Panteleimon the Holy Great Martyr

and healer

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(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.

Earthly life 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 to raise 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 mothering lessons sank deep into my 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 had not yet taken place full faith the healer himself and, along with the resurrection of the baby, 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 healing, the former blind man (together with the father of St. Panteleimon) accepts baptism. The fact that the healing took place was complete, and not just physical, is indicated by the fact that the healed one will not refuse in the future true faith and, like the one who healed him, he 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 perform a glorious miracle with you, when through His servant Hermolai He calls you into His wonderful light. With great vitriol and remorse, 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, By divine power Idols are corrected.

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, body for Him martyrdom betraying.

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, I will overcome you with no torment, I will try to crush your fortress with the teeth of the beasts and the edges of the tormenting wheel, but in this insignificance I succeed: for the power of Christ has tamed the ferocity of the beasts, and the terrible stake, on it, will be turned your body, I'm sorry. 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 most eminent imitator of the merciful God, having boldly confessed Christ on earth, and having endured manifold torments for Him, you have unfadingly received a crown in heaven, where you enjoy eternal bliss, and with boldness to the Throne of the Trisolar Divinity are coming ! 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 to 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 shame 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 Your merciful mania, I have taken away the many sins that have grieved me, and delivered me from the sickness and infirmities that have been holding me, so that I may gratefully please You, the Lady, Who bless all generations according to their inheritance.

Saint Panteleimon, often called "Panteleimon the Healer", was born in the 3rd century in the city of Nicomedia (now Izmit, Turkey) into a noble pagan family and was named Pantoleon. Pantoleon's mother was a Christian, but she died early and did not have time to raise her son in the Christian faith. Pantoleon was sent by his father to a pagan school, after which he began to study the art of medicine from the famous physician Euphrosynus and became known to Emperor Maximian, who wanted to see him at his court.

Saint Hermolai, who lived in Nicodemus, told Pantoleon about Christianity. Once a young man saw a dead child on the street, bitten by a snake that was still nearby. Pantoleon began to pray to Christ for the resurrection of the deceased and the killing of the poisonous reptile. He firmly decided that if his prayer was fulfilled, he would be baptized. The child came to life, and the snake scattered into pieces in front of Pantoleon's eyes.

Saint Hermolai baptized Pantoleon under the name Panteleimon - “all-merciful” (it is the spelling “Panteleimon” that is canonical in Orthodoxy, the version of the name with “th” is the secular version of this name). Panteleimon's father, seeing how he healed a blind man, also received baptism. Saint Panteleimon devoted his life to healing the sick, including prisoners, among whom were Christians. The fame of a wonderful doctor who did not charge money for treatment spread throughout the city and the rest of the doctors were left without work. Embittered doctors reported to the emperor that Panteleimon was treating Christian prisoners. Emperor Maximian demanded that Panteleimon renounce his faith and sacrifice to idols. The saint suggested that the emperor call upon one incurable patient and arrange a test to see who would heal him: he or the pagan priests. The pagan priests were unable to heal the sick man, but Panteleimon, by the power of prayer, granted healing to the sick man, proving the truth Christian faith and the falsity of paganism.

The fierce Maximian executed the healed man, who glorified Christ, and gave Saint Panteleimon over to the most severe tortures: he was hanged on a tree, torn with iron claws, burned with candles, then stretched on a wheel, thrown into boiling tin, and thrown into the sea with a stone around his neck. During all the tortures, the great martyr remained unharmed. The wild animals to which he was thrown to be torn to pieces licked his feet. The emperor ordered Panteleimon's head to be cut off. The saint was brought to the place of execution and tied to an olive tree. When Panteleimon was praying, one of the soldiers hit him with a sword, but the sword became soft like wax and did not cause any wound. The saint finished his prayer and a voice was heard calling him by name and summoning him to the Heavenly Kingdom. Hearing a voice from heaven, the soldiers fell to their knees before the holy martyr and asked for forgiveness. The executioners refused to continue the execution, but Panteleimon ordered that the emperor's order be carried out, saying that otherwise they would not have a part with him in the future life. The soldiers said goodbye to the saint with tears, kissing him. When the martyr's head was cut off, milk flowed from the wound. The olive tree to which the saint was tied became covered with fruit at the moment of his death. Many present at the execution believed in Christ. The body of the saint, thrown into the fire, remained undamaged in the fire and was buried by Christians. Saint Panteleimon was executed in 305.

Church celebrates memory saint Great Martyr Panteleimon August 9 according to the new style.

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Troparion, tone 3

With the most tolerant saints and healer Panteleimon, pray to the merciful God that He will grant remission of sins to our souls. (Twice).

You, the Intercessor of the salvation of our race, we sing praises to the Virgin Mary. For He passed from You in flesh. Thy Son and our God received the passion of the cross, and delivered us from corruption, as a Lover of mankind.

Canon, voice 2

Song 1. Irmos

In the depths of the ancient flood, the entire Pharaonic army was armed with force. The Word incarnate consumed the sins that had passed away. Glorified is the Lord, for he is glorified.

Chorus: With the Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon, pray to God for us (bow).

Approach zealously to Christ, before the end of the hedgehog in Christ, first to raise up the dead. Now you have made me rich, I have been killed by sinful consumption, with your prayers, O Panteleimon, revive me.

