Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon - Life
Saint Panteleimon was born in 275 into the family of a noble pagan in the city of Nicomedia (the territory of modern Turkey). At birth he was given the name Pantoleon (translated from Greek as “lion in everything”). His mother Evvula tried to raise her son in the Christian faith. However, she died early and the boy was raised by his father Evstrogius.
Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon (Orthodox icon)
The main thing in a martyr is not blood, but unchanging, unchanging love. It's not about tigers and lions. Many people died, torn to pieces by predatory beasts, but only those whose death was a manifestation of merciful love, that is, love for God and love for people, died as martyrs in the basic sense of the word, μάρτυς (martis), that is, witnesses.
Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh, 1914-2003
From a young age, Pantoleon was sent to study by the famous pagan doctor Euphrosynus. Showing great ability in learning, Pantoleon stood out among his peers. Emperor Maximilian (c. 250-310), co-ruler of Emperor Diocletian, wished to see a young, intelligent youth among the court doctors. Soon Pantoleon met the priest Ermolai, who began to enlighten him with the Christian faith.
One day Pantoleon saw a boy who had died from a snake bite. After a prayer offered to the Lord, the child came to life, and the snake became dead. After this incident, Pantoleon firmly believed in the true God and was baptized with the name Panteleimon (All-Merciful). After some time, his father was also baptized. This happened after I saw that, through the prayer of my son, a blind man received his sight.
Panteleimon dedicated his life to helping the suffering, the sick, and the poor. He visited prisoners in prison, and the sick received healing free of charge, through Panteleimon’s prayer to God. Other doctors in the city began to envy him and soon informed the emperor that Panteleimon was a Christian.
Prayers to Panteleimon the Healer
Oh, glorious martyr and noble warrior of the Heavenly King, the all-blessed Panteleimon, the most merciful imitator of God, who boldly confessed Christ on earth, and the manifold torments for Him. Having endured, the unfading one received a crown in Heaven, where you enjoyed eternal bliss, and with boldness to the Throne of the Trisolar Deity coming! We all sinners resort to your Christ-like compassion according to God, and we earnestly pray to you, our warm intercessor and representative: do not cease to look upon us, who are in need and sorrowful circumstances, and your With prayerful help and healing power, always deliver us from cruel evils and all-destructiveness and all sorts of other troubles and illnesses. For you have received, holy one, the endless grace of healing from our Savior Jesus Christ for your firm faith in Him, with a pure and immaculate life, sealed by martyrdom and your many victories. By his death, in this time, by the grace given by you, he was named from Christ Panteleimon, of the same name by grace, having mercy on all those who come to you in sorrow and illness. For this reason, because you are the merciful helper and healer in everything, we call on you with faith: hear us and through your pleasing intercession give us all that is beneficial in this life and necessary for eternal salvation. With your martyr boldness, beg the merciful God to have mercy on us sinners and unworthy according to His great mercy, and deliver us from coward, flood, fire, sword and all righteous wrath and more. niya, prompting us in good time to purify and propitiate repentance for our sins, for the sake of the multitude of His generosity, may He give us all a comfortable, quiet and God-pleasing life, may He protect the Orthodox from all enemies with victory and overcoming, and may He preserve us all from enemies, visible and invisible, with His grace and an invincible army By our angels we are protected and instructed, so that we may live in this world in repentance, purity and in the creation of godly deeds; may we be honored by your warm intercession to achieve a painless, peaceful, shameless Christian death, to get rid of the machinations of the aerial princes of darkness and from eternal torment, and to be heirs to the eternal of the blessed, all-blessed Kingdom. Hey, saint of God! Do not stop praying for us sinners, and through your intercession for deliverance from temporary and eternal troubles, we magnify you, our intercessor and prayer book, and we eternally glorify our common Master and Lord Jesus The Lord of Christ, to Him belongs all glory, honor and worship, together with His Beginning Father and the Most Holy Spirit , now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Martyrdom of Panteleimon
Following the denunciation of envious people, Panteleimon was arrested. The emperor invited him to renounce the Christian God and make a sacrifice to the pagan gods. In response to this, Panteleimon suggested calling some sick and pagan priest. So that everyone can see for themselves with the help of prayer to which God the sick person will receive healing.
When Saint Panteleimon called on the name of Jesus Christ, the sick man was healed. At the sight of such a miracle, many present began to confess the true God. The emperor, angry, ordered Panteleimon to be handed over to torture.
They tried to drown him in the sea, burned his body with burning candles, whittled him with iron claws, dipped him into a cauldron of oil, and threw him to hungry wild animals. However, nothing could cause mortal harm to Panteleimon. The Lord appeared to him repeatedly, healed his wounds and strengthened him in his suffering. Finally, the emperor ordered the saint's head to be cut off.
The warriors, having tied Panteleimon to an old olive tree, were unable to carry out the emperor's order. The sword went around the saint's neck and did not cause him any harm. Then the tormentors threw themselves at Panteleimon’s feet, asking him for forgiveness and confessing the Christian God. The holy martyr, after praying to God, begged to carry out the order of the emperor, for such was the will of the Lord. Then the soldiers cut off his head. According to legend, milk flowed from the wound. The olive tree, to which Panteleimon was tied, blossomed and bore fruit.
The emperor ordered the saint's body to be burned, but the fire did not harm him. Christians buried the body. The head of the great martyr is the main shrine of the Russian St. Panteleimon Monastery (Athos).
Troparion and Majesty to the Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon
Greatness
We magnify you, the passion-bearing holy great martyr and healer Panteleimon, and we honor your honest suffering, which you endured for Christ.
Troparion, tone 3
Passion-bearing saint and healer Panteleimon, pray to the Merciful God to grant forgiveness of sins to our souls.
Kontakion, tone 5
O imitator of the Merciful, and receiving healing grace from Him, passion-bearer and martyr of Christ God, with your prayers heal our spiritual ailments, driving away the ever-fighting temptations from those who cry out truly: save us, Lord.
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Saint Panteleimon - memory and veneration
The Life of Panteleimon, a free healer, was written in the 4th century and immediately became widespread in the Christian world. The veneration of Saint Panteleimon in Rus' has been known since the 11th century. Among the Kyiv princes, particles of the relics of the great martyr were considered a family shrine. Arks with relics, according to Byzantine tradition, were laid during the construction of the first churches in Kievan Rus. Confirmation is found during excavations in 1940 and 1966 of ancient thrones in the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv and in the Transfiguration Cathedral in Chernigov (Ukraine). Arks containing particles of the relics of the holy, uncompensated doctor were discovered there.
The image of Saint Panteleimon was often found on the seals of the Kyiv princes. In honor of his memory, many were baptized. For example, Grand Duke Izyaslav Mstislavich (grandson of Vladimir Monomakh) was baptized with the name Panteleimon. He founded the first monastery in the name of the holy great martyr in Novgorod.
The saint's feast day is August 9, according to the new style.
Saint Panteleimon: the most famous miracles
Through prayers to the Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon, many Christians received grace-filled help. However, these miracles were not recorded at the time and they are practically forgotten. Even in the Athos St. Panteleimon Monastery (founded in the 11th century) there are no early documentary records.
The assistance received is evidenced by numerous deeds of gift from various kings and princes.
In July 1744, the Moldavian Tsar John Ioannovich Nicholas testified to a miracle. After bringing the ark with the incorruptible head of St. Panteleimon to the city of Iasi (the capital of Moldova) and performing a prayer service for water, the plague stopped and many people received healing.
Modern miracles
In 1996, a priest of one of the Moscow churches was hospitalized with a serious heart condition. At that time, the relics (head) of the great martyr were brought to Russia for the first time from the Russian St. Panteleimon Monastery (Athos). The priest managed to ask the doctors to take time off to go to his temple, where the relics were to be brought. After serving a prayer service with an akathist to the holy gratuitous healer and venerating the relics of the Great Martyr Panteleimon, the priest returned to the hospital. During the next examination, doctors did not find the disease. Although, to ensure the authenticity of the healing that occurred, it was checked several times.
In 2015, through prayers to the holy healer Panteleimon, Yuri F. from Omsk received a speedy recovery from a stroke. Before this he could barely move. But after venerating the relics of the great martyr, his health quickly improved and he even began to run.
We're sick. And we definitely complain about our illnesses. And we wish each other on the holidays: the most important thing is health... But where can we get health if we don’t have it? Try asking. Yes, yes, ask. The main thing is that someone has it. The healer Panteleimon fulfills many requests for healing addressed to him. And it heals. That's how obedient he is.
On hot summer days there are few people in the parish churches. The Orthodox people are in a hurry to give to Caesar what is Caesar's, weeding, watering, hilling. It’s true - a summer day feeds the year. But then the ninth of August comes, and Orthodox Christians wipe the sweat from their faces, straighten their stiff backs, and put on clean shirts. This day is not marked in red in the church calendar, it is not revered as the Great Twelveth Feast, but there are so many people in churches... And small village churches, crooked by years of fighting against God, and city churches firmly rooted in the ground, and spick and span, capital and monastery churches - everyone sparkles with crosses in the hot summer sun, everyone opens their gates for the holiday. Of course, today is the day of remembrance of the great martyr and healer Panteleimon, the same one whom in their prayers they ask to save us, our children, parents, acquaintances, friends, neighbors, distant and close relatives from illness, illness, and infirmity. Write any name in the note about health, and it will come in handy. There are no healthy people among us now. Everyone is weak. And it’s not so bad if it’s physical, but if it’s spiritually ill, then it’s a complete disaster.
I remember my recent “conflict” in the temple near the icon of the healer Panteleimon. Quietly, so as not to disturb the old lady mopping the floor, I tell my friend:
— The healer Panteleimon lived in the first Christian times, in Nicomedia. It’s far away, in Asia Minor on the shores of the Sea of Marmara...
“You’re talking nonsense,” the old woman attacks me, “in Asia Minor there’s some... He’s Russian.” Ours, dear. Why do you confuse a person?
So that “a flame would not ignite from a spark,” I remained silent then. Russian and Russian. Now I'll tell you. Yes, he lived in Nicomedia. There was such a beautiful city in the ancient state of Bithynia. The icon shows a brown-eyed, handsome young man in yellow-green clothes. Curly hair frames a beautiful face. Sad and calm look. Panteleimon. Great martyr and healer. Life is short, like the light of a candle. He was a kind doctor and showed promise. Even the emperor favored him. But a handsome boy with curly hair broke the silence of his peace and well-being with a joyful and bold cry: “My God is Jesus Christ! I believe!” And - the countdown towards inhuman suffering began. He was forced to abandon the Christian faith and return to paganism. He was threatened. He was tortured. He was promised all the riches of the earth. But his face was bright and his words were invariable: “I believe!”
In the name of Christ, he treated the lame, the blind, and lepers. In the name of Christ he helped the disadvantaged. And in the name of Christ he accepted martyrdom. This was in 305. Since those distant times, the Great Martyr Panteleimon has not turned his back on those whom he helped during his lifetime. The sick and disadvantaged have not diminished over the centuries. On the contrary, time contributed to sin, and sin to disease.
I don’t know a temple where there would not be an icon of the healer Panteleimon. This is truly ours, dear one, so what if he’s from Nicomedia. And in Orthodox homes his icon is required. Sick, weak Rus' prays, asks its saint for help. Believes him. That’s why he throws away the half-weeded beds on the day of his blessed memory. There are especially many poor people in the churches on this day. Crutches, wheelchairs, faces distorted by convulsions, bloodshot eyes, stumps of arms, heart-rending screams of madness - everything is here today. Some people just enter the temple and rush to the candle box to buy a candle and light it and ask: “Help, healer. To me, my mother, son, daughter, sister, brother, daughter-in-law, stepfather...”
Does it really help? Can this young doctor, who left the luxurious imperial palace under torture and on the chopping block, hear us? Many stories of his healings are preserved in ancient chronicles, and parish priests and priests in monasteries know how many cases from their own practice. And I know a lot of them. And I’ll tell you about one. Not seen, not heard. Happened to me. Believe the original source.
I was on a sea pilgrimage voyage. Behind are Constantinople, Cyprus, the Holy Land of Jerusalem, ahead is Greece. Tomorrow early in the morning we will dock at the sun-drenched port of Thessaloniki and go on a boat trip along the Athos peninsula, where Orthodox monks live. The monastery is called Panteleimonov in memory of the healer Panteleimon. But that’s tomorrow... And today is a friendly evening in one of the cabins. One of the pilgrims has a birthday. I remember the bottle of champagne in my cabin, it will be very useful at our feast. I run, run for a gift along the narrow deck, along the same row of cabin doors, along the steep ship stairs. I'm in a hurry. Everyone has already gathered and is waiting for me - with champagne. And suddenly - something flashed right next to the eyes, slashed with unbearable pain. I don't remember anything else. I came to my senses in my own cabin. Lie. A friend leaned over me. There's another one nearby. I hear the words of their prayer: “servant of God Natalia.” My heart went cold. Are they having a funeral service? I can hardly move my tongue - stop.
“Hush,” they tell me, “you can’t talk.”
What happened to me? At that moment, when I ran down the stairs, the ship’s hundred-kilogram cook sharply, with all his might, opened the galley door. I was in a hurry too. The door is heavy, massive, with sharp metal edges. One edge of it hit me squarely on the forehead. I cut it without much difficulty.
They didn't give me a mirror for a long time. And when they did give it... It would have been better not to give it. A bleeding wound, a swollen eye, a distorted face. A prayer was read above me for the sick Natalia, and I, swallowing tears, said goodbye to tomorrow’s walk along Mount Athos. Where should I go now? I suffered all night. My head was aching from pain, no compresses helped. But in the morning, exhausted and sleep-deprived, I still decide to go for a walk to Mount Athos. They say: look at yourself. What should I watch? And so I know that it doesn’t get any worse. But the monastery of Panteleimon, and Panteleimon is a healer! Will he really leave the traumatized pilgrim from Russia with his prayers? They put me in the front seat of the bus. A friend keeps medicines ready. I sit, afraid to move. The beauty outside the window is not pleasing, it hurts, oh, what a headache. Sympathetic glances: so how? It’s normal - I smile tightly. And I myself have already regretted it a hundred times: where I’m going, I would lie in my cabin...
We transfer to the ferry and head towards Athos. The monks of the Panteleimon Monastery greet us with the ringing of bells. A cheerful, sunny sound scattered across the surface of the sea... a boat separated from the monastery pier. There are three monks in it, catching up with our ferry and changing seats. A small carved reliquary is carefully and reverently held in their hands. The relics of the healer Panteleimon... God's saint appeared himself, to us, whose infirmities are countless, to me, sitting in the shade under a blue umbrella, so tired from the raw wound on my forehead. This is truly an ambulance! I wouldn’t even dare to suggest that my prayers were answered, but there are so many monks, priests, and deeply religious pilgrims on the ship. Many people sympathized with me, maybe they prayed?
We take turns approaching the ark and venerating the holy relics. We are worried, we understand that this is a special moment in our lives. It's my turn. Having venerated the relics, I mentally ask the healer to heal, help me in weakness, and I perform a daring act: with my tormented forehead I touch the darkening relics in the ark. And in the evening... in the evening the pilgrims had unexpected entertainment: they looked on my forehead... for traces of the wound. The tumor subsided, the eye opened, the wound healed, and only a thin, barely noticeable thread of the scar lay on my forehead as a memory of the pain that had passed and the miracle that had happened.
Here's the story. Among my colleagues in the editorial office there are two who traveled with me and are ready to confirm what was said. But why do we need confirmation? If there had been no help from the Nicomedia saint, people would not have come to him. Remember what doctors we go to? To those whom they recommend to us. And they recommend it after they have helped someone. Rumor, both good and bad, is always quick in Rus'. And if they are already going, if they are already falling before the icon, if they are revering them as one of their own, as a dear one, Panteleimon helps. It helps some, and good word of mouth reaches others. So the glory of the saint of God goes across Rus', and there are always candles in front of his icon.
It just so happened that for two years in a row I celebrated the holiday of his memory in New Athos, in Abkhazia. The New Athos monastery was built on the model of that Greek one, and is also called Panteleimonov. Patronal feast day in the first year after the recent war. There was a hospital here. Sandbags still stick out in the window openings. Father Vissarion, a local priest, delivers a sermon. And suddenly a simple and unexpected thought: a hospital, well, of course, what else could there have been here during the war? Barracks, hospital. The healer gathered the wounded here under his protection, alleviated their suffering, helped them gain strength and survive. True to his healing craft, the saint unites the heavenly and earthly hospitals. Just as he was a skilled doctor on earth, so he remained one in heaven. And from there his help, his prayer, his miracles came to us.
Lately, in doctors’ offices, the eye has been caught by the icon of the healer Panteleimon. Good sign. Together it is always more convenient. And the phrase to the doctor - “Heal yourself” - is full of great meaning. Anyone who has achieved it can no longer be a failed doctor.
Is it possible to live at home without the icon of this heavenly healer? After all, we run to the hospital if it’s completely unbearable, but in life, what don’t we tolerate, what doesn’t happen? My finger was burned by a hot frying pan. We slipped out of the blue, turned around awkwardly, and took a sip of ice-cold mineral water from the refrigerator. Or they fell into depression, or in anger brought themselves to a hysterical fit... “Do not abhor my sinful ulcers,” we say these words from the prayer and go to the icon. Let's be silent, concentrate, pray. And the pain will go away, and the anger will dull, and depression will dry up before it has time to bloom in magnificent color. Give it a try. It's so simple. What if your own will be added to the overall rich experience of healing through the prayers of the saint. And you will tell your friends and acquaintances about it: “it happened to me, and it helped me.” And the area where the great healer labors will increase by one more healed person. There is only one obligatory condition for prayer - humility. Otherwise, people often enter the temple, walk with measured steps, without looking around, walk to the icon of the healer Panteleimon, and light a candle. They turn around and leave with their heads held high. They don’t ask humbly, they demand. A candle is like a receipt in a store. Paid. Now take the goods out and put them down. But there is no product - a book of complaints! I came, asked, lit a candle - it didn’t help! And it won't help! Because “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
The healer Panteleimon is depicted on icons with a small casket in his left hand and a thin spoon in his right. There are healing potions in the chest. He knows which one is which. Desperate people, exhausted from walking through doctors' offices where equally desperate doctors sit, come to him from all over Rus' for healing. It will be done for you according to your faith, said the Lord. And it is given by faith to those who believe. And it is not given - due to unbelief.
Author: Sukhinina N.E.
Source: Orthodoxy and Peace
Prayer to the Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon
Oh, great saint of Christ, passion-bearer and much-merciful physician, Panteleimon! Have mercy on me, a sinful slave, hear my groaning and cry, propitiate the heavenly, supreme Physician of our souls and bodies, Christ our God, may He grant me healing from the illness that oppresses me.
