Friday :

Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos at: 6:00 p.m. 

Sunday :

Akathist to Saint Nectarios of Aegina at: 6:00 p.m.

Holy Liturgy:

Sundays and holidays at: 09:00 a.m.

Morning service : every day at: 08:00.

Evening : every day at: 6:00 p.m.

Schedule of Divine Services in the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord on Zlatibor for the current month

Feast, Akathists, Prayers:

August 19

Feast of the Unsetting Light

Today the abyss of inaccessible Light (is poured out)!

Today, the boundless outpouring of Divine splendor on Mount Tabor shone upon the Apostles! Today, the Lord Jesus Christ of the Old and New Testaments is made known, a Person and Name dear to me, truly the sweetest and most desirable and surpassing every concept of sweetness. Today, the head of the Old (Testament) Moses, the divine lawgiver, stands on Mount Tabor before Christ the Lawgiver as the Ruler and is illuminated by His dispensation (of humanity), into which he was prefigured in ancient times, for this, I would say, is signified by the “back of God” (Exodus 33:23) and he clearly sees the glory of the Divinity covered by the cleft of the rock, as the (Holy) Scripture says (Exodus 33:22-23). And the Rock is Christ, the incarnate God the Logos and Lord, as the divine Paul clearly taught us, saying: “And the Rock was Christ” (1 Cor. 10:4), who, like a tiny opening, opened His body and illuminated the present with a light abundant and stronger than any other. (Venerable John of Damascus)

The Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus Christ is one of the twelve great feasts of the Lord in the dispensation of our salvation. This feast is thematically connected with all those saving events from the Savior's life that occurred immediately before His suffering and glorious Resurrection. In order to reveal His Divine power and glory to the apostles in a visible and experienced way before His suffering, Christ took the Apostles Peter, James, and John to the high Mount Tabor and was Transfigured before them, showing them His Divine glory and power. He did not take all the apostles, but only the three most beloved, because He knew that Judas would betray Him, and therefore was not worthy to see the Divine glory of Christ, and yet He did not want to leave Him alone at the foot of the mountain, so that He would later justify His betrayal by doing so. According to the Gospel accounts, at the moment of the Transfiguration, the Savior's face shone like the sun, and His garments became white as light. The Gospel accounts also testify to the appearance of the Old Testament prophets Moses and Elijah at the time of Christ's Transfiguration.

Troparion

You were transfigured on the mountain, Christ God, showing Your disciples Your glory, as much as they could bear. May Your eternal light shine upon us sinners, through the prayers of the Most Holy Theotokos, Giver of Light, glory to You!

Kontakion

On the mountain You were transfigured, and as much as they could bear, the disciples saw Your divine glory, O Christ God, so that when they saw You crucified, they understood Your voluntary suffering, and they preached to the world that You are truly the Light of the Father.

Heavenly, beginningless and unfading Light, who hast from the self-existent and eternal Father of light a timeless and divine essence, as true God from true God, in the radiance of the Consubstantial Trinity unmingled and indivisible, the only Source of all light that exists in the world, the Wonderful Maker, who oversaw the creation of all creation! In addition to the fact that You sealed the intellectual and verbal creation with Your image, in recent times You descended from heaven to earth for the sake of the embodiment of this darkened image of Yours and took on the form of an earthen one, that by the hypostatic unity of the dual nature in Yourself You might enlighten the darkened one, purify and transform the perishable, and make what was bound by death new in birth in You for eternal existence, O Most Merciful, All-Wise and Almighty our Savior, Lord Jesus Christ! Therefore, on Tabor, before Your divinely called witnesses, You shone forth in the flesh, to show both Your God-like becoming man, although in the form of a servant, and Your all-powerful and life-giving resurrection, although it was preceded by mockery and death, and then Your most glorious ascension in the body to the upper world, from where Your even more glorious second coming will take place. By this, You again show both the first God-like light of our humble nature and its gracious transformation in You, for our sake, as the beginning and pledge of the imperishable glory prepared for us in the age to come in the Kingdom of the Heavenly Father. You came to give it to us, not attracting us by force and force, but calling us with good will and enlightened knowledge, as it was in the first paradise of delights. Therefore, receiving all this with faith and confessing with our mouths, we pray and beseech You before the face of Your glory, our Savior, who was transformed for our sake: may all Your saving gifts not be in vain for us, enlighten our minds with the understanding of Your Holy Gospel, that we may be transformed by the renewal of our minds until finally Your mind, O Christ, dwells within us, that we may no longer think what is human, but what is divine. Build a pure heart in us, O God, that we may see You more clearly, our true God, and by the life-giving light of Your countenance draw to Yourself our godless will, just as the flowers of the earth turn to the light of the sun according to the law of Your will: You yourself live and work in us, that, having cast off the old man and put on the new, we may begin to walk in renewed life, while our inner man is renewed day by day, beholding Your glory in the revealed face, that we may be transformed into that same image, from glory to glory, until we all together and each of us attain to the perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. And finally, You have been pleased to form man from the intellectual soul and body, so that the body may serve the rational soul. Transform, therefore, our humble body also, so that it may be in accordance with the Body of Your glory; Heal him from passion and weakness, strengthen his natural weakness, protect him from the destructive effects of the elements: most of all, in the closest union with You in the Most Holy Eucharist, transform him from earthly to heavenly, from soul to spiritual, that we may truly be flesh of Your Body and bones of Your Bones. Thus, having glorified God in our bodies and souls on this earth, may we all, who have partaken of the one Bread and the Cup, be glorified together in soul and body, and make us consider ourselves members of the one Body of Your Church, which You placed on the earth like a mustard seed, which when it grows will become a great branched tree of the Kingdom of God, until it covers the whole universe. Unite us all by the unanimous confession of Your saving faith, one with another, in love for You; Help us to cultivate and preserve Your Church by Your grace, as the first-created paradise that You gave to man, and that the gates of hell may not prevail against it, until You have put all the enemies of Your Kingdom under Your feet and sit on the throne of the glory of Your Kingdom, in which we too will shine like the sun with You, enlightened here in You by transfiguration. O Lord Christ, Heavenly King! May Your Kingdom, which is not of this world, but truly rules this world, come, and may we soon see this Your Kingdom coming in power. Yes, come, Lord Jesus, and abide with us, as You promised, until the end of this age and for endless ages of ages. Amen.

Mother of God

Comforter

In honor of our Glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary

The icon called Consolation or the Comforter is located on Mount Athos in the Annunciation Church of the Vatopedi Monastery, which was founded during the time of Emperor Constantine the Great.

Near this monastery, in the year 395, during a violent storm, Tsarevich Arcadius, son of Theodosius the Great, fell from a ship into the sea. Those present were seized with great fear, because they thought that the young man had drowned. The ship then, with great difficulty, arrived at Mount Athos, near the place where the Vatopedi monastery is located today. Tired of the long search, the travelers accidentally found the sleeping Arcadius on a hill under a bush. Upon awakening, he himself announced his miraculous deliverance from death thanks to the intercession of the Mother of God; for this reason, Vatopedi was named Žbun – child.

Emperor Theodosius, in memory of his son's rescue, expanded this monastery and endowed it with rich gifts. Later, on the site where the Tsarevich was found, an altar of the Cathedral Church was built, for the consecration of which Arkadius himself came with Patriarch Nektarios of Constantinople.

The miraculous icon of Our Lady of Consolation is located on the wall of the choir niche, in a place dedicated to her name.

The Venerable Maximus the Greek was tonsured a monk in this monastery.

The date of celebration was February 3rd according to the new calendar, or January 21st according to the old calendar .

in honor of Her icon

Comforters

Hope of all the ends of the earth, Most Pure Virgin Theotokos, our Comfort and Joy! Do not despise us sinners, for we trust in Your mercy. Extinguish the flame of sin and with repentance sprinkle our parched hearts; cleanse our minds from sinful thoughts. Accept the prayers that are offered to You from the soul and heart with sighs; be our Intercessor before Your Son and God and turn His wrath away from us with Your maternal prayers. Strengthen the Orthodox faith in us, breathe into us the spirit of the fear of God, the spirit of humility, patience and love; heal the wounds of the soul and body, and calm the storm of the evil attacks of the enemy; take away the burden of our sins and do not leave us to perish completely; grant us Your mercy and bestow Your holy blessing on all who stand here and pray to You; And always abide with us, granting joy and comfort, help and intercession to those who come to You, that we may all praise and glorify You, until our last breath. Amen.

Troparion, tone 4

O gracious and saving protection, we fearlessly venerate Your icon, O Theotokos. We always look upon it with love and compassion and cry out to You: O Lady, send down protection and consolation; we sinners and humble ones rely on You, we unworthy ones hope in Your presence, quickly deliver us from troubles and temptations, and implore Your Son, Christ our God, to have mercy on and save our souls.

Kontakion 1

To you, Mother of God, the Duchess who bravely fights for us, we, your servants, raise victorious songs of thanksgiving, because we have been delivered from evil. But now, since you have invincible power, free us from all dangers and sufferings, let us cry out to you:
Rejoice, our Joy, you who give joy and comfort to the faithful!

Ikos 1
A multitude of angels and all the heavenly hosts glorify You, Mother of all, Theotokos, for You pour out joy and comfort on the hearts of men, beset by suffering. Therefore, we too, burdened with sorrow, having found hope of salvation in You, cry out to You with tenderness thus:
Rejoice, maternal favor towards us sinners!
Rejoice, steadfast intercession of those who resort to you!
Rejoice, you who bestow the goodness of God upon men!
Rejoice, Advocate of the Christian race!
Rejoice, for every earthly generation acknowledges you as the Mother of God!
Rejoice, for through your prayers our sorrows are soothed!
Rejoice, for through your intercession our good desires are fulfilled!
Rejoice, you who reveal grace and mercy to us through your icons!
Rejoice, you who save the world from the flood of sin!
Rejoice, for those who pray to you are protected from all evil!
Rejoice, for your holy icons are glorified by miracles!
Rejoice, our joy, you who grant joy and comfort to the faithful!

Kontakion 2
Seeing the multitude of miracles that flow from Your holy icons, for You are a Good Helper to those who pray, an Advocate to those who feel injustice, Hope to the hopeless, Joy and Comfort to the sorrowful, healing to the sick, help to those who labor, we gratefully cry out to God for Your sake: Alleluia!

