The Service of Intercession to

Saint Stylianos
from Paphlagonia of Asia Minor

Saint Stylianos of Paphlagonia,

Guardian and Nurturer of Children, the Gifts of God The Guardian, Nurturer, and
Protector of the Children
whom God has given to us
Compiled at the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Denver 2012
 The Service of Supplication, or Paraklesis
A Paraklesis, or Supplicatory Service, is sung beseeching the
Theotokos or the saints to intercede on our behalf with God for our
The Service of Intercession to
salvation and for relief from any illness or burden in this life. In the
Slavic Orthodox tradition there is a similar service called a
Molieben.
Saint Stylianos
In structure, a Paraklesis is patterned on the order for Matins, with from Paphlagonia of Asia Minor
Psalms, hymns, a Kanon of Supplication, and intercessory
petitions. It is usually celebrated as a stand-alone service in the
church with a priest. It can also be sung at any time and in any
place, even by the faithful alone, in time of need.
Since the Paraklesis is sung for the living, it differs from the
Trisagion and Mnymosynon (Memorial) Services at which prayers
are offered to God for the repose of the souls of the departed.
The Paraklesis, is sung in times of danger, tragedy, sickness,
temptation, or discouragement. The various hymns and prayers ask
the Lord for salvation, deliverance, protection, guidance, and
healing. Although these are addressed to the Virgin Mary and/or
the saints, we are asking them to pray for us to the Lord.
All good things come from God alone. Nonetheless, just as we ask
one another to pray to God for us, or to join us in prayer to God for
a particular purpose, so we also ask the saints in heaven to pray for
us. This is called intercessory prayer, when we ask others, either
on earth or in heaven above, to pray to God for us.
Orthodox Christianityy affirms that each of us is united to all the
faithful living on earth as well as to the Theotokos, the saints, and
the departed souls in a bond of faith and love in Christ. Therefore,
just as in this life we pray for one another and turn to each other
for prayer, we also pray for the departed souls and turn to the
Mother of God and to the saints to pray for us. The Guardian, Nurturer, and
The Paraklesis may be celebrated at any time, but especially in Protector of the Children
time of particular need.
whom God has given to us
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Apolytikion
Tone 3
A living monument of self restraint, an immovable pillar of the
Church you were shown to be, blessed Stylianos, for you were
dedicated to God from your youth, and were seen as a dwelling
place of the Spirit. Holy Father, entreat Christ our God, to grant us
His great mercy.
Kontakion
Tone 4
You were sanctified from your mother's womb as the divine
Samuel, O God-bearer, and ascetically were glorified by Christ
God. Therefore you were shown a treasury of healings, and a
divine protector of children and infants. For Christ radiantly
glorifies you, O Stylianos, who from childhood glorified Him.
Oikos
You were dedicated from God the Benefactor from childhood, as
the great Baptist (St. John), and were shown a zealot and an
imitator and type of his pure life and virtuous ways. Therefore like
him, O Father, you dwelt in the desert in fasting and vigil, having
purified your nous, and brought to mind ceaseless prayer to the
Lord. Therefore you were filled with light that surpasses all
thought, and with God-given graces, being shown a helper of all,
and a most-speedy healer in afflictions. For Christ radiantly
glorifies you, O Stylianos, who from childhood glorified Him.
Synaxarion
On the 26th of this month (November), the memory of our
Righteous Father Stylianos of Paphlagonia.
Verses
The firm pillar of asceticism has fallen,
For Stylianos has left this life.
Stylianos joyfully stands by God on the twenty-sixth.
Megalynarion
Sacred pillar placed by God, and a multitude of virtues which your
life imparts to us, O Father Stylianos, in godly manner order our
minds, of those who praise you
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SERVICE OF THE SMALL PARAKLESIS
TO SAINT STYLIANOS
Priest Blessed is our God, always, now, and ever, and to the
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ages of ages.
Amen.
Psalm 142
O Lord, hear my prayer, in Your truth give ear to my supplications;
hear me in Your righteousness.
And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, for in Your
sight no man living shall be justified.
For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has humbled my life
down to the earth.
He has sat me in darkness as those who have been long dead, and
my spirit within me has become despondent; my heart within me
is troubled.
I remembered days of old, I meditated on all Your works, I
pondered on the creations of Your hands.
I stretched forth my hands to You; my soul thirsts after You like
a waterless land.
Quickly hear me, O Lord; my spirit has fainted away.
Do not turn Your face from me, lest I be like those who go down
into the pit.
Cause me to hear Your mercy in the morning; for I have put my
hope in You.
Cause me to know, O Lord, the way in which I should walk; for I
have lifted up my soul to You.
Rescue me from my enemies, O Lord; I have fled to You for
refuge.
Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God.
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If there is no priest, we begin by saying, Through the prayers of our Holy
Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us. Amen.
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Your good Spirit shall lead me in the land of uprightness; You
shall quicken me for Your name's sake, O Lord.
In Your righteousness You shall bring my soul out of affliction,
and in Your mercy You shall utterly destroy my enemies.
And You shall cut off all those who afflict my soul, for I am
Your servant.
God is Lord
God is Lord and has revealed Himself to us; blessed is He Who
comes in the name of the Lord.
Give thanks to the Lord and call upon His holy name.
God is Lord and has revealed Himself to us; blessed is He Who
comes in the name of the Lord.
All the nations compassed me round about; and by the name of
the Lord I warded them off.
God is Lord and has revealed Himself to us; blessed is He Who
comes in the name of the Lord.
This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes.
God is Lord and has revealed Himself to us; blessed is He Who
comes in the name of the Lord.
Troparia
Tone 4
As a worker of God-given wonders,
and a protector of the youth and infants,
O Stylianos, our Father and healer of Christ,
grant children to barren mothers,
and ever cover newborn babes,
for to you was richly granted grace from God,
as you struggled for Him in asceticism in the angelic life.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
The Apolitikion of the Church, or repeat the previous Troparion.
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Now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
O Theotokos, we shall never be silent;
of your mighty acts, all we the unworthy;
had you not stood to intercede for us
who would have delivered us from the numerous perils?
Who would have preserved us all until now with our freedom?
O Lady, we shall not depart from you;
for you always save your servants, from all tribulation.
Psalm 50
Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy, and
according to the multitude of Your compassions blot out my
transgression.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my
sin.
For I know my iniquity, and my sin is ever before me.
Against You only have I sinned, and have done evil in Your
sight, that You may be justified in Your words, and be victorious
when You are judged.
For behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sins did my
mother bear me.
For behold, You have loved the truth; the hidden and secret
things of Your wisdom You have made manifest to me.
Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I
shall be made whiter than snow.
Make me hear joy and gladness; the bones that are humbled shall
rejoice.
Turn Your face away from my sins, and blot out all my
iniquities.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within
me.
Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your
Holy Spirit from me.
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Restore the joy of Your salvation to me, and establish me with
Your governing Spirit.
I shall teach transgressors Your ways, and the impious shall turn
back to You.
Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation; my
tongue shall rejoice in Your righteousness.
O Lord, You shall open my lips, and my mouth shall declare
Your praise.
For if You had desired sacrifice, I would have given it; with
whole-burnt offerings You shall not be pleased.
A sacrifice to God is a broken spirit; a heart that is broken and
humbled God will not reject.
Do good, O Lord, in Your good pleasure to Sion, and let the
walls of Jerusalem be built.
Then You shall be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, with
oblation and whole-burnt offerings, then they shall offer young
bulls upon Your altar.
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Kanon
Tone Plagal 4
Ode 1
O Saint of God, intercede on our behalf.
Dissolve, O Stylianos, the shackles of barrenness from those
storm-tossed, through your fervent visitation, and entreat for the
remission of their offenses.
O Saint of God, intercede on our behalf.
Extend, O Father, as one compassionate, your providence as far-
shining rays, and invisibly enwrap and protect nursing babes, O
Righteous one.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Cease all infections and passions, and all distress and every
affliction, and keep our children unharmed, O Stylianos, as a
loving Father.
Now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
My strength and my song and my life, my joy and rejoicing, my
guidance and protection, you are, O Virgin who held God,
therefore ever protect me, O Spotless one.
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Ode 3
O Saint of God, intercede on our behalf.
You are my help, O Stylianos, and the covering and physician of
the newly-born. Therefore, deliver them.
O Saint of God, intercede on our behalf.
Who can recount your wonders, O Righteous Saint? For you ever
deliver us from sicknesses and dangers.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Water with the noetic water of your blessing, newborns, who
entreat your grace, O God-bearer.
