The life of the Hieromartyr Konstantin Bogorodsky, for which they ask and prayers

Konstantin Alekseevich Golubev, Bogorodsky
(1852 - 1918), archpriest, hieromartyr Commemorated September 19, in the Councils of New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church and Moscow Saints

Born in 1852 in the village of Baranovka, Volsky district, Saratov province, in the family of a psalm-reader. His father died when the boy was only nine years old.

At the age of 24, he graduated from the Saratov Theological Seminary in the first category and joined the Saratov Brotherhood of the Holy Cross. A native of a village affected by sects and schism, in the seminary he gave special preference to the study of subjects that explained the essence of the schism and various sects.

In 1874, with the blessing of Bishop Tikhon (Pokrovsky), he went as a missionary of the Brotherhood to his native village, where he attended a parochial school, where he was both a director and a teacher in many subjects and, in particular, in the Law of God. In two years, thanks to the missionary work of Konstantin Alekseevich, 1,500 people from the schism joined the Orthodox Church.

In 1876, he presented the trial lectures he had written and, after consideration by Bishop Tikhon, was approved as a teacher of the Russian-Slavic language at the Volsk Theological School and appointed, as a missionary of the Brotherhood of the Holy Cross, as the leader of missionary conversations and guardian of the anti-schism library in the city of Volsk.

He was an active participant in conversations with schismatics held in Volsk, Saratov, and also in his homeland in the village of Baranovka. Some articles on issues important to his opponents, such as the oaths of the Council of 1666 and 1667, were later published by Konstantin Alekseevich in the Saratov Diocesan Gazette

". Soon the conversations in Volsk became famous among the schismatics of the district, who began to come to the city to attend them.

In 1879, he was appointed to the post of traveling diocesan missionary, and from that time his conversations in Volsk were transferred from the diocesan school to the more spacious Cathedral of the Baptist. Konstantin Alekseevich's duties included trips throughout the vast Saratov diocese, to all those settlements where either there was no Orthodox pastor, or the pastor did not have sufficient training to fight sectarians, or he was timid in front of them, since in other cases they showed great cohesion and organization. He also visited the Voronezh diocese with conversations at the invitation of the local bishop.

Then he was invited by Metropolitan Sergius (Lyapidevsky) to work in the Bogorodsky district of the Moscow diocese.

In the Moscow province at that time, one of the most infected with schism and sectarianism was the Bogorodsky district, in which there were about 57 thousand schismatics of both sexes.
Factories of wealthy schismatics who belonged to the Belokrinitsky hierarchy, which originated in Austria, were located here. The Bogorodsko-Glukhovskaya community of Old Believers of the Austrian consent was the second largest in Russia. The owner of textile manufactories in Bogorodsk, Arseny Morozov, helped schismatic societies throughout Russia and, above all, provided extensive charitable assistance to many institutions in the city of Bogorodsk. As a result of this, Orthodoxy in the city and district became almost a persecuted faith. On March 4, 1895, he was appointed to the archpriestly vacancy at the Epiphany Cathedral in the city of Bogorodsk with the right of primacy between all priests of Bogorodsky and Pavlo-Posad districts. Sixteen parishes came under his command.

On March 12 of the same year he was ordained a priest by Bishop Tikhon (Nikanorov) of Mozhaisk.

In the same year, he became one of the mandatory directors of the Bogorodsk district branch of the Prison Trustee Committee and began to take an active part in its activities for the benefit of prisoners.

In the spring of 1896, he was appointed chairman of the Bogorodsk Epiphany branch of the Cyril and Methodius Brotherhood.

In 1897, he was appointed head of the Istomkinskaya parochial school at the Shibaev factory, where he became a teacher of the law in 1901. At the same time he was elected for three years as a member of the board of trustees of the Bogorodsk women's gymnasium. In 1900, he opened a women's parochial school at the Epiphany Cathedral, where he served as head and teacher of the law. In 1901 he was elected a member of the Bogorodsk Committee of People's Temperance. He participated in many church events in Bogorodsky district, in the consecration of newly erected churches, and in congresses of teachers of church schools. Wherein. Father Konstantin did not abandon his missionary conversations with schismatics.

