Like an apostle with the altar, / and a doctor who is kind, and a minister who is kind, / who flows more honestly to your race, St. Alexis the God-Wise One, the miracle worker, / who has come together, in memory of love We celebrate yours with joy, / in songs and songs, rejoicing and glorifying Christ, / such grace has given you healings / / and great affirmation to your city.
Like a very rich treasure, hidden for many years in the earth,/ thy honest powers have been found, working wonders,/ all-blessed father to Saint Alexis:/ from them we receive medicine, we are enriched,/ and Let us glorify Christ, saying: Glory to him who glorifies His saints.
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From the worldly rebellion you came out, / in the caves of Kiev the blessed Theodosius, God-wisely, dwelt. / the saint of Christ, Father Amphilochius, / and from here into the bishop of the God-saved ordained to the flock of Vladimir-Volhynia,/ in labors, vigils and forgiveness, you labored holyly./ And so you achieved the virtues of perfection,/ and you returned to the holy caves,/ where you piously betrayed your spirit to the Lord, most honorably, / to the face of the holy venerables of the Pechersk venerables, / with them we pray to Christ, most honorably, / to save our souls.
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You made the Church of Christ glad with the crown of your tongue,/ by touchingly singing hymns,/ by the theology of the Holy Trinity/ you told everyone the glory clearly,/ so you, like a cryptic speaker, We sing,/ to Andrew, the shepherd of Crete,/ and we magnify your memory,// Christ is most glorious in His saints.
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And from your youth, God-Wise, following Christ,/ remaining in vigils and in forgiveness,/ and shepherding the flock bestowed by God upon you,/ and fulfilling the Divine teachings and instructing in the path of life:/ from here and you honored the bishops with rank,/ You made the Church and people glad;/ and after performing your miracles, you emitted rays,/ giving healing to those who come to you with illnesses with faith,/ and to the blind bestowed light on the baby,/ the saint of Christ, Saint Anthony,/ stand before the Throne of Christ with the faces of the angels,/ with them pray to Him for us, who come to you,// to receive from Him forgiveness of sins and great mercy.
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Mercy, teacher, and treasure of blessings,/ you opened to everyone,/ orthodoxy to the teacher, and Divine fertilizer to the bishops,/ our father Hierarch Arseny,/ you were the poor intercessor: / so pray to Christ God, / / to enlighten our souls, so that we may not fall asleep into death.
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Having lived piously in the priesthood, / you enlightened people with your teaching, / and for the church of the Most Pure Velma you labored, / and became a lover of monks, / for this reason from Christ You have received the crown of your flock./ Moreover, as the vicar of the apostolic throne,/ and the great saint, we honor you more, we pray to your blessed child:/ deliver us from all troubles. To Christ with your prayers, // St. Arseny of Christ, our father.
Having been enlightened by divine grace from above, O saint, / and with much patience in this temporary life, you have accomplished the feat. / Moreover, you exude miracles of grace / like those who come with faith to more honorable than the race of your relics, most blessed Arseny./ We cry out to you:/ glory to Him who gave you strength,/ glory to Him who crowned you,// glory to Him who brings healing to you all.
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You were the pillar of Orthodoxy, / Confirming the Church’s divine dogmas, / Hierarch Athanasius: / Having preached to the Father the Son of One Essence, / You put Ariya to shame. / Reverend Father, / Pray to Christ God to grant us great mercy.
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With the light of purity of life you burned the passionate thorns/ and with the flow of tears you watered the barren land,/ making a abundant spiritual field,/ O blessed Athanasius,/ luminary To Tsarjugrad, Patriarch fertilize, // pray to Christ God to save our souls.
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With the wisdom of your teachings you have enlightened the reigning city,/ you have dispersed the darkness of heretical ignorance, O most blessed one;/ you have brought your blessing to the Russian land,/ our Father, to the saint Athanasius,/ when you had ended your course,/ you flew on the wings of purity to the Kingdom of Heaven.// Pray to Christ God unceasingly for our souls.
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To the proclaimer of the path of salvation, / true guardian of the apostolic traditions, / unshakable pillar, teacher of piety / and teacher of Orthodoxy, St. Barsanuphius, / pray to the Lord of all / peace grant the universe // and great mercy to our souls.
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Thy message went out into the whole earth, / because thou didst receive thy word, / which thou hast most gloriously taught, / thou hast clarified the nature of beings, / thou hast adorned human customs, / Royal consecration, Reverend Father, / pray to Christ God // to save our souls.
We magnify you,/ Saint Basil of Christ, // piously preserving the Church of Christ.
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From your youth you gave everything to yourself to the Lord, / remaining in prayer, labor and fasting, God-bearing Father, / you were an image of virtue for your flock; / for this reason, seeing your God good will,/ he appoints you to His Church as a shepherd and a noble bishop/ and after your repose, your holy body will be kept indestructible, to Saint Basil./ Also, as having Boldness,/ praying to Christ God// that our souls may be saved.
