O Heavenly King, the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth, Who art everywhere and fills all things.
Treasury of blessings and giver of life, come and abide in us, and cleanse us from every impurity. And, save our souls, O Good One.
Holy God, Holy Mighty , Holy Immortal, have mercy on us (3).
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
O Most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us.
Lord, cleanse us from our sins.
Master, pardon our transgressions.
Holy One visit and heal our infirmities for Thy name’s sake. Lord, have mercy (3).
Glory to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Our Father, Who art in heaven. Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And, lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
Kontakion 1:
Our protector from our lacks, for making so many miracles we bring praise of thankfulness to you we the unworthy ones; and as the one who is wondrous and most merciful save us from all lacks to sing to you: Rejoice, miracle maker, saint father Demetrios!
Ikos 1:
The Angels from the skies marveled at you, father Demetrios, earthly angel, seeing you how being in body you defeated the bodiless demon and being amazed of your miracles stood singing to you these:
Rejoice, you who are a heavenly man,
Rejoice, you who were an earthly angel;
Rejoice, that you did not delude yourself with the ancestral greed
Rejoice, that you lived above nature and man
Rejoice, that through humbleness you gained the elevated ones;
Rejoice, that you easily defeated the enemy
Rejoice, that just like Abel, you raised oblations through prayers;
Rejoice, you who made your body servant of the spirit;
Rejoice, you who became a spiritual treasure;
Rejoice, you who ascended to the heavenly height;
Rejoice, planter of spiritual vineyard;
Rejoice, you who give repentance to all to save their souls;
Rejoice, miracle-maker, Saint father Demetrios!
Kontakion 2:
Being ascended to the heavenly skies, Saint Demetrios looks at those who pray to you and with fatherly kindness he gives his merciful salvation from all lacks, to all those who sing to God: Alleluiahh!
Ikos 2:
The incomprehensible meaning the pagans trying to understand, they can`t unravel your honored relics, how the matter is not subdued to nature and the body does not decay; and we faithfully sing to you the following:
Rejoice, receptacle receiving the Holy Spirit;
Rejoice, divine miracle springer dwelling
Rejoice, that you lived with those without body;
Rejoice, that you guided your spirit towards the heavenly ones;
Rejoice, that you transformed decay into incorruptibility;
Rejoice, that you made death impotent into you;
Rejoice, that as Abraham you left your homeland and parents;
Rejoice, that you settled into the land of promise
Rejoice, oak with divine shadow;
Rejoice, that you made yourself a spiritual supper for all;
Rejoice, that you sacrificed your life like another Isaac;
Rejoice, that you elevated the thought of your mind towards God;
Rejoice, miracle-maker, Saint father Demetrios!
Kontakion 3:
Heavenly power, shadowing your holy relics, holy father, as from a sun pours all over the rays of gifts for all who touch them and healing all of diseases we sing to God Alleluiah!
Ikos 3:
Having the reliquary with your holy relics, pious father, we faithfully run to it like to a spring of gifts, for this saving us saint father of all those who trouble us so that we may say without cease:
Rejoice, you who proved yourself sovereign over your passions;
Rejoice, you who defeated the demon of darkness;
Rejoice, that you released us from slavery as Abraham did with Lot;
Rejoice, that you completely drew away the sons of Agara;
Rejoice, that you make us inheritors as if we were a new Isaac;
Rejoice, that you cast out the unfaithful Ismael as being an opponent;
Rejoice, that like Lot you climbed on the mountains of good deeds;
Rejoice, that you proved yourself for so many reason for reconciliation;
Rejoice, that you did not let yourself caught in the Gomorrah of passions;
Rejoice, that through you we escape from the fire of temptations;
Rejoice, that you did not look at the ones from below;
Rejoice, that by a good vigil you served Christ;
Rejoice, miracle-maker, Saint father Demetrios!
Kontakion 4:
A storm of many temptations and lacks surrounding us, holy father, we run to you in good faith, so that you may turn everything in good peace through your prayers and in this way to sing to God Alleluiah!
Ikos 4:
We heard, holy father, about your divine life; we saw your miracles and being delighted by your good deeds you show us all the time we trust in your intercession before God and for this we say to you as follows:
Rejoice, skilful healer of the sick;
Rejoice, the release of the possessed;
Rejoice, the strengthening of the elders;
Rejoice, the teacher of the youth;
Rejoice, the clad of those who are without courage;
Rejoice, the comforter of the saddened;
Rejoice, quick helper of those who pray to you;
Rejoice, permanent saver of those who are in dangers;
Rejoice, strengthening reason of our faith;
Rejoice, new teacher of the pure life;
Rejoice, that you willingly served God;
Rejoice, that you resembled Him by your good life;
Rejoice, miracle-maker, Saint father Demetrios!
Kontakion 5:
Path walked by God, showing us the pains of your life, saint father, you teach us all to serve God by wisdom and purity of Spirit and sing to Him Alleluiah!
Ikos 5:
Saint Demetrios, the dwellers from Bassarabi seeing light in the waters of Lom thought that it was a treasure; but after they took out your holy relics seeing that you make miracles and give healing to everyone, they all marveled and said to you as follows:
Rejoice, treasure from Bassarabi;
Rejoice, you who sanctified the waters of Lom;
Rejoice, that you carried on your shoulders Christ`s light yoke;
Rejoice, that you showed this one to all as being light
Rejoice, beautiful offspring of the holy cave;
Rejoice, right guide of those with a good mind;
Rejoice, healer of the possessed girl;
Rejoice, her parents` unspoken merriment;
Rejoice, the strengthening of the pious sisters;
Rejoice, that through you they learnt to honor the pious ones;
Rejoice, the admonisher of reckless Lavrentius;
Rejoice, that you teach all to be bashful with you;
Rejoice, miracle-maker, Saint father Demetrios!
Kontakion 6:
The confessors of Christ, your spiritual sons are the witness of your miracles, holy father; for this we raise gifts of thankfulness with loud voices to God singing to Him Alleluiah!
Ikos 6:
Shining in our land, you drew away the darkness of paganism as its rule not enduring your coming broke apart; and we being freed of this say to you the following:
Rejoice, the destroyer of paganism;
Rejoice, the supporter of Christianity;
Rejoice, that like Moses you hold the rod of the cross;
Rejoice, that you show us the signs of victory;
Rejoice, that you drowned the invisible pharaoh into the sea of your tears;
Rejoice, that you bury the visible in the brightness of your deeds;
Rejoice, fire pillar of faith;
Rejoice, that you guide us in the land of promise;
Rejoice, cool cloud with good shadow;
Rejoice, that we live in our country under your good protection;
Rejoice, that you feed us with abundance when we`re in shortages;
Rejoice, that you abundantly give us help all the time;
Rejoice, miracle-maker, Saint father Demetrios!
Kontakion 7:
God wanting to comfort us for many shortages and troubles gave us you as a protector; but we also know you as a father and a miracle maker and for this thanking for your inexpressible kindness sing to God Alleluiah!
Ikos 7:
The Creator showed us a new being sending you to us those who are created by Him; the fire of war and slavery was extinguished, the enemies were turned away ashamed and the plague vanished as smoke; and we released of these say to you without cease:
Rejoice, zealous ascetic like Elijah;
Rejoice, that you lived in the desert like him;
Rejoice, that you defeated the prophet of deceit;
Rejoice, that the weavers of lie were ashamed;
Rejoice, that you stopped the destroying flame of war;
Rejoice, that you heal all the harming disease;
Rejoice, that we receive rains at due time through you;
Rejoice, that we gain everything we need through you;
Rejoice, you who worked the treasure of good deeds;
Rejoice, that through it you ascended to the heights;
Rejoice, that you did not leave your clad but your body to us;
Rejoice, that through it we receive what we need;
Rejoice, miracle-maker, Saint father Demetrios!
Kontakion 8:
Seeing the estranged life, let us estrange from the world, moving our mind to heaven, as for this the saint of God Demetrios lived in reclusion to teach us how to follow his life and drawing our mind to the height to sing to God Alleluiah!
Ikos 8:
Being with all in the ones from below you never took away your mind from those of the above forgetting about your body and about the world and you defeated the demon. Now becoming partaker of the heavenly goods pray to God for us all who say these to you:
Rejoice, heavenly and clarvoyant mind;
Rejoice, will receiving spiritual gifts;
Rejoice, most holy Samuel;
Rejoice, most gentle David;
Rejoice, that you made yourself a sword of God with two blades;
Rejoice, that you cut with it Goliath with many twists;
Rejoice, that through the will of your mind you served God;
Rejoice, that you gave your pure soul to your Creator;
Rejoice, healer of so many kinds of diseases;
Rejoice, defeater of passions;
Rejoice, that you show us the path towards the endless kingdom;
Rejoice, that through you we earn the expected goods;
Rejoice, miracle-maker, Saint father Demetrios!
Kontakion 9:
All the Christian community coming, let us kneel before Saint Demetrios the pleaser of God: the rich before the one who is poor in spirit, the poor before the one who enrich us, the healthy before their guardian and the sick before the healer without money, the righteous before the guide and we all let us sint to God Alleluiah!
Ikos 9:
The rhetoricians behave before you like dumb not knowing how to say how your holy relics remaining uncorrupted spread good fragrance and healings of all kinds; and we seeing a mystery like this say to you :
Rejoice, our apostle and preacher;
Rejoice, our teacher and guide;
Rejoice, that through deeds you preached Christ;
Rejoice, that you made yourself an example of repentance and a helper for all;
Rejoice, bright enlightener;
Rejoice, the quick comfort of those who are in danger;
Rejoice, that you left us your body as a holy shelter;
Rejoice, that welcoming your holy relics we are elevated in our spirit;
Rejoice, that by kissing them we receive a blessing;
Rejoice, that by touching them we fill ourselves of holiness;
Rejoice, that by approaching them we get healed of diseases;
Rejoice, that by honoring them we escape from dangers;
Rejoice, miracle-maker, Saint father Demetrios!
Kontakion 10:
The Creator of all beings wanting to save us from the deceit of the enemy sent you as an apostle to us so that by you we may learn how to turn away from all the deceits of the world and by a pure life to approach God and sing to Him Alleluiah!
Ikos 10:
You are a wall to the believers and a steady tower to all those who lean on you, for the Creator of heaven and earth made you a receptacle of spiritual gifts ; for this we run to you as to a solid support and we say these to you hopefully:
Rejoice, man of God;
Rejoice, accomplisher of His commandments;
Rejoice, the strengthening of the good faith;
Rejoice, living icon of the pure life;
Rejoice, supporting pillar in dangers;
Rejoice, steady support of hope;
Rejoice, that you revealed the deceit;
Rejoice, that you boldly saved us from dangers;
Rejoice, that living in heaven you see God;
Rejoice, that living there you delight in his bliss;
Rejoice, that you reign in those from above;
Rejoice, that from there you look at us from below;
Rejoice, miracle-maker, Saint father Demetrios!
Kontakion 11:
We bring through you chants and thanks to God holy father and by receiving them pray with all the pious ones the gentle Jesus to show us forgiveness, to give us absolution of sins and show us mercy in the day of judgment to us who sing to Him Alleluiah!
Ikos 11:
You are a light carrying torch among the pious and dweller among saints. For this, Saint Demetrios, the heavenly Father rejoice together with the Son and the Holy Spirit and we with faith looking at these say to you:
Rejoice, the beautiful adornment of the pious;
Rejoice, the assiduous strife of the hermits;
Rejoice, follower of Saint Anthony the Great;
Rejoice, you who had the same habits as Onuphrios;
Rejoice, you who you resemble Paul from Thebe at accomplishing ascetic endevaours;
Rejoice, you Paul of purity and miracle making;
Rejoice, with Ammon, Ahila and Agatonie;
Rejoice, with Antim, Amonata and Amonie;
Rejoice, together with Saint Gregory the Decapolite;
Rejoice, with our holy father Nicodimus;
Rejoice, our always helping father;
Rejoice, our quick rescuer and saver;
Rejoice, miracle-maker, Saint father Demetrios!
Kontakion 12:
Christ the Lord receive our intercessor and accomplisher of Your commandments who prays to You to give to Your Church union, deep peace to all the world and the cease of discords; do not hand us to our enemies and do not give us to perdition with Your hand, for You are our God and we are Your people from whom You hear:Alliluiah!
Ikos 12:
Singing with the angels with the pious and withh all the saints before the Holy Trinity remember us who run to you saint father to escape of all temptations and become worthy of the heavenly Kingdom and say to you the following :
Rejoice, heavenly pearl of God;
Rejoice, bright diamond of patience;
Rejoice, the unwithered flower of heaven;
Rejoice, the nice smelling incense of gift;
Rejoice, spiritual myrrh with sweet fragrance;
Rejoice, heavenly chrism who fill us of a good fragrance
Rejoice, vessel full of immortal kindness;
Rejoice, of all needs purifying bath ;
Rejoice, the guide of those who swim in the sea of this life;
Rejoice, the adviser of those who reign in good justice;
Rejoice, the desired healing of our bodies;
Rejoice, the dear escape of our souls;
Rejoice, miracle-maker, Saint father Demetrios!
Kontakion 13:
Oh, pious father, God bearer Saint Demetrios receiving this gift of prayer from us now save from all lacks and the torment which is to come all those who sing to God : Alliluiah !
(this Kontakion is read for three times)
Afterwards it is read the first ikos and kontakion as follows:
Ikos 1:
The Angels from the skies marveled at you, father Demetrios, earthly angel, seeing you how being in body you defeated the bodiless demon and being amazed of your miracles stood singing to you these:
Rejoice, you who are a heavenly man,
Rejoice, you who were an earthly angel;
Rejoice, that you did not delude yourself with the ancestral greed
Rejoice, that you lived above nature and man
Rejoice, that through humbleness you gained the elevated ones;
Rejoice, that you easily defeated the enemy
Rejoice, that just like Abel, you raised oblations through prayers;
Rejoice, you who made your body servant of the spirit;
Rejoice, you who became a spiritual treasure;
Rejoice, you who ascended to the heavenly height;
Rejoice, planter of spiritual vineyard;
Rejoice, you who give repentance to all to save their souls;
Rejoice, miracle-maker, Saint father Demetrios!
Kontakion 1:
Our protector from our lacks, for making so many miracles we bring praise of thankfulness to you we the unworthy ones; and as the one who is wondrous and most merciful save us from all lacks to sing to you: Rejoice, miracle maker, saint father Demetrios!
