AT VESPERS

On “Lord, I have…”, these stichera, in Tone VI: Spec. Mel.: “Having set aside …” —

Glory…, Now & ever…: Doxasticon from the Pentecostarion, or this theotokion —

Troparion, in Tone IV —

Thou wast shown to be a God-bearer wholly consecrated, the holy anointed of God, clad in the Holy Spirit, ever entering with splendor into the holy of holies, illumined with godly radiance, partaking of the grace of the holy mysteries as a true and all-glorious hierarch, praying with boldness in behalf of our souls.

Thy life was illumined with the radiance of the virtues, and thou hast enlightened the faithful and driven away the darkness of falsehood; for thou wast shown to be the bright sun of the truth, O all-blessed and holy hierarch Metrophanes. And now thou hast made thine abode where shineth never-waning light, having become a child of the day through the grace of the Holy Spirit. Wherefore, honorably celebrating thy divine and luminous memory, we honor thee with love, O ever-memorable one.

Thy mind made beautiful by faith and through yearning for God, O divine wise one, thou wast shown to be radiant; and having learned incorruption in thy mortal and corruptible body, O all-wise one, thou didst acquire the splendors of the incorporeal ones, becoming a stranger to pleasures, adorned with dispassion, O all-wise father and hierarch Metrophanes, thou radiant lamp and intercessor for those who honor thy memory with love.

Rejoice, thou fulfillment of the law! Rejoice, O temple of the Holy Trinity, thou incorrupt Bride! Rejoice, divine chariot of the King of all! Rejoice, thou who like tongs held the Ember of immaterial fire in thine arms, O new paradise, garden enclosed, divine and all-radiant table, undefiled dove, throne of the Most High, noetic bower of God, whom the Holy Spirit covered, O Maiden!

Stavrotheotokion —

Of old, when the unblemished ewe-lamb, the immaculate Mistress, beheld her Lamb uplifted upon the Cross, she exclaimed maternally and, marvelling, cried aloud: “O my Child most sweet, what is this new and all-glorious sight? How is it that the ungrateful assembly hath betrayed Thee to the judgment of Pilate and condemneth Thee, the Life of all, to death? Yet do I hymn, O Word, Thine ineffable condescension.”

The truth of things revealed thee to thy flock as a rule of faith, a model of meekness and teacher of abstinence. Wherefore, thou didst attain the heights through humility and riches through poverty. O father and hierarch Metrophanes, entreat Christ God, that our souls be saved.