Accept the unworthy prayer of the most sinful man above all, visit me with a gracious visit, do not disdain my sinful wounds, anoint me with the oil of your mercy and heal me; Yes, healthy in soul and body, I will be able to spend the rest of my days, by the grace of God, in repentance and pleasing God and will be worthy to receive a good end to my life. Hey, servant of God! Pray to Christ God, that through your intercession he may grant me health to my body and salvation to my soul. Amen.
Prayer and Akathist to the Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon the Healer
Troparion and Kontakion to the Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon Prayers to the Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon Akathist to the Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon The Greatness of Panteleimon
Troparion and Kontakion to the Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon
Troparion, tone 3
Passion-bearing saint and healer Panteleimon, pray to the Merciful God that He will grant remission of sins to our souls.
Kontakion, tone 5
O imitator of the Merciful and healing grace received from Him, passion-bearer and martyr of Christ God, with your prayers heal our spiritual ailments, driving away the ever-fighting temptations from those who cry out truly: save us, Lord.
PRAYERS FOR HELP OF HEALER PANTELEMON
First prayer
O great saint of Christ and glorious healer, Great Martyr Panteleimon! With your soul in Heaven stand before the Throne of God and enjoy His Trinitarian glory, rest in the body and face of the saints on earth in the Divine temples and various miracles flow from this grace from above Yay, look with your merciful eye on the people ahead, more honest than your icon, tenderly praying and asking for healing from you help and intercession: extend your warm prayers to the Lord our God and ask for forgiveness of sins for our souls. For we, for our iniquity, do not dare to raise our hair to the heights of heaven, nor to raise our prayerful voice below to His unapproachable glory in the Divine, with a contrite heart and a humble spirit for you, intercessor We are merciful to the Lady and we call on the prayer book for us sinners, as you have received You have the grace from Him to heal ailments and drive away passions. We therefore ask you: do not despise us, unworthy, who pray to you and demand your help. Be a comforter to us in sorrows, a physician to the suffering in times of cruelty, a quick protector to those who are guided, a giver of insight to those who are ill, a quick representative and healer to the sick and babies: the source Give to everyone everything that is useful for salvation, as through your prayers to the Lord God you have received grace and mercy, Let us glorify all the good Source and Gift-Giver God, One in the Trinity of Saints, glorified Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Second prayer
Holy great martyr and healer Panteleimon, merciful imitator of God! Look with mercy and hear us sinners (names) praying before your holy icon. Ask us (names) from the Lord God, Who stands with the angels in heaven, for the forgiveness of our sins and transgressions. Heal the mental and physical illnesses of the servants of God (names), now remembered, those present here, and all Orthodox Christians who flow to your intercession. Behold, because of our fierce sin, we are possessed by many ailments and are not imams of help and consolation, but we resort to you, as you have given the grace to pray for us and heal every ailment and every disease. Grant therefore to all of us (names) through your holy prayers health and well-being of souls and bodies, advancement of faith and piety and everything necessary for temporary life and salvation. For yes, having been granted great and rich mercies by you, let us glorify you and the Giver of all blessings, marvelous among the saints, our God, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Prayer three
To you, as a free doctor, a comforter of the sorrowing, an enricher of the poor, we now resort to you, Saint Panteleimon. Having learned well the wisdom of the world and the art of medicine, you believed in Christ and, from Him, the gift of healings, freely healed the sick. Distributing all your wealth to the poor, the wretched, orphans and widows, you visited the languid in chains, the holy sufferer of Christ, and consoled them with healing, conversation and alms. For your faith in Christ, you experienced various torments, your head was beheaded with a sword, and before your death, Christ appeared and named you Panteleimon, that is, all-merciful, because he gave you the grace to always have mercy on everyone who comes to you in any circumstances and sorrows. Hear us, with faith and love, running to you, holy great martyr, for you were called all-merciful by the Savior Christ Himself, and in your earthly life you gave healing to one, alms to another, and consolation to others generously, not letting anyone go without benefit. So now, do not reject or leave us, Saint Panteleimon, but listen and hasten to help us; Heal and heal from all sorrow and illness, free from troubles and misfortunes, and pour Divine consolation into our hearts, so that being vigorous in body and spirit, we glorify the Savior Christ forever. Amen.
Prayer four
Oh, great saint of Christ, passion-bearer and merciful physician Panteleimon! Have mercy on me, a sinful slave, hear my groaning and cry, propitiate the heavenly, supreme Physician of our souls and bodies, Christ our God, may He grant me healing from the illness that oppresses me. Accept the unworthy prayer of the most sinful man above all. Visit me with a gracious visit. Do not disdain my sinful sores, anoint them with the oil of your mercy and heal me, so that, healthy in soul and body, I can spend the rest of my days, by the grace of God, in repentance and pleasing God and be worthy of receiving the good end of my life. Hey, servant of God! Pray to Christ God, that through your intercession he may grant health to my body and salvation to my soul. Amen.
Fifth prayer
Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon! Pray to God for us (names) and do not allow the illnesses that hurt our soul and body to remain in it any longer! Heal those ulcers and scabs that were caused to us by our passions. We suffer from laziness and relaxation is healed. We suffer from attraction and addiction to earthly objects and are healed. We are sick, O Saint Panteleimon! We suffer from forgetfulness: we are healed about the work of salvation, about our sins and weaknesses, about our responsibilities. We are sick with resentment, anger, and hatred, heal, O healer of St. Athos and the world. We are sick with envy, pride, arrogance, exaltation, but despite all our poverty and lasciviousness we are healed. We suffer from many and different attacks of carnality: gluttony, intemperance, gluttony, voluptuousness, we are healed. We suffer from drowsiness, verbosity, idle talk, judgmentalism, heal us, O Saint Panteleimon! Our eyes hurt from sinful views, our ears hurt from listening to idle talk, slander, slander, heal us. Our hands hurt due to our reluctance to pray and give alms, and we were healed. Our legs hurt from the reluctance to hastily go to the temple of the Lord and the desire to walk through the haystacks and visit the healing houses of the world. It hurts, our tongue hurts, our lips hurt: with idle talk, idle talk, slander, turning away from prayers and praises, or pronouncing them carelessly, absent-mindedly, without attention, without the concept of healing, oh mercy! We hurt from head to toe: our minds hurt with lack of understanding, unreasonableness and madness; Our will hurts, turning away from holy pursuits and striving for deeds that are harmful and ungodly; Our memory hurts, having forgotten our sins and containing within itself the sins and insults of our neighbors; Our imagination hurts, unable and unwilling to vividly imagine to us our death, the eternal torment of sinners, the blessings of the Kingdom of Heaven, God's wrath, Christ's suffering on the cross, His crucifixion healed us, O Saint Panteleimon! Everything in us hurts. Our entire soul, with all its strengths and abilities, is also weak. Our whole body with all its members is also weak. Heal us, O Saint Panteleimon, unmercenary and loving Healer, servant of the Most Holy Theotokos, and do not leave our repentance in the great ailments and in the great infirmities: so that, having been healed by your grace, I will glorify the Most Holy Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the Most Holy Theotokos, to you sending you to serve the sick, and I will thank you, O Saint Panteleimon, who brings celibacy. Amen.
