Prayers to the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian
First prayer
O great apostle, loud-voiced evangelist, most graceful theologian, seer of ineffable revelations, virgin and beloved confidante of Christ John! Accept us, sinners, who come running under your strong intercession. Ask the All-Bountiful Lover of Mankind, Christ our God, Who poured out His Blood for us, His indecent servants, before your eyes, so that He may not remember our iniquities, but may He have mercy on us and deal with us according to His mercy: may He grant us health of soul and body, all prosperity and abundance, instructing us to turn it into the glory of Him, the Creator, Savior and our God, and at the end of our temporary life, may He deliver us from the merciless torturers in the air ordeals, and thus may we reach, led and covered by you, the Mountain of Jerusalem, You have seen His glory in revelation, but now you enjoy endless joys. O great John! Save all Christian cities and countries, this temple, those serving and praying in it, from famine, destruction, cowardice and flood, fire and sword, invasion of foreigners and internecine warfare; deliver us from all troubles and misfortunes and with your prayers turn away the righteous wrath of God from us, and ask for His mercy for us, so that together with you we will be worthy to glorify in the uneven days the most holy name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.
Second prayer
O great and all-praised apostle and evangelist John the Theologian, confidant of Christ, our warm intercessor and quick helper in sorrows! Pray to the Lord God to grant us forgiveness of all our sins, even if we have sinned from our youth throughout our life in deed, word, thought and all our feelings; at the end of our souls, help us, sinners (names), to get rid of airy ordeals and eternal torment, and through your merciful intercession we glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Prayer three
O great and incomprehensible God! Behold, to beseech You we offer Saint John, whom You have vouchsafed with ineffable revelations, accept intercession for us, grant us the fulfillment of our petitions for Your glory, and moreover, make us spiritually perfect for the pleasure of endless life in Your Heavenly abodes! O Heavenly Father, who created all the Lord, the All-Powerful King! Touch our hearts with grace, so that, melting like wax, they will be poured out before You and mortal spiritual creation will be created in honor and glory of Yours, and of Your Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Kontakion 1
Chosen by the Lord from the depths of the fishermen to preach the Gospel and from catching fish to catch people in the light of true knowledge of God, great apostle, disciple, friend and confidant of Christ, pray to the one true Lover of Mankind, whom you sincerely loved, that he may have mercy on us who seek your intercession to Him. and calling you:
Rejoice, John the Apostle, confidant of Christ and the Theologian.
Ikos 1
Angelic powers and every creature of the Creator, Master and Lord, who took on our flesh and appeared on earth for our salvation, having seen Galilee walking by the sea and calling on you and your brother, Blessed John, for the title of apostleship, leave the fishermen’s seas and your father in the ships, From then on you unswervingly followed the Savior’s footsteps. For this reason we cry out to you:
Rejoice, having forsaken your father according to the flesh for love of Christ; Rejoice, having found the Heavenly Father in Christ.
Rejoice, despiser of the world and all its delights; Rejoice, you who received heavenly goodness as reward.
Rejoice, thou who has completely enslaved the flesh to the spirit; Rejoice, having subdued your spirit to your Sweetest Teacher Jesus.
Rejoice, John the Apostle, confidant of Christ and the Theologian.
Kontakion 2
Seeing Christ the Lord the immaculate purity of your heart, not darkened by carnal pleasures, judge that you are worthy of the sight of mysterious revelations, as if, penetrating into the depths of theology, you can preach it to the hearing of the whole world. For this reason you were named “Son of Thunders” by the Lord, and to Him you cried out: Alleluia.
Ikos 2
Illuminating your soul with the mind of true knowledge of God, you walked after your Good Teacher, learning from the lips of His emanating wisdom, and for the sake of your perfect kindness and virgin chastity, you were loved by Christ your Lord. Hear us slaughter, singing to thee:
Rejoice, kindness to the zealot; Rejoice, guardian of virginity and purity.
