Friends, good afternoon. Today I will tell you about the great Healer of Christ, about the Great Martyr Panteleimon.
As always, first, briefly about the life, and at the end of the article, a collection of prayers to the Great Martyr Panteleimon.
THE LIFE OF THE GREAT MARTYR AND HEALER PANTELEMON
The great saint was born in the city of Nicomedia (Asia Minor), in the family of a rich pagan, and he was named Pantoleon, which translated means “a lion throughout.”
However, his mother, Saint Evvula, was a Christian and raised the boy according to her faith.
Evvula died early and the boy was sent to study at a pagan school, with the famous healer of that time, the doctor Euphrosynus. Soon the young man was noticed by Emperor Maximian himself and ordered to serve Pantoleon at his court.
At that time, the hieromartyr Presbyter Ermolai lived in Nicomedia, who perspicaciously noticed “God’s plan” in the young man. Ermolai visited Panteleimon every day and told him about Christianity, explaining the basic truths of the faith of Christ.
One day Pantoleon saw a child who had died from a snake bite. The young man prayed to Jesus Christ to resurrect the bitten boy and to kill the poisonous snake. Pantoleon firmly decided that if the prayer was fulfilled, he would believe in Christ and accept Holy Baptism. To his surprise, the boy came to life, and the snake scattered into pieces.
After this incident, Pantoleona was baptized and received the name Panteleimon. Having become a Christian, Panteleon decided to lead his father to the true faith.
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Since Pantoleon was known as a skilled healer, a hopelessly blind man was brought to his home.
“The Father of Light will return light to your eyes. True God, in the name of my Lord Jesus Christ, who enlightens the blind, receive your sight!” - said the saint. The blind man regained his sight in front of his astonished father. After this miracle, the former blind man and Panteleimon’s father were baptized “in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.”
After the death of his father, the saint became a free healer and selflessly treated the sick and suffering. Because of this, many doctors in the city lost their income. The doctors inform the emperor about the saint, where they write that Pantoleon is a Christian, and he “heals Christian patients.”
Emperor Maximian persuades the saint to refute the denunciation and asks him to sacrifice to idols. The saint invites the emperor to undergo a public test - whoever heals an incurable patient, that faith is true.
According to the life, pagan doctors were unable to cure a hopeless patient, but Saint Panteleimon, by the power of prayer, granted complete healing to the paralytic. Having seen the great miracle of healing, many witnesses believed in Christ and received Holy Baptism.
Maximian became embittered against Panteleimon and ordered the saint to be tortured and the healed patient to be executed.
“Lord Jesus Christ! Appear to me at this moment, give me patience so that I can endure the torment to the end!” - the saint prayed to God. And God heard the saint, sending consolation in the form of presbyter Ermolai. “Don’t be afraid, I am with you,” Panteleimon heard.
Panteleimon underwent many torments. His body was hung on iron hooks, stretched on a wheel, burned with candles, and even thrown into boiling tin. The saint, with the protection of God, remains alive, then he is thrown into the sea with a stone around his neck, but even now the saint remains unharmed.
Then Maximian orders the saint to be thrown into the circus to be torn apart by hungry predators, but they only lick Panteleimon’s feet. Seeing this, many spectators began to shout: “Great is the Christian God! May the innocent and righteous young man be released!”
Maximian is furious, he demands to behead everyone: the screaming spectators, the guilty predators and the Great Martyr Panteleimon. They tie the saint to an olive tree and even try to behead him, but the sword has become soft as wax.
The executioners notice that the saint is praying and at this time the Lord again reveals himself to the saint, publicly calling him Panteleimon (“much-merciful”), and not Pantoleon. Hearing a voice from heaven, the executioners fall on their faces and ask the great martyr for forgiveness.
The executioners refuse to carry out the order, but the great martyr commands that Maximian’s will be carried out.
Then the warriors say goodbye to the saint with tears, kissing his hand, after which, with tears, they cut off Panteleimon’s head.
A miracle occurs - milk flows from the wound along with the blood, and the Maslenitsa tree to which the saint was tied immediately blossoms and is filled with healing fruits.
The body thrown into the fire did not burn, and the Christians buried Panteleimon in the land of the scholastic Adamanti.
Now the head of Panteleimon is kept in the Panteleimon Monastery on Mount Athos, and particles of the saint’s relics can be found in many monasteries in Russia.
In Orthodoxy, Saint Panteleimon is revered among the great martyrs. They pray to the saint for health, for healing; soldiers pray to him for success in military affairs.
DAYS OF MEMORY OF THE GREAT MARTYR PANTELEMON
PRAYERS
Prayer to Saint Panteleimon for healing
Oh, great saint of Christ, passion-bearer and merciful physician Panteleimon!
Have mercy on me, the sinful servant of God (name), hear my groaning and cry, propitiate the Heavenly, Supreme Physician of our souls and bodies, Christ our God, may he grant me healing from the cruel illness that oppresses me.
Accept the unworthy prayer of the most sinful man above all.
Visit me with a gracious visit. Do not disdain my sinful ulcers, anoint them with the oil of your mercy and heal me;
May I be healthy in soul and body, and with the help of God’s grace, I can spend the rest of my days in repentance and pleasing God, and be worthy of receiving the good end of my life.
Hey, servant of God!
Pray to Christ God, that through your intercession he may grant me the health of my body and the salvation of my soul.
Prayer to Saint Panteleimon from misfortunes and illnesses
To you, as a free doctor, a comforter of the sorrowing, an enricher of the poor, we now resort to you, Saint Panteleimon.
Having learned well the wisdom of the world and the art of medicine, you believed in Christ and, from Him, the gift of healings, freely healed the sick.
Distributing all your wealth to the poor, the wretched, orphans and widows, you visited the languid in chains, the holy sufferer of Christ, and consoled them with healing, conversation and alms.
For your faith in Christ, you experienced various torments, your head was beheaded with a sword, and before your death, Christ appeared and named you Panteleimon, that is, the all-merciful,
because I have given you the grace to always have mercy on all those who come to you in any circumstances and sorrows.
Hear us, running to you with faith and love, holy great martyr, for you were called all-merciful by the Savior Christ Himself, and in your earthly life you alone healed,
He generously gave alms to others, and generously gave consolation to others, not letting anyone go unbenefited.
So now, do not reject or leave us, Saint Panteleimon, but listen and hasten to help us;
Heal and heal from all sorrow and illness, free from troubles and misfortunes, and pour Divine consolation into our hearts, so that being vigorous in body and spirit, we glorify the Savior Christ forever.
Prayer to the Great Martyr Panteleimon for help
O great servant of Christ and glorious healer, Great Martyr Panteleimon!
With your soul in Heaven stand before the Throne of God and enjoy His Trinitarian glory, rest in your holy body and face on earth in Divine temples and perform various miracles by the grace given to you from above,
Look with your merciful eye at the people ahead, who are more honest than your icon, tenderly praying and asking for your healing help and intercession: extend your warm prayers to the Lord our God and ask our souls for forgiveness of sins.
Behold, for our iniquity we do not dare to raise our hair to the heights of Heaven, nor to raise our voice of prayer lower to His unapproachable glory in the Divine, with a contrite heart and a humble spirit to you,
We call upon the Lord to be a merciful intercessor and a prayer book for us sinners, as if you have received grace from Him to drive away illnesses and heal passions.
We therefore ask you: do not despise us, unworthy, who pray to you and demand your help.
Be a comforter to us in sorrow, a physician to the afflicted, a quick protector to those who are sick, a giver of insight to those who are ill, a ready intercessor and healer for those who are sick and infants in sorrow:
intercede for everyone everything that is useful for salvation, because through your prayers to the Lord God you have received grace and mercy,
Let us glorify all the good Source and Giver of God, the One in the Trinity of Holy Ones, the glorified Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.
Prayer to Saint Panteleimon against all adversities and illnesses. About patronage.
Oh, glorious martyr and valiant warrior of the Heavenly King, all-blessed Panteleimon, the most eminent imitator of the Merciful God, who boldly confessed Christ on earth and endured manifold torments for Him,
You, unfading, have received a crown in heaven, where you enjoy eternal bliss and stand boldly before the Throne of the Trisolar Deity!
All of us sinners resort to your Christ-like compassion according to God and earnestly pray to you, our warm intercessor and representative:
do not cease to look upon us who are in need and sorrowful circumstances, and with your prayerful help and healing power, always deliver us from cruel evils, all-destructiveness and all other troubles and illnesses.
For you, holy one, have received the endless grace of healing from our Savior Jesus Christ for your firm faith in Him, with a pure and immaculate life,
sealed by martyrdom and your many-victorious death, in it, by the grace given by you, and was named by Christ Panteleimon, the same-named mercy, who has mercy on all those who come to you in sorrows and illnesses.
For this reason, leading you as a merciful helper and healer to everyone, we call on you with faith, hear us and through your God-pleasing intercession give us everything useful in this life and necessary for eternal salvation.
With your martyrdom, beg the Merciful God to have mercy on us, sinners and unworthy, according to His great mercy, and deliver us from cowardice, flood, fire, sword and all righteous anger and reproach, prompting us in good time to cleansing and propitiatory repentance for our sins, for the sake of His many bounties,
May He give us all a comfortable, quiet and God-pleasing life, and may His angel protect us all from enemies visible and invisible with His grace and invincible army,
In this way we are protected and instructed, so that we may live in this world in repentance, purity and in the creation of godly deeds;
May we be honored by your warm intercession to achieve a Christian death that is painless, peaceful, and shameless, to get rid of the machinations of the airy princes of darkness and eternal torment, and to be heirs of an endless, all-blessed kingdom.
Hey, servant of God!
Don’t stop praying for us sinners, yes, through your intercession, deliverance from temporary and eternal troubles, we magnify you, our intercessor and prayer book,
and we eternally glorify our common Master and Lord Jesus Christ, to Him belongs all glory, honor and worship, together with His Beginning Father and the Most Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.
Prayer to the healer Panteleimon from any illness, from adversity and misfortune
Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon!
Pray to God for us (names) and do not allow the illnesses that hurt us in soul and body to remain in us any longer!
Heal those ulcers and scabs that were caused to us by our passions.
We suffer from laziness and relaxation - we are healed.
We are sick with attraction and addiction to earthly objects - we are healed.
We are sick, O Saint Panteleimon!
We suffer from forgetfulness: about the matter of salvation, about our sins and weaknesses, about our responsibilities - heal us.
We are sick with resentment, anger, hatred - heal, O healer of St. Athos and the world.
We suffer from dependence, pride, arrogance, exaltation, despite all the poverty and lewdness - we are healed.
We suffer from many and different attacks of carnality:
gluttony, intemperance, gluttony, voluptuousness - heal us.
We are sick with drowsiness, verbosity, idle talk, judgmentalism - heal us, O Saint Panteleimon!
Our eyes hurt from sinful views, our ears hurt from listening to idle talk, slander, slander - heal us.
Our hands hurt because we are disinclined to pray and give alms - heal us.
Our legs hurt from the reluctance to hastily go to the temple of the Lord and the desire to walk through the haystacks and visit the houses of the world - heal us.
Our tongue hurts, our lips hurt badly:
idle talk, idle talk, slander, turning away from prayers and praises, or pronouncing them carelessly, absent-mindedly, without attention, without understanding - heal us, oh mercy!