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In Perveya in Murom you were honored by your holiness, / from which we were unjustly expelled, / you ascended on a mantle, like on a light ship, / on something more than nature, as if you were incorporeal, / by making a procession on the waters,/ guided by the providence of the Most High and the intercession of the Mother of God,/ you have reached the God-saved city of Ryazan/ and in it, the bishops will receive the throne,/ the God-given flock You have saved the good of Ryazan, / Our Saint Father Vasily, / / pray to Christ God to save our souls.
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You became like the ancient father, / the holy hierarch Father Gennady, / having collected the Holy Books and putting the heretics to shame, / showing zeal for God, protecting your flock, / praying and Now give Christ God/ peace to the Church // and save our souls.
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By preaching/ you illuminated the land of Zyryansk/ and you brought many people to Christ./ And Abel will cry out with you to the Lord/ and the blood of Zechariah righteous one,/ Father Gerasima, pray to Christ God/ to your flock and to all who honor your memory with love, // to grant great mercy.
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Equal to the Apostles Saint Stephen, who inherited / and illuminated the country of Zyryansk with the light of Orthodoxy, / the Holy Hierarchs of Christ Gerasimos, Pitirim and Jono, / the Throne of the Most Holy Trinity Now it is coming, / pray for your flock to be hated from enemies / and for all Orthodox people in the world to be saved.
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From my youth I have zealously accepted the yoke of Christ, / You have become glorified by your vigilant feats of fasting and prayer. / I am now calling you to God to serve the Church / in the newly enlightened kingdom Kazanstem,/ together with Saint Gury, you were called,/ where, as the founder of the monastery you created in the city of Sviyazhsk,/ and a successor worthy of the high priest appeared./ In spirit I stand before the Throne of the Master,/ praying, to Saint Hermane, with Saint Gury,/ the Orthodox flock may excel in piety,// and the darkness of other faiths will be dispersed by the light of faith.
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Today every soul rejoices/ in memory of the dormition of Saint Gerontius of Christ,/ the wisdom of the zealot/ and the meekness of the teacher,/ the humility of the punisher,/ the teaching of the Divine words of the faithful./ Let us praise the Russian Metropolitan,/ who received the holiness of his flock,/ who adorned the Church of Christ./ Thus Christ, seeing your good will,/ counted you among the righteous,/ to the saint Gerontius, pray to Christ God and the Most Pure Mother of God without ceasing for all of us.
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The pastoral pipe of your theology/ conquer the trumpets of the rhetoricians,/ as I have sought the depth of the spirit,/ and the kindness of the broadcast will be applied to you./ But pray to Christ God, Father Gregory,// to be saved to our souls.
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Who from God above received Divine grace,/ Glorious is Gregory,/ And Whom we strengthen with strength,/ Thou hast deigned to march in the Gospel./ Wherefore with Christ is the reward of labor You have received, O all-blessed one,/ Pray to Him,// May He save our souls.
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Teacher of Orthodoxy, adornment of the saint, / invincible champion of theology, Gregory the miracle worker, / Great praise to Thessaloniki, preacher of grace, // pray to Christ God for the salvation of your souls ours.
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In vigil in prayers, enduring miracles in your deeds,/ you have gained corrections,/ but pray to Christ God, Father Gregory,/ to enlighten our souls,// but not when Let's fall asleep into death.
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The Lord gave you the rule of faith and the image of chastity, / a teacher of good deeds / and a teacher of salvation / to the newly enlightened city of Kazan, / in which you acquired new people from a language / and You have brought me to Christ./ For this reason, we have come together joyfully in your memory,/ let us more honestly celebrate your holy dormition,/ you, our father, to Saint Guria of Christ,/ pray to Christ God// to save our souls.
Like a fragrant bean, / your myrrh-streaming relics / from the vertograd to the Church of the Savior / to the vertograd of the Church of the Mother of God, brought more honorably, / to Saint Guria, / as the gift is honorable, / you having given Christ the Most Pure to His Mother,/ and Her holy church was filled with your fragrance,/ and the bishop’s throne rejoiced,/ having received Thee, its chief presiding officer./ The assembly of the faithful rejoiced with the saint and the clergy/ for the glorious presentation of your celibate relics,/ even as we joyfully celebrate, we pray to you, saint of God:/ pray to Christ God // to grant peace to our souls and great mercy.
Pervii, the teacher of the formerly dark, / now bright and newly enlightened city of Kazan, / the first illuminator of the path of salvation, / the guardian of the truth of the apostles legends, / pillars of steadfastness, piety, teachers / and teachers of Orthodoxy, Guria and Barsanuphius, / pray to the Lord of all / / grant universal peace and greatness to our souls mercy.
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A miracle appeared, / you shone with the works of the virtues of God, / you destroyed the faces of the monastics, / you established the bishop’s seat, / there was no heretical attack having doubted,/ governing the Church of Christ,/ like the Father, Daniel the Wise,/ falling asleep as if asleep,/ but your body is whole and incorruptibly preserved,/ and gives purpose to the sick from various ailments,/ and drives away demons./ For this reason, we pray to you // pray for our souls to be saved.
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Orthodoxy to the zealot and schism to the eradicator, / Russian healer, and new prayer book to God, / with your writings you have made them whole, / spiritual priest, Demetrius Blessed, // pray to Christ God to save our souls.
