Introductory verse, a prayer of St. Mardarios: O God and Master, Father almighty, Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit, one Godhead, and one power, have mercy on me a sinner; and by the judgements which You know, save me Your unworthy servant; for You are blessed for ever and ever. Amen.
Come, let us bow in worship before the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship before Christ, the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship and fall down before the very Lord Jesus Christ, our King and God.
Psalm 62
A psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judea.
O God, my God, unto You I rise early at dawn. My soul has thirsted for You; how often has my flesh longed after You in a land barren and untrodden and unwatered. So in the sanctuary have I appeared before You to see Your power and Your glory, For Your mercy is better than lives; my lips shall praise You. So shall I bless You in my life, and in Your Name will I lift up my hands. As with marrow and fatness let my soul be filled, and with lips of rejoicing shall my mouth praise You. If I remembered You on my bed, at the dawn I meditated on You. For You are become my helper; in the shelter of Your wings will I rejoice. My soul has cleaved after You, Your right hand has been quick to help me. But as for these, in vain have they sought after my soul; they shall go into the nethermost parts of the earth, they shall be surrendered unto the edge of the sword; portions for foxes shall they be. But the king shall be glad in God, everyone shall be praised that swears by Him; for the mouth of them is stopped that speak unjust things
Psalm 45
For the end:a psalm of David, concerning hidden things, for the sons of Kore.
Our God is refuge and strength, a helper in afflictions which mightily befall us. Therefore shall we not fear when the earth be shaken, nor when the mountains be removed into the heart of the seas. Their waters roared and were troubled, the mountains were troubled by His might. The rushings of the river make glad the city of God; the Most High has hallowed His tabernacle. God is in the midst of her, she shall not be shaken; God shall help her right early in the morning. The nations were troubled, kingdoms tottered, the Most High gave forth His voice, the earth was shaken. The Lord of hosts is with us, our helper is the God of Jacob. Come and behold the works of God, what marvels He has wrought on the earth, making wars to cease unto the ends of the earth. He will crush the bow and will shatter the weapon, and shields will He utterly burn with fire. Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. The Lord of hosts is with us, our helper is the God of Jacob.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. Thrice.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Trinity most holy, have mercy on us. Cleanse us of our sins, O Lord; pardon our transgressions, O Master; look upon our weaknesses and heal them, O Holy One; for the sake of Your name.
Lord, have mercy. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who are in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your 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. For Yours are the kingdom, the power and the glory unto the ages. Amen.
Troparion (Tone 1): Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross.
Glory...
Kontakion (Tone 4): By Your own choice, O Christ our God, You were lifted on the cross. Grant Your mercies to Your new community that bears Your name. By Your power gladden the faithful people and grant them victory against enemies. May they have the help of Your instrument of peace, the invincible sign of victory
Now and ever...
Theotokion (Tone 6): Undaunted patroness of Christians, O steadfast intermediary with the Creator, turn not away from the suppliant voices of sinners, but in your kindness come to help us who cry out to you in faith. Be quick to intercede, make haste to plead, for you are ever the patroness of those who honor you, O Mother of God.
And these petitions with bows:
O Lord our God, strong in powerful in battles, we unworthily flee to you and humbly pray, take up Your weapon of power and your defensive shield and save us, rise up to our aid, unsheathe your sword of defense and victory, silence those who war with us and persecute us, and send back in shame those who plot evil against us, vanquishing them beneath the feet of Your faithful, we pray to You O gracious One, speedily hear us and have mercy.
O Lord our God, look down from heaven and see how our enemies have bared their weapons and readied their shots, to aim them at Your poor and needy servants, and to kill those who praise you in the orthodox manner. With Your all-mighty strength, humble their shots and swiftly turn back their weapon that it may enter their heart, granting peace over them to Your servants, we pray to You O all-mighty King, hear and have mercy.
We do not hope on the bow, and our weapon will not save us, O Lord, but we ask Your almighty assistance, and hoping on Your power we stand against our enemies, faithfully calling upon Your name. Turn them back and scatter them and give them into the hands of the army that is faithful to You, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Send Your arrows, O Lord, and create confusion among our enemies, flash lightning and scatter them, send forth Your hand from on high and uproot them from the land, remove us [from danger] and save us for the sake of Your name, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Prayer for Victory over Enemies
O Lord God of powers, and God of our salvation, O God, who alone work wonders: look down with mercy and compassion on Your humble servants, and out of love for mankind hearken and have mercy on us and on the land of Ukraine.
For, behold, enemies have once more gathered together, in order to cause division and enmity. But You who know all things, understand that they have risen up unrighteously, and that it will be impossible to oppose their multitudes unless You show us Your help.
Therefore, we who are sinful and unworthy pray unto You in repentance and with tears: Help us, O God, our Savior, and deliver the land of Ukraine for the sake of the glory of Your Name, that the enemy may not to say: “Their God has forsaken them, and there is none to deliver and save them.” But let every nation understand that You are our God, and we Your people are always protected under Your dominion.
Reveal Your mercy, O Lord, and let the words spoken by Moses unto the people of Israel (Exodus 14:13-14) be applied to us: “Fear not. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord shall fight for us.” Work for us a sign for good, that they who are filled with hatred may see our orthodox faith and be humbled and shaken.
Yes, O Lord God, our Savior, our Strength and Hope and Help, remember not the transgressions and unrighteousness of Your faithful people, and turn not away from us in Your anger. But visit Your mercies and compassions upon Your humble servants, those who fight in defense of Ukraine and her much-suffering people, outnumbered though they be, and hear us who fall down before Your deep compassion. With Your mercy enlighten and make glad the hearts of the civil authorities, and strengthened them by Your might.
Rise up to their help and lay low the evil councils purposed against them by the enemy. Judge them that provoke and make war, and turn their impious boldness into fear and flight. But grant unto the just and God-fearing armies of the children of Ukraine, great boldness and courage to advance and overtake them, and to defeat them in Your Name. And unto them that You have judged to lay down their lives for faith and country, forgive them their trespasses, and in the day of the righteous reckoning grant unto them incorruptible crowns.
For You are the health and victory and salvation of them that put their hope in You, and unto You do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
A prayer spoken by David when he was contending with the lion and the wolf which took a sheep from his flock.
O God, O God, come to my aid; help me and save me; deliver my soul from the slayer. Shall I go down to Sheol by the mouth of the lion? Or shall the wolf confound me? Was it not enough for them that they lay in wait for my father's flock, and rent in pieces a sheep of my father's drove, but they were wishing also to destroy my soul? Have pity, O Lord, and save Your holy one from destruction; that he may sing Your glories in all his times, and may praise Your great name: when You delivered him from the hands of the destroying lion and of the ravening wolf, and when You rescued my captivity from the hands of the wild beasts. Quickly, O my Lord, send a deliverer from before Your face, and draw me out of the gaping pit, which imprisons me in its depths.
Introductory verse, a prayer of St. Mardarios: O God and Master, Father almighty, Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit, one Godhead, and one power, have mercy on me a sinner; and by the judgements which You know, save me Your unworthy servant; for You are blessed for ever and ever. Amen.
Come, let us bow in worship before the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship before Christ, the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship and fall down before the very Lord Jesus Christ, our King and God.
Psalm 17
For the end, for the child of the Lord, David: what things he spoke unto the Lord, even the words of this ode, in the day wherein the Lord delivered him out of the hands of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul; and he said:
I will love You, O Lord, my strength; the Lord is my foundation, and my refuge, and my deliverer. My God is my helper, and I will hope in Him, my defender, and the horn of my salvation, and my helper. With praise will I call upon the Name of the Lord, and from my enemies shall I be saved. The pangs of death surrounded me, and the torrents of iniquity sorely troubled me. The pangs of hades encircled me, round about the snares of death have overtaken me. And in my affliction I called upon the Lord, and unto my God I cried; He heard my voice out of His holy temple, and my cry before Him shall enter into His ears. And the earth shook and was made to tremble, and the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were shaken, because God was angry with them. There went up smoke in His wrath, and fire from His countenance set all aflame; coals were kindled therefrom. And He bowed the heavens and came down, and thick darkness was under His feet. And He mounted upon cherubim and flew, He flew upon the wings of the winds. And He made darkness His hiding place, His tabernacle round about Him, dark water in the clouds of the air. From the far-shining radiance that was before Him there passed by clouds, hail and coals of fire. And the Lord thundered out of heaven, and the Most High gave forth His voice. And He sent forth His arrows, and scattered them; and lightnings He multiplied, and troubled them sorely. And the well-springs of the waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were revealed at Your rebuke, O Lord, at the on-breathing of the spirit of Your wrath. He sent from on high, and He took me; He received me out of many waters. He will deliver me from my enemies which are mighty and from them that hate me, for they are stronger than I. They overtook me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my firm support. And He led me forth into a spacious place; He will deliver me, because He desired me. And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands will He recompense me. For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and I have not acted impiously toward my God. For all His judgments are before me, and His statutes departed not from me. And I shall be blameless with Him, and I shall keep myself from my iniquity. And the Lord will reward me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands before His eyes. With the holy man will You be holy, and with the innocent man will You be innocent. And with the elect man will You be elect, and with the perverse will You be perverse. For You will save a humble people, and You will humble the eyes of the arrogant. For You will light my lamp, O Lord my God, You will enlighten my darkness. For by You shall I be delivered from a host of robbers, and by my God shall I leap over a wall. As for my God, blameless is His way; the words of the Lord are tried in the fire; defender is He of all that hope in Him. For who is god, save the Lord? And who is god, save our God? It is God, Who girded me with power, and has made my path blameless, Who makes my feet like the feet of a hart, and sets me upon high places, Who teaches my hands for war; and You made my arms a bow of brass. And You gave me the shield of salvation, and Your right hand has upheld me. And Your instruction has corrected me even unto the end; yes, Your instruction, the same will teach me. You have enlarged my steps under me, and the tracks of my feet are not weakened. I shall pursue my enemies and I shall overtake them, and I shall not turn back until they fail. I shall greatly afflict them, and they shall not be able to stand; they shall fall under my feet. For You have girded me with power for war, in subjection under me have You bound the feet of all them that rose up against me. And You have made my enemies turn their back before me, and them that hate me have You utterly destroyed. They cried, and there was no savior – even to the Lord, and He hearkened not to them. And I will grind them fine as dust before the face of the wind; I will trample them down as mud in the streets. Deliver me from the gainsaying of the people; You will set me at the head of nations. A people which I knew not has served me; no sooner than their ear had heard, they obeyed me. Sons that are strangers have lied unto me; sons that are strangers have grown old, and they have limped away from their paths. The Lord lives, and blessed is my God, and let the God of my salvation be exalted. O God Who gives avengement unto me and have subdued peoples under me, O my Deliverer from enemies which are prone to anger, from them that arise up against me will You lift me high; from the unrighteous man deliver me. For this cause will I confess You among the nations, O Lord, and unto Your Name will I chant. It is He that magnifies the salvation of His king and works mercy for His anointed, for David, and for his seed unto eternity.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. Thrice.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Trinity most holy, have mercy on us. Cleanse us of our sins, O Lord; pardon our transgressions, O Master; look upon our weaknesses and heal them, O Holy One; for the sake of Your name.
Lord, have mercy. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who are in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your 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. For Yours are the kingdom, the power and the glory unto the ages. Amen.
Troparion (Tone 1): Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross.
Glory...
Kontakion (Tone 4): By Your own choice, O Christ our God, You were lifted on the cross. Grant Your mercies to Your new community that bears Your name. By Your power gladden the faithful people and grant them victory against enemies. May they have the help of Your instrument of peace, the invincible sign of victory
Now and ever...
Theotokion (Tone 6): Undaunted patroness of Christians, O steadfast intermediary with the Creator, turn not away from the suppliant voices of sinners, but in your kindness come to help us who cry out to you in faith. Be quick to intercede, make haste to plead, for you are ever the patroness of those who honor you, O Mother of God.
And these petitions with bows:
O Lord our God, strong in powerful in battles, we unworthily flee to you and humbly pray, take up Your weapon of power and your defensive shield and save us, rise up to our aid, unsheathe your sword of defense and victory, silence those who war with us and persecute us, and send back in shame those who plot evil against us, vanquishing them beneath the feet of Your faithful, we pray to You O gracious One, speedily hear us and have mercy.
O Lord our God, look down from heaven and see how our enemies have bared their weapons and readied their shots, to aim them at Your poor and needy servants, and to kill those who praise you in the orthodox manner. With Your all-mighty strength, humble their shots and swiftly turn back their weapon that it may enter their heart, granting peace over them to Your servants, we pray to You O all-mighty King, hear and have mercy.
We do not hope on the bow, and our weapon will not save us, O Lord, but we ask Your almighty assistance, and hoping on Your power we stand against our enemies, faithfully calling upon Your name. Turn them back and scatter them and give them into the hands of the army that is faithful to You, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Send Your arrows, O Lord, and create confusion among our enemies, flash lightning and scatter them, send forth Your hand from on high and uproot them from the land, remove us [from danger] and save us for the sake of Your name, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Prayer for Victory over Enemies
O Lord God of powers, and God of our salvation, O God, who alone work wonders: look down with mercy and compassion on Your humble servants, and out of love for mankind hearken and have mercy on us and on the land of Ukraine.
For, behold, enemies have once more gathered together, in order to cause division and enmity. But You who know all things, understand that they have risen up unrighteously, and that it will be impossible to oppose their multitudes unless You show us Your help.
Therefore, we who are sinful and unworthy pray unto You in repentance and with tears: Help us, O God, our Savior, and deliver the land of Ukraine for the sake of the glory of Your Name, that the enemy may not to say: “Their God has forsaken them, and there is none to deliver and save them.” But let every nation understand that You are our God, and we Your people are always protected under Your dominion.
Reveal Your mercy, O Lord, and let the words spoken by Moses unto the people of Israel (Exodus 14:13-14) be applied to us: “Fear not. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord shall fight for us.” Work for us a sign for good, that they who are filled with hatred may see our orthodox faith and be humbled and shaken.
Yes, O Lord God, our Savior, our Strength and Hope and Help, remember not the transgressions and unrighteousness of Your faithful people, and turn not away from us in Your anger. But visit Your mercies and compassions upon Your humble servants, those who fight in defense of Ukraine and her much-suffering people, outnumbered though they be, and hear us who fall down before Your deep compassion. With Your mercy enlighten and make glad the hearts of the civil authorities, and strengthened them by Your might.
Rise up to their help and lay low the evil councils purposed against them by the enemy. Judge them that provoke and make war, and turn their impious boldness into fear and flight. But grant unto the just and God-fearing armies of the children of Ukraine, great boldness and courage to advance and overtake them, and to defeat them in Your Name. And unto them that You have judged to lay down their lives for faith and country, forgive them their trespasses, and in the day of the righteous reckoning grant unto them incorruptible crowns.
For You are the health and victory and salvation of them that put their hope in You, and unto You do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
Spoken by David when returning thanks to God, who had delivered him from the lion and the wolf and he had slain both of them.
Praise the Lord, all you nations; glorify Him, and bless His name: Who rescued the soul of His elect from the hands of death, and delivered His holy one from destruction: and saved me from the nets of Hades, and my soul from the pit that cannot be fathomed. Because, while my deliverance could go forth from before Him, I was nearly rent in two pieces by two wild beasts. But He sent His angel, and shut up from me the gaping mouths, and rescued my life from destruction. My soul shall glorify Him and exalt Him, because of all His kindnesses which He has done and will do unto me.
Introductory verse, a prayer of St. Mardarios: O God and Master, Father almighty, Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit, one Godhead, and one power, have mercy on me a sinner; and by the judgements which You know, save me Your unworthy servant; for You are blessed for ever and ever. Amen.
Come, let us bow in worship before the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship before Christ, the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship and fall down before the very Lord Jesus Christ, our King and God.
Psalm 22
A psalm of David.
Тhe Lord is my shepherd, and I shall not want. In a place of green pasture, there has He made me to dwell; beside the water of rest has He nurtured me. He has converted my soul, He has led me on the paths of righteousness for His Name’s sake. For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they have comforted me. You have prepared a table before me in the presence of them that afflict me. You have anointed my head with oil, and Your cup which fills me, how excellent it is! And Your mercy shall pursue me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord unto length of days.
Psalm 63
For the end: a psalm of David.
Hearken, O God, unto my prayer, when I make supplication unto You; rescue my soul from fear of the enemy. Shelter me from the concourse of them that do wickedness, from the multitude of them that work unrighteousness. They have sharpened their tongues like a sword, they have bent their bow, a bitter thing, that they may shoot in secret at the blameless man. Suddenly shall they shoot at him and shall not fear; they have strengthened themselves in a wicked word. They have spoken of hiding snares; they said: Who shall see them? They have searched after iniquity, in searching they are grown weary of searching. A man shall draw near, and the heart is deep; and God shall be exalted. As an arrow of infants are their blows, and their tongues are made strengthless against them. All that saw them were troubled, and every man was afraid. And they declared the works of God, and His deeds they understood. The righteous man shall be glad in the Lord, and shall hope in Him; and all the upright in heart shall be praised.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. Thrice.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Trinity most holy, have mercy on us. Cleanse us of our sins, O Lord; pardon our transgressions, O Master; look upon our weaknesses and heal them, O Holy One; for the sake of Your name.
Lord, have mercy. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who are in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your 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. For Yours are the kingdom, the power and the glory unto the ages. Amen.
Troparion (Tone 1): Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross.
Glory...
Kontakion (Tone 4): By Your own choice, O Christ our God, You were lifted on the cross. Grant Your mercies to Your new community that bears Your name. By Your power gladden the faithful people and grant them victory against enemies. May they have the help of Your instrument of peace, the invincible sign of victory
Now and ever...
Theotokion (Tone 6): Undaunted patroness of Christians, O steadfast intermediary with the Creator, turn not away from the suppliant voices of sinners, but in your kindness come to help us who cry out to you in faith. Be quick to intercede, make haste to plead, for you are ever the patroness of those who honor you, O Mother of God.
And these petitions with bows:
O Lord our God, strong in powerful in battles, we unworthily flee to you and humbly pray, take up Your weapon of power and your defensive shield and save us, rise up to our aid, unsheathe your sword of defense and victory, silence those who war with us and persecute us, and send back in shame those who plot evil against us, vanquishing them beneath the feet of Your faithful, we pray to You O gracious One, speedily hear us and have mercy.
O Lord our God, look down from heaven and see how our enemies have bared their weapons and readied their shots, to aim them at Your poor and needy servants, and to kill those who praise you in the orthodox manner. With Your all-mighty strength, humble their shots and swiftly turn back their weapon that it may enter their heart, granting peace over them to Your servants, we pray to You O all-mighty King, hear and have mercy.
We do not hope on the bow, and our weapon will not save us, O Lord, but we ask Your almighty assistance, and hoping on Your power we stand against our enemies, faithfully calling upon Your name. Turn them back and scatter them and give them into the hands of the army that is faithful to You, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Send Your arrows, O Lord, and create confusion among our enemies, flash lightning and scatter them, send forth Your hand from on high and uproot them from the land, remove us [from danger] and save us for the sake of Your name, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Prayer for Victory over Enemies
O Lord God of powers, and God of our salvation, O God, who alone work wonders: look down with mercy and compassion on Your humble servants, and out of love for mankind hearken and have mercy on us and on the land of Ukraine.
For, behold, enemies have once more gathered together, in order to cause division and enmity. But You who know all things, understand that they have risen up unrighteously, and that it will be impossible to oppose their multitudes unless You show us Your help.
Therefore, we who are sinful and unworthy pray unto You in repentance and with tears: Help us, O God, our Savior, and deliver the land of Ukraine for the sake of the glory of Your Name, that the enemy may not to say: “Their God has forsaken them, and there is none to deliver and save them.” But let every nation understand that You are our God, and we Your people are always protected under Your dominion.
Reveal Your mercy, O Lord, and let the words spoken by Moses unto the people of Israel (Exodus 14:13-14) be applied to us: “Fear not. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord shall fight for us.” Work for us a sign for good, that they who are filled with hatred may see our orthodox faith and be humbled and shaken.
