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Kontakion 1
Chosen by the Voivode and the King of glory, You, the Creator of heaven and earth, beholding on Mount Tavorstei transformed with glory, all creation was amazed, the heavens trembled, and all earthly beings rejoiced, but we are unworthy of You for the sake of the Transfiguration, gratefully offering worship, with Peter from the heart we cry out to Ty: Jesus, Eternal God, it is good for us to always be under the shelter of Your grace.
Ikos 1
Unknown to angels and unapproachable to man, Thy, Light-Giver Christ, Divinity, with ever-lasting lightning and rays of Thy Everlasting Light, Thou didst reveal on Mount Tavorstei as Thy chief disciple, but changed by Divine horror, shone with a bright cloud and heard the voice of the Father, understanding Thy incarnation, the mystery crying out to Thee this: Jesus, Immortal Son of God, enlighten us with the light of Your illuminated Face. Jesus, Good God Almighty, awaken us sleeping from the depths of the darkness of sinful sleep. Jesus, the living unapproachable in the light, bring us out of the dark region. Jesus, having filled the whole world with Your glory, lead us into the abode of paradise. Jesus, Light of the world, free us from the evil world who sit in darkness. Jesus, Sun of Truth, clothe us with power and righteousness, in the shadow of those sleeping in death. Jesus, Eternal God, it is good for us to always be under the shelter of Your grace.
Kontakion 2
Seeing that Your disciples, O Lord of mankind, are still unenlightened, they do not understand that it is fitting for You to go to Jerusalem and suffer a lot and be killed there, You began to tell them from there that all this must be endured by Your will for the sake of our salvation. Both of you are not yet able to think about what is the essence of God, but what is the essence of man, for this reason, after six days, you taught Peter, James and John, and I brought you up to Mount Tabor to show them, before the Cross, Your Divine Glory, and even during Your sufferings it was reasonable They will sing to You: Alleluia.
Ikos 2
Your disciples, Lord, cannot understand Your free suffering. For this reason, before Your Cross, in a deep night, You raised Your best disciples to a high mountain, so that they may see the miracle of Your terrible Transfiguration and the unbearable Divine Coming of Your eternal beauty from afar, so that when they see You crucified, Your suffering may be understood freely. For this reason, we cry out to You: Jesus, Your disciples, who brought us up from the riches to the high mountain, bring us up to the mountain, so that we may learn to seek the pleasures on high. Jesus, who separated Peter and Zebedee from worldly cares and the multitude of people, separate our minds from earthly goods, so that we may learn to avoid addictions. Jesus, who through many labors lifted up His friends to great heights, and taught us through many toils and sweats to strive all day long. Jesus, in the silence of the night prayer you showed your Transfiguration to your disciples, and now grant to your faithful ones to be enlightened at night by the sweetness of your words. Jesus, the threefold witnesses of Thy glory in the silence of the Tavorites, and now grant to the silent and deserted always to contemplate Thy glory. Jesus, Tabor and Hermon, rejoicing in Your Name, grant us, by invoking Your sweetest Name, to accomplish the rise of the mountain. Jesus, Eternal God, it is good for us to always be under the shelter of Your grace.
Kontakion 3
You have clothed Your chosen Apostles with the power from above, O Jesus, You have elevated me to Tabor, so that they may become accustomed to seek the things on high and to be wise on high, and not earthly, and clothe us, who have fallen to the ground and are always overcome by the weakness of the flesh, by Your power and glory, so that Your strength is in our weakness. It will be accomplished, so for our sake we will sing to You with love: Alleluia.
Ikos 3
Before the Cross and Your free suffering, let Your disciples reveal in part Your Divinity, O Christ our Savior, You chose three from those living on the earth, so that the spectators of Your Divine glory will be, for these three before Your eyes are better than all peoples and language: Peter, as he who loved You more than others, and as the first of all to confess the Son of God to You, James, as the first among the Apostles of hope for the sake of future blessings, bowed his head under the sword and thus laid the foundation for Your martyrdom, John, as a virgin and most of all purity of flesh and spirit chastely preserving and for this sake a special grace received more than others to the vision of ineffable revelations and Thy Divine Glory. With them, accept from us also Your praises: Jesus, from Peter before Your Transfiguration, accept the confession of faith, accept also my warm confession. Jesus, to the same Peter at Tabor who gave the boldness to speak with You, speak good and peaceful things in my heart. Jesus, for the flame of love you have called the sons of Zebedee sons of thunder, do not strike me with the thunder of your wrath. Jesus, by the same disciple, who did not allow fire to be brought down from heaven to the Samaritans, extinguish the fire of passions in me. Jesus, with the virgin John, in purity of flesh and spirit, lead me to Tabor on high. Jesus, with the courageous Jacob, who drank Your cup first, lead me into paradise. Jesus, Eternal God, it is good for us to always be under the shelter of Your grace.
