Kon­takion 1

Chosen pas­sion-bearer of Christ and gra­cious healer, who freely grantest heal­ing to the sick, we praise thee in songs as our pro­tec­tor. As thou hast bold­ness with the Lord, free us from all harm and sick­ness who cry with love to thee:

Rejoice, Great Mar­tyr and Healer Pan­telei­mon!

Ikos 1

We know thee, glo­ri­ous Pan­telei­mon, as an earthly angel and heav­enly man. For adorned with an­gelic pu­rity and mar­tyr­dom thou hast passed from earth to Heaven, where with the an­gels and all the saints stand­ing be­fore the throne of the Lord of Glory, thou prayest for all of us on earth who ven­er­ate thee with these in­vo­ca­tions:

Rejoice, torch of piety! Re­joice, most glo­ri­ous lamp of the Church! Re­joice, adorn­ment of ven­er­a­ble mar­tyrs! Re­joice, sup­port of the faith­ful in un­flinch­ing en­durance! Re­joice, out­stand­ing boast of youth! Re­joice, war­rior of Christ of in­vin­ci­ble courage! Re­joice, thou who hav­ing grown up in the world wast not of the world! Re­joice, angel in the flesh, sur­pass­ing mor­tals! Re­joice, ves­sel of di­vine knowl­edge! Re­joice, thou by whom faith has been ex­alted! Re­joice, thou by whom delu­sion has been de­throned!

Rejoice, Great Mar­tyr and Healer Pan­telei­mon!

Kon­takion 2

Seeing thee to be a cho­sen ves­sel, the Lord loved the beauty of thy soul; for, de­spis­ing all earthly glory and plea­sure, thou didst long to adorn thy­self with the crown of mar­tyr­dom, wounded with di­vine love and singing in­spir­ingly: Alleluia!

Ikos 2

Pos­sess­ing di­vinely in­spired knowl­edge, O valiant war­rior Pan­telei­mon, thou didst as­tound the Em­peror Max­imian by the courage of thy soul and by the words with which thou didst fear­lessly preach Christ. Where­fore, prais­ing thy bold­ness we say to thee:

Rejoice, thou who didst de­spise Max­imian’s threats! Re­joice, thou who didst not yield to the ad­vice of the god­less! Re­joice, prop­a­ga­tor of true ado­ra­tion! Re­joice, up­rooter of demon wor­ship! Re­joice, ac­cuser of the fury of tor­tur­ers! Re­joice, over­thrower of the delu­sion of idols! Re­joice, thou who didst dis­perse the as­sem­bly of the god­less! Re­joice, thou who didst ex­change cor­rupt­ible for heav­enly joy! Re­joice, con­verser with im­ma­te­r­ial an­gels! Re­joice, fel­low-cho­ris­ter of long­suf­fer­ing saints! Re­joice, thou by whom Satan was put to shame! Re­joice, thou by whom Christ is glo­ri­fied!

Rejoice, Great Mar­tyr and Healer Pan­telei­mon!

Kon­takion 3

By the power of the Most High given to thee and by thy strong pa­tience thou didst ren­der pow­er­less the tor­turer’s in­so­lence, O valiant vic­tor, un­daunted by fire, wild beasts, and the wheel. When be­headed with the sword, thou didst re­ceive the crown of mar­tyr­dom, wounded with di­vine love and singing in­spir­ingly: Alleluia!

Ikos 3

The monastery which hath thy pre­cious head as a great trea­sure, O di­vinely wise mar­tyr, is filled with joy over it, and prais­ing with love the Grace of heal­ing given thee by God, thank­fully cri­eth to thee:

Rejoice, all-ra­di­ant lamp of Nico­me­dia! Re­joice, un­sleep­ing guardian of the monastery that hon­oreth thee! Re­joice, thou through whom god­less­ness grew cold! Re­joice, thou through whom the knowl­edge of God hath in­creased! Re­joice, bright glory of pas­sion-bear­ers! Re­joice, joy­ous re­port of the Or­tho­dox! Re­joice, gra­cious source of heal­ings! Re­joice, con­tainer of great gifts! Re­joice, fra­grant myrrh that doth sweeten souls! Re­joice, for thou dost help those who call upon thee! Re­joice, thou who didst give sight to the blind! Re­joice, thou who didst cause the lame to walk!

Rejoice, Great Mar­tyr and Healer Pan­telei­mon!

Kon­takion 4

Pos­sessed by a storm of poly­the­is­tic thoughts, the im­pi­ous Em­peror was con­fused on learn­ing from the doc­tors who were jeal­ous of thee that thou healest all kinds of in­cur­able ill­nesses by the name of Christ. And we, glo­ri­fy­ing with glad­ness our won­der­ful God in thee, cry to Him: Alleluia!

Ikos 4

When the peo­ple of Nico­me­dia heard of thy great com­pas­sion for the suf­fer­ing and of thy free heal­ing of all ill­nesses, all rushed to thee with faith in the heal­ing Grace in thee, and re­ceiv­ing swift heal­ing of all their dis­eases they glo­ri­fied God and mag­ni­fied thee, their most gra­cious healer, cry­ing to thee:

Rejoice, thou who art anointed with the myrrh of Grace! Re­joice, sanc­ti­fied tem­ple of God! Re­joice, great glory of the pious! Re­joice, firm wall of the op­pressed! Re­joice, thou who sur­pass­est the wise in knowl­edge! Re­joice, thou who en­light­en­est the thoughts of the faith­ful! Re­joice, re­cip­i­ent of di­vine gifts and source of many of the Lord’s mer­cies to us! Re­joice, speedy helper of the suf­fer­ing! Re­joice, har­bor of the storm-tossed! Re­joice, in­struc­tor for those astray! Re­joice, thou who dost heal the sick freely! Re­joice, thou who dost im­part heal­ing abun­dantly!

Rejoice, Great Mar­tyr and Healer Pan­telei­mon!

Kon­takion 5

The Lord worked a glo­ri­ous mir­a­cle through thee when, through His ser­vant Her­mo­laus, He called thee into His mar­velous light. For after thy prayer to Christ a child who had died from snakebite at once re­vived and stood up healed. Then rec­og­niz­ing the Life­giver as the true God of all, with firm faith thou didst cry to Him: Alleluia!

Ikos 5

The blind man whom thou didst touch with prayer in the name of Christ re­cov­ered his sight O glo­ri­ous mar­tyr. Then, re­nounc­ing thy fa­ther’s poly­the­ism, thou wast­bap­tized by the priest Her­mo­laus and didst em­brace thy mother’s re­li­gion with which thou didst also en­lighten thy fa­ther. There­fore we cry aloud to thee as to a glo­ri­ous ser­vant of God and won­der­ful healer:

Rejoice, thou who hast great de­vo­tion to God! Re­joice, thou who art ever aflame with the fire of di­vine love! Re­joice, at­ten­tive lis­tener to the teach­ings of the priest Her­mo­laus! Re­joice, thou who didst fol­low the ad­vice of thy mother Eu­bule! Re­joice, thou who didst give away every­thing to ob­tain Christ! Re­joice, thou who didst van­quish love for the world by love for God! Re­joice, for in­stead of the plea­sures of the world thou didst ac­cept for Christ cruel suf­fer­ings! Re­joice, for thou didst be­come a par­taker of Christ’s Pas­sion! Re­joice, thou who didst over­come all the pas­sions! Re­joice, thou who through Grace wast adorned with dis­pas­sion! Re­joice, thou who dost fill with joy those who has­ten to thee! Re­joice, thou who dost heal all freely by the Grace of Christ!

Rejoice, Great Mar­tyr and Healer Pan­telei­mon!

Kon­takion 6

The blind man en­light­ened by thee in body and soul be­came a preacher of the truth for, like the blind man of the Gospel, he boldly preached Christ to all as the true light that en­light­eneth every man. But for re­proach­ing the im­pi­ous Em­peror and the pagan gods he was be­headed and rose to the un­wan­ing light in Heaven to sing to God: Alleluia!

Ikos 6

Stand­ing be­fore the Em­peror’s tri­bunal with a ra­di­ant face thou didst boldly de­clare in the hear­ing of all, thrice-blessed mar­tyr: Mine all-heal­ing power and glory is Christ, the true God, the Lord of all, Who raiseth the dead and healeth all in­fir­mi­ties. For this con­fes­sion we bless thee and say:

Rejoice, thun­der­ing mouth of the deity of Christ! Re­joice, mel­liflu­ous tongue that de­clar­eth His plan of sal­va­tion! Re­joice, or­a­tor of sub­lime the­ol­ogy! Re­joice, wise sower of piety! Re­joice, sweet-sound­ing flute of faith! Re­joice, glo­ri­ous preacher of Or­tho­doxy! Re­joice, thou who wast shown to be mar­velous be­fore thy death! Re­joice, seer of Christ’s glory! Re­joice, lis­tener to those who pray to thee! Re­joice, giver of help to those who need it! Re­joice, ob­tainer of bless­ings for those who honor thy mem­ory!

Rejoice, Great Mar­tyr and Healer Pan­telei­mon!

Kon­takion 7

Myrrh was poured out on thy soul, O di­vinely wise healer, from the Com­forter Spirit, where­fore after thy death thy ven­er­a­ble relics, by their fra­grance ban­ish the stench of the pas­sions and give heal­ing to those who with faith cry to God: Alleluia!

Ikos 7

When the wor­ship­pers of idols be­held, O Saint, the par­a­lyzed man raised and walk­ing through thy prayer many be­lieved in Christ; but the demon’s priests, con­sumed with jeal­ousy, in­cited the Em­peror to anger. There­fore, to thee who wast­mer­ci­lessly tor­tured and burnt for Christ, we cry with com­punc­tion:

Rejoice, thou who didst de­spise earthly plea­sures! Re­joice, thou who wast above ma­te­r­ial com­forts! Re­joice, for thou didst re­gard as noth­ing all the beau­ti­ful things in this world! Re­joice, for thou didst shake thy­self free of fleet­ing glory! Re­joice, thou who didst re­main free from the nets of the devil! Re­joice, thou who didst van­quish the wiles of the tor­tur­ers! Re­joice, thou who didst not spare thy life for Christ! Re­joice, thou who wast shown to be an enemy of hos­tile flesh! Re­joice, thou who didst op­press the spread of poly­the­ism! Re­joice, thou who by the power of God didst de­feat the idols! Re­joice, sharp arrow by which en­e­mies are wounded! Re­joice, me­di­a­tor who de­fend­est the faith­ful!

Rejoice, Great Mar­tyr and Healer Pan­telei­mon!

Kon­takion 8

The Lord ap­peared to thee in a won­der­ful way, en­cour­ag­ing and up­hold­ing thee in the tor­tures for His name. For in the per­son of the priest Her­mo­laus He cooled the boil­ing lead into which thou was thrown, and in the sea He un­tied the great stone from thy neck and brought thee un­harmed to land. But thou, hav­ing been brought again be­fore the Em­peror, didst sing tri­umphantly to Christ our God: Alleluia!

Ikos 8

While dwelling noet­i­cally wholly in Heaven, thou leavest not those below on earth but re­mainest with us through the relics of thy holy skull, O great pas­sion-bearer of Christ, re­ceiv­ing from the Lord en­light­en­ment and sanc­ti­fi­ca­tion and giv­ing it to those who cry to thee thus:

Rejoice, thou who art filled with di­vine wis­dom! Re­joice, dis­cerner of God’s prov­i­dence! Re­joice, de­light of minds made wise by God! Re­joice, glad­ness of souls who love God! Re­joice, bright pearl of Christ! Re­joice, thou who wast sanc­ti­fied in soul and body! Re­joice, dweller in the courts of the first­born in Heaven! Re­joice, in­hab­i­tant of the ever-blessed bridal halls! Re­joice, be­holder of the light of the Trin­ity! Re­joice, fer­vent me­di­a­tor in thy prayers to God for us! Re­joice, thou who grantest il­lu­mi­na­tion to souls! Re­joice, thou who send­est com­fort to the af­flicted!

Rejoice, Great Mar­tyr and Healer Pan­telei­mon!

Kon­takion 9

All na­ture mar­veled, O Pan­telei­mon, at the ra­di­ance of Grace and wealth of virtues in thee: thine an­gelic pu­rity, thy great courage in cruel suf­fer­ings, thy strong love for Christ and great com­pas­sion for peo­ple, for whom thou doest glo­ri­ous things that they may sing: Alleluia!

Ikos 9

Elo­quent or­a­tors can­not worthily praise thy strug­gles, O glo­ri­ous vic­tor, as by the in­vin­ci­ble power of God, though young in years thou didst con­quer the an­cient, pri­mor­dial enemy and didst put to shame the delu­sion of idols. But we, filled with won­der, cry to thee:

Rejoice, joy­ful sight of an­gels! Re­joice, rev­er­ent won­der of men! Re­joice, thou who didst shed thy blood for Christ, and in death didst shed milk! Re­joice, thou who didst give up thy body to a mar­tyr’s death for His sake! Re­joice, model of con­fes­sion! Re­joice, valiant war­rior of the King of kings! Re­joice, thou who didst con­quer the ruler of dark­ness! Re­joice, thou who by thy vic­tory didst glad­den Heaven and earth! Re­joice, blessed in­hab­i­tant of the world above! Re­joice, wise pil­grim of the world below! Re­joice, tree adorned with the fruits of the gifts of Grace! Re­joice, thou who car­ri­est palms of vic­tory!

Rejoice, Great Mar­tyr and Healer Pan­telei­mon!

Kon­takion 10

Filled with com­pas­sion, as a true im­i­ta­tor of the Lord, the Giver of mercy, O ven­er­a­ble mar­tyr, thou wast re­named by Him Pan­telei­mon (that is, all-mer­ci­ful), for thou pourest mercy on all who re­sort to thee; pour it also abun­dantly on us who cry to God con­cern­ing thee: Alleluia!

Ikos 10

Fin­d­ing thee a strong wall im­preg­nable to all kinds of tor­ture, the tor­turer tried to crush thy strength by the teeth of wild beast and the spikes of the tor­ture-wheel, but all to no ef­fect. For the power of Christ sub­dued the fierce­ness of the beasts and the fright­ful wheel, on which thy body was turned, im­me­di­ately broke to pieces. So to thee, in­vin­ci­ble pas­sion-bearer, we cry:

Rejoice, pre­cious cho­sen one of Christ! Re­joice, un­blem­ished fra­grance of God! Re­joice, firm di­a­mond of the Church! Re­joice, un­shak­able tower reach­ing to Heaven! Re­joice, tamer of vis­i­ble beasts! Re­joice, crusher of in­vis­i­ble drag­ons! Re­joice, thou who wast stained with thy blood shed for Christ, mixed with milk! Re­joice, thou who hast re­ceived un­fad­ing crowns! Re­joice, thou who caus­est joy to an­gels and men! Re­joice, thou who hast been glo­ri­fied by God in Heaven and on earth! Re­joice, ce­les­tial one, who singest in choir with the mar­tyrs! Re­joice, thou who art sat­is­fied with the sweet vi­sion of Christ!

Rejoice, Great Mar­tyr and Healer Pan­telei­mon!

Kon­takion 11

A fu­neral song we offer to thy sa­cred im­mo­la­tion for Christ, in which milk in­stead of blood flowed from thee, Great Mar­tyr, and the olive tree under which thou wast be­headed was all cov­ered with heal­ing fruit. Where­fore we cry fer­vently to Christ Who won­der­fully glo­ri­fi­eth those who glo­rify Him: Alleluia!

Ikos 11

A lu­mi­nous ray wast thou, O di­vinely wise one, to those sit­ting in the dark­ness of poly­the­ism, lead­ing them to the Sun of right­eous­ness, Christ God. Him do thou en­treat that we who offer thee these glad praises may ever live in the light of His com­mand­ments:

Rejoice, bright star, shin­ing in the noet­i­cal fir­ma­ment! Re­joice, ray of light shin­ing for Chris­t­ian peo­ple! Re­joice, thou who wast mys­ti­cally il­lu­mined by the Sun, Christ! Re­joice, thou who in spirit roamest the earth! Re­joice, beau­ti­ful taber­na­cle of the Most Holy Spirit! Re­joice, hon­or­able ves­sel that poureth out heal­ing! Re­joice, trea­sury of pu­rity! Re­joice, name­sake of mercy! Re­joice, heir of the Heav­enly King­dom! Re­joice, par­taker of eter­nal glory! Re­joice, pa­tron of those in dis­tress on the sea of life! Re­joice, un­merce­nary healer who helpest those who in­voke thee with faith!

Rejoice, Great Mar­tyr and Healer Pan­telei­mon!

Kon­takion 12

Thou didst re­ceive an abun­dance of Grace, thrice-blessed one, ac­cord­ing to the great­ness of thy love for Christ God, Who also showed thee to be a source of heal­ing, for thou curest free of charge the sick­nesses of soul and body of those who come to thee with faith and cry to God: Alleluia!

Ikos 12

Chant­ing of thy long-suf­fer­ing labors for Christ, O glo­ri­ous pas­sion-bearer, we praise thy great pa­tience, we bless thy mar­tyr’s death, and we honor thy holy mem­ory, O our de­fender and healer, and in praise we cry to thee:

Rejoice, sweet-sound­ing trum­pet of piety! Re­joice, sword which cuts down impi­ety! Re­joice, thou who wast scraped on a tree for Him Who stretched out His arms on the tree of the Cross! Re­joice, for, being burnt for Him, thou didst ex­tin­guish the fur­nace of delu­sion! Re­joice, thou who didst wound the en­e­mies by thy wounds! Re­joice, thou who didst dry the streams of idol­a­trous blood by thy blood! Re­joice, thou who wast thrown into boil­ing lead for Christ! Re­joice, thou who wast sunk in the sea for His name! Re­joice, thou who didst re­main un­harmed therein by the prov­i­dence of God! Re­joice, thou who didst pass through tor­tures of fire and water into the peace of Heaven! Re­joice, thou who didst pour un­fail­ing streams of mercy on the faith­ful! Re­joice, gra­cious and com­pas­sion­ate physi­cian who grantest heal­ing through Grace!

Rejoice, Great Mar­tyr and Healer Pan­telei­mon!

Kon­takion 13

O, our long-suf­fer­ing and won­der­ful Pas­sion-bearer of Christ and Healer Pan­telei­mon! Gra­ciously ac­cept from us this small of­fer­ing, heal us of our many and var­i­ous ail­ments, and through thy in­ter­ces­sion pro­tect us from en­e­mies vis­i­ble and in­vis­i­ble and pray to the Lord that we may be de­liv­ered from eter­nal tor­ment, that we may con­tin­u­ally sing in His King­dom: Alleluia!

Се́й конда́къ глаго́лется три́жды. Та́же Икосъ 1-й и Конда́къ 1-й

Prayer to the Healer Pan­telei­mon

Holy Great Mar­tyr and Healer Pan­telei­mon, thou im­i­ta­tor of God's mercy! Look down in thy lov­ing kind­ness and hear­ken unto us, sin­ners, who offer heart­felt prayers be­fore thy holy icon. Ask for us from the Lord God, be­fore Whom the An­gels stand in heaven, re­mis­sion of our sins and trans­gres­sions. Heal the ills of body and soul of the ser­vants of God whom we here com­mem­o­rate, who are here pre­sent, and of all Or­tho­dox Chris­tians who seek thy help. For be­hold, we, who be­cause of our sins are pos­sessed by bit­ter ills and have no help or con­so­la­tion, yet flee to thee for refuge, since thou hast been given Grace to pray for us and to heal every ill and every dis­ease. Grant, there­fore, to all of us, by thy holy prayers, health and strength of soul and body, a good growth in the Faith and in de­vo­tion, and all that is need­ful unto this tem­po­ral life and unto our sal­va­tion: So that, hav­ing been granted great and rich mercy tho­rugh thee, we may glo­rify thee and Him that be­stoweth all good things, our God Who is won­drous in His Saints, the Fa­ther, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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