Kontakion in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone
As the Lord’s grace-flowing nun, and His fervent apostle and Martyr, we
praise you with triumphant hymns, and we praise your memory most tunefully,
sprinkling flowers and crying:
Hail,
Paraskevi, O comely virgin.
Hymns I offer to you the beauty of
virgins, O chaste Paraskevi, martyr of Christ
O chaste Paraskevi, martyr of Christ, O chaste Paraskevi, martyr of
Christ.
For you struggled boldly, and you enlighten and shine with the
rays of wonders on those who hymn you, and we offer you hymns with fervor:
Hail, child of pious faithful,
Hail, dear throne of God.
Hail, beautiful-voiced trumpet of love,
Hail, pure servant of the Virgin.
Hail, for from above you cover the Orthodox from blows,
Hail, you who cease the tears and groans of mortals.
Hail, for you are the protection of eyes,
Hail, for you rejoiced in the monastic path.
Hail, for you deposed the boasting of the enemy,
Hail, you who were victorious through Christ’s power.
Hail, divine adornment of Rome,
Hail, speedy healer of wounds.
Hail, dear throne of God.
Hail, beautiful-voiced trumpet of love,
Hail, pure servant of the Virgin.
Hail, for from above you cover the Orthodox from blows,
Hail, you who cease the tears and groans of mortals.
Hail, for you are the protection of eyes,
Hail, for you rejoiced in the monastic path.
Hail, for you deposed the boasting of the enemy,
Hail, you who were victorious through Christ’s power.
Hail, divine adornment of Rome,
Hail, speedy healer of wounds.
Hail, Paraskevi, O comely virgin.
Being the root from the divine prayer
of your parents, Agathon and Politia watered you with the streams of piety. And
you, O comely Virgin, flourished as a tree, as those who gave birth to you
rejoiced in your grace, and chanted to the Lord: Alleluia.
Laughter and boldness, the streams of
perdition, did not come near your soul, O Godly-minded one, but you spoke with
the sacred virgins, and spent your time studying the Scriptures, becoming for
us an example, for those who piously cry out:
Hail, most grace-endowed soul,
Hail, our most beloved righteous one.
Hail, nourishment of Orthodox asceticism,
Hail, heroism and worth of the calling.
Hail, divine seal of sacred missions,
Hail, boast and seal of the angelic life.
Hail, youth honored by God,
Hail, the ceasing of idol worship.
Hail, you who takes the honor from the false god,
Hail, joy of those who every cry out:
Hail, our most beloved righteous one.
Hail, nourishment of Orthodox asceticism,
Hail, heroism and worth of the calling.
Hail, divine seal of sacred missions,
Hail, boast and seal of the angelic life.
Hail, youth honored by God,
Hail, the ceasing of idol worship.
Hail, you who takes the honor from the false god,
Hail, joy of those who every cry out:
Hail, Paraskevi, O comely virgin.








