Prayer
One hundred fifty Angelic Salutations mirroring the Psalter — revived for Eastern Christians by St Seraphim of Sarov, later ordered as fifteen mysteries by Hieromartyr Bishop Seraphim (Zvezdinsky). Use Focus above; choose a full session or one decade a day.
One hundred fifty Angelic Salutations in fifteen decades of ten. After each decade: the Our Father and “Open unto us the door of thy loving-kindness…”. This is the living heart of the Rule as St Seraphim taught it — simple enough to keep daily, whether all fifteen decades at once or spaced across days.
Each decade is opened by “Let us remember…” naming an event in the life of the Theotokos and Christ, and “Let us pray for…” naming an intention. After-decade personal petitions survive from a holy nun among Seraphim’s disciples; Seraphim’s own after-decade prayers were kept secret, and a few later petitions were reconstructed where the tradition was incomplete.
In the early twentieth century, Hieromartyr Bishop Seraphim (Zvezdinsky) of Dmitrov fixed the fifteen mysteries as a continuous meditation on the Theotokos’s life — from her Nativity to her glory. Modern manuals often add a corresponding troparion or hymn to each decade. The mysteries themselves are Zvezdinsky’s ordering of what Seraphim’s circle already remembered.
The 8th-century Thebaid origin is pious tradition, not independently verified history.
Tap a decade to expand its meditation, intention, liturgical note, and prayers. In prayer modes, the same cards open with a salutation counter.
Let us remember the birth of the Mother of God.
Liturgy · Great Feast — 8 September. The Church begins her year of feasts with Mary’s birth as the dawn of salvation’s history.
Scripture · Protoevangelium tradition; cf. the feast’s readings (Gen 28:10–17; Ezek 43:27–44:4; Prov 9:1–11).
After · Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, save and preserve your servants (names of parents, relatives, friends), increase their faith and repentance, and when they die give them rest with the saints in your eternal glory.
Let us remember the feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin and Mother of God.
Liturgy · Great Feast — 21 November. Mary is brought as a child into the Temple, foreshadowing the Church as living temple.
Scripture · Protoevangelium tradition; feast readings (Ex 40; 1 Kgs 7–8; Ezek 43–44; Heb 9:1–7; Lk 10:38–42; 11:27–28).
After · Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, save and preserve and unite or re-unite to the Holy Orthodox Church your servants who have lost their path and fallen away (names).
Let us remember the Annunciation of the Blessed Mother of God.
Liturgy · Great Feast — 25 March. “Today is the beginning of our salvation.” The Logos takes flesh.
Scripture · Luke 1:26–38.
After · Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, soothe our sorrows and send consolation to your servants who are grieving and ill (names).
Let us remember the meeting of the Blessed Virgin with the righteous Elizabeth.
Liturgy · Mary’s visit; the unborn John leaps; the Magnificat. In the West often kept as Visitation (31 May / 2 July).
Scripture · Luke 1:39–56.
After · Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, unite your servants who are separated.
Let us remember the Birth of Christ.
Liturgy · Great Feast — 25 December. The Theotokos gives birth to the Savior in the cave.
Scripture · Luke 2:1–20; Matthew 1:18–25.
After · Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, grant unto me, who has been baptized in Christ, to be clothed in Christ.
Let us remember the Feast of the Purification of the Lord, and the words uttered by St Simeon: “Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also.”
Liturgy · Great Feast — 2 February. Simeon’s prophecy: a sword shall pierce her soul.
Scripture · Luke 2:22–40.
After · Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, let me receive the Holy Sacrament with my last breath, and lead my soul yourself through the terrible torments.
Let us remember the flight of the Mother of God with the God-Child into Egypt.
Liturgy · The Holy Family flees Herod. Read as deliverance and as the Church’s sojourn in exile.
Scripture · Matthew 2:13–15, 19–23.
After · Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, help me avoid temptation in this life and deliver me from misfortunes.
Let us remember the disappearance of the twelve-year-old boy Jesus in Jerusalem and the sorrow of the Mother of God on this account.
Liturgy · The twelve-year-old Christ among the teachers; Mary’s sorrow and wonder.
Scripture · Luke 2:41–52.
After · Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, grant to me the unceasing Jesus Prayer.
Let us remember the miracle performed in Cana of Galilee, when the Lord turned water into wine at the words of the Mother of God: “They have no wine.”
Liturgy · Mary’s intercession: “They have no wine.” The first sign of Jesus.
Scripture · John 2:1–11.
After · Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, help me in all my affairs and deliver me from every need and sorrow.
Let us remember the Mother of God standing at the Cross of the Lord, when grief pierced through her heart like a sword.
