We are preparing for the service of the Presentation of the Lord. "Troparion, Kontakion"

• Peter and Paul, Chief Apostles
• Peter (veneration of the honorable chains of St. Peter)
• Council of the Glorious and All-Praised 12 Apostles
• Andrew the First-Called
• Arkhippou, ap. from 70
• Jacob, the Lord's brother according to the flesh
• Jacob Zebedee
• John the Theologian, Evangelist
• Judas, brother of the Lord
• Luke, Evangelist
• Matthew, Evangelist
• Silas, Silouan, Crescentus, Epenetus and Andronicus, app. from 70
• Simeon, relative of the Lord, sschmch.
• Stephen, First Martyr and Archdeacon
• Timothy
• Thaddeus, ap. from 70
• Philip
• Foma

Peter and Paul, the chief Apostles,

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The first throne of the apostles, / and the universal teachers, / pray to the Lord of all, / to grant universal peace, / and great mercy to our souls.

Translation: First of the Apostles and universal teachers, pray to the Lord of all the world of the universe to grant great mercy to our souls.

We are preparing for the service of the Presentation of the Lord. "Troparion, Kontakion"

In the previous article, the prayer of Simeon the God-Receiver “Now you let go...” was commented on. Let's continue to analyze the chants of the holiday.

The Feast of the Presentation, due to its features of worship, is ranked among the twelve, but not the Lord's, but the Theotokos feasts. It has 1 day of forefeast and 6 days of afterfeast.

In its structure, the holiday service is the same as on all the feasts of the Mother of God. But at the same time, it has the characteristic features of the Lord's holiday: during the Liturgy, at the small entrance, the entrance verse is pronounced and after it the troparion and kontakion of the holiday are sung. At the end of the all-night vigil and Liturgy there is a special holiday. Also, at the Liturgy in the Valaam Monastery, according to the Athonite tradition, festive antiphons are sung.

Notes of Valaam everyday life

Most of the hymns of the holiday service are addressed to the Lord Jesus Christ: kontakion, stichera, canon. The troparion is addressed to the Mother of God, the magnification glorifies both the Lord and the Blessed Virgin.

In this regard, we can say that the feast of the Presentation is both the Mother of God and the Lord's feast. From the moment of its inception, the Feast of the Presentation was clearly the Lord’s in its entire character. However, in the West he was usually viewed more as the Mother of God. Over time, in the East, it also gradually transformed towards the celebration of the Theotokos, although in its rites it was still fixed in the form of a “mixed” holiday, containing individual features of both the Lord’s and the Theotokos’ celebration.

With the divine service on the feast of the Presentation, the Church glorifies Christ our God with the participants of the celebrated event - the Ever-Virgin Mother of God and Simeon.

Rejoice, Blessed Virgin Mary...

The Most Holy Theotokos is called to great joy, since the Savior of the world Himself is brought to the temple of the Lord and clearly receives praise from the righteous of the Old Testament: Simeon and Anna. The prophecies about the coming of the Messiah have been fulfilled, the Old Testament is being replaced by the New.

...for from You rose the Sun of Truth - Christ our God...

The name of the Lord as the Sun of Truth is borrowed from the prophet Malachi, who predicts: “And for you, who revere My name, the Sun of Truth will rise and healing in His rays.”

(Mal. 4:2).
This vivid prophetic expression is also used in the festive service of the Nativity of Christ, where the Savior is called the “reasonable Sun of Truth”
that shone from the Virgin - for example, in the troparion of the prophecy of the Great Vespers of the Nativity of Christ:

Thus, there is an internal connection between the events being celebrated, because the Presentation of the Lord is celebrated on the 40th day after Christmas, precisely on the day when the Blessed Virgin brought the Infant of God to the Jerusalem Temple.

...enlighten those who are in darkness.

Here the psalmist expresses the idea of ​​the purpose of Christ’s coming to earth - to enlighten with the light of Truth all mankind, who were previously in the darkness of ignorance of God. Isaiah prophesies about this in this way, describing the appeal of God the Father to Jesus Christ: “Because the Lord God called thee [...] to bring them from them that were bound, and from the house of prison, and them that sat in darkness.”

Translation:
“I, the Lord, have called You […] to bring the prisoners out of prison, and those who sit in darkness out of prison”
(Isaiah 42:6-7).
The prophet is confirmed by the Evangelist Matthew: “the people sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in the land and shadow of death the light has dawned”
(Matthew 4:16).

We find the same idea about the enlightenment of all peoples in the troparion of the prophecy of the Great Vespers of Epiphany: “Thou hast appeared in the world, Who created the world, / that thou mayest enlighten those who sit in darkness.”

. So, the holidays of Epiphany and the Presentation of the Lord turn out to be closely related to each other. This is explained by the fact that historically Epiphany was a general holiday, including the memory of the events of Christmas, Candlemas, and the Annunciation (see more here). And only later the feast of the Presentation was singled out as an independent memory.

Enlightenment of the Gentiles, “those in darkness”

, which both holidays point to, begins almost immediately after the Presentation of the Infant Jesus in the Jerusalem Temple.
It is known that soon after this event, Joseph and Mary, at the command of the Angel of the Lord, fled with Him to Egypt, hiding Him from the rage of Herod, who ordered the beating of the Bethlehem babies. According to the testimony of ancient legend, as soon as the Infant of God was brought to the first Egyptian city, all his idols fell to the ground and were crushed, and the prophetic word was fulfilled over them: “ Behold, the Lord sits on a light cloud
,” in the arms of the Most Pure Virgin Mary,
“ and he will come to Egypt, and the things made with hands of Egypt will be shaken at His presence”
(Isaiah XIX, 1).
The Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos testifies to this: “Who shone in Egypt with the enlightenment of truth, you drove away the darkness of lies: for idols, O Savior, do not tolerate Your fortress, fallen one”
(Akathist, ikos 6). The prophecy of the flight to Egypt is contained in the 3rd paremia of the festive vespers.

Rejoice, you too, righteous elder,

After the Fall of Adam and Eve, humanity forgot how to relate to God. In fact, the entire subsequent life of the human race was a long and tedious wait for a meeting with the Lord.

And so, the old elder Simeon joyfully accepts the Infant of God into his arms, announcing the coming of his Creator to this world. In the person of the righteous man, the human race, after many millennia of its self-imposed separation from God, finally met its Creator.

… accepted into the arms of the Liberator of our souls, / who gives us resurrection.

Righteous Simeon does not just take the Lord in his arms, but accepts Him “into his arms”

. This is how the great joy of the righteous is poetically conveyed, because we usually embrace a loved one after a long separation. The joy that he holds in his arms God Himself, that He holds the One Who, by His mysterious will, having transgressed the limits of eternity and omnipotence, has “reduced itself” to the state of a helpless Baby.

The kontakion of the holiday was written by the Venerable Roman the Sweet Singer (5th – early 6th century). Nowadays only a small part (kontakion and ikos) of the original work of Romanus is used in worship. The ancient kontakion of Saint Romanus was a whole poem and consisted of more than 20 stanzas or ikos. The modern kontakion is a promenon (introduction) for the ancient kontakion-poem of the monk.

The womb of the Maiden, consecrated by Thy Nativity...

The Most Holy Theotokos, of course, was sanctified by the birth in the flesh of God Himself and the Creator of the universe.

... and blessed hand of Simeon,

In the Gospel we read: “And Simeon blessed them” (Luke 2:34). But the Monk Roman expresses an interesting thought here: spiritually, the Lord blessed the righteous elder, and not vice versa. As Saint Cosmas of Maium also points out this in the canon of the holiday, describing the appeal of the Divine Infant to the elder Simeon: “It is not the elder who holds Me, but I who hold him: for he asks for forgiveness from Me.”

(chorus of the 9th song of the canon). That is, I (Jesus Christ) keep him (in life on earth), since he asks Me for leave from it.

... as befittingly, having prefaced,

As befits a Lover of mankind, the Savior in advance ( "previously"

) blesses and releases the righteous old man to rest, without waiting for His open departure to serve the world.

... and now you have saved us, O Christ God,

Here the hymnographer glorifies the Lord for deliverance from the troubles (earthquake and pestilence) that once befell the Eastern Church and, by the grace of God, ceased under the Emperor Justinian.

... but die in battle /

From the 5th century, under Emperor Anastasia I, a long era of the Persian offensive on the Byzantine possessions in Syria began. Venerable Romanus prays for the granting of peace and an end to the war with the Persians: “ Die in battle.”

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... and strengthen the people whom you have loved, O One who loves mankind.

Continuing his prayer, the hymnographer asks the Lord for the physical and spiritual strengthening of the inhabitants of the empire contemporary to him.

Saint Theophan the Recluse also calls us to spiritual strengthening, pointing out the inner meaning of the holiday: “What a touching picture the Presentation of the Lord presents to us! The very old man Simeon, holding the baby of God in his arms, on both sides of him are Joseph the Righteous and the Blessed Virgin Mary; not far away is Anna the Prophetess, an eighty-four-year-old faster and prayer worker. Everyone's eyes are fixed on the Savior. They disappear into Him with attention and from Him they drink spiritual sweetness that nourishes their souls. […] But, brethren, we are all called not to just a mental representation of this bliss, but to actually taste it

, because everyone
is called to have and carry the Lord within themselves
and to disappear in Him with all the strength of their spirit. […] I will briefly show you how to achieve this. […] Repent; then, zealous for the fulfillment of every commandment of God, walk relentlessly before the Lord, directing toward Him with all the attention of the mind, with all the feelings of the heart, with all the desires of the will. Having settled in this way, you will soon meet the Lord. He will enter into you and rest in you, as in the arms of Simeon the Righteous. There is no longer any possibility of easing the work necessary in seeking to meet the Lord with anything else.”

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The following materials were used in preparing the article:

1. Translation of liturgical texts by Fr. Ambrose (Timrot).
2. Prot. Grigory Debolsky. Days of Divine Services of the Orthodox Catholic Eastern Church.
3. Archbishop Averky (Taushev). A Guide to Studying the Holy Scriptures of the New Testament. Four Gospels.
4. Bishop Vissarion (Nechaev). Interpretation on proverbs.
5. Malkov P.Yu. The Presentation of the Lord - history, spiritual meaning and liturgical features of the holiday
6. Chants of the brethren of the Valaam Monastery.
7. Music collection of Valaam everyday life.

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In the Valaam Monastery, during a festive service, the same chant can be sung in different tunes. This gives beauty and special solemnity to the service.

Troparion of the holiday. Valaam melody.

Peter (veneration of the honorable chains of the Apostle Peter),

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You did not leave Rome, you came to us, / with honorable chains, which you wore, the apostles above the throne. / Whom we worship by faith, we pray: / with your prayers to God / / grant us command yu mercy.

Translation: Without leaving Rome, you visited us with the revered chains with which you, the first-throne apostles, were bound. We worship them with faith and pray: “Through your prayers to God, grant us great mercy.”

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Council of the glorious and all-praiseworthy 12 apostles,

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The first throne of the apostles/ and the universal teacher,/ pray to the Lord of all/ to grant universal peace// and great mercy to our souls.

Translation: First of the Apostles and universal teachers, pray to the Lord of all the world of the universe to grant great mercy to our souls.

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Prayer to the Holy 12 Apostles

Prayer to the Holy 12 Apostles

Troparion to the Council of the Glorious and All-Valuable 12 Apostles

And the first throne of the throne and the universal teacher, pray to the Lord of all to grant peace to the universe and great mercy to our souls.

Kontakion to the Council of the Glorious and All-Valuable 12 Apostles

To the stone, Christ glorifies the stone of faith brightly, the disciples in abundance, and with Paul the entire twelve-strong council today, whose memory is faithfully fulfilled, we glorify these Glorified Ones.

First Prayer to the Council of the Twelve Apostles

About the saints, the apostles of Christ: Peter and Andrew, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew, James and Jude, Simon and Matthew! Hear our prayers and sighs, now offered by our contrite hearts, and help us, the servants of God (names), through your powerful intercession before the Lord, to get rid of all evil and enemy flattery, and to firmly preserve the Orthodox faith that you have devoted to us, without any wounds in it through your intercession, We will not be belittled by reprimand, nor by pestilence, nor by any wrath from our Creator, but we will live a peaceful life here and be honored to see good things on the land of the living, glorifying the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, the One in the Trinity, glorified and worshiped God, now and ever and to the ages centuries.