Prayer of gratitude to Saint Panteleimon (after healing)
Holy Great Martyr, Healer and Wonderworker Panteleimon, all-round servant of God and constant prayer book of Orthodox Christians! You are worthily named Panteleimon, the all-merciful hedgehog, for having received from God the grace to pray for us and heal illnesses, you richly give to everyone who comes to you, various healings and everything needed for temporary life and salvation. For this reason, we, unworthy, having been worthy of your mercy, again before your holy icon, run to you, and glorifying you, as a sincere saint of God, our faithful prayer book and healer, we zealously thank you and the Giver of all good things, the Lord our God, for great blessings, from Him you were to us. Therefore, mercifully accept this small prayerful thanksgiving of ours, before imams will give you anything other than what is due, and for the rest of our life, do not deprive us, weak and sinners, of your help and prayerful intercession with the Lord our God, to Him belongs all glory, thanksgiving and worship, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Akathist to the Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon
How to read the akathist correctly
Kontakion 1
Chosen passion-bearer of Christ and gracious physician, grant healing to the sick, with songs we praise you, our intercessor. But you, since you have boldness in the Lord, free us from all troubles and illnesses, calling to you with love: Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Ikos 1
You are the angel of earthly and heavenly man, O glorious Panteleimon: adorned with angelic purity and martyrdom, you moved from earth to Heaven, where you are with the angels and all the saints stand before the Throne of the Lord of Glory, pray for us earthly ones who honor you with these titles: Rejoice, Lord piety; Rejoice, glorious lamp of the Church. Rejoice, decoration of the most honorable martyrs; Rejoice, affirmation of the faithful in unwavering patience. Rejoice, exceeding praise of youth; Rejoice, champion of Christ, undefeated in courage. Rejoice, you who grew up in the world, who appeared in peace; Rejoice, angel in the flesh, superior to mortals. Rejoice, all-blessed inhabitant of heaven; Rejoice, container of the Divine mind. Rejoice, for your faith has been exalted; Rejoice, to whom deception has fallen. Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 2
Seeing you, the Lord has chosen a vessel, love your soul’s kindness. For you, having despised all earthly sweetness and glory, desired to be adorned with the crown of martyrdom, was wounded by Divine love, and with inspiration sang: Alleluia.
Ikos 2
Having a divinely inspired mind, O good warrior Panteleimon, you amazed King Maximian with the courage of your soul and words, in whom you boldly preached Christ. Moreover, your boldness is praised, with the verb thy face: Rejoice, despising the threats of Maximian; Rejoice, you did not submit to the advice of the wicked. Rejoice, planting of true worship of God; Rejoice, eradication of demonic service. Rejoice, whistleblower of the fury of the tormentors; Rejoice, destroyer of idolatrous charms. Rejoice, having dispersed the wicked congregations; Rejoice, thou who changeth the corruptible into the Heavenly. Rejoice, interlocutor of the immaterial Angels; Rejoice, gleener of the long-suffering saints. Rejoice, even Satan was put to shame; Rejoice, in whom Christ is glorified. Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 3
By the power of the Most High, bestowed upon you, and by your strong patience, you have weakened the tormentor’s insolence, the courageous victorious: fire, beasts, wheels, not being afraid and beheaded by the sword, the crown of victory at You were from Christ God, crying out to Him: Alleluia.
Ikos 3
Having your monastery, your all-grasping head, God-wise passion-bearer, like a great treasure, is filled with joy in this and, singing with love the grace of healing given to you from God, gratefully call ty: Rejoice, O all-bright Nicomedia; Rejoice, vigilant guard of the monastery who honors you. Rejoice, since godlessness has grown cold; Rejoice, for the knowledge of God has matured. Rejoice, bright glory of the passion-bearers; Rejoice, joyful Orthodox hearing. Rejoice, source of grace-filled healings; Rejoice, reservoir of great gifts. Rejoice, fragrant myrrh, sweetening the souls; Rejoice, for you help those who call on you. Rejoice, thou who hast given sight to the blind; Rejoice, you who have brought prosperity to the lame. Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 4
We are overcome by a storm of thoughts of polytheism, the wicked king was embarrassed when he saw from the doctors who envied you that you were curing all kinds of incurable ailments in the name of Christ. We, with joy and glorification of the wondrous God in you, cry out to Him: Alleluia.
Ikos 4
Having heard the people of Nicomedia about your great compassion for the suffering and about free healing from all sorts of diseases, everyone rushed to you, with faith in the healing grace existing in you, and, accepting with bark of healing from all diseases, glorifying God and the greatness of you, your all-merciful healer , calling to you: Rejoice, anointed with the world of grace; Rejoice, sanctified temple of God. Rejoice, great glory of the pious; Rejoice, solid wall of the embittered. Rejoice, you surpass the wise in understanding; Rejoice, illuminating the thoughts of the faithful. Rejoice, source of the Divine gifts and manifold mercies of the Lord for us; Rejoice, quick helper to those who suffer. Rejoice, refuge for the overwhelmed; Rejoice, teacher of the lost. Rejoice, healer of the sick; Rejoice, abundantly flowing healing. Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 5
The Lord perform a glorious miracle with you, when through His servant Ermolai you call you into His wonderful light. Because of the greatness of the viper, the dead child, through your prayer to Christ, came to life and rose healthy. Having come to know the True God, the Giver of Life of all, with firm faith you cried out to Him: Alleluia.
