Supplicatory Paraklesis to our Venerable Father Pyrrhus of Breti
Priest: Blessed is our God…
And if a layman, he says: Through the prayers of our holy fathers, O Lord Jesus Christ our God, 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, 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…
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 nations compassed me about, and in the name of the Lord I drove them back. 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.
Thou didst accomplish an apostolic course when thou camest to our land, O divine image of repentance, who didst gather round thee them that sought divine grace, and by thy struggle didst enlighten the Georgian people, O venerable father Pyrrhus of Breti: entreat Christ God to have mercy on our souls.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Being among the twelve disciples of John of Zedazeni, thou wast taught by him, and, enlightened by divine grace, thou didst strengthen the dwellers of Kartli in the service of God, and didst build near Breti a monastery for the salvation of souls and the glory of God: entreat Him now, O blessed Pyrrhus, for our deliverance from every sorrow and from the assault of the enemy visible and invisible.
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: At Thy beck, O God, Thou didst raise the flowing natures as a wall and lead the people of Israel through their midst on dry land; and they sang the song of victory.
Venerable father Pyrrhus, pray to God for us.
We rejoice in thy memory and offer thanksgiving to Christ, our King and God, who sent thee as an ascetic and one who prayeth for our people, for the glory and strength of Kartli.
Venerable father Pyrrhus, pray to God for us.
Being Syrian by race, thou didst hasten to the angelic struggle and wast shown pleasing to the Holy Trinity: entreat Him now, O venerable one, to deliver us from infirmities and afflictions.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Having gained from the Saviour by prayer the grace of the Holy Spirit, thou didst scorn by vigil and fasting all the pleasures of the flesh and the delights of lust.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
The curse of Eve, the first mother, was loosed when she who knew not wedlock bore Him who is above natures; and the people of the faithful rightly glorify her, as is meet.
Irmos: O God our Saviour, Creator of all, who by Thy word didst establish the high heavens with all their power, by Thy divine Spirit establish us in unity upon the rock of faith.
Venerable father Pyrrhus, pray to God for us.
Putting on the monastic habit, thou didst leave the world under the guidance of the venerable John, and with thy fellow-strugglers didst labour for the glory of God: entreat Him now, O blessed one, for our deliverance from every sin and temptation.
Venerable father Pyrrhus, pray to God for us.
Thy all-praised teacher and radiant luminary John, wearing away his body by unceasing prayer, worked many signs and wonders from God and shepherded well you his disciples.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Fleeing the glory of this passing world, father John went out into the desert and settled in a cave with his disciples; and thou, numbered among them, wast taught by him and enlightened by divine grace.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
O our Deliverer, through the entreaties of Thy Mother grant peace to the world and give victory to our God-loving people over enemies invisible and visible, and count the faithful worthy of forgiveness.
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, O Lover of mankind, 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 (name), 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 (here name those for whom you are praying). 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.
The Church of the Georgians celebrateth thy memory, O blessed Pyrrhus, and the assembly of the faithful that remembereth thy struggle rejoiceth, O venerable one, and asketh thine intercession with God, that He may heal our desires, worn out by the passions, which anger our mind, and still the billows of evil unworthiness, that we may glorify His might unto the ages.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Though the apostle Andrew preached the Gospel of thy Son in Iberia, thy lot, thou didst send again the virgin Nino for the salvation of our people; and afterwards, sending from Syria thirteen fathers to spread the faith of Christ, thou didst through them establish the people of Kartli upon the rock of faith, O Mother of the Word; and from that time this our land hath never turned aside from the holy and true faith, nor shall we turn aside unto the ages, by the grace of the Holy Trinity and by thine intercession, O all-spotless Lady, our hope and protectress: cease not now to entreat Christ God for us who trust in thee.
Irmos: O Christ God, who didst not leave the bosom of the Father in heaven and didst come down to earth, I have heard the report of Thee, and with praise I glorify Thy power.
Venerable father Pyrrhus, pray to God for us.
When the blessed John saw thee invincible in spirit, having attained a great measure, he clothed thee with the angelic schema and blessed thee to run the narrow way of the monastic life bearing thy holy cross.
Venerable father Pyrrhus, pray to God for us.
When the fame of your struggle spread through Antioch and all Mesopotamia, thy teacher resolved to go into exile and besought his disciples to struggle and pray in that same desert.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
არა განუტევეთ მარტოჲ იოანე, ესრეთ შეკრულ იყვენით რაჲ სიყუარულითა სულიერითა, და ზეგარდამოჲთა წოდებითა წარმოემართნეთ ივერიას, განვრცობილ იყო რაჲ მუნ კერპთაყვანისცემაჲ სპარსთა მძლავრებითა.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
O true Mother of God, entreat thy Son the Creator to guide us to a calm haven and save us from drowning in our sins.
