in his country, and when it was brought to holy Constantinople, great miracles emanated. People, having seen such mercy of God towards them, in unspeakable joy, cried out to the Blessed One: Rejoice, O Thou Overjoyed, who has overshadowed our country with your coming; Rejoice, blessed Virgin, compassionate Mother, Christian of all countries. Rejoice, for you accept every request from every Christian soul; Rejoice, for you hear all the voices calling on Thee from everywhere in the universe. Rejoice, for with Your protection you cover the entire Christian race; Rejoice, for You extend Your grace and Your mercies to all those near and far. Rejoice, for you have graciously given all the good things in this life to everyone; Rejoice, our joy, deliver us from all need and sorrow.

Kontakion 5
Looking at Your image and sensing Your closeness to Your children, all the redemptions through the blood of Your Son hastily flow to You, telling each one his own needs and requirements. They pray to You to satisfy their spiritual and physical sorrows, while others, at the beginning of their paths, expect blessings and prosperity in their affairs of acceptance from You, friends of family peace, harmony and love, ask to grant them. Oppression from evil people ov They seek protection and protection from You, and all this acceptably and joyfully cry out: Alleluia.

Ikos 5
You see the people of the Greek countries, as if Your icon was not only an abyss of miracles and an inexhaustible source for them, but also a powerful victory over the adversaries, many times before the hordes of the enemy, and they were defeated and scattered, and the Scythians were also defeated to the end. The pious people, seeing this, exclaimed in joyful awe: Rejoice, chosen Voevodo, conquering enemies; Rejoice, for you have granted victory to us who are unarmed and who are fully armed. Rejoice, you who bring terror and intimidation to the unfaithful through Your icon; Rejoice, invincible Commander of Christian armies in battle against enemies. Rejoice, protecting Your people with Your icon, like an indestructible wall; Rejoice, you who save us from troubles, all kinds of evils and misfortunes.
Rejoice, for before Thy icon demonic possession is freed from demonic oppression; Rejoice, our joy, deliver us from all need and sorrow.

Kontakion 6
The God-bearing preachers, the holy apostles, the most pure image of Thy, glorify Thee, all the Queen and Lady, and from Thee the Christ our God born, together with the howls of the holy martyrs, Thy invisible companions in the cause of war, unceasingly cry out: Alleluia.

Ikos 6
A wonderful icon of the Mother of God and the entire Russian land rose, when the mighty Russian prince Vladimir, with a great army, entered the borders of the Greek, but not even shedding Christian blood, but washed away his sins with holy baptism, accepted the Orthodox, Greek faith, and all his companions . Then this holy icon of Jerusalem was given to him, a priceless gift, and he brought it to his capital city of Kyiv. The people of Russia, enlightened by the light of Christ, cried out to the Queen of Heaven in tenderness: Rejoice, Most Honest Cherub and Who surpasses without comparison all the heavenly powers; Rejoice, you who are exalted in grief and always listen cordially to those who live humbly. Rejoice, you who want to save everyone, you came to us through your icon to save us; Rejoice, for you have received us in the darkness of sinners, under Your all-powerful care and maternal care. Rejoice, thou who enlighten us all with the Divine light from Thy icon; Rejoice, you who bring us all to Christ God. Rejoice, thou who openest the doors of heaven to us all; Rejoice, our joy, deliver us from all need and sorrow.

Kontakion 7
Having all-heartedly desired to attract to Christ all the people who exist in His dominion, and to enlighten all the remote ends of the Russian land with the light of true knowledge of God, the noble Prince Vladimir commanded that the holy icon of Jerusalem be transferred from the city of Kiev to Veliky Novgorod, and there the icon of this year was brought to the fullest. come to the city of Moscow, let it exude miracles in the heart of Russia and within Moscow, and from there the people of Orthodoxy, filled with the mercies and grace of the Mother of God, sing a song of praise to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 7
Thou hast surprised us with Thy mercies, O Lord, by multiplying the miraculous icons of Thy Most Pure Mother in our Fatherland, which Thou hast scattered like heavenly stars over the entire face of the Russian land, bestowing through them great and innumerable benefits to Her pious inhabitants. In the same way, reverent before the majesty of Your glory and bowing the knees of our hearts before the Most Pure Image of Your Most Blessed Mother, we tenderly cry out to Her: Rejoice, Lady, who has chosen the Russian country as your lot and inheritance; Rejoice, thou who hast so loved our surroundings. Rejoice, Thou who hast given us Thy miraculous icon as an invaluable inheritance from ancient times; Rejoice, as with this icon flowing around the cities and towns, like a cloud, covering everyone with grace and mercy. Rejoice, for by bringing Your icon every place is sanctified and people are renewed; Rejoice, for from Your icon sources of miracles flow forth everywhere. Rejoice, for we, sinners, are delivered from troubles and misfortunes through Your holy icon; Rejoice, our Joy, deliver us from all need and sorrow.