Rejoice, teacher of love for God and neighbors, Rejoice, teacher of good morals.
Rejoice, mirror of humility; Rejoice, shining light of Divine grace.
Rejoice, John the Apostle, confidant of Christ and the Theologian.
Kontakion 3
You clearly knew the power of the Divinity of Christ, hidden under the cloud of weak human nature, when our Lord, resurrecting the daughter of Jairus and subsequently being transfigured on Tabor, vouchsafed you from another two disciples to witness the existence of such glorious miracles. Having seen that Christ is the true God, from the depths of your heart you cried out to Him: Alleluia.
Ikos 3
Having great boldness towards Christ the Son of God who loved you, you reclined on His forehead at the Last Supper, and when the Lord prophesied about His betrayer, then you alone dared to ask about his name. For this reason we cry out to you:
Rejoice, beloved disciple of Christ; Rejoice, His friend.
Rejoice, you who recline on the Lord’s feet without restraint; Rejoice, boldly questioning the name of the betrayer.
Rejoice, you who are closest to Christ more than others; Rejoice, O you have laid up the words of the Lord as a treasure of great value in your heart.
Rejoice, John the Apostle, confidant of Christ and the Theologian.
Kontakion 4
The storm of rage and malicious fury of the hard-hearted and ungrateful Jews, when the Son of God rose up against Christ, then all His disciples, once embraced with fear, fled; but you, having a stronger love for Him, even to the Cross and death, you did not retreat from Him, looking at all the torments of Christ and sympathizing with your heart to the Virgin Mother of God, crying and weeping. Wondering at the extreme mercy and long-suffering of God, you cried out to Him who suffered for the human race: Alleluia.
Ikos 4
Hanging on the Cross, nailed for our sins, the Savior of the world and seeing you and His Mother coming, He gave your son away to the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, saying to Her: “Woman, behold Your son,” and again to you: “Behold your Mother.” We, marveling at the love of Christ manifested in you, sing to the Lord:
Rejoice, son of God, who was honored to be the Mother; Rejoice, for this reason especially to Christ, as if by some kind of spiritual kinship, you have been assigned.
Rejoice, thou who has served the Mother of God worthily; Rejoice, O you who, like your mother, have had all honor with you.
Rejoice, and in the Assumption you conducted Her honorable and holy body to the grave; Rejoice, with the shining branch of paradise brought by the Archangel Gabriel, who preceded Her to her bed.
Rejoice, John the Apostle, confidant of Christ and the Theologian.
Kontakion 5
The God-bearing star appeared in Asia, going out to preach the word of God, as if it had been shown to you by lot. But on your way, the Lord allow you to be thrown into the sea: the grace of God, always abiding with you, kept you alive in the waters of the sea, and after forty days he commanded a wave of seas, so that, foaming, he would spew you onto the shore. When your disciple Prokhorus saw this, he had already wept a lot over your death, and with a great voice he cried out to the miracle-working God: Alleluia.
Ikos 5
Having seen the inhabitants of Ephessia, the glorious miracle you created when the youth Domnas was killed by the demon, you raised him up through your prayer, hastening loudly with the power of God, whom you preached to them, and having been delivered from vile idolatry, I cried out to you:
Rejoice, servant of the true God; Rejoice, demon driver.
Rejoice, you quicken the dead by the power of Christ; Rejoice, with this you return life and health to people.
Rejoice, calling those who are darkened in mind to the Light of Truth; Rejoice, instructing the right faith through enlightenment to virtue.
Rejoice, John the Apostle, confidant of Christ and the Theologian.
Kontakion 6
You were a God-bearing preacher of the word of God in Ephesus, and zealous for the spread of the grace of the Gospel, you affirmed your teaching with great and wonderful signs, and you overthrew the temple of Artemidino with a single prayer, so that by seeing this, the pagans would know the One God, to Him we cry: Alleluia.
