del 27 febbraio

Saint PROCOPE le Décapolite, moine à Constantinople, confesseur des saintes Icônes sous Léon III l'Isaurien (vers 750). (Office traduit en français par le père Denis Guillaume au tome II des Ménées.) Le 27 février, nous célébrons la mémoire de notre vénérable Père et confesseur PROCOPE le DECAPOLITE

LA CHIESA CHE OGGI TI HA QUALE STELLA MATTUTINA, ONORANDOTI DISSIPA TUTTO IL BUIO DELLE EMPIE DOTTRINE, O GLORIOSO PROCOPIO, INIZIATO ALLE REALTA’ CELESTI.

 

 

EXAPOSTILARION. Udite, donne.

 SCIOLTO DALLA TUA NOBILE CARNE, O PROCOPIO, STAI ORA CON GLI ANGELI PRESSO L’INACCESSIBILE TRIADE: FAI AD ESSA MEMORIA DI NOI, O GLORIOSO, DI NOI CHE CELEBRIAMO LA TUA SANTISSIMA MEMORIA E TI ONORIAMO CON AMORE, O SAPIENTE PADRE E CAPO SPIRITUALE.

 

Saint RAPHAËL (Hawawini), Syrien de nation, évêque de Brooklyn dans l'Etat de New York aux Etats-Unis, premier évêque orthodoxe consacré sur le continent américain (1914). (Office anglais traduit en français par le père Denis Guillaume et publié au tome XIII du Supplément aux Ménées.)

 

 

 

Troparion — Tone 1

Your proclamation has gone forth throughout North America, / calling the scattered sheep into the unity of the church. / hearing your voice, they responded to your teaching, / and through your writings you instructed them in piety. / now guided by your example, O Father Raphael, / we sing hymns of praise unto Christ our God. / Glory to Him Who gave you strength! / Glory to Him Who granted you a crown! / Glory to Him Who, through you, grants healing to all!

Kontakion — Tone 8

You were a guardian and a defender of the Church’s teaching; / you protected your flock from false doctrines and confirmed them in the true faith. / O holy father Raphael, son of Syria and glory of North America, / always intercede before the Lord that our souls may be saved.