A Prayer to Saint Theophan the Recluse

O holy hierarch Theophan our father, all-glorious prelate and all-wondrous recluse, elect of God and minister of the Mysteries of Christ, divinely wise teacher and excellent interpreter of the words of the apostles, recorder of the patristic sayings of the Philokalia, eminent proclaimer of Christian piety and skilled guide in the spiritual life, earnest zealot of monastic struggles and mediator of grace for all men! Unto thee, who standest before God in the heavens and prayest for us, do we now fall down and cry out thus: Of the most compassionate God ask: for the Church and our land, peace and prosperity; for the bishops of Christ, that they may preserve with dignity the truth of God, guide the flock well, and in particular put to shame false teachers and heretics; for those who struggle in asceticism, humility, the fear of God, and purity of body and soul; for teachers, wisdom and the knowledge of God; for those who are taught, zeal and divine help; and for all the Orthodox, that they may be set firmly on the path to salvation: that, together with thee, we may glorify our Lord Jesus Christ, the Wisdom and Power of God, with His unoriginate Father, and His all-holy, good and life-creating Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.