Paraklesis to our Venerable Father Shio of Mgvime
Through the prayers of our holy fathers, O Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us.
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. Amen.
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. Troparion of the venerable one, Tone 4.
From thy youth made winged by virtue, thou didst order all thy life aright, O God-bearing one, and with the miracles given thee by God thou didst labour among the Georgian people; wherefore, seeing in thee spiritual grace, we glorify the Creator, O venerable Shio; and now thy bare bones, from the cave beneath the earth, are borne up to the heights on the wing of thanksgiving, as an intercession for the faithful and a healing for our souls.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. (The same)
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 delivered us from so many dangers? Or who would have kept us until now in compunction? We will not depart from thee, O blessed Lady, for thou savest our souls from all temptations. Psalm 50. Ode 1, irmos. Tone 7. Ode 3, irmos.
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.
At Thy beck, O God, Thou didst raise the flowing natures as a wall and lead the people of Israel through them on dry land; and they sang to Thee the song of victory.
Venerable father Shio, pray to God for us.
Pour upon me thy grace from God's treasury of graces, which thou hast received abundantly, that I may offer thee the fruit of my lips with the longing of my soul, O Shio.
Venerable father Shio, pray to God for us.
The hand of God anointed thee, and His Spirit gave thee life and manifestly appointed thee to behold His mysteries and to keep His commandments, which thou didst keep in holiness, O Shio.
Venerable father Shio, pray to God for us.
Like Abel thou didst offer to God the firstfruits, thy soul and mind, in all righteousness, that thou mightest be shown a fellow-combatant of the first ones, O thrice-blessed Shio.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
And now the shrine of thy relics embraceth us, O father, and we hold it out to thee in supplication: lift up thy holy hands to God and offer Him our entreaties.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
O Mary, who didst become a tabernacle for the Word of God, and through whom God was seen among men, be merciful to them that venerate thee, O all-holy Theotokos.
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 Shio, pray to God for us.
Enoch pleased God and was translated with glory once; but thou, O wondrous one, wast translated to Him day by day, when in solitude thou didst converse with Him alone and wast quickened by His word.
Venerable father Shio, pray to God for us.
As Noah, God found thee righteous and made thee father of a second world, O blessed one, by an ark, one who led forth peoples and renewed the struggle that had then failed; and by a dove He brought thee the good tidings of peace.
Venerable father Shio, pray to God for us.
Like Shem thou didst receive the blessings and the better portion from the fatherly apportioning, O venerable Shio, and didst share it among thy children, and we now ever delight in the abundance of thy teachings, O father.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
As a hope unashamed, a firm advocate, a bold intercessor and a mediator before God we have thee, O glorious father: accept our prayers and ask great mercy for us from Christ God.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
O glorious Theotokos, propitiation of the world, reconciliation of men with God, pour out thy grace upon the faithful who confess thee as Theotokos, and direct our prayer before God.
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 soul. Prokeimenon, Tone 8. Ode 4, irmos. Ode 5, irmos. Ode 6, irmos.
Lord, have mercy (15 times).
All the earth rejoiceth with us today in this God-radiant feast, and the powers of heaven sing invisibly in harmony; the host of fathers, which was filled by thee, O blessed Shio, is glad, and the choir of saints is adorned by thee, and the enlightened souls of the righteous delight with us, boasting of thy labours, O God-bearing and all-praised one: entreat Christ God to grant remission of sins to them that with longing keep the feast of thy holy memory.
O Christ God, who didst not leave the bosom of the Father in heaven and didst look down upon the earth, I have heard the report of Thee, and with praise I glorify Thy power.
Venerable father Shio, pray to God for us.
Thou didst hold dear the praiseworthy sojourning of Abraham and didst entertain God, O Shio, and wast counted worthy of converse with Him, and didst inherit from Him the blessing of the multiplying of children.
Venerable father Shio, pray to God for us.
Like Isaac, thou didst bind the worse by the better as a whole burnt offering to God, and didst lead thy mind up to the mountain, where thou didst receive the knowledge of sacrificing what is pleasing to God.
Venerable father Shio, pray to God for us.
Like Jacob thou didst overthrow the foul Esau and the defiled pleasures and didst receive the birthright; whence thou wast called a mind that seeth God, O blessed Shio.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
O father and guide and unfailing advocate Shio, receive the entreaties of thy children and offer them to the merciful God, and ask mercy for us.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Thou art higher than the heavens above, O all-holy Lady Theotokos, and how shall the tongue of the earthborn praise thee? Yet with longing we praise thee, O Virgin.
We rise early unto Thee, O Word of God, who in Thy mercy for the fallen didst empty Thyself and descend even to the passions without suffering: grant me peace, O Lover of mankind.
Venerable father Shio, pray to God for us.