We hurt from head to toe:
Our reason hurts due to lack of understanding, unreasonableness and madness;
Our will hurts, turning away from holy pursuits and striving for deeds that are harmful and ungodly;
Our memory hurts, having forgotten our sins and containing within itself the sins and insults of our neighbors;
Our imagination hurts, unable and unwilling to vividly imagine to us our death, the eternal torment of sinners, the blessings of the Kingdom of Heaven, God's wrath, Christ's suffering on the cross, His crucifixion - heal us, O Saint Panteleimon!
Everything in us hurts.
Our entire soul, with all its strengths and abilities, is also weak.
Our whole body with all its members is also weak.
Heal us, O Saint Panteleimon, merciless and loving Healer, servant of the Most Holy Theotokos, and do not leave our repentance in many ailments and in many infirmities:
Yes, having been healed by your grace, I will glorify the Most Holy Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the Most Holy Theotokos, who sends you to serve the sick, and I will thank you, O Saint Panteleimon, the healing shrine forever.
Prayer to Saint Panteleimon for the health of the child
I turn to you in prayer, Panteleimon the Healer!
Grant healing to my child, send him strength, touch his flesh, kiss his soul.
Extinguish the blazing fire, tame passion, revoke weakness.
Wake up the servant of God (name), raise him from his sick bed.
Let the embittered bed let him go.
May he be gifted with a church blessing.
We submit to your will and expect mercy.
Prayer of gratitude to the Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon for healing and help
Holy Great Martyr, Healer and Wonderworker Panteleimon, all-round servant of God and constant prayer book of Orthodox Christians!
You are worthily named Panteleimon, the all-merciful hedgehog, for having received from God the grace to pray for us and heal illnesses, you richly give to everyone who comes to you, various healings and everything needed for temporary life and salvation.
For this reason, we, unworthy, having been worthy of your mercy, again run to you before your holy icon, and glorify you,
As a sincere saint of God, our faithful prayer book and healer, we zealously thank you and the Giver of all good things, the Lord our God, for the great blessings that you have given us from Him.
Please mercifully accept this small prayerful thanksgiving of ours, imams will not give you anything else according to your property, and do not deprive us of our life for the rest of the time,
weak and sinners, your help and prayerful intercession with the Lord our God, to Him belongs all glory, thanksgiving and worship, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.
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A solemn poem of nine songs ("canon"), dedicated, was written in the 9th century by the holy confessor Theophanes the Inscribed, brother of Theodore the Inscribed, who suffered martyrdom during the iconoclastic persecutions in Byzantium.
St. Theophan, having shared prison and suffering for the Orthodox faith with his brother, wrote many canons, among them also a canon dedicated to St. Theodora.
Let's consider this beautiful poem - after all, it is read only once a year, the rest of the time it is replaced by an akathist to the saint. The Akathist to Panteleimon is loved by the church people and has become a kind of “spiritual cant” from which many sufferers draw consolation during the days of illness and illness of their loved ones. Nevertheless, we must not forget those classics of Byzantine spiritual poetry, which inspired the authors of the best Church Slavonic akathists, who strung the images of ancient authors, like pearls, on a simple thread.
So, the canon to the holy great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
His acrostic: “Panteleimon, a great martyr, I sing.” The Greek text contains the word “martyr” - it was martyrs, witnesses of Christ’s Resurrection, that martyrs were called in the Early Church.
What else surprising will the Greek text reveal to us when compared with the Church Slavonic, so familiar and familiar to the ear?
In relation to Saint Panteleimon, the “terminology” that was used in pre-Christian antiquity in relation to gods and deified people (for example, emperors) is used - “blessed” (“makarios”), “good” (“agathos”), and, finally, “savior” (“soter”).
“Approach Christ diligently, before the end of Christ you raised up the dead. Now, O rich man, I have been killed by sinful remorse; through your prayers, O Panteleimon, revive me” (Canon to the Saint)
Panteleimon “gives life,” that is, “creates alive,” he is like a life-giver, a life-creator. What amazing, almost scary, comparisons! After all, there is only One who creates alive... Panteleimon repeats the miracles of Christ - for “he who believes in me will do greater things than these” (John 14:12)
Panteleimon was the reason " saving many». (Canon to the Saint) How so? After all, salvation – “soteria” – is brought only by the only Savior – Soter, Christ God.
Panteleimon appears in the poem as a kind of “second Christ”, “second Soter”, who gives salvation and healing.
« Vozsia, like a star» (Canon to the Saint). Panteleimon is ascended (the theme of the star, the dawn - apotheosis). But this apotheosis is higher than the Olympic one. Panteleimon, like the Risen Christ, goes out and ascends beyond the world, he no longer belongs to it, living by the Resurrection of Christ.
« Thou art beautiful to the Most Glorified Word» (Canon to the Saint). He stands next to the Risen Christ and is so similar to Him that sometimes it is impossible to tell the difference...
“Having died to the world, and in Christ, blessed one, having been clothed with the washing of Baptism...” (Canon to the Saint)
His martyrdom for Christ is a visible manifestation of that baptismal death with Christ, which he underwent in the sacrament.
“Having heard the words of the Spirit, you were like a good and fertile land, having received the seed of great value, and having brought forth, most blessedly, salvation for souls.” (Canon to the Saint).
Another parable of Christ was also performed on Panteleimon - about the “great merchant” who lost everything in order to acquire the most important thing:
“You put the godless tormentors to shame by the commandment, and you came to Christ, having acquired this instead of everyone, and you, God-wise, were a great merchant.” (Canon to the Saint).
“...exposing yourself to the suffering that you passed through, having foreseen eternal hopes” (Canon to the Saint)
Paul compared the life and deeds of Christians to the competition of athletes:
“Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the reward? So run to get it. All ascetics abstain from everything: those to receive a perishable crown, and we to receive an incorruptible crown. And that’s why I don’t run in the wrong way, I don’t fight in a way that just beats the air; but I subdue and enslave my body, so that, while preaching to others, I myself may not remain unworthy.”(1 Cor.9:24-27)
Panteleimon performs an agon - a hand-to-hand duel - in front of the entire cosmos, as if in an arena, competing with the unwise and tyrants who unjustly came to power, and wins by the power of the Cross, that is, by the power of God, who is beyond the cosmos, creatures and earthly wisdom, which is in In his sight is madness (1 Cor. 3:19).
“Having entered into the feat of struggle, blessed one, by divine power you overcame the godless, wicked tyranny and the fury of idolatry, and put on Christ, the Judge and Crowner of exploits” (Canon to the Saint).
“You had resistance as a youth, and through the firmness of your soul you acquired rebellion, you valiantly endured every ulcer, and with a courageous, blessed mind, we are strengthened by the grace of the Divine Cross” (Canon to the Saint).
There are interesting parallels with the Resurrection Octoechos, where Christ appears as a “Strong Man,” “entwined” in hand-to-hand combat with the tyrant.
Panteleimon, athlete-healer, works miracles and heals:
“You spat on flattering idols, and you abolished the exalted deception, working wondrous miracles and creating healings, God-wise.” (Canon to the Saint).
Christ gives him the crown of the conqueror of the agon:
“The crowner seemed all right” (Canon to the Saint).
It is interesting to note that, the pagan god of healing, was also considered the patron saint of athletes, and Hercules, himself a mighty athlete, was revered in antiquity as a divine healer. Now before us are not myths, but a living man, Pantoleon-Panteleimon, uncontrollably marching towards his “end in Christ” - and his whole nature changes so that his eyes are blinded by the divine light. “The end of Christ”—“telos”—is not the end of something begun, after which nothing will happen, but the fulfillment of all a person’s aspirations.
The Monk Theophan, whom the iconoclasts reproached for idolatry, perfectly understands the difference between idols and icons. Moreover, by describing Panteleimon as a friend of Christ, as “like Christ,” he boldly testifies to nine hundred years of experience of the Church.
“Vitya, putting aside the fierce sage’s mockery, Christ’s invocation” (Canon to Saint) - Panteleimon confronts the liars, just as the executed righteous man of antiquity, Socrates, confronted the sophists.
The theme of suffering sounds like the theme of an athletic feat and a criminal tormented by torture becomes ascended in the poem - by whom?... the ancients would say - “hero-god”, we will say - about ABOUT a married man. This victory occurs despite all evidence.
But God is one, and the main character of the poem, the beautiful, ascended Panteleimon, who is similar to Him in everything and performs His healing works, sings a song to Him. “Having been slain for Christ, you passed on to eternal life, and appeared God-called, by the name of God, wise of God. Thus we honor you, and exalt Christ forever” (Canon to the Saint).
Eternal life is not just human life, albeit infinitely long, but it is Divine Life itself. Panteleimon lives with Christ and in Christ. He is “alive in Christ.”
The paradox is overcome - there is only one God, but He wanted to see other gods nearby. This is how the biblical “God stood among the gods” is interpreted in the Hellenistic Christian tradition. (Thou art a friend, Christ: I say: imam drink a new drink in My Kingdom, as God will be gods with you.” Canon of Maundy Thursday).
The poem presents the drama of apotheosis - passive, like that of Hercules and Asclepius, but not reducible only to the Hellenistic experience of the Dionysian hypostases of Apollo. There is another tradition here, another experience - the biblical one, which expresses itself in Hellenistic images and archetypes, leading them to fulfillment - “the end”, in which the hymn to the God of the fathers sounds.
“Thou hast reposed, rejoicing, to the ultimate desire, where thou hast dwelled, most blessed, thou hast truly been vouchsafed to receive the blessed end, who art with thy Lord unto endless ages.”
Now Panteleimon can do everything he strived for, and nothing will stop him from this. He is free, like Christ, he can visit all those who suffer, and not just the inhabitants of Bithynia.
“Christ gives you rich goodness, giving us treasures of healing, and giving you all-merciful will to everyone who mourns, and a quiet refuge, and an intercessor, and a protector.”
Akathist to the Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon
Kontakion 1
Ikos 1
Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 2
Seeing you, the Lord has chosen a vessel, love the kindness of your soul. For you, having despised all earthly sweetness and glory, desired to be adorned with the crown of martyrdom, were wounded by Divine love, and inspiredly singing: Alleluia.
Ikos 2
Having a divinely inspired mind, O good warrior Panteleimon, you amazed King Maximian with the courage of your soul and words, in whose image you boldly preached Christ. In the same way, we praise your boldness, we say to you:
Rejoice, you who despise Maximian’s threats; Rejoice, disobedient to the advice of the wicked.
Rejoice, planting of true worship of God; Rejoice, eradication of demonic ministry.
Rejoice, whistleblower of the fury of the tormentors; Rejoice, destroyer of idolatrous charms.
Rejoice, having dispersed the wicked congregations; Rejoice, you who have exchanged corruption for heaven.
Rejoice, interlocutor of the immaterial angels; Rejoice, gleener of the long-suffering saints.
Rejoice, to whom Satan was put to shame; Rejoice, for in whom Christ is glorified.
Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 3
By the power of the Most High, bestowed upon you, and by your strong patience, you have weakened the tormenting insolence, the courageous victorious: not fearing fire, beasts, the wheel, and beheaded with a sword, you have received the crown of victory from Christ God, crying out to Him: Alleluia.
Ikos 3
Having your abode, your all-loving head, the God-wise and passion-bearing one, like a great treasure, is filled with joy about this and, singing with love the grace of healing given to you from God, gratefully calls to you:
Rejoice, all-bright lamp of Nicomedia; Rejoice, vigilant guard of your monastery who honors you.
Rejoice, to whom atheism has cooled; Rejoice, at the age of knowledge of God.
