day 10

April 10: Martyrs Terence, Pompey & Those with Them

On “Lord, I have cried…”, 4 stichera of the saint, in Tone II: Spec. Mel.: “O house of Ephratha…”—

After “Now lettest Thou Thy servant depart…”, the troparion of the hieromartyr, in Tone VIII—

The 10th Day of the MONTH OF APRIL

Come, ye children of the pious, let us rejoice in the all-glorious memory of the chief shepherd, rendering glory unto God.

Glory…, Now & ever…: troparion from the Pentecostarion

Commemoration of the Holy Martyrs

Dance, O city of Odessa, for thou didst acquire the body of the godly Gregory, which divine providence most wisely sent to thee.

Terence, Pompey & Those with Them

Ye vile races of the Jews and the Moslems, behold the glory of the divine patriarch in the city of Odessa, and be ye put to shame.

for this day we provide also the service in honor of St. Gregory V of Constantinople

Thou standest before God as an intercessor, O patriarch, that the people of Greece may be saved. Wherefore, thou didst become the victim of the iniquitous.

April 10: Holy Hieromartyr Gregory V, Archbishop of Constantinople

Glory…, in Tone I—

Also on The 10th Day of the MONTH OF APRIL

O thy valiant and adamantine soul, O Gregory, worthy of blessings! For, possessed of steadfast love for God and thy neighbor, thou didst say: “I shall have no rest until I see the Hellenic nation freed from slavery!” Wherefore, set afire by the Holy Spirit, thou didst cause the ungodly Moslems to separate thee more speedily from this world, and to send thee to Christ, Whom thou desired, Him do thou entreat, that He deliver all our people from bondage.

Commemoration of the Holy Hieromartyr Gregory V, Archbishop of Constantinople, the New Rome,

Now & ever…: doxasticon from the Pentecostarion

& Œcumenical Patriarch

At the aposticha, the stichera from the Pentecostarion; and Glory…, in Tone VIII—

AT LITTLE VESPERS

O hieromartyr Gregory, who didst put on Christ the Master: thou didst bear the reward of the divine service of the Gospel of Christ, which was achieved by the shedding of thy blood. Wherefore, becoming a sacrifice of the heavenly Father by the hand of the iniquitous Moslems, thou wast slain, O most sacred one, and wast shown to be a pure martyr for the Faith and thy people. Intercede for us, O blessed struggler.

Now & ever…: doxasticon from the Pentecostarion

Blessed art Thou, O Christ our God, Who hast given strength to the godly patriarch, sending down upon him Thy grace from on high, and through him hast restored the race of the Hellenes to their ancestral glory.