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LITANY OF THE SAINTS OF IRELAND APPROVED BY THE HOLY SEE FOR USE IN ALL THE CHURCHES OF IRELAND (March 9, 1921)

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Below are the official texts for the Litany of the Irish Saints as published in The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 18 (1921). The Latin text was issued first, followed by the authorized translations into Irish and English. The Irish text was printed in the old script which I cannot easily reproduce, so I have given only the Latin and English texts.

LITANY OF THE SAINTS OF IRELAND APPROVED BY THE HOLY SEE FOR USE IN ALL THE CHURCHES OF IRELAND

(March 9, 1921)

 ARMACANA.

LITANIAE SANCTORUM HIBERNIAE.

Kyrie, eleison.

Christe, eleison.

Kyrie, eleison.

Christe, audi nos.

Christe, exaudi nos.

Pater de coelis Deus,  Miserere nobis.

Fili Redemptor mundi Deus,

Spiritus Sancte Deus,

Sancta Trinitas unus Deus,

Sancta Maria,  Ora pro nobis.

Sancta Dei Genitrix,

Sancta Virgo virginum,

Sancte Joseph,

Sancte Kiliane,

Sancte Rumolde,

Sancte Livine,

Beate Oliveri,

Omnes Sancti Martyres,  Orate pro nobis.

Sancte Caelestine, Ora pro nobis.

Sancte Patrici,

Sancte Malachia,

Sancte Machanisi,

Sancte Finiane,

Sancte Mele,

Sancte Macartine,

Sancte Eugeni,

Sancte Colmane,

Sancte Fedlimine,

Sancte Eunane,

Sancte Laurenti,

Sancte Conlethe,

Sancte Laseriane,

Sancte Edane,

Sancte Kirane,

Sancte Alberte,

Sancte Albee,

Sancte Colmane,

Sancte Finbarre,

Sancte Flannane,

Sancte Munchine,

Sancte Fachanane,

Sancte Otterane,

Sancte Carthage,

Sancte Jarlathe,

Sancte Nathaee,

Sancte Asice,

Sancte Nicolae,

Sancte Colmane,

Sancte Muredache,

Sancte Declane,

Sancte Virgili,

Sancte Senane,

Sancte Frigidiane,

Sancte Cuthberte,

Sancte Ruperte,

Sancte Celse,

Sancte Catalde,

Sancte Donate,

Beate Thaddaee,

Omnes Sancti Pontifices et Confessores, Orate pro nobis.

Sancte Columba,  Ora pro nobis.

Sancte Coemgene,

Sancte Brendane,

Sancte Canici,

Sancte Kirane,

Sancte Columbane,

Sancte Galle,

Sancte Fursee,

Sancte Fintane,

Sancte Comgalle,

Sancte Fiacri,

Omnes Sancti Monachi et Eremitae, Orate pro nobis.

Sancta Brigida, Ora pro nobis.

Sancta Ita,

Sancta Attracta,

Sancta Dympna,

Sancta Lelia,

Omnes Sanctae Virgines, Orate pro nobis.

Omnes Sancti et Sanctae Dei, Intercedite pro nobis.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, Parce nobis Domine.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, Exaudi nos Domine,

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, Miserere nobis.

V. Orate pro nobis omnes Sancti Hiberniae.

R. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.

Oremus.

Gratiam tuam, Domine, multiplica super nos, commemorationem celebrantes omnium Insulae nostrae Sanctorum ; ut quorum esse cives gratulamur in terris, cum his mancipatum habere mereamur in coelis.

Per Dominum.

 ARMACANA.

Emus et Rmus Dominus Cardinalis Michael Logue, Archiepiscopus Armacanus et Primas Hiberniae a Sanctissimo Domino nostro Benedicto Papa XV supplex petivit, ut Litanias Omnium Sanctorum Hiberniae humiliter exhibitas approbare dignaretur in usum omnium Hiberniae Ecclesiarum. Sanctitas porro Sua, referente infrascripto Cardinali Sacrae Rituum Congregationi Praefecto, suprascriptas Litanias de Sanctis Hiberniae ab eodem Sacro Concilio revisas ac dispositas, approbavit, earumque usum in Ecclesiis totius Hiberniae, de speciali gratia, benigne concedere dignata est. Contrariis non obstantibus quibuscumque. Die 9 Martii 1921.

