Righteous Philaret. Holy righteous Philaret is merciful. About chastity and successful marriage of daughters

3 Matt. 25:10. - Everything done by a person in earthly life for neighbors or followers of Christ, the Lord refers to Himself, and rewards, as it were, for what He Himself has done.

4 That is, to the Old Testament biblical patriarch Abraham. In his life, Abraham presents us with a model of very many and most instructive virtues, such as: philanthropy, meekness, righteousness, patience, peacefulness, generosity, disinterestedness, hospitality, and especially piety, firm and unshakable faith and hope in God, deepest humility and reverence for Him, perfect obedience to Him and total devotion to His will. - See book. Genesis ch. 11 and beyond.

5 Job - the Old Testament great righteous man; the guardian of true revelation and reverence for God in the human race during the strengthening of pagan superstition after the dispersion of peoples; known for his piety and purity of life; He was tested by God with all the misfortunes, among which, however, he remained unshakable in faith in virtue. The story of Job is detailed in the book of his name.

6 Under Ishmaelites(i.e., the descendants of Ishmael) here we mean Arabs - Mohammedans, whose power in the VIII century A.D. Chr. was in full bloom. The rapid and extraordinary growth of Mohammedan power was a misfortune for Byzantium. The Mohammedans waged incessant and devastating wars with the Greeks. The famous Arab caliph - Harun al-Rashid undertook devastating campaigns against Byzantium eight times; from these raids, first of all, the regions of Asia Minor always suffered, where he lived righteous Philaret. When ferocious enemies approached, the inhabitants hurried to take refuge in mountain gorges, in forests, leaving their houses and households to the mercy of fate. Often, after the departure of enemies, flowering areas turned into deserts. So it was precisely in the time of the righteous Filaret.

7 "Shall we accept the good from God, and shall we not accept the evil? In all this Job did not sin with his mouth."(Job 2:10) - that is, he did not utter any blasphemy against God.

8 Regarding these words of the Savior, St. John Chrysostom says: “Christ does not condemn wealth with these words, but those who are addicted to it.

9 Empress Irina is the wife of Emperor Leo the 4th Khazar, an iconoclast. For her zealous icon-veneration, she suffered persecution from her husband. After his death, Irina ascended the throne along with her young son Constantine (780). Under her reign, icon veneration was restored and, at her insistence, the 7th Ecumenical Council was convened, at which the truth of icon veneration was proclaimed and iconoclasm was condemned. [The council took place in Nicaea in 787] The son of Irene and Leo the 4th, Constantine, reigned under the name of Emperor Constantine VI, the Porphyrogenic - until 797. Irina reigned after her son, until 802.

10 Title patricians originally belonged only to the children of senators, who were called rangea in Latin. Then this name began to be applied to all persons of noble Roman origin. But Emperor Constantine made the title of patrician a personal dignity, which was bestowed on high officials, but did not pass by inheritance.

11 Longobards- one of the peoples of the Germanic tribe.

establish a peaceful relationship with him.

12 Spafari- squire, royal bodyguard.

13 Litra- pound, a Byzantine measure of weight, equal to 72 spools; in silver it cost up to 42 rubles, and in gold up to 606 rubles. This measure must be distinguished from a liter - a measure of loose and liquid bodies.

14 In this verse of the psalm, David testifies before God that he had neither an arrogant heart nor haughty eyes, but as he was humble in heart, so with his eyes he showed humility. - Walking in the great and marvelous means also that boasting of great and glorious deeds. The psalmist humbly admits that, standing on a high degree of dignity, he was established more on humility than on pride; and therefore he did not exalt himself above himself either in words or in deeds.

15 Saint Philaret lived after the marriage of his granddaughter, which was in 788, for four years - therefore, he died in 792.

Complete collection and description: a prayer to St. Philaret for the spiritual life of a believer.

Oh, God's wondrous chosen one, Filarete the Merciful! Amnia, the most generous bread-giver, the lamp of Orthodoxy, the Lord God's servant, good and faithful! You followed the Gospel of Christ with all your heart and multiplied the talent given to you wisely: you clothe and nourish the orphans and the poor; bringing the strange and the poor into your house, comforting those who are in sorrows and sorrows, betraying the dead and on the stacks of the fallen tomb; serving everyone in every possible way, and taco showed your faith in deeds. She, holy servant of God, do not despise us, tormented by the sorrows of life and overwhelmed by sinful passions. All the days despondency and cowardice shake our faith, hardness of heart and bitterness consume our hearts and cool our love; but ambition and impatience corrupt our souls, and so, like beggars, in good deeds we share. But you, the Righteous Father, being merciful for us, implored Christ God to enrich our hearts with His Holy Spirit, heal our spiritual and bodily ailments, and, like a thirsty field, give us to drink the bounties of His philanthropy; let us imitate faith, long-suffering and mercy, in piety and purity all the days of our life. We also pray to you, most blessed, when our departure is in time, move us to unfeigned repentance, that we may partake of Christ our Savior through His holy Sacraments and become heirs of the Kingdom of Heaven, even if in the joy of saints and angels we are honored and we bow down and sing the Trisagion Name: the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen!

Holy God and rest in the saints, with a three-holy voice in heaven from an angel hymned, on earth from a man praised in His saints, giving by Your Holy Spirit grace to whom according to the gift of Christ, and then setting up the Church of Your Holy Apostles, ov prophets, ov evangelizers , ov shepherds and teachers, by their word of preaching, to You Himself acting all in all, many have been made holy in every kind and kind, pleasing You with various benefactors, and to You, leaving us the image of their good deeds, having passed away in joy, prepare, in it tempt the former yourself, and help us who are being attacked. Remembering all these saints and the holy righteous Philaret and praising their God-pleasing life, I praise You Samago, who acted in them, I praise, and one of Your blessings of giving to be believing, I diligently pray to Thee, Holy of Holies, let the sinner follow their teaching, life, love, faith , longsuffering, and their prayerful help, more than Your all-powerful grace, heavenly glory with them, praising Your Most Holy Name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever. Amen.

Oh, blessed saints of God, all the saints who stand before the Throne of the Most Holy Trinity and enjoy indescribable bliss! Now, on the day of your common triumph, graciously look down on us, your lesser brethren, bringing you this laudatory singing, and asking your intercession for mercy and remission of sins from the Most Good Lord; Vems are more, truly Vems, like everything, if you desire, you can ask Him. Moreover, we humbly pray to you, and to the holy righteous Philaret, pray to the Merciful Lord, may the spirit of your zeal for the preservation of His holy commandments give us, as if flowing in your footsteps, we will be able to pass the earthly field in a virtuous life without blemish, and in repentance achieve the most glorious villages of paradise, and there it is with you to glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen!

To you, all holy and holy righteous Philaret, as guiding lamps, with their deeds illuminating the path of heavenly sunrise, as a sinner, I humbly bow the knee of my heart and cry out from the depths of my soul: implore the Humanity God for me, may he not let me wander through the crossroads of sin , but may my mind and heart be enlightened with the light of His grace, as we illuminate and strengthen it, I will be able to other time of earthly life on the right path without fail and by your intercession to the Most Good Lord, I will become a little partaker of being your spiritual meal in the heavenly chamber of the King of Glory. To Him with His Beginningless Father and the Most Holy, Good and Life-Giving Spirit, be glory, honor and worship forever and ever. Amen.

Oh, the holy saint of God, the righteous Philarete, labored on earth with a good feat, received the crown of truth in heaven, which the Lord has prepared for all those who love Him; the same, looking at your holy icon, we rejoice in the glorious end of your residence and honor your holy memory. You, standing before the Throne of God, accept our prayers and bring to the All-Merciful God, to forgive us every sin and help us become against the wiles of the devil, and get rid of sorrows, illnesses, troubles and misfortunes and all evil, we will live piously and righteously in the present forever and we will be honored by your intercession, if not worthy of us, to see the good on the land of the living, glorifying the One in His saints glorifying God, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever. Amen.

Troparion to the Holy Righteous Philaret the Merciful

In your patience, you acquired your reward, righteous, and lived perfectly in the commandments of the Lord, loved the poor and satisfied them, but praying to Christ God, blessed, be saved to our souls.

John troparion, tone 4:

Imitating Abraham in faith, following Job in patience, Father Philarete, you shared the good land with the poor, and you suffered the deprivation of these courageously. For this sake, crowning the Ascetic Christ our God with a bright crown, pray to Him that our souls be saved.

Truly, your worthy purchase is seen, and being wise is judged by all those who are wise: you have given away the fair and short-term, seeking the Heavenly and Eternal. The same and worthily acquired eternal glory, merciful Filarete.

Do good from God, says the Theologian, and you are from God, merciful Filaret. As if there is God, so is your work, hedgehog of good deeds, the latter by nature, yours by communion.

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St. Philaret is considered a well-known Orthodox educator and theologian. He was not only the Metropolitan of Moscow, but also the Kolomna Metropolitan. Particularly revered in Christian Orthodox circles is the daily prayer of Philaret of Moscow, which is used as a speech of thanksgiving to the Lord.

Prayer of St. Philaret of Moscow

Filaret studied at the seminary and was distinguished by diligence and academic achievement. But he also spent a lot of time caring for the sick in a medical seminary. After graduation educational process he does a lot of useful things for the development of spirituality:

preaches the Christian faith;
directs the Moscow diocese;
writes a complete and extensive course of theological sciences for studies at the theological academy.

