July 20, 2023
Glorious patriarch, St. Elias:
you who are the living model of justice,
mirror of Sanctity, defender of the Faith,
advocate of the poor, vindicator of widows,
avenger of offenses against God,
terror of the wicked, glory of the good,
prophet of the Most High
and precursor of Jesus Christ in His second coming:
by all your excellent privileges which the Lord placed in you,
we humbly ask you to use
your powerful intercession with the Divine Majesty,
so that, we may attain all needs of soul in body;
and breathing our last in the state of grace,
may you receive our soul to the joy of God
in the Heavenly Jerusalem forever.
Amen.