St. Columba

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Prayers of St. Columba

Prayer One The path I walk, Christ walks it. May the land in which I am be without sorrow. May the Trinity protect me wherever I stay, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Bright angels walk with me—dear presence—in every dealing. In every dealing I pray them that no one’s poison may reach me. The ninefold […]

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Service to St. Columba

Month of June THE 9TH DAY Commemoration of Our Venerable Father Columba,Abbot of Iona, Enlightener of the Scots & Picts At Vespers On “Lord, I have cried…”, 6 stichera: 3 from the Pentecostarion; and 3 of the venerable one. But if this day falleth after the period of the Pentecostarion, 3 stichera from the Octoechos

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Akathist to St. Columba

Kontakion 1 Illustrious scion of the clan of Neil. You were born in Tyrconnell and from childhood you turned to God. That is why we cry out in your honour:  Rejoice, O holy Columba of Iona! Ikos 1 You understood from a young age that our life is but the prologue to eternal life. And

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