All Saints of Mt. Athos / Saturday of the 2nd Week after Pentecost
Beatitudes on 8; 4 from Ode 3, Canon 1; 4, from Ode 6, Canon 2.
1. O venerable fathers of Athos, who struggled by means of grace divine, ye founded sacred folds on the mountain and, with the help of the Mother of God, nurtured multitudes of monastics in the meadows of salvation. Pray ye now for us, your flock, that we be delivered from all want, and that our souls be saved.
2. I hymn Gregory Palamas, who hath been revealed as a great theologian and a sacred instrument of the Holy Spirit, the beholder of the never-waning light, the true instructor of the faithful in theology.
3. Meet it is also to praise the other Gregory, who fasted splendidly in the environs of the Lavra, and the other Gregory, his namesake, who raised up the most lauded monastery which beareth his name.
4. Rejoice, thou who chose Mount Athos as thy portion! Rejoice, thou whose will it hath been to be the helper of that place! Rejoice, bestower of earthly blessings upon the faithful who abide there! Rejoice, surety of their eternal salvation!
5. Be thou hymned as is meet, O wondrous Niphont, excellent adornment of the Monastery of Dionysiou, who wast the shepherd of Constantinople and paragon of all the venerable.
6. Be glad, O honored Monastery of Dochiariou, who hast been enriched by a glorious founder, the wise Neophytus, who, like a fruitful tree, was replete with every virtue.
7. O Karyes, center of fasting, be thou also glad in the divine Spirit, having given rise to the glorious Nectarius, the sweetest nectar of the virtues, who abode with the venerable.
8. Protected by thine alliance, as with mighty armor, O Theotokos, the venerable ones of Mount Athos have vanquished all the forces of the demons and have received the trophy of victory.
Troparia & Kontakia
[Troparion of the Temple]
Tone 1: In hymns let us honor the fathers of the wilderness of Athos, /
the angels in the flesh, the confessors and the venerable, holy hierarchs and martyrs; /
and, emulating their virtues, let us cry aloud, saying: /
Glory to Him who hath glorified you! /
Glory to Him Who hath crowned you! //
Glory to Him Who hath shown you to be our intercessors amid tribulations!
[Kontakion of the Temple]
Glory… Tone 4:
Come ye, let us all praise the fathers who have made Mount Athos a heaven, /
who have shown forth therein an angelic life, /
and have assembled a multitude of monks; /
and let us cry out unto them: deliver us from every misfortune and temptation, //
O ye multitude of the venerable, boast of Athos.
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.
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in the 8th tone: Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice ye righteous.
Choir: Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice ye righteous.
Reader: Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
Choir: Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice ye righteous.
Reader: In the 7th Tone: Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.
Choir: Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.
Reader: The Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Galatians.
[Rom. 3:19-26 (§84); Gal. 5:22-6:2 (§213)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 4th Tone: The righteous cried, and the Lord heard them, and He delivered them out of all their tribulations.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Many are the tribulations of the righteous, and the Lord shall deliver them out of them all.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 6th Tone: Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord; in His commandments shall he greatly delight.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matt. 7:1-8 (§20); Luke 6:17-23 (§24)]
Communion Verse: Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous; praise is meet for the upright. In everlasting remembrance shall the righteous be, he shall not be afraid of evil tidings. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!