Supplicatory Canon and Akathist to the Saint John the Russian the Wonderworker of Evia


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A Paraklesis (Greek: Παράκλησις, Slavonic: молебенъ) or Supplicatory Canon in the Byzantine Rite, is a service of supplication for the welfare of the living. It is addressed to a specific Saint or to the Most Holy Theotokos whose intercessions are sought through the chanting of the supplicatory canon together with psalms, hymns, and litanies.







Saint John the Russian


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This book contains the life of Saint John the Russian, the new Confessor and Wonderworker, whose relics lie in the town of New Prokopion on the island of Euboia in Greece. Service material for Orthodox worship of the Saint, in English, is also presented, including the Supplicatory Canon to the Saint along with a recently composed and most edifying Akathist. This volume closes with selected miracles of the Saint, taken from the thousands of miracles performed by this great Wonderworker even to the present day.




Supplicatory Canon and Akathist to Saint John of Kronstadt


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Father John Sergiev breathed fresh life into Russian spirituality, making it predominantly Eucharistic. With eldership on the wane, this age-old Russian form of religious piety prophetically bequeathed by Father John of Kronstadt determined the existence of the Russian Orthodox Church for many years to come.










Supplicatory Canon and Akathist to Saint John Chrysostom


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John Chrysostom was an important Early Church Father who served as archbishop of Constantinople. He is known for his preaching and public speaking, his denunciation of abuse of authority by both ecclesiastical and political leaders, his Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, and his ascetic sensibilities.