Like the Jesus Prayer, calling on the Virgin Mary to help us brings great benefit. While important distinctions between the Theotokos and her Son should not be minimized, we also should feel free to ask her for her aid and intercession before her Son and our God. This short prayer also can be prayed with…


Like the Jesus Prayer, calling on the Virgin Mary to help us brings great benefit. While important distinctions between the Theotokos and her Son should not be minimized, we also should feel free to ask her for her aid and intercession before her Son and our God. This short prayer also can be prayed with the aid of a prayer rope and prayed alongside the Jesus Prayer.

To learn more about why Orthodox Christians ask the Theotokos to “save us”: https://blogs.ancientfaith.com/asd/2015/01/29/can-virgin-mary-save-us/

The Optina Elders prayed this prayer in this manner daily. Optina Rule of Five Hundred: http://orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/cellrule.aspx

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