Now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Enlighten me, O All-spotless one, with the sweetest light of
repentance, me who am in the night of unclean passions, through
your all-powerful might.
Troparia
Deliver us,
from every danger and injury, O God-bearer Stylianos;
and always bless and protect the newborn infants,
by your holy intercessions.
Turn to me,
in your good favor, all praiseworthy Theotokos;
look upon my grave illnesses, which painfully sting my flesh
and heal the cause of my soul's pain and suffering.
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Petitions
Priest Have mercy on us, O God, according to Your great
mercy; we beseech You, hear us and have mercy.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Priest Again we pray for pious and Orthodox Christians.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Priest Again we pray for our Archbishop (Name), and for all our
brotherhood in Christ.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Priest Again we pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation,
visitation, forgiveness, and remission of sins of the servants of
God: of all pious and Orthodox Christians, of those who dwell
and are in this city, and of the members and the council of this
holy church.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Priest Again we pray for the servants of God ... (names) ... for
their health and their salvation, let us ask.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
PriestFor You are a merciful God Who loves mankind, and to
You we send up glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the
Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages.
Amen.
Kathisma
Tone 2
A giver of many incorruptible gifts, you were shown to be,
O Stylianos, through your divine strength,
and you were revealed to be a perfect nourisher of babes,
and a radiant guardian: Nourish and increase these mystically,
with the milk of incorruptible goodness.
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Ode 4
O Saint of God, intercede on our behalf.
Look down immaterially with your gladsome eye, upon all those
gathered, and fill them with heavenly peace and gladness.
O Saint of God, intercede on our behalf.
Heal those in sickness, and lighten those burdened, O Righteous
one, and dissipate the stench of the passions, as an inexhaustible
spring of wonders.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Your grace was shown to be a great protector of the youth and
babes, therefore preserve them, O Stylianos, blessed by God.
Now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
From your womb dawned the Sun of Righteousness, from Whose
illumination, enlighten me, and guide me by His light.
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Ode 5
O Saint of God, intercede on our behalf.
Invisibly visit, O Stylianos, these fragile babes and newborn roots,
and protect them from every influence [of the evil one].
O Saint of God, intercede on our behalf.
Grant healing and deliverance of souls and bodies, through the
energy of your godly gifts, to those who hasten, O our Father, to
your protection.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Become my protector, and fervent deliverer. Through various
trials, O Stylianos, you truly deliver me from dangers.
Now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Enlighten us through the radiance and noetic lightning of your
greatness, O Mariam, blessed one, desired-of by the whole world.
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Ode 6
O Saint of God, intercede on our behalf.
Your holy icon is beheld as a sun, lightning with noetic light, and
with mystical rays, O God-bearer, ever keep the newborns warm,
and wondrously quicken them and grant them graceful renewal.
O Saint of God, intercede on our behalf.
We have come to know you as a godly path of youth, and a true
rod for old age, O Father Stylianos, we who are broken in soul cry
to you: do not cease to guard and guide us towards better things.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Make the newborn babes to have full and vibrant rejoicing, and be
full of grace, through your providence, drive from them every
gloom and illness and sadness, O compassionate one.
Now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Lift me up from the pit of evil, O Uplifted One, to the throne of the
Creator, O Pure and Blessed Theotokos, towards noetic uplifting
and grace, lifting up my soul, and cleanse me from dangers.
Troparia
Deliver us,
from every danger and injury, O God-bearer Stylianos;
and always bless and protect the newborn infants,
by your holy intercessions.
Turn to me,
in your good favor, all praiseworthy Theotokos;
look upon my grave illnesses, which painfully sting my flesh
and heal the cause of my soul's pain and suffering.
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Petitions
Priest Have mercy on us, O God, according to Your great
mercy; we beseech You, hear us and have mercy.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Priest Again we pray for pious and Orthodox Christians.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Priest Again we pray for our Archbishop (Name), and for all our
brotherhood in Christ.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Priest Again we pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation,
visitation, forgiveness, and remission of sins of the servants of
God: of all pious and Orthodox Christians, of those who dwell
and are in this city, and of the members and the council of this
holy church.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Priest Again we pray for the servants of God ... (names) ... for
their health and their salvation, let us ask.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
PriestFor You are a merciful God Who loves mankind, and to
You we send up glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the
Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages.