On November 22, 1903, he was elevated to the rank of archpriest.

In 1913, after two and a half years of serious illness, his wife Maria died.

At the beginning of 1918, he was arrested in Bogorodsk and sentenced to death without trial. Apparently, it was eventually announced to him that he would be shot, since after that he gave his pectoral cross and missal from prison to the children. The priest did not ask to be released; he knew that he was condemned to death and was ready for it.

The upcoming execution of the priest was known in advance. Archpriest Konstantin served in Bogorodsk for twenty-three years and during this time became the spiritual father of many Orthodox residents of the city. When a detachment of Red Guards took the priest out of prison and led him to the place of execution, a dense crowd of people followed him. Those who walked next to him heard Father Konstantin say out loud: “They don’t know what they are doing.”

A shallow grave was dug at the edge of a pine forest near Bogorodsk [1] at the bottom of a small quarry, from which earth was once taken for various technical needs. Father Konstantin’s hands were tied, and he asked to free them so that at the hour of his death he could make the sign of the cross, but Belozerov refused him, saying: “That’s enough, priest, he disowned himself.”

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The Red Army soldiers from the Bogorodsk Cheka detachment initially refused to shoot, and their hands were shaking. Then, having shot Father Constantine in the legs and shoulder, the executioners began to cover the living holy martyr with earth. “The unfortunate one,
” Archimandrite Sergius (Shein) reported at the Local Council on September 20, 1918, “
raised his head from the pit and begged to finish him off;
His daughter, who was on her knees and sobbing, also begged that her father not be buried alive, but nothing helped, and the crime was brought to an end - he was buried alive.” According to legend, after the execution the priest began to appear to the commander of the detachment of Red Army soldiers who carried out the execution. One day, when his wife entered the room with her hair down, he mistook her for the priest he had killed, shot at her and killed her. And then he shot himself.

The spiritual children of Father Constantine, who came to the place of his martyrdom, covered the soles of his feet and the ends of his cassock, which were not covered with earth, with a grave mound.
For a long time, the burial place of Father Konstantin was revered by the residents of Bogorodsk. Requiem services were often served at the grave, a lamp was lit, icons and flowers were brought here. The atheists, discovering these signs of veneration, destroyed the grave mound, buried the flowers, icons and candles remaining on the grave, and over time the burial place was lost. On November 20, 1995, the relics of the holy martyr were found and transferred to the Tikhvin Church in the city.

Upon discovery, the remains of two more people were discovered, buried in the same grave, who in the biographies of Fr. Constantine is often referred to as martyrs who suffered together with the priest. According to this legend, one of them was a soldier who was in a detachment of Red Guards, originally from Bogorodsk. He refused to shoot the priest and was killed for it. The other was a woman who fearlessly defended Father Constantine. However, this appears to be a myth.

The biography of the holy martyr Constantine, compiled by I. I. Kovaleva [2], provides the following information. According to the newspaper “Izvestia All-Russian Central Executive Committee” dated September 24, 1918, “On September 20, the Bogorodsk district Cheka sentenced the archpriest of the city of Bogorodsk Golubev to death for counter-revolutionary activities. Policeman Sidorov, convicted of stealing Soviet property, was also shot.”

In the newspaper article, the date of sentencing Father Konstantin - September 20, 1918 - was indicated inaccurately: by this day, the circumstances of his martyrdom were already known in Moscow and reported to the members of the Local Council by Archimandrite Sergius (Shein). The condemned Sidorov was apparently killed on the day closest to September 24 and buried in the eastern corner of the grave excavated for Father Konstantin.

The second unknown person, also thrown into the eastern corner of the grave, on top of Sidorov, is mentioned in the book by A. Pismenny “On Glukhovka for 20 years”: “After the October revolution... Sumarokov, along with the provocateur priest Konstantin, were shot in the city of Bogorodsk. The will of the people was carried out by the Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution."