Ikos 2
Grant us understanding, O All-Merciful Intercessor, that in the heavy sufferings that befall us we may resort to You, seeking consolation. And You, being Good, do not forsake us in every help we need, so that, having obtained it, we may joyfully cry out to You:
Rejoice, quiet harbor of those tossed by the storm!
Rejoice, secure fortress of those overcome by doubts!
Rejoice, speedy Helper in sufferings and temptations!
Rejoice, warm Advocate in all circumstances!
Rejoice, you who diminish our sorrows with your consolation!
Rejoice, you who cleanse our sins through suffering!
Rejoice, for you grant us your consolation in our sufferings!
Rejoice, for you deliver those who pray to you from sudden death without repentance!
Rejoice, for you protect us from enemies visible and invisible!
Rejoice, for you save us from the attacks of evil people!
Rejoice, you who help those who resort to you in all troubles!
Rejoice, our Joy, you who grant joy and comfort to the faithful!

Kontakion 3
Strengthen us with the power of the Most High, who have come to Your intercession with faith, O Lady of Grace, and grant us Your visitation and contemplation, dispelling the darkness of sorrow and grief that has seized us, so that, saved by You, we may cry out to God: Alleluia!

Ikos Z
Possessing an indescribable wealth of mercy, You extend a helping hand to all who pray to You, healing weaknesses, ending suffering, and calming passions. Do not despise, O Lady of Grace, us who come to You in sorrow and suffering and cry out:
Rejoice, O Mother of all, Who alone proclaims mercy to us!
Rejoice, you who generously open the treasury of your mercy to all!
Rejoice, for you alleviate the sorrow of parents who grieve for their lost children!
Rejoice, for you strengthen widows!
Rejoice, for you grant orphans good upbringing!
Rejoice, Comforter of all who mourn!
Rejoice, only Hope of the desperate!
Rejoice, Advocate and Support of those who are exhausted by sadness!
Rejoice, hopeful Visitation of the sick in body and soul!
Rejoice, wise healing of people afflicted with all kinds of infirmities!
Rejoice, for through you perfect healing is granted to the weak according to their faith!
Rejoice, our Joy, you who grant joy and comfort to the faithful!

Kontakion 4
The storm of many troubles and temptations carries us, and from their whirlwind in the world we suffer. But You, as the merciful Mother of our Lord and Savior, raise Your hands to Your Son, that He may look upon the heavy troubles of our hearts and deliver us from the abyss of despair, as we cry out to Him: Alleluia!

Ikos 4
Hearing, Most Holy Virgin and Mother, how you have revealed and continue to reveal your abundant mercy to the Christian race, not abandoning us in the days of suffering and temptation and granting us deliverance from them, we pray to You: protect and intercede for us all from all trouble and sorrow, that we may cry out to You in peace:
Rejoice, our Advocate, who by your all-powerful intercession delivers us from every trouble!
Rejoice, you who offer fervent prayer to the Lord for us!
Rejoice, you who by your intercession drive away the righteous wrath of God!
Rejoice, for you graciously bring Him to us!
Rejoice, for you do not abandon those who trust in you with your help!
Rejoice, for you falcon those who strive well!
Rejoice, for you guide us to what is good and beneficial to our souls!
Rejoice, you who lead souls burdened with the cares of life to the care of the spiritual!
Rejoice, reward of the good of all the faithful!
Rejoice, righteous punishment of those who forget their duty and honor!
Rejoice, refreshment and return of those in slavery and chains!
Rejoice, our Joy, you who grant joy and comfort to the faithful!

Kontakion 5
The divinely illuminated ranks of angels glorify You as the Mother of all and the Mother of God. But we, to You, our Advocate, bowing down, offer You our gracious favor, and, trusting in Your mercy, we humbly pray: be merciful to us, O Lady, and deliver us from troubles and sufferings, that we may always glorify Your mercy, crying out to God: Alleluia!

Ikos 5
The heavenly powers, seeing where the wrath of God is driven away by your prayer, magnify and glorify your mercy. And we sinners who dwell on earth, looking at you, the Most Pure Mother of God, we cry out with compassion:
Rejoice, Mother of the Christian race, who proclaims mercy to us!
Rejoice, you who pray unceasingly for Christians at the Throne of your Son!
Rejoice, you who cover our sins with your love!
Rejoice, you who intercede for us with your grace!
Rejoice, for the fountain of joy and comfort flows from You to all!
Rejoice, for you shield us from mutual strife and discord!
Rejoice, for you drive away enmity and hatred with peace and love!
Rejoice, for you alleviate the sorrow and confusion of our hearts!
Rejoice, you who enlighten those filled with anger!
Rejoice, Joy and Comfort of those who live in peace with all!
Rejoice, you who teach us to despise the desolate delights of this world!
Rejoice, our Joy, you who grant joy and comfort to the faithful!

Kontakion 6
Your graces and miracles, Mother of God, are preached by all Orthodox people; for with Your honorable protection You cover the entire Christian race. Therefore, we also raise our cries to You: by our prayers, deliver us all from misfortune and temptation, that we may cry out to God together: Alleluia!

Ikos 6
The grace of the holy light shines forth from Your miraculous icons, O Mother of God; and, resorting to them, we pray to You: drive away the cloud of temptation that rises upon us, that we may cry out to You:
Rejoice, you who glorify your holy icons with miracles!
Rejoice, you who always hear the prayers of those who pray before these icons!
Rejoice, you who intercede for those in trouble!
Rejoice, for you grant salvation to those who trust in you!
Rejoice, Intercessor and Intercessor for all before God!
Rejoice, Intercessor of the Christian race, given to us by God!
Rejoice, for you are the most beautiful ornament of our temples!
Rejoice, blessing of Christian homes!
Rejoice, Protection and Intercession of the Orthodox people!
Rejoice, purification of the whole world!
Rejoice, for you grant us everything good and useful that we ask of you!
Rejoice, our Joy, you who grant joy and comfort to the faithful!