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Like ancient times in the East there were three great saints, / Basil, powerful in words, / the depth of theology of Gregory and St. John Chrysostom, / so today in the land of the midnight / three new ones the luminaries of faith in the firmament of the church have risen:/ the pillar of faith Mitrofan,/ the word of truth in the face of the king, confessed,/ and the denouncer of the schism, Demetrius,/ with a sharp sword on both sides all intrigues cut it open, / and the vessel full of anointing Tikhon, / with the quietness of his words, calling the sinner to repentance. / O great three saints of the Russian land, / pray to Christ God, Him Let us quickly, // save our souls.
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A zealot of Orthodoxy, a teacher of piety,/ a good helmsman to those seeking salvation,/ a God-inspired adornment to monastics,/ God-bearing Euthymius interlocutor, Saint Dionysius,/ You have enlightened your fatherland with your teachings and virtues,/ do not forget us who honor you, // but rule our lives in peace.
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Blessed is the worker and beautifier of the Church of Christ, / Father Donata, who was unceasingly caring for your flock, / teaching and guiding it in the love of the Son of God, / not only There are many people in your city, / but in Constantinople the autocrat and all the people there / surprised you / with your glorious miracles. / Making prayers pleasing to God / to Christ God, / the helper quickly appeared to everyone,/ stands before the All-Holy Trinity,/ in the Highest, pray for us all,// may he save our souls.
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Chosen from God, beloved from people,/ Divine beauty of the bishops,/ Father Eustathius, fellow servant of the Angels,/ you were the preacher of the Divine Mysteries,/ and pray to Christ God with all saints / get rid of all evils / through your prayers, blessed one, / and we will be saved, / / who honor your holy memory with love.
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You shone with the deed of the desert / and you ascended to the throne of the High Priesthood according to your heritage, / from there you illuminated everyone with the rays of the knowledge of God and virtue / and you bloodlessly drank the cup of martyrdom You are./ Now you stand before the throne of Mount Jerusalem, Euthymia,/ pray to Christ our God who sits on it// for those who honor your honorable memory.
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Having been chosen by God from youth, / to Saint Euthymia, / and for this reason, for the sake of the bishopric, you were honored with the rank of rank, / you fell from the people who were entrusted to you by God; / also after repose You have received miracles from the Lord/ to heal various ailments./ Pray for this for us/ who honor your memory// that we may continually please you all.
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Patriarchs have great fertilization, / the beauty of the saint, the monk’s rule, / the hermit’s glory, the giver of mercy, / the reasoning of the lamp, / having come together, let us praise the faithful, / meekness teacher, Divine healer,/ the wise archpastor, the great saint and father,/ Ephraim, Patriarch of Serbia,/ the star that enlightens dark people/ and illuminates all the faithful./ Moreover, flowing to the race of his relics,/ I kiss with love and cry:/ holy saint, do not cease to pray to Christ our God // that our souls may be saved.
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From your youth you were chosen by God, / to Saint James, / for this reason, for the sake of the bishopric, you were honored with the rank of rank, / you saved the people who were entrusted to you by God. / Also, after the repose / of miracles You have received gifts from God/to heal various ailments./Pray for us, who honor your memory,//may we continually magnify you.
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A champion of Orthodoxy,/ a great worker and teacher of repentance and prayer,/ a divinely inspired adornment to the bishops,/ glory and praise to the monastics:/ you have made all of us chaste through your writings./ Spiritual treasure, Ignatius the wise God, / pray to the Word of Christ God, / Whom you carried in your heart, / / to grant us repentance before the end.
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Having been enlightened by the teachings of piety, / receiving holiness into the flock, / and having become the heir of the apostles, / therefore you have received from God the gift of miracles, Saint Father Ignatius, / pray to Christ God, / / that he may save our souls.
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The miracle appeared, / you shone forth the deeds of the virtues of God, / you saved the faces of the monastics, / you cleansed the bishop’s seat, / you did not doubt the heretical attack, / You built the Church of Christ, / like Hilarion, / died as if sleeping, / but your body is intact and incorruptible, preserved quickly, / and provides healing to those who are sick from various ailments, / and demons drives away, / for this reason we pray to you // pray for our souls to be saved.
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Sing therefore, all people,/ in the Three Hypostases of the One God,/ who incomprehensibly abides in Heaven,/ who governs all things by the beck of his hand,/ who generously looks upon the earth,/ in in the desert, standing against invisible enemies,/ strengthened His saint, the Reverend Hilarion, // through his prayers, God, have mercy and save us.
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Most luminous lamp of the Church, / illuminating this country with the rays of your goodness, / and with the many healings of those who flow to you with faith, / glorifying God, / we pray to you, holy father Innocent, / protect this city with your prayers / from all troubles and sorrow.
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Thy message went out into the whole country at midnight, / as they received thy word, / which thou didst most gloriously teach, / thou didst enlighten the ignorant of Christ with the light of the Gospel, / of men You have adorned the customs, / Russian praise, Our Hierarch Innocent, / pray to Christ God // to save our souls.