Kontakion 4
The storm of Your Epiphany was on Mount Sinai, when in thunder and lightning You gave the law to Your saint Moses, so on Mount Horeb there was a strong spirit, ravaging the mountains, coward and fire, when Elijah the prophet wanted to see You, both not in a whirlwind storm, not in coward and not in fire, Lord, but in a thin voice of coldness You showed them Your Face and the glory of Your Divinity, when on Mount Tabor You appeared to them, crying out to You with joy: Alleluia.
Ikos 4
Moses and Elijah heard Your words on Tabor about Your exodus, which You wanted to end in Jerusalem, being Your witness to the whole world, Lord, that You are truly the Son of God for the salvation of people from God the Father, sent and shown by a voice from heaven. Moses was called from the dead to be a witness in hell to those who are holding Thy coming into the world. Elijah was called from paradise to quickly speak to Enoch of Your Glory in the Transfiguration of Your Most Pure Flesh seen. We, marveling at the mystery of Your prophet's appearance on Tabor, call with tenderness to You: Jesus, Moses the Seer of God, who desired to see Your Face, who appeared on Tabor Face to face, show us in the coming time of Your Face the much-desired sweetness. Jesus, in God's vision of Thy rearers of old, the radiance of Thy Glory was shown to Moses, show us in Thy Kingdom, face to the Face of Thy Vision, unspeakable kindness. Jesus, in the silence and voice of subtle coldness, who instructed Elijah with Your revelation, instruct me wonderfully in the silence of divine dispassion. Jesus, on the fiery chariot of Thy unfaded heavenly One who brought Elijah to paradise, lead me wonderfully to the height of the most perfect life. Jesus, who of old with the prophets spoke many words, and who announced to them His outcome on Tabor, feed my hungry soul with the words of the eternal life. Jesus, in the presence of the two witnesses, having revealed the Mystery of the Transfiguration to Your disciple, with the unspoken sighs of the Holy Spirit, kindled my cold faith. Jesus, Eternal God, it is good for us to always be under the shelter of Your grace.
Kontakion 5
More than the God-bearing star that rose in the night, become like, Light-Giver Lord, the ineffable radiance of Your most pure Flesh, when as a disciple sleeping and the night approaching the morning, You offered up Your most peaceful prayer to Your Father on the height of the mountain. Then Your Face was illuminated like the sun, and Your robe was shining, as white as snow. The Apostles, having found Divine power, awakened and saw Your Glory, as the Only Begotten of the Father, and were filled with grace and truth, and stood in awe, singing to You: Alleluia.
Ikos 5
The Apostles saw Thee on Tabor in the form of human beings, and were transformed by Divine glory and conversed with Moses and Elijah about Thy exodus, understanding Thy ever-present power and the Divinity hidden under the cover of flesh, and the horror of being, listening to the words and enjoying the sight of Thy Divine glory, just as videsha, the tree of bodily combs and sight can accommodate them. With them, we also sing to You this: Jesus, Your disciple has made Your ineffable and God-radiant Glory shine forth, shine forth in our souls Your ever-present Light. Jesus, the chief ruler of the law and grace of Thy most worldly Light, through Thy communion gather our ever-lost minds. Jesus, the lightning of Your Divinity hidden in the flesh on Tabor, revealing little of it, expose the hidden fall of sin in my wretched conscience. Jesus, having illuminated the Holy Mountain with the rays of Your uncreated Light from Your Flesh, illuminate the light of Your commandments in my dark soul. Jesus, by the Transfiguration of Thy pure Flesh, enlighten the ends of the world, enlighten and beautify us who are darkened. Jesus, by the brilliance of Thy Tabor Light, purifying us like snow, your disciples, cleanse and renew us who have been darkened. Jesus, Eternal God, it is good for us to always be under the shelter of Your grace.
Kontakion 6
Having seen Your most gracious and saving conversation, O Christ our God, with Moses and Elijah on Mount Tabor, Your disciples, Peter, James and John, rejoiced greatly. Peter, in a voice filled with divine love, said: “Lord, it is good for us to be here: if you want, we will create three canopies here, one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” We are unworthy, we do not dare to ask You directly, but we humbly pray to You for mercy and cry out to You with a trembling voice: Alleluia.
