New York, June 17, 2025
Photo: saintpaulsicons.com A new akathist to St. Tikhon, the great missionary to America and Patriarch of Moscow, is now available online.
The service was composed in honor of the 100th anniversary of St. Tikhon’s repose, which is being festively celebrated throughout 2025. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia led the service in his honor on his feast day of April 7 at Moscow’ Donskoy Monastery, where his holy relics repose, and in America, representatives of five jurisdictions came together in New York for the feast.
The new akathist was approved by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on March 20, and with the blessing of His Grace Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, was translated into English by clerics of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, the jurisdiction reports.
Commemorative copies were first distributed at the recent convocation of the Patriarchal Parishes, and electronic copies, in both English and Slavonic, are now available as well.
The akathist begins:
Kondak 1
O chosen leader of the warriors of Christ, beautiful adornment of the assembly of the Patriarchs of Moscow, and victorious standard-bearer of the martyrs of the Russian lands, we praise thine archpastoral podvig and with boldness we cry aloud to thee: Rejoice, O holy hierarch Tikhon, our God chosen Patriarch.
Ikos 1
God counted thee worthy of joining the angelic assembly of the martyrs, both old and new, O Hierarch Tikhon, by choosing thee as the elected head of the Russian Church and pre-ordained leader of the ranks of martyrs. Therefore, we sing our grateful thanks to thee:
Rejoice, O herald of the Truth;
Rejoice, confirmation of faith in the hearts of the faithful.
Rejoice, for thy simplicity didst enlighten all;
Rejoice, for thou didst reveal to all the Truth of God.
Rejoice, for thou didst defeat all hatred and lies;
Rejoice, for thou wast the defender of thy flock.
Rejoice, for thou didst give hope to all by thy love;
Rejoice, for thou didst conquer hatred by thy humility.
Rejoice, O holy hierarch Tikhon, our God chosen Patriarch.
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