Liturgy · Great and Holy Friday. Mary at the Cross; the new motherhood given to the beloved disciple.
Scripture · John 19:25–27; cf. Luke 2:35.
After · Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, strengthen my soul and banish my despair.
This after-decade petition is among those incomplete in the disciple tradition and reconstructed in some printed manuals.
Let us remember the Resurrection of Christ and ask the Mother of God in prayer to resurrect our souls and give us new courage for spiritual feats.
Liturgy · Pascha. Joy of the Resurrection; Mary among the witnesses of the risen Lord in the Church’s memory.
Scripture · Matthew 28; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 20–21.
After · Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, resurrect my soul and give me constant readiness for spiritual feats.
Let us remember the Ascension of Christ, at which the Mother of God was present.
Liturgy · Great Feast — forty days after Pascha. Tradition places Mary among those present at the Ascension.
Scripture · Acts 1:1–12; Luke 24:50–53.
After · Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, deliver me from worldly thoughts and give me a mind and heart striving towards the salvation of my soul.
Let us remember the Upper Room and the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles and the Mother of God. Let us pray: “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.”
Liturgy · Great Feast — fifty days after Pascha. Mary is named among those in the upper room (Acts 1:14).
Scripture · Acts 1:12–14; 2:1–4; Psalm 50/51.
After · Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, make me a clean temple in which God’s Holy Spirit will ever dwell.
This after-decade petition is among those incomplete in the disciple tradition and reconstructed in some printed manuals.
Let us remember the Dormition of the Blessed Mother of God, and ask for a peaceful and serene end.
Liturgy · Great Feast — 15 August. Mary’s falling asleep and translation; the Church’s Pascha of the Theotokos.
Scripture · Tradition of the Dormition; feast readings (Gen 28; Ezek 43–44; Prov 9; Phil 2:5–11; Lk 10:38–42; 11:27–28).
After · Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, grant me a peaceful and serene end.
This after-decade petition is among those incomplete in the disciple tradition and reconstructed in some printed manuals.
Let us remember the glory of the Mother of God, with which the Lord crowned her after her removal from earth to heaven.
Liturgy · Mary crowned in glory; her protecting veil over the faithful on earth (cf. Protection / Pokrov devotion).
Scripture · Rev 12 (read typologically in the East); liturgical praise of the Queen standing at the King’s right hand (Ps 44/45).
After · Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, preserve me from every evil and cover me with your honorable protecting veil.
This after-decade petition is among those incomplete in the disciple tradition and reconstructed in some printed manuals.
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Choose Full (150) for one session, or 15 days for a single decade with opening and closing prayers. Progress for the fifteen-day cycle is remembered on this device.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. God, be merciful to me, a sinner. Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.
O Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, Who art everywhere present and fillest all things, O Treasury of every good and Bestower of life: come and dwell 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. (Three 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 Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. O Lord, blot out our sins. O Master, pardon our iniquities. O Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy Name’s sake. Lord, have mercy. (Three 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.
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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Lord, have mercy. (Three 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 God.
I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the only-begotten, begotten of the Father before all ages; Light of Light, true God of true God; begotten, not made; of one essence with the Father; by Whom all things were made; Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered, and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again with glory to judge the living and the dead; Whose kingdom shall have no end. And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life, Who proceedeth from the Father; Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; Who spake by the prophets. In one Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins. I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
O Lord, open Thou my lips, and my mouth shall show forth Thy praise.
Decade 1 of 15
Let us remember the birth of the Mother of God.
Let us pray for mothers, fathers, and children.
Great Feast — 8 September. The Church begins her year of feasts with Mary’s birth as the dawn of salvation’s history.
Protoevangelium tradition; cf. the feast’s readings (Gen 28:10–17; Ezek 43:27–44:4; Prov 9:1–11).
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Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls.
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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Open unto us the door of thy loving-kindness, O most blessed Mother of God. As we set our hope in thee, let us not be confounded, but through thee may we be delivered from all adversities. For thou art the salvation of the Christian race.
Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, save and preserve your servants (names of parents, relatives, friends), increase their faith and repentance, and when they die give them rest with the saints in your eternal glory.
Decade 2 of 15
Let us remember the feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin and Mother of God.
Let us pray for those who have lost their way and fallen away from the Church.
Great Feast — 21 November. Mary is brought as a child into the Temple, foreshadowing the Church as living temple.
Protoevangelium tradition; feast readings (Ex 40; 1 Kgs 7–8; Ezek 43–44; Heb 9:1–7; Lk 10:38–42; 11:27–28).
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Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls.
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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Open unto us the door of thy loving-kindness, O most blessed Mother of God. As we set our hope in thee, let us not be confounded, but through thee may we be delivered from all adversities. For thou art the salvation of the Christian race.
Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, save and preserve and unite or re-unite to the Holy Orthodox Church your servants who have lost their path and fallen away (names).
Decade 3 of 15
Let us remember the Annunciation of the Blessed Mother of God.
Let us pray for the soothing of sorrows and the consolation of those who grieve.
Great Feast — 25 March. “Today is the beginning of our salvation.” The Logos takes flesh.
Luke 1:26–38.
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Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls.
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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Open unto us the door of thy loving-kindness, O most blessed Mother of God. As we set our hope in thee, let us not be confounded, but through thee may we be delivered from all adversities. For thou art the salvation of the Christian race.
Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, soothe our sorrows and send consolation to your servants who are grieving and ill (names).
Decade 4 of 15
Let us remember the meeting of the Blessed Virgin with the righteous Elizabeth.
Let us pray for the reunion of the separated, for those whose dear ones or children are living away from them or missing.
Mary’s visit; the unborn John leaps; the Magnificat. In the West often kept as Visitation (31 May / 2 July).
Luke 1:39–56.
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Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls.
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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Open unto us the door of thy loving-kindness, O most blessed Mother of God. As we set our hope in thee, let us not be confounded, but through thee may we be delivered from all adversities. For thou art the salvation of the Christian race.
Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, unite your servants who are separated.
Decade 5 of 15
Let us remember the Birth of Christ.
Let us pray for the rebirth of souls, for new life in Christ.
Great Feast — 25 December. The Theotokos gives birth to the Savior in the cave.
Luke 2:1–20; Matthew 1:18–25.
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Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls.
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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Open unto us the door of thy loving-kindness, O most blessed Mother of God. As we set our hope in thee, let us not be confounded, but through thee may we be delivered from all adversities. For thou art the salvation of the Christian race.
Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, grant unto me, who has been baptized in Christ, to be clothed in Christ.
Decade 6 of 15
Let us remember the Feast of the Purification of the Lord, and the words uttered by St Simeon: “Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also.”
Let us pray that the Mother of God will meet our souls at the hour of our death, and will contrive that we receive the Holy Sacrament with our last breath, and will lead our souls through the terrible torments.
Great Feast — 2 February. Simeon’s prophecy: a sword shall pierce her soul.
Luke 2:22–40.
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Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls.
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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Open unto us the door of thy loving-kindness, O most blessed Mother of God. As we set our hope in thee, let us not be confounded, but through thee may we be delivered from all adversities. For thou art the salvation of the Christian race.
Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, let me receive the Holy Sacrament with my last breath, and lead my soul yourself through the terrible torments.
Decade 7 of 15
Let us remember the flight of the Mother of God with the God-Child into Egypt.
Let us pray that the Mother of God will help us avoid temptation in this life and deliver us from misfortunes.
The Holy Family flees Herod. Read as deliverance and as the Church’s sojourn in exile.
Matthew 2:13–15, 19–23.
Angelic Salutation
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Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls.
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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Open unto us the door of thy loving-kindness, O most blessed Mother of God. As we set our hope in thee, let us not be confounded, but through thee may we be delivered from all adversities. For thou art the salvation of the Christian race.
Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, help me avoid temptation in this life and deliver me from misfortunes.
Decade 8 of 15
Let us remember the disappearance of the twelve-year-old boy Jesus in Jerusalem and the sorrow of the Mother of God on this account.
Let us pray, begging the Mother of God for the constant repetition of the Jesus Prayer.
The twelve-year-old Christ among the teachers; Mary’s sorrow and wonder.
Luke 2:41–52.
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Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls.
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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Open unto us the door of thy loving-kindness, O most blessed Mother of God. As we set our hope in thee, let us not be confounded, but through thee may we be delivered from all adversities. For thou art the salvation of the Christian race.
Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, grant to me the unceasing Jesus Prayer.
Decade 9 of 15
Let us remember the miracle performed in Cana of Galilee, when the Lord turned water into wine at the words of the Mother of God: “They have no wine.”
Let us ask the Mother of God for help in our affairs and deliverance from need.
Mary’s intercession: “They have no wine.” The first sign of Jesus.
John 2:1–11.
Angelic Salutation
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Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls.
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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Open unto us the door of thy loving-kindness, O most blessed Mother of God. As we set our hope in thee, let us not be confounded, but through thee may we be delivered from all adversities. For thou art the salvation of the Christian race.
Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, help me in all my affairs and deliver me from every need and sorrow.
Decade 10 of 15
Let us remember the Mother of God standing at the Cross of the Lord, when grief pierced through her heart like a sword.
Let us pray to the Mother of God for the strengthening of our souls and the banishment of despondency.
