Before surgery, people worry that everything will be fine and the disease will subside. In such situations, prayer before the operation will help, thanks to which you can calm down, ask for repentance and help in difficult times. There are various prayer texts addressed to saints.

What prayers should be read before surgery?

Before every important event, believers ask the Lord for help. A prayer before an operation for a patient can be said by relatives if the person himself cannot ask for his own recovery. It is important that prayer appeal it came from a pure heart, and faith was unshakable. You can contact several saints. In addition to reading prayers, you can order a magpie, a prayer service to a saint, or a Psalter before surgery. If possible, a sick person can go to confession, or you can invite a priest to see him.

Prayer before surgery to the Lord Jesus Christ

The most powerful are prayer texts addressed to the Savior. They can include any request, including the successful completion of a surgical intervention. It is best to turn to the Lord through repentance, since only by realizing and admitting your sins can you count on invisible support. A prayer may be said before surgery loved one, the main thing is to pass it through your heart and put love into every word. Its strength is explained by the Lord’s endless love for people.

Prayer “Dream of the Blessed Virgin Mary” before surgery

A believer can use prayer texts as a talisman, so “Dreams” are considered one of the most powerful. Holy Mother of God, which include 77 texts. Each of them is intended for different problems, for example, you can use “Dreams” to protect yourself from dark forces, diseases and enemies. There is a special prayer before surgery that provides reliable protection.

Prayer to the guardian angel before surgery

After the sacrament of baptism, a person receives his personal assistant - a guardian angel, who will be a faithful assistant throughout life. Through it you can turn to the Lord, asking for help in difficult situations. A prayer before an operation for a sick person should be repeated as often as possible, and the text should be passed through the heart, and not repeated like a tongue twister. Remember that a guardian angel helps people who really need it.

Prayer before surgery to Panteleimon the Healer

The future Saint Panteleimon decided to devote his life to healing and one day, before his eyes, the presbyter brought a poisoned boy back to life by reading a prayer to Jesus Christ. From that time on, he accepted Christianity and began helping people. For his generosity, responsiveness and strength, he was executed. After his death, the holy great martyr continues to help believers to get rid of various ailments. A prayer before an operation for a patient has enormous power, which is recommended to be read before the image of Panteleimon.

Prayer before surgery to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker

The most famous saint who helps in different situations is. The effectiveness of prayers directed to him is explained by the fact that during his lifetime he performed miracles, helping people cope with various diseases. A huge number of believers claim that prayer before a loved one’s surgery is miraculous, and it helped cope with the illness. There are several recommendations on how to ask for help from St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.

1. First, you need to clear your own thoughts and tune in to a positive wave, fully concentrating on your request.
2. After this, in your own words, contact the Pleaser, telling about the problem. There is no need to choose words, say everything that is on your heart.
3. At the next stage, a prayer is read before the operation and it is better to look at the image of the saint. When surgery is over, continue to pray for recovery.

Prayer before the operation of a loved one Matrona

The saint is known for her great love for people, as she provided help to those in need even during her earthly life. If you are interested in what prayer to read before the operation of a loved one, then use the text addressed to Saint Matrona. The clergy claim that she will never refuse a person who asks from a pure heart. The saint begs before the Lord for her sins, which leads to healing. It is better if the prayer for health before the operation is read to Matrona after distributing alms to people in need. You can also make a donation at the temple.

Prayer before surgery for Luka Krymsky

Saint Luke treated sick people and was a faithful disciple of Jesus Christ. He spent great amount operations and cured many of various diseases. People said that Luke had hands from the Lord. After his death, the prayer before surgery to St. Luke became very famous due to its effectiveness. You can read it after surgery in order to recover faster after it. Prayer helps to obtain forgiveness from the Lord for one’s own sins, which is important for healing. The most strong prayer before the operation has the following meaning:

1. The text below confirms the abilities of St. Luke as a doctor and healer. The praying man claims that he bows before the relics of the saint and hopes that his request will be heard. Strengthens the power of prayer and recognition of Luke's merits.
2. A request to strengthen faith is included in the prayer pronunciation, and this confirms the believer’s understanding that his illness was caused by some kind of sin. Prayer is a way of repentance that actions were committed due to lack of understanding.
3. The prayer is imbued with faith in Luke’s intercession before the Lord. The text also contains a request for the future, so that the saint helps not to deviate from the righteous path.

Read online or listen to strong Orthodox prayer before the operation of a loved one in Russian. Why do you need to irrigate before surgery? Which saints will hear prayer before the operation of a loved one? Read more about everything in this article!

O Lord, our Creator, I ask for Your help, grant a complete recovery God's servant(name), wash the blood with your rays. Only with Your help will healing come to her. Touch her with miraculous power and bless all her roads to the long-awaited salvation, healing, recovery. Give her body health, her soul - blessed lightness, her heart - Your divine balm. The pain will forever recede and strength will return to it, the wounds will all heal and Thy holy help will come. Your rays from the blue Heavens will reach her, give her strong protection, bless her for deliverance from her illnesses, and strengthen her faith. May the Lord hear these words of mine. Glory to You. Amen

Any, even seemingly simple, surgical intervention is a serious and responsible step. Not only the person being operated on, but also his relatives worry about the outcome of the operation, because his life is in the hands of the doctors. And only the professionalism of doctors can guarantee a positive outcome. However, an important point is the morale and faith of the patient.

Why do you need to irrigate before surgery?

Thoughts about the upcoming operation worry the patient. Appetite disappears, mood deteriorates and insomnia torments.

In legends and prayers it was said “God rules with the hand of a doctor.” People still believe in this unshakably to this day. But despite this, a person is designed in such a way that even with the strongest faith, somewhere in the depths of his soul he admits that something could go wrong. To cheer up the patient and strengthen his faith, relatives turn to the Lord, asking for his help and protection.

Doctors are ordinary people and can make mistakes too. Therefore, the relatives and the patient himself pray that the Lord, through the hands of the doctor, will grant healing. For as Christ said: “not a hair will fall from your head without my will.”

The power of prayer before surgery

There are many stories in Orthodoxy when, through the prayers of loved ones, even the most difficult operations ended successfully, and the patient quickly recovered.