Kontakion 8
It is strange to the human mind, but marvelous to the heart of a believer, how the appearance of this icon of the Mother of God took place, as if from a dry board, on which Your Most Pure Face is depicted, moreover, the natural cup began to take place, for much power emanated from Your icon, bringing healing to the sick and paralyzed, still having seen miracles these, in Divine delight, together with those healed, joyfully exclaimed the praise of God: Alleluia.

Ikos 8
Having compassion for all and doing good to all who honor Thee, Thou didst deign to glorify Thy icon on the day of the savage death of the plague, filling the hearts of all with great fear. Moreover, everyone then came in repentance and tenderly prayed to You in Your temple and in their homes, having brought this icon of Yours to them, sudden death I run away, and in joyful trepidation I cry out to You in thanksgiving singing like this: Rejoice, warm intercessor for us before the merciful God; Rejoice, for through Your Motherly prayers God’s anger against us is quenched. Rejoice, for through You forgiveness is granted to the repentant sinner; Rejoice, You who turn stubborn sinners to the true path. Rejoice, thou who inclines the proud to humility and brings the hard-hearted into tenderness; Rejoice, on the terrible day of God’s wrath, showing us maternal love and extreme condescension. Rejoice, our joy, deliver us from all need and sorrow.

Kontakion 9
Our entire neighborhood is under the shadow of Your honorable icon, abiding and protected by Your strong intercession, we unceasingly pray to You, good Mother, that you may preserve peace and silence for all of us, and deliver us from unrest and unrest, from sedition and internecine warfare, and from all deadly ulcers, Yes, everyone abiding in piety, in a quiet and silent life, complacently sings the praises of God: Alleluia.

Ikos 9
What sage will be able to express the power of grace that You have given to this icon, what song of a sweet singer will be worthy of praising all Your miracles, as by bringing Your icon to every place, various blessings are exuded: where there is heat, drought, there it rains abundantly, and where there is destructive lack of water, there the sun will shine, but evil plagues will change, and people, having received Your mercy and blessings, cry out to You from the depths of their souls: Rejoice, most immaculate Youth, who through Your extreme humility has bowed the heavens down to the descent into You of the Son of God; Rejoice, Queen of heaven and earth, to whom land and sea obey. Rejoice, Lady, for by You the rains are well-timed and the blessings of the air are sent down to us; Rejoice, our warm Representative, who averts harmful strikes of thunder and lightning from us. Rejoice, as a fire consuming the houses and pastures of men, quenched by the dew of Your prayers; Rejoice, for by bringing Your icon sowing, people avoid mortal infection. Rejoice, our joy, deliver us from all need and sorrow.

Kontakion 10
A saving refuge for the faithful among the storms and turmoil of the sea of life, showing us all the good path to the eternal heavenly refuge, help us immaculately walk the path of this temporary life, perfect us in all virtue and keep us all in purity and holiness, lead us to the blessed kingdom of Your Son, Yes, we too, having been saved by You, will be able, together with the angels and faces of the saints, to forever sing a song of praise: Alleluia.