During the cholera epidemic, using his miraculous prayer, he asks the Lord God to end the tragedy. Filaret did not doubt the achievements and strength of medical science, but he trusted the Lord God more, and therefore asked him for mercy for all the inhabitants of Moscow.

The saint began each day with a prayer of thanksgiving to the Almighty, and received God's mercy. After that, he independently performed services in the temple, or was present at them and actively participated. He devoted a lot of time to the diocese. He often met with visitors, worked with documentation and delved into the reports and reports of the secretary.

In everyday life, the metropolitan was very modest and simple, so when he heard gratitude and praise addressed to him, he claimed that he was not worthy of them. He cared about the development of spirituality in society and was increasingly worried about the spread of drunkenness in Rus'. In 1994, Filaret was canonized as a saint.

Philaret of Moscow's prayer for every day is said by believers in order to thank God for all that we have. It is not worth asking for any additional blessings, since the Lord himself knows what we need, and will certainly send this blessing if necessary.

The miraculous prayer text has the following content:

God! I don't know what to ask of You. You alone know what I need. You love me more than I know how to love myself. Father! Give to Thy servant what I myself dare not ask. I do not dare to ask for a cross or consolation: I only stand before You. My heart is open to You; You see needs I don't know. See and do according to Your mercy. Strike and heal, bring me down and lift me up. I revere and remain silent before Your Holy Will and Your destinies, which are incomprehensible to me. I offer myself as a sacrifice to You. I surrender to You. I have no other desire than the desire to fulfill Your Will. Teach me to pray! Pray in me yourself. Amen.

The healing power of the prayer of Philaret of Moscow

Many people turned to the metropolitan who had lost all hope and faith in traditional medicine and healing. They came to the saint for a blessing and a prayer to the Lord for salvation. And the prayer of Philaret of Moscow worked wonders. There are several well-known cases that confirm the healing power of prayer.

Once a deacon turned to the metropolitan for help, and his only daughter was seriously ill. He asked the saint to pray for her. Filaret offered to do it together. When the deacon returned home from the church, he saw that the child's condition had improved significantly, and the threat of death had passed.
One Moscow merchant seriously injured his hand, and the doctors insisted on amputation. His wife asked the metropolitan to save her husband. Filaret advised to conduct the Sacrament of Communion over the sick and ordered a magpie for his health. On the day of the request, the merchant saw St. Philaret in a dream, and in the morning there were already noticeable improvements in the condition of the hand. Therefore, surgery was postponed indefinitely.

The prayer of St. Philaret is considered very deeply religious and significant. It should be read every morning, having pure thoughts and a fresh head. Such a ritual should be carried out throughout life. The most important thing is that he pronounces the prayer text with faith and awareness of his words. That is when God's mercy and grace will come.

Whatever prayer a believer reads, and whatever he asks for, it is important to remember that the desired does not always come immediately. You may need to wait a little longer.

May the Lord keep you!

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Daily prayer of St. Filaret

Lord: I do not know what I should ask of You? You alone know what I need. You love me more than I know how to love myself.

Father! Give to Your servant - which I myself cannot ask. I dare not ask - no cross, no consolation! I only stand before You; my heart is open.

You see needs I don't know. Look! - and do with me according to Your mercy: strike and heal, bring me down and lift me up. I revere and remain silent before Your holy will and Your destinies incomprehensible to me.

I offer myself as a sacrifice to You. I surrender to You. I have no desire, except for the desire to do Your will. Teach me to pray. Pray in me yourself.

Prayer on the day of remembrance of the millennium of Russia

Lord God, King of the ages, speak in tongue and kingdom and build and plant them! (Jer. 18:9). Falling down to Your Majesty with fear and reverence, we gratefully confess Your mercy, many-part and diverse in ten centuries revealed to the people and the kingdom of Russia.

You, O Lord, have spoken Thy word of creation to this people, and Thou hast created a kingdom in it, and planted, and rooted, and increased, and Thou hast expanded it into the lands of its habitation, and Thou hast placed over it from Thee the power, and thou hast strengthened him against those who oppose him, and thou hast protected him with laws, most of all enlightened and inspired him with saving faith, and even sometimes with a rod thou hast visited his iniquities, but Thy mercy has not been removed and is not removed from us.

We glorify the Lord and Benefactor, praise, give thanks, sing and magnify, and, from Your very generosity in faith and hope, affirmation and boldness before You accept, humbly pray: save the throne and kingdom of the Most Pious Autocratic Great Sovereign Emperor Alexander Nikolaevich of all Russia in true greatness, firmness and glory.

Forgive, all-merciful Lord, all our sins and our father, and direct our steps to the doing of Your commandments.

Observe in us the Orthodox faith in its purity and strength, and may it remain, as it were, the focus of social unity, the source of enlightenment, the foundation and stronghold of the people's good morals, the truth of laws, the beneficence of governance, the inviolability of well-being.

May the ancient planting of goodness not wither and wither, but may a new stalk of the best be grafted into it, and may a new flower of magnificence and the fruit of perfection come forth.

So look upon us, and have mercy on us, may we bless You, from day to day and from age to age, we will bless Thee, Lord.

Glory to Thee, God, our Benefactor, forever and ever. Amen.

At the end of the prayer service and after the pronouncement of many years to the Most Pious Sovereign Emperor and the Most High Family, the protodeacon followed the following proclamations:

To those who enlightened Russia with the Christian Orthodox faith Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir and Grand Duchess Olga, successively created and strengthened the autocracy of Russia for centuries by the Blessed Tsar and Grand Duke, who newly created the Russian kingdom and expanded and glorified it in God, to the reposed Pious Emperors and Empresses, eternal memory.

To all the chosen sons of Russia, who for centuries have faithfully labored for her unity, goodness and glory, in the fields of piety, enlightenment, governance and the victorious defense of the Fatherland, eternal memory.

Putting times and years in Your hands, Lord, by Your all-wise all-good Providence, preserved and returned to the kingdom of All Russia for a thousand years, grant Your great mercy and preserve it in faith and truth, in God's law and prosperity for many years and centuries.

Prayer of a prisoner in a dungeon

Lord God, Creator and Savior of mine, Blessed be your holy name!

Thanksgiving and glory to Thee, O Lord, for all the good things that I received from Thee in this life.

Now I have found sorrow and sickness, and I call on Your name.

Reproach attacked me. Lay me in the ditch of the underworld, in the dark and shadows of death. I mourn over this, and according to this grief I understand that I have sinned against You, and because of my sins, troubles have come upon me. For Thy righteous do not lose heart, and in dungeons I sing to Thee, and rejoice in suffering.

And if you see iniquity, Lord, Lord, who will stand? As if there is no person, he will not sin.

But You, Lord, bear the sins of the whole world and cleanse by repentance. I believe, like me, a sinner, do not cast away from Your presence. For the whole world, Your Only Begotten Son poured out His Divine blood. I believe that he can and will wash me from my sins.

For this reason I say with David: let us confess my iniquity against me, but you, as good, leave the wickedness of my heart.

I am afraid of the judgment and condemnation of man, but most of all, let it be in fear of Your unwashed judgment and eternal condemnation.

If unrighteousness arises against me: I dare to pray to you with the word of David: hear, O Lord, my righteousness, and attend to my judgment, and deliver me by your righteousness.

If I have done iniquity, heal my iniquity by Thy mercy.

Do not let my heart deviate into words of deceit, to conceal the truth and to false justification.

Help me and understand, and hate my unrighteousness, love the truth and christen the relief of my soul in truth.

Lighten the time of my distress. And I am also destined to bear it, but I will bear it with patience for the sake of the cleansing of my sins and for the sake of the propitiation of Your justice.

If shame will cover me before some people, may I endure with humility, may I propitiate Thee, O Lord, may I not be ashamed before the face of the whole world at Thy Dread Judgment.

I come to You mournful and sad, do not deprive me of spiritual consolation.

I come to Thee darkened, show me the light of the hope of salvation. I fall down to You, exhausted, raise me up and confirm me with Your grace.

Most of all, grant me a desire and help me, Lord, to do Your will in everything, so that in the world of conscience I will glorify Your holy name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Prayer for the 700th anniversary of Moscow

Lord God the Almighty, by Your Word establishing the heavens and by the Spirit of Your mouth all their strength, placing the lights in the firmament of heaven in signs, and in times, and in days, and in years, and in the being of Your visible creatures in the circles of times, concluding, blessing the beginnings of times and sanctify the numbers of their fulfillment! You, Lord, the mouth of your prophet Moses, the first in the months of summer called thou the month, in which the saving sacrament of the Lamb slain before the foundation of the world, our Lord Jesus Christ, was the lamb of the deliverance of the Passover, our Lord Jesus Christ, you foreshadowed your people to Israel. You, in Your ancient law, within the limits of a week of days and a week of weeks, Your feasts, in memory of Your good deeds, have set you; and the fulfillment of the week of seven years, in order to renew the memory of your judgments, in the summer of leaving you married; with the blessing of effortless abundance. This is now Your new Israel, from the ancient image to the newly revealed truth, passed, the first in months, and the new summer begins from the appearance in the manger of Bethlehem of the Lamb, who takes away the sins of the world, our Lord Jesus Christ, and from the beginning of His all-saving sacrifice on the cross, in the suffering shedding of blood circumcision. The reigning city of this city now sees not only months and summers before itself, and not only weeks of days and years, but remembering the seven centuries that have flown over it, it seems to be Your fates, and in thinking about the fates of the eighth of its age, before Your face, the King centuries, reverence. We confess Your ancient mercy, and we thank for the present, and we pray for the future. We glorify Your grace-filled election, and rich Providence about us, as if once the whole city of greatness grew small; and, before it happens, be glorious to this city in all the cities of Russia, and take his hands on the splash of his enemy, and be glorified to Thee in it, Thy saint Saint Peter foreshadowed thou; the same and the brought throne of Orthodoxy here approved thou; And the root of the unanimousness of the All -Russian, planted the whole house, and the throne of the kingdom was elevated, and the faded lamp of the tsar’s kind of altitude with Vyashshchi was given to the lingering of lingering, and to the holy of your holly and in the fragrance of the shrine to repel the esa, they are prayers of the vegetable, like an adaman. Thou didst protect this city from misfortune, but when the distressed one soon delivered Thou, and in our days, who thought of perishing, Thou didst raise up from ashes and destruction, and adorned it with new splendor, and filled it with abundance.

