Orthodox Study
Isaac Lambertsen

At the Aposticha, these stichera, in Tone VI: Spec. Mel.: “On the third day…” —

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Ye mountains of Carpathia, leap for joy at the memorial of thy pious son, the hieromartyr Maximus, the protector of his people, who prayeth to Christ God for all who honor him.

¶2

Now & ever…: Theotokion, in the same tone —

¶3

Troparion, in Tone IV —

¶4

Stichos: The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree, and like a cedar in Lebanon shall he be multiplied.

¶5

Glory…, Now & ever…: Resurrectional theotokion, in the same tone.

¶6

Troparion, in Tone IV—

¶7

Magnify the Lord, ye Lemko people, and together with the ranks of angels, celebrate the memory of your kinsman Maximus, who watcheth over you from on high, where he standeth with the incorporeal hosts before the throne of the Godhead.

¶8

Stichos: They that are planted in the house of the Lord, in the courts of our God they shall blossom forth.

¶9

All ye who love the feasts of the Church, with gladness let us assemble today, to keep festival in memory of Maximus, the protector and defender of the Orthodox, who, undaunted, faced death with courage, and was put to death for the Faith.

¶10

Glory…, in Tone VIII —

¶11

Xenophobia, the cruel and bitter hatred of thy race and Faith, enraged the Austrian authorities against the Slavic peoples, and the ancient foe of mankind inspired them to slaughter the meek and humble Lemko people. Then wast thou again cast into prison, and taken from thence to be slain for the Orthodox Faith. Wherefore, O holy Maximus, having stood steadfast for the Truth, thou hast received recompense in the heavens.

¶12

I flee to thy protection, O holy Virgin Theotokos, for I know that through thee I shall obtain salvation; for thou art able to help me, O pure one.

¶13

Moved by the providence of God to go to Mount Pochaev, there to learn the rightness of the Orthodox Faith, thou didst attain unto true teaching in the city of Zhitomir, and didst return to thine own country as a brave warrior of Christ. For Orthodoxy and thy people thou didst receive the crown of martyrdom, and thereby hast made thy native land steadfast in the Holy Faith. O hieromartyr Maximus, entreat Christ God, that our souls be saved.

¶14

As thou didst share in the ways of the apostles and didst occupy their throne, thou didst find thine activity to be a passage to the vision of God, O divinely inspired one. Wherefore, ordering the word of truth, thou didst suffer for the Faith even to the shedding of thy blood, O hieromartyr Eutyches. Entreat Christ God, that our souls be saved.

Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.

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