Prayer before surgery

Master Almighty, Holy King, punish and do not kill, strengthen those who fall, and raise up those who have been cast down, correct the afflictions of human beings, we pray to You, our God, visit Your weak servant (name) with Your mercy, forgive him (her) every sin, voluntary and involuntary. To her, Lord, Thy healing power was sent down from Heaven to direct the mind and hand of Thy servant the doctor (name of the doctor) so that he could carry out the necessary surgery safely, as if the bodily ailment of Thy free Servant (name) was completely healed, and every hostile invasion was driven far away from him. Raise him from the bed of the Sick and grant him health in soul and body, pleasing Thy Church. Thou art the merciful God, and to Thee we send Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

A case was recorded where a patient with a clavicle fracture was contraindicated for surgical intervention, since he might not survive it. A saint appeared to him in a dream, gave him a solution to drink from a spoon and said, “Everything will be fine.” The old man then agreed to the operation and tolerated it well. A few days later he saw an icon on which he recognized the saint who had come to him. It was Healer Panteleimon.

Turning to the saints, we ask them to beg the Lord so that the operation is successful and the patient receives healing.

Which saints should you pray to before surgery?

Who and how to pray for the operation to be successful? It all depends on the nature of the surgical intervention and the person’s disease.

Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon

Saint Panteleimon was a physician who was given the Gift of Healing during his lifetime. Despite the fact that during his earthly life Christians were persecuted by pagans, the saint always prayed to the Lord before treating a sick person.

Prayer to Panteleimon the Healer

Oh, great saint of Christ, passion-bearer and merciful physician Panteleimon! Have mercy on me, a sinful servant of God (name), hear my groaning and cry, have mercy on the Heavenly Physician of our souls and bodies, Christ our God, may He grant me healing from the cruel illness that oppresses me. Accept the unworthy prayer of the most sinful man above all. Visit me with a gracious visit. Do not disdain my sinful ulcers, anoint them with the oil of your mercy and heal me; May I be healthy in soul and body, the rest of my days, with the help of God’s grace, will be able to spend in repentance and pleasing God, and I will be worthy to receive the good end of my life. Hey, servant of God! Pray to Christ God, that through your intercession he may grant me the health of my body and the salvation of my soul. Amen.

Archbishop Luke of Crimea

In almost every surgeon’s office you can see the image of St. Luke of Voino-Yasenetsky. The saint was glorified in 1996.

During his earthly life, he was a famous surgeon who wrote many works on surgery, which are used in practice to this day. Having become a bishop, he did not give up his medical practice. The Lord glorified the Saint for his unshakable faith.

From the relics of St. Luke, many sick people received healing. Often, through the prayers of the saint, people who were preparing for surgery were healed, and the need for surgery disappeared.

Prayer to Luke of Crimea

O all-blessed confessor, holy saint, our Father Luke, great servant of Christ!

With tenderness we bend the knee of our hearts and fall before the race of your honest and multi-healing relics, like the children of our father, we pray to you with all our zeal: hear us sinners and bring our prayer to the All-Merciful and Humane God.

We believe that you love us with the same love with which you loved all your neighbors while you were on earth.

Ask Christ our God, that He may establish His holy More Orthodox Church the spirit of right faith and piety; May its shepherds give holy zeal and care for the salvation of the people entrusted to them: to observe the right of the believer, to strengthen the weak and infirm in the faith, to instruct the ignorant, and to reprove the contrary.

Give us all a gift that is useful to everyone, and everything that leads to temporal life and to eternal salvation useful: the establishment of our cities, the fruitfulness of the land, deliverance from famine and destruction, comfort to the sorrowing, healing to the ailing, return to the path of truth for those who have gone astray, blessing to the parent, education and teaching of the child in the Passion of the Lord, help and intercession to the orphaned and needy.

Grant us all your archpastoral and holy blessing May we be overshadowed by you and get rid of the wiles of the evil one and avoid all enmity and disorder, heresies and schisms.

Grant us a godly way to cross the path of temporary life, guide us on the path leading to the villages of the righteous, deliver us from airy ordeals and pray to the omnipotent God for us, so that eternal life with you we unceasingly glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, to Him belongs all glory, honor and power forever and ever. Amen.

They pray to the saint especially before operations in the field of purulent surgery.

Holy Great Martyr Barbara

The Orthodox Church has recorded cases where Saint Barbara helped in critical situations during surgery.

The Holy Great Martyr is depicted on icons holding the Communion Cup in her hand. A person’s greatest fear is sudden death, especially if he has not repented and received the Holy Mysteries of Christ.

Saint Barbara is asked to prevent sudden death during anesthesia.

If a person is afraid of suddenly dying from general anesthesia, it is also recommended to pray to saints in whose lives there were similar conditions:

1. To the seven youths of Ephesus, who, by the will of the Lord, fell asleep in a cave and woke up only 150 years later.
2. Holy righteous Lazarus, whom the Lord resurrected after 4 days.
3. Jesus Christ, who rose again three days later.

Prayer to the Great Martyr Barbara

Holy glorious and all-praised Great Martyr Varvaro! Gathered today in your Divine temple, people who worship the race of your relics and kiss with love, your suffering as a martyr, and in them the Passionate Christ Himself, who gave you not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him, with pleasing praises, we pray to you, the well-known desire of our intercessor: pray with us and for us, beseeching God from His mercy, that He may mercifully hear us asking for His goodness, and not leave us with all the necessary petitions for salvation and life, and grant a Christian death to our belly - painless, shameless, peace, I will partake of the Divine Mysteries, and to all, in every place, in every sorrow and situation, who require His love for mankind and help, He will give His great mercy, so that by the grace of God and your warm intercession, always abiding health in soul and body, we glorify God, wondrous in our saints Israel, who does not remove His help from us always, now and ever, and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer to Guardian Angels

A Guardian Angel is next to every person from the moment of baptism. He protects him from everything bad and... If necessary, he quickly comes to the rescue.

One day, an 80-year-old woman was brought to the regional hospital in Krasnodar in urgent need of surgical intervention. The only salvation was a strip operation, which she might not have undergone due to a bad heart and age. Relatives began to pray, hoping for God's mercy. Before the operation, a Guardian Angel appeared to her, and she realized that he would help her and everything would go well. Discharging my grandmother home, the doctors were surprised at how easily she recovered from the anesthesia and how quickly she recovered.

Holy Angel of God, my guardian, pray to God for me.

Prayer to the Guardian Angel

Holy Angel of Christ, falling to you I pray, my holy guardian, given to me for the protection of my sinful soul and body from holy baptism, but with my laziness and my evil custom I angered your most pure lordship and drove you away from me with all the cold deeds: lies, slander , envy, condemnation, contempt, disobedience, brotherly hatred, and resentment, love of money, adultery, rage, stinginess, gluttony without satiety and drunkenness, verbosity, evil thoughts and crafty ones, proud custom and lustful indignation, driven by self-will for all carnal lust. Oh, my evil will, which even dumb animals cannot do! How can you look at me, or approach me like a stinking dog? Whose eyes, angel of Christ, look upon me, entangled in evil in vile deeds? How can I already ask for forgiveness with my bitter and evil and crafty deed, I fall into misery all day and night and at every hour? But I pray to you, falling down, my holy guardian, have mercy on me, a sinful and unworthy servant of yours (name), be me a helper and intercessor against the evil of my opponent, with your holy prayers, and make me a partaker of the Kingdom of God with all the saints, always, and now and ever and ever. Amen.

