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Everyone who depicts me, let him also desire to depict Christ, since he is intertwined with me

in suffering; for he who does not depict him, even if he depicts me, is my enemy and destroyer.

60 One-line verse I bear a torch for mortals and burn those who rule in darkness.

61 On the Forerunner I am an icon of the revered Forerunner and those who venerate me with longing

worthily, as giving honor to him, I keep safe from the error of heretics.

62 On Saint John the Theologian

Seeing you depicted, son of Thunder, lightning of the Word, I will enlighten minds; for you, having lit a torch of ineffable words, succeed in freeing the world from the darkness of error.

63 On Saint Paul the Apostle

Rejoice, great vessel of the knowledge of God, from which all draw divine things eagerly;

for having snatched the whole world from error, you went up to the heights, having reached the third heaven.

64 On Saint Zachariah

You, having brought to light the greatest of the prophets, are proclaimed a prophet of God and a priest; and offering a divine fruit to the Master, you are sacrificed by the sword before the table of the Lord.

65 On Saint Dionysius

Speaking much of divine things, thrice-blessed one, you mystically

describe the angels; and concluding every hierarchy, you fill the world from there with the breadth of your doctrines.

66 On Saint Basil

You have shone with the radiance of your brilliant life and you brighten the world with deeds

and words; and having received the keys yourself like a new Peter, you are the guardian of the whole church.

67 On Saint Gregory the Theologian

Thundering divine things with the cry of your doctrines, you have truly made the subcelestial realm resound,

blessed one; and having firmly made foolish all heresies, you have established the world in your words. 68 On Saint Gregory the Wonderworker As a sun, having shone in life

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Πᾶς ὁ γράφων με καὶ γράφειν Χριστὸν θέλε, ἐπείπερ αὐτὸς συμπέπλεκταί μοι

πάθει· ἐμοῦ γὰρ ἐχθρὸς καὶ καθαιρέτης πέλει ὁ μὴ γράφων ἐκεῖνον, εἰ καί με γράφει.

60 Μονόστιχον Βροτοὺς δαδουχῶ καὶ σκοταρχοῦντας φλέγω.

61 Εἰς τὸν Πρόδρομον Εἰκὼν ὑπάρχω τοῦ σεβαστοῦ Προδρόμου καὶ τοὺς πόθῳ με προσκυνοῦντας

ἀξίως, ὡς εἰς ἐκεῖνον τὴν τιμὴν ποιουμένους, σώους φυλάττω αἱρετιζόντων πλάνης.

62 Εἰς τὸν ἅγιον Ἰωάννην τὸν Θεολόγον

Βροντῆς τὸν υἱόν, ἀστραπὴν τὴν τοῦ Λόγου, ὁρῶν σε γραπτὸν φωτιοῦμαι τοὺς νόας· σὺ γὰρ προσάψας πυρσὸν ἀφθάστων λόγων φθάνεις λύσαι τὸν κόσμον ἐκ σκότους πλάνης.

63 Εἰς τὸν ἅγιον Παῦλον τὸν ἀπόστολον

Χαίροις, δοχεῖον γνώσεως Θεοῦ μέγα, ἐξ οὗ τὰ θεῖα πάντες ἀντλοῦσι σφόδρα·

ἐκ γὰρ πλάνης σὺ κόσμον ἐκσπάσας ὅλον εἰς ὕψος ἦλθες, οὐρανὸν τρίτον φθάσας.

64 Εἰς τὸν ἅγιον Ζαχαρίαν

Σὺ τῶν προφητῶν τὸν μέγιστον αὐγάσας Θεοῦ προφήτης χρηματίζεις καὶ θύτης· καρπὸν δὲ θεῖον προσφέρων τῷ ∆εσπότῃ θύῃ μαχαίρᾳ πρὸ τραπέζης Κυρίου.

65 Εἰς τὸν ἅγιον ∆ιονύσιον

Πολὺς τὰ θεῖα χρηματίζων, τρισμάκαρ, τοὺς ἀγγέλους σὺ μυστικῶς

διαγράφεις· καὶ συμπεραίνων πᾶσαν ἱεραρχίαν τὸν κόσμον ἔνθεν δογμάτων πληροῖς πλάτει.

66 Εἰς τὸν ἅγιον Βασίλειον

Ἤστραψας αἴγλῃ τοῦ φαεινοῦ σου βίου καὶ φαιδρύνεις τὸν κόσμον ἔργοις

καὶ λόγοις· λαβὼν δὲ τὰς κλεῖς καὐτὸς ὡς Πέτρος νέος φύλαξ ὑπάρχεις τῆς πάσης ἐκκλησίας.

67 Εἰς τὸν ἅγιον Γρηγόριον τὸν Θεολόγον

Βροντῶν τὰ θεῖα τῇ βοῇ τῶν δογμάτων ἤχησας ὄντως τὴν ὑπουρανόν,

μάκαρ· καὶ πάσας ἀπρὶξ μωράνας τὰς αἱρέσεις τὸν κόσμον ἐστήριξας ἐν τοῖς σοῖς λόγοις. 68 Εἰς τὸν ἅγιον Γρηγόριον τὸν Θαυματουργόν Ὡς ἥλιός τις ἐν βίῳ λάμψας