AKATHIST TO OUR HOLY HIERARCH JOHN

Tone 8
Kontakion I
Chosen wonderworker and superb servant o Chr!st" who pourest out !n the #atter t!$es
!ne%haust!b#e strea$s o !nsp!rat!on and $u#t!tude o $!ra&#es' (e pra!se Thee wh!&h
#ove" and &a## out to Thee)
Re*o!&e" O ho#+ H!erar&h John" wonderworker o the #atter t!$es'
Ikos I
An an,e# !n the #esh wast Thou $an!ested !n the #atter t!$es b+ the ,ra&e o -od (ho
ever &areth or $en' See!n, the beaut+ o Th+ v!rtues" we Th+ &h!#dren now &r+ out to
Thee)
Re*o!&e" Thou who d!dst #!ve !n v!rtue ro$ ear#!est &h!#dhood'
Re*o!&e" Thou who d!dst ever #!ve !n ear o -od and do H!s ho#+ w!##'
Re*o!&e" Thou who d!dst $an!est the ,rate o -od !n nu$ber#ess v!rtues'
Re*o!&e" Thou who d!dst $+st!&a##+ hear the d!stant pra+ers o those !n d!stress'
Re*o!&e" Thou who wast !##ed w!th #ove or Th+ e##ow $en and d!dst do a## poss!b#e or
the!r sa#vat!on'
Re*o!&e" Thou who dost br!n, *o+ to a## who pra+ to Thee !n a!th and #ove'
Re*o!&e" O ho#+ H!erar&h John" wonderworker o the #atter t!$es'
Kontakion 2
See!n, the abundan&e and var!et+ o Th+ v!rtues' O ho#+ H!erar&h" we see !n Thee a
#!v!n, sour&e o -od.s wonders !n our t!$e' Thou dost reresh w!th Th+ #ove and $!ra&#es
a## who &r+ !n a!th to -od) A##e#u!a'
Ikos 2
/e!n, !##ed w!th #ove' Thou wast a#so !##ed w!th theo#o,+' O ho#+ 0ather' And !n Thee
the know#ed,e o -od #owed orth a,a!n !n #ove or suer!n, $en' 1o Thou tea&h us
a#so know the true -od !n #ove as we &a## out to Thee !n ad$!rat!on'
Re*o!&e' !r$ stron,ho#d o Orthodo% truth
Re*o!&e' pre&!ous vesse# o the ,!ts o the Ho#+ Sp!r!t
Re*o!&e' r!,hteous a&&user o !$p!et+ and a#se do&tr!ne
Re*o!&e ardent doer o the &o$$and$ents o -od
Re*o!&e' severe as&et!& who ,avest th+se# no repose
Re*o!&e" #ov!n, shepherd o the #o&k o Chr!st
Re*o!&e" O ho#+ H!erar&h John" wonderworker o the #atter t!$es'
Kontakion 3
/+ -od.s $er&+ Thou wast $an!est as a ather to orphans and !nstru&tor o the +oun,"
ra!s!n, the$ !n the ear o -od and prepar!n, the$ or the serv!&e o -od' Thereore a##
Th+ &h!#dren #ook to Thee w!th #ove and &r+ out w!th ,rat!tude to -od)
A##e#u!a'
Ikos 3
1we##ers !n heaven shou#d be pra!s!n, Thee and not we on earth" or our words are eeb#e
bes!de Th+ deeds' Yet oer!n, to -od what we have we &r+ out to Thee thus)
Re*o!&e Thou who d!dst prote&t Th+ &h!#dren b+ Th+ &onstant pra+er'
Re*o!&e Thou who d!dst ever ,uard Th+ #o&k b+ the s!,n o the Cross'
Re*o!&e" Thou whose #ove knew no bounds o &ountr+ or ra&e
Re*o!&e" br!,ht #u$!nar+ be#oved b+ a##'
Re*o!&e" $ode# o sp!r!tua# $eekness'
Re*o!&e" ,!ver o sp!r!tua# &onso#at!on to those !n need'
Re*o!&e" O ho#+ H!erar&h John" wonderworker o the #atter t!$es'
Kontakion 4
/ew!#dered b+ Th+ deeds o p!et+ and #ove" we know not how to pra!se Thee worth!#+" O
H!erar&h John' Thou d!dst trave# to the ends o the earth to save Th+ peop#e and prea&h
the ,ospe# to those !n darkness' Thank!n, -od or Th!ne aposto#!& #abors" we &r+ out to
H!$)
A##e#u!a'
Ikos 4
The peop#e o $an+ #ands behe#d Th+ #!e and $arve#ed at -od.s $er&!es even !n these