Rejoice, bright glory to the passion-bearers; Rejoice, joyful Orthodox hearing.
Rejoice, blessed source of healings; Rejoice, repository of great gifts.
Rejoice, fragrant myrrh, sweetening souls; Rejoice, for you help those who call upon you.
Rejoice, thou who grantest sight to the blind; Rejoice, you who have brought prosperity to the lame.
Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 4
Possessed by a storm of thoughts of polytheism, the wicked king was embarrassed when he saw from the doctors who envied you that you were curing all kinds of incurable ailments in the name of Christ. We, with joy and glorification of the wondrous God in you, cry out to Him: Alleluia.
Ikos 4
Having heard the people of Nicomedia about your great compassion for the suffering and about free healing from all diseases, they all rushed to you, with faith in the healing grace that exists in you, and, accepting quick healing from all diseases, glorified God and your greatness, your all-merciful healer , calling:
Rejoice, anointed with the world of grace; Rejoice, consecrated temple of God.
Rejoice, great glory to the pious; Rejoice, strong wall of the embittered.
Rejoice, you who surpass the wise in understanding; Rejoice, illuminating the thoughts of the faithful.
Rejoice, source of the Divine gifts and manifold mercies of the Lord for us; Rejoice, quick helper to those who suffer.
Rejoice, refuge for the overwhelmed; Rejoice, teacher of the lost.
Rejoice, heal the sick; Rejoice, abundantly flowing healing.
Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 5
The Lord create a glorious miracle for you, when through His servant Hermolai He calls you into His wonderful light. With a viper of greatness, the dead child, through your prayer to Christ, came to life and rose in health. Having come to know the True God, the Giver of Life to all, with firm faith you cried out to Him: Alleluia.
Ikos 5
Behold the blind light, which you touched with the invocation of the name of Christ, O glorious one. Ermolai was enlightened by the presbyter, having rejected the polytheism of his father, he accepted his mother’s piety, and he also enlightened his father. For this sake, we cry to you, the glorious saint of God and wonderful doctor:
Rejoice, you have great zeal for God; Rejoice, ever-burning fire of Divine love.
Rejoice, active listener of the sacred teachings of Ermolai; Rejoice, having followed the advice of your mother Evvula.
Rejoice, for you have given away everything so that you may receive Christ; Rejoice, conquering the love of the world through the love of God.
Rejoice, for instead of the sweet peace you accepted fierce suffering for Christ; Rejoice, for thou art a fellow-companion of the Passion of Christ.
Rejoice, having triumphed over all passions; Rejoice, adorned with grace-filled dispassion.
Rejoice, fill the joys that flow to you; Rejoice, thou who healest all by the grace of Christ.
Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 6
The preacher of truth appeared, enlightened by you, physically and spiritually blind: like the blind man of the Gospel, boldly before everyone he confessed the Light of the True Christ, enlightening every person, reproaching the wicked king and the pagan gods, through the sword truncation ascending to the unflickering light in Heaven, singing to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 6
With a bright face, presenting yourself to the court of the king, you boldly cried out, most blessed, in the hearing of all: “My all-healing power and glory is Christ, the True God, the Lord of all, raising the dead and driving away all illness.” For such a confession, we gratify you with the verb:
Rejoice, loud mouth of the Divinity of Christ; Rejoice, honey-flowing tongue, proclaiming His economy.
Rejoice, rise of the highest theology; Rejoice, wise sower of piety.
Rejoice, sweet-sounding pipe of faith; Rejoice, glorious preacher of Orthodoxy.
Rejoice, you who revealed the wondrous thing before death; Rejoice, do wonderful things after death.
Rejoice, spectator of the glory of Christ; Rejoice, listener of those who pray to you.
Rejoice, the giver of that mercy who requires it; Rejoice, I mediate good things for those who honor your memory.
Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 7
Myrrh has been poured out on your soul, O God-wise healer, from the Comforter of the Spirit; Likewise, after death, your honorable remains, driving away the stench of your passions with the fragrance of your passions, give healing to those who cry out to God in faith: Alleluia.
Ikos 7
When the worshipers saw the idolatry of many years, weakened, by your prayer, holy one, raised up and walking, many believed in Christ; The priests of demonism, consumed by envy, incited the king to rage. Since you are mercilessly weary and scorched for Christ, we call with tenderness:
Rejoice, you who despise earthly pleasures; Rejoice, exceeding material blessings.
Rejoice, for you have counted all the red of this world for nothing; Rejoice, for you have shaken off the fleeting glory from yourself.
Rejoice, elusive one who is caught in the catch of beliar; Rejoice, conqueror of the tormentor of deceit.
Rejoice, you who did not spare your life for Christ; Rejoice, enemy who has appeared to the hostile flesh.
Rejoice, oppressive of polytheism; Rejoice, having trampled down idols by divine power.
Rejoice, sharpest arrow, piercing enemies; Rejoice, representative, intercessor of the faithful.
Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 8
The Lord appeared to you in a strange way, encouraging you and keeping you in torment for His name: in the image of the presbyter Ermolai, bubbling tin, you were cast into the tenderness, cooled, and in the sea, having removed the great stone from your neck, you were brought unharmed to the ground. But you, again presenting yourself before the king, solemnly sang to Christ God: Alleluia.
Ikos 8
Your entire mind is settled in Heaven, and you do not leave those below on earth, remaining with us as your all-honorable head, the great passion-bearer of Christ, receiving from the Lord and giving enlightenment and sanctification to those who cry out to you:
Rejoice, filled with Divine wisdom; Rejoice, God's providence for us is greater.
Rejoice, delight of God-wise minds; Rejoice, joy for God-loving souls.
Rejoice, most luminous bead of Christ; Rejoice, sanctified soul and body.
Rejoice, you who dwell in the courts of the firstborn in Heaven; Rejoice, in the ever-blessed inhabited devils.
Rejoice, light of the Trinity to the viewer; Rejoice, warm representative for us in prayers to God.
Rejoice, give enlightenment to souls; Rejoice, send comfort to those who mourn.
Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 9
Every nature was amazed, Panteleimon, at the radiance of grace and wealth of virtues in you: your angel-like purity, great courage in fierce suffering, strong love for Christ and much compassion for people, in which you work gloriously, in a hedgehog sing: Alleluia.
Ikos 9
The many-prophesied heroes will not be able to adequately praise your struggles, O glorious good-winner, how, by the invincible power of God, the youth of your youth defeated the ancient and primordial enemy and disgraced the idolatrous charm. We, filled with surprise, call you:
Rejoice, joyful sight of angels; Rejoice, reverent wonder of men.
Rejoice, you who shed blood for Christ and who flowed milk in death; Rejoice, having given over your body to martyrdom for Him.
Rejoice, rule of confession; Rejoice, worthy warrior of the King of kings.
Rejoice, conqueror of darkness; Rejoice, rejoicing in your victory Heavenly and earthly.
Rejoice, blessed dweller of the heavenly world; Rejoice, wise stranger of the world.
Rejoice, tree decorated with the fruits of grace-filled gifts; Rejoice, bear good-victorious branches.
Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 10
Filled with compassion, as a true imitator of the Giver of the Lord’s mercy, an honest sufferer, you were named Panteleimon (that is, the all-merciful) by Him, pouring out mercy on all those who flow to you, and pour it out to us mercilessly, crying out to God for you: Alleluia.
Ikos 10
The tormentor has found a solid wall for you, but I will overcome you with no torment; I tried to crush your fortress with the teeth of the beasts and the edges of the tormenting wheel, but I succeeded in this insignificance: for the power of Christ has tamed the ferocity of the beasts, and the terrible stake, on which I turned your body, has been crushed. To you, the invincible passion-bearer, we call:
Rejoice, honest election of Christ; Rejoice, immaculate fragrance of God.
Rejoice, solid adamante of the Church; Rejoice, unshakable pillar, reach to Heaven.
Rejoice, tame the visible beasts; Rejoice, destroying invisible dragons.
Rejoice, stained with your blood for Christ, dissolved in milk; Rejoice, unfading received crowns.
Rejoice, thou who has caused joy by Angel and man; Rejoice, glorified by God in Heaven and on earth.
Rejoice, inhabitant of heaven, rejoice with the martyrs; Rejoice, be satisfied with the sweet sight of Christ.
Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 11
We offer the original hymn to your sacred sacrifice for Christ, in which, together with the blood, the milk flowed from you, great martyr, and the olive tree, under which you were beheaded, was filled with healing fruits. Moreover, to Christ, who wonderfully glorifies those who glorify Him, we cry warmly: Alleluia.
Ikos 11
You were a luminous ray, O wise God, who sat in the darkness of polytheism, guiding to the Sun of Truth, Christ God, Whom we prayed to, in the light of His commandments, we too may ever abide, the joyful calico of those who bring you:
Rejoice, bright star, shining on the mental firmament; Rejoice, ray, shining upon the people named after Christ.
Rejoice, mysteriously illuminated by the Sun of Christ; Rejoice, flow around the earth wisely.
Rejoice, red village of the Holy Spirit; Rejoice, most honorable vessel, pouring out healing.
Rejoice, treasure of purity; Rejoice, namesake of mercy.
Rejoice, heir to the Kingdom of Heaven; Rejoice, partaker of eternal glory.
Rejoice, representative of those in need in life; Rejoice, unmercenary one, helping those who call upon you with faith.
Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 12
You have received abundance of grace, O blessed one, because of the abundance of your love for Christ God. And show you to be a multi-healing source, freely healing mental and physical illnesses of those who flow to you with faith and cry out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 12
Singing your long-suffering deeds for Christ, glorious passion-bearer, we praise your long-suffering, we honor your martyrdom, we honor your sacred memory, our intercessor and healer, and we call you in praise:
Rejoice, euphonious trumpet of piety; Rejoice, sword, cut off wickedness.
Rejoice, planed on the tree for His outstretched hand on the tree of the Cross; Rejoice, for we are scorched for Him; you extinguished the delights of the furnace.
Rejoice, vulnerable to your enemies by your wounds; Rejoice, having dried up the currents of the idols' blood with your blood.
Rejoice, thou cast into boiling tin for Christ; Rejoice, immersed in the waters of the sea for His name.
Rejoice, you who remain unharmed by God’s providence are in these; Rejoice, for through fire and water of torment you entered into heavenly rest.
Rejoice, pour out endless streams of mercy to the faithful; Rejoice, compassionate physician, granter of grace-filled healing.
Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 13
O long-suffering and wonderful passion-bearer of Christ and our healer Panteleimon! Kindly accept this small offering from us, heal us from manifold ailments and through your intercession save us from enemies visible and invisible and eternal torment, pray to the Lord to deliver us, so that in His Kingdom we may sing: Alleluia.
This kontakion is read three times, then the 1st ikos and the 1st kontakion
Ikos 1
We know you as an angel of earthly and heavenly man, O glorious Panteleimon: adorned with angelic purity and martyrdom, you have moved from earth to Heaven, where with the angels and all the saints you stand before the Throne of the Lord of Glory, pray for us earthly ones who honor you with these titles:
Rejoice, lordship of piety; Rejoice, glorious lamp of the Church.
Rejoice, decoration of the most honorable martyrs; Rejoice, affirmation of those who are faithful in unwavering patience.
Rejoice, abundant praise for youth; Rejoice, champion of Christ, undefeated in courage.
Rejoice, you who grew up in the world, who appeared in peace; Rejoice, angel in the flesh, superior to mortals.
