Which saint should you pray to when your stomach hurts? Prayers for diseases of internal organs (stomach, etc.) and hernia. Orthodox prayer to the Holy Great Martyr Artemy
"Oh, Saint Theodore, confessor of Orthodoxy, zealot of God's law, mentor right faith, help us and look upon us, who come running to you with faith and zeal! From the iconoclast kings, for the veneration of holy icons, you suffered shackles, exile, imprisonment, reverend, and many serious wounds and cruel blows, from which you received an unbearable illness. Great and wonderful Theodora, who endured sorrow to the end, and to us, overwhelmed by the misfortunes and worries of everyday life, grant us mental and physical strength to fight troubles and to overcome the passions and intrigues of the enemy. Pray for us to the merciful Lord, faithful servant of God, Theodora, that He will deliver us from bitterness and coldness of heart and grant us meekness, lack of anger, kindness, humility and love. Seeing your help, we will glorify our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And we will thank you, our benefactor, reverently honoring your memory.
Oh, all-validated Reverend Theodora, who has filled and delighted the Church of God with your teachings and songs, and enlightened us, blinded in mind by the temptations and vanities of this world, with the knowledge of the truth and delivered us from delusions and doubts, so as not to conform us to this age.
Oh, saint of Christ Theodore, who received from God the grace of healing the sick, and especially those suffering from the stomach, heal us, who are obsessed with various ailments, and heal those with stomach pain and give us health, vigor and peace of mind. Do not reject us who are flowing to you, but step in and help us. Intercede for us before our Savior, listen to our prayers and fulfill our petitions, so that we may be strengthened by you, through labors and good deeds we will complete the course of our lives and be worthy to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. May we, together with you, praise and glorify our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, with His Beginningless Father and with the Most Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen".
Prayer is God's gift to people, which should not be neglected. The holy elders say that prayer should always sound in the heart, and it is not at all necessary to stand in front of icons for this. You can pray on the go, at work, while studying, doing household chores or gardening. Even a short sigh, “Lord, have mercy,” can do a lot for the soul of a believer. The Orthodox Church teaches us that in no case should we forget about the petitionary prayer to the patron saint, because in this case the connection with them is broken, and they lose the opportunity to help us. Therefore, it is recommended that the Orthodox prayer to the Holy Great Martyr Artemy be read daily by everyone who bears this name, as well as by their loved ones, asking for help and intercession.
How does prayer to Saint Artemy help?
Before reading a prayer to Saint Artemy yourself, I propose to learn a little about this man, who showed miracles of endurance, fortitude, patience, and faith in God. The saint lived in the 4th century, when anti-Christian persecution was especially strong. He was a talented commander and a Christian. When the god-fighting emperor Julian ascended the throne, Artemy, like other military leaders, was summoned to Antioch. There, seeing the torment and torture carried out on Christians, he could not resist and openly reproached the emperor for the atrocities. Unable to tolerate such behavior from his subordinate, Julian ordered him to be seized and tortured along with the rest of the Christians.
However, through the Christian prayers of Saint Artemy, the Lord strengthened him and healed his wounds. The martyr spent many days in prison without food or water, but only grew stronger in the faith of Christ. Seeing his firmness and reluctance to worship the pagan gods, Emperor Julian became furious and ordered the torture to be intensified. They crushed the saint with a huge stone, which crushed his insides, and then cut off his head. Many healings took place near the relics of the great martyr. In our individual prayers to St. Artemy, we remember his suffering and ask for help.
Prayer to St. Artemy for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract
For the torment that the saint endured, God gave him the grace to heal stomach diseases. They pray to the Great Martyr Artemy for hernias, inflammation of the appendix, stomach ulcers and duodenum, and other diseases gastrointestinal tract. In addition, a strong prayer to him, like to everyone who has suffered for their faith, helps strengthen faith, get rid of doubts and religious oppression.