Christ said: “Where two or three are gathered in My Name, there am I in the midst of them.” This means that relatives and friends of the patient should unite in prayer for him. In this case, the Lord will hear her faster and come to her aid.

Patients are worried before surgery; many scenarios run through their heads about how the surgical intervention will end. Sometimes they worry to such an extent that they cannot sleep at night, which leads to a deterioration in their general condition. Prayer before surgery comes to the rescue.

The meaning and power of prayers during operations

The great and omnipotent God, who holds the Earth in his hands, controls every situation in our lives. No matter how complex the operation may be, and no matter how high the professional qualifications of the surgeon, the Almighty rules his hand. God wants us to trust Him in any situation and resort to His help and protection.

Prayer before surgery gives peace of mind and brings hope. You can often hear the following words from doctors: “We are not omnipotent, pray.” Many of them do the same before picking up a scalpel. The human body is so complex that any accident can put a person on the brink between life and death.

Before an operation, relatives worry about the person who is about to be operated on, and his mood is great importance for the outcome of surgery. The patient's heart must be full of faith and trust in God. Even the simplest operations expose a person to confusion. Anyone who lies down on the operating table does not exclude the possibility that the situation may get out of control. Therefore, people turn to the Lord for help.

In the Russian city of Krasnodar, a case was registered when doctors hesitated for a long time to perform an operation on an elderly person, since due to the state of his body he might not be able to undergo surgery. This man saw in a dream a saint who brought him medicine in a spoon and said that everything would be fine. The inspired old man, full of faith, boldly went into surgery the next day, which was successful.

A few days later he saw the icon of Panteleimon the Healer and recognized the night guest. This saint was at one time a doctor, and before performing any actions, he turned for help to the omnipotent and omniscient God, who gave him the gift of healing and resurrection from the dead.

Before the operation, you should turn to the Savior. It often happens that after a person repents and chooses the path of following the Lord, the disease leaves him.

You can pray to all the saints, but if it is just a mechanical appeal, then there will be no result. When turning your heart to the Lord in prayer, you should understand that the answer from Him will come by His grace and mercy, and the person turning to the Lord must have a heart full of faith. What prayer to read, everyone decides for themselves.

You need to ask the Lord to bless the operation, if it is necessary at the moment and will be beneficial, if not, then let the Lord intervene and make His correction. After saying the prayer, firmly trust in the Lord, for He has heard, and you are under His protection - “Evil will not befall you and no plague will come near your dwelling” (Psalm 90).

On the eve of surgery, pray to God and ask for wisdom for the doctors to guide their hand. May He guide them and heal you with their hands.

On the way to the operating room, pray unceasingly, and upon arriving at the place, without any hesitation, bless the doctors’ hands and the operating table. It is important to turn to Jesus until the anesthesia takes effect.

After a successful outcome, thank the Lord, go to the temple and thank Him with all your heart.

Video “Prayer on the day of surgery”

In this video, the priest will talk about the miraculous power of prayer before and after surgery.

Who to pray to

Great Martyr Barbara

Holy glorious and all-praised Great Martyr Varvaro! Gathered today in your Divine temple, people who worship the race of your relics and kiss with love, your suffering as a martyr, and in them the Passionate Christ Himself, who gave you not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him, with pleasing praises, we pray to you, the well-known desire of our intercessor: pray with us and for us, beseeching God from His mercy, that He may mercifully hear us asking for His goodness, and not leave us with all the necessary petitions for salvation and life, and grant a Christian death to our belly - painless, shameless, peace, I will partake of the Divine Mysteries, and to all, in every place, in every sorrow and situation, who require His love for mankind and help, He will give His great mercy, so that by the grace of God and your warm intercession, always abiding health in soul and body, we glorify God, wondrous in our saints Israel, who does not remove His help from us always, now and ever, and forever and ever. Amen.

Healer Panteleimon

Oh, great saint of Christ, passion-bearer and merciful physician Panteleimon! Have mercy on me, a sinful servant of God (name), hear my groaning and cry, have mercy on the Heavenly Physician of our souls and bodies, Christ our God, may He grant me healing from the cruel illness that oppresses me. Accept the unworthy prayer of the most sinful man above all. Visit me with a gracious visit. Do not disdain my sinful ulcers, anoint them with the oil of your mercy and heal me; May I be healthy in soul and body, the rest of my days, with the help of God’s grace, will be able to spend in repentance and pleasing God, and I will be worthy to receive the good end of my life. Hey, servant of God! Pray to Christ God, that through your intercession he may grant me the health of my body and the salvation of my soul. Amen.

To the Almighty after surgery

O Lord, our Creator, I ask for your help, grant complete recovery to God’s servant (name), wash her blood with your rays. Only with Your help will healing come to her. Touch her with miraculous power and bless all her roads to the long-awaited salvation, healing, recovery.
Give her body health, her soul - blessed lightness, her heart - Your divine balm. The pain will forever recede and strength will return to it, the wounds will all heal and Thy holy help will come. Your rays from the blue Heavens will reach her, give her strong protection, bless her for deliverance from her illnesses, and strengthen her faith. May the Lord hear these words of mine. Glory to You. Amen.

Health problems can occur to each of us along the path of life. Faced with such a misfortune, we all look for support, from loved ones or from Heaven. Often only doctors can help improve health by intervening promptly. To enlist help from above, you need to pray correctly before surgery.

How to prepare your soul for surgery

Doctors will take care of your physical well-being. By carefully following their recommendations, you can simultaneously prepare mentally for medical intervention. First of all, do not worry in vain and believe in a successful outcome of events. The heavenly intercessors will not leave the sick and suffering in trouble.

Before a complex operation, it is recommended to confess so as not to be haunted by the fear of death. In general, you shouldn’t talk or even think about death and an unfavorable outcome. Tune in only to the good, so as not to attract the attention of evil forces.

Don't blame Heaven for your poor health. Remember that the Lord sends only those trials that we can handle and that make us stronger. Do not give in to temptations and the sin of despondency. With faith in the best and in God the operation will take place successfully.

