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Chosen as a passion-bearer of Christ and a gracious physician, grant healing to the sick; with songs we praise you, our intercessor. But you, as you have boldness towards the Lord, free us from all troubles and illnesses, calling to you with love: Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
We know you as an angel of earthly and heavenly man, O glorious Panteleimon: adorned with angelic purity and martyrdom, you have ascended from earth to Heaven, where with the Angels and all the saints you stand before the Throne of the Lord of Glory, pray for us earthly ones who honor you with these titles: Rejoice, lordship of piety; Rejoice, glorious lamp of the Church. Rejoice, decoration of the most honorable martyrs; Rejoice, affirmation of those who are faithful in unwavering patience. Rejoice, abundant praise for youth; Rejoice, champion of Christ, undefeated in courage. Rejoice, you who grew up in the world, who appeared in peace; Rejoice, angel in the flesh, superior to mortals. Rejoice, all-blessed inhabitant of heaven; Rejoice, you who contain the Divine mind. Rejoice, for whose faith has been exalted; Rejoice, to whom deception has fallen. Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Seeing you, the Lord has chosen a vessel, love the kindness of your soul. For you, having despised all earthly sweetness and glory, desired to be adorned with the crown of martyrdom, were wounded by Divine love, and inspiredly singing: Alleluia.
Having a divinely inspired mind, O good warrior Panteleimon, you amazed King Maximian with the courage of your soul and words, in whose image you boldly preached Christ. In the same way, we praise your boldness, we say to you: Rejoice, despising the threats of Maximian; Rejoice, disobedient to the advice of the wicked. Rejoice, planting of true worship of God; Rejoice, eradication of demonic ministry. Rejoice, whistleblower of the fury of the tormentors; Rejoice, destroyer of idolatrous charms. Rejoice, having dispersed the wicked congregations; Rejoice, having exchanged corruption for heaven. Rejoice, interlocutor of the immaterial Angels; Rejoice, gleener of the long-suffering saints. Rejoice, to whom Satan was put to shame; Rejoice, for in whom Christ is glorified. Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
By the power of the Most High, bestowed upon you, and the strong through your patience, you have weakened the tormenting insolence, the courageous victorious: not fearing fire, beasts, the wheel, and beheaded by the sword, you have received the crown of victory from Christ God, crying out to Him Alleluia.
Having your monastery, your all-loving head, the God-wise, passion-bearing one, like a great treasure, is filled with joy about this and, singing with love the grace of healing given to you from God, gratefully calls you: Rejoice, all-bright luminary of Nicomedia; Rejoice, vigilant guard of your monastery who honors you. Rejoice, to whom atheism has cooled; Rejoice, at the age of knowledge of God. Rejoice, bright glory to the passion-bearers; Rejoice, joyful Orthodox hearing. Rejoice, blessed source of healings; Rejoice, repository of great gifts. Rejoice, fragrant myrrh, sweetening souls; Rejoice, for you help those who call upon you. Rejoice, thou who grantest sight to the blind; Rejoice, you who have brought prosperity to the lame. Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Possessed by a storm of thoughts of polytheism, the wicked king was embarrassed when he saw from the doctors who envied you that you heal all kinds of incurable ailments in the Name of Christ. We, with joy and glorification of the wondrous God in you, cry out to Him: Alleluia.
Having heard the people of Nicomedia about your great compassion for the suffering and about free healing from all diseases, everyone rushed to you, with faith in the healing grace existing in you, and accepting speedy healing from all diseases, glorifying God and your greatness, your all-merciful healer, calling you: Rejoice, anointed one peace of grace; Rejoice, consecrated church of God. Rejoice, great glory to the pious; Rejoice, strong wall of the embittered. Rejoice, you who surpass the wise in understanding; Rejoice, illuminating the thoughts of the faithful. Rejoice, source of the Divine gifts and manifold mercies of the Lord for us; Rejoice, quick helper to those who suffer. Rejoice, refuge for the overwhelmed; Rejoice, teacher of the lost. Rejoice, heal the sick; Rejoice, abundantly flowing healing. Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
The Lord perform a glorious miracle with you, when through His servant Hermolai He calls you into His wonderful light. With a viper of greatness, the dead child, through your prayer to Christ, came to life and rose in health. Having come to know the True God, the Giver of Life to all, with firm faith you cried out to Him: Alleluia.
Behold the blind light that you touched with the invocation of the Name of Christ, O glorious one. Ermolai was enlightened by the presbyter, having rejected the polytheism of his father, he accepted his mother’s piety, and he also enlightened his father. For this reason, we cry to you, glorious saint of God and wonderful doctor: Rejoice, you have great zeal for God; Rejoice, ever-burning fire of Divine love. Rejoice, active listener of the sacred teachings of Ermolai; Rejoice, having followed the advice of your mother Evvula. Rejoice, for you have given away everything so that you may receive Christ; Rejoice, conquering the love of the world through the love of God. Rejoice, for instead of the sweet peace you accepted fierce suffering for Christ; Rejoice, for thou art a fellow-companion of the Passion of Christ. Rejoice, having triumphed over all passions; Rejoice, adorned with grace-filled dispassion. Rejoice, fill the joys that flow to you; Rejoice, thou who healest all by the grace of Christ. Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
The preacher of truth appeared, enlightened by you, physically and spiritually blind: like the blind man of the Gospel, boldly before everyone he confessed the Light of the True Christ, enlightening every person, reproaching the wicked king and the pagan gods, through the sword truncation ascending to the unflickering light in Heaven, singing to God: Alleluia.