Orthodox text of the prayer to Saint Artemy
Holy martyr Artemy! Look down from the heavenly palace on those who require your help and do not reject our petitions, but, as our constant benefactor and intercessor, pray to Christ God, that He who loves mankind and is abundantly merciful will save us from every cruel situation: from cowardice, flood, fire, sword, invasions of foreigners and internecine warfare. May he not condemn us sinners for our iniquity, and may we not turn the good things given to us from the All-Bounteous God into evil, but into the glory of His holy name and into the glorification of your strong intercession. May the Lord, through your prayers, give us peace of mind, abstinence from harmful passions and all defilement, and may He strengthen throughout the world His Catholic and Apostolic Church, which He has acquired with His honest Blood. Pray diligently, holy martyr, may Christ God bless the power and establish it in His holy More Orthodox Church the living spirit of right faith and piety, and all its members, purified from superstition and wisdom, worship Him in spirit and truth and are diligently concerned about keeping His commandments, so that we may all live in peace and piety in the present world and achieve blessed eternal life in heaven, by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, to Him belongs all glory, honor and power, together with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
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Great Martyr Artemy
Artemy was crushed by his tormentors with a huge stone, because of which his insides were forced out, Most of his miraculous healings There were healings for those suffering from stomach pain.
Be strengthened by the true faith of Christ, O passion-bearer, you have defeated the tormentor of the wicked king with that idol’s exaltation. That from the Great King, who reigns forever, was bestowed with a bright crown of victory, all who heal the sick and call upon you, Artemy the Great, pray to Christ God to save our souls.
Kontakion, tone 2
The pious and crowned martyr, who overcame the enemies of victory, having come together, we worthily praise Artemy with songs, the great martyr, and the rich giver of miracles, praying to the Lord for all of us.
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Venerable Theodore the Studite Saint Feodor suffered from stomach problems during his lifetime. and after his death they received healing from stomach pain from his icon.
Kontakion, tone 2
Thou hast made clear thy life of fasting and equal to the angels through suffering, and thou hast appeared as an angel to the Lord, O Blessed One, Theodora. Don’t stop praying to Christ God with them for all of us.
Prayer to the Reverend
O sacred head, reverend father, blessed Abbot Theodora, do not forget your poor to the end, but remember us always in holy and auspicious prayers to God: remember your flock, which you yourself shepherded, and do not forget to visit your children, pray for us, father sacred, for your spiritual children, as you have boldness towards the Heavenly King: do not keep silent to the Lord for us, and do not despise us, who honor you with faith and love: remember us unworthy at the Throne of the Almighty, and do not stop praying for us to Christ God, for You have been given the grace to pray for us. We do not imagine that you are dead: even though you have passed away from us in body, but remain alive even after death, do not depart from us in spirit, keeping us from the arrows of the enemy and all the charms of the demonic and the machinations of the devil, to our good shepherd even more than the relics your cancer is always visible before our eyes, but your holy soul is with the angelic hosts, with disembodied faces, with heavenly powers, standing at the throne of the Almighty, we rejoice worthily, knowing that you are truly alive even after death, we bow down to you and we pray to you: pray for us to the Almighty God, for the benefit of our souls, and ask us time for repentance, so that we may pass from earth to heaven without restraint , may we be delivered from bitter ordeals, demons, princes of the air, and from eternal torment, and may we be heirs of the Heavenly Kingdom with all the righteous, who from all eternity have pleased our Lord Jesus Christ: to Him belongs all glory, honor and worship, with His Beginning Father, and with His Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Troparion to the Saint, tone 8
In you, father, it is known that you were saved in the image of the cross, for you followed Christ, and you taught in action to despise the flesh, for it comes: be diligent about the souls, things that are immortal: in the same way, Reverend Theodora, your spirit rejoices with the Angels.
Kontakion to the Saint, tone 2
Having divinely armed yourself with spiritual purity, and having firmly handed over unceasing prayers like a copy, you prosecuted the demonic militia of Theodora, pray unceasingly for all of us.
Greatness to the Reverend
We bless you, Reverend Father Theodore, and honor your holy memory, teacher of monks and interlocutor of Angels.