Kontakion 7
Wishing to show the vastness of Your mercy, Most Pure One, You gave the commandment to the abbot of the Vatopedi monastery on Mount Athos not to open the gates of the monastery, so that through Your intercession the monks might escape the attack of the robbers that was coming upon them by the judgment of God. Therefore, having been delivered by Your grace from trouble and temptation, all the monks cried out to God: Alleluia!

Ikos 7
You revealed a wonderful miracle, Mother of God, and promised the monks salvation from Your holy icon, and the appearance of the face of Your Most Pure Son, which You changed on the icon. Therefore, seeing this great and glorious miracle, all people cried out to You:
Rejoice, you who have deigned to reveal your holy icons to all on earth for the salvation of all!
Rejoice, you who through your icons announce to us your merciful intercession!
Rejoice, you who through your holy images even now pour out miracles!
Rejoice, you who drive away our sufferings and sorrows from them!
Rejoice, for looking at Your icon, we worship You Yourself!
Rejoice, for through your gracious intercession we sinners are saved!
Rejoice, for you have sanctified our city with your holy icons!
Rejoice, for you thereby gladdened the hearts of the faithful!
Rejoice, you who saved Russian (and Serbian) cities and villages from destruction with your miraculous icons!
Rejoice, you who delivered our land from slavery!
Rejoice, for you rejoice in the comfort and joy of those who pray before your honorable icon!
Rejoice, our Joy, you who grant joy and comfort to the faithful!

Kontakion 8
We are all strangers and pilgrims on earth, according to the words of the Apostle: suffering from enemies, suffering from those closest to us, sorrow from false brothers and relatives, enduring every hardship. But you, O Lady, being the Merciful Comforter, steer us to a quiet harbor and pray to your Son to grant us comfort and joy, that we may always cry out to Him: Alleluia!

Ikos 8
Our entire life on earth is filled with suffering and sorrow: behold, glory does not endure, wealth passes away, death takes away friends and loved ones, the body suffers in weakness, and our spirit also becomes weak. Therefore, we fall to You, O Mother of God, bowing before Your pure icon, fill our sorrowful heart with joy and consolation, that we may cry out to You:
Rejoice, you who cover with your grace all that come to you!
Rejoice, Merciful One, who also has mercy on us!
Rejoice, O Housekeeper, who arranges our lives well!
Rejoice, you who drive away our sorrows with joy and consolation!
Rejoice, for with your Son and God you reign forever!
Rejoice, for you always offer prayers for us to Him!
Rejoice, you who soften the hardness of our hearts!
Rejoice, you who cheer the desperate with hope!
Rejoice, for by your intercession you drive away our enemies!
Rejoice, for you save us from the snares of the spirit of evil!
Rejoice, you who grant the faithful strength and courage against the devil!
Rejoice, our Joy, you who grant joy and comfort to the faithful!

Kontakion 9
All the angelic ranks have seen You, Mother of God, standing before the throne of Your Son and praying for all Christians, and they have glorified You, for You, with Your powerful intercession, protect sinners, deliver those who resort to You from troubles, drive away our sorrows with joy, and pray for all who cry out to You with faith: Alleluia!

Ikos 9
Human eloquence is not able to offer worthy praise to You, Most Holy Theotokos, and to sing Your countless miracles with which You enlighten us. But we, knowing Your good deeds, rejoice with all our souls, and say to You:
Rejoice, you who protect us from temptation by your intercession!
Rejoice, you who, by your intercession, shield us from every trouble!
Rejoice, you who, by your mercy, free us from the righteous threat of God that rises against us!
Rejoice, you who save us from the enemy's invasion!
Rejoice, you who protect us from domestic evil and fratricide!
Rejoice, for you heal those who come to you with undoubting faith from the deadly wound!
Rejoice, for you propitiate the Justice of God!
Rejoice, Protector of our Orthodox land!
Rejoice, O Good Intercessor of all the faithful!
Rejoice, help and strength to all laborers!
Rejoice, warm Representative for all of us!
Rejoice, our Joy, you who grant joy and comfort to the faithful!

Kontakion 10
Wishing to save the human race from eternal torment and the devil's temptations, the Lord, the Lover of mankind, gave you, His Mother, as a gift to us on earth for joy and comfort, that you may be an advocate for those who are wronged, hope for the desperate, joy for the sad, comfort for the mournful, and that in troubles and temptations you may save all who come to you, crying out with faith: Alleluia!

Ikos 10
You are a bulwark and an advocate for all who come to You with faith and love, O Most Pure Lady; therefore we pray to You: intercede and protect and shield from temptation, bitterness and affliction all of us, the poor and helpless, who cry out with love:
Rejoice, Mother of God, who loved us with maternal love!
Rejoice, for your maternal prayer, which appeases the Lord, accomplishes much!
Rejoice, Merciful One, who opens to us the doors of God's mercy!
Rejoice, you who encourage us to deeds of mercy!
Rejoice, for you teach us to fulfill the commandments of the saints!
Rejoice, for you direct us to love our neighbors!
Rejoice, for you call sinners to repentance!
Rejoice, for you drive away the approaching cloud of sorrow and suffering!
Rejoice, you who quench the flame of our passions!
Rejoice, you who dispel the darkness of temptation!
Rejoice, for through your supplication to God you grant us everything that is beneficial!
Rejoice, our Joy, you who grant joy and comfort to the faithful!

