Holy Martyr Alexander of Rome (from laziness and all illnesses)

Alexander of Rome
(+ 284-305), warrior, martyr Memory May 13 [1], May 14 (Greek [2])

He served in the regiment of the tribune Tiberian in Rome. He was in his 18th year when the Roman Emperor Maximian Herculus (284-305) issued an order that all citizens on a certain day should appear at the suburban temple of Zeus to make a sacrifice.

Tribune Tiberian gathered his soldiers and ordered them to go to this festival, but the young man Alexander, raised in the Christian faith from childhood, refused and declared that he would not sacrifice to demons. Tiberian, fearing for himself, informed Emperor Maximian that there was a Christian in his regiment. Soldiers were immediately sent for Alexander. At this time, Alexander was sleeping. He was awakened by an angel, who informed the young man about the martyrdom that lay ahead of him and that he would constantly remain with him throughout the entire period of his feat. When the soldiers arrived, Alexander came out to meet them, and his face shone with such light that the soldiers, looking at him, fell to the ground. The saint encouraged them and asked them to carry out the order given to them.

Appearing before Maximian, Saint Alexander boldly confessed his faith in Christ and refused to bow to idols, adding that he feared neither the emperor nor his threats. The emperor tried to persuade the young man with the promise of honors, but Alexander remained firm in his confession, denouncing the emperor and all the pagans. The torture of the holy martyr began, but he bravely endured the suffering.

Maximian betrayed Saint Alexander into the power of the tribune Tiberian, who was sent by the emperor to Thrace to torture Christians. The martyr, bound in chains, was led to Thrace. At this time, the Angel of the Lord informed the mother of Saint Alexander Pimenia about the martyrdom of her son. Pimenia found him in the city of Cathargen, where he appeared in court before Tiberian and again firmly confessed himself to be a Christian. He was tortured in front of his mother, and then, bound, he was led on a further journey, following the chariot of Tiberian. Courageous Pimenia begged the soldiers to allow her to approach her son and inspired him to endure torment for Christ. The soldiers were amazed at the steadfastness of the holy martyr and said to each other: “Great is the Christian God!” An Angel appeared to the martyr several times, strengthening his strength. At night, a formidable Angel with a sword appeared to Tiberian, commanding the tribune to quickly go to Byzantium, since the time of death of the holy martyr was approaching. Tiberian continued on his way with haste. In the city of Philippopolis, Tiberian arranged another trial of Saint Alexander in the presence of city nobles gathered for this occasion. At this trial, Saint Alexander also remained unshaken. During his mournful journey, the holy martyr was repeatedly subjected to cruel torture, but, strengthened by God, he endured all the torment and himself strengthened the soldiers who were exhausted from thirst, asking the Lord for a source of water for them. During a stop on the way, the holy martyr prayed under a tree for his strength in suffering, after which the fruits and leaves of this tree received healing powers. At a place called Vurtodexion, the saint again met his mother Pimenia, who fell sobbing at his feet. The holy martyr said to her: “Don’t cry, my mother, the next morning the Lord will help me finish my feat.”

In the city of Driziper, Tiberian sentenced the saint to death. Before his death, the holy martyr thanked the Lord for the fact that the Lord gave him the strength to endure all the numerous tortures and accept a martyr’s death. The warrior who was to carry out the execution asked the saint for forgiveness and for a long time did not dare to raise his hand with a sword, since he saw the angels coming for the soul of the martyr. Through the prayer of the saint, the angels became invisible to the executioner, and only then did he cut off its head. The saint's body was thrown into the river, but four dogs pulled it out of the water and did not allow anyone in until Saint Alexander's mother, Pimenia, arrived. She took the remains of her martyr son and buried them with honor near the Erigone River. Healings immediately began to take place at the tomb of St. Alexander. Soon the holy martyr appeared in a dream to his mother, consoled her and informed her that she too would soon move to the Heavenly abodes.

Prayer to Alexander the Roman against laziness

One of the most famous prayers against laziness is the prayer to Alexander of Rome.

You can turn to a saint when a person cannot pull himself together to begin any task.

Alexander the Roman was a warrior. The emperor ordered everyone to go to the temple of Zeus and make a sacrifice. Alexander refused, and that’s why he was killed.

But before his death, he prayed to God that afterward everyone would turn to him in prayer. And it will help get rid of various diseases and laziness.

O glorious servant and martyr of Christ, worthy warrior of the Heavenly King, blessed Alexander, imitator of the merciful God, who boldly confessed Christ on earth and endured manifold torments for His sake, you have received an unfading crown in heaven:

Now, together with your matter, Pimenia, standing at the Throne of the Glory of God, pray for us from God’s compassionate compassion, so that He will do with us according to His ineffable goodness, so that we do not perish in our sins.

