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“Who will not please You, Most Holy Virgin?”

We offer readers of the website Pravoslavie.Ru a theological and philological commentary on the dogmatist of the sixth tone.

Presumably the author of the dogmatist is St. John of Damascus

The chants of the Sunday service are filled not only with poetic memories of the Resurrection of the Savior, but also with many doctrinal truths. A special concentration of dogmatic elements is contained in Sunday hymns at the end of the cycles of stichera on “Lord, I cried,” which have a name corresponding to the content - “Theotokos Dogmatist.” Presumably the author of these texts is St. John of Damascus[1].

Today we will dwell on the dogma of Sunday's Great Vespers in the sixth tone. First, let's read the text in its entirety, and then look at selected passages.

Here is the Church Slavonic text:

“Who will not please You, Most Holy Virgin; / who will not sing of Your Most Pure Nativity; / the only-begotten Son, who rose from the Father without flight, / also from You, the Pure One, passed, / indescribably incarnated, / by nature this God, / and by nature he became Man for our sake; / not divided into two persons, / but into two natures / inseparably cognizable. / Pray, O Pure All-Blessed One, / to have mercy on our souls.” [2].

Greek original chant:

“Τίς μὴ μακαρίσει σε, Παναγία Παρθένε; τίς μὴ ἀνυμνήσει σου τὸν ἀλόχευτον τόκον; ὁ γὰρ ἀχρόνως ἐκ Πατρὸς ἐκλάμψας Υἱὸς μονογενής, ὁ αὐτὸς ἐκ σοῦ ?? ? ς, ἀλλ' ἐν δυάδι φύσεων, ἀσυγχύτως γνωριζόμενος. "[3].

And finally, let’s analyze the Russian translation of Archpriest V. Uspensky:

“Who will not glorify You, Blessed Virgin? who will not glorify Your immaculate Nativity? The Only Begotten Son Himself, Who from eternity shone forth from the Father, came from You, the Pure One, incomprehensibly incarnate. He, being God by nature, but for our sake became man, is not divided into two persons, but confesses in two, without confusion, united natures. Pray to Him, O Pure One, All-Blessed One, for mercy on our souls.”[4]

Who wouldn't please?

The first two lines of the Church Slavonic text end with a semicolon, which in Russian punctuation corresponds to a question mark. The author appeals to us to glorify the Most Holy Virgin in the form of a rhetorical question to the Mother of God: are there those who will not please You and sing Your Most Pure Nativity?

It is significant that the word “to please” in Russian, for example, means “to please, to give pleasure”[5], which is quite strange when referring to the Blessed Virgin Mary. For clarification, let us turn to the Greek language, where “μακαρίσει” is used.

The Greek “μακαρισμός” in Church Slavonic means bliss. The Beatitudes were given to us by Jesus Christ Himself in the Sermon on the Mount. The sign of bliss, according to St. Gregory of Nyssa, is “unceasing and shadowless joy that comes from virtue”[6]. Such joy in the Most Pure Virgin cannot but be expressed in Her glorification, which is so accurately conveyed in the translation of Archpriest V. Uspensky: “Who will not glorify You, Most Holy Virgin?”

Glowing flightlessly

The hymnographer continues the chant, briefly talking about some aspects of Orthodox doctrine.

Confirming the Orthodox Creed and destroying the false teaching of Arius, who said that the Son of God has the beginning of His existence, the fathers of the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea gave the following characteristic: “(I believe in) the One who was born before all ages,” which means - before the very beginning time.

The author of the dogmatist echoes the holy fathers, speaking about the “flightless ascension” of the Only Begotten Son from the Father. The Greek word "ἄχρονος" can mean "timeless" or "eternal"[7]. Based on this, “the Only Begotten Son rose up without flight from the Father” can be translated as follows: “The Only Begotten Son, who arose timelessly (or “from eternity”) from the Father.”

God by nature

about the term “φύσις”, which in dogmatics is translated into Church Slavonic with the word “nature” , but since in this case the word is used in a Christological context, it can also be translated as “nature”.