Ikos 10
We immutably believe, Lady, as through Your invisible intercession, like a strong wall, protecting us all from temptations and troubles, and all the malicious actions of our enemies, visible and invisible. For this reason, we cry out to You with tears: Rejoice, our Guardian, who invisibly protects us from demonic malice; Rejoice, envy and deceit of evil people wisely destroy us. Rejoice, thou who mercifully protects us on all the paths of our life; Rejoice, vigilantly guarding all our thoughts from evil attacks and vain dreams. Rejoice, all our desires for good and salvation are always guiding; Rejoice, for you secretly instruct us to do good for the glory of God. Rejoice, our Leader of Life, guiding us to heaven to the blessed fatherland; Rejoice, our joy, deliver us from all need and sorrow.

Kontakion 11
We silently sing songs of praise to Thee, Mother of God, as through Thy prayers to Thy Son and our God, we preserve cities and towns from evil circumstances, give peace and abundance and all the good things in life to all who honor Thee, instruct all ages on the path of salvation, and admonish everyone to sing to the merciful God who loves mankind: Alleluia.

Ikos 11
With the divine light of Your most pure soul You enlighten the entire universe and with this icon of Yours you fill the hearts of all with gladness and joy, bringing grace everywhere with it. For this reason, both old and young, young men and children, in feelings of deepest reverence, according to You, call: Rejoice, you who shed consolation into the hearts of the elderly; Rejoice, for you have given a good upbringing to an infant and the development of the mind to accept useful teachings. Rejoice, you who instruct young people in chastity, keeping them in the virgin purity of their souls; Rejoice, blessed consummation of Christian marriages. Rejoice, you who as a good farmer asks God for fertility; Rejoice, You are the calling traveler and the merciful companion of those sailing on the sea. Rejoice, our joy, deliver us from all need and sorrow.

Kontakion 12
The great grace given to You is from God, the Most Blessed Mother of God, to edify the poor, heal the sick, and also help the needy, comfort the grieving and turn all those who are lost to the path of salvation. In the same way, all who labor and are burdened have the good Mother in You, and through You the unspoken mercies acceptably and tenderly cry out: Alleluia.

Ikos 12
Singing Thy miracles, Mother of God, in whose image You show us Your many love and mercy, we praise Thy miraculous power, O omnipotent Our Lady, and standing before Thy Most Pure Image, we pray to Thee: satisfy our sorrows and deliver us from all evil, and always with Thy prayers in Thy love abidingly, in tenderness of heart we call Ti: Rejoice, bringing comfort and joy to all who mourn and are burdened; Rejoice, our quick-to-hear, who are present to us in troubles and misfortunes, quick help sending. Rejoice, who in sickness call upon Thee, Thy healing power and granting a speedy recovery; Rejoice, Thy all-forgiving love, which introduces everywhere into the place of anger and hatred and reconciles those who are bitterly at war. Rejoice, invisible Teacher of orphans and homeless widows, unfailing Patroness; Rejoice, our only hope, consolation and consolation in the painful hour of death. Rejoice, warm intercessor after our death for us sinners at the throne of the Most High; Rejoice, our joy, deliver us from all need and sorrow.

Kontakion 13
Oh, All-Singing Mother, Queen of Heaven, who gave birth to Christ, the Son of God and Savior of the world. Accept now from all our hearts this prayer offered to You and by Your omnipotent intercession save us from all troubles and misfortunes in this life, and grant us in eternal bliss with all the saints to sing the praise of God: Alleluia.

(This kontakion is read three times, then ikos 1 and kontakion 1)

According to the pious Tradition of the Church, some of the ancient miraculous images The Mother of God were painted by the first icon painter, the holy apostle and evangelist Luke, during the earthly life of the Ever-Virgin. These include Vladimir, Smolensk and other icons. It is believed that the image of the Jerusalem icon was also painted by the Apostle Luke, and this happened in the Holy Land, in Gethsemane, in the fifteenth year after the Savior’s ascension to heaven.

Under the Byzantine Emperor Leo the Great (457-474), the Jerusalem icon was transferred to Constantinople and placed in the Church of the Mother of God, called the “Pygy,” that is, “Source.” Under Emperor Heraclius (575-641), the city was besieged by the Scythians; it was not taken only thanks to popular prayer in front of this icon. In memory of such a miracle, the image was transferred to one of the main churches of Byzantium - the Blachernae Church, where it remained for almost three centuries.

