Most glorious Ever-Virgin Mother of Christ our God, bear our prayer to your Son and our God, that through you He may save our souls.
O heavenly hosts of holy Angels and Archangels, pray for us sinners.
O glorious Apostles, Prophets, Martyrs, and all Saints, pray for us sinners.
Pray to God for me holy ________ (your Patron Saint), for with fervor I run to you, swift helper and intercessor for my soul!
O Lord, save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance. Grant victories to the Orthodox Christians over their adversaries; and by virtue of Thy Cross, preserve Thy habitation.
It is truly meet to bless you, O Theotokos, ever-blessed and most pure, and the Mother of our God. More honorable than the Cherubim, and more glorious beyond compare than the Seraphim: without defilement you gave birth to God the Word: true Theotokos, we magnify you.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and to ages of ages. Amen.
Lord, have mercy! (3 times)
Lord Jesus Christ Son of God, for the sake of Thy most pure Mother, our venerable and God-bearing fathers, and all the saints, save me, a sinner. Amen.
Some pious Christians use the following “Morning Prayer of the Last Elders of Optina” with their morning prayers.