The Fourth Ecumenical Council, meeting in Chalcedon in 451 with more than 600 fathers, approved the dogma of the two natures of the Son of God. Let us quote this important text in full:

“Following the Holy Fathers, we all unanimously teach to confess one and the same Son of our Lord Jesus Christ, perfect in Divinity and perfect in humanity, truly God and truly man, the same from the rational soul and body, consubstantial with the Father in Divinity, and the same consubstantial to us according to humanity, in everything similar to us except for sin, born before the ages from the Father according to Divinity, and in the last days for the sake of us and ours for the sake of salvation from Mary the Virgin Mother of God - according to humanity; one and the same Christ, the Son, the Lord, the only begotten, in two natures, unmerged, unchangeable, inseparably, inseparably cognizable - so that by the union the difference of the two natures is in no way violated, but all the more the property of each nature is preserved and united into one Person and one Hypostasis , - not into two persons cut or divided, but one and the same Son and Only Begotten, God the Word, the Lord Jesus Christ, as the prophets of ancient times taught about Him, and as the Lord Jesus Christ Himself taught us, and as the symbol of the fathers gave us.” [8].

The hymnographer emphasizes the great miracle of the simultaneous presence of the Divine and human natures in Christ

The author of the dogmatist briefly and poetically sang this fateful decision for Orthodoxy: “He is God by nature, and by nature he was Man for our sake; not divided into two persons, but inseparably cognizable into two natures .

“ὁ ὤν” (“This/Existing One”) - one of the Names of God, revealed to the prophet Moses (Ex. 3: 13) - is absent in the Greek text of the dogma. The word “ὑπάρχων” should be translated as “abiding.” The hymnographer thereby emphasizes the great miracle of the simultaneous presence of the Divine and human natures in Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God.

Inseparably knowable

The Greek word “γνωριζόμενος” (“knowable”) in the Russian translation is sometimes replaced by “confessed.” I would like to especially emphasize that it was the knowledge of the unfused, unchangeable, indivisible and inseparable union of two natures in Christ, the Word of God, that was revealed by the Holy Spirit and spoken through the holy fathers of the Council of Chalcedon, and now only as a consequence we confess this.

It is amazing how gracefully this pearl from the hymnographic treasury of Orthodoxy corresponds to its name - the Mother of God dogmatist.

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The dogmatic author begins with rhetorical questions about the chanting of the Pure Virgin Mary, pointing out that it was from Her that the Savior of the world, the true word of God, Jesus Christ, came. Next, the hymnographer briefly describes the dogmatic teaching about the incarnation of the Only Begotten Son of God and the union of two natures in our Savior.

The text ends with a renewed appeal to the Mother of God: “Pray to Him, O Pure One, All-Blessed One, for mercy on our souls.”

And now, Mother of God, the same voice: Brideless Virgin, / even God indescribably conceived in flesh, / Mother of the Most High God, / Accept your servants’ prayers, O All-blameless One, / granting cleansing of sins to everyone, / now Do not accept our prayers, / pray for us all to be saved.

At the blessing of the loaves: the troparion of Demetrius twice and the Virgin Mary: once.

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Service to Saint Sava of Storozhevsky of Zvenigorod

On the Male Vespers stichera, tone 1.

Similar to: Praise.

ABOUT

Father Savo, beloved of God, as Elisha and Elijah obeyed Saint Sergius, you were the mirror of immaculate obedience to all who looked at you in the Lavra, but outside the angels you served the priesthood with joy; temptation of the network we punctuate ti. Deliver us from them too, holy saints, with these prayers.

ABOUT

O blessed Savo, you are like a cedar planted with the depth of virtue on Mount Watchman, you have sprouted branches of humility, you have sprouted the fruit of purity, all-fragrant to God. With him, now filled with time and eternity in Heaven, delight us, who honor your all-sweet memory.

ABOUT

O dear Savo, thou art the heavenly Teacher of the Holy Spirit, having become wise in wisdom, and thou hast imputed all worldly beauty as skill. You have loved one silent life like royal utensils. For this reason, running through the world, like lightning in the world, you flowed with the brilliance of a cruel life. By now being established in the Heavenly tabernacles, enlighten our hearts with the light of your intercession.

Glory, voice 5.

Even if the mountains and hills of Storozhevsky were broadcasting, if not your, father, faithful guard, your labors and sweats would be silent: in the flesh, although you lived incorporeally, you created many inhuman, but angelic deeds. Vigils for your all-night confession! Who can count the number of fasts and prayers with kneelings! By your name in truth is your life. For you have calmed all bodily passions and aspirations and subdued them, as if they were worse than a better spirit, but in all respects the organ of the Holy Spirit is well-behaved from the inside, you have sowed all the spiritual with tears on the earth, you have become wise. In the same way, in Heaven, with the joy of the Spirit, you reaped the Kingdom of Heaven. In it, standing before the majesty of the Tsar of all centuries, ask our king for victory against his adversaries, just as you once asked Prince George for the Bulgarians, peace to the churches and splendor and great mercy to our souls.