Rejoice, all-blessed inhabitant of heaven; Rejoice, receptacle of the Divine mind.
Rejoice, for whose faith has been exalted; Rejoice, to whom deception has fallen.
Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon
Kontakion 1
Chosen as a passion-bearer of Christ and a gracious physician, grant healing to the sick; with songs we praise you, our intercessor. But you, since you have boldness towards the Lord, free us from all troubles and illnesses, calling to you with love:
Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Oh, great saint of Christ, passion-bearer and merciful physician Panteleimon!
Have mercy on me, a sinful slave, hear my groaning and cry, propitiate the Heavenly, Supreme Physician of our souls and bodies, Christ our God, may He grant me healing from the illness that oppresses me. Accept the unworthy prayer of the most sinful man above all. Visit me with a gracious visit, do not disdain my sinful ulcers, anoint them with the oil of your mercy and heal me; May I, healthy in soul and body, be able to spend the rest of my days, by the grace of God, in repentance and pleasing to God and be worthy of receiving a good end to my life. Hey, servant of God! Pray to Christ God, that through your intercession he may grant health to my body and salvation to my soul. Amen
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First prayer
O great servant of Christ and glorious healer, Great Martyr Panteleimon! With your soul in Heaven stand before the Throne of God and enjoy His Trinitarian glory, rest in your body and holy face on earth in Divine churches and pour out various miracles from the grace given to you from above, look with your merciful eye on the people ahead, more honorable than your icon, tenderly praying and asking for healing from you help and intercession: extend your warm prayers to the Lord our God and ask our souls for forgiveness of sins. Behold, we, for our iniquity, do not dare to raise our hair to the heights of heaven, lower to raise the voice of prayer to His unapproachable glory in the Divine, with a contrite heart and a humble spirit for you, a merciful intercessor to the Lady and a prayer book for us sinners, we call upon you, as you have received Thou art the grace from Him to drive away illnesses and heal passions. We therefore ask you: do not despise us, unworthy, who pray to you and demand your help. Be a comforter to us in our sorrows, a physician to those who are ill, a quick protector to those who are suffering, a giver of insight to those who are ill, a quick intercessor and healer for those who are sick and infants: intercede for everyone everything that is useful for salvation, as through your prayers to the Lord God you have received grace and mercy, Let us glorify all the good Source and Gift-Giver God, the One in the Trinity of Saints, the glorified Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Prayer
O glorious martyr and good warrior of the Heavenly King, the all-blessed Panteleimon, the most eminent imitator of the merciful God, having boldly confessed Christ on earth and endured manifold torments for Him, you have received an unfading crown in Heaven, where you have enjoyed eternal bliss and with boldness stand before the Throne of the Trisunny Deity shi! All of us, sinners, resort to your Christ-like compassion according to God, and we all diligently pray to you, our warm intercessor and representative: do not cease to look upon us who are in need and sorrowful circumstances, and with your prayerful help and healing power, always deliver us from cruel evils, omnipresence and all sorts of other troubles and diseases. For you, holy one, have received the boundless grace of healing from our Savior Jesus Christ for your firm faith in Him, with a pure and immaculate life, sealed by martyrdom and your many-victorious death, in which, by the grace given by you, you were named by Christ Panteleimon, the same-named of mercy, having mercy on all those who come to you in sorrow and illness. For this reason, leading you, a merciful helper and healer in everything, we call on you with faith: hear us and through your God-pleasing intercession give us everything useful in this life and necessary for eternal salvation. With your martyrdom, beg the merciful God to have mercy on us, sinners and unworthy, according to His great mercy, and deliver us from cowardice, flood, fire, sword and all righteous anger and reproach, prompting us in good time to cleansing and propitiatory repentance for our sins, for the sake of His many bounties, may He give us all a comfortable, quiet and God-pleasing life, and may His angels protect us all from enemies, visible and invisible, with His grace and invincible militia, in whom we protect and instruct, may we live in All this in repentance, purity and in the creation of godly deeds; May we be honored by your warm intercession to achieve a Christian death that is painless, peaceful, and shameless, to get rid of the machinations of the airy princes of darkness and from eternal torment, and to be heirs of the eternal, all-blessed Kingdom. Hey, servant of God! Do not cease to pray for us sinners, and through your intercession of temporary and eternal troubles, deliverance, we magnify you, our intercessor and prayer book, and we eternally glorify our common Master and Lord Jesus Christ, to Him belongs all glory, honor and worship with His Beginning Father and the Most Holy Spirit , now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Troparion, tone 3
Passion-bearing saint and healer Panteleimon, pray to the Merciful God that He will grant remission of sins to our souls.
Kontakion, tone 5
O imitator of the Merciful and healing grace received from Him, passion-bearer and martyr of Christ God, with your prayers heal our spiritual ailments, driving away the ever-fighting temptations from those who cry out truly: save us, Lord.
Song 1
Irmos: In the depths of the post, sometimes the pharaonic all-army is a transformed force, but the incarnate Word consumed all-evil sin: Glorified Lord, gloriously glorified.
Chorus: Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.
Approach zealously to Christ, before the end of the hedgehog in Christ, first to raise up the dead. Now, O you who are so rich, I have been killed by sinful devourings; with your prayers, O Panteleimon, revive me.
You rose like a star, bearing in your youth an old and wise mind, but by the kindness of your body, having acquired the splendor of your soul, you appeared to the glorified Word as beautiful.
Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.
Having died to the world, and in Christ, blessedly, having clothed himself, through the bath of baptism, he became a God-bearing organ, and a companion of action to the Spirit, pleasing everyone, curing everyone’s ailments.
Glory: Having pretended to be your sister's wisdom, and being a partaker of the life led by her, honors yourself, and is adorned with the crown of gifts, blessedly, the Divine dawn, adorned with lordship.
And now: Blessed, Most Holy Pure, nature, which was removed by disobedience from the Creator of Christ, You crowned the birth, and You freed corruption, and thus rejoicing, we please all the faithful to Thee.
Song 3
Irmos: The desert has blossomed like a crin, Lord, the pagan barren church, by Your coming, my heart was established in it.
Hearing the word of the Spirit, you were like a good and fertile land, receiving the seed of great value, and giving birth, blessedly, to salvation for souls.
Thou hast put to death the wisdom of the serpent's remorse, and thou hast quickened the soul, having been inspired by God, and standing before the King of all.
You put to shame the godless tormentors’ command, and you came to Christ, having acquired this instead of everyone, and you, God-Wise, were a great merchant.
Glory: I loved your mother’s piety, O glorious one, and from whom you hated the much-rebellious atheism, as if you had reason and chose what was best.
And now: With the Divine wave, all creation, Lord, is carried in Your hand, O Virgin. Now pray to Him to save the singing Ty from troubles.
According to the 3rd song we sing the catavasia: Pray to God for us, holy great martyr and healer Panteleimon, as we diligently resort to you, your quick helper and prayer book for our souls.
Sedalen, voice 4.
Let us brightly praise the good sufferer of the piety of Christ, Panteleimon, with faithfulness, psalms and songs and spiritual songs, for whom the torment of the invisible enemy was trampled by the power of the Divine, and the healing of ailments was richly granted from the Lord to those who faithfully perform his Divine and honorable feast.
Glory, the same voice:
The wise Ermolai, martyr, listened to the words and abandoned this earthly art, as vile, as weak, as destructive, having Christ's passions, the teachings of life in your heart, giving health to those who suffer incurably, Panteleimon. In the same way, pray for those who create your memory with love.
And now:
Passionate worries, the unscrupulous one is overwhelmed, Pure One, I call on You warmly: do not despise me, the accursed one, and perish, having given birth to an abyss of mercy, for I am not the imam of hope for You, and joy and laughter are not the enemy, trusting in You, I will appear, for you can, if only you want, as the Mother of God of all.
Song 4
Irmos: Thou camest from the Virgin, neither an intercessor nor an angel, but Himself, Lord, incarnate, and thou didst save me as a whole man, therefore I call Thee: glory to Thy power, O Lord.
Following the Lady's love, you squandered wealth on the poor, exposing yourself to suffering, which you also passed through, the provider of eternal hopes.
You made a sacrifice of praise to God, having clearly disdained the demands of idols, yet you trampled upon the vacillation of the wicked, more passionately.
To those consumed by envy and struggling with anger, you presented this invincible power to you, O martyr, and you armed yourself with victory over the evil languor.
Glory: Holding the Elder Simeon’s hand, the Elder’s words, Panteleimon, caught, to Divine understanding, and to many salvation and deliverance.
And now: Youths and maidens flow after You, the Virgin and the Youth and the Mother knowingly. You have gathered both together into one, unspeakably Bride of God.
Song 5
Irmos: Enlightenment of those who lie in darkness, salvation of the desperate, Christ, my Savior, to You in the morning, King of the world, enlighten me with Your radiance: for do I know no other God for You.
You have joyfully overcome torment through your deeds. protected by Divine strength and patience, firmly lifting up the torment, crying out in joy: for do we know no other God for You?
You had rebellion as a youth, and through the firmness of your soul you acquired restoration, you valiantly endured every ulcer, and with a courageous, blessed mind, you are strengthened by the grace of the Divine Cross.
Glory: I will reject the message of those who have gone astray; I am a sufferer who is a sufferer, and I will glorify the cause of many salvations; I am strengthened by your actions in Christ.
And now: All the sayings of the wise and fortune-telling, the Most Glorified One, and the prophet of prophecy, the prototype of You, who was finally revealed to be the Mother of God, for do we not know anything else about You, the Pure One.
Song 6
Irmos: Lying in the abyss of sin, I call upon the unsearchable abyss of Thy mercy, from aphids, O God, lift me up.
You spat on flattering idols, and you abolished the exalted deception, working wondrous miracles and creating healings, God-wise.
The crown appeared in all its glory, for you have passed through fire and water, and you have dragged yourself on wheels, you have gloriously destroyed these fools.
Glory: You overthrew the tormentors with severity, you did not make it easy to endure bodily beatings, you suffered with spiritual strength, O God-wise, with grace.
According to the 6th song, the pakistania:
Pray to God for us, holy great martyr and healer Panteleimon, as we diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.
And therefore, Lord, have mercy, 12 times, Glory, and now.
Kontakion, tone 5:
O imitator of the Merciful One and the healing grace received from Him, the martyr and martyr of Christ God, with Your prayers heal our spiritual ailments, driving away the ever-fighting temptations from those who cry out truly: save us, Lord.
Ikos:
The memory of the unmercenary, the noble sufferer, the faithful healer, let us piously sing, lovers of Christ, that we may receive mercy, even more than the desecrated, just as I, my own temples, give healing to souls and bodies, beloved ones. Let us strive, faithful brethren, to have in our hearts his strength, delivering from the flattery that cries out: save us, Lord.
Song 7
Irmos: I serve the golden image on the field of Deira, three of Your fathers, heedless of the godless command, but cast into the middle of the fire, watering the waist: blessed art thou, O God of our fathers.
Suffering rightfully, and having defeated the enemy, the refuge is comforting, for whom you were gloriously overwhelmed in the sea, and light for those who exist in the darkness of life, whom you taught to sing, blessed be God our father.
Blessed are you and you have good now, most blessed. whoever has received his rich and blessed hope, prepared by faith for those who call upon the Lord, blessed be God our father.
Glory: Holy souls, and righteous faces, and the incorporeal rank of angels are received, glee, blessed, having been truncated at the head with a sword, eat rejoicing, blessed is God our father.