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From a young age, diligent in the teaching of piety and the fear of God,/ thriving in the grace of Christ,/ you acquired verbal gifts/ and you appeared as a tireless preacher of salvation,/ for souls illuminating the faithful with saving meanings/ and leading everyone to correction./ Holy Hierarch Father Innocent,/ pray to Christ God/ to give us forgiveness of sins and great mercy.
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From your lips, like the brightness of fire, grace shone forth, / enlightened the universe: / did not gain the treasures of the world through the love of money, / showed us the height of humble wisdom. / But punishing with your words, father John Chrysostom, // pray to the Word of Christ God to save our souls.
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In your patience you have gained your reward, O most holy father, / unceasingly patient in prayers, / loving the poor and satisfied with this, / but praying to Christ God, O merciful, blessed John, // our souls may be saved.
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Today the most glorious Veliky Novgrad shines brightly, / having your power in itself, St. John, / like the rays of the sun emitting / and giving healing to those who flow to the race your relics./ Praying to Christ God to deliver this city unharmed from barbarian captivity,/ and internecine warfare, and fiery burning,/ to the holy saint, God-wise and wonder-worker,/ Heavenly human and earthly Angel:/ may love come together in your memory,/ we celebrate brightly, rejoicing in songs and songs/ and glorifying Christ, who gave you such grace healings// and intercession and affirmation for Veliky Novugrad.
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Governing the Catholic and Apostolic Church of God,/ keeping the commandments of God,/ the great one shepherded the flock of verbal sheep;/ the malicious clergyman received his sight through his prayer commanded,/ and taught, as before Saint Leonty,/ a promoter of the salvation of the Russian land, teacher of Rostov,/ first of all, bless the connection and again;/ so the holy Bishop of Suzhdal,/ To the misfortunes that come to you, O deliverer, wonder-worker John, // pray to Christ God to save our souls.
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Instructor of piety,/ a nurse to the orphans,/ a comforter to the grieving, a gratuitous doctor to the ailing,/ a quick helper to the souls of the afflicted,/ a warm prayer book for all to the Lord,/ the saint Father John,// pray to Christ God to save our souls.
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As an apostle of the like-minded teachers of the Suzhdal country,/ and wise healers of souls and bodies,/ and servants of God who are acceptable,/ your honest relics flow to the crayfish,/ we please you, saint Blessed One, Theodore and John,/ in songs and songs, rejoicing, we glorify Christ,/ who has given you the grace of healings// and to our city, the Judgment, great affirmation in you.
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Your care for your flock in her journey,/ this is the prototype and prayers of yours, for the whole world, which are offered ever and again./ Thus we believe, having known your love,/ to the saint and wonderworker John! / All of God is sanctified by the sacred rites of the most pure Mysteries, / in whom we ourselves are constantly strengthened, you hastened to the suffering, most dear to the healer. // Hasten even now to help us with all your heart who honor you.
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Beloved Saint Christ of God, / you were the rule of faith and the image of mercy for people, / through vigil, fasting and prayer, / like a bright lamp, you shone, / and you were glorified You appeared from God:/ in body you rest in incorruption,/ in spirit you stood before the Throne of God,/ you flowed with glorious miracles./ Pray to Christ God,/ that He may establish us in Orthodoxy and piety, // and will save our souls.
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May the Church of Christ triumph / and may the city of Moscow rejoice / as the lamp of the Russian land has risen / in the confession of the Truth, the unshakable Job the Patriarch / through his prayers, Lord, / all Eradicate the temptations of this world and heresy,/ guide people in piety// and establish them in Orthodoxy.
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To the enlightener of the Vyatka land,/ to the builder of the churches of God,/ to the zealot for the splendor of the church,/ to the imitator of St. Tryphon,/ to the holy hierarch Father Jono,/ do not leave your children in sorrow existing,/ but protect us with your prayers to the Lord,/ may he save our souls.
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We took the yoke of the Lord from childhood, / and You followed His footsteps with an irrevocable desire, / and achieved the sanctified feat, / received the priesthood of the flock and received miracles from God Welcome,/ with faith coming to the race of your relics/ you provide abundant healing for various ailments,/ our Father Jonah, the saint of Christ,// pray to Christ God to grant us greatness mercy.
From your youth you dedicated everything to yourself to the Lord, / in prayers and labors, and in fasting, becoming an image of virtue, / from there God saw your good will, / your bishop and shepherd of the Church He will arrange his own./ Likewise, after your repose, your honorable body is intact and incorruptible,/ John the saint:/ pray to Christ God,// may he save our souls.
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Correction of faith, and an image of meekness,/ and like a garden in the middle of Paradise,/ you enlighten the world with your holy deeds,/ and for this reason we touch your relics with love and cry out faithfully:/ Appear to help those who sing your luminous memory, Father Jono, // and pray for our souls to be saved.
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In the monastery of the Holy Lavra of Pechersk/ he showed himself well/ and in the rank of bishop he is a good shepherd/ to his flock, God-loving Isaiah, former,/ pray for us, the Chief Shepherd of Christ God// yes He will have mercy and save our souls.