Like Joseph thou didst love innocence and purity and cast away the vain passions of Egypt, and didst distribute the wheat of righteousness, O Shio.
Venerable father Shio, pray to God for us.
Thou didst resemble Moses in love for the brethren and in nurture, when thou didst slay the Egyptian, hatred; and thou didst give thy flocks to drink of the fountain of life, O God-bearing one.
Venerable father Shio, pray to God for us.
Thou didst see God in the severity of thy life as in a bush, and didst receive the tablets written by God within thy heart, O God-wise father.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Like Joshua thou didst survey the land of promise for thy people and didst slay the Amalekites, the powers of Satan, O father, and didst gladden us richly with sweetness.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Entreat Christ God, who was born of thee, O Theotokos, to keep the people and the flock that confess thee and bow down before thine icon.
As Thou didst deliver the prophet Jonah from the deep, so bring me also up from the depth of sins, for Thou art plenteous in mercy.
Venerable father Shio, pray to God for us.
Aaron offered to God with the fire from heaven, but thou didst offer doubly, kindling in thyself the flame of the fear of God, O blessed father.
Venerable father Shio, pray to God for us.
Thou didst resemble Phinehas, filled with zeal for Christ, and with a spear didst pierce the thoughts of Belial, O glorious father Shio.
Venerable father Shio, pray to God for us.
Thou didst follow in the steps of Elijah and take up his zeal; like him thou didst love the desert, didst slay the priests of Baal, the deceits, and didst cleave to the righteousness of God.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Thy children, drawing near to thy tomb as to the ark, O blessed Shio, entreat thee: have mercy on us, and turn us not away ashamed, O our hope.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Thou art the firm and unshaken hope of the faithful, O Mother of God: deliver them that flee to thee from afflictions present and to come.
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 soul. Kontakion, Tone 2. Prokeimenon of the Gospel, Tone 7. The Gospel according to Matthew. Sticheron idiomelon, Tone 6. Ode 7, irmos.
Thou didst order thy life in the service of God and, taking up the Cross, didst forsake all the things of the world, O beauty of the desert, Shio; wherefore the Georgian people call upon thee as one living; and let us with longing cleave to thy relics that came forth from the cave: O father, cease not to intercede for us.
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.
What shall I render unto the Lord for all that He hath rendered unto me?
All things are delivered unto Me of My Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal Him. Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Through the intercessions of our venerable father Shio of Mgvime, 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.
O venerable father, the report of thy good deeds hath gone out into all the earth; therefore in heaven thou hast found the reward of thy labours; thou didst destroy the hosts of demons and attain the rank of the angels, whose blameless life thou didst rival. Having boldness before Christ God, ask peace for our souls.
The youths in the furnace in Babylon were bedewed from on high; they cried to God and said: Blessed art Thou, O Lord God of our fathers, unto the ages.
Venerable father Shio, pray to God for us.
As upon Elisha, the spirit of the prophets rested doubly upon thee, for foreknowledge and the working of wonders, O great Shio, servant of the Lord.
Venerable father Shio, pray to God for us.
As Daniel, from thy youth the Spirit of God filled thee and made thee a judge by the law of the Spirit that chastiseth the flesh; and likewise thou also didst subdue the beasts.
Venerable father Shio, pray to God for us.
Thou didst imitate Isaiah and Jeremiah, O father: the one by thy willing descent into the cave and by blessed mourning, and the other by the exaltation of God.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
O blessed father of fathers and guide of the assembly of monks, Shio, ask mercy from the merciful God for them that entreat thee.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
By His voluntary incarnation from thee God saved the whole world, O all-holy Theotokos Mary, and thou wast given to us as a propitiation for our sins, O thou who art praised in hymns.
Ode 8, irmos.
The only King of glory, whom the choirs of heaven praise and before whom the assembly of angels trembleth, bless, ye priests; ye people, supremely exalt Him unto the ages.
Venerable father Shio, pray to God for us.
Like Samuel thou wast a seer in spirit, and didst anoint kings, arming them by thy teachings and emboldening them by thy prayers, O father, wonderworker Shio, luminary of the Georgians.
Venerable father Shio, pray to God for us.
Thou didst resemble David in innocence and simplicity of soul, and didst slay Goliath with the stones of humility, O God-bearing Shio: deliver thine obedient ones from death.
Venerable father Shio, pray to God for us.
Thou didst acquire the wisdom of Solomon, O venerable one, and didst build for God a temple of prayer, thy body, and didst adorn it with thy spirit as with an ornament, to glorify the Holy Trinity unto the ages.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Us who chant to thee before thy tomb with voices of supplication in litany, O Shio, deliver from all temptations, and move the All-good to mercy for us, before whom thou standest with boldness.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
O Mother of God, helper and protectress of them that entreat thee, receive the supplication of us thy servants and offer it before Christ God, that He may deliver us from countless afflictions and sorrows.