What prayers to read before surgery

If you do not know the texts of canonical prayers very well, address God in your own words. He will still hear requests coming from the heart. You can learn “Our Father” and read this first text for all believers in the morning. Pray to your guardian angel, do not forget to turn to the Virgin Mary. Faithful assistant and St. Nicholas the Wonderworker will become an intercessor in the fight against a serious illness. Ask for healing and do not forget to repent of possible sins.

The main condition for prayer is strong faith and a soul with pure thoughts. Promise yourself to do many good deeds after recovery, make a donation, even a small one, within your means. Such promises must be fulfilled, and not as a duty to God, but with an ardent desire to thank Heaven and make someone else’s life better now.

Pray to the Patron Saints, and if your loved one is undergoing surgery. Go to church, order a health service, pray to St. Nicholas. This prayer will also help, which can be read in moments of anxiety for dear person:

Master Almighty, Holy to the King, do not punish or kill, strengthen those who fall and raise those who have been cast down, correct the bodily afflictions of people, we pray to You, our God, visit Your weak servant (name) with Your mercy, forgive him every sin, voluntary and involuntary. Lord, medical power has been sent down from heaven to guide the mind and hand of Your servant the doctor, so that He will perform the necessary surgery safely, so that the bodily ailment of Your sick servant (name) will be completely healed, and every hostile invasion will be driven far away from him. Raise him from his sick bed and grant him health in soul and body to Thy Church, pleasing and doing Thy will. Amen.

Before the operation, faith must be unshakable, and the soul must be cleansed of bad thoughts. Prayers help with this too. Turn to Heaven to give you fortitude, pray for a successful outcome and for the healing skills of the doctors. We wish you good health, never get sick and and don't forget to press the buttons and

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Based on observations and analysis of many years of practice in healing, I can say that those people who turned to me for help had very few natural causes of illness.

Here it is percentage happened:
40% of cases – “masonry” was found in pillows (lumps, soil, hair, skin of frogs, mice, grains, blades, nails, buttons, ropes, threads, bones, etc.)
30% of cases - they brought wreaths, scarves, towels, old fences, and monuments from funerals or cemeteries.
10% of cases - they took ropes from the hands and feet of the deceased, thereby tying themselves to the deceased.
5% of cases – they slept on pillows and blankets on which loved ones were sick and died for a long time.
15% of cases - they turned to black magic, read conspiracies, told fortunes, found ropes, thrown things at home, water was added, earth and grain were added, egg shells, ropes, rags, socks, etc. were found in the courtyards.

Saint Nile of Sinai said that in illness, first of all, you need to turn to GOD in prayer.
---After your prayer, when you told the Lord:

"Thy will be done", The doctor's decision must be made as Divine Providence about you and your health, and, first of all, about the salvation of your soul.

Before the operation.

You must first prepare for confession (the sacrament of repentance), take communion Holy Mysteries of Christ, take a blessing from the priest for the upcoming treatment, ask him to pray for a successful recovery.
--- It would be very good if you or your loved ones ordered a magpie for health and submitted it for remembrance, for the psalter, you can read the prayer to the relatives at home by agreement (for the sick and suffering) it is in all prayer books.
Saint Theophan Recluse This is evidenced as follows: “God listens to prayer when someone who is sick in soul prays.” - It’s another matter when you yourself at a prayer service, or in church at the liturgy, pray during the service. Then your prayer ascends faster to the Throne of God...

If you are in the hospital.

---When preparing yourself for a stay in, jkmybwt, in addition to personal hygiene items, it is advisable to take with you prayer book, fold or icon depicting the Savior or Mother of God and his heavenly patron. According to the erroneous opinion, many people, when going to the hospital, take off their pectoral cross. This should not be done, since the Cross of Christ protects us and protects us from all troubles, misfortunes and demonic temptations. Short prayer“Save and preserve”, inscribed on the back of the cross, reminds every person how and to whom he should turn in a hospital bed.
---It is not good to hide icons (regardless of size) brought to the hospital in bedside tables or under pillows, as some do. Holy images should stand openly, at the head of the bed, or on the windowsill. It is your right.

PRAYER IN THE HOSPITAL

Upon entering the hospital, you should find out whether there is an Orthodox house church there, whether prayers and services are performed there. In hospital churches, as a rule, special prayer services are held for the sick, and by participating in them and submitting a memorial note about health, you contribute to your recovery.
---Some people encounter difficulties in following the morning and evening prayer rules. To avoid difficulties, you need to find out where the icons are located in the hospital and pray there. You can also pray in the ward. And one should not be embarrassed by the proximity of non-believing sick people or sick people belonging to other religious denominations (non-Orthodox). Standing by your bed in front of the Holy Image, you can read the rule to yourself, and if your reading does not bother your roommates, then it is better out loud so that they, hearing the words addressed to the Lord and to our Merciful Intercessor, mentally pray with you.
---Unfortunately, many who enter the hospital, being formally baptized people and already in adulthood, do not know a single prayer. Therefore, you need to have a prayer book, which contains the most important prayers, as well as a prayer appeal to the holy great martyr and Healer Panteleimon, who for over one and a half thousand years has been the patron of doctors of all specialties and the patron and healer of all the sick.
---The Lord does not require the same prayer rule from a sick person as if he were healthy. The complaint of sick believers that they pray poorly and do not keep up the feat was resolved Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk, saying: “What prayer for the sick? Thanksgiving and sighing.” This is how every feat is replaced.
---Saint Theophan the Recluse teaches: “There is no sin in praying for recovery... But we must add “if the Lord wills!” (i.e., if you want, Lord).

Before surgery.

The greatest suffering to the soul comes from the news that surgical intervention is inevitable. But everything from the hand of God must be accepted with humility and gratitude. After all, without the will of God, even a hair from a human head cannot fall, as the Lord Himself says. And then there's the whole operation. How to be?
---First you need to pray to the Lord that He will bless the operation, if He pleases. Orthodoxy has St. Luke! They pray to him for a favorable outcome of the operation..

