When it is said
A priest says it at the end of a short service of prayer (a moleben) for someone who is looking for work.
At home someone looking for a job might pray it for themselves, or a parent might pray it for a grown son or daughter.
Where it comes from
No author known
A service approved in 2023
The Russian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod approved this service on 16 May 2023. Its psalm is Psalm 128, which promises the one who fears the Lord that he will eat the fruit of his labour. Its Gospel reading is Christ’s promise “seek, and you will find”. This prayer comes at the end, just before the blessing that closes the service.
Church Slavonic text of the service and the note on its approval, Azbyka
The saints of the service
The service ends by asking the prayers of St Nicholas of Myra, St Spyridon and the martyr Tryphon.
The Scripture in it
Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.
Bible text: Berean Standard Bible, public domain.
In Church Slavonic
Господи, Иисусе Христе, Создателю мира и Творче наш, всех в нуждах приемляй воздыхания,
ведый просимое прежде прошения, глубиною мудрости человеколюбно вся строяй и полезная всем подаваяй!
Ныне смиренно молим Тя: даждь рабу Твоему сему (имярек) делание благо,
во еже вся полезная творити ему во славу Твою и ко благу дома своего и прияти плод достоин трудов своих, да,
преспевая в заповедех Твоих и в любви Твоей, воспоет и возблагодарит Тя со Безначальным Твоим Отцем,
и Пресвятым и Благим и Животворящим Твоим Духом, ныне и присно, и во веки веков.
Аминь.