Amen.
Kontakion
Tone 2
You are the inexhaustible spring of healings, and the most-fervent
protector of infants, O blessed Stylianos, deliver from various
dangers those who call upon your calling with fervor.
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Anavathmoi
Tone 4, First Antiphon
From the years of my youth, many passions combat me; but You,
Who are my Savior, assist me and save me.
(Repeat) From the years of my youth, many passions combat me;
but You, Who are my Savior, assist me and save me.
You haters of Sion shall be put to shame by the Lord Almighty, for
as grass in the fire, you shall all be withered.
(Repeat) You haters of Sion shall be put to shame by the Lord
Almighty, for as grass in the fire, you shall all be withered.
Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
By the Holy Spirit, every soul is made living, is exalted, and made
shining through purification, by the Threefold oneness, in a hidden
manner.
Now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
By the Holy Spirit, the streams of grace are flowing, watering, all
of the creation, granting life upon it.
Prokeimenon
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His Righteous one.
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His Righteous one.
What shall I offer to the Lord, for all that He has given to us?
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His Righteous one.
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Gospel
Luke 6:17-23
Deacon And that we may be worthy to hear the Holy Gospel, let
us pray to the Lord our God.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Deacon Wisdom! Rise! Let us hear the Holy Gospel.
Priest Peace be with all.
And with your spirit.
Priest The reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke.
Deacon Let us be attentive.
Glory to You, O Lord, glory to You.
Priest AT THAT TIME, Jesus went down with them and stood
on a level place. A large crowd of his disciples was there and a
great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and
from the coastal region around Tyre and Sidon, who had come to
hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Those troubled by
impure spirits were cured, and the people all tried to touch him,
because power was coming from him and healing them all.
Looking at his disciples, he said: Blessed are you who are poor,
for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who hunger
now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now,
for you will laugh. Blessed are you when people hate you, when
they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil,
because of the Son of Man. Rejoice in that day and leap for joy,
because great is your reward in heaven.
Glory to You, O Lord, Glory to You.
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Troparia
Tone 2
Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Through the intercessions of Your Righteous one, O merciful
One, blot out the multitude of our transgressions.
Now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, O merciful One,
blot out the multitude of our transgressions.
Prosomoion
Tone Plagal 2
Merciful One, have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great
mercy, and according to the multitude of Your compassions blot
out my transgression.
Hearken from above, O Father,
to those who fervently entreat you,
and who ask of your intercessions,
and O Righteous one,
heal babes and newborns from febrile illnesses,
and grant them grace and health,
as a most-compassionate one,
that having received your God-given medicines,
O Stylianos, you might magnify them to the true measure of age.
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Prayer of Intercession
Priest O God, save Your people and bless Your inheritance;
look upon Your world with mercy and compassion; raise the
horn of Orthodox Christians, and send down upon us Your rich
mercies: through the intercessions of our all-pure Lady, the
Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary; by the power of the precious
and life-giving Cross; through the protection of the honorable,
heavenly bodiless powers; by the supplications of the honorable,
glorious, prophet, forerunner, and baptist John; of the holy,
glorious, all-praiseworthy, and chief Apostles Peter and Paul, as
well as all the holy Apostles; of our holy fathers among the
saints, the great hierarchs and ecumenical teachers, Basil the
Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom; of
Athanasios, Cyril, and John the Merciful, patriarchs of
Alexandria; of Nicholas of Myra, Spyridon the Bishop of
Trimythous, Dionysios the Archbishop of Aegina from
Zakynthos, and Nektarios of Pentapolis, the wonder workers; of
the holy, glorious, great martyrs, George the trophy bearer,
Demetrios the myrrh flowing, Theodore the recruit, Theodore the
general, and Menas the wonder worker; of the hieromartyrs
Ignatios, Polykarp, Haralambos, Eleutherios, and Kosmas
Aitolos; of the holy, glorious, great women martyrs Thekla,
Barbara, Anastasia, Katherine, Kyriake, Fotini, Marina,
Paraskevi, and Irene; of the holy, glorious, and victorious
martyrs; of our righteous and God-bearing fathers who were
illumined in asceticism; of our Venerable Father Stylianos of
Paphlagonia, the Protector of Children; of the holy and righteous
ancestors of God, Joachim and Anna; of (Saints of the day)
whom we commemorate; and of all Your saints; we beseech
You, only all-merciful Lord, hear us sinners who pray to You,
and have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy. (12)
Priest Through the mercy, compassion, and love for mankind
of Your only-begotten Son with Whom You are blessed, together
with Your all-holy, good and life-creating Spirit, now and ever,
and to the ages of ages.
