AT VESPERS

On “Lord, I have cried…”, 6 stichera: 3 of Saint Epiphanius, in Tone V: Spec. Mel.: “Rejoice…”—

Troparion, in Tone IV—

Rejoice, O instructor of fasters, who truly tended the sheep of Christ, the Chief Shepherd, with the staff of thine all-wise teachings upon the meadows of true Orthodoxy, O Epiphanius, thou meek lamb who didst feed upon the grass of abstinence and hast now come to make thine abode in the fold of life on high, where, joining chorus with the holy hierarchs and martyrs, do thou ever pray that peace and great mercy be given to us who celebrate thy memory with love.

Glory…, Now & ever…: Troparion from the Pentecostarion.

Rejoice, O beacon of piety who hast illumined the whole world with the beams of thy fiery words, O Epiphanius, and with fire hast utterly consumed the doctrines of the enemy in the storm of ignorance, calling them to the right tranquil haven of divine knowledge! Rejoice, O instrument of the inspiration of the Spirit, unceasingly pouring forth an abyss of miracles through thy harp, and delivering men from death. Entreat Christ, that He grant great mercy to our souls.

Rejoice, O Epiphanius, thou noetic river full of the waters of the Spirit, adornment of the Church, rule of the hierarchy, pillar of monastics, foundation of the Orthodox, ground of the Church, tower of strength, opponent of impiety, clarion of godly sound, melodious nightingale, heavenly intelligence, vigilant tongue which meditated upon the divine law through the grace of Christ. Him do thou beseech, that He grant great mercy to our souls.

And 3 stichera of Saint Germanus, In Tone I: Spec. Mel.: “O most lauded martyrs…”—

O Germanus, thou didst firmly cast down the reasoning of Leo who was full of impiety and, wretch that he was, rejected the veneration of the precious icons of Christ and all the saints; but though he was denounced as mindless by thy discourses, O divinely blessed one, he remained obdurate.

The ungodly Leo, hating God like a wild beast, became the forerunner of Antichrist, rejecting the veneration of the image of Christ, O venerable one; and he was cast out from the heritage of the faithful. Wherefore, we entreat thee: dispel our present turmoil by thy supplications, as thou didst his.

O divinely manifest one, thou didst receive the desire which from of old thou didst manifestly desire; for as a hierarch thou hast now entered in unto thy Master with boldness, O blessed Germanus, and, standing before Him, thou hast inherited deification. Ask thou peace for the world.

Glory…, Now & ever…, from the Pentecostarion.

O God of our fathers, deal with us ever according to Thy meekness. Take not Thy mercy away from us, but by the prayers of these saints direct our life in peace.