Prayer to the Holy & Righteous Ancestors of God Joachim & Anna

O ever-glorious and righteous forebears of Christ, holy Joachim and Anna, who stand before the heavenly throne of the great King and possess boldness before Him, in that He was well pleased to become incarnate of your all-blessed daughter, the all-pure Theotokos and Ever-virgin Mary: we, the sinful and unworthy, flee to you as mighty intercessors and diligent advocates for us. Entreat His goodness, that He avert from us His wrath, which rightly falleth upon us because of our deeds, and that, overlooking our countless transgressions, He turn us to the way of repentance and set us firmly upon the path of His commandments. By your supplications preserve our life in peace, and ask goodly success in all good things, through God granting us all things needful for life and piety, and delivering us from all peril, misfortune and sudden death by your intercession, that we may live out our life in peace and tranquillity, in all piety and purity; and having thus passed from this transitory life in peace, we may attain unto everlasting rest, where, by your holy entreaty, may we be vouchsafed the heavenly kingdom of Christ our God, to Whom is due all glory, honor and worship, with the Father and the all-holy Spirit, unto the ages of ages. Amen.