A. Card. Vico, Ep. Portuen., Praef.

Alexander Verde, S. R. C. Secretarius.

LITANY OF THE IRISH SAINTS

WE give in this issue the authorized translations into Irish and English of the Litany of the Saints of Ireland, the original of which, with the accompanying decree of the Congregation of Rites, appeared in the October issue (pp. 433-35). According to the decree the new Litany may be recited not only as a private devotion, but also publicly in all the churches of Ireland, the net result of the Roman approval being that as a liturgical devotion this Litany throughout the Irish Church is placed on an equality with the other five Litanies of the Ritual officially sanctioned for public recitation. The approval of a national Litany is a very great privilege, in fact, with one possible exception, a privilege, as far as we know, without precedent in the history of the Roman Congregations. It is a special favour of the Holy See granted to the Irish Church which, we are sure, the Irish people throughout the world will duly appreciate and be grateful for.

The Irish Bishops have ordered the recitation of the Litany as part of the Novena for Peace in preparation for the celebration of the special Feast of the Irish Saints on November 6, and arrangements have been made that copies of the translations herein given be circulated in every diocese, without delay. In all future editions of prayer-books for use in Ireland, the Litany of the Irish Saints will be expected to appear, and thus, it is to be hoped, our people will become in time as familiar with the names of those Irish Saints as they are with the several invocations of Mary's Litany. It was a happy thought to have the official English and Irish translations sanctioned by all the Bishops, for we have therein the guarantee of uniformity, so important for a national Litany from a liturgical point of view, and so much to be desired in the promulgation of it.

It will be observed that the composition of this Irish Litany follows closely the model of the Litany of the Saints, and can be sung in the Gregorian tunes prescribed for the latter. It is something to be grateful for that the several Saints' names are mentioned without accompanying appendages or designations; it is so much simpler and more dignified to have merely the Saint's name, and so much easier to have a musical setting for the Litany in this simple form. We notice also that the liturgical order of dignity, characteristic of the Litany of the Saints, is here preserved, viz., Martyrs, Confessors-Pontiff, Confessors non-Pontiff, Virgins. So strictly is this order adhered to that St. Killian comes before St. Patrick and Saints Columba, Kevin, Brendan, Canice, and Kieran, though principal Patron Saints, are not included in the section wherein all the other diocesan Patrons occur. Within the section of Confessors-Pontiff the order is provincial, the Patrons and Saints of the Armagh Province coming first, then those of Dublin, next those of Cashel, and lastly those of Tuam. St. Celestine, who sent St. Patrick to Ireland, fittingly heads the list, next St. Patrick himself, the Apostle and Patron of all Ireland, and then, in their due order, the Patrons of the four archdioceses with those of their suffragan dioceses. Thus we find the name St. Colman occurring in three distinct places: first, the Patron of Dromore, second, the Patron of Cloyne, and third, the Patron of Kilmacduagh. St. Nicholas also, though not an Irish Saint, secures a place in the list as Patron of Galway diocese. Many will regret the omission of the great St. Enda of Aran the omission being due, of course, to the fact that his name does not appear with a Mass and Office assigned to his feast in the Irish Proper of the Missal and Breviary. Some rule had to be adopted if the invocations of the Litany were not to outstep all reasonable limits the number of Irish Saints being almost countless and the rule adopted of including only those already approved in the Irish Proper was, after all, perhaps the one fraught with least difficulty. The only thing wanting to stimulate the devotion of this beautiful Litany amongst the faithful will be the concession of an Indulgence a favour which we may hope will soon be granted by the same authority which has so benignly conferred this signal honour upon the Irish Church.

M. EATON.

AUTHORIZED TRANSLATIONS OF THE LITANY OF THE IRISH SAINTS

The Litany of Irish Saints

Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, have mercy on us.

Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, hear us.

Christ, graciously hear us.

God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.

God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.

God the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.

Holy Trinity one God, have mercy on us.

Holy Mary, pray for us

Holy Mother of God,

Holy Virgin of virgins,

St. Joseph, pray for us.

St. Killian, pray for us

St. Rumold,

St. Livinus,

Blessed Oliver,

All ye Holy Martyrs, pray for us.

St. Celestine, pray for us.

St. Patrick,

St. Malachy,

St. Macnise,

St. Finnian,

St. Mel

St. Macartan,

St. Eugene,

St. Colman,

St. Felim,

St. Eunan,

St. Laurence,

St. Conleth,

St. Laserian,

St. Aidan,

St. Kieran,

St. Albert,

St. Ailbe,

St. Colman,

St. Finnbarr,

St. Flannan,

St. Munchin,

St. Fachtna,

St. Otteran,

St. Carthage,

St. Jarlath,

St. Nathy,

St. Asicus,

St. Nicholas,

St. Colman,

St. Muredach,

St. Declan,

St. Virgilius,

St. Senan,

St. Frigidian,

St. Cuthbert,

St. Rupert,

St. Celsus,

St. Cataldus,

St. Donatus,

Blessed Thaddaeus,

All ye Holy Pontiffs and Confessors, pray for us.

St. Columba, pray for us.

St. Kevin,

St. Brendan,

St. Canice,

St. Kieran,

St. Columbanus,

St. Gall,

St. Fursey,

St. Fintan,

St. Comgall,

St. Fiacre,

All ye Holy Monks and Hermits, pray for us.

St. Brigid, pray for us.

St. Ita,

St. Attracta,

St. Dympna,

St. Lelia,

All ye Holy Virgins, pray for us.

All ye Holy Saints of God, Intercede for us.

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us.

V. Pray for us, all you Saints of Ireland.

R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray

Grant, O Lord, an increase of Thy Grace to us who celebrate the memory of all the Saints of our Island; that as, on earth, we rejoice to be one with them in race, so, in Heaven, we may deserve to share with them an inheritance of bliss. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.

Irish Ecclesiastical Record Vol 18 (1921), 433-435; 532-536.

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9 settembre 29° anniversario dell'assassinio di Padre Alessandro Men (1935-1990), sacerdote ortodosso.PRIÈRE DES DISCIPLES DU CHRIST

PRIÈRE DES DISCIPLES DU CHRIST - preghiera composta da Padre Alessandro  Men 

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.Jésus-Christ, Fils de Dieu, toi qui nous as manifesté le Père des Cieux, fais de nous tes disciples.

Tu as promis de donner la paix à nos âmes, mais tu ne veux pas de serviteurs négligents.

Accorde-nous la force de rester vigilants, de veiller.

Donne-nous de t’être fidèles, d'une fidélité unique.

Apprends-nous à agir toujours devant ta face, fais de nous tes enfants.

Accorde-nous la force d'accomplir ta volonté, tes préceptes.

Apprends-nous à faire le bien. Garde-nous du levain des Pharisiens.

Enseigne-nous à discerner l’essentiel en nos vies, l’unique nécessaire.

Aide-nous à nous délivrer du péché, de l’oisiveté, de la paresse spirituelle.

Que tout ce qu'il y a de beau et de bon dans le monde nous fasse souvenir de toi.

Que le mal qui est dans le monde nous serve d'avertissement.

Donne-nous de voir dans les pécheurs le miroir de nos propres péchés.

Apprends-nous à considérer comme des frères ceux qui pensent autrement que nous, ceux qui ne partagent pas notre foi, ceux qui ne croient pas.

Aide-nous à nous rappeler la brièveté de la vie, afin que le souvenir de la mort soit une force de persévérance et de service.

Accorde-nous la force de pardonner, d’aimer, de tout donner.

Apprends-nous à vivre dans la prière. Fais de nous des membres de ton Royaume.

Apprends-nous à haïr le péché et non pas le pécheur.

Donne-nous la force de te rendre témoignage.