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Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon First prayer
O great servant of Christ and glorious healer, Great Martyr Panteleimon! With your soul in Heaven stand before the Throne of God and enjoy His Trinitarian glory, the body and face of the saint rested on earth in the Divine temples and various miracles were exuded by the grace given to you from above, look with your merciful eye on the people ahead, more honorable than your icon, tenderly praying and asking for healing from you help and intercession: extend your warm prayers to the Lord our God and ask our souls for forgiveness of sins. Behold, we, for our iniquity, do not dare to raise our hair to the heights of heaven, lower to raise the voice of prayer to His unapproachable glory in the Divine, with a contrite heart and a humble spirit for you, a merciful intercessor to the Lady and a prayer book for us sinners, we call upon you, as you have received Thou art the grace from Him to drive away illnesses and heal passions. We therefore ask you: do not despise us, unworthy, who pray to you and demand your help. Be a comforter to us in our sorrows, a physician to those who suffer in the worst of times, a quick protector to those who are suffering, a giver of insight to those who are ill, a ready intercessor and healer for those who are sick and infants in sorrows: intercede for everyone everything that is useful for salvation, as through your prayers to the Lord God you have received grace and mercy, let us glorify all the good Source and Giver of God, the One in the Trinity of Holy Ones, the glorified Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Second prayer
O glorious martyr and good warrior of the Heavenly King, the all-blessed Panteleimon, the most eminent imitator of the merciful God, having boldly confessed Christ on earth, and having endured manifold torments for Him, you have, unfadingly, received a crown in Heaven, where you enjoy eternal bliss, and with boldness before the Throne of the Trisolar Divinity stoishi ! All of us sinners resort to your Christ-like compassion for God, and we all diligently pray to you, our warm intercessor and representative: do not cease to look upon us who are in need and sorrowful circumstances, and with your prayerful help and healing power, always deliver us from cruel evils and all-destructiveness and all sorts of other troubles and illnesses. For you, holy one, have received the boundless grace of healing from our Savior Jesus Christ for your firm faith in Him, with a pure and immaculate life, sealed by martyrdom and your many-victorious death, in which, by the grace given by you, you were named by Christ Panteleimon, the same-named of mercy, having mercy on all those who come to you in sorrow and illness. For this reason, since you are a merciful helper and healer in everything, we call on you with faith: hear us and through your God-pleasing intercession give us everything useful in this life and necessary for eternal salvation. With your martyrdom, beg the merciful God to have mercy on us, sinners and unworthy, according to His great mercy, and deliver us from cowardice, flood, fire, sword and all righteous anger and reproach, prompting us in good time to cleansing and propitiatory repentance for our sins, for the sake of the multitude of His bounty, may He give us all a comfortable, quiet and God-pleasing life, and may His Angel protect us all from all enemies, visible and invisible, with His grace and invincible militia, in whose image we are protected and instructed, may we live in this world in repentance, purity and in doing godly deeds; May we be worthy, through your warm intercession, to achieve a Christian death that is painless, peaceful, and shameless, to get rid of the machinations of the airy princes of darkness and from eternal torment, and to be heirs of the endless, all-blessed Kingdom. Hey, servant of God! Do not cease to pray for us sinners, and through your intercession of temporary and eternal troubles, deliverance, we magnify you, our intercessor and prayer book, and we eternally glorify our common Master and Lord Jesus Christ, to Him belongs all glory, honor and worship with His Beginning Father and the Most Holy Spirit , now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
The third prayer of the Right Reverend
Jeremiah (The Hermit)
Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon! Pray to God for us and do not allow those illnesses that hurt us in soul and body to remain in us any longer! Heal those ulcers and scabs that have been caused to us by our passions. We suffer from laziness and relaxation - we are healed. We are sick with attraction and addiction to earthly objects - we are healed. We are sick, O Saint Panteleimon! We suffer from forgetfulness: about the matter of salvation, about our sins and weaknesses, about our responsibilities - heal us. We are sick with resentment, anger, hatred - heal, O healer of St. Athos and the world. We are sick with envy, pride, arrogance, exaltation, despite all the poverty and lewdness - we are healed. We suffer from many different attacks of carnality: gluttony, intemperance, gluttony, lust - we are healed. We are sick with drowsiness, verbosity, idle talk, judgmentalism - heal us, O Saint Panteleimon! Our eyes hurt from sinful views, our ears hurt from listening to idle talk, slander, slander - heal us. Our hands hurt because we are disinclined to pray and give alms - heal us. Our legs hurt from the reluctance to hastily go to the temple of the Lord and the desire to walk through the haystacks and visit the houses of the world - heal us. Our tongue hurts, our lips hurt greatly: through idle talk, idle talk, slander, turning away from prayers and praises, or pronouncing them carelessly, absent-mindedly, without attention, without understanding - heal us, oh mercy! We hurt from head to toe: our minds hurt with lack of understanding, unreasonableness and madness; Our will hurts, turning away from holy pursuits and striving for deeds that are harmful and ungodly; Our memory hurts, forgetting our sins and never losing sight of the sins and insults of our neighbors; Our imagination hurts, unable and unwilling to vividly imagine to us our death, the eternal torment of sinners, the blessings of the Kingdom of Heaven, God's wrath, Christ's suffering on the cross, His crucifixion - heal us, O Saint Panteleimon! Everything in us hurts. Our entire soul, with all its strengths and abilities, is also weak. Our whole body with all its members is also weak. Heal us, O Saint Panteleimon, unmerciful and loving Healer, servant of the Most Holy Theotokos, and do not leave our repentance in the great ailments and in the great infirmities: may you be healed by your grace, I will glorify the Most Holy Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and Holy Mother of God, sending you to serve the sick, and I will thank you, O Saint Panteleimon, for your wholesome shrine forever. Amen.
Prayer four
O great saint of Christ, passion-bearer and much-merciful physician, Panteleimon! Have mercy on me, a sinful slave, hear my groaning and cry, propitiate the heavenly, supreme Physician of our souls and bodies, Christ our God, may He grant me healing from the 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 sores, anoint me with the oil of your mercy and heal me: yes, healthy in soul and body, I can spend the rest of my days, by the grace of God, in repentance and pleasing God and 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 health to my body and salvation to my soul. Amen.
Fifth prayer
(thanksgiving, after healing from illness)
Holy Great Martyr, Healer and Wonderworker Panteleimon, all-round servant of God and constant prayer book of Orthodox Christians! You are worthily named Panteleimon, the all-merciful hedgehog, for having received from God the grace to pray for us and to heal illnesses, you richly give to everyone who comes to you, various healings and everything needed for temporary life and salvation: for this reason we are not worthy, having been granted of your mercy, again before your holy icon we resort to you, and glorifying you, as a sincere saint of God, our faithful prayer book and healer, we fervently thank you and the giver of all the good things of the Lord our God for the great blessings that you have given us from Him. Therefore, mercifully accept this small prayerful thanksgiving of ours, before imams give you anything other than what is due to you, and for the rest of our lives do not deprive us, weak and sinners, of your help and prayerful intercession with the Lord our God, to Him belongs all glory, thanksgiving and worship. , Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Prayer six
Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, imitator of the merciful God! Look with mercy and hear us, sinners, praying earnestly before your holy icon. Ask us from the Lord God, who stands with the Angels in heaven, for the forgiveness of our sins and transgressions. Heal the mental and physical illnesses of the servants of God, now remembered, those present here, and all Orthodox Christians who flow to your intercession. Behold, because of our fierce sin, we are possessed by many ailments and are not imams of help and consolation, but we resort to you, as you have given the grace to pray for us and heal every ailment and every illness. Grant therefore to all of us through your holy prayers health and well-being of souls and bodies, advancement of faith and piety and everything necessary for temporary life and salvation. For, having been granted great and rich mercies by you, let us glorify you and the giver of all blessings, marvelous among the saints, our God, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
In illnesses, or when praying for the sick, one should prayerfully cry out to the Lord God.
Orthodox prayer for pain, toothache and headache, strong prayer for stomach pain to the Lord Jesus Christ
Troparion, tone 4
Speedy in intercession alone, Christ, show speedy visitation from above to Thy suffering servant and deliver from ailments and bitter illnesses; and raise up thee to praise and glorify unceasingly, with the prayers of the Mother of God, the One Lover of Mankind.