Father of mercy and Lord of mercy! Look with mercy on this grateful confession of ours and do not leave Your mercy from us. Bless the crown of the new year with Thy goodness: and the crown of the seven centuries, which is on the top of this reigning city, and let it not fade in the world. Renew and multiply Thy blessings on Thy most pious and most autocratic Great Sovereign Emperor Nikolai Pavlovich, exalted by Thee, and on his sovereign family. Longevity and prosperity, and in the affairs of the kingdom and in all virtues, grant them prosperity. Preserve Your Holy Church unshakable on the basis of Your Divine Word, on the rock of the Apostolic Faith, and let no bold human wisdom touch the bow of God. Rivers, O Lord, peace on Your people, and on those who turn their hearts to You. May Your salvation be near those who fear You, bring glory to our land. May mercy and truth meet in it, and may truth and peace kiss each other. Do not betray us to look at false vanity and turmoil, but let us look at all Your commandments, and we will not be ashamed. Grant us grace and good zeal, but first of all, and most of all, we are looking for Your eternal kingdom and its truth, as if everything good for a temporary life will be added to us, by the intercessory and patronizing prayers of the Blessed Virgin Mother of God and Saints Peter, Alexy, Jonah and Philip, with them in the conversion of faith to Thee, the One Trinitarian God, the Beginningless Father and the Co-eternal Son and the Co-eternal Holy Spirit, we bring due thanksgiving, and worship, and glory, forever and ever.

Commemoration book written by the hand of His Eminence dated October 9, 1844

A commemoration book “written by hand” of St. Philaret, in 1855 was transferred to the sacristy of the Holy Trinity St. Sergius Lavra, where the archive of the Saint was collected. Now the original is in the Russian State Library, in 1999 it was shown at the exhibition "Spiritual Lights of Russia" at the Andrei Rublev Museum in Moscow.

Even if the priceless autograph and written here in flying handwriting of St. Philaret's text would be known only in copy, its very content is such that it leaves no doubt about the authorship of the Saint. Who else could place almost at the very beginning of the commemoration of those who died suddenly, died a “disastrous death” (from natural disasters) and all the lonely and forgotten, for whom there is no one to pray, and only after them - the Most Pious Emperor and Empresses. Who else but St. Filaret, could “most of all” commemorate of the kings and queens those who contributed to the “peace of the Holy Church and the good human life”.

Among the separately commemorated late archpastors, the first is the name of Metropolitan Platon (Levshin) († 1812), the mentor of St. Philaret, then the metropolitans who were members of the Holy Synod during his service, including the well-known historian of the Church, Met. Eugene (Bolkhovitinov) (†1837); Archbishop Augustine (†1819), who ruled the Moscow diocese during the war with Napoleon, Archbishop Kirill (Bogoslovsky-Platonov) (†1841), who at one time was vicar of St. Philaret, Archbishop Simeon (Krylov) († 1834) - the successor of the Saint, first at the Tver and then at the Yaroslavl cathedra; finally, Bishop Innokenty (Smirnov) († 1819) - an opponent of the subordination of the Church to the "Dual Ministry", removed from St. Petersburg for this and died in Penza at the age of 35.

The commemoration book, judging by its content, was compiled by St. Philaret, not for himself personally, not for private prayers, but for prayerful commemoration in the "soy's monastery", apparently, in the Gethsemane skete of the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra, consecrated on September 28, 1844, two weeks before compiling the commemoration book. In the first lines, Metropolitan Filaret commemorates "Our Fathers and Brothers, who served in the monasteries of St. Sergius and in this monastery." In this monastery, the commemoration, one might think, was read starting from Dimitriev's Saturday in October 1844 (the numerous folds of sheets and drops of wax from church candle frozen on the last page).

When publishing, we preserve the spelling features of the original, written in Slavonic, all spellings of words with a capital letter also belong to St. Filaret.

Remember, Lord, Thy servants who have fallen asleep, who bore fruit and did good in Thy Holy Churches and in the cloisters of St. Sergius, and the creators of this monastery, and our fathers and brothers who served in the cloisters of St. Sergius, and in this monastery, who had mercy on the poor, visited the sick, interceded the weak, those who fought for righteousness, and all those who commanded us unworthy to pray for them; and give rest to their souls where the light of your face dwells. Amen.

God rest the souls of your departed servants, who died suddenly or in need of 1 death, and deathbed repentance and communion of the Holy Mysteries of the parting words of those who were not worthy, like a disease, mind and memory weaning, struck, or killed in battle, from robbers and swindlers deprived of various ways of life, from thunder , from fire, from heat, from scum, from the fury of the animals who died, drowned, deprived of burial after a disastrous death, from poverty, loneliness and uncertainty, who do not have a neighbor who prays for them. Remember them yourself, Lord, who knows every name and spiritual need, and grant them cleansing and forgiveness, and grant them peace and weakening, by the invincible power of the Life-Giving Cross, by the prayers of the Most Holy Theotokos and all the saints. Amen.

Lord, remember the Most Pious Emperor Alexander Pavlovich, Empresses Elisaveta Alekseevna, Maria Feodorovna, Right-Believing Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna 2.

Remember, Lord, the departed servants of Your Grace Metropolitans: Plato, Ambrose, Michael, Theophylact, Eugene, Seraphim, Archbishops Augustine, Simeon, Sergius, Cyril, Stefan, Athanasius; Bishops: Samuel, Innocent, Augustine 3.

Remember, Lord, all, even from time immemorial to this day, Thy servants, in true faith and hope in Your mercy those who have passed away, and if you have sinned in this life, in word, deed, thought, and every feeling of soul and body, willy or not, in knowledge or in ignorance, forgive them, and from all guilt and bondage, resolve them, and give rest to their souls, where the light of your face dwells. Amen.

Remember, Lord, Thy departed servants, Pious Emperors and Empresses, Tsars and Tsarinas, pious Grand Dukes, Grand Duchesses and Duchesses, Tsareviches and Tsarevnas, especially those who contributed to the peace of the Holy Church and the good living of the human, and rest their souls, where the light of Thy face dwells. Amen.

Remember the Lord of your deceased slaves, Orthodox, Holy Patriarchs, Grace Metropolitans, Archbishops and Bishops, Holy Archimandrites, Hegumen, Hieromonks, Protoires, Priests and All Priestly, The Monashescago and the Church of the Orthodox Versens and the Blacks. Wom, and deed, and prayer, and give them rest, where the light of your face dwells. Amen.

Remember, Lord, the departed servants of Yours, even from the ruling Synclite, military leaders, city governors, and in all bosses, and power, and serving the good for the sake of the common, Orthodox soldiers, citizens, villagers, and all Christians, in Orthodox faith and in repentance of those who have died, and rest their souls, where the Light of Your face visits. Amen.

(OR RSL, f. 316, p. 63, item 13, fol. 3–4 v.)

Funeral Commemoration Compiled by St. Philaret

A funeral commemoration book compiled by St. Philaret, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, read in the Gethsemane skete of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra during the continuous reading of the Psalter

Remember, Lord, all those from time immemorial and until now, Thy servants, in true faith and hope in Thy mercy, who have reposed, and the fir tree in this life has sinned in word, deed, thought and every feeling of soul and body, will and captivity, in knowledge or in ignorance, forgive them, and from all guilt and guilt, resolve them and rest them, where the light of Your face dwells. Amen.

Remember, Lord, Thy departed servants: pious emperors and empresses, kings and queens, pious great princes, great duchesses and princesses, princes and princesses, especially the peace of the Holy Church and the good living of the human being, and rest their souls, where the light of the face attends yours. Amen.

Remember, Lord, Thy departed servants: the Orthodox holy patriarchs, His Grace metropolitans, archbishops and bishops, archimandrites, abbots, hieromonks, archpriests, priests and all the priestly, monastic and clerical ranks, and most of all served the Orthodox faith and the souls of their neighbors with a word, and deed, and prayer-howl, and give them rest, where the light of Your face dwells. Amen.

Remember, Lord, the departed servants of Thy, even from the government, military leaders, city governors and in all bosses, and power, and serving the good for the sake of the common good, Orthodox soldiers, citizens, villagers and all Christians, who died in the Orthodox faith and in repentance, and rest in peace. their souls, where the light of your face dwells. Amen.