Solo. Hosea is like a star, bearing in her youth the mind of an elder and God-wise. By the kindness of your body, having acquired the splendor of your soul, you appeared to the Most Glorified Word as beautiful.

Solo. Having died to the world, and having been blessedly clothed in Christ, the bath of baptism 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, the participant in life has learned from her. And be adorned with the crown of talent. The divine dawn is blissfully sheathed in lordship.

And now. Theotokos. B With the blessings of the Most Holy Pure One, the nature that was removed by disobedience from the Creator of Christ was crowned with birth, and the corruption of freedom was crowned. With the same rejoicing, we please all Your faithful ones.

Katavasia: And save your servants from troubles, holy and great martyr Panteleimon, for we all resort to you according to God, for you pray for us to Christ our God (bow). Lord have mercy (three times with bows).

Song 3. Irmos

The desert blossomed like the Lord, the pagan barren church, by the coming of Ty. My heart is strengthened about her.

Solo. Hearing from the Spirit, You were like a good and fruitful land. Receive the seed of great value, and give birth to the blessed salvation of souls.

Solo. Thou art deadened by wisdom, the serpent's remorse. And you quickened the soul, being inspired by God, and standing before the King of all.

Solo. You put the godless tormentors to shame, and you flocked to Christ, having acquired this instead of everyone. And you were a great and wise merchant.

Glory. I loved my mother's piety more gloriously. Why did you hate the multi-rebellious godlessness? As if you had reason, you chose the best.

And now. Theotokos. N With a divine wave, all creation, Lord, is carried into Your hand by Your Virgin. Now pray to Him to save the singing Ty from troubles. Confusion.

Sedalen, voice 4th. D We thank the sufferer for the piety of Christ, let us lightly praise Panteleimon, faithfulness, psalms and songs and spiritual songs. They trampled upon the torment of the invisible enemy, by the power of God. And healing for illness is richly granted from the Lord to those who faithfully perform His divine and honorable feast.

The other is sedal. E Praying to the wise martyr, you listened to the words. And you abandoned this earthly art, as it is vile, as weak, as destructive. Having Christ's passion, the teachings of life in your heart. Not healing those who suffer, giving health to Panteleimon. In the same way, pray for those who create your memory with love.

Glory, even now. Theotokos. T in the excitement of passions, senseless, we are overwhelmed, Pure One, I call upon You warmly, do not despise me to perish, the accursed one, who has given birth to an abyss of mercy. Isn’t the imam your hope? May joy and laughter not be the enemy; I will show my hope in You. For you can do what you want, for God is the Mother of all.

Song 4. Irmos

Coming from the Virgin, neither an angel interceded, but You, the Lord, became incarnate, and saved me as a whole man. Therefore I cry to You, glory to Your power.

Solo. Following the Master's love, you squandered your wealth on the poor. Exposing yourself to the suffering that you have passed through, you are a provider of eternal hope.

Solo. You made a sacrifice to God in honor of God, apparently abhorring the idolatry’s demands. Nevertheless, you trampled on the vacillation of the wicked passion-bearers.

Solo. With invincible envy and fighting anger, you presented this invincible power to the martyr, and you armed yourself with victory over the evil languor.

Glory. And holding Elder Simeon’s hands, Elder Panteleimon caught the words of the elder, to divine understanding, and to many salvation and deliverance.

And now. Theotokos. YU the maidens and the virgins flowed after You, the Virgin and the Maiden, You and the Mother are seen. You have gathered both together into one, unspeakably Bride of God. Confusion.

Song 5. Irmos

Illumination to those who lie in darkness, and salvation to those who cannot begin, O Christ my Savior, to You, the morning King of peace, enlighten me with this radiance, for do we know no other god to You?

Solo. With joy you have overcome torment through your deeds. Protected by divine strength and patience, firmly lifting torment. Rejoicing, we cry out because we don’t know God for You.

Solo. You have had resistance in your youth, and by the strength of your soul you have acquired restoration. You endured every plague valiantly, and with a manly mind of bliss. We strengthen ourselves with the grace of the Divine Cross.

Glory. I will reject the broadcast of those who have gone astray and suffer from the heavenly teachings. And I am the culprit of many salvations; Christ is strengthened by Your action.

And now. Theotokos. R the teachings of the wise, and the fortune-telling of all the Most Glorified, and the prophet of prophecy, Thee is the prototype, finally manifested to be the Mother of God. Don’t we know anything else about You, Pure One. Confusion.

Song 6. Irmos

In the abyss of sinful possession, I call upon the unfathomable abyss of Thy mercy, lift me up from aphids, my God.

Solo. And you have spat upon the flattering valleys, and you have abolished the exalted charm. Wonderful, working miracles, and performing healings, God-wise.

Solo. At the end of the day it seemed all right. You will pass through fire and water. And we trudge along on wheels, gloriously you destroyed the foolish ones.

Glory. You have overthrown the teachers of severity. The inconvenience suffered by bodily beatings, you suffered from spiritual strength, God-wise grace.

And now. Theotokos. WITH conquer the ends of the earth like God, Your pure hand holds, the description of the body, which is not described by the Divine vision. Confusion.

Glory, even now. Kontakion, tone 5. P Like the merciful One, and receiving grace with healing, passion-bearer and martyr of Christ God Panteleimon, with your prayers, heal the ailments of our souls, driving away the ever-warrior temptations, from those who cry incessantly, save us.

