Troparia and kontakia for November 23

Afterfeast of the Entry of the Most Holy Mother of God into the Temple

Troparion — Tone 4

Today is the prelude of the good will of God, / of the preaching of the salvation of mankind. / The Virgin appears in the temple of God, / in anticipation proclaiming Christ to all. / Let us rejoice / and sing to her: / "Rejoice, O Fulfillment of the Creator's dispensation.".

Kontakion — Tone 4

The most pure Temple of the Savior; / the precious Chamber and Virgin; / the sacred Treasure of the glory of God, / is presented today to the house of the Lord. / She brings with her the grace of the Spirit, / therefore, the angels of God praise her: / “Truly this woman is the abode of heaven.”

Saint Amphilokhios, Bishop of Iconium

Troparion — Tone 4

The truth of things revealed you to your flock as a rule of faith, / a model of meekness, and a teacher of temperance. / Therefore, through humility, you attained the heights; / and through poverty, riches. / O Hierarch Amphilókhios our Father, entreat Christ God that our souls may be saved.

Kontakion — Tone 2

(Podoben: “You sought the heights...”)
O Hierarch Amphilókhios, / divine thunder, spiritual trumpet, / planter of faith, and pruner of heresies, / great favorite of the Trinity, / as you stand before God with the Angels, / pray unceasingly for all of us.

Saint Gregory, Bishop of Agrigentum

Troparion — Tone 4

O God of our Fathers, / always always act with kindness towards us; / take not Your mercy from us, / but guide our lives in peace / through the prayers of the hierarchs Gregory and Amphilochius.

Repose of Saint Alexander Nevsky

Troparion — Tone 4

O blessed Alexander, / you were like a revered sprout from a godly root, / for Christ revealed you as a sacred treasure of the Russian land, / and a new, most glorious and God-pleasing wonderworker. / Today, as we gather on your Feast Day with faith and love, / rejoicing with Psalms and spiritual hymns, we glorify the Lord who gave you the grace of healing. / Entreat Him to save our city and land, / that those who dwell in them may be pleasing to God, / and that all Orthodox Christians may be saved.1

Troparion — Tone 4

Know2 your brethren, O Russian Joseph, / reigning not in Egypt, but in Heaven, / O right-believing Prince Alexander, / and accept their prayers, multiplying the number of fruits to men by the fruits of the land under your authority, / and by praying for all Orthodox Christians in the struggle against their enemies by providing help.

Kontakion — Tone 8

(Podoben: “As first fruits… ”)
We revere you as a star which shone in the east and came to the west; / for you enrich the entire country with miracles and goodness, / enlightening those who honor your memory with faith, O blessed Alexander. / Therefore, today we your people celebrate your repose. / Pray that your homeland may be saved, and all who come to the shrine of your relics, / crying out to you with faith: “Rejoice, O affirmation of our cities.”

Kontakion — Tone 4

O blessed Alexander, / just as your relatives, Boris and Gleb, / came to your aid from Heaven, in the battle against the Swede Birger and his troops, / come now to the aid of your compatriots / and defeat those who are at war with us.


1 This Troparion is also sung after the blessing of the loaves.
2 Genesis 42:7

Saint Metrophanes (in schema Macarius), Bishop of Voronezh

Troparion — Tone 4

You were a Rule of faith for your flock, / and an example of meekness by your word and life, O humble-minded Father Metrophanes. / Therefore, you shone brighter than the sun in the radiance of holiness, / adorned with a crown of incorruption and glory; / entreat Christ God to preserve the peace of our land and of your city.

Kontakion — Tone 8

Having subjected the body to the spirit by abstinence, / you made your life blameless, like that of the Angels, / you wore the vestments of a Hierarch, as the crown of the priesthood; / and now, most blessed Metrophanes, standing before the Master of all, / entreat Him to grant us peace and to save our souls.

Sisinius the Confessor, Bishop of Cyzicus

Troparion — Tone 8

Champion of Orthodoxy, teacher of purity and of true worship, / the enlightener of the universe and the adornment of hierarchs: / all-wise father Sisinius, your teachings have gleamed with light upon all things. / Intercede before Christ God to save our souls.

Martyr Theodore of Antioch

Troparion — Tone 3

Your holy martyr Theodore, O Lord, / through his sufferings has received an incorruptible crown from You, our God. / For having Your strength, he laid low his adversaries, / and shattered the powerless boldness of demons. / Through his intercessions, save our souls!

Kontakion — Tone 2

(Podoben: “You sought the heights...”)
You appeared as a bright star announcing Christ with your radiance, / which is repulsive to this world, O Martyr Theodore; / extinguishing the allure of false gods, / you enlighten the faithful, / always interceding for us all.

Ven. Anthony of Iezeru-Vâlcea Skete

Troparion — Tone 1

O bearer of the divine gift of unceasing prayer, / Holy Father Anthony the New, / instructor of monks, helper of those in need, and wonderworker, / dweller in Heaven on high, but not separated from those below; / entreat the Merciful God to grant us peace and great mercy.

Troparion — Tone 8

(Podoben: “Come, let us worship the Word...”)
With the streams of your tears, you cultivated the barrenness of the desert, / and by your sighings from the depths, your labors bore fruit a hundredfold, / and you became a luminary of the world, radiant with miracles, / O Anthony our Father. Intercede with Christ God for the salvation of our souls.

Kontakion — Tone 2

(Podoben: “You sought the heights... ”)
Having divinely armed yourself with purity of soul / and firmly grasping unceasing prayer as a spear, you have slain the armies of the demons. / Therefore, we beseech you, O Father Anthony: / “Always intercede for those who honor you.”

Kontakion — Tone 8

The Church knows you as a bright sun, adorned with good deeds, / and with rays of healings you enlighten all, as a servant of Christ. / Therefore, we celebrate the Feast of your all-laudable remembrance and honor your ascetical struggles, / O Most Venerable Father Anthony.

Hieromartyr Gregory (Peradze) of Georgia

Troparion — Tone 4

By sharing in the ways of the Apostles, / you became a successor to their throne. / Through the practice of virtue, you found the way to divine contemplation, O inspired one of God; / by teaching the word of truth without error, you defended the Faith, / even to the shedding of your blood. / Hieromartyr Gregory, entreat Christ God to save our souls.