Thursday, August 27, 2020

"You lately appeared to us as a newly-shining star of the Church, O Champion Phanourios..."

St. Phanourios the Great Martyr and Newly-revealed, depicted at the famous Mandraki on the Island of Rhodes (where the Colossus of Rhodes once stood) (source)
  
You lately appeared to us as a newly-shining star of the Church, O Champion Phanourios, and through your revelation, you truly shine upon all the gifts of your hidden riches. Those who praise your all-famed memory cry out to you together: Rejoice, O soldier of Christ all-wondrous, who worked the struggle of piety as a champion. Rejoice, you who were nourished by the light of the Lord, and according to your name, you reveal the knowledge of things unknown. Rejoice, the adornment of the people Rhodes, the radiance of Martyrs, and the intercessor of all the faithful before the Lord. Entreat Him, we pray, on behalf of our souls.
-Doxastikon of the Stichera for the Feast of St. Phanourios the Great Martyr and Newly-revealed

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St. Phanourios the Great Martyr and Newly-revealed, with the scenes from his martyrdom (source)
      
Through the prayers of our Holy Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us! Amen!

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