Ikos 6
The rising on Tabor as a sign of the whole universe, a cloud of light, Peter asking about the canopy, the revelation of the voice of the Fatherland announcing the coming of the Holy Spirit, and when the Apostles, the top of the surrounding mountain, were even more afraid and entered the cloud with fear, feeling Your unapproachable Divinity, and with With the boldness of many I cried out to You like this: Jesus, who of old guided Israel as a pillar of cloud in the desert, He Himself now show us the way to Your Kingdom. Jesus, Thy Apostles in a bright cloud overshadowed Tabor, with the dew of Thy Holy Spirit overshadowing us. Jesus, in the Temple not made by hands, living in heaven, the temple is luminous and the most pure canopy, show me Your Divinity. Jesus, who did not desire tabernacles made with hands on earth, create for me the inner beautiful tabernacle of Your Spirit, so that I may ascend to heaven. Jesus, clothe yourself with light like a robe, clothe me naked in the richly woven robe of chastity and purity. Jesus, stretch out the sky like a skin, clothe me, flabby, in the snow-light clothes of Your heavenly beauty. Jesus, Eternal God, it is good for us to always be under the shelter of Your grace.
Kontakion 7
Although Your Heavenly Father revealed the secret of Your Divinity, hidden from time to time, as before on the Jordan during Your Baptism, proclaim Your Sonship of God and thus testify with a voice from the cloud, saying: “This is My Beloved Son, listen to Him.” The apostles, from the great horror, lost their strength, fell prostrate to the ground, crying out to You: Alleluia.
Ikos 7
The new one who saw and was glorious on Tabor, Thy Word, Lord Lord, self-witnesses and servants, and the voice of the Father and the noise from the cloud heard, was terrible and suddenly illuminated with a new light, in vain, wondering at each other and falling prostrate to the ground, bowing to You, the Lord of all , sending forth the following praises to You: Jesus, Image of the Most Bright Hypostasis of the Father, transform my dark and unclean life. Jesus, Glory of the Father's Radiance, enlighten my fallen and deepened soul into darkness. Jesus, wondrous and terrible in the glory of Your Divine vision, renew our spiritual vision, corrupted by corruption. Quiet Jesus, full of love, with the indescribable grace of Your Flesh, all the impurity of my flesh has become whiter than snow. Jesus, the Beginningless Light, in Your light, revealed on Tabor, Show us the Father. Jesus, unchanging Light, in the invisible Light of Your Kingdom, show us the Light and the Spirit. Jesus, Eternal God, it is good for us to always be under the shelter of Your grace.
Kontakion 8
Marvelously and strangely, Moses and Elijah appeared to You on Tabor, Master Lord, seeing the mark of the Divine Hypostasis, and speaking about Your free suffering, which stands before You in a sacred manner. When a bright cloud overshadowed them and a voice came from heaven, the Glory of the Lord was taken from the vision of Your disciples, and the prophets also took to their places, singing to You: Alleluia.
Ikos 8
You were all from the highest, Innumerable in the Word of God, when Your most pure Flesh was transfigured on Tabor, but You also in no way departed from the lower ones, when the prophet departed and the vision had already passed away, You approached those lying in fear on earth as Your disciple, and touched them with your hand , you said to them: “Arise, do not be afraid.” The disciples, lifting up their eyes and seeing no one else, but You who are One with them, rejoiced greatly and gave thanks to God, singing to You like this: Jesus, having the words of the eternal Life, always abide with us in our earthly journey. Jesus, having filled us with the vision of Your Divinity, do not leave us orphans in Your service. Jesus, before Thy Cross, having understood the Mystery of free suffering, grant us to always remember Thy for our sake of exhaustion. Jesus, before You died, Who showed us Your glory, grant us always to understand the deification of Your Flesh. Jesus, the indispensable image of Existence, renew in my soul the longed-for image of Your image and likeness. Jesus, like a seal like the Father, seal Your beauty and ineffable kindness in my flesh. Jesus, Eternal God, it is good for us to always be under the shelter of Your grace.
Kontakion 9
All nature was confused, in vain Your glorious Transfiguration on Tabor, Christ the Savior: Angels, invisibly approaching, serving You with fear and trembling, the heavens were afraid, the whole earth was moving and trembling, seeing the glory of the Lord, “Mount Tabor, formerly dark and smoky,” covered with a bright cloud, “on the same” Thy most pure “nose stood”, and Thy disciples, Lord, cannot bear to behold Thy unbearable sight, throwing themselves down to the ground, covering their faces, until You Yourself, in the vision of the end, have I raised up those who cry out to You : Alleluia.
Ikos 9
Superstitious spirits, unenlightened by grace, cannot understand Your glorious Transfiguration of the Sacrament, Lord. For this reason, when you and your disciples came down from the mountain, the day was beginning to shine, you commanded your friends, so that visions of the former would be revealed to no one, until, after accepting suffering and death, you were resurrected on the third day from the grave. And they kept silent, and declared to no one in those days nothing from those whom they had seen and heard, but still in my heart I cried out to You: Jesus, you have clothed yourself in all of Adam, enlighten the anciently blackened nature of man. Jesus, carried in clouds, lights and darkness, by Your Grace consume all the spiritual darkness in us. Jesus, delighting Your Apostles with the radiance of the Divine noise, always delight us with the words of Your Divine revelation. Jesus, Thy disciples who enlightened with a budding cloud, always enlighten us with the dawning of Thy glorious Transfiguration. Jesus, having sanctified Mount Tabor with Your most pure feet, direct our nose to Your everlasting service. Jesus, with innocent hands, commanded to ascend Your mountain, stir up our hands to lift up the mountain in prayer. Jesus, Eternal God, it is good for us to always be under the shelter of Your grace.