There is a little-known special prayer in the Serbian missals; about surgical intervention (read by the priest).
If you don’t want it to be taken away or postponed until a good time, that is, for a time when the operation will serve for good, for healing, and not for evil, not for complication or destruction. --- Having prayed like this, then everything must be accepted without complaint, for there is no prayer that is not heard by the Lord. And if the outcome of the operation is not so good, or not what you and the doctors expected, then God is pleased to allow you to continue to bear the cross of illness for the further purification of your soul.
---On the evening before the operation (if it is planned), you should pray for all the doctors who will take part in the operation (surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, and others), so that the Lord will make them with His own hands, healing your body, read the evening prayer rule and go to bed.
---Read in the morning morning rule. From the moment the gurney arrives to take you to the operating room, constant prayer is required. You should pray short prayers: “Lord, have mercy! Lord, bless!” When you are taken to the operating room, do not be embarrassed to make the sign of the cross and cross the operating table.
---How to deal with pectoral cross? Many anesthesiologists (doctors who provide anesthesia) force you to remove the cross. This is explained by several reasons. The first - if the anesthesiologist is an unbeliever, the second - for purely medical reasons, in the event of an unforeseen situation and the need for resuscitation, the cross on the chain cannot be torn off and cannot be cut with scissors, which creates practical inconvenience for the implementation of medical measures; the third - an expensive cross on a gold chain - a temptation for dishonest people, and the attending physician will have to answer for its loss. Therefore, it is recommended to go into surgery with a simple cross on an ordinary simple thread. If you are not allowed to have a cross on your neck, then it can easily be woven into your hair or tied to your hand or one of the fingers of your right hand.
---There are cases when patients, for lack of any other option, drew a cross on their chest with a ballpoint pen or asked anesthesiologists to leave the cross on the anesthesia machine until the end of the operation.
---The most important thing is to “go into anesthesia” (fall asleep) with the prayer “Lord, have mercy!” or with the Jesus Prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner,” and with a prayerful petition to your guardian angel. There are known cases when persons who “fell asleep” without prayers, even priestly rank, were attacked in an anesthetized “sleep” evil spirits. Only preliminary prayer and the sign of the cross protect against such and other troubles of the same kind.
---What should be the first words or thoughts of someone who has recovered from anesthesia? Praise be to God and thanks to Him for preserving life and for the operation. "Glory to Thee, God! Glory to Thee, God! Glory to Thee, God!"
---It is very good if you ask the ministers of the home hospital church to light a candle at the approximate time of your operation. And having recovered from the operation and strengthened physically, thank God and the Mother of God yourself by lighting candles.

TIME OF STAY IN THE HOSPITAL
-You keep getting sick and sick, but there is no outcome in sight, one bodily sorrow led to another. Is this really a coincidence?.! The Lord, the Mother of God, the saints are near you, don’t they really see your suffering, and seeing it, why do they make you languish? If they are love and truth, why allow this? Saint Theophan answers like this: “Take for yourself what happens between a pie fried in the oven and between the hostess. Give the pie a feeling, a thought, a language... What would it say to the hostess?!: “Mother! You put me here and I’m frying... Not a single grain of me is left unfrying, everything is burning, to the point of intolerance... And the trouble is that I don’t see the outcome, and I don’t have an end to the tea. I turn to the right, I turn to the left, forward or backward or upward, it’s locked in from everywhere, and the heat carries me intolerably. What have I done to you?" Let the hostess understand the pie's speech. What would she answer him?! "What are you talking about, I only care about you. Be patient a little... and you will see what a handsome man you will turn out to be... And what aroma from you will spread throughout the house?!... Be patient a little more and you will see joy.”
---Now apply this conversation to yourself and to the Lord. The Lord is only concerned to prepare your soul through the cramped conditions and heat of illness to understand His will and fulfill the Gospel commandments, that is, to qualitatively change its condition so that a pie comes out of the dough, and not until your death you remain unusable chaff , test. Put yourself in God's hands and wait. Everything is in God’s hands, and you are still fussing, toiling, trying to outwit yourself. Stop doing this and lie calmly, complacently enduring what happened.”
---So are you: you’ve already visited doctors and consulted in full, wasted money and time. Now the most reasonable thing is to really lie down and endure, thanking God for everything. Another thing is to calmly think about strengthening your patience. How to do it?
---In your case, it is appropriate to invite a priest (from the hospital church, and if there is none, then from a nearby one) in order to receive communion of the Holy Mysteries of Christ.

SACRED SITES AND HOW TO USE THEM CORRECTLY

Holy water. There is holy water from the great blessing of water and from the small one. The Great Blessing of Water occurs once a year on the feast of the Epiphany. Water blessed on this day is called Epiphany or Epiphany. The third name for such holy water is great agiasma. It is consumed orally in a small amount (one teaspoon is enough) strictly on an empty stomach in the morning with the prayer “In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.”
---Water that is blessed at the small water blessing can be consumed internally if a person is sick, at any time of the day, in small quantities. Preferably before meals; add to drink.
---You can smear yourself with holy water (smear sore spots), sprinkle yourself and sprinkle your things, your room and hospital bed, and brought food.
Holy oil (blessed oil). The oil is consecrated during various services, but for the sick, the one that is consecrated during the unction, litia, is important. It can be anointed and added to food. Oil from lamps from holy places, from the relics of saints, miraculous icons or myrrh from the latter has great power. It is advisable to only anoint them (the forehead, forehead and sore spots in a cross shape).
---Moreover, the more acute and pronounced the symptoms of the disease, the more abundantly and often you need to smear and sprinkle with holy things with faith and trust in God.
The shrine in the form of a cotton swab or a piece of cloth soaked in oil can be applied to the sore spot. When the fabric becomes dirty and unfit for use, it should be burned. You cannot throw it in the trash.
---Artos is bread consecrated on Saturday of the first week after Easter. Specially consecrated for the sick (once a year). By coming to the temple on this day and asking the clergy, you can receive an artos home. Consumed on an empty stomach after holy water during illness.
Holy prosphora is a small bread from which a particle of health or repose is taken out during the proskomedia at the liturgy in the church. The prosphoras have an image of the Cross, the Mother of God, or a saint. At home, prosphora can be crushed and dried for later consumption during illness or fasting. Used internally after holy water.
In home hospital churches there are always certain shrines that you can ask for and use with blessing.
---If you are about to undergo a repeated major operation (especially abdominal or neurosurgical), you should receive unction and receive communion before the operation.
Meanwhile, the attitude towards this undoubtedly great and beneficial support for the patient is for some reason connected with completely different ideas about it. Most often this happens simply out of ignorance, which is convincingly shown in the brochure “On Superstitions” published by the Sretensky Monastery.
---" ...Many consider it completely unnecessary to resort to performing the Unction of the sacrament, in the common folk way - "unction with oil." consciousness.
---The reason for this is the superstitious belief that one who is unctioned with oil must certainly die soon.
---...They listen with disbelief to many of the priest’s suggestions that the sacrament of the Blessing of Anointing is one of the most beneficial sacraments of the Holy Church, which she, as a loving mother, established to perform on the sick for their recovery from illnesses not only of the body, but also of the soul ( i.e. from sins), and that all the prayers of this sacrament contain prayers for the health of the sick person and for the forgiveness of his sins."
---After the operation, daily consumption of artos, holy prosphora, holy water, anointing oneself with holy oil from the relics of God's saints or from Miraculous Icons contribute to a speedy recovery.