Remember, Lord, Thy servants who have fallen asleep, who have borne fruit and done good in Thy holy churches, and in the cloisters of St. Sergius, and the founders of this monastery, and our fathers and brothers, who served in the cloisters of St. Sergius and this monastery, who had mercy on the poor, who visited the sick, who interceded for the weak who fought for righteousness, and all who commanded us, the unworthy, to pray for them, and give rest to their souls, where the light of Your face dwells. Amen.

Give rest, O Lord, to the souls of your departed servants, who died suddenly or in need of 4 death and near-death repentance and the communion of the Holy Mysteries of the parting words of those who were not worthy, as if by illness, mind and memory weaning, struck, or killed in battle, deprived of various ways of life from robbers and accusers, from thunder, from fire, from heat, from scum, from the fury of animals and cattle of the dead, drowned, deprived of burial after a disastrous death, from poverty, loneliness and uncertainty, who do not have a neighbor who prays for them. Remember them yourself, Lord, who knows every name and spiritual need, and grant them purification and forgiveness, and grant them peace and weakening by the invincible power of the Life-Giving Cross, the prayers of the Most Holy Theotokos and all the saints. Amen.

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Metropolitan of Moscow Platon (Levshin), Metropolitans of Novgorod and St. Petersburg Ambrose (Podobedov), Mikhail (Desnitsky), Seraphim (Glagolevsky), Exarch of Georgia, Met. Theophylact (Rusanov), Met. Eugene of Kiev (Bolkhovitinov), Archbishop of Moscow Augustine (Vinogradsky), Bishop of Orenburg Augustine (Sakharov) and other archbishops and bishops.

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“Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy” (Matthew 5:7)

Righteous Philaret the Merciful was born in the city of Paphlagonia in Asia Minor (now Turkish territory) and lived in the 8th century. His father Georgy the Armenian was a noble man, originally from Eastern Armenia, but later left his native places and settled in Paphlagonia.

Paphlagonia on the map of the historical regions of Turkey

Philaret's mother's name was Anna. WITH early years his pious parents instilled in him love for God and compassion for people, and he retained these good qualities until old age. Filaret inherited great wealth from his father. He had many cattle, estates, slaves and lands, in each of which a mountain spring beat, irrigating everything around. His wife Theozva was also noble and God-fearing, and brought him considerable wealth. They had children: a son, Joat, and daughters, Hypatia and Evanthia. They were very good-looking and overshadowed everyone in those days with their beauty.

With all his wealth and prosperity, he did not harden, as many people in his position. On the contrary, he pitied the suffering and cared for them, remembering that faith without good deeds is dead. Many local beggars, widows and orphans knew him as an affectionate person and a generous benefactor. Like the stranger Abraham and the glorious Jacob, he dressed the undressed, and when a person asked him for something, he gave it with joy and, having first fed at his table, sent him on his way.

So many years have passed. But behold, it was pleasing to God that St. Philaret be afflicted by a trial, like the once righteous Job the Long-suffering. Suddenly, the area where St. Philaret lived was attacked by the Arabs (Ismaelites) and devastated it. His slaves were taken captive, his flocks were captured, and his fields were taken over. All he had left was his house with a small field and a pair of oxen. He did not grieve, did not blaspheme, did not get annoyed, but, on the contrary, was glad that he had thrown off the heavy burden of wealth. Filaret meekly accepted his misfortune, saying, as Job once did: “God gave, God took. May his name be blessed."

Once he was plowing his field, a man came to him and complained that one ox had fallen in his yoke, and that with one ox he could not plow. Filaret unharnessed one of his oxen and gave it to him. He also gave his last horse to someone, as he was called with a horse to war. He also gave away the calf from the last cow, and when he heard the cow lowing pitifully about her calf, he called out to that man and gave a cow in addition to the calf. When the bread ran out, he distributed honey to those in need. The honey also ran out, there was nothing to give away - the righteous Filaret took off outerwear and gave it to the beggar who knocked on it. And the elderly Filaret was left without food in an empty house.

Philaret's wife reproached him for pitying others more than his own family. Steadfastly and meekly he endured the reproaches of his wife and the ridicule of his children. “I have in secrets, unknown to you, such riches and such treasures, he replied to his family, which you will get, even if you live a hundred years without labor and without worrying about anything.

Soon a friend of the righteous Filaret sent forty measures of wheat to the starving family. At the request of his wife, Filaret separated 35 measures to feed the family and return the debt. He gave his share of five measures of grain to the poor within two days. The wife became angry and began to eat with the children separately, secretly from him. One day, Blessed Filaret accidentally found the family at dinner and said: “Children, accept me to dine with you, not as your father, but as a guest and wanderer.”

But the merciful God, who does not allow the righteous to be tested beyond his strength, decided to put an end to the saint's trials and reward Philaret for his patience and kind heart. It happened like this.

While Byzantine Empress Irene was looking for a bride for her son - co-ruler Constantine Porphyrogenitus (780-797) . She sent ambassadors throughout the empire to find a beautiful, virtuous and noble girl. Having been everywhere, but not finding a worthy girl, the royal ambassadors came to the village where Philaret the Merciful lived. From afar, seeing the beautiful and tall house of Filaret, whose beauty surpassed all others, they thought that some noble and wealthy owner of that area lives there. The ambassadors sent their servants there to prepare a room and a meal there. However, the villagers told the ambassadors: "Don't go, a beggar old man lives there." But the royal messengers did not believe and went.

In great joy Filaret came out to them, taking his staff, hugged them and invited them in. Zhenya said: Prepare a good dinner, mistress, so that we do not have to blush before these nobles. She replied: “You managed so much that we didn’t even have a single chicken left in the house. Boil wild vegetables and treat your friends.” He told her to make a fire and prepare a dining room, and God will arrange the rest. And indeed, unexpectedly, from the back door, the first people of the village came to the servant of God and brought him rams, and lambs, and hens, and doves, and bread, and old wine, and other food. And his wife prepared food.

Explaining the reason for their arrival, the royal envoys inquired about Filaret's family. It turned out that, in addition to his son and daughters, he had three more young beautiful granddaughters. Seeing them, the guests were so struck by the beauty and modesty of one of them, Mary, that they forced Saint Philaret to agree to go with his family to Tsargrad for the royal bride. Together with them went ten more girls chosen in other places, among whom was the beautiful, but arrogant daughter of a certain noble dignitary Gerontius. She considered herself superior to everyone in terms of noble birth, and in wealth, and in beauty, and in intelligence, and, therefore, the only one worthy of being the wife of the king.

Upon arrival in Constantinople, the daughter of Gerontius was first introduced to the favorite of the emperors, Stavriky. Her pride did not hide from the keen gaze of an experienced courtier, and he said to her: “You are good and beautiful, girl, but you cannot be the wife of a king.” Having generously bestowed, he let her go home.

After all, the granddaughter of the righteous Filaret, Maria, was introduced. Everyone was amazed by her beauty, kindness and decency. The king liked her very much, and he betrothed her to his bride.

After the wedding, the emperor, rejoicing at the concluded union and admiring the beauty of his wife's relatives, at parting with the marvelous Philaret's family, granted money, clothes, gold, jewelry, studded with expensive stones and pearls, and large houses in the neighborhood of the palace, to everyone from the oldest to the infant, and released their. The elder asked to arrange a special dinner and told his relatives that the Tsar himself and the nobles would come to the feast. When everything was ready, blessed Philaret invited to his house about 200 beggars, the blind, the lame, the old and the helpless. The relatives understood who the righteous Filaret was waiting for, believing that in the form of the poor, the Lord Himself would visit his house.

Righteous Filaret settled in the palace and led a virtuous and holy life. But, as before, the holy poor-lover generously distributed alms and arranged meals for the poor, and himself served them during these meals. He ordered the servant to make three identical-looking boxes and fill them separately with gold, silver and copper coins: from the first, the completely poor received alms, from the second, those who lost money, and from the third, those who hypocritically defrauded money. He entrusted the supervision of them to his faithful servant Callistus. When the servant asked from which box he should help the one asking, the saint answered him: “From what God commands you, for God knows the need of everyone, poor and rich.”

Every four years, blessed Philaret came to the royal palace to visit his granddaughter, the queen, but he never dressed here in purple clothes, with a golden belt: “Is it not enough honor for me to be called the queen’s grandfather? And that's enough for me." And the blessed one was in such humility that he did not even want to use any rank or title, simply calling himself Philaret of Amnia.

Thus, in humility and love of poverty, the blessed elder reached 90 years of age. Anticipating his death, he went to the Rodolphia Monastery of Constantinople, distributed there everything that he had with him for monastic needs and the poor, asking the abbess for a coffin, where after death his remains were to be laid down. He told his servant not to tell anyone about it.

Soon Filaret fell ill in that monastery and took to his bed. On the ninth day, having called relatives, he blessed them and left the order to adhere to God and the Law of God. And with a perspicacious spirit, as the Forefather Jacob once, he predicted to everyone what would happen to them in life. Then with the words: "Thy will be done"- Saint Philaret gave his righteous soul to God ( in 792) Although Filaret was already a deep old man, neither his teeth, nor his face, nor his gums were touched by time: he was fresh, blooming and bright in face, like an apple or a rose.