At the beginning of the 10th century, the Jerusalem icon came to the Crimean city of Chersonesos, from where Prince Vladimir the Holy took the icon to Kyiv. When, following the Kyivians, the Novgorodians accepted holy baptism and conversion to Christianity, the prince sent this image to them as a farewell. After all, “Hodegetria” means “Guide”.

For more than four hundred years, the image of the Mother of God remained in the St. Sophia Cathedral of Veliky Novgorod. His veneration here determines the special love for the Jerusalem icon in many cities and villages of the Russian North.

The compositional features of the icon are as follows. Our Lady and Child on right hand depicted from the waist up and looking at the Son facing Her. The maforium, freely falling from the head of the Virgin, reveals a bright, often red, reverse side in the lapels. The mirror image of this iconographic type is called the Mother of God of Georgia - this icon was also especially revered in the ancient Novgorod lands.

In the middle of the 16th century, during the reign of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, the Jerusalem icon was taken to the Moscow Assumption Cathedral and placed among other shrines that patronized the former appanage principalities. Surrounded by universal veneration, the icon remained in the Kremlin until 1812, when it was captured by the French and taken to France. In Paris, in the Cathedral of Notre Dame, the icon is kept to this day.

As a consolation for Muscovites, two exact copies of the Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God were left. The first was brought to the Kremlin from the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary on Senya, which was located in the residential chambers of the Moscow kings. In the Assumption Cathedral it was located behind the patriarch's seat. On the margins of this list were images of the holy apostles Paul, Peter, Luke, Simon, Philip, Matthew, Mark, James, Thomas and Bartholomew, as well as the holy martyrs Procopius, Demetrius, George and Mercury.

The second copy of the Jerusalem image is in the never-closed Church of the Nativity of Christ in Izmailovo. It was brought here from the neighboring Intercession Cathedral of the royal estate on Serebryano-Vinogradsky Island. As if anticipating that the capital would lose the first image of the miraculous icon, the Moscow sovereigns at one time ordered copies of it to be written and placed in their home churches.

The Jerusalem icon is large in size and therefore heavy. During religious processions, eight people can hardly carry it. On the sides of her ark there are also depictions of the apostles and three martyrs. Unlike other lists, in Izmailovo the fingers of the blessing right hand of the Savior are folded in names.

The Jerusalem icon from Izmailovo has been surrounded by special love among Muscovites since 1866, when procession with it he saved the residents of the villages of Nagatino, Novinki and Dyakovo near Kolomenskoye from cholera. In previous years, from Easter to October 12, this icon was carried in religious processions throughout the Moscow region. On October 12, the feast of the Jerusalem Icon was celebrated. Nowadays, an akathist to the Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God is read every Sunday in the Izmailovo church.

Another locally revered copy of the Jerusalem icon was located in the Jerusalem chapel of the Moscow Trinity Church in Vishnyaki, but traces of it have been lost. The same was the fate of the miraculous copy of the Jerusalem icon from the Trinity Krivoozersk Hermitage, which was located directly opposite the city of Yuryevets, near the mouth of the Unzha River (now Ivanovo region). This monastery has long been hidden under the waters of the Gorky Reservoir. The Krivoozersky list was written in 1709 by the monk Korniliy, who before his tonsure was known under the name of the royal icon painter Kirill Ulanov. This list is glorified by many miracles. There were also miraculous copies of the Jerusalem Icon in Volyn (the village of Onyshkovtsy near the city of Dubno), above the royal doors of the Intercession Cathedral of the Russian Panteleimon Monastery on Holy Mount Athos, in the Gamaleev Nativity of the Theotokos Monastery near the city of Shostka, in Bronnitsy near Moscow.

In the center of Bronnitsy there is a temple built in 1840 and dedicated to the Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God. This temple still contains an exact copy of the Moscow miraculous work from the Assumption Cathedral.

