Supplicatory Paraklesis to Our Venerable Athonite Fathers John and Gabriel the Georgians, John who was once Tornike, and Euthymius and George of the Holy Mountain
Priest: Blessed is our God…
And if a layman, he says: O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, through the prayers of Thy most pure Mother and of all the saints, have mercy on us. Amen.
Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.
O Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, who art everywhere present and fillest all things with Thy grace, Treasury of good things and Giver of life: come and abide in us, and cleanse us from every stain, and save our souls, O Good One.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (Thrice)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
O Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. O Lord, deliver us and release us from our sins; O Master, pardon our iniquities; O Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy name’s sake.
Lord, have mercy (Thrice). Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Priest: For Thine is the kingdom…
Lord, have mercy. (Twelve times)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
O come, let us worship God our King. O come, let us worship and fall down before Christ, our King and God. O come, let us worship and fall down before Christ Himself, our King and our God.
O Lord, attend to my prayer: hearken to my supplication in thy truth; hear me in thy righteousness. And enter not into judgment with thy servant, for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has brought my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in a dark place, as those that have been long dead. Therefore my spirit was grieved in me; my heart was troubled within me. I remembered the days of old; and I meditated on all thy doings: yea, I meditated on the works of thine hands. I spread forth my hands to thee; my soul thirsts for thee, as a dry land. Pause. Hear me speedily, O Lord; my spirit has failed; turn not away thy face from me, else I shall be like to them that go down to the pit. Cause me to hear thy mercy in the morning; for I have hoped in thee; make known to me, O Lord, the way wherein I should walk; for I have lifted up my soul to thee. Deliver me from mine enemies, O Lord; for I have fled to thee for refuge. Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God; thy good Spirit shall guide me in the straight way. Thou shalt quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake; in thy righteousness thou shalt bring my soul out of affliction. And in thy mercy thou wilt destroy mine enemies, and wilt destroy all those that afflict my soul; for I am thy servant.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to Thee, O God. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to Thee, O God. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.
God is the Lord and hath appeared unto us; blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord. Verse 1: O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy endureth for ever. Verse 2: All the nations compassed me about, and in the name of the Lord I withstood them. Verse 3: I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. Verse 4: The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner; this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes.
O God of our fathers, who ever dealest with us according to Thy goodness, take not Thy mercy from us, but through their intercessions guide our life in peace.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
With the streams of your tears ye richly watered your souls, O wise ones, and reaped the manifold fruits of your virtues; ye became shepherds of the flocks of Christ and fed them in the green pastures of spiritual struggle; and departing from the world in glory, ye were numbered with the assembly of the fathers, O our venerable Athonite fathers. Entreat Christ God to have mercy on our souls.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
We will never cease, O Theotokos, we the unworthy, from speaking of thy mighty acts; for hadst thou not stood before us to intercede, who would have kept us free until now? We will not depart from thee, O Lady, for thou ever savest thy servants from all misfortunes.
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy great mercy; and according to the multitude of thy compassions blot out my transgression. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I am conscious of mine iniquity; and my sin is continually before me. Against thee only have I sinned, and done evil before thee: that thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. For, behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sins did my mother conceive me. For, behold, thou lovest truth: thou hast manifested to me the secret and hidden things of thy wisdom. Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be purified: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow. Thou shalt cause me to hear gladness and joy: the afflicted bones shall rejoice. Turn away thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit in my inward parts. Cast me not away from thy presence; and remove not thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of thy salvation: establish me with thy directing Spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and ungodly men shall turn to thee. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation: and my tongue shall joyfully declare thy righteousness. O Lord, thou shalt open my lips; and my mouth shall declare thy praise. For if thou desiredst sacrifice, I would have given it: thou wilt not take pleasure in whole-burnt-offerings. Sacrifice to God is a broken spirit: a broken and humbled heart God will not despise. Do good, O Lord, to Sion in thy good pleasure; and let the walls of Jerusalem be built. Then shalt thou be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, offering, and whole-burnt-sacrifices: then shall they offer calves upon thine altar.