UNEXPECTEDLY DIAGNOSED: CANCER

According to existing modern medical regulations, they try not to hide the true diagnosis from patients if they can soberly and courageously approach its perception. In some cases, the diagnosis is communicated only to relatives. But in any case, if you suddenly find yourself after being discharged from an oncologist, there is no need to lose heart and grumble. Regardless of whether the alleged diagnosis is confirmed or not, try to perceive this situation correctly, in a Christian way: as a kind of God’s mercy, when the Lord gives you time and a reason to think about Eternity, into which sooner or later from earthly, “temporary” life , the immortal soul of each of us leaves. In what eternity it will go - into eternal bliss, or into eternal suffering - depends on us. From how they believed, from how they filled their faith with righteous deeds and repentance. The mercy of the Lord is so boundless that even at the end of our sinful earthly existence He is ready to grant us Salvation: if the prayers were warm and strong, if the repentance would be deep and sincere, if love for one’s neighbor would actually see the light... And most importantly, only time for all this! The bigger, the better.
---That is why even such a situation should be perceived with thanksgiving to God, as his saving, advance answer to your prayer requests for a “shameless Christian death.” So that sudden weakness, which can lead to the death of the body, does not take the soul by surprise.
---In any case - no matter how many years, months and days the Lord has given you now - this is, of course, God’s call to recognize the time of intensified and more frequent prayers, good deeds and deepened repentance, combined with more frequent Communion of the Holy Mysteries of Christ (in agreement with the confessor).

PRAYER

Master Almighty, holy king, punish and do not kill, confirm the descendant, and raise the undestroyed, bodily sorrows of man and correct we pray to you, our God, visit your servant (name), who is incapacitated, with your mercy. Forgive him for every sin, voluntary or involuntary.

By God, your healing power has been sent down from heaven to control the mind and hand of your slave doctor (name) and perform the necessary surgery safely, as if the bodily ailment of your servant (name) was completely healed, and every hostile invasion was driven far away from him. Raise him from the horde of sickness and grant him health in soul and body, pleasing and doing your will.

For yours is a merciful hedgehog to save us, our God, and to you we send glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Now and ever and forever and ever. AMEN.

Akathist to Saint LUKE OF THE CRIMEA VOYAN YASENETSKY

Chosen to the saint of the Orthodox Church and confessor, who shone forth to our country in the land of the Crimea, like a shining luminary, having labored well and enduring persecution for the name of Christ, glorifying the Lord who glorified you, who has given you a new prayer book and helper, we sing praiseworthy songs: you, as you have Great boldness to the Master of heaven and earth, free us from all mental and physical ailments and strengthen us to stand well in Orthodoxy, so that we all call to you in tenderness:

Rejoice, Holy Hierarch Luke of the Crimea, good and merciful physician.

Interlocutor of angels and mentor of men, Glorious Luke, the same name of the Evangelist and Apostle Luke, you have received from God the gift of healing human ailments, in healing the illnesses of your neighbors, you have endured many labors, and, bearing the flesh, you have neglected the flesh, the good deeds of the Father. Thou hast glorified the heavenly. With the same gratitude, we call you with tenderness:
Rejoice, having subdued your mind to the yoke of Christ from your youth.
Rejoice, former most venerable village of the Holy Trinity:
Rejoice, thou who has inherited the bliss of the merciful, according to the Word of the Lord.
Rejoice, having healed many sick people through the faith of Christ and God-given knowledge:
Rejoice, merciful physician to those suffering from bodily ailments.
Rejoice, healer of leaders and warriors in the days of battle:
Rejoice, teacher of all doctors.
Rejoice, quick helper in the needs and sorrows of those who exist:
Rejoice, strengthening of the Orthodox Church.
Rejoice, illumination of our land:
Rejoice, the Crimean flock has been praised.
Rejoice, decoration of the city of Simferopol:

Seeing in people during healing, like in a mirror, the wisdom and glory of the Creator of all things, God, the ecu, God-wise, ascended to Him with the Spirit, illuminate us with the light of your God-mind, and let us cry out with you: Alleluia.

You enlightened your mind with Divine teachings, O all-glorious Luke, rejecting all carnal wisdom, and with your mind and will you submitted to the Lord. You were like an Apostle, for according to the Word of Christ: “He is coming after Me, and I will make you a fisher of man,” leaving everything and walking after Him, and you, holy one, having heard the Lord Jesus calling you to serve through His servant Archbishop Innocent of Tashkent, abily accepted the priesthood in Orthodox Churches. For this reason, as a God-wise mentor, we pleasingly sing to you:
Rejoice, Guardian Angel's amusement.
Rejoice, for you have saddened no one:
Rejoice, thou who excelled in learning and astounded the body of the sages of this world.
Rejoice, you who have avoided those who do iniquity:
Rejoice, contemplator and preacher of God's Wisdom.
Rejoice, golden-talking teacher of true theology:
Rejoice, guardian of the apostolic traditions.
Rejoice, O Light, kindled by God, dispelling the darkness of wickedness:
Rejoice, star, showing the way to salvation.
Rejoice, zealot of Orthodoxy:
Rejoice, accuser of schismatics.
Rejoice, you who have thirsted for the Lord’s testimonies and justifications:
Rejoice, Holy Hierarch Luke of the Crimea, good and merciful physician.

By the power of God’s grace, even in your present life you received the gift, Saint Luke, to heal ailments, so that all those who diligently come to you, bodily ailments and, more than spiritual healing, are honored with a cry to God: Alleluia.

Having vigilant concern for the salvation of the souls entrusted to you by God, blessed Luke, pastorally towards a soul-saving life, both in word and in deed, you incessantly instructed. For this reason, accept from our zeal worthy praise for you:
Rejoice, filled with the mind of God.
Rejoice, overshadowed by the grace of the Holy Spirit:
Rejoice, imitator of Christ's poverty.
Rejoice, good shepherd of those who deviate from the Orthodox faith and wander through the mountains of superstition, seeking:
Rejoice, worker of the grapes of Christ, strengthening the children of God in the true Orthodox faith.
Rejoice, shield, defending piety:
Rejoice, unshakable foundation of Orthodoxy.
Rejoice, solid rock of faith:
Rejoice, accuser and eradicator of soul-destroying unbelief and evil renovationism.
Rejoice, wise strengthener in the spiritual work of those who strive:
Rejoice, for those exiled from the world are the refuge of a quiet guide.
Rejoice, for you have accepted the cross and followed Christ:
Rejoice, Holy Hierarch Luko of the Crimea, blessed and merciful physician

Having a storm inside with many thoughts, the servant of God did not realize what the Lord was saying about him, when he realized that he was worthy of being the bishop of the city of Tashkent: above all, he gave himself up to Christ God, sending thanks to Him for everything, calling: “Blessed be God, pour out His Grace on His bishops.” " And singing to him: Alleluia.