Ikos 6
The light of the faith of Christ, preached by you, appeared in Ephesus, like the sun, when the evil Dometian raised persecution against Christians; then you too, as a zealous confessor in the name of Christ, have been sent by the dioceses to Rome, where you suffered terrible torment. For those sake, we piously proclaim to you:
Rejoice, slain for the sake of Christ’s confession; Rejoice, having drunk the cup of deadly poison without harm.
Rejoice, you were not boiled in a cauldron of boiling oil; Rejoice, preserved intact by the power of Christ in fierce torment.
Rejoice, thou who hast terrified Caesar, who tormented thee, by thy unharmedness; Rejoice, for this people are assured of the greatness of God, revered by Christians.
Rejoice, John the Apostle, confidant of Christ and the Theologian.
Kontakion 7
When the tormentor sees the cruelest torments you have suffered from him, unable to kill you, then, imagining you to be immortal, he condemns you to exile on the island of Patmos. But you, obeying the Providence of God, which was so favorable, you sang with gratitude to God, who arranges everything for good: Alleluia.
Ikos 7
You showed new miracles to the pagans, seeking to convert them to the saving faith of Christ, when you were swimming into your exile, by your command the youth who drowned the sea was alive on the ship, the storm was tamed, the water that was sent was turned into sweet, the warrior was healed from a stomach ailment, and upon your coming to Patmos, the inquisitive demon, the future prophet, was expelled from the one possessed by him. Then all who see such a wondrous sign performed by you come to the knowledge of the Trinitarian God and are baptized. We please you like this:
Rejoice, commander of the sea and storms; Rejoice, drive out satanic spirits from people.
Rejoice, you heal illnesses with a single word; Rejoice, give help to everyone in need.
Rejoice, you amazing idolater with your miracles; Rejoice, having strengthened the unfaithful in the true faith through your teachings.
Rejoice, John the Apostle, confidant of Christ and the Theologian.
Kontakion 8
It’s strange to see the priest of Apollo, as if you brought down the temple of their god and all the idols that were in it with one word to the ground. Wondering about this and angry at your boldness, you went to a certain sorcerer, who had great power from Satan in himself, asking him to take revenge on the dishonor of their god; He, blind in soul, not knowing the power that dwells in you, attempted to frighten you with various ghosts and incite the people against you: otherwise the accursed himself plunged into the sea and died there, powerless by the former demon to save him, for you forbade them in the name of Jesus Christ The Son of God, Who the people glorified, witnessed miracles, singing: Alleluia.
Ikos 8
Being completely filled with the love of the Divine, you appeared as the receptacle of the gifts of the Holy Spirit: you prophesied the future, you proclaimed the distant as if present, you healed the sick, you gave relief to the wife of the hegemon on the island of Patmos, who was suffering from the disease of birth, as soon as he entered her home, he gave relief you are. Take therefore from us, sinners, this praise:
Rejoice, receptacle of God's grace; Rejoice, dwelling place of the Holy Spirit.
Rejoice, river, miraculous, healing power in illnesses; Rejoice, source of instructions leading to the knowledge of the right faith.
Rejoice, you expose the deceit of the evil Satan; Rejoice, faithful one, protect him from the snares.
Rejoice, John the Apostle, confidant of Christ and the Theologian.
Kontakion 9
Zealously destroying all iniquity from among people, to whom you were sent, you exposed the seduction of idolaters, who revered the demon, who appeared to people in the form of a great wolf, and you led many of them to the faith of Christ: with your prayer you destroyed the same temple of Bacchus, and the sorcerer Nukian, together with his household, you turned to repentance through your miracles. Tiy, having turned from sin to salvation, silently cried out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 9
The Vetianism of human wisdom cannot be uttered; the mind of carnal man has been comprehended below, even as you told us about the beginningless existence of the Trinitarian God: like Moses, in the thunder and flashing on the mountain, you received from God the secret of theology and you proclaimed to the world, as in the beginning was the Word , Inseparable to the Father from time immemorial and guilty of all things, possessing the Light of Life, which darkness cannot embrace. Illuminated by such illumination of the light of Divine Truth, we honor you as the secret one of the Beginning Trinity and sing of you as the most perfect Theologian:
Rejoice, eagle, soaring to the very fiery Throne of God; Rejoice, trumpet, who announced to the world the Eternal and Beginning God.
