Ode IX

Exapostilarion —

Irmos: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, Who hath exalted the horn of salvation for us in the house of David His child, wherein the Dayspring from on high hath visited us, and directed us to the path of peace.

On the Praises, 4 stichera, in Tone VIII —

Theotokion: O wonder surpassing all the wonders of old! For the Virgin, without knowing man, received in her womb Him Who by His word created all things, and gave birth unto Him without suffering corruption.

Appearing to a pious priest in thy homeland, thou didst command him to paint thine image and to compose hymnody to thee; and this he did with all diligence, for thy laudation and unto the glory of Christ God, Who glorifieth His favored ones.

O venerable Germanus, from childhood thou didst desire to cleave unto God, and accounting all the beautiful things of this world as but dung, thou madest thine abode in the wilderness, where, laboring long in great patience, thou didst reach the resting-place of life eternal. Wherefore, we beseech thee: Entreat Christ God, that He save our souls, in that He is full of loving-kindness! Twice

Glory…, Now & ever…: Theotokion —

Thine icon, whereon thou wast depicted with the venerable fathers Zosimas and Sabbatius, was shown to be miraculous, that thy holiness might be made manifest, and that thy memory may be honored with that of the saints.

O divinely wise father Germanus, taking thy cross upon thy shoulder from thy youth, thou didst follow after Christ with unwavering intent; and, full of all the virtues, thou truly becamest a model for monks. Wherefore, thou shinest with miracles even after thy death, God glorifying thee. Him do thou entreat, we pray thee, that He save our souls, in that He is full of loving-kindness.

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

Even though thou didst not repose in the place of thy struggles, O venerable father, yet were thy precious relics translated to thy monastery, where, in the temple erected to thy name, they rested in sanctity.

O God-bearing father Germanus, as a vessel chosen by God from thine earliest infancy, thou wast shown to be full of the grace of the Holy Spirit, and even after death pourest forth healings, receiving authority over unclean spirits, to expel them from men. Free us also from their tyranny, praying earnestly unto the Lord, that He save our souls, in that He is full of loving-kindness.

O venerable Germanus, thou hast truly been shown to be a guiding star for our blessed fathers Zosimas and Sabbatius, and with them a multitude of monks, leading them to the tranquil harbor of the island of Solovki, with the splendor of thy life illumining the ways of life in the wilderness for us who honor thy holy memory.

Glory…, in Tone II —

Rejoice, we cry unto thee, O blessed Virgin Theotokos, for through thee have we come to share in everlasting joy! For thou gavest birth unto the hypostatic Life, for the salvation of all who hymn thee.

Come, ye assemblies of monks, and with hymns let us crown our ever-memorable father. For he hath been shown to be a fruitful olive-tree in the house of God, pouring forth the oil of healing upon those suffering from divers ailments; like a palm-tree he hath flourished in the incorruption of his relics; like a cedar of Lebanon, watered by the streams of his tears, he hath increased the number of his children in the wilderness; and like a lily hath he blossomed through the grace of Christ our God.

Great Doxology. Troparion. Litanies. Dismissal. First Hour

All my hope do I set on thee, O Mother of God; keep me under thy protection.