Ikos. Let us honor the memory of the unmercenary, the noble sufferer, the faithful healer, lovers of Christ, so that we may receive mercy. Moreover, they are desecrated, just as they are their own temples. Gives healing to the souls and bodies of love. Let us strive, faithful brethren, to have his strength in our hearts, delivering us from crying flattery, God save us.

Song 7. Irmos

The wise children did not serve the golden body, and they themselves went into flames, and the gods cursed them. In the midst of the flames you cried out, and the Angel cast them over, and your prayer was already heard on your lips.

Solo. Lawfully suffering, and having defeated the enemy. The refuge is pleasant, even as you were overwhelmed by the glorious sea. Light to those who are in the darkness of life, you taught them to sing, blessed be God our father.

Solo. Blessed are you and you have good things now, most blessed. Blessed be God our father to the one who receives his abundant and blessed hope, prepared by faith for those who call upon the Lord.

Glory. From the holy souls, and the righteous faces, and the disembodied rank of angels, the blessed one is received. Having been truncated at the head by the sword, eat and rejoice, blessed be God our father.

And now. Theotokos. ABOUT the weapon that was formerly of the tree of life, which separated us, is now being converted, 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. Confusion.

Song 8. Irmos

Into the furnace of fire, who came down to the Jewish children, and the flame who betrayed God into the cold, sing, all the works of the Lord, and exalt Him forever.

Solo. X, desired by your prosperous soul, heals your father’s foolishness. Giving light through faith to those most blessed who flow, and instructing them to the Savior Christ.

Solo. Having been slain in Christ, you passed on to eternal life. And he was called God, by the name of God, God-wise. Thus we honor you and exalt Christ forever.

Glory. Put aside the cruel teachings of the sage, by Christ’s invocation. And you cut off the fierce passions of rooting, healing those who sing of Christ forever.

And now. Theotokos. B the immortal dawn of the source of Thee, Theotokos, as the one who gave birth to the Words of the Immortal Father, who delivers all death, exalting Him forever. Confusion.

Song 9. Irmos

The original Parent, the Son, God and Lord, incarnated from the Virgin, appeared to us, to enlighten the darkened, the scattered brethren. In the same way we magnify the all-praised Mother of God.

Chorus with a bow. P resting, rejoicing, to the ultimate desire, where the blessed, blessed end was granted acceptance. Truly we are with this Lord, forever and ever.

Solo. Thou hast received the desire, and Thy love has been fulfilled, dripping even warmer blood, which was poured out through Christ. From Him, rejoicing, you received the crowns of your feat.

Solo. A lion of mouth, and a beast of gaping, as you bridled Daniel of old. The news is that the martyr of virtue and dumb nature are ashamed. With the same glorified you, we have come together to please you.

Glory. Christ will grant you rich mercy. Granting us a treasure of healing, and an all-merciful will, giving you to everyone who mourns, and a quiet refuge, and an intercessor and protector.

And now. Theotokos. I the fleece of the All-Immaculate One, the Rain of Heaven, conceived in the womb, gave birth to us, who gives silence, like God to those who sing, and the all-sung Theotokos to those who preach. Confusion.

Deserver: In the Lady's Lady, accept the prayer of Your servants, and deliver us from all need and sorrow. You are the Mother of God, our weapon and wall. You are the intercessor, and we resort to You, and even now we call on You for prayer, that you may deliver us from our enemies. Let us exalt You, all the immaculate Mother of Christ our God, South of autumn the Holy Spirit.

Let go: Lord Jesus Christ the Son of God, prayers for the sake of Thy Most Pure Mother, and the Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon, and all for the sake of the saints, have mercy and save us, for He is Good and Lover of Mankind. A min.

Irmos: In the depths of the post, sometimes the Pharaoh's all-armed force is transformed into power, but the incarnate Word consumed all-evil sin; The glorified Lord is gloriously glorified.

Chorus: Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.

Approach zealously to Christ, before the end, you raised up the dead in Christ first. Now, O rich man, I have been killed by sinful remorse; through your prayers, O Panteleimon, revive me.

Having risen like a star, bearing in your youth an old-age and God-wise mind, but having acquired the beauty of your soul through the kindness of your body, you appeared to the glorified Word as beautiful.

Having died to the world and in Christ, blessed one, having been clothed in the bath of Baptism, you were a God-bearing organ and a friend of the action of the Spirit, pleasing everyone, healing everyone’s ailments.

Having pretended to be the wisdom of a sister for yourself and being a partaker of life, you were honored by her and adorned with the crown of talents, O blessed one of the Divine dawn, adorned with lordship.

Theotokos: Blessed, Most Holy Pure, nature, which was removed by disobedience from the Creator, having given birth to Christ, you crowned it and freed corruption. Likewise, rejoicing, we all return, we please You.

Song 3

Irmos: The desert has blossomed like a desert, O Lord, a pagan barren one, the Church has flourished by Your coming, and my heart has been established in it.

Having heard the word of the Spirit, you were like a good and fertile land, receiving seed of great value and giving birth to, blessedly, salvation for souls.

Thou hast put to death the wisdom of the serpent's remorse, and thou hast revived the soul, having been revived by God and standing before the King of all.

You put the godless tormentors to shame and you came to Christ, having acquired this instead of everyone, and you were, God-wise, a great merchant.

You loved your mother’s piety, O glorious one, but why did you hate the much-rebellious atheism, as if you had reason and chose the best.