And now: The weapon that separated us from the tree of life, which separated us, now receives the reverse, signified by the blood that came from the side of Your Son, the Most Immaculate One. Blessed are you, who gave birth to God in the flesh.
Song 8
Irmos: Who descended into the furnace of fire to the Jewish youth, and who turned God into flames into dew, sing, the works of the Lord, and exalt them unto all ages.
The artistry of Your flourishing soul heals the foolishness of the father, giving light through faith to those who flow blessedly, and instructing them to the Savior Christ.
Having been slain according to Christ, you passed on to eternal life. and having appeared God-called, by the name of God, God-wise: thus we honor you, and exalt Christ forever.
Glory: Put aside the Vityan, and the fierce teaching of the sage, by the invocation of Christ, and cut off the fierce passions of rooting, healing those who sing Christ forever.
And now: Immortality is the dawn of the source of Thee, Mother of God, who gave birth to the Word of the Immortal Father, Who delivers all through death, exalting Him forever.
Song 9
Irmos: The Son, God and Lord, who is without beginning, became incarnate from the Virgin, appearing to us, to enlighten the darkened, the scattered brethren, Thus we magnify the All-Sung Mother of God.
Having ceased, rejoicing in the final desire, where you dwell, most blessed, blessed, you have been granted acceptance of the end. truly we are with our Lord, forever and ever.
Thou hast received the desire, and the fulfillment of Thy love, dripping even warmer blood, as if poured out for Christ, rejoicing from the Worthless thing, thou hast accepted the crowns of thy feat.
The lion of the mouth, and the beast of the gaping, like Daniel of old, you bridled you, for the news is ashamed, martyr, virtues and dumb nature, even more gloriously, we have come together to please you.
Glory: Christ grants you rich mercy, giving us treasures of healing, and all-merciful will, giving you to everyone who mourns, and a quiet refuge, and an intercessor and protector.
And now: Like the fleece, the All-Immaculate One, the rain of Heaven conceived in the womb, you gave birth to us, like one who gives silence, like one who sings of God, and one who preaches Thee, the All-Sung Mother of God.
Prayer to the Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon
Oh, great saint of Christ, passion-bearer and merciful physician Panteleimon! Have mercy on me, a sinful slave, hear my groaning and cry, propitiate the Heavenly, Supreme Physician of our souls and bodies, Christ our God, may He grant me healing from the illness that oppresses me. Accept the unworthy prayer of the most sinful man above all. Visit me with a gracious visit, do not disdain my sinful ulcers, anoint them with the oil of your mercy and heal me; May I, healthy in soul and body, be able to spend the rest of my days, by the grace of God, in repentance and pleasing to God and be worthy of receiving a good end to my life. Hey, servant of God! Pray to Christ God, that through your intercession he may grant health to my body and salvation to my soul. Amen!
Prayer in illness
Lord God, Master of my life, in Your goodness You said: I do not want the death of a sinner, but that he should turn and live. I know that this disease from which I suffer is Your punishment for my sins and iniquities; I know that for my deeds I have deserved the heaviest punishment, but, O Lover of Mankind, deal with me not according to my malice, but according to Your boundless mercy. Do not wish my death, but give me strength so that I patiently endure the disease, as a well-deserved test for me, and after healing from it I turn with all my heart, with all my soul and with all my feelings to You, the Lord God, my Creator, and live to fulfill Your holy commandments, for the peace of my family and for my well-being. Amen.
Reply With quote To quote bookGod, be merciful to me, a sinner (bow).
God, cleanse my sins and have mercy on me (bow).
Having created me, Lord, have mercy (bow).
Without number of sinners, Lord, forgive me (bow).
My Lady, Most Holy Theotokos, save me, a sinner (bow).
Angel, my holy protector, save me from all evil (bow).
Saint (apostle, or martyr, or reverend father, name) pray to God for me (bow).
According to this verb the beginning:
Through the prayers of the saints, our fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us. Amen.
Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee, Heavenly King:
The Trisagion according to Our Father (instead of “for Thine is the kingdom”: without a priest you need to read: “Through the prayers of the saints our fathers”), Lord, have mercy (12).
Glory to this day:
Come, let us worship (three times).
Psalm 50:
Have mercy on me, God:
I believe in one God the Father:
According to this Canon:
Canon for the sick
Voice 3rd.
Song 1
Irmos. Crossed by the sea with a rod of old, Israel walked as if through the desert, and appeared crosswise, preparing the paths. For this reason we sing in praise of our wonderful God, for we have been glorified.
Solo. Merciful Lord, hear the prayer of Your servants who pray to You.
On the day of sorrow that has come upon us, O Christ the Savior, we beseech you, your mercy, ease the illness of your servant, say to us, like a centurion: “Go, behold, your lad is healthy.”
Merciful Lord, hear the prayer of Your servants who pray to You.
Prayers and supplications with sighing to You, crying out to the Son of God: have mercy on us. Raise him from his bed, as if he were paralyzed, with the word: “Take up your bed, saying, your sins are forgiven.”
Glory: We kiss your image, Christ, in your likeness, by faith, and we ask for health to the sick, imitating the bleeding one, who touches the robe of You to receive the healing of an illness.
And now: Most Pure Lady Theotokos, known helper to all, do not despise us who fall to You, pray for the good of Your Son and our God, to give health to the sick, so that He may glorify You with us.
Song 3
Irmos. From those who bear everything brought, created in a word, accomplished by the spirit of the Almighty Almighty: confirm me in Thy love.
Whoever, from serious illnesses on earth, has been cast down to You, Christ, cries out with us, grant health to his body, just as Hezekiah wept to you.
Look, O Lord, on our humility, and do not remember our iniquities, but for the sake of faith for the sake of the sick, like a leper, heal his illness with a word, so that Your name, Christ, may be glorified.
Glory: The Church that you have sanctified, do not give reproach to Christ, but raise him invisibly in sickness on the bed of the one lying, in which they pray to You, let them not speak of unfaithfulness, where their God is.
And now: We cry out to Your most pure, Mother of God, image of your hand, hear Your servant’s prayer and save him who is lying in illness, so that when he rises from illness, he will pay the vows that his lips spoke in sorrow.
Sedalen, voice 8.
On the bed of sin, watching me, and wounded by passions, just as Peter raised up Peter’s mother-in-law and saved the weakened one carried with the bed, so now visit, Merciful, the sick, bearing the ailments of our family, You alone are patient and merciful, merciful physician to souls and bodies, Christ God ours, inducing illnesses and again healing, giving forgiveness to those who repent of the sins of the only merciful and merciful.
Glory ch. 2: I am a sinner, I am crying on my bed, grant me forgiveness, O Christ God, and raise me up from illness, even though I have committed sins in my youth, and grant them to be overcome by the prayers of the Mother of God.
And now: Have mercy and save me, raise me up from my sick bed, for my strength is exhausted within me and I am completely overcome by hopelessness, Most Pure Mother of God, heal the ailing, for you are a helper to Christians.
Song 4
Irmos. Thou hast laid down steadfast love for us, Lord: for Thy only begotten Son was given to death for us. Thou art the same we call upon thee with thanksgiving: glory to thy strength, O Lord.
Already desperate with a severe illness and approaching death, call, O Christ, to life and give joy to those who cry, and let us all glorify Your holy miracles.
To You, Creator, we repent of our sins, for sinners who do not want death, revive, heal the sick, and rise to serve You, confessing Your goodness with us.
Glory: The tears of Manasseh, the repentance of the Ninevites, we accepted David’s confession, you soon saved us: and now accept our prayers, give health to the sick, for whom we pray.
And now: Grant us Your mercy, Lady, who always trust in You, ask for health for the sick, Your healing hands are with the Forerunner, Mother of God, stretching out to the Lord God.
Song 5
Irmos. You appeared on earth invisible, and you lived by the will of man, incomprehensible, and to You in the morning, we sing praises to You, O Lover of Mankind.
I have already died the daughter of Jairus, for God has given life to Thou, and now, O Christ God, bring the sick from the gates of death, for Thou art the way and the life of all.
You revived the widow’s son, O Savior, and having turned those tears into joy, save this smoldering servant from illness, so that our sorrow and illness may pass into joy.
Glory: Having healed the fiery illness of Peter’s mother-in-law with Your touch, and now raise up Your sick servant, so that He, like Jonah, may rise and serve You.
And now: In sorrow, humility, sin, without boldness, the Most Pure Mother of God cries out to You, begging your Son Christ to give the sick body health.
Song 6
Irmos. The last abyss of sins has passed me by, and my spirit disappears, but the vast one, O Master, save Thy lofty arm, like Peter the Ruler of me.
Having an abyss of mercy and mercy, O Christ our God, inspire the prayers of Thy servants. For you, having raised Tabitha by Peter, raised up him now in illness, having listened to the church prayer book.
Physician to our souls and bodies, having borne the illnesses of the whole world, Christ, who healed Aeneas by Peter, You heal the sick now, Apostle of Saints with your prayers.
Glory: Turn, O Christ, into joy the mourning of those who mourn the sick, so that having received Your mercy, they may enter Your house with votive gifts, glorifying You in the Trinity of the only God.
And now: Come, O friends, let us worship the Mother of God, praying for the sick, for She has the power to heal the sick, together with the unmerciful, invisibly anointing with spiritual oil.
Kontakion according to the sixth song, tone 3.
O Lord, my soul, in all sorts of sins, and weakened by placeless deeds, raise up my soul with Divine love for mankind, just as you raised up the weakened one of old, so that I call You to save: generous Christ, give me healing.
Ikos:
Holding the ends with a handful of Your hands, Jesus God, Who is co-original with the Father and co-ruling with the Holy Spirit over all flesh, You appeared, healing ailments, and You cleansed the passions, You enlightened the blind, and You restored the paralytic with the word of the Divine, having created this right walker and commanded the bed if you take it to the frame. In the same way, we all sing and sing with him: generous Christ, give me healing.
Song 7
Irmos. Before the golden image, the Persian veneration, the youths did not worship, but the three sang in the middle of the cave: O God of the fathers, blessed art thou.
About the Most Holy Cross of Christ, the Honest Tree of the animal, by you you raised death from death and death, and now heal and revive the sick, like the dead maiden under Helen.
You, Lord, healed Job’s long and fierce illness in the puss and in the worms of that prayer. And now in church we pray to Thee for the sick, for Heal good things invisibly through the prayers of Thy Saints.
Glory: All our family, since we are about to die, I have deigned this to You, God, but for a short time, O Merciful One, we ask for health to the sick, and give joy to the grieving from death to life.
And now: Provide and help our orphanhood, Mother of God, for You weigh the time and hour when to pray to Your Son and our God to give the sick person health and forgiveness from all sins.
Song 8
Irmos. To serve the living God, the youth endured in Babylon, neglected the Musikian organs, and stood in the midst of the flames singing a divine song, saying: bless all the works of the Lord the Lord.
Show good health, Master, to Thy sick servant, and heal quickly, O merciful Christ God, and do not yet face death to judgment, so that You may reward repentance. You yourself declared: I do not want death, sinners.
Merciful Lord, your glorious miracles have reached us today: destroy demons, destroy ailments, heal wounds, heal illnesses, and deliver us from tricks and sorceries and all sorts of illnesses.
Glory: Who forbade, O Christ, the sea wind, and the disciple who turned fear into joy, and now rebuke Thy servant who labors with grave illness, that we may all rejoice, praising Thee forever.