Ne permets pas que nous soyons vaniteux, mesquins, creux.

Sois pour nous l’Alpha et l’Oméga en cette vie et pour l’éternité.

Et nous serons tes disciples.

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Prêtre orthodoxe russe d’origine juive, le P. Alexandre Men connu un très grand rayonnement spirituel, intellectuel et pastoral. Il fut assassiné en septembre 1990, en allant célébrer la liturgie dans sa paroisse.

THE 19TH DAY Commemoration of the Holy Bishop Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury & Wonderworker of All England Composed by Reader Isaac Lambertson

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At Vespers

At Lord, I have cried, 6 stichera: 3 of the Cross, in Tone IV: Spec. Mel.: Thou hast given a sign

The most holy Cross, the invincible trophy, cometh forth today, revealed from the earth like a hidden treasure, enriching the whole world with the rays of its universal goodness. Wherefore, we glorify the all-good dispensation of Christ our God, Who deigned to be crucified thereon.

Of old, the Cross, depicted by Moses, the faithful beholder and favourite of God, the divine prophet, routed the hordes of adversaries; and now, depicted in the divine elevation at the hands of the sacred ministers, it dispelleth the hordes of the demons and the assemblies of the Jews, and is the reproof of the audacity of the ungodly.

Thy Cross, O our Saviour, is the invincible might of Christians, whereby multitudes of alien nations are vanquished, and the peace of Thy Church, O Christ, is bestowed upon those who render goodly glory. Venerating it now, we entreat Thee, O Thou Who lovest mankind: Count us worthy of a portion with Thy saints.

And 3 of the holy bishop, in the same tone: Spec. Mel.: As one valiant among the martyrs

Like the radiant sun in the heavens, thou didst arise in the East; and passing through the firmament of the Church of Christ, didst shed thy brilliant light upon all who had recourse to thee with faith, setting at last in the far West, whither the providence of God had sent thee to warm the hearts and souls of the English, O glorious Theodore.

From Tarsus of Cilicia thou didst flee before the onslaught of the Moslems, O saint, as from a mighty tempest at sea; and having found a safe haven in the West, in obedience to Christ, the great Merchant, thou didst set forth for the land of England, there to invest the talants entrusted to thee by Him; and since thou didst increase them many fold, thou hast manifestly entered into His joy.

O holy bishop of Christ, thou didst not concern thyself with earthly things, but above all else didst set thy heart on things above. Wherefore, setting forth the sacred canons of the Church, thou didst uproot from among thy sheep and lambs the manifold abuses and vile practices wherewith Satan had ravaged thy flock. And having thus preserved it from the assaults of the spiritual wolf, thou didst present it safe unto Jesus, the Chief Shepherd.

Glory: Idiomelon, in Tone IV

O ye faithful, let us clap our hands in gladness and lift our voices in praise to God for bestowing upon us so great a bishop as the wondrous Theodore, whose apostolic labors in the land of England bore fruit in abundance. For as he ever taught the people the holy virtues and instructed them in the pure doctrine of Christ, they became such good Christians that they aspired only after the joys of the kingdom of heaven, though such had only lately been preached to them.

Now & ever, of the feast, in the same tone

Let us clap our hands today for the victory which is praised with hymns, and with radiant countenance and tongue let us openly cry: O Christ, Who for our sake didst deign to be tried, to be spat upon and scourged and arrayed in a purple robe, and Who ascended the Cross; Whom beholding, the sun and the moon hid their light, and the earth trembled with fear, and the veil of the temple was rent in twain: Do Thou now grant us Thine honored Cross as a preserver and protector, and a dispeller of the demons; that, kissing it, we may all cry out to it: Save us by thy power, O Cross! Hallow us by Thy radiance, O precious Cross! And fortify us by thine exaltation, for thou hast been given to us as the light and salvation of our souls.

Aposticha stichera of the Cross in Tone I: Spec. Mel.: Joy of the ranks of Heaven

The Cross is raised up, and the demons are driven away; the thief openeth the gates of Eden; death is slain, and now is shown to be void; and Christ is magnified. Wherefore, all mortals are glad, for the curse hath been annulled.