Kontakion, voice 2
On the bed of illness, lying and wounded by the wound of death, as you sometimes raised up, Savior, Peter's mother-in-law and the paralytic carried on the bed; and now, O Merciful One, visit and heal the suffering: for You are the only one who has borne the ailments and illnesses of our family and is all able, for You are Most Merciful.
Strong prayer for headaches
“Lord, Almighty, Holy King, punish and do not kill, strengthen those who fall and raise up those who have been cast down, correct people’s bodily afflictions, we pray to You, our God, to visit Your servant (name) without mercy by Your mercy, forgive him every sin, voluntary and involuntary. Hey, Lord, send down Your healing power from heaven, touch the body, extinguish the fire, and all lurking infirmities, be the physician of Your servant (name), raise him from the sick bed and from the bed of bitterness, whole and all-perfect, grant him to Your Church, pleasing and creative Your will. It is Yours to have mercy and save us, our God, and we send glory to You. To the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen".
What Orthodox prayer helps with toothache and alleviates suffering?
For dental diseases, one should turn to the Hieromartyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamon. When his tormentors threw him into a red-hot copper bull, he asked God to grant him the grace to treat people with inconsolable severe toothache.
Obviously, it is too early to strive for the convergence of different religions. But sincerity and trust, as well as mutual respect, allow us to count on a long-term dialogue between all faiths and make the common call for spiritual formation justified.
To begin with, the various religions of the world could remember that, in addition to the purely religious side, they must, simply put, stand in the service of man. On this general basis, there is still so much to be done. Religion does not provide salvation from death. But it gives relief from the fear of death.
I don’t know all religions well, but I suspect that there is not one that does not recognize the existence of an afterlife. And the other day it turned out which nation is the happiest on Earth. According to Gallup Media, 70 percent of Americans believe in life after death, although less than 40 percent attend church. Next come Canadians, Italians and Australians - about 50 percent believe in life after death. Among the British this is 40 percent, and among the French just under 40 percent. By the way, a Gallup poll refutes the widely held opinion that France is a country of total atheism: more than 70 percent of the French considered themselves believers. The greatest skeptics among Europeans are Germans and Scandinavians: 30 percent believe in the existence of an afterlife, while 70 percent of Germans and 65 percent of Scandinavians consider themselves believers. Among Russians, 55 percent believe in God, and 36 percent believe in an afterlife.
Orthodox prayer relief from pain
In bodily illnesses sent to us by the Lord so that we think about our sins, we should turn to the Mother of God for help. These can be completely different diseases, our miraculous prayer for back pain, Jesus prayer for leg pain, christian prayer for joint pain, a strong prayer for deliverance from any bodily pain will certainly be heard by the Mother of God. And she never leaves anyone asking for help.
A hymn of praise to our Most Holy Lady Theotokos, prayer for pain in the back and legs
“We praise you, Mother of God; We confess You, Mary, Virgin Mother of God; The whole earth magnifies You, the Eternal Father's Daughter. The angels and archangels and all the beginnings humbly serve you; All powers, thrones, dominions and all the highest powers of heaven obey you. The cherubs and seraphim rejoice before you and cry out with an unceasing voice: Holy Mother of God, the heavens and earth are full of the majesty of the glory of the Fruit of Your womb. The Mother praises the glorious apostolic face of her Creator to you; The Mother of God magnifies many martyrs for you; The glorious host of confessors of God the Word gives you a temple; The people of all virginity preach the image of your dominion; All the heavenly hosts praise you, the Queen of Heaven. The Holy Church glorifies you throughout the entire universe. The Mother of God is revered; He extols thee true King of Heaven, the Maiden. You are an angel, Lady, You are the door of heaven. You are the ladder of the Kingdom of Heaven, You are the palace of the King of glory. You are the ark of piety and grace. You are the abyss of generosity, You are the refuge of sinners. You are the Mother of the Savior, You are the liberator for the sake of a captive man. You received God in your womb. The enemy has been trampled upon by you; You have opened the doors of the Kingdom of Heaven to the faithful. You stand at the right hand of God; Pray to God for us, Virgin Mary. Who will judge the living and the dead. We beg you. Intercessor before Your Son and God, Who redeemed us with His blood, so that we may receive the reward in eternal glory. Save Thy people, O Mother of God, and bless Thy inheritance, for let us be partakers of Thy inheritance; God forbid and keep us even unto the century. Every day, O Most Holy One, we wish to praise and please You with our hearts and lips. Grant us, Most Merciful Mother, now and always to preserve us from sin. Have mercy on us. Intercessor, have mercy on us. May Thy mercy be upon us, as we trust in Thee forever. Amen".
