St. Romanos the Melodist (6th Century) wrote countless hymns, poems and prayers, some of which are still in use in the liturgical services and feasts of the Orthodox Church to this day. Here is a prayer he composed as part of a longer hymn for the feast of the Meeting of the Lord in the Temple:
We implore you, O All-Holy, Long-Suffering, Life and Restoration, Source of goodness,
look down from heaven and visit all those who ever trust in you;
rescue our life, Lord, from all constraint and affliction,
and, in the faith of truth, guide us all,
at the prayers of the immaculate Mother or God and Virgin,
Save your world, and those in the world, and spare us all,
you who, for us, became man without change,
only Lover of mankind.
(On the Life of Christ, p. 34)
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