The Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos (Oct 1/14). Its full name is the Pokrov of the Most Holy Lady of our Mother of God and the Virgin Mary and is one of the great feasts of the Russian Orthodox Church.
“O Mother of God, be my Protection and Defense. Amen.”
“We implore you, cover us with your holy veil (omophorion) and deliver us from all evil.”
“As the Mother of God, you received from God the gift of healing the ills of all Christians; of delivering them from misfortune; of releasing them from sin and of saving them from captivity and all necessity. Therefore, do not despise us either, O Lady, for you know what we need: health of body and salvation of soul.”
On the Feast of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos we implore the defense and assistance of the Queen of Heaven, “Remember us in your prayers, O Lady Virgin Mother of God, that we not perish by the increase of our sins. Protect us from every evil and from grievous woes, for in you do we hope, and, venerating the Feast of your Protection, we magnify you.”
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