With a bright face, presenting yourself to the court of the king, you boldly cried out, most blessed, in the hearing of all: my all-healing power and glory, Christ is the True God, the Lord of all, raising the dead and driving away all illness. For such a confession, we please you with the verb: Rejoice, loud mouth of the Divinity of Christ; Rejoice, honey-flowing tongue, proclaiming His economy. Rejoice, branch of the highest Theology; Rejoice, wise sower of piety. Rejoice, sweet-sounding pipe of faith; Rejoice, glorious preacher of Orthodoxy. Rejoice, you who revealed the wondrous thing before death; Rejoice, do wonderful things after death. Rejoice, spectator of the glory of Christ; Rejoice, listener of those who pray to you. Rejoice, the giver of that mercy who requires it; Rejoice, I mediate good things for those who honor your memory. Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Myrrh has been poured out on your soul, O God-wise healer, from the Comforter of the Spirit; Likewise, after death, your honorable remains, driving away the stench of your passions with the fragrance of your passions, give healing to those who cry out in faith to God: Alleluia.
When the worshipers saw the idolatry of many years, weakened, by your prayer, O holy one, raised up and walking, many believed in Christ; The priests of demonism, consumed by envy, incited the king to rage. For you, who have mercilessly labored and been scorched for Christ, we call with tenderness: Rejoice, you who despise earthly pleasures; Rejoice, exceeding material blessings. Rejoice, for you have counted all the red of this world for nothing; Rejoice, for you have shaken off the fleeting glory from yourself. Rejoice, elusive of the abiding catch of Belial; Rejoice, conqueror of the tormentor of deceit. Rejoice, you who did not spare your life for Christ; Rejoice, enemy who has appeared to the hostile flesh. Rejoice, oppressive of polytheism; Rejoice, having trampled down idols by divine power. Rejoice, sharpest arrow, piercing enemies; Rejoice, representative, intercessor of the faithful. Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
The Lord strangely appeared to you, encouraging you and keeping you in torment for His Name: in the image of the presbyter Ermolai, bubbling tin, you were cast into the tenderness, cooled, and in the sea, having removed the great stone from your neck, you brought it unharmed to the earth. But you, again presenting yourself before the king, solemnly sang to Christ God: Alleluia.
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.
O glorious martyr and good warrior of the Heavenly King, the all-blessed Panteleimon, the most eminent imitator of the merciful God, who boldly confessed Christ on earth and endured manifold torments for Him, you unfadingly received a crown in Heaven, where you enjoyed eternal bliss, and with boldness before the Throne stand before the trisolar Deity! All of us sinners resort to your Christ-like compassion for God, and we all diligently pray to you, our warm intercessor and representative: do not cease to look upon us who are in need and sorrowful circumstances, and with your prayerful help and healing power, always deliver us from cruel evils, all-destructiveness and all other troubles and diseases. For you, holy one, received the boundless grace of healing from our Savior Jesus Christ for your firm faith in Him, with a pure and immaculate life, sealed by martyrdom and your many-victorious death, in which, by the grace given by you, you were named by Christ Panteleimon, the same-named mercy, who has mercy on all those who come to you in sorrow and illness
For this reason, since you are a merciful helper and healer in everything, we call on you with faith: hear us and through your God-pleasing intercession give us everything useful in this life and necessary for eternal salvation.
With your martyr boldness, beg the merciful God to have mercy on us sinners and unworthy according to His great mercy, to deliver us from cowardice, flood, fire, sword and all righteous anger and reproach, prompting us in due time to cleansing and propitiatory repentance for our sins, for the sake of His many bounties, may He give us all a comfortable, quiet and a life pleasing to God, but for the Orthodox, victory and victory against all enemies, and may His Angels preserve us all from enemies visible and invisible with His grace and invincible militia, in whose image we are protected and instructed, may we live in this world in repentance, purity and in the creation of God-pleasing deeds; May we be worthy, through your warm intercession, to achieve a Christian death that is painless, peaceful, and shameless, to get rid of the machinations of the airy princes of darkness and from eternal torment, and to be heirs of the endless, all-blessed Kingdom. Hey, servant of God!