Irmos: The Spirit of salvation, O Lord, which the first prophets conceived in their hearts and brought forth upon the earth, made known to us Thy coming to earth for the life of the faithful; and now, being enlightened, we magnify Thee in song.
Venerable father Pyrrhus, pray to God for us.
Becoming a companion of John thy teacher together with the other disciples, clothed in sackcloth, barefoot, with a staff, ye came in peace to Mtskheta and sent up thanksgiving to God: entreat Him to direct our life according to His will.
Venerable father Pyrrhus, pray to God for us.
Behold, Eulavius, catholicos of Kartli, informed by the Spirit, came to meet you; and together with him, receiving tongues of fire, ye bowed down before the Life-giving Pillar and glorified God: entreat Him, O holy thirteen fathers, to give us an understanding like yours of good and evil.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
When with tears ye asked of God a quiet dwelling, He showed John a mountain to the north of Mtskheta and of that precious Cross, and there ye withdrew into seclusion, as it pleased the Holy Spirit.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Heaven and earth were enlightened through thee, O unwedded Mother of Jesus, for thou didst make the unquenchable Light to shine upon us, the God of all, who delivered them that were shut up in darkness and made us dwellers of the heavenly Kingdom.
Irmos: Drowned in the waves of the temptations of this world, sunk with the ship of sin and cast to the beast that destroys souls, I cry to Thee: As Jonah, deliver me from corruption and death, O Christ.
Venerable father Pyrrhus, pray to God for us.
აღირჩია რაჲ მარტოდ მყოფობაჲ ნეტარმან იოანე, ქუაბსა შინა დაემკჳდრა, და თანა აქუნდა რაჲ წმიდანი ნაწილნი მარტვილთანი, მოგანიჭათ მოწაფეთა თჳსთა, რაჲთა იცვებოდეთ მათითა მადლითა და განამტკიცებდეთ მაზდეანთა მიერ ცთუნებულთა.
Venerable father Pyrrhus, pray to God for us.
When the holy thirteen parted from one another, some settled round about the royal city, and others in mountains, caves and clefts of the earth; and thou wast sent into Kartli and didst fearlessly spread abroad the word of God.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Settling near the village of Breti, O holy Pyrrhus, thou didst found a monastery and build there a church in the name of the all-holy Theotokos, which standeth to this day for the glory of the Lord and is called by thy name.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Thy mystery, O Virgin, was foreshown of old by the ark of the law, which received the divine writings, by the golden jar, the dwelling of the manna, and by the rod.
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. Amen.
Choir: Amen.
Having planted the teachings of Orthodoxy and strengthened the Georgian people in the faith, thou didst make thy lamp shine with an angelic life, like the virgins who awaited the Bridegroom; and now the Church rejoiceth for thy memory, for thou ever entreatest God to have mercy on our souls.
Mesopotamia now boasteth of thy springing forth, and the land of Kartli rejoiceth, for thou didst enlighten its dwellers with divine teaching; and our holy Church maketh merry with her children as she keepeth thy memory and glorifieth with praises Christ God, who granted us the holy thirteen Syrian fathers, among whom thou also art numbered, O blessed Pyrrhus, and intercedest for them that trust in thee and sing to thee.
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 reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke
The Lord said to His disciples, Blessed be 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.