Second prayer

Cathedral of the Twelve Apostles

In the Lord Almighty, Lord our God, who chose His beloved disciples and Apostles to preach salvation to the whole world, giving them the power to forgive sins, accept their petitions for the human race, and judge with them imashi, those same ones, like Your friends, who are very honest to us We dare, in our unworthiness, to bring you into intercession with You, much hastening towards the salvation of our souls, praying for them earnestly. Holy Chief Apostles Peter and Paul, Evangelists of Christ John the Theologian and Matthew, First-Called Disciple Andrew, who blessed Russia with the planting of the Cross, Holy Apostles James, the brother of the Lord, with the other James, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Simon, Judas and Matthias! All holy apostles of God's choice, most noble servants of Christ, eradicators of godlessness and planters of the true faith, help us through your powerful intercession before the Lord to get rid of all evil and enemy flattery, to firmly preserve the Orthodox faith devoted to you, in which, through your intercession, neither wounds, nor rebuke, nor pestilence, we will not be belittled by any wrath from the Creator, but let us live a peaceful life here and may we be honored to see good things on the land of the living, glorifying the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, the one God glorified and worshiped in the Trinity, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Misha Romanov – About the Holy Twelve Apostles

Life of the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian

Andrew the First-Called,

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As the first-called apostles/ and the supremely present brother,/ the Lord of all, Andrei, pray/ to grant universal peace// and great mercy to our souls.

Translation: As the first of the apostles, and the supreme brother of Peter, who was called, pray to the Lord of the whole world, Andrew, that He may grant peace to the universe and great mercy to our souls.

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General troparia for the holy saints of God

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Every Orthodox Christian, studying church hymnography, probably paid attention to the presence in it of such a concept as a general troparion. What it is? The troparion itself is a laconic religious chant dedicated to God, the Mother of God, or some holy or festive event. This chant has a historical and dogmatic character: revealing at the same time the content of an event or the life of a saint and its deep meaning, it reminds a believer of the essence of the holiday. It is customary in the Orthodox Church to sing or read troparia during every service.

The difference between the general troparion and the special troparion

The general troparion is a chant that can be sung in honor of any saint from one rank of holiness. In the Orthodox tradition, the following general troparia are distinguished:

• To the all-merciful Savior
• Holy Mother of God
• To the prophet(s)
• To the Apostle(s)
• Saint(s)
• Reverend (Reverend)
• Martyr(s)
• To the Confessor(s)
• Unmercenaries
• Fools for Christ's sake

They are written in a general form and describe the qualities that glorified this or that order of saints. For example, in the general troparion to the martyrs, the sufferings of the saint are spoken of; about what spiritual reward he received for it. The troparion ends with a prayer that calls on the sufferer to help those who pray to him.

How to read the general troparion correctly?

In church worship, both special and general troparia take their strict place, corresponding to the Rule. When a layman prays in his cell, everything is much simpler: the troparia to the saints can be read as a prayer rule or as a separate prayer on the corresponding holidays. The reading of a general troparion is practiced if a special troparion does not exist - this often happens when the memory of a little-known saint or a saint is celebrated, whose veneration is simply not included in the custom of the Russian Orthodox Church.

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Canonical texts of general troparions

Grateful to the Savior

Troparion, tone 4:

Give thanks to Thy unworthy servants, O Lord, / for Thy great blessings upon us; / we glorify Thee, bless, thank, sing and magnify Thy compassion, / and slavishly cry out to Thee in love: / O our Benefactor, glory to Thee.

Mother of God.

Troparion, ch. 4

Let us now diligently approach the Mother of God, sinners and humility, and let us fall down in repentance calling from the depths of our souls: Lady, help us, having had mercy on us, struggling, we are perishing from many sins, do not turn away your slaves, for you are the only hope of the imams.

Kontakion, ch. 6

The intercession of Christians is shameless, the intercession to the Creator is immutable, do not despise the voices of sinful prayers, but advance, as the Good One, to the aid of us who faithfully call upon Ty; hasten to prayer and strive to entreat, interceding ever before the Mother of God, those who honor Thee.

Greatness.

We magnify You, Most Holy Virgin, God-chosen Youth, and honor Your holy image, through which you bring healing to all who come with faith.

Prokeimenon, chapter 3 Song of the Virgin.

My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.

Involved.

I will accept the cup of salvation and call on the Name of the Lord.

To the angels.

Troparion, ch. 4

Heavenly armies of the Archangels, we always pray to you, unworthy, and with your prayers protect us with the shelter of the wings of your immaterial glory, preserving us, falling diligently and crying: deliver us from troubles, like the rulers of the Highest Powers.

Kontakion, chapter 2

Archangels of God, servants of the Divine glory, guiding angels and human mentors, ask for what is useful to us and great mercy, like the bodiless Archangels.

Greatness.

We magnify you, Archangels and Angels and all hosts, Cherubim and Seraphim glorifying the Lord.

Prokeimenon, chapter 4 and Sacrament.

Create your angels, your spirits, and your servants, your fiery flame.

To the Prophet.

Troparion, chapter 2

The memory of Thy Prophet (name), O Lord, is celebrated, so we pray to Thee, save our souls.

Kontakion, chapter 4

Enlightened by the Spirit, your pure heart of prophecy will become your brightest friend: see for what is real, existing far away; For this reason we honor you, blessed prophet (name), most glorious.

Greatness.

We magnify you, holy prophet of God (name), and honor your holy memory, for you pray for us to Christ our God.

Prokeimenon, ch. 4

You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

Involved.

The righteous will be a righteous man for everlasting remembrance; he will not fear the hearing of evil.

To the Apostle.

Troparion, chapter 3

Holy Apostle (name), pray to the Merciful God to grant forgiveness of sins to our souls.

Kontakion, chapter 4

As the Church has always acquired the bright star, Apostle (name), she is illuminated by your many miracles. We also call to Christ: save those who honor by faith the memory of Your Apostle, O Most Merciful One.

Greatness.

We magnify you, Apostle of Christ (name), and honor your illnesses and labors, in which you worked in the gospel of Christ.

Prokeimenon, ch. 8 and Involved.

Their messages went out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

To the apostles.

Troparion, chapter 3

Holy apostles, pray to the Merciful God that He may grant remission of sins to our souls.

Kontakion, chapter 4

The vine of Christ's grapes appeared, wisdom, bearing clusters of virtues, pouring out the wine of salvation for us; It is also acceptable, fulfilling joy. We celebrate your honorable memory, pray in earnest to grant us great mercy and remission of sins, Lord’s apostles.

Greatness.

We magnify you, holy apostles, who enlightened the whole world with your teachings and brought everything to Christ.

Prokeimenon, chapter 8 and Sacrament.

Their messages went out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

Holy Fathers of the Ecumenical Councils.

Troparion, chapter 8

Glorified art thou, O Christ our God, who founded our fathers as a light on the earth, and taught us all to the true faith: Most gracious, glory to Thee.

Kontakion, chapter 8

The Apostle, preaching and father of the dogmas of the Church, sealed the one faith: even wearing the robe of truth, I have drawn from the hedgehog from above theology, the great sacrament corrects and glorifies piety.

Prokeimenon, chapter 4 Song of the Fathers.

Blessed are you, O Lord, God of our fathers, and praiseworthy and glorified is your name forever.

Involved.

Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord; praise is due to the upright.

Saint.

Troparion, chapter 4

The rule of faith and the image of meekness, self-control of the teacher, show you to your flock the same things as the Truth, for this reason you have acquired high humility, rich in poverty, Father Hierarch (name), pray to Christ God to save our souls.

Troparion, chapter 8

Teacher of Orthodoxy, piety to the teacher and purity, lamp of the universe, bishops (or: monastics) God-inspired fertilizer, (name) wise, with your teachings you have enlightened everything, spiritual priesthood, pray to Christ God to save our souls.

Kontakion, chapter 2

Divine thunder, spiritual trumpet, faith planter and cutter of heresies, saint of the Trinity, great saint (name), with the angels standing ever, pray unceasingly for all of us.

Greatness.

We magnify you, holy father (name), and honor your holy memory: for you pray for us to Christ our God.

Prokeimenon, chapter 1

My mouth will speak wisdom, and my heart will teach the understanding.

Involved.

The righteous will be a righteous man for everlasting remembrance; he will not fear the hearing of evil.

Saint.

Troparion, chapter 4

God our father, always deal with us according to Your meekness, do not leave Your mercy from us, but through their prayers guide our life in peace.

Kontakion, chapter 8

As a teacher of virtues and an adornment of hierarchs, the Church, singing, glorifies you: with your prayers, grant to those who honor you the love of virtues, correction and deliverance from temptations, as if invincibility.

Greatness.

We magnify you, great saints, and honor your holy memory, for you pray for us to Christ our God.

Prokeimenon, chapter 7

The death of His saints is honorable before the Lord.

Involved.

The righteous will be a righteous man for everlasting remembrance; he will not fear the hearing of evil.

To the martyr.

Troparion, chapter 4

Your martyr, Lord, (name), in his suffering received an incorruptible crown from You, our God; Having Thy strength, overthrow the tormentors, crush the demons of weak insolence. Save his souls with our prayers.

Kontakion, chapter 2

You have appeared as a bright star, the charmless one of the world, proclaiming the Sun of Christ with your dawns, passion-bearing (name), and you have extinguished all the charm, but you give us light, praying unceasingly for all of us.

Greatness.

We magnify you, the passion-bearing saint (name), and honor your honest suffering, which you endured for Christ.

Prokeimenon, chapter 7

The righteous will rejoice in the Lord and trust in Him.

Involved.

The righteous will be a righteous man for everlasting remembrance; he will not fear the hearing of evil.

A martyr.

Troparion, chapter 4

Thy martyrs, O Lord, in their suffering received incorruptible crowns from Thee, our God: for having Thy strength, I have overthrown the tormentors, crushed the demons of weak insolence. Save our souls with those prayers.

Kontakion, chapter 2

Appearing as bright lamps, Divine martyrs, you illuminate all creation with the light of miracles, resolving ailments and always driving away deep darkness, constantly praying to Christ God for all of us.

Greatness.

We magnify you, holy passion-bearers, and honor your honest sufferings, which you naturally endured for Christ.

Prokeimenon, chapter 4

To the saints who are on His earth, the Lord surprises all His desires in them.

Involved.

Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord; praise is due to the upright.

Martyr.

Troparion, chapter 4

Your Lamb, Jesus (name), calls with a great voice: I love You, my Bridegroom, and seeking You, I suffer and am crucified and buried in Your Baptism and suffer for Your sake, for I reign in You and die for You, and live with You ; but as an immaculate sacrifice, accept me, offering myself to You with love. Through prayers, as the Merciful, save our souls.

Kontakion, chapter 2

Your all-honorable temple, as if you have found spiritual healing, all the faithful cry out loudly to you: Great martyr (name), pray to Christ God unceasingly for all of us.

Greatness.

We magnify you, the passion-bearer of Christ (name), and honor your honest suffering, which you endured for Christ.

Prokeimenon, chapter 4

God is marvelous in His saints, the God of Israel.

Involved.

Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord; praise is due to the upright.

To the martyrs.

Troparion, chapter 1

The verbal lambs of the Lamb and the Shepherd were brought to Christ by torment, having finished their course and kept their faith: the same day, with a joyful soul, we perform, most wonderfully, your holy memory, magnifying Christ.

Kontakion, chapter 4

We celebrate the memory of the Passion-Bearers of Christ, and by faith, asking for help to free everyone from all sorrow, calling: Our God is with us, who has glorified these as He willed.

Greatness.

We magnify you, holy passion-bearers, and honor your honest sufferings, which you naturally endured for Christ.

Prokeimenon, chapter 4

Marvelous is God in His saints, the God of Israel.

Involved.

Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord; praise is due to the upright.

Hieromartyr.

Troparion, chapter 4

And having been a communicant in character, and a vicar of the throne, having become an apostle, you gained your deed, inspired by God, in a vision: for this reason, correcting the word of truth, and for the sake of faith, you suffered even to the point of blood, holy martyr (name). Pray to Christ God to save our souls.

Kontakion, chapter 4

Having lived piously among the saints and gone through torment, you extinguished the sacrifices of idols, and became a champion of your flock, God-wise. In the same way, we honor you, and secretly cry out to you: deliver us from troubles continually with your prayers, Our Father (name).

Greatness.

We magnify you, holy martyr (name), and honor your holy memory: for you pray for us to Christ our God.

Prokeimenon, chapter 7

The saints will be praised in glory, and will rejoice on their beds.

Involved.

The righteous will be a righteous man for everlasting remembrance; he will not fear the hearing of evil.