#atter t!$es' And so we a#so" $arve#!n," &r+ out !n awe)
Re*o!&e" en#!,htener o those !n the darkness o unbe#!e'
Re*o!&e" Thou who d!dst o##ow Th+ peop#e to the arthest East and (est'
Re*o!&e" ounta!n o $!ra&#es poured out b+ -od'
Re*o!&e" Iov!n, &hast!ser o those who have ,one astra+'
Re*o!&e" speed+ &o$ort to those who repent o the!r s!ns'
Re*o!&e" support o those who ,o on the r!,ht path'
Re*o!&e" O ho#+ H!erar&h John" wonderworker o the #atter t!$es'
Kontakion 5
Thou wast $an!est as a veh!&#e o -od s power to stop the destru&t!ve or&es o a##en
nature" O ho#+ H!erar&h" preserv!n, Th+ peop#e on the !s#and ro$ the dead#+ w!nd and
stor$ b+ Th+ pra+er and the s!,n o the Cross" So preserve us a#so who &r+ our !n wonder
unto -od)
A##e#u!a'
Ikos 5
A## who have trusted !n Th+ he#p !n desperate &!r&u$stan&es and advers!t!es have ound
de#!veran&e" O bo#d !nter&essor beore the Throne o -od' Thereore" we too do p#a&e our
hope !n Thee to prote&t us !n dan,ers b+ Th+ pra+ers beore -od as we &a## out to Thee)
Re*o!&e" Thou who d!dst stop the powers o nature ro$ do!n, har$ to Th+ #o&k'
Re*o!&e" Thou who prov!dest b+ Th+ pra+er or a## !n need'
Re*o!&e" !ne%haust!b#e bread or the hun,r+'
Re*o!&e" abundant wea#th or those who #!ve !n povert+'
Re*o!&e" &onso#at!on or those !n sorrow'
Re*o!&e" 2u!&k up#!t!n, or those (ho have a##en'
Re*o!&e" O ho#+ H!erar&h John" wonderworker o the #atter t!$es'
Kontakion 6
Thou wast $an!est as a new 3oses" #ead!n, h!s #o&k out o s#aver+" O H!erar&h John'
1o de#!ver us a#so ro$ s#aver+ to s!ns and the ene$!es o -od as we &r+ out to -od)
A##e#u!a'
Ikos 6
Thou d!dst do the !$poss!b#e and persuade the author!t!es o th!s wor#d to have p!t+ on
Th+ #o&k" O ,ood shepherd' 1o pra+ or us now that we $a+ #!ve !n pea&e and 2u!et"
sav!n, our sou#s as we ,rateu##+ &r+ to Thee)
Re*o!&e" he#per o a## who &a## upon Thee !n a!th'
Re*o!&e" Thou who de#!verest ro$ death and d!saster'
Re*o!&e" Thou who preservest ro$ #!es and s#ander'
Re*o!&e" preserver o the !nno&ent ro$ bonds'
Re*o!&e" Thou who o!#est the atta&ks o the unr!,hteous'
Re*o!&e" destro+er o #!es and e%a#ter o truth'
Re*o!&e" O ho#+ H!erar&h John" wonderworker o the #atter t!$es'
Kontakion 7
O #over o the sa!nts o East and (est" Thou d!dst restore to the Orthodo% Chur&h the
sa!nts o the (est" o #ands wh!&h had a##en awa+ ro$ the truth' Now w!th these sa!nts
Thou dost pra+ or us to -od as we on earth &r+ out to -od)
A##e#u!a'
Ikos 7
O ervent venerator o the ho#+ H!erar&hs o -au#" Thou wast $an!est !n the #atter t!$es
as one o the$" e%hort!n, Th+ #o&k to preserve the sa$e Orthodo% a!th that the+
&onessed" and aston!sh!n, the peop#es o the (est b+ Th+ ho#+ #!e' Now preserve us !n
that sa$e a!th as we &r+ out to Thee)
Re*o!&e" new 3art!n b+ Th+ $!ra&#es and as&et!& eats'
Re*o!&e" new -er$anus b+ Th+ &oness!on o the Orthodo% a!th'
Re*o!&e" new H!#ar+ b+ Th+ d!v!ne theo#o,+'
Re*o!&e" new -re,or+ b+ Th+ #ove or -od.s sa!nts'
Re*o!&e" new 0austus b+ Th+ ,ent#e #ove and $onast!& ervor'
