July 9
Reading:
This Saint, who was a contemporary of the Apostles, had
Antioch as his homeland, where he was guided to the Faith of Christ by
Peter, the Chief of the Apostles. Later, he came to Sicily, where he
brought many to the Faith, and was finally put to death by the pagans.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
As a sharer of the ways and a successor to the throne of the
Apostles, O inspired of God, thou foundest discipline to be a means of
ascent to divine vision. Wherefore, having rightly divided the word of
truth, thou didst also contest for the Faith even unto blood, O
Hieromartyr Pancratius. Intercede with Christ our God that our souls be
saved.
Kontakion in the Third Tone
He that breathed with tongues of fire upon the holy Apostles gave
thee, O Pancratius, the selfsame mystical graces; as the heir and true
disciple of Simon Peter, thou didst shine upon the West with the saving
Gospel and with blood didst seal thy preaching both as a hierarch and
faithful Martyr of Christ.
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