Irmos: We sing to Thee, O Lord our God, who didst lead Thy people through the sea and drown in the deep the chariots of Pharaoh and his host.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
Thou didst flee, O John, from the tumults of the world and the glory that comes from men, and as a valiant soldier of Christ thou didst take His Cross upon thy shoulders and follow His footsteps with longing.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
Instead of an earthly army thou didst love the heavenly host, and didst take up the contest as a delight; now loose the passions of our souls, O blessed Tornike-John, and the pains of our bodies.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
Armed with the love of God, by humility and obedience thou didst put to shame the rulers of darkness, O all-praised Gabriel, and didst inherit immortal glory.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
From godly roots thou didst spring forth as a divine flower adorned with virtues, O God-bearing Euthymius, and thou didst shine with the honour of beholding the Theotokos.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Like Samuel thou wast born in answer to a vow, O valiant George; and being offered from childhood to Him who receives all offerings, thou didst gain the gifts of understanding by fervent prayer and wast made wise by divine grace to know the power of the holy Scriptures.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
O Lady of creation, entreat the Creator of all to make partakers of the glory of the fathers those who magnify thee with praises and sing to thee with longing.
Irmos: O Christ our God, who strengthenest them that trust in Thee, establish us who trust in Thee upon the rock of faith.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
Thou didst quench the fiery arrows of the evil one by fasting and struggle, O venerable father John, through divine grace, and didst cast down the rulers of darkness into the depths of perdition.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
As by the power of Christ thou didst put to shame the arrogant Bardas Sclerus, O John who wast once Tornike, so now grant us also strength, courage and wisdom to trample down the wiles of the enemy.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
With tears thou didst water the field of the soul, O wise Gabriel, and with the oil of struggles and labours thou didst feed the lamp of virginity, and didst enter the eternal bridal chamber with the wise virgins.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
The grace of the all-holy Lady showed thee to be an abyss of teaching, O venerable Euthymius, when, at thy father’s prayer, she generously granted thee bodily health and a spirit of wisdom.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Like the patriarch Abraham, thou didst leave thy homeland and come to the Black Mountain, and in a narrow cave thou didst find a holy elder withdrawn from the world, George the Recluse; and thou becamest a disciple of that great luminary of the Georgian people, O blessed George.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
O Virgin Mary, more radiant than the ether, who ineffably and in virginity gavest birth to God, the Master of all that is, entreat Him to have mercy on our souls.
Deliver thy servants from dangers, O most holy Virgin Theotokos, for after God we all flee unto thee, as to an unbreakable wall and protection.
Look upon us, O all-praised Theotokos, and heal the grievous wounds of our bodies and the sicknesses of our souls.
Priest: Have mercy on us, O God, according to Thy great mercy, we pray Thee, hearken and have mercy.
Choir: Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)
Priest: Again we pray for our God-protected people and its sovereignty (for its Christ-loving authorities and armed forces).
Choir: Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)
Priest: Again we pray for the Most Holy and Most Blessed Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi, the great lord, our father Ilia, and for the most reverend (the local bishop is commemorated), and for all our brethren in Christ.
Choir: Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)
Priest: Again let us pray to the Lord our God that He may have mercy on the servant or handmaid…. Multiply, O Lord, the days and years of their life, and deliver them, O Lord, from every affliction, wrath and distress, and from every wound of soul and body, and forgive them every transgression, voluntary and involuntary.
Choir: Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)
Priest: Again we pray for all Orthodox Christians.
Choir: Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)
Priest: For Thou art a merciful God who lovest mankind, and unto Thee we send up glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages.
Choir: Amen.
By your struggle ye subjected the passions of the flesh to the spirit of the mind, and, winged with the wings of dispassion, ye received the grace of the Holy Spirit; ye heal the sicknesses of men, drive out demons and deliver them that entreat you. Therefore the assembly of monks ever calls you blessed, O all-praised Athonite fathers, and honours your memory. Entreat Christ, intercede with Christ, to grant the churches unity, peace and great mercy.
ძლისპირი: სიყუარული წყალობისა, ძეთა კაცთათვის ჯუარსა ზედა ამაღლდი და დაბრმეს ჰურიანი, ვითარმედ შენ ხარ, ქრისტე, სიბრძნჱ ღმრთისაჲ და მადლი.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
რომელმან სავანჱ ესე დიდებული ქართველთათჳს აღაშენე და შეამკვე, აწცა დაშრიტე აღძრვაჲ წინააღმდგომთაჲ, ნეტარო იოვანე, და ივირონი ნათესავსა ჩუენსა კუალად დაუმკჳდრე.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
Keeping the faith undefiled, thou didst become like David in uprightness of soul, and like Solomon thou didst build a temple to God; now help us also, O John-Tornike, that we may walk the good way.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
Thou who didst draw near to the honoured icon of the Mother of God and embrace it with longing, now set me free from pains and sins, O God-inspired Gabriel, and intercede for me in every affliction.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
The multitude of thy gifts has become renowned in the world, and it is made manifest by the translation of the divine books, which shine more brightly than the orb of the sun, O God-beloved Euthymius.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
When thy teacher saw thee unconquerable in spirit and valiant in body, O blessed George, he laid upon thee the translation of the divine books and sent thee to the Holy Mountain, to the monastery of the Iberians.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
With compunction we entreat thee, O holy Virgin Mary: through the prayers of the God-bearing fathers grant relief to our souls, that we may magnify thee, O Lady.
Irmos: Send down Thy light upon us, O Lord, and deliver us sinners from darkness, and send down Thy mercy upon us from heaven, O Good One.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
Thou who didst establish on Athos the great lavra of the Georgians and open its doors wide to them that fervently flee to you, look down now from heaven, O venerable John, and shelter us from every evil.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
ვითარ-იგი დააცხრვენ ჭირთა მძჳნვარებანი, ჴელმწიფეთა ზედა ბერძენთასა, ეგრეთვე აწ დაამჴუნე მტერნი იგი მცბიერნი, იოვანე-თორნიკ, რომელნი მტრობენ ერსა ჩუენსა.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
რომელი მრავალთა შორის მამათასა გამოირჩიე მსახურ-ყოფად დედისა ღმრთისა, აწ ღირს-ჰყვენ ნათესავი შენი, ღირსო გაბრიელ, განუშორებელად მსახურებად ხატისა მისისა პორტაიტისასა.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
Like a rational bee thou didst gather the flowers of the God-inspired and the outer writings, O venerable Euthymius, and becamest for us a honeycomb, the sweetness of divine knowledge.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
When thou didst go up the high ladder of abbotship, O George, thou didst become like Euthymius in zeal and wast counted worthy to receive the grace of translation, given thee by the Holy Spirit.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
We cry Hosanna to Thee, O Lord of Sabaoth: through the intercession of the Virgin Mary unite with the bodiless powers us who sing to Thee, O Lord.
Irmos: In the twinkling of an eye He gathered the theologians on a cloud from the ends of heaven into Zion, to minister on this day to the body that received God.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
The camp of monks rightly rejoices in thee, O God-bearing father John, for thou didst add great courage to them, filled the devil with shame and cast him down utterly.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
Thou who didst shatter all the snares of the enemy by the power of the Spirit, deliver me from those snares, O blessed Tornike-John, and grant me the honour of worthiness and the grace of mercy.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
Thou didst become like Christ thy King in the meekness of thy mind, O all-blessed Gabriel, and with joy thou didst receive the icon of the Mother of God, sealed with a bleeding wound.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
Obedient to the will of thy father, O venerable Euthymius, thou didst govern well the flocks entrusted to thee by him, and even now thou instructest us with the learning and teaching of Christ.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
By thy divine and wise words, O wise George, thou didst rebuke without partiality kings and princes, clergy and people, and water their souls with the teaching of Christ.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
O hope of all Christians, hymned by all the hosts of heaven, intercede for us, O Lady, together with the choir of the saints, that we may magnify thee for ever.
Deliver thy servants from dangers, O most holy Virgin Theotokos, for after God we all flee unto thee, as to an unbreakable wall and protection.
