Orthodoxy to the zealot and schism to the eradicator, / Russian healer, and new prayer book to God, / with your writings you have made them whole, / spiritual priest, Demetrius Blessed, // pray to Christ God to save our souls.
The Russian star rose from Kiev, / and through Novgrad Seversky reached Rostov, / but illuminated this entire country with teachings and miracles, / let us please the golden-speaking teacher Demetrius, / for that is all written, even for instruction,/ so that he will win everyone, like Paul, to Christ,// and save our souls through orthodoxy.
Oh, all-blessed Saint Demetrius, great saint of Christ, Chrysostom of Russia, hear us sinners praying to you, and bring our prayer to the Merciful and Lover of Mankind, You stand before him now in the joy of the saints and on the face of the Angels! Pray to His compassion, that He may not condemn us according to our iniquities, but may He deal with us according to His mercy. Ask us from Christ and our God for a peaceful and serene life, mental and physical health, the earth’s prosperity and all abundance and prosperity in everything, and may we not turn the good things given to us into evil Generous God, but to His glory and to the glorification of your intercession. Grant that we may pass through this temporary life in a God-pleasing manner; Deliver us from airy ordeals and guide us on the path that leads to the villages of the righteous, where they celebrate the unceasing voice, beholding the indescribable kindness of God’s face. Preserve the Holy Church from schisms and heresies, strengthen the faithful, convert the erring, and grant to all everything that is appropriate for the salvation and glory of God; Save your fatherland from enemies against hatred, but overcome the weapons of the Crusader army; and grant us all your archpastoral and holy blessing, so that through it we will get rid of the wiles of the evil one and escape from all misfortune and misfortune. Hear our prayer, Father Demetrius, and constantly pray for us to the Almighty God, glorified and worshiped in the Three Hypostases, to Him belongs all glory, honor and power forever centuries. Amen.
Oh, wonderful and glorious miracle worker Demetrius, healer of human ailments! You constantly pray to the Lord our God for all sinners: I pray to you, be my intercessor before the Lord and my helper to overcome the passions of my insatiable flesh and to overcome the arrows of the enemy my devil, who hurts my weak heart and, like a smooth and fierce beast, wants to destroy my soul. You, Saint of Christ, are my fence, you are my intercession and weapon! May I, with your help, crush everything in me that is opposed to the will of the King of kings. You, great miracle worker, in the days of your exploits in this world, zealous for the Orthodox Church of God, like a true and good shepherd, kindly denounced your sins and ignorance human, and those who strayed from the path of truth into heresies and schisms, you guided them to the path of truth. Make haste for me to correct the short-lived path of my life, so that I may unfalteringly follow the path of the commandments of God and work without laziness for my Lord Jesus Christ, as the only one My Lord, my Redeemer and my righteous Judge. Falling down to this, I pray to You, servant of God, when you remove my soul from my body, deliver me from dark ordeals, for I will not give good deeds for my justification, do not give Satan to be proud of the victory over my weak soul. Deliver me from Gehenna, where weeping and gnashing of teeth are, and with your holy prayers make me a partaker of the Heavenly Kingdom in the Trinity of the glorified God, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
To the Bishop of God, Saint Demetrius of Christ! I pray, your servant (name), seek mercy from God and our Savior Jesus Christ, so that through your prayers I may grant (the content of the petition) the forgiveness of all my sins. Amen.
Memorial Days: September 21/October 4 and October 28/November 10
Lived at the end of the 16th - beginning of the 17th centuries. He compiled the famous “Cheti-Minea”, containing the lives of saints for every day of the year. He was known as a zealot for the purity of the Orthodox faith in the face of schismatic sects. He became famous for his modest, ascetic life, and was loved by the people for his simplicity, accessibility and acts of mercy. Until his death, he set an example of patiently and humbly enduring a severe chest illness. St. They pray to Demetrius for success in Christian preaching and enlightenment, for deliverance from schisms and heresies, for help in poverty, for the intercession of widows and orphans, for healing from chest diseases.
1 Menaion. September 21st.
2 Menaion. October 28th.
3 Akathist to Saint Demetrius of Rostov.