At Vespers

Now and ever…" Theotokion, or this Stavrotheotokion: Spec. Mel.: "When from the Tree…"—

At "Lord, I have cried…", six stichera: three for the holy hierarch, in Tone IV: Spec .Mel.: "Thou hast given a sign…"—

Scattering, thou didst distribute thy bread to them that were in need thereof, O wondrous John, emulating in mercy the most merciful Master, O venerable one. Wherefore, thy memory truly abideth forever, O holy one. By thy supplications do thou save them that celebrate it with faith from temptations and tribulations, O hierarch most rich.

Foreseeing thy purity, the rightness of thy mind and thy godly demeanor, He Who seeth things that are hidden elevated thee to a most magnificent throne, anointing and perfecting thee with chrism, O wise one, and manifestly appointing thee the pilot of His flock which thou didst guide to the heaven of divine desire, O divinely eloquent John.

All the requests of thy heart, O right wondrous one, the Lord did grant; for thou didst observe all the laws of salvation. For God and neighbor didst thou unendingly love, O divinely blessed one, as thy very self; and thou didst satisfy them that were in need. Wherefore, we honor thee today, O John.

And three stichera for the venerable one, in Tone VIII: Spec. Mel.: "What shall we call you…"—

What now shall we call thee, O holy one? A river issuing forth from the noetic Eden, a torrent of gifts bestowed by God, a flood of the grace of teachings, a cup of wisdom and knowledge, a most mighty intercessor, a most active teacher. Pray thou that our souls be saved.

What shall we name thee, O venerable one? Cultivator of the gardens of immortality, O blessed one, husbandman of the noetic paradise of the faithful, one most skilled in the laws given by God, one who knowest the divinely inspired dogmas, speaker of nature most good, and instructor most content. Pray thou that our souls be saved.

What now shall I call thee, O wondrous one? One who laid down the rules of marriage, governor of chastity, instructor of monastics, guide of virginity, one who rightly balanced both, as having by experience passed through both. Many were thy goodly deeds and great thy fasting for God. Pray thou that our souls be saved.

Glory…, in Tone II, the composition of Anatolius—

John, the emulator of Christ, the great pastor and beacon of the Alexandrians, the wellspring of mercy, increaseth his right sympathetic compassions for them that are in need. Come ye, let us who are poor in spirit drink our fill, emulating his serenity; for having with right compassionate demeanor shown hospitality to the wandering Christ through the poor, like Abraham of old he was counted worthy of blessedness, and he prayeth with boldness that our souls find mercy.

She that kneweth not wedlock, beholding Thee nailed to the Tree of the Cross, O Jesus, said, weeping: "O my sweet Child, wherefore hast Thou left me alone who gave birth to Thee, O unapproachable Light of the all-unoriginate Father? Haste Thou, and glorify Thyself, that they that glorify Thy divine sufferings may receive divine glory!"