And now, Mother of God.

On the poem there are stichera, voice 2.

Similar to: House of Euphraths.

We all take refuge in your relics, holy one, heal our passions, just as you healed many different diseases.

Verse: Honorable before the Lord is the death of his saints.

then we will bring it to you, blessed one, for your generosity to us! Nothing but a tearful prayer. Accept, father, as a gift from your sons, and ask him to give us tenderness.

Verse: Blessed is the man who fears the Lord.

abraded Moscow, the establishment of the kingdom, a refuge for all sinners, we kiss your honest relics with unworthy lips.

Glory, even now, to the Mother of God.

many-formed disturbances of many kinds of confusion attack us, but you, Most Pure One, with Saint Savoy, protect us from these.

Troparion, tone 8:

You appeared from the desert in good vegetation, reverend one: from your youth you willed a pure life, following your spiritual teacher, and turning your mind to the Heavenly teachings, and a wise mentor appeared to your flock. In this way, Christ also has brightened thee with miracles and enriched the lamp, Savo, our father, pray for our souls to be saved.

Glory, even now.

Theotokos and dismissal.

At Great Vespers.

I cry to the Lord. Stichera on 8, tone 6.

Similar to: All Hope.

Having hated Ira, you loved Christ, you appeared to be a mental resident of Zion, having achieved perfect obedience through the instruction of your teacher, you endured many temptations. Having armed yourself with the Divine Spirit to fight the flattering one, rejoicing, you went out and defeated him with the power of the Virgin who shone.

From

You subdued your youth, reverend, from the wisdom of the flesh to the spirits and clothed yourself in the life-giving deadness, the blessed lamp, appearing bright, by the grace of the Divine Spirit, a true shepherd appeared. By words, Savo, by the herd of the herd you have gathered the flock gathered in Christ for good, and you have raised them to spiritual pasture.

Having longed for the mental lightness of Divine deification, desiring the immaterial life, you left the world, reached the desert and watered it with these tears. Increase your desire to stand before your Master, and now stand in sacred style, rejoicing with the angels.

Other stichera, tone 8.

Similar to: O glorious one.

From

Your pure soul, as a monk, you drove away the kvass of evil and old wickedness, and having acquired the treasure of virtue, you loved truth and purity without leaven, and to them, oh miracle, you gave miraculous power to the sensual drinking kvass. Your kvass, which you perform miracles to quench your thirst, opens the ears of the deaf and exudes dedication to the blind who honor you.

turning your monastic hair back to the mountain, you were, O Reverend, a mountain of great virtues and good thoughts. Fill those who steal with horror and drive them away from the Church of the Mother of God. Great mountain, from the earthly mountain, on which your monastic deeds were accomplished, because you are pure in hand and pure in heart, you ascended to the Heavenly Mountain of the Lord, and rejoicing on it, pray for us, who glorify your honorable memory.

But in the monastic monastery, created by God and a lamp, the bright light of your soul, the dark radiance of piety resolved the darkness of the night and wickedness, so now on the altar of God in the Heavenly Church, set up and set on fire by the Divine fire with the luminous rays of miracles, resolves the gloomy darkness of dark spirits and enlightens the blind, with faith to blatant to you. Enlighten our dark hair too.

Glory, voice 6, self-according.

AND

but you preserved the image unharmed, setting the ruler’s mind on destructive passions in a fasting manner and in likeness, as if powerfully, you ascended, courageously forcing your nature, you tried to subjugate the worse to the better and enslave the flesh to the spirit. The same monk appeared as a mentor and inhabitant of the desert, a good teacher, a well-known rule of virtue. And now in Heaven, with a mirror resolved, Father Savo, see the Holy Trinity purely, and sit in the midst, praying for those who honor you with faith and love,

And now, Mother of God: Who is not blessed by You.

Exit. Prokeimenon for the day. Readings 3.