Look upon us, O all-praised Theotokos, and heal the grievous wounds of our bodies and the sicknesses of our souls.
Priest: Again and again in peace let us pray to the Lord.
Choir: Lord, have mercy.
Priest: Help us, save us, have mercy on us and keep us, O God, by Thy grace.
Choir: Lord, have mercy.
Priest: Calling to remembrance our all-holy, immaculate, most blessed and glorious Lady Theotokos and ever-Virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commend ourselves and one another and all our life unto Christ our God.
Choir: To Thee, O Lord.
Priest: For Thou art the King of peace and the Saviour of our souls, and unto Thee we send up glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages.
Choir: Amen.
Beyond human nature ye made your labours shine and filled the earth with writings of godliness; the angels marvelled at your purity, and ye roused men to imitate you, for ye showed forth deeds altogether wondrous, O our fathers John and Gabriel the Georgians, valiant John who was once Tornike, and Euthymius and George of the Holy Mountain, luminaries of the whole world!
Priest: Let us attend. Wisdom. Prokeimenon, Tone 4
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.
Verse: Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of His.
Priest: Let us pray to the Lord.
Choir: Lord, have mercy.
Priest: For holy art Thou, O our God, who restest in the saints, and unto Thee we send up glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages.
Choir: Amen.
Priest: Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord.
Verse: Praise God in His saints; praise Him in the firmament of His power.
Priest: And that He may make us worthy to hear the holy Gospel, let us pray to the Lord our God.
Choir: Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)
Priest: Wisdom! Aright! Let us hear the holy Gospel. Peace be unto all.
Choir: And to thy spirit.
Priest: The reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke.
Choir: Glory to Thee, O Lord, glory to Thee.
Priest: Let us attend.
The Lord said to His disciples: Blessed are ye poor in spirit: for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Through the intercessions of our venerable Athonite fathers, O Merciful One, blot out the multitude of our transgressions.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Through the intercessions of the holy Theotokos, O Merciful One, blot out the multitude of my transgressions.
Have mercy on me, O God, according to Thy great mercy, and according to the multitude of Thy compassions blot out my transgression, and have mercy on me, O God.
Sticheron: Disdain not our supplication, O our venerable fathers who struggled on the Holy Mountain, but ever intercede for us with the Lord our Benefactor, and ask, O venerable ones, peace and protection for the world, victory for our people, the strengthening of Orthodoxy from Christ God, and great mercy for our souls.
Priest: O God, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance; visit Thy world with mercy and compassion; exalt the horn of Orthodox Christians and send down upon us Thy rich mercies, through the intercessions of our all-immaculate Lady Theotokos and ever-Virgin Mary; by the power of the precious and life-giving Cross, by the power of the Cross of the vine and of the Iveron icon of the Theotokos, the Portaitissa; through the protection of the honourable bodiless Powers of heaven; of the honourable and glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John; of the holy prophet Elijah the Tishbite and righteous Enoch; of the holy, glorious and all-praised foremost apostles Peter and Paul; of the holy apostle Thomas and the apostles who enlightened Georgia, Andrew the First-called, Simon the Canaanite and Matthias; of our holy mother, the virgin Nino, equal to the apostles; of the holy King Mirian and Queen Nana, equal to the apostles; of our fathers among the saints, the great ecumenical teachers and hierarchs Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom; of our holy wonderworking fathers Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, and Spyridon of Trimythous; of our holy and venerable father John of Zedazeni and his twelve disciples, the second enlighteners of the Church of Georgia and her ever-protectors; of the holy, glorious and victorious martyrs: the holy great-martyr George the Trophy-bearer and the holy great virgin-martyrs Barbara and Marina; the holy glorious martyrs David and Constantine, princes of Argveti, and the holy great-martyr Shalva of Akhaltsikhe; the holy great-martyr Bidzina and the holy glorious martyrs Shalva and Elizbar, eristavis of Ksani; the holy priest-martyr Neophytus of Urbnisi and the holy great-martyr Abo of Tbilisi; of the God-wise and blessed fathers Hilarion the Georgian, Serapion of Zarzma and Gregory of Khandzta; of our holy, pious and great kings Vakhtang Gorgasali, Ashot the Kuropalates, David the Builder and Solomon; of the holy and pious King Tamar; of the holy victorious kings and queens Archil, Demetrius, Shushanik, Ketevan and Luarsab; of the holy hundred thousand martyrs slain in Tbilisi by the Khwarezmians; of the holy six thousand martyred monks of Gareja; of holy Ilia the Righteous; of the holy and righteous parents of the Theotokos, Joachim and Anna (and of the saint to whom the church is dedicated); and of our venerable Athonite fathers John and Gabriel the Georgians, John who was once Tornike, and Euthymius and George of the Holy Mountain, and of all Thy saints: we entreat Thee, O most merciful Lord, hearken to the supplication of us sinners, and have mercy on us.