Amen.
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Ode 7
O Saint of God, intercede on our behalf.
Deliver from blights, besoiling infections and unclean passions,
and every sadness and danger and frenzy, those who cry out and
ever hymn you, O thrice-blessed Stylianos.
O Saint of God, intercede on our behalf.
As the defender of infants, you have been renewed, and a
preserver of youth, and a healer of barrenness, making them to be
fertile through Christ, O sacred Stylianos, through your radiant
asceticism.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Strange wonders, and a multitude of healings, and God-given gifts,
springing-forth water, and quenching the furnace of wants and
trials, and joyously renewing our minds.
Now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
O Lady of calming countenance, auspiciously transform the sorrow
of my soul and bitter anguish, into divine gladness, and hasten to
deliver me, through your strong hand, delivering me from danger.
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Ode 8
O Saint of God, intercede on our behalf.
Make fruitful, O Father, barren mothers, through your speedy
intercessions, for they entreat you, pacing, with their whole souls,
O Stylianos.
O Saint of God, intercede on our behalf.
Pour forth grace from your all-holy Icon, through the covering of
the Spirit, O Father, and nourish and gladden newborns and
infants.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
You appear angelic in form, whispering to motherly embracing,
fill them, O Godly-minded one, with joy and laughter.
Now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Deliver me, O most-supremely Blessed One, from bodily and
spiritual pains, through your coming, help me in dangers.
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Ode 9
O Saint of God, intercede on our behalf.
Heal the sicknesses of nurslings, and whisper to children, O our
Father, accepting their mothers' tears.
O Saint of God, intercede on our behalf.
You cause every child-corrupting danger to wilt, and keep the
innocent ranks of children vibrant and thriving, O Father.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
O Stylianos, hasten to deliver me from the writ of my shame, and
unhealable dangers from my evil habits and deeds, O God-bearer.
Now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Lift up, and hearken, O Full of Grace, to the groans from the
depths of my soul, and do not disdain me, who am found in
afflictions.
Megalynaria
Truly it is worthy
to bless you, the Theotokos,
the ever-blessed and all-pure
and the Mother of our God.
More honorable than the Cherubim,
and incomparably more glorious than the Seraphim,
the one who incorruptibly gave birth to God the Word,
truly the Theotokos, you do we magnify.
You were found to be sanctified
from your mother's womb, as the glorious Samuel,
and you were shown a true giver, through your virtuous life,
O blessed Stylianos, to Him Who glorified you.
Rejoice, O guide of continence,
and divine adornment of dispassion;
Rejoice, the type of the Righteous in asceticism,
O Stylianos, equal to the Angels.
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O God-bearer, you are a protector
and preserver and provider for newborns,
and children and infants, through the divine inbreathing:
deliver them from every influence of the evil one.
Behold, and hearken to the groans of mothers,
O godly-minded one, who have taken refuge in you,
and hasten to deliver their children from the frenzy
of the enemy, O thrice-blessed Stylianos.
As vibrant and joyous flowers,
beautiful in appearance and innocent in manner,
O wise one, invisibly keep our children,
O all-blessed Stylianos, for those who praise you.
Having boldness before Christ,
O thrice-blessed Righteous one,
do not cease to entreat for those who ask for your aid,
that we be delivered from every danger.
The Megalynarion of the Temple may be chanted, then:
With the hosts of angels, God's messengers,
with the Lord's Forerunner,
and the Apostles, the chosen Twelve,
with the saints most holy,
and with you, the Theotokos,
we seek your intercession for our salvation.
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Trisagion Prayers
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (3)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and
ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
All-holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Lord, cleanse us from our
sins. Master, pardon our iniquities. Holy One, visit and heal our
infirmities for Your name's sake.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and
ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who art in the heavens, 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 trespasses, as we
forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
Priest For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory:
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and
ever, and to the ages of ages.
Amen.
