The Life of Saint Jude: Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you…
Prayers
Apolytikion: We know thee as Christ’s kinsman and Martyr, and praise thee with sacred chants. O Apostle Jude, thou didst trample on error, and preserve the faith. As today we celebrate thy memory, through thy Prayers may our sins be forgiven.
Kontakion: You were chosen as a disciple for your firmness of mind: an unshakable pillar of the Church of Christ, you proclaimed His Word to the Gentiles, telling them to believe in One Godhead. You were glorified by Him, receiving the Grace of healing, healing the ills of all who came to you, O most praised Apostle Jude!
Kontakion: Thou hast sprung as a divine branch from a noble root, O Apostle and Brother of God, wise herald of Christ and the Lord’s eye-witness, thou hast nourished the world with thy words, and as the Lord’s initiate thou dost teach the Orthodox faith.
Troparion: Divinely we praise you, O Jude, as a faithful witness, knowing you to be the brother of Christ. You trampled on delusion, and so preserved the faith. Today as we celebrate your Holy memory, by your intercessions we receive remission of sins.
Megalynarion: Come, let us acclaim the Apostle Jude, as the Master’s kinsman and the initiate of His Truth; for he sowed the glad tidings in tears and labours, but reaped a godly harvest in joy and blessedness.
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Saint Judas Pray for us! He is the Patron Saint of the hopeless and helps in impossible cases. He has been forgotten because he shares the same name as judas iscariot, and for this reason early Christians avoided Praying to him, however he epitomises the love of Christ and helps everyone who comes to him. Saint Judas knows what it’s like to be forgotten and pushed aside, and is so quick to help us all and he cares for those struggling with despondency and anxiety.
A Prayer: Most Holy Apostle, Saint Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the Church honours and invokes you universally, as the patron of difficult cases, of things almost despaired of, Pray for me, I am so helpless and alone. Intercede with God for me that He bring visible and speedy help where help is almost despaired of. Come to my assistance in this great need that I may receive the consolation and help of Heaven in all my necessities, tribulations, and sufferings, particularly [make your request here] and that I may praise God with you and all the Saints forever. I promise, O Blessed Saint Jude, to be ever mindful of this great favour granted me by God and to always honour you as my special and powerful patron, and to gratefully encourage devotion to you. Amen.
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