Prayers of St. bessr. and miracle. Cyrus and John. Prayer to the martyr Longinus Sotnik.

Kontakion, voice 2*

Confessor of humility of mind, / and kindness warmed by the Holy Spirit, / O beloved Silvanus of God, / the Russian Church rejoices in your labors, / the foreigners of Mount Athos and all Christian people, / rejoicing, rush to God with filial love. / Pray for Him also, equal to the angel who knows God, // in the hedgehog we can be saved, imitating you in the burning of love.
Translation: Amazing confessor of humility and love for mankind, beauty warmed by the Holy Spirit, beloved by God Silouan, the Russian Church rejoices over your feat, while the monks of Mount Athos and all Christians, rejoicing, rush to God with filial love. Pray to Him for us, Equal-Angel Knower of God, for our salvation, imitating you in the burning of love.

Vision problems? We read prayers to the martyr Longinus.

(like at the Cross of the Lord).

After the execution and burial of the Savior, Longinus and his squad stood guard at the Holy Sepulcher. Here the soldiers were honored to see the Holy Resurrection of Christ. The Jews bribed them to falsely testify that the body of Christ was stolen by His disciples (Matthew 28:12-15). Longinus and his two companions were not tempted by Jewish gold. Having believed in the Savior, the soldiers accepted Baptism from the apostles and decided to leave their service.

Prayer to the Martyr Longinus the Centurion.

Holy Martyr Longinus! Look down from the heavenly palace on those who require your help and do not reject our petitions, but, as our constant benefactor and intercessor, pray to Christ God, that He who loves mankind and is abundantly merciful will save us from every cruel situation: from cowardice, flood, fire, sword, invasions of foreigners and internecine warfare. May he not condemn us sinners for our iniquity, and may we not turn the good things given to us from the All-Bounteous God into evil, but into the glory of His holy name and into the glorification of your strong intercession. May the Lord, through your prayers, give us peace of mind, abstinence from harmful passions and all defilement, and may He strengthen throughout the world His One Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church, which He has acquired with His honest Blood. Pray diligently, holy martyr, may Christ God bless the power, may He establish in His holy Orthodox Church the living spirit of right faith and piety, so that all its members, clean from wisdom and superstition, worship Him in spirit and truth and diligently care about keeping His commandments, May we all live in peace and piety in this present world and achieve blessed eternal life in heaven, by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, to Him belongs all glory, honor and power, together with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

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Ikos 7

A new inexhaustible source of God’s grace opened in your souls, reverend, when our Lord Jesus Christ wanted to glorify it and deliver me from negligence, and when a certain governor, the Ustyug prince Vladimir, fell into relaxation, you, reverend, by the will of God appeared to the weakened in a sleepy vision and you gave him advice: if he wants to be healthy, let him visit your monastery and order the abbot thereof to transfer your relics to their proper place, and at the same time you indicated to the sick person both the place of your burial, and the place where it is necessary to place your relics in presentation. When that governor first arrived at the monastery, as if indicating the place of your burial, then a coffin with your relics was quickly found and carried to the place you indicated, and the sick governor was suddenly healed, glorifying the Lord and you, as a great miracle worker. For this reason we cry out to you:

Rejoice, glorified by incorruption for humility and abstinence.

Rejoice, you have made your monastery happy with the discovery of your relics.

Rejoice, having marked the transfer of these relics by the healing of the governor.

Rejoice, having shown through the incorruption of your relics the fruits of your humility and deeds.

Rejoice, hard workers and uplifter of the downtrodden of this world.

Rejoice, thou who humblest the pride of the wise sons of the age.

Rejoice, thou who removest the evils of sinners from the grave.

Rejoice, by the discovery of your relics and miracles, you drive away all doubt about your holiness.

Rejoice, Longine, our intercessor and wonderful miracle worker.

Ikos 10

Your relics appeared like a strong wall, reverend, and attracted many lovers of God, and one of the first among them was Blessed Alexander, Bishop of Vyatka and Velikoperm, tonsured of Koryazhemsky, who, with his support, built a stone temple in your monastery to the glory and honor of the Most Holy Theotokos of Her venerable Annunciation the chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, and your venerable relics were brought to this temple near the midnight land of Onago. After many flew, Bishop Onesiphorus of Vologda wanted to glorify you as a saint and a miracle worker, bless the singing of a prayer service over your grave instead of a requiem, bowing before the will of God, who wanted to glorify you as a saint of God, we exclaim to you:

Rejoice, zealous guardian of your monastery.

Rejoice, wise comforter of despondent monks.

Rejoice, for from reading your life many will gain benefit for their souls.

Rejoice, for the miracles from your relics disperse the darkness of unbelief.

Rejoice, for your miracles and your incorruptibility give due honor to the Holy Hierarchs of God.

Rejoice, for your inexhaustible care is restoring your abolished monastery to new glory.

Rejoice, for the entire Solvychegodsk memory of yours triumphs brightly.

Rejoice, for the entire Vologda Church ranks you among its saints and wonderworkers.

Rejoice, Longine, our intercessor and wonderful miracle worker.

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We offer all-contrite singing to God our Savior, who has given to the Church of Vologda in you, Reverend, a wise helper in needs and sorrows, crying out loudly: Alleluia.

Ikos 3

Having in your soul an irresistible desire for a desert life, you, reverend, not many days ago, together with the Monk Simon, left the monastery of Boris and Gleb and moved into the desert along the shore of the Vychegda River to the mouth of the Koryazhemka River, where fifty miles from the city of Salt your friend decreeed your place Having seen the deserted hedgehog, reverend, you exclaimed in spiritual delight: “Behold my peace, here I will dwell.” Therefore, both friends began to cut down the forest and clear the place and first built a cell and a chapel, take care of the temple for the glory and honor of St. Nicholas, the Wonderworker of Myra, and clear the place for the sake of sowing grain, so that they could be nourished from the labor of their hands. So much of your zeal leads to the desert, out of duty we cry out to you:

Rejoice, desert-loving turtledove, who left all the red of this world for the sake of the desert.

Rejoice, holy soul, who has received the desert as a gift from God.

Rejoice, you who fed yourself from the labors of your hands.

Rejoice, in these labors you have found great protection from harmful dreams and despondency.

Rejoice, the paths to your desert are stubborn and your path is smooth.

Rejoice, for through your labors and exploits the path to the kingdom of heaven is free for you and your followers.

Rejoice, you who have made the desert fruitful through your labors.

Rejoice, you who have shown an example of hard work to monks and laymen.

Rejoice, Longine, our intercessor and wonderful miracle worker.

Longinus the Centurion regains his sight. Sermon to Pilate's Soldiers

Another addition concerning Longinus was church stories about the acquisition of the holy faith. It is believed that the martyr not only guarded the crucified Jesus, but was also part of the guard near the tomb of the murdered Savior.

Longinus and his two service comrades are considered witnesses to the resurrection of Christ from the dead. Thus, the legionnaires gained faith in Christianity and when they tried to force them to lie about the divine miracle of resurrection, they resisted with all their might.

Guard at the Holy Sepulcher. Here the soldiers were honored to see the Most Holy Resurrection of Christ, when the Lord brought terror to the guards with His miraculous uprising (Matthew 28:2,4)

Another miracle happened to the Centurion right during the execution of the Son of God. According to legend, Longinus suffered from cataracts and had poor vision. However, the blood that splashed from Jesus’ wounds directly into the Centurion’s face got into his eyes and the soldier’s vision returned. Therefore, the holy martyr Longinus patronizes the blind and helps in healing eye diseases.