Hieromartyr.

Troparion, chapter 4

God our father, always deal with us according to Your meekness, do not leave Your mercy from us, but through their prayers guide our belly in peace.

Kontakion, chapter 3

Like the never-setting lamps of the Intelligent Sun, which has descended today, let us praise with songs: for they shone for those who naturally exist in the darkness of unreason, calling everyone to the height of piety, the holy martyr. Thus we cry to you: rejoice, foundation of all fasters.

Greatness.

We magnify you, holy martyrs of Christ, and honor your holy memory: for you pray for us to Christ our God.

Prokeimenon, chapter 7

The death of His saints is honorable before the Lord.

Involved.

Rejoice in the righteous in the Lord; praise is due to the upright.

Reverend Martyr.

Troparion, chapter 8

In you, father, it is known that you were saved in the image: for you accepted the cross, you followed Christ, and in your deed you taught to despise the flesh, for it passes away; Likewise, your spirit will rejoice with the angels, Reverend (name).

Kontakion, chapter 2

As a faster is pious, and skillful, and a sufferer is honest in his will, and a desert dweller conforms to the desert, let us worthily praise him in songs, (name), because he has trampled underfoot the serpent.

Greatness.

We bless you, Venerable Martyr (name), and honor your holy memory, teacher of monks and interlocutor of angels.

Venerable Martyr.

Troparion chapter 4

God our father, always deal with us according to Your meekness, do not leave Your mercy from us, but through their prayers guide our belly in peace.

Kontakion, chapter 2

There are many, moistly transient worries, the bodiless enemies have deeply immersed your nature in streams of tears, Reverend Martyr, and having received the gift of miracles, pray unceasingly for all of us.

Greatness.

We bless you, reverend martyrs, and honor your holy memory, teacher of monks and interlocutor of angels.

Prokeimenon, chapter 5

The saints will be praised in glory, and will rejoice on their beds.

Involved.

Rejoice in the righteous in the Lord; praise is due to the upright.

Reverend Martyr.

Troparion, chapter 4

Thy Lamb, Jesus (name), calls with a great voice: I love Thee, my Bridegroom, and seeking Thee, I suffer and am crucified and buried, for Thy Baptism and I suffer for Thy sake, for I reign in Thee and die for Thee, and live with Thee: but as an immaculate sacrifice, accept me, offering myself to You with love. Through prayers, as the Merciful, save our souls.

Kontakion, chapter 4

Your divine memory, (name), has now shone forth, appearing to the world like the sun, telling of your life: for you have destroyed the movements of the flesh through abstinence, and you have been ignorant of Christ’s suffering through blood. In the same way, deliver those who praise you from all evils, so we call you: Rejoice, reverend mother.

Greatness.

We magnify you, holy passion-bearer (name), and honor your holy memory: for you pray for us to Christ our God.

To the priest and venerable confessor.

Troparion, chapter 8

Teacher of Orthodoxy, teacher of piety and devotion, lamp of the universe, God-inspired fertilizer for the bishops, (name) wise, with your teachings you have enlightened everything, O spiritual woman. Pray to Christ God to save our souls.

Kontakion, chapter 2

Having enjoyed, God-wise, abstinence and carnal desires, you have fallen asleep, having appeared through faith, and like the tree of paradise, you have blossomed, (name), holy father.

Greatness to the priest.

We magnify you, holy father (name), and honor your holy memory: for you pray for us to Christ our God.

Greatness to the Reverend Confessor.

We bless you, Reverend Father (name), and honor your holy memory: for you pray for us to Christ our God.

Rev.

Troparion, chapter 8

In you, father, it is known that you were saved in the image: you accepted the Cross, you followed Christ and in your deed you taught to despise the flesh, for it passes away; Likewise, your spirit will rejoice with the angels, Reverend (name).

Troparion, chapter 1

A desert dweller and an angel in the body, and a wonderworker, you appeared, our God-bearing Father (name), by fasting, vigil, and prayer, you received heavenly gifts, healing the sick and the souls of those who flow to you by faith. Glory to Him who gave you strength, glory to Him who crowned you, glory to Him who heals you all.

Troparion, chapter 8

With your tears you cultivated the barren desert, and you brought forth fruit from the depths with sighs of a hundred labors, and you were a lamp of the universe, shining miracles, (name), our Father, pray to Christ God to save our souls.

Kontakion, chapter 2

Having armed yourself with Divine spiritual purity and unceasing prayer, like a copy, having handed it firmly, you have prosecuted the demonic army, (name), Our Father, pray unceasingly for all of us.

Greatness.

We bless you, Reverend Father (name), and honor your holy memory, teacher of monks and interlocutor of angels.

Prokeimenon, chapter 7

The death of His saints is honorable before the Lord.

Involved.

The righteous will be a righteous man for everlasting remembrance; he will not fear the hearing of evil.

Rev.

Troparion, chapter 4

God our father, always deal with us according to Your meekness, do not leave Your mercy from us, but through their prayers guide our life in peace.

Kontakion, chapter 2

There are many unceasingly passing worries, the bodiless enemies with streams of your tears have firmly immersed your nature, God’s wisdom and reverence, and having received the gift of miracles, pray unceasingly for all of us.

Greatness.

We bless you, reverend fathers, and honor your holy memory, mentor of monks and interlocutor of Angels.

Prokeimenon, chapter 7

The death of His saints is honorable before the Lord.

Involved.

The righteous will be a righteous man for everlasting remembrance; he will not fear the hearing of evil.

Rev.

Troparion, chapter 8

In you, mother, it is known that you were saved in the image: having accepted the Cross, you followed Christ and in action you taught to despise the flesh, for it passes away, but to adhere to the souls, things that are immortal; In the same way, your spirit will rejoice with the angels, Reverend (name).

Kontakion, chapter 2

For the love of the Lord, venerable one, you hated the desire for peace, having enlightened your spirit with fasting: you conquered the beasts with great strength; but with your prayers destroy the vacillation of the opposite ones.

Greatness.

We bless you, reverend mother (name), and honor your holy memory: for you pray for us to Christ our God.

Prokeimenon, chapter 4

God is marvelous in His saints, the God of Israel.

Involved.

The righteous will be a righteous man for everlasting remembrance; he will not fear the hearing of evil.

To the Reverend Wives.

Troparion, chapter 2

To the true desire of the unified, the glory of Christ, and the temporary betrothed, having rejected copulation, and by virtuous deeds having grown, to the height of the east of incorruptibility, red-heartedness and abundance of wealth, the pillars of monastic wives and the rule: pray the same for us unceasingly, who celebrate your memory with love.

Kontakion, chapter 2

Your body has been exhausted by fasting and begging the Creator for your sins with incessant prayers, so that you may receive perfect forgiveness, and accept Divine forgiveness, and the Kingdom of Heaven: pray to Christ God for all of us.

Greatness.

We bless you, reverend mother, and honor your holy memory: for you pray for us, Christ our God.

Prokeimenon, chapter 4

God is marvelous in His saints, the God of Israel.

Involved.

The righteous will be a righteous man for everlasting remembrance; he will not fear the hearing of evil.

Without money.

Troparion, chapter 8

Holy saints without money and miracle workers, visit our infirmities: eat tuna, give us tuna.

Kontakion, chapter 2

Grace having received healings, you bring health to those in need, healers, wonderworkers of glory; but by your visit, bring down the insolence of the warriors, healing the world with miracles.

Greatness.

We magnify you, glorious miracle workers (name), and honor your honest sufferings, which you naturally endured for Christ.

Prokeimenon, chapter 4

To the saints who are on His earth, the Lord surprises all His desires in them.

Involved.

Rejoice in the righteous in the Lord; praise is due to the upright.

For Christ's sake the holy fools.

Troparion, chapter 1

Hearing the voice of Your Apostle Paul, saying: We are fools for Christ’s sake, Thy servant, Christ God, (name), we are fools on earth for Your sake; We also honor his memory, we pray to You, Lord, save our souls.

Kontakion, chapter 8

Desiring the highest beauty, and the lower pleasures of the body, you vainly left, through the non-acquisitiveness of the vanity world, passing through the angelic life, having passed away, (name), blessed; with them, pray to Christ God unceasingly for all of us.

Greatness.

We please you, holy righteous (name), and honor your holy memory: for you pray for us, Christ our God.

Confessor.

Prokeimenon, chapter 7

The saints will be praised in glory, and will rejoice on their beds.

Involved.

Rejoice in the righteous in the Lord; praise is due to the upright.

Arkhippou, ap. from 70,

voice 3

The disciple of Paul and the apostle of Christ, Archippus,/ the preacher of the Gospel and the Colossians to the teacher,/ received stoning,/ like a precious ornament,/ having adorned the crown of torment, in You went to the joy of the Kingdom, / where you remember us who sing in your memory, / the apostles with the throne.

Translation: Disciple of Paul and apostle of Christ, Archippus, herald of the Gospel and teacher of the Colossians, who accepted stoning as a precious ornament, and adorned the martyr’s crown with it, you have ascended into the joy of the Kingdom, where you remember us, praising your memory, sharing the throne with the apostles.

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Folk versions of the Easter troparion “Christ is Risen” in the Smolensk Dnieper region

The Easter Troparion “Christ is Risen” is an everyday hymn of Orthodox worship - found not only in church, but also in folk musical practice. Under these conditions, it was first recorded in the Smolensk region by folklore expeditions of the Russian Academy of Music. Gnessins in the 80s of the XX century. Folk versions of the troparion were systematically recorded in this territory. In total, about one and a half hundred sound recordings of the troparion were made in folk interpretation, as well as conversations with folk performers about the conditions for its sound.

In folk tradition, as in church practice, the troparion “Christ is Risen” was performed throughout the entire Easter season - from Easter to Ascension. It was sung in any situation: walking along the streets of the village, on the way to or from the field, in houses, during work and festive feasts. The troparion is part of the musical design of all rites of this period: “Christ was shouted from Easter to Ascension. In the morning we go to church, and from the church we shout for Christ. From the church to the house, this one was laid out - six weeks before the Ascension, forty days from Easter, this is all they sang, all the time: both quickly and from the field. Wherever they gathered - in one place, or in general - these forty days were hell and this was the song "(village of Vskhody Ugransky district), "All around the people they chanted for Ushesstya (Ushesstya is ahead of the Spirit!) They chanted for Ushesstya, that means, lives all around. As the villagers walked around, they also shouted for Christ. It’s only on Ushesstya that Christ is supposed to scream until the end of the day” (village of Zamoshye, Elninsky district).

The performers of the troparion were predominantly women, those who in a given area had the privilege of singing calendar songs. They mostly sang in ensembles, but they could also sing solo (for example, during some kind of work). In the overwhelming majority of Smolensk villages, the singing of the troparion is denoted by the term Christ shout, which clearly reflects the manner of intonation, similar to the calendar: singing with a tense, loud sound: “On the street over there, we gather, we stand and shout “Christ is Risen” to the whole street, to the whole village. You can hear it from a distance! (village Bely Kholm, Glinkovsky district). In addition, there are popular terms to play, glorify, click, magnify, sing Christ. In some places the singing of the troparion is denoted by the verb kuralesit.

In this area, the troparion “Christ is Risen” organically entered into all the rituals of the Easter period, functioning in them in a manner similar to songs. Thus, the troparion was sung during Easter votive walks around courtyards, carrying icons around the courtyards of one or several neighboring villages throughout the Easter season. At the same time, the performers could be divided into two groups and alternately sing the troparion and volitional songs or two different versions of the troparion - male and female: “First, sing “Christ is Risen” three times, and then sing the valache “Christ walked the earth himself,” then again “Christ risen." All you have to do is sing “Christ is Risen” three times. It’s time to solder in the cemetery, and solder in the cemetery too! And on dvarah! They pay three times for valet labor” (the village of Bely Kholm, Glinkovsky district). “On Easter Sunday we had prayers with icons and sang “Christ is Risen.” They shared papalams: sometimes men, sometimes women. And just keep going, soldering all the time” (village of Zaluzhye, Kardymovsky district).

The troparion for Radunitsa was also active, the main event of which was a mass visit to the cemetery to remember the parents. Upon arrival at the cemetery, residents walked around it three times, singing the troparion “Christ is Risen,” after which they hung new homemade embroidered towels on the crosses, covered the graves with tablecloths, placed funeral food on them and had a meal. The troparion was also sung by a small group—their family—at the graves of relatives. “Previously, three times we walked around the cemetery on the memorial day and sang “Christ is Risen.” And this memorial day of the guardians is remembered - Radunitsa Radashnaya” (village of Zamoshye, Kardymovsky district). There is also recorded evidence of the singing of the troparion at a women’s festival on the day of the Myrrh-Bearing Women. In this case, the troparion opened the festivities.

