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
likewise
saved us all from the falsehood of idolatry by the hand of
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 7:
As thou art the
treasury of our resurrection, O all-hymned one, /
lead up from the pit and abyss of transgression those who trust in
thee, /
for thou who gavest birth to our Salvation /
hast saved those who are subject to sin. /
O thou who before giving birth wast Virgin, and during thy
birthgiving wast virgin, //
thou remainest a Virgin even after
giving birth.
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.