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Brother of God on the throne of the bishopric, successor,/ of the holy city of Jerusalem, the hierarch most worthy of praise,/ with the godly fathers in Chalcedon, you expounded the incarnation of the Son of God,/ who came to renew the world and to revive all men, / united with Him in His Church, / to the holy hierarch Father Juvenal, / now standing in the Kingdom of the Father of lights, / of those who honor you with love pray // that the peace and mercy of Spasov will be with us.
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Who from God above was perfected by divine grace/ and adorned with good morals,/ enlightened by the Holy Spirit,/ having accomplished holiness in the passion of God,/ was made worthy of the grace of the Divine Spirit,/ shepherding the Church of God of the Russian Metropolis,/ having overcome everything by fasting, endured anxiety, having overcome persecution,/ always calling on St. Peter the Metropolitan for help,/ and this having a helper,/ and following in his footsteps./ Acceptable servant,/ keeping the commandments of God, we instruct with the Spirit of God,/ enlightening faithful people with the teaching of your words,/ with forgiveness decorate your life,/ we will embrace the Lord from childhood,/ and love Christ above all./ For this reason, I am honored by the bishop’s seat,/ and, like the shining sun, from the Serbian land happened,/ and to all ends of the Russian land shone forth with virtue,/ the luminary of the world appeared,/ and reposed to the Lord from this life into eternal rest,/ the great bishop of God, Cyprian Metropolitan,/ teacher and mentor of the Russian land,/ always standing before the Throne of the Most Holy Trinity,/ pray to the Lord diligently/ for the bishops and for all Christians,// may he save you for the sake of your soul ours.
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Like the Bright Sun, blazing stars, / You illuminate the hearts of the faithful with the Trinity Light, / by the presentation of your honorable relics, / The vessels of the Trinity appeared in purity through your life, / and Teach people the firm faith of Christ, / and drive away filth with your holy commandments, / and preserve the good flock of Christ, entrusted to you, / God-wise Cyprian, with the glorious Photius and with steadfast Jonah, pray to Christ God that he may save our souls.
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Teacher of Orthodoxy,/ piety to the teacher and purity,/ lamp of the universe,/ God-inspired fertilizer of the bishops,/ Cyril the Wise,/ with your teachings you have enlightened all things,/ thou hast enlightened everything. spiritual, // pray to Christ God to save our souls.
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Piety to the zealot and zealot, / praise to the monks and pillars, / to the saint of the Turov flock, most glorious, / teacher of gold, / enlightening the ends with the bright teaching of his God-mind Russia,/ in prayer to God, the gracious follower of sinners,/ Cyril the God-Wise, pray to Christ God/ to strengthen us, your compatriot,// in Orthodoxy, piety and unanimity.
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The successors of the apostles, / the co-thrones of the bishops, / all Russia, the shepherd and teacher, / the all-blessed father Constantine, / the Lord of all, pray / grant peace to your flock / and salvation to our souls and great mercy.
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Participant of the Apostle/ and faithful prayer book to God,/ having ascended to Heaven by virtue,/ and thou hast laid love on the One who loves thee,/ and thou hast converted unfaithful people to faith./ Thus now with the Angels rejoicing,/ you stand before the Throne of glory of all the King Christ of God:/ praying to Saint Leontius, // may he save our souls.
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To the herald of the path of salvation,/ the unshakable confessor,/ the true keeper of fatherly traditions,/ the teacher of Orthodoxy,/ the archpastor of the Crimean lands,/ the godly physician, Saint Luke,/ Constantly pray to Christ the Savior to grant great mercy to our souls.
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Teacher of Orthodoxy,/ piety to the teacher and purity,/ lamp of the universe, God-inspired fertilizer of the bishops,/ Leo the wise,/ with your teachings you have enlightened all things, O tsarina spiritual.// Pray to Christ God to save our souls.
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As the great shepherd is equal/ and the teacher of the universe is of the same mind,/ God’s servant’s Wisdom is abundant,/ like the blessedness of the same name,/ today, faithfully, let us all sing:/ Christ God pray to Saint Macarius, // pacify the world and save our souls.
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You had a strange birth and upbringing, Father, / but once again you were established in power among your people, / Desiring the Heavenly Kingdom, / You left the earthly kingdom / and with humility the Highest Treasure You have received,/ blessed Maxima, // pray, pray, for our souls.
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Teacher of Orthodoxy, anti-combatant of innovations,/ degree of faith, lamp of the Church,/ teachers of the God-inspired seal, Marco to all things,/ you have enlightened all things with your writings, O sage spiritual, // pray to Christ God to save our souls.
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You have spread the true commandments of the mouth, / you have enlightened all with the Divine teachings, / you have cast down evil faith, O God-wise Martina, / most honorably the saint, / remember us, saint Christ,/ make your intercessions to Him,// may you establish our life in peace.
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You have understood this temporary world, as if it were passing away, / from your youth you have loved the fasting and laborious life, O all-blessed one, / glory to the hierarchs and praise to the venerables, / the Eternal The words of a zealous evangelist, / of the orphans and those without shelter and refuge. / In the same way, remaining in prayers, Thou didst strive to give Christ matrimony / and, seeking this, an unfading crown with all You have gained saints,/ Our Father, Saint Meletius, // pray to Christ God to save our souls.
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The rule of faith and the image of meekness, / in word and life, you were to your flock, the humble father Mitrofan. / Likewise, in the brightness of the saints, / the sun shone brighter thou art,/ we adorn with the crown of incorruptibility and glory,/ pray to Christ God, // our country and thy city may be saved in peace.
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Today the prophecy of the First-Called Apostles has been fulfilled:/ Behold, on these mountains grace has risen and faith has multiplied./ And those who had become dilapidated by unbelief,/ were born from the divine font,/ and were people of renewal, / royal sanctification, holy language, Christ's flock, / to whom you appeared as the first shepherd, / who first served with Baptism. / And now, standing before the Master Pray to Christ God for all the sons of Russia to be saved // and have boldness, as a hierarch of God and a clergyman.
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Having lived like the God-wise Modesta,/ and adorned with holy clothes,/ the most blessed shepherd of Jerusalem,/ now stands before Christ in joy/ and the ends are illuminated by miracles,/ Helper, therefore, be the one who calls upon you, // praying, Father, for all of us.
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For the sake of purity of your life, / for the sake of fasting and prayers and labors / the vessel was beneficial to the Lord Christ, / who gave you to your flock, / as the treasure is inalienable, the miracles of all enriching./ Therefore we, who have come together in your memory,/ cry out with faith and love // pray for us, most honorable bishop Moses, our father.
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Having lived venerably, like a wise hierarch,/ you glorified the Lord/ with your virtuous life, O Reverend Nektarios./ Moreover, you glorified the Comforter with your strength,/ with your divine relics,/ drive away demons and heal the sick, // by faith you come.
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Having enjoyed, O God-wise, abstinence/ and having curbed the desire of your flesh,/ you sat down on the throne of the holiness,/ and like a many-bright star, illuminating the faithful hearts/ with the dawn your miracles,/ our father, to Saint Nikito,/ and now pray to Christ God,// that he may save our souls.
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The rule of faith and the image of meekness,/ the self-control of the teacher/ will show you to your flock/ Even the truth of things./ For this reason you have acquired high humility,/ rich in poverty,/ Father Superior Nicholas,/ pray to Christ God,// to save our souls.
The day of the bright celebration has arrived, / the city of Barsky rejoices, / and with it the entire universe rejoices / with songs and spiritual songs: / today is a sacred celebration / in the offering of the honorable and multi-healing relics / of the saint and the wonderworker Nicholas, / like the never-setting sun, shone forth with radiant rays, / dispelling the darkness of temptations and troubles / from those crying out, truly: save us, as our great representative, Nicholas.
Your wonderful and glorious Nativity, to Saint Nicholas, / The Church celebrates the Orthodox today with joy, / for by standing your foot / the Lord will reveal you and proclaim you to be a lamp and a teacher to the laity,/ enriching and enlightening miracles for the whole world./ With this cry, pray to Christ God for the salvation of our souls.
Blessed Temple of the Holy Spirit, / God-wise Father Nicholas, / sanctify our souls with the grace of Heaven, / intercede and cover with your all-honorable omophorion, / you received it from your hands Most Pure Virgin, / and enlighten us with the light of the commandments of Christ, / from Him you received the words of life. / Pray for the goodness of the Heavenly Father, / in order to be saved / for those who Orthodoxy honor you, / / granting us great mercy.
Like precious wealth, / came to us from the Great River Vyatka / to this reigning city of ours, Moscow / an honorable icon of your image, to St. Nicholas, / and many miracles in When you come, create / heal the sick and surprise all people. / For this reason, by the command of the autocrat Tsar / this honorable icon of yours was written off / for the enlightenment and prayer of all people of the royal city, / even today we see and worship her, / praying to you, the hidden place of Christ: / pray, holy one, for all of us, / to grant us peace and great mercy.
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You have shone through your deeds of piety, / we adorn you with highly creative humility, / praise Athos, fertilizer of the patriarchs, / Nifonte is more glorious, / pray for us, who glorify you with love.
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As the true defender of the Eastern Church of the traditions of the Orthodox, / you were made worthy of the great Theodosius of your fathers / to see after death, as if she were alive, / proclaiming to you The Kingdom of Heaven's inheritance,/ its ineffable goodness/ now inseparably enjoying with it,// pray for us, your children, Niphonte is the most praiseworthy.
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By the confession of the divine faith / another Paul, the Church, a zealot in the priesthood, showed / you and Abel cried out to the Lord, / and Zechariah’s righteous blood. / Reverend Father, We prayed to Christ God to grant us great mercy.
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Let us glorify, faithfully, the piety of the one who loved,/ and from his youth he zealously accepted the yoke of Christ,/ a zealous hierarch of the Russian Church,/ in the God-saved city of Tobolsk labored./ But you, God-wise Father Paul,/ resting in incorruption in body,/ but standing before the Throne of God in spirit,// pray for us all to be saved.