It is believed that the Bronnitsy list was made back in the 16th century and until 1771 it was not in the temple, but in the cemetery chapel. In 1771, the icon became famous for healing those suffering from pestilence and was transferred to the temple. In memory of the miracles, the residents of Bronnitsy decided to make a religious procession around the city every year on the 10th Sunday of Easter. Many miraculous healings occurred during the cholera years of 1848 and 1864. In 1866, cholera appeared in Podolsk. Then the residents of Podolsk, overcome with fear, turned to Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow with a request to release the famous miraculous Moscow Iveron Icon to them. However, at that time cholera was raging in Moscow, prayers were served almost continuously in front of Iverskaya and the image was carried around the city. The Moscow ruler blessed to take the Jerusalem icon from Bronnitsy, famous for its miracles, instead of Iverskaya. On August 12, a huge icon in a two-pound silver-gilded frame was brought to Podolsk. Thousands of people came out to meet her. And a miracle happened! On this day, not only were there no deaths in the city, but no one even got sick. Cholera declined sharply and soon ceased. In memory of this, grateful Podolsk residents began to bring the miraculous icon from Bronnitsy to Podolsk every year on August 12 with great triumph. An exact copy was made of it and a new image was placed in the Trinity Cathedral of Podolsk.

The annual forty-verst religious procession with the Jerusalem icon has become, perhaps, one of the most remarkable events in the church life of Podolsk.

The most famous is the copy of the Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God, given by St. Philaret of Moscow through the famous Christ for the sake of the holy fool Ivan Stepanovich in 1855 to the Holy Cross convent of the Podolsk district of the Moscow province. In 1873, the consecration of a temple in the name of the Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God took place there. The famous Icon of Jerusalem (Bronnitskaya), which visited this monastery more than once, was also deeply revered in the monastery. In 1892, residents of Bronnitsy donated an exact copy of the miraculous Jerusalem Bronnitsy to the Resurrection Cathedral being built in the monastery. Two monastic holidays were associated with the Jerusalem icon: August 8 - the day of the transfer of the image from Bronnitsy and October 12 - main holiday miraculous Jerusalem.

In 1911 she visited the monastery Grand Duchess Elisaveta Feodorovna. The monastery quickly gained fame as a spiritual, charitable and educational center in the Podolsk region. After the coup of 1917, the authorities banned the religious procession with the Jerusalem Bronnitsy Icon. Not far from the Holy Cross Monastery was the Gorki estate, where Lenin settled. It is not surprising that the monastery was soon closed, and all mention of it disappeared from the press. But it is providential that it will be one of the first to be reopened in the early 1990s. Nowadays it is a stauropegic monastery, under the direct control of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'. Again, prayer singing is heard here, addressed to the Jerusalem icon - the Mentor, the Guide of all Orthodox Christians.

Troparion, tone 4

O blessed Lady, glorified Mother of generosity and love for mankind, all-merciful Intercessor for the whole world! Thy servants diligently resort to Thy intercession and to Thy wonderful image, with tenderness, we pray: create a warm prayer for Thy Son and our God, O All-Sung Queen Theotokos, that for Thy sake He may deliver us from all illnesses and sorrows, and free us from all sins, We, the heirs of His Heavenly Kingdom, will show: great and indescribable is the Mother’s boldness towards Him and that you can ask everything from Him, one who is forever Blessed.

Troparion, tone 3

The icon of Jerusalem appeared to us, the Lady, of Your intercession, the assurance and mercy of Your mercy. Before her, we pour out our souls in prayer and cry out to You in faith: look, O Merciful One, upon Thy people, quench all our sorrows and sorrows, send down good consolation into our hearts and ask for eternal salvation for our souls, O Most Pure One.

Prayer

Most Holy Lady Lady Theotokos, hope of all who trust in You, Intercessor of the sad, Refuge of the desperate, widows and orphans, Nourisher! Hear and have mercy on us, Thy sinful and unworthy servants, who fall with tenderness before Thy most pure image: pray, O Merciful Lady, Thy Son and our Lord Jesus Christ, that He may turn away His righteous anger from us, that He may forgive our sins and iniquities, for that we may be worthy By His goodness we may end our life in repentance and receive His mercy with all His chosen ones, for Thou art blessed and glorified forever and ever. Amen.

It is hardly possible to find those solemn meetings and farewells of miraculous icons, as is observed with the miraculous icon of the Mother of God of Jerusalem. Whatever the weather - or the hottest, in summer time, or cold, in the fall, thousands of people go to meet the Bronnitsky Jerusalem Mother of God. Many banners, thousands of pilgrims, the ringing of bells, and at the head of the procession, as if in the air, a majestic icon of the Mother of God walks on the shoulders of pilgrims.

