AKATHIST HYMN TO OUR VENERABLE FATHER BENEDICT, WONDERWORKER OF NURSIA Konraxox 1 Chosen wast thou, O venerable father, for through thee hath Christ illumined the world as with an inextinguishable lamp and hath scattered myriads of the enemy. And, marvelling at His providence concerning thee, we praise thee as our defender againstall tribulations, erying out with thanksgiving: Rejoice,O Benedict, wonderworker of Nursia! kos I Having loved the angelic life from thy youth, thou didst flee toa barren place far away from this vain world, trampling all of its beguilements underfoot and furnishing thy mind with wings to soar on high, revealing thyself as a conversor with the incorpo- realhosia, And with them we chant ta the: , thou who didst follow Christ crucified; , thou who didst die to the world, desiring to live for God alone! Rejoice, thou who didst bedew the wilderness with torrents of tears; Rejoice, thou who didst vanquish the evil ones by the exalta- tion of thy heart! Rejoice, thou who didst despise the glory of this world; Rejoice, thou who in thy fasting didst show thyself to be like an angel! Rejoice, thou who from thy youth wast crowned with the wreath of chastity; , thou who didst bud forth like a lily of purity! , thou who didst establish thy house upon a rock; , thou who didst find the precious pearl of the king- , thou who didst take upon thyself the humility of .ou who didst show thyself to be a tree of the li Rejoice, O Benedict, wonderworker of Nursia! 26 ‘Koxrakion II ‘Seeing thee like a pillar of the knowledge of God, the ancient serpent took thought how to destroy thee. But thou, who didst mortify thy flesh with manifold struggles, hast taught us to chant with hope: Allelui Ixos II Full of heavenly understanding, and in thy weakness arrayed with grace as with a garment, thou didst assemble a multitude tohyma the Lord. With them we also praise thee asa universal star shining in the firmament of the Church, chanting: ion of impiety; el the vile stench of the demons! sd with the gifts of the Spirit from ce, thou who hast poured forth the myrrh of divine oe e, thou who didst take up the Cross pes thou who Se, thou wh igood ald ofthe infirm! Rejoice, faithful husbandman of the kingdom of God; Rejoi Rejoice, O Benedict, wonderworker of Nursial Kowraxion IIL Like Elijah of old thou didst call down rain from the heavens by i of thy people of God ex- tended over them, and instructing them to cry with splendor: Alleluia! Ixos IIT How can we praise thee worthily, O Benedict, who hast the power to drive away dark spirits, in that thou didst free those held fast by the demons and didst resurrect the dead? 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