At Vespers

On “Lord, I have cried…”, 6 stichera, in Tone IV: Spec. Mel.: “Thou hast given a sign…”—

Now & ever…: Theotokion, or this stavrotheotokion: Spec. Mel.: “O most lauded martyrs…”—

Troparion, in Tone III—

The divinely eloquent Paul layeth his hands on thee, O most blessed one, as his namesake and emulator, adorned with his character and piety and his endurance of evil circumstances, and aflame with his zeal, O champion of Orthodoxy. With him thou art now glorified in the mansions of heaven. Twice

Now & ever…: Theotokion, or this stavrotheotokion: Spec. Mel.: “When from the Tree…”—

With the strong cords of thy dogmas thou didst strangle the ungodly Arius and the impious Macedonius; and with thy right discourse on doctrine thou didst make multitudes of the Orthodox steadfast, O hieromartyr and father. Wherefore, accepting thine all-radiant confession, He Who loveth mankind hath shown thee to share in His kingdom. Twice

With a splendid wreath of righteousness hath Christ crowned thee, O blessed hierarch who finished thy race and kept the Faith; and He hath adorned thy confession, O right wondrous one. Wherefore, having received a heavenly inheritance, pray thou to the Savior in behalf of those who hymn thee.

O most blessed Paul, namesake of confession, as intercessor for those who fervently praise thee, deliver us from all misfortune and every sin, from the tempest of the passions and tyranny, in that thou art an invincible martyr and a right acceptable hierarch, O father; for thou hast acquired boldness before Christ our God.

Glory…, the composition of Germanus, in Tone I—

Arrayed in hierarchal vestments, O venerable father, thou didst emulate thy namesake Paul: having endured persecution and tribulations, in thy constant pangs thou didst put to shame the pernicious opinions of Arius; and having suffered for the unoriginate and consubstantial Trinity, thou didst cast down the ungodly Macedonius, the opponent of the Spirit, and, having made the Orthodox Faith clear unto all, thou dwellest with the immaterial angels. With them pray now, that our souls be saved.

Beholding Thine unjust slaughter, O Christ, weeping, the Virgin cried out to Thee: “O my Child most sweet, how is it that Thou diest unjustly? How is it that Thou hangest upon a Tree, Who hast suspended the whole earth upon the waters? Leave me not alone, O greatly merciful Benefactor, who am thy Mother and handmaiden, I pray!”

At the aposticha, the stichera from the Octoechos; and this sticheron, in Tone I—

Stichos: Thy priests shall be clothed with righteousness, and Thy righteous shall rejoice.

O venerable father Paul, invested with virtue by Christ God, strengthened by the Faith thou didst valiantly conquer every horde of demons and barbarians, and didst establish thy flock upon a rock, unassailed by any heresy. Wherefore, joining chorus with the angels, pray thou to the Savior, that our souls be preserved in peace.

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

Sailing the deep of fasting with the sail of abstinence, thou didst escape the storm of the passions, O venerable one. Wherefore, as the namesake of the divine Paul, thou didst endure persecution and tribulations, maltreated amid the blasphemies of the heretics. Wherefore, thou didst cast down the opinions of Arius, and, vanquishing the heresy of Nestorius, thou wast shown to be a zealot of the Church of Christ. Him do thou entreat, O blessed hierarch, that our souls be saved.

When the unblemished ewe-lamb beheld her Lamb led of His own will as a man to the slaughter, she said, lamenting: “Dost Thou now haste to leave me childless, who gave Thee birth, O Christ? Why hast Thou done this, O Deliverer of all? Yet do I hymn and glorify Thine extreme goodness which passeth understanding and recounting, O Thou Who lovest mankind!”

By thy confession of the divine Faith the Church hath shown thee to be another Paul, a zealot among her priests; and Abel crieth out to the Lord with thee, as doth the righteous blood of Zachariah. O venerable father, entreat Christ God, that we be given great mercy.