Paraklesis to the Holy Right-believing Queen Tamar
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, 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 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.
წმიდათა შორის საკჳრველო, კეთილმორწმუნეო მეფეო თამარ, რომელმან კლდეთა ზედა მაღალთა აღაშენენ საყდარნი სავედრებელად ღმრთისა, ლოცვითა შენითა განაძლიერე მჴედრობანი ქრისტჱს მოყუარისა ქართველთა ერისანი, ხოლო მარჯუენითა შენითა დაამჴუენ სპანი აგარეანთანი, მისითა მეოხებითა, ქრისტე ღმერთო, აცხოვნენ სულნი ჩუენნი.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
წმიდათა შორის საკჳრველო, კეთილმორწმუნეო მეფეო თამარ, რომელმან კლდეთა ზედა მაღალთა აღაშენენ საყდარნი სავედრებელად ღმრთისა, ლოცვითა შენითა განაძლიერე მჴედრობანი ქრისტჱს მოყუარისა ქართველთა ერისანი, ხოლო მარჯუენითა შენითა დაამჴუენ სპანი აგარეანთანი, მისითა მეოხებითა, ქრისტე ღმერთო, აცხოვნენ სულნი ჩუენნი.
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: Having passed through the water as on dry land and escaped the evils of Egypt, the Israelite cried aloud: Let us sing to our Redeemer and our God.
Holy and right-believing Queen Tamar, pray to God for us.
Having received from God the honour and gift of kingship, thou wast filled with the divine Spirit through thy life of mercy, and even to this day thou hast gained a deathless name.
Holy and right-believing Queen Tamar, pray to God for us.
The flock entrusted to thee, O all-sweet and blessed queen, thou didst shepherd with a meek and humble spirit and didst fence it about with unfeigned faith.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Thou becamest a faithful disciple of Christ the Saviour, O blessed Tamar, and didst magnify the true faith; now drive away from us the destroying sleep of the spirit and enlighten the senses of our mind.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
O gate of the divine East, open unto me the doors of repentance, and deliver me from the gates of deadly sin by thine intercession, O Theotokos.
Irmos: Be my strength, O Creator of heaven and of earth upon the waters; establish me, O Christ, upon the rock of the Church, for none is holy as Thou, O Lover of mankind.
Holy and right-believing Queen Tamar, pray to God for us.
Thou didst imitate the hospitality of Abraham, O blessed one, and didst generously feed the poor and needy; stir us also to imitate thee, that we may flee the love of money, that evil passion.
Holy and right-believing Queen Tamar, pray to God for us.
Thou didst clothe thyself with mercy, meekness and modesty, and by prayer and vigil becamest an example to the faithful; deliver me also from the ways of perdition and guide me on the way of Christ's commandments.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Thou becamest a helper of orphans and the helpless, and very fearful to enemies and to fierce evildoers; but change our sorrow into joy and silence the roaring of our countless enemies.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
I have fallen away from a holy way of life, O all-holy one, and have become like the beasts, and am condemned in every way; O Mother of the Judge, deliver me from all condemnation and save me.
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 and Metropolitan of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazia, 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.
Mercy clothed thee like purple and good meekness like scarlet, and the choirs of all the virtues were set upon thee as a crown; for thou didst serve the Lord with a perfect mind and didst imitate the life of those worthy women, the myrrh-bearers, and of the sisters of Lazarus; now with them entreat God, O all-venerable Queen Tamar, to heal the infirmities of our souls.
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 unwedded Theotokos, holy Virgin, only intercessor of the faithful, shelter us from temptations and afflictions and deliver all of us, O spotless one, from evil besetting, for we lay all our hope upon thee; and save our souls by thy divine entreaty.
Irmos: I have heard, O Lord, of the ineffable mysteries of Thy dispensation; I have understood Thy works and confessed Thy Godhead.
Holy and right-believing Queen Tamar, pray to God for us.
ვითარცა შემუსრენ ტაძარნი საკერპონი და წარმართნი მოაქციენ, ეგრეთცა დააყუდენ ჩუენ ზედა დასჴმაჲ მწვალებელთაჲ, წმიდაო, და განზრახვანი მათნი უქმად გამოაჩინენ.
Holy and right-believing Queen Tamar, pray to God for us.
The Church of the Iberians rejoiceth and giveth thanks to God for thee, for thou wast given to our people as a strength of Orthodoxy, and thou art able to help all that flee to thine intercession.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
მსხუერპლი ლოცვისა ჩუენისაჲ შეწირე ქრისტესა, რომლისა მიერ დიდებულ-ხარ, ნეტარო თამარ, რაჲთა გჳჴსნნეს ჩუენ ძმათა შორის ბრძოლისაგან და შეჰკრიბნეს განბნეული ერი ქარ-თველთაჲ.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Make my soul bright as the morning, darkened as it is by the multitude of transgressions, O thou who didst bear the Sun of righteousness, ever-Virgin.
