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Акафист великомученику Пантелеимону (2)

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Your entire mind is settled in Heaven, and you do not leave those below on earth, remaining with us as your all-honorable head, the great passion-bearer of Christ, receiving from the Lord and giving enlightenment and sanctification to those who cry out to you: Rejoice, filled with Divine wisdom; Rejoice, God's providence for us is greater. Rejoice, delight of divine minds; Rejoice, joy for God-loving souls. Rejoice, most luminous bead of Christ; Rejoice, sanctified soul and body. Rejoice, you who dwell in the courts of the firstborn in Heaven; Rejoice, in the ever-blessed inhabited devils. Rejoice, light of the Trinity to the viewer; Rejoice, warm representative for us in prayers to God. Rejoice, give enlightenment to souls; Rejoice, send down consolation to those who mourn. Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.

Every nature was amazed, Panteleimon, at the radiance of grace and wealth of virtues in you: your angel-like purity, great courage in fierce suffering, strong love for Christ and much compassion for people, in which you work gloriously, in a hedgehog sing: Alleluia.

The prophets of much prophecy will not be able to adequately praise your struggles, O glorious good-winner, how by the invincible power of God you have conquered the ancient and primordial enemy and disgraced the idolatrous charm. We, filled with surprise, call to you: Rejoice, joyful sight of the Angels; Rejoice, reverent wonder of men. Rejoice, you who shed blood for Christ and who flowed milk in death; Rejoice, having given over your body to martyrdom for Him. Rejoice, rule of confession; Rejoice, worthy warrior of the King of kings. Rejoice, conqueror of darkness; Rejoice, rejoicing in your victory Heavenly and earthly. Rejoice, blessed inhabitant of the mountain world; Rejoice, wise stranger of the world. Rejoice, tree decorated with the fruits of grace-filled gifts; Rejoice, bear good-victorious branches. Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.

Filled with compassion, as a true imitator of the Giver of the Lord’s mercy, an honest sufferer, you are named Panteleimon (that is, the all-merciful) from Him, pouring out mercy on all those who flow to you, and pour out unstintingly upon us, who cry out to God for you: Alleluia.

The tormentor has found a solid wall for you, but I will overcome you with no torment, I will try to crush your fortress with the teeth of the beasts and the edges of the tormenting wheel, but I succeed in this insignificant thing: for the power of Christ has tamed the ferocity of the beasts, and the terrible stake, on which I turned your body, has been crushed. We call to you, the invincible passion-bearer: Rejoice, honorable election of Christ; Rejoice, immaculate fragrance of God. Rejoice, solid adamante of the Church; Rejoice, unshakable pillar, reach to Heaven. Rejoice, tame the visible beasts; Rejoice, destroying invisible dragons. Rejoice, stained with your blood mixed with milk for Christ; Rejoice, unfading received crowns. Rejoice, thou who has caused joy by Angel and man; Rejoice, glorified by God in Heaven and on earth. Rejoice, inhabitant of heaven, rejoice with the martyrs; Rejoice, be satisfied with the sweet sight of Christ. Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.

We offer the original hymn to your sacred sacrifice for Christ, in which, together with the blood, the milk flowed from you, great martyr, and the olive tree, under which you were beheaded, was filled with healing fruits. Moreover, to Christ, who wonderfully glorifies those who glorify Him, we cry warmly: Alleluia.

You were a luminous ray, O wise God, who sits in the darkness of polytheism, guiding you to the Sun of Truth, Christ God, Whom you pray to, and in the light of His commandments, we, too, will always abide, a joyful blue to those who bring you: Rejoice, bright star, shining on the mental firmament; Rejoice, ray, shining upon the people named after Christ. Rejoice, mysteriously illuminated by the Sun of Christ; Rejoice, flow around the earth wisely. Rejoice, red village of the Holy Spirit; Rejoice, most honorable vessel, pouring out healing. Rejoice, treasure of purity; Rejoice, namesake of mercy. Rejoice, heir to the Kingdom of Heaven; Rejoice, partaker of eternal glory. Rejoice, representative of those in need in life; Rejoice, unmercenary one, helping those who call upon you with faith. Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.

You have received abundance of grace, O blessed one, because of the abundance of your love for Christ God. And show you to be a multi-healing source, freely healing mental and physical illnesses of those who flow to you with faith and cry out to God: Alleluia.

Singing your long-suffering deeds for Christ, glorious passion-bearer, we praise your long-suffering, we bless your martyrdom, we honor your sacred memory, our intercessor and healer, and we call you in praise: Rejoice, euphonious trumpet of piety; Rejoice, sword, cut off wickedness. Rejoice, planed on the tree for His outstretched hand on the tree of the Cross; Rejoice, for we are scorched for Him; you extinguished the delights of the furnace. Rejoice, vulnerable to your enemies by your wounds; Rejoice, having dried up the currents of the idols' blood with your blood. Rejoice, thou cast into boiling tin for Christ; Rejoice, immersed for His Name in the waters of the sea. Rejoice, you who remain unharmed by God’s providence are in these; Rejoice, for through fire and water of torment you entered into Heavenly rest. Rejoice, pour out endless streams of mercy to the faithful; Rejoice, compassionate physician, grant healing grace. Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.

O long-suffering and wonderful passion-bearer of Christ and our healer Panteleimon! Kindly accept this small offering from us, heal us from manifold ailments and through your intercession save us from enemies visible and invisible and eternal torment, pray to the Lord to deliver us, so that in His Kingdom we may sing: Alleluia.

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

O great servant of Christ and glorious healer, Great Martyr Panteleimon! With your soul in Heaven stand before the Throne of God and enjoy His Trinitarian glory, rest in your holy body and face on earth in Divine churches and pour out various miracles by the grace given to you from above, look with your merciful eye on the people ahead, more honorable than your icon, tenderly praying and asking for healing help from you and Intercessions: extend your warm prayers to the Lord our God and ask our souls for forgiveness of sins. Behold, because of our iniquity we do not dare to raise our hair to the heights of heaven, lower to raise our prayerful voice to His unapproachable glory in the Divine, with a contrite heart and a humble spirit to you, a merciful intercessor to the Lady and a prayer book for us sinners, we call upon you, as you have received grace from Him to drive away ailments and heal passions. We therefore ask you: do not despise us, unworthy, who pray to you and demand your help.

Be a comforter to us in our sorrows, a doctor to the ill-suffering, a quick protector to those who are suffering, a giver of insight to those who are ill, a ready intercessor and healer for those who are sick and infants in sorrows: intercede for everyone everything that is useful for salvation, for through your prayers to the Lord God we have received grace and mercy, let us glorify all the good Source and Gift-Giver of God, One in the Trinity of Holy Glorified Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

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