Ikos 5
The blind one will see the light that you touched with the invocation of the name of Christ, O glorious one. You were enlightened by Ermolai as a presbyter, having rejected your father’s polytheism, you adopted motherly piety, and you also enlightened your father. For this reason, for your sake, glorious saint of God and wonderful doctor, we cry: Rejoice, you have great zeal for God; Rejoice, ever-burning fire of Divine love. Rejoice, active listener of the sacred teachings of Ermolai; Rejoice, having followed the advice of your mother Evvula. Rejoice, for you have given away everything so that you may receive Christ; Rejoice, conqueror of the love of the world through the love of God. Rejoice, for instead of the sweet peace you accepted fierce suffering for Christ; Rejoice, for thou art a fellow-commoner of the Passion of Christ. Rejoice, thou who triumphed over all passions; Rejoice, thou adorned with grace-filled dispassion. Rejoice, fill the joy that flows to you; Rejoice, thou healest all by the grace of Christ. Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 6
The preacher of the truth appears, enlightened by you in body and soul, a blind man: like the blind man of the Gospel, boldly before everyone he confesses the Light of the True Christ, enlightening every man, the wicked king And the gods of the pagans reproached, through the truncation of the sword, they went up to the unflickering light in Heaven to sing to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 6
With a bright face, presenting yourself to the court of the king, you boldly cried out, most blessed, in the hearing of everyone: “My all-healing power and glory is Christ, the True God, the Lord of all. , raise the dead and drive away all illnesses.” For such a confession, we please you with the verb: Rejoice, loud-voiced mouth of the Divinity of Christ; Rejoice, honey-flowing pagan, proclaim His economy. Rejoice, thou of the greatest theology; Rejoice, wise sower of piety. Rejoice, sweet-sounding pipe of faith; Rejoice, glorious preacher of Orthodoxy. Rejoice, the wondrous one revealed before death; Rejoice, you accomplish something wonderful after death. Rejoice, spectator of the glory of Christ; Rejoice, listener of those who pray to you. Rejoice, the giver of this mercy that requires it; Rejoice, I intercede good for those who honor your memory. Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 7
Myrrh was poured out on your soul, God-wise healer, from the Comforter of the Spirit; Moreover, after the death of your honorable remains, driving away the stench of your passions with the fragrance of your passions, they give healing to those who cry out in faith to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 7
When, having seen idolatry, the worshipers were weakened for many years, by your prayer, O saint, many were raised up and walking, believing in Christ; The priests of demonism, consumed by envy, incited the king to rage. Because we mercilessly for Christ’s sake, the one who suffered and was scorched, we call with tenderness: Rejoice, you who despise earthly pleasures; Rejoice, the greatest blessing of all things. Rejoice, for you have counted all the red things of this world for nothing; Rejoice, for you have shaken off the fleeting glory from yourself. Rejoice, elusive one who continues to catch Belial; Rejoice, victorious tormentor of deceit. Rejoice, you who did not spare your life for Christ; Rejoice, enemy who has appeared to hostile flesh. Rejoice, oppressed by polytheism; Rejoice, having trampled down idols by divine power. Rejoice, sharpest arrow, piercing enemies; Rejoice, representative, intercessor of the believers. Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 8
The Lord strangely appeared to you, encouraging you and keeping you in torment for His name: in the form of presbyter Ermolai, a bubbling tin, you were cast into the tenderness, cool it, and release it into the sea I brought a great stone from your neck, unharmed, to the earth. But you, having presented yourself again before the king, solemnly sang to Christ God: Alleluia.
Ikos 8
You are all settled in Heaven, and you do not leave those who exist below on earth, being with us through your all-honorable head, the great passion-bearer of Christ, receiving from the Lord and giving enlightenment and sanctification The message of those crying to you is this: Rejoice, filled with Divine wisdom; Rejoice, God's providence for us in the Mystery. Rejoice, delight of God-wise minds; Rejoice, joy for God-loving souls. Rejoice, most luminous bead of Christ; Rejoice, sanctified soul and body. Rejoice, thou who dwellest in the palace of the firstborn in Heaven; Rejoice, dwelling in the ever-blessed devils. Rejoice, light of the Trinity to the viewer; Rejoice, warm representative for us in prayers to God. Rejoice, you who give enlightenment to souls; Rejoice, send down consolation to those who mourn. Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 9
Every nature will be amazed, Panteleimon, at the radiance of grace and wealth of virtues in you: your angel-like purity, great courage in fierce suffering, strong love for Christ and much compassion I reach out to people, in which you do all the glory, and you can sing: Alleluia.
Ikos 9
The prophets of many things will not be able to adequately praise your struggle, O glorious good-winner, how by the invincible power of God the young one has defeated the ancient and primordial enemy and put to shame the idolatry lovely. We, full of surprise, call to you: Rejoice, joyful sight of angels; Rejoice, reverent surprise of people. Rejoice, you who poured out blood for Christ and flowed milk in death; Rejoice, you who gave over your body to martyrdom for Him. Rejoice, confession is the rule; Rejoice, good warrior of the King of kings. Rejoice, victorious ruler of darkness; Rejoice, you have made those in heaven and earth glad with your victory. Rejoice, blessed inhabitant of the high world; Rejoice, wise stranger from this world. Rejoice, tree decorated with the fruits of grace-filled gifts; Rejoice, you bear branches of victory. Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 10
Filled with compassion, as a true imitator of the Giver of mercy of the Lord, honest sufferer, you were named Panteleimon (that is, the all-merciful) from Him, pouring out all the mercy that flows to you , which you also pour forth endlessly from us, crying out to God for you: Alleluia.
Ikos 10
The tormentor will find a solid wall for you, but I will overcome you with no torment; I will try to crush your fortress with the teeth of beasts and the edges of the tormenting wheel, but in this nothing will succeed: the power of Christ. Tame the ferocity of the beasts, and turn the terrible stake upon which your body will be crushed. To you, the invincible passion-bearer, we call: Rejoice, honorable election of Christ; Rejoice, immaculate fragrance of God. Rejoice, solid adamante of the Church; Rejoice, unshakable pillar, reach to Heaven. Rejoice, tame visible beasts; Rejoice, destroying invisible dragons. Rejoice, stained with your blood for Christ, mixed with milk; Rejoice, unfading crowns. Rejoice, thou who has caused joy by Angels and men; Rejoice, glorified by God in Heaven and on earth. Rejoice, celestial dweller, rejoice with the martyrs; Rejoice, be satisfied with the sweet sight of Christ. Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 11
We offer the original hymn to your sacred slaughter for Christ, in which together with the blood the milk flowed from you, great martyr, and the olive tree, under which you were truncated, was filled with healing fruits ́v. Moreover, to Christ, who marvelously glorifies those who glorify Him, we cry warmly: Alleluia.