Choir: Glory to Thee, O Lord, glory to Thee.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Through the intercessions of our venerable father Pyrrhus of Breti, 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 our 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: Thou didst shine as a lamp upon the high lampstand of the monastic life, O father Pyrrhus, purifier of the law, and, enlightening our land with the light of the Trinity, thou didst make the zeal of monks flourish and didst raise up very many others to the desire of the monastic life: ask now of Christ the unshaken keeping of the Church established in the right confession, the gift of victory through the Cross to our people, steadfastness for the faithful 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-holy 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; 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 father among the saints Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, the wonderworker, and of Spyridon of Trimythous; of our holy patriarchs Peter, Samuel, Sarmian, Mamai, Arsenius, Melchizedek, John-Chrysostom, Nicholas, Evdemoz, Joseph, Kirion and Ambrose; of our venerable father John of Zedazeni and his twelve disciples, the second enlighteners of the Church of Georgia and her ever-protectors, and of the holy priest-martyr Neophytus of Urbnisi; of our God-wise and blessed fathers Hilarion the Georgian, Serapion of Zarzma, Gregory of Khandzta and Saba of Ishkhani; of our venerable Athonite fathers John and Gabriel the Georgians, John who was once Tornike, and Euthymius and George of the Holy Mountain; of the holy glorious great-martyr George the Trophy-bearer and the holy great virgin-martyrs Barbara and Marina; of our holy, glorious and victorious martyrs Razhden, Eustathius of Mtskheta, Abo of Tbilisi, Gobron, Christopher of Guria, Nicholas Dvali, Kozman, David and Constantine, princes of Argveti, and Prince Constantine; of the holy great-martyr Bidzina and the holy glorious martyrs Shalva and Elizbar, eristavis of Ksani; of the holy martyr Shalva of Akhaltsikhe and the holy hundred thousand martyrs slain in Tbilisi by the Khwarezmians; of the holy martyrs, the six thousand monks of Gareja, and the many holy fathers and mothers martyred in Adjara by the Turks; of the holy victorious kings and queens Mirdat, Ashot, Archil, Demetrius, Luarsab, Shushanik and Ketevan; of our holy, pious and great kings Vakhtang Gorgasali, David the Builder, Demetrius-Damian, Tamar and Solomon; of holy Ilia the Righteous, Euthymius the Man of God and Euthymius the Confessor; of the holy archimandrite, our venerable father Gabriel, confessor and fool for Christ; of the holy and righteous ancestors of God Joachim and Anna (and of the saint to whom the church is dedicated); of our venerable and God-bearing father Pyrrhus of Breti, and of all Thy saints, we entreat Thee, O most merciful God: 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 in the furnace in Babylon were bedewed from on high; they cried to God and said: Blessed art Thou, O Lord of our fathers, O God, unto the ages.
Venerable father Pyrrhus, pray to God for us.
When Christ sent thee to Iberia to strengthen the faith, He gave grace to thy word: entreat Him to deliver us from slavery to the demons and from falling away from the law.
Venerable father Pyrrhus, pray to God for us.
Preaching the all-spotless faith, thou didst rebuke those who had gone astray, comfort the sorrowful, heal the sick and drive away evil spirits from those who were possessed.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
ძლიერი შური გაქუნდა შენ, პატიოსანო მამაო, ვითარცა ელიას, რამეთუ აღეგზენ ცეცხლითა საღმრთოჲთა და შესწუენ ენანი მწვალებელთა და წარმართთანი ქრისტეს შეწევნითა.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Rejoice, O daughter of Adam; rejoice, O Bride of God; rejoice, O Mother of the Saviour, who didst contain thy Creator: be ever an intercessor for us.
Irmos: The bush on Sinai that burned yet was not consumed revealed God to Moses, slow of speech and heavy of tongue; and divine zeal delivered the youths from the furnace, and they cried out in song: All ye works, bless today God and the Lord; hymn and exalt Him unto the ages.
Venerable father Pyrrhus, pray to God for us.
გულსმოდგინედ ილოცვიდი რაჲ ყოვლისა სოფლისათჳს, უფროჲს ქართველთათჳს აღავლენდი ვედრებასა, რაჲთა წინააღმდგომთა მათ ჭეშმარიტებისათა სძლევდეს მართლითა სარწმუნოებითა და მარადის მოიხვეჭდეს განმარჯვებასა მტერთა და მაჭირვებელთა ზედა.
Venerable father Pyrrhus, pray to God for us.
Multiplying teachings profitable for the soul, thou didst work healings by God's help and strengthen the faith of the people. Now thou hast intercession with God: help us, that He may deliver us from a faith that is lifeless and lukewarm.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Thy God-speaking tongue filled this our land with teaching like a river, and, watering the hearts of the ignorant, brought them to the knowledge of God, and they were saved in spirit. Now also enlighten my soul, darkened by sin, O father Pyrrhus, and fill my heart with divine love.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
სჯულისა კიდობანმან მოგასწავა შენ, არათუ ფიცარნი გაქუნდეს შენ, არამედ ქრისტე ღმერთი სჯულისმდებელი, ღმრთისმშობელო, რომელი იგი უსჯულომან ერმან ჯუარს აცუა ჴსნად ჩუენდა, რომელნი ვიტყვით: ღმერთსა და უფალსა უგალობდით და ამაღლებდით მას უკუნისამდე.
Irmos: Thou who without knowing man didst carry the Creator Word of incorruption didst clothe Him with nature; come, O spotless Virgin Theotokos, and with Him that was born of thee teach the faithful, that we may be made worthy to glorify thee.