Kontakion 10
To save even the world, at Tabor you have been transformed for our sake, O Lord, may you make us worthy of the heavenly glory prepared for your chosen ones and may you transform the body of our humility, so that it may be like the body of your glory in the general resurrection of all and in your endless kingdom, which you have prepared from of the creation of the world by those who love Thee, and in it grant us also, like Moses and Elijah on Tabor, to behold Thee face to face and with all the saints to sing to Thee the eternal song: Alleluia.
Ikos 10
To the Eternal King! You do everything for our salvation. For my sake, you took on the most pure flesh from the Most Holy Virgin Mary and came into this world in the form of a servant. In the same way, You were transformed on the holy mountain, not pleasing Yourself; the Light does not require enlightenment, but for us, for the sake of the condemned, so that you may enlighten our darkness and transform us, who sit in darkness and in the midst of the shadow of death, from the sons of wrath into Your beloved children. For this reason, we cry out to You in gratitude as follows: Jesus, you who transformed the servant form on Tabor, may you make us children of God from slaves of sin. Jesus, who exhausted Himself even to the flesh, may you transform our fallen nature with You. Jesus, manifest the indescribable beauty of Your Kingdom on Tabor, establish joy, peace and the truth about the Holy Spirit in us. Jesus, by the Divine splendor of Your flesh you have deified all creation, by the deification of your flesh at Your Second Coming renew us. Jesus, the fire of Your Divinity was revealed on Tabor, and my sins were consumed by immaterial fire. Jesus, having nourished Your disciples there with Your sweetest conversation, sanctify my smooth soul with Your Holy Mysteries. Jesus, Eternal God, it is good for us to always be under the shelter of Your grace.
Kontakion 11
I bring all-contrite singing to You, unworthy, performing a bright triumph of Your Transfiguration and crying out to You: grant now the height of heavenly life and ever-present glory of Divine radiance to Your servant, with a pure heart grant us the ability to mentally ascend to Your holy mountain, to see with our rational eyes the glorious Transfiguration of Yours, so that we may sing brightly To you: Alleluia.
Ikos 11
This Light is Unapproachable and the Giver of Light, Jesus, the Beginningless and Ever-Sustaining Light, You brought Your Light into the world, when with Your most pure flesh You entered Mount Tabor and there You showed the Uncreated and Divine Light to Your disciples, showing the image of the Glory of the Father. Desiring to be partakers of this supernatural Light of Yours, from the depths of my soul we cry out to You like this: Jesus Christ, True Light, live my soul with good thoughts all the days of my earthly journey. Jesus the King, the Beginningless Light, rekindle the extinguished lamp of my soul until the day of my death. Jesus, Quiet Light, give life, light and life descended on my soul in the terrible hour of my death. Jesus, Holy Light, shine and burn, then rescue me from the unquenchable fire and pitch darkness. Jesus, Sweetest and Most Holy Light, lead me to the light of Your heavenly palace among the bitter ordeals of the air. Jesus, Most Bright Light of the sun, in the lordships of Thy saints in the unevening days of Thy Kingdom, enlighten me. Jesus, Eternal God, it is good for us to always be under the shelter of Your grace.
Kontakion 12
Grant me Thy grace, O Jesus my God, which Thou didst bestow on Tabor to Thy chosen disciples Peter, John and James, and accept us as they are, so that we may be endowed with Thy power from above and enlightened by the Holy Spirit, having a pure heart and a renewed spirit, let us ascend to mental Favor, ascending from strength to strength, striving especially in fasting and prayer, remaining in chastity and purity, and there let us sing to You: Alleluia.
Ikos 12
Singing to Your most pure Flesh the glorious Transfiguration, we glorify Your Divine Glory revealed on Tabor, we worship Your ever-essential Power and Divinity, Whose little dawn You revealed there, O Christ, and we believe with Peter that You are truly the Christ, the Son of the Living God, who came into the sinful world to save, and in the same way we cry out to him from the depths of our souls: it is good for us to be here with You. For this sake, do not disgrace us who believe in Your right, both weak and covered with flesh, and cover us with the Light of Your God-blessed Flesh, who with love call to You: Jesus, the Unsetting Sun, who rose on Tabor. Shine upon me with Your Divine radiance. Jesus, the Light unconcealed in the Transfiguration, warm me with Your grace through communion. Jesus, Eternal Temple of Heavenly Jerusalem, brought me into the tabernacle of God with men. Jesus, Fragrant Flower of the All-Holy Paradise, fragrance me with the heavenly aromas of holiness and purity. Jesus, purifying Fire, although you may cleanse heaven and earth from all defilement, cleanse me from the defilement of flesh and spirit. Jesus, O all-bearing Stone, who instead of the sun illuminates the High Zion with Divine beauty, deliver me from the sight of other beauty. Jesus, Eternal God, it is good for us to always be under the shelter of Your grace.