After the resurrection of the Savior, Longinus and his comrades finally believed and went to preach Christianity throughout the earth. The martyr himself with two followers went to his homeland, to Caesarea in Cappadocia. Here they settled in the house of the Centurion and continued to bring the light of true faith.

Then Longinus and the two soldiers finally believed in Christ and became preachers of the Resurrection of Christ, for they announced to Pilate and the bishops about everything that had happened. (Matt.28:11-13)

Pontius Pilate, having learned about this, sent soldiers to the city with orders to kill the apostates. When the soldiers arrived in Caesarea, they were met by Longinus himself, but they did not recognize him. While eating, one of the soldiers spoke about the purpose of the combat detachment’s visit. But Longinus and his followers did not hide. They told the soldiers that there they were.

The soldiers were surprised by such sincerity and even suggested that they escape. But Longinus and his companions said that they were ready to accept martyrdom in the name of God. The soldiers had to carry out the order of the procurator Pilate. The Christians were beheaded, the bodies were buried in Caesarea, and the heads were sent to Pontius as a sign of testimony.

Pilate ordered the heads of the martyrs to be thrown outside the city. They were found in a garbage heap by a blind woman who, after touching them, regained her sight. After which she went to the saint’s homeland and the heads were buried near the bodies.

Execution of Saint Longinus

If you step aside a little and look at this myth with a different perspective, you can remember that the scene of the murder of Christ is described in the canonical New Testament only once. Therefore, a number of theologians expressed the opinion that the idea about the spear of Longinus is a later composition.

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Another interesting fact is that the name Longinus itself is translated from ancient Greek as “Spearhead”. We can conclude that in the Gospel of John it was written that “the point of the spear pierced the body of Christ.”

Life of Longinus in Apocryphal Literature

For the first time, the name of the centurion begins to be mentioned in Apocryphal scriptures. In particular, the earliest work was the book “The Acts of Pilate” translated into Latin, which was part of a more monumental work, the Gospel of Nicodemus.

It mentions that the name of the soldier who pierced the side of Jesus with a spear was Longinus. Moreover, the legionary had the status of a centurion, in modern terms - a “centurion”. For this reason, he has been associated with a similar character from the Gospels of Matthew, Luke and Mark.

A little more detail about the fate of the saint is written in the life of Hesychius. In it, the martyr Longinus the Centurion, after striking Christ with his spear, deeply repented of his action. This is especially interesting given the fact that after the death of the Son of God at the hand of a legionnaire, a strong earthquake and solar eclipse began.

This made a strong impression on Longinus, and he converted to the Christian faith. For many years he wandered through the lands of the Middle East and preached faith in Christ. He found his death in 58 in supposedly his hometown, Caesarea Cappadocia.

Miniature from the Gospel of Rabula. The name Longinus is written above the heads of the legionnaires

There is also another evidence of Longinus’ participation in the murder of the Savior. The miniature from the Gospel of Rabula, a holy manuscript from Syria dating from the sixth century, depicts the scene of the crucifixion of Christ. In addition to the Son of God, soldiers are drawn in the picture, and the illustration itself is signed with the name Longinus. However, there is an opinion that the name Sotnik was added much later.

Prayer

To the Bishop of God, Hieromartyr of Christ, Most Blessed Antipos, co-throne with the Apostle, and glory to the Hierarch, you are, Bishop, the luminary of the Church and the affirmation of the faith, before the opposing atheists you boldly confessed Christ, and you were offered like a fragrant censer, and like a gentle lamb and a righteous martyr. , the ox of the Medans was kindled and thrown into the saint, and sending up prayers of thanksgiving in it to God and the Father, as if the sun had risen, and with your torment you crushed the tormentor of Belial to the end. For this reason, Christ glorified you in heaven, and on earth you illuminated the entire universe with the grace given to you, giving healing to those suffering from inconsolable dental disease, who constantly call on you with faith. And now, hear me, Thy sinful and unworthy servant (name), at this hour calling you with faith, as I offer you prayerful singing as an intercessor and prayer book to God.

Ikos 11

Your relics shine like a luminous star, reverend, exuding great miracles: so when two chapters and part of the vault of the Annunciation Church fell, and everything in it was destroyed, but your tomb was hidden from view under rubble and stones and everything was destroyed, as your relics were crushed, but, oh, an indescribable miracle! When your tomb was freed from the rubble and stones, you saw everything with tenderness, as if not only the tomb and your face on it were damaged by anything, but the ark that was placed there survived, and in it, on your tomb, is kept the image of the head of St. John the Baptist. For this reason, we call upon you out of duty:

Rejoice, great miracle worker, to whom the powers of the earth obey.

Rejoice, chosen saint; Saint John the Baptist, like a great desert-lover, protects his relics from destruction.

Rejoice, for all who flow to the power of those from visible evils receive invisible protection.

Rejoice, for your relics richly adorn your monastery.

Rejoice, for your miracles are doubtful to the unbelievers.

Rejoice, for you are a well-known praise to the faithful.

Rejoice, abstinence of fasters.

Rejoice, joy of the saints.

Rejoice, Longine, our intercessor and wonderful miracle worker.

The history and miraculous healing of Longinus the Centurion

Memorial Day: October 29

Gaius Cassius Longinus served Pontius Pilate, ruler of Judea. He was one of the guards who guarded Jesus crucified on the cross, and then his tomb, which is why you can sometimes find the name Longinus the Gatekeeper. And Longinus received the name Sotnik because of his service - some soldiers were called centurions. It is known that Sotnik suffered from eye disease, cataracts. He was saved from the disease by the divine blood that splashed onto Longinus’s eyes from the wound of Christ when he pierced the crucified man in the rib with a spear. This is described in the Gospel as follows: “... he pierced the ribs of the crucified Lord Jesus Christ, and from the blood and water that flowed out he received healing for his sore eyes.”

3 days later, while Longinus was on duty at the Holy Sepulcher, another miracle happened, after seeing which, the guard finally believed in God. “The centurion and those who were with him guarding Jesus, seeing the earthquake and everything that happened, were greatly afraid and said: Truly this was the Son of God” (Matthew 27:54. Compare Mark 15:39 and Luke 23:47) . The soldiers became eyewitnesses of the Resurrection of Christ. This event shocked the guards so much that they became preachers of this miraculous phenomenon, and they were the first to tell Pilate about everything.

The ruler was furious when he learned about the resurrection; he wanted to buy the guards’ silence and conceal what had happened, but Longinus and other witnesses to the miracle refused and only began to testify more persistently. This behavior only infuriated Pilate, and he directed all his anger at the Centurion. All witnesses were executed by beheading. There was not even a burial; their heads were simply thrown outside the city walls. The blind woman found the heads of the martyrs and buried them, but as soon as she touched Longinus’s head, the disease subsided and the woman regained her sight.

Martyr Longinus the Centurion

When our Lord Jesus Christ, by His ineffable mercy, deigned to save us from destruction by His free suffering, the cross, death and resurrection, then one centurion, named Longinus, originally from Cappadocia, being under the authority of Pilate, was assigned with his soldiers to serve suffering and crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

Having seen the miracles that took place at the cross of Christ: an earthquake, an eclipse of the sun, opened tombs and the dead rising from them, and the disintegration of stones, the centurion Longinus confessed that Christ is the Son of God. The Divine Evangelist Matthew says about this event: “ The centurion and those who were guarding Jesus with him, seeing the earthquake and everything that happened, were greatly afraid and said: Truly this was the Son of God ” (Matthew 27:54. Compare Mark 15 :39 and Luke 23:47).

This is how the Divine Gospel testifies to the centurion Longinus who believed in Christ. Church tradition adds to what is attested in the Gospel that Longinus was the warrior who pierced the ribs of the crucified Lord Jesus Christ, and from the flowing blood and water received healing for his sore eyes. The same Longinus was also among the guards assigned by Pilate to the Life-giving body of Jesus Christ, which lay in the tomb. When the Lord gloriously rose from the grave and with His miraculous uprising terrified the guards [1], then Longinus and the two soldiers finally believed in Christ and became preachers of the Resurrection of Christ, for they announced to Pilate and the bishops about everything that had happened.

The bishops and elders, having held a meeting, gave the soldiers enough money so that they would hide the resurrection of Christ and say that Christ’s disciples, having come at night, stole Him while they were sleeping (Matthew 28:11-13). However, Longinus did not take the money and did not want to hide the miracle, but began to testify about it even more diligently, and his testimony was true. Therefore, Pilate and the entire Jewish host hated Longinus, and all their anger, which they previously had against Christ, now turned to Longinus. Longinus openly preached about Christ that He is the True God, and that he, Longinus, was a witness of His life-giving death and resurrection.

For this testimony, Longinus was subjected to hatred and persecution from the enemies of Jesus Christ, who began to look for a reason to destroy him, but, not finding guilt behind him, did not dare, because Longinus was the oldest of the warriors, an honest man and known to Caesar himself. When Longinus learned about their evil intentions, he wanted to be rejected from them and remain with Christ rather than live in the villages of Judea. He left his military rank, clothes and belt and, taking two of his friends who had the same zeal for Christ, withdrew from public communication and devoted himself to serving the One God. Having received baptism from the holy apostles, Longinus soon left Jerusalem and went with his friends to Cappadocia; there he became a preacher and apostle of Christ, and converted many from error to God. Then, leaving the city, Longinus began to live in his father’s village, spending a silent life - in fasting and prayer.

It soon became known to the entire Jewish congregation in Jerusalem that Longinus was spreading his teaching throughout Cappadocia and preaching about the resurrection of Christ. Then the bishops and elders of the Jews, filled with envy and anger, went to Pilate with many gifts and began to ask him to send a message to Caesar in Rome informing him that Longinus had rejected the military rank, refused to submit to Roman authority and was disturbing the people in Cappadocia, preaching to them about another king. Pilate, having accepted the gifts, agreed to the request of the Jews and sent a message to Caesar Tiberius [2] containing strong slander against Longinus.

Along with this letter from Pilate, the Jews sent a lot of gold from themselves to Caesar and thereby bought the death of Saint Longinus: for soon a command came from Caesar Tiberius to put Longinus to death as an opponent of Caesar. Pilate immediately sent soldiers to Cappadocia to cut off the head of Longinus and bring it to Jerusalem to confirm the death of Longinus to the Jewish host. At the request of the Jews, Pilate also ordered the death of those two soldiers who, together with Longinus, left their military ranks and preached Christ with him in Cappadocia.

When the messengers reached the Cappadocia country, they began to diligently ask about Longinus, where he lives; Having learned that he was in his father’s village, they hurried there, trying to show that they were not looking for Longinus to kill, but as if to show him some honor. They were afraid that Longinus would escape their hands and that they would not return to those who sent them with nothing; That's why they wanted to seize him secretly.

Meanwhile, Saint Longinus, by revelation of God, learned about the crown of martyrdom that was being prepared for him. He himself came out to meet those sent from Pilate and greeted them kindly. Those, not knowing him, asked:

-Where is Longinus, who was once a centurion?

- Why do you need it? – Longinus asked them for his part.

“We heard,” the soldiers answered, “that he is a good man, and we want to visit him; we are warriors, and he was a centurion of warriors - that’s why we want to see him.

Then Longinus said:

“I ask you, my gentlemen, come to my house and rest a little from the road, and I will notify Longinus about you, for I know where he lives, and then he himself will come to you, since he lives not far from here.”

The warriors came to Longinus, and he offered them a rich treat. When evening came and the soldiers were greatly amused from the wine, they told Longinus why they had been sent. But first they asked him and took an oath from him that he would not tell this secret to anyone; the soldiers were afraid that someone would tell Longinus and that he would run away from them; at the same time they said to him:

“We have been sent to cut off the heads of Longinus and his two friends, for such a command came to Pilate from Caesar.

Longinus, hearing that they were trying to kill his friends too, sent for them quickly, inviting them to come to him; he himself did not want to tell the soldiers, until his friends came, that he was Longinus himself. When the soldiers fell asleep, Longinus began to pray, and all that night he fervently prayed to God, preparing for death. When morning came, the warriors, in a hurry to set off, asked Longinus to show them who they were looking for. Then Longinus said to them:

“Wait a little, my gentlemen,” I sent for him, and he will immediately come to you: believe me that the one you are looking for will give himself into your hands, “just wait a little.”

Then Longinus found out that his friends were coming: he immediately went out to meet them and, kissing them, hugged them and said:

- Rejoice, servants of Christ, my comrades-in-arms, rejoice with me, for our joy has come - the time has come for our release from carnal bonds; Now we will stand together before our Lord Jesus Christ. We saw Him suffering, crucified, buried and resurrected in glory; Now we will see him sitting at the right hand of God, and we will be satisfied with the sight of His glory.

Having said this to his friends, Longinus told them that soldiers had come from Pilate and the Jewish Sanhedrin to kill them for their testimony of the resurrection of Christ. Hearing this, they rejoiced that they would be worthy to be partakers of the crown of martyrdom and would soon appear before their Lord, whom they loved with all their souls. Having then brought his friends to the soldiers, Longinus said:

- Here's Longinus and his two friends! I am Longinus whom you seek; These are my two friends, who together with me saw the resurrection of Christ and believed; Do with us what those who sent you commanded you.

Hearing this, the soldiers were amazed and at first did not believe that Longinus himself was in front of them; then, having ascertained the truth of this, they were ashamed and did not want to kill their benefactor. But Longinus forced him to fulfill the command, saying:

“You can’t thank me better for my love for you than by sending me to my Lord, Whom I have long desired to see.”

Having then dressed himself in white funeral vestments and pointing with his hand to a nearby hill, Longinus ordered his household to bury the body of him and his two friends there. After this, having prayed and given everyone their last kiss, Longinus and his two friends [3] bowed their heads to the sword. The soldiers, having beheaded them, took with them the head of Saint Longinus and left; the bodies of the saints were buried with honor in the place indicated by Saint Longinus himself.

Arriving in Jerusalem, the soldiers brought there the honest head of Saint Longinus and gave it to Pilate to certify him and the entire host of Jews in the murder of Longinus. Pilate and the Jews, seeing the head of the saint, ordered to throw it outside the city, and it lay there for a long time along with the rubbish until it was covered with dust.

The Lord “ keeps all the bones ” (Ps. 33:21) of His saints, and also kept intact the head of Saint Longinus, which was in the trash.

And when the Lord wanted to glorify His servant on earth before people, whom he had already glorified in heaven before the angels, he opened the head of the saint in this way. One woman, a Christian widow from Cappadocia, became blind in both eyes and sought help from doctors for a long time, but did not receive it. After this, she decided to go to Jerusalem - to venerate the holy places and seek God’s help there for her blinded eyes. Taking her only son, she set off with him. But having reached the holy places, her son fell ill and died a few days later; That widow was bitterly saddened by the death of her son: she cried over a double loss, for she had lost both her eyes and her son, who was like a light for her eyes and a guide for her. And so, when that widow wept bitterly and inconsolably, Saint Longinus appeared to her in a vision and consoled her, promising her that she would see her son in heavenly glory and receive light in her eyes. He told her everything about himself: how he was at the suffering, crucifixion, burial and resurrection of Christ, how, then, he preached Christ in Cappadocia and suffered for Him with his friends. At the same time, he ordered her to go outside the city and find his head there, lying in rubbish and covered with dust.