[3]. Grigory Silvestrovich Sumarokov was an employee of the Glukhov factory and an active member of the Morozov Old Believer community. At the beginning of 1917, he left Bogorodsk and under Soviet rule, in October 1918, he was arrested by the Bogorodsk Cheka on charges of informing on workers who participated in the revolutionary movement. On November 4, the district Cheka sentenced him to death; On November 14, the death sentence was sanctioned by the local Soviet of Deputies, and on December 12, the Cheka approved it. On December 26, 1918, G. S. Sumarokov was shot. From the materials of his archival investigative file, it became known that in 1918 he was fifty-six years old and that for many years he suffered from tuberculosis and was treated for this disease. A forensic medical examination of the remains of the second unknown person buried in the grave of the holy martyr Konstantin Golubev established his average age - about fifty-six years, as well as the severe chronic pulmonary disease from which he suffered.

On April 18, 1996, Archpriest Konstantin Golubev was canonized as a locally revered saint of the Moscow diocese.

In August 2000, at the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church, he was canonized as the holy new martyrs and confessors of Russia for church-wide veneration.

Life of the Hieromartyr Konstantin Bogorodsky

In 1852, the family of psalm-reader Alexei Golubev, living in the village of Baranovka in what is now the Saratov region, celebrated the birth of a boy named Konstantin. At the age of 9, Kostya was orphaned, left without a father.

After some time, Konstantin was admitted to the Saratov theological seminary, where he studied until 1876. After graduating from the seminary, he decided to take the missionary path and became a member of the Saratov Brotherhood of the Holy Cross.

The Volsky district was engulfed in schismatic sentiments. There were very few Orthodox villages. The population of most of the villages were heretics. The future archpriest was sure that the reason was the lack of churches and the lack of Orthodox sermons.

Therefore, Constantine’s missionary activity began with the founding of a parochial school, where he taught many subjects, including the Law of God.

On weekends and holidays, Golubev spent hours talking with people in the church gatehouse. Gradually more and more people joined the Orthodox faith. Two years of missionary work bore fruit - one and a half thousand people converted to Orthodoxy.

The successful missionary activity of the holy martyr was noticed by the church leadership. Golubev was instructed to conduct anti-schismatic and anti-sectarian activities throughout the Saratov province. Konstantin Alekseevich had to travel throughout the diocese, preaching Orthodoxy, instructing people on the true path. And if in some villages at first only a few people attended the Orthodox Church, by the end of 1890 their number increased to several hundred people.

The future missionary and church activities of the future martyr developed as follows:

• March 4, 1895 – priest of the Bogorodsky Epiphany Cathedral;
• March 12, 1895 ordained to the priesthood;
• On April 13, 1895, he headed two dean districts - Bogorodsky and Pavloposadsky;
• September 13, 1895 - became the head of the Epiphany branch of the Cyril and Methodius Brotherhood;
• November 16, 1896 – deputy of the Bogorodsk Assembly from the clergy;
• 1897 - headed the Istomkinsky parochial school, on June 27 of the same year became a member of the girls' gymnasium;
• November 22, 1903 – Bogorodsk archpriest.

Enormous pastoral activity did not prevent Father Konstantin from caring for his large family. The Golubevs had 7 children, whose upbringing was carried out according to Orthodox laws. Father Konstantin’s wife was very ill for more than two years and died in 1913.

On May 12-13, 1918, a religious procession was held, initiated by the church council of the Epiphany Cathedral. The new government considered this insolence on the part of the clergy. Soon Protopresbyter Constantine was arrested and put in a prison cell. The holy martyr was sentenced to death, which was announced to the archpriest. The priest did not ask for leniency, he only asked to transfer his pectoral cross and missal to his relatives.

Over 23 years of service, Father Konstantin won the respect and love of his parishioners. Therefore, a huge crowd of people accompanied the priest to the place of execution. Those walking not far from the archpriest heard him repeating the words spoken by Jesus before the crucifixion - “they do not know what they are doing.”