Yes, O Lord God, our Savior, our Strength and Hope and Help, remember not the transgressions and unrighteousness of Your faithful people, and turn not away from us in Your anger. But visit Your mercies and compassions upon Your humble servants, those who fight in defense of Ukraine and her much-suffering people, outnumbered though they be, and hear us who fall down before Your deep compassion. With Your mercy enlighten and make glad the hearts of the civil authorities, and strengthened them by Your might.
Rise up to their help and lay low the evil councils purposed against them by the enemy. Judge them that provoke and make war, and turn their impious boldness into fear and flight. But grant unto the just and God-fearing armies of the children of Ukraine, great boldness and courage to advance and overtake them, and to defeat them in Your Name. And unto them that You have judged to lay down their lives for faith and country, forgive them their trespasses, and in the day of the righteous reckoning grant unto them incorruptible crowns.
For You are the health and victory and salvation of them that put their hope in You, and unto You do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
A prayer spoken by David when he was contending with the lion and the wolf which took a sheep from his flock.
O God, O God, come to my aid; help me and save me; deliver my soul from the slayer. Shall I go down to Sheol by the mouth of the lion? Or shall the wolf confound me? Was it not enough for them that they lay in wait for my father's flock, and rent in pieces a sheep of my father's drove, but they were wishing also to destroy my soul? Have pity, O Lord, and save Your holy one from destruction; that he may sing Your glories in all his times, and may praise Your great name: when You delivered him from the hands of the destroying lion and of the ravening wolf, and when You rescued my captivity from the hands of the wild beasts. Quickly, O my Lord, send a deliverer from before Your face, and draw me out of the gaping pit, which imprisons me in its depths.
Introductory verse, a prayer of St. Mardarios: O God and Master, Father almighty, Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit, one Godhead, and one power, have mercy on me a sinner; and by the judgements which You know, save me Your unworthy servant; for You are blessed for ever and ever. Amen.
Come, let us bow in worship before the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship before Christ, the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship and fall down before the very Lord Jesus Christ, our King and God.
Psalm 26
David’s. Before he was anointed.
Тhe Lord is my light and my saviour; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defender of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked draw near against me to eat my flesh, they that afflict me and are my enemies, they themselves became weak and they fell. Though a host should array itself against me, my heart shall not be afraid; though war should rise up against me, in this have I hoped. One thing have I asked of the Lord, this will I seek after: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, that I may behold the delight of the Lord, and that I may visit His holy temple. For He hid me in His tabernacle in the day of my troubles, He sheltered me in the secret place of His tabernacle, upon a rock has He exalted me. And now, behold, He exalted my head above my enemies. I went round about and I sacrificed in His tabernacle a sacrifice of praise and jubilation; I will sing and I will chant unto the Lord. Hearken, O Lord, unto my voice, wherewith I cried; have mercy on me, and hearken unto me. My heart said unto You: I will seek the Lord. My face has sought after You; Your face, O Lord, will I seek. Turn not Your face from me and turn not away in wrath from Your servant. Be my helper; cast me not utterly away, and forsake me not, O God my Saviour. For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord has taken me to Himself. Set me a law, O Lord, in Your way, and lead me in the right path because of my enemies. Deliver me not over unto the souls of them that afflict me, for unjust witnesses are risen up against me, and injustice has lied to itself. I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord; be manful, and let your heart be strengthened, and wait on the Lord.
Psalm 51
For the end: concerning instruction by David, when Doek the Idumean came, and declared to Saul, and said unto him: David is come to the house of Abimelech.
Why do You boast in evil, O mighty man, and in iniquity all the day long? Your tongue has devised unrighteousness, like a sharpened razor have You wrought deceit. You have loved evil more than goodness, unrighteousness more than to speak righteousness. You have loved all the words of engulfing ruin, and a deceitful tongue. Therefore, God will destroy You at the end, He will pluck You out and remove You from your dwelling place, and your root out of the land of the living. The righteous shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say: Lo, this is the man that made not God his helper, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his vanity. But as for me, I am like a fruitful olive tree in the house of the Lord; I have hoped in the mercy of God for ever, and unto the ages of ages. I will give praise unto You for ever, for what You have done, and I will wait on Your Name, for it is good before Your saints.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. Thrice.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Trinity most holy, have mercy on us. Cleanse us of our sins, O Lord; pardon our transgressions, O Master; look upon our weaknesses and heal them, O Holy One; for the sake of Your name.
Lord, have mercy. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who are in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your 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. For Yours are the kingdom, the power and the glory unto the ages. Amen.
Troparion (Tone 1): Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross.
Glory...
Kontakion (Tone 4): By Your own choice, O Christ our God, You were lifted on the cross. Grant Your mercies to Your new community that bears Your name. By Your power gladden the faithful people and grant them victory against enemies. May they have the help of Your instrument of peace, the invincible sign of victory
Now and ever...
Theotokion (Tone 6): Undaunted patroness of Christians, O steadfast intermediary with the Creator, turn not away from the suppliant voices of sinners, but in your kindness come to help us who cry out to you in faith. Be quick to intercede, make haste to plead, for you are ever the patroness of those who honor you, O Mother of God.
And these petitions with bows:
O Lord our God, strong in powerful in battles, we unworthily flee to you and humbly pray, take up Your weapon of power and your defensive shield and save us, rise up to our aid, unsheathe your sword of defense and victory, silence those who war with us and persecute us, and send back in shame those who plot evil against us, vanquishing them beneath the feet of Your faithful, we pray to You O gracious One, speedily hear us and have mercy.
O Lord our God, look down from heaven and see how our enemies have bared their weapons and readied their shots, to aim them at Your poor and needy servants, and to kill those who praise you in the orthodox manner. With Your all-mighty strength, humble their shots and swiftly turn back their weapon that it may enter their heart, granting peace over them to Your servants, we pray to You O all-mighty King, hear and have mercy.
We do not hope on the bow, and our weapon will not save us, O Lord, but we ask Your almighty assistance, and hoping on Your power we stand against our enemies, faithfully calling upon Your name. Turn them back and scatter them and give them into the hands of the army that is faithful to You, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Send Your arrows, O Lord, and create confusion among our enemies, flash lightning and scatter them, send forth Your hand from on high and uproot them from the land, remove us [from danger] and save us for the sake of Your name, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Prayer for Victory over Enemies
O Lord God of powers, and God of our salvation, O God, who alone work wonders: look down with mercy and compassion on Your humble servants, and out of love for mankind hearken and have mercy on us and on the land of Ukraine.
For, behold, enemies have once more gathered together, in order to cause division and enmity. But You who know all things, understand that they have risen up unrighteously, and that it will be impossible to oppose their multitudes unless You show us Your help.
Therefore, we who are sinful and unworthy pray unto You in repentance and with tears: Help us, O God, our Savior, and deliver the land of Ukraine for the sake of the glory of Your Name, that the enemy may not to say: “Their God has forsaken them, and there is none to deliver and save them.” But let every nation understand that You are our God, and we Your people are always protected under Your dominion.
Reveal Your mercy, O Lord, and let the words spoken by Moses unto the people of Israel (Exodus 14:13-14) be applied to us: “Fear not. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord shall fight for us.” Work for us a sign for good, that they who are filled with hatred may see our orthodox faith and be humbled and shaken.
Yes, O Lord God, our Savior, our Strength and Hope and Help, remember not the transgressions and unrighteousness of Your faithful people, and turn not away from us in Your anger. But visit Your mercies and compassions upon Your humble servants, those who fight in defense of Ukraine and her much-suffering people, outnumbered though they be, and hear us who fall down before Your deep compassion. With Your mercy enlighten and make glad the hearts of the civil authorities, and strengthened them by Your might.
Rise up to their help and lay low the evil councils purposed against them by the enemy. Judge them that provoke and make war, and turn their impious boldness into fear and flight. But grant unto the just and God-fearing armies of the children of Ukraine, great boldness and courage to advance and overtake them, and to defeat them in Your Name. And unto them that You have judged to lay down their lives for faith and country, forgive them their trespasses, and in the day of the righteous reckoning grant unto them incorruptible crowns.
For You are the health and victory and salvation of them that put their hope in You, and unto You do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
Spoken by David when returning thanks to God, who had delivered him from the lion and the wolf and he had slain both of them.
Praise the Lord, all you nations; glorify Him, and bless His name: Who rescued the soul of His elect from the hands of death, and delivered His holy one from destruction: and saved me from the nets of Hades, and my soul from the pit that cannot be fathomed. Because, while my deliverance could go forth from before Him, I was nearly rent in two pieces by two wild beasts. But He sent His angel, and shut up from me the gaping mouths, and rescued my life from destruction. My soul shall glorify Him and exalt Him, because of all His kindnesses which He has done and will do unto me.
Introductory verse, a prayer of St. Mardarios: O God and Master, Father almighty, Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit, one Godhead, and one power, have mercy on me a sinner; and by the judgements which You know, save me Your unworthy servant; for You are blessed for ever and ever. Amen.
Come, let us bow in worship before the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship before Christ, the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship and fall down before the very Lord Jesus Christ, our King and God.
Psalm 27
David’s.
Unto You, O Lord, will I cry; O my God, be not silent unto me, lest, if You be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. Hearken, O Lord, unto my supplication when I pray unto You, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy temple. Draw me not in with sinners, and with the workers of unrighteousness destroy me not, who speak peace with their neighbours, but evils are in their hearts. Give unto them, O Lord, according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours; according to the work of their hands, give unto them. Render their reward unto them. For they have not understood the works of the Lord, and the works of His hands. You shall destroy them, and shall not build them up. Blessed is the Lord, because He has heard the voice of my supplication. The Lord is my helper and my defender; my heart has hoped in Him, and I am helped and my flesh has flourished again, and out of my desire will I confess Him. The Lord is the strength of His people, and the champion of salvation for His anointed one. Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and bear them up unto eternity.
Psalm 55
For the end: concerning the people distant from the Holies. By David, for a pillar inscription, when the foreigners look him in Geth.
Have mercy on me, O God, for man has trodden me down all the day long; making war, he has afflicted me. My enemies have trodden me down all the day long, for many are they that war against me from on high. By day I shall not fear; but as for me, I will hope in You. In God will I commend my words, in God I have set my hope; I will not fear what flesh shall do to me. All the day long they detested my words, all their thoughts were against me for evil. They will dwell near and will hide themselves; they will watch where I set my heel, even as they have waited for my soul. On no account will You save them, in wrath will You bring down the peoples, O God. My life have I declared unto You; You have set my tears before You. Even as in Your promise, my enemies shall be turned back. In what day soever I shall call upon You, behold, I know that You are God. In God will I praise His word, in the Lord will I praise His speech; in God have I put my hope, I will not fear what man shall do unto me. In me, O God, there be vows, which I will render in praise of You. For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from sliding, that I may be well-pleasing before the Lord in the light of the living.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. Thrice.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Trinity most holy, have mercy on us. Cleanse us of our sins, O Lord; pardon our transgressions, O Master; look upon our weaknesses and heal them, O Holy One; for the sake of Your name.
Lord, have mercy. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who are in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your 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. For Yours are the kingdom, the power and the glory unto the ages. Amen.
Troparion (Tone 1): Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross.
Glory...
Kontakion (Tone 4): By Your own choice, O Christ our God, You were lifted on the cross. Grant Your mercies to Your new community that bears Your name. By Your power gladden the faithful people and grant them victory against enemies. May they have the help of Your instrument of peace, the invincible sign of victory
Now and ever...
Theotokion (Tone 6): Undaunted patroness of Christians, O steadfast intermediary with the Creator, turn not away from the suppliant voices of sinners, but in your kindness come to help us who cry out to you in faith. Be quick to intercede, make haste to plead, for you are ever the patroness of those who honor you, O Mother of God.
And these petitions with bows:
O Lord our God, strong in powerful in battles, we unworthily flee to you and humbly pray, take up Your weapon of power and your defensive shield and save us, rise up to our aid, unsheathe your sword of defense and victory, silence those who war with us and persecute us, and send back in shame those who plot evil against us, vanquishing them beneath the feet of Your faithful, we pray to You O gracious One, speedily hear us and have mercy.
O Lord our God, look down from heaven and see how our enemies have bared their weapons and readied their shots, to aim them at Your poor and needy servants, and to kill those who praise you in the orthodox manner. With Your all-mighty strength, humble their shots and swiftly turn back their weapon that it may enter their heart, granting peace over them to Your servants, we pray to You O all-mighty King, hear and have mercy.
We do not hope on the bow, and our weapon will not save us, O Lord, but we ask Your almighty assistance, and hoping on Your power we stand against our enemies, faithfully calling upon Your name. Turn them back and scatter them and give them into the hands of the army that is faithful to You, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Send Your arrows, O Lord, and create confusion among our enemies, flash lightning and scatter them, send forth Your hand from on high and uproot them from the land, remove us [from danger] and save us for the sake of Your name, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Prayer for Victory over Enemies
O Lord God of powers, and God of our salvation, O God, who alone work wonders: look down with mercy and compassion on Your humble servants, and out of love for mankind hearken and have mercy on us and on the land of Ukraine.
For, behold, enemies have once more gathered together, in order to cause division and enmity. But You who know all things, understand that they have risen up unrighteously, and that it will be impossible to oppose their multitudes unless You show us Your help.
Therefore, we who are sinful and unworthy pray unto You in repentance and with tears: Help us, O God, our Savior, and deliver the land of Ukraine for the sake of the glory of Your Name, that the enemy may not to say: “Their God has forsaken them, and there is none to deliver and save them.” But let every nation understand that You are our God, and we Your people are always protected under Your dominion.
Reveal Your mercy, O Lord, and let the words spoken by Moses unto the people of Israel (Exodus 14:13-14) be applied to us: “Fear not. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord shall fight for us.” Work for us a sign for good, that they who are filled with hatred may see our orthodox faith and be humbled and shaken.
Yes, O Lord God, our Savior, our Strength and Hope and Help, remember not the transgressions and unrighteousness of Your faithful people, and turn not away from us in Your anger. But visit Your mercies and compassions upon Your humble servants, those who fight in defense of Ukraine and her much-suffering people, outnumbered though they be, and hear us who fall down before Your deep compassion. With Your mercy enlighten and make glad the hearts of the civil authorities, and strengthened them by Your might.
Rise up to their help and lay low the evil councils purposed against them by the enemy. Judge them that provoke and make war, and turn their impious boldness into fear and flight. But grant unto the just and God-fearing armies of the children of Ukraine, great boldness and courage to advance and overtake them, and to defeat them in Your Name. And unto them that You have judged to lay down their lives for faith and country, forgive them their trespasses, and in the day of the righteous reckoning grant unto them incorruptible crowns.
For You are the health and victory and salvation of them that put their hope in You, and unto You do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
A prayer spoken by David when he was contending with the lion and the wolf which took a sheep from his flock.
O God, O God, come to my aid; help me and save me; deliver my soul from the slayer. Shall I go down to Sheol by the mouth of the lion? Or shall the wolf confound me? Was it not enough for them that they lay in wait for my father's flock, and rent in pieces a sheep of my father's drove, but they were wishing also to destroy my soul? Have pity, O Lord, and save Your holy one from destruction; that he may sing Your glories in all his times, and may praise Your great name: when You delivered him from the hands of the destroying lion and of the ravening wolf, and when You rescued my captivity from the hands of the wild beasts. Quickly, O my Lord, send a deliverer from before Your face, and draw me out of the gaping pit, which imprisons me in its depths.
Introductory verse, a prayer of St. Mardarios: O God and Master, Father almighty, Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit, one Godhead, and one power, have mercy on me a sinner; and by the judgements which You know, save me Your unworthy servant; for You are blessed for ever and ever. Amen.
Come, let us bow in worship before the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship before Christ, the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship and fall down before the very Lord Jesus Christ, our King and God.
Psalm 30
For the end: a psalm of David, in time of sudden fear.
In You, O Lord, have I hoped, let me not be put to shame in the age to come; in Your righteousness deliver me, and rescue me. Bow down Your ear unto me, make haste to rescue me, be unto me a God to defend me and a house of refuge to save me. For my strength and my refuge are You, and for Your Name’s sake will You guide me and nourish me. You will bring me out of this snare which they have hid for me, for You are my defender, O Lord. Into Your hands I will commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. You have hated them that cling to empty vanities; but I have hoped in the Lord. I will rejoice and be glad in Your mercy, for You have regarded my lowliness; You have saved my soul out of necessities, And have not shut me up in the hands of enemies; You have set my feet in a spacious place. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted; my eye is troubled with anger, as also my soul and my belly. For my life is spent with grief, and my years with groanings; my strength has grown weak in poverty, and my bones are troubled. I am become a reproach among all my enemies, and greatly for my neighbours also, and a fear to my acquaintances. They that saw me without fled from me. I am forgotten by the heart like a dead man. I am become like a broken vessel. For I have heard the reproach of many that dwell round about; when they assembled together against me, they devised to take away my life. But as for me, I have hoped in You, O Lord; I said: You are my God; in Your hands are my lots. Deliver me from the hands of my enemies, and from them that persecute me. Make Your face to shine upon Your servant, save me in Your mercy. O Lord, let me not be put to shame, for I have called upon You; let the ungodly be put to shame and let them be brought down into hades. Speechless be the deceitful lips which speak iniquity against the righteous man with arrogance and contempt. How great is the multitude of Your goodness, O Lord, which You have hid for them that fear You, which You have wrought for them that hope in You before the sons of men. You shall hide them in the secrecy of Your presence from the disturbance of men; You shall shelter them in the tabernacle from contradiction of tongues. Blessed is the Lord, for He has made His mercy wondrous in a fortified city.
Psalm 90
A canticle praise of David. Without superscription among the Hebrews.
He that dwells in the help of the Most High shall abide in the shelter of the God of heaven. He shall say unto the Lord: You are my helper and my refuge. He is my God, and I will hope in Him. For He shall deliver You from the snare of the hunters and from every troubling word. With His shoulders will He overshadow You, and under His wings shall You have hope. With a shield will His truth encompass You; You shall not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flies by day, Nor for the thing that walks in darkness, nor for the mishap and demon of noonday. A thousand shall fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but unto You shall it not come near. Only with Your eyes shall You behold, and You shall see the reward of sinners. For You, O Lord, are my hope. You made the Most High your refuge; No evils shall come near You, and no scourge shall draw close unto your dwelling. For He shall give His angels charge over You, to keep You in all your ways. On their hands shall they bear You up, lest at any time You dash your foot against a stone. Upon the asp and basilisk shall You tread, and You shall trample upon the lion and dragon. For he has set his hope on Me, and I will deliver him; I will shelter him because he has known My Name. He shall cry unto Me, and I will hearken unto him. I am with him in affliction, and I will rescue him and glorify him. With length of days will I satisfy him, and I will show him My salvation.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. Thrice.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Trinity most holy, have mercy on us. Cleanse us of our sins, O Lord; pardon our transgressions, O Master; look upon our weaknesses and heal them, O Holy One; for the sake of Your name.
Lord, have mercy. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who are in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your 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. For Yours are the kingdom, the power and the glory unto the ages. Amen.
Troparion (Tone 1): Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross.
Glory...
Kontakion (Tone 4): By Your own choice, O Christ our God, You were lifted on the cross. Grant Your mercies to Your new community that bears Your name. By Your power gladden the faithful people and grant them victory against enemies. May they have the help of Your instrument of peace, the invincible sign of victory
Now and ever...
Theotokion (Tone 6): Undaunted patroness of Christians, O steadfast intermediary with the Creator, turn not away from the suppliant voices of sinners, but in your kindness come to help us who cry out to you in faith. Be quick to intercede, make haste to plead, for you are ever the patroness of those who honor you, O Mother of God.
And these petitions with bows:
O Lord our God, strong in powerful in battles, we unworthily flee to you and humbly pray, take up Your weapon of power and your defensive shield and save us, rise up to our aid, unsheathe your sword of defense and victory, silence those who war with us and persecute us, and send back in shame those who plot evil against us, vanquishing them beneath the feet of Your faithful, we pray to You O gracious One, speedily hear us and have mercy.