Kontakion 11
We, Your servants, O Theotokos, offer You a heartfelt hymn of praise, as the all-powerful Advocate of the Christian race: for to You we resort in temptations and sufferings, and before You we shed tears in our tribulations, singing to God: Alleluia!

Ikos 11
Your holy icons, revealed to us for our sanctification and comfort, shine forth with a radiant light. We, however, venerating them with love and faith, bow before them, crying out to You:
Rejoice, Mother of the True God, you who enlighten pious souls!
Rejoice, our Comforter, who soothes burdened hearts!
Rejoice, you who extend a helping hand to all who call upon you!
Rejoice, you who unceasingly help us who call and honor you the Mother of God!
Rejoice, for you grant those who trust in you and live in faith an unashamed end to their lives!
Rejoice, for you strengthen us in the sudden troubles that befall us!
Rejoice, protection from violence and sudden death!
Rejoice, fence against thieves!
Rejoice, for you eradicate envy and unfaithfulness from our hearts!
Rejoice, for you protect from intrigues, slander and ridicule!
Rejoice, for you enlighten those who fall away from the faith and the Church and return them to the path of truth!
Rejoice, our Joy, you who grant joy and comfort to the faithful!

Kontakion 12
Ask for the grace of God in Your Son for us, O Most Pure Theotokos, and extend to us a helping hand, protect us with the cover of Your wings, deliver us from trouble and temptation, drive away from us every enemy and adversary, grant our lives peace, O Lady, and help those who suffer in sorrow, that, saved by You, we may sing to God: Alleluia!

Ikos 12
Singing Your graces and miracles, O Theotokos, we all praise You as our steadfast Intercessor, and we believe and trust that You will obtain temporal and eternal good things, O Good One, for all who cry out to You thus:
Rejoice, our unashamed Hope during life and after death!
Rejoice, you who grant a peaceful end to those who trust in you!
Rejoice, you who bless all who sincerely believe!
Rejoice, for you enlighten the faithless and superstitious!
Rejoice, for you punish those who do not revere your holy icons!
Rejoice, for you help those who worship your icons and call upon you for help!
Rejoice, you who calm those filled with pride of mind and who distance themselves from the holy Church!
Rejoice, you who illuminate with the light of true goodness those who are deluded by the goods of this world and show great concern for them!
Rejoice, you who guide us in our youth to a good and pure life!
Rejoice, you who in old age protect the heart from petrification!
Rejoice, our Joy, you who grant joy and comfort to the faithful!

Kontakion 13
O All-Praised and All-Merciful Mother, Most Pure Lady Theotokos! Hear the voice of Your servants who pray to You, and, having received this small prayer of ours, deliver us from every trouble, suffering and temptation: give us a helping hand in life, overthrow our enemies, heal our weaknesses, remove all malice and hostility from us, grant joy and comfort in our daily sorrows, and spare from future torment all who cry to You: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
(three times)

Ikos 1
A multitude of angels and all the heavenly hosts glorify You, Mother of all, Theotokos, for You pour out joy and comfort on the hearts of men, beset by suffering. Therefore, we too, burdened with sorrow, having found hope of salvation in You, cry out to You with tenderness thus:
Rejoice, maternal favor towards us sinners!
Rejoice, steadfast intercession of those who resort to you!
Rejoice, you who bestow the goodness of God upon men!
Rejoice, Advocate of the Christian race!
Rejoice, for every earthly generation acknowledges you as the Mother of God!
Rejoice, for through your prayers our sorrows are soothed!
Rejoice, for through your intercession our good desires are fulfilled!
Rejoice, you who reveal grace and mercy to us through your icons!
Rejoice, you who save the world from the flood of sin!
Rejoice, for those who pray to you are protected from all evil!
Rejoice, for your holy icons are glorified by miracles!
Rejoice, our joy, you who grant joy and comfort to the faithful!

Kontakion 1
To you, Mother of God, the Duchess who bravely fights for us, we, your servants, raise victorious songs of thanksgiving, because we have been delivered from evil. But now, since you have invincible power, free us from all dangers and sufferings, let us cry out to you:
Rejoice, our Joy, you who give joy and comfort to the faithful!

Prayer one

O myrrh-bearing head, Saint Nectarius, hierarch of God! In the time of great apostasy and impiety, you shone with piety and crushed the head of the arrogant Satan, who wounded us. For this reason, Christ gave you the gift of healing the incurable diseases that have befallen us because of our iniquities. We believe: God the Just loved you, that for our sake we sinners might have mercy on you, that He might free us from the curse, that He might deliver us from disease, and that His terrible and most glorious name, of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, may be glorified throughout the whole universe, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