Venerable father Pyrrhus, pray to God for us.
When the day of thy departure from this life was made known to thee, O valiant contender, thou didst commend thy flock and then thy spirit to the Lord; and when thou wast joined to the multitude of the saints, they buried thy much-labouring body in thy holy church.
Venerable father Pyrrhus, pray to God for us.
Our people now boasteth, and the monastery of Breti exulteth, for we hasten to its bosom, wherein lieth the precious tomb of thy holy relics, which like an unfailing spring richly poureth forth the fragrance of graces and granteth healing to them that fall down fervently before it.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Christ gave thee grace to work miracles also and so honoured thee in this life, and after death thou wast glorified yet more before Him; and, having the grace to help, be an intercessor for us, that He may grant us the fear of God and courage of soul.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
The old law foreshadoweth thee, O holy Virgin, and the new confesseth thee as Theotokos, O unwedded one; and we the faithful say with faith: O Mother of the Word, cease not to entreat God for them that trust in thee.
It is truly meet that we should magnify thee, O Theotokos, who art ever-blessed and all-immaculate and the Mother of our God. Thee, 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.
The priest censes; the reader or a layman reads:
Christ, who strengthened thee, O venerable one, made known the valour of thy struggles; and when He spread their fame to the ends of our land, the faithful came and, taught by thee, were built up in spirit: so now also deliver us from the ways of perdition, O valiant contender, and keep us spotless from heresy, that with an upright heart we may swear before all: “We will not be false to thee, our holy mother, the Catholic Church, nor will we betray thee, O our boast, Orthodoxy”, and be made worthy to praise and to hymn God.
ჰბაძე რაჲ მოძღუარსა შენსა, ღირსო მამაო პიროს, ღუაწლითა ფრიადითა მიიწიე საზომსა დიდსა და დიდებულად შეამკევ წმიდაჲ ეკლესიაჲ ჩუენი სასწაულთა და ნიშთა საკჳრველთა აღსრულებითა და ცხორებისა ბრწყინვალებითა, ხოლო მხილველნი და მსმენელნი წმიდისა ცხორებისა შენისანი ადიდებდენ ღმერთსა, წმიდათა შორის საკჳრველსა, მას ევედრე აწ, წარმოავლინოს ჩუენდა რჩეულნი და ბრძენნი განმგებელნი და ღირსნი მამანი, მასწავლელნი საღმრთოჲსა სიტყჳსა, რაჲთა ყოველთა აღგვაორძინებდენ ყოვლითავე სულიერითა და ჴორციელითა კეთილითა და უფალსა ვადიდებდეთ სულითა და ჭეშმარიტებითა.
Like a radiant sun thou didst shine in the firmament of the Church of the Georgians, being a true teacher to all that fled to thee, entreating the Theotokos greatly for our people and dearly loving her lot, the people of Iberia, and labouring well in prayer for the Iberians and their prospering: now we entreat thee, intercede before God, that He may deliver our people from the nets of the demons and from the guile and deception of the Antichrist.
მადლითა საღმრთოჲთა განანათლენ რაჲ მხარჱ ესე ქართლისაჲ, შემდგომად სიკუდილისა შენისა მაუწყებელ-არს მოღუაწებათა მონასტერი ბრეთისაჲ და ჴმა მაღლად ჰქადაგებს ლოცვათათჳს შენთა მჴურვალეთა, ხოლო ჩუენ გული გჳთქმს მისლვად წმიდასა მას სავანესა, აღმოაცენებს რაჲ მადლსა ჭეშმარიტსა და აღგვადგინებს დიდებად ღმრთისა, რომლისა წინაშე ღმრთივბრწყინვალითა გჳრგჳნითა დიდებულ ხარ, სანატრელო, და გჳთხოვე, რაჲთა მოანიჭოს ერსა ჩუენსა ძლევაჲ მტერთა ზედა, ქრისტეანეთა უვნებლობაჲ და დიდი წყალობაჲ მოსავთა შენთა.
არა მხოლოჲ მკჳდრ ხარ ბრეთისა, ჵ, ყოვლადღირსო მამაო პიროს, არამედ სრულიად მიწა-წყლისა ჩუენისა, და მლოცველი და მსწრაფლშემწჱ, და ყოვლად ძლიერი მფარველი მრავალჭირნახულისა ამის ერისა, ვიდრე ჟამადმდე შეჭირვებულისა, ამისთჳს მეოხ გვეყავ წინაშე ღმრთისა, რაჲთა შენმიერითა მეოხებითა და შეწევნითა მზაკუვარებაჲ მტერთა ჩუენთაჲ განჴადოს და შეჰკრიბოს განბნეული ერი ქართველთაჲ.
