Shlom-léK Mar-yam: The Orthodox Perspective on the Holy Theotokos.

Shlom-léK Mar-yam ,
mal-yat Tay-boo-to ,mo-ran a-méK
mba-raK-to at bné-shé 
wam-ba-ra-Koo fee-ro dkar-shéK mo-ran yé-shoo mshee-ho. 
Morth Mar-yam é-méh da-lo-ho 
ét-ka-shaf Hlo-fayn Hnan Ha-To-yé ho-sho wab-sho-to dmaw-tan A-meen.

 

This prayer forms one of the pillars of the Orthodox faith. It is our duty to give the due respect to the mother of God, the Theotokos, who was given to us as our mother by Her Son at the cross.
The Lord wanted to ensure that His Mother was protected and cared for by St John. Also the disciple, being the youngest , known as one of the ‘sons of thunder’ for his temperament, needed a mother who can protect, guide and care.
if one can qoute the Bible and say that every word Jesus spoke, refers to and is for,every person born in this earth, then why should anyone misquote all the words referring to the Mother of God?
At the cross the whole world was entrusted as Her children while the Mother was given to every person born, dead and yet to be born, as their Mother. He told us He is our brother, His father is our Father too, so His Mother is our Mother, and we are Her children.
The lady/woman as Jesus refers to His Mother, is the Woman whose son trampled and shattered the head of the snake. 
Who else has done the will of the Lord more than the humble Lady who said, ‘may it be done according to Thy will’ and gave all that she had for the will of God?
And the last words spoken by our Lord on the cross,  “Father, i entrust my Spirit into Thy hands” , was the simple prayer, which a poor Mother, like all Jewish mothers, had taught Her Son as the prayer before sleep. He chose these words to give the Spirit to His Father, before going into the slumber of death for three days.
When we pray, we say the prayer to the heavenly Father, the prayer our Lord Jesus Christ taught us, followed by the Biblical references to the Mother chosen by the Father in heaven.
As the prayer begins we say the salutation of the archangel Gabriel, followed by the greeting of Elizabeth, concluding with the acknowledgement of our sins and mortality and our need for the intercession of the Mother, who cared for and taught and guided our Lord while He was a child, the Mother whom the heavenly Father through the Holy Spirit had trusted His Son with.

Holy Mother of God, full of grace, pray for us, never leave us, and always be our Mother, shield us in Thy love, guide us with the hands that held the Son, we need Thee.