Having heard the people of Orthodoxy, in the present persecution, about the fruitful kindness of your soul, God-bearing Luko, and seeing at the level of holiness, like a worthy vessel of Divine grace, healing all the weak and replenishing the impoverished, they are amazed at the wonderful providence of God for you and bring you the greatest praise:
Rejoice, bishop, ordained by the Lord Himself.
Rejoice, and in the inscription of your book the rank of bishop was indicated to you:
Rejoice, decoration of the hierarchs.
Rejoice, good shepherd, for you were ready to lay down your soul for your verbal sheep:
Rejoice, multi-illuminated lamp of the Church.
Rejoice, partaker of the Apostles:
Rejoice, ornament of confessors.
Rejoice, you have rejected all care for yourself:
Rejoice, sorrow reliever.
Rejoice, sadder of human ignorance:
Rejoice, having proclaimed the right teaching to those who sought salvation.
Rejoice, thou who by thy life have not put this teaching to shame:
Rejoice, Holy Hierarch Luke of the Crimea, good and merciful physician.

Having preserved the rank of bishop in the days of terrible persecution with the blessing of the holy Patriarch Tikhon from the hands of the Orthodox bishops, Saint Luke, you did the work of an evangelist well, denouncing, forbidding, begging, with all long-suffering and teaching, and singing to God. : Alleluia.

Having seen the Angels of the rank of your great feats, always according to the commandment of the Lord: “It is the blessing of the expulsion of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven is the kingdom of heaven,” in the strength of your heart you resignedly endured imprisonment and exile in Siberia for the name of the Lord and the holy Church of Christ, arranging your salvation with great patience, edifying the souls of the faithful by his example. We diligently and reverently honor you with these praises:
Rejoice, thou lamp placed in the church candlestick.
Rejoice, for the word of Scripture: “He is patient with love,” has been justified in you:
Rejoice, for those who forbid the faithful to protect you. Rejoice, you who obeyed the authorities and for this purpose surrendered yourself into the hands of soldiers at night: Rejoice, you who were humiliated by the slander of unrighteous judges.
Rejoice, you who marched meekly into captivity with humility:
Rejoice, expelled from the Tashkent diocese ruled by you for the sake of truth.
Rejoice, mourned by the faithful:
Rejoice, thou who was wounded and bruised for the Lord crucified.
Rejoice, you who stop the lips of lying unbelievers:
Rejoice, you who spoke heavenly truth through righteous lips and in exile.
Rejoice, as martyrs in heaven rejoice over your patience:
Rejoice, Holy Hierarch Luke of the Crimea, good and merciful physician.

The silent preacher of the mystery of the Most Holy, Consubstantial and Indivisible Trinity was ecu both in prison and in the cities of Siberian exile, enduring hunger, the scum of the northern countries and cruelty, the minions of the godless. For this reason, the Crimean Church preaches the greatness of God revealed to you, Saint Luke, as if you have received the gift of healing mental and physical ailments in the land of exile, so that with one heart and one mouth we all sing to God: Alleluia.

You shone like a radiant star, brighter than the flock and Tambovites, illuminating the souls of the faithful and dispelling the darkness of wickedness and godlessness. And the words of Christ were fulfilled on you: “Blessed are you, when they revile you, and destroy you, and say all kinds of evil things against you, who lie, for my sake.” But you, persecuted from city to city and enduring slander, fulfilled your archpastoral ministry with zeal and with the sweetness of your writings satisfied all those who hungered and thirsted for the truth, who cry out to you gratefully:
Rejoice, teacher of all to heaven.
Rejoice, true zealot of the glory of God:
Rejoice, invincible warrior of Christ.
Rejoice, you who endured prison and beating for Christ the Lord:
Rejoice, true imitator of His humility.
Rejoice, container of the Holy Spirit:
Rejoice, thou who entered with the wise into the joy of thy Lord.
Rejoice, selfish accuser:
Rejoice, you who showed the destruction of vanity.
Rejoice, calling the lawless to conversion:
Rejoice, put Satan to shame.
Rejoice, for by whom Christ was glorified:
Rejoice, Holy Hierarch Luke of the Crimea, good and merciful physician.

Although it is worthy to accomplish the feat entrusted to you by God, you put on all the armor of God and began to fight against the rulers of this world, with the spirit of malice in high places, girding your loins with truth and putting on the armor of truth, confessor Luko, quenched all the arrows of the evil one, singing To the Creator and God: Alleluia.

A new persecution raised up lawless and godless people against the Orthodox Church and drove you into the distant taiga depths, Saint Luke, and being near death, preserved by the hand of God, cried out with Paul the Apostle: “Until this hour, we hunger, and thirst, and are hungry, and suffer , and we wander... We persecute, we endure: as if the world had been destroyed, trampling on all hitherto.” For this sake, leading such, we please you:
Rejoice, blessed confessor of Christ.
Rejoice, you who endured the cruel scum:
Rejoice, you who were near death, preserved by the Lord.
Rejoice, you who have shown complete self-sacrifice:
Rejoice, thou who hast betrayed thy soul to the Bridegroom Christ.
Rejoice, ever foreseeing the Lord crucified on the cross:
Rejoice, you continued unabated in vigils and prayers.
Rejoice, true zealot of the Consubstantial Trinity:
Rejoice, speedy one from every disease, free to the doctor.
Rejoice, healer of the aching and swollen:
Rejoice, thou who restored health from incurable purulent diseases of bones and wounds.
Rejoice, for through your faith and medical labors you healed the sickness:
Rejoice, Holy Hierarch Luke of the Crimea, good and merciful physician.

Having been a wanderer in the vale of earth, you showed the image of patience, abstinence and purity, confessor Luko. You showed the love of the gospel, when the fatherland was in danger from the invasion of a foreigner, he worked day and night in the doctor’s office, healing the ailments and wounds of the leaders and warriors of the earthly fatherland, with his unforgettable malice and love, surprising all those who create misfortunes, and in many ways he turned to Christ in singing to him: Alleluia.