Stichos: Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship the footstool of His feet, for it is holy.

Come, all ye who love God, and, beholding the precious Cross uplifted, let us magnify together, and give glory to the one Deliverer and God, crying aloud: O Thou Who wast crucified on the tree of the Cross, disdain not those who entreat Thee.

Stichos: God is our King before the ages; He hath wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.

Moses, of old, sweetening bitterness, delivered Israel, prefiguring the Cross in image; and all of us, the faithful, depicting it ever in our hearts in godly manner and mystically, are saved by its might.

And Glory, of the holy bishop: Idiomelon, in Tone V

Assembling the bishops of thy province, O Theodore, with them thou didst condemn the vile heresy of the Monothelites, committing to anathema the accursed Dioscorus and Eutyches, and confirming with all solemnity the decisions of all the Oecumenical Councils, thereby strengthening the walls of thy fold, to keep the reason-endowed sheep of thy flock safe from the spiritual thieves and robbers who sought to steal them from Christ the Lord, the Chief Shepherd.

Now & ever, of the feast, in the same tone

The words of Thy prophets Isaiah and David are fulfilled, O God, which said: All nations will come, O Lord, and bow down before Thee. For, behold the people who have been filled with Thy grace in Thy courts in Jerusalem, O Good One. O Thou Who didst endure the Cross for us and hast imparted life through Thy resurrection, preserve and save us!

Troparion of the saint, in Tone VIII

As a compatriot of the preëminent Paul and a scion of Tarsus, O Theodore, bestowed upon the West by God thou didst traverse afar, proclaiming the peerless Gospel of Christ among the Angles and Saxons. Wherefore, having received thee as a gift divine and great, we cry out in thanksgiving to the Lord on high: Truly wondrous art Thou, O Savior, in Thy holy bishop and in all the saints!

Glory, Now & ever: Troparion of the Cross, in Tone I

O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance; granting victory unto Orthodox Christians over their adversaries, and by the power of Thy Cross preserving Thy commonwealth.

At Matins

At God is the Lord, troparion of the feast, twice; Glory, that of the saint; Now & ever, that of the feast, again.

After the first reading of the Psalter, this sessional hymn, in Tone VII

Bowing down before Thee, O Christ God, in the pine, cedar and cypress, the Church crieth out to Thee: Granting victory over heresy to our bishops through the Theotokos, have mercy upon us.

Glory, Now & ever: the foregoing is repeated.

After the second reading of the Psalter, this sessional hymn, in Tone IV

Shining forth like a light, Thy Cross, O Lord, driveth away legions of the demons and illumineth the faithful who chant: The Cross is the boast of the world!

Glory, Now & ever: the foregoing is repeated.

Canon of the feast, with 8 troparia, including the irmos (see under September 14th); and that of the saint, with 4 troparia, the acrostic whereof is Christ made thee a gift to us, O Theodore, in Tone III

Ode I

Irmos: By a staff Israel of old crossed the cloven sea as though on dry land, for, moving in the form of the Cross, it manifestly prepared a way. Wherefore, let us sing in praise to our wondrous God, for He hath been glorified.

Come, let us praise the wondrous Theodore, the compatriot of Paul and scion of Cilicia, who for many in England manifestly prepared the way to heaven, singing praise to our wondrous God, for He hath been glorified.

Having fled the assaults of the Moslems on thy native land, O venerable one, thou didst find a safe spiritual refuge in the Niridian Monastery, where thou didst chant in praise to our wondrous God, for He hath been glorified.

Renowned for thy piety and knowledge, O saint, thou wast fittingly chosen to succeed the holy Deusdedit in the see of Canterbury; wherefore, with him thou singest to our wondrous God, for He hath been glorified.

Theotokion: In everlasting glory dost thou reign on high, O most pure and blessed Virgin Theotokos, and the supreme spiritual intelligences pay thee fitting homage, for thou gavest birth unto our wondrous God, Who is glorified above all.

