Prayerful Veneration of the Most Holy Theotokos (Saint Demetrius (Tuptal), Metropolitan of Rostov)

Come, let us bow before our Queen, the Theotokos.

Come, let us bow before the Virgin Mary, our Queen, the Theotokos.

Come, let us bow and fall prostrate before the Sovereign Lady, the Virgin Mary, our Queen, the Theotokos.

I bow to you, Most Holy Theotokos, who by your Nativity revealed to us the true Light, Queen of heaven and earth, hope of the hopeless, helper of the weak, and intercessor of all sinners; cover me and intercede for me against all spiritual and bodily afflictions, and I pray to you, be my intercessor in your holy prayers.

I bow to your Immaculate Conception and Nativity, born of your holy parents Joachim and Anne; I pray to you: grant me to conceive a sinless life and to bring forth repentance.

I bow to your entrance into the Lord's Temple as a three‑year‑old child, and I pray to you, my Light, make me a temple of the Holy Spirit through your prayers.

I bow to your Annunciation, O Most Pure Virgin, when by the action of the Holy Spirit, from the word of the archangel, you conceived the Word, O Father; and I pray to you, my Light, to proclaim to me, the despondent, salvation.

I bow to your Nativity, when you incarnated and bore Christ, the Savior of the world; be, O Theotokos, praised and glorified by the whole world, and I pray to you, my Light, appear to me as a merciful Mother now and in the age to come.

I bow to your purification, undefiled, immaculate, incorruptible, Most Holy, and I pray to you, my Light, cleanse me from every impurity of flesh and spirit with these prayers.

I bow and honor your sorrow, which you bore at the time of the voluntary sufferings of your Son, when Simeon's prophecy was fulfilled: “And a sword shall pierce your own soul” (Luke 2:35); and I pray to you, my Light, deliver me from spiritual and bodily maladies.

I bow to you, my Sovereign Lady, recalling your joy when your Son rose from the dead, and I pray to you, my Light, do not deprive me of spiritual joy.

I bow to your honorable and glorious Assumption, and I pray to you, my Light, by your aid subdue my bodily passions.

Most Holy Sovereign Lady Theotokos, receive this short prayer and bring it before your Son and our God, that He may save and enlighten our souls for your sake.

I behold your most holy image, as if I see you, the true Theotokos; with the faith of my heart and the love of my soul I fall prostrate, I bow together with the eternal Infant, our Lord Jesus Christ, whom you hold in your hand; I reverently honor you and tearfully implore: cover me with your mantle from visible and invisible foes, for you have led mankind into the Kingdom of Heaven. Amen.

It is truly fitting to call you blessed, O Theotokos, most blessed and ever‑immaculate, and Mother of our God. More honorable than the cherubim and incomparably more glorious than the seraphim, who, without corruption, bore the Word of God, the living Theotokos, we magnify you.

Source: kyrios.org.ua