Theotokos: Carry all creation with the divine wave, the Lord is carried in your hand, O Virgin. Now pray to Him to deliver the singing Ty from troubles.

Sedalen, voice 4

Let us brightly praise the good sufferer of the piety of Christ, Panteleimon, with verses, psalms, and singing, and spiritual songs, in 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.

Song 4

Irmos: You came from the Virgin, not an intercessor, nor an Angel, but the Lord Himself, incarnate, and you saved all of me, a man. Thus I call to Thee: glory to Thy power, O Lord.

Following the Lady's love, you squandered your wealth on the poor, exposing yourself to suffering, which you also passed through, having foreseen eternal hopes.

You offered a sacrifice of praise to God, having apparently abhorred the idolatry’s demands, 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, martyr, and you defeated the evil languor, armed yourself.

Like Elder Simeon, held by his hands, the elder’s words, Panteleimon, led to Divine understanding and to many salvation and deliverance.

Theotokos: The husbands and maidens flowed after You, the Virgin and the Youth, You and the Mother are visible, for you have gathered both together into one, unspeakably, Bride of God.

Song 5

Irmos: Enlightenment of those lying in darkness, salvation of the desperate, Christ, my Savior, to You in the morning, King of the world, enlighten me with Your radiance, for I know no other god than You.

You joyfully endured the struggles of torment, protected by the power of the Divine, and, firmly lifting up the torment with patience, rejoicing, you cried out: for I know no other god than You.

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.

You had youthful opposition and acquired rebellion through the firmness of your soul, you valiantly endured every ulcer, and with a courageous, blessed mind, we are strengthened by the grace of the Divine Cross.

I will reject the message of those who have gone astray, I will be the sufferer of the heavenly teachings and the culprit of many salvations, I will be strengthened by Your action, O Christ.

Theotokos: The sayings of the wise, and all the fortune-telling, O Glorified One, and the prophet of the prophecy of You, the prototype of the ultimate manifestation of the being of God's Mother, we do not know anything else, unless You are pure.

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.

You spat on flattering idols and abolished the exalted charm, working wondrous miracles and creating healings, O God-wise.

The crown appeared, all right, for you passed through fire and water, and, running on wheels, you gloriously destroyed these madmen.

Having overthrown the severity of the tormentors, the inconvenience endured by the beating of the body with spiritual strength, you suffered, O God-wise, by grace.

Theotokos: Hold the ends of the earth, like God, with Your hands, Pure, held by the description of the body, Which is indescribable by the Divine vision.

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.

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 his strength in our hearts, delivering us from the flattery that cries out: save us, Lord.

Song 7

Irmos: The wise children did not serve the golden body, and they themselves went into the flames, and cursed their gods, cried out in the midst of the flames, and I sprinkled an angel: the prayer of your lips has already been heard.

Having rightfully suffered and having defeated the enemy, you were a sweet haven for those who were in the sea, you were glorious, you were overwhelmed, and you were a light for those who exist in the darkness of life, and you taught to sing: blessed is God our father.

Blessed are you, and it is good for you now, most blessed one, who has received your rich and blessed hope, prepared by the faith of the Lord for those who call: blessed is God our fathers.

Holy souls, and righteous persons, and the incorporeal rites of the Angels, having received thee, blessed one, having been cut off at the head with a sword, eat, rejoicing: blessed is God our father.

Theotokos: The weapon that separated us before the tree of life, now, being converted, receives the sign of the Blood that came from the side of Your Son, Most Immaculate. Blessed are you, who gave birth to God in the flesh.

Song 8

Irmos: Into the fiery furnace of the Jewish youth who came down and turned the flame into dew, sing to the deeds of the Lord, and exalt to all ages.

Favorable to your cunning, the spiritual blindness of the father is healed, giving light through faith, blessed, flowing and instructing them to the Savior Christ.

Having been slain for Christ, you passed on to eternal life and you were called God by the name of God, God-Wise. Thus we honor you and exalt Christ forever.

Putting aside the fierce mockery of the wise, by Christ’s invocation of painful passions you cut off the rootings, healing those who extol Christ forever.

Theotokos: The dawn of immortality is the source of Thee, Mother of God, who gave birth to the Word of the Immortal Father, who delivers all death, exalting Him forever.

Song 9

Irmos: The Beginningless Parent, the Son, God and Lord, incarnated from the Virgin, appeared to us, darkened to enlighten, fellow waste. Thus we magnify the All-Sung Mother of God.

You reposed, rejoicing, to your ultimate desire, where you have settled, most blessed, you have truly been granted the blessed end to come, who is with your Lord forever and ever.

You received your desire and your love was fulfilled, dripping even warmer blood, poured out for Christ, from the Unworthy, rejoicing, you accepted the crowns of your exploits.

You have bridled the mouth of lions and the gaping beasts, like Daniel of old, for you are ashamed of the news, martyr, of virtue and dumb nature. The same, most glorious one, having come together, we please you.

Christ will grant you rich goodness, giving us a treasure of healings and giving you all-merciful will to everyone who grieves, and a quiet refuge, and an intercessor, and a protector.

Theotokos: Like the fleece, the All-Immaculate One, the rain of Heaven conceived in the womb, You gave birth to us the silence of the One who gives, like God, to those who sing and Thee, the All-Sung Mother of God, to those who preach.