To her, holy martyr, we know that you have had much boldness to the Lord to pray for all those who come to You with faith.

Offer a warm prayer to the Creator Church for the peace of the whole world, the prosperity of the Holy Churches of God and the unification of all the faithful children of the Church of Christ, who live in purity and honor, and to deliver the Orthodox flock from the heavy storms of everyday life and all the slander of the spirit of wickedness in high places.

With the breath of the All-Holy Spirit, may the hearts of the sons of disobedience, tearing apart the robe of unity of the Church of Christ, be softened by the power of Divine peace and love for the healing of His bleeding wound in the universe, and for the salvation of all living on earth.

For us, faithful friend of Christ, be our Intercessor and Patron all the days of our life, delivering us from enemies visible and invisible, and moreover, after our departure, protect us from evil spirits,

and at the Last Judgment of Christ, do not forget us poor through your warm intercession, so that, having improved some of those who are saved, we will glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever.

Amen.

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Warrior of Christ. Martyr Alexander of Rome.

In battle, a brave young warrior, Anyone would have carried out the order, But he was not worthy to be carried out, It was a decree from a mad king.

The king proclaimed his will: Make sacrifices to Zeus for everyone, Since they value their fate And want to save their lives.

But the young warrior adamantly declared his refusal to the tribune, saying that since childhood, he had only served Christ the Creator.

The tribune of refusal was frightened and reported to the emperor that Zeus refused to serve, His fighter, not honoring the threats.

Maximian, in great anger, ordered the apostate to be seized and to show by example what it means to not honor Zeus.

And Alexander, the young warrior, was meekly sleeping at the moment of the order, and a wonderful and silent angel immediately raised him from sleep.

He called on him to go to great deeds and to firmly preserve his faith, and to show his good Christian appearance before the court of the king.

He himself went out to meet the soldiers, Then the guardian ascetic met And was exalted by grace, His face began to shine before them.

And when the warriors saw this, they fell on their faces from fear, not foreseeing sudden miracles, higher than the world's boundaries.

But the ascetic calmed them down and asked them to obey the order, and after them he quickened his pace, and appeared before the king at that hour.

The king wanted to buy him with affection and the promise of rewards, with the favor of the royal honor, in which he would be rich.

The Christian despised rewards, He was not flattered by vanity, He sought the glory only of Truth, He was ready to suffer for Christ.

And he was given over to suffer, And he sprinkled the earth with blood... And the angel, as he commanded, strengthened the Sufferer’s strength.

Maximian, seeing no use, continued the torment further, ordered, by the influx of vice, to send Him to Thrace.

The tribune had to go there And there to torment Christians. The martyr was surrounded with chains, and was given to Him for amusement.

Enduring heat and hunger, And mockery all around, He passed through a new city But was, as before, a guardian friend.

When everyone was tired of the heat, the Source begged for water: As in the hard times of the battle, He was their guardian of fate.

At another time of stop, I blessed the tree with prayer, so that the fruits would not become bitter and would gain healing powers.

He consoled his dear mother and predicted her death, and a bright, good fate... And encouraged her not to grieve.

Having arrived within the borders of Byzantium, the Court pronounced a death sentence, so that the warrior would be deprived of his head, thus ending the spiritual dispute.

The saint then glorified Christ, for the feat that he blessed and did not leave him in bitter torments, but gave him grace to drink.

Before the execution, angels appeared, received the Holy soul, and surrounded the place of execution, spreading grace.

The executioner did not dare, looking at the angels, to execute the saint, until the saint prayed and he could not distinguish them.

The flesh, soon thrown into the river, Four pulled out the dog, Not allowing man to “touch a hair.”

Only the saint’s mother was allowed in, Letting her bury him, And they served her like a mistress, Wanting to share the grief.

Thus, the brave warrior for Christ finished his short journey, despising the evil, vicious decay, ascending to the holy Heavens.

Note: Tribune is an official in Ancient Rome.

© Copyright: Alexander Petrovich Eremin, 2021 On the author’s website: stihi.date/7121

Warrior of Christ. Poems to Alexander Rimsky | Alexander Petrovich Eremin

In battle, a brave young warrior, Anyone would have carried out the order, But he was not worthy to be carried out, It was a decree from a mad king. The king proclaimed his will: To bring sacrifices to all Zeus, Since they value their fate.

Service to the Holy Martyr Alexander of Rome

Creation of Metropolitan Nicodemus

Evening

Let's verse Blessed is the man: 1st antiphon.