O Lord our God, look down from heaven and see how our enemies have bared their weapons and readied their shots, to aim them at Your poor and needy servants, and to kill those who praise you in the orthodox manner. With Your all-mighty strength, humble their shots and swiftly turn back their weapon that it may enter their heart, granting peace over them to Your servants, we pray to You O all-mighty King, hear and have mercy.
We do not hope on the bow, and our weapon will not save us, O Lord, but we ask Your almighty assistance, and hoping on Your power we stand against our enemies, faithfully calling upon Your name. Turn them back and scatter them and give them into the hands of the army that is faithful to You, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Send Your arrows, O Lord, and create confusion among our enemies, flash lightning and scatter them, send forth Your hand from on high and uproot them from the land, remove us [from danger] and save us for the sake of Your name, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Prayer for Victory over Enemies
O Lord God of powers, and God of our salvation, O God, who alone work wonders: look down with mercy and compassion on Your humble servants, and out of love for mankind hearken and have mercy on us and on the land of Ukraine.
For, behold, enemies have once more gathered together, in order to cause division and enmity. But You who know all things, understand that they have risen up unrighteously, and that it will be impossible to oppose their multitudes unless You show us Your help.
Therefore, we who are sinful and unworthy pray unto You in repentance and with tears: Help us, O God, our Savior, and deliver the land of Ukraine for the sake of the glory of Your Name, that the enemy may not to say: “Their God has forsaken them, and there is none to deliver and save them.” But let every nation understand that You are our God, and we Your people are always protected under Your dominion.
Reveal Your mercy, O Lord, and let the words spoken by Moses unto the people of Israel (Exodus 14:13-14) be applied to us: “Fear not. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord shall fight for us.” Work for us a sign for good, that they who are filled with hatred may see our orthodox faith and be humbled and shaken.
Yes, O Lord God, our Savior, our Strength and Hope and Help, remember not the transgressions and unrighteousness of Your faithful people, and turn not away from us in Your anger. But visit Your mercies and compassions upon Your humble servants, those who fight in defense of Ukraine and her much-suffering people, outnumbered though they be, and hear us who fall down before Your deep compassion. With Your mercy enlighten and make glad the hearts of the civil authorities, and strengthened them by Your might.
Rise up to their help and lay low the evil councils purposed against them by the enemy. Judge them that provoke and make war, and turn their impious boldness into fear and flight. But grant unto the just and God-fearing armies of the children of Ukraine, great boldness and courage to advance and overtake them, and to defeat them in Your Name. And unto them that You have judged to lay down their lives for faith and country, forgive them their trespasses, and in the day of the righteous reckoning grant unto them incorruptible crowns.
For You are the health and victory and salvation of them that put their hope in You, and unto You do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
Spoken by David when returning thanks to God, who had delivered him from the lion and the wolf and he had slain both of them.
Praise the Lord, all you nations; glorify Him, and bless His name: Who rescued the soul of His elect from the hands of death, and delivered His holy one from destruction: and saved me from the nets of Hades, and my soul from the pit that cannot be fathomed. Because, while my deliverance could go forth from before Him, I was nearly rent in two pieces by two wild beasts. But He sent His angel, and shut up from me the gaping mouths, and rescued my life from destruction. My soul shall glorify Him and exalt Him, because of all His kindnesses which He has done and will do unto me.
Introductory verse, a prayer of St. Mardarios: O God and Master, Father almighty, Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit, one Godhead, and one power, have mercy on me a sinner; and by the judgements which You know, save me Your unworthy servant; for You are blessed for ever and ever. Amen.
Come, let us bow in worship before the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship before Christ, the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship and fall down before the very Lord Jesus Christ, our King and God.
Psalm 33
David’s. When he changed his countenance before Abimelech, and was dismissed, and went away.
I will bless the Lord at all times, His praise shall continually be in my mouth. In the Lord shall my soul be praised; let the meek hear and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His Name together. I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my tribulations. Come unto Him, and be enlightened, and your faces shall not be ashamed. This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his tribulations. The angel of the Lord will encamp round about them that fear Him, and will deliver them. O taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man that hopes in Him. O fear the Lord, all you His saints; for there is no want to them that fear Him. Rich men have turned poor and gone hungry; but they that seek the Lord shall not be deprived of any good thing. Come, ye children, hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. What man is there that desires life, who loves to see good days? Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking guile. Turn away from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears are opened unto their supplication.
Psalm 76
For the end: a psalm for Asaph concerning Idithum.
With my voice unto the Lord have I cried, with my voice unto God, and He was attentive unto me. In the day of my affliction I sought out God, with my hands upraised by night before Him, and I was not deceived. My soul refused to be comforted; I remembered God and I was gladdened; I spoke in idleness and my spirit became faint-hearted. My eyes were wakeful before the watches; I was troubled and spoke not. I thought upon the days of old, and the years of ages past I called to mind, and I meditated. By night I pondered in my heart, and my spirit searched diligently. Will the Lord then cast me off unto the ages, and will He be favourable no more? Or will He cut off His mercy unto the end? Has He brought to an end His word from generation to generation? Or will the Lord forget to be merciful? Or in His wrath will He shut up His compassions for ever? And I said: Now have I made a beginning; this change has been wrought by the right hand of the Most High. I remembered the works of the Lord; for I will remember Your wonders from the beginning. And I will meditate on all Your works, and I shall ponder upon Your ways. O God, in the sanctuary is Your way. What God is as great as our God? You are God Who works wonders. You have made Your power known among the peoples; with Your arm have You redeemed Your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. The waters saw You, O God, the waters saw You and were afraid; the abysses were troubled. Great was the resounding sound of the waters, the clouds gave forth a voice. Yes, for Your arrows passed abroad; the voice of Your thunder is in their rolling. And Your lightnings have lightened the world; the earth was shaken and it trembled. In the sea are Your byways, and Your paths in many waters; and Your footsteps shall not be known. You led Your people as sheep by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. Thrice.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Trinity most holy, have mercy on us. Cleanse us of our sins, O Lord; pardon our transgressions, O Master; look upon our weaknesses and heal them, O Holy One; for the sake of Your name.
Lord, have mercy. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who are in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your 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. For Yours are the kingdom, the power and the glory unto the ages. Amen.
Troparion (Tone 1): Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross.
Glory...
Kontakion (Tone 4): By Your own choice, O Christ our God, You were lifted on the cross. Grant Your mercies to Your new community that bears Your name. By Your power gladden the faithful people and grant them victory against enemies. May they have the help of Your instrument of peace, the invincible sign of victory
Now and ever...
Theotokion (Tone 6): Undaunted patroness of Christians, O steadfast intermediary with the Creator, turn not away from the suppliant voices of sinners, but in your kindness come to help us who cry out to you in faith. Be quick to intercede, make haste to plead, for you are ever the patroness of those who honor you, O Mother of God.
And these petitions with bows:
O Lord our God, strong in powerful in battles, we unworthily flee to you and humbly pray, take up Your weapon of power and your defensive shield and save us, rise up to our aid, unsheathe your sword of defense and victory, silence those who war with us and persecute us, and send back in shame those who plot evil against us, vanquishing them beneath the feet of Your faithful, we pray to You O gracious One, speedily hear us and have mercy.
O Lord our God, look down from heaven and see how our enemies have bared their weapons and readied their shots, to aim them at Your poor and needy servants, and to kill those who praise you in the orthodox manner. With Your all-mighty strength, humble their shots and swiftly turn back their weapon that it may enter their heart, granting peace over them to Your servants, we pray to You O all-mighty King, hear and have mercy.
We do not hope on the bow, and our weapon will not save us, O Lord, but we ask Your almighty assistance, and hoping on Your power we stand against our enemies, faithfully calling upon Your name. Turn them back and scatter them and give them into the hands of the army that is faithful to You, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Send Your arrows, O Lord, and create confusion among our enemies, flash lightning and scatter them, send forth Your hand from on high and uproot them from the land, remove us [from danger] and save us for the sake of Your name, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Prayer for Victory over Enemies
O Lord God of powers, and God of our salvation, O God, who alone work wonders: look down with mercy and compassion on Your humble servants, and out of love for mankind hearken and have mercy on us and on the land of Ukraine.
For, behold, enemies have once more gathered together, in order to cause division and enmity. But You who know all things, understand that they have risen up unrighteously, and that it will be impossible to oppose their multitudes unless You show us Your help.
Therefore, we who are sinful and unworthy pray unto You in repentance and with tears: Help us, O God, our Savior, and deliver the land of Ukraine for the sake of the glory of Your Name, that the enemy may not to say: “Their God has forsaken them, and there is none to deliver and save them.” But let every nation understand that You are our God, and we Your people are always protected under Your dominion.
Reveal Your mercy, O Lord, and let the words spoken by Moses unto the people of Israel (Exodus 14:13-14) be applied to us: “Fear not. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord shall fight for us.” Work for us a sign for good, that they who are filled with hatred may see our orthodox faith and be humbled and shaken.
Yes, O Lord God, our Savior, our Strength and Hope and Help, remember not the transgressions and unrighteousness of Your faithful people, and turn not away from us in Your anger. But visit Your mercies and compassions upon Your humble servants, those who fight in defense of Ukraine and her much-suffering people, outnumbered though they be, and hear us who fall down before Your deep compassion. With Your mercy enlighten and make glad the hearts of the civil authorities, and strengthened them by Your might.
Rise up to their help and lay low the evil councils purposed against them by the enemy. Judge them that provoke and make war, and turn their impious boldness into fear and flight. But grant unto the just and God-fearing armies of the children of Ukraine, great boldness and courage to advance and overtake them, and to defeat them in Your Name. And unto them that You have judged to lay down their lives for faith and country, forgive them their trespasses, and in the day of the righteous reckoning grant unto them incorruptible crowns.
For You are the health and victory and salvation of them that put their hope in You, and unto You do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
A prayer spoken by David when he was contending with the lion and the wolf which took a sheep from his flock.
O God, O God, come to my aid; help me and save me; deliver my soul from the slayer. Shall I go down to Sheol by the mouth of the lion? Or shall the wolf confound me? Was it not enough for them that they lay in wait for my father's flock, and rent in pieces a sheep of my father's drove, but they were wishing also to destroy my soul? Have pity, O Lord, and save Your holy one from destruction; that he may sing Your glories in all his times, and may praise Your great name: when You delivered him from the hands of the destroying lion and of the ravening wolf, and when You rescued my captivity from the hands of the wild beasts. Quickly, O my Lord, send a deliverer from before Your face, and draw me out of the gaping pit, which imprisons me in its depths.
Introductory verse, a prayer of St. Mardarios: O God and Master, Father almighty, Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit, one Godhead, and one power, have mercy on me a sinner; and by the judgements which You know, save me Your unworthy servant; for You are blessed for ever and ever. Amen.
Come, let us bow in worship before the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship before Christ, the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship and fall down before the very Lord Jesus Christ, our King and God.
Psalm 34
David’s.
Judge them, O Lord, that do me injustice; war against them that war against me. Take hold of weapon and shield, and arise unto my help. Draw out a sword, and shut the way against them that persecute me; say to my soul: I am your salvation. Let them that seek my soul be shamed and confounded. Let them be turned back, and be utterly put to shame, they that devise evils against me. Let them become as dust before the face of the wind, an angel of the Lord also afflicting them. Let their way become darkness and a sliding, an angel of the Lord also pursuing them. For without cause have they secretly prepared for me destruction in their snare, without reason have they cast reproach on my soul. Let a snare come upon him, which he knows not; and let the trap, which he has hidden, catch him, and into that same snare let him fall. But my soul shall rejoice in the Lord, it shall delight in His salvation. All my bones shall say: Lord, O Lord, who is like unto You? Delivering the beggar from the hand of them that are stronger than he, yes, poor man and needy from them that despoil him. Unjust witnesses rose up against me; things I knew not they asked me. They repaid me with evil things for good, and barrenness for my soul. But as for me, when they troubled me, I put on sackcloth. And I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer shall return to my bosom. As though it had been a neighbour, as though it had been our brother, so sought I to please; as one mourning and sad of countenance, so humbled I myself. Yet against me they rejoiced and gathered together; scourges were gathered together upon me, and I knew it not. They were rent asunder, yet not pricked at heart; they tempted me, they mocked me with mockery, they gnashed upon me with their teeth. O Lord, when will You look upon me? Deliver my soul from their evil doing, even this only-begotten one of my from the lions. I will confess You in the great congregation; among a mighty people will I praise You. Let not them rejoice against me that unjustly are my enemies, they that hate me without a cause, and wink with their eyes. For peaceably indeed they spake unto me, but in their wrath were they devising deceits. And they opened wide their mouth against me; they said: Well done, well done, our eyes have seen it. You have seen it, O Lord; keep not silence. O Lord, depart not from me. Arise, O Lord, and be attentive unto my judgment, my God, and my Lord, unto my cause. Judge me, O Lord, according to Your righteousness; O Lord my God, let them not rejoice against me. Let them not say in their hearts: Well done, well done, our soul. Let them not say: We have swallowed him up. Let them be shamed and confounded together who rejoice at my woes. Let them be clothed with shame and confusion who speak boastful words against me. Let them rejoice and be glad who desire the righteousness of my cause, and let them that desire the peace of Your servant say continually: The Lord be magnified. And my tongue shall teach of Your righteousness, and of Your praise all the day long.
Psalm 139
For the end. A psalm of David.
Rescue me, O Lord, from the evil man; from the unjust man deliver me. Who devised injustice in their heart; all the day long have they arrayed themselves for wars. They have sharpened their tongue like that of a serpent; the venom of asps is under their lips. Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the sinner; rescue me from unjust men who have devised to undermine my steps. The proud have hid a snare for me, and with cords have they spread a snare for my feet; stumbling-blocks near the paths have they set for me. I said unto the Lord: You are my God; give ear, O Lord, unto the voice of my supplication. Lord, O Lord, the strength of my salvation, You have overshadowed my head in the day of battle. Because of my desire, O Lord, give me not up unto the sinner. They have taken counsel against me; forsake me not, lest they should be exalted. As for the head of those that encircle me, the mischief of their lips shall cover them. Coals shall fall upon them; in fire shall You cast them down, and they shall not stand in afflictions. A babbling man shall not prosper on the earth; evils shall hunt an unjust man to his destruction. I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the poor and the justice of the needy. Surely the righteous shall confess Your Name, and the upright shall dwell in Your presence.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. Thrice.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Trinity most holy, have mercy on us. Cleanse us of our sins, O Lord; pardon our transgressions, O Master; look upon our weaknesses and heal them, O Holy One; for the sake of Your name.
Lord, have mercy. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who are in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your 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. For Yours are the kingdom, the power and the glory unto the ages. Amen.
Troparion (Tone 1): Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross.
Glory...
Kontakion (Tone 4): By Your own choice, O Christ our God, You were lifted on the cross. Grant Your mercies to Your new community that bears Your name. By Your power gladden the faithful people and grant them victory against enemies. May they have the help of Your instrument of peace, the invincible sign of victory
Now and ever...
Theotokion (Tone 6): Undaunted patroness of Christians, O steadfast intermediary with the Creator, turn not away from the suppliant voices of sinners, but in your kindness come to help us who cry out to you in faith. Be quick to intercede, make haste to plead, for you are ever the patroness of those who honor you, O Mother of God.
And these petitions with bows:
O Lord our God, strong in powerful in battles, we unworthily flee to you and humbly pray, take up Your weapon of power and your defensive shield and save us, rise up to our aid, unsheathe your sword of defense and victory, silence those who war with us and persecute us, and send back in shame those who plot evil against us, vanquishing them beneath the feet of Your faithful, we pray to You O gracious One, speedily hear us and have mercy.
O Lord our God, look down from heaven and see how our enemies have bared their weapons and readied their shots, to aim them at Your poor and needy servants, and to kill those who praise you in the orthodox manner. With Your all-mighty strength, humble their shots and swiftly turn back their weapon that it may enter their heart, granting peace over them to Your servants, we pray to You O all-mighty King, hear and have mercy.
We do not hope on the bow, and our weapon will not save us, O Lord, but we ask Your almighty assistance, and hoping on Your power we stand against our enemies, faithfully calling upon Your name. Turn them back and scatter them and give them into the hands of the army that is faithful to You, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Send Your arrows, O Lord, and create confusion among our enemies, flash lightning and scatter them, send forth Your hand from on high and uproot them from the land, remove us [from danger] and save us for the sake of Your name, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Prayer for Victory over Enemies
O Lord God of powers, and God of our salvation, O God, who alone work wonders: look down with mercy and compassion on Your humble servants, and out of love for mankind hearken and have mercy on us and on the land of Ukraine.
For, behold, enemies have once more gathered together, in order to cause division and enmity. But You who know all things, understand that they have risen up unrighteously, and that it will be impossible to oppose their multitudes unless You show us Your help.
Therefore, we who are sinful and unworthy pray unto You in repentance and with tears: Help us, O God, our Savior, and deliver the land of Ukraine for the sake of the glory of Your Name, that the enemy may not to say: “Their God has forsaken them, and there is none to deliver and save them.” But let every nation understand that You are our God, and we Your people are always protected under Your dominion.
Reveal Your mercy, O Lord, and let the words spoken by Moses unto the people of Israel (Exodus 14:13-14) be applied to us: “Fear not. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord shall fight for us.” Work for us a sign for good, that they who are filled with hatred may see our orthodox faith and be humbled and shaken.
Yes, O Lord God, our Savior, our Strength and Hope and Help, remember not the transgressions and unrighteousness of Your faithful people, and turn not away from us in Your anger. But visit Your mercies and compassions upon Your humble servants, those who fight in defense of Ukraine and her much-suffering people, outnumbered though they be, and hear us who fall down before Your deep compassion. With Your mercy enlighten and make glad the hearts of the civil authorities, and strengthened them by Your might.
Rise up to their help and lay low the evil councils purposed against them by the enemy. Judge them that provoke and make war, and turn their impious boldness into fear and flight. But grant unto the just and God-fearing armies of the children of Ukraine, great boldness and courage to advance and overtake them, and to defeat them in Your Name. And unto them that You have judged to lay down their lives for faith and country, forgive them their trespasses, and in the day of the righteous reckoning grant unto them incorruptible crowns.
For You are the health and victory and salvation of them that put their hope in You, and unto You do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
Spoken by David when returning thanks to God, who had delivered him from the lion and the wolf and he had slain both of them.
Praise the Lord, all you nations; glorify Him, and bless His name: Who rescued the soul of His elect from the hands of death, and delivered His holy one from destruction: and saved me from the nets of Hades, and my soul from the pit that cannot be fathomed. Because, while my deliverance could go forth from before Him, I was nearly rent in two pieces by two wild beasts. But He sent His angel, and shut up from me the gaping mouths, and rescued my life from destruction. My soul shall glorify Him and exalt Him, because of all His kindnesses which He has done and will do unto me.
Introductory verse, a prayer of St. Mardarios: O God and Master, Father almighty, Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit, one Godhead, and one power, have mercy on me a sinner; and by the judgements which You know, save me Your unworthy servant; for You are blessed for ever and ever. Amen.
Come, let us bow in worship before the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship before Christ, the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship and fall down before the very Lord Jesus Christ, our King and God.
Psalm 42
For the end: a psalm of David, without superscription among the Hebrews.
Judge me, O God, and give judgment in my cause, against a nation that is not holy; from a man unjust and crafty deliver me. For You, O God, are my strength. Wherefore have You cast me off? And wherefore go I with downcast face while my enemy afflicts me? O send out Your light and Your truth; they have guided me along the way, and have brought me unto Your holy mountain, and unto Your tabernacles. And I shall go in unto the altar of God, unto God Who gives gladness to my youth; I will give praise unto You, O God, my God, with the harp. Why are You cast down, O my soul? And why do You disquiet me? Hope in God, for I will give thanks unto Him; He is the salvation of my countenance, and my God.
Psalm 85
A prayer of David.