Various ritual actions performed on Yegoryev's day were also accompanied by the singing of the troparion. Thus, in the Smolensk region, walking around a herd of cows on this day in a pasture or in a field was performed collectively by the owners of the livestock together with the clergy. The shepherd also took part in the round. During the round, they shouted for Christ, fired guns, and threw Easter eggs over the herd. “And they drive the cattle to Yagorye. It’s time to kick out Yagorya and sing Christ. So walk around the cattle and shout Christ” (the village of Staroe Selo, Safonovsky district). “One woman with an icon walks around the cattle, yeah. About five or six people walk and sing “Christ.” Already sing in two parts! We divide into two parties: we finish, these begin. No interruption! Pakudava make a circle. It’s an ancient sign that the cattle, they say, should walk together and not get loose” (Dubyo village, Demidovsky district).

The second Egoryevsk ritual complex is associated with the agricultural cycle. While walking around the fields with the icon, village residents sang various church prayers, special Yegoryev songs and the troparion “Christ is Risen.” The last time the wedge of life was walked around with the singing of the troparion was on the Ascension. The troparion “Christ is Risen” was included not only in the calendar, but also in occasional rituals performed during the Easter period, including causing rain, protecting crops from pests, etc. It was also performed at funerals and wakes during this time.

In all of these rituals, pagan and Christian ideas are intricately intertwined. The sound of the troparion “Christ is Risen” throughout the Easter period gives it the significance of a musical sign of the season along with calendar songs. In many rituals, the troparion was performed in parallel with calendar songs - vesnyanka, volochnye, spiritual, May. In a number of traditions, the troparion of Easter and the calendar song could be sung simultaneously: the performers were divided into two parts, one of which sang the song, and the other sang the troparion. This was called singing in earnest. Sometimes they sang in alternation, when the parts changed tunes while they sounded simultaneously.

All folklore versions of the troparion are focused on its everyday church melody. It sounds repeatedly at moments of worship specified by the charter. In almost every village, performers know not one, but two or even three of its tunes (in popular terminology, voices), distinguishing them as female and male, or church and village, or ordinary and according to the deceased. “It happened that all the people in Kansk shouted “Christ is Risen.” Let's talk about each other! But the words are all the same, but the motives are already different: a man is like a man, a man cannot sing with me! And I - on my, well, female one. And that’s it!” (village of Sadovaya, Dorogobuzh district). “They shouted at Christ in two voices: both in the village and in the church” (village of Mazovo, Elninsky district).

What distinguishes folk versions of the troparion from church chant is, first of all, polyphony. If a church chant is characterized by a harmonic relationship of voices, then in the folk interpretation the troparion sounds in a heterophonic texture, when all performers sing the same melody, varying it in different ways. This melody is focused on the bass voice part of a church chant. In folk versions, a unique interpretation of the mode, rhythm and melody of everyday chant is also evident. Melodically, the entire corpus of Smolensk folk versions of the troparion appears as a kind of kaleidoscope of tunes, in which various melodic and harmonic details can act as significant features.

In the folk tradition, as in the church tradition, the troparion is sung, as a rule, three times. But in some ritual situations (for example, when wearing icons), its sound fills a very long time of the entire ritual.

The canonical text of the troparion remains almost unchanged, except for its dialect pronunciation. In addition, choruses of folk origin can be added to it. For example:

Bright Resurrection, Ascension of God,

How can we chant you, magnify Christ God?

Four different texts of choruses were recorded in the Smolensk region.

The tradition of performing the Easter troparion outside the church is still alive in the Smolensk Dnieper region, although the number of situations of performance has decreased significantly. Records of folk versions of the troparion and conversations with Smolensk residents make it possible to reconstruct a bright, living picture of its functioning in this tradition even in Soviet times. All sound recordings of the Easter troparion are stored in the archives of the Problem Research Laboratory for the Study of Traditional Musical Cultures of the Russian Academy of Music. Gnesins.

Jacob, the brother of the Lord according to the flesh,

voice 2

As a disciple of the Lord, you have received the righteous Gospel, / like a martyr, and the indescribable things, / boldness, like a brother of God, / like a hierarch, / you pray Christ God, may our souls be saved.

Translation: As the Lord’s disciple, you, righteous one, accepted the Gospel; as a martyr, you have an unyielding will, boldness as a brother of God, and the gift of intercession as a hierarch. Pray to Christ God for the salvation of our souls.

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Jacob Zebedee,

voice 3

You were the chosen Apostle of Christ/ and the only begotten brother of the Theologian, O all-praised Jacob,/ you sought forgiveness of sins for those who sing/ and great mercy for our souls.

Translation: You were the chosen Apostle of Christ and the brother of Christ’s beloved disciple, John the Theologian (John 13:23), ask forgiveness of sins for those who glorify you and great mercy for our souls.

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John the Theologian, Evangelist,

voice 2

Apostle, beloved of Christ God, / hasten to deliver the irresponsible people, / he receives you, falling, / who fell on the Persian received. / Pray to him, O Theologian, / and disperse the present darkness of tongues ati, // asking us for peace and great mercy.

Translation: Apostle, beloved by Christ God, hasten to deliver defenseless people! The One who accepted you when you fell to His chest accepts your prayer. Pray to Him, O Theologian, to dispel the approaching darkness of paganism, asking for peace and great mercy for us.

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Church troparia, history of appearance and dedication

In the early Church, troparia, and these were musical comments on the ongoing divine service, were written not in poetry, but in prose in a certain rhythm. The poetic form of this type of chant appeared at the end of the fourth century.

Troparion is a song that speaks about the essence of the holiday

Over time, church hymnography was filled with several types of troparions dedicated to a specific day, holiday, or saint. The voice leads the church hymns. The words of the troparion reveal the essence of the service or glorify the name of some saint.

Kontakion is an extended troparion in which the main theme is revealed more fully. The troparion sounds in songs, and the kontakion is performed in poetic form. Hearing church hymns, one can determine by their meaning what event or saint the service is dedicated to.

Read about the services:

• Divine Liturgy
• The rite of the priest
• Features of worship for the holiday of Christmas

Roman Sladkopevets acquired the right to be considered the first author of church hymns, having gone through humiliating trials. Being a deacon of the church in Greece, deprived of hearing and voice, the pious young man was under constant ridicule of his brothers, they more than once pushed him to lead the songs, and this was a shame and new mockery.

Roman expressed his grievances in his nightly prayers to the Mother of God, and one day the Mother of God appeared to him in his cell with a scroll. She ordered the deacon to eat the scroll, after this night the young man became not only the best church singer with a unique voice, but also received the gift of writing hymns.

Advice! If you want to learn to sing, pray to Roman the Sweet Singer. He is the author of the first Christmas troparion, which is still performed today.

The Charter of the Church of Constantinople contains the first troparia written by Roman the Sweet Singer.

Venerable Roman the Sweet Singer

The troparion and kontakion are performed once on each patronal feast, only on Easter the “Christ is Risen” is repeated three times.

Judas, brother of the Lord,

voice 1

You are a relative of Christ, O Judas, the leader and martyr of steadfastness, / we sacredly praise you, having trampled upon delusion and kept the faith. / Moreover, today we celebrate your all-holy memory, / / ​​resolving your sins We accept your prayers.

Translation: Knowing you as a relative of Christ and a steadfast martyr, O Judas, we glorify you with church hymns, having conquered error and preserved the faith. Therefore, today, celebrating your all-holy memory, we receive forgiveness of sins through your prayers.

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Luke, the Evangelist,

voice 5

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The apostolic acts of the narrator, / and the Gospel of Christ is the light of the writer, / Luke is honored, glorious being of Christ’s Church, / with the sacred songs we praise the holy apostle, / like a doctor - existing, human infirmities, / natural ailments and illnesses of souls, healing, / / ​​and praying unceasingly for souls our.

Translation: About the acts of the apostles, who told and clearly wrote down the Gospel of Christ, Luke, the most praiseworthy, holy apostle, glorious in the Church of Christ, with sacred hymns let us praise, as a true physician, human infirmities, natural ailments and ulcers of souls, healing and praying unceasingly for our souls.

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Matthew, Evangelist,

voice 3

Diligently from the tollhouse to the one who called the Lord Christ, / I appear on earth as a man for goodness, / Having followed this, the chosen apostle appeared to you / and the evangelist of the Gospel of the universe has been proclaimed. For the sake of honoring your honest memory, Matthew the God-speaking, / pray to the merciful God, / / ​​yes He will give remission of sins to our souls.

Translation: Diligently from collecting taxes, having followed the Lord Christ who called you, who appeared on earth to people through goodness, you became His chosen Apostle and a loud proclaimer of the Gospel of the universe. Therefore we honor your sacred memory, Matthew the Theologian; pray to the merciful God that He will grant forgiveness of sins to our souls.

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General Troparions to the Most
Holy Prophets

Voice 2: The memory of Thy Prophet (name), O Lord, in celebration, we pray to Thee: save our souls.

to the Apostle

Voice 3: Holy Apostle (name), pray to the merciful God that he may grant remission of sins to our souls.

Apostles

Voice 3: Holy apostles, pray to the merciful God to grant forgiveness of sins to our souls.

Saint

Tone 4: The rule of faith and the image of meekness and self-control of the teacher. Show the truth to your flock; For this reason, you have gained high humility, rich in poverty. Father, Saint (name), pray to Christ God to save our souls.

Saints

Voice 4: God our Father, always deal with us according to Your meekness, do not leave Your mercy from us, but through their prayers guide our life in peace.

Reverend

Voice 8: In you, father, it is known that you were saved, even in the image: for you have accepted the cross, you have followed Christ, and in your deed you taught to despise the flesh; Likewise, the angels rejoice, reverend (name), your spirit.

Reverend

Voice 4: God our father, always deal with us according to your meekness, do not leave your mercy from us, but through their prayers guide our life in peace.

Martyr

Tone 4: Thy martyr, Lord (name), in his suffering he received an imperishable crown from You, our God: having Thy strength, overthrow the tormentors, crush the demons of weak insolence. Save his souls with our prayers.

To the martyrs

Tone 4: Thy martyrs, Lord, in their suffering received incorruptible crowns from Thee, our God: for having Thy strength, I have overthrown the tormentors, crushed the demons of weak insolence. Save our souls with those prayers.

Voice 1: Through the illnesses of the saints, in whose image you suffered, beg the Lord, and heal all our illnesses, O Lover of mankind, we pray.

Hieromartyr

Voice 4: And having become an apostle as a communicant and vicar of the throne, your deed was inspired by God, in a vision the sunrise: for this reason, correcting the word of truth, and for the sake of faith you suffered even to the point of blood, holy martyr (name), pray to Christ God that our souls may be saved. .

To the Hieromartyrs

Voice 4: God our Father, always deal with us according to Your meekness, do not leave Your mercy from us, but through their prayers guide our life in peace.

Venerable Martyr

Voice 8: In you, Father, it is known that you were saved, a hedgehog in the image: for you have accepted the cross, you have followed Christ, and in your deed you taught to despise the flesh, for it passes away; In the same way, your spirit will rejoice with the angels, Reverend (name).

Venerable Martyrs

Voice 4: God our father, always deal with us according to your meekness, do not leave your mercy from us, but through their prayers guide our life in peace.

Martyr

Voice 4: Thy Lamb Jesus (name), calls with a great voice: I love Thee, my Bridegroom, and seeking Thee I suffer, and I am crucified, and I am buried in Thy baptism, and I suffer for Thy sake, for I reign in Thee, and I die for You, yes, I live with You, but as an immaculate sacrifice, accept me, sacrificed to You with love: through your prayers, as You are merciful, save our souls.

Martyrs

Tone 1: The Lambs of the Word, brought to Christ by the Lamb and the Shepherd through torment, having ended their course and kept their faith. The same day, with a joyful soul, we commemorate your holy memory, magnifying Christ.

Reverend wife

Tone 8: In you, your mother knows that you were saved, even in the image: having accepted the cross, you followed Christ, and in your actions you taught, to despise the flesh, for it passes away: to adhere to the souls of things that are immortal. Likewise, your spirit will rejoice with the angels, Reverend (name).

