At Vespers

Glory..., Now & ever...: Theotokion, in the same tone & melody —

On “Lord, I have cried...,” 3 stichera of the apostle, in Tone IV: Spec. Mel: “Called from on high...” —

Now & ever..., Theotokion.

Troparion of the Apostle, in Tone III —

Glory..., Troparion to the venerable one, in Tone VIII —

O blessed Philip, who as one full of wisdom and grace divine wast numbered among the seven deacons, thou wast chosen with Stephen to minister to the needs of the saints. Wherefore, beholding him slain, thou didst hasten to Samaria at the command of God, O glorious one, preaching the word of God and enlightening those who before were in darkness, O most wise one, whom thou didst make children of the day through the Spirit of God.

Beholding the divine signs wrought by thy hand — the recovery of sight by the blind, the healing of the paralyzed, the expulsion of unclean spirits where they lived — the people marvelled, O Philip, and came to thee for spiritual cleansing, brought swiftly from unbelief to faith. Wherefore, when they heard of this, the divine choir of the apostles were gladdened, for a multitude of Samaritans was led to God.

Being thyself a chariot of the Word, O divinely eloquent one, beholding the right wondrous eunuch of Candace riding upon a chariot, questioning and in doubt, thou didst overtake him and didst reveal to him the discourse and manifestation of things desired, O blessed one; and, believing, he asked of thee divine cleansing. And when he had received it, the Creator of all made him a divine preacher, the first among the martyrs of all Ethiopia.

And 3 stichera to the venerable one, in Tone VI: Spec. Mel: “Having set all aside...” —

Radiantly didst thou shine forth, O glorious Theophanes, in the firmament of faith like a star most bright, dispelling all the darkness of the heretics with the rays of thy light and illumining with thy divine teaching those who turn to thee with faith and love. Wherefore, with love do we celebrate thy radiant feast. Pray thou with boldness in behalf of our souls.

Having provided thy soul with labors of asceticism, thou didst put down the uprisings of the flesh, O most sacred father, and didst make thy mind a dwelling-place of the divine Trinity, O glorious one. Thou wast raised up to where the armies of the martyrs, the assemblies of hierarchs and ineffable beauty are, and with them dost thou now rejoice, standing in glory before Christ, praying with boldness in behalf of our souls.

With the divine streams of thy tears, O hierarch, thou didst flood the whole encampment of the demons as though it were helpless; and by thy continual supplication of God and thy mighty ascents thou didst cast down to the earth prideful exaltation and didst ascend to the splendid mansions of heaven, wherein thou dost abide with the angels, standing before Christ, praying with all the company of the blessed ones.

Dragged down have I been by my wicked way of life, and enslaved by the deception of the evil one, O Bride of God, wretch that I am; but I have recourse to thy most wondrous loving-kindness and thy fervent aid, O all-holy Maiden. Deliver me from the bonds of temptations and grief, and save me from the assaults of the demons, O all-immaculate one, that with love I may glorify and hymn, worship and magnify thee, the ever-blessed one, O Mistress.

Or this 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.”

O holy apostle Philip, entreat the merciful God, that He grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions.

Instructor in Orthodoxy, teacher of piety and purity, beacon to the whole world, divinely inspired adornment of hierarchs, O Theophanes most wise, thou hast enlightened all by thy teachings. O harp of the Spirit, entreat Christ God that our souls be saved.