Re*o!&e" new Caesar!us b+ Th+ !r$ +et #ov!n, ru#e o the Chur&h o -od'
Re*o!&e" O ho#+ H!erar&h John" wonderworker o the #atter T!$es '
Kontakion 8
At the end o Th+ #!e" O ho#+ H!erar&h" Thou wast &a##ed to the New (or#d" to oer
there Th+ w!tness o an&!ent Chr!st!an!t+ and to suer perse&ut!on or Th+ r!,hteousness"
thus pere&t!n, Th+ sou# or heaven' Now $arve#!n, at Th+ pat!en&e and #on,4suer!n,"
we a## &r+ out to -od)
A##e#u!a'
Ikos 8
O #aborer o Chr!st.s v!ne+ard who knew no rest even at the end o Th+ $u&h4to!#!n, #!e"
he#p us now !n our #abors as we str!ve to be a!thu# to Chr!st" &r+!n, out !n pra!se to
Thee)
Re*o!&e" Thou who d!dst endure to the end and so atta!n sa#vat!on
Re*o!&e" Thou who wast dee$ed worth+ to d!e beore the !&on the 3other o -od'
Re*o!&e" Thou who d!dst keep Th+ a!th and &oura,e !n the $!dst o un*ust perse&ut!on'
Re*o!&e' Thou who d!dst #abor to the end or Th+ #o&k and $eet death s!tt!n, as a
h!erar&h'
Re*o!&e Thou (ho d!dst return throu,h the a!r to be bur!ed a$!dst the #o&k'
Re*o!&e Thou who workest (onders or those who &o$e to Th+ Sepu#&hre w!th a!th and
#ove'
Re*o!&e" O ho#+ H!erar&h John wonderworker o the #atter t!$es'
Kontakion 9
A## an,e#4k!nd re*o!&ed at Th+ sou#.s as&ent to the!r &e#est!a# ho$e $arve#!n, at the
wonders Thou d!dst peror$ on earth throu,h the a&t!on o the Ho#+ Sp!r!t' to who$ we
s!n,)
A##e#u!a'
Ikos 9
Orators !nd !t !$poss!b#e to des&r!be Th+ #!e o san&t!t+ w!th the!r $an+ and e#o2uent
words" O r!,hteous John or Thou d!dst be&o$e a #!v!n, house or the power o the
!neab#e -od' Yet" unab#e to a## s!#ent at the wonder shown to our a,e o eeb#e a!th" we
,#or!+ Thee)
Re*o!&e" d!v!ne pa#a&e where ro$ the &ounse# o the -ood K!n, !s ,!ven'
Re*o!&e" s$a## and hu$b#e abode &onta!n!n, the spa&!ous beaut+ o an,e#s $ans!ons'
Re*o!&e Thou who d!dst ,a!n a house not $ade w!th hands" eterna# !n the heavens'
Re*o!&e" !n!r$ar+ where!n a## $anner o d!seases are d!v!ne#+ hea#ed'
Re*o!&e &#oset where!n Th+ ho#+ #abor o pra+er was h!dden'
Re*o!&e" b#essed te$p#e o the Ho#+ Sp!r!t'
Re*o!&e O ho#+ H!erar&h John" wonderworker o the #atter t!$es'
Kontakion 10
(!sh!n, to save the wor#d" the Sav!our o a## hath sent a new sa!nt a$on, us and throu,h
h!$ hath &a##ed us out o the dark re&esses o s!n' Hear!n, th!s &a## to repentan&e" the
unworth+ ones !n turn &r+ out to -od)
A##e#u!a'
Ikos 10
Thou art a wa## she#ter!n, us ro$ advers!t+" O H!erar&h John" or throu,h Th+ heaven#+
!nter&ess!ons we are de#!vered ro$ the atta&ks o de$on!& pass!ons and ro$ a#!&t!ons
wh!&h beset us on earth' /eore Th+ !r$ support o pra+er" we &r+ w!th a!th)
Re*o!&e" s!,ht to the b#!nded'
Re*o!&e" stren,th and #!e to those on the bed o death'
Re*o!&e" -od4revea#ed adv!&e to those !n doubt and &onus!on'
Re*o!&e" reresh!n, water to those per!sh!n, !n the heat o sorrow '
Re*o!&e" Iov!n, ather to the #one#+ and abandoned'
Re*o!&e" ho#+ tea&her o those who seek the Truth'
Re*o!&e" O ho#+ H!erar&h John" wonderworker o the #atter t!$es'
Kontakion 11
Th+ #!e was a h+$n to the 3ost Ho#+ Tr!n!t+" surpass!n, others !n thou,ht" word and
deed" O $ost b#essed John' 0or w!th $u&h w!sdo$ Thou d!dst e%p#a!n the pre&epts o the
true 0a!th" rea&h!n, us to s!n, w!th a!th" hope and #ove to the one -od !n Tr!n!t+)
A##e#u!a'
Ikos 11
(e see Thee as a rad!ant #a$p o Orthodo%+ a$!dst the darkness o !,noran&e" O -od4
&hosen pastor o Chr!st.s #o&k" our 0ather John" 0or even ater Th+ repose Thou dost
speak the truth to the !,norant and ,!ve !nstru&t!on to those who seek ,u!dan&e and to a##
who &r+ to Thee)
Re*o!&e" rad!an&e o d!v!ne w!sdo$ to those !n !,noran&e' Re*o!&e" ra!nbow o 2u!et *o+s
or the $eek'
Re*o!&e" thunder to stubborn s!nners'
Re*o!&e" #!,htn!n, o the 5ea# o -od'
Re*o!&e" ra!n o -od.s do,$as'
Re*o!&e" shower o theo#o,!&a# thou,hts'
Re*o!&e" O ho#+ H!erar&h John" wonderworker o the #atter t!$es'
Kontakion 12
-ra&e hath been poured out !n the #ast da+s upon us a66' /eho#d!n, th!s ,ra&e &o$e orth
ro$ a ho#+ h!erar&h who on&e d!d wa#k a$on, us" #et us re&e!ve !t w!th reveren&e and
thanks,!v!n," &r+!n, to -od)
A##e#u!a'
Ikos 12
S!n,!n, !n pra!se to -od" the heaven#+ &ho!r o sa!nts re*o!&eth that He hath not orsaken
the a##en and unbe#!ev!n, wor#d" but hath $an!ested H!s a#$!,ht+ power !n Thee" h!s
$eek and hu$b#e servant' O b#essed John" w!th a## the sa!nts we ,reet Thee and ,!ve
honor to Thee)
Re*o!&e" new star o r!,hteousness sh!n!n, !n heaven s !r$a$ent'
Re*o!&e" new prophet who wast sent beore the !na# un#eash!n, o ev!#'
Re*o!&e" new Jonah warn!n, a## o the wa,es o s!n'
Re*o!&e" new /apt!st draw!n, a## to a #!e o pra+er and repentan&e'
Re*o!&e" new 7au# suer!n, to prea&h the ,ospe# !n the sp!r!t o truth"
Re*o!&e" new apost#e whose $!ra&#es !nst!## !n us a!th and awe'
Re*o!&e" O ho#+ H!erar&h John" wonderworker o the #atter t!$es'
Kontakion 13
O ho#+ and $ost wondrous H!erar&h John" &onso#at!on or a## the sorrow!n," a&&ept now
our pra+eru# oer!n, that throu,h Th+ pra+ers to our Lord we $a+ be spared ,ehenna
and b+ Th+ -od4p#eas!n, !nter&ess!on we $a+ &r+ eterna##+)
A##e#u!a Thrice.
Ikos 1 and Kontakion 1 are read again.
Ikos 1
An an,e# !n the #esh wast Thou $an!ested !n the #atter t!$es b+ the ,ra&e o -od (ho
ever &areth or $en' See!n, the beaut+ o Th+ v!rtues" we Th+ &h!#dren now &r+ out to
Thee'
Re*o!&e" Thou who d!dst #!ve !n v!rtue ro$ ear#!est &h!#dhood'
Re*o!&e" Thou who d!dst ever #!ve !n ear o -od and do H!s ho#+ w!##'
Re*o!&e" Thou who d!dst $an!est the ,ra&e o -od !n nu$ber#ess v!rtues'
Re*o!&e" Thou who d!dst $+st!&a##+ hear the d!stant pra+ers o those !n d!stress'
Re*o!&e" Thou who wast !##ed w!th #ove or Th+8 e##ow $en and d!dst do a## poss!b#e or
the!r sa#vat!on'
Re*o!&e" Thou who dost br!n, *o+ to a## who pra+ to Thee !n a!th and #ove'
Re*o!&e" O ho#+ H!erar&h John" wonderworker o the #atter t!$es'
Kontakion 1
Chosen wonderworker and superb servant o Chr!st' who pourest out !n the #atter t!$es
!ne%haust!b#e strea$s o !nsp!rat!on and a $u#t!tude o $!ra&#es' (e pra!se Thee w!th
#ove" and &a## out to Thee)
Re*o!&e" O ho#+ H!erar&h John" wonderworker o the #atter t!$es'