A friend's prayer

O Saint Nektarios, God-wise father! Receive, guardian of the Orthodox faith, the confession of the mouths of the people named Christ, who have gathered today in the temple by the grace of God that lives in you. The news reaches the Serbian land that you, great among the Saints, the pleaser of God, appear in all parts of the world to those who call upon your name and grant healing from cancer to the sick. We have heard of the priest, your namesake, Nektarios, who is building a temple in your name, with great suffering, because he was seriously ill with cancer on his chest and blood flowed from his wound every day and he suffered greatly, but he did not abandon his holy work. And you, Saint of many mercy, suddenly descended from Heaven and appeared before him in the temple. He, however, thinking of you as a brother and one of the mortals, asked you to pray for him and said: "I am very sick, but I want to build a holy church, so that I can celebrate the Holy Liturgy in it at least once together with the parishioners, and then let me die, for I am not afraid of death." And you, father, although you were bodiless, wet your face with tears! And embracing the sufferer, you kissed him and said: "Do not grieve, my child, for, since you are being tested by illness, you will soon recover. And everyone will know about this miracle." The latter, however, having been healed, understood with whom he was speaking, but you had already become invisible by then. O great pleaser of Christ, Nektarios! That temple is completed today and your miracles have multiplied like the sea! We have understood that the prayers of the righteous should be supported by our zeal for the service of God and by our determination to die for Christ, in order to be healed. Your sick children, righteous father, pray to you: that the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God be fulfilled in us, for God does not desire the death of a sinner, but that a sinner turn and live. But you, the prophet of the will of God, heal us by your gracious appearance, so that great be God in heaven and on earth forever and ever! Amen.

Troparion, tone 1.

Let us, the faithful, honor Nectarius, the offspring of Silivri and the guardian of Aegina, who appeared in recent times, the virtues of a sincere friend, as a divine servant of Christ: for he pours out numerous healings to those who devoutly cry out: glory to Christ who glorified you, glory to Him who gave you the grace of miracles, glory to Him who through you grants healing to all.

Kontakion, tone 8.

Let us sing with heartfelt joy the newly-bright star of Orthodoxy and the newly-created fence of the Church: for glorified by the action of the Spirit, he pours out healing and bestows grace upon those who cry out: Rejoice, Father Nektarios.

Kontakion 1.

God-chosen Nectarios, Metropolitan of Pentapolis and Wonderworker of Aegina, we offer you prayers for our sick relatives, for you have appeared as a miraculous healer of cancer and other diseases, bestowing grace upon the entire universe. Therefore, with one mouth and one heart, we always cry out to you: Rejoice, Nectarios, hierarch of God!

Ikos 1.

Having received your Guardian Angel in Holy Baptism, from your youth you strove for an angelic life, our Father Nektarios. Now, however, rejoicing with the Angels in beholding the Glory of God, pray to the Master of all Angels for those who sing to you thus:

Rejoice, blessed fruit of the parents of the married!

Rejoice, sanctified by God from the womb of your mother!

Rejoice, you who learned obedience from childhood!

Rejoice, you who have studied the Holy Scriptures from your youth!

Rejoice, book inspired by the words of God!

Rejoice, living tablet of godliness!

Rejoice, chosen by God for meekness and humility!

Rejoice, you who left your home for the sake of spiritual learning!

Rejoice, for because of you the terrible storm at sea was calmed!

Rejoice, for with your belt the broken mast was strengthened!

Rejoice, sky-flying eagle, winged by intelligent prayer!

Rejoice, deer who found the sources of repentance!

Rejoice, Nektarios, hierarch of God!

Kontakion 2.

Seeing you praying in the air, let the nun be terrified, O lover of God. But you, hiding the gift of prayer, sealed the nun's mouth with a ban, crying out to the Lord in your heart: Alleluia!

Ikos 2.

Through the prayer of Christ, you have acquired the mind of Christ, O Saint Nektarios, to understand what the will of God is – good, pleasing and perfect. Teach us also to raise our hands to God in every place, without anger or doubt, that you may receive from us a laudatory cry:

Rejoice, you who began your ascent to Heaven in the valley of weeping!

Rejoice, you who brought forth the fruits of the Spirit!

Rejoice, child of Mount Athos!

Rejoice, key to the prayers of Jesus!

Rejoice, beacon of ancient piety!

Rejoice, city of the Holy Trinity!

Rejoice, shaded by grace!

Rejoice, fiery Cherubim!

Rejoice, you who are the salt of the promised land!

Rejoice, you who sowed in tears and reaped with joy!

Rejoice, you in whom the holiness of Christ flourished!

Rejoice, for God has done good through you!

Rejoice, Nektarios, hierarch of God!

Kontakion 3.

Having clothed yourself in the power of the Most High, Father Nektarios, you confirmed the power of Christ's words: "In My Kingdom," as Christ says, "they neither marry nor are given in marriage," but like the Angels in Heaven, you constantly sing: Alleluia!

Ikos 3.

The Most Pure Theotokos, having at her disposal the entire heavenly host, chose you, O pleasing one, as an Angel in the flesh, to glorify Her miracles. We, however, seeing the Virgin's omophorion above you, with fear and love, fall upon you, crying out:

Rejoice, mysterious chosen one of the Mother of God!

Rejoice, fulfiller of Her commandments!

Rejoice, you who received the spirit of meekness from the Most Pure Dove!

Rejoice, you who glorified the Ever-Virgin in spiritual songs!

Rejoice, you who taught to please the Queen of Heaven and Earth!

Rejoice, you who, through the prayers of your Mother, obtained mercy from your Son!

Rejoice, measure of righteousness and palace of wisdom!

Rejoice, height of discernment and depth of humility!

Rejoice, Aeginetan lily, for you bring forth for us the nectar of repentance!

Rejoice, bee of Eden, who nourishes us with the honey of theology!

Rejoice, myrrh-bearing woman who pours out myrrh for us!

Rejoice, Nektarios, hierarch of God!

Kontakion 4.

When the priest of your temple, Nectarius, fell into despair because he had a bleeding wound from cancer on his chest, you appeared to him as if in the flesh and kissed him. He, in turn, having received healing from you, who then became invisible, cried out to God with tears: Alleluia!