Kontakion 13
Oh, Sweet and All-Bountiful Jesus, shining with Divine glory on Tabor! Accept now this little prayer of ours, and just as You received worship from Your disciples on the holy mountain, so grant us the honor of Your glorious Transfiguration, shining in the light of good deeds, so that the darkness of sin that lives in us will be enlightened by You, and may we appear worthy of being heirs of the endless Thy Kingdom is in heaven, where with all the saints grant us also to sing to You: Alleluia. (Three times).
(This kontakion is read three times, then ikos 1 and kontakion 1)
Ikos 1
Unknown to angels and unapproachable to man, Thy, Light-Giver Christ, Divinity, with ever-lasting lightning and rays of Thy Everlasting Light, Thou didst reveal on Mount Tavorstei as Thy chief disciple, but changed by Divine horror, shone with a bright cloud and heard the voice of the Father, understanding Thy incarnation, the mystery crying out to Thee this: Jesus, Immortal Son of God, enlighten us with the light of Your illuminated Face. Jesus, Good God Almighty, awaken us sleeping from the depths of the darkness of sinful sleep. Jesus, the living unapproachable in the light, bring us out of the dark region. Jesus, having filled the whole world with Your glory, lead us into the abode of paradise. Jesus, Light of the world, free us from the evil world who sit in darkness. Jesus, Sun of Truth, clothe us with power and righteousness, in the shadow of those sleeping in death. Jesus, Eternal God, it is good for us to always be under the shelter of Your grace.
Kontakion 1
Chosen by the Voivode and the King of glory, You, the Creator of heaven and earth, beholding on Mount Tavorstei transformed with glory, all creation was amazed, the heavens trembled, and all earthly beings rejoiced, but we are unworthy of You for the sake of the Transfiguration, gratefully offering worship, with Peter from the heart we cry out to Ty: Jesus, Eternal God, it is good for us to always be under the shelter of Your grace.
(After the akathist a prayer is read)
Prayer to the Transfiguration of the Lord
“Lord Jesus Christ, our God, in the Living Light, unapproachable, the Radiance of the Father’s Glory and the Image of His Hypostasis! When the fulfillment of times came, You humbled Yourself for your unspeakable mercy for the fallen human race, You took on the form of a servant, You humbled Yourself, obedient even to the point of death. Moreover, before the Cross and Your free passion on Mount Tavorstei, You were transfigured in Your Divine Glory before Your saints, the disciples and Apostles, little hiding the perception of the flesh, so that when they see You crucified and put to death, they will understand Your free suffering and Divinity. Grant to all of us, Thy most pure Flesh, the Transfiguration of those celebrating, with pure hearts and undefiled minds, to ascend to Thy Holy Mountain, to the holy villages of Thy glory, where the pure voice of those celebrating, the voice of unspeakable joy, so that together with them, face to face, we will see Thy Glory in unfading are the days of Your Kingdom, and with all the saints who have pleased You from all eternity, let us glorify Your All-Holy Name with Your Originless Father and Your Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages.”
Transfiguration of the Lord: festive antiphons, troparion and kontakion
First antiphon:
Verse 1 (Psalm 65): Shout to the Lord, all the earth, / sing to His name, give glory to His praise. Chorus: Through the prayers of the Mother of God, Savior, save us. Verse 2 (Psalm 76): The voice of Your thunder is in the wheels, Your lightning illuminates the world: / the earth moves and trembles. Chorus: Through the prayers of the Mother of God, Savior, save us. Verse 3 (Psalm 103): You are clothed with confession and sweat,/ clothed with light like a robe. Chorus: Through the prayers of the Mother of God, Savior, save us. Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit/ now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. Chorus: Through the prayers of the Mother of God, Savior, save us.
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GntifHn No.:
Article no. Ral0m…є: Shout out to all the earth,/ sing to the name of є3гw2, give Glory to the Praise of є3гw2. With your prayers btsdy, sp7se, save2 us. Stjхъ в-th. Ral0m o7ѕ: The voice of your thunder in the wheels2, the light of your universe, / the movement and3 trembling presence of the earth. With your prayers btsdy, sp7se, save2 us. Stjхъ G-th. Ral0m Rg: In response and 3 in the great light њbleklсz є3сi2,/ њедесйсz light ћкw р1зу. With your prayers btsdy, sp7se, save2 us. Glory, and3 nhne: With your prayers, bcd, save2 us.
