Feast Day: October 7th
The Life of Saint John and the 98 Fathers: They swore when one of them dies, the others should die too…
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Prayers
Apolytikion – Tone 3: The great island of Crete rejoices that in its mountains the supremely Divine Fathers defeated their crafty adversary with tears, fasting, Prayers and supplications. Therefore your spirits rejoice with the Angels, and with your Sacred Relics grant healing to those who are suffering.
Kontakion – Tone 3: Today Crete is joyously celebrating the most brilliant of the God-bearing Fathers, and invites every city and country to this commemoration. For Crete rejoices that she possesses a great treasure in its sacred reliquaries. O Fathers, the pride of Crete.
Megalynarion: Let all the faithful praise the Holy Fathers who shone so wonderfully; for we have these ardent protectors before the Creator, and we honour them with faith. The ever-vigilant guardians of Crete are her Saints. They stood on the top of her mountains like immovable towers, and from these heights protected the people of Crete with her hundred cities. They guarded Crete’s citizens both day and night. Their caves were their bases of operation; and in their caves their relics nurtured the countryside. And since then, Crete has been fertile with roses and lillies of the wilderness – our very own Saintly Fathers.
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