Ode III

Irmos: O Thou Who founded the earth upon its firmament and established the heavens with might, make steadfast all of us who praise Thee with faith. Hallowed was the sea by thy passage, O Theodore, gift of God, and hallowed likewise was the earth of Gaul, when thou madest thy way unto thy new flock.

Tireless were thine apostolic labors, O holy bishop, when thou didst visit all the churches of England, making steadfast all who praised God with faith.

Morality and discipline didst thou restore, O most glorious one, and thou didst everywhere establish the paschal reckoning of the holy Council of Nicæa.

Theotokion: Above the firmament is thine abode, O Theotokos, for thou standest in glory at the right hand of thy Son, by thy pleas aiding those who praise thee.

Kontakion of the saint, in Tone I: Spec. Mel.: When the stone had been Sealed

As primate of the English Church thou didst tend well thy spiritual flock, repelling the assaults of the spiritual wolf with the sling of the Orthodox Faith and the staff of sound doctrine. Wherefore, we ever cry out to thee, O Theodore, gift of God: Glory to Him Who hath given thee strength! Glory to Him Who hath crowned thee! Glory to Him Who worketh healings for all through thee!

Sessional hymn of the saint, in Tone I: Spec. Mel.: Thy tomb, O Saviour

Extracting the venom of the Monothelite heresy like a skilled physician, O Saviour, Theodore ably applied the healing poultice of Orthodoxy, proclaiming Thy divinity and manhood to all the people, and crying: We glorify Christ, the Destroyer of death, and we bow down before Him, our one God.

Glory, Now & ever: Sessional hymn of the Cross, in the same tone & melody.

Having heaven as Thy throne on high, in that Thou art God, and bearing the earth as Thy footstool, O Christ our Savior, Thou hast shown us the Cross as the footstool of Thy feet as well. Before it do we all bow down like David, and, having it as a protector and helper, we glorify Thee with faith.

Ode IV

Irmos: Thou hast shown us constant love, O Lord, for Thou didst give Thine only-begotten Son over to death for us. Wherefore, in thanksgiving we cry to Thee: Glory to Thy power, O Lord!

Declaring the great truths of the Sacred Scriptures, O holy one, thou didst therewith arm the Christians of England with the keen weaponry of piety; and they cried: Glory to Thy power, O Lord!

Ever in awe of the majesty of creation, O divinely wise one, with godly understanding thou didst most diligently impart knowledge, that all might cry: Glory to Thy power, O Lord!

Thou wast blessed among peace-makers, O God-bearer; for by thine authority alone thou didst pacify warring Christians; wherefore, in thanksgiving they cried: Glory to Thy power, O Lord!

Theotokion: Habbakuk in prophecy proclaimed that thy Son hath established a mighty love of His strength, O Bride of God; wherefore, in thanksgiving we cry unto Him: Glory to Thy power, O Lord!

Ode V

Irmos: Raise me up who sing in darkness, O my Benefactor; lighten the darkness of my soul with the light of Thy countenance, O Thou Who lovest mankind; and grant me Thy peace, as Thou once did to the elder, O Immutable One.

Even those who once sat in spiritual darkness and shadow didst thou teach to sing the splendid hymns of the Church, which the holy bishop Gregory devised and bequeathed unto Christians, O Theodore who art most rich.

Effulgent with the radiance of the countenance of Christ Who loveth mankind, with the radiance of the Spirit thou didst illumine the English people, enlightening their darkness and bringing peace to their benighted souls, O saint.

Angles derived great profit from thy sacred ministrations, O holy bishop, and Saxons cast their spiritual gloom from off themselves; for through thee, O hallowed Theodore, were their souls filled with divine radiance.

Theotokion: Glory dawned from thy pure womb, O Virgin Mother, shedding light upon us who sleep in darkness; wherefore, rejoicing, we wake unto the Sun of righteousness.

Ode VI

Irmos: O Thou Who lovest mankind, disdain not those who have reached the end of time and are assailed with destruction by the threefold billows of perils, yet cry: O Savior, save us, as Thou didst save the prophet from the sea monster.