Rejoice, you explain humanity and the Divinity of Christ to us; Rejoice, you proclaim to us the wondrous words and instructions of the Lord in your Gospel.
Rejoice, teaching us love by deed and truth; Rejoice, you promise to those who abid in love that God will abid in them.
Rejoice, John the Apostle, confidant of Christ and the Theologian.
Kontakion 10
To save human souls, you taught people in every way to believe in Christ the Son of God, to have a clear conscience and to love one another, so that they could not only here, but also in the villages of the righteous, sing sweetly to Almighty God: Alleluia.
Ikos 10
Having seen the walls of the Mountain of Jerusalem in revelation, you told us what you saw there and what they will be until the end of the world, telling us this in allegorical words that only the mind, having wisdom, can understand. Marveling at the gift of prophecy bestowed upon you by God, we sing to you:
Rejoice, having transcended human nature through the knowledge of the Existing and the Like and the Coming; Rejoice, receptacle of mysteries inconceivable by the human mind, the former.
Rejoice, you who have seen the ineffable revelation of God; Rejoice, thou who teachest the faithful.
Rejoice, having known the joys of the saints in this life; Rejoice, now enjoy them in abundance.
Rejoice, John the Apostle, confidant of Christ and the Theologian.
Kontakion 11
Bring a song of thanksgiving to you, holy Apostle John, Christian, who came into poverty and had nothing to repay his lender, fell into despair and sought to kill himself; But you, a preacher of love for your neighbors, wanting to save him from temporary and eternal death, you turned the hay into gold with the sign of the cross and gave this to him, so that with this gold he will repay the debts to the lender, and saturate his house, to God, who has blessed it with you , yes he sings: Alleluia.
Ikos 11
Your luminous soul, having reached the measure of perfect age, has become aware of the approaching time when it is fitting for the corruptible to inherit the promised incorruptibility and for a mortal to inherit the promised immortality. Having ended your earthly life, you commanded your disciples to cover your body to the top with earth; Having heard about this, the brethren in the city came to your tomb and, having dug it up, found nothing in it. Moreover, having realized that your change was not created by an ordinary human death, I hurried to you like this:
Rejoice, O eagle, who renewed your youth by approaching the Sun of the Glory of God; Rejoice, for by such a change you have surpassed all the rules of human nature.
Rejoice, according to the promise of your Good Teacher, you are seated on one of the twelve thrones; Rejoice, do hereby bring justice and righteousness among the people of God Israel.
Rejoice, enjoy the sight of the Sweetest Jesus, you reclined to the Unmanly One before His Passion and Resurrection; Rejoice, intercede for us all good things from His mercy.
Rejoice, John the Apostle, confidant of Christ and the Theologian.
Kontakion 12
Grace was given quickly from God to the place where your body was given over to the earth, so that on the day of your burial it would emit fine dust for the healing of the sick, showing with this miracle how God glorifies those who love Him, and all, seeing this, unceasingly with their hearts and lips in the days and in the night we cry to Him: Alleluia.
Ikos 12
Singing your works in the apostleship and the miracles and healings that you exuded, and exuding the grace of the Holy Spirit who dwells in you, we praise God, who has given us such a guide, instructing us on the path of salvation and being merciful about our infirmities. Accept from us, holy apostle, this praise:
Rejoice, most zealous evangelist of the faith of Christ; Rejoice, most excellent teacher of the Church of Christ.
Rejoice, the beginning and foundation of theologians; Rejoice, announcer of the Divine Mysteries.
Rejoice, rule of virginity and chastity; Rejoice, all the faithful who come running to your intercession, quick helper and patron.
Rejoice, John the Apostle, confidant of Christ and the Theologian.