To the Reverend Wives

Voice 2: To the true desire of the ignorant of Christ's glorification, and the temporary betrothed, rejecting copulation, and increasing virtuous deeds, to the height of the east of incorruptibility, red-heartedness and great wealth, pillar the monks' wives and the rule. In the same way, pray for us unceasingly, as those who celebrate your memory with love.

Venerable Martyr

Voice 4: Thy Lamb, Jesus (name), calls with a great voice: I love Thee, my Bridegroom, and seeking thee I suffer, and I am crucified, and I am buried in Thy baptism, and I suffer for Thy sake, for I reign in Thee, and I die for Thee, Yes, I live with You, but accept me as an immaculate sacrifice, sacrificed to You with love. With your prayers, as if you are merciful, save our souls.

To the Confessor

Tone 8: Teacher of Orthodoxy, teacher of piety and purity, lamp of the universe, God-inspired fertilizer for the bishops, (name) wise, with your teachings you have enlightened everything, spiritual priesthood, pray to Christ God to save our souls.

For those without money

Tone 8: Holy saints without money and miracle workers, visit our infirmities: eat tuna, give us tuna.

For Christ's sake the holy fools

Voice 1: Hearing the voice of your Apostle Paul saying: we are fools for Christ's sake, Thy servant Christ God, (name), we are fools on earth for Thy sake. We also honor his memory, we pray to You, Lord, save our souls.

Silas, Silouan, Crescentus, Epenetus and Andronicus, app. from 70,

voice 3

Let us praise the face of the fifth-ranked apostle of Christ with songs,/ Silas, Silouan, Criscentus, Andronikos and Epenetus,/ who have denounced the flattery of idols/ and, having caught those who are unfaithful in the faith,// pray for unceasing about everyone, honoring their memory.

Translation: Let us praise with hymns the assembly of the five apostles of Christ: Silas, Silouan, Crescentus, Andronikos and Epenetus, for they, having exposed the idolatry of deceit and converted the unbelievers to the faith, pray without ceasing for all who glorify their memory.

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Prayers and akathist to St. Sergius of Radonezh

Troparion and Kontakion to St. Sergius of Radonezh Prayers to St. Sergius of Radonezh Akathist to St. Sergius of Radonezh Greatness

Troparion and Kontakion to Saint Sergius of Radonezh

Troparion, tone 4

Even an ascetic of virtues, as a true warrior of Christ God, you labored in great passion in the temporal life, in singing, vigils and fasting, and the image became your disciple: in the same way, the Most Holy Spirit dwelled in you, by whose action you are brightly adorned. But, as if you have boldness towards the Holy Trinity, remember the flock that you wisely gathered, and do not forget, as you promised, when you visited your children, O Reverend Sergius, our Father.

Kontakion, tone 8

Having been wounded by Christ’s love, O Reverend, and having followed that irrevocable desire, you hated all carnal pleasure, and like the sun of your fatherland you shone, thereby Christ enriched you with the gift of miracles. Remember us, who honor your blessed memory, and we call to you: Rejoice, Sergius the God-Wise.

PRAYERS TO REVEREND SERGIUS OF RADONEZH

First prayer

O sacred head, venerable and God-bearing Father Sergius, by your prayer, and by faith and love for God, and by the purity of your heart, you established your soul on earth in the monastery of the Most Holy Trinity, and was granted angelic communion and the visitation of the Most Holy Theotokos, and the gift of miraculous grace received, after your departure from the earthly, especially drawing closer to God and joining the heavenly powers, but not retreating from us in the spirit of your love, and your honest relics, like a vessel of grace, full and overflowing, left to us!

Having great boldness towards the all-merciful Master, pray to save His servants (names), the grace of His believers existing in you and flowing to you with love: ask us from our most generous God for every gift that is beneficial to everyone and everyone, the observance of immaculate faith, the establishment of our cities, pacification of the world, deliverance from famine and destruction, preservation from the invasion of foreigners, consolation for the afflicted, healing for the sick, restoration for the fallen, return to those who have gone astray to the path of truth and salvation, strengthening for those who struggle, prosperity and blessing for those who do good in deeds, education for the infant, instruction for the young, admonition for the ignorant. , for orphans and widows, intercession, departing from this temporary life to eternal life, a good preparation and parting words, those who have departed into blessed repose, and all of us, through your prayers that help us, on the day of the Last Judgment, be granted deliverance, and the gums of the country will be fellow members and hear that blessed voice of the Lord Christ: Come, blessed ones of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Second prayer

O sacred head, Reverend Father, Most Blessed Abvo Sergius the Great! Do not completely forget your poor, but remember us in your holy and auspicious prayers to God. Remember your flock, which you yourself shepherded, and do not forget to visit your children. Pray for us, holy father, for your spiritual children, as if you have boldness towards the Heavenly King, do not remain silent for us to the Lord and do not despise us, who honor you with faith and love.

Remember us, unworthy of the Almighty Throne, and do not stop praying for us to Christ God, for you have been given the grace to pray for us. We do not imagine that you are dead, even though you have passed away from us in body, but even after death you remain alive. Do not retreat from us in spirit, keeping us from the arrows of the enemy, and all the charms of the devil, and the snares of the devil, our good shepherd; Even though your relics are always visible before our eyes, your holy soul with the angelic hosts, with disembodied faces, with the Heavenly Powers, standing at the Throne of the Almighty, rejoices with dignity.

Knowing that you are truly and alive after death, we fall down to you and we pray to you, to pray for us to the Almighty God for the benefit of our souls, and to ask for time for repentance, and for the unrestrained transition from earth to Heaven, the bitter ordeals of demons, air princes and be freed from eternal torment, and be an heir to the Kingdom of Heaven with all the righteous who have pleased our Lord Jesus Christ from all eternity. To Him belongs all glory, honor and worship, together with His Beginning Father, and with His Most Holy, and Good, and Life-Giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Treya prayer

O heavenly citizen of Jerusalem, Reverend Father Sergius! Look at us ( names

) graciously and lead those who are committed to the earth to the heights of heaven. You are a mountain in Heaven; We are on earth, below, removed from you, not only by place, but by our sins and iniquities; but to you, as our kin, we resort and cry: teach us to walk in your way, enlighten us and guide us.

It is characteristic of you, Our Father, to have compassion and love for mankind: living on earth, you should not only care about your own salvation, but also about all those who come to you. Your instructions were the reed of a scribe, a cursive writer, inscribing the verbs of life on everyone’s heart. You did not only heal bodily illnesses, but more than spiritual ones, an elegant physician appeared, and your whole holy life was a mirror of all virtues. Even though you were so holy, more holy than God, on earth: how much more are you now in Heaven! Today you stand before the Throne of the Unapproachable Light, and in it, like in a mirror, see all our needs and petitions; You are together with the Angels, rejoicing over the one sinner who repents. And God’s love for mankind is inexhaustible, and your boldness towards Him is great: do not stop crying to the Lord for us.

Through your intercession, ask our All-Merciful God for the peace of His Church, under the sign of the militant Cross, agreement in faith and unity of wisdom, destruction of vanity and schism, affirmation in good deeds, healing for the sick, consolation for the sad, intercession for the offended, help for the needy. Do not disgrace us, who come to you with faith. Even though you are unworthy of such a father and intercessor, you, an imitator of God’s love for mankind, made us worthy by turning from evil deeds to good living. All God-enlightened Russia, filled with your miracles and blessed by your mercies, confesses you to be their patron and intercessor. Show your ancient mercies, and those whom you helped your father, do not reject us, their children, who are marching towards you in their footsteps.

We believe that you are present with us in spirit. Where the Lord is, as His word teaches us, there His servant will be. You are a faithful servant of the Lord, and I exist everywhere with God, you are in Him, and He is in you, and moreover, you are with us in body. Behold your incorruptible and life-giving relics, like a priceless treasure, may God grant us miracles. Before them, as I live for you, we fall down and pray: accept our prayers and offer them on the altar of God’s mercy, so that we may receive grace from you and timely help in our needs.

Strengthen us, the faint-hearted, and confirm us in the faith, so that we undoubtedly hope to receive all the good things from the mercy of the Master through your prayers. Do not cease to rule your spiritual flock, gathered by you, with the rod of spiritual wisdom: help those who struggle, raise up the weakened, hasten to bear the yoke of Christ in complacency and patience, and guide us all in peace and repentance, end our lives and settle with hope in the blessed bosom of Abraham, where you now rest joyfully after your labors and struggles, glorifying with all the saints God, glorified in the Trinity, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Prayer four

O venerable and God-bearing Father Sergius! Look at us ( names

) mercifully and, to the earth of those who are committed, raise them to the heights of heaven. Strengthen our cowardice and confirm us in faith, so that we undoubtedly hope to receive all the good things from the mercy of the Lord God through your prayers. By your intercession, ask for every gift that is useful to everyone and for everyone, and through your prayers that help us, grant us all, on the day of the Last Judgment, to be delivered from the last part, and the right hand of the country to be partakers of life and to hear the blessed voice of the Lord Christ: come, blessed of My Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world . Amen.

Akathist to St. Sergius of Radonezh

How to read the akathist correctly

Kontakion 1

Chosen from the King of Powers, the Lord Jesus, given to Russia as a governor and wonderful miracle worker, Reverend Father Sergius! Glorifying the glory of the Lord who glorified you, we sing thanksgiving to you, for with your prayers you always deliver us from the invasion of foreigners and sorrowful circumstances, as if you have boldness in the Lord, free us from all troubles, so we call you: Rejoice, Sergius, quick helper and glorious Wonderworker .

Ikos 1

The Creator of Angels, foreknowing, by the autocratic pure will of your heart, the all-zealous fulfillment of His will, even in the womb of your mother with a threefold proclamation, showed you to the world a true servant of the being of the Holy Trinity and taught everyone to cry out to you: Rejoice, before the world, for you have been a faithful servant of Christ to be , provided; Rejoice, at that time you were appointed to a blessed and heavenly home. Rejoice, from your mother’s womb, called to the service of the Heavenly King, like a warrior who wants to be faithful to Him; Rejoice, for you have been justified by the grace of God. Rejoice, not just Russia, but glorified throughout the entire universe; Rejoice, for by your threefold cry in the womb of your parents and astonishing all who hear. Rejoice, having shown the Lenten monastic life at your birth; Rejoice, wonderful continence revealed from the mother's breast. Rejoice, for on Wednesday you did not taste milk even on Wednesday; Rejoice, good parents and chosen fruit. Rejoice, joy to those who mourn and mercy with faith from you to those who ask the giver; Rejoice, you who drive away the sorrows of the evil ones in all sorts of adventures. Rejoice, Sergius, quick helper and glorious miracle worker.

Kontakion 2

Seeing all Russia and other countries given to you, Reverend Father Sergius, by the grace of God, with faith coming to your saints with your power, and the speedy help, and the ever-glorious creation of miracles, they are amazed. And we all, rejoicing because we have such a merciful helper, glorifying you and glorifying you, the good servant and faithful servant of the Lord, we cry out in praise to Him: Alleluia.

Ikos 2

The mind that still exists in the womb of the mother, to glorify the Holy Trinity of Jesus Christ, and to have a strong faith, an undoubted hope, and to have a true love for Him, has vouchsafed thee, in the name of the Holy Trinity, to build a glorious temple and a wonderful monastery, and to gather many monks into it. For this reason, for the sake of faithfulness, I have learned to sing to you like this: Rejoice, the honorable One of the Most Holy Trinity was also praised; Rejoice, guide the good flock you have gathered for salvation. Rejoice, honest image of the lamb and shepherd; Rejoice, rule of faith and image of spiritual meekness. Rejoice, pure and immaculate dwelling for holy things; Rejoice, even during your lifetime you were honored to see the Most Holy Theotokos from the side of the Apostle. Rejoice, thou who were honored during the celebration of the Liturgy with the concelebration of angels; Rejoice, standing in the holy liturgy in the grace of God, as if standing in the fire. Rejoice, having entered into the chalice and received communion by this Divine fire; Rejoice, you are worthy of being interviewed by an angel. Rejoice, filled with all goodness; Rejoice, zealous guardian of spiritual and physical purity. Rejoice, Sergius, quick helper and glorious miracle worker.