Eyewitness testimony

According to the pious Tradition of the Church, some of the ancient miraculous images of the Mother of God were painted by the first icon painter, the holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke, even during the earthly life of the Ever-Virgin. These include Vladimir, Smolensk and other icons. It is believed that the image of the Jerusalem icon was also painted by the Apostle Luke, and this happened in the Holy Land, in Gethsemane, in the fifteenth year after the Savior’s ascension to heaven.

Under the Byzantine Emperor Leo the Great (457-474), the Jerusalem icon was transferred to Constantinople and placed in the Church of the Mother of God, called “Pygey,” that is, “Source.” Under Emperor Heraclius (575-641), the city was besieged by the Scythians; it was not taken only thanks to popular prayer in front of this icon. In memory of such a miracle, the image was transferred to one of the main churches of Byzantium - the Blachernae Church, where it remained for almost three centuries.

The compositional features of the icon are as follows. The Mother of God with the Child on her right hand is depicted from the waist up and looks at the Son facing Her. The maforium, freely falling from the head of the Virgin, reveals a bright, often red, reverse side in the lapels. The mirror image of this iconographic type is called the Mother of God of Georgia - this icon was also especially revered in the ancient Novgorod lands.

The Jerusalem Icon from Izmailovo has been especially loved by Muscovites since 1866, when a religious procession with it saved the residents of the villages of Nagatino, Novinki and Dyakovo near Kolomenskoye from cholera. In previous years, from Easter to October 12, this icon was carried in religious processions throughout the Moscow region. On October 12, the feast of the Jerusalem Icon was celebrated. Nowadays, an akathist to the Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God is read every Sunday in the Izmailovo church.

The annual forty-verst religious procession with the Jerusalem icon has become, perhaps, one of the most remarkable events in the church life of Podolsk.

In 1911, Grand Duchess Elisaveta Feodorovna visited the monastery. The monastery quickly gained fame as a spiritual, charitable and educational center in the Podolsk region. After the coup of 1917, the authorities banned the religious procession with the Jerusalem Bronnitsy Icon. Not far from the Holy Cross Monastery was the Gorki estate, where Lenin settled. It is not surprising that the monastery was soon closed, and all mention of it disappeared from the press. But it is providential that it will be one of the first to be reopened in the early 1990s. Nowadays it is a stauropegic monastery, under the direct control of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'. Again, prayer singing is heard here, addressed to the Jerusalem icon - the Mentor, the Guide of all Orthodox Christians.

Troparion, tone 4
O blessed Lady, glorified Mother of generosity and love for mankind, all-merciful Intercessor for the whole world! Thy servants diligently resort to Thy intercession and to Thy wonderful image, with tenderness, we pray: create a warm prayer for Thy Son and our God, O All-Sung Queen Theotokos, that for Thy sake He may deliver us from all illnesses and sorrows, and free us from all sins, We, the heirs of His Heavenly Kingdom, will show: great and indescribable is the Mother’s boldness towards Him and that you can ask everything from Him, one who is forever Blessed.
Troparion, tone 3
The icon of Jerusalem appeared to us, the Lady, of Your intercession, the assurance and mercy of Your mercy. Before her, we pour out our souls in prayer and cry out to You in faith: look, O Merciful One, upon Thy people, quench all our sorrows and sorrows, send down good consolation into our hearts and ask for eternal salvation for our souls, O Most Pure One.
Prayer
Most Holy Lady Lady Theotokos, hope of all who trust in You, Intercessor of the sad, Refuge of the desperate, widows and orphans, Nourisher! Hear and have mercy on us, Thy sinful and unworthy servants, who fall with tenderness before Thy most pure image: pray, O Merciful Lady, Thy Son and our Lord Jesus Christ, that He may turn away His righteous anger from us, that He may forgive our sins and iniquities, for that we may be worthy By His goodness we may end our life in repentance and receive His mercy with all His chosen ones, for Thou art blessed and glorified forever and ever. Amen.

24 / 10 / 2005

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