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The 1912 work titled "Service of the Holy Glorious Neomartyr Argyri, who was born in Proussa and martyred in Hasköy of Constantinople" served as the definitive liturgical text for the Saint's veneration until the late 20th century. The Service was first published in Constantinople at the expense of the prominent lawyer Philippos Philippidis of Constantinople. Modern reprints, such as the 1997 and 2007 editions, often combine Philippidis’s original compilation with newer hymns composed by Saint Gerasimos Mikragiannanitis.
PROLOGUE
Having before our eyes the very great spiritual benefit which we offer to every Christian, and on the other hand having been urged by various venerable men, we proceeded to the publication of the preserved and, with much labor, collected information, as well as of the traditions maintained through living voice, concerning the life of the Venerable Martyr Argyri of Hasköy, whose sacred relic is found there within a reliquary.
The first words of the present work were written around the year 1907, when we were studying at the Great School of the Nation in Phanar, dedicating the few moments of our student life to writing historical descriptions of my homeland Hasköy; but their publication was then hindered, on the one hand by their incompleteness, and on the other by other reasons independent of my will. And we rejoice for this, because, although in itself perhaps imperfect, it has now in any case become more complete, having absorbed the studies and research of ours during this short interval.