Kontakion 3

By the power given to you from above, you prophesied the future, as if it were the present, and to the Grand Duke Demetrius, you prophesied the victory of the numerous proud Hagarians, who wanted to devastate Russia with fire and sword, and from your monastic face you gave two monks to help the opposing forces, and With your holy prayer you cried out to God, you brought victory to the Hagarians. For the hedgehog glorifying you and about the same for you, asking for help resisting the Orthodox army, we cry out to God: Alleluia

Ikos 3

Your parents and people thought about your threefold announcement in your mother's womb in the church and were surprised, understanding something glorious and wonderful to be: and after this, having seen your joyful birth, they rejoiced and made a joyful offering to you, saying: Rejoice, you who were a good-natured and trustworthy child; Rejoice, child, filled with all the grace of God. Rejoice, show us the wonderful fasting in infancy; Rejoice, with this you will surprise and amuse many. Rejoice, for the grace of the Lord is always with you; Rejoice, having loved God with all your heart and mind since your youth. Rejoice, you who have meekness, humility and vigilance; Rejoice, all this world is red, as if it is soon disappearing, despised. Rejoice, you who put to death all carnal lusts for God’s sake; Rejoice, conquering the manifold snares of the evil one by the power of God. Rejoice, you have converted and saved many people from their sinful path to the Lord; Rejoice, for through you we are filled with spiritual sweets. Rejoice, Sergius, quick helper and glorious miracle worker.

Kontakion 4

The storms of the life of this world, always troubled by internal and external suffering, Reverend Father Sergius, having escaped, came to the undisturbed heavenly refuge, to green and cool places, where the sweat of inscrutable sweetness, the food of the glory of God incorruptible, the singing and voices of those celebrating. There you rest and rejoice, singing to God with all the angelic powers: Alleluia.

Ikos 4

Hearing, Reverend Father Sergius, your angelic life near and far and the stream of miracles of grace flowing, as through your prayer lepers are cleansed, blindness is cleared, lameness walks and various ailments with faith in the flowing health are restored, these having been delivered, I cry out to you like this: Rejoice, peacemaker , who provides healing for all ailments; Rejoice, freely merciful physician above nature. Rejoice, treasure of great mercy and sorrowful compassion; Rejoice, friend who is all-zealous for the people of industry. Rejoice, you are ready to lay down your soul for men; Rejoice, amusement and consolation to those who come running to you. Rejoice, gloriously revived by your prayer the dead; Rejoice, you who have fulfilled the monastery’s poverty in food. Rejoice, in this very place you have asked God for a stream of water from your mother-in-law; Rejoice, for the water that heals ailments through your prayer works miracles. Rejoice, abyss of miracles, poured out by God; Rejoice, wishful blessings to those who came to you. Rejoice, Sergius, quick helper and glorious miracle worker.

Kontakion 5

Thou hast appeared, O reverend Father Sergius, the God-bearing bright star, decorating the church sky and all those wandering on the sea of ​​this passionate life given to you from the Sun of Truth of Christ Jesus, the true God, illuminating with grace, driving away the darkness of sorrows and the darkness of all ailments and sorrows, instructing everyone to come to you with by faith flowing onto the path saved, leading to the eternal Heavenly Fatherland, singing to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 5

Having seen that in this world all sorts of vanity and corruption are involved, he strived with all his soul to please the Eternal God, and truly labored not in vain: for he changed the corruptible to the imperishable, and above all was honored to stand at the terrible Throne of the Master in eternal glory. We also cry out to him: Rejoice, for where Christ is in the body, there you also abide; Rejoice, there, as in a mirror, in God, you contemplate everything dear to Him. Rejoice, for contemplating in Him those who pray to you for help, through your prayer you have interceded usefully for them; Rejoice, quick helper to the Orthodox who call you in battle. Rejoice, through your prayer grant the Russian country victory against the enemy; Rejoice, quickly presenting comforter to those who mourn. Rejoice, the healer who did not accept physical and mental infirmities; Rejoice, you have performed many miracles through the grace of the Holy Spirit. Rejoice, thou who grant walking to the lame and sight to the blind; Rejoice, grape of wine, who nourishes us and makes us glad. Rejoice, thou who has brought forth the true vines of Christ, producing much fruit to help the Orthodox; Rejoice, good servant and faithful and good worker of Christ’s grapes. Rejoice, Sergius, quick helper and glorious miracle worker.

Kontakion 6

The Russian state preaches, God-wise Sergius, your labors and illnesses, vigil and dry eating, for the sake of your spiritual salvation raised, for the sake of which the Lord glorified you with His Divine glory. Moreover, like a planted paradise, you appeared in the Church, having the tree of life of the Lord Himself, who have tasted of the Worthless thing, all that is soon perishing in this world are despised and joyfully enter into the beautiful vines on high, where you, standing before Him, cry out: Alleluia.

Ikos 6

The rise of the Church and our country of Russia, the enlightenment of your perfect virtues, Reverend Father Sergius, for which we give thanks to the Heavenly Father, who has given you so much grace of His greatness, to you, as to a warm prayer book for us, we joyfully sing like this: Rejoice, show us the angelic life; Rejoice, remove sinful passions. Rejoice, image of true humility; Rejoice, mirror of perfect patience. Rejoice, great teacher of salvation; Rejoice, lead sinners to correction. Rejoice, known fulfiller of Christ's commandments; Rejoice, healing of the souls of the weak. Rejoice, you taught to give alms; Rejoice, command to give garments and food to the weak. Rejoice, hermit, you who hate worldly honor and wealth; Rejoice, faster, having served God from your youth. Rejoice, Sergius, quick helper and glorious miracle worker.

Kontakion 7

Although you were chosen to create a home for yourself by the Holy Spirit, you strove to take the narrow and sorrowful path leading to eternal life, take up the Cross of Christ on your frame, and walk, so that by the grace of God from your youth, having fulfilled the commandments of the Lord immaculately in the creation, you have achieved what was prepared for you in the heavenly all-joyful stay reward, and eat there in gratitude to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 7

The Creator and Master of all shows a new grace to you, God-wise Sergius: even though you died on earth in the flesh, but in your soul in the higher village you are always alive, many and glorious miracles work in the world for living people, and with your warm intercession you assist those crying out to you for such : Rejoice, virgin in soul and body; Rejoice, wonderful teacher of monks. Rejoice, joy of our souls; Rejoice, quick hearing for the poor. Rejoice, pleasant care for those who mourn; Rejoice, zealous guardian of purity. Rejoice, unreliable hope; Rejoice, joy for all Russia. Rejoice, miraculous tree of Jesus' paradise; Rejoice, vegetation of paradise. Rejoice, myrrh of Christ's fragrance; Rejoice, for you bring joy. Rejoice, Sergius, quick helper and glorious miracle worker.

Kontakion 8

A strange and glorious miracle is flowing to you, God-wise Sergius: for with the grace of God given to you with faith, you immediately heal those who ask from all kinds of diverse physical and mental sorrows, deliver from troubles, protect from misfortunes, and fulfill every beneficial request for everyone, and cry out to God: Alleluia .

Ikos 8

You are all, Reverend Father Sergius, in the highest, but you do not abandon those below: you always reign with Christ the Eternal King, and you remember us, sinners and unworthy, before Him, praying for our salvation. Moreover, from our zeal we cry out to you: Rejoice, you who have left your possessions and loved the poverty of Christ; Rejoice, thou who has attained inexhaustible wealth. Rejoice, bowing to the Holy Spirit with all humility; Rejoice, invincible warrior of Christ who appeared. Rejoice, thou who hast crushed the enemy’s network of the thought of God; Rejoice, exalted by humility, flying towards eternal shelters. Rejoice, enlightened within by grace; Rejoice, having destroyed the darkness of passions that is harmful to the soul. Rejoice, thou who hast completed the course in day and night struggles; Rejoice, rest forever in the unevening days of the Kingdom of God. Rejoice, thou who art worthy to eat reasonable food there; Rejoice, for you have been rewarded with this bliss from God forever. Rejoice, Sergius, quick helper and glorious miracle worker.

Kontakion 9

Every angelic nature was amazed at your great gift from above, for you showed immaterial life on earth, and you appeared in the flesh, as if incorporeal. For this reason, for the sake of many miracles of creation, you have been received from the Lord by your pure and God-loving soul; by His goodness you are counted among the Heavenly powers; in Heaven now you sing to the omnipotent God: Alleluia.

Ikos 9

The multi-proclamations are perplexed as to how worthy it is to glorify you, worthy of all glory, the glorious Reverend Father Sergius, for you have shown that you are still alive and have shown many glorious miracles beyond nature, but even after your death you do not cease to perform the grace of God. We, compelled by love, dare to sing to you: Rejoice, earthly angel and heavenly man; Rejoice, spiritually alive in the flesh, on earth in heaven. Rejoice, remain angelic in humanity, supremely peaceful in the world; Rejoice, you who contemplate the Lord with your soul's eyes. Rejoice, before the face of God, as a servant walking before the Lord; Rejoice, before Him, as a son before the Father, as a disciple before the Teacher, walking. Rejoice, for as a warrior before the Voevoda he is ready to do everything commanded by Him; Rejoice, good teacher and ruler of your monastic flock. Rejoice, you who marched from strength to strength, until the God of gods appeared to you in Zion; Rejoice, you who have loved the only Lord and have set your sights on Him. Rejoice, having sought Him all the days of your life and set your intention in Him; Rejoice, you have desired to see nothing in Heaven or on earth except Christ Jesus. Rejoice, Sergius, quick helper and glorious miracle worker.

Kontakion 10

To save your soul, in your youth you renounced your will and, as a sign of its cutting off, you cut the hair of your head, and you were a monk, submissive to the will of God and a leader appointed by Him, and you listened to their commands, like the Lord Himself, never contradicting, but answering the word of command by fulfilling the deed. You gratefully received every adventure, as a faithful servant, from the Lord, standing before Him in Heaven, now you cry: Alleluia.

Ikos 10

You are the wall of all people who resort to your intercession, O Reverend God-Wise Sergius. Likewise, for us who come to you and ask for your mercy in all your needs, intercession with the Heavenly King, be a strong wall and an insurmountable fence, walling and protecting us from all troubles and misfortunes, for which we cry out to you like this: Rejoice, warrior of the Heavenly King, having pledged yourself with the purchases of this life, so that you may be pleasing to Him; Rejoice, not desiring two masters, God and the world, to work, but only to the One God. Rejoice, having armed yourself from your youth against this world and the devil; Rejoice, by fasting, bowing, standing in prayer, mortifying your flesh by vigil. Rejoice, thou who put her to death before she lived by passion; Rejoice, you who made the larynx dead against the reception of sweets. Rejoice, dead is the tongue that created against the speaking of foul, slanderous and false words; Rejoice, you who are dead have made a defense against the hearing of the soul-harming. Rejoice, you who fought against robbery and all the evils of creation are dead; Rejoice, you who created the womb dead against gluttony and drunkenness. Rejoice, you who made your loins dead with labor against uncleanness; Rejoice, you who have created the dead but against the current in the path of sinners and in the counsel of the wicked. Rejoice, Sergius, quick helper and glorious miracle worker.

Kontakion 11

Singing thanksgiving to the benefactor Christ Jesus, you, Reverend Father, glorify, all Orthodoxy cries out, for you have given many miracles the power of creation: to enlighten the blind, to cleanse lepers, to heal the sick, to free demons from demonic oppression, even more powerfully than those brought to you. former demons, while still on the way the demons ran away from them and who did not return, fearing the power of God in you, I will go out into Heaven glorifying you, crying out to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 11

A luminous luminary in the Orthodox Russian state and throughout the entire universe, through the grace of the unflickering Sun, Christ Jesus, illuminating the shining, we see you, God-wise Father: with the immaterial ones in the highest you stand before the Throne of the Most Holy Trinity, you are filled with great joy and illuminated by the Divine rays of the Trisolar Light, you are enshrined in the faithful, crying out to you like this: Rejoice, thou who has ascended to the mountain above the heights of the Divine virtues; Rejoice, for from this you have conveniently ascended to the mountain of heaven. Rejoice, for you have entered from the earthly abode into the heavenly abode; Rejoice, for when you ascended there with your soul, you left your holy relics for us. Rejoice, for your relics heal all sorrows and illnesses; Rejoice, for the demons tremble at your relics. Rejoice, for your relics bring joy to everyone in the sorrows that befall them; Rejoice, your soul has flown to the Heavenly Zion to the King of Heaven. Rejoice, as you stand there and intercede for everyone with warmth; Rejoice, for His compassion for all those who honor your memory is propitious. Rejoice, you have brought victory to our country against those who oppose it through your prayer; Rejoice, you fulfill every request of the faithful in their favor. Rejoice, Sergius, quick helper and glorious miracle worker.