From the wisdom of Solomon, reading.

the righteous women live forever, and their reward is from the Lord, and their structure is from the Most High. For this reason, they will receive the Kingdom of splendor and the crown of kindness from the hand of the Lord. For he will cover them with his right hand and protect them with his arm. He will take all the weapons of his jealousy, and the creature will make weapons for revenge against the enemy, he will put on the armor of righteousness and put on the helmet of unhypocritical judgment, he will take the shield of invincible reverence, he will sharpen vain anger into weapons, he will fight the world with him against the foolish, and lightning arrows will fly safely. And as if from the well-rounded bow of the clouds, the intention is blown. And from the slings the stones are filled with fury, the cities will fall, the waters of the sea will be indignant against them, and the rivers will be flooded in vain. And the spirit of power will stand against them and, like lightning, will kindle them, And lawlessness will fall over the whole earth, and crime will transform the thrones of the powerful. Now, O kings, hear, and understand, and judge the ends of the earth, instill in those who hold multitudes, and those who are proud of the people, the language that power has been given to you quickly from the Lord and strength from the Most High.

From the wisdom of Solomon, reading.

The just soul is in the hand of God, and no torment will touch them. The madmen were not expected to die with their own eyes, and their exodus was imputed to their bitterness, and their departure from us was contrived, but they are in the world. For in the face of men, even if they suffer torment, their hope of immortality will be fulfilled. And if there was a small indication, they would perceive the great one. For God has tempted them and made them worthy of Himself. Like gold in a furnace, test them, and like a fruitful sacrifice they are crushed, and when you visit them they shine, and like sparks flow down the stem. They judge with their tongue and possess people. And the Lord will reign in them forever. Those who hope in Nan understand the truth, and faith in love will abide in Him. For grace and mercy are upon His saints, and visitation among His elect.

From the Wisdom of Solomoni, reading.

the righteous man, if he were to die, he would be in rest. For old age is honest, it is not many years old, it is not counted in the number of years, but gray hairs are the wisdom of man, and the life of old age is not bad. Having been well-pleasing to God, he was quickly loved and alive, and the sinner was quickly placed in the midst, caught up quickly, lest malice change his mind or flattery deceive his soul. For evil zeal destroys good, and the soaring of lust replaces the mind with kindness. Having died in Mala, he will fulfill times of duty. The soul is pleasing to the Lord with it. For this reason, trying to escape from the environment of wickedness. The people saw and did not understand, nor conceived such a thought, such as grace and mercy on His saints and visitation among His elect.

On litia, stichera, voice 1.

And these lands were planted by God with the flowing waters of the animals with the tree of your fertile heart, you watered the rods of animals with water of repentant tears, O Reverend Father, and you increased spiritual fruits of great meekness and humility. By the same, ascended to the mountain heights of bliss and planted by the right hand of God in the heavenly paradise, enjoying incorruptible food from the living tree of Christ God. Pray to Him diligently for the salvation of our souls.

Voice 2:

O praising Father Savo, having edified the ancient temple of the Most Pure Mother of God, you have built in your souls an all-gold temple, highly valuable, adorned with God-loving virtues and beads, to Her Son Christ God. With them, like a good merchant, you bought a Heavenly temple from the Heavenly beads of Christ God for your home. In it we are alive, rejoicing with the angelic faces and praying unceasingly to the Pre-Eternal Heaven-Creator for us, who flow to you with love and diligently praise you. Having received the heavenly words of the seed, praiseworthy father, in the heavenly source, Christ the Savior, you drew the animal graces of the Holy Spirit of water, and the mental field that filled your soul with them, you were pleased with the abundance of good deeds, and with them you entered the heavenly granary, at the angelic table of animals being satisfied with the bread of Christ the Savior and feeding us with the heavenly intercession and grace of your bread, we enjoy it, you, who stand before the throne of God, we pray, praying to Christ our God, to save our souls.

The shield of faith and the helmet of hope were laid down, like a brave warrior of Christ, with the weapon of carnal fasting you conquered passions, trampled upon the earthly and flattering world, you followed the Heavenly Leader and destroyed the dark enemies of the regiment. In the same way, like a victorious one, the city of Zion entered into heaven, crowned with an unfading crown of glory, and singing victorious songs, rejoicing with the angelic ranks, sacred father, and praying to Christ God, that he may defeat the enemies of our souls and bodies.