And now: Deliver us, Mother of God, from the sorrows that have befallen us, various ailments, poison and sorcery, and demonic dreams and from the lesson of evil people and vain deaths, we pray.
Song 9
Irmos. On Mount Sinai, Moses saw Thee in the bush, conceived in the womb by the fire of the Divinity; Daniel saw thee uncut mountain, the vegetated rod, Isaiah cried out to you, from the root of David.
Source of life, giver of mercy, Christ, do not turn your face away from us, ease the illness of those who are weary of illness, and raise up Abgar as Thaddeus, so that he may ever glorify you, with the Father and the Holy Spirit.
To the believing voice of the Gospel, We seek Your promise, O Christ: ask, Thou hast declared, and it will be given to you. Therefore, now we pray to Thee, raise from the bed of health those who have been defeated by severe illness, so that Thee may be magnified with us.
Glory: Tormented by illness, inside with invisible wounds, He cries out to You, Christ, with us, not for us, Lord, not for our sake, for we are all filled with sins, but with the Mother’s and Forerunner’s prayers, grant healing to the sick, so that we may all magnify You.
And now: God, Mother of the Most Pure, with all the Saints we call on Thee: with the Angels and Archangels, with the prophets and patriarchs, with the Apostle, with the saints, the righteous, pray to Christ our God, to give health to the sick, for we all magnify Thee.
Prayer
Mighty God of mercy, build everything for the salvation of the human race, visit this servant of yours (name), naming the name of your Christ, heal him from every fleshly ailment and forgive sins and sinful temptations, and make every attack and every invasion hostile far from your servant , and raise him up from the bed of sin, and build him into Your holy Church, sound in soul and body and with good deeds, glorifying the name of Your Christ with all people, as we send up glory to You, with the beginningless Son, and with the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. . Amen.
At the end:
Worthy to eat:
Glory even now: Lord, have mercy (thrice) Bless:
Through the prayers of the saints our fathers:
For this reason, you need to make the usual departure bows with prayers:
“God, cleanse me, a sinner, and have mercy on me!” (Bow):
“O Lord, who created me, have mercy on me!” (Bow).
“I have sinned beyond number, Lord forgive me!” (Bow).
“We worship Your Cross, Master, and we glorify Your Holy Resurrection” (Bow).
“It is worthy to eat”... (Bow)
“Glory even now”: “Lord, have mercy” (three times) “Bless”
And release:
Through the prayers of the saints, Our Father, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us. Amen.
Panteleimon the Holy Great Martyr
and healer
Photo of the icon from the site: http://www.magazin-ikon.ru/ob-ikonah/59-ikonopisec-dionisij
(27 July / 9 August)
Since ancient times, St. Panteleimon is considered the patron saint of doctors. The prayers of the sick, addressed to him with faith, bring relief and heal from physical and spiritual ailments. St. Panteleimon lived during the reign of Emperor Maximian in IIIcentury AD in the city of Nicomedia, Bethany province. It is known that his father, named Eustorgius, was a noble man of the pagan faith, and his mother Evvula professed Christianity. At birth, the boy was given the name “Pantoleon”, which means “a lion throughout”, and only later, when he fully demonstrated his healing and spiritual gifts, people began to call him “Panteleimon” - that is, all-merciful.
The earthly life of St. Panteleimon's life was short-lived; he suffered martyrdom while still very young. That is why on icons he is depicted as a young man. But what a strong impact he had on his contemporaries that he remained in eternal memory as a healer, a true Christian who accepted great torment, but did not renounce his faith, and, finally, a saint, that is, who gained the special divine grace of the Holy Spirit.
The Lives of the Saints tell that St. Panteleimon received an excellent education for those times. He was trained in Hellenic wisdom, showed excellent abilities, was distinguished by a pleasant character and manners, and was of a good disposition, for which those around him loved him. The mother raised the boy in Christian traditions, but died early, and the father began raising his son, trying to introduce the child to paganism. He probably did not succeed in this fully, for “the soul of man is by nature Christian” (Tertulian), and his mother’s lessons sank deeply into his soul in early childhood. The medicinal art of St. Panteleimon studied with the famous physician Euphrosynus, whose services were used by Tsar Maximian himself, a famous persecutor of Christians. The king soon drew attention to the young man and wanted to make him his court doctor in the future.
The turning point in the life of St. Panteleimon began a meeting with an elderly presbyter named Ermolai. The elder talked for a long time, instructing the young man, loving him as if he were his own. Along with soul-saving conversations, Panteleimon apparently received some advice regarding healing, which can be accomplished through true faith in Christ. The young man wanted to test this in practice, but for some time there was no opportunity. But one day, coming from the elder, St. Panteleimon came across a dead child who had been bitten by a large snake. The snake itself lay near the deceased. Seeing this, the young man was at first frightened and retreated back in horror, but then he said to himself: “Now we need to test and find out whether Elder Ermolai is speaking the truth.” And, raising his eyes to heaven, he said: “Lord Jesus Christ, I am not worthy to call on You, but if You want me to become Your servant, then show Your power and make the boy come to life in Your name, and the viper become dead." And the miracle happened, the boy stood up alive, the echidna died. The young man, with tears in his eyes, began to glorify and thank God, after which he was baptized by Elder Ermolai, remaining with him for another seven days after baptism. The peculiarity of this case of miraculous healing is that it was not yet accomplished through the full faith of the healer himself and, along with the resurrection of the baby, it finally resurrected the soul of the young doctor. It was a kind of advance, so to speak, and at the same time the highest sign of trust and love for those who wished to find the truth.
After some time, a second case of miraculous healing occurs, which, like the first, is described according to the Lives of the Saints. This time, a blind man turned to Panteleimon, completely despairing of doctors, since he had spent almost all his fortune on treatment, but had received no benefit. The unfortunate man, having heard about the art of healing of the young man, began to ask him: “I beg you, have mercy on me, blind, not seeing the sweet light: all the doctors in this city treated me, but did not bring any benefit.” Meanwhile, it turned out that among the doctors who treated unsuccessfully was Euphrosinus, the teacher of St. Panteleimon. Seeing the ardent faith of the unfortunate man, Panteleimon undertakes to treat him and not only heals his physical illness (full insight occurs), but also resurrects him spiritually, introducing him to the true faith of Christ. The episode of healing in the Lives of the Saints is described as follows: “Touching the eyes of the blind man, St. Panteleimon said: “In the name of my Lord Jesus Christ, who enlightens the blind, see and begin to see.” One can imagine how much joy this man had when he saw again light. After the healing, the former blind man (together with the father of St. Panteleimon) accepts baptism. The fact that the healing took place completely, and not just physically, is indicated by the fact that the healed one will not renounce the true faith in the future and, like the one who healed him, will accept martyrdom for her.
After the death of his father, St. Panteleimon distributes all his inheritance to the poor and needy, while he himself continues to help people. “The gift of healing was sent to him from above, and he always treated the sick for free, not so much with herbs as with invoking the name of Jesus Christ” (“Lives of the Saints”). “He was a doctor not only of diseases, but also of human poverty” (ibid.). All the sick from the city and nearby places, seeing such an amazing art of healing and selflessness, flocked to Panteleimon for help.
Because of the envy of other doctors, because of their slander and because of their commitment to Christianity, St. Panteleimon was imprisoned by the emperor. He was accused of sorcery, sorcery, and apostasy from the pagan faith of his ancestors. The courageous young man defended the Christian faith and suggested that the emperor organize a kind of competition: bring any hopeless patient and present him first to the court doctors who professed paganism. The Emperor agreed. Then they brought a paralyzed, that is, paralyzed, sick man, over whom in vain the doctors and priests called upon their gods: some Asclepius, some Zeus, some Diana. The patient did not receive any help from them. Then Panteleimon, having prayed, took the hand of the suffering man and said: “In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, get up and be healthy”... The sick man immediately recovered and stood up.
In impotent anger, the emperor ordered the young man to be killed, to which he courageously replied: “Dying for Christ is gain for me.” St. Panteleimon suffered martyrdom. His body was planed with iron claws, his ribs were scorched with burning candles, he was thrown into hot tin, he was wheeled on the wheel and, in the end, he was beheaded. He met his death joyfully, singing psalms.
AKATHIST
Kontakion 1
Chosen as a passion-bearer of Christ and a gracious physician, grant healing to the sick; with songs we praise you, our intercessor. But you, since you have boldness towards the Lord, free us from all troubles and illnesses, calling to you with love:
Ikos 1
We know you as an angel of earthly and heavenly man, O glorious Panteleimon: adorned with angelic purity and martyrdom, you have moved from earth to Heaven, where with the Angels and all the saints you stand before the Throne of the Lord of Glory, pray for us earthly ones who honor you with these titles:
Rejoice, lordship of piety;
Rejoice, glorious lamp of the Church.
Rejoice, decoration of the most honorable martyrs;
Rejoice, affirmation of those who are faithful in unwavering patience.
Rejoice, abundant praise for youth;
Rejoice, champion of Christ, undefeated in courage.
Rejoice, you who grew up in the world, who appeared in peace;
Rejoice, angel in the flesh, superior to mortals.
Rejoice, all-blessed inhabitant of heaven;
Rejoice, container of the Divine mind.
Rejoice, for whose faith has been exalted;
Rejoice, to whom deception has fallen.
Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 2
Seeing you, the Lord has chosen a vessel, love the kindness of your soul. For you, having despised all earthly sweetness and glory, desired to be adorned with the crown of martyrdom, were wounded by Divine love, and inspiredly singing: Alleluia.
Ikos 2
Having a divinely inspired mind, O good warrior Panteleimon, you amazed King Maximian with the courage of your soul and words, in whose image you boldly preached Christ. In the same way, we praise your boldness, we say to you:
Rejoice, you who despise Maximian’s threats;
Rejoice, disobedient to the advice of the wicked.
Rejoice, planting of true worship of God;
Rejoice, eradication of demonic ministry.
Rejoice, whistleblower of the fury of the tormentors;
Rejoice, destroyer of idolatrous charms.
Rejoice, having dispersed the wicked congregations;
Rejoice, thou who has exchanged corruption for heaven.
Rejoice, interlocutor of the immaterial Angels;
Rejoice, glorifier of long-suffering saints.
Rejoice, to whom Satan was put to shame;
Rejoice, for in whom Christ is glorified.
Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 3
By the power of the Most High, bestowed upon you, and the strong through your patience, you have weakened the tormenting insolence, the courageous victorious: not afraid of fire, beasts, the wheel, and beheaded with a sword, you have received the crown of victory from Christ God, crying out to Him Alleluia.
Ikos 3
Having your abode, your all-loving head, the God-wise and passion-bearing one, like a great treasure, is filled with joy about this and, singing with love the grace of healing given to you from God, gratefully calls to you:
Rejoice, all-bright lamp of Nicomedia;
Rejoice, vigilant guard of your monastery.
Rejoice, to whom atheism has cooled;
Rejoice, at the age of knowledge of God.
Rejoice, bright glory to the passion-bearers;
Rejoice, joyful Orthodox hearing.
Rejoice, blessed source of healings;
Rejoice, repository of great gifts.
Rejoice, fragrant myrrh, sweetening souls;
Rejoice, for you help those who call upon you.
Rejoice, thou who grantest sight to the blind;
Rejoice, you who have brought prosperity to the lame.
Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 4
Possessed by a storm of thoughts of polytheism, the wicked king was embarrassed when he saw from the doctors who envied you that you heal all kinds of incurable ailments in the Name of Christ. We, with joy and glorification of the wondrous God in you, cry out to Him: Alleluia.