Irmos: Enlighten us with Thy light, O Lord, and with Thy high arm grant from heaven Thy peace to us the faithful, O Lover of mankind.
Holy and right-believing Queen Tamar, pray to God for us.
Thou didst gain heavenly wisdom and through thy struggles didst shine more brightly than the sun; now enlighten my soul with the radiance of thy grace and fill my heart with divine love.
Holy and right-believing Queen Tamar, pray to God for us.
Thou wast a faithful servant of the all-holy Trinity and a radiant luminary of the Church, and in heaven thou didst receive a crown of glory and the grace of healing sicknesses and driving away demons.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
As a lamp thou didst shine upon a high lampstand and didst make Georgia radiant with peace and glory; wherefore so many tongues were moved to praise and to sing thy struggle.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Intercede with thy Son, O Theotokos, that He may send down upon us a multitude of mercies, for thou hast boldness.
Irmos: I will pour out my prayer unto the Lord and will ever confess to Him my transgressions, for my soul is filled with evils and my strength hath drawn near to hell; and like Jonah I cry: Bring me up, O my God.
Holy and right-believing Queen Tamar, pray to God for us.
დაუცხრომელად ლოცვაჲ, ვითარცა ლახუარი ჴელთ-იდევ, და შეჰმუსრე კადნიერებაჲ უღმრთოთაჲ და წარმართთაჲ, აწცა მეოხ-გუეყვენ ჩუენ ღმრთისა მიმართ, რაჲთა არა მიგვცეს უსჯულოებათა ჩუენთათჳს მტერთა ჩუენთა ამპარტავანთა და უსჯულოთა წარმართთა.
Holy and right-believing Queen Tamar, pray to God for us.
ვითარცა დააცხრვე აგარიანთა მრავალ-ღონენი ჭირთა მძვინვარებანი გულვებადნი ერსა შენსა ზედა, ეგრეთვე აწ სიმჴნჱ, სიბრძნჱ და მძლეველობაჲ ყოველთა მაჭირვებელთა ზედა გარდამოგვივლინე, რაჲთა ვიჴსნნეთ ჩუენ ხილულთა და უხილავთა მჴდომთაგან.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
მრავალთა ნათესავთა მფლობელ იყავ, საკჳრველი ეგე დიდებული, დედოფალი, რომელიცა მძლავრთა მათ ჴელმწიფეთა დაიმორჩილებდი, აწ ჰსუფევ წინაშე ქრისტჱსსა ელვითა სულისაჲთა განათლებული; ევედრე მას, რაჲთა დაიცვას ყოველნი ქალაქნი და სოფელნი ივერიისანი.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Heal my heart, that is past healing, weak, held fast by evil and cruelly wounded, O Maiden; count me worthy of healing from thee, and save me who trust in thee by thine intercession, O all-holy one.
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 ages of ages. Amen.
Choir: Amen.
Thou didst cast off a woman's weakness by courage of spirit, and above all kings and wise men didst govern thy kingdom well, and wast shown a pillar of piety and a protectress of the Church, O holy and right-believing Queen Tamar; now thou rejoicest with the powers of heaven, protectress of them that honour thy memory.
Priest: Let us attend. Wisdom. Prokeimenon, Tone 4.
I have exalted one chosen out of My people.
Verse: Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee.
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 John.
Choir: Glory to Thee, O Lord, glory to Thee.
Priest: Let us attend.
The Lord said to the Jews who came unto Him, I am the door: by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and know My sheep, and am known of Mine. As the Father knoweth Me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down My life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear My voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
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 the holy and right-believing Queen Tamar, 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 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: Now the Church of the Iberians is enlightened by thy glory, and the assembly of the faithful that remembereth thy struggle rejoiceth and exulteth and calleth thee blessed: fearing God, loving priests, honouring monks, magnifying churches, adorning icons and well-pleasing to God, beloved of men, praised by princes, the crown of the Orthodox and the adornment and luminary of women, the wise and holy Queen Tamar.