Svetilen

God has provided for your merciful soul, Panteleimon’s sermon, without silver, for you exude healing to those who require healing, holy one, conquering the tormentors of ferocity with your patience.

Troparion, tone 3

Passion-bearing saint and healer Panteleimon, / pray to the merciful God, / that forgiveness of sins / will grant to our souls.

Song 1

Irmos: In the depths of the post, sometimes / the Pharaoh’s all-armed force is transformed into power, / but the incarnate Word consumed all-evil sin; / the glorified Lord is gloriously glorified.

Chorus:

Approach Christ diligently, / before the end, you raised up the dead in Christ first. / Now, O O rich man, I have been killed by sinful remorse, / with your prayers, O Panteleimon, revive me.
You rose like a star, bearing in your youth an old and godly mind, / having acquired the beauty of your soul through the kindness of your body, / you appeared beautiful to the glorified Word.
Having died to the world and in Christ, blessed one, having been clothed in the bath of Baptism, / you were a God-bearing organ and a friend of the action of the Spirit, / pleasing everyone, healing everyone’s ailments.

Glory: Having pretended to be your sister's wisdom and being a partaker of life, / you were honored by her, / and you were adorned with the crown of gifts, / blessedly, the Divine dawn, adorned with lordship.
And now: Blessed, Most Holy Pure One, / the nature that was removed by disobedience from the Creator, / having given birth to Christ, you crowned and freed corruption. / Likewise, rejoicing, all faithful, we please Thee.

Song 3

Irmos: The desert has blossomed like a cranium, Lord, / the pagan barren Church / by Your coming, / in which my heart has been established.

Chorus: Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.

Having heard the word of the Spirit, / you were like a good and fertile land, / receiving seed of great value, / and giving birth, blessedly, salvation to souls.
Thou hast put to death the wisdom of the serpent's remorse, and thou hast revived the soul, / having been reborn 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: You loved your mother’s piety, O glorious one, / why you hated the much-rebellious atheism, / as if you had reason, you chose the best.
And now: Carry all creation with the Divine wave, Lord / in Your hand, Virgin. / Pray to Him now to deliver the singing Ty from troubles.

Lord have mercy (three times)

Let us brightly praise the good sufferer of the piety of Christ, Panteleimon, with his faithfulness, / psalms, and hymns and spiritual songs, / for whom the torment of the invisible enemy was trampled down 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: Wise Ermolai, martyr, you listened to the words / and you abandoned this earthly art, as it is vile, as it is not strong, as it is destructive, / having Christ’s passions, the teachings of life in your heart, / giving health to those incurably suffering, Panteleimon. / Also pray for those who create your memory with love.
And now, Mother of God: In the midst of passionate anxiety, I, the unscrupulous one, are overwhelmed, O Pure One, I call upon Thee warmly: / let not despise me, the accursed, and perish, having given birth to an abyss of mercy, / for I am not the imam of hope for You, / let joy and laughter not be an enemy, having hoped in Thee, I will appear , / for you can, as much as you want, as the Mother of God of all.

Song 4

Irmos: You did not come from the Virgin, neither an intercessor nor an Angel, / but the Lord Himself, who became incarnate, / and you saved all of me, a man. / Thus I call to You: glory to Your power, O Lord.

Chorus: Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.

Following the Lady's love, / you squandered wealth on the poor, / revealing yourself to suffering, / and you passed through, having foreseen eternal hopes.
You offered a sacrifice of praise to God, / having apparently abhorred 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, martyr, / and you defeated the evil languor, armed yourself.
Glory: Like Elder Simeon, held by his hands, / the elder’s words, Panteleimon, caught him to Divine understanding / and to salvation and deliverance for many.
And now: Youths and maidens flowed after You, / The Virgin and the Maiden You and the Mother are visible, / You have gathered both 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 I know no other god than You.

Chorus: Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.

You joyfully endured the struggles of torment, protected by the power of the Divine, / and, with patience, firmly lifting up the torment, rejoicing, you cried out: / for we know no other god than You.
Having entered into the feat of struggle, blessed one, by divine power you overcame / the godless tyranny and the fury of idolatry, / put on Christ, the Judge and Crowner of exploits.
You had youthful opposition and acquired rebellion through the firmness of your soul, / 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 have suffered through heavenly teaching and been the source of many salvations, / I am strengthened by your action, O Christ.

And now: The sayings of the wise, and all the fortune-telling, O Glorified One, / and the prophet of the prophecies of You, the prototype of the Mother of God, manifested in the end, / we don’t know anything else, unless You are pure.

Song 6

Irmos: Lying in the abyss of sin, / I call upon the unfathomable abyss of Thy mercy: / from aphids, O God, lift me up.

Chorus: Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.

You spat on flattering idols / and you abolished the exalted charm, / working wondrous miracles and creating healings, O God-Wise One.
The crown appeared, all right, / for you passed through fire and water, / and, trundling along on wheels, / you gloriously destroyed these madmen.
Glory: Having overthrown the severity of the tormentors, / the inconvenience endured by the beating of the body with spiritual strength, / you have suffered, O God-wise, by grace.
And now: Hold the ends of the earth, like God, / With Your hands, Pure, held by the description of the body, / Which is indescribable by the Divine vision.

