Have our Panagia, His dear, sweet Mother, as your protectress and entreat her constantly. ( Elder Joseph the Hesychast )

Have our Panagia, His dear, sweet Mother, as your protectress and entreat her constantly.

Embrace her holy icon as if she were alive, and wet it with tears as the myrrh-bearer did to Jesus' feet. And you will derive substantial consolation as if she were beside you.

Elder Joseph the Hesychast