The priest was destined for a painful death. It was not possible to kill him immediately; during the execution, the holy martyr was only wounded. As eyewitnesses testified, he was buried while still alive. The prayers of the archpriest’s daughter, who begged her not to bury her father alive, did not help. Together with the presbyter, they shot a woman who came to his defense and a Red Army soldier who refused to participate in the execution.

For many years, believing residents of Bogorodsk came to the grave of the holy martyr, bringing flowers, icons, and performing funeral services. Thanks to this, it was possible to preserve the memory of the great preacher.

Family

Born into a family of psalm-readers. Orphaned at nine years old. Wife - Maria Nikitina, née Anisimova († 1913), from a family of burghers in the city of Volsk.

Children:

• Maria, married to Solodovnikov, wife of a priest;
• Alexandra, married to Chasovnikov, wife of a priest;
• Konstantin (†1970), archpriest, was rector of the Trinity Church in Natashino;
• Leonid, graduated from the Moscow Theological Academy, was the director of a high school;
• Anna;
• Boris;
• Mariamne.

Veneration in Orthodoxy

The discovery of the relics of the holy martyr took place on November 20, 1995. The holy relics were transferred to the Tikhvin Church, where a memorial service was held on the eve of the celebration of the day of the Archangel Michael.

The Synodal Commission, which deals with the canonization of saints, examined the received materials concerning the godly life of Konstantin Golubev. After which the Moscow diocese was replenished with another locally revered saint - the holy martyr Konstantin Bogorodsky.

On March 12, 1996, the Moscow Patriarch of All Rus', His Holiness Alexy II, gave a blessing for the canonization of the archpriest. August 2000 was marked by the decision of the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church to canonize Father Constantine as a new martyr subject to church-wide glorification.

The veneration of the Great Martyr falls on his namesake day, October 2 according to the new calendar (September 19 according to the old style).

Missionary

Graduated from Saratov Theological Seminary. Since 1874, he was a missionary of the Saratov Brotherhood of the Holy Cross in his native village of Baranovka, where many Old Believers lived. As a result of his activities as a teacher and teacher of the law in the missionary school he opened, in just a year and a half, the village parish - 1,500 people - joined the Synodal Orthodox Church. Since 1876 - teacher of the Russian-Slavic language at the Volsky Theological School. Since 1879 - Saratov diocesan anti-sectarian and anti-schismatic missionary, participated in disputes with Old Believers and Molokans.

What do they ask the saint for?

The relics of the Great Martyr Constantine are known for their miracles and signs. Therefore, many go to worship the saint, asking him for intercession before the Lord.

Requests are made to Konstantin Bogorodsky:

• about mental and physical healing;
• about assistance in studies, education;
• about forgiveness of sins;
• about the gift of strength to endure all the trials of life sent by the Lord.

The saint is especially merciful towards people who bring spiritual enlightenment and fight against heresy and sects. Saint Constantine hears anyone who honors him, offering prayers to the Lord for them.

Orthodox texts

You can address the Great Martyr Constantine in your own words. But it is better to read special sacred texts dedicated to the saint: troparion, kontakion, akathist. They are usually read on the day of veneration of the saint or once a week. If you have spiritual strength, you can perform chants every day.

Troparion

The adornment of the priests appeared to Constantine, / for we took the cross as a weapon, / eliminating schism and heresies through glorious preaching, / you preached the good news of Jesus Christ, saying: / save yourself from this corrupt generation. / For this sake, stained with the blood of martyrdom, / and now rejoicing with the faces of the angels, / pray to Christ God to preserve the All-Russian Church from heresies and schisms / and save our souls.

Kontakion

From infancy you aspired to God, / a zealot of piety and an eradicator of schism, Hieromartyr Constantine, / having courageously confessed Christ, / you accepted the most severe torment, / a good adornment of the Russian Church, / pray to Christ God / for the remission of sins to those who honor your holy memory with love.

