The Holy
Equal-of-the-Apostles Grand Prince Vladimir, Enlightener of Rus’
Beatitude Verses: Saint 4 from Ode 3; 4 from Ode 6.
1 & 2. Like a clarion of godly tone thy spiritual
tongue sounded forth, O blessed one, announcing to all the ends of the Russian
land the baptism of Christ’s Orthodox Faith.
And illumined thereby, thou hast enlightened the whole world.
3 & 4. Thine all-glorious memory shineth forth
today, and our Orthodox hierarchs, and all the Christian people whom thou didst
lead to the noetic Light celebrate it, praising thee as their forefather.
5. By the power of God have Satan, the destroyer
of souls, and his false sacrifices been trampled underfoot; for unto us hath
Christ shown the faithful Prince Vladimir to be a model of one who doth crush
and dash him down beneath our feet.
6. Of old the Lord saved Israel from slavery by
the hand of Moses; and now He hath likewise saved us all from the falsehood of
idolatry by the hand of Vladimir, the faithful prince.
7. As is meet, we all call upon thee, crying
aloud: Rejoice, O most honored and all-blessed one! For we have thee as our deliverer with God, O
Vladimir. Disdain not thy servants, but
ever preserve us.
8. O all-pure and all
hymned Virgin, through thee we have found salvation. Our God, Whom the angels in heaven desire to
see, hath now become a visible infant in thy womb.
Troparia
Tone
4:
Thou
wast like a merchant that seeketh a beautiful pearl, /
O
glorious sovereign
sitting
on the height of the throne of the mother of cities, God-protected
Searching
and sending to the imperial city to know the Orthodox Faith, /
thou
didst find Christ, the priceless
Who
chose thee as a second Paul, /
and
Who did shake off thy spiritual and physical blindness in the holy font. /
Wherefore,
we who are thy people celebrate thy falling asleep. /
Pray
that thy Russian land be saved, /
and
that Orthodox people //
be
granted peace and great mercy.
Glory… Both now…
Tone 4: The mystery hidden from
before the ages /
and unknown even to the
angels, /
through thee, O Theotokos,
hath been revealed to those on earth: /
God incarnate in unconfused
union, /
Who willingly accepted the
Cross for our sake /
and thereby raising up the
first-formed man, //
hath saved our souls from
death.
The Epistle
Reader: The
Prokimenon in the 3rd Tone: O
chant unto our God, chant ye; chant unto our King, chant ye.
Choir: O
chant unto our God, chant ye; chant unto our King, chant ye.
Reader: Clap
your hands, all ye nations; shout unto God with a voice of rejoicing.
Choir: O
chant unto our God, chant ye; chant unto our King, chant ye.
Reader: O chant unto our God, chant ye
Choir: Chant unto our King, chant ye.
Reader: The
[Galatians
1:11-19 (§200)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 6th Tone.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: I have raised
up one chosen out of My people
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: For
My hand shall be unto Him an ally.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia!
Gospel [John 10:1-9 (§35)]
Kontakia
Tone
8: Like the great Apostle Paul, O most glorious
in
old age thou didst leave off all zeal for idols as a childish sophism, /
and
as a full-grown man thou wast adorned with the royal purple of divine baptism.
/
And
now as thou standest in joy in the presence of Christ the Savior, /
pray
that thy Russian land be saved, //
and
that Orthodox people be granted peace and great mercy.
Glory… Both now… Tone
6:
O protection of Christians
that cannot be put to shame, /
O mediation unto the
Creator unfailing, /
disdain not the suppliant
voices of sinners, /
but be thou quick, O good
one, to help us who in faith cry unto thee; /
hasten to intercession and
speed thou to make supplication, //
thou who dost ever
protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee.