Ode VI

Irmos: Like the waters of the sea am I tossed about by the waves of life, O Thou Who lovest mankind. Wherefore, like Jonah I cry to Thee: Lead up my life from corruption, O compassionate Lord!

Kontakion, in Tone III —

Theotokion: Grant me thine aid, O Mother of God and Mistress, and deliver me from all tribulations, sorrows and transgressions, in that thou gavest birth to the Deliverer of all.

Foreseeing thine all-laudable life and purity, and thy boundless humility of mind, the all-holy Spirit showed thee to be glorious; wherefore, having passed from this life to that which is to come, thou didst receive gladness there with the righteous.

Irmos: Grant me a robe of light, O Thou Who coverest Thyself with light as with a garment, O most merciful Christ our God.

Kontakion, in Tone II: Spec. Mel.: “The steadfast…” —

Theotokion: Thine Offspring, the Destroyer of idols, O Mary Bride of God, is worshipped with the Father and the Spirit.

O holy hierarch Peter, celebrating today thy sacred memorial, which gladdeneth thy people, who hymn thy struggles with love and glorify thine honored repose, they pray to thee, that thou preserve them from all misfortunes and perils.

Who can recount the labors and vigils which thou didst undertake for the salvation of thy flock, O divinely wise Peter, and as a reward for which thou didst receive from God after thy death the ability to heal divers sicknesses?

Let us all rejoice today in divine delight, O ye who love the saints, for heaven hath now revealed to us the most miraculous and incorrupt relics of Peter, the hierarch of Christ, the wondrous high priest and initiate of the mysteries of God. Wherefore, in hymns let us magnify the all-radiant star of Montenegro, who hath shone forth upon us today from the grave; and let us entreat him as one who careth greatly and prayeth fervently for our souls, crying out to him and saying with compunction: O Peter, newly revealed among the saints, all-wise and holy hierarch, boast of Montenegro, we whom thou didst tend with thy many labors and struggles beseech thee: Pray thou for all the Orthodox, that our souls may be saved.

Ikos: As a faithful disciple of the divine Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, thou didst fulfill all His holy commandments; and following Him, thou didst travel everywhere, seeking help for thy beloved Montenegro. Having visited Vienna and Berlin, thou didst return empty-handed from thence; but thou didst fall down before God, thine almighty Helper, and He strengthened thee to vanquish the Moslems and bring peace to thy people, whom thou didst teach day and night to be faithful to God, and to live with one another in concord and brotherly love, for he who loveth his brother loveth God. Wherefore, having brought order to thy nation and united it, thou wast able to repel the great power of the Moslems, and to win deliverance from all thy many enemies from the West, who sought to ensnare Montenegro by their maleficent machinations. For this cause, blessing thee, we cry out to thee: Rejoice, O holy hierarch Peter, our boast, joy and consolation, who prayest fervently to God for us! Rejoice, O teacher who liftest our eyes up to heaven, where is the dwelling-place of thee and of all who are glad, and who prayest for thy children, that they all may receive everlasting salvation in rightly pleasing God.

Having drained the cup of wisdom, with the knowledge of Christ God thou gavest drink unto all, O Luke most wise.

Chosen as the companion of Paul, O most blessed and divinely eloquent Luke, thou didst fish for the nations with the net of thy dogmas.

Thou wast shown to be a cloud which raineth down upon us a shower of life, O apostle, and which floweth forth from springs of salvation.

Let us praise the godly Luke: the true preacher of piety, the speaker of ineffable mysteries, the star of the Church; for the Word Who alone knoweth men’s hearts chose him to be, with the wise Paul, a teacher of the gentiles.

Ikos: Enriched with heavenly knowledge by the hand of the Master, thou wast entrusted with the portion of the gentiles, O most lauded one. Wherefore, setting thy life afire with discourse, O Luke, thou wast shown to be a transmitter of the law to the nations, greater than Moses. Through the Spirit thou didst explain the divine Faith, likening thyself to the divine tablets graven by the finger of God. Wherefore, Christ, Who alone knoweth the hearts of men, hath glorified thee.