On the feast of the Cathedral of the Most Holy Theotokos on January 8, people pray for health, well-being and female happiness and glorify the Mother of God without fail.

On January 8, after Christmas, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Cathedral of the Most Holy Theotokos – they glorify the Mother of God, who gave us salvation by giving birth to the Son of God. On this day, they pray for health, well-being and female happiness. You can also pray to the Mother of God for what your heart and soul require – the Mother of God will always hear and help, the main thing is to believe.

Earlier we talked about the feast of the Cathedral of the Most Holy Theotokos 2023, its traditions and greetings for this day.

Prayers for the Cathedral of the Most Holy Theotokos

Prayer of the Mother of God in front of the Icon of the Mother of God “Three Joys”

O Most Holy Virgin, All-good Son of the All-Good Mother, the reigning city and the holy temple of this Patroness, faithful Representative and Intercessor of all who are in sins, sorrows, troubles and illnesses! Do not despise the prayer of us, Your unworthy servants, and beg Your Son and our God, and to all of us, with faith and emotion, who worship before Your miraculous image, grant joy according to some need: comfort to those in sorrow and sadness, mercy to those in need. unheard of treatment and strengthening. O Lord of the Most Holy, have mercy on all who honor Your holy name, and show Your almighty protection and intercession to all: for every matter, hurry Your pleasing Son; destroy every work of evil; in wonder and in difficult and dangerous situations to those who obtain invisible help and admonition from heaven forever. Educate infants, young men of integrity, turn their minds to the acceptance of every useful teaching. Protection and preservation from domestic insults and from visible and invisible enemies. Keep the spouses in love and single-mindedness and protect them from enmity with the world and love. And give us all love for each other, peace and piety, and health with longevity. Those who are in faith and repent from this life with Angels and all holy creatures, may all in Heaven and on earth lead You as a firm and shameless Representative of our Christian race, and, leading, glorify You and Your Son through You, with By His Beginningless Father. and by His One-living Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Troparion of the Cathedral of the Holy Mother of God

Most pure Mother of God, Theotokos, Your honest Cathedral is decorated with various kindnesses, You bring gifts, Lady, many worlds of people, tear our sinful bonds with Your mercy and save our souls.

Kontakt of the Cathedral of the Holy Mother of God

Who before the day was born from the Father without a mother, on earth without a father flee from You today. Thus the star heralds the wise men, while the angels and the shepherds sing Your ineffable Christmas, O Gracious One.

Prayer of the Most Holy Theotokos

Mother of God, Virgin, rejoice, Gracious Mary, the Lord is with You; blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, because you gave birth to the Savior of our souls.

Prayer to the Mother of God

Come and let’s glorify the Mother of the Savior, who remained a Virgin even after Christmas. Rejoice, living city of the King and God, in which Christ, staying, is saved. Let us praise with Gabriel and glorify with the shepherds, saying: Theotokos, pray for the incarnation of you for our salvation.