Kontakion 13
O glorious and all-praised apostle and evangelist, beloved confidant of Christ, John! By your all-powerful intercession to your All-Good Teacher and our Master and Lord, ask us for all the good temporal and eternal and Christian end of our life, so that with you and with the angelic faces in the village of the righteous we will sing to the Trinitarian God: Alleluia.
Kontakion 13
O glorious and all-praised apostle and evangelist, beloved confidant of Christ, John! By your all-powerful intercession to your All-Good Teacher and our Master and Lord, ask us for all the good temporal and eternal and Christian end of our life, so that with you and with the angelic faces in the village of the righteous we will sing to the Trinitarian God: Alleluia.
Kontakion 13
O glorious and all-praised apostle and evangelist, beloved confidant of Christ, John! By your all-powerful intercession to your All-Good Teacher and our Master and Lord, ask us for all the good temporal and eternal and Christian end of our life, so that with you and with the angelic faces in the village of the righteous we will sing to the Trinitarian God: Alleluia.
Ikos 1
Angelic powers and every creature of the Creator, Master and Lord, who took on our flesh and appeared on earth for our salvation, having seen Galilee walking by the sea and calling on you and your brother, Blessed John, for the title of apostleship, leave the fishermen’s seas and your father in the ships, From then on you unswervingly followed the Savior’s footsteps. For this reason we cry out to you:
Rejoice, having forsaken your father according to the flesh for love of Christ; Rejoice, having found the Heavenly Father in Christ.
Rejoice, despiser of the world and all its delights; Rejoice, you who received heavenly goodness as reward.
Rejoice, thou who has completely enslaved the flesh to the spirit; Rejoice, having subdued your spirit to your Sweetest Teacher Jesus.
Rejoice, John the Apostle, confidant of Christ and the Theologian.
Kontakion 1
Chosen by the Lord from the depths of the fishermen to preach the Gospel and from catching fish to catch people in the light of true knowledge of God, great apostle, disciple, friend and confidant of Christ, pray to the one true Lover of Mankind, whom you sincerely loved, that he may have mercy on us who seek your intercession to Him. and calling you:
Rejoice, John the Apostle, confidant of Christ and the Theologian.
Prayer
O great apostle, loud-voiced evangelist, most graceful theologian, seer of ineffable revelations, virgin and beloved confidante of Christ John! Accept us, sinners, who come running under your strong intercession. Ask the All-Bountiful Lover of Mankind, Christ our God, Who poured out His Blood for us, His indecent servants, before your eyes, so that He may not remember our iniquities, but may He have mercy on us and deal with us according to His mercy: may He grant us health of soul and body, all prosperity and abundance, instructing us to turn it into the glory of Him, the Creator, Savior and our God, and at the end of our temporary life, may He deliver us from the merciless torturers in the air ordeals, and thus may we reach, led and covered by you, the Mountain of Jerusalem, You have seen His glory in revelation, but now you enjoy endless joys. O great John! Save all Christian cities and countries, this temple, those serving and praying in it, from famine, destruction, cowardice and flood, fire and sword, invasion of foreigners and internecine warfare; deliver us from all troubles and misfortunes and with your prayers turn away the righteous wrath of God from us, and ask for His mercy for us, so that together with you we will be worthy to glorify in the uneven days the most holy name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.
Troparion for the repose of the Apostle John the Theologian
Troparion, tone 2
Apostle, beloved of Christ God, hasten to deliver the people who are unrequited: they accept you as you fall, and those who have fallen on Persian are received by His prayer, O Theologian, and disperse the present darkness of tongues, asking us for peace and great mercy.
Kontakion, tone 2
Thy greatness, virgin, who is the story? Fortify miracles and pour out healings, and pray for our souls, as the Theologian and friend of Christ.
Greatness
We magnify you, Apostle of Christ and Evangelist John the Theologian, and honor your illnesses and labors, in which you worked in the gospel of Christ.
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