Description
February 5th/18th
Icon of the Mother of God “the Seeker of the Lost”
Brides entering into marriage pray before this icon that their marriage may be a happy one. People come to it, overwhelmed by drunkenness, perishing in poverty, suffering in illness, and they turn to the Icon in prayer as to a Mother with Her perishing children.
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Akathist to the Mother of God- Seeker of the Lost
Seek us who are perishing, O Most Holy Virgin, chasten us not according to our sins, but as you are merciful in your love for mankind, have pity, deliver us from hell, sickness and necessity, and save us.