Ikos 11
You were a luminous ray, God-wise, sitting in the darkness of polytheism, guiding you to the Sun of Truth, Christ God, to Him we pray, in the light of His commandments, we too, the chinese race, will abide in the light of His commandments. worthy of you who offer: Rejoice, bright star, shining on the mental firmament; Rejoice, ray of light, shining upon the people named after Christ. Rejoice, mysteriously illuminated by the Sun of Christ; Rejoice, flow around the earth wisely. Rejoice, red village of the Holy Spirit; Rejoice, most honorable vessel, pouring out healing. Rejoice, treasure of purity; Rejoice, namesake of mercy. Rejoice, heir to the Kingdom of Heaven; Rejoice, partaker of eternal glory. Rejoice, representative of those who live in need in the sea; Rejoice, unmercenary, helping those who call you with faith. Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 12
You have received abundance of grace, O blessed one, because of the abundance of your love for Christ God. And also show you to be a multi-healing source, freely healing mental and physical illnesses that flow to you with faith and cry out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 12
Singing your long-suffering deeds for Christ, glorious passion-bearer, we praise your long-suffering, we honor your martyrdom, we honor your sacred memory, our intercessor and healer, and in praise of Itsevaya we call you:
Rejoice, harmonious trumpet of piety; Rejoice, sword, cut off wickedness. Rejoice, you who were planed on the tree for stretching out your hand on the tree with the Cross; Rejoice, for we are scorched for Him; you extinguished the delights of the furnace. Rejoice, you are vulnerable to your enemies; Rejoice, thou who hast dried up the idols' blood with thy blood. Rejoice, thou cast into boiling tin for Christ; Rejoice, thou who was immersed in the waters of the sea for His name. Rejoice, by the providence of God you remain unharmed in this place; Rejoice, for through fire and water of torment you entered into heavenly rest. Rejoice, pour out endless streams of mercy to the faithful; Rejoice, compassionate doctor, gracious giver of healing. Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 13
O long-suffering and wonderful passion-bearer of Christ and our healer Panteleimon! We graciously accept this small offering from us, heal us now from various ailments and through your intercession save us from enemies, visible and invisible, and from eternal torment, that we may be delivered from the Lord, so that Let us sing of His kingdom: Alleluia.
(This kontakion is read three times, then ikos 1 and kontakion 1)
Ikos 1
You are the angel of earthly and heavenly man, O glorious Panteleimon: adorned with angelic purity and martyrdom, you moved from earth to Heaven, where you are with the angels and all the saints stand before the Throne of the Lord of Glory, pray for us earthly ones who honor you with these titles: Rejoice, Lord piety; Rejoice, glorious lamp of the Church. Rejoice, decoration of the most honorable martyrs; Rejoice, affirmation of the faithful in unwavering patience. Rejoice, exceeding praise of youth; Rejoice, champion of Christ, undefeated in courage. Rejoice, you who grew up in the world, who appeared in peace; Rejoice, angel in the flesh, superior to mortals. Rejoice, all-blessed inhabitant of heaven; Rejoice, container of the Divine mind. Rejoice, for your faith has been exalted; Rejoice, to whom deception has fallen. Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
Kontakion 1
Chosen passion-bearer of Christ and gracious physician, grant healing to the sick, with songs we praise you, our intercessor. But you, since you have boldness in the Lord, free us from all troubles and illnesses, calling to you with love: Rejoice, great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
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We magnify you, passion-bearing saint, great martyr and healer Panteleimon, and honor your honest suffering, which you endured for Christ.
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Prayers to the Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon
People pray to the Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon for various physical and mental ailments, and he always comes to the rescue!
August 9 – His Holy Memory Day
Troparion to the Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon
Passion-bearing saint and healer Panteleimon, pray to the Merciful God to grant forgiveness of sins to our souls.
Kontakion
O imitator of the Merciful, and receiving healing grace from Him, passion-bearer and martyr of Christ God, with your prayers heal our spiritual ailments, driving away the ever-fighting temptations from those who cry out truly: save us, Lord.
Greatness
We magnify you, the passion-bearing holy great martyr and healer Panteleimon, and we honor your honest suffering, which you endured for Christ.
