Beyond Compare More Glorious Than the Seraphim | Vladimir Theotokos Iconographic | Orthodox Christian Hardcover JournalO Most Holy Theotokos, save us! The turbulence of the passions doth trouble and engulf me in pleasures, most immaculate Virgin who hast given birth to Christ the Helmsman. Extend to me thy helping hand, and save me, thou who alone art the salvation of those who with faith call thee blessed. O Most Holy Theotokos, save us! bridal chamber and throne of Him Who reigneth, mountain of God, chosen city, garden of paradise, most radiant cloud of the Sun:

for thou hast given birth to the Saviour of our souls

who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ

2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity

she called to Him: ‘Where were You before now

let us despise the world's pleasures

for He is your life and the length of your days

mighty in war

which I shall give for the life of the world

not preaching of the law

and forcibly keep him in the stinking swamp of the passions

Pushkin very vividly described these torments in his dramatic play “Miserly Knight:”

It was painted in Kerson in Crimea