“It is destined for you,” said Saint Longinus, “to find it for your healing.”

Comforted from her sadness, the widow stood up and asked to be escorted out of the city; when they led her there, she said to those accompanying her:

“Where you see a big pile of swept-up rubbish, put me there.”

They did just that. Having found a large amount of swept-up rubbish, they brought her there, and she began to rake away the rubbish and dig up the dust with her own hands: although she did not see anything with her eyes, she had great faith in the words spoken to her in a vision by Saint Longinus. And immediately, at the discretion of God, she received what she was looking for and suddenly saw the light of the sun; for her eyes were opened and she saw the head of the saint lying in the dust. The widow was glad not so much because she saw the light of the sun, but because she found the head of the saint, thanks to which she received insight. And she glorified God and magnified His servant - Saint Longinus.

Having taken and kissed the head of the saint, the woman joyfully carried it to her home; She washed her, anointed her with fragrant ointments, and rejoiced so much at finding this spiritual treasure that she forgot her sadness about her dead son. The next night Saint Longinus again appeared to her in great light, brought her son to her, in shining wedding clothes, and lovingly and fatherly embracing him, said to the widow:

“Look, wife, at your son, about whom you grieve and cry: behold, what an honor and glory he is—look at him and be comforted.” God ranked him among the heavenly ranks that are in His Kingdom. Now I have taken it from the Savior, and it will never be removed from me. Behold, take my head and the body of your son, and bury them in one ark, and do not cry for your only son, and do not let your heart be troubled, for great glory, joy and endless joy have been given to him from God [4].

When the woman heard this, she hastily stood up and placed the head of the martyr in the same ark with the body of her dead son and then returned to her home, glorifying and praising God. Having reached her fatherland, she buried the body of her son and the head of the martyr in an honest place, thinking thus:

– Now I know that “ all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to [His] purpose ” (Rom. 8:28): I sought healing for the eyes of the body, and at the same time I found healing for the eyes of the soul. I was overwhelmed with grief over the death of my son, but now I have him in heaven, standing before God in glory, with the prophets and martyrs; with them he always rejoices and with Longinus in the Kingdom of Christ bears the cross - a sign of victory, among the angels, and as a disciple of Longinus joyfully sings: “truly this Son of God is” and is and will be. His kingdom is the kingdom of all ages and His dominion in every generation and generation. Glory to Him forever. Amen [5].

Kontakion, tone 4:

The church rejoiced joyfully, today in memory of the ever-memorable sufferer Loggin, crying: you are my power, Christ, and affirmation.

Notes:

[1] The evangelist says about this event: “ An angel of the Lord came down from heaven, rolled away the stone from the door of the tomb and sat on it... being afraid of him, those who guarded them trembled and became like dead men ” (Matthew 28:2, 4).

[2] Tiberius reigned from 14 to 37. The Lord Jesus Christ was crucified under him.

[3] According to ancient reports, these were the Isaurian and Aphrodisius; their memory is on April 19.

[4] About miracles from the relics of St. Longina says St. Theophan in the service of the martyr (see Menaion October, 16th). – The honest hand of St. Longinus the Centurion is located in Rome, in the Vatican Cathedral of the Apostle Peter.

[5] The writer of the life of Saint Longinus was St. Hesychius, presbyter of Jerusalem († 434), who found the acts of the martyr in the library of St. Resurrection and based on them he compiled his own description, from which it is clear that the martyr was beheaded on October 16.

Life as presented by St. Demetrius of Rostov

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The Life and Works of the Apostles – Saint Longinus the Centurion

Originally from the village of Ardales in Cappadocia. He stood guard at the Cross of the Lord and His Tomb and witnessed His suffering, death and Resurrection, and the miracles that accompanied them. He believed in Christ and, returning to his homeland, began to preach the Gospel there. For this, the soldiers sent by Pilate on the machinations of the Jews beheaded St. Martyr Longinus. They brought the head of the martyr to Jerusalem for identification, and then threw it without burial outside the city walls.

Subsequently, the honest head of the saint was miraculously found by one blind woman, who at the same time received insight.

Together with St. Longinus also suffered two other soldiers who also believed in Christ.

See also: “The Life and Suffering of the Holy Martyr Longinus the Centurion” as presented by St. Demetrius of Rostov.

Canon to the Holy Martyr Longinus the Centurion of Cappadocia (also at the Cross of the Lord)

Song a҃.

Irmos:

The sea is dark, with wet feet, ancient walking in the river, cross-shaped mѡѷseova rꙋkama, а҆маліковꙋ in the village Shame has won.

With the blessed luminaries, gloriously, we enlighten, and with the holy rites of God, we stand before you, with your luminous memory, those who accomplish enlightenment ѝ.

Nothing to you to bg҃ꙋ є҆дінїѧ, mꙋcheniche, diffљсhѝ, ѿοlꙋchen all carnal sweets vѣoy: и҆ pure desires of extremes Enjoy your steps.

To the living, to all, to all, to purity, to the dead, to the world, blessed, in no way has he brought anything. Thus, death has passed to endless life.

Bgorodichen:

The word in your birth, the word conceived you, wordlessness and deliverance of earthly desires with goodness, two things, and goodness Slovenian, all-immaculate.

Song of the city.

Irmos:

Rejoice in your church, your heart, your call: you are my fortress, where you are, and where you are, and where you are, and where you are, and where you are, and where you are, and where you are, and where you are, and where you are, and where you are, and where you are, and where you are, and where you are, and where you are, and where you are, and where you are, your refuge and your confirmation.

Having known the real city of Bzhїѧ, the true place, for the present suffering, in addition, I always believed in it.

The earth is watered by the skin, with the words of the seeds, your child, class, mother, see your piety has increased.

The sailboat sailed passionately, the quiet haven was reached, more gloriously, more cheerfully.

Bgorodichen:

Without losing my passions, inflict, heal, and otherwise, and direct towards salvation.

Sedalen, voice and.

We saw him crucified and liberated him, and then at the beginning of the light of all things, we and he eliminated him in more ways than one, most importantly, and to In a different way, he combined with himself, believing, being visible. Even so, having suffered, we counted them with joy, the blessed Loggin, the martyr’s joy. with him always, gloriously, prayers hrⷭ҇tꙋ̀ bg҃ꙋ, sinners have been given, that to everyone in your holy memory.

Bgorodichen:

In the adversity of many weaved enemies, visible and invisible, I hope to keep my countless sins, and keep warm Through my captivity and cover, your goodness flows to my refuge. Moreover, first of all, and from you embodied, unceasing prayers are diligent, and all your servants, unceasing prayers, bsⷣpresⷭ This, pray to Him, grant the sinners the gift of thy glory to those who sing.

Krⷭ҇tobgorodichen:

The lamb and the shepherd and the deliverer, and the lamb beholding the crest, crying and crying bitterly, crying out: peace to the world I am glad that I have received your deliverance, but my tomb is burning, I see your crucification, and you endure for mercy even more than mercy. long-suffering, where mercy is abyssal, and the source of inexhaustible, merciful, and the gift of sinners, given by faith to those who sing Your true passions.

