You abolished the flattery of idols, Antipo,/ and, having trampled upon the devil’s power,/ before the God-fighters you boldly confessed Christ./ Also, with the angelic ranks established in the Highest,/ Bringing praise to the ruler of all,/ and offering prayerful thanksgiving for us,/ bestowing the grace of purpose./ For this reason we honor you,/ Hieromartyr Antipo,/ pray to Christ God,// may he save our souls.
The co-altar of the apostles and the saints’ adornment/ you were, blessed,/ having glorified yourself as a martyr,/ you shone like the sun, enlightening everyone,/ you were anti-sacred,/ you destroyed deep night of godlessness./ For this reason we honor you,/ as the Divine Being of the priestly martyr// and the giver of healing.
Oh, glorious Hieromartyr Antipo and quick helper to Christians in illness! I believe with all my soul and thoughts that the Lord has given you the gift of healing the sick, healing the sick, and strengthening the weak. For this reason, for your sake, as a blessed doctor of illnesses, I, weak, come running and, kissing your venerable image with reverence, I pray: by your intercession from the Heavenly King, ask me, to the sick, healing from the dental disease that depresses me, since I am unworthy of you, my most gracious father and my most faithful protector, but you, being an imitator of God’s love for mankind, create me worthy of your intercession through my conversion from evil deeds to a good life, heal the ulcers and scabs of my soul and body with the grace abundantly given to you, grant me health and salvation and all good things haste, yes, having lived such a quiet and silent life in all piety and purity, I will be deemed worthy to glorify the all-holy Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit with all the saints. Amen.
To the Bishop of God, Hieromartyr of Christ, Most Blessed Antipos, co-Apostle and Glory to the Hierarch, you are, Bishop, the luminary of the Church and the affirmation of the faith, before the opposing atheists, you boldly confessed Christ and offered yourself as a sacrifice to Him, like a fragrant censer and like a gentle lamb and a righteous martyr, to the ox of the coppers he was cast into kindling, to the saint, and sending up prayers of thanksgiving in him to God and the Father, as if the sun had risen and with your torment you had completely crushed the tormentor Belial. For this reason Christ glorified you in heaven and on earth; You illuminate the entire universe with the grace given to you, you give healing to those suffering from incessant dental disease, who constantly call on you with faith. And now, hear me, a sinful and unworthy servant of yours (name), at this hour calling you with faith, in which I bring you a prayer song, and pray for me, a sinner, to the Lord God for the remission of my sins, and deliver me from unbearable and inexhaustible dental diseases with your prayers, holy one. Amen.
Oh, Hierarch of God, Hieromartyr Antipo, hear me, your sinful servant (name), at this hour, I offer you a prayer, and pray for me, a sinner, to the Lord God for forgiveness my sins, and unbearable and inconsolable dental disease, deliver me through your prayers, O saints.
Memorial Day April 11/24
He was one of the first to suffer martyrdom during the persecution of Emperor Domitian. Oh St. Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum, is mentioned in the Apocalypse by St. John the Evangelist [Rev.2:13]. After his death, St. Antipas repeatedly showed help to Christians suffering from toothache.
*Minea. April 11th.
** Akathist to the Hieromartyr Antipas of Pergamon.