Troparia
Tone 3
A living monument of self restraint, an immovable pillar of the
Church you were shown to be, blessed Stylianos, for you were
dedicated to God from your youth, and were seen as a dwelling
place of the Spirit. Holy Father, entreat Christ our God, to grant us
His great mercy.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and
ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Unto you who mediated the salvation of our race we sing praises,
O Virgin Theotokos; for your Son and our God in the flesh that
He assumed from you accepted suffering by means of crucifixion
and has thereby set us free from corruption, in His love for man.
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Petitions
Priest Have mercy on us, O God, according to Your great
mercy; we beseech You, hear us and have mercy.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Priest Again we pray for pious and Orthodox Christians.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Priest Again we pray for our Archbishop (Name), and for all our
brotherhood in Christ.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Priest Again we pray for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation,
visitation, forgiveness, and remission of sins of the servants of
God: of all pious and Orthodox Christians, of those who dwell
and are in this city, and of the members and the council of this
holy church.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Priest Again we pray for the servants of God ... (names) ... for
their health and their salvation, let us ask.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Priest Again we pray for the protection of this holy church, this
city, and every city and land, from wrath, famine, pestilence,
earthquake, flood, fire, sword, foreign invasions, civil strife, and
accidental death. That our good God Who loves mankind may be
merciful, gracious and favorable to us by turning and diverting
from us all wrath and sickness impending against us, and deliver
us from His just rebuke, and have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Priest Again we pray that the Lord our God will hear the voice
of the petition of us sinners, and have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
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Priest Hear us, God our Savior, the hope of all those throughout Priest Through the prayers of our Holy Fathers, Lord Jesus
the earth and those far out at sea; and be merciful, be merciful, Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us.
Master, to us for our sins, and have mercy on us. Amen.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
PriestFor You are a merciful God Who loves mankind, and to
You we send up glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the
Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages.
Amen.
Dismissal
Priest Glory to You, O God, glory to You.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and
ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Holy father, bless.
Priest May Christ our true God, through the intercessions of
His all-pure and all-blameless Mother; by the power of the
precious and life-giving Cross; through the protection of the
honorable, heavenly bodiless powers; by the supplications of the
honorable, glorious, prophet, forerunner, and baptist John; of the
holy, glorious, and all-praiseworthy Apostles; of the holy,
glorious and victorious martyrs; of our venerable and God-
bearing fathers; of our Venerable Father Stylianos of
Paphlagonia, the Protector of Children; of the holy and righteous
ancestors of God, Joachim and Anna; of (Saints of the day)
whom we commemorate, and of all the saints: have mercy on us
and save us, for He is a good, and loving, and merciful God.
Troparion
Tone 2
You have been shown a great guide and protector of children and
infants and babes, and a true physician, through the Grace of the
Spirit. Deliver newborns from weaknesses and afflictions, and
various illnesses, keeping them unharmed, and blessing them and
speaking to them, that they grow up well, O Stylianos, blessed by
God.
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Saint Stylianos of Paphlagonia
Commemorated on November 26
Saint Stylianos was born in Paphlagonia of Asia Minor sometime
between the fourth and sixth centuries.
He inherited a great fortune from his parents when they died, but
he did not keep it. He gave it away to the poor according to their
need, desiring to help those who were less fortunate.
Stylianos left the city and went to a monastery, where he devoted
his life to God. When other monks became jealous of his great zeal
and devotion, however, he had to leave.
He left the monastery to live alone in a cave in the wilderness,
where he spent his time in prayer and fasting.
The goodness and piety of the saint soon became evident to the
inhabitants of Paphlagonia, and they sought him out to hear his
teaching and to be cured by him. Many were healed of physical
and mental illnesses by his prayers.
Saint Stylianos was known for his love of children, and he would
heal them of their infirmities through his prayers and intercessions
to our merciful God.
Even after his death, the citizens of Paphlagonia believed that he
continued to intercede c for them and their children. Whenever a
child became sick, an icon of Saint Stylianos was brought and
placed over the child's bed.
At the hour of his death, the face of Saint Stylianos suddenly
became radiant, and an angel appeared to receive his soul.
Known as a protector of children, Saint Stylianos is depicted in
iconography holding an infant in his arms.
Pious Christians continue to seek his intercessions before the Lord
to help and protect their children. In addition childless women
entreat his intercession so that God might grant them children.