Akathist

Kontakion 1

Chosen from the sons of Russia to be a confessor of Christ Crucified, having suffered for Him even to the point of blood, serving God and neighbor by preaching the Gospel and standing firmly in the Orthodox faith, the schism eradicator and heresy destroyer, we praise your exploits and sufferings. But you, as if you have boldness towards the Lord, intercede for us who call to you with love: Rejoice, holy martyr Constantine, good shepherd and glorious confessor.

Ikos 1

The Creator of angels and all creation, the Creator chose you, Saint Constantine, to be a preacher of the Orthodox faith among the heresy and schism of the possessed. But you, as a good warrior of Christ, armed with the weapon of the Cross, with zeal you proclaimed His Teaching, for which you heard from everyone:

Rejoice, adorned with piety from early childhood.

Rejoice, fruit has been fragrant from your life since your youth.

Rejoice, zealous fulfiller of God's commandments.

Rejoice, honest denouncer of unbelief and schism.

Rejoice, reverent performer of the church sacraments.

Rejoice, beloved shepherd of the flock of Christ.

Rejoice, Hieromartyr Constantine, good shepherd and glorious confessor.

Kontakion 2

Having seen the children of the church, your firm standing in the Orthodox faith, you loved you as you love your father, and you loved the Lord even more, and you, father, preached Him, calling everyone to sing to Him: Alleluia.

Ikos 2

You have acquired perfect intelligence, Father, from God, as a counter-follower of the repentant Habakkuk, directing all your labors, so that there may be one flock and one Shepherd. And you have succeeded much in these labors of yours: for many from the schism returned to the bosom of the Mother Church and again, having seen salvation, they cried out to you like this:

Rejoice, destroyer of schism.

Rejoice, denouncer of the errors of Avvakumov and his followers.

Rejoice, lightning, consuming heresies.

Rejoice, confirmation of the dogmas of Orthodoxy.

Rejoice, having firmly established the faith through many labors.

Rejoice, having guided many who are lost on the path of truth.

Rejoice, Hieromartyr Constantine, good shepherd and glorious confessor.

Kontakion 3

The power of the Most High, weak healing and impoverished replenishing, descended abundantly upon you, father, when St. Sergius in the capital region in the God-saved city of Bogorodsk was called to serve and was quickly appointed as a priest, and many souls, caught in the network of schism, were saved and taught everyone to chant Orthodoxy To God: Alleluia.

Ikos 3

Having many different gifts from the Lord, at a young age you embarked on the missionary path and, strengthened by the Holy Cross, you worked many times, so that faithful people have schools where they are taught the Law of God and receive true enlightenment. You declared: “If they do not have church preaching and genuine enlightenment, then they leave Orthodoxy.” Remembering your words, we bring you, holy, great praises:

Rejoice, you who have established a spiritual school in your village.

Rejoice, you were a great teacher of the law of Christ in her.

Rejoice, having loved God with all your heart and all your thoughts.

Rejoice, for for this sake your spiritual child has sincerely taught you to love.

Rejoice, faithful guardian of the Orthodox deanery.

Rejoice, vessel of grace, enlightening the faithful.

Rejoice, Hieromartyr Constantine, good shepherd and glorious confessor.

Kontakion 4

The people of Russia are overwhelmed by a spiritual storm, leaving their fatherly faith and violating the Commandments of God. You taught: “The children of the true God do not know unless their mothers keep the faith of Christ.” For this reason, you have established a school for wives, Father, teaching them to chant to the One God: Alleluia.

Ikos 4

Hearing Philaret the Merciful, who appeared to you in a subtle dream, speaking about the serious illness of your wife Mary, you did not lose heart, Father Constantine, but rather, you tried to send your prayers to God for your health, trusting in His mercy. Having seen the strength of your spirit in these, we cry out to you with tenderness:

Rejoice, living in marriage in love and chastity.

Rejoice, for you were a prayer book and spiritual healer for your sick wife.

Rejoice, having raised your children in the Law of Christ.

Rejoice, our mentor also appeared in their good deeds.

Rejoice, patron pious husband.

Rejoice, joyful visitor to sorrowful hearts.

Rejoice, Hieromartyr Constantine, good shepherd and glorious confessor.