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Formerly a barren land, / now rejoice: / behold, Christ has shown the lamp in you, / clearly shining in the world, / and healing our ailments and diseases. / For this reason, rejoice and rejoice with boldness: for the saint is the one who has done this.
Today has come the all-honorable feast/ of the presentation of your honorable relics, Saint Peter,/ greatly rejoicing your flock,/ and your faithful fatherland, and people,/ do not become destitute for them, praying to Christ To God, / even from Him, the flock bestowed by Him will be preserved from the most hateful enemy // and our souls will be saved.
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Teacher of Orthodoxy,/ teacher of piety and treasure of mercy,/ adornment of bishops,/ teacher of the Zyryansk people,/ Saint Pitirim,/ lay down your soul for Christ,/ pray The One Lover of Mankind for your flock and for all // those who honor your memory with love.
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Teacher of faith and piety, / Lamp of the Church, monastic image, / Saint Pitirim the Wise, / you piously shepherded your flock / and you brought them to Christ, / moreover in the Highest, adorned with a crown of glory,/ abiding with us on earth in spirit, shining miracles./ Pray to Christ God, // that our souls may be saved.
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Your labors and illnesses, even in piety, / who can confess, father? / you never ceased working day and night, / until you cleansed Gaza from wickedness, and planted piety in you, / so as always You are the representative for your flock, / so, Saint Porphyry, / pray to Christ God to save our souls.
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And from the Divine beginning of wisdom, / was established by the fear of the Lord, / from there, by sacred ascension, you ascended / into the discipleship of Chrysostom, / and was worthy of that bishop’s throne purity through kindness, / imagining to yourself according to the apostolic rule, / not to yourself alive, but to Christ and your flock. / Thus, you apostolically entered into the imperishable life, / Hierarch Procles, / pray to Christ God / / save our souls.
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You were the guide, the first throne, and the teacher of the path leading into life:/ you came first to Saint Savvo,/ you enlightened your fatherland,/ and, giving birth to it by the Spirit To the saints; / like the olive tree / in the mental paradise you planted your all-sanctified children. / Thus, as an apostle and a saint with the altar / in honor of you we pray: / pray to Christ God // grant us great mercy.
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Correction of faith and an image of meekness,/ and like a garden in the middle of paradise,/ you enlighten the world with your holy deeds,/ for this sake, to the honest race of your relics, we touch with love,/ we kiss and we truly cry out to them:/ present yourself to help those who sing thy holy and luminous memory,/ O rich saint Father Savvo, we pray,/ pray to Christ God// that our souls may be saved.
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The Mother Sees of Russia,/ true guardians of the apostolic traditions,/ pillars of steadfastness, teachers of Orthodoxy,/ Petra, Alexis, Jono, Philippe and Hermogene,/ pray to the Lord of all/ grant universal peace, // and great mercy to our souls.
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Hard adamant, truly, father, you showed yourself, / in everything like your Master and Lord, / you, rejoicing, endured the unjust exile, / also Christ as a saint and Make you a martyr / and give you to your flock, as the treasure is inalienable, / enriching miracles for everyone, / as we too, having come to the race of your relics, / cry out to love thy:/ O great in the saints and wondrous in the sufferers/ most honorable bishop, Serapion our father,/ pray for us to the all-good God, // may he save our souls.
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The lives of the venerable Fathers of Pechersk are known to the writer, / the all-blessed Saint of Christ Simon, / praying diligently with them to Christ God, / may our life rule in the world, / and in Let the living creatures write books for us, // saving our souls.
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As the apostles of oneness/ and the universal teacher,/ pray to the Lord of all/ to grant universal peace// and great mercy to our souls.
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Armed with the shield of faith,/ cutting off the godless Hagarites with the sword of words,/ your flock fell to the earth./ You dwelt in the heavenly abode,/ pray to grant Christ to the people to ours // peace and great mercy.
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From your youth you loved Christ, blessed Sophronia,/ you ruled the monastic monasteries well/ and, having been honored with the rank of bishops,/ you fell the Irkutsk flock,/ also by You received the gift of miracles from God, / and prayed to Christ God // to deliver us from troubles and save our souls.
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At the First Council, you appeared as a champion and wonderworker,/ to God-bearing Spyridon, our father./ Moreover, you cried out to the dead in the tomb,/ and you turned the serpent into gold,/ and forever sing holy prayers to you,/ You had angels co-serving with you, Most Holy One./ Glory to Him who gave you strength,/ glory to Him who crowned you,// glory to Him who works healing for you all.
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With a divine desire/ from his youth, Stephen the Wise, was kindled,/ you took Christ with the yoke/ and people, who of old were frozen with unbelief of heart,/ sowed the divine seed in them,/ You gave birth to the evangelical spirituality./ Moreover, we honor your glorious memory, we pray to you:/ We pray, Whom you preached,// may he save our souls.
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As a saint who lived together with the Bodiless,/ Hieromartyr Stephen,/ we took the Cross as a weapon,/ and stood firmly against the icon-reproacher and the Doukhobors,/ who do not worship the most pure image of Christ God ours,/ and you cut off all heresies of the evil ones./ For the sake of receiving the crown of torment,/ you delivered your city Surozh from all hostility./ And now we pray to you, holy one,/ yes deliver us from all evil temptations, and troubles, // and eternal torment.