Do not cease to pray for us sinners, so that through your intercession we may be delivered from temporary and eternal troubles, we magnify you, our intercessor and prayer book, and we eternally glorify our common Master and Lord Jesus Christ, to Him belongs all glory, honor and worship, together with His Beginning Father and the Most Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon! Pray to God for us and do not allow those illnesses that hurt us in soul and body to remain in us any longer! Heal those ulcers and scabs that have been caused to us by our passions. We suffer from laziness and relaxation - we are healed. We are sick with attraction and addiction to earthly objects - we are healed. We are sick, O Saint Panteleimon! We suffer from forgetfulness: about the work of salvation, about our sins and weaknesses, about our responsibilities - heal us. We are sick with resentment, anger, hatred - heal, O healer of St. Athos and the world. We are sick with envy, pride, arrogance, exaltation, despite all the poverty and lewdness - we are healed. We suffer from many different attacks of carnality: gluttony, intemperance, gluttony, lust - we are healed. We are sick with drowsiness, verbosity, idle talk, judgmentalism - heal us, O Saint Panteleimon! Our eyes hurt from sinful views, our ears hurt from listening to idle talk, slander, slander - heal us.
Your hands hurt because of your reluctance to pray and give alms - heal us. Our legs hurt from the reluctance to hastily go to the church of the Lord and the desire to walk through the haystacks and visit the houses of the world - heal us. It hurts, our tongue hurts, our lips hurt: with idle talk, idle talk, slander, turning away from prayers and praises, or pronouncing them carelessly, absent-mindedly, without attention, without a concept - heal us, oh mercy! We hurt from head to toe: our minds hurt with lack of understanding, unreasonableness and madness; Our will hurts, turning away from holy pursuits and striving for deeds that are harmful and ungodly; Our memory hurts, forgetting our sins and containing within itself the sins and insults of our neighbors; Our imagination hurts, unable and unwilling to vividly imagine to us our death, the eternal torment of sinners, the blessings of the Kingdom of Heaven, God's wrath, Christ's suffering on the cross, His crucifixion - heal us, O Saint Panteleimon! Everything in us hurts. Our entire soul, with all its strengths and abilities, is also weak.
Our whole body with all its members is also weak. Heal us, O Saint Panteleimon, unmerciful and loving Healer, servant of the Most Holy Theotokos, and do not abandon our curse in the great ailments and in the great infirmities: may you be healed by your grace, I will glorify the Most Holy Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the Most Holy Theotokos, for your service to the sick sending, and I will thank your, O Saint Panteleimon, whole-bearing shrine forever. Amen.
O great saint of Christ, passion-bearer and merciful physician, Panteleimon! Have mercy on me, a sinful slave, hear my groaning and cry, propitiate the heavenly, supreme Physician of our souls and bodies, Christ our God, may He grant me healing from the illness that oppresses me. Accept the unworthy prayer of the most sinful man above all. Visit me with a gracious visit. Do not disdain my sinful sores, anoint me with the oil of your mercy and heal me: yes, healthy in soul and body, I can spend the rest of my days, by the grace of God, in repentance and pleasing God and will be worthy to receive the good end of my life. Hey, servant of God! Pray to Christ God, that through your intercession he may grant me health to my body and salvation to my soul. Amen.
Holy Great Martyr, Healer and Wonderworker Panteleimon, all-round servant of God and constant prayer book of Orthodox Christians! You are worthily called Panteleimon, the all-merciful hedgehog, because, having received from God the grace to pray for us and heal illnesses, you richly give to everyone who comes to you, various healings and everything needed for temporary life and salvation: for this reason, we are also unworthy, having been worthy of your mercy, and before your holy icon we resort to you, and Glorifying you as a sincere saint of God, our faithful prayer-book and healer, we earnestly thank you and the giver of all good things, the Lord our God, for the great blessings that you have given us from Him. Therefore, mercifully accept this small prayerful thanksgiving of ours, before the imams give you anything else according to your inheritance, and for the rest of our life, do not deprive us, weak and sinners, of your help and prayerful intercession with the Lord our God, to Him belongs all glory, thanksgiving and worship, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Holy great martyr and healer Panteleimon, merciful imitator of God! Look with mercy and hear us, sinners, praying earnestly before your holy icon. Ask us from the Lord God, who stands with the Angels in heaven, for the forgiveness of our sins and transgressions. Heal the mental and physical illnesses of the servants of God, now remembered, those present here, and all Orthodox Christians who flow to your intercession. Behold, because of our fierce sin, we are possessed by many ailments and are not imams of help and consolation, but we resort to you, as you have given the grace to pray for us and heal every ailment and every illness. Grant therefore to all of us through your holy prayers health and well-being of souls and bodies, advancement of faith and piety and everything necessary for temporary life and salvation. For, having been granted great and rich mercies by you, let us glorify you and the giver of all blessings, marvelous among the saints, our God, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Passion-bearing saint and healer Panteleimon, pray to the Merciful God to grant forgiveness of sins to our souls.
This imitator of the Merciful, and receiving healing grace from Him, passion-bearer and martyr of Christ God, with your prayers heal our spiritual ailments, driving away the ever-fighting temptations from those who cry out truly: save us, Lord.
We magnify you, the passion-bearing holy great martyr and healer Panteleimon, and we honor your honest suffering, which you endured for Christ.
Panteleimon