Kontakion 5

The God-bearing star appeared, Father Constantine, in the city of Bogorodsk, preaching your divinely inspired words, enlightening everyone, turning away from heresy and schism and calling on everyone to cry out to the Light of the Giver of God: Alleluia.

Ikos 5

Having seen the Most Reverend Archpastor of Moscow and all Orthodox people of God’s election of you as a missionary for the land of Bogorodsk, they rejoiced. We sing with reverence to the sitsa:

Rejoice, beloved of God, chosen for the feat of Equal-to-the-Apostles.

Rejoice, servant of the Lord, predestined to cultivate Christ's field.

Rejoice, shepherd of the verbal flock of Christ, wandering through the dens of unbelief and schism.

Rejoice, preacher of the true faith in the land of Avvakum’s wickedness.

Rejoice, distributor of the true light.

Rejoice, banisher of the devil's darkness.

Rejoice, Hieromartyr Constantine, good shepherd and glorious confessor.

Kontakion 6

Having been a God-bearing preacher, the righteous Father, you taught true knowledge of God and piety to your flock and all the people of the land of Bogorodsk with the word of salvation, and moreover, instructing you in the way of your life on the path of salvation, so that they all cry out to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 6

You have shone like the second Paul in your preaching in the land of the Mother of God, Father Constantine, proclaiming the Truth of Christ to those in chains. They, listening to your good word, are filled with joy and hope, calling to you:

Rejoice, non-slothful visitor who is in chains.

Rejoice, you have consoled everyone through your preaching.

Rejoice, celebrant of the Divine Liturgy in the prison church.

Rejoice, you have strengthened the desperate with Divine mysteries.

Rejoice, you have corrected many by the example of your good life according to God.

Rejoice, for this reason you have received spiritual gifts from Christ.

Rejoice, Hieromartyr Constantine, good shepherd and glorious confessor.

Kontakion 7

You have always had one desire, Father, that the children of the Church may abide in peace and piety, for this sake you preach the Word of Christ, so that everyone loves each other and with one heart and one mouth cries out to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 7

Your service was wondrous and wonderful, Saint Constantine, you fearlessly denounced all wickedness and lawlessness, and for this you were greatly loved by the people, for you edified everything for salvation. We, desiring to imitate your zealous service, bring these verbs:

Rejoice, Father, brightly adorned with holiness and purity.

Rejoice, God-Bearer, gifted with Divine gifts from above.

Rejoice, for through your preaching of sins and repentance you have pleased God.

Rejoice, for through your instructions those who went astray have found the right path of salvation.

Rejoice, you who sincerely love your neighbor.

Rejoice, you who diligently served their salvation.

Rejoice, Hieromartyr Constantine, good shepherd and glorious confessor.

Kontakion 8

It is strange and terrible not to see, when the faith of Christ in our Fatherland was desecrated by our fellow tribesmen, and you, this confessor, like a criminal, were led to suffer; Your spiritual child with tears greeted you, Constantine, singing to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 8

Having the desire to be resolved and to be with Christ, you, going to your suffering, prayed with sorrow, holy one, for your tormentors: “Forgive them, Lord! They don’t know what they’re doing!” We are touched by your kindness and great love for your flock, and we offer you the following praise:

Rejoice, my desire to be resolved and to be with Christ.

Rejoice, imitator of His passions and kindness.

Rejoice, for you prayed to the Lord for those who persecute you.

Rejoice, for them, as for the lost, you grieved.

Rejoice, for you have preserved your faith in Christ.

Rejoice, for you had undeniable hope in Him.

Rejoice, Hieromartyr Constantine, good shepherd and glorious confessor.

Kontakion 9

The whole city trembled as a terrible execution was prepared for you, passion-bearer. You said: “For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain; “I come to my Christ, and I suffer for His sake, singing to Him: Alleluia.”

Ikos 9

Human revolutions fall silent in fear and trembling, unable to see your cruel death: the warriors brought you to the ditch and, burying you while still alive, threw you into this ditch and covered your body with earth. Remembering this with tears, we call to you:

Rejoice, image of courage and patience.