Choir: Lord, have mercy. (12 times)
Priest: Through the mercies and compassions and love for mankind of Thine Only-begotten Son, with whom Thou art blessed, together with Thine all-holy, good and life-giving Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages.
Choir: Amen.
Irmos: The youths of Abraham’s seed, bound by the magi for the sake of the divine laws, were cast into the furnace and cried out in the flame: Blessed art Thou, O Lord, in this temple of Thy holiness.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
Instead of Eden the Georgians had thy lavra as a paradise thrown open, and, filled by the stream of its delights, they were enlightened and cried: O God, blessed art Thou.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
Thou art a helper to those in temptations, O soldier of Christ, and hast power to set men free from the wiles of the enemy; now quench the counsels of the wicked raised against our people, O John who wast once Tornike, and bring to weakness the tongues of the heretics by the power of Christ.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
Thou didst surpass Peter in walking upon the waters, O Gabriel, and from here, through thy love of struggle, thou didst pass over to the heavenly dwellings, the abodes of the saints; with them entreat Christ God to deliver us from all afflictions and temptations.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
Thou wast shown forth as fragrant myrrh by divine grace, and by thy teachings thou didst make thy people fragrant; therefore we proclaim thy grace, O Euthymius, and cry: O God, blessed art Thou.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Thy tongue, purer than gold, makes the Church of the Iberians shine, O venerable George, praised for thy wonders, and makes us, her children, wise by grace; and we cry: O God, blessed art Thou.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
O Virgin Mary, Theotokos, stretch out the hand of mercy to widows and orphans, have mercy on the poor, and count us all together worthy of the unfading glory of heaven.
Irmos: Christ God, who appeared in the furnace in the form of an angel to them that sang, praise, ye youths; ye priests, hymn Him; ye people, supremely exalt Him unto the ages.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
Death is the cause of forgetting, but God did not hide thy deeds, O great father John; rather, through the buildings thou didst raise, He proclaimed the radiance of thy struggles.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
Entreat Christ God, O John who wast once Tornike, to look upon His people, who have no defence before Him, and to keep them from every harm and temptation.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
Thou didst give wings to thy mind through the struggle for the gifts of God; thou grantest healing and hast enriched all men, O venerable Gabriel, through the wonder granted by God.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
Like Elijah, thou wast given power over the clouds, O wonderworker Euthymius; and when thou didst offer prayer to the God of hosts, He gave rain to His inheritance.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Thou didst divide the sea of slander with the rod of thy words, and in godly beauty didst proclaim the steadfastness of the Georgians’ faith, O George, and didst confirm the autocephaly of our Church.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
According to thy wonted tenderness make thy Son merciful toward us, O Mother of God, that we also may be counted worthy to reign through thine intercession, O immaculate one.
Irmos: Thy giving birth is incorrupt, O Virgin; God came forth from thy womb incarnate and dwelt among men; therefore we all rightly magnify thee, O Theotokos.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
As a labourer in the vineyard of Christ, O venerable John, thou didst bear the burden and heat of the day of the virtues, taking struggles upon thyself; and now thou delightest in unfading good things in the heavens.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
As one who came to the Holy Mountain, thou didst cut off thine own will entirely; so also drive away from us the insatiable thirst of the love of money, O John-Tornike, and assuage the wrath stirred up against us.