Second Antiphon:
Verse 1 (Psalm 47): The mountains of Zion, the ribs of the north, / the city of the Great King. Chorus: Spasiny, Son of God, transfigured on the mountain, singing Ti: alleluia. Verse 2 (Psalm 77): And I brought into the mountain His holy thing,/ this mountain, which His right hand possessed. Chorus: Spasiny, Son of God, transfigured on the mountain, singing Ti: alleluia. Verse 3: You loved Mount Zion and made your sanctuary like a unicorn. Chorus: Spasiny, Son of God, transfigured on the mountain, singing Ti: alleluia. Glory, even now: the Only Begotten Son...
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GntifHn v7:
Article no. Ral0m m7z: Mountains sіHnskіz, ribs of the north, / city tsrs vel1kagw. Savi1 us, sn7e b9іy, transform1vyysz on the mountain, singing 12: Hallilya. Stjхъ в7. Ral0m o7z: And# enterE | in g0ru s™hni svoeS,/ g0ru sіyu2, yu4he stzhA desnitsa є3гw2. Savi1 us, sn7e b9iy, transform1vyysz on the mountain, singing 12: Hallilya. Stjхъ G: G0ru sіHnyu, yu4he love2, and3 created,/ ћкw є3dinor0ga with™i1lish yours. Savi1 us, sn7e b9iy, transform1vyysz on the mountain, singing 12: Hallilya. Slava, and3 nhne: E#dinor0dny sn7e:
Third Antiphon:
Verse 1 (Psalm 124): Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion; they will not move forever. Troparion: You were transfigured on the mountain, O Christ God... Verse 2: The mountains are around him, and the Lord is around his people from now on and forever. Troparion: Thou art transfigured on the mountain, O Christ God... Verse 3 (Psalm 14): Lord, who dwells in Thy dwelling? Or who will dwell in Your holy mountain? Troparion: You were transfigured on the mountain, O Christ of God... Verse 4 (Psalm 23): Who will ascend to the mountain of the Lord? or who will stand in the place of His saints? Troparion: You were transfigured on the mountain, O Christ of God...
GntifHn G, voice з7:
Article no. Ral0m rk7d: Nadeyushchiisz on the city, ћkw mountain A siHn, does not move forever. Troparion: Transformation on the mountain: Stjkh v7: Mountains cross є3гw2 and 3 gDь џcross their people 1хъ t Ннне и3 to the century. Troparion: Transformation on the mountain: Stjkh G. Ral0m d7i: GDi, who2 kills in your dwelling; and3or2 who2 will live in your s™y city2; Troparion: Transformation є3сi2 on the mountain: Stjхъ d7. Ral0m k7g: Who2 climbed the mountain; and3or2 who2 will stand in place with™yom є3гw2; Troparion: Transfiguration є3сi2 on the mountain:
Troparion, tone 7:
Thou art transfigured on the mountain, O Christ God, / showing to Thy disciples Thy glory, / like man, / may Thy ever-present light shine upon us sinners / through the prayers of the Mother of God, // Light-giving, sweet wa to you.
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Troparion, voice 37:
Transformation on the mountain, xrte b9e,/ showing your6m your glory2,/ as may:/ may our sinners rise up/ your everlasting light,/ through your prayers, // the day before, sla wa you.
Kontakion, tone 7:
You were transfigured on the mountain, / and like your disciples, / you saw your glory, O Christ God, / so that when they see you crucified, / you will understand your free suffering, / you will preach to the world They say that you are truly the Father’s radiance.
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Kontakion, voice 37:
On the mountain of transformation є3сi2,/ and 3 ћskin in the place ў§2 yours2,/ thy glory2, хрте b9е, 11desh:/ yes є3 where we are crucified,/ the suffering ќбw ўunderstand free,/ mjrovi about tell // ћкw you2 є3сi2 truly џ§ee sisnie.