Lord have mercy (three times) Glory, and now:

Kontakion, tone 5
This imitator of the Merciful / and receiving healing grace 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.
Ikos: The memory of the unmercenary, the noble sufferer, the faithful healer, / let us piously sing, lovers of Christ, so that we may receive mercy, / more than the desecrated, like I, our own temples, / for souls and bodies, beloved ones, grants healing. / Let us strive, faithful brethren, to have his strength in our hearts, / delivering us from the flattery that cries out: / save us, Lord.

Song 7

Irmos: The wise children did not serve the golden body, / and they themselves went into the flames, / and cursed their gods, / in the midst of the flames they cried out, and I sprinkled an angel: / the prayer of your lips was already heard.

Chorus: Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.

Having rightfully suffered and having defeated the enemy, / you were a sweet refuge for those who exist in the sea, you were glorious, you were overwhelmed, / you were a light for those who exist in the darkness of life, / and you taught to sing: / blessed is God our father.
Blessed are you, and it is good for you now, most blessed, / who has received your rich and blessed hope, / prepared by the faith of the Lord for those who call: / blessed is the God of our fathers.
Glory: Holy souls, and righteous persons, / and the Incorporeal rites of the Angels, having received thee, blessed one, / having been truncated at the head with a sword, eat, rejoicing: / blessed is God our father.
And now: The weapon that separated us before the tree of life, / now, being converted, receives the sign of the Blood that came from the side of Your Son, Most Immaculate. / Blessed are you, who gave birth to God in the flesh.

Song 8

Irmos: Into the fiery furnace of the Jewish youth who descended / and the flame who turned God into dew / sing, the works of the Lord / and exalt unto all ages.

Chorus: Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.

Favorable to your cunning, the spiritual blindness of the father is healed, / giving light through faith, most blessed, to those who flow / and instructing them to the Savior Christ.
Having been slain for Christ, you passed on to eternal life / and you were called God by the name of God, God-Wise. / Thus we honor you and exalt Christ forever.

Glory: Vitya, putting aside the fierce mockery of the wise, / By Christ’s invocation of painful passions, you cut off the roots, / healing those who exalt Christ forever.
And now: The dawn of immortality is the source of Thee, Mother of God, / who gave birth to the Word of the Immortal Father, who delivers all from death, / who exalt Him forever.

Song 9

Irmos: The Beginningless Parent, the Son, God and Lord, / incarnated from the Virgin, appeared to us, / the darkened one to enlighten, the squandered brother. / Thus we magnify the All-Sung Mother of God.

Chorus: Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.

You reposed, rejoicing, to your ultimate desire, / where you have settled, most blessed, you have truly been granted the blessed end of acceptance, / who is with your Lord forever and ever.
You received the fulfillment of your love, / dripping even warmer blood, poured out for Christ, / from the Worthless, rejoicing, you accepted the crowns of your exploits.
You have bridled the mouth of lions and the gaping beasts, like Daniel of old, / because you are ashamed, martyr, of virtue and dumb nature. / Let us therefore please you, O most glorious one, who has come together.

Glory: Christ will grant you rich goodness, / giving us a treasure of healings, / and giving you all-merciful will to everyone who grieves, / and a quiet refuge, and an intercessor, and a protector.
And now: Like the fleece, the All-Immaculate One, the rain of Heaven conceived in the womb, / you gave birth to the silence of the Giver / like the God who sings / and You, the All-Sung Mother of God, who preaches.

Luminous. Similar to: Student:

God has provided for your merciful soul, Panteleimon’s sermon, / without money you pour forth healing to those who require healing, holy one, / conquering the tormentors of ferocity with your patience.
Glory, even now, to the Mother of God: We piously sing the Theotokos with silent hymns, crying out: / Rejoice, holy city, / Rejoice, fiery throne of all the King, / Rejoice, praise of the Angels and glory of the saints.

Oh, great saint 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 with the grace given to you from above, you exude various miracles, look with your merciful eye on the people ahead and more honorably to 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.

Because of our iniquity, we do not dare to lift our hair to the heights of Heaven, to raise our voice of prayer lower to His unapproachable glory in the Divine, with a contrite heart and a humble spirit, we call upon you, a merciful intercessor to the Lady and a prayer book for us sinners, as 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 our sorrows, a physician to the afflicted in severe ill health, a quick protector to those who receive help, a giver of insight to those who are ill, a ready intercessor and healer to those who are sick and infants in sorrow. Intercede for everyone everything that is useful for salvation, as if through your prayers to the Lord God we have received grace and mercy, let us glorify all the good Source and Gift Giver, the One God in the Trinity of the Holy Saints, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Canon to the Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon

Troparion, tone 3

The holy passion-bearer and healer Panteleimon / beg the merciful God / that He may grant forgiveness of sins / to our souls.

Canon, Creation of Feofanovo, Voice 2
Song 1

Irmos: Once upon a time, in the depths / the entire army of Pharaoh was destroyed by a most superior power, / but the Word incarnate destroyed evil sin, - / the glorified Lord; / for gloriously He was glorified.

Chorus:

Having zealously approached Christ, / you first raised up the dead, / before your death for Christ. / Now, O all-blessed one, / me, killed by the sting of sin, / through your prayers, O Panteleimon, revive me.
You shone like a star, / in your youth bearing an old and wise mind, / having acquired the beauty of your body and the splendor of your soul, / you appeared most beautiful to the glorified Word. Having died to the world / and having clothed yourself, blessed one, in Christ, / in the font of baptism you became a God-bearing organ, / and a receptacle for the action of the Spirit, / serving everyone, healing ailments of everyone.
Glory: Having acquired Wisdom as your friend, / and attracting her into life’s ally, / you, blessed one, were honored by her and adorned / with a crown of grace-filled gifts, / shining with the lightness / of divine illumination.
And now: Having given birth to Christ, O Most Holy, Venerable One, / You, our [cursed] nature, / which became (removed) from the Creator for disobedience, / crowned (with blessings) and freed from corruption; / therefore all of us, the faithful, / joyfully glorify You.