The king and queen, nobles, many nobles and beggars accompanied his body with weeping to the burial place in the Constantinople monastery of the Rodolphe Court. The holiness of the righteous Filaret was confirmed by a miracle that appeared after his death. When the body of the saint was being carried to the burial place, one man, possessed by a demon, grabbed the coffin and followed with the funeral procession. At the cemetery, the demoniac was healed: the demon knocked the man to the ground, and he himself came out of him. Many other miracles and healings took place at the tomb of the saint.

Later, one of Philaret's close friends, a God-fearing and pious man, told how one night he was raptured. Someone in sparkling clothes showed him the torments of sinners and a fiery river flowing in that place, and beyond this river a wonderful flowering garden, overgrown with grass and saturating the earth with incense. Blessed Philaret also appeared to his eyes in a sparkling robe, sitting in the canopy of trees on a golden throne, decorated with precious stones, holding a golden staff in his hands (he was surrounded by newly baptized babies and a crowd of beggars in white robes, who crowded each other to get closer to the throne of the elder). And it was said: "This is Filaret the Merciful - the second Abraham."

After the death of Saint Philaret the Merciful, his wife Theozva returned to Paphlagonia. She used her fortune to renew and build new churches, monasteries, hospices and hospitals for the poor. Then she returned to Constantinople, trying to please God for the rest of her life on earth, and died peacefully. She was buried next to her righteous husband.

Veneration of Philaret the Merciful in Rus'

In ancient Rus', the life of Philaret the Merciful enjoyed great respect and was repeatedly translated into Russian from various Greek editions. The Russian Orthodox person especially liked this ancient story; he was firmly known and told to each other even by illiterate village simpletons.

In our everyday life, the name Filaret is purely ecclesiastical. Fyodor Nikitich, father of the first Russian Tsar from the Romanov dynasty, became Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Filaret. The most glorious of the Russian Filarets was Metropolitan Filaret (Drozdov) of Moscow, who headed the Moscow cathedra for 41 years longer than anyone else. A magnificent preacher, who was nicknamed "Moscow Chrysostom". Adviser of the tsars - Alexander I, Nicholas I, Alexander P. Author of the manifesto of 1861 on the liberation of the peasants from serfdom. The saint always turned with great prayerful zeal to his heavenly patron, the holy righteous Philaret the Merciful.

This veneration of St. Philaret the Merciful was also perceived by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy I, who greatly honored him and established in the Moscow Theological Schools the day of memory of St. Philaret, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, and together with him - and his patron saint.

Few people know that in Rus' we had our own Filaret the Merciful -Lukyan Stepanovich Streshnev (d. 1650) - an impoverished boyar, the father of Tsarina Evdokia Lukyanovna, who, with the help of several serfs, cultivated his land with his own hands. For his virtues, the Lord blessed him with exactly the same happiness as Philaret the Merciful, and he, a poor nobleman and farmer, was honored to be the father-in-law of the great sovereign Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich Romanov.

After the death of the first wifeTsar Mikhail Feodorovich (1596-1645), according to the custom of that time, wished to choose a bride from the ancient princely and boyar families. Up to 60 noble ladies were collected; with each of them was another friend-the same age. Among them, he liked a poor girl who served a noble hawthorn. She turned out to beEvdokia Lukyanovna Streshneva (1608 - 18 August 1645) — daughter of a poor nobleman Lukyan Stepanovich Streshnev. After the death of her mother, her father, going to military affairs, gave her to be raised by a distant relative. The modest and virtuous girl bore much grief from this proud lady, with whose daughter she came to Moscow. The heart of Sovereign Mikhail Feodorovich was touched, and the very next day Evdokia Lukyanovna was publicly declared the royal bride.

Ambassadors were sent to the bride's father Lukyan Stepanovich Streshnev in the remote Meshchovsky district (Kaluga province) with rich gifts and a royal letter of notification. The arriving ambassadors were shown Streshnev's house - a poor thatched hut. The owner himself was in the field. Arriving there, the ambassadors saw a venerable old man plowing a field; he was dressed in a caftan of austere home linen; his hair, white as down, and a bushy gray beard inspired an involuntary respect for him. The envoys approached him with respect and announced that his daughter was named the royal bride. Streshnev did not believe them. And only after reading the letter, he became thoughtful, and, having ordered the servant to finish his work, he led the ambassadors to his hut. Here he placed the letter under the image, made three bows to the earth, and, kneeling down with tears, said:“God Almighty! You raise me from poverty to abundance! Strengthen me with Your right hand, so that I will not become corrupt among the honors and riches that You, perhaps, send me to temptation!The next day, having served a prayer service in the church, taking the blessing of his spiritual father, he went to Moscow.

In Moscow, Lukyan Stepanovich, as the father of the young queen, was greeted with great honors. The king himself came out to meet him, not allowing him to bow to the ground. As a wedding gift, the father gave his daughter a casket in which were laid: his harsh canvas caftan, in which he plowed his field, and a towel with which he wiped himself when he worked in the sweat of his face ... "Do not forget,- the happy old man told her - don't forget whose daughter you are; the more often you see these gifts of mine, the sooner you will be the mother of the people.

On February 5, 1626, the marriage of his daughter Evdokia with Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich took place, after which Lukyan Stepanovich was granted the boyars, an estate and a house in Moscow.

Over time, Streshnev became one of the richest people in the Muscovite state: he had estates in seven districts, and he ranked ninth among landowners in terms of the number of lands. In addition to estates, he owned a vast courtyard in the Moscow Kremlin. It is curious that the famous Tsaritsyno estate near Moscow is also associated with the name of Lukyan Stepanovich Streshnev. (in 1775, Empress Catherine II bought the territory of the Black Dirt estate, which once belonged to the Streshnevs).

Despite his wealth, Lukyan Stepanovich had "the nobility of soul to keep in the closet, throughout his life, his modest attire of a farmer, so that, as he said, he would not fall into pride." In an old leather prayer book, where morning and evening prayers were written with his hand, he added at the end: "Lukyan! Remember that you were!

Lukyan Stepanovich has always been the tsar's protector of all the poor and helpless, a faithful servant to the tsar and the fatherland, and the famous daughter Evdokia Lukyanovna, being the mother of the children of the first tsar from the Romanov family, became the ancestor of the dynasty (mother of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich).

Troparion, tone 4:
Imitating Abraham in faith, following Job in patience, Father Philarete, you shared the good land with the poor, and you suffered the deprivation of these courageously. For this sake, the ascetic Christ our God is crowned with a bright crown, pray to Him that our souls be saved.

Kontakion, tone 3:
Truly, your worthy purchase is seen, and being wise is judged by all those who are wise: you have given away the valley and short-term, seeking the heavenly and eternal. The same and worthily acquired eternal glory, merciful Filarete.

Righteous FILARET THE MERCY, Paphlagagonian (†792)

“Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy” (Matthew 5:7)

Paphlagonia on the map of the historical regions of Turkey

Philaret's mother's name was Anna. From an early age, his pious parents instilled in him love for God and compassion for people, and he retained these good qualities until old age. Filaret inherited great wealth from his father. He had many cattle, estates, slaves and lands, in each of which a mountain spring beat, irrigating everything around. His wife Theozva was also noble and God-fearing, and brought him considerable wealth. They had children: a son, Joat, and daughters, Hypatia and Evanthia. They were very good-looking and overshadowed everyone in those days with their beauty.

Once he was plowing his field, a man came to him and complained that one ox had fallen in his yoke, and that with one ox he could not plow. Filaret unharnessed one of his oxen and gave it to him. He also gave his last horse to someone, as he was called with a horse to war. He also gave away the calf from the last cow, and when he heard the cow lowing pitifully about her calf, he called out to that man and gave a cow in addition to the calf. When the bread ran out, he distributed honey to those in need. The honey also ran out, there was nothing to give away - the righteous Filaret took off his outer clothes and gave it to the beggar who knocked on his door. And the elderly Filaret was left without food in an empty house.

Philaret's wife reproached him for pitying others more than his own family. Steadfastly and meekly he endured the reproaches of his wife and the ridicule of his children. "I have in secrets, unknown to you, such riches and such treasures,- he answered his relatives, - which you will get, even if you live a hundred years without labor and without worrying about anything.

Soon a friend of the righteous Filaret sent forty measures of wheat to the starving family. At the request of his wife, Filaret separated 35 measures to feed the family and return the debt. He gave his share of five measures of grain to the poor within two days. The wife became angry and began to eat with the children separately, secretly from him. One day, Blessed Filaret accidentally found the family at dinner and said: "Children, accept me to dine with you, not as your father, but as a guest and wanderer."

After all, the granddaughter of the righteous Filaret, Maria, was introduced. Everyone was amazed by her beauty, kindness and decency. The king liked her very much, and he betrothed her to his bride.

Later, one of Philaret's close friends, a God-fearing and pious man, told how one night he was raptured. Someone in sparkling clothes showed him the torments of sinners and a fiery river flowing in that place, and beyond this river a wonderful flowering garden, overgrown with grass and saturating the earth with incense. Blessed Filaret also appeared to his eyes in a sparkling robe, sitting in the canopy of trees on a golden throne adorned with precious stones, holding a golden staff in his hands (he was surrounded by newly baptized babies and a crowd of beggars in white robes, who crowded each other to get closer to the throne of the elder) . And it was said: "This is Filaret the Merciful - the second Abraham."