I cried to the Lord: the stichera of the saint on 6, tone 2.

Similar to: Kiimi laudable:

Come, all God-loving people, from east and west, north and south, united with the love of Christ, let us sing the faithful warrior of Christ Alexander with spiritual songs of praise, whose sufferings the Church of Christ, like the royal purple, was adorned with his blood, the Lamb of God, the Destroyer of death and hell, to all races He proclaims to mankind, that we may know the life-giving power of His love, by which we will be established in the unanimity of faith, piously building the foundation of the Church of Christ.

O earthly angel and heavenly man, God-loving warrior Alexander, a companion of Christ and a wonderful builder of His Holy Church, how let us sing of the feats of your honest sufferings: for we tore you to pieces on stakes in four parts and shaved your body with iron nails, as the hardest adamant by the power of faith you trampled upon all idolatry flattery;

Irrigating the piety of the gospel faith with your blood, you planted it in the hearts of the faithful, and thus you brought many to the Lord, disgracing the service of demonic wickedness in the world, so that Christ may reign in our hearts forever.

Vulnerable in our hearts and soaring with love, seeing how the Lord loved the kindness of your soul, the angel of the interlocutor Alexandra, when the ambassador of His Angel will announce to you, how God-loving has chosen you to the feat of martyrdom for the establishment of His Holy Church and for the salvation of all people, in which we also have Christ - God's Power and God's Wisdom by knowledge,

wonderfully resting in His saints, pray with them, all-blessed, that we may be sons of the Eternal Light and enter into the joy of the Lord of Divine love.

Like an ecclesiastical bridegroom, bound in bonds for Christ the Son of God, drawn by tormentors from Rome to Byzantium, you called upon cities and towns to the feast of the faith of Christ, invincible martyr Alexander, who was a child of the Ecumenical Church, in the unity of the faith of the weakened, bound by the power of the love of Christ, and by all-forgiveness Let us embrace each other, we will bring the Holy Church, bleeding in the ulcers of disorder, into quiet and serene prosperity, and on the occasion of the two-thousandth anniversary of the triumph of Her brotherly love we will sanctify, and we will piously establish the foundation of God who promotes peace.

Glory to the Saint, tone 8:

Today, the suffering of the passion-bearer of Christ cries out to all God-loving people of the East and West: come, all of you, with the love of Christ, we will glorify the warrior Alexander crowned with God in psalms and songs: this marvelous martyr of the saints, together with his mother, is to come;

to her the Angel of the Lord proclaims that, like the Most Pure Mother of God in suffering for Her Son on Golgotha, she will travel compassionately and bury his body, burying herself in Christ with love, and together with him she prays to the Lord for the triumph of the Church on earth, for brotherly love among the peoples of the world and for the salvation of souls ours.

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And now, Mother of God:

Born Co-essential with God and the Father, God the Word, the Mother of God, God the Man by You descended to our humility, freeing us from the oaths of our forefathers: For you saw Jacob the Ladder, reaching to heaven, blessing God, but Archangel Gabriel was surprised, crying out to You, Mother of God: I am perplexed and I am horrified, even as I was commanded, I cry out to You: Rejoice, O Gracious One, the Lord is with You.

We, who are unworthy, cry out loudly: You, Pure One, rejoice, O Mother of God, about the rise of Your Nativity, in Him the Holy Church, invincible through the gates of hell, rejoices in the struggle of the passion-bearers of Christ forever.

Or a dogmatist, of the same voice.

The poem contains stichera, tone 4.

Similar to: Like a doble:

With your fiery suffering, god-wise martyr Alexandra, you burned the charm of the tormentor, you infused the hearts of the faithful with drops of blood with streams of faith, you appeared to the Holy Church as an unshakable pillar, adorned with dispassion, confident in Christ God.

This is what you have found, O all-valored one.

Verse: The righteous shall flourish like the phoenix, and like the cedar in Lebanon he shall multiply. We kindle the love of Christ, with which the Lord has made you strong: we are torn to pieces and shaved and finished with the sword, you remained adamant, Alexander Martyr, having raised your soul on the rock of faith.

And for this reason you are considered a holy face, we are worthy of the unfathomable light.

Verse: Plant in the house of the Lord, in the courts of our God they will flourish.

Having despised the honors of the earthly army, you were considered equal to the heavenly army, the adamante of faith Alexandra, iron bonds and prison in the city of Philip, like sweepers of a royal reception, having defeated the wicked Tiberian with patience, you appeared as a sweet-sounding pipe of faith, inspired by Christ with love

Glory, the same voice:

You proclaimed the one dawn of the Trinitarian existence, the One Divinity and the One Dominion, O passion-bearing Alexandra, you crushed the false gods and overthrew the idolatrous wisdom.