In thine archpastoral oversight thou didst faithfully lead the life of thy sheep up out of corruption unto the Lord, O Theodore; for they were perishing in the depths of the raging sea of evils, and the floods thereof encompassed them.

Foundering under the assault of the threefold billows of afflictions, the faithful of England well nigh perished in the uttermost abyss and the womb of hades; but thy cry came unto the Lord, and He saved thy flock from dire perils.

The Christians of these latter times are likewise assailed by grave trials and temptations, and many observe vain and false things and have abandoned mercy for themselves; but we cry unto thee: Save us by thy supplications, O saint.

Theotokion: To the cry of our desperation do thou hearken, O Lady Mother of God, for, beset by perils, we are engulfed in the abyss; but pray thou to thy merciful Son: O Savior, save these my servants, as Thou didst save the prophet from the sea monster!

Kontakion of the Cross, in Tone IV: Automelon

O Thou Who wast lifted up willingly upon the Cross, bestow Thy compassions upon the new community called after Thee, O Christ God; gladden by Thy power Orthodox Christians, granting them victory over all adversaries. May they have as an ally the invincible trophy, the weapon of peace.

Ikos: He who was caught up to the third heaven of paradise and heard unspeakable and divine words which the human tongue cannot utter, what writeth he to the Galatians, which, as lover of the Scriptures, ye have both read and come to understand? 'God forbid', saith he, 'that I should glory, save only in the Cross of the Lord', whereon having suffered He slew the passions..

Let us all then firmly hold this boast, the Cross of the Lord; for this Wood is our salvation, the invincible trophy, the weapon of peace.

Ode VII

Irmos: Proud was the tyrant; yet he was as a plaything for the children; for, trampling underfoot the flame heated sevenfold, they sang: Blessed art Thou, O Lord God of our fathers!

Obedience and all the monastic virtues didst thou embody, O all-glorious Theodore, wherefore thou didst trample pride and vainglory underfoot, quenching the flame of the passions.

Unto the youth of England didst thou impart sacred knowledge, O saint, that, trampling ignorance underfoot, they might sing: Blessed art Thou, O Lord God of our fathers!

Surrounding thyself with men of holiness, O holy Theodore, thou wast like a diamond of great brilliance in a crown of priceless gems, crying: Blessed art Thou, O Lord God of our fathers!

Theotokion: O immaculate Maiden, though we have sinned and transgressed in departing from the Son, beseech Him to spurn us not, that we may sing to Him: Blessed art Thou, O Lord God of our fathers!

Ode VIII

Irmos: In Babylon, the children, enduring to worship the living God, paid no heed to the musical instruments; and, standing in the midst of the flame, they sang a hymn divine, saying: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!

Thou didst fight the good fight; thou didst finish thy course, and, worshipping the living God, didst keep well the Holy Faith, O Theodore; wherefore, thou dost admonish us, saying: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!

Having been vigilant in all things, O holy Theodore, thou didst endure afflictions in proclaiming the Gospel of Christ, and therein making full proof of thy ministry, thou didst cry: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!

Endless praises dost thou chant unto the Most High with the ranks of angels and the choirs of the saints in the heavenly habitations, O Theodore, gift of God, crying aloud: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!

Theotokion: O thy supernal beauty! O the beautiful sound of thine incomparable voice, wherewith thou intercedest on high with thy Son and God for us sinners, who sing the hymn divine: Bless the Lord, all ye works of the Lord!

Ode IX

Irmos: The Assyrian flame was a figure of thee, O Virgin Mother Mary; for the flame of the Godhead, dwelling within thee, O pure one, preserved thy womb unconsumed. Wherefore, Christ, Who was brought into the temple in Thine arms, hath restored us who magnify Thy birthgiving.

Departing from Cilicia in the East, O Theodore, thou madest thy way into the West, where thou didst preserve well the flock entrusted to thy vigilant care; wherefore, as thou hast great boldness before Christ, in thine prayers beg that East and West be again united in spirit and in Truth.