Song of the day.

Irmos:

You are exalted, having seen the church on the edge, the righteous shrine, standing in your rank, worthy of those who cry: glory to your power, where you are.

The strongest passion in the faith sense, blessed, unsteady, charms broke up her hardness, and joy called out to her ѝ: Glory to your strength, whereⷭ҇i.

Exalted and nailed to the tree is the dispassionate sight of glory, which he confessed from the very beginning, more glorious, suffering by his own will.

We give death to death without death, having seen, tried to, loggin, for the sake of death, and to live after death with blessing and the victims.

Bgorodichen:

Having united according to poststasy in your womb, and the former member, first of all, words, more than words, gave birth to everything, from the beginning quality of life.

Song є҃.

Irmos:

You, where is my light, have come to the world, shining brightly, brightening and chanting from the dark darkness tѧ̀.

Earth ѝ ѧ ѧ would be a newcomer, in the ꙗ҆svas of the passionate ᲂu҆ -beautifulѧ ҆sѝ, Logg, and ҆ ҆ ҆ ҆ ҆ ҆ ҆sѝ.

It is possible for the weak forces, the passion-bearing loggina, to win without the help of power.

Having placed your heart on the firm ground, all-important, hesitation and sheer wave remained unwavering.

Bgorodichen:

Every time we are born, let us remember the two, who were saved in the past, and by faith we are blessed.

Song of ѕ҃.

Irmos:

Devour you with a voice of praise, where the church cries out to you, because of the bloodless blood of yours, for the sake of mercy and your ribs are drained blood.

We saw the mountains and the earth shake in this day, and the faith of the world shook us, and our faith confirmed us. Good grief, suffering.

Since it is true, and perfect, and meaningful, it is possible to perceive it, seeing the creature changing, and to the divine and changing ѧ є҆сѝ, loggine, cognition.

He endured cruelty, gladly, and with an undoubted thought he bowed to the head of his enemies. by faith.

Bgorodichen:

And from the root, all blameless, and destroy the thorny thoughts of my heart, and show this fruitfully, through your intercession, to the Holy Trinity all the time. Yes.

Kontakion, voice d҃.

The church rejoiced, in remembrance today of the ever-present sufferer Loggin, crying out: you are my power, sustain, and strengthen.

Ikos:

The sky is dark with many things, and the earth is trembling, and the stones are disintegrating, and the temples are being torn apart into two. , in the life of the world, we know suffering with our goodness, we are dispassionate with our godhood, and with everything and everything This is true and true. The more joyful sufferer calls: you are my power, god, and affirmation.

Song z҃.

Irmos:

In the furnace of Abraham, the Holy Trinity of the Persians, love of piety more than the flames of the flames, cries: Blessed is He in the Church Where is your glory?

The lawful ones suffered from the martyrdom, the moral morals of our children, all the lawless ones put the Soviets to shame, and the lawful one ended with them, blessedly Sloven є҆сѝ, vopїѧ̀, in the temple of your glory, whereⷭ҇и.

God's grace, having found your relics, all illness decides the piety of those who come to you, blessed one, and those who preach the truth, the truth is untrue Let's eat a witness.

I didn’t spare the flesh of the dying, loggine, for the sake of hrⷭ҇ta, to eat the irȩlsѧ є҆сѝ demѡnѡm, and you yourself were not sacrificed vicious rad ꙋѧсѧ brought є҆сѝ, the sword has been cut, venerable ꙋ day.

Bgorodichen:

In other words, this word means the universe, two, you cleanse the wickedness of people by releasing: blessing for the fruit of your womb is.

Song and.

Irmos:

The river spread the tribute, the lion's zeal in the ditch for the purpose: with the same power of fire, with the same strength, with virtue, with piety These are the zealous healers, calling out: bless, all things where, where.

Let us sleep first of all carnal movements, glorious, vigil with those who are here, let us sleep in sweet sleep, blessed, dead For the sake of God, on the tree of the tree there is a divine sleep, a deathly life that has drained away.

A spear was perforated in the ribs, my dearest, I saw him, and the blood and water flowed out, I thanked him for his mercy ex, and I was with a sweet desire, singing: bless, everything is where, where.

He extinguished this rotten blood flow, to everyone, and burned his world, and the unsteady place of worship, bzhⷭ҇tvenno I was inflamed with jealousy, and I cried: bless, all things where, where.

Our hearts are enlightened by our hearts, the darkness of our hearts has darkened the sun All things are good, and the world is shining, sir, enlightening those who cry: bless, all things where, where.

Bgorodichen:

Oustly and in language I preach to the Mother of God, and I pray to you, above all: my heart is illuminated by your light, and by your fierceness I am in the midst of freedom, crying: bless, all things where, where.

Song ѳ҃.

Irmos:

The stone is not mowed and the mountains are unbearable for you, two, the edge of everything, khrⷭ҇tos, scoop ꙋbeer dispersion є҆stєstva: tѣm, merry Yes, yes, yes, we magnify.

My strength and my songful word, and also on the edge of the river, the widespread, merciful, lawless cry of the same: then the page is all-blessed I mean, I will accept death by will.

The kind passion-bearer is blessed with the darkest words, all the reddest words are coming, the reward Your illnesses will be more easily tolerated.

With the darkness of this page, the unsetting sun has risen, and the dawn of the entire universe has enlightened the whole, and the darkness has been dispersed more than once We are happy.

We have come to the attention of the eternal killer, and we have joined together with all the stagykh martyrs: with him, our friend, with us Remember, your pious memory of those who celebrate, O all-blessed one.

Bgorodichen:

Sveta nevechernѧgѡ ꙗ҆vílasѧ є҆сѝѝ dwelling, btⷣe, and also in the same with ꙋ́нї and і ѣні ѣнѣѣ ѣѣ́зрѣ ҆зрѣѣ ᲂузрѣѣsha: ѣѣѣѡ and ҆о Illuminate the heart.

Luminous:

On the edge hangs ꙗ҆́кѡ ᲂу҆зрѣ́л є҆сѝ, ѧ̑ containing manneem, and ҆ with ineffable advice, ᲂу҆зслѧ є҆сѝ chꙋ desѝ, and once said є҆сѝ bг҃а набⷭ҇наго: є҆гѡ́ where glory is worthy in the same way and є҆сс was a true participant in є҆сѝ.

Bgorodichen:

Yes, I glorify, most importantly, your careless grace, with the many sins you have fallen without remembering: comprehend your speed, and your place of fortress and the scheming of the fall. You save, whatever you want, all sorrows, by your invincible power.