Voice 3:

Let us wait for the tearful carnal pleasures of life, having extinguished the fire, you have inflamed your God-thought soul with the spiritual love of God, and having illuminated it with the bright virtues and radiance, you have begun to approach the immaterial fire of the Almighty God, and having been illuminated by its golden grace rays, you enlighten those who magnify you. In the same way, on your most praised holiday, we, blessed, magnify you, most blessed father, and fervently pray, enlighten our soul with the light of your grace.

Glory, voice 4:

an unshakable pillar of patience, a clear mirror of purity, an image of God-written meekness, and in the church garden you were, blessed father, a fruitful olive tree, a spiritual bearer of oil. In the same way, in the Heavenly Garden, planted and nourished with Divine eternal joys with oil and fragrant healing flowers grow for us, they also heal all sorts of ailments of our souls and bodies.

And now, Mother of God.

On the poem there are stichera, tone 4:

Similar to: Like a doble.

We strengthen with God's power, raising our thoughts to grief, Heavenly inheritance, father, you have accepted. And on the land of the flock of children you have piously gathered, you have blessed us with your disposition and equal-angelic life, illuminating the Spirit with the lordship of the saints, praying for all who create your sacred memory.

Verse: Honorable before the Lord is the death of his saints.

AND

wanting to gain Heavenly kindness, on earth, like an incorporeal father, he labored. You and your help are invincible, by the power of your Lord, you reign over the passions and now stand before the Eternal King. Pray to him, Reverend Savo, to save our souls.

Verse: Blessed is the man who fears the Lord; he delights greatly in His commandments.

AND

Your life is piously adorned with virtues. Having clothed yourself with righteousness, like a divine crown, you stand before the Lady of the Throne, with the rejoicing angelic hosts. For this reason we honor you in songs. Reverend Savo, our father, pray that your flock be saved from all temptation.

Glory, voice 8:

AND

Nok of many mentors we honor you, our father Savo. By you the path is truly right and walk by knowledge. Blessed are you, for you have worked for Christ, and you have exposed the power of the enemy. An angel of interlocutor and a saint of the same blood and righteous. With them, pray to the Lord to have mercy on our souls.

And now, Theotokos: Brideless Virgin.

At Matins.

According to the 1st verse of the sedalina, voice 4:

Having properly arranged your life, your passionate leaps faded to the end. The crown of victory has been accepted from God, Savo, our father, pray for our souls to be saved.

Twice.

Glory, even now, to the Mother of God:
Into
Thy blood, O Most Pure Virgin, those who come running, having received prayer from us, do not cease begging the Lover of Mankind to be saved by Thy servant,

According to the 2nd verse of the sedalina, voice 1:

WITH

You have acquired perfect love for God; Father, having offended the earthly, you have ascended to the Heavenly ones, rejoicing.
Most Blessed Crowned One, pray to Christ God to save our souls. Twice.
Glory, even now, to the Mother of God:
The
adoration of Christians, O Most Pure Virgin, You gave birth to Him more than intellect and words, pray unceasingly with the highest powers to grant forgiveness of sins to all and correction of life through faith and love to those who glorify Thee.

According to polyeleos, sedalene, voice 8:

You have pleased the Lady Christ in everything, Father Savo, and create your kingdom from your heir.
And upon your repose, your venerable relics exude various types of healing. With the same cry, pray for our souls to be saved. Twice.
Glory, even now, to the Mother of God:

From

Man, save us from all reproach and bitterness, O Most Holy Virgin. For thee are the Imams, Protection and Intercession, who resort to Thee, O Mother of God, and our God, born of Thee, pray to Him to deliver Thy servant from troubles.

Degree, tone 4. Antiphon 1.

Prokeimenon.
honorable
before the Lord.

Verse:
What
I will repay to the Lord for everyone, He will repay them to me.

Gospel of Matthew, conception 43.

According to Psalm 50, stichera, tone 2:

Reverend Father, having fasted diligently in virtue from a young age, he became a vessel of the Holy Spirit, and thus received miracles. Thou hast taught men not to offend the sweet. And now we shine with Divine light, enlighten our minds with these prayers, Savo, our father.

Canon to the Mother of God at 6 and to the saint at 8.

Voice 6.

Song 1, Irmos.

When Israel walked on dry ground in the abyss with their feet, seeing the persecutor Pharaoh drowned, singing a victorious song to God, crying out.

Leave me, O Lord my God, that I may piously and honorably praise Thy saint, the Venerable Sava, for the glorious and honest celebration.

