day 12

February 12: St. Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow

On “Lord, I have cried…”, 4 stichera, in Tone VIII: Spec. Mel.: “O all-glorious wonder…”—

Now & ever…: Theotokion.

Troparion, in Tone VIII—

Also on The 12th Day of the Month of February

O blessed and holy hierarch Alexis, accepting the voice of the Word, thou didst disdain the things of the body, forsaking the pleasures and properties of life, and, traversing the noetic sea by the teaching of piety and supernatural thunderings, thou didst serve Christ, O thou who art blessed of God. Twice

Glory…, Now & ever…: Theotokion—

Another troparion, in Tone IV—

Commemoration of Our Father Among the Saints,

O all-wise wonder-worker Alexis, thou didst please God by thy monastic life, for God chose thee beforehand, from thy youth, O father, to be a shepherd for His reason-endowed sheep and a great teacher. Thou hast been shown to be an instructor of priests and an all-radiant star for the whole land of Russia, illumining with miracles all who with faith fall down before the shrine of thy relics. Wherefore, we pray: Ask thou for thy flock remission of sins, O father blessed of God.

Glory…, Now & ever…: Theotokion—

Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow

O venerable father, holy hierarch Alexis, by thine appearance in a dream thou didst restore the paralytic to health, strengthening his arms and legs, saying unto the afflicted one: “If thou dost not quickly give up the hidden treasure, thou shalt not rise from thy bed.” And he, arriving at thine honored shrine with repentance and tears, received healing, O father blessed of God.

At Little Vespers

Glory…, idiomelon, in the same tone—

February 12: St. Meletius, Patriarch of Antioch the Great

O assemblies of Russia, come ye to the honored memorial of Alexis the wonder-worker, to the divine temple, wherein lieth his precious shrine, which hath within it the grace of healings, his priceless body; and let us cry aloud to him: O great and holy hierarch Alexis the wonder-worker, thou art the boast of the land of Russia, thou art its defense, thou art an inexhaustible treasury of the gifts of the Spirit, and ever-flowing fountain of healings; wherefore, chanting, we say: Rejoice, pillar and ground of the Church! Rejoice, O thou who standest before the throne of Christ with the first hierarchs! Rejoice, most radiant beacon illumining the faithful with miracles! Wherefore, O our honored and holy hierarch, pray to Christ, the God of all, that our souls be saved.

The 12th Day of the Month of February

At the aposticha, these stichera, in Tone II: Spec. Mel.: “O house of Ephratha…”—

Commemoration of Our Father among the Saints Meletius, Patriarch of Antioch the Great

O God-bearing holy hierarch Alexis, from earliest infancy thou wast shown to be a sanctified vessel and the abode of the all-holy Spirit.

(for this day we also provide the service in honor of St. Alexis of Moscow)

Stichos: Thy priests shall be clothed with righteousness, and Thy righteous shall rejoice.

Rejoice, O blessed Alexis, thou boast of hierarchs, glory of priests, model for monastics, confirmation of the Church!

Stichos: Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord; in His commandments shall he greatly rejoice.

Hearken to the entreaty of thy children, O holy hierarch father Alexis, and disdain not their tears, but fulfill the heartfelt petitions of those who love thee.

Rejoice, O joyous Virgin who for the world hast given birth to Joy: Christ the Bestower of life, and hast taken away the grief of our first mother!

Hastening to thy precious shrine, O holy hierarch Alexis, divinely wise wonder-worker, assembling with love, we celebrate with splendor the memory of thee who art equally enthroned with the apostles, the all-good physician, the right pleasing servant; and we rejoice with songs and hymns, glorifying Christ Who hath given thee such grace to heal and hath bestowed upon thy city so great a bulwark.

Celebrating the memory of the all-blessed and holy hierarch Alexis, the careful preserver of the dogmas of the apostles, the shepherd and teacher of the Church of Russia, let us glorify with right fitting hymnody Christ our God Who hath given us His favored one as an abundant wellspring pouring forth healings, the boast and confirmation of the city of Moscow.

The mystery hidden from before the ages and unknown even to the angels, through thee, O Theotokos, hath been revealed to those on earth: God incarnate in unconfused union, Who willingly accepted the Cross for our sake and, thereby raising up the first-formed man, hath saved our souls from death.