First prayer
O great servant of Christ and glorious healer, Great Martyr Panteleimon! With your soul in Heaven stand before the Throne of God and enjoy His Trinitarian glory, rest in your body and holy face on earth in Divine churches and pour out various miracles from the grace given to you from above, look with your merciful eye on the people ahead, more honorable than your icon, tenderly praying and asking for healing from you help and intercession: extend your warm prayers to the Lord our God and ask our souls for forgiveness of sins. Behold, we, for our iniquity, do not dare to raise our hair to the heights of heaven, lower to raise the voice of prayer to His unapproachable glory in the Divine, with a contrite heart and a humble spirit for you, a merciful intercessor to the Lady and a prayer book for us sinners, we call upon you, as you have received Thou art the grace from Him to drive away illnesses and heal passions. We therefore ask you: do not despise us, unworthy, who pray to you and demand your help. Be a comforter to us in our sorrows, a physician to those who suffer in the worst of times, a quick protector to those who are suffering, a giver of insight to those who are ill, a ready intercessor and healer for those who are sick and infants in sorrows: intercede for everyone everything that is useful for salvation, as through your prayers to the Lord God you have received grace and mercy, let us glorify all the good Source and Giver of God, the One in the Trinity of Holy Ones, the glorified Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Second prayer
O glorious martyr and good warrior of the Heavenly King, the all-blessed Panteleimon, the most eminent imitator of the merciful God, having boldly confessed Christ on earth, and having endured manifold torments for Him, you have, unfadingly, received a crown in Heaven, where you enjoy eternal bliss, and with boldness before the Throne of the Trisolar Divinity stoishi ! All of us sinners resort to your Christ-like compassion for God, and we all diligently pray to you, our warm intercessor and representative: do not cease to look upon us who are in need and sorrowful circumstances, and with your prayerful help and healing power, always deliver us from cruel evils and all-destructiveness and all sorts of other troubles and illnesses. For you, holy one, have received the boundless grace of healing from our Savior Jesus Christ for your firm faith in Him, with a pure and immaculate life, sealed by martyrdom and your many-victorious death, in which, by the grace given by you, you were named by Christ Panteleimon, the same-named of mercy, having mercy on all those who come to you in sorrow and illness. For this reason, since you are a merciful helper and healer in everything, we call on you with faith: hear us and through your God-pleasing intercession give us everything useful in this life and necessary for eternal salvation. With your martyrdom, beg the merciful God to have mercy on us, sinners and unworthy, according to His great mercy, and deliver us from cowardice, flood, fire, sword and all righteous anger and reproach, prompting us in good time to cleansing and propitiatory repentance for our sins, for the sake of the multitude of His bounty, may He give us all a comfortable, quiet and God-pleasing life, and may His Angel protect us all from all enemies, visible and invisible, with His grace and invincible militia, in whose image we are protected and instructed, may we live in this world in repentance, purity and in doing godly deeds; May we be worthy, through your warm intercession, to achieve a Christian death that is painless, peaceful, and shameless, to get rid of the machinations of the airy princes of darkness and from eternal torment, and to be heirs of the endless, all-blessed Kingdom. Hey, servant of God! Do not cease to pray for us sinners, and through your intercession of temporary and eternal troubles, deliverance, we magnify you, our intercessor and prayer book, and we eternally glorify our common Master and Lord Jesus Christ, to Him belongs all glory, honor and worship with His Beginning Father and the Most Holy Spirit , now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Prayer three
Reverend Jeremiah (The Hermit)
Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon! Pray to God for us and do not allow those illnesses that hurt us in soul and body to remain in us any longer! Heal those ulcers and scabs that have been caused to us by our passions. We suffer from laziness and relaxation - we are healed. We suffer from attraction and addiction to earthly objects - we are healed. We are sick, O Saint Panteleimon! We suffer from forgetfulness: about the matter of salvation, about our sins and weaknesses, about our responsibilities - heal us. We are sick with resentment, anger, hatred - heal, O healer of St. Athos and the world. We are sick with envy, pride, arrogance, exaltation, despite all the poverty and lewdness - we are healed. We suffer from many different attacks of carnality: gluttony, intemperance, gluttony, lust - we are healed. We are sick with drowsiness, verbosity, idle talk, judgmentalism - heal us, O Saint Panteleimon! Our eyes hurt from sinful views, our ears hurt from listening to idle talk, slander, slander - heal us. Our hands hurt because we are disinclined to pray and give alms - heal us. Our legs hurt from the reluctance to hastily go to the temple of the Lord and the desire to walk through the haystacks and visit the houses of the world - we are healed. Our tongue hurts, our lips hurt greatly: through idle talk, idle talk, slander, turning away from prayers and praises, or pronouncing them carelessly, absent-mindedly, without attention, without understanding - heal us, oh mercy! We hurt from head to toe: our minds hurt with lack of understanding, unreasonableness and madness; Our will hurts, turning away from holy pursuits and striving for deeds that are harmful and ungodly; Our memory hurts, forgetting our sins and never losing sight of the sins and insults of our neighbors; Our imagination hurts, unable and unwilling to vividly imagine to us our death, the eternal torment of sinners, the blessings of the Kingdom of Heaven, God's wrath, Christ's suffering on the cross, His crucifixion - heal us, O Saint Panteleimon! Everything in us hurts. Our entire soul, with all its strengths and abilities, is also weak. Our whole body with all its members is also weak. Heal us, O Saint Panteleimon, merciless and loving Healer, servant of the Most Holy Theotokos, and do not leave our damnation in the great ailments and in the great infirmities: may you be healed by your grace, I will glorify the Most Holy Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and the Most Holy Theotokos, to you sending to serve the sick, and I will thank you, O Saint Panteleimon, the whole-bearing shrine forever. Amen.
Prayer four
O great saint of Christ, passion-bearer and merciful physician, Panteleimon! Have mercy on me, a sinful slave, hear my groaning and cry, propitiate the heavenly, supreme Physician of our souls and bodies, Christ our God, may He grant me healing from the illness that oppresses me. Accept the unworthy prayer of the most sinful man above all. Visit me with a gracious visit. Do not disdain my sinful sores, anoint me with the oil of your mercy and heal me: yes, healthy in soul and body, I can spend the rest of my days, by the grace of God, in repentance and pleasing God and will be worthy to receive the good end of my life. Hey, servant of God! Pray to Christ God, that through your intercession he may grant me health to my body and salvation to my soul. Amen.
Fifth prayer
(thanksgiving, after healing from illness)
Holy Great Martyr, Healer and Wonderworker Panteleimon, all-round servant of God and constant prayer book of Orthodox Christians! You are worthily named Panteleimon, the all-merciful hedgehog, for having received from God the grace to pray for us and to heal illnesses, you richly give to everyone who comes to you, various healings and everything needed for temporary life and salvation: for this reason we are not worthy, having been granted Your mercy, again, before your holy icon, we resort to you, and glorifying you, as a sincere saint of God, our faithful prayer book and healer, we fervently thank you and the giver of all the good things of the Lord our God for the great blessings that you have given us from Him. Therefore, mercifully accept this small prayerful thanksgiving of ours, before imams give you anything other than what is due to you, and for the rest of our lives do not deprive us, weak and sinners, of your help and prayerful intercession with the Lord our God, to Him belongs all glory, thanksgiving and worship. , Father and Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Prayer six
Holy great martyr and healer Panteleimon, merciful imitator of God! Look with mercy and hear us, sinners, praying earnestly before your holy icon. Ask us from the Lord God, who stands before Him with the Angels in heaven, for the forgiveness of our sins and transgressions. Heal the mental and physical illnesses of the servants of God, now remembered, those present here, and all Orthodox Christians who flow to your intercession. Behold, because of our fierce sin, we are possessed by many ailments and are not imams of help and consolation, but we resort to you, as you have given the grace to pray for us and heal every ailment and every disease. Grant therefore to all of us through your holy prayers health and well-being of souls and bodies, advancement of faith and piety and everything necessary for temporary life and salvation. For, having been granted great and rich mercies by you, let us glorify you and the giver of all blessings, marvelous among the saints, our God, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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