Ikos 4.

Many have heard of the wonderful healing that you performed during your lifetime, when you appeared in the Holy Spirit to those who were serving the Holy Liturgy in the land of Canada, O Miracle Worker Nectarius, and raised the paralytic there, calling him to the Cup. And he, after his healing, came to the island of Aegina, meeting you in the body, crying out in a loud voice:

Rejoice, hospitable physician and praise of Greece!

Rejoice, you who have gained the glory of Nicholas the Wonderworker!

Rejoice, river of goodness!

Rejoice, merciful Samaritan!

Rejoice, endowed with the gift of miracles!

Rejoice, you who visit the afflicted!

Rejoice, you who comfort us with true miracles!

Rejoice, for what is impossible for others is possible for you!

Rejoice, for you turn our sorrows into joy!

Rejoice, you who wipe away tears from our eyes!

Rejoice, liberator of the demon-possessed!

Rejoice, healer of cancer!

Rejoice, Nektarios, hierarch of God!

Kontakion 5.

As a God-given star of repentance, you have ascended over the universe, O Father, continually shining upon us with rays that destroy human iniquities. Enlighten our minds, that we may see our sins and appease the Master, singing: Alleluia!

Icos 5.

The pure maidens, seeing their hierarch standing before God in beauty of soul and body, and recognizing in him a great man of prayer and miracle worker, unanimously exclaimed to you, Saint Nektarios:

Rejoice, Christ's eternal dwelling place!

Rejoice, wonderful treasury of the Holy Spirit!

Rejoice, royal priesthood of the Great High Priest!

Rejoice, summoned to the Throne of the Eternal King!

Rejoice, companion of the Body of Christ!

Rejoice, Holy Blood communicant!

Rejoice, messenger of repentance!

Rejoice, our advocate before God!

Rejoice, nectar that gladdens the Angels!

Rejoice, flame that burns demons!

Rejoice, ocean of mercy!

Rejoice, sea of ​​glorious miracles!

Rejoice, Nektarios, hierarch of God!

Kontakion 6.

Preacher of the Only Good, blessed Nectarios, you humbled yourself under the mighty hand of God and He exalted you. Do not forget your children, who are tossed about by the turbulent sea, but lead them to the shore of humility, that they may magnify your God, singing: Alleluia!

Ikos 6.

You gradually acquired the shining light of Christ's beatitudes, O God-wise Nektarios: with meekness and peace, with restraint and love, you enlightened your soul, so that you now hear this from us:

Rejoice, you who have borne the robe of humility!

Rejoice, you who covered offenses with forgiveness!

Rejoice, you who delight in the abundance of peace!

Rejoice, you who inherited the land of the meek!

Rejoice, cup of weeping of the penitent!

Rejoice, mirror of purity of heart!

Rejoice, you who have been filled with the Name of Jesus!

Rejoice, you who have been nourished by the waters of the Holy Scripture!

Rejoice, you who proclaimed mercy and judgment!

Rejoice, you who crushed enmity with love!

Rejoice, you who lived piously!

Rejoice, you who were persecuted for justice!

Rejoice, Nektarios, hierarch of God!

Kontakion 7.

Wishing to be a perfect man of God, righteous Nektarios, you chose the blameless path: on the island of Aegina, as on a boat, having crossed the sea of ​​life, you triumphantly sang to the Lord: Alleluia!

Ikos 7.

As an excellent teacher of the New Testament, you have appeared, preaching the word of God with your life: for our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the prince of the darkness of this age. We, however, strengthening ourselves in the Lord, cry out to you, God-mighty Nectarios:

Rejoice, brave soldier of Jesus Christ! Rejoice, early inflicted on the spirits of evil in the heavens!

Rejoice, you who received the full armor of God!

Rejoice, you who girded your loins with truth!

Rejoice, for your feet are beautiful with the good news of peace!

Rejoice, for the helmet of salvation stands firmly on your head!

Rejoice, protector of the faith by which the faithful defend themselves!

Rejoice, double-edged sword that cuts down heresies!

Rejoice, victor who eats from the Tree of Life!

Rejoice, man of God, over whom the second death has no power!

Rejoice, witness of the true faith!

Rejoice, heavenly branch of salvation!

Rejoice, Nektarios, hierarch of God!

Kontakion 8.

In you, a wonderful perfection has appeared, accessible only to those perfect in love. Perfect our souls with love, O loving Nectarios, that, having grown into a perfect man, we may sing to God: Alleluia!

Ikos 8.

Living in the lowlands, like nothing, you dwelt on high with God, that is, with Love. Grant us, O heavenly-mysterious Nektarios, the knowledge of love, in which we may sing to you thus:

Rejoice, for you have made yourself a prey to the love of God!

Rejoice, for you have captured your spiritual children with love!

Rejoice, for you have bowed your neck under the yoke of the Savior!

Rejoice, you who bore the burdens of your neighbors!

Rejoice, rooted in love!

Rejoice, established in grace!

Rejoice, you who understood the breadth and length of the Cross!

Rejoice, you who understood the height and depth of the Tree of the Cross!

Rejoice, understander of love that surpasses reason!

Rejoice, vessel of the fullness of God!

Rejoice, you who keep in mind all that is pure, praiseworthy, and worthy of love!

Rejoice, Nektarios, hierarch of God!

Kontakion 9.

All Angels and men marveled at the holiness revealed in you, great Nektarios: for in Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor free, neither male nor female, but a new creation that sings to the Redeemer of creation: Alleluia!