Bow down Your ear, O Lord, and hearken unto me, for poor and needy am I. Preserve my soul, for I am holy; save Your servant, O my God, that hopes in You. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for unto You will I cry all the day long; make glad the soul of Your servant, for unto You have I lifted up my soul. For You, O Lord, are good and gentle, and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon You. Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer, and attend unto the voice of my supplication. In the day of my affliction have I cried unto You, for You have heard me. There is none like unto You among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like unto Your works. All the nations whom You have made shall come and shall worship before You, O Lord, and shall glorify Your Name. For You are great and work wonders; You alone are God. Guide me, O Lord, in Your way, and I will walk in Your truth; let my heart rejoice that I may fear Your Name. I will confess You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and I will glorify Your Name for ever. For great is Your mercy upon me, and You have delivered my soul from the nethermost hades. O God, transgressors have risen up against me, and the assembly of the mighty has sought after my soul, and they have not set You before them. But You, O Lord my God, are compassionate and merciful, long-suffering and plenteous in mercy, and true. Look upon me and have mercy upon me; give
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. Thrice.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Trinity most holy, have mercy on us. Cleanse us of our sins, O Lord; pardon our transgressions, O Master; look upon our weaknesses and heal them, O Holy One; for the sake of Your name.
Lord, have mercy. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who are in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your 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. For Yours are the kingdom, the power and the glory unto the ages. Amen.
Troparion (Tone 1): Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross.
Glory...
Kontakion (Tone 4): By Your own choice, O Christ our God, You were lifted on the cross. Grant Your mercies to Your new community that bears Your name. By Your power gladden the faithful people and grant them victory against enemies. May they have the help of Your instrument of peace, the invincible sign of victory
Now and ever...
Theotokion (Tone 6): Undaunted patroness of Christians, O steadfast intermediary with the Creator, turn not away from the suppliant voices of sinners, but in your kindness come to help us who cry out to you in faith. Be quick to intercede, make haste to plead, for you are ever the patroness of those who honor you, O Mother of God.
And these petitions with bows:
O Lord our God, strong in powerful in battles, we unworthily flee to you and humbly pray, take up Your weapon of power and your defensive shield and save us, rise up to our aid, unsheathe your sword of defense and victory, silence those who war with us and persecute us, and send back in shame those who plot evil against us, vanquishing them beneath the feet of Your faithful, we pray to You O gracious One, speedily hear us and have mercy.
O Lord our God, look down from heaven and see how our enemies have bared their weapons and readied their shots, to aim them at Your poor and needy servants, and to kill those who praise you in the orthodox manner. With Your all-mighty strength, humble their shots and swiftly turn back their weapon that it may enter their heart, granting peace over them to Your servants, we pray to You O all-mighty King, hear and have mercy.
We do not hope on the bow, and our weapon will not save us, O Lord, but we ask Your almighty assistance, and hoping on Your power we stand against our enemies, faithfully calling upon Your name. Turn them back and scatter them and give them into the hands of the army that is faithful to You, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Send Your arrows, O Lord, and create confusion among our enemies, flash lightning and scatter them, send forth Your hand from on high and uproot them from the land, remove us [from danger] and save us for the sake of Your name, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Prayer for Victory over Enemies
O Lord God of powers, and God of our salvation, O God, who alone work wonders: look down with mercy and compassion on Your humble servants, and out of love for mankind hearken and have mercy on us and on the land of Ukraine.
For, behold, enemies have once more gathered together, in order to cause division and enmity. But You who know all things, understand that they have risen up unrighteously, and that it will be impossible to oppose their multitudes unless You show us Your help.
Therefore, we who are sinful and unworthy pray unto You in repentance and with tears: Help us, O God, our Savior, and deliver the land of Ukraine for the sake of the glory of Your Name, that the enemy may not to say: “Their God has forsaken them, and there is none to deliver and save them.” But let every nation understand that You are our God, and we Your people are always protected under Your dominion.
Reveal Your mercy, O Lord, and let the words spoken by Moses unto the people of Israel (Exodus 14:13-14) be applied to us: “Fear not. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord shall fight for us.” Work for us a sign for good, that they who are filled with hatred may see our orthodox faith and be humbled and shaken.
Yes, O Lord God, our Savior, our Strength and Hope and Help, remember not the transgressions and unrighteousness of Your faithful people, and turn not away from us in Your anger. But visit Your mercies and compassions upon Your humble servants, those who fight in defense of Ukraine and her much-suffering people, outnumbered though they be, and hear us who fall down before Your deep compassion. With Your mercy enlighten and make glad the hearts of the civil authorities, and strengthened them by Your might.
Rise up to their help and lay low the evil councils purposed against them by the enemy. Judge them that provoke and make war, and turn their impious boldness into fear and flight. But grant unto the just and God-fearing armies of the children of Ukraine, great boldness and courage to advance and overtake them, and to defeat them in Your Name. And unto them that You have judged to lay down their lives for faith and country, forgive them their trespasses, and in the day of the righteous reckoning grant unto them incorruptible crowns.
For You are the health and victory and salvation of them that put their hope in You, and unto You do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
A prayer spoken by David when he was contending with the lion and the wolf which took a sheep from his flock.
O God, O God, come to my aid; help me and save me; deliver my soul from the slayer. Shall I go down to Sheol by the mouth of the lion? Or shall the wolf confound me? Was it not enough for them that they lay in wait for my father's flock, and rent in pieces a sheep of my father's drove, but they were wishing also to destroy my soul? Have pity, O Lord, and save Your holy one from destruction; that he may sing Your glories in all his times, and may praise Your great name: when You delivered him from the hands of the destroying lion and of the ravening wolf, and when You rescued my captivity from the hands of the wild beasts. Quickly, O my Lord, send a deliverer from before Your face, and draw me out of the gaping pit, which imprisons me in its depths.
Introductory verse, a prayer of St. Mardarios: O God and Master, Father almighty, Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit, one Godhead, and one power, have mercy on me a sinner; and by the judgements which You know, save me Your unworthy servant; for You are blessed for ever and ever. Amen.
Come, let us bow in worship before the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship before Christ, the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship and fall down before the very Lord Jesus Christ, our King and God.
Psalm 52
For the end: concerning Maeleth.
Concerning instruction by David. Тhe fool has said in his heart: There is no God. They are corrupt and are abominable in iniquities; there is none that does good. God looked down from heaven upon the sons of man, to see if there be any that understand or seek after God. They are all gone astray, they are altogether rendered useless; there is none that does good, no not one. Shall not all they that work iniquity come to understanding, they that eat up my people as they eat bread? They have not called upon the Lord. There have they feared with fear where no fear is. For God has scattered the bones of man-pleasers; they have been put to shame, because God has set them as nothing. Who shall give out of Sion the salvation of Israel? When God has turned back the captivity of His people, Jacob shall rejoice and Israel shall be glad.
Psalm 143
David’s. Concerning Goliath.
Blessed is the Lord my God, Who teaches my hands for battle and my fingers for war. My mercy and my refuge, my helper and my deliverer, My defender is He; and in Him have I hoped, Who subjected my people under me. O Lord, what is man, that You are made known unto him? Or the son of man, that You take account of him? Man is become like vanity, his days like a shadow pass away. O Lord, bow down the heavens and come down; touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. Flash forth lightning, and You shall scatter them; send forth Your arrows, and You shall trouble them. Send forth Your hand from on high; rescue and deliver me from many waters, from the hand of the sons of aliens, Whose mouth has spoken vanity; and their right hand is the right hand of unrighteousness. O God, a new song shall I sing unto You; with the psaltery of ten strings shall I chant unto You, Who gives salvation unto kings, Who redeems David Your servant from the evil sword. Deliver me and rescue me from the hand of the sons of aliens whose mouth has spoken vanity, and their right hand is the right hand of unrighteousness, Whose sons are like new plants, strongly planted in their youth, their daughters beautified, and lavishly adorned like a temple. Their garners are full, bursting forth with all manner of store. Their sheep are abundant in young, multiplying in their gateways; their oxen are fat. There is no breach of wall, nor any passage, nor any outcry in their streets.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. Thrice.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Trinity most holy, have mercy on us. Cleanse us of our sins, O Lord; pardon our transgressions, O Master; look upon our weaknesses and heal them, O Holy One; for the sake of Your name.
Lord, have mercy. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who are in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your 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. For Yours are the kingdom, the power and the glory unto the ages. Amen.
Troparion (Tone 1): Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross.
Glory...
Kontakion (Tone 4): By Your own choice, O Christ our God, You were lifted on the cross. Grant Your mercies to Your new community that bears Your name. By Your power gladden the faithful people and grant them victory against enemies. May they have the help of Your instrument of peace, the invincible sign of victory
Now and ever...
Theotokion (Tone 6): Undaunted patroness of Christians, O steadfast intermediary with the Creator, turn not away from the suppliant voices of sinners, but in your kindness come to help us who cry out to you in faith. Be quick to intercede, make haste to plead, for you are ever the patroness of those who honor you, O Mother of God.
And these petitions with bows:
O Lord our God, strong in powerful in battles, we unworthily flee to you and humbly pray, take up Your weapon of power and your defensive shield and save us, rise up to our aid, unsheathe your sword of defense and victory, silence those who war with us and persecute us, and send back in shame those who plot evil against us, vanquishing them beneath the feet of Your faithful, we pray to You O gracious One, speedily hear us and have mercy.
O Lord our God, look down from heaven and see how our enemies have bared their weapons and readied their shots, to aim them at Your poor and needy servants, and to kill those who praise you in the orthodox manner. With Your all-mighty strength, humble their shots and swiftly turn back their weapon that it may enter their heart, granting peace over them to Your servants, we pray to You O all-mighty King, hear and have mercy.
We do not hope on the bow, and our weapon will not save us, O Lord, but we ask Your almighty assistance, and hoping on Your power we stand against our enemies, faithfully calling upon Your name. Turn them back and scatter them and give them into the hands of the army that is faithful to You, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Send Your arrows, O Lord, and create confusion among our enemies, flash lightning and scatter them, send forth Your hand from on high and uproot them from the land, remove us [from danger] and save us for the sake of Your name, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Prayer for Victory over Enemies
O Lord God of powers, and God of our salvation, O God, who alone work wonders: look down with mercy and compassion on Your humble servants, and out of love for mankind hearken and have mercy on us and on the land of Ukraine.
For, behold, enemies have once more gathered together, in order to cause division and enmity. But You who know all things, understand that they have risen up unrighteously, and that it will be impossible to oppose their multitudes unless You show us Your help.
Therefore, we who are sinful and unworthy pray unto You in repentance and with tears: Help us, O God, our Savior, and deliver the land of Ukraine for the sake of the glory of Your Name, that the enemy may not to say: “Their God has forsaken them, and there is none to deliver and save them.” But let every nation understand that You are our God, and we Your people are always protected under Your dominion.
Reveal Your mercy, O Lord, and let the words spoken by Moses unto the people of Israel (Exodus 14:13-14) be applied to us: “Fear not. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord shall fight for us.” Work for us a sign for good, that they who are filled with hatred may see our orthodox faith and be humbled and shaken.
Yes, O Lord God, our Savior, our Strength and Hope and Help, remember not the transgressions and unrighteousness of Your faithful people, and turn not away from us in Your anger. But visit Your mercies and compassions upon Your humble servants, those who fight in defense of Ukraine and her much-suffering people, outnumbered though they be, and hear us who fall down before Your deep compassion. With Your mercy enlighten and make glad the hearts of the civil authorities, and strengthened them by Your might.
Rise up to their help and lay low the evil councils purposed against them by the enemy. Judge them that provoke and make war, and turn their impious boldness into fear and flight. But grant unto the just and God-fearing armies of the children of Ukraine, great boldness and courage to advance and overtake them, and to defeat them in Your Name. And unto them that You have judged to lay down their lives for faith and country, forgive them their trespasses, and in the day of the righteous reckoning grant unto them incorruptible crowns.
For You are the health and victory and salvation of them that put their hope in You, and unto You do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
Spoken by David when returning thanks to God, who had delivered him from the lion and the wolf and he had slain both of them.
Praise the Lord, all you nations; glorify Him, and bless His name: Who rescued the soul of His elect from the hands of death, and delivered His holy one from destruction: and saved me from the nets of Hades, and my soul from the pit that cannot be fathomed. Because, while my deliverance could go forth from before Him, I was nearly rent in two pieces by two wild beasts. But He sent His angel, and shut up from me the gaping mouths, and rescued my life from destruction. My soul shall glorify Him and exalt Him, because of all His kindnesses which He has done and will do unto me.
Introductory verse, a prayer of St. Mardarios: O God and Master, Father almighty, Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit, one Godhead, and one power, have mercy on me a sinner; and by the judgements which You know, save me Your unworthy servant; for You are blessed for ever and ever. Amen.
Come, let us bow in worship before the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship before Christ, the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship and fall down before the very Lord Jesus Christ, our King and God.
Psalm 53
For the end: among the hymns of instruction by David, when the Ziphites came, and said to Saul: Lo, is not David hidden with us?
O God, in Your Name save me, and in Your strength do You judge me. O God, hearken unto my prayer, give ear unto the words of my mouth. For strangers are risen up against me, and mighty men have sought after my soul and have not set God before themselves. For behold, God helps me, and the Lord is the protector of my soul. He will bring evils upon my enemies. Utterly destroy them by Your truth. Willingly shall I sacrifice unto You; I will confess Your Name, O Lord, for it is good. For out of every affliction have You delivered me, and my eye has looked down upon my enemies.
Psalm 93
A psalm of David, for the fourth day of the week.
The Lord is the God of vengeances; the God of vengeances has spoken openly. Be exalted, O You that judge the earth; render the proud their due. How long shall sinners, O Lord, how long shall sinners boast? How long shall they utter and speak unrighteousness, how long shall they speak, all they that work iniquity? Your people, O Lord, have they brought low, and to Your inheritance have they done harm. Widow and orphan have they slain, and the proselyte have they murdered. And they said: The Lord shall not see it, nor will the God of Jacob perceive it. Understand then, you mindless ones among the people; and you fools, at length be wise. He that planted the ear, shall He not hear? Or He that formed the eye, does He not perceive? He that chastens the nations, shall He not rebuke? He that teaches man knowledge? The Lord knows the thoughts of men, that they are vain. Blessed is the man whom You shall chasten, O Lord; and out of Your law shall You instruct him, That You may give him rest from evil days, until a pit be dug for the sinner. For the Lord will not cast off His people, nor will He forsake His inheritance, Until righteousness return unto judgment, and all that are upright of heart be near thereto. Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Or who will stand up with me against the workers of iniquity? Unless the Lord had brought me help, my soul had well near sojourned in hades. Whenever I said: My foot has slipped; Your mercy, O Lord, brought help unto me. According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, Your consolations brought gladness unto my soul. Let not the throne of iniquity have fellowship with You, which makes mischief in the name of the law. They shall hunt down the soul of the righteous man, and the innocent blood shall they condemn. Yes, the Lord is become my refuge, and my God the helper of my hope. And the Lord shall give back to them their own iniquity, and according to their wickedness the Lord God shall make them to be seen no more.
Hearken, O God,
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. Thrice.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Trinity most holy, have mercy on us. Cleanse us of our sins, O Lord; pardon our transgressions, O Master; look upon our weaknesses and heal them, O Holy One; for the sake of Your name.
Lord, have mercy. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who are in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your 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. For Yours are the kingdom, the power and the glory unto the ages. Amen.
Troparion (Tone 1): Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross.
Glory...
Kontakion (Tone 4): By Your own choice, O Christ our God, You were lifted on the cross. Grant Your mercies to Your new community that bears Your name. By Your power gladden the faithful people and grant them victory against enemies. May they have the help of Your instrument of peace, the invincible sign of victory
Now and ever...
Theotokion (Tone 6): Undaunted patroness of Christians, O steadfast intermediary with the Creator, turn not away from the suppliant voices of sinners, but in your kindness come to help us who cry out to you in faith. Be quick to intercede, make haste to plead, for you are ever the patroness of those who honor you, O Mother of God.
And these petitions with bows:
O Lord our God, strong in powerful in battles, we unworthily flee to you and humbly pray, take up Your weapon of power and your defensive shield and save us, rise up to our aid, unsheathe your sword of defense and victory, silence those who war with us and persecute us, and send back in shame those who plot evil against us, vanquishing them beneath the feet of Your faithful, we pray to You O gracious One, speedily hear us and have mercy.
O Lord our God, look down from heaven and see how our enemies have bared their weapons and readied their shots, to aim them at Your poor and needy servants, and to kill those who praise you in the orthodox manner. With Your all-mighty strength, humble their shots and swiftly turn back their weapon that it may enter their heart, granting peace over them to Your servants, we pray to You O all-mighty King, hear and have mercy.
We do not hope on the bow, and our weapon will not save us, O Lord, but we ask Your almighty assistance, and hoping on Your power we stand against our enemies, faithfully calling upon Your name. Turn them back and scatter them and give them into the hands of the army that is faithful to You, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Send Your arrows, O Lord, and create confusion among our enemies, flash lightning and scatter them, send forth Your hand from on high and uproot them from the land, remove us [from danger] and save us for the sake of Your name, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Prayer for Victory over Enemies
O Lord God of powers, and God of our salvation, O God, who alone work wonders: look down with mercy and compassion on Your humble servants, and out of love for mankind hearken and have mercy on us and on the land of Ukraine.
For, behold, enemies have once more gathered together, in order to cause division and enmity. But You who know all things, understand that they have risen up unrighteously, and that it will be impossible to oppose their multitudes unless You show us Your help.
Therefore, we who are sinful and unworthy pray unto You in repentance and with tears: Help us, O God, our Savior, and deliver the land of Ukraine for the sake of the glory of Your Name, that the enemy may not to say: “Their God has forsaken them, and there is none to deliver and save them.” But let every nation understand that You are our God, and we Your people are always protected under Your dominion.
Reveal Your mercy, O Lord, and let the words spoken by Moses unto the people of Israel (Exodus 14:13-14) be applied to us: “Fear not. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord shall fight for us.” Work for us a sign for good, that they who are filled with hatred may see our orthodox faith and be humbled and shaken.
Yes, O Lord God, our Savior, our Strength and Hope and Help, remember not the transgressions and unrighteousness of Your faithful people, and turn not away from us in Your anger. But visit Your mercies and compassions upon Your humble servants, those who fight in defense of Ukraine and her much-suffering people, outnumbered though they be, and hear us who fall down before Your deep compassion. With Your mercy enlighten and make glad the hearts of the civil authorities, and strengthened them by Your might.
Rise up to their help and lay low the evil councils purposed against them by the enemy. Judge them that provoke and make war, and turn their impious boldness into fear and flight. But grant unto the just and God-fearing armies of the children of Ukraine, great boldness and courage to advance and overtake them, and to defeat them in Your Name. And unto them that You have judged to lay down their lives for faith and country, forgive them their trespasses, and in the day of the righteous reckoning grant unto them incorruptible crowns.
For You are the health and victory and salvation of them that put their hope in You, and unto You do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
A prayer spoken by David when he was contending with the lion and the wolf which took a sheep from his flock.
O God, O God, come to my aid; help me and save me; deliver my soul from the slayer. Shall I go down to Sheol by the mouth of the lion? Or shall the wolf confound me? Was it not enough for them that they lay in wait for my father's flock, and rent in pieces a sheep of my father's drove, but they were wishing also to destroy my soul? Have pity, O Lord, and save Your holy one from destruction; that he may sing Your glories in all his times, and may praise Your great name: when You delivered him from the hands of the destroying lion and of the ravening wolf, and when You rescued my captivity from the hands of the wild beasts. Quickly, O my Lord, send a deliverer from before Your face, and draw me out of the gaping pit, which imprisons me in its depths.
Introductory verse, a prayer of St. Mardarios: O God and Master, Father almighty, Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit, one Godhead, and one power, have mercy on me a sinner; and by the judgements which You know, save me Your unworthy servant; for You are blessed for ever and ever. Amen.
Come, let us bow in worship before the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship before Christ, the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship and fall down before the very Lord Jesus Christ, our King and God.
Psalm 35
For the end: of David, the child of the Lord.