Ikos 4
Having heard the people of Nicomedia about your great compassion for the suffering and about free healing from all diseases, everyone rushed to you, with faith in the healing grace that exists in you, and accepting quick healing from all diseases, glorifying God and your greatness, your all-merciful healer, calling:
Rejoice, anointed with the world of grace;
Rejoice, consecrated temple of God.
Rejoice, great glory to the pious;
Rejoice, strong wall of the embittered.
Rejoice, you who surpass the wise in understanding;
Rejoice, illuminating the thoughts of the faithful.
Rejoice, source of the Divine gifts and manifold mercies of the Lord for us;
Rejoice, quick helper to those who suffer.
Rejoice, refuge for the overwhelmed;
Rejoice, teacher of the lost.
Rejoice, heal the sick;
Rejoice, abundantly flowing healing.
Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 5
The Lord create a glorious miracle for you, when through His servant Hermolai He calls you into His wonderful light. With a viper of greatness, the dead child, through your prayer to Christ, came to life and rose in health. Having come to know the True God, the Giver of Life to all, with firm faith you cried out to Him: Alleluia.
Ikos 5
Behold the blind light that you touched with the invocation of the Name of Christ, O glorious one. Ermolai was enlightened by the presbyter, having rejected the polytheism of his father, he accepted his mother’s piety, and he also enlightened his father. For this sake, we cry to you, the glorious saint of God and wonderful doctor:
Rejoice, you have great zeal for God;
Rejoice, burning with the fire of Divine love.
Rejoice, active listener of the sacred teachings of Ermola;
Rejoice, having followed the advice of your mother Evvula.
Rejoice, for you have given away everything so that you may receive Christ;
Rejoice, conquering the love of the world through the love of God.
Rejoice, for instead of the sweet peace you accepted fierce suffering for Christ;
Rejoice, for thou art a fellow-companion of the Passion of Christ.
Rejoice, having triumphed over all passions;
Rejoice, adorned with grace-filled dispassion.
Rejoice, fill the joys that flow to you;
Rejoice, thou who healest all by the grace of Christ.
Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 6
The preacher of truth appeared, enlightened by you, physically and spiritually blind: like the blind man of the Gospel, boldly before everyone he confessed the Light of the True Christ, enlightening every person, reproaching the wicked king and the pagan gods, through the sword truncation ascending to the unflickering light in Heaven, singing to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 6
With a bright face, presenting yourself to the court of the king, you boldly cried out, most blessed, in the hearing of all: my all-healing power and glory, Christ is the True God, the Lord of all, raising the dead and driving away all illness. For such a confession, we gratify you with the verb:
Rejoice, loud mouth of the Divinity of Christ;
Rejoice, honey-flowing tongue, proclaiming His economy.
Rejoice, branch of the highest Theology;
Rejoice, wise sower of piety.
Rejoice, sweet-sounding pipe of faith;
Rejoice, glorious preacher of Orthodoxy.
Rejoice, you who revealed the wondrous thing before death;
Rejoice, perform wonderful things after death.
Rejoice, spectator of the glory of Christ;
Rejoice, listener of those who pray to you.
Rejoice, the giver of that mercy who requires it;
Rejoice, I mediate for good to those who honor your memory.
Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 7
Myrrh has been poured out on your soul, O God-wise healer, from the Comforter of the Spirit; Likewise, after death, your honorable remains, driving away the stench of your passions with the fragrance of your passions, give healing to those who cry out to God in faith: Alleluia.
Ikos 7
When the worshipers saw the idolatry of many years, weakened, by your prayer, holy one, raised up and walking, many believed in Christ; The priests of demonism, consumed by envy, incited the king to rage. Since you are mercilessly weary and scorched for Christ, we call with tenderness:
Rejoice, you who despise earthly pleasures;
Rejoice, thou who exceedest material blessings.
Rejoice, for you have counted all the red of this world for nothing;
Rejoice, for you have shaken off the fleeting glory from yourself.
Rejoice, elusive of the abiding catch of Belial;
Rejoice, conqueror of the tormentor of deceit.
Rejoice, you who did not spare your life for Christ;
Rejoice, enemy who has appeared to the hostile flesh.
Rejoice, oppressive of polytheism;
Rejoice, having trampled down idols by divine power.
Rejoice, sharpest arrow, piercing enemies;
Rejoice, representative, intercessor of the faithful.
Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 8
The Lord appeared to you in a strange way, encouraging you and keeping you in torment for His Name: in the image of the presbyter Ermolai, bubbling tin, you were thrown into the tenderness, cooled, and in the sea, having removed the great stone from your neck, you brought it unharmed to the ground. But you, again presenting yourself before the king, solemnly sang to Christ God: Alleluia.
Ikos 8
Your entire mind is settled in Heaven, and you do not leave those below on earth, remaining with us as your all-honorable head, the great passion-bearer of Christ, receiving from the Lord and giving enlightenment and sanctification to those who cry out to you:
Rejoice, filled with Divine wisdom;
Rejoice, God's providence for us is greater.
Rejoice, delight of God-wise minds;
Rejoice, joy for God-loving souls.
Rejoice, most luminous bead of Christ;
Rejoice, sanctified soul and body.
Rejoice, you who dwell in the courts of the firstborn in Heaven;
Rejoice, in the ever-blessed inhabited devils.
Rejoice, light of the Trinity to the viewer;
Rejoice, warm representative for us in prayers to God.
Rejoice, give enlightenment to souls;
Rejoice, send down consolation to those who mourn.
Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 9
Every nature was amazed, Panteleimon, at the radiance of grace and wealth of virtues in you: your angel-like purity, great courage in fierce suffering, strong love for Christ and much compassion for people, in which you work gloriously, in a hedgehog sing: Alleluia.
Ikos 9
The prophets of much prophecy will not be able to adequately praise your struggles, O glorious good-winner, how by the invincible power of God you have conquered the ancient and primordial enemy and disgraced the idolatrous charm. We, filled with surprise, call you:
Rejoice, joyful sight of the Angels;
Rejoice, reverent wonder of men.
Rejoice, you who shed blood for Christ and who flowed milk in death;
Rejoice, having given over your body to martyrdom for Him.
Rejoice, rule of confession;
Rejoice, worthy warrior of the King of kings.
Rejoice, conqueror of darkness;
Rejoice, you who are gladdened by your victory, those in heaven and earth.
Rejoice, blessed inhabitant of the mountain world;
Rejoice, wise stranger of the world.
Rejoice, tree decorated with the fruits of grace-filled gifts;
Rejoice, bear victorious branches.
Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 10
Filled with compassion, like a true imitator of the Giver of the Lord's mercy, an honest sufferer, Panteleimon sits, the All-Merciful, from Him you are called, pouring out mercy on all those who flow to you, and pour out unstintingly upon us, who cry out to God for you: Alleluia.
Ikos 10
The tormentor has found a solid wall for you, but I will overcome you with no torment; I tried to crush your fortress with the teeth of the beasts and the edges of the tormenting wheel, but I succeeded in this insignificance: for the power of Christ has tamed the ferocity of the beasts, and the terrible stake, on which I turned your body, has been crushed. We call to you, the invincible passion-bearer:
Rejoice, honest election of Christ;
Rejoice, immaculate fragrance of God.
Rejoice, solid adamante of the Church;
Rejoice, unshakable pillar, reach to Heaven.
Rejoice, tame the visible beasts;
Rejoice, destroying invisible dragons.
Rejoice, stained with your blood mixed with milk for Christ;
Rejoice, unfading accepted crowns.
Rejoice, thou who has caused joy by Angel and man;
Rejoice, glorified by God in Heaven and on earth.
Rejoice, inhabitant of heaven, rejoice with the martyrs;
Rejoice, be satisfied with the sweet sight of Christ.
Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 11
We offer the original hymn to your sacred sacrifice for Christ, in which, together with the blood, the milk flowed from you, great martyr, and the olive tree, under which you were beheaded, was filled with healing fruits. Moreover, to Christ, who wonderfully glorifies those who glorify Him, we cry warmly: Alleluia.
Ikos 11
You were a luminous ray, O wise God, who sat in the darkness of polytheism, guiding to the Sun of Truth, Christ God, Whom we prayed to, in the light of His commandments, we too may ever abide, the joyful calico of those who bring you:
Rejoice, bright star, shining on the mental firmament;
Rejoice, ray, shining upon the people of Christ.
Rejoice, mysteriously illuminated by the Sun of Christ;
Rejoice, flow around the earth wisely.
Rejoice, red village of the Holy Spirit;
Rejoice, most honorable vessel, pouring out healing.
Rejoice, treasure of purity;
Rejoice, namesake of mercy.
Rejoice, heir to the Kingdom of Heaven;
Rejoice, partaker of eternal glory.
Rejoice, representative of those in need in life;
Rejoice, unmercenary one, helping those who call upon you with faith.
Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 12
You have received abundance of grace, O blessed one, because of the abundance of your love for Christ God. And show you to be a multi-healing source, freely healing mental and physical illnesses of those who flow to you with faith and cry out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 12
Singing your long-suffering deeds for Christ, glorious passion-bearer, we praise your long-suffering, we honor your martyrdom, we honor your sacred memory, our intercessor and healer, and we call you in praise:
Rejoice, euphonious trumpet of piety;
Rejoice, sword, cut off wickedness.
Rejoice, planed on the tree for His outstretched hand on the tree of the Cross;
Rejoice, for we are scorched for Him; you extinguished the delights of the furnace.
Rejoice, vulnerable to your enemies by your wounds;
Rejoice, through your blood you have dried up the currents of the idols' blood.
Rejoice, thou cast into boiling tin for Christ;
Rejoice, immersed for His Name in the waters of the sea.
Rejoice, you who remain unharmed by God’s providence are in these;
Rejoice, for through fire and water of torment you entered into Heavenly rest.
Rejoice, pour out endless streams of mercy to the faithful;
Rejoice, compassionate physician, grant healing grace.
Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 13
O long-suffering and wonderful passion-bearer of Christ and our healer Panteleimon! Kindly accept this small offering from us, heal us from manifold ailments and through your intercession save us from enemies visible and invisible and eternal torment, pray to the Lord to deliver us, so that in His Kingdom we may sing: Alleluia.
