Prayer to Saint John of Neamț the New Chozevite (+1960)

From the Romanian Akathist of the Venerable Saint John Jacob the Romanian of Chozeva

O Venerable Father John, a heavenly life didst thou live upon the earth; for from Holy Baptism, thou didst receive the name of the great prophet Elias, and at the taking on of the angelic habit, thou was entrusted unto the protection of Saint John the Baptist. Wherefore thou didst follow their example in thy life. For thy holy life in the wilderness, having passed from the vain world, the Lord hath granted rest unto thy soul in the brightness of paradise, and unto thy toilsome body He hath bestowed incorruption, revealing in thee the glory of His Name.

Having these things in remembrance, we, the unworthy and sinful, come with humility and reverence, beseeching thee that thou not overlook us when we flee unto thy help.

O Saint John, thou who from thine infancy was orphaned of thy parents, help, by thy prayers, the orphans, that they may find the love of the Heavenly Father; thou who was a brother and dweller in the monastery, help us to live, wheresoever we be, as brethren in Christ; thou who didst make of thy longing for the desert a yearning for holy heaven, help us by thy prayers to seek the sanctification of our souls, which are laid waste by sins; thou who was a great struggler, help those who strive in the right faith to fulfill in their life the commandments of Christ; thou who was a fervent supplicant unto God, strengthen our prayers and increase our zeal and piety; thou who didst long to dwell in the Holy Land, help us, through good deeds, to sanctify the place wherein we dwell, ever calling upon the Holy Spirit to abide within us; thou who didst bring down heaven into a cave by thy prayers, entreat Christ to warm and enlighten with His love the cave of our hearts; thou who even in this world didst feel the joy and peace of the life eternal, pray thou unto the Heavenly Father that He grant us the joy and peace of His Kingdom.

O Saint John, who was from thy youth an orphan of parents, preserve the aged in the right faith, the young in a pure life, and the children in love toward God and their parents. Protect with thy prayers the poor and the sick, the widows and the orphans, the travelers and the captives.

Deliver our land from perils and tribulations, and pray for all faithful people, that together with thee they may glorify, through faith and deeds, God: the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Romanian (G.O.C.) source: https://www.manastirea-amd.ro/acatistul-sfantului-cuvios-ioan-iacob-romanul-de-la-hozeva/