O great Saint of God, our venerable and God-bearing Father, Seraphim!
Look down from the glory that is above, upon us who are humble and weak,
burdened with our many sins, and ask thy help and consolation.
Bend down
to us in thy loving kindness,
and help us to carry out God's commandments
without stain,
firmly to keep the Orthodox Faith, to approach God in
heartfelt contrition for all our sins,
to make progress in Christian
devotion and to be worthy of thy prayers before God.
Yea, O Saint of God,
hearken unto us,
who pray to thee in faith and love,
and despise us not
who seek thee as our defender:
now, and at the hour of our departure,
help
us and defend us by thy prayers from the wicked assaults of the devil,
lest evil powers should have dominion over us;
but let us be granted, by
thy help,
to inherit the bliss of heavenly mansions.
For we place our hope
in thee,
O kind-hearted father:
be thou indeed our guide to salvation,
and
bring us to the unwaning light of eternal life,
by thy good intercession
before the throne of the Most Holy Trinity,
so that we may glorify and
hymn with all the Saints,
the name worthy of adoration,
of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
for ages of ages. Amen.
From an Akathist. "Polny Sbornik Molitv", pp. 202-203.