Great and Holy Friday. Mary at the Cross; the new motherhood given to the beloved disciple.
John 19:25–27; cf. Luke 2:35.
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Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls.
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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Open unto us the door of thy loving-kindness, O most blessed Mother of God. As we set our hope in thee, let us not be confounded, but through thee may we be delivered from all adversities. For thou art the salvation of the Christian race.
Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, strengthen my soul and banish my despair.
This after-decade petition is among those incomplete in the disciple tradition and reconstructed in some printed manuals.
Decade 11 of 15
Let us remember the Resurrection of Christ and ask the Mother of God in prayer to resurrect our souls and give us new courage for spiritual feats.
Let us pray for the resurrection of our souls and readiness for spiritual struggle.
Pascha. Joy of the Resurrection; Mary among the witnesses of the risen Lord in the Church’s memory.
Matthew 28; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 20–21.
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Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls.
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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Open unto us the door of thy loving-kindness, O most blessed Mother of God. As we set our hope in thee, let us not be confounded, but through thee may we be delivered from all adversities. For thou art the salvation of the Christian race.
Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, resurrect my soul and give me constant readiness for spiritual feats.
Decade 12 of 15
Let us remember the Ascension of Christ, at which the Mother of God was present.
Let us pray and ask the Queen of Heaven to raise up our souls from earthly and worldly amusements and direct them to striving for higher things.
Great Feast — forty days after Pascha. Tradition places Mary among those present at the Ascension.
Acts 1:1–12; Luke 24:50–53.
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Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls.
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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Open unto us the door of thy loving-kindness, O most blessed Mother of God. As we set our hope in thee, let us not be confounded, but through thee may we be delivered from all adversities. For thou art the salvation of the Christian race.
Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, deliver me from worldly thoughts and give me a mind and heart striving towards the salvation of my soul.
Decade 13 of 15
Let us remember the Upper Room and the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles and the Mother of God. Let us pray: “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.”
Let us pray to become a clean temple of the Holy Spirit.
Great Feast — fifty days after Pascha. Mary is named among those in the upper room (Acts 1:14).
Acts 1:12–14; 2:1–4; Psalm 50/51.
Angelic Salutation
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Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls.
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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Open unto us the door of thy loving-kindness, O most blessed Mother of God. As we set our hope in thee, let us not be confounded, but through thee may we be delivered from all adversities. For thou art the salvation of the Christian race.
Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, make me a clean temple in which God’s Holy Spirit will ever dwell.
This after-decade petition is among those incomplete in the disciple tradition and reconstructed in some printed manuals.
Decade 14 of 15
Let us remember the Dormition of the Blessed Mother of God, and ask for a peaceful and serene end.
Let us pray for a peaceful and serene end.
Great Feast — 15 August. Mary’s falling asleep and translation; the Church’s Pascha of the Theotokos.
Tradition of the Dormition; feast readings (Gen 28; Ezek 43–44; Prov 9; Phil 2:5–11; Lk 10:38–42; 11:27–28).
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Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls.
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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Open unto us the door of thy loving-kindness, O most blessed Mother of God. As we set our hope in thee, let us not be confounded, but through thee may we be delivered from all adversities. For thou art the salvation of the Christian race.
Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, grant me a peaceful and serene end.
This after-decade petition is among those incomplete in the disciple tradition and reconstructed in some printed manuals.
Decade 15 of 15
Let us remember the glory of the Mother of God, with which the Lord crowned her after her removal from earth to heaven.
Let us pray to the Queen of Heaven not to abandon the faithful who are on earth but to defend them from every evil, covering them with her honorable and protecting veil.
Mary crowned in glory; her protecting veil over the faithful on earth (cf. Protection / Pokrov devotion).
Rev 12 (read typologically in the East); liturgical praise of the Queen standing at the King’s right hand (Ps 44/45).
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Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls.
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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Open unto us the door of thy loving-kindness, O most blessed Mother of God. As we set our hope in thee, let us not be confounded, but through thee may we be delivered from all adversities. For thou art the salvation of the Christian race.
Our Lady, Blessed Mother of God, preserve me from every evil and cover me with your honorable protecting veil.
This after-decade petition is among those incomplete in the disciple tradition and reconstructed in some printed manuals.
It is truly meet to bless thee, O Theotokos, ever blessed and most pure, and the Mother of God. More honorable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, who without corruption gavest birth to God the Word, the very Theotokos, thee do we magnify.
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. (Three times) O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, for the sake of the prayers of Thy most pure Mother, our holy and God-bearing fathers, and all the saints, have mercy on us. Amen.
Prayer texts and historical notes on this page are drawn from the following. Where after-decade petitions were reconstructed, the source notes that fact.