Ode VI

Irmos: Cleanse me, O Savior, for many are my transgressions; and lead me up from the abyss of evils, I pray, for to Thee have I cried, and Thou hast hearkened to me, O God of my salvation.

Kontakion, in Tone III: Spec. Mel.: “Today the Virgin…” —

Theotokion: O Theotokos, thou hast given birth to the Fruit of life, the divine Garden, for me who of old in the garden of paradise did by nature eat of the fruit of mortality. And eating of Him, I shall no longer be enslaved to death.

Driving the assaults of the demons away from thy flock, and dispelling the falsehood of the idols of polytheism, O wondrous one, thou didst show thyself to be fearsome to the adversary, O divinely eloquent and all-wise Tychon.

Irmos: I pour forth my prayer unto the Lord, and to Him do I declare my grief; for my soul is full of evil and my life hath drawn nigh unto hell, and like Jonah I pray: Lead me up from corruption, O God!

Kontakion, in Tone VIII —

Theotokion: By thy supplications tear apart the record of my transgressions, and grant me release from the griefs and sufferings which beset me, O Mistress.

God Who was glorified by thee, O God-bearing Tychon, glorified thee, giving thee to us who bless thee with faith as one awesome in signs and great in wonders.

Thou didst sanctify thy life, O wise one, living it honorably on earth; and, passing over from it to receive that of heaven, thou didst glorify it with miracles, O Tychon, true friend of the Master.

Persevering in the struggle of the love of God, O holy one, from on high thou didst receive the power of the Comforter to cast down the idols of falsehood, to save men, to cast out demons and to heal sickness. Wherefore, we honor thee as a friend of God, O blessed Tychon.

Thy precious body poureth forth great healing upon those who approach thy salutary tomb with faith, O Tikhon our father.

By thine unceasing prayers unto God, O Tikhon our father, thou didst attain the mansions of heaven, where are the ineffable Light and the delight of the venerable, with whom thou standest before the God of all, O father Tikhon.

Thou didst consider night to be like day, O blessed one, for thou gavest no rest to thy body, nor sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids, until thou didst reach the resting-place of heaven.

Forsaking thy homeland, O venerable one, thou didst make thine abode in the wilderness, where thou didst show thy manner of life to be strict; and amazing many by thy virtues, thou didst receive from Christ the gift of miracles. Wherefore, remember us who honor thy memory, that we may cry out to thee: Rejoice, O venerable Tikhon our father!

Ikos: Loving the divine commandments of Christ, O Tikhon our venerable father, and hating the delights of this world, thou didst leave thy homeland and eagerly hasten to the wilderness; and thou wast a beacon therein, enlightening those parts with the effulgence of the Spirit. Wherefore, approaching thy healing tomb with fervor, we cry out to thee: Rejoice, O Tikhon our venerable father!