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
Strange it is to hear of the speech in another tongue of Gabriel, comely among priests, when he heard a tongue that he knew not; O Thy wonder, O Christ God, how Thou dost glorify them that glorify Thee!
O venerable Athonite fathers, pray to God for us.
Beyond the nature of men thou didst make thy labours shine, O blessed Euthymius, for thou didst fill the land with writings of piety and didst instruct thy people in the divine law.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
As an organ adorning the churches with the lyre of hymns we know thee through thy books, O George, for thou didst open their hidden things and make them plain to us, her sons, O radiant namesake of husbandry.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
We confess thee truly as Theotokos, O Virgin Mary; with the choir of angels we magnify thee; count thy suppliants worthy of the holy host, O Lady.
It is truly meet to bless thee, O Theotokos, ever-blessed and all-spotless, and the Mother of our God. More honourable than the Cherubim and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, who without corruption gavest birth to God the Word, the very Theotokos, thee do we magnify.
The priest censes.
We send you forth as intercessors before God, O fivefold company of ascetics — Euthymius with George, the valiant Tornike, and John and Gabriel the Georgians — that He may drive away temptations and the assaults of demons from them that trust in you and love you.
Ye became imitators of the life of the angels, our venerable fathers who struggled on the Holy Mountain, and now ye stand ever with the angels before God; be intercessors for us with Him, that He may deliver us from the wiles of this tyrant enemy and from the billows of sin
With hymns we honour the holy and divine company of five, for, gathered in one with brotherly mind, ye shook off spiritual sleep from the people of the Lord and guided them on the royal way; now also cease not to intercede for us, O far-famed Athonite fathers, and fill us all with divine watchfulness.
We praise you as renowned translators of all the books of the Old and the New Testament and helpers in every way of the Church of Iberia, and we entreat you, Euthymius with the great George, as having boldness: ask for me the blotting out of my transgressions and errors, and mercy on the day of judgment from the all-merciful God.
The abbots and ascetics of the mountain of Athos, confessors, shepherds and venerable ones, the multitude of monks, we praise, being strengthened by you, and fervently we entreat you: cease not to intercede for us before Him, that He may grant the Georgians a faith like yours and keep Iberia and the people of Iberia until the end of the age.
O fathers and teachers of the Georgians, clothed with struggle, commend us to the Protectress of our people, the Virgin Theotokos, that we become not a reproach and a laughing-stock to our enemies, but after the manner of the men of our fatherland may glorify the consubstantial Trinity with the thrice-holy hymn:
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (Thrice) Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
O Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. O Lord, deliver us and release us from our sins; O Master, pardon our iniquities; O Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy name’s sake.
Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Priest: For Thine is the kingdom…
Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us; for, at a loss for any defence, this supplication do we sinners offer unto Thee as Master: have mercy on us.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
O Lord, have mercy on us, for we have put our trust in Thee; be not exceeding wroth with us, nor remember our iniquities; but look upon us now, as Thou art compassionate, and deliver us from Thy just wrath; for Thou art our God, and we are Thy people; we are all the work of Thy hands, and Thy name is called upon us; and have mercy on us.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Open unto us the doors of compassion, O blessed Theotokos, that hoping in thee we may not perish, but through thee be delivered from our adversaries, for thou art the salvation of the Christian race.
Priest: Have mercy on us, O God, according to Thy great mercy, we pray Thee, hearken and have mercy.
Choir: Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)
Priest: Again we pray for mercy, life, peace, health, long life, salvation, enlightenment, forgiveness, prosperity and quiet for the servants (or handmaids) of God and for all the children of our Church, that the Lord our God may preserve this our royal city and this holy church and all the cities and villages of Iberia from famine, pestilence, earthquake, flood, fire, the sword, the invasion of foreigners, civil war and deadly plague; that God, in His goodness and love for mankind, may be merciful to us so that we may stand well, and may turn away from us the wrath that daily cometh upon us, and deliver us from His righteous judgement that is laid upon us, and have mercy on us.