Out of the blasphemies of our age deliver us, O saint of God, for as the Apostle foretold, we are verily beset by the unholy, who, though they assume the guise of godliness, deny the power thereof. By thine aid help us to turn away from such, who are reprobates concerning the Holy Faith.

Rightly hast thou received from the righteous Judge the crown of righteousness laid up for those who love His appearing, O righteous Theodore; for at all times and seasons thou didst diligently reprove, rebuke and exhort thy flock with all long-suffering and sound doctrine.

Theotokion: Elder Symeon blessed thee, O all-holy Theotokos, when thou broughtest the preëternal Babe to the Temple to be dedicated to God. And he prophesied truly, for the men of all ages to come, that thy Child would be a sign which shall be spoken against. Wherefore, we magnify thy birthgiving.

Exapostilarion: Spec. Mel: By the Spirit in the sanctuary

By the Holy Spirit wast thou ordained to be the primate of the English Church, O Theodore; wherefore, thou didst boldly preach Christ the Master to thy flock, as the Way, the Truth and the Light, the expectation of the nations and the salvation of the New Israel, His people.

Glory, Now & ever: Exapostilarion of the feast

The Cross is the preservation of the whole world; the Cross is the adornment of the Church; the Cross is the might of kings; the Cross is the confirmation of the faithful; the Cross is the glory of angels and the wounding of demons.

Aposticha of the feast, in Tone VI: Spec. Mel.: On the third day

We bow down before the place where the feet of Christ stood, exalting the thrice-blessed Cross whereon was shed the blood of the Master Who hath poured forth resurrection upon the world.

Stichos: Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship the footstool of His feet, for it is holy.

Having mortified the passions of the flesh and spirit, having crucified yourselves with Christ the Master, O ye divinely wise, let us strive to elevate ourselves, through the elevation of the Cross, to the rest of heaven.

Stichos: God is our King before the ages; He hath wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.

A life-bearing fountain hath manifestly welled forth from the divine side of the Savior, giving drink to the souls of those who with faith worship His divine Passion, Cross and Resurrection.

Glory: Idiomelon, in Tone VIII

Having toiled untiringly for Christ thy Master, O Theodore, death brought thee rest from thy pious labors. But though thy sacred remains were entombed in Canterbury, thou dwellest ever in supernal light in the radiant mansions of heaven, from whence thou lookest with pity upon thy flock and aidest them by thine earnest entreaties before the glorious throne of the All-holy Trinity.

Now & ever, of the feast, in Tone V

The words of Thy prophets Isaiah and David are fulfilled, O God, which said: All nations will come, O Lord, and bow down before Thee. For, behold the people who have been filled with Thy grace in Thy courts in Jerusalem, O Good One. O Thou Who didst endure the Cross for us and hast imparted life through Thy resurrection, preserve and save us!

At the Liturgy

At the Beatitudes, 6 troparia from Ode VII of the canon of the feast Prokimenon of the feast, in Tone V

O Lord, save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance.

Stichos: Unto Thee, O Lord, will I cry; O my God, be not silent unto me.

And that of the holy bishop, in Tone I

My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

Epistle to the Hebrews, §318 (Heb. 7: 26-8: 2)

Brethren: Such a High Priest became us, Who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this He did once, when He offered up Himself..

For the law maketh men high priests who have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, Who is consecrated for evermore. Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such a High Priest, Who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; a Minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.

Alleluia of the feast, in Tone IV

Stichos: Remember Thy congregation which Thou hast purchased from the beginning.

Stichos: God is our King before the ages, He hath wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.

And that of the holy bishop, in Tone II

Stichos: The mouth of the righteous shall meditate wisdom, and his tongue shall speak of judgment.

Gospel according to John, § 36 (Jn. 10: 9-16)

The Lord said to the Jews who came to Him: I am the door: by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But he who is a hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the good Shepherd, and know My sheep, and am known of Mine. As the Father knoweth Me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down My life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear My voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

Communion verse of the feast

The light of Thy countenance, O Lord, hath been signed upon us. And that of the holy bishop.

In everlasting remembrance shall the righteous be, he shall not be afraid of evil tidings.