Veľká sobotňajšia večerňa z Osadného, 30.11.2024. - YouTube - Great Vespers of St.Platon of Ancyra from the village of Osadne,Snina District,Presov Region,Slovakia

Orthodox Church of the Ascension of Our Lord*Priest:Father Peter Soroka*The opening bells are called the Zvon (all bells).*How beautiful the Carpatho-Rusyn chant is!I am Carpatho-Rusyn on my mother's side.*His Beatitude Metropolitan Rastislav (Gont) of the Czech Lands and Slovakia is Carpatho-Rusyn.*The little boy appears to have a vocation to the priesthood.Bless his pure heart.*At the Great Entrance of Great Vespers:Premudrost,Prosi:Wisdom,Let us attend.Mir sfem:Peace be unto all.Priklonim:Bow your heads to the Lord.A petition at Vespers:A Christian ending to our life,painless,blameless and peaceful,let us ask of the Lord.Grant this,O Lord.*Muchanika Platon:Martyr Platon-The holy Martyr St.Platon of Ancyra,now the capital of Turkey with 5.1 million people,was born in the city and was the brother of holy Martyr St.Antiochus the Physician.While still a youth,he left home and went through the cities,preaching the Word of God and amazing his audience with the presuasiveness and beauty of his speech,and his profound knowledge of Greek learning.Because of his preaching,he was brought for trial to the temple of Zeus before the governor Agrippinus.After many inducements to profess paganism,he was tortured,imprisoned and beheaded.*Source:The Orthodox Church of America and edited by Andrew Taylor