Prayer 1*

Oh, wonderful servant of God, Father Silouan! By the grace given to you by God, to pray tearfully for the entire universe, the dead, the living and the future, do not keep silent for us to the Lord, who fervently come to you and tenderly ask for your intercession. Move, O all-blessed One, to prayer the fervent Intercessor of the Christian race, the Most Blessed Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, who miraculously called you to be a faithful worker in Her earthly work. where God’s chosen one beseeches God for our sins to be merciful and long-suffering, so as not to remember our untruths and iniquities , but, by the ineffable goodness of our Lord Jesus Christ, to spare and save us according to His great mercy. To her, O saint of God, with the Most Blessed Lady of the world, the Most Holy Abbess, and the holy ascetics of Her earthly lot, ask the saints for the Most Holy Word of the Holy Mount Athos and the God-loving desert dwellers will be preserved in the world from all troubles and slander of the enemy, and the angels of the saints will be delivered from evils by the Spirit We strengthen the saints in faith and brotherly love, until the end of the century, about the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church, praying and showing everyone the path of salvation, may the Earthly and Heavenly Church be continually glorified will praise the Creator and Father of Lights, enlightening and sanctifying the world in the eternal truth and goodness of God. Ask the people of the whole world for a prosperous and peaceful life, a spirit of humility and brotherly love, good morals and salvation, a spirit of fear of God, so that it is not malice and lawlessness that harden the hearts of men, desiring to destroy the love of God in men and cast them into ungodly enmity and fratricide, but in the power of the Divine love and truth, as in Heaven and on earth, hallowed be the name of God, may His holy will be done among men, and may peace and the Kingdom of God reign on earth. So also for your earthly fatherland, the Russian land, ask, saint of God, the longed-for peace and heavenly blessing, in the hedgehog, with the all-powerful omophorion of the Mother of God who covers him, will deliver and from famine, destruction, cowardice, fire, sword, invasion of foreigners and internecine warfare, and from all enemy of the visible and invisible, and so will he, until the end of time, be the most holy house of the Most Blessed Mother of God, the Cross giving life by power, and be established in the unfailing love of God. For all of us, who are immersed in the darkness of sins and warmth of repentance, who have no lower fear of God, and who constantly offend the Lord who loves us immeasurably, ask, O all-blessed one, from our All-Bounteous God, for your with the omnipotent grace of Divine will visit and revive our souls and all Let him abolish the malice and pride of life, despondency and negligence in our hearts. We also pray for us, strengthened by the grace of the All-Holy Spirit and warmed by the love of God, in love for mankind and brotherly love, humility and prayerful intercession for each other and for everyone, established in the righteousness of God be a child, and be well-behaved in the gracious love of God, and draw near to Him who loves His sons . Yes, so, doing His all-holy will, in all piety and purity, let us walk the path of temporary life without shame and with all the saints of the Heavenly Kingdom and His Lamb marriage we will be made worthy. To Him from all on earth and in Heaven be glory, honor and worship, with His Beginning Father, His Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

We advise you to study the Icon of Simeon of Verkhoturye

Canon to the Holy Martyr Longinus the Centurion, likewise at the Cross of the Lord.

29th of October.

General beginning and end of the canons Troparion, kontakion, glorification of saints Akathists to the saints of God

Troparion, voice 4:

Thy martyr, Lord, Longinus, in his suffering will receive an incorruptible crown from You, our God: having Thy strength, overthrow the tormentors, crush the demons of weak insolence. Save our souls through your prayers.

Canon. Voice 4.

Song 1.

Irmos: Ancient Israel walked across the dark sea with wet feet, and with the cross-shaped hands of Moses defeated the power of Amalek in the desert.

With Divine luminaries, gloriously, we enlighten and with the Angelic ranks we stand before Christ God, enlightening your luminous memory.

There is nothing for you to have unity with God, martyr, separate, excommunicated from all carnal pleasures by faith, and enjoy the pure desires of the utmost.

Serving the Living God, all your wisdom, purity of mind, dead idol, blessed one, you did not offer any service. Thus, you passed on to endless life, slain.

Theotokos: The Word of the Father in Your womb You conceived in Your word, To deliver the wordlessness of the earthly desires of goodness, The Virgin Mother, Most Pure, Blessed, All-Immaculate.

Song 3.

Irmos: Your Church rejoices in You, O Christ, calling: You are my strength, Lord, and refuge, and confirmation.

Having known on the Cross the Son of God, the true Lord, for those who suffer today, you believed in Him with all your soul.

The earth, as if it had been watered, having received the verbal seeds, your soul became class, wise, mature and increased in divine piety.

With the sail of the Cross, you sailed passionately through the abyss and came to a quiet refuge, glorious and joyful.

Theotokos: Heal my ailing soul of passions, Most Pure Mother of God, and guide me to salvation.

Sedalen, voice 8.

You saw the Savior crucified, and He was illuminated by the dawn, you escaped the deepest folly of darkness and you united yourself with the Divine mind, believing that there is a Visible God . Thus, having suffered, you were counted as a martyr, O blessed Longina, rejoicing. With him always, gloriously, pray to Christ God, leaving sins to those who honor your holy memory with love.

Glory, and now, the Mother of God:

In the multi-braided misfortunes of enemies, visible and invisible, I am overcome by the storm of my countless sins, and as to my warm intercession and protection, O Pure One, I flow to the refuge of Your blessings guests. Moreover, Most Pure One, from Thee Incarnate, without seed, pray diligently for all Thy servants, who unceasingly pray to the Most Pure Mother of God, beseeching Him to grant forgiveness of sins, to those who sing the praises of the worthy I love Your glory.

Holy Cross:

The Lamb, and the Shepherd and the Deliverer, the Lamb beholding on the Cross, exclaiming, weeping, and weeping bitterly, crying out: the world rejoices, receiving deliverance from You, but My womb is burning, beholding T Your crucifixion, which you endure for the mercy of mercy. Long-suffering Lord, abyss of mercy and inexhaustible source, be merciful and grant forgiveness of sins to those who sing by faith Your Divine Passion.

Song 4.

Irmos: You are exalted, having seen the Church on the Cross, the Righteous Sun, standing in your rank, worthily crying: glory to your power, Lord.

Having acquired the strongest meaning in faith, blessed one, you destroyed the weak charm of your firmness, and rejoicing, you cried out: Glory to Your power, Lord.

Exalted and nailed to the tree of the Passionless in vain Lord of glory, You confessed that you are the Son of God, more glorious, suffering by His will.

Having seen the withering death of the Immortal One, you, Longine, endeavored for His sake to die and live after death with those who blessedly suffered.

Theotokos: Having been united according to Hypostasis in Thy womb and formerly of Man, the Most Pure One, the Word, more than the word, gave birth to Thou, purely by desires and actions.

Song 5

Irmos: You, Lord, my Light, you came into the world, Holy Light, turning those who sing of You from darkness of ignorance to faith.

Having truly been a stranger to all lands, you were adorned in the passion-bearing wounds, Longine, and you settled in the lands of the meek.

Thou art able, We strengthen the power of the Cross, O weak tormentors, Passion-bearing Longine, to overcome madness.

Having placed your heart on a firm foundation, you remained unshaken by the vibrations of temptation and anxiety.

Theotokos: To the One Who gave birth to God without skill, let us praise the Virgin, Who was saved, and by faith we please.

Song 6.

Irmos: I will devour Thee with a voice of praise, Lord, the Church cries out to Thee, having been cleansed from the blood of demons, for the sake of mercy the blood flowed from Thy side.

Having seen the mountains and the earth shaking on the day of Passion, you were shaken by the unbelief of your standing and you were strengthened by faith, Longine, the Suffering One.

The mind is true and perfect, and you were able to perceive meaningfully, seeing the creation changing, and you changed to the Divine, Longine, knowledge.

You endured fierce torment, rejoicing, and you bowed the neck of the sword with an undoubted thought, beheading the heads of your enemies by faith.

Theotokos: Wither and from the root, O All-Immaculate One, uproot the thorny thoughts of my heart, and show this fruitfully through Your intercession, O All-Pure Youth.

Kontakion, tone 4.

The Church rejoiced joyfully today in memory of the ever-memorable sufferer Longinus, crying out: You are my power, O Christ, and my affirmation.