Тhe transgressor, that he may sin, says to himself, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. For he has wrought craftiness before Him, lest he should find his iniquity and hate it. The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit, he has not willed to understand how to do good. Iniquity has he devised upon his bed, he has set himself in every way that is not good, and evil has he not abhorred. O Lord, Your mercy is in heaven, and Your truth reaches unto the clouds. Your righteousness is as the mountains of God, Your judgments are a great abyss. Men and beasts will You save, O Lord. How You have multiplied Your mercy, O God! Let the sons of men hope in the shelter of Your wings. They shall be drunken with the fatness of Your house, and of the torrent of Your delight shall You make them to drink. For in You is the fountain of life, in Your light shall we see light. O continue Your mercy unto them that know You, and Your righteousness unto the upright of heart. Let not the foot of pride come against me, nor let the hand of a sinner move me. Yonder be fallen all they that work iniquity; they are cast out, and shall not be able to stand.
Psalm 58
For the end: destroy not. By David; for a pillar inscription, when Saul sent and watched his house to slay him.
Rescue me from my enemies, O God, and from them that rise up against me redeem me. Deliver me from them that work iniquity, and from men of blood save me. For lo, they have hunted after my soul, the mighty have set upon me. Neither is it my iniquity, O Lord, nor my sin; without iniquity I ran, and directed my steps; arise to meet me, and see. And You, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, be attentive to visit all the nations; be not merciful to any that work iniquity. They shall return at evening, and shall hunger like dogs, and shall go round about the city. Behold, they shall utter sounds with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips: For who, say they, has heard? And You, O Lord, shall laugh them to scorn; You shall lay low all the nations. O my Strength, I will keep watch for You, for You, O God, are my helper. As for my God, His mercy shall go before me; my God shall make it manifest unto me among my enemies. Slay them not, lest at any time they forget Your law; scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord my defender. The sin of their mouth is the speech of their lips; yes, let them be taken captive in their pride. And from their curse and falsehood shall their final destruction be made known in the wrath of their utter destruction, and they shall be no more. And they shall know that God is sovereign of Jacob and of the ends of the earth. They shall return at evening, and shall hunger like dogs, and shall go round about the city. They shall be scattered abroad that they may eat; if they be not satisfied, they shall murmur. But as for me, I will sing of Your power; and in the morning I will rejoice in Your mercy. For You are become my helper and my refuge in the day of my tribulation. You are my helper, unto You will I chant; for You, O God, are my helper; O my God, You are my mercy.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. Thrice.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Trinity most holy, have mercy on us. Cleanse us of our sins, O Lord; pardon our transgressions, O Master; look upon our weaknesses and heal them, O Holy One; for the sake of Your name.
Lord, have mercy. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who are in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your 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. For Yours are the kingdom, the power and the glory unto the ages. Amen.
Troparion (Tone 1): Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross.
Glory...
Kontakion (Tone 4): By Your own choice, O Christ our God, You were lifted on the cross. Grant Your mercies to Your new community that bears Your name. By Your power gladden the faithful people and grant them victory against enemies. May they have the help of Your instrument of peace, the invincible sign of victory
Now and ever...
Theotokion (Tone 6): Undaunted patroness of Christians, O steadfast intermediary with the Creator, turn not away from the suppliant voices of sinners, but in your kindness come to help us who cry out to you in faith. Be quick to intercede, make haste to plead, for you are ever the patroness of those who honor you, O Mother of God.
And these petitions with bows:
O Lord our God, strong in powerful in battles, we unworthily flee to you and humbly pray, take up Your weapon of power and your defensive shield and save us, rise up to our aid, unsheathe your sword of defense and victory, silence those who war with us and persecute us, and send back in shame those who plot evil against us, vanquishing them beneath the feet of Your faithful, we pray to You O gracious One, speedily hear us and have mercy.
O Lord our God, look down from heaven and see how our enemies have bared their weapons and readied their shots, to aim them at Your poor and needy servants, and to kill those who praise you in the orthodox manner. With Your all-mighty strength, humble their shots and swiftly turn back their weapon that it may enter their heart, granting peace over them to Your servants, we pray to You O all-mighty King, hear and have mercy.
We do not hope on the bow, and our weapon will not save us, O Lord, but we ask Your almighty assistance, and hoping on Your power we stand against our enemies, faithfully calling upon Your name. Turn them back and scatter them and give them into the hands of the army that is faithful to You, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Send Your arrows, O Lord, and create confusion among our enemies, flash lightning and scatter them, send forth Your hand from on high and uproot them from the land, remove us [from danger] and save us for the sake of Your name, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Prayer for Victory over Enemies
O Lord God of powers, and God of our salvation, O God, who alone work wonders: look down with mercy and compassion on Your humble servants, and out of love for mankind hearken and have mercy on us and on the land of Ukraine.
For, behold, enemies have once more gathered together, in order to cause division and enmity. But You who know all things, understand that they have risen up unrighteously, and that it will be impossible to oppose their multitudes unless You show us Your help.
Therefore, we who are sinful and unworthy pray unto You in repentance and with tears: Help us, O God, our Savior, and deliver the land of Ukraine for the sake of the glory of Your Name, that the enemy may not to say: “Their God has forsaken them, and there is none to deliver and save them.” But let every nation understand that You are our God, and we Your people are always protected under Your dominion.
Reveal Your mercy, O Lord, and let the words spoken by Moses unto the people of Israel (Exodus 14:13-14) be applied to us: “Fear not. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord shall fight for us.” Work for us a sign for good, that they who are filled with hatred may see our orthodox faith and be humbled and shaken.
Yes, O Lord God, our Savior, our Strength and Hope and Help, remember not the transgressions and unrighteousness of Your faithful people, and turn not away from us in Your anger. But visit Your mercies and compassions upon Your humble servants, those who fight in defense of Ukraine and her much-suffering people, outnumbered though they be, and hear us who fall down before Your deep compassion. With Your mercy enlighten and make glad the hearts of the civil authorities, and strengthened them by Your might.
Rise up to their help and lay low the evil councils purposed against them by the enemy. Judge them that provoke and make war, and turn their impious boldness into fear and flight. But grant unto the just and God-fearing armies of the children of Ukraine, great boldness and courage to advance and overtake them, and to defeat them in Your Name. And unto them that You have judged to lay down their lives for faith and country, forgive them their trespasses, and in the day of the righteous reckoning grant unto them incorruptible crowns.
For You are the health and victory and salvation of them that put their hope in You, and unto You do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
Spoken by David when returning thanks to God, who had delivered him from the lion and the wolf and he had slain both of them.
Praise the Lord, all you nations; glorify Him, and bless His name: Who rescued the soul of His elect from the hands of death, and delivered His holy one from destruction: and saved me from the nets of Hades, and my soul from the pit that cannot be fathomed. Because, while my deliverance could go forth from before Him, I was nearly rent in two pieces by two wild beasts. But He sent His angel, and shut up from me the gaping mouths, and rescued my life from destruction. My soul shall glorify Him and exalt Him, because of all His kindnesses which He has done and will do unto me.
Introductory verse, a prayer of St. Mardarios: O God and Master, Father almighty, Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit, one Godhead, and one power, have mercy on me a sinner; and by the judgements which You know, save me Your unworthy servant; for You are blessed for ever and ever. Amen.
Come, let us bow in worship before the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship before Christ, the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship and fall down before the very Lord Jesus Christ, our King and God.
Psalm 12
For the end: a psalm of David.
Нow long, O Lord, will You utterly forget me? How long will You turn Your face away from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul with grievings in my heart by day and by night? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? Look upon me, hear me, O Lord my God; enlighten my eyes, lest at any time I sleep unto death. Lest at any time my enemy say: I have prevailed against him. They that afflict me will rejoice if I am shaken; as for me, I have hoped in Your mercy. My heart will rejoice in Your salvation. I will sing unto the Lord, Who is my benefactor, and I will chant unto the Name of the Lord Most High.
Psalm 69
For the end: David’s. In remembrance, that the Lord may save me.
O God, be attentive unto helping me; O Lord, make haste to help me. Let them be shamed and confounded that seek after my soul. Let them be turned back straightway in shame that say unto me: Well done! Well done! Let them be glad and rejoice in You all that seek after You, O God, and let them that love Your salvation say continually: The Lord be magnified. But as for me, I am poor and needy; O God, come unto my aid. My helper and my deliverer are You, O Lord; make no long tarrying.
Hearken, O God,
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. Thrice.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Trinity most holy, have mercy on us. Cleanse us of our sins, O Lord; pardon our transgressions, O Master; look upon our weaknesses and heal them, O Holy One; for the sake of Your name.
Lord, have mercy. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who are in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your 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. For Yours are the kingdom, the power and the glory unto the ages. Amen.
Troparion (Tone 1): Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross.
Glory...
Kontakion (Tone 4): By Your own choice, O Christ our God, You were lifted on the cross. Grant Your mercies to Your new community that bears Your name. By Your power gladden the faithful people and grant them victory against enemies. May they have the help of Your instrument of peace, the invincible sign of victory
Now and ever...
Theotokion (Tone 6): Undaunted patroness of Christians, O steadfast intermediary with the Creator, turn not away from the suppliant voices of sinners, but in your kindness come to help us who cry out to you in faith. Be quick to intercede, make haste to plead, for you are ever the patroness of those who honor you, O Mother of God.
And these petitions with bows:
O Lord our God, strong in powerful in battles, we unworthily flee to you and humbly pray, take up Your weapon of power and your defensive shield and save us, rise up to our aid, unsheathe your sword of defense and victory, silence those who war with us and persecute us, and send back in shame those who plot evil against us, vanquishing them beneath the feet of Your faithful, we pray to You O gracious One, speedily hear us and have mercy.
O Lord our God, look down from heaven and see how our enemies have bared their weapons and readied their shots, to aim them at Your poor and needy servants, and to kill those who praise you in the orthodox manner. With Your all-mighty strength, humble their shots and swiftly turn back their weapon that it may enter their heart, granting peace over them to Your servants, we pray to You O all-mighty King, hear and have mercy.
We do not hope on the bow, and our weapon will not save us, O Lord, but we ask Your almighty assistance, and hoping on Your power we stand against our enemies, faithfully calling upon Your name. Turn them back and scatter them and give them into the hands of the army that is faithful to You, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Send Your arrows, O Lord, and create confusion among our enemies, flash lightning and scatter them, send forth Your hand from on high and uproot them from the land, remove us [from danger] and save us for the sake of Your name, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Prayer for Victory over Enemies
O Lord God of powers, and God of our salvation, O God, who alone work wonders: look down with mercy and compassion on Your humble servants, and out of love for mankind hearken and have mercy on us and on the land of Ukraine.
For, behold, enemies have once more gathered together, in order to cause division and enmity. But You who know all things, understand that they have risen up unrighteously, and that it will be impossible to oppose their multitudes unless You show us Your help.
Therefore, we who are sinful and unworthy pray unto You in repentance and with tears: Help us, O God, our Savior, and deliver the land of Ukraine for the sake of the glory of Your Name, that the enemy may not to say: “Their God has forsaken them, and there is none to deliver and save them.” But let every nation understand that You are our God, and we Your people are always protected under Your dominion.
Reveal Your mercy, O Lord, and let the words spoken by Moses unto the people of Israel (Exodus 14:13-14) be applied to us: “Fear not. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord shall fight for us.” Work for us a sign for good, that they who are filled with hatred may see our orthodox faith and be humbled and shaken.
Yes, O Lord God, our Savior, our Strength and Hope and Help, remember not the transgressions and unrighteousness of Your faithful people, and turn not away from us in Your anger. But visit Your mercies and compassions upon Your humble servants, those who fight in defense of Ukraine and her much-suffering people, outnumbered though they be, and hear us who fall down before Your deep compassion. With Your mercy enlighten and make glad the hearts of the civil authorities, and strengthened them by Your might.
Rise up to their help and lay low the evil councils purposed against them by the enemy. Judge them that provoke and make war, and turn their impious boldness into fear and flight. But grant unto the just and God-fearing armies of the children of Ukraine, great boldness and courage to advance and overtake them, and to defeat them in Your Name. And unto them that You have judged to lay down their lives for faith and country, forgive them their trespasses, and in the day of the righteous reckoning grant unto them incorruptible crowns.
For You are the health and victory and salvation of them that put their hope in You, and unto You do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
A prayer spoken by David when he was contending with the lion and the wolf which took a sheep from his flock.
O God, O God, come to my aid; help me and save me; deliver my soul from the slayer. Shall I go down to Sheol by the mouth of the lion? Or shall the wolf confound me? Was it not enough for them that they lay in wait for my father's flock, and rent in pieces a sheep of my father's drove, but they were wishing also to destroy my soul? Have pity, O Lord, and save Your holy one from destruction; that he may sing Your glories in all his times, and may praise Your great name: when You delivered him from the hands of the destroying lion and of the ravening wolf, and when You rescued my captivity from the hands of the wild beasts. Quickly, O my Lord, send a deliverer from before Your face, and draw me out of the gaping pit, which imprisons me in its depths.
Introductory verse, a prayer of St. Mardarios: O God and Master, Father almighty, Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit, one Godhead, and one power, have mercy on me a sinner; and by the judgements which You know, save me Your unworthy servant; for You are blessed for ever and ever. Amen.
Come, let us bow in worship before the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship before Christ, the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship and fall down before the very Lord Jesus Christ, our King and God.
Psalm 2
Of David.
Why have the nations raged, and the peoples meditated empty things? The kings of the earth were roused, and the rulers were assembled together, against the Lord, and against His Christ. Let us break their bonds asunder, and let us cast away their yoke from us. He that dwells in the heavens shall laugh them to scorn, and the Lord shall deride them. Then shall He speak unto them in His wrath, and in His anger shall He trouble them. But as for Me, I was established as king by Him, upon Sion His holy mountain, proclaiming the commandment of the Lord.
Psalm 29
For the end: a canticle psalm at the dedication of the house of David.
I will exalt You, O Lord, for You have upheld me, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me. O Lord my God, I cried unto You, and You have healed me. O Lord, You have brought up my soul out of hades; You have saved me from them that go down into the pit. Chant unto the Lord, O ye saints of His, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness. For wrath is in His anger, but in His will there is life; at evening shall weeping find lodging, but in the morning rejoicing. And I said in my prosperity: I shall remain unshaken for ever. O Lord, by Your will have You granted power to my beauty, but You have turned away Your face, and I am become troubled. Unto You, O Lord, will I cry, and unto my God will I make supplication. What profit is there in my blood when I go down into corruption? Shall dust confess You, or declare Your truth? The Lord has heard me and has had mercy on me; the Lord became my helper. You have turned my mourning into joy for me, You rent my sackcloth and girded me with gladness, That my glory may chant unto You, and that I may not be pierced with sorrow; O Lord my God, I will confess You for ever.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. Thrice.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Trinity most holy, have mercy on us. Cleanse us of our sins, O Lord; pardon our transgressions, O Master; look upon our weaknesses and heal them, O Holy One; for the sake of Your name.
Lord, have mercy. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who are in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your 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. For Yours are the kingdom, the power and the glory unto the ages. Amen.
Troparion (Tone 1): Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross.
Glory...
Kontakion (Tone 4): By Your own choice, O Christ our God, You were lifted on the cross. Grant Your mercies to Your new community that bears Your name. By Your power gladden the faithful people and grant them victory against enemies. May they have the help of Your instrument of peace, the invincible sign of victory
Now and ever...
Theotokion (Tone 6): Undaunted patroness of Christians, O steadfast intermediary with the Creator, turn not away from the suppliant voices of sinners, but in your kindness come to help us who cry out to you in faith. Be quick to intercede, make haste to plead, for you are ever the patroness of those who honor you, O Mother of God.
And these petitions with bows:
O Lord our God, strong in powerful in battles, we unworthily flee to you and humbly pray, take up Your weapon of power and your defensive shield and save us, rise up to our aid, unsheathe your sword of defense and victory, silence those who war with us and persecute us, and send back in shame those who plot evil against us, vanquishing them beneath the feet of Your faithful, we pray to You O gracious One, speedily hear us and have mercy.
O Lord our God, look down from heaven and see how our enemies have bared their weapons and readied their shots, to aim them at Your poor and needy servants, and to kill those who praise you in the orthodox manner. With Your all-mighty strength, humble their shots and swiftly turn back their weapon that it may enter their heart, granting peace over them to Your servants, we pray to You O all-mighty King, hear and have mercy.
We do not hope on the bow, and our weapon will not save us, O Lord, but we ask Your almighty assistance, and hoping on Your power we stand against our enemies, faithfully calling upon Your name. Turn them back and scatter them and give them into the hands of the army that is faithful to You, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Send Your arrows, O Lord, and create confusion among our enemies, flash lightning and scatter them, send forth Your hand from on high and uproot them from the land, remove us [from danger] and save us for the sake of Your name, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Prayer for Victory over Enemies
O Lord God of powers, and God of our salvation, O God, who alone work wonders: look down with mercy and compassion on Your humble servants, and out of love for mankind hearken and have mercy on us and on the land of Ukraine.
For, behold, enemies have once more gathered together, in order to cause division and enmity. But You who know all things, understand that they have risen up unrighteously, and that it will be impossible to oppose their multitudes unless You show us Your help.
Therefore, we who are sinful and unworthy pray unto You in repentance and with tears: Help us, O God, our Savior, and deliver the land of Ukraine for the sake of the glory of Your Name, that the enemy may not to say: “Their God has forsaken them, and there is none to deliver and save them.” But let every nation understand that You are our God, and we Your people are always protected under Your dominion.
Reveal Your mercy, O Lord, and let the words spoken by Moses unto the people of Israel (Exodus 14:13-14) be applied to us: “Fear not. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord shall fight for us.” Work for us a sign for good, that they who are filled with hatred may see our orthodox faith and be humbled and shaken.
Yes, O Lord God, our Savior, our Strength and Hope and Help, remember not the transgressions and unrighteousness of Your faithful people, and turn not away from us in Your anger. But visit Your mercies and compassions upon Your humble servants, those who fight in defense of Ukraine and her much-suffering people, outnumbered though they be, and hear us who fall down before Your deep compassion. With Your mercy enlighten and make glad the hearts of the civil authorities, and strengthened them by Your might.
Rise up to their help and lay low the evil councils purposed against them by the enemy. Judge them that provoke and make war, and turn their impious boldness into fear and flight. But grant unto the just and God-fearing armies of the children of Ukraine, great boldness and courage to advance and overtake them, and to defeat them in Your Name. And unto them that You have judged to lay down their lives for faith and country, forgive them their trespasses, and in the day of the righteous reckoning grant unto them incorruptible crowns.
For You are the health and victory and salvation of them that put their hope in You, and unto You do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
Spoken by David when returning thanks to God, who had delivered him from the lion and the wolf and he had slain both of them.
Praise the Lord, all you nations; glorify Him, and bless His name: Who rescued the soul of His elect from the hands of death, and delivered His holy one from destruction: and saved me from the nets of Hades, and my soul from the pit that cannot be fathomed. Because, while my deliverance could go forth from before Him, I was nearly rent in two pieces by two wild beasts. But He sent His angel, and shut up from me the gaping mouths, and rescued my life from destruction. My soul shall glorify Him and exalt Him, because of all His kindnesses which He has done and will do unto me.
Introductory verse, a prayer of St. Mardarios: O God and Master, Father almighty, Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit, one Godhead, and one power, have mercy on me a sinner; and by the judgements which You know, save me Your unworthy servant; for You are blessed for ever and ever. Amen.
Come, let us bow in worship before the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship before Christ, the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship and fall down before the very Lord Jesus Christ, our King and God.
Psalm 3
Of David, when he fled from the face of Abessalom his son.
O Lord, why are they multiplied that afflict me? Many rise up against me. Many say unto my soul: There is no salvation for him in his God. But You, O Lord, are my helper, my glory, and the lifter up of my head. I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and He heard me out of His holy mountain. I laid me down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord will help me. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people that set themselves against me round about. Arise, O Lord, save me, O my God, for You have struck all who without cause are my enemies; the teeth of sinners have You broken. Salvation is of the Lord, and Your blessing is upon Your people.
Hearken, O God,
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. Thrice.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Trinity most holy, have mercy on us. Cleanse us of our sins, O Lord; pardon our transgressions, O Master; look upon our weaknesses and heal them, O Holy One; for the sake of Your name.