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 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; of the holy priest-martyr Neophytus of Urbnisi and the holy great-martyr Abo of Tbilisi; of the holy glorious martyrs David and Constantine, princes of Argveti; of the holy hundred thousand martyrs slain in Tbilisi by the Khwarezmians and the holy great-martyr Shalva of Akhaltsikhe; of the holy great-martyr Bidzina and the holy glorious martyrs Shalva and Elizbar, eristavis of Ksani; of the holy martyrs, the six thousand monks of Gareja; of the God-wise and blessed fathers Hilarion the Georgian, Serapion of Zarzma and Gregory of Khandzta; of our venerable Athonite fathers John, Gabriel, John-Tornike, Euthymius and George; of our holy, pious and great kings Vakhtang Gorgasali, Ashot the Kuropalates, David the Builder and Solomon; of the holy victorious kings and queens Archil, Demetrius, Shushanik, Ketevan and Luarsab; of holy Ilia the Righteous; of the holy and righteous ancestors of God Joachim and Anna (and of the saint to whom the church is dedicated), and of the holy and right-believing Queen Tamar, 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 Hebrew youths walked in the furnace, boldly trampling the fire, and, bedewed, they cried out and said: Blessed art Thou, O Lord God, unto the ages.
Holy and right-believing Queen Tamar, pray to God for us.
Thy heart, made wise to judge thy people, was in the hand of God, and thou didst walk in all His commandments and ordinances: now be an intercessor for us also before God, that He may give us an understanding and wise heart to discern good and evil.
Holy and right-believing Queen Tamar, pray to God for us.
Thou who didst receive grace from God on high, remember us before Him, that He may exalt the crown of the right-confessing and grant peace to the chosen Georgian people.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
წინაშე ღმრთისა კადნიერებით მდგომარემან, ვითარცა ერისა შენისა ანგელოზმან, მფარველმან, ითხოვე მისთჳს მწყემსი სარწმუნოჲ და მართალი, მმართებელად და წინამძღურად, ვითარცა დავით ისრაელთა.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Having sinned by my own will and become enslaved to unseemly habits, I flee in despair to thy mercy: save me, O all-holy Theotokos.
Irmos: The Chaldean tyrant in his fury heated the furnace sevenfold for the youths, but, seeing them saved by a higher power, unharmed and untouched by the fire, he cried out to the Creator and Deliverer: Bless Him, ye youths; sing His praises, ye priests; ye people, supremely exalt Him unto the ages.
Holy and right-believing Queen Tamar, pray to God for us.
მარჯუენჱ მაღლისაჲ შემწე გექმნებოდა და განცხადებულად ყოფდა ძლევათა საკჳრველთა ურჯულოთა მათ მტერთა ზედა, აწცა მეოხ-იყუენ ჩუენთჳს უფლისა მიმართ, რაჲთა ძალითა თჳსითა ანგელოზთა მიერ განდევნოს ჩუენგან ყოველი ბოროტი და დაიფაროს ქუეყანაჲ ჩუენი წვალებისაგან და სჯულისაგან უცხოჲსა.
Holy and right-believing Queen Tamar, pray to God for us.
დედობრივისა მის ბუნებისა უძლურებითა მამაკაცებრ იღუაწე და შენდამი რწმუნებულნი ერნი და სამეფონი გარემოცულთა განსაცდელთაგან უშიშად დაიცევ, ეგრეთვე აწ მვედრებელთა შენთა წყალობით მოგუჴედენ, წმიდაო, და ძჳრ-ხილულნი მძლავრისა შინებისაგან და სიბორგილისა წვალებათაჲსა ძალითა ქრისტჱსითა დაგჳფარე.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
ვითარცა დაამჴუენ ამპარტავნებაჲ უსჯულოთაჲ შამქორსა და ბასიანსა და შეიმოსე სამ-ძალითა ძლევისაჲთა, ეგრეთვე აწ ოხითა შენითა გარე წარაქციენ აღძრვანი მტერთანი, რომელნი მოვლენან ჩუენ ზედა, ღუაწლისა მძლეო, მეფეო თამარ, რაჲთა არა ჰსთქუან მოძულეთა ჩუენთა, სადა არს ღმერთი იგი მათი და სცნან ღმრთისმშობლისა მიერი საფარუელი ჩუენსა ზედა.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Enlighten, O Theotokos, the eyes of my soul, blinded by transgression; calm my mind and heart, troubled in manifold ways, I pray thee; save me who sing: Ye youths and priests, praise Him; ye people, supremely exalt Him unto the ages.
Irmos: Heaven was amazed at this, and the ends of the earth marvelled, that God appeared bodily to men, and thy womb became more spacious than the heavens; therefore, O Theotokos, the ranks of angels and of men magnify thee, as is meet.
Holy and right-believing Queen Tamar, pray to God for us.
Thou didst gain the angels as those who stood by thee in all things through good deeds, and, radiantly adorned together with the powers of heaven, thou didst stand before Christ: ask of Him forgiveness of our sins and iniquities, that we may be counted worthy of His glory.