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Publication date: 08/05/2019
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- in front of the icon “Quiet my sorrows”
- To the holy saints of God:
blgv. book Alexander Nevsky
- St. Ambrose Optinsky
- ap. Andrew the First-Called
- svtt. Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom
equal to book Vladimir
- All Saints
- To all the saints who have shone in the Russian lands
- Vmch. St. George the Victorious
- prophet Elijah of God
- ap. and Evangelist John the Theologian
- Nativity of John the Baptist
- Beheading of John the Baptist
- right John of Kronstadt
- equal to app. Konstantin and Elena
- blzh. Ksenia of Petersburg
- equal to app. Methodius and Cyril
- Cathedral of the Archangel Michael
- Miracle of the Archangel Michael in Khoneh
- St. Nicholas
- To the Royal Passion-Bearers
- Council of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia
equal to book Olga
- Vmch. and healer Panteleimon
- App. Peter and Paul
- Saints of Moscow
- St. Seraphim of Sarov
- St. Sergius of Radonezh)
- (including: Prayer of St. Ephraim the Syrian
- Prayer while eating prosphora and holy water
- Before eating food
- After eating food
- Before starting any good deed
- Thanksgiving for every good deed of God
- Song of praise to St. Ambrose of Milan
- About travelers
- About those who are sick
- About multiplying love
- About those who hate and offend us
- In times of disaster and when attacked by enemies
- Before the start of the exercise
- Before the youths begin their teaching
- At the end of the exercise
- Prayer against desecration of St. Basil the Great)
Prayer books to the Solovetsky saints
- (including: Cathedral of Solovetsky Saints
- St. Philip
- St. Markella
- prpp. Zosima, Savvaty and German
- St. Zosima
- St. Savvatiya
- St. Herman
- St. Irinarhu
- St. Eleazar of Anzersky
- St. Job of Anzersky
- Appearance of the Most Holy Theotokos to St. Job of Anzersky
- prmch. Job Uschelsky
- St. Diodorus Yuriegorsky
- prpp. John and Longinus of Yarenga
- prpp. Vassian and Jonah of Pertomin)
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Features of the festive service
Transfiguration is the twelfth holiday, so the service on this day is solemn. At the evening service, lithium is served and the consecration of the loaves is performed. The Great Prokeimenon, holiday chants and the Transfiguration Canon are sung. At the Liturgy, antiphons and troparia are also festive. Instead of “It is worthy to eat,” the honor of the holiday is performed. From the day of the Transfiguration until the celebration of the holiday, the clergy wear white vestments.
The main feature of the holiday is the rite of blessing the fruits. Usually parishioners bring with them baskets with various fruits. After the prayer behind the pulpit, the priest sanctifies them by sprinkling them with holy water. The rite of blessing the fruits symbolizes the lifting from nature of the seal of the curse that fell on the entire earth with the Fall of man.
Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord: history and meaning
It is difficult to name the exact date of the Transfiguration as a church holiday. There is an opinion that it was established by Equal-to-the-Apostles Helen, the mother of Emperor Constantine the Great, in the 4th century. She built a temple on Mount Tabor in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord. Among scientists there is an opinion that the holiday was established later, in the 5th - 6th centuries in Armenia and Cappadocia. But the first version is traditional and more common.
From the Gospel it is clear that the Transfiguration of the Lord took place forty days before the crucifixion of the Savior. That is, at the end of February - beginning of March. Then why do we celebrate the Transfiguration on August 6 (19)?
This is due to the spread of Orthodoxy and the missionary movement. The Church, spreading across pagan lands, tried to replace ancient pagan holidays with Christian ones. At the same time, elements of the external design of the celebration were retained, but the essence was completely changed. This happened with the Feast of the Transfiguration.
When Christianity came to Greece, the Transfiguration of the Lord was placed at the site of a celebration in honor of Dionysus, the god of wine and winemaking. The only external paraphernalia left is the consecration of bunches of grapes in the church. And when Orthodoxy came to Rus' from Byzantium, grapes were replaced with apples, which mainly grew on our territory, and other fruits. So the holiday of the Transfiguration of the Lord received a second, everyday name - Apple Savior.
Favor: Mount of Transfiguration
According to church tradition (this is not directly stated anywhere in the Gospel), the Transfiguration of the Savior took place on Mount Tabor, one of the mountains in the Galilee region of Palestine.
Tabor is a low green peak in the vast Israeli valley. All overgrown with oaks, olive trees, and herbs, its shape resembles a huge, softly outlined hemisphere, reigning over the surrounding fields, vineyards and villages. From the top of the mountain there is a view of the nearby lands of Northern Palestine: the waters of the Mediterranean Sea sparkle far in the west, the edge of Lake Galilee is visible in the northeast, the peaks of Carmel rise in the west, and the white peak of Mount Hermon clearly looms far to the north of Tabor.
Tabor Light: the radiance of Divine energies
What was the nature of the Light that the apostles saw on Tabor and with which the Lord shone here - His face and His clothes?
The patristic tradition speaks of the Light of Tabor as the Light, the source of which is the Divine nature of the Lord Jesus Christ as the Son of God, that this Light is common to all Three Persons of the Holy Trinity, that it is itself, miraculously visible to the eyes of the apostles, the Divine grace.
At Tabor, the apostles were honored with a vision of a special - spiritual - Light, which had a completely different origin, a different Source than any light visible to the human eye in the material world around us. This light is by no means created by God, as the light of the sun or stars was created by the Creator of the universe; on the contrary, the Tabor Light is the radiance of God Himself. He is the uncreated Divine Light, eternally and continuously emanating from the Divine Essence, inaccessible to man, from the one and common nature of the Most Holy Trinity, as the radiance of Her grace. Such Divine Light can be partially cognized by man - of course, if this radiance is revealed to him by the Lord Himself.