Do not cease to pray for the salvation of the world, the Divine and Uncreated Trinity, undaunted confessor.

And now, Mother of God, the voice is the same.

Troparion, tone 4:

Thy martyr, O Lord, Alexander, in his suffering received an imperishable crown from Thee, our God: having Thy strength, overthrow the tormentors, crush the demons of weak insolence, through His prayers save our souls

Glory, and now, the Mother of God, the voice is the same.

At Matins

On God the Lord: troparion to the martyr.

Glory, and now, the Mother of God, in the same voice.

According to the 1st verse of the sedalene, tone 4:

Today we piously celebrate the passion-bearer Alexander, having been wounded by love and sacrificed to Christ by faith, in which we continually pray to the Lord to grant peace and salvation to our souls.

Glory, even now, to the Mother of God: Thou art the heavenly ladder, the Most Pure Virgin, who hast come to us from the Word of God, giving life to all. You are the imams of sin, a zealous intercessor, who exist in many adversities, and are always delivered by you.

According to the 2nd verse of the sedal, tone 1.

Similar to: Face of an Angel:

The Lord gave you strength for your exploits, when you desired to adorn yourself with the crown of martyrdom and confessed to be a Christian, to rise valiantly in the torments of the body, through His Angel to tell your mother, Alexandra, may he console you in these things, so that you will not be ashamed of the Church of the Saints in your fidelity to the confessor their own, buried in Christ's love.

Glory, even now, to the Mother of God:

The King and Lord from You clothed yourself in a scarlet body, passing all red from Your womb, O Mother of God, and crushing all the power of the enemy and giving an invincible victory to all the faithful who call upon You in prayers for help.

According to the polyeleos sedalene, voice 4:

The warrior of Christ is invincible, the doer of God's will is zealous, we will always praise Alexander the Passion-Bearer with faith, for he gives water of healing to those who come to him with faith, and quenches fierce passions, and those in sorrow from all evils stand up truthfully.

Glory, even now, to the Mother of God:

Deliver us from our needs, Mother of Christ our God, Who gave birth to the Creator of all and the Founder of the Church, so we all call to You: Rejoice, the only Representative and salvation of our souls, who ever delivers us from all evils.

Also sedate, 1st antiphon of the 4th tone.

Prokeimenon, tone 4: The righteous, like the phoenix, will prosper, like the cedar of Lebanon, he will multiply.

Verse: Planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God.

Every breath: the Gospel of Luke, conceived 106.

According to Psalm 50, stichera, tone 6:

Today the Church of the Passion-Bearer of Christ is enlightened by the torment / and, like flowers, adorned with his suffering, / cries out in joy: / such are my births, such are my son’s womb. / They gave birth to them through baptism, / they raised them with the milk of piety, / and they became martyrs of the Truth, / praying for the salvation of the entire universe.

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Prayer for depression

O all-praised Saint and Servant of Christ, our Father Tikhon! Having lived like an angel on earth, you, like a good angel, appeared in your wondrous glorification. We believe with all our souls and thoughts that you, our merciful helper and prayer book, are constantly contributing to our salvation through your honest intercessions and the grace abundantly bestowed upon you from the Lord. Accept therefore, blessed Servant of Christ, even at this hour our unworthy prayer: free us through your intercession from the vanity and superstition that surrounds us, the unbelief and evil of man.

Strive, quick intercessor for us, to beg the Lord with your favorable intercession, may He add His great and rich mercy to us sinners and unworthy His servants, may He heal with His grace the incurable ulcers and scabs of our corrupted souls and bodies, may our petrified hearts dissolve with tears of tenderness and Contrition for our many sins and may He deliver us from eternal torment and the fire of Gehenna; May He grant to all His faithful people peace and quiet, health and salvation, and good haste in everything, so that having lived a quiet and silent life in all piety and purity, let us be worthy to glorify and sing the all-holy name of the Father with the Angels and all the Saints and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

For depression you can also read Psalm 90

Living in the help of the highest, in the shelter of the heavenly God, the Lord will say: You are my intercessor and my refuge, my God and I trust in Him. For He will deliver you from the snare of the trap and from the words of the Rebellious, His blanket will overshadow you, And under His wing you trust, His Truth will bypass you as an instrument. Do not be afraid from the fear of the night, from the arrow flying during the day, from the thing that comes in the darkness, from the cloak and the midday demon. Thousands and thousands will fall from your country at your right hand, but they will not come close to you.

