 Some people chant the Akathist as part of their preparation for Holy Communion.A metrical translation of an ancient Orthodox prayer is found in the second verse of the Anglican hymn, Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones.At the popular level, for centuries books such as "True Devotion to Mary" have built a ground swell of Marian devotions among Catholics, to the point that tens of millions of pilgrims visit Marian shrines every year.