Prayer to the Prophet Zechariah and the Righteous Elizabeth, parents of St. John the Baptist

O holy saints of God, the prophetess Zacharias and the righteous Elizabeth! Having struggled with a good deed on earth, they have received the crown of righteousness in heaven, and the Lord has prepared it for all those who love Him to eat. Thus beholding your holy image, we rejoice in the glorious end of your habitation and honor your holy memory. But you, standing before the Throne of God, accept our supplications and offer them to the All-merciful God, that He may forgive us every sin and help us against the devil’s snare, so that we may be delivered from sorrows, diseases, troubles and misfortunes, and all evil, so that we may live piously and justly in this world and be worthy of your intercession, even if we are unworthy of it See the good one in the land of the living, praising the Only One in Your saints, the glorified God, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and to the ages of ages. Amen.