Prayers

Please pray for one of our own, who has been in the hospital with cancer. Last night he fell unconscious and is not likely to recover. Please also keep his wife and four children in your prayers, may they be held in His grace and comfort, and may they be protected by the Most Holy Theotokos always.

Troparion (Tone 4)

Today the faithful celebrate the feast with joy
illumined by your coming, O Mother of God.
Beholding your pure image we fervently cry to you:
“Encompass us beneath the precious veil of your protection;
deliver us from every form of evil by entreating Christ,
your Son and our God that He may save our souls.”

Kontakion (Tone 3)

Today the Virgin stands in the midst of the Church
and with choirs of saints she invisibly prays to God for us.
Angels and bishops worship,
apostles and prophets rejoice together,
since for our sake she prays to the pre-eternal God

Update:

Our dear brother peacefully departed this life on the morning of March 13th. Please pray for his soul that he would find grace and forgiveness and be received into God’s love where sickness and sighing and sorrow are no more and the light of Christ illumines all.

May his memory be eternal.

Please pray for his grieving wife and children, and for all who miss him. Thank you for your prayers this last few weeks, and many thanks to all who helped.

Icon: The Protection of the Theotokos, wikipedia.