Poems about the Transfiguration
Boris Pasternak. August
As promised, without deceiving, the sun penetrated early in the morning with a slanting strip of saffron From the curtain to the sofa.
It covered the neighboring forest, the houses of the village, my bed, my wet pillow and the edge of the wall behind the bookshelf with hot ocher.
I remembered why the pillow was slightly moistened. I dreamed that you were walking through the forest one after another to see me off.
You were walking in a crowd, separately and in pairs, Suddenly someone remembered that today is the sixth of August in the old days, the Transfiguration of the Lord.
Usually light without flame comes from Tabor on this day, and autumn, clear as a sign, attracts the eyes to itself.
And you walked through the small, beggarly, naked, trembling alder forest, into the ginger-red cemetery forest, burning like a printed gingerbread.
With its hushed peaks
The nearby sky was important, And the distance echoed with the voices of roosters.
In the forest, as a government surveyor, Death stood in the middle of the graveyard, Looking into my dead face, To dig a hole according to my height.
The calm voice of someone nearby was physically felt by everyone. Then my visionary voice sounded untouched by decay:
“Farewell, the azure of Preobrazhenskaya and the gold of the second Savior, soften the bitterness of the fateful hour with the last feminine caress for me.
Goodbye years of timelessness. Say goodbye to the abyss of humiliation. Challenging woman! I am your battlefield.
Farewell, the spread of the wingspan, the free perseverance of flight, and the image of the world revealed in the word, and creativity and miracle-working.”
Church obscurities: what is a troparion, kontakion, canon, irmos, akathist?
Often in Orthodox calendars or prayer books you can find the words “troparion to the saint” or “kontakion of the holiday.” Sometimes such inscriptions are found on the back of small icons. Let's try to figure out what these words mean. This will help a person feel more confident in church life.
Simply put, the troparion and kontakion are small prayers that contain not only the prayer itself, but also a brief explanation of the holiday or glorification of the saint. They are sung on the day when a saint is remembered or a holiday occurs. Usually, the troparion and kontakion make up a pair of chants performed by the choir at the service.
Canon - large form
There are also canons in the prayer books that differ from the troparion and kontakion. This is a longer piece, consisting of nine songs.
Each canon of the canon consists of an irmos (first stanza) and troparions (4-6 subsequent stanzas). These songs are based on nine songs from the Holy Scriptures.
The canon is familiar to almost all believers - three canons (the Lord, the Mother of God and the Guardian Angel) are included in the rule for Communion.
The polysemy of "canon"
The difficulty that untrained people face is that the same words can mean different things in different situations. This phenomenon also exists in the church world. Canon is the name given to rules adopted by church councils.
In addition, they talk about the icon-painting canon - this is an established model for painting an icon. Finally, a table for funeral candles is sometimes called a canon (or eve).
It is necessary to take into account the polysemy of a word in order to correctly understand its meaning.
Akathist
No matter how ancient and established the worship may seem, hymnography is gradually evolving. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the genre of akathist became widespread in the Russian Church.
The stanzas in it begin with the word “Rejoice” and the general mood of the akathist is usually joyful, and the theme is praise to a saint or glorification of God.
Although the genre enjoys great popular popularity, church services include only one Great Akathist (To the Most Holy Theotokos), written in ancient times and loosely connected with modern texts. It is sung on Saturday of the 5th week of Great Lent, once a year.
Came from history
These words themselves came from the Greek language.
" Troparion " is translated as tone, mode or melody. Mentions of the singing of troparions are found in the oldest Christian chronicles, dating back to the 4th and 5th centuries. This is the most ancient type of church chant.
“ Kondak ” in translation means a stick on which a scroll of parchment was wound. In ancient times, kontakia were not just one line, but a long poem dedicated to an Orthodox holiday. The first writer of such “poems” was Saint Roman the Sweet Singer. Over time, only the first lines of those poems remained in the service - they are now called kontakia.
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in the center of Sofia
They were replaced by other long texts - these were canons. " Canon " is translated from Greek as a standard or standard. He appeared in worship around VIII.
The word " akathist " can literally be translated as "I am not sitting." Sometimes they are designated “non-saddle songs” as opposed to “sedal songs”, another type of chant.
Hymnography - church song poetry
We can say that the troparion, kontakion, canon and akathist are genres of church song poetry, otherwise called hymnography. There are many other types of chants and exclamations. We have only lifted the veil of secrecy over the beauty and harmony of church sciences and liturgical concepts. We hope that this article will help you make friends with the world of Orthodox worship.