Veneration of Philaret the Merciful in Rus'

Few people know that in Rus' we had our own Filaret the Merciful - Lukyan Stepanovich Streshnev (d. 1650) - an impoverished boyar, the father of Tsarina Evdokia Lukyanovna, who, with the help of several serfs, cultivated his land with his own hands. For his virtues, the Lord blessed him with exactly the same happiness as Philaret the Merciful, and he, a poor nobleman and farmer, was honored to be the father-in-law of the great sovereign Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich Romanov.

After the death of the first wife Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich (1596-1645), according to the custom of that time, wished to choose a bride from the ancient princely and boyar families. Up to 60 noble ladies were collected; with each of them was another friend-the same age. Among them, he liked a poor girl who served a noble hawthorn. She turned out to be Evdokia Lukyanovna Streshneva (1608 - August 18, 1645) - daughter of a poor nobleman Lukyan Stepanovich Streshnev. After the death of her mother, her father, going to military affairs, gave her to be raised by a distant relative. The modest and virtuous girl bore much grief from this proud lady, with whose daughter she came to Moscow. The heart of Sovereign Mikhail Feodorovich was touched, and the very next day Evdokia Lukyanovna was publicly declared the royal bride.

Ambassadors were sent to the bride's father Lukyan Stepanovich Streshnev in the remote Meshchovsky district (Kaluga province) with rich gifts and a royal letter of notification. The arriving ambassadors were shown Streshnev's house - a poor thatched hut. The owner himself was in the field. Arriving there, the ambassadors saw a venerable old man plowing a field; he was dressed in a caftan of austere home linen; his hair, white as down, and a bushy gray beard inspired an involuntary respect for him. The envoys approached him with respect and announced that his daughter was named the royal bride. Streshnev did not believe them. And only after reading the letter, he became thoughtful, and, having ordered the servant to finish his work, he led the ambassadors to his hut. Here he placed the letter under the image, made three bows to the earth, and, kneeling down with tears, said: "God Almighty! You raise me from poverty to abundance! Strengthen me with Your right hand, so that I will not become corrupt among the honors and riches that You, perhaps, send me to temptation!" The next day, having served a prayer service in the church, taking the blessing of his spiritual father, he went to Moscow.

In Moscow, Lukyan Stepanovich, as the father of the young queen, was greeted with great honors. The king himself came out to meet him, not allowing him to bow to the ground. As a wedding gift, the father gave his daughter a chest containing: his austere linen caftan, in which he plowed his field, and the towel with which he wiped himself when he worked in the sweat of his face... "Do not forget,- the happy old man told her - don't forget whose daughter you are; the more often you see these gifts of mine, the sooner you will be the mother of the people."

On February 5, 1626, the marriage of his daughter Evdokia with Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich took place, after which Lukyan Stepanovich was granted the boyars, an estate and a house in Moscow.

Over time, Streshnev became one of the richest people in the Muscovite state: he had estates in seven districts, and he ranked ninth among landowners in terms of the number of lands. In addition to estates, he owned a vast courtyard in the Moscow Kremlin. It is curious that the famous Tsaritsyno estate near Moscow is also associated with the name of Lukyan Stepanovich Streshnev. (in 1775, Empress Catherine II bought the territory of the Black Dirt estate, which once belonged to the Streshnevs).

Despite his wealth, Lukyan Stepanovich had "the nobility of soul to keep in the closet, throughout his life, his modest attire of a farmer, so that, as he said, he would not fall into pride." In an old leather prayer book, where morning and evening prayers were written with his hand, he added at the end: "Lukyan! Remember that you were!"

Lukyan Stepanovich has always been the tsar's protector of all the poor and helpless, a faithful servant to the tsar and the fatherland, and the famous daughter Evdokia Lukyanovna, being the mother of the children of the first tsar from the Romanov family, became the ancestor of the dynasty (mother of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich).

Material prepared by Sergey SHULYAK

for the Temple Life-Giving Trinity on Sparrow Hills

Religious reading: Philaret gracious prayer for money to help our readers.

Prayer to John the Merciful. Prayer to John the Merciful (Patriarch of Alexandria) for money

Perhaps there are people who have never experienced financial difficulties in their lives. However, this is a rarity. Of course, you can meet people with lofty values who are content with what the Lord has sent them, but these are rather exceptional cases. Most often, people are afraid of poverty and try their best to avoid it. Almost everyone thinks about their future and the comfortable existence of their children. Of course, you can rely on your own strength and work hard in the hope of getting rich soon. But you can try to ask for help from the Saints, one of which is St. John the Merciful. Prayers addressed to him will relieve poverty and give confidence.

History of St. John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria

The sacrament of the birth of John the Merciful took place in the city of Amaphunte, in Cyprus. His childhood could be called happy and comfortable. His family was noble and pious. At the age of fifteen, John met with the very providence of the Lord, after which he realized that he should generously distribute donations to all those in need. On himself, he constantly experienced the power of the highest Mercy. As soon as John gave something, he immediately received mercy a hundred times greater.

Over time, John was appointed Patriarch of Alexandria. And the first thing he did was to convene all the church bailiffs who were responsible for housekeeping and managing money, and asked them to register all the poor and destitute people who were under his protection. There were about seven and a half thousand of them. St. John ordered all of them to give out a daily amount of money for food.

Today, prayer to John the Merciful relieves many people from poverty.

The story of John the Merciful and the merchant

There lived a merchant in Alexandria, who was completely ruined. Since all the needy came to the Saint, and he impartially gave alms to everyone, the merchant decided to turn to the Saint for help. John donated as much as five kilograms of gold to the merchant. The merchant filled his ship with new goods in joy and set off. But losses awaited him. And he turned to John again.

The patriarch reasoned that the merchant also had ill-gotten gold. It mixed with the church, and so the merchant again failed. John gave him twice as much money. But this time, too, the merchant lost everything. He no longer wanted to turn to the Saint and even tried to take his own life. But John, learning about this, called him to him, gave him a church ship fully loaded with grain, and humbly asked him to always trust God. After that, the merchant went on his way. New troubles awaited him, but he sincerely began to pray to the Lord and saw St. John himself at the stern of his ship. This time the ship did not crash, and the merchant sold all the goods very profitably. Moreover, the tin he received as payment turned into gold. And all this by the grace of Saint John.

There are an incredible number of such amazing stories telling about the great mercy of the Saint. Even now, the Saint sheds his mercy on all who sincerely turn to him. The prayer to John the Merciful below will help anyone in need to get rid of poverty.

Monastery of John the Merciful

After the death of John, the church canonized him among the saints. Leonty of Neopolitan was the first to describe the life of St. John in the 7th century. There are also stories about miracles that happened thanks to his relics after the death of the Saint. His relics were first in Constantinople, then in 1249 they were transported to Venice. Part of the relics is in Bratislava. The remaining relics can be found in Athos monasteries. Prayer to John the Merciful is omnipotent. She helps even those who do not have the opportunity to touch the relics of the Saint.

Prayer to the Patriarch of Alexandria, Saint John the Merciful

This is the most common and powerful prayer to John the Merciful. The icon of the Saint, his image helps to glorify all the amazing deeds of the Saint with greater penetration.

“Oh, God's saint, the saint of Christ, chosen by the Lord, John! Hear us, your children, humbly bowing at your feet, send us the mercy of your intercession before our God. We tearfully ask you to shed your mercy on us sinners. Our iniquities, which know no bounds, weigh us down with sorrow and sickness, turn our hearts away from the Lord, drag us to hell itself. You are our merciful intercessor, having no sin behind you. We ask for the mercy of your almighty. Lift up our prayers to the Lord. May the Lord be merciful to our sins, may He send us health, healing from all sorrows, give strength to our souls and bodies and deliverance from all sorrows. Send all blessings to our whole country, salvation from enemies who think of evil. May, by your great mercy, our whole life be protected by the world. Pray to the Lord for the gift of patience and humility by grace. Gracious Saint, do not deprive us of your heavenly help, by your intercession bring us, the unworthy, into the Kingdom of Christ. We praise and sing all the bounties of our Lord, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and forever and ever. Amen."

There is another strong prayer to John the Merciful, sending down all the grace of the Saint.

Prayer to the Monk Patriarch of Alexandria

“Intercessor of God, St. John, protector of orphans and all those in need. We humbly turn to you, fall at your feet and pray, as to the quick patron of all those who ask the Lord for comfort in sorrows and sorrows. Do not stop praying for us to Christ our God! You, endowed with the Lord's love and goodness, appeared in this world as an example of mercy, like a river flowing and generously quenching the thirst of all those in need. We believe that after coming from earth to heaven, the vessel of your goodness became inexhaustible. Grant all who resort to you consolation in sorrows, peace and serenity. Bestow your mercy on the needs of life and give us hope for eternal peace and rest in the kingdom of the Lord. During your life, you were a haven for everyone in every trouble and need, everyone came to you alone for mercy. And now, reigning with our Lord, show us, tirelessly praying before your icon, your help and intercession. May peace and joy be with us for the Glory of our Lord, our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen."

Prayer to John the Merciful has tremendous power. The main thing is to pronounce it sincerely.

John the Merciful: prayer. Reviews of the afflicted

People who sincerely asked St. John for any blessing always received it. This is evidenced by many reviews. John delivered not only from poverty and poverty - he endowed many families with the birth of children, healed from illnesses, and helped in difficult moments of life. Some argue that by touching the relics of the Saint, they forever lost the desire for dishonest earnings and easy money, and yet they never left without a penny in their pocket. Prayer to St. John the Merciful can work real miracles.

