Ode VI

Irmos: I pour forth my prayer unto the Lord, and to Him do I declare my grief; for my soul is full of evil and my life hath drawn nigh unto hell, and like Jonah I pray: Lead me up from corruption, O God!

Kontakion, in Tone III: Spec. Mel.: “Today the Virgin…” —

With grace and signs was thy sacred head crowned by Christ, for Whom thou didst will to suffer, O athlete, thou namesake of joy divine.

Theotokion: I know thee to be the mediatress of life and our steadfast preserver, O Virgin, who dost disperse the riot of temptations and fendest off the assaults of the demons. And I ever entreat thee to deliver me from the passions, O most immaculate one.

Deliver your city from death, corruption and captivity to barbarians, and preserve it from fiery conflagration by your supplications unto God.

Irmos: I will sacrifice to Thee with a voice of praise, O Lord, the Church crieth unto Thee, cleansed of the blood of demons by the blood which, for mercy’s sake, flowed from Thy side.

Kontakion, in Tone II: Spec. Mel.: “Seeking the highest…” —

He Who delivered Jonah from the depths kept thee alive when thou wast cast into the depths of the sea, O divinely wise one; and He drowned the enemy in the depths of thy blood.

Theotokion: The athlete Charitina, finding thee to be her strength and confirmation, mightily endured tortures; and, rejoicing, she is brought before the Master of all in thy train, O Virgin.

We know you to be the helpers and steadfast preservers of our city, O holy hierarchs of the Lord; wherefore, fleeing unto you, we receive mercy and are delivered from tribulations.

With the sword of patience thou didst slay the enemy, O glorious one; and, enduring the utter uprooting of thy teeth, thou didst shatter the jaws of the incorporeal lions.

We have acquired you as a rampart and a haven, O holy wonderworkers, a wide place amid our sorrows, the confirmation and salvation of our souls.

Rendering thy soul steadfast with mighty understanding, O most blessed Charitina, arrayed in a robe dyed purple in thy blood thou didst manifestly put to shame the adverse foe; and thou dost ever rejoice with the angels. Pray thou for us, O athlete.

Piously did ye live among holy hierarchs; and ye guided the people toward divine knowledge, and were well pleasing unto God. Wherefore, ye have been glorified by Him with incorruption and miracles, as disciples of the grace of God.

Ikos: O primates of Russia, who sat in the place of the first-called apostle, great luminaries Peter, Alexis, Jonah, Philip, Hermogenes & Tikhon, emulators of the Trinity, instructors in Orthodoxy: Ye lived in the world and enlightened the universe with your teaching. Wherefore, ye have become heirs to the kingdom of heaven and have been glorified with incorruption and miracles, as disciples of the grace of God.