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Paraklesis to St. Stylianos of Paphlagonia, the Protector of Children
Note: The following is an amateur translation from the Greek, and as such, I request reviewing the translation before any public/liturgical use. Also note that the meter of this translation is not set to match the original music.
After the “Blessed is our God...”,
the Psalm “Lord, hear my prayer...”
Then “God is the Lord...” four
times with verses, followed by the following
Troparion in the Fourth Tone
As a worker of God-given wonders, and a
protector of the youth and infants, O Stylianos, our Father and healer
of Christ, grant children to barren mothers, and ever cover newborn
babes, for to you was richly granted grace from God, as you struggled
for Him in asceticism as an angel.
Glory. Both now.
O Theotokos, we shall never be
silent...
Psalm 50, followed by the Canon in the
Plagal of the Fourth Tone
Ode I.
O Saint of God, intercede on our
behalf.
Dissolve, O Stylianos, the shackles of
barrenness from those storm-tossed, through your fervent visitation,
and entreat for the remission of their offenses.
O Saint of God, intercede on our
behalf.
Extend, O Father, as one compassionate,
your providence as far-shining rays, and invisibly enwrap and protect
nursing babes, O Righteous one.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the
Holy Spirit.
Cease all infections and passions, and
all distress and every affliction, and keep our children unharmed, O
Stylianos, as a loving Father.
Both now and ever, and unto the ages of
ages. Amen. Theotokion.
My strength and my song and my life, my
joy and rejoicing, my guidance and protection, you are, O Virgin who
held God, therefore ever protect me, O Spotless one.
Ode III.
You are my help, O Stylianos, and the
covering and physician of the newly-born. Therefore, deliver them.
Who can recount your wonders, O
Righteous Saint? For you ever deliver us from sicknesses and dangers.
Glory.
Water with the noetic water of your
blessing, newborns, who entreat your grace, O God-bearer.
Both now. Theotokion.
Enlighten me, O All-spotless one, with
the sweetest light of repentance, me who am in the night of unclean
passions, through your all-powerful might.
Deliver, O God-bearer Stylianos, those
who entreat you from every danger and injury, and ever bless the
newborn infants.
Then the entreaty, followed by the
Kathisma in the Second Tone
A giver of many incorruptible gifts,
you were shown to be, O Stylianos, through your divine strength, and
you were revealed to be a perfect nourisher of babes, and a radiant
guardian. Nourish and increase these mystically, with the milk of
incorruptible goodness.
Ode IV.
Look down immaterially with your
gladsome eye, upon all those gathered, and fill them with heavenly
peace and gladness.
Heal those in sickness, and lighten
those burdened, O Righteous one, and dissipate the stench of the
passions, as an inexhaustible spring of wonders.
Glory.
Your grace was shown to be a great
protector of the youth and babes, therefore preserve them, O
Stylianos, blessed by God.
Both now. Theotokion.
From your womb dawned the Sun of
Righteousness, from Whose illumination, enlighten me, and guide me by
His light.
Ode V.
Invisibly visit, O Stylianos, these
fragile babes and newborn roots, and protect them from every
influence [of the evil one].
Grant healing and deliverance of souls
and bodies, through the energy of your godly gifts, to those who
hasten, O our Father, to your protection.
Glory.
Become my protector, and fervent
deliverer. Through various trials, O Stylianos, you truly deliver me
from dangers.
Both now. Theotokion.
Enlighten us through the radiance and
noetic lightning of your greatness, O Mariam, blessed one, desired-of
by the whole world.
Ode VI.
Your holy icon is beheld as a sun,
lightning with noetic light, and with mystical rays, O God-bearer,
ever keep the newborns warm, and wondrously quicken them and grant
them graceful renewal.
We have come to know you as a godly
path of youth, and a true rod for old age, O Father Stylianos, we who
are broken in soul cry to you: do not cease to guard and guide us
towards better things.
Glory.
Make the newborn babes to have full and
vibrant rejoicing, and be full of grace, through your providence, drive
from them every gloom and illness and sadness, O compassionate one.
Both now. Theotokion.
Lift me up from the pit of evil, O
Uplifted One, to the throne of the Creator, O Pure and Blessed
Theotokos, towards noetic uplifting and grace, lifting up my soul,
and cleanse me from dangers.
Deliver, O God-bearer Stylianos, those
who entreat you from every danger and injury, and ever bless the
newborn infants.
Spotless one, who by a word did bring
to us the Word eternal...
The entreaty, followed by the Kontakion
in the Second Tone.
You are the inexhaustible spring of
healings, and the most-fervent protector of infants, O blessed
Stylianos, deliver from various dangers those who call upon your
calling with fervor.
St. Stylianos (source)
Prokeimenon.
Precious in the sight of the Lord is
the death of His Righteous one.
Verse: What shall I offer to the Lord,
for all that He has given to us?
The Gospel according to St. Luke
(6:17-23)
At that time, Jesus went down with them
and stood on a level place. A large crowd of his disciples was there
and a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and
from the coastal region around Tyre and Sidon, who had come to hear
him and to be healed of their diseases. Those troubled by impure
spirits were cured, and the people all tried to touch him, because
power was coming from him and healing them all. Looking at his
disciples, he said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the
kingdom of God. Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be
satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. Blessed
are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you
and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. Rejoice in
that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven.”
Glory.
Through the intercessions of Your
Righteous one, O Merciful One, blot out the multitude of my offenses.
Both now.
Through the intercessions of the
Theotokos...
Verse: Have mercy on me, O Merciful
One, according to Your great mercy...
Prosomoion in the Plagal of the Second
Tone.
Hearken from above, O Father, to those
who fervently entreat you, and who ask of your intercessions, and O
Righteous one, heal babes and newborns from febrile illnesses, and
grant them grace and health, as a most-compassionate one, that having
received your God-given medicines, O Stylianos, you might magnify
them to the true measure of age.
The Priest: Save, O God, Your people,
and bless Your inheritance...
Ode VII.
Deliver from blights, besoiling
infections and unclean passions, and every sadness and danger and
frenzy, those who cry out and ever hymn you, O thrice-blessed
Stylianos.
As the defender of infants, you have
been renewed, and a preserver of youth, and a healer of barrenness,
making them to be fertile through Christ, O sacred Stylianos, through
your radiant asceticism.
Glory.
Strange wonders, and a multitude of
healings, and God-given gifts, springing-forth water, and quenching
the furnace of wants and trials, and joyously renewing our minds.
Both now.
O Lady of calming countenance,
auspiciously transform the sorrow of my soul and bitter anguish, into
divine gladness, and hasten to deliver me, through your strong hand,
delivering me from danger.
Ode VIII.
Make fruitful, O Father, barren
mothers, through your speedy intercessions, for they entreat you,
pacing, with their whole souls, O Stylianos.
Pour forth grace from your all-holy
Icon, through the covering of the Spirit, O Father, and nourish and
gladden newborns and infants.
Glory.
You appear angelic in form, whispering
to motherly embracing, fill them, O Godly-minded one, with joy and
laughter.
Both now.
Deliver me, O most-supremely Blessed
One, from bodily and spiritual pains, through your coming, help me in
dangers.
Ode IX.
Heal the sicknesses of nurslings, and
whisper to children, O our Father, accepting their mothers' tears.
You cause every child-corrupting danger
to wilt, and keep the innocent ranks of children vibrant and
thriving, O Father.
Glory.
O Stylianos, hasten to deliver me from
the writ of my shame, and unhealable dangers from my evil habits and
deeds, O God-bearer.
Both now.
Lift up, and hearken, O Full of Grace,
to the groans from the depths of my soul, and do not disdain me, who
am found in afflictions.
Then “Truly it is meet to call you
blessed...”, followed by the Megalynaria:
You were found to be sanctified from
your mother's womb, as the glorious Samuel, and you were shown a true
giver, through your virtuous life, O blessed Stylianos, to Him Who
glorified you.
Hail, O guide of continence, and divine
adornment of dispassion, hail the type of the Righteous in
asceticism, O Stylianos, equal to the Angels.
O God-bearer, you are a protector and
preserver and provider for newborns, and children and infants,
through the divine inbreathing: deliver them from every influence [of
the evil one].
Behold, and hearken to the groans of
mothers, O godly-minded one, who have taken refuge in you, and hasten
to deliver their children from the frenzy of the enemy, O
thrice-blessed Stylianos.
As vibrant and joyous flowers,
beautiful in appearance and innocent in manner, O wise one, invisibly keep our children, O all-blessed Stylianos, for those who praise you.
Having boldness before Christ, O
thrice-blessed Righteous one, do not cease to entreat for those who
ask for your aid, that we be delivered from every danger.
All the ranks of Angels, God's
messengers...
The Trisagion, followed by the:
Apolytikion in the Third Tone
A living monument of self restraint, an
immovable pillar of the Church you were shown to be, blessed
Stylianos, for you were dedicated to God from your youth, and were
seen as a dwelling place of the Spirit. Holy Father, entreat Christ
our God, to grant us His great mercy.
Petitions, and the Priest commemorates
those on behalf of whom the Parakesis is offered. Then the Apolysis,
followed by the following:
Prosomoion in the Second Tone
You have been shown a great guide and
protector of children and infants and babes, and a true physician,
through the Grace of the Spirit. Deliver newborns from weaknesses and
afflictions, and various illnesses, keeping them unharmed, and
blessing them and speaking to them, that they grow up well, O
Stylianos, blessed by God.
Lady, do you receive...
My numerous hopes are placed...
Through the prayers of our Holy Fathers...
St. Stylianos of Paphlagonia (http://www.maps4u.gr/images/detailed/1/ΕΙΚ.23_Ο_Άγιος_Στυλιανός.jpg)
Through the prayers of our Holy Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on u and save us! Amen!
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Wonderful. Looking forward to the completed version.
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