Rejoice, for you were not afraid of the fierce torment prepared for you.

Rejoice, you who laid down your life for your sheep.

Rejoice, martyr and shepherd.

Rejoice, sacrifice made in the stench of fragrance.

Rejoice, for you have put the devil to shame.

Rejoice, Hieromartyr Constantine, good shepherd and glorious confessor.

Kontakion 10

Even if you were to save your soul, you left yourself, Constantine, in the hands of the tormentors, who condemned you with an unjust judgment. But knowing all this, you were even more flaming with seraphic love for God, and thus you moved into the Heavenly Abodes, where you and the angels sang a song of praise: Alleluia.

Ikos 10

You do not want to honor the king of the earth, and you do not want to bow down to the heavenly king. God-resistant people have abandoned the commandments of God and committed many iniquities. But you, holy one, were not afraid of them, but rather doubted God’s all-strengthening help: strengthened by it, you endured everything and thereby put the servants of the devil to shame. With the same cry, Father Constantine, Sisevaya:

Rejoice, thou who art not afraid of the coming wolf.

Rejoice, even to death you proclaimed the Gospel of Christ.

Rejoice, thou who has won the crown of martyrdom.

Rejoice, for you have raised those weakened by sin to the path of salvation.

Rejoice, thou who art not afraid of the malice of the apostate.

Rejoice, the hardest adamant who showed himself in your patience.

Rejoice, Hieromartyr Constantine, good shepherd and glorious confessor.

Kontakion 11

Bringing songs of praise to you, passion-bearer of Christ Constantine, we sing of your deeds and those who suffered with you for the truth, who did not want to serve the corrupting spirit of this age and the lawless command to fulfill: for they refused to shoot, for they covered you with themselves. Now they stand before God with you, silently crying out to Him: Alleluia.

Ikos 11

The radiant star of your holy relics appeared, O martyr, not only to the city of Bogorodsk, but also to all of Russia, enlightening every person coming to Christ and encouraging repentance, urging everyone to cry out to you:

Rejoice, servant of Christ.

Rejoice, quick helper in troubles.

Rejoice, protection and intercession of those who flow to you in faith.

Rejoice, lamp of God, burn and shine.

Rejoice, thou art dwelling in the brightness of the saints.

Rejoice, for through your incorruptible relics you remain with us forever.

Rejoice, Hieromartyr Constantine, good shepherd and glorious confessor.

Kontakion 12

You have received great grace and rich mercy from Christ our God to pray for all who call on you with faith; In the same way we pray to you: help us, by your intercession with the Lord, to preserve in our hearts true faith, immutable hope, unfeigned love for God and neighbor, to fight the good fight, singing to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 12

We sing of your mighty deeds, Holy Martyr Constantine, we honor your sufferings, we praise your great patience, we reverently worship your multi-healing power, in whose image Christ God has glorified you throughout the whole earth. In honor of your victorious deeds and sufferings, let us sing this praiseworthy note:

Rejoice, for Christ God has placed glory and splendor on you for your valiant suffering.

Rejoice, escorted from the faces of the martyrs to the crown of glory with a voice of joy.

Rejoice, joint heir of the Kingdom of Christ.

Rejoice, partaker of the glory of God.

Rejoice, everlasting patron of the city of Bogorodsk and all of us.

Rejoice, you who always show your help to all who honor you.

Rejoice, Hieromartyr Constantine, good shepherd and glorious confessor.

Kontakion 13

Oh, holy and victorious Hieromartyr Constantine! Having received this small prayer from us today, intercede with your all-powerful prayers the peace and silence of our Church, may Christ God preserve us from heresies and schism; But we, who honor you with love, will preserve and protect with His grace from all evil in this life, and at the time of our death will not leave us and may He reveal the Kingdom of Heaven as heirs, where with you we will sing to Him a victorious song: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

This kontakion is read three times. Then ikos 1st: “Creator of Angels...” and kontakion 1st: “Chosen from the sons of Russia...”