Lorica Shield Prayer of St Fursey | Red & Yellow Celtic Cross | Irish Orthodox | Western Rite | Orthodox Christian HoodieMay the guiding hands of God be on my shoulders, may the presence of the Holy Spirit be on my head, may the sign of Christ be on my forehead, may the voice of the Holy Spirit be in my ears, may the smell of the Holy Spirit be in my nose, may the sight of the company of heaven be in my eyes, may the speech of the company of heaven be in my mouth, may the work of the church of God be in my hands, may the serving of God and my neighbor be in my feet, may

the icon was transferred from the Saint Sophia (Holy Wisdom) Cathedral in Novgorod to Moscow by Ivan the Terrible: first

and ye shall receive

it was necessary to break the heads of the dragon in pieces (Ps 74

The icon gained its title "of Ustyug" from the tradition relating how Saint Procopius of Ustyug (a 13th century German convert to Orthodoxy

To repair with gold

called to him

and he will cause to come down for you the rain

The moment of death is near

In former times

- 2 Chronicles 2:6

save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ

And as I prophesied