In the Name of
the Father, The Son & The Holy Spirit:
O LORD JESUS
CHRIST OUR GOD, our Sweet Savior, Who taught us to
pray always for each other, so that by thus
fulfilling the holy law we will be made worthy of
Thy mercy: look down with compassion on our married
life and keep from all perilous falls, from enemies
both visible and invisible, my husband [wife] whom
Thou has grant me, that we may pass our time
together until the end with oneness of mind. Grant
him [her] health, strength, and fullness of wisdom
enlightened from above, so that he [she] may be able
to fulfill his [her] duties all the days of this
life according to Thy will and commandments.
Protect and keep him [her] from temptations, and may
he [she] be able to bear and conquer those
temptations that come upon him ]her]. Strengthen
him [her] in right faith, strong hope, and perfect
love, so that together we may do good deeds and that
we may order all our life according to Thy divine
ordinances and commandments.
O Greatly
Merciful Lord, hear us who humbly pray to Thee, and
send Thy divine blessing in truth on our married
life and on all our good deeds, for it s Thine to
hear and have mercy on us, O our God, and to Thee we
send up glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to
the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and to the ages
of ages. Amen.
{Source: these
prayers are translated from the book Dai Vointa, Iei
Putere, by Archimandrite Nicodim Mandita, reprinted
in "On the Upbringing of Children", by Bishop
Irenaius of Ykaterinburg and Sirbirsk, Russia., St.
Xenia Skete Wildwood, California, 1991., pp. 61-64.}
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