Kontakion 12

We diligently ask for the grace given to you from God, knowingly, to you, close to our merciful father: now pour out your warm prayer for us sinners to the Lord, so that, having despised all our sins, He will grant victory to our enemies, like Tsar Constantine to Maxentius, like David against Goliath; May he strengthen the Russian power, may he preserve His Holy Church from strife and schisms, unshakable, may He grant an abundance of all fruits of the earth, and may He save and have mercy on all Orthodox Christians who are waiting to receive from Him through your prayers, crying out to Him: Alleluia.

Ikos 12

Singing the wondrous Heavenly King in His saints, who glorified you, His faithful servant, the venerable Father Sergius, your merciful help in all our needs and sorrows, we glorify, for in you in the Trinity our God, glorified by many glorious miracles, was wondrously glorified, crying out in wonder at this. to you: Rejoice, our great Russian intercessor, Father Sergius; Rejoice, man perfect in virtues. Rejoice, wondrous imitator of the perfection of our Heavenly Father; Rejoice, most kind and kind teacher of monks. Rejoice, image of the desert dwellers and organizer of common life; Rejoice, speedy helper and intercessor of all Orthodox. Rejoice, known propitiator of the Heavenly King and God; Rejoice, having often preceded your petitions with your intercession. Rejoice, protection created by God, with which many are covered; Rejoice, having inspired the lazy with your Christ-like morals. Rejoice, transparent light of the Gospel, all-bright radiance; Rejoice, I will bring forth enlightening illumination from the Trisolar Holy Trinity of Light. Rejoice, Sergius, quick helper and glorious miracle worker.

Kontakion 13

O glorious miracle worker and intercessor for all of us in all troubles and sorrows, quick and wonderful, God-wise Father Sergius! Accept our present offering and with your God-pleasing intercession implore the Lord with strength from above for our Orthodox army to resist taxes, and for all of us, who have been cleansed by His grace, to be delivered from Gehenna, and to receive the good things that are to come in Heaven, crying out to Him: Alleluia.

(This kontakion is read three times, then ikos 1 and kontakion 1)

Ikos 1

The Creator of Angels, foreknowing, by the autocratic pure will of your heart, the all-zealous fulfillment of His will, even in the womb of your mother with a threefold proclamation, showed you to the world a true servant of the being of the Holy Trinity and taught everyone to cry out to you: Rejoice, before the world, for you have been a faithful servant of Christ to be , provided; Rejoice, at that time you were appointed to a blessed and heavenly home. Rejoice, from your mother’s womb, called to the service of the Heavenly King, like a warrior who wants to be faithful to Him; Rejoice, for you have been justified by the grace of God. Rejoice, not just Russia, but glorified throughout the entire universe; Rejoice, for by your threefold cry in the womb of your parents and astonishing all who hear. Rejoice, having shown the Lenten monastic life at your birth; Rejoice, wonderful continence revealed from the mother's breast. Rejoice, for on Wednesday you did not taste milk even on Wednesday; Rejoice, good parents and chosen fruit. Rejoice, joy to those who mourn and mercy with faith from you to those who ask the giver; Rejoice, you who drive away the sorrows of the evil ones in all sorts of adventures. Rejoice, Sergius, quick helper and glorious miracle worker.

Kontakion 1

Chosen from the King of Powers, the Lord Jesus, given to Russia as a governor and wonderful miracle worker, Reverend Father Sergius! Glorifying the glory of the Lord who glorified you, we sing thanksgiving to you, for with your prayers you always deliver us from the invasion of foreigners and sorrowful circumstances, as if you have boldness in the Lord, free us from all troubles, so we call you: Rejoice, Sergius, quick helper and glorious Wonderworker .

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To Simeon, relative of the Lord, smch.,

voice 1

We firmly praise you, your kinsman of Christ, Simeon the priest, and the martyr,/ who consumed the grace/ and kept the faith./ Moreover, today we celebrate your all-holy memory,// sin We accept the solution through your prayers.

Translation: We glorify You, the relative of Christ, Hierarch Simeon, and the steadfast martyr with church hymns, who destroyed error and preserved the faith. Therefore, today, as we celebrate your holy memory, we receive forgiveness of sins through your prayers.

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Stephen, first martyr and archdeacon,

voice 4

You fought a good fight,/ the first martyr of Christ, and the apostle, and archdeacon Stephen/ and you denounced your tormentors for their wickedness./ You were stoned to death at the hands of the lawless,/ a crown from above You took hold of your right hands,/ and you cried out to God, crying // Lord , do not put this sin on them.

Translation: You, the first martyr of Christ and the apostle, and the archdeacon Stephen, fought a valiant feat, and you exposed the iniquity of the tormentors. For you were stoned at the hands of the wicked, you received a crown from the right hand of the Most High, and you turned to God, crying out: “Lord, do not punish them for this sin” (Acts 7:60).

Troparions, kontakia and magnifications common to saints

To the All-Merciful Savior

Troparion, tone 8:

Looking down from on high, accepting the wretched, / visit us, embittered sins, O Lord, All-Merciful, / through the prayers of the Mother of God, grant great mercy to our souls.

Kontakion, tone 6:

All kinds of filth, O All-Merciful Savior, I was the doer / and the pit fell into despair, / but I groan from my heart and cry out to You, the Word, / hasten, O Generous One, and strive for our help, / I to the mercy

On the feasts of the Mother of God

Troparion, tone 4

Let us now approach the Mother of God diligently, sinners and humility, and let us fall down in repentance calling from the depths of our souls: Lady, help us, having mercy on us, struggling, we perish from many sins, do not turn away and Your servants are vain, For You are the only hope of the imams.

Another troparion, same voice

We will never be silent, Mother of God, Your powers are unworthy to speak, and if You were not there to pray, who would save us from such troubles? Who would have kept them free until now? We will not retreat, O Lady, from You, for Your servants always save you from all evil ones.

Kontakion, tone 6

The representation of Christians is unashamed, the intercession to the Creator is immutable, do not despise the voices of sinful prayers, but advance, as the Good One, to the aid of us who faithfully call upon Ty; hasten to prayer and strive to supplicate, ever presenting the Mother of God to those who honor Thee.

Another kontakion, tone 6

We are not imams of other help, not imams of other hope, unless You, Lady, help us, we rely on You and we boast in You, for we are Your servants, let us not be ashamed.

Greatness

We magnify You, Most Holy Virgin, God-chosen Youth, and honor Your holy image, which brings healing to all who come with faith.

To the ethereal heavenly forces

Troparion, tone 4

Heavenly armies of the Archangels, we always pray to you, we are unworthy, and with your prayers protect us with the blood of the krill of your immaterial glory, preserving us, falling diligently and crying out: deliver us from troubles, I Ko bureaucrat of the Supreme Powers.

Kontakion, voice 2

Archangels of God, servants of the Divine glory, rulers of angels and human teachers, ask for what is useful for us and great mercy, like the bodiless Archangels.

Greatness

We magnify you, Archangels and Angels and all hosts, Cherubim and Seraphim, glorifying the Lord.

to the Prophet

Troparion, tone 2

The memory of Your Prophet (name), O Lord, is celebrated, so we pray to You, save our souls.

Kontakion, tone 4

Enlightened by the Spirit, your pure heart of prophecy quickly became your brightest friend: see for what is real, far away; For this reason we honor you, blessed prophet (name), most glorious.

Greatness

We magnify you, holy prophet of God (name), and honor your holy memory, for you pray for us, Christ our God.

to the Apostle

Troparion, tone 3

Holy Apostle (name), pray to the merciful God that he may grant remission of sins to our souls.

Kontakion, tone 4

Like the bright star the Church has always acquired, apostle (name), enlightened by your many miracles. We also call to Christ: save those who honor by faith the memory of Your Apostle, O Most Merciful One.

Greatness

We magnify you, Apostle of Christ (name), and honor your illnesses and labors, in which you worked in the gospel of Christ.

Apostles

Troparion, tone 3

Holy apostles, pray to the merciful God that he may grant remission of sins to our souls.

Kontakion, tone 4

The vine of Christ's grapes of wisdom appeared, bearing grapes in virtues, the wine of salvation flowing to us: we accept it, filled with joy. We celebrate your honorable memory, in the future, pray to grant us great mercy and remission of sins, Lord’s apostles.

Saint

Troparion, tone 4

The rule of faith and the image of meekness, self-control, teacher, show you to your flock the truth of things; For this reason, you have acquired high humility, rich in poverty, Father Hierarch (name), pray to Christ God to save our souls.

Kontakion, voice 2

Divine thunder, spiritual trumpet, faith to the planter and cutter of heresies, saint of the Trinity, great saint (name), always standing with the angels, pray unceasingly for all of us.

Greatness

We magnify you, holy father (name), and honor your holy memory, for you pray for us, Christ our God.

Saints

Troparion, tone 4

God, our Father, deal with us according to Your meekness; do not leave Your mercy from us, but guide our lives in peace with their prayers.

Kontakion, tone 8

As a teacher of virtues and an adornment of hierarchs, the Church, singing, glorifies you: with your prayers, grant to those who honor you the love of virtues, correction and deliverance from temptations, like invincibility.

Martyr

Troparion, tone 4

Your martyr, Lord, (name), in his suffering will receive an incorruptible crown from You, our God; For having Thy strength, overthrow the tormentors, crush the demons of weak insolence. Save his souls with your prayers.

Kontakion, voice 2

You have appeared as a bright star, unlovely, in the world, proclaiming the Sun of Christ with your dawnings, passion-bearer (name), and you have extinguished all the charm, but you give us light, praying unceasingly for all of us.

Greatness

We magnify you, passion-bearing saint (name), and honor your honest suffering, which you endured for Christ.

Martyr

Troparion, tone 4

Your lamb, Jesus, (name), calls with a great voice: I love You, my bridegroom, and seeking You, I suffer and crucify myself and bury myself in Your Baptism and suffer for Your sake, for yes I reign in You and die for You, and I live with by you; but accept my name as an immaculate sacrifice, sacrificed to You with love. Through prayers, for the Merciful One, save our souls.

Kontakion, voice 2

Your all-honorable temple, as if you have found spiritual healing, all the faithful cry out loudly to you: O great martyr (name), pray to Christ God unceasingly for all of us.

Greatness

We magnify you, passion-bearer of Christ (name), and honor your honest suffering, which you endured for Christ.

To the martyrs

Troparion, tone 4

Thy martyrs, Lord, in their suffering received incorruptible crowns from Thee, our God: for having Thy strength, I have overthrown the tormentors, crushed the demons of weak insolence; Save our souls with those prayers.

Kontakion, voice 2

Lamps of light appearing, Divine martyrs, illuminating all creation with the light of miracles, resolving ailments and always driving away deep darkness, constantly praying to Christ God for all of us.

Hieromartyr

Troparion, tone 4

And having been an apostle, a participant in morals, and a vicar of the throne, you gained action, inspired by God, in a vision of the sunrise: for this reason, correcting the word of truth, and for the sake of faith, you suffered even to death ́ve. Hieromartyr (name), pray to Christ God to save our souls.

Kontakion, same voice

Having lived piously in the saints and passed the path of torment, you quenched the sacrifices of idols, and became a champion of your flock, God-wise. Moreover, we honor you, and secretly cry out to you: deliver us from troubles continually with your prayers, our father (name).

To the Hieromartyrs

Troparion, tone 4

God, our Father, deal with us according to Your meekness; do not leave Your mercy from us, but guide our lives in peace with their prayers.

Kontakion, tone 3

Like the lamps of the never-setting reasonable Sun, let us come together today with songs of praise: for they have shone for those who exist naturally in the darkness of unreason, calling everyone to the height of piety, the holy martyr. Thus we cry to you: Rejoice, thou who is the foundation of all fasters.

Reverend

Troparion, tone 4

In you, father, it is known that you are saved in the same image: for you have accepted the cross, you have followed Christ, and you taught in deed to despise the flesh, for it passes away, but to be diligent about the souls, things more immortal; Likewise, the angel (name) will rejoice in your spirit.

Kontakion, voice 2

Having armed yourself with divine spiritual purity and unceasing prayers, like a copy, having handed over firmly, you have broken through the demonic army, (name) Our Father, pray unceasingly for all of us.

Greatness

We please you, reverent father (name), and honor your holy memory, mentor of monks and interlocutor of angels.

Reverend

Troparion, tone 4

In you, mother, it is known that you were saved in the same image: having accepted the cross, you followed Christ and in action you taught to despise the flesh, which passes away, but to be diligent about the souls, things more immortal; Likewise, the venerable (name), your spirit will rejoice with the Angels.

