Prophet Zechariah and righteous Elizabeth
Kontakion 1
Chosen from the line of Aaron, who gave birth to John the God-praised, predestined to be the Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord, holy and righteous Zechariah and Elizabeth! For those who have boldness towards the Lord, through your intercession free us from all troubles, who cry to you:
Rejoice, holy and righteous Zechariah and Elizabeth, good fruit for people who have grown.
Ikos 1
The angels of earth and the men of heaven have truly appeared, Saints Zechariah and Elizabeth, from your youth adorned with all the virtues and living your life immaculately together, he wonders, we call you voices of praise:
Rejoice, glorious vegetation of the Aronov family.
Rejoice, bright adornment of pious parents.
Rejoice, guardians of mental and physical purity.
Rejoice, zealous guardian of God's commandments.
Rejoice, righteous spouses, chosen by God.
Rejoice, you have been called to the heavenly table by the Lord.
Rejoice, holy and righteous Zechariah and Elizabeth, good fruit for people who have grown.
Kontakion 2
Seeing from the height of His glory, the Heavenly Father, how your holy and righteous Zechariah and Elizabeth lived piously and holyly, bless your holy branch to produce honest and glorious fruit - John, so that he could be a prophet, Forerunner and Baptist to His beloved Son Jesus To Christ, to Him we give praise: Alleluia.
Ikos 2
Archangel Gabriel, directed from above by the Divine Mind, appeared to you, Priest Zechariah, who entered the sanctuary and served according to the order of his order. Seeing the heavenly messenger standing at the right hand of the altar of incense, great fear filled you, and the messenger of God said: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah.” We, touched by the mercy of God towards your family, cry out:
Rejoice, a chaste life is firmly guarded.
Rejoice, the immutable victory over sins and passions.
Rejoice, generously overshadowed by the grace of God.
Rejoice, you who see the hidden mysteries in heaven.
Rejoice, like disembodied angels who have lived on earth.
Rejoice, having preserved bodily purity in your life.
Rejoice, holy and righteous Zechariah and Elizabeth, good fruit for people who have grown.
Kontakion 3
The ineffable power of God’s mercy has been revealed to you, holy ones, for seeing the righteousness of your walk before the face of God, the Lord has sent you great consolation in your old age, so that you may sing to Him faithfully: Alleluia.
Ikos 3
Have a command from the Lord to comfort you, Holy Zechariah, to tell the angel of God that your prayer is acceptable to God and, listening to it, God will grant you mercy: for blessing your wife Elizabeth, resolving the bonds of her infertility, let her give birth to a son of the same name as the grace of John. In the same way, accept this song from us:
Rejoice, having pleased God with your life.
Rejoice, you who have walked holy before Him without fail.
Rejoice, for in your prayers to the Creator you exalted your nature.
Rejoice, for you have always naturally been comforted by the word of the Lord.
Rejoice, you who have placed all your hopes in the Creator.
Rejoice, you who have never experienced weariness in your good deeds.
Rejoice, holy and righteous Zechariah and Elizabeth, good fruit for people who have grown.
Kontakion 4
Not overcome by the storm of this worldly life, your son, Saints Zechariah and Elizabeth, will be great before the Lord, not only in body, but also in spirit, says the Angel of the Lord, for with his birth he will bring great joy into the world, as many will rejoice at his birth, praising the Creator: Alleluia.
Ikos 4
Hearing wondrous words about his son, how he will be called a great prophet and faster, and from his mother’s womb he will be filled with the Holy Spirit and many from the children of Israel will turn to the true God for his sake, for he must be the Forerunner of Christ in the spirit and power of the prophet Elijah and prepare peoples to receive the Savior, Zechariah was greatly amazed and surprised, not daring to believe what was spoken by the Angel. We, listening to the words of the angels, cry out to you:
Rejoice, you who have received the great mercy of the Creator.
Rejoice, you who have brought great joy to the tongues.
Rejoice, having covered your gray hairs with glory.
Rejoice, you who have not deprived yourself of rewards in heaven.
Rejoice, you who have become like the merciful Lord in everything.
Rejoice, you who have always worshiped the Triune God.
Rejoice, holy and righteous Zechariah and Elizabeth, good fruit for people who have grown.
Kontakion 5
Fear God precisely, the angel of the Lord said to Zechariah: I am Gabriel, standing before God and sent to tell you all this good news, especially because you did not believe my words, you will remain dumb and not utter a single word until everything that I have spoken must be fulfilled according to to the will of the great God, to whom I sing glory: Alleluia.
Ikos 5
Having seen the people who were in the Church of the Lord, Zechariah paused in the altars, I was greatly amazed at this, but I went out to them and was not able to speak, but only anointed, understanding everything, as if he had a vision in the altars. We, glorifying the Lord who is wondrous in His miracles, say to you:
Rejoice, for the power of God has come upon you.
Rejoice, for the will of God has been immutably done for you.
Rejoice, for the mercy of the Creator has poured out upon you in abundance.
Rejoice, for great joy has been generously bestowed upon you by the Creator.
Rejoice, for you have been exalted by the holy hand.
Rejoice because you are setting an example for everyone.
Rejoice, holy and righteous Zechariah and Elizabeth, good fruit for people who have grown.
Kontakion 6
The word of the Lord, proclaimed by the angel, seeing the event, Elizabeth rejoiced greatly, for she conceived her son and hid herself for five months, saying: as the Lord has done for me in the days, in the power of the prince to take away my reproach among men, that I may sing His praise: Alleluia.
Ikos 6
The grace of God arose abundantly in Saint Elizabeth, when she was filled with the Holy Spirit and cried out with a great voice to the Virgin Mary: “Blessed are You among women and blessed is the fruit of Your womb! And where do I get this from, since the Mother of my Lord came to me!” Her child jumped in the womb with joy at the coming of the Mother of God. Yes, and the grace of the Holy Spirit has descended on us, crying out for joy:
Rejoice, gilded by the Holy Spirit.
Rejoice, the Creator has generously given grace to the overshadowing.
Rejoice, great child who conceived holyly.
Rejoice, you who have known the joy of fatherhood and motherhood from God.
Rejoice, relative of the Mother of God in all honor.
Rejoice, most blessed servant of the incarnate Son of God.
Rejoice, holy and righteous Zechariah and Elizabeth, good fruit for people who have grown.
Kontakion 7
I want to announce to people from the angel the named name of my son John, Holy Zechariah, after his birth he wrote and opened your tongue and mouth, and said again, blessing God and singing to Him: Alleluia.
Ikos 7
Give you new grace, Lord, righteous Zechariah, fill you with the Holy Spirit, and prophesy to you, saying: “Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for you have visited and created deliverance for your people and raised up the horn of salvation for us in the house of your servant David, like the mouth of the holy ones.” From the beginning of time His prophet, and you, as a child, were called the prophet of the Most High, for you went before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways.” But we, heeding your prophecy, through you, the righteous women of God, praise the Lord, singing these praises to you:
Rejoice, having brought forth the holy into the world.
Rejoice, you who brought joy to the world through this Christmas.
Rejoice, you who have praised God beyond measure.
Rejoice, you who served the Lord faithfully.
Rejoice, all who fulfilled His Laws.
Rejoice, you have kept yourself pure.
Rejoice, holy and righteous Zechariah and Elizabeth, good fruit for people who have grown.
Kontakion 8
A strange miracle happened around the living people, when I heard about the glorious and wonderful birth of your child, the holy and righteous Zechariah and Elizabeth, and with surprise I said to myself: “What will this lad do?” We, rejoicing in the glorious birth of the Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord, cry out to the Lord: Alleluia.
Ikos 8
You were filled with great confusion, the prophet of God Zechariah, in vain the Most Holy Virgin Mary with the Infant God came to the temple and in the place of unclean women stood before the doors of the temple, wanting to ask for the lawful cleansing. Having led You into the Holy of Holies by you, at the inspiration of God, brought in and brought up there, and realizing in spirit that this Mother is the Pure Virgin even after the Nativity, put You for this sake in the place of maidens, where wives who have husbands do not stand properly. We, praising the Pure Virgin with you, cry out with love and tenderness:
Rejoice, having given glory to the Mother of God.
Rejoice, you who together with all praised Her.
Rejoice, you who have been waiting for God's coming into the world.
Rejoice, having pleased the Creator with pure prayer.
Rejoice, joyful in the face of the Infant Christ.
Rejoice in His erection of the Kingdom of God.
Rejoice, holy and righteous Zechariah and Elizabeth, good fruit for people who have grown.
Kontakion 9
All the angels and saints rejoiced with great joy when you, holy Zechariah, on your righteous hands, were touched in your heart and with the fear of God, you accepted the Infant of God, and as the Creator and God, you cried out to Him: Alleluia.
Ikos 9
Human infamy is not sufficient for the worthy glorification of your wondrous life, the holy and righteous Zechariah and Elizabeth, for it is not possible to confess and honor all your prayers and fastings, all your tears and sighs even to God. Accept from us, who struggle with love for you, this small praise:
Rejoice, vessels of the Holy Spirit from the age of election.
Rejoice, you stretched out your hand to the Creator in hope.
Rejoice, saints of the Most Holy Trinity.
Rejoice, you who found the way to God through thorns.
Rejoice, having acquired salvation through your labors.
Rejoice, you who have trusted only in the Lord for everything.
Rejoice, holy and righteous Zechariah and Elizabeth, good fruit for people who have grown.
Kontakion 10
Wanting to save her child, the mother gave her child water and fled with him to the mountains from the evil child killer Herod, who sent soldiers to Bethlehem, so that all the babies would be beaten, ordered the death of your child too, blessed Zechariah and Elizabeth. We, the Lord, who preserves His chosen ones from the hand of the wicked, say with love: Alleluia.
Ikos 10
The Lord, righteous Elisabeth, was a wall of protection for you from the oncoming murderers, when, according to your prayer: “Mountain of God, receive mother and son!”, he commanded the mountain of stone to immediately part and enclose you and your child within itself. Rejoicing in your salvation with tears, we cry out to you:
Rejoice in the Lord in all ways of keeping.
Rejoice, being led through this life by the hand of God.
Rejoice, you who carried love for the Creator within you.
Rejoice, you who have tasted the incorruptible fruit in Paradise.
Rejoice, those who suffered for the truth of God.
Rejoice, having desired to be with God.
Rejoice, holy and righteous Zechariah and Elizabeth, good fruit for people who have grown.
Kontakion 11
You offered prayer songs to the Lord God, holy and righteous Zechariah, when the warriors of the beastly Herod came to you with the command to give them your son. You answered them: “I serve this day the Lord God of Israel, and I know not where my son is!” Cry out to God who strengthens you: Alleluia.
Ikos 11
The temple of the Lord was filled with heavenly light, O righteous Zechariah, when you said to the warriors asking you: “You will kill my body, but the Lord will receive my soul!” I was killed between the church and the altar, as Herod commanded, your holy blood that was shed was thickened on marble and hardened as a testimony and eternal condemnation of Herod. We, glorifying your martyrdom, sing with voices of praise:
Rejoice, you who have dedicated your souls to the Creator.
Rejoice, having preserved them in holiness.
Rejoice in the heavenly glory of the wedding from God.
Rejoice in the joy of your Lord to enter into your calling.
Rejoice, for you are now eating incorruptible food.
Rejoice, for you continually pray to God for us.
Kontakion 12
Divine grace appeared on you, righteous Elizabeth, and an indescribable miracle was marvelously revealed, when in the mountain that hid you and your child, by God’s command a cave was built, a spring of water opened and a phoenix grew over the cave, bearing its fruits in abundance. Rejoicing in such favor of God, you sang to Him with your child: Alleluia.
Ikos 12
Singing a joyful song of praise and thanksgiving to the Lord, after forty days after the murder of the righteous Zechariah, Saint Elizabeth gave up her soul to her Creator and was united with her husband in heaven. Glorifying your righteous life, Saints Zechariah and Elizabeth, we earnestly beg you to hear our singing of praise:
Rejoice, for in the holy faith you are affirmed.
Rejoice, for you are our protection from troubles.
Rejoice, for you always protect us from sorrows.
Rejoice, for you tame the passions of the body in us.
Rejoice, you are the patron of wisdom as a pious spouse.
Rejoice, you are a teacher of goodness as our children.
Rejoice, holy and righteous Zechariah and Elizabeth, good fruit for people who have grown.
Kontakion 13
Oh, holy and righteous Zechariah and Elizabeth! We pray to you with zeal and love: ask our Lord for confirmation in this life of faith and virtues, deliverance from sorrows and misfortunes, forgiveness of our sins, so that we too may be worthy to inherit the Kingdom of Heaven and sing to God forever: Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
This kontakion is read three times. Then Ikos 1 and Kontakion 1.
Prayer
Oh, great righteous women of Christ, saints Zechariah and Elizabeth! We resort to you and pray to you with great hope: bring your holy prayers to the Lord for us sinners, may He send all that is beneficial to our souls and bodies, rightful faith, unfeigned love, prosperity in good deeds, health and eternal salvation to our souls and bodies. Do not despise our prayers offered to you with tenderness, but be our intercessor to the Lord, so that through your help we may be worthy to receive eternal salvation, to inherit the Kingdom of Heaven and, together with you and all the saints, to glorify the ineffable love for mankind of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, in the Trinity we worship God, in forever and ever. Amen.
Canon of the Holy Righteous Elizabeth, mother of the Venerable John the Baptist
Song a҃.
Irmos:
Having closed the battle with his muscle, and having passed through the Red Sea, we will catch it, and to our deliverer. , ꙗ҆́кѡ became famous.
True love and love for God is important to you, keep it safe: this is why you truly love God , and also observes the commandment: we will exalt you with our praises.
The grace of salvation is due to the virtues of our blessed mother, and to follow all the commandments, where we walk without vice, even before Stand with your songs and be blessed.
Do everything in everything, bzhґe, and in the blessed one, your almighty mercy has been given to you, in all things. We offer you our thanks.
Bgorodichen:
And Sarah, who gave birth to infertility, rejoiced at you: it befits you to be a virgin and give birth where you are, and it is more fitting to rejoice than before.
Song of the city.
Irmos:
My heart has been established in this place, my horn has been lifted up in my knowledge, I have expanded upon my enemies, I have rejoiced in your salvation. ́m.
Righteous with Zachariam the blessed one is righteous, the word in the scriptures is: righteous before God, verb. the messiah is true for us, the messiah was truly given to us: who does not exalt it with praiseworthy songs;
Do not be truthful before everyone who is alive: you were righteous after all May it be, may the light praise everything.
Diven in the glory of God, glorious and blessed in the blessed world, we offer you a song of gratitude to the all-generous.
Bgorodichen:
Infertility in old age, having given birth to Sarah, the mother of the blessed one, the darkness and the two, above all, is worthy of praise without being praised.
Sedalen, voice d:
Having embodied this messiah, first of all the evangelists, we hear, and with horror ъ verb є҆сѝ: ѿкꙋ́дꙋ for me, let me come to me; We sing in praise: joyful, the mirror of the secrets of life brings us joy.
Bgorodichen:
Btsⷣꙋ we confess, in ⷣchce, with the help of your saved sinners born to you: God gave birth to you incomprehensibly, blood It cleanses us of all sins, and brings us to heavenly joy, which we praise with you.
Song of the day.
Irmos:
We foresee where your coming is. That's why we say: the south will come soon. Glory to your strength, glory to your condescension.
Zakharina's wife walked in all the commandments without vice, and she was a virgin, and she had no more virtues: Your name is greater than your virginity; let all ages glorify you.
Pavel of the faithful ѡ҆brꙋchа́ѧ hrⷭ҇tovi, and ҆marriage virgins with pure name of the verb: ѡ҆brꙋchíh you є҆dinomꙋ mꙋ́zhꙋ d It's clean. Moreover, in all the commandments we walked to the wise girls of the world, combined, worthy we praise.
The pillar of fire and the cloud of the march to the earth of the earth, so I walked in the commandment where I lived. They are two, the blessed Zacharias and the blessed God, in honor of this year we have been presented with this unspeakable thing. It’s all yours, all-powerful lord.
Bgorodichen:
The one who was born, the one who was born to the childless mother, the one who was reproached and glorified with glory: the one who was born to you is holy, bringing the first glory to you Above all, let all earthly creatures glorify you.
Song є҃.
Irmos:
Where is ours, give us peace, where is ours, my dears, where are we, we don’t know you, and we know your name ъ.
It is better to say that malachi is called, verb: this is why I send my agggal before your face, this is why you, the barren one, gave birth to this Please: we crown you with worthy praise.
The voice of the crying God, born of you, is the all-honorable one;
Ꙗ҆́кѡ ѿ stone and sometimes infertile water ꙋ people your source has emanated є҆сѝ, bzhe, so ѿ infertile є҆лїсълїсAVE for now the preacher I gave it to you, all the glory is yours, Omnipotent Lord.
Bgorodichen:
The fruit of Jesus and Veniamin Rachel is infertile and is considered to be fertile: you are the same person, of course I gave birth to two, your indescribable glory was born.
Song of ѕ҃.
Irmos:
The sea waters, more lovingly, roar with the waves of life. Moreover, I cry out to you: raise up my life, blessedly, wherever you are.
In your morning, your son began to cry, seeing his salvation, and the whole baby jumped up: blessed is your misfortune The last of the baby who knew his own salvation.
Dhagom stagym ᲂu҆krѣplѧ́em against all desires, since her name named her, the most blessed one, all Yes, let’s praise you.
Your two rzhⷭ҇tvꙋ̀ unthinkableꙋ, and infertile ones will conceive, and likewise ꙗ҆вслъ є҆сѝ, что: glory to the sovereign your wisdom.
Bgorodichen:
Benjamin was born to Rachel, his mother was dead at birth: the word that was born to you is alive, it is all true: it is better than our prayers, yes Hopeful nan, life and mother are eternal.
Kontakion, voice d:
The sun is full of the light of truth and the spiritual sun, the messiah, the blessing of all, and in all the commandments of the sun I walked with my beloved God: worthy of those songs, blissful, of the all-dear light that enlightens everyone here. but we magnify.
Ikos:
On the skin of two tablets, sometimes write your own words: thus, with my grace, you are enlightened, blessed for the disease I wish you to walk without vice in the commandments of God: worthy to praise you, the all-generous light, the enlightener We magnify everyone here.
Song z҃.
Irmos:
The Chaldean furnace is burning with fire, the good things before us are before us, the three brothers: blessed are we, blessed are we. This is ours.
Thank God for our birth, thank God for your birth: this is how I created it, God for your birth teacher.
That’s why you were born and you were born to all people, God taught It also called it: agg҃lѡm is similar to yours, the ever-memorable one.
The sky is the manna of the burden of God, and the people in the shame of the underworld, so are the blessed ones, blessed ones. These things are given to us: great is your mercy to people, bzhe.
Bgorodichen:
Sarah gave birth to Jesus, the image of Jesus, who created joy for me, the verb says: “I was born and born in the image of Jesus.” , moreover, I’m glad, everything is the same.
Song and.
Irmos:
Covering with waters that exceed its own, the sand is the limit of the sea, and containing everything that the sun sings, that glorifies the sun, that brings you A song to all creation, to the creator of all forever.
Let me tell you the truth of my speech: all my neighbors are fair, and there is no vice in you, so without vice you are righteous. Save: where is our most holy faith, we magnify it with all our glory.
In all the commandments where we have walked, the people of God have truly deserved it. Saveto: it is worthy to glorify God’s mercy in you.
The first preacher performs the magic of your sacrament and let it happen, that’s all, when the speech: ꙗ҆́кѡ where sýy and ҆ bg҃, blessed is the fruit two wombs, behold your greatness, glory to your beloved.
Bgorodichen:
The very birth of a barren mother brings tears and joy: the birth of yours, where is peace with you all? create. We magnify you with unceasing songs, two times.
Song ѳ҃.
Irmos:
Every mother’s virginity, and it’s strange for children to bear children, is on you, bcⷣe, ѻ҆boѧ̀ ᲂу҆ѧ́ishasѧ: tѣ́m tѧ̀ all the tribes of the earth , we constantly magnify.
May the coming Messiah be where it belongs, and record where it is kept, for the good of the world: we pray May everyone praise you, save us.
Also, it is busted by the bj҃ѧѧ ѧ ̀ ꙗ҆ ꙗ҆ ꙗ҆ ꙗ҆ ꙗ҆ ꙗ҆ ҆҆҆mꙋ̀ ѡ҆ ѡ҆ bg҃ ѡ҆ ҆ ҆ ҆ ҆ ҆ ҆ ҆ ҆ ҆ ҆ ҆ ҆ ҆ ҆ ҆ ҆ ѡ҆ ѡ҆ ѡ҆ ѡ҆ ѡ҆ ѡ҆ ѡ҆ That, yes, and the bg҃a, and the bꙋgѡ̀gѡ̀gѡ̀gѡ̀gѡ̀
And she is infertile and a mother, I must say, Yuzhika Marina, my family: you have magnified your mercy with her, bzhe, and all the best for you Oh, glory to your ineffable bounties.
Bgorodichen:
From the youth of the hearts of the self, the glory of the barren mother of yours: in your birth, everything is fulfilled This is the essence of the body, the most glorious of all the elements we magnify, both above all.
Luminous.
Glory to barren mothers, to sinners you were the image of virtues, you were the guardian of the blessed one: we glorify the blessed I'm sorry for you.