Having already labored and perceived the spiritual dawn, we are taken to the heights of Heaven and are now glorified with the angels.

ABOUT

We defend with the weapon of the cross, reverend, you have conquered all the power of the enemy and until the end of this you have created without a trace.

Theotokos.
The
essential Word, being received from Thy pure blood, God-made us, deliver us from corruption, O Pure One. For this reason we praise You forever.

Song 3.

Irmos:
N
is holy, as You, Lord my God, have lifted up the horn of the faithful, O Good One, and established them on the stone of confession to You.

You bridled your tongue with silence and lived like an angel with a serene life in the flesh, Father.

Truly, O venerable monk, you have been worthy of a good life; you have found this through purity and fasting. And now you cry with the disembodied: there is nothing holy than Thee, O Lord.

Illuminated with radiant light, and the grace of the Holy Spirit dwelt in you, reverend, having loved your pure soul. And you cry out unceasingly: nothing is holy than You, Lord.

Theotokos
: The human mind is perplexed by the pure, unspeakable depth of Thy Nativity. God, having poured out His mercy in Thy womb, renew all of me.

Sedalen, voice 4:

Once you endured the night and the burden of the day's war, and for these sake you received eternal pleasure and life-giving food, Christ's servant, blessed Savo.
Pray for our souls to be saved. Twice.
Glory, and these, Theotokos:

true, all-immaculate and unartificial, who alone gave birth to the flightless Son and the Word of God in years, pray to this with the saints and honorable patriarchs, with the martyrs and prophets, and the saints, to grant us purification and great mercy.

Song 4. Irmos:

Christ is the Strength to me, God and Lord, the honorable church calls Godfully, crying out from a pure conscience, celebrating in the Lord.

Having loved immense humility, you have purified the visual with your thoughts. And now, settling in the villages of paradise, you cry out: Glory to Your power, O Lord.

WITH

O reverend, you have watered the earth of your heart with healthy streams, standing unshakably in prayer, crying out to the Creator of all: glory to your power, Lord.

Forget your flock, O venerable one, who gathered you wisely and guarded this life piously. Strive, our father Savo, to draw him into the heavenly fence.

Theotokos:
In
purity, the dwelling, the village of the Lord of all and the prophet of all, the Pure One, who sings Thy bounty.

Song 5. Irmos:

With the light of life, O Blessed One, enlighten your souls with love, I pray, guide You, the Word of God, the True God, taking away the darkness of sin.

with vigorous vigils, blessedness, and frequent sighings, the grace of the Spirit is growing in you, father, and glorious are you, Savo, showing.

Let us accept the lady's humility, drawing water, you deigned to carry it on your frame, you showed yourself the leader of the work in everything.

Blessed, God-pleasing Father Savo, your flock continually cries out to you, with these prayers to the Lord, save us, we pray.

Theotokos:
After
the terrible birth, remain a Virgin, as before. God was born without being born, and ordered everything by His will, Blessed Mary, God-gracious.

Song 6. Irmos:

AND

It was in vain that the sea was raised by the misfortunes of the storm, it flowed into a quiet refuge, crying out to Thee, lift up my bellies from aphids, O Omni-merciful One.

WITH

Through your sufferings, O most blessed one, you have increased your divine class and nourished those who piously praise you, O Reverend Savo, our Father.

This is a gentle request, father, fulfilling with diligence, the temple of the Mother of God is erected. In it, many monks rejoice with festive joy, glorifying your memory.

With the ashes of your sweat, reverend, you trampled the enemies of the militia and reached the immaterial faces of angels.

Theotokos.
In
Your own good Lady, Who gave birth to the Most Good God in the flesh, cleanse my heart, embittered by passions, so that with faith and love I magnify Thee.

Kontakion, voice 2:

Inflamed by the Lord's desire, shaken off the passions of the flesh with abstinence, the unstoppable luminary of the Divine light appeared. You enlighten the miracles with the rays of all who flow to your relics, O Reverend Savo, our father.

Ikos:
In
the power of the Holy Spirit, the God-like deeds entered into you, and with God’s majestic gestures you went to the mountain where you wanted to build a monastery. And like the heavenly paradise, you planted fragrant flowers, you found this, you moved in, and you erected a wonderful temple to the Mother of God, the monk gathered a multitude. And these virtuous deeds are brightly sheathed, abstinence is a wise imagination. And now, having come together in your memory, we cry out to you: pray for us, Reverend Savo, our father.

