Canons for Holy Communion
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O most holy Theotokos, save us.
O thou who gavest birth to Jesus awesomely and above nature, O all-blameless one,
implore Him, O Maiden, to forgive me all the sins that I have committed against my
nature, that as one saved I may cry: Blessed art thou who didst give birth to God in the
flesh.
To the Theotokos:
O most holy Theotokos, save us.
Having willed to accomplish our salvation, Thou didst dwell in the womb of the Virgin,
O Saviour, and didst reveal her to the world as the mediatress: O God of our fathers,
blessed art Thou.
O most holy Theotokos, save us.
O pure mother who didst bear the Lover of Mercy, implore Him to deliver from sins
and from defilements of the soul them that with faith cry: O God of our fathers, blessed
art Thou.
O most holy Theotokos, save us.
Thou hast shown her who gave birth to Thee to be a treasury of salvation, fountain of
incorruption, tower of safety, and door of repentance to them that cry: O God of our
fathers, blessed art Thou.
O most holy Theotokos, save us.
O Mother of God, grant healing for the weakness of our bodies and for the sickness of
our souls to those that with love appeal to thy protection, O Virgin, who for us gavest
birth to Christ the Saviour.
To the Guardian Angel:
Holy Angel of the Lord, my Guardian, pray to God for me.