Lord, have mercy. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who are in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your 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. For Yours are the kingdom, the power and the glory unto the ages. Amen.
Troparion (Tone 1): Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross.
Glory...
Kontakion (Tone 4): By Your own choice, O Christ our God, You were lifted on the cross. Grant Your mercies to Your new community that bears Your name. By Your power gladden the faithful people and grant them victory against enemies. May they have the help of Your instrument of peace, the invincible sign of victory
Now and ever...
Theotokion (Tone 6): Undaunted patroness of Christians, O steadfast intermediary with the Creator, turn not away from the suppliant voices of sinners, but in your kindness come to help us who cry out to you in faith. Be quick to intercede, make haste to plead, for you are ever the patroness of those who honor you, O Mother of God.
And these petitions with bows:
O Lord our God, strong in powerful in battles, we unworthily flee to you and humbly pray, take up Your weapon of power and your defensive shield and save us, rise up to our aid, unsheathe your sword of defense and victory, silence those who war with us and persecute us, and send back in shame those who plot evil against us, vanquishing them beneath the feet of Your faithful, we pray to You O gracious One, speedily hear us and have mercy.
O Lord our God, look down from heaven and see how our enemies have bared their weapons and readied their shots, to aim them at Your poor and needy servants, and to kill those who praise you in the orthodox manner. With Your all-mighty strength, humble their shots and swiftly turn back their weapon that it may enter their heart, granting peace over them to Your servants, we pray to You O all-mighty King, hear and have mercy.
We do not hope on the bow, and our weapon will not save us, O Lord, but we ask Your almighty assistance, and hoping on Your power we stand against our enemies, faithfully calling upon Your name. Turn them back and scatter them and give them into the hands of the army that is faithful to You, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Send Your arrows, O Lord, and create confusion among our enemies, flash lightning and scatter them, send forth Your hand from on high and uproot them from the land, remove us [from danger] and save us for the sake of Your name, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Prayer for Victory over Enemies
O Lord God of powers, and God of our salvation, O God, who alone work wonders: look down with mercy and compassion on Your humble servants, and out of love for mankind hearken and have mercy on us and on the land of Ukraine.
For, behold, enemies have once more gathered together, in order to cause division and enmity. But You who know all things, understand that they have risen up unrighteously, and that it will be impossible to oppose their multitudes unless You show us Your help.
Therefore, we who are sinful and unworthy pray unto You in repentance and with tears: Help us, O God, our Savior, and deliver the land of Ukraine for the sake of the glory of Your Name, that the enemy may not to say: “Their God has forsaken them, and there is none to deliver and save them.” But let every nation understand that You are our God, and we Your people are always protected under Your dominion.
Reveal Your mercy, O Lord, and let the words spoken by Moses unto the people of Israel (Exodus 14:13-14) be applied to us: “Fear not. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord shall fight for us.” Work for us a sign for good, that they who are filled with hatred may see our orthodox faith and be humbled and shaken.
Yes, O Lord God, our Savior, our Strength and Hope and Help, remember not the transgressions and unrighteousness of Your faithful people, and turn not away from us in Your anger. But visit Your mercies and compassions upon Your humble servants, those who fight in defense of Ukraine and her much-suffering people, outnumbered though they be, and hear us who fall down before Your deep compassion. With Your mercy enlighten and make glad the hearts of the civil authorities, and strengthened them by Your might.
Rise up to their help and lay low the evil councils purposed against them by the enemy. Judge them that provoke and make war, and turn their impious boldness into fear and flight. But grant unto the just and God-fearing armies of the children of Ukraine, great boldness and courage to advance and overtake them, and to defeat them in Your Name. And unto them that You have judged to lay down their lives for faith and country, forgive them their trespasses, and in the day of the righteous reckoning grant unto them incorruptible crowns.
For You are the health and victory and salvation of them that put their hope in You, and unto You do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
A prayer spoken by David when he was contending with the lion and the wolf which took a sheep from his flock.
O God, O God, come to my aid; help me and save me; deliver my soul from the slayer. Shall I go down to Sheol by the mouth of the lion? Or shall the wolf confound me? Was it not enough for them that they lay in wait for my father's flock, and rent in pieces a sheep of my father's drove, but they were wishing also to destroy my soul? Have pity, O Lord, and save Your holy one from destruction; that he may sing Your glories in all his times, and may praise Your great name: when You delivered him from the hands of the destroying lion and of the ravening wolf, and when You rescued my captivity from the hands of the wild beasts. Quickly, O my Lord, send a deliverer from before Your face, and draw me out of the gaping pit, which imprisons me in its depths.
Introductory verse, a prayer of St. Mardarios: O God and Master, Father almighty, Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit, one Godhead, and one power, have mercy on me a sinner; and by the judgements which You know, save me Your unworthy servant; for You are blessed for ever and ever. Amen.
Come, let us bow in worship before the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship before Christ, the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship and fall down before the very Lord Jesus Christ, our King and God.
Psalm 4
For the end: an ode of David among the psalms.
When I called upon You, O God of my righteousness, You hearkened unto me; in my affliction You have enlarged me. Have compassion on me and hear my prayer. O you sons of men, how long will you be slow of heart? Why do you love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Know also that the Lord has made wondrous His holy one; the Lord will hearken unto me when I cry unto Him.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. Thrice.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Trinity most holy, have mercy on us. Cleanse us of our sins, O Lord; pardon our transgressions, O Master; look upon our weaknesses and heal them, O Holy One; for the sake of Your name.
Lord, have mercy. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who are in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your 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. For Yours are the kingdom, the power and the glory unto the ages. Amen.
Troparion (Tone 1): Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross.
Glory...
Kontakion (Tone 4): By Your own choice, O Christ our God, You were lifted on the cross. Grant Your mercies to Your new community that bears Your name. By Your power gladden the faithful people and grant them victory against enemies. May they have the help of Your instrument of peace, the invincible sign of victory
Now and ever...
Theotokion (Tone 6): Undaunted patroness of Christians, O steadfast intermediary with the Creator, turn not away from the suppliant voices of sinners, but in your kindness come to help us who cry out to you in faith. Be quick to intercede, make haste to plead, for you are ever the patroness of those who honor you, O Mother of God.
And these petitions with bows:
O Lord our God, strong in powerful in battles, we unworthily flee to you and humbly pray, take up Your weapon of power and your defensive shield and save us, rise up to our aid, unsheathe your sword of defense and victory, silence those who war with us and persecute us, and send back in shame those who plot evil against us, vanquishing them beneath the feet of Your faithful, we pray to You O gracious One, speedily hear us and have mercy.
O Lord our God, look down from heaven and see how our enemies have bared their weapons and readied their shots, to aim them at Your poor and needy servants, and to kill those who praise you in the orthodox manner. With Your all-mighty strength, humble their shots and swiftly turn back their weapon that it may enter their heart, granting peace over them to Your servants, we pray to You O all-mighty King, hear and have mercy.
We do not hope on the bow, and our weapon will not save us, O Lord, but we ask Your almighty assistance, and hoping on Your power we stand against our enemies, faithfully calling upon Your name. Turn them back and scatter them and give them into the hands of the army that is faithful to You, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Send Your arrows, O Lord, and create confusion among our enemies, flash lightning and scatter them, send forth Your hand from on high and uproot them from the land, remove us [from danger] and save us for the sake of Your name, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Prayer for Victory over Enemies
O Lord God of powers, and God of our salvation, O God, who alone work wonders: look down with mercy and compassion on Your humble servants, and out of love for mankind hearken and have mercy on us and on the land of Ukraine.
For, behold, enemies have once more gathered together, in order to cause division and enmity. But You who know all things, understand that they have risen up unrighteously, and that it will be impossible to oppose their multitudes unless You show us Your help.
Therefore, we who are sinful and unworthy pray unto You in repentance and with tears: Help us, O God, our Savior, and deliver the land of Ukraine for the sake of the glory of Your Name, that the enemy may not to say: “Their God has forsaken them, and there is none to deliver and save them.” But let every nation understand that You are our God, and we Your people are always protected under Your dominion.
Reveal Your mercy, O Lord, and let the words spoken by Moses unto the people of Israel (Exodus 14:13-14) be applied to us: “Fear not. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord shall fight for us.” Work for us a sign for good, that they who are filled with hatred may see our orthodox faith and be humbled and shaken.
Yes, O Lord God, our Savior, our Strength and Hope and Help, remember not the transgressions and unrighteousness of Your faithful people, and turn not away from us in Your anger. But visit Your mercies and compassions upon Your humble servants, those who fight in defense of Ukraine and her much-suffering people, outnumbered though they be, and hear us who fall down before Your deep compassion. With Your mercy enlighten and make glad the hearts of the civil authorities, and strengthened them by Your might.
Rise up to their help and lay low the evil councils purposed against them by the enemy. Judge them that provoke and make war, and turn their impious boldness into fear and flight. But grant unto the just and God-fearing armies of the children of Ukraine, great boldness and courage to advance and overtake them, and to defeat them in Your Name. And unto them that You have judged to lay down their lives for faith and country, forgive them their trespasses, and in the day of the righteous reckoning grant unto them incorruptible crowns.
For You are the health and victory and salvation of them that put their hope in You, and unto You do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
Spoken by David when returning thanks to God, who had delivered him from the lion and the wolf and he had slain both of them.
Praise the Lord, all you nations; glorify Him, and bless His name: Who rescued the soul of His elect from the hands of death, and delivered His holy one from destruction: and saved me from the nets of Hades, and my soul from the pit that cannot be fathomed. Because, while my deliverance could go forth from before Him, I was nearly rent in two pieces by two wild beasts. But He sent His angel, and shut up from me the gaping mouths, and rescued my life from destruction. My soul shall glorify Him and exalt Him, because of all His kindnesses which He has done and will do unto me.
Introductory verse, a prayer of St. Mardarios: O God and Master, Father almighty, Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit, one Godhead, and one power, have mercy on me a sinner; and by the judgements which You know, save me Your unworthy servant; for You are blessed for ever and ever. Amen.
Come, let us bow in worship before the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship before Christ, the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship and fall down before the very Lord Jesus Christ, our King and God.
Psalm 5
Of David. For the end: for her that obtained the inheritance.
Unto my words give ear, O Lord; hear my cry. Attend unto the voice of my supplication, O my King and my God; for unto You will I pray, O Lord. In the morning You shall hear my voice. In the morning shall I stand before You, and You shall look upon me; for not a God that wills iniquity are You. He that works evil shall not dwell near You, Nor shall transgressors abide before Your eyes. You have hated all them that work iniquity; You shall destroy all them that speak a lie. A man that is bloody and deceitful shall the Lord abhor. But as for me, in the multitude of Your mercy shall I go into Your house; I shall worship toward Your holy temple in fear of You. O Lord, guide me in the way of Your righteousness; because of my enemies, make straight my way before You, For in their mouth there is no truth; their heart is vain. Their throat is an open sepulchre, with their tongues have they spoken deceitfully; judge them, O God. Let them fall down on account of their own devisings; according to the multitude of their ungodliness, cast them out, for they have embittered You, O Lord. And let all them be glad that hope in You; they shall ever rejoice, and You shall dwell among them. And all shall glory in You that love Your Name, for You shall bless the righteous. O Lord, as with a shield of Your good will have You crowned us.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. Thrice.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Trinity most holy, have mercy on us. Cleanse us of our sins, O Lord; pardon our transgressions, O Master; look upon our weaknesses and heal them, O Holy One; for the sake of Your name.
Lord, have mercy. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who are in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your 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. For Yours are the kingdom, the power and the glory unto the ages. Amen.
Troparion (Tone 1): Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross.
Glory...
Kontakion (Tone 4): By Your own choice, O Christ our God, You were lifted on the cross. Grant Your mercies to Your new community that bears Your name. By Your power gladden the faithful people and grant them victory against enemies. May they have the help of Your instrument of peace, the invincible sign of victory
Now and ever...
Theotokion (Tone 6): Undaunted patroness of Christians, O steadfast intermediary with the Creator, turn not away from the suppliant voices of sinners, but in your kindness come to help us who cry out to you in faith. Be quick to intercede, make haste to plead, for you are ever the patroness of those who honor you, O Mother of God.
And these petitions with bows:
O Lord our God, strong in powerful in battles, we unworthily flee to you and humbly pray, take up Your weapon of power and your defensive shield and save us, rise up to our aid, unsheathe your sword of defense and victory, silence those who war with us and persecute us, and send back in shame those who plot evil against us, vanquishing them beneath the feet of Your faithful, we pray to You O gracious One, speedily hear us and have mercy.
O Lord our God, look down from heaven and see how our enemies have bared their weapons and readied their shots, to aim them at Your poor and needy servants, and to kill those who praise you in the orthodox manner. With Your all-mighty strength, humble their shots and swiftly turn back their weapon that it may enter their heart, granting peace over them to Your servants, we pray to You O all-mighty King, hear and have mercy.
We do not hope on the bow, and our weapon will not save us, O Lord, but we ask Your almighty assistance, and hoping on Your power we stand against our enemies, faithfully calling upon Your name. Turn them back and scatter them and give them into the hands of the army that is faithful to You, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Send Your arrows, O Lord, and create confusion among our enemies, flash lightning and scatter them, send forth Your hand from on high and uproot them from the land, remove us [from danger] and save us for the sake of Your name, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Prayer for Victory over Enemies
O Lord God of powers, and God of our salvation, O God, who alone work wonders: look down with mercy and compassion on Your humble servants, and out of love for mankind hearken and have mercy on us and on the land of Ukraine.
For, behold, enemies have once more gathered together, in order to cause division and enmity. But You who know all things, understand that they have risen up unrighteously, and that it will be impossible to oppose their multitudes unless You show us Your help.
Therefore, we who are sinful and unworthy pray unto You in repentance and with tears: Help us, O God, our Savior, and deliver the land of Ukraine for the sake of the glory of Your Name, that the enemy may not to say: “Their God has forsaken them, and there is none to deliver and save them.” But let every nation understand that You are our God, and we Your people are always protected under Your dominion.
Reveal Your mercy, O Lord, and let the words spoken by Moses unto the people of Israel (Exodus 14:13-14) be applied to us: “Fear not. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord shall fight for us.” Work for us a sign for good, that they who are filled with hatred may see our orthodox faith and be humbled and shaken.
Yes, O Lord God, our Savior, our Strength and Hope and Help, remember not the transgressions and unrighteousness of Your faithful people, and turn not away from us in Your anger. But visit Your mercies and compassions upon Your humble servants, those who fight in defense of Ukraine and her much-suffering people, outnumbered though they be, and hear us who fall down before Your deep compassion. With Your mercy enlighten and make glad the hearts of the civil authorities, and strengthened them by Your might.
Rise up to their help and lay low the evil councils purposed against them by the enemy. Judge them that provoke and make war, and turn their impious boldness into fear and flight. But grant unto the just and God-fearing armies of the children of Ukraine, great boldness and courage to advance and overtake them, and to defeat them in Your Name. And unto them that You have judged to lay down their lives for faith and country, forgive them their trespasses, and in the day of the righteous reckoning grant unto them incorruptible crowns.
For You are the health and victory and salvation of them that put their hope in You, and unto You do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
A prayer spoken by David when he was contending with the lion and the wolf which took a sheep from his flock.
O God, O God, come to my aid; help me and save me; deliver my soul from the slayer. Shall I go down to Sheol by the mouth of the lion? Or shall the wolf confound me? Was it not enough for them that they lay in wait for my father's flock, and rent in pieces a sheep of my father's drove, but they were wishing also to destroy my soul? Have pity, O Lord, and save Your holy one from destruction; that he may sing Your glories in all his times, and may praise Your great name: when You delivered him from the hands of the destroying lion and of the ravening wolf, and when You rescued my captivity from the hands of the wild beasts. Quickly, O my Lord, send a deliverer from before Your face, and draw me out of the gaping pit, which imprisons me in its depths.
Introductory verse, a prayer of St. Mardarios: O God and Master, Father almighty, Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit, one Godhead, and one power, have mercy on me a sinner; and by the judgements which You know, save me Your unworthy servant; for You are blessed for ever and ever. Amen.
Come, let us bow in worship before the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship before Christ, the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship and fall down before the very Lord Jesus Christ, our King and God.
Psalm 13
For the end: a psalm of David.
Тhe fool has said in his heart: There is no God. They are become corrupt and loathsome in their ways; there is none that does good, no not one. The Lord looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there be any that understand or seek after God. They are all gone astray, they are altogether rendered useless, there is none that does good, no not one. Shall not all they that work iniquity come to understanding? They that eat up my people as they eat bread have not called upon the Lord. There have they feared with fear where there is no fear; for the Lord is in the generation of the righteous. The counsel of the poor man have you shamed, but the Lord is his hope. Who shall give out of Sion the salvation of Israel? When the Lord has turned back the captivity of His people, Jacob shall rejoice and Israel shall be glad.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. Thrice.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Trinity most holy, have mercy on us. Cleanse us of our sins, O Lord; pardon our transgressions, O Master; look upon our weaknesses and heal them, O Holy One; for the sake of Your name.
Lord, have mercy. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who are in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your 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. For Yours are the kingdom, the power and the glory unto the ages. Amen.
Troparion (Tone 1): Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross.
Glory...
Kontakion (Tone 4): By Your own choice, O Christ our God, You were lifted on the cross. Grant Your mercies to Your new community that bears Your name. By Your power gladden the faithful people and grant them victory against enemies. May they have the help of Your instrument of peace, the invincible sign of victory
Now and ever...
Theotokion (Tone 6): Undaunted patroness of Christians, O steadfast intermediary with the Creator, turn not away from the suppliant voices of sinners, but in your kindness come to help us who cry out to you in faith. Be quick to intercede, make haste to plead, for you are ever the patroness of those who honor you, O Mother of God.
And these petitions with bows:
O Lord our God, strong in powerful in battles, we unworthily flee to you and humbly pray, take up Your weapon of power and your defensive shield and save us, rise up to our aid, unsheathe your sword of defense and victory, silence those who war with us and persecute us, and send back in shame those who plot evil against us, vanquishing them beneath the feet of Your faithful, we pray to You O gracious One, speedily hear us and have mercy.
O Lord our God, look down from heaven and see how our enemies have bared their weapons and readied their shots, to aim them at Your poor and needy servants, and to kill those who praise you in the orthodox manner. With Your all-mighty strength, humble their shots and swiftly turn back their weapon that it may enter their heart, granting peace over them to Your servants, we pray to You O all-mighty King, hear and have mercy.
We do not hope on the bow, and our weapon will not save us, O Lord, but we ask Your almighty assistance, and hoping on Your power we stand against our enemies, faithfully calling upon Your name. Turn them back and scatter them and give them into the hands of the army that is faithful to You, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Send Your arrows, O Lord, and create confusion among our enemies, flash lightning and scatter them, send forth Your hand from on high and uproot them from the land, remove us [from danger] and save us for the sake of Your name, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Prayer for Victory over Enemies
O Lord God of powers, and God of our salvation, O God, who alone work wonders: look down with mercy and compassion on Your humble servants, and out of love for mankind hearken and have mercy on us and on the land of Ukraine.
For, behold, enemies have once more gathered together, in order to cause division and enmity. But You who know all things, understand that they have risen up unrighteously, and that it will be impossible to oppose their multitudes unless You show us Your help.
Therefore, we who are sinful and unworthy pray unto You in repentance and with tears: Help us, O God, our Savior, and deliver the land of Ukraine for the sake of the glory of Your Name, that the enemy may not to say: “Their God has forsaken them, and there is none to deliver and save them.” But let every nation understand that You are our God, and we Your people are always protected under Your dominion.
Reveal Your mercy, O Lord, and let the words spoken by Moses unto the people of Israel (Exodus 14:13-14) be applied to us: “Fear not. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord shall fight for us.” Work for us a sign for good, that they who are filled with hatred may see our orthodox faith and be humbled and shaken.
Yes, O Lord God, our Savior, our Strength and Hope and Help, remember not the transgressions and unrighteousness of Your faithful people, and turn not away from us in Your anger. But visit Your mercies and compassions upon Your humble servants, those who fight in defense of Ukraine and her much-suffering people, outnumbered though they be, and hear us who fall down before Your deep compassion. With Your mercy enlighten and make glad the hearts of the civil authorities, and strengthened them by Your might.