Orthodox prayers ☦

5 strong prayers to the holy righteous Philaret the Merciful

Prayer to Saint Philaret the Merciful for money and prosperity

“Oh, God’s most wondrous chosen one, Filarete the Merciful! Amnia, the most generous bread-giver, the lamp of Orthodoxy, the Lord God's servant, good and faithful! You followed the Gospel of Christ with all your heart and multiplied the talent given to you wisely: you clothe and nourish the orphans and the poor; bringing the strange and the poor into your house, comforting those who are in sorrows and sorrows, betraying the dead and on the stacks of the fallen tomb; serving everyone in every possible way, and taco showed your faith in deeds. She, holy servant of God, do not despise us, tormented by the sorrows of life and overwhelmed by sinful passions. All the days despondency and cowardice shake our faith, hardness of heart and bitterness consume our hearts and cool our love; but ambition and impatience corrupt our souls, and so, like beggars, in good deeds we share. But you, the Righteous Father, being merciful for us, implored Christ God to enrich our hearts with His Holy Spirit, heal our spiritual and bodily ailments, and, like a thirsty field, give us to drink the bounties of His philanthropy; let us imitate faith, long-suffering and mercy, in piety and purity all the days of our life. We also pray to you, most blessed, when our departure is in time, move us to unfeigned repentance, that we may partake of Christ our Savior through His holy Sacraments and become heirs of the Kingdom of Heaven, even if in the joy of saints and angels we are honored and we bow down and sing the Trisagion Name: the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen!"

Prayer for the successful marriage of a daughter to the righteous Philaret the Merciful

“O holy servant of God, righteous Filaret! Having labored on earth with a good feat, you received in Heaven the crown of truth, which the Lord has prepared for all those who love Him. The same, looking at your holy image, we rejoice in the glorious end of your residence and honor your holy memory. You, standing before the Throne of God, accept our prayers and bring to the All-Merciful God, to forgive us every sin and help us become against the wiles of the devil, and get rid of sorrows, illnesses, troubles and misfortunes and all evil, we will live piously and righteously in the present forever and we will be honored by your intercession, if not worthy of us, to see the good on the land of the living, glorifying the One in His saints glorifying God, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever. Amen."

Prayer to the righteous Filaret the Merciful from poverty

“Holy God and rest in the saints, with a three-holy voice in heaven from an angel sung, on earth from a man praised in His saints, giving grace to anyone with Your Holy Spirit according to the measure of the gift of Christ, and then setting up Your Holy Church, ov apostles, ov prophets, ov evangelizers, ov shepherds and teachers, by their word of preaching, to You Himself acting all in all, many are made holy in every kind and kind, by various benefactors pleasing You, and to You, leaving us the image of their good deeds, having passed away in joy, prepare, in tempt the former yourself, and help us who are being attacked. Remembering all these saints and the holy righteous Philaret and praising their God-pleasing life, I praise You Samago, who acted in them, I praise, and one of Your blessings of giving to be believing, I diligently pray to Thee, Holy of Holies, let the sinner follow their teaching, life, love, faith , longsuffering, and their prayerful help, more than Your all-powerful grace, heavenly glory with them, praising Your Most Holy Name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever. Amen."

Prayer to Saint Philaret the Merciful for strengthening the faith

“To you, all holy and holy righteous Filaret, as guiding lamps, with their deeds illuminating the path of heavenly sunrise, as a sinner, I humbly bow the knee of my heart and cry out from the depths of my soul: implore the Humanity God for me, may he not let me still wander through the crossroads sin, but may my mind and heart be enlightened with the light of His grace, as if we illuminate and strengthen it, I will be able to rest the rest of the time of earthly life on the right path without fail and by your intercession to the Most Good Lord, I will become a little partaker of being your spiritual meal in the heavenly chamber of the King of Glory. To Him with His Beginningless Father and the Most Holy, Good and Life-Giving Spirit, be glory, honor and worship forever and ever. Amen."

Thanksgiving Prayer to the Righteous Philaret the Merciful

“Oh, blessed saints of God, all the saints who stand before the Throne of the Most Holy Trinity and enjoy inexpressible bliss! Now, on the day of your common triumph, graciously look down on us, your lesser brethren, bringing you this laudatory singing, and asking your intercession for mercy and remission of sins from the Most Good Lord; Vems are more, truly Vems, like everything, if you desire, you can ask Him. Moreover, we humbly pray to you, and to the holy righteous Philaret, pray to the Merciful Lord, may the spirit of your zeal for the preservation of His holy commandments give us, as if flowing in your footsteps, we will be able to pass the earthly field in a virtuous life without blemish, and in repentance achieve the most glorious villages of paradise, and there it is with you to glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen!"

Prayers for prosperity and deliverance from need

Prayer to the Guardian Angel

Angel of Christ, my holy guardian and protector of my soul and body, forgive me what I have sinned today; and deliver me from every deceit of my enemy, so that I will not anger my God with any sin; but pray for me, a sinful and unworthy slave, that I become worthy of the goodness and mercy of the All-Holy Trinity and the Mother of my Lord Jesus Christ, and all the saints. Amen.

Prayer to the righteous Philaret the Merciful

In your patience he earned his goodness, the righteous, according to the commandments of the Lord, lived in perfection, loved the poor and comforted them; pray to Christ God for the salvation of our souls.

Prayer to Saint John the Merciful

Saint John of God, merciful protector of orphans and those living in distress! We resort to you and pray to you, the quick patron of all those who seek consolation from God in troubles and sorrows; do not stop praying to the Lord for all those who come to you with faith! You were filled with Christ's love and goodness, appeared as a wonderful palace of the virtue of mercy and earned yourself the name merciful; you were like a river, constantly flowing with generous graces and richly drinking all those who are thirsty. We believe that, after moving from earth to heaven, the gift of this grace was aggravated in you and that you became an inexhaustible vessel of all goodness. Create with your intercession and intercession before God all sorts of consolations, and may those who resort to you find peace and serenity; grant them consolation in temporary sorrows and assistance in the needs of life, instill in them the hope of eternal rest in the Kingdom of Heaven. In your life on earth, you were a haven for all those living in any trouble and need, offended and sick, and not one of those who came to you and asked you for mercy was deprived of your goodness; the same now, reigning with Christ God in Heaven, manifest to all who worship before your icon worthy of veneration and pray for help and intercession. Not only did you yourself show mercy to the helpless, but you also lifted up the hearts of others to comfort the weak and care for the poor: move the hearts of the faithful now to intercession for the orphans, to the comfort of the sorrowing and the comfort of the poor, so that the gifts of mercy do not fail in them, so yes dwell in them and in this house, where they care for the suffering, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, to the glory of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer to the Holy Great Martyr Theodore Tyron

In the name of faith, in the source of the flame, as on the water of repose, the holy martyr Theodore rejoiced: he was burned by fire, as he brought sweet bread to the Trinity. Through his prayers, O Christ God, save our souls.

Faith of Christ, as a shield, having taken hostile forces in your heart, trampled, long-suffering, and was crowned with a crown of Heaven forever, Theodore, as invincible.

Prayer to Saint Martin the Merciful

O most honorable and sacred and the grace of the Holy Spirit, filled with the Savior and the Father, the dwelling place, the great bishop, our warm intercessor, St. Martin, standing at the Throne of all the Kings and enjoying the light of the Trinity and the cherubs with the angels proclaimed by the trisagion song, having great and unexplored boldness to to the all-merciful Vladyka, pray for the salvation of the flock of Christ's people, affirm the well-being of the holy churches; adorn the bishops with the magnificence of hierarchy, strengthen the monastics for the exploits of a good course, preserve the reigning city and all cities and countries in goodness, and implore the holy immaculate faith, humble the whole world with your petition, deliver us from hunger and death, and save us from the attack of foreign tribes, the old console, instruct the young, make the fools wise, have mercy on widows, intercede for orphans, grow up babies, return captives, the weak and those who pray to you from all misfortunes and troubles, free your intercession; pray for us the All-Generous and Human-loving Christ our God, and on the day of His Terrible Coming from Shuyago (Shuya is the left hand. At the Last Judgment on the left are sinners who will burn forever in hell.) stand will save us, and create the joys of the saints as partakers with all saints forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer to St. Nicholas Archbishop of the World of Lycia

O our good shepherd and God-wise mentor, St. Nicholas of Christ! Hear us sinners praying to you and calling for your quick intercession; see us weak, persecuted from everywhere, deprived of every good and darkened by the mind from cowardice; do mercy, saint of God, do not leave us in sinful captivity, let us not be a joy to our enemies and not die in our evil deeds; pray for us, unworthy of our Creator and Lord, you stand before Him with incorporeal faces; incline our merciful God to us in this life and in the next century, so that He will not reward us according to our deeds and according to the impurity of our hearts, but according to His goodness He will reward us; we trust in your intercession, we call on your intercession for help, and falling to your holy image, we ask for help; deliver us, saint of Christ, from the evils that are upon us, and tame the waves of passions and troubles that rise upon us, so that for the sake of your holy prayers, we will not be attacked and we will not be mired in the abyss of sin and in the mud of our passions; pray, St. Nicholas of Christ, Christ our God, may he give us a peaceful life and the remission of sins, and our souls salvation and great mercy, now and ever and forever and ever.