(This kontakion is read three times, then ikos 1 and kontakion 1)
PRAYER FIRST
O glorious martyr and good warrior of the Heavenly King, the all-blessed Panteleimon, the merciful imitator of God, who boldly confessed Christ on earth, and endured manifold torments for Him, you unfadingly accepted a crown in heaven, where you enjoyed eternal bliss, and with boldness you stood before the Throne of the Trisolar Deity ishi ! All of us, sinners, resort to your Christ-like compassion for God, and we all diligently pray to you, our warm intercessor and representative: do not cease to look upon us who are in need and sorrowful circumstances, and with your prayerful help and healing power, always deliver us from cruel evils, omnipresence and all sorts of other misfortunes and illnesses. For you, holy one, received the boundless grace of healing from our Savior Jesus Christ for your firm faith in Him, with a pure and immaculate life, sealed by martyrdom and your many-victorious death, in which, by the grace given to you, you were named from Christ Panteleimon, the same-named mercy, the merciful everyone who comes to you in sorrow and illness. For this reason, leading you as a merciful helper and healer to everyone, we call on you with faith: hear us and through your God-pleasing intercession give us everything useful in this life and necessary for eternal salvation. With your martyrdom, beg the merciful God to have mercy on us, sinners and unworthy, according to His great mercy, and deliver us from cowardice, flood, fire, sword and all righteous anger and reproach, prompting us in good time to cleansing and propitiatory repentance for our sins, for the sake of His many bounties, may He give us all a comfortable, quiet and God-pleasing life and may His Angels protect us all from enemies visible and invisible with His grace and invincible militia, protecting and instructing us, may we live in this world in repentance, purity and in the creation of God-pleasing deeds: may we be worthy, through your warm intercession, to achieve a Christian death that is painless, peaceful, and shameless, and to get rid of the machinations of the airy princes of darkness and eternal torment, and thus be the heirs of the endless, all-blessed Kingdom. Hey, servant of God! Do not stop praying for us sinners, so that through your intercession we may be delivered from temporary and eternal troubles, we magnify you, our intercessor and prayer book, and we eternally glorify the common Master and our Lord Jesus Christ, to Him belongs all glory, honor and worship with His Beginning Father and the Most Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
PRAYER TWO
O great servant of Christ and glorious healer, Great Martyr Panteleimon! With your soul in Heaven stand before the Throne of God and enjoy His Trinitarian glory, the body and face of the saint rested on earth in the Divine temples and various miracles were exuded by the grace given to you from above, look with your merciful eye on the people ahead, more honorable than your icon, tenderly praying and asking for healing from you help and intercession: extend your warm prayers to the Lord our God and ask our souls for forgiveness of sins. Behold, we, for our iniquity, do not dare to raise our hair to the heights of heaven, lower to raise the voice of prayer to His unapproachable glory in the Divine, with a contrite heart and a humble spirit for you, a merciful intercessor to the Lady and a prayer book for us sinners, we call upon you, as you have received Thou art the grace from Him to drive away illnesses and heal passions. We therefore ask you: do not despise us, unworthy, who pray to you and demand your help. Be a comforter to us in our sorrows, a physician to the ill-severely afflicted, a quick patron to those who are sick, a giver of insight to those who are ill, a ready intercessor and healer for those who are sick and infants in sorrows: intercede for everyone everything that is useful for salvation, as through your prayers to the Lord God you have received grace and mercy, let us glorify all the good Source and Giver of God, the One in the Trinity of Holy Ones, the glorified Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
PRAYER THREE
Oh, great saint of Christ, passion-bearer and merciful physician Panteleimon! Have mercy on me, a sinful slave, hear my groaning and cry, propitiate the Heavenly, Supreme Physician of our souls and bodies, Christ our God, may He grant me healing from the illness that oppresses me. Accept the unworthy prayer of the most sinful man above all. Visit me with a gracious visit. Do not disdain my sinful sores, anoint them with the oil of your mercy and heal me; May I, healthy in soul and body, be able to spend the rest of my days, by the grace of God, in repentance and pleasing to God and be worthy of receiving a good end to my life. Hey, servant of God! Pray to Christ God, that through your intercession he may grant health to my body and salvation to my soul. Amen.
PRAYER FOUR
Holy great martyr and healer Panteleimon, merciful imitator of God! Look with mercy and hear us, sinners, praying before your holy icon.
Ask us from the Lord God, Who stands with the angels in heaven, for the forgiveness of our sins and transgressions. Heal the mental and physical illnesses of the servants of God, who are now remembered, those who are present here, and all Orthodox Christians who flow to your intercession.
Behold, because of our fierce sin, we are possessed by many ailments and are not imams of help and consolation, but we resort to you, as you have given the grace to pray for us and heal every ailment and every illness.
Grant therefore to all of us through your holy prayers health and well-being of souls and bodies, advancement of faith and piety and everything necessary for temporary life and salvation. For yes, having been granted great and rich mercies by you, let us glorify you and the Giver of all blessings, marvelous among the saints, our God, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
PRAYER FIFTH
(thank you for healing from illness)
Holy Great Martyr, Healer and Wonderworker Panteleimon, all-round servant of God and constant prayer book of Orthodox Christians! You are worthily named Panteleimon, the all-merciful hedgehog, for having received from God the grace to pray for us and heal illnesses, you richly give to everyone who comes to you, various healings and everything needed for temporary life and salvation. For this reason, we, unworthy, having been worthy of your mercy, again before your holy icon, run to you, and glorifying you, as a sincere saint of God, our faithful prayer book and healer, we diligently thank you and the Giver of all good things, the Lord our God, for great blessings, from Him you were to us.
Therefore, mercifully accept this small prayerful thanksgiving of ours, before imams give you anything other than what is due to you, and for the rest of our lives do not deprive us, weak and sinners, of your help and prayerful intercession with the Lord our God, to Him belongs all glory, thanksgiving and worship. , Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
TROPARION
Troparion, tone 3
Passion-bearing saint and healer Panteleimon, pray to the Merciful God that He will grant remission of sins to our souls.
Kontakion, tone 5
O imitator of the Merciful and healing grace received from Him, passion-bearer and martyr of Christ God, with your prayers heal our spiritual ailments, driving away the ever-fighting temptations from those who cry out truly: save us, Lord.
Magnification:
We magnify you, the passion-bearing saint and healer Panteleimon, and we honor your honest suffering, which you endured for Christ.
CANON
(To the Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon)
Troparion, ch. 3
Passion-bearing saint and healer Panteleimon, pray to the merciful God that he will grant remission of sins to our souls.
CANON, voice 2
Song 1
Irmos:In the depths of the bed, sometimes the Pharaonic all-army is a pre-armed force; embodied But the Word consumed all-evil sin: glorified Lord, gloriously be glorified.
Chorus:
O martyr, having fought a good fight, and having become a great doctor, healed my illnesses, and the one who held the fire with your watering took away, giving me perfect health.
Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.
Deliver me from severe illnesses, O Panteleimon, and soon take away the infirmity that is present from me, and grant me the ultimate healing, as I please the great intercessor with faith.
Glory:Healer of souls and bodies, heal my fierce passions, both physical and spiritual, who have come, O Panteleimon, under your saving roof, martyr of the Savior, for I please you with praises.
And now, Mother of God: You who are merciful, pure, who gave birth to the blessed Word of God, heal the illness of your servant, and quickly grant healing and health to those who ask for your mercy by faith.
Song 3
Irmos:The desert has flourished, like a crin, Lord, the pagan barren church, by Your coming, my heart was established in it.
Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.
Having destroyed the many-witted torment, the passion-bearing one, life-giving deeds in Christ, weaning the mortifying passions from the ailing one through your prayer.
Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.
Grant healing to my soul, which has been corrupted by evil thoughts and deeds, O glorious one, by your visit, and do not leave me, the damned one, to perish, I pray.
Glory:Thou hast quenched the furnace of atheism with the flow of thy blood, O passion-bearer: I pray the same to thee, set me free from the fire of sickness.
And now:I will cast away my many sins, O Pure One, into the abyss of ailments, but She, O Pure One, feed me into the peace of health, O Mother of God.
Song 4
Irmos:You came from the Virgin, not an intercessor, not an Angel, but the Lord Himself, incarnate, and you saved me as a whole man. Thus I call to Thee: glory to Thy power, O Lord.
Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.
Heal me who is incurably ill, O gratuitous physician, who has received the gift of healing from God, and do not disgrace me, because of my hope I pray to you with faith.
Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.
O Panteleimon, heal the illnesses that kill me with your cures, and bring me to health, as with joy and gladness I glorify you, the most blessed one.
Glory:Hear my painful words, O holy one: I cry to you, like the blind man of old, heal, I pray, the one who is desperate and approaching hell.
And now:As we pray to the Lady of all with faith, bring a prayer to Thy Son and our God, that He may deliver Thy servant, O Pure One, from the misfortune that besets us.
Song 5
Irmos: Thou art an intercessor for God and man, O Christ God: by Thee, O Master, didst thou bring imams to Thy luminary Father from the night of ignorance.
Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.
You raised the dead of old, Panteleimon: in the same way help this servant of yours, we pray to you, and soon grant him complete healing.
Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.
Heal many ailments that flow to you with faith: heal me in the same way, and do not disgrace my hope, do not disgrace me, martyr Panteleimon.
Glory:Source of many gifts of the Spirit, Panteleimon, quench the grief of my illness, and heal, blessed one, the weakly weakened.
And now:As fire consumes me, O Most Pure Lady, an ailment, deliver me from this misfortune, and save me through Your prayers, as the Life that ineffably gave birth to all.
Song 6
Irmos:Lying in the abyss of sin, I call upon the unfathomable abyss of Thy mercy: lift me up from aphids, O God.
Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.
Having received the gift of blessed hopes, and fulfill my hope, suddenly save me from the mortal illness that holds me, Panteleimon.
Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.
The sea overwhelms me with ailments, show me your quiet refuge, holy one, sending down your saving help, your servant cries to you.
Glory:O blessed one, lighten the burden of despondency and infatuation for your intercession, Panteleimon.
And now:Shower Thy warm help, O Most Pure One, to Thy servant, who is fiercely burning with sins and possessed by bodily ailments, trembling.
Song 7
Irmos:The ungodly command of the lawless tormentor raised the flame high; Christ spread spiritual dew to the pious youth, He is blessed and glorified.
Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.
You remained motionless during the torment, Panteleimon: even so, heal your servant, who is possessed by severe diseases and in need, so that your intercession may be glorified by faith.
Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.
Seeing you rich in mercy, the Most Merciful God, wise Panteleimon, gave you the grace to bestow healing. Likewise, I pray to you diligently: heal the ailments of my mind.
Glory:The bonds of the enemy of the villain with spiritual weapons, wise, have you broken. We also pray to you: the one who is bound by illness and the one in need, heal the sick, so that we may always honor your intercession.
And now:Heal human contrition, O Most Pure One, who gave birth to God ineffably: Pray for Him as the Most Good One, O Virgin, grant healing to Thy servant, the most merciful.
Song 8
Irmos:Sometimes the fiery furnace in Babylon separated the actions by God's command, scorching the Chaldeans, watering the faithful, singing: bless all the works of the Lord, the Lord.
Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.
You were given to the faithful a fence, a wall and healing, holy, generous, also my spiritual ulcers, wise, heal and alleviate bodily illnesses, Panteleimon, who fiercely supported me.
Glory:By your merciful cover, those who flow have taken away every disease: and now visit your holy servant, who resorts to you with faith, and deliver him from various ailments.
And now:Direct, O Pure One, to the haven of health, distressed by illness, and immersed in the depths, and do not let me perish, seeking Divine help with Your love, Her faith is saved.
Song 9
Irmos:The Son, God and Lord, who is without beginning, became incarnate from the Virgin, appearing to us, the darkened one to enlighten, the squandered brother. Thus we magnify the All-Sung Mother of God.
Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.
Like the light, like the sun, you have risen, blessed one, enlightening everyone with rays of healing, so we pray to you with faith: soon deliver the cruelly overwhelmed one from illness and heavy darkness.
Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.
Now we pray to you, Saint Panteleimon, we fall down and warmly pray to you: having visited and healed one who is possessed by a mortal illness from the slander of severe illnesses, so that he may please you with love.
Glory:May the day shine forth in health for your servant, who lies in the night of a fierce illness, so that with a grateful heart he may come to your honest temple, confessing your grace, Panteleimon.
And now:Good Lady! By Thy merciful mania, I have taken away the many sins that have grieved me, and delivered me from the sickness and infirmity that has held me, so that I may gratefully please Thee, the Lady, Whose inheritance blesses all generations.
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