Song 7. Irmos:

the angel created the cave for the venerable children, but the Chaldeans fell by the command of God. The tormentor is exhorted to cry out: Blessed be God our father.

By the teaching of your tears, O rich man, you drowned the evil serpent. As a great victor, you have flown to the Heavenly Ones, crying out unceasingly: Blessed is God our father.

AND

You have been kindly and immaculate, and adorned with the sweat of suffering, most praiseworthy, filled with Divine light, you cry: blessed is God our father.

O venerable one, your city is falling, as if covered with a royal crown. Having your power within you, as a citizen has received the good of God from God.

Theotokos:
Praising
the Virgin, Who gave birth to God, show the partakers who sing to You the light and deliver hellfire and all harm from the enemy through Your prayers.

Song 8. Irmos:

AND

the holy flame poured out dew, but the righteous sacrifice and water fell. Do everything, O Christ, as much as you want. Thus we exalt you, Lord, forever.

You have put to death the desperation of the flesh, stripped of the honor of your possessions, striving from earth to heaven and teaching everyone to sing: Give praise to the Lord and exalt him forever.

WITH

Father Savo, you have cultivated the reins of your heart wisely, you have given these tearful clouds to drink. And the fragrant ointment came to Christ. Cry to Him: Give thanks to the Lord and exalt Him forever.

Blessed One, you offered Christfully fasting and tears, and immaculate prayer, vestment and soft clothing with hair shirts, thus showing the deepest humility.

Theotokos:
And
having redeemed the first oaths by the Birth of Thee, O All-Blessed Youth, the One of God, we send Gabriel’s voice to Thee: Rejoice, the cause of the salvation of all.

Song 9. Irmos:

It is inconvenient for man to see, but Nan does not dare to see angels. By you, Most Pure One, the Word Incarnate appeared to us. We magnify Him with the Heavenly Ones.

Desiring the glory of the Almighty, you have renewed the strength of your soul and become enriched with Heavenly glory. Honest adornment of grace, Reverend Father Savo, ask our sovereign king in battle for strength and health of the body, as we may continually magnify you.

and the angels came to you, father, and the righteous assembly rejoiced. And having been crowned by the Almighty Right Hand of the Lady, we honor you with the same dignity.

Theotokos:
With
Thy blessing, enlighten me, O God-made Virgin among women, I pray, and deliver me from eternal fire, as I magnify Thee, as may I sing for a long time the greatness of Thee.

Svetilen:
With
the best intentions you restrained passions, and with the demon of vacillation you ruined them. And now, boldly standing before Christ, pray for your flock, Our Father.

Theotokos:
Together with
God, we trust in You, Most Pure One, who with Your past Christ was crucified with our prayers, who preserved us unharmed to the end.

On praises, stichera on 4, tone 8. Self-concordant:

Having clothed yourself with divine power, having mortified yourself in the world, having lived an immaculate and glorious life, you were one of the divine Sergius.

The vessel has appeared with the healing of the dawn, you have been blessed with healing, fertilized by fasting, praise to the monks, O Reverend Savo, our father.

Having killed yourself in the world, you lived a life equal to the angels on earth, and as a gift sanctified to the Lady, Reverend, you brought your soul, Savo, you shone with the healing of the dawn, and you received the Divine Kingdom worthy. Pray for our souls to be saved.

WITH

Your life is bright and pleasing to God, like a light that has truly appeared on earth. Savo, you have been vouchsafed to see the divine light; you have left all that is visible, and you have been vouchsafed to see the Incomprehensible One. Pray to Him, Reverend, to save our souls.

Glory, voice 6:

Reverend Father Savo, your message of correction went forth throughout the whole earth. In the same way, in Heaven we will receive the reward of our labors. You destroyed the demonic regiments and you reached the rank of angels, but the demon of vice was jealous of their life. Having boldness towards the Lord, seek peace for our souls.

And now, Mother of God:

garden, you are the true Vine.

Great doxology and dismissal.

At the liturgy.

Blessed, canto 3 and 6.

Prokeimenon:
Honorable
before the Lord is the death of his saints.

Apostle, to the Galatians. Started 213.

Gospel of Matthew, conception 43.

Involved:
In
eternal memory there will be a righteous person.