Kontakion, voice 2

For the love of the Lord, O venerable one, you hated the desire for peace, having enlightened your spirit with forgiveness: you mightily conquered the beasts; but through your prayers destroy the enemy’s vacillation.

Greatness

We please you, reverend mother (name), and honor your holy memory: for you pray for us, Christ our God.

Reverend

Troparion, tone 4

God, our Father, deal with us according to Your meekness; do not leave Your mercy from us, but guide our lives in peace with their prayers.

Kontakion, voice 2

A lot of unrest is moistly passing, the bodiless enemies, with streams of your tears, have firmly immersed nature, God-wisdom and reverence, and having received the gift of miracles, pray unceasingly for all of us.

Unmercenaries

Troparion, tone 8

Holy saints without money and miracle workers, visit our infirmities: accept it, give it to us.

Kontakion, voice 2

Grace, receiving healings, extending health to those in need, physicians, wonderworkers of glory; But by your visit to the warriors, you will overthrow insolence, healing the world with miracles.

Greatness

We magnify you, miracle workers of glory (their names), and honor your honest sufferings, which you naturally endured for Christ.

For Christ's sake the holy fool

Troparion, tone 1

Hearing the voice of Your Apostle Paul, he said: We are fools for Christ’s sake, Your servant, Christ God (name), we are fools on earth for Your sake; We also honor his memory, we pray to You, Lord, save our souls.

Kontakion, tone 8

Desiring the highest beauty, and the lower sweets of the body, you languidly abandoned, through the lack of acquisition of the vanity of the world, the angelic life is passing, having passed away, (name) blessed; with him, pray to Christ God unceasingly for all of us.

Greatness

We please you, holy righteous (name), and honor your holy memory: for you pray for us, Christ our God.

Timothy, tone 4

Having learned goodness and being sober in everyone,/ you were sacredly wrapped in a good conscience,/ you drew from the chosen ineffable vessel,/ and you kept the faith, you completed an equal course,/ to the Apostle Timothy That is./ Pray to Christ God, // that our souls may be saved.

Translation: Trained in virtue and moderate in everything, endowed with a good conscience worthy of the priesthood, you learned from Paul - a chosen vessel (Acts 9:15) - ineffable things and, having preserved the faith, completed the same path as him (2 Tim. 4:7), apostle Timofey. Pray to Christ God for the salvation of our souls.

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St. Nicholas-Joasaph Cathedral in Belgorod

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Troparion , Tone 6
To the angel of God, my holy guardian, keep my life in the passion of Christ God, confirm my mind in the true path, and wound my soul to heavenly love, so that I may be guided by you, I will receive great mercy from Christ God.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Theotokos

Holy Lady, Mother of Christ our God, who perplexedly gave birth to all the Creator, pray to His goodness always, with my guardian angel, to save my soul, obsessed with passions, and grant me remission of sins.

Canon

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voice 8th Song 1 Irmos : Let us sing to the Lord, who led His people through the Red Sea, for He alone was gloriously glorified.
To Jesus :
Lord Jesus Christ my God, have mercy on me (2) .
Sing and praise the song, Savior, worthy of Your servant, the disembodied Angel, my mentor and guardian.

Chorus (3) :
Holy Angel of God, my guardian, pray to God for me.
I am the only one lying in foolishness and laziness now, my mentor and guardian, do not leave me, perishing. Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Direct my mind with your prayer, to do God’s commandments, so that I may receive remission of sins from God, and teach me to hate the evil ones, I pray to you. And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. Pray, O Maiden, for me, Thy servant, to the Benefactor, with my guardian Angel, and instruct me to do the commandments of Thy Son and my Creator.

Song 3
Irmos: You are the affirmation of those who flow to You, O Lord, You are the light of the darkened, and my spirit sings of You.
Chorus:
Holy Angel of God, my guardian, pray to God for me.
I place all my thoughts and my soul on you, my guardian; Deliver me from every misfortune of the enemy.

Chorus:
Holy Angel of God, my guardian, pray to God for me.
The enemy tramples me, and embitters me, and teaches me to always do my own desires; but you, my mentor, do not leave me to perish.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Sing a song with thanksgiving and zeal to the Creator and God give me, and to you, my good guardian Angel: my deliverer, rescue me from the enemies who embitter me.

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. Heal, O Most Pure One, my many painful scabs, even in my soul, and heal the enemies who are constantly fighting against me.

Sedalen,
voice 2nd
From the love of my soul I cry out to you, the guardian of my soul, my all-holy Angel: cover me and always keep me from evil deception, and guide me to heavenly life, admonishing and enlightening and strengthening me.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Theotokos

The Blessed Most Pure Mother of God, Who without seed gave birth to all the Lord, Pray Him with my Guardian Angel to deliver me from all bewilderment, and to give tenderness and light to my soul and purification through sin, Who alone will soon intercede.

Song 4
Irmos: I heard, O Lord, Thy sacrament, I understood Thy works and glorified Thy Divinity.
Chorus:
Holy Angel of God, my guardian, pray to God for me.
Pray to God, the Lover of Mankind, my guardian, and do not forsake me, but keep my life in peace forever and grant me invincible salvation.

Chorus:
Holy Angel of God, my guardian, pray to God for me.
As the intercessor and guardian of my life, you are received from God, Angel, I pray to you, holy one, free me from all troubles.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Cleanse my depravity with your shrine, my guardian, and may I be excommunicated from the part of Shuiya through your prayers and become a partaker of glory.

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. I am bewildered by the evils that have happened to me, O Most Pure One, but deliver me from them quickly: I am the only one who has come to You.

Song 5
Irmos: We cry out to You in the morning: Lord, save us;
For you are our God, don’t you know anything else? Chorus:
Holy Angel of God, my guardian, pray to God for me.
As if I had boldness towards God, my holy guardian, I begged Him to deliver me from the evils that offend me.

Chorus:
Holy Angel of God, my guardian, pray to God for me.
Bright light, brightly enlighten my soul, my mentor and guardian, given to me by God to the Angel.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Sleeping me with the evil burden of sin, keep me vigilant, Angel of God, and raise me up for praise through your prayer.

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. Mary, Lady of the Brideless Mother of God, the hope of the faithful, cast down the heaps of the enemy, and those who sing make you glad.

Song 6
Irmos: Give me a robe of light, dress with light like a robe, O most merciful Christ our God.
Chorus:
Holy Angel of God, my guardian, pray to God for me.
Free me from all misfortunes and save me from sorrows, I pray to you, holy Angel, given to me by God, my good guardian.

Chorus:
Holy Angel of God, my guardian, pray to God for me.
Illuminate my mind, O blessed one, and enlighten me, I pray to you, holy Angel, and always instruct me to think usefully.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Tire my heart from real rebellion, and be vigilant, strengthen me in good things, my guardian, and guide me wonderfully to the silence of animals.

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. The Word of God dwelled in Thee, Mother of God, and man showed Thee the heavenly ladder; Because of you, the Most High has come down to us to eat.

Kontakion , tone 4

Appear to me, merciful, holy Angel of the Lord, my guardian, and do not separate from me, the foul one, but enlighten me with inviolable light and make me worthy of the Kingdom of Heaven.

Ikos

My humble soul has been tempted by many, you, holy representative, vouchsafed the ineffable glory of heaven, and a singer from the face of the disembodied powers of God, have mercy on me and preserve me, and enlighten my soul with good thoughts, so that with your glory, my Angel, I will be enriched, and overthrow the evil-minded enemies of me , and make me worthy of the Kingdom of Heaven.

Song 7
Irmos: The youths came from Judea, in Babylon sometimes, by the faith of the Trinity, they quenched the flames of the fire, singing: God of the fathers, blessed art thou.
Chorus:
Holy Angel of God, my guardian, pray to God for me.
Be merciful to me and pray to God, O Lord Angel, for I have you as an intercessor in my whole life, a mentor and guardian, given to me by God forever.

Chorus:
Holy Angel of God, my guardian, pray to God for me.
Do not leave my accursed soul on its journey, killed by a robber, holy Angel, who was betrayed by God without blame; but I will guide you on the path of repentance.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. I bring all my disgraced soul away from my evil thoughts and deeds: but precede, my mentor, and grant me healing with good thoughts, so that I always deviate onto the right path.

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. Fill everyone with wisdom and Divine strength, Hypostatic Wisdom of the Most High, for the Mother of God, for the sake of those who cry out with faith: Our father, God, blessed art thou.

Song 8
Irmos: Praise and extol the Heavenly King, Whom all the angels sing.
Chorus:
Holy Angel of God, my guardian, pray to God for me.
Sent from God, strengthen the belly of my servant, your servant, most blessed Angel, and do not leave me forever.

Chorus:
Holy Angel of God, my guardian, pray to God for me.
You are a good angel, my soul's mentor and guardian, most blessed, I sing for ever.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Be my protection and take away all people on the day of testing; good and evil deeds will be tempted by fire.

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. Be a helper and silence for me, O Ever-Virgin Mother of God, Thy servant, and do not leave me deprived of Thy dominion.

Song 9
Irmos: Truly we confess Thee, Theotokos, saved by Thee, Pure Virgin, with disembodied faces magnifying Thee.
To Jesus :
Lord Jesus Christ my God, have mercy on me (2) .
Have mercy on me, my only Savior, for You are merciful and merciful, and make me a partaker of righteous faces.

Chorus:
Holy Angel of God, my guardian, pray to God for me.
Grant me to think and create continually, O Lord Angel, who is good and useful, as she is strong in weakness and blameless.

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. As if you have boldness towards the Heavenly King, pray to Him, along with other incorporeal ones, to have mercy on me, the accursed one.

And now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. Having much boldness, O Virgin, to Him Who was incarnate from You, turn me from my bonds and grant me permission and salvation through Your prayers.

Prayer to the Guardian Angel

Holy Angel of Christ, falling to you I pray, my holy guardian, given to me for the protection of my sinful soul and body from holy baptism, but with my laziness and my evil custom I angered your most pure lordship and drove you away from me with all the cold deeds: lies, slander , envy, condemnation, contempt, disobedience, brotherly hatred, and resentment, love of money, adultery, rage, stinginess, gluttony without satiety and drunkenness, verbosity, evil thoughts and crafty ones, proud custom and lustful indignation, driven by self-will for all carnal lust. Oh, my evil will, which even dumb animals cannot do! How can you look at me, or approach me like a stinking dog? Whose eyes, angel of Christ, look upon me, entangled in evil in vile deeds? How can I already ask for forgiveness with my bitter and evil and crafty deed, I fall into misery all day and night and at every hour? But I pray to you, falling down, my holy guardian, have mercy on me, a sinful and unworthy servant of yours (name), be me a helper and intercessor against the evil of my opponent, with your holy prayers, and make me a partaker of the Kingdom of God with all the saints, always, and now and ever and ever. Amen.

Thaddeus, ap. from 70,

voice 2

Today the city of Edes is rejoicing, / you received a bath of Baptism, / and Abgar, the passions have been changed, glorifies your memory. / With him we also sing: / fill our lives with spiritual joy / and heal our passions ́,// Thaddeus the Apostle, through your prayers.

Translation: Today the city of Edessa rejoices, having received holy Baptism from you, and Abgar, having gotten rid of his illness, glorifies your memory. We sing with them: “Fill our lives with spiritual joy and heal us from passions, Thaddeus the Apostle, through your prayers.”

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Philip, voice 3

The universe is adorned,/ Ethiopia rejoices,/ as if she were adorned with a crown,/ having been enlightened by you,/ your memory triumphs brightly,/ God-speaking Philip,/ you taught all to believe in Christ/ and he made the course worthy of the Gospel./ Thus the Ethiopian hand boldly brews to God,/ / Pray to Him to grant us great mercy.

Translation: The universe is adorned, Ethiopia rejoices, as if adorned with a crown; Having been enlightened by you, she brightly triumphs in your memory, Theological Philip, for you taught everyone to believe in Christ and completed the path worthy of the Gospel. Therefore Ethiopia boldly stretches out her hands to God; pray to Him to grant us great mercy.

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Thomas, voice 2

Having been a disciple of Christ, a participant in the Divine Council of the Apostles,/ for the Resurrection of Christ was known through unbelief,/ and having assured that most pure passion by touch, Thomas is all-valid,// and now ask us for peace and great mercy.

Translation: You were a disciple of Christ and a participant in the sacred assembly of the apostles, having confirmed the Resurrection of Christ with little faith and having verified His Divine wounds by touch, Thomas, glorified by all, and now ask us for peace and great mercy.