Completely filled with the love of Christ, O merciful Luke, you laid down your soul for your friends, and as a Guardian Angel you were present to those near and far, taming the embittered, reconciling the warring and arranging salvation for everyone. Remembering your labors for the good of the people of your fatherland, we cry out to you with gratitude:
Rejoice, you who showed wondrous love for the earthly fatherland.
Rejoice, teacher of humility and kindness: Rejoice, thou who wisely endured exile and cruel torment.
Rejoice, you who suffered and were tormented for Christ:
Rejoice, you who firmly confessed Him.
Rejoice, having conquered the malice of the enemies of the love of Christ:
Rejoice, merciful father, seeking the salvation of many.
Rejoice, for you were tempted by great sorrows:
Rejoice, you have shown wondrous patience in persecution.
Rejoice, for you prayed to the Lord for your enemies:
Rejoice, whose love conquers all enmity.
Rejoice, whose kindness conquered cruel hearts:
Rejoice, Holy Hierarch Luke of the Crimea, good and merciful physician.

You were all, just like Saint Paul, and you saved everyone, Saint Luke, performing the archpastoral feat in the Tambov region with many works, renovating and creating churches, strictly observing the Patristic Rules, you did not cease to serve the salvation of your flock, singing purely to God: Alleluia.

The fortunes of humanity will not be able, according to their heritage, to utter your multitude of blessings, when Father Luke appeared on the Crimean land, like a loving father of his children. Your generous right hand is everywhere. We want to imitate your kindness, and in surprise we cry out to you:
Rejoice, ray of God's love.
Rejoice, inexhaustible treasure of Spasov’s mercy:
Rejoice, for you have given all of yours to the poor.
Rejoice, you who love your neighbor more than yourself:
Rejoice, nourisher and caretaker of motherless orphans.
Rejoice, guardian of helpless elders and elders:
Rejoice, for you visited the sick and those in prison.
Rejoice, for you met the needs of the poor in various places of your fatherland:
Rejoice, for, remembering the beggars, you arranged dinners for them.
Rejoice, for you appeared to everyone in their sorrows, like a comforting angel:
Rejoice, earthly angel and heavenly man.
Rejoice, for the Mother of God rejoiced at the depth of your mercy:
Rejoice, Holy Hierarch Luke of the Crimea, good and merciful physician.

Kontakion 10.

You have not ceased to serve the salvation of your Crimean flock for many years in the image of the chief shepherd Christ, and you have brought your lost nature to God and the Father. By God's mercy, comforting you with your teaching words to correct your life, you were drawn to sing to God with a pure heart: Allilune.

Having become a faithful servant of the Heavenly King Christ God, Saint Father Luko, tirelessly proclaimed the word of truth in all the churches of our land of Taurida, teaching the faithful children with the soul-saving food of the teachings of the Gospel and strictly fulfilling the Church Rule. Moreover, we glorify you, like the good shepherd:
Rejoice, tireless preacher of the truth of the Gospel.
Rejoice, for you have grazed the flock of words given to you by God:
Rejoice, for you who protect your sheep from the murderous wolves.
Rejoice, strict keeper of the church rite:
Rejoice, guardian of the purity of the Orthodox faith.
Rejoice, for through you the words of salvation were written in the Holy Spirit:
Rejoice, for you have revealed to us the secret of theology about spirit, soul and body.
Rejoice, for your word is like a vestment of gold, clothed with the mysteries of faith:
Rejoice, lightning, destroyer of pride.
Rejoice, thunder, terrorizing those who live lawlessly:
Rejoice, planter of church piety.
Rejoice, archpastor, spiritual shepherds who continually instruct and admonish:
Rejoice, Holy Hierarch Luke of the Crimea, good and merciful physician.

Kontakion 11.

The singing at your tomb, servant of God, did not cease in the days of your blessed dormition. Many people know that you are God-bearing and equal to the angels, having gathered from all the borders of your earthly fatherland to perform a conciliar prayer for your soul ascending to the heavenly abode of the heavenly fatherland, chanting and singing to God: Alleluia.

Holy relics of LUKA Ikos 11.

You are a light in the Church of Christ, burning with the immaterial light of God’s grace, Saint Luke, illuminating the entire ends of our earth. When the time for your departure had come, the Divine Angels received your holy soul and ascended to the heavenly abode. Moreover, remembering your blessed dormition and your great glorification in heaven and on earth, with joy we offer you these blessings:
Rejoice, unfading lamp of the Never-Evening Light.

Rejoice, for the light of your good deeds has shone before men.
Rejoice, for you have glorified the Heavenly Father through your good deeds:
Rejoice, servant of God, who has piously ended the course.
Rejoice, you who have acquired faith, hope and love from the Lord:
Rejoice, with Christ, you loved Him, uniting yourself forever.
Rejoice, heir to the Kingdom of Heaven and eternal glory:
Rejoice, bishop, filled with grace-filled gifts from the eternal Bishop Christ.
Rejoice, quick helper to those who call upon you:
Rejoice, new light and affirmation for the Crimean land.
Rejoice, blessed patron of the Christian race:
Rejoice, Holy Hierarch Luke of the Crimea, good and merciful physician.

Kontakion 12.

Having recognized the grace from above that has been given to you, we reverently kiss your honest face depicted, Saint Luke, hoping that you will receive what you ask from God. In the same way, falling before your holy relics, we pray to you with tenderness: Strengthen us to stand well in the Orthodox faith and, pleasing good deeds, silently sing to God: Alleluia.

Singing to God, who is wondrous in His saints, we praise you, Christ’s confessor, saint and intercessor before the Lord. For you are all in the highest, but you do not abandon those below, Father Luke, the saint, reigns ever with Christ and intercedes for us sinners before the throne of God. For this reason, in tenderness we call you:
Rejoice, light unapproachable to the viewer.
Rejoice, for in him the angels rejoice, and in him men rejoice:
Rejoice, you who taught and created the commandments of Christ.
Rejoice, for you have appeared worthy of the Kingdom of Heaven:
Rejoice, having reached the villages of paradise through confession.
Rejoice, you who endured the reproach of Christ and received eternal glory with Him:
Rejoice, guide of our souls to the Kingdom of Heaven.
Rejoice, representative before the Throne of God for us sinners:
Rejoice, praise to Orthodoxy and joy to our land.
Rejoice, thou who havest been counted worthy to be among the saints:
Rejoice, partaker of the Council of all Crimean saints.
Rejoice, Holy Hierarch Luke of the Crimea, good and merciful physician.

Kontakion 13.

O great and glorious servant of God, our holy father Luke, accept this praiseworthy song from us unworthy, which is offered to you with filial love. By your intercession at the Throne of God and by your prayers, confirm us all in the more Orthodox faith and good deeds. Save those who find themselves in this life from all troubles, sorrows, illnesses and misfortunes, and deliver them from torment in the Hereafter. And grant us in eternal life, together with you and with all the saints, to sing to our Creator: Alleluia.