AT VESPERS

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

Extending all thy desire unto God, thou didst forsake the beauty of the world as fleeting, and didst offer thyself unto Christ, O most wise Pachomius, purifying thyself in every way by abstinence, showing forth patient opposition to the burning of the passions; and enduring the torment of thy conscience, O divinely wise one, thou didst receive an imperishable crown as one victorious.

Through active vision thou hast now drawn nigh to union with God, casting from thee the coarse covering of the body, having rejected the passionate attachment of the flesh and become illuminated by His effulgence and grace and divine radiance, and deified at His behest, that thou mightest ascend to that which is higher. And having now become blessed, O God-bearer, entreat Christ with boldness in behalf of our souls.

Having surpassed every sense, thou didst converse with the Master in purity, transcending the flesh, O most honored Pachomius, restraining the passions with higher thought, and destroying the arrogance of the demons, thou didst trample them underfoot. And dwelling now in the mansions of heaven, be thou mindful of all who honor thy memory, entreating Christ with boldness in behalf of our souls.

Glory…, in Tone VI—

Having preserved unharmed that which was created according to the image of God, and through fasting made thy mind master over the pernicious passions, thou didst ascend, as far as thou wast able, to that which is in accordance with His likeness; for having manfully done violence to thy nature, thou didst strive to make that which is worse subject to that which is higher, and to enslave the flesh to the spirit. Wherefore, thou hast been shown to be the summit of monastics, a desert-dweller, a trainer of those who run the good race, a most excellent model of virtue. And now in the heavens, the reflections having been abolished, O our father Pachomius, thou gazest in purity upon the Holy Trinity, praying directly for those who honor thee with faith and love.

Now & ever…, from the Pentecostarion.