O new apostle, who didst show the way of piety, enlightener of Kartli, father Pyrrhus, by thy sweet intercession and fatherly boldness commend us to the Protectress of our people, the Virgin Theotokos whom thou didst love, that she may fulfil her words, as one who is merciful, and not remove her own lot from her intercession, but help us in every affliction and temptation and fill us with divine watchfulness, that we may all do righteousness and sing to the undivided and unconfused Trinity with “Holy” and “Alleluia”:
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 in Thee have we put our trust; be not very wroth with us, neither remember our iniquities, but look upon us in mercy, for Thou art compassionate, and deliver us justly from Thy 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: 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, O Lover of mankind, 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.
Priest: Again and again, bending our knees, let us pray to the Lord.
Choir: Lord, have mercy.
O treasury of wisdom and radiant luminary of the Church, venerable father Pyrrhus! Adornment of monks; boast of Breti; crown of priests and companion of the angels; champion of the Georgians and unashamed upholder in afflictions; intercessor before God for all that honour thee, and refuge, wall and shelter of all the destitute, of those given up for lost, and of those who fall down before thee in faith.
ჵ, ყოვლადსანატრელო ღმრთივსულიერო მამაო პიროს ბრეთელო! რომელმან ქმენ სასწაულნი და ნიშნი მრავალნი, და საწუთოთა შუებათაგან სიმაღლედ აღიყუანენ ერნი ქართლისანი, აწ კეთილითა სიყუარულითა შეერთებულ ხარ მოძღუარსა შენსა იოანე ასურსა, და ძმათა მათ სულიერთა, და ერთობითა იხარებთ წინაშე ღმრთისა, მას ევედრე აწ, რაჲთა მოგვანიჭოს სიბრძნჱ, სიმჴნჱ და მძლეველობაჲ დაცვად მამულისა და სარწმუნოებისა ჩუენისა, და გჳჴსნნეს ეშმაკის სიცბილისაგან და მძლავრებისა, რაჲთა არცაღა განმცემელ ვექმნნეთ სიქადულსა ჩუენსა მართლმადიდებლობასა, და ჴმითა მაღლითა ვქადაგებდეთ ქრისტეს ჭეშმარიტსა სარწმუნოებასა. ყოვლადძლიერითა მადლითა ლოცვისა შენისაჲთა დაიფარე და განაძლიერე უწმიდესი და უნეტარესი, სრულიად საქართველოჲს კათალიკოს-პატრიარქი, მცხეთა-თბილისის მთავარეპისკოპოსი, და ბიჭვინთისა და ცხუმ-აფხაზეთის მიტროპოლიტი მამაჲ ჩუენი ილია, ყოვლადსამღდელონი მიტროპოლიტნი, მთავარეპისკოპოსნი და ეპისკოპოსნი და ყოველნი სამღდელონი და სამონოზნო წესნი, ზიარნი მართლმადიდებელისა ეკლესიისანი და ყოველნი მართლმორწმუნენნი ქრისტეანენი.
O father of fathers, head of monks and guide of the Orthodox, all-blessed Pyrrhus! Now the counsel of lawlessness hath grown strong, and this people allotted to the Theotokos is fallen through sin and wickedness, and we too, overcome by the assaults of sloth, tremble at the awaited day of the second coming of Christ in glory; but do thou, O venerable one, as of old thou didst labour spiritually before Him for our people, for their full deliverance from paganism and their rescue from every heresy, so now turn from us the terror of the divine judgement for our iniquity, and by thy mercy ask for us from God the remission of our countless sins, enlightenment in Orthodoxy, rest through good works, radiance in the kingdom of heaven, singing with the angels, reigning with the saints, and glory and thanksgiving with thee; for to Him befitteth all glory, honour and worship, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto 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 father Pyrrhus of Breti and of all the saints, have mercy on us. Amen.
While his icon is kissed we sing thus:
Forsaking every fleshly will and following the will of God, O blessed father Pyrrhus, thou didst receive from heaven the grace of virtue, and as an angel among men didst shine by thy divine way of life; and, having pleased the King of heaven and God, thou hast boldness before Him, that He may deliver us all from temptations of soul and body and count us worthy of the Kingdom of heaven.
O Lady Mary, look upon them that bow down with faith and kiss with longing the precious icon of holy Pyrrhus; and may his grace and thy mercy go with us all the days of our life.
Author and compiler: Tinatin Mchedlishvili