Rise up to their help and lay low the evil councils purposed against them by the enemy. Judge them that provoke and make war, and turn their impious boldness into fear and flight. But grant unto the just and God-fearing armies of the children of Ukraine, great boldness and courage to advance and overtake them, and to defeat them in Your Name. And unto them that You have judged to lay down their lives for faith and country, forgive them their trespasses, and in the day of the righteous reckoning grant unto them incorruptible crowns.
For You are the health and victory and salvation of them that put their hope in You, and unto You do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
Spoken by David when returning thanks to God, who had delivered him from the lion and the wolf and he had slain both of them.
Praise the Lord, all you nations; glorify Him, and bless His name: Who rescued the soul of His elect from the hands of death, and delivered His holy one from destruction: and saved me from the nets of Hades, and my soul from the pit that cannot be fathomed. Because, while my deliverance could go forth from before Him, I was nearly rent in two pieces by two wild beasts. But He sent His angel, and shut up from me the gaping mouths, and rescued my life from destruction. My soul shall glorify Him and exalt Him, because of all His kindnesses which He has done and will do unto me.
Introductory verse, a prayer of St. Mardarios: O God and Master, Father almighty, Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit, one Godhead, and one power, have mercy on me a sinner; and by the judgements which You know, save me Your unworthy servant; for You are blessed for ever and ever. Amen.
Come, let us bow in worship before the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship before Christ, the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship and fall down before the very Lord Jesus Christ, our King and God.
Psalm 7
A psalm of David, which he sang unto the Lord concerning the words of Chusi, the son of Jemeni.
O Lord my God, in You have I put my hope; save me from them that persecute me, and do You deliver me. Lest at any time like a lion he seize my soul, when there is none to redeem me, nor to save. O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there be injustice in my hands, If I have paid back evil to them that rendered evil unto me, then let me fall back empty from my enemies. Then let the enemy pursue my soul, and take it, and let him tread down my life into the earth, and my glory let him bring down into the dust. Arise, O Lord, in Your anger, exalt Yourself to the furthest boundaries of Your enemies. And awake, O Lord my God, according to the decree which You did command, and a congregation of peoples shall encompass You. And for their sakes return on high. The Lord shall judge the peoples. Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my innocence within me. Let the wickedness of sinners be ended, and do You guide the righteous man, O God, that searches out the hearts and reins. Righteous is my help from God, Who saves them who are upright of heart. God is a judge that is righteous, strong and forbearing, and inflicts not wrath every day. Unless you be converted, His glittering sword shall He furbish; He has bent His bow, and has made it ready. And on it He has made ready the instruments of death, His arrows for them that rage hotly has He perfected. Behold, he was in travail with unrighteousness, he has conceived toil and brought forth iniquity. He opened a pit and dug it, and he shall fall into the hole which he has made. His toil shall return upon his own head, and upon his own head shall his unrighteousness come down. I will give praise unto the Lord according to His righteousness, and I will chant unto the Name of the Lord Most High.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. Thrice.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Trinity most holy, have mercy on us. Cleanse us of our sins, O Lord; pardon our transgressions, O Master; look upon our weaknesses and heal them, O Holy One; for the sake of Your name.
Lord, have mercy. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who are in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your 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. For Yours are the kingdom, the power and the glory unto the ages. Amen.
Troparion (Tone 1): Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross.
Glory...
Kontakion (Tone 4): By Your own choice, O Christ our God, You were lifted on the cross. Grant Your mercies to Your new community that bears Your name. By Your power gladden the faithful people and grant them victory against enemies. May they have the help of Your instrument of peace, the invincible sign of victory
Now and ever...
Theotokion (Tone 6): Undaunted patroness of Christians, O steadfast intermediary with the Creator, turn not away from the suppliant voices of sinners, but in your kindness come to help us who cry out to you in faith. Be quick to intercede, make haste to plead, for you are ever the patroness of those who honor you, O Mother of God.
And these petitions with bows:
O Lord our God, strong in powerful in battles, we unworthily flee to you and humbly pray, take up Your weapon of power and your defensive shield and save us, rise up to our aid, unsheathe your sword of defense and victory, silence those who war with us and persecute us, and send back in shame those who plot evil against us, vanquishing them beneath the feet of Your faithful, we pray to You O gracious One, speedily hear us and have mercy.
O Lord our God, look down from heaven and see how our enemies have bared their weapons and readied their shots, to aim them at Your poor and needy servants, and to kill those who praise you in the orthodox manner. With Your all-mighty strength, humble their shots and swiftly turn back their weapon that it may enter their heart, granting peace over them to Your servants, we pray to You O all-mighty King, hear and have mercy.
We do not hope on the bow, and our weapon will not save us, O Lord, but we ask Your almighty assistance, and hoping on Your power we stand against our enemies, faithfully calling upon Your name. Turn them back and scatter them and give them into the hands of the army that is faithful to You, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Send Your arrows, O Lord, and create confusion among our enemies, flash lightning and scatter them, send forth Your hand from on high and uproot them from the land, remove us [from danger] and save us for the sake of Your name, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Prayer for Victory over Enemies
O Lord God of powers, and God of our salvation, O God, who alone work wonders: look down with mercy and compassion on Your humble servants, and out of love for mankind hearken and have mercy on us and on the land of Ukraine.
For, behold, enemies have once more gathered together, in order to cause division and enmity. But You who know all things, understand that they have risen up unrighteously, and that it will be impossible to oppose their multitudes unless You show us Your help.
Therefore, we who are sinful and unworthy pray unto You in repentance and with tears: Help us, O God, our Savior, and deliver the land of Ukraine for the sake of the glory of Your Name, that the enemy may not to say: “Their God has forsaken them, and there is none to deliver and save them.” But let every nation understand that You are our God, and we Your people are always protected under Your dominion.
Reveal Your mercy, O Lord, and let the words spoken by Moses unto the people of Israel (Exodus 14:13-14) be applied to us: “Fear not. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord shall fight for us.” Work for us a sign for good, that they who are filled with hatred may see our orthodox faith and be humbled and shaken.
Yes, O Lord God, our Savior, our Strength and Hope and Help, remember not the transgressions and unrighteousness of Your faithful people, and turn not away from us in Your anger. But visit Your mercies and compassions upon Your humble servants, those who fight in defense of Ukraine and her much-suffering people, outnumbered though they be, and hear us who fall down before Your deep compassion. With Your mercy enlighten and make glad the hearts of the civil authorities, and strengthened them by Your might.
Rise up to their help and lay low the evil councils purposed against them by the enemy. Judge them that provoke and make war, and turn their impious boldness into fear and flight. But grant unto the just and God-fearing armies of the children of Ukraine, great boldness and courage to advance and overtake them, and to defeat them in Your Name. And unto them that You have judged to lay down their lives for faith and country, forgive them their trespasses, and in the day of the righteous reckoning grant unto them incorruptible crowns.
For You are the health and victory and salvation of them that put their hope in You, and unto You do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
A prayer spoken by David when he was contending with the lion and the wolf which took a sheep from his flock.
O God, O God, come to my aid; help me and save me; deliver my soul from the slayer. Shall I go down to Sheol by the mouth of the lion? Or shall the wolf confound me? Was it not enough for them that they lay in wait for my father's flock, and rent in pieces a sheep of my father's drove, but they were wishing also to destroy my soul? Have pity, O Lord, and save Your holy one from destruction; that he may sing Your glories in all his times, and may praise Your great name: when You delivered him from the hands of the destroying lion and of the ravening wolf, and when You rescued my captivity from the hands of the wild beasts. Quickly, O my Lord, send a deliverer from before Your face, and draw me out of the gaping pit, which imprisons me in its depths.
Introductory verse, a prayer of St. Mardarios: O God and Master, Father almighty, Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit, one Godhead, and one power, have mercy on me a sinner; and by the judgements which You know, save me Your unworthy servant; for You are blessed for ever and ever. Amen.
Come, let us bow in worship before the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship before Christ, the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship and fall down before the very Lord Jesus Christ, our King and God.
Psalm 16
A prayer of David.
Нearken, O Lord, unto my righteousness, attend unto my supplication. Give ear unto my prayer, which comes not from deceitful lips. From before Your face let my judgment come forth, let my eyes behold uprightness. You have proved my heart, You have visited it in the night, You have tried me by fire, and unrighteousness was not found in me. That my mouth might not speak of the works of men, for the sake of the words of Your lips have I kept the ways that are hard. Set my footsteps in Your paths, that my steps may not be shaken. I have cried for You have hearkened unto me, O God. Incline Your ear unto me, and hearken unto my words. Let Your mercies be made wonderful, O You that save them that hope in You. From them that have resisted Your right hand, keep me, O Lord, as the apple of Your eye. In the shelter of Your wings will You shelter me, from the face of the ungodly which have oppressed me. My enemies have surrounded my soul, they have enclosed themselves with their own fat, their mouth has spoken pride. They that cast me out have now encircled me, they have set their eyes to look askance on the earth. They have taken me as might a lion ready for his prey, and as might a lion’s cub that dwells in hiding. Arise, O Lord, overtake them and trip their heels; deliver my soul from ungodly men, Your sword from the enemies of Your hand. O Lord, from Your few do You separate them from the earth in their life; yes, with Your hidden treasures has their belly been filled. They have satisfied themselves with swine and have left the remnants to their babes. But as for me, in righteousness shall I appear before Your face; I shall be filled when Your glory is made manifest to me.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. Thrice.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Trinity most holy, have mercy on us. Cleanse us of our sins, O Lord; pardon our transgressions, O Master; look upon our weaknesses and heal them, O Holy One; for the sake of Your name.
Lord, have mercy. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who are in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your 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. For Yours are the kingdom, the power and the glory unto the ages. Amen.
Troparion (Tone 1): Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross.
Glory...
Kontakion (Tone 4): By Your own choice, O Christ our God, You were lifted on the cross. Grant Your mercies to Your new community that bears Your name. By Your power gladden the faithful people and grant them victory against enemies. May they have the help of Your instrument of peace, the invincible sign of victory
Now and ever...
Theotokion (Tone 6): Undaunted patroness of Christians, O steadfast intermediary with the Creator, turn not away from the suppliant voices of sinners, but in your kindness come to help us who cry out to you in faith. Be quick to intercede, make haste to plead, for you are ever the patroness of those who honor you, O Mother of God.
And these petitions with bows:
O Lord our God, strong in powerful in battles, we unworthily flee to you and humbly pray, take up Your weapon of power and your defensive shield and save us, rise up to our aid, unsheathe your sword of defense and victory, silence those who war with us and persecute us, and send back in shame those who plot evil against us, vanquishing them beneath the feet of Your faithful, we pray to You O gracious One, speedily hear us and have mercy.
O Lord our God, look down from heaven and see how our enemies have bared their weapons and readied their shots, to aim them at Your poor and needy servants, and to kill those who praise you in the orthodox manner. With Your all-mighty strength, humble their shots and swiftly turn back their weapon that it may enter their heart, granting peace over them to Your servants, we pray to You O all-mighty King, hear and have mercy.
We do not hope on the bow, and our weapon will not save us, O Lord, but we ask Your almighty assistance, and hoping on Your power we stand against our enemies, faithfully calling upon Your name. Turn them back and scatter them and give them into the hands of the army that is faithful to You, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Send Your arrows, O Lord, and create confusion among our enemies, flash lightning and scatter them, send forth Your hand from on high and uproot them from the land, remove us [from danger] and save us for the sake of Your name, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Prayer for Victory over Enemies
O Lord God of powers, and God of our salvation, O God, who alone work wonders: look down with mercy and compassion on Your humble servants, and out of love for mankind hearken and have mercy on us and on the land of Ukraine.
For, behold, enemies have once more gathered together, in order to cause division and enmity. But You who know all things, understand that they have risen up unrighteously, and that it will be impossible to oppose their multitudes unless You show us Your help.
Therefore, we who are sinful and unworthy pray unto You in repentance and with tears: Help us, O God, our Savior, and deliver the land of Ukraine for the sake of the glory of Your Name, that the enemy may not to say: “Their God has forsaken them, and there is none to deliver and save them.” But let every nation understand that You are our God, and we Your people are always protected under Your dominion.
Reveal Your mercy, O Lord, and let the words spoken by Moses unto the people of Israel (Exodus 14:13-14) be applied to us: “Fear not. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord shall fight for us.” Work for us a sign for good, that they who are filled with hatred may see our orthodox faith and be humbled and shaken.
Yes, O Lord God, our Savior, our Strength and Hope and Help, remember not the transgressions and unrighteousness of Your faithful people, and turn not away from us in Your anger. But visit Your mercies and compassions upon Your humble servants, those who fight in defense of Ukraine and her much-suffering people, outnumbered though they be, and hear us who fall down before Your deep compassion. With Your mercy enlighten and make glad the hearts of the civil authorities, and strengthened them by Your might.
Rise up to their help and lay low the evil councils purposed against them by the enemy. Judge them that provoke and make war, and turn their impious boldness into fear and flight. But grant unto the just and God-fearing armies of the children of Ukraine, great boldness and courage to advance and overtake them, and to defeat them in Your Name. And unto them that You have judged to lay down their lives for faith and country, forgive them their trespasses, and in the day of the righteous reckoning grant unto them incorruptible crowns.
For You are the health and victory and salvation of them that put their hope in You, and unto You do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
Spoken by David when returning thanks to God, who had delivered him from the lion and the wolf and he had slain both of them.
Praise the Lord, all you nations; glorify Him, and bless His name: Who rescued the soul of His elect from the hands of death, and delivered His holy one from destruction: and saved me from the nets of Hades, and my soul from the pit that cannot be fathomed. Because, while my deliverance could go forth from before Him, I was nearly rent in two pieces by two wild beasts. But He sent His angel, and shut up from me the gaping mouths, and rescued my life from destruction. My soul shall glorify Him and exalt Him, because of all His kindnesses which He has done and will do unto me.
Introductory verse, a prayer of St. Mardarios: O God and Master, Father almighty, Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit, one Godhead, and one power, have mercy on me a sinner; and by the judgements which You know, save me Your unworthy servant; for You are blessed for ever and ever. Amen.
Come, let us bow in worship before the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship before Christ, the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship and fall down before the very Lord Jesus Christ, our King and God.
Psalm 9
For the end: a psalm of David concerning the hidden things of the son.
I will confess You, O Lord, with my whole heart, I will tell of all Your wonders. I will be glad and rejoice in You, I will chant unto Your Name, O Most High. When my enemy be turned back, they shall grow weak and shall perish before Your face, For You have maintained my judgment and my cause; You have sat upon a throne, O You that judge righteousness. You have rebuked the nations, and the ungodly man has perished; his name You have blotted out for ever, and unto ages of ages. The swords of the enemy have utterly failed, and his cities You have destroyed. The remembrance of him has perished with a resounding noise, but the Lord for ever abides. In judgment has He prepared His throne, and He Himself will judge the world in righteousness; He will judge the peoples in uprightness. And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor man, a helper in times of well-being and in afflictions. And let them that know Your Name hope in You, for You have not forsaken them that seek You, O Lord. Chant unto the Lord Who dwells in Sion, proclaim His ways among the nations. For He that makes enquiry for blood has remembered them, He has not forgotten the cry of the poor. Have mercy on me, O Lord; see my humiliation which I have suffered from my enemies, O You that raise me up from the gates of death, That I may declare all Your praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion. We will rejoice in Your salvation. The nations are ensnared in the destruction which they have wrought; in this snare which they hid has their foot been caught. The Lord is known by the judgments which He executes; in the works of his own hands has the sinner been caught. Let sinners be turned away unto hades, yes, all the nations that are forgetful of God. For the poor man shall not be forgotten to the end; the patience of the needy shall not perish for ever. Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before You. O Lord, set a lawgiver over them; let the nations know that they are but men. Why, O Lord, have You gone to stand afar off? Why do You overlook us in times of well-being and in afflictions? When the ungodly man is arrogant, the poor man burns within; they are caught in the counsels which they devise. For the sinner praises himself in the lusts of his soul, and the unrighteous man likewise blesses himself therein. The sinner has provoked the Lord; according to the magnitude of his wrath, he cares not; God is not before him. Profane are his ways in every season, Your judgments are removed from his sight, over all his enemies shall he gain dominion. For he said in his heart: I shall not be shaken; from generation to generation shall I be without harm. With cursing is his mouth filled, and with bitterness and deceit; under his tongue are toil and travail. He sits in ambush with the rich in secret places, that he may slay the innocent; his eyes are set upon the poor man. He lies in wait in a secret place like a lion in his den; he lies in wait to seize upon the poor man, to seize upon the poor man when he draws him in. In his snare will he humble himself, he will bow down and fall while gaining dominion over the poor. For he said in his heart”. God has forgotten; He has turned away His face, that He might not see unto the end. Arise, O Lord my God, let Your hand be lifted high; forget not Your poor to the end. Why has the ungodly one provoked God? For he has said in his heart: He will not make enquiry. You see, for You understand travail and anger, that You might deliver him into Your hands. To You has the beggar been abandoned; for the orphan are You a helper. Break the arm of the sinner and of the evil man; his sin shall be sought out and be found no more. The Lord shall be king for ever, and unto the ages of ages. You nations shall perish out of His land. The desire of the poor have You heard, O Lord; to the preparation of their heart has Your ear been attentive, To judge for the orphan and the humble, that man may no more presume to be arrogant upon the earth.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. Thrice.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Trinity most holy, have mercy on us. Cleanse us of our sins, O Lord; pardon our transgressions, O Master; look upon our weaknesses and heal them, O Holy One; for the sake of Your name.
Lord, have mercy. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who are in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your 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. For Yours are the kingdom, the power and the glory unto the ages. Amen.
Troparion (Tone 1): Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross.
Glory...
Kontakion (Tone 4): By Your own choice, O Christ our God, You were lifted on the cross. Grant Your mercies to Your new community that bears Your name. By Your power gladden the faithful people and grant them victory against enemies. May they have the help of Your instrument of peace, the invincible sign of victory
Now and ever...
Theotokion (Tone 6): Undaunted patroness of Christians, O steadfast intermediary with the Creator, turn not away from the suppliant voices of sinners, but in your kindness come to help us who cry out to you in faith. Be quick to intercede, make haste to plead, for you are ever the patroness of those who honor you, O Mother of God.
And these petitions with bows:
O Lord our God, strong in powerful in battles, we unworthily flee to you and humbly pray, take up Your weapon of power and your defensive shield and save us, rise up to our aid, unsheathe your sword of defense and victory, silence those who war with us and persecute us, and send back in shame those who plot evil against us, vanquishing them beneath the feet of Your faithful, we pray to You O gracious One, speedily hear us and have mercy.
O Lord our God, look down from heaven and see how our enemies have bared their weapons and readied their shots, to aim them at Your poor and needy servants, and to kill those who praise you in the orthodox manner. With Your all-mighty strength, humble their shots and swiftly turn back their weapon that it may enter their heart, granting peace over them to Your servants, we pray to You O all-mighty King, hear and have mercy.
We do not hope on the bow, and our weapon will not save us, O Lord, but we ask Your almighty assistance, and hoping on Your power we stand against our enemies, faithfully calling upon Your name. Turn them back and scatter them and give them into the hands of the army that is faithful to You, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Send Your arrows, O Lord, and create confusion among our enemies, flash lightning and scatter them, send forth Your hand from on high and uproot them from the land, remove us [from danger] and save us for the sake of Your name, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Prayer for Victory over Enemies
O Lord God of powers, and God of our salvation, O God, who alone work wonders: look down with mercy and compassion on Your humble servants, and out of love for mankind hearken and have mercy on us and on the land of Ukraine.
For, behold, enemies have once more gathered together, in order to cause division and enmity. But You who know all things, understand that they have risen up unrighteously, and that it will be impossible to oppose their multitudes unless You show us Your help.
