God, King, and Nation

NOTE: This is an original English Akathist dedicated to Saint Ignatius of Antioch written originally in English and posted by the Holy Ascension of Christ Orthodox Church on their website.

The original link is here:

Feastday 23 February

Kontakion 1

By tilling the field of souls and bringing abundance to the earth, you have become, O Saint, a chosen vessel and the praise of the righteous Christians, who have since learned to sing to you: Rejoice, Holy Hierarch Polycarp, martyr of Christ!

Ikos 1

Faithful servant ...

Feastdays 21 January and August 13

Kontakion 1

You have shown yourself to be the strength of priests, the foundation of dogma, the trumpet of wisdom, and the shepherd of the Church, Father Maximus, overcoming unseen enemies and heretical notions with the power of the knowledge of God. And into a battle like the fire of...

BUT FIRST, A VERY THOROUGH INTRODUCTION:

Knowing that our brothers from Orthodox Reflections have written and published in the past quite some politically incorrect articles and since they’ve been known to value free speech, fight against censorship an...

Feastday May 26

Original article containing the Saint’s Life here: https://orthodoxreflections.com/the-life-of-our-father-among-the-saints-zayya-the-blessed/

Konta...