Ikos 9.

The orators, full of words, were astonished at your life, holy Father Nektarios, because you were holy, and you called yourself a sinner; because you were spiritual, and you were taken from the dust of the earth; because after death you were ascended to Heaven, and while you were alive you descended into hell with your mind. But we, opening our mouths, cry out to you like children:

Rejoice, head, who exalted faith!

Rejoice, mouth that shamed impiety!

Rejoice, eye enlightened by the knowledge of God!

Rejoice, right hand, strengthened by the power of God!

Rejoice, you who calmed proud minds!

Rejoice, you who tamed proud hearts!

Rejoice, you who revealed strength in weakness!

Rejoice, you who found joy in tears!

Rejoice, you who died and live!

Rejoice, you who are earthly and heavenly!

Rejoice, mustard seed of life!

Rejoice, ripe harvest of the Resurrection!

Rejoice, Nektarios, hierarch of God!

Kontakion 10.

Wishing to save your soul, you betrothed it to your only Bridegroom, as a virgin bride. Now, having entered the bridal chamber of Christ with the choir of virgins, glorious Nectarios, you sing the song: Alleluia!

Icos 10.

You are a fortress to all who resort to you, praiseworthy Nektarios, for you have the grace to heal the sick and raise them to their heavenly inheritance: therefore, heal us, your children, and raise us to the Kingdom of Christ, that with a pure soul we may cry out to you thus:

Rejoice, gracious elder!

Rejoice, excellent virgin guide!

Rejoice, blameless shepherd of blameless sheep!

Rejoice, wise collector of virgin pearls!

Rejoice, spiritual helmsman of the universe!

Rejoice, fiery servant of the Eucharist!

Rejoice, voice of Christ the humble!

Rejoice, words of the creative Spirit!

Rejoice, you who were tested in suffering!

Rejoice, cleansed of troubles!

Rejoice, champion of God's justice!

Rejoice, heir of the glory of Christ!

Rejoice, Nektarios, Bishop of God!

Kontakion 11.

You offered hymns to the Mother of God, O pleaser of God, calling the Virgin the Mother of Light; now, enlightened by the perfect understanding of the mystery of the Incarnation, you raise the song: Alleluia!

Ikos 11.

By the light of the divine glory of the enlightened one, we behold you, O Nektarios, in the tabernacle of glory: enlighten the garments of our souls with the radiance of the Holy Trinity, that we may sing to you unceasingly:

Rejoice, precious stone of the Emperor's diadem!

Rejoice, lightning of Him Who is borne by the Seraphim!

Rejoice, for the bright commandment has enlightened your eyes!

Rejoice, for you loved her more than gold and precious stones!

Rejoice, silver refined seven times!

Rejoice, spiritual harp and flute of the Savior!

Rejoice, you who have written the Name of God in your heart!

Rejoice, you who justified the feat of faith with love!

Rejoice, you who bore the holiness of the Spirit in your earthly body!

Rejoice, you who sanctified the soul wounded by passions!

Rejoice, you who have become white with righteousness like hyssop!

Rejoice, enlightened by the knowledge of the Trinity!

Rejoice, Nektarios, hierarch of God!

Kontakion 12.

By your labors, you have multiplied the grace given to you by God, O servant of God, good and faithful Nectarios; therefore grant that we too may perform spiritual work and, having gained the reward, sing to Christ: Alleluia!

Ikos 12.

We praise your miracles, most wondrous Nektarios, for Christ has dwelled richly in you: therefore, bring down His miraculous right hand upon us who speak to you thus:

Rejoice, heir of the ancient Fathers!

Rejoice, new delighter of Christ!

Rejoice, beauty of the Great Church!

Rejoice, hope of the universe!

Rejoice, you who humbled yourself and God glorified you!

Rejoice, you who were last and became first!

Rejoice, you who knew only your monastery and whom the whole universe knows!

Rejoice, you who had nothing to do with earthly glory, but who received heavenly reward!

Rejoice, you who, after repose, raised the sick man, lying motionless!

Rejoice, you who appeared to many and thus stopped their weeping over your death!

Rejoice, you who received from God two gold coins – monasticism and priesthood!

Rejoice, you who, with the reward of healings and miracles, returned the received gold to Christ multiplied!

Rejoice, Nektarios, hierarch of God!

Kontakion 13.

O holy head, wonderful physician, Hierarch of God Nectarios! Accept this small but fervent prayer of your children, who believe in the grace that is in you. Grant us healing from illness and deliver us from eternal destruction, that we may joyfully cry out to Christ our Savior: Alleluia! (This kondak is read three times, and then ikos 1 and kondak 1.)

The Holy Prophet Moses the God-Seer, a great leader and lawgiver of the people of Israel. Born in Egypt around 1550 BC. For 40 years he lived in Egypt at the court of Pharaoh; for 40 years he lived as a shepherd in contemplation of God and the world; and for the last 40 years he led the people through the desert to the Promised Land, which he saw, but did not enter, because in one thing he sinned against God (Numbers 20:12).

He died at the age of 120. As a miracle worker, he was the prototype of Christ, according to St. Basil the Great. He appeared from the other world on Mount Tabor during the Transfiguration of the Lord. And according to the testimony of St. John of the Ladder, he also appeared to the monks in the Sinai Monastery.

Troparion (tone 2)

We glorify the memory of Your prophet Moses, O Lord, therefore we beseech You, save our souls.

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