Ode 9, irmos.
Thou who ineffably 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 Shio, pray to God for us.
Thou didst follow in the footsteps of John the Baptist and, like him, becamest an angel in the desert, a preacher of repentance and one who with tears washeth souls hurt by the venom of sin, O rule of all the virtues, Shio.
Venerable father Shio, pray to God for us.
Like the apostles and disciples of Christ thou wast shown a teacher of the world, O father; thou didst stir up countless peoples to the service of God, didst raise the fallen and strengthen them that stand, and didst lead all together to God.
Venerable father Shio, pray to God for us.
Like the martyrs and witnesses thou didst struggle, O father; thou didst adorn the rank of all ascetics as their head; thou didst make all radiant, thou didst become like all; by thine intimacy with God be an intercessor for us together with them all, O Shio.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Though our tongue sufficeth not for thy praise, yet accept our longing from the zeal of our soul, O venerable one, and spread forth before God for me this intercession, not small, fatherly and warm, that I may escape just judgments.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
ჰოჲ, მიმადლებულო მარიამ ღმრთის-მშობელო, ჰოჲ ყოველთა ქრისტიანეთა სასოო, მეფე ჩუენი მორწმუნე აგარისტომთა ზედა სიმჴნით განაძლიერე, და ერი და ქალაქი შენი ყოველთა საცნაურთაგან იჴსენ.
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.
Like the Cherubim, with many eyes thou beholdest the glory of God, O blessed father, which thou hast inherited, prepared from the beginning for the venerable like thee; ask for us also a dwelling with the righteous.
With the voice of hymnody and the longing of our soul we entreat thee, O God-blessed father Shio of Mgvime: ask of the heavenly Father that He stretch out to us the hand of mercy and deliver us from the hands of the guardians of the air.
Fittingly entreat Christ God to shelter us by the life-giving Cross, and, delivered from hell, to make us worthy of His Kingdom through thy prayer, O God-blessed father.
With longing entreat the Holy Spirit by thy prayer, O honoured father Shio of Mgvime, that He, the sovereign God, may lead us in the land of uprightness, and that we may be counted worthy to inherit the eternal Kingdom.
O all-holy Virgin Mary, with all the angels and the God-bearing fathers entreat Christ God that we may attain to those heavenly beauties and, crowned, may sing unto the ages.
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. Amen.
Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us; for, being without any defence, this supplication do we sinners offer to Thee, the good Master: have mercy on us, O Lord, 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 exceedingly angry with us, neither remember our iniquities; but look upon us in mercy, as Thou art good, 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: have mercy on us.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Open unto us the door of compassion, O blessed Theotokos, that hoping in thee we may not perish, but be delivered from our adversaries; for thou art the salvation of the Christian race. Prayer
Lord, have mercy. (Twelve times)
O all-venerable and God-bearing father Shio of Mgvime, singer like the angels, honoured like the Baptist, crown among the venerable, leader of monastics, honour of fathers, protector of Christians, helper of them that trust in thee, and hope and refuge of all who entreat thy holiness!
O all-blessed and God-inspired father Shio of Mgvime, all-radiant star, pour out upon us like rays the grace of thy holy prayer and enlighten our God-protected people, its authorities and armed forces; make radiant the Most Holy and Most Blessed Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Metropolitan of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazia, our great lord and father Ilia, and the most reverend metropolitans, archbishops and bishops, and all the monastic orders; strengthen the servants of God and all Orthodox Christians. Entreat, O father, the God whom thou hast loved, that He may have mercy on us all in His great mercy.
O all-honoured and holy father Shio of Mgvime, with the sunlike radiance of thy holy prayer shelter them that bow down before thy God-adorned holiness, and deliver us from famine and pestilence, from barrenness of the earth, from hail and every harmful air and from all sorrow; but entreat the all-holy Trinity to grant us peace and health, the pleasing of God by a good way of life, enlightenment by Orthodoxy, illumination by works of mercy, a dwelling in the Kingdom of Heaven, reigning with the righteous, crowning with the venerable, and eternal glory and joy; for to the Father is due glory, to the Son thanksgiving and to the Holy Spirit worship, from everlasting, now and ever and unto ages of ages.
Thou didst forsake every fleshly will and follow the will of God, O all-blessed father Shio of Mgvime; thou didst receive from heaven the grace of virtue, and as an angel among men didst shine by thy divine way of life and please the King of heaven, O venerable one; wherefore, having boldness before the Father, entreat the all-good God to deliver all thy children from temptations of soul and body and from the passions.
O Lady Mary, look upon them that bow down with faith and kiss with longing the precious icons of the saints; and may their grace and thy mercy be with us all the days of our life.