Choir: Lord, have mercy. (40 times)
Priest: Hear us, O God our Saviour, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of them that are far off upon the sea; and be gracious, be merciful unto our sins, and have mercy on us; for Thou art a merciful God who lovest mankind, and unto Thee we send up glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages.
Choir: Amen.
O all-honourable and God-bearing fathers of ours, John and Gabriel the Georgians, John who was Tornike, and Euthymius and George the Hagiorites! All-radiant stars of the wilderness, firm pillars of fasting and prayer, boast of monks and adornment of ascetics, enlighteners of the Georgians, comforters of the poor and helpers and advocates of all the helpless and despairing!
O God-wise fathers and teachers of the Georgians, John and Gabriel the Iberians, Tornike-John, and Euthymius and George the Hagiorites, our wise intercessors and strugglers! Ye who by the grace and mercy of God reached the Holy Mountain as a haven of souls and for the increase of our race, by your fatherly compassion reconcile us to the good God, that He may renew His love for us and our faith in Him, and increase our race again in the glorious Iveron monastery, that they may venerate and serve the hope of all Christians and, above all, the protectress of our Church and people – the icon of the Theotokos of the Iberian Gate, called Portaitissa and wonderworking; for not a single Georgian is found in this your monastery, which with great struggle ye built as a dwelling for the Georgians. Entreat the sweet Jesus whom you love to look with mercy upon the portion of His Mother, our people, which beareth the Lord’s cross on earth, and to anoint and crown a Christ-loving king on the throne of all Georgia, to govern well and care for the Georgian people, to restore the unity of our fatherland and exalt the dignity and strength of our land and race, that our countless enemies may not say: Where is their God, in whom they hope? Strengthen the Most Holy and Most Blessed Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Metropolitan of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazeti, the great lord, our father (name), the most reverend metropolitans, archbishops and bishops, all the priestly and monastic orders and all Orthodox Christians.
O men of heaven and angels of earth: John and Gabriel the Georgians, the renowned John who was Tornike, and Euthymius and George the Hagiorites! Cease not to entreat Christ, O venerable ones, that He may grant glory to the churches, zeal and watchfulness over souls to our pastors; to rulers wisdom, strength and good shepherding of the people; to judges impartial justice; to soldiers courage; to superiors understanding and humility; to the laity sinlessness and to women chastity; to spouses love and concord; to children obedience; to the oppressed patience; to oppressors the fear of God; to the sorrowful long-suffering; to the joyful restraint and the spirit of understanding and godliness; and that He may forgive us superstition and false belief, pride, guile, treachery, envy, hatred, love of money, ingratitude, murmuring, murders, thefts, fornications and disorders, and grant us a life of good conduct, adornment with works of mercy, enlightenment through holy prayer, cleansing through confession, radiance through communion, an honourable departure, the inheritance of the kingdom, singing with the angels, reigning with the saints, and with you glory and thanksgiving; for to Him befitteth all glory, honour and worship, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Priest: Wisdom!
O most holy Theotokos, save us.
Choir: More honourable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, who without corruption gavest birth to God the Word, the only Theotokos, we magnify in song.
Priest: Glory to Thee, O our God, glory to Thee.
Choir: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Lord, have mercy. (Thrice) Bless.
The priest gives the dismissal.
Choir: Amen.
A layman: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Lord, have mercy. (Thrice)
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, through the prayers of Thine all-holy Mother, of our venerable and God-bearing Athonite fathers and of all the saints, have mercy on us. Amen.
While the icon is kissed we sing this:
Ye forsook every fleshly will and followed the will of God, our venerable fathers who struggled on the Holy Mountain; ye received from heaven the grace of virtue and shone as angels among men by your divine way of life; now also entreat the all-good God to deliver us from temptations of soul and body and from the passions.
O Lady Mary, look upon them that bow down with faith and kiss with love the precious icons of our venerable Athonite fathers; and may their grace and thy mercy go with us all the days of our life.
Compiled by Tinatin Mchedlishvili