Holy and right-believing Queen Tamar, pray to God for us.
Rejoice, O radiant one, worthy in spirit, for thou hast passed into the Kingdom of heaven, and, having grace from God, thou dost ungrudgingly bestow on devout women grace, blessing and great mercy.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Though the speaking tongue of man cannot tell of thy graces, yet after thy death the glorious Vardzia now proclaimeth thy labours, and Metekhi and Betania boast of thy fervent prayers, O valiant one among kings, victorious Tamar.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Thou didst conceive and bear the Maker and Lord of all, O Virgin, and behold, now thou standest at the right hand of the Father as Queen, O holy one; therefore we entreat thee: deliver me from the portion on the left in the day of judgment and number me with the sheep on the right.
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.
With joyful heart let us hasten, O ye faithful, and sing to the sun of us Georgians, the right-believing Queen Tamar, set upon the height of the Church of the Iberians, and let us glorify her memory, renowned and all-radiant.
აღვიტყველნეთ აწ ჴელნი, ქართველნო, და მადლსა და დიდებასა შევსწირვიდეთ მჴსნელსა, რომელმანცა მოსცა ეგე ვითარი ჴელმწიფჱ და მზრუნველი დედისა მისისა წილ-ხვდომილსა ერსა ჩუენსა, ქრისტჱს მტერთაგან მრავალგზის კუეთებულსა და შეჭირვებულსა, და ვითხოვდეთ მის მიერ გამოჴსნასა ყოველთაგან განსაცდელთა.
Thou art adorned in manifold wise with crown and radiance, with the royal sceptre, with purple and fine linen, O blessed one, and thou reignest with the King of hosts: now deliver us by thine intercession from slavery to evil demons and from the guile of men.
With love we flee to offer our humble supplications and zealously hasten to thy beautiful church; but do thou also cease not to intercede for us, and entreat Almighty God not to requite us justly for our evil deeds, and to grant long-suffering to our faint-heartedness.
Now pour out upon us the grace of thy prayer, O sovereign called the daughter of David the prophet and anointed of the Lord, and grant us fervour of faith, love for our neighbour and divine zeal for our fatherland, that like thee we may serve our fatherland and people with dignity and justice and labour day by day for the glory of God.
O thou who didst receive victory from on high, queen anointed as king, cease not to entreat the Theotokos to keep Iberia and the people of Iberia until the end of the age, that we become not a reproach and a laughing-stock to our countless enemies, but, after the manner of the men of our fatherland, may offer the thrice-holy hymn to God:
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 holy Tamar, citizen of the Jerusalem on high, radiant with a God-pleasing reign and deeds of struggle! Champion of the Georgians and boast of women, merciful, free of wrath, protector of the poor and swift helper of the fallen, who by thy intercession gladdenest the sorrowful, strength and power of those who flee to thee in faith!
O all-wondrous Queen Tamar, glorious among the saints and radiant in piety among women! By thy motherly compassion make merciful towards us the sweetest Jesus, our God, whom thou didst love, that in His boundless mercy He may look upon our people, the lot of His Mother, which beareth the Cross of the Lord upon the earth, and keep it from the snare of the enemy and from enmity among brothers, and renew again our faith in Him, and raise up for us an anointed one from the root of David, who by the power of the Cross shall wall about all the borders of Georgia together and shall exalt and restore our height and strength from the land of forgetfulness, that we may be one flock and the Lord may be our Shepherd. Strengthen in their ministry 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 Ilia, the most reverend metropolitans, archbishops and bishops, the honourable priests, the deacons in Christ and all the monastic orders, the members of the Orthodox Church and all right-believing Christians.
O truly wise queen and valiant ascetic, crowned Tamar, glorious one! Lift up again thy hands clothed in struggle to the King of heaven, before whom thou art glorified with a divinely radiant crown, O blessed one, and ask for us, that He may grant glory to the churches, honour to the clergy, good shepherding of the people to rulers, courage to soldiers, sinlessness to the laity and chastity to women; and to 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 thee 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. (3 times) 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 Thy most pure Mother, of the holy and right-believing Queen Tamar and of all the saints, have mercy on us. Amen.
While her icon is kissed we sing thus:
All we the faithful have thine intercession before Christ, and we entreat thee: look upon us from on high, O all-wise and blessed queen, and, as thou hast great boldness, O blessed Tamar, calm the uprisings of invisible and visible passions, and deliver from all afflictions, present and to come, them that celebrate thy memory and sing thy praises.
O Lady Mary, look upon them that with hope kiss the precious icon of this all-wise queen, holy Tamar; and may her grace and thy mercy go with us all the days of our life.
Author and compiler: Tinatin Mchedlishvili
