Friday June 26, 2026 / June 13, 2026
Thy ewe-lamb Aquilina crieth out to Thee with a loud voice, O Jesus:/ "I love Thee, O my Bridegroom,/ and, seeking Thee, I pass through many struggles:/ I am crucified and buried with Thee in Thy baptism,/ and suffer for Thy sake, that I may reign with Thee;/ I die for Thee that I might live with Thee./ As an unblemished sacrifice accept me,/ who sacrifice myself with love for Thee// By her supplications save Thou our souls, in that Thou art merciful.
The truth of things revealed thee to thy flock as a rule of faith,/ a model of meekness and a teacher of abstinence/ wherefore thou hast attained the heights through humility/ and riches through poverty.// O hierarch Triphyllius our father, entreat Christ God that our souls be saved.
"To Receiving the purity of virginity through the excellence of thy life, O Triphyllius,/ thou wast the first hierarch of Leucosia/ and wast shown to be its evangelizer and instructor in the knowledge of God.// Wherefore, with joy we cry out to thee: Rejoice, O adornment of hierarchs!
Having utterly purified thy soul with the beauties of thy virginity/ and attained the heights by martyrdom, O most honored Aquilina,/ wounded with the love of Christ thy Bridegroom,/ thou standest before Him with the angels in gladness.// With them cease thou never to pray for us all.