Song 3

Irmos: The desert blossomed like a lily, Lord, / - the pagan barren church - with Your coming; / my heart was established in her.

Chorus: Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.

Having heard the words of the Spirit, blessed one, / you were like good and fertile land, / which received precious seed, / and gave birth to the salvation of souls.
You have put to death philosophizing / the fruit of the serpent’s bite, / and you have revived the soul, having been reborn by inspiration, / and now you stand before the King of all. You rejected the godless command of the tyrants, / and hastened to Christ, acquiring instead all His blessings, / and became, God-wise, a great merchant.
Glory:/ You loved your mother’s piety, O glorious one, / but you hated the much-rebellious atheism of your father: / as one who has reason, you chose the best.
And now: The Lord, who carries all creation / with a divine wave, / is carried in Your arms, O Virgin. / Now beg Him / to deliver our souls from troubles. (glory: those praising You.)

Lord have mercy (three times)

Sedalen, voice 4. Similar to: Joseph was surprised:
Let us, faithful, brilliantly praise the valiant sufferer for the piety of Christ - Panteleimon / with psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs: / to them autocracy invisible enemy/ was trampled upon by Divine power / and the healing of ailments was generously granted by the Lord / with faith to those who celebrate his Divine and venerable feast.*
Glory, the same voice: Hermolai’s wise words / you, martyr, listened / and immediately abandoned earthly art, / as vile, as powerless, as destructive, / having Christ’s suffering - the teachings of life in your heart, / and granting incurable health to those who suffer, Panteleimon. / Therefore pray for those who commemorate your memory with love.
And now, Mother of God: Overwhelmed by passionate worries, / I, unscrupulous, fervently call on You, Pure One: / do not despise me, the unfortunate one, do not allow me to perish, / who gave birth to the Abyss of Mercy! / For apart from You I have no hope, / lest I be a joy and a laughing stock to my enemies, hoping in You, / for You can do whatever you want, / as the true Mother of all Gods.

Song 4

Irmos: You came from the Virgin, not a messenger, / nor an Angel, but the Lord Himself in the flesh, / and saved all of me, a man. / Therefore I cry to You: / “Glory to Your power, O Lord!”

Chorus: Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.

Vulnered by love for the Lord, / you distributed wealth to the poor, / preparing yourself for heroism; / which completed, / foreseeing eternal hopes.
You have offered a sacrifice of praise to God, / having openly despised the holy things of idols, O passion-bearer, / and trampled upon all the arrogance of the wicked.
Consumed by slander and struggling with anger, / you opposed them with an insurmountable force, martyr, / and, having prepared yourself, you defeated / the wicked autocracy.
Glory: He, whom the hands of Elder Simeon held, / you, Panteleimon, with the words of the elder caught / to Divine knowledge / and to the salvation of many and deliverance.
And now: Young people and virgins hurried after You, / Contemplating You, the young Virgin and Mother. / For You alone have ineffably gathered together / both, O Bride of God.

Song 5

Irmos: Enlightenment of those who lie in darkness, / salvation of the despairing, Christ my Savior! / I rush to You from dawn, King of the world, / enlighten me with Your radiance: / for besides You I know no other God.

Chorus: Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.

You joyfully took upon yourself the testimony of the struggle. / protected by Divine power and steadfast patience, / and enduring torment, he joyfully cried out: / “I know no other God but You!” Having entered into ascetic struggles, blessed one, / you, by Divine power, have overcome / the godless tyranny / and the fury of superstition / having clothed yourself with Christ, / the Judge and crowner of exploits.
Having youthful and firm resistance / and having acquired greatness of soul, / you, blessed one, firmly endured all torment / and in your courageous mind / you were strengthened by the grace of the Divine Cross.
Glory: He rejected the awkward speech of the lost / for the sake of heavenly teaching, the sufferer, / and became for many the author of glorious salvation, / strengthened by Your action, O Christ.
And now: The sayings of the wise and all the riddles, / and the prophets’ predictions / clearly foreshadowed You, O Glorified One: / that in the last days You will become God’s Mother; / for we know no other besides You, Immaculate.

Song 6

Irmos: Carried in the abyss of sin, / I call upon the abyss of Thy incomprehensible mercy: / God, deliver me from destruction!

Chorus: Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.

You despised false idols, / and abolished the rising deception, / working wonders and creating healings, / God-wise.
You were the most excellent crown bearer, / for you passed through fire and water, / and, stretched on a wheel, / marvelously destroyed the insane.
Glory: Having overthrown the insolence of the tormentors, / you endured unbearable bodily torment / with spiritual strength, / with the power of grace, O God-Wise One.
And now: The holding circle of the earth, like God, / is contained in Your embrace, Pure One, / limited bodily, / He Who is infinite in the Divine image.

Lord have mercy (three times) Glory, and now:

Kontakion, Tone 5
Imitator of the Merciful One / and recipient of healing grace from Him, / passion-bearer and martyr of Christ God! / With your prayers, heal our spiritual ailments, / always driving away the enemy’s temptations / from those who cry: / “Save us, Lord!”

