Icon of the Mother of God of Pochaev - Troparion & Kontakion

Troparion — Tone 5

Those who pray before your holy Icon, O