Ikos:

The sky is darkened by many things, and the earth is shaking, and the stone is disintegrating, and the catapetas of the temple is being torn into two, in the Divine Passion of Christ Longinus, the Son of God I know, suffering from His compassion, the impassive being of Divinity, and Glory with the Father and the Holy Spirit containing everything and embracing, like the true God and King. The more joyfully the sufferer calls: You are my power, Christ, and affirmation.

Song 7.

Irmos: In the cave of Abraham, the youths of the Persians, with love of piety rather than with flame, scorched, crying: blessed art thou in the temple of thy glory, O Lord.

Having rightfully suffered, martyr, with the courage of your soul, you put all the lawless councils to shame and you were legally married, blessed are you, crying out, in the temple of Your glory, Lord.

Divine grace, having found your relics, will solve all illnesses of those who piously come to you, blessed one, and preach you, the truth of an invincible witness.

Thou didst not spare the dying flesh, Longine, for Christ, thou didst renounce to eat the demon, and thou didst offer an immaculate sacrifice to God Himself, rejoicing, and was cut with the sword, most wonderfully.

Theotokos: For the Pure You, the Pure Word, will be found, O Virgin, by You you have deigned to cleanse the filthiness of men: blessed is the Fruit of Your womb.

Song 8.

Irmos: He stretched out his hand, Daniel, the gaping lion in the den; Having quenched the fiery power, girded with virtue, zealots of piety, youths, crying: bless, all the works of the Lord, the Lord.

Having fallen asleep before the carnal movements, gloriously, in the vigils of those who are unto the Lord, you fell asleep in a sweet sleep, blessed one, having died for Christ’s sake, on the tree of the baptism, the Divine sleep, death you have exhausted the life.

A spear pierced the ribs, most blessed, as you saw, and you shed blood and water, Christ the Man, for mercy, who was, and you were vulnerable to him with a sweet desire, chanting : Bless all the works of the Lord the Lord.

Thou hast extinguished the fire of the idols' blood with flowing waters, O Longine of all things, and thou hast burned the idols and unsolid shrines, inflaming the soul with divine zeal and crying out: bless all the works of the Lord Gentlemen.

Having enlightened the eyes of the heart with the Divine radiances, the all-bright radiance of the darkened Sun, you zealously left the darkness of evil and the star appeared, the wise one, enlightening those crying out: bless all the works of the Lord the Lord.

Theotokos: With my lips and tongue and soul I preach Thee, Mother of God, and I pray to Thee, the Most Pure One: illuminate my heart with Thy light and the fierce darkness of freedom, crying out: bless all the works of the State day of the Lord.

Song 9.

Irmos: The uncut stone from the uncut mountain, to you, Virgin, the cornerstone was cut off - Christ, the aggregator of the dispersed nature. Thus, having fun, we magnify You, Mother of God.

My strength and singing is the Word, Who stretched out my hand on the Cross, - You cried out to the martyr, the lawless, - By depicting the all-blessed passion, I accept death with my will.

As the kind passion-bearer was gifted with the Divine passions, you appeared most redly and stood before the red Word, receiving the rewards of your illnesses most richly.

You, the never-setting sun that has appeared with the radiance of passions and the dawn of healings that has enlightened the entire universe, and the darkness of unreason that has dispersed, we please you.

Thou hast taken to the eternal monastery and counted among all the holy martyrs, with him, martyr Longina, remember us, piously celebrating thy memory, all-blessed.

Theotokos: Thou art the dwelling of the uneven light, O Mother of God, Who saw the light in the darkness of existence and the shadow of sin: thereby enlighten my heartfelt feelings.

Luminous:

Hanging on the Cross, you saw that you were all filled with mania and indescribable advice, you were amazed at the miracles and you named the Son of the God of heaven: His glory is truly worthy in His likeness you were a participant.

Theotokos:

Yes, I glorify, Most Pure One, Your merciless grace, having fallen madly into many sins: comprehend Your speed and Your strength to snatch away the falls, as if You are saving, even though Thou art from all sorrows by Thy invincible power.

Prayer to the martyr Longinus Sotnik

Oh, holy martyr Longinus! Pilate commanded you and the soldiers to stand guard at the cross of the Lord Jesus. But you, having been ill with your eyes and healed by a drop of the Lord’s blood that dropped into your eyes, gained spiritual insight and, seeing the miracles that took place at the crucifixion of the Lord, and the coward, and the solar eclipse, and the resurrection of the dead from the graves, you clearly confessed Jesus Christ as the Son of God . And being with the custodians at the Holy Sepulcher, and the Resurrection of Christ in awe in vain, the pieces of silver given by the Sanhedrin for hiding the resurrection, you rejected and, having preached Christ, you were beheaded. And after the beheading of a certain widow, who was ill with her eyes, you appeared in a dream, and to her, who had found your honorable head, you granted insight. We pray to you, holy martyr of Christ Longinus, show your quick help to those who are sick in the eyes and heal them, so that, having been freed from their illness, they would not want to see anything that inflames voluptuousness, but would rush to the contemplation of spiritual beauty, glorifying God. Amen.

Troparion, voice 2*

Seraphim’s love for the Lord, an ardent zealot,/ and Jeremiah, for a people weeping,/ a zealous imitator,/ all-blessed Father Silouan,/ you call upon the Mother of the Lord of strength, listen,/ serpent sin You wisely vomited out your manhood, / and you retreated to Mount Athos from the vanity of the world, / where in labors and prayers with tears / the grace of the Holy Spirit was abundantly acquired, / our hearts were set on fire / and with you we tenderly cry out to strengthen: / My Lord, Holy to my Life and Joy Aya, // save the world and us from all kinds of evil ones.

Translation: A fiery zealot of the Seraphim's love for the Lord, and of Jeremiah, for a people weeping, a zealous imitator, all-blessed Father Silouan, you, heeding the call of the Mother of the Lord of hosts, cast out the sinful serpent with prudent courage, and withdrew to Mount Athos from the vanity of the world, where in labors and through prayers with tears I have abundantly acquired the grace of the Holy Spirit, with which I have ignited our hearts and humbly strengthened them with you: “My Lord, my Life and Holy Joy, save the world and us from all disasters.”

The Most Holy Theotokos in front of Her Kazan Icon

Traditionally, prayers are offered before the Kazan image of the Blessed Virgin Mary with a request for healing for diseases and damage to the organs of vision, as well as for any illnesses, especially if the sick person is a child.

This icon can rightfully be called one of the most beloved and revered images of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Rus'.

The miraculous discovery of this icon took place in Kazan in the 16th century. The Mother of God appeared to the nine-year-old girl Matryona in a dream and ordered her to look for Her icon in the ashes of a burnt house. For a long time they did not believe the girl, but the miraculous appearance of the Heavenly Queen was repeated three times, and the third time it was formidable. Matryona's mother took a spade and found, at the place indicated by the Queen of Heaven, an icon wrapped in an old sleeve of men's clothing made of cherry cloth. The face of the Most Pure One was bright and clear, as if the icon had just been painted.

Numerous miracles and healings have occurred through prayers before this miraculous icon and its copies over the centuries, and are still happening today.

Saint Demetrius, Metropolitan of Rostov

People turn to Saint Dmitry of Rostov with requests for healing for bronchopulmonary diseases.

Saint Demetrius, Metropolitan of Rostov (in the world Daniil Savvich Tuptalo), was born in 1651 near Kyiv into a pious family and grew up a deeply religious Christian. In 1662 he was sent to the Kiev-Mohyla Collegium, where the talents and extraordinary abilities of the talented young man were first revealed. He successfully studied Greek and Latin and a number of classical sciences. In 1668 he became a monk with the name Demetrius, in honor of the Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica.