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A desert dweller and an angel in body,/ and a miracle worker appeared, O God-Bearing Father Tikhon:/ by fasting, vigil, and prayer, received Heavenly gifts,/ healing the sick and souls by the faith of those who flow to you./ Glory to Him who gave you strength,/ glory to Him who crowned you,// glory to Him who brings healing to all through you.
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Teacher of Orthodoxy, teacher of piety,/ preacher of repentance, Chrysostom zealot,/ good shepherd,/ new Russia, luminary and miracle worker,/ thou hast shepherded thy flock well/ and with your writings you have instructed us all,/ also adorned with the crown of incorruptibility/ from the Chief Shepherd, // pray to Him to save our souls.
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In a difficult time, chosen by God / in perfect holiness and love of God, you glorified you, / in humility, greatness, in simplicity and meekness, revealing the power of God, / laid down soul for the Church, for your people,/ Patriarchal Confessor Saint Tikhon,/ pray to Christ God,/ with Him you were crucified,// and now save the Russian land and flock Yours.
Let us praise the apostolic traditions of the zealot/ and the good shepherd of Christ’s Church,/ who laid down his soul for the sheep,/ chosen by God’s lot,/ and to Let us cry out to him with faith and hope:/ by the intercession of the saints to the Lord/ keep the Russian Church in silence,/ gather her scattered children into one flock,/ who have departed from Convert the right faith to repentance,/ save our country from internecine warfare,// and ask for the peace of God for people.
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It was against our will that the saint received the flock,/ but with the will of our will we moved for the Church of God,/ and the dust of Christ’s tomb assured the unfaithful king of Moab,/ and with bodily blindness, coupled with Having healed his soul, he showed the faithful, / with him the heretics from the Church of God, like wolves, driving away, / honorable Saint Theodora, / pray for our souls to be saved.
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From my youth, wisely, I labored diligently,/ and with the knowledge of the Holy Spirit/ I erected a great monastery to the Most Holy Theotokos/ in praise of Her Nativity,/ with the streams of your tears I immersed the bodiless enemies thou art,/ and, through thy life of chastity, united with the angelic faces,/ like Father Theodora,/ pray with them to Christ God // that our souls may be saved.
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I was vigilant in prayers, but I was sick in my heart for your flock, / you enlightened everyone with your teaching, Theodore the Wise, / also pray to Christ God, / / on the day of your memory, to grant us great mercy.
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Preferred to the bishopric, Saint Theodosius, / you were the luminary of your flock, / you also passed away into the eternal abode, / begged the Throne of the King of Glory to deliver us from those who are upon us angry, // and our souls will be saved, holy ones, through your prayers.
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a great servant of God’s Word of Wisdom,/ a true imitator of the angelic life,/ a steward of Divine purity,/ a co-priest of the bishop, a reverend cohabitant,/ pastoral beauty,/ Praise to the great Novugrad,/ to the most venerable Saint Theoktiste, our father,/ whom you served in this life, the Word of God, // pray for the salvation of our souls.
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Teacher of Orthodoxy, / teacher of piety and purity, / Vyshensky ascetic to St. Theophan the God-Mudder, / with your writings you have explained the word of God / and to all the faithful the path to salvation You indicated.// Pray to Christ God for the salvation of our souls.
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You have acquired the grace of the Holy Spirit, / to the God-wise Saint Philaret, / you preached truth and righteousness to people with an enlightened mind, / peace and mercy to the tender hearts / of the suffering You have shown, / as a teacher of the faith and a vigilant guardian / You have preserved the Russian flock with the rod of righteousness. / For this reason, for the sake of Christ God, you have boldness, / pray to grant to the Church confirmation, // and salvation for our souls.
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The miracle appeared, with the announcement and deeds shining forth, / We received the Holy Spirit through the election of the holiness of the flock, / by the revelation of God we dismantled the church, / and erected the greatest, / most honorably to Philip, the saint great one,/ grant peace to the city to our Moscow// and great mercy.
The successor of the first altars,/ the pillar of Orthodoxy, the champion of truth,/ the new confessor, to St. Philip,/ who laid down his soul for your flock,/ even as he had boldness to To Christ,/ pray for the city and the people, // who worthily honor your holy memory.
A joyful day of bright triumph has risen:/ today the depths of the church are expanding,/ receiving spiritual gifts, an inexhaustible god-created treasure,/ an inexhaustible stream of graces,/ a source of miracles abundant,/ your miraculous and sacred relics,/ to St. Philip./ Moreover, pray to the Giver Christ God, who glorified you,/ for those who sing praises to you// and bow down to your sacred relics.
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The word of the Gospel to the listener/ and Divine teachings to the zealot,/ the wise to the punisher,/ always learn the fear of the Lord,/ stretch out in prayers to God,/ the stopper of the lips of those who speak crookedly speaking the word right faith,/ an apostle and a participant,/ the affirmer of the faith of Christ,/ the prophetic broadcaster, Saint Photius,/ pray to Christ God// to pacify the world and save our souls.