Ikos: Let us reverently sing the memory of the unmercenary, the valiant sufferer, / the faithful healer, and let us accept mercy, lovers of Christ; / especially those who, like me, have desecrated their temples, / for he gives healing to souls, as well as to bodies (beloved). / Let us strive, (faithful) brethren, / to have in our hearts his strength, / delivering from the deception of those who [continuously] cry: / “Save us, Lord!”

Song 7

Irmos: When they served the golden idol on the field of Deira, / Your three youths disdained the godless command; / and, thrown into the fire, but sprinkled with dew, they sang: / “Blessed are You, God of our fathers!”

Chorus: Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.

Having labored lawfully and defeated the enemy, / you, glorious one, became a calm haven floating in a stormy sea, / a light abiding in the darkness of life, / whom you taught to sing: / “Blessed is the God of our fathers!”
Blessed are you, and wonderful now, most blessed are you, / who accepted your richest and most blessed hope, / destined with faith to the Lord for those who call: / “Blessed is the God of our fathers!”
Glory: The souls of the saints, and the hosts of the righteous, / and the regiments of disembodied Angels accepted you into their choir; / for truncated at the head by the sword, / you sing joyfully, blessed one: / “Blessed is the God of our fathers!”
And now: The sword, which formerly separated us from the tree of life, / now turning back, opens the entrance / sealed with the blood that came from the side of Your Son, Most Immaculate One. / Blessed are you, who gave birth to God according to the flesh!

Song 8

Irmos: Into the fiery furnace / who descended to the Jewish youths / and who turned the flame into dew, / sing praises, all creations, as the Lord / and exalt throughout all ages.

Chorus: Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.

Your skillful gift, blessed one, / heals the spiritual myopia of your father, / and gives light to those who come running with faith, / and leads to the Savior Christ.
Slain for Christ, / you have passed on to eternal life. / and you appeared to those called by God, God-wise, / you were honored with the divine name of Christ, / and you exalt Christ forever.
Glory: Having rejected the eloquent and skillful / idle talk of the wise, / by invoking Christ / of painful passions you cut off the roots, / healing those who extol Christ forever.
And now: The source and radiance of Immortality / we know You, Mother of God, / as the One who gave birth to the Word of the Immortal Father, / who delivers from death all who / exalt Him forever.

Song 9

Irmos: The Son of the Beginningless Parent, God and Lord, / having become incarnate from the Virgin, appeared to us / to enlighten the darkened, to gather the scattered. / That is why we magnify the Mother of God who is glorified by everyone.

Chorus: Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, pray to God for us.

You moved, rejoicing, / to the limit of all aspirations, / where, having settled, blessed, / you were truly honored to acquire the most blessed end, / remaining with your Master forever and ever.
You have achieved what you desired / and the fulfillment of your love: / the warm blood was still dripping, exhausted for Christ, / [and shed for Him, all-blessed,] / as you, rejoicing, accepted from Him / crowns for your struggles.
You have bridled your open mouth to graze lions and beasts, / like Daniel of old, / because nature knows how to honor the valor of martyrs / and the foolish. / Therefore, we, O all-valid one, gather together to glorify you.
Glory: Christ generously gives you kindness, / giving us a treasure of healing, / and calls you the All-Merciful, / giving to everyone who grieves / a quiet haven, and a patron, and a protector.
And now: You are like a fleece, the All-Immaculate One, / the Heavenly Rain, having conceived in the womb, giving birth to us, / giving food of immortality to those who sing Him as God / and to those who proclaim You, the All-Praised One, as the Mother of God.

Luminous. Similar to: Student:

Having foreseen your merciful soul, / God proclaimed you Panteleimon: / for you, a saint, freely exude healing to those in need, / having defeated the tormentors with your patience.*
Glory, even now, to the Mother of God: Let us reverently sing to the Mother of God with incessant hymns, calling out: / “Rejoice, holy mountain; / Rejoice, fiery throne of the King of all; / Rejoice, praise of the angels and glory of the saints!”

Prayer to the Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon

O great saint of Christ and glorious healer, Great Martyr Panteleimon! With your soul in Heaven you stand before the Throne of God and enjoy His Trinitarian glory, while you rest in body and holy face on earth in Divine temples and exude various miracles by the grace given to you from above! Look with your merciful eye at the people ahead, before your holy icon, praying with tenderness and asking you for healing help and protection: extend your fervent prayers to the Lord our God and ask our souls for forgiveness of sins.

For we, for our iniquities, not daring either to lift our eyes to the heights of heaven, or to raise the voice of prayer to His unapproachable glory in the Divine, with a contrite heart and a humble spirit, we call on you, a merciful intercessor to the Master and a prayer book for us sinners, for you have accepted from Him is the grace to drive away illnesses and heal passions. And so, we ask you: do not neglect us, unworthy, who pray to you and need your help!

Be a comforter to us in sorrows, a doctor to those suffering from serious ailments, a quick patron to those in need, a giver of insight to the sick eyes, a most zealous intercessor and healer to infants and children in sorrows: ask everyone for everything that is useful for salvation, so that with yours to the Lord God Having received grace and mercy through prayers, we glorified all the blessings of the Source and gifts of the Giver of God, the One in the Holy Trinity, glorified, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and always and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

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