In the history of the Orthodox Church, the saint is revered as a prominent preacher and spiritual writer, the author of the famous collection of lives of the holy saints of God (“Cheti-Minea”). In the memory of his contemporaries, Saint Dmitry remained as a man leading a godly life, an example of mercy towards his neighbors and help to all those in need.

Prayer

O Most Holy Lady, Lady Theotokos! With fear, faith and love before Your honest and miraculous icon, we pray to You: do not turn Your face away from those who come running to You, beg, O merciful Mother, Your Son and our God, the Lord Jesus Christ, to keep our country peaceful and His holy Church May he preserve him unshakably, and may he deliver from unbelief, heresies and schism. There are no other imams of help, no other imams of hope, except You, most pure Virgin: You are the all-powerful Helper and Intercessor of Christians: deliver all those who pray to You with faith from the falls of sin, from the slander of evil people, from all temptations, sorrows, illnesses, misfortunes and from sudden death: grant us the spirit of contrition, humility of heart, purity of thoughts, correction of sinful lives and the remission of sins, so that all who gratefully sing of Thy greatness and mercy, manifested over us here on earth, will be worthy of both the Heavenly Kingdom and there with all the saints let us glorify the most honorable and magnificent name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever and ever.

To the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir, in Holy Baptism to Vasily, Baptist of Rus'

They pray to the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir for the healing of diseases of the organs of vision.

Grand Duke Vladimir, popularly known as Red Sun, entered Russian history not only as a wise ruler who united the Slavic lands within the borders of one state, but also as the Baptist of Rus'. It is not for nothing that the Orthodox Church compares his deeds with the deeds of the holy apostles.

Being in his youth, following the example of his father, a fierce pagan, Vladimir, wishing to marry the sister of the Byzantine emperor Anna, received Holy Baptism and in the 10th century. brought the Christian faith to Rus'.

Before the arrival of the bride, the prince was struck by a serious illness - an eye disease deprived him of the ability to see. However, after Holy Baptism, the illness receded, and Saint Vladimir received his sight.

Prayer to Saint Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir

“O great servant of God, God-chosen and God-glorified Prince Vladimir! You, having rejected pagan malice and wickedness, have believed in the one true Trinitarian God, and we will receive holy baptism; you have enlightened the entire Russian country with the light of divine faith and piety. With the same glorification and thanksgiving to our most merciful Creator and Savior, we glorify and thank you, our Enlightener and Father, for by you we have known the saving faith of Christ and in the name of the Most Holy and Divine Trinity we have been baptized. By this faith we have been delivered from the righteous condemnation of God, and from the eternal work of the devil and the torment of hell we have been freed: by this faith we have been freed from the grace of being born into sons and the hope of inheriting heavenly bliss by receiving. Moreover, we glorify you, as the first language of our guide to the head and finisher of our salvation, the Lord Jesus Christ, and we glorify you as your representative before the Throne of the King of the Kings of the Kingdom of All Russia, about the kings of its rulers, the army and about all people. Our tongue will not be able to depict the greatness and beauty of the blessings you poured out on our land, our fathers and forefathers and unworthy of us. O blessed father and our enlightener! Look at our weaknesses and beg the most merciful King of Heaven, may He not be very angry with us, as through our weaknesses we sin all day long, and may He not destroy us with our iniquities, but may He have mercy and save us by His mercy, may He plant us in our hearts repentance and the saving fear of God, may His grace enlighten our minds, so that we may leave the paths of wickedness and turn to the path of salvation, and unswervingly keep the commandments of God and observe the statutes of the holy church. Pray, O merciful God, the Lover of Mankind, to show us His great mercy: may He deliver us from the invasion of foreigners, from rebellion and strife, from famine, deadly diseases and from all evil; May He grant us the goodness of the air and the fruitfulness of the earth; may the light of saving faith multiply in our state, may it convert unbelievers to orthodoxy, and may it overthrow heresies and schisms; May all of us, who have lived in peace on earth, be worthy of eternal bliss with you, praising and exalting God forever and ever. Amen".

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Holy Martyr Longinus the Centurion: history, prayer, folk signs

Ask Saint Longinus the Centurion for health and good eyesight

On October 29, Orthodox Christians celebrate the day of remembrance of the martyr Longinus Sotnik. The editors of tochka.net will introduce you to the biography of the saint, his icon and prayer, and also tell you about the signs of this day.

Martyr Longinus the Centurion: history

According to legend, the Roman soldier Gaius Cassius Longinus, who had the rank of centurion, was one of the guards who were at the site of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Longinus and his soldiers witnessed the last moments of the Lord's earthly life. During the execution, it was he who pierced Christ with a spear, hastening the end of his suffering. The blood of the Savior splashed into the warrior’s eyes, and he was healed of cataracts.

Three days later, the Centurion Longinus, together with other guards of the Holy Sepulcher (hence the name Longinus the Gatekeeper), witnessed the miraculous resurrection of Christ.

Longinus believed that Jesus was the son of God, repented, together with other soldiers who saw the resurrection of Jesus, returned to his homeland in Cappadocia and became a preacher of the Christian religion. For this they were executed by beheading by order of the ruler Pontius Pilate. The heads of Christians were taken to Pontius in Jerusalem and thrown out without burial outside the city walls.

Later, the heads of the martyrs were found and buried by a blind woman, who was cured of her eye disease.

The relics of Saint Longinus are in the Roman Church of Saint Augustine. And the tip of the Longinus spear is kept in the Vatican Basilica of St. Peter, where a statue of the saint is also installed.

Folk traditions and signs on the day of Longinus the Centurion

As a Christian martyr, Saint Longinus is the patron of all those suffering from eye diseases. People pray to the icon of Longinus the Centurion for relief from vision problems.

Longinus the Centurion, who stood guard at the gates of the Holy Sepulcher, is also called Longinus the Gatekeeper. Associated with him is the image of a watchman standing at the gate and protecting the house from all misfortunes and evil spirits. Therefore, the main amulet on the gate, in addition to icons, was considered to be all kinds of sharp objects symbolizing the spear of Longinus.

For a long time, on Longinus, people took winter clothes out of their chests in order to air them out in the first frost and warm them up in the last sun. People believed in the special power of the combination of frost and sun, capable of driving away diseases: “Sunlight, although it does not last long, is dear to us on this day.”

On the day of Longinus Sotnik they judged the future weather:

• if the stars on Longinus are bright - good weather,
• changeable wind on Longinus - expect frequent thaws in winter,
• the leaves turned yellow, but did not fall off - frosts will not come soon.

Oh, holy martyr Longine! Pilate ordered you and the soldiers to stand guard at the Cross of the Lord Jesus. But you, having been ill with your eyes and healed by a drop of the Lord’s blood that dropped into your eyes, gained spiritual insight and, seeing the miracles that took place at the crucifixion of the Lord, and the coward, and the solar eclipse, and the resurrection of the dead from the graves, you clearly confessed Jesus Christ as the Son of God . And being with the custodians at the Holy Sepulcher, and the Resurrection of Christ in awe in vain, the pieces of silver given by the Sanhedrin for concealing the resurrection, you rejected and, having preached Christ, you were beheaded. And after the truncation of the head of a certain widow, who was displeased with her eyes, you appeared in a dream, and to her, who found your honest head, you granted insight.

We pray to you, holy martyr of Christ Longina, to those who are sick in their eyes, show your quick help and heal them, so that, having been freed from their illness, they will not want to see anything that inflames voluptuousness, but will rush to the contemplation of spiritual beauty, glorifying God. Amen.

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