Behold Your eyes and see the reward of sinners. For You, O Lord, are my hope, You have made the Most High your refuge. No evil will come to you, and no wound will come near your body. As His Angel commanded you, keep you in all your ways. They will lift you up in their arms, and once they dash your foot on a stone, you will step on and cross an asp and a basilisk, a lion and a serpent. Because I have trusted in Me, I will deliver and cover, and because I know My name, I will bring him to Me, and I will hear him, I am with him in sorrow, I will destroy him and glorify him, I will fill him with long days, and I will show him My salvation.

Canon to the Theotokos, with Irmos at 6, and to the Martyr Alexander at 8, tone 4.

Song 1.

Irmos: In the depths of the post, sometimes / the Pharaonic all-army is a re-armed power, / but the incarnate Word consumed all-evil sin, / Glorified Lord, gloriously glorified.

Just as Samuel was sometimes chosen by the highest commands, you appeared, martyr Alexander, to fight with Christ in establishing His holy Church, in which the purple of our nature is renewed in the restoration of existence, through your prayers.

Seeing how the Lord loved the kindness of your soul, faithful soldier of Christ Alexander, having despised the glory of this world, you desired to be adorned with the crown of martyrdom. We pray, inflame our hearts with the burning of your love for the Lord.

We are illuminated by the power of the Most High, you went out, God-loving Alexandra, to meet the soldiers coming for you, who raised up those who had fallen at your feet and announced to them the prophecies of suffering, in which from Rome to Byzantium you preached Christ with all zeal, the most admirable prayer book.

Theotokos: With the light of Your mercy in the darkness of foolishness, illumine us, O Mother of God, the One, Who gave birth to the King of Light, Who also gave birth to Your sweet Son and our God, pray to be saved from troubles and sorrows for all of us who call upon You for help

Song 3.

Irmos: The desert has blossomed like a crin, Lord, the pagan barren church, by Your coming, my heart was established in it.

Being blessed with the strength of the Divine, approaching the feat of torment diligently, the all-blessed Alexandra and, like a silent lamb, enduring the shavings with iron nails, enkindled with love to the end to suffer for Christ and gain His beloved.

Through many torments, the evil Tiberian strives to separate you from the love of Christ, but the accursed one was put to shame, having found you on the rock of faith by the power of the Divine Spirit, more valiantly and more valiantly than Christ’s passion-bearer.

Like a church bridegroom, bound by bonds of iron, you marched in fasting and prayer from Rome to Byzantium with the crown of martyrdom, so that the faithful of the East and West, bound by the bonds of the love of Christ, in the union of the love of the exhausted.

Theotokos: With Your verb following, the generations of generations will always please You, Mother of God, for You have truly given birth to God, the Pure Virgin, Who, as the Mother of Light, earnestly pray to grant the Churches unanimity, in the union of Divine peace.

Sedalen, voice 4.

Similar to: Joseph was surprised:

Today the Church of Christ rejoices, Rome rejoices, Byzantium rejoices, seeing you, martyr Alexandra, suffering for the Truth of Christ, like a bright angel, saturated with prayer in a forty-day fast, having defeated the machinations of the enemy by faith, affirming the glory of the Church of Christ.

The warrior marveled at this, saying: Great is the Christian God, for whose torment you have taken this, O wonderful warrior of Christ. We, celebrating your memory, cry out to you: bind us with the bonds of your love, so that the Body of Christ may not suffer in our strife, as if it were torn to pieces.

Glory, even now, to the Mother of God:

Blessed Pure Virgin, Mother of God, One faithful to the Intercessor and Protection, deliver all troubles and sorrows and cruel circumstances, in Thee the hope of the Young Lady, those who have: Establish the Church in the unanimity of faith and, as you know humanity’s sorrows of heart, gather Your children into one, and all of us save with Your Divine prayers.

Song 4.

Irmos: You came from the Virgin, not an intercessor, not an angel, but the Lord Himself, who became incarnate, and you saved me as a whole man.

Thus I call to You: glory to Your power, Lord, by the Grace of the Holy Spirit, you were brought up from a young age in a pure faith, you were devoted to the love of Christ, faithful to the warrior of Christ, Alexandra, and, as you were overwhelmed by many sorrows, precede us with prayer for us to the Lord, in the sorrows of many who are exhausted .

Preacher of the great voice of the Orthodox faith, still an indivisible being, you appeared, faithful friend of Christ Alexander, softening with drops of your blood, shed for the Church of Christ, the hearts, strife and disorder and enmity in Her fence sowing.

We extend our souls and thoughts to you, passion-bearing Alexandra of Christ, warm our faith and love for God, strengthen our exhaustion, so that we diligently follow His law and run the race of our salvation unashamedly.

Theotokos: With God, You are the Intercessor of the money-grubbers, Most Pure Virgin Mary, for You appeared as the Mother of God, You received our Creator and Creator in the womb, The All-Immaculate One, You saved everyone from death and corruption, Our Hope and Consolation, and the Cover of the sweetest warmth.

Song 5.

Irmos: Thou art an intercessor for God and man, O Christ God: for by Thee, O Lord, didst thou bring the imams to the Master of Light, Thy Father, from the night of ignorance.

A luminous light, unquenchably flaming with the flame of faith, you appeared, Alexandra, faithful in the cities and towns of your procession into the fence of the Holy Church, convening the path to Christ, leading them to the coming Resurrection.

I live as water, flowing from the side of Christ, praying to bleed your memory to those who honor you, as sometimes in the city of Karasur you poured out water from a stone, with which you gave drink to those who were thirsty, who hastened to the place of the beheading of your head, O all-blessed one.

Come, Christ-loving mothers, let us rejoice with the passion-bearer of the matter of Pimenia, seeing her son crowned with glory and honor, whom, like an unfading crown, she, for herself and Christ, will grow with grace for the joy, and deliver from corruption and spiritual death.

Theotokos: To us who love you and honor your holy memory with love, faithful friend of Christ, with the Most Pure Mother of God, correction of life, slander and human malice, and grant forgiveness of sins.

Song 6.

Irmos: Lying in the abyss of sin, I call upon the abyss of Thy unfathomable mercy: from aphids, O God, lift me up.

Your body, afflicted by unrelenting ulcers, Alexandra, by the power of love for the Lord who loved you, you unshakably preserved the nobility of your soul in Christ, rejoicing, you appeared sanctified in soul and body, sending down consolation to the sorrowing.

Marveling at the wealth of your virtues, Alexandra, we pray to you, just as you blessed the tree that you were tortured by tormentors, and from that hour you brought the fruit of healing to the faithful.

Heal our hearts, O lover of God, so that we may bear the fruit of repentance without hypocrisy.

With patience and spiritual courage, and strength of thought, you surpassed all the bitter rage of the persecutors, warrior of Christ Alexander, and we, in the fierce trials, looking at your suffering, will not shame the cowardly One who loved us to the Blood.

Theotokos: Guide and sanctify our minds, Mother of God, overwhelmed by the invasion of sorrows and corrupting passions, save those who come running to You, for other help, Pure One, don’t you, imams, help the Lady, so that we do not perish in the abyss of despair.

Kontakion, tone 4:

Like a multi-bright star, you shone from Rome, O martyr Alexander, and like precious beads, in the lands of the Byzantine Empire you joyfully bowed your head under the sword for Christ and brought this immaculate fragrance to God, so that the earthly and heavenly Church may flaunt itself in the glory of Christ’s confessors.

Ikos:

A luminous lamp appeared, O god-wise Alexandra, filled with Divine grace in your body, which the speculators threw into the river after your long-suffering death.

By the sight of God, the two dogs extracted your holy relics, I crouched and guarded from the birds and wild beasts, until your blessed mother Pimenia came with tears, psalmically.

anointing these with myrrh, burying you with that rector Ergina, where many healings were accomplished for the sick, who came with faith to the tomb of the passion-bearer of God, so that the earthly and heavenly Church may glory in the glory of the confessors of Christ.

Song 7.

Irmos: The ungodly command of the lawless tormentor rose high in flames.

Christ spread spiritual dew to the Godly youth, He is blessed and glorified.

As you yourself brought the red and most sacred slaughter to the Chief Shepherd Christ, who divinely sacrificed for all, and you were burnt with the fire of torment, glorious Alexandra, in the sweetness of the Angels crying victoriously: our father, God, blessed are you.

Hear our prayers, O all-blessed one, and come to our aid, struggling, fiercely overwhelmed by sorrows, and the needs of everyday life, and demonic embitterment, as if by you we are saved, and we cry: our father, God, blessed art thou.

Pour your prayers for us to the Lord, God-loving Alexandra, and wash away the filth of our cold deeds with drops of your honest blood, but strengthen our hope, in which we cry out with a pure heart and a contrite soul: our father, God, blessed art thou.

Theotokos: You are the hope of the unreliable, O Theotokos, as the Queen, as the incurable wounds of sinful passions are worn down to the gates of destruction by armor. Do not reject the cry of our souls, O All-Good One, that we may be saved, we call with comfort: our Father, God, blessed art thou.

Song 8.

Irmos: Sometimes the fiery furnace in Babylon separates the action, scorching the Chaldeans by God's command, and watering the faithful, singing: bless all the works of the Lord, the Lord.

You have appeared as an adornment to the martyrs, and in the dwellings not made by hands, you have found eternal peace in the Heavenly Church, loving Alexandra, but bring us, in many trials, to a quiet refuge, rejoicing in Christ, crying out: bless all the works of the Lord, the Lord.

The Lord has crowned your mind with beauty, Alexandra, and your heart of love, filled with gifts, in which you have shamelessly raised up the image of His suffering, in whose image you have elevated human weak nature to the rank of Angels, and we, in the hope of salvation, cry out: bless, all the works of the Lord, the Lord.

Pour the fire of immaculate prayer for us to the Lord, faithful martyr of Christ, so that sinful malice, consuming us with enmity, may not consume us, but, as a faithful intercessor, lead us all to brotherly love and the establishment of the Church of Christ, faithfully serve with chastity, bound by love, cry: bless , all the works of the Lord, the Lord.

Theotokos: As the Mother of Light, we honor Thee, Pure Virgin Mother, rejoicing in Thee, and rejoicing in Thee, we cry: bless all the works of the Lord, the Lord.

Song 9.

Irmos: The Beginningless Parent, the Son, God and Lord, incarnated from the Virgin, appeared to us, darkened to enlighten, fellow squandered. Thus we magnify the All-Sung Mother of God.

Singing your many varied sufferings, for the sake of Christ who is crucified, we praise you, like an animated vessel, abundantly pouring out healing. We bless your mother Pimenia, even as you bring the fruit of your womb to God as an auspicious gift, with her, most praiseworthy, pray to send down peace to our souls.

Thou art truly the Temple of the Holy Spirit, O Alexandra. You are filled with this, teaching the faithful not to be afraid of those who kill the body, but in life and death to glorify God’s view of us, singing gloriously through suffering. Move us also not to be afraid of those who fiercely attack us.

O great martyr Alexander, accept from us this wretched glorification, as a tribute to the prayer of those who are distant in time, honorers of your sufferings, and come to our aid, when our spirit faints, we are tormented by the spirit of malice in heaven, so that we may not fall before the Face of God.

Theotokos: Thy strong intercession, God-adorned Mary, and Thy bright glory has appeared throughout the whole earth, we now boast in Thee, having Thee to the Son and to Thy God, a vigilant Intercessor, in sorrows and sorrows, and in the hour of death, unshameful hope.

Luminous.

Like: By the Spirit in the sanctuary:

The rays of your suffering shine brightly, like the sun, and your entire life reveals the lightness, glorious martyr Alexandra, and the Divine faith shining in you, an unfading adornment to the Holy Church, in which is our bright hope, Crowned Christ.

Glory, even now, to the Mother of God:

To see, O Theotokos, Your ineffable glory of old was desired by all the Divine prophets, but lastly You appeared to us who love You, the Most Honest Cherubim and the Most Glorious Seraphim, filled with Divine glory.

Stichera on praises, tone 8:

Blessed are you, martyr Alexandra, who embraced Christ with love, who prospered marvelously in His heirloom, which is the Church of God, in which, like a grape of wine, you bore fruit abundantly by faith, diligently imprinting the wounds of the Lord on your body, sweetly following Christ on the way of the cross, from You have moved from the earthly to the heavenly.

We pray to you diligently, O lover of God, strengthen us and cheer us by imitating you in good deeds, so that through the faithfulness of Christ’s Confidant, we may cleave to Him inseparably.

Having understood the crafty and unfaithful evil of the pagans, you strove in every possible way to separate you from Christ, you despised the commands of the tormentor Tiberian to the end, O glorious warrior Alexander, you valiantly bowed your head under the sword of the speculator Kelestin, since you have angelically testified your loyalty to Christ.

We, who have become impoverished in virtues, ask your prayers to the All-Bountiful God, that He may save and have mercy on the world, in the strife of everyday life and the destruction of evil.

For all the faces of God and the King of the universe, perceiving the many faces of the passion-bearers, you were kindled with divine jealousy, O Alexandra, and you cried out to the Lord: I am always a sincere servant of Christ, understand the torment of iniquity, for the gentle lamb has now come to sacrifice for Christ by will.

I have clothed myself with gentleness, I strive to put the malice of the recipient to shame, so that the power of Christ may be glorified in the weak flesh of human nature.

Like an unfading star in the firmament of Heaven, like the most valiant of the martyrs and champion of the faithful, with the crimson blood of his woven garment, we will forever reign with Christ, martyr Alexander.

May everyone who suffers from physical and mental ills, and is attacked by human slander, be comforted at your feet, and most of all, may the Lord not turn His Face away from us who sing your memory, so that we will not be ashamed on the Day of Judgment.

Glory, the same voice:

Your glorious feat, martyr Alexandra, adorn the east with the radiance of faith, and illuminate the west with the ray of knowledge, with your fiery purification according to Christ, the ranks of the angels were amazed: how you passed the humility of the sorrowful path and the crampedness of your life and renewed the baptism of rebirth with your blood, and shining more than the light, to your King You appeared where you now deservedly rejoice.

Moreover, fall to the Lord, O all-blessed one, that He may deliver the Holy Church from schisms and disorder, and protect His flock from the wolves that are destroying Her.

And now, Mother of God, the voice is the same.

The doxology is great.

Alexander, of course, is a great man... but what does he care about the Romans!

Naturally, the appearance of new rulers of the world on the political arena gave rise to comparisons with the Macedonian conqueror. Already antiquity knows of attempts at such a comparison: if you believe Plutarch, then in the 3rd century. BC e. Appius Claudius, in his famous speech in the Senate, mentioned the Romans’ belief in the inevitability of Alexander’s defeat if he came to Italy (Plut. Pyrrh. 19). Towards the end of the same century, Plautus for the first time calls Alexander “Great” (Plaut. Most. 775), thus distinguishing him from the many Hellenistic rulers, and in the next century Polybius compares the two powers in the initial chapters of his “History”, and this comparison is not in favor of Alexander's power (Polyb. 1.2.4-8).

It would seem that these facts indicate a growing interest in the personality of the great commander. The logical conclusion from this interest among many modern researchers is an attempt to attribute to Roman politicians already from the 2nd century. BC e. desire to “imitate Alexander.” Actually this is not true. Both the speech of Appius Claudius in the transmission of Plutarch and Polybius proceed from the same idea about the incomparability of the achievements of Alexander and the Romans, about the superiority of the Roman power over the power of Alexander and the military valor of the Romans over the valor of the Macedonian army and its commander.

The same trend continues at the end of the 1st century. BC e. from Titus Livy in his famous “excursion about Alexander” (Liv. 9.17-19), and in practice the idea of ​​​​the superiority of the Roman conquests over the Macedonian ones was demonstrated by the behavior of Pompey, who, after the eastern campaigns, declared victory over all three known parts of the world, while Alexander celebrated victory over only two of them.

At the same time, Alexander himself in Roman political thought, philosophy, and literature served rather as an example of an unbridled individual ruler than as a role model. This is clearly visible in those relatively few cases when Cicero refers to his image (it is characteristic that in his political and philosophical works he almost does not mention Alexander), and later - in Seneca and, especially, in the historical works of Quintus Curtius Rufus and Pompey Trogus/Justin, in the spirit of the anti-Alexandrian tradition.

In the light of this attitude, it becomes clear that not a single Roman politician, not only in the 2nd century. BC e., but even in the 1st century. n. e. was in no hurry to focus on the image of Alexander (the exception here is, perhaps, only Mark Antony, who was forced to act based on popularity in the eastern half of the state). Even among Caligula and Nero, the “imitation of Alexander” sometimes attributed to them, in essence, had nothing to do with conscious politics and was limited to individual actions (Suet. Cal. 52; Ner. 19.2; Dio Cass. 59.17.3-6), of which modern researchers sometimes draw too far-reaching conclusions.

At the liturgy

Blessed are the canons, cantos 3 and 6.

Prokeimenon, tone 7: The righteous rejoice in the Lord and trust in Him. Poem:

Hear, O God, my voice; we always pray to You.

Apostle to Timothy, conception 292.

Alleluia, tone 4: The righteous, like the phoenix, will prosper, like the cedar of Lebanon, he will multiply. Verse: Plant in the house of the Lord, in the courts of our God they will flourish.

Gospel of John, conceived 52.

Involved: In eternal memory:

The Bible tells us a lot about laziness in the book of Proverbs of Solomon

There is a book in the Holy Scriptures, the author of which is the wise King Solomon. This is his book of Proverbs. They show signs of being lazy:

1. A lazy person hates work:

“The desires of a lazy man will destroy him, because his hands do not want to work” (21:25).

1. The quitter loves to sleep:

“As a door swings on its hinges, so a quitter tosses and turns in bed” (26:14).

1. A quitter always looks for excuses:

“The quitter says: “There is a lion on the road!” The beast is prowling the streets!” (26:13).

1. A sad fate awaits the lazy:

“For a diligent hand to rule, for a sluggish hand to serve” (12:24).

1. The lazy one will starve:

“A lazy person does not plow in the cold, which means he will not find anything in the harvest” (20:4).