Painful problems befall those who do not believe in God or the afterlife. Non-existence instead of heaven is an unfair alternative. But children's issues are not easy to get around. What is the proof of the existence of God? If God is one, what is the reason for religious strife and religious wars? If God is in everything and everywhere, why go to the temple to worship him?
According to the British Yearbook, the Roman Catholic Church by the end of the second millennium had more than 627 million followers all over the world, moreover, the number of believers in Latin America exceeded the number of believers in Europe. Next comes Islam - more than 553 million adherents. Meanwhile, Islam-oriented researchers call 2 billion believers. The figure is fantastic, but it is also true that the number of adherents of Islam around the world is growing rapidly. Hinduism - 461 million believers, the Protestant Church - 372 million. Orthodoxy against this background looks quite modest - about 62 million believers. In total, 1,061,000,000 people professed the Christian faith at the end of the millennium, and, according to Islamic researchers, there are twice as many Muslims as Christians today.
3 strong prayers to the Great Martyr Artemy of Antioch
3.9 (78.57%) 14 votes.Prayer to Saint Artemy for stomach diseases
“Holy servant of God, Artemy the righteous! Look mercifully at the fervent prayer of us sinners (names), and through your compassionate intercession ask the Lord for forgiveness of our sins, and grant us success in faith and piety and protection from the machinations of the devil. Most of all, pray to the Lord, that after our Christian death He will grant us all the opportunity to receive the Kingdom of Heaven, where all the righteous together with you glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever and ever.”
Prayer to the Great Martyr Artemy for a hernia
“Holy Martyr Artemy! Look down from the heavenly palace on those who require your help and do not reject our petitions, but, as our constant benefactor and intercessor, pray to Christ God, that He who loves mankind and is abundantly merciful will save us from every cruel situation: from cowardice, flood, fire, sword, invasions of foreigners and internecine warfare. May he not condemn us sinners for our iniquity, and may we not turn the good things given to us from the All-Bounteous God into evil, but into the glory of His holy name and into the glorification of your strong intercession. May the Lord, through your prayers, give us peace of mind, abstinence from harmful passions and all defilement, and may He strengthen throughout the world His One Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church, which He has acquired with His honest Blood. Pray diligently, holy martyr, may Christ God bless the power, may He establish in His holy Orthodox Church the living spirit of right faith and piety, so that all its members, clean from wisdom and superstition, worship Him in spirit and truth and diligently care about keeping His commandments, May we all live in peace and piety in this present world and achieve blessed eternal life in heaven, by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, to Him belongs all glory, honor and power, together with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen."
Prayer to the Holy Great Martyr Artemy for abdominal pain
“O all-praised great martyr Artemy, the Lord’s warrior and strong champion of all of us! Be quick to intercede with Christ the Lover of Mankind, so that the faithful people who venerate you and come to venerate your relics may receive mercy and speedy fulfillment of good petitions. Stand before the Throne of God in the person of the martyr, remember us all, with the troubles, misfortunes and sorrows of the present, and in this life there are many who suffer: may the evil that comes to us cease with your help and strong struggle. We, who are edified by your sufferings, filled with the power of the grace of Christ through you, will begin to live in the patience of bearing the cross, in order to please the Lord through repentance and the ineffable good inheritance that is prepared for those who love God and glorify holy name Him, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen."