Akathist Hymn to St. John the Wonderworker
“…let us not allow ourselves to become spiritual orphans through worrying and being anxious: may we instead turn to him in prayer and ask for his bold intercessions before our Lord.”
His Grace, Bishop James of Sonora.
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Excerpt from the text:
Kontakion VII
Desiring to glorify as is meet the ancient saints of the West, of lands which had fallen away from the Truth, thou didst revive their veneration in the Orthodox Church, O lover of the saints of the East and the West. With them pray thou today in heaven on behalf us who chant on earth: Alleluia!
Ikos VII
We see thee as a new chosen one of God, who wast manifest in the latter times as one of the holy ierarchs of Gaul, exhorting thy flock to preserve the same Orthodox faith that they confessed, and astonishing the peoples of the West by thy holy life. Preserve us, that we too may abide in this Faith, who cry out to thee:
Rejoice, thou who wast a new Martin by thy miracles and ascetic feats.
Rejoice, thou who wast a new Germanus by thy confession of the Orthodox faith.
Rejoice, thou who wast a new Hilary by thy divine theology.
Rejoice, thou who wast a new Gregory by thy love and glorification of God’s saints.
Rejoice, thou who wast a new Faustus by thy monastic fervor.
Rejoice, thou who wast a new Caesarius by thy steadfast love for the canons of the church of God.
Rejoice, O holy hierarch, father John, speedy helper amid misfortune!