Prayer to St. Nicholas Archbishop of the World of Lycia - second text

Oh, all-holy Nicholas, the great saint of the Lord, our warm intercessor and quick helper everywhere in sorrows! Help me, a sinner and despondent in this life, beg the Lord God to grant me the remission of all my sins, which I have sinned from my youth in my whole life, in deed, word, thought and all my feelings; and at the exodus of my soul, help me wretched; implore the Lord God, every creature of the Creator, to deliver me from air ordeals and eternal torment; May I always glorify the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and your merciful intercession, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

So that luck turns to you, before starting any business, say the prayer beforehand.

This prayer is read twice. The first time, when parents give a name to the child, the second time in the morning, on the day of the child's baptism in the church.

Lord, Father Almighty!

The tongue is a prophet, the teeth are a boundary, the eyes are water, the forehead is a forest, lead me.

For a quick and profitable sale, read such a prayer.

"Let God arise."

For your life in the house to improve and any business to be successful, you need God's blessing.

Such a prayer will help you from corruption.

Prayer to Saint Boniface the Merciful.

With the help of this prayer and faith in the miracle that it does, a person can be healed of an incurable disease, avoid troubles, and dramatically change his fate for the better.

Orthodox prayers with requests for money

PRAYER OF ST. IGNATIY BRYANCHANINOV FOR RELEASE FROM POVERTY

Lord, You visit, receive sinners! And you raise the dead! And you command the waters of the sea, the winds of the sky! And miraculously loaves grow in Your hands, give a thousandfold harvest - they are sown, reaped, baked and broken at the same time, in one instant! And you are hungry to save us from hunger! And you long for our thirst to go away! And you travel through the country of our exile with the burden of Yourself in order to return to us the calm, sweet heavenly nature that we have lost! You shed Your sweat in the Garden of Gethsemane so that we stop shedding our sweat in earning bread, learn to shed it in prayers for a worthy communion of Heavenly Bread. The thorns grown for us by the accursed earth, You have taken on Your head; Thou hast crowned Thy holy head with thorns! We have lost the Paradise tree of life and its fruit, which imparted immortality to those who eat it - You, stretched out on the tree of the Cross, have become for us a fruit that gives eternal life to Your partakers. Both the fruit of life and the tree of life appeared on earth, in the camp of our exile. This fruit and this tree are more excellent than those of Paradise: those communicated immortality, and these communicate immortality and Divinity. Through Your suffering You have poured sweetness into our suffering. We reject earthly pleasures, we choose suffering as our lot, if only to become partakers of Your sweetness! She, like a foretaste of eternal life, is sweeter and more precious than temporary life! You fell asleep as a mortal who could not keep You in eternal sleep. You - God! You rose up and gave us excitement from this dream, from the fierce sleep of death, gave us a blessed and glorious resurrection! You raised our renewed nature to heaven, planted it at the right hand of the eternal, Your co-eternal, Your Father! Our Lord! Grant us both on earth and in heaven to glorify, bless, praise Your goodness! Grant us with a frank face to see Thy terrible, impregnable, magnificent Glory, forever behold Her, worship Her and be blessed in Her. Amen.

Saint John of God, merciful protector of the orphans and those in adversity! We resort to you and pray to you, as a quick patron of all those who seek consolation from God in troubles and sorrows. Do not stop praying to the Lord for all those who flow to you with faith! You, filled with Christ's love and goodness, appeared as a wonderful chamber of the virtue of mercy and acquired the name "merciful". You were like a river, constantly flowing with generous graces and abundantly watering all those who are thirsty. We believe that, after moving from earth to heaven, the gift of sowing grace has been aggravated in you, and as if you have become an inexhaustible vessel of all goodness. Create with your intercession and intercession before God “every kind of joy”, and all who resort to you find peace and serenity: grant them comfort in temporary sorrows and help in the needs of life, instill in them the hope of eternal peace in the Kingdom of Heaven. In your life on earth, you were a haven for all that exists in every misfortune and need, offended and ill; not a single one of those who flowed to you and asked you for mercy was deprived of your goodness. Identity and now, reigning with Christ in heaven, reveal to all those who bow before your honest icon and pray for help and intercession. Not only did you yourself show mercy to the helpless, but you also lifted up the hearts of others to the comfort of the weak and to the charity of the poor. Move the hearts of the faithful even now to the intercession of the orphans, the consolation of the mourners and the reassurance of the poor. May the gifts of mercy not fail in them, moreover, may they rejoice in them and in this house that sees the suffering, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit - to the glory of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, forever and ever. Amen.

IF THERE IS NO MONEY TO PAY FOR THE APARTMENT

In the morning, as you get out of bed, read the prayer before the image of the holy word and cross yourself three times. Take a long thin ribbon of paper, and write this troparion on it in a line. Roll the tape into a tube and put it in your inner pocket, carry it with you until the problem is resolved, and then burn the paper and scatter the ashes in the wind.

O blessed mother Matrono, now hear and accept us, sinners, praying to you, having learned to receive and listen to all those who suffer and mourn with faith and hope for your intercession and help of those who come running, giving quick help and miraculous healing to everyone, but not now your mercy to us, unworthy, restless in this vain world and nowhere finding consolation and compassion in spiritual sorrows and help in bodily illnesses, will be impoverished, heal our illnesses, deliver us from the temptations and torment of the devilish passionately fighting, help to convey your worldly Cross, endure all the hardships of life and not lose the image of God in it, keep the Orthodox faith until the end of our days, have strong hope and hope in God and have unfeigned love for our neighbors, so that after departing from this life, help us reach the Kingdom of Heaven with all those who please God, glorifying mercy and goodness of the Heavenly Father, glorified in the Trinity: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.

O Great Saint Basil the Great! You have received many and various gifts from the Lord, and like a good and faithful servant, you have multiplied all the talents given to you for good: for this reason, you were truly a universal teacher, for every age and every title comes from you. Behold, the image appeared to you as a youth of obedience, to the young - chastity shone, the husband - diligence mentor, the old - teacher of malice, the monk - abstinence rule, those who pray - the leader from God, inspired, those who have wisdom - the enlightener of the mind, the well-spoken oracles - the words of the living source are inexhaustible, beneficent - a star of mercy, to those in charge - a right image of rule, a zealot of truth - an inspirer of boldness, for the sake of the persecuted - a mentor of patience: all were thou, but save every one. Over all of these, you acquired love, even if there is a cous of perfection, and by that, as if by the power of God, all the talents in your soul were united into one, and there the love divided reconciling, in the interpretation of the words of the apostles, preached to all the faithful. But we are sinners, according to each one our gift of property, the unity of the spirit in the union of the world are not imams, but there are vanities, irritating each other, envying each other: for the sake of this gift, our divided is not into peace and salvation, but into enmity and condemnation to us. The same to you, the saint of God, we fall down, we are overwhelmed with contention, and in contrition of heart we ask: with your prayers, take away from our hearts all pride and envy that divides us, so that in many lives we will abide one church body unhindered, but according to your prayerful word we will love each other and with unanimity and confession of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, the Trinity of Consubstantial and Indivisible, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Lord have mercy! Lord have mercy! Lord have mercy! Overshadowing the forehead with the holy sign of the cross, I am a servant of God, I give praise to the Lord and pray to my holy angel for help. Holy angel, stand before me in this day and in the day to come! Be my helper in my affairs. Yes, I will not anger God in any sin! But I will praise him! May I be worthy of showing the goodness of our Lord! Give me an angel, your help in my work, so that I work for the good of man and for the glory of the Lord! Help me to be very strong against my enemy and the enemy of the human race. Help me, angel, to fulfill the will of the Lord and be in harmony with the servants of God. Help me, angel, to put my case for the good of the people of the Lord and for the glory of the Lord. Help me, angel, to stand in my cause for the good of the people of the Lord and for the glory of the Lord. Help me, angel, to flourish my cause for the good of the people of the Lord and for the glory of the Lord! Amen.

PRAYER TO ST. SPIRIDON OF TRIMIFUNTSKY, GIVING A PEACEFUL, PROFESSIONAL EXISTENCE

O all-blessed Saint Spyridon, great saint of Christ and glorious miracle worker! Stand in heaven to the Throne of God with the face of an Angel, look with a merciful eye on the people (names) coming here and asking for your strong help. Pray for the goodness of the Humanity God, may he not condemn us according to our iniquities, but may he do with us by His mercy! Ask us from Christ and our God a peaceful and serene life, healthy soul and body, the earth's prosperity and all abundance and prosperity in everything, and may we not turn the good, given to us from the generous God, but to His glory and glorification your intercession! Deliver everyone who comes to God with unquestioning faith from all troubles of the soul and body, from all languor and devilish slander! Be a sad comforter, an ailing doctor, an assistant in misfortune, a naked patron, an intercessor for widows, an orphan protector, a baby feeder, an old strengthener, a wandering guide, a floating helmsman, and intercede for everyone, your strong help to those who require it, everything, even useful for salvation! As if we instruct and observe with your prayers, we will reach eternal rest and together with you we will glorify God, in the Trinity of the Holy Glory, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen.

These and other prayers that protect against money problems, see here

Part 3 - Orthodox prayers asking for money

Part 6 - Orthodox prayers with requests for money