Therefore, we who are sinful and unworthy pray unto You in repentance and with tears: Help us, O God, our Savior, and deliver the land of Ukraine for the sake of the glory of Your Name, that the enemy may not to say: “Their God has forsaken them, and there is none to deliver and save them.” But let every nation understand that You are our God, and we Your people are always protected under Your dominion.
Reveal Your mercy, O Lord, and let the words spoken by Moses unto the people of Israel (Exodus 14:13-14) be applied to us: “Fear not. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord shall fight for us.” Work for us a sign for good, that they who are filled with hatred may see our orthodox faith and be humbled and shaken.
Yes, O Lord God, our Savior, our Strength and Hope and Help, remember not the transgressions and unrighteousness of Your faithful people, and turn not away from us in Your anger. But visit Your mercies and compassions upon Your humble servants, those who fight in defense of Ukraine and her much-suffering people, outnumbered though they be, and hear us who fall down before Your deep compassion. With Your mercy enlighten and make glad the hearts of the civil authorities, and strengthened them by Your might.
Rise up to their help and lay low the evil councils purposed against them by the enemy. Judge them that provoke and make war, and turn their impious boldness into fear and flight. But grant unto the just and God-fearing armies of the children of Ukraine, great boldness and courage to advance and overtake them, and to defeat them in Your Name. And unto them that You have judged to lay down their lives for faith and country, forgive them their trespasses, and in the day of the righteous reckoning grant unto them incorruptible crowns.
For You are the health and victory and salvation of them that put their hope in You, and unto You do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
A prayer spoken by David when he was contending with the lion and the wolf which took a sheep from his flock.
O God, O God, come to my aid; help me and save me; deliver my soul from the slayer. Shall I go down to Sheol by the mouth of the lion? Or shall the wolf confound me? Was it not enough for them that they lay in wait for my father's flock, and rent in pieces a sheep of my father's drove, but they were wishing also to destroy my soul? Have pity, O Lord, and save Your holy one from destruction; that he may sing Your glories in all his times, and may praise Your great name: when You delivered him from the hands of the destroying lion and of the ravening wolf, and when You rescued my captivity from the hands of the wild beasts. Quickly, O my Lord, send a deliverer from before Your face, and draw me out of the gaping pit, which imprisons me in its depths.
Introductory verse, a prayer of St. Mardarios: O God and Master, Father almighty, Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit, one Godhead, and one power, have mercy on me a sinner; and by the judgements which You know, save me Your unworthy servant; for You are blessed for ever and ever. Amen.
Come, let us bow in worship before the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship before Christ, the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship and fall down before the very Lord Jesus Christ, our King and God.
Psalm 10
For the end: a psalm of David.
In the Lord have I hoped; how will you say to my soul: Flee unto the mountains like a sparrow? For behold, the sinners have bent their bow, they have prepared arrows for the quiver, to shoot down in a moonless night the upright of heart. For what You have formed they have destroyed; and the righteous man, what has he done? The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord, in heaven is His throne; His eyes are set upon the poor man, His eyelids examine the sons of men. The Lord examines the righteous man and the ungodly; but he that loves unrighteousness hates his own soul. He will rain down snares upon sinners; fire and brimstone and wind of tempest shall be the portion of their cup. For the Lord is righteous and has loved righteousness; upon uprightness has His countenance looked.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. Thrice.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Trinity most holy, have mercy on us. Cleanse us of our sins, O Lord; pardon our transgressions, O Master; look upon our weaknesses and heal them, O Holy One; for the sake of Your name.
Lord, have mercy. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who are in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your 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. For Yours are the kingdom, the power and the glory unto the ages. Amen.
Troparion (Tone 1): Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross.
Glory...
Kontakion (Tone 4): By Your own choice, O Christ our God, You were lifted on the cross. Grant Your mercies to Your new community that bears Your name. By Your power gladden the faithful people and grant them victory against enemies. May they have the help of Your instrument of peace, the invincible sign of victory
Now and ever...
Theotokion (Tone 6): Undaunted patroness of Christians, O steadfast intermediary with the Creator, turn not away from the suppliant voices of sinners, but in your kindness come to help us who cry out to you in faith. Be quick to intercede, make haste to plead, for you are ever the patroness of those who honor you, O Mother of God.
And these petitions with bows:
O Lord our God, strong in powerful in battles, we unworthily flee to you and humbly pray, take up Your weapon of power and your defensive shield and save us, rise up to our aid, unsheathe your sword of defense and victory, silence those who war with us and persecute us, and send back in shame those who plot evil against us, vanquishing them beneath the feet of Your faithful, we pray to You O gracious One, speedily hear us and have mercy.
O Lord our God, look down from heaven and see how our enemies have bared their weapons and readied their shots, to aim them at Your poor and needy servants, and to kill those who praise you in the orthodox manner. With Your all-mighty strength, humble their shots and swiftly turn back their weapon that it may enter their heart, granting peace over them to Your servants, we pray to You O all-mighty King, hear and have mercy.
We do not hope on the bow, and our weapon will not save us, O Lord, but we ask Your almighty assistance, and hoping on Your power we stand against our enemies, faithfully calling upon Your name. Turn them back and scatter them and give them into the hands of the army that is faithful to You, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Send Your arrows, O Lord, and create confusion among our enemies, flash lightning and scatter them, send forth Your hand from on high and uproot them from the land, remove us [from danger] and save us for the sake of Your name, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Prayer for Victory over Enemies
O Lord God of powers, and God of our salvation, O God, who alone work wonders: look down with mercy and compassion on Your humble servants, and out of love for mankind hearken and have mercy on us and on the land of Ukraine.
For, behold, enemies have once more gathered together, in order to cause division and enmity. But You who know all things, understand that they have risen up unrighteously, and that it will be impossible to oppose their multitudes unless You show us Your help.
Therefore, we who are sinful and unworthy pray unto You in repentance and with tears: Help us, O God, our Savior, and deliver the land of Ukraine for the sake of the glory of Your Name, that the enemy may not to say: “Their God has forsaken them, and there is none to deliver and save them.” But let every nation understand that You are our God, and we Your people are always protected under Your dominion.
Reveal Your mercy, O Lord, and let the words spoken by Moses unto the people of Israel (Exodus 14:13-14) be applied to us: “Fear not. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord shall fight for us.” Work for us a sign for good, that they who are filled with hatred may see our orthodox faith and be humbled and shaken.
Yes, O Lord God, our Savior, our Strength and Hope and Help, remember not the transgressions and unrighteousness of Your faithful people, and turn not away from us in Your anger. But visit Your mercies and compassions upon Your humble servants, those who fight in defense of Ukraine and her much-suffering people, outnumbered though they be, and hear us who fall down before Your deep compassion. With Your mercy enlighten and make glad the hearts of the civil authorities, and strengthened them by Your might.
Rise up to their help and lay low the evil councils purposed against them by the enemy. Judge them that provoke and make war, and turn their impious boldness into fear and flight. But grant unto the just and God-fearing armies of the children of Ukraine, great boldness and courage to advance and overtake them, and to defeat them in Your Name. And unto them that You have judged to lay down their lives for faith and country, forgive them their trespasses, and in the day of the righteous reckoning grant unto them incorruptible crowns.
For You are the health and victory and salvation of them that put their hope in You, and unto You do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
Spoken by David when returning thanks to God, who had delivered him from the lion and the wolf and he had slain both of them.
Praise the Lord, all you nations; glorify Him, and bless His name: Who rescued the soul of His elect from the hands of death, and delivered His holy one from destruction: and saved me from the nets of Hades, and my soul from the pit that cannot be fathomed. Because, while my deliverance could go forth from before Him, I was nearly rent in two pieces by two wild beasts. But He sent His angel, and shut up from me the gaping mouths, and rescued my life from destruction. My soul shall glorify Him and exalt Him, because of all His kindnesses which He has done and will do unto me.
Introductory verse, a prayer of St. Mardarios: O God and Master, Father almighty, Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit, one Godhead, and one power, have mercy on me a sinner; and by the judgements which You know, save me Your unworthy servant; for You are blessed for ever and ever. Amen.
Come, let us bow in worship before the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship before Christ, the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship and fall down before the very Lord Jesus Christ, our King and God.
Psalm 11
For the end: a psalm of David for the eighth.
Ѕave me, O Lord, for a righteous man there is no more; for truths have diminished from the sons of men. Vain things has each man spoken to his neighbour; deceitful lips are in his heart, and in his heart has he spoken evils. Let the Lord destroy all deceitful lips and the tongue that speaks boastful words, which have said: Our tongue will we magnify, our lips are our own. Who is lord over us? Because of the distress of the beggars and the groaning of the poor, now will I arise, says the Lord; I will establish them in salvation, I will be manifest therein. The words of the Lord are pure words, silver that is fired, tried in the earth, brought to sevenfold purity. You, O Lord, shall keep us and shall preserve us from this generation, and for evermore. The ungodly walk round about; to the measure of Your loftiness have You esteemed the sons of men.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. Thrice.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Trinity most holy, have mercy on us. Cleanse us of our sins, O Lord; pardon our transgressions, O Master; look upon our weaknesses and heal them, O Holy One; for the sake of Your name.
Lord, have mercy. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who are in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your 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. For Yours are the kingdom, the power and the glory unto the ages. Amen.
Troparion (Tone 1): Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross.
Glory...
Kontakion (Tone 4): By Your own choice, O Christ our God, You were lifted on the cross. Grant Your mercies to Your new community that bears Your name. By Your power gladden the faithful people and grant them victory against enemies. May they have the help of Your instrument of peace, the invincible sign of victory
Now and ever...
Theotokion (Tone 6): Undaunted patroness of Christians, O steadfast intermediary with the Creator, turn not away from the suppliant voices of sinners, but in your kindness come to help us who cry out to you in faith. Be quick to intercede, make haste to plead, for you are ever the patroness of those who honor you, O Mother of God.
And these petitions with bows:
O Lord our God, strong in powerful in battles, we unworthily flee to you and humbly pray, take up Your weapon of power and your defensive shield and save us, rise up to our aid, unsheathe your sword of defense and victory, silence those who war with us and persecute us, and send back in shame those who plot evil against us, vanquishing them beneath the feet of Your faithful, we pray to You O gracious One, speedily hear us and have mercy.
O Lord our God, look down from heaven and see how our enemies have bared their weapons and readied their shots, to aim them at Your poor and needy servants, and to kill those who praise you in the orthodox manner. With Your all-mighty strength, humble their shots and swiftly turn back their weapon that it may enter their heart, granting peace over them to Your servants, we pray to You O all-mighty King, hear and have mercy.
We do not hope on the bow, and our weapon will not save us, O Lord, but we ask Your almighty assistance, and hoping on Your power we stand against our enemies, faithfully calling upon Your name. Turn them back and scatter them and give them into the hands of the army that is faithful to You, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Send Your arrows, O Lord, and create confusion among our enemies, flash lightning and scatter them, send forth Your hand from on high and uproot them from the land, remove us [from danger] and save us for the sake of Your name, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Prayer for Victory over Enemies
O Lord God of powers, and God of our salvation, O God, who alone work wonders: look down with mercy and compassion on Your humble servants, and out of love for mankind hearken and have mercy on us and on the land of Ukraine.
For, behold, enemies have once more gathered together, in order to cause division and enmity. But You who know all things, understand that they have risen up unrighteously, and that it will be impossible to oppose their multitudes unless You show us Your help.
Therefore, we who are sinful and unworthy pray unto You in repentance and with tears: Help us, O God, our Savior, and deliver the land of Ukraine for the sake of the glory of Your Name, that the enemy may not to say: “Their God has forsaken them, and there is none to deliver and save them.” But let every nation understand that You are our God, and we Your people are always protected under Your dominion.
Reveal Your mercy, O Lord, and let the words spoken by Moses unto the people of Israel (Exodus 14:13-14) be applied to us: “Fear not. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord shall fight for us.” Work for us a sign for good, that they who are filled with hatred may see our orthodox faith and be humbled and shaken.
Yes, O Lord God, our Savior, our Strength and Hope and Help, remember not the transgressions and unrighteousness of Your faithful people, and turn not away from us in Your anger. But visit Your mercies and compassions upon Your humble servants, those who fight in defense of Ukraine and her much-suffering people, outnumbered though they be, and hear us who fall down before Your deep compassion. With Your mercy enlighten and make glad the hearts of the civil authorities, and strengthened them by Your might.
Rise up to their help and lay low the evil councils purposed against them by the enemy. Judge them that provoke and make war, and turn their impious boldness into fear and flight. But grant unto the just and God-fearing armies of the children of Ukraine, great boldness and courage to advance and overtake them, and to defeat them in Your Name. And unto them that You have judged to lay down their lives for faith and country, forgive them their trespasses, and in the day of the righteous reckoning grant unto them incorruptible crowns.
For You are the health and victory and salvation of them that put their hope in You, and unto You do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
A prayer spoken by David when he was contending with the lion and the wolf which took a sheep from his flock.
O God, O God, come to my aid; help me and save me; deliver my soul from the slayer. Shall I go down to Sheol by the mouth of the lion? Or shall the wolf confound me? Was it not enough for them that they lay in wait for my father's flock, and rent in pieces a sheep of my father's drove, but they were wishing also to destroy my soul? Have pity, O Lord, and save Your holy one from destruction; that he may sing Your glories in all his times, and may praise Your great name: when You delivered him from the hands of the destroying lion and of the ravening wolf, and when You rescued my captivity from the hands of the wild beasts. Quickly, O my Lord, send a deliverer from before Your face, and draw me out of the gaping pit, which imprisons me in its depths.
Introductory verse, a prayer of St. Mardarios: O God and Master, Father almighty, Lord, only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit, one Godhead, and one power, have mercy on me a sinner; and by the judgements which You know, save me Your unworthy servant; for You are blessed for ever and ever. Amen.
Come, let us bow in worship before the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship before Christ, the King, our God.
Come, let us bow in worship and fall down before the very Lord Jesus Christ, our King and God.
Psalm 19
For the end: a psalm of David.
Тhe Lord hear You in the day of affliction; the Name of the God of Jacob defend You. Let Him send forth unto You help from His sanctuary, and out of Sion let Him help You. Let Him remember every sacrifice of Yours, and your whole-burnt offering let Him fatten. The Lord grant You according to your heart, and fulfill all your purposes. We will rejoice in Your salvation, and in the Name of the Lord our God shall we be magnified. The Lord fulfill all your requests. Now have I known that the Lord has saved His anointed one; He will hearken unto him out of His holy heaven; in mighty deeds is the salvation of His right hand. Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we will call upon the Name of the Lord our God. They have been fettered and have fallen, but we are risen and are set upright. O Lord, save the king, and hearken unto us in the day when we call upon You.
Psalm 20
For the end: a psalm of David.
O Lord, in Your strength the king shall be glad, and in Your salvation shall he rejoice exceedingly. The desire of his heart have You granted unto him, and have not denied him the requests of his lips. You went before him with the blessings of goodness, You have set upon his head a crown of precious stone. He asked life of You, and You gave him length of days unto ages of ages. Great is his glory in Your salvation; glory and majesty shall You lay upon him. For You shall give him blessing unto ages of ages, You shall gladden him in joy with Your countenance. For the king hopes in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Most High shall he not be shaken. Let Your hand be found on all Your enemies; let Your right hand find all that hate You. For You will make them as an oven of fire in the time of Your presence; the Lord in His wrath will trouble them sorely and fire shall devour them. Their fruit will You destroy from the earth, and their seed from the sons of men. For they have intended evil against You, they have devised counsels which they shall not be able to establish. For You shall make them turn their backs; among those that are Your remnant, You shall make ready their countenance. Be exalted, O Lord, in Your strength; we will sing and chant of Your mighty acts.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to You, O God. Thrice.
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Trinity most holy, have mercy on us. Cleanse us of our sins, O Lord; pardon our transgressions, O Master; look upon our weaknesses and heal them, O Holy One; for the sake of Your name.
Lord, have mercy. Thrice.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who are in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your 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. For Yours are the kingdom, the power and the glory unto the ages. Amen.
Troparion (Tone 1): Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross.
Glory...
Kontakion (Tone 4): By Your own choice, O Christ our God, You were lifted on the cross. Grant Your mercies to Your new community that bears Your name. By Your power gladden the faithful people and grant them victory against enemies. May they have the help of Your instrument of peace, the invincible sign of victory
Now and ever...
Theotokion (Tone 6): Undaunted patroness of Christians, O steadfast intermediary with the Creator, turn not away from the suppliant voices of sinners, but in your kindness come to help us who cry out to you in faith. Be quick to intercede, make haste to plead, for you are ever the patroness of those who honor you, O Mother of God.
And these petitions with bows:
O Lord our God, strong in powerful in battles, we unworthily flee to you and humbly pray, take up Your weapon of power and your defensive shield and save us, rise up to our aid, unsheathe your sword of defense and victory, silence those who war with us and persecute us, and send back in shame those who plot evil against us, vanquishing them beneath the feet of Your faithful, we pray to You O gracious One, speedily hear us and have mercy.
O Lord our God, look down from heaven and see how our enemies have bared their weapons and readied their shots, to aim them at Your poor and needy servants, and to kill those who praise you in the orthodox manner. With Your all-mighty strength, humble their shots and swiftly turn back their weapon that it may enter their heart, granting peace over them to Your servants, we pray to You O all-mighty King, hear and have mercy.
We do not hope on the bow, and our weapon will not save us, O Lord, but we ask Your almighty assistance, and hoping on Your power we stand against our enemies, faithfully calling upon Your name. Turn them back and scatter them and give them into the hands of the army that is faithful to You, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Send Your arrows, O Lord, and create confusion among our enemies, flash lightning and scatter them, send forth Your hand from on high and uproot them from the land, remove us [from danger] and save us for the sake of Your name, we pray to You, hear and have mercy.
Prayer for Victory over Enemies
O Lord God of powers, and God of our salvation, O God, who alone work wonders: look down with mercy and compassion on Your humble servants, and out of love for mankind hearken and have mercy on us and on the land of Ukraine.
For, behold, enemies have once more gathered together, in order to cause division and enmity. But You who know all things, understand that they have risen up unrighteously, and that it will be impossible to oppose their multitudes unless You show us Your help.
Therefore, we who are sinful and unworthy pray unto You in repentance and with tears: Help us, O God, our Savior, and deliver the land of Ukraine for the sake of the glory of Your Name, that the enemy may not to say: “Their God has forsaken them, and there is none to deliver and save them.” But let every nation understand that You are our God, and we Your people are always protected under Your dominion.
Reveal Your mercy, O Lord, and let the words spoken by Moses unto the people of Israel (Exodus 14:13-14) be applied to us: “Fear not. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord shall fight for us.” Work for us a sign for good, that they who are filled with hatred may see our orthodox faith and be humbled and shaken.
Yes, O Lord God, our Savior, our Strength and Hope and Help, remember not the transgressions and unrighteousness of Your faithful people, and turn not away from us in Your anger. But visit Your mercies and compassions upon Your humble servants, those who fight in defense of Ukraine and her much-suffering people, outnumbered though they be, and hear us who fall down before Your deep compassion. With Your mercy enlighten and make glad the hearts of the civil authorities, and strengthened them by Your might.
Rise up to their help and lay low the evil councils purposed against them by the enemy. Judge them that provoke and make war, and turn their impious boldness into fear and flight. But grant unto the just and God-fearing armies of the children of Ukraine, great boldness and courage to advance and overtake them, and to defeat them in Your Name. And unto them that You have judged to lay down their lives for faith and country, forgive them their trespasses, and in the day of the righteous reckoning grant unto them incorruptible crowns.
For You are the health and victory and salvation of them that put their hope in You, and unto You do we send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
Spoken by David when returning thanks to God, who had delivered him from the lion and the wolf and he had slain both of them.
Praise the Lord, all you nations; glorify Him, and bless His name: Who rescued the soul of His elect from the hands of death, and delivered His holy one from destruction: and saved me from the nets of Hades, and my soul from the pit that cannot be fathomed. Because, while my deliverance could go forth from before Him, I was nearly rent in two pieces by two wild beasts. But He sent His angel, and shut up from me the gaping mouths, and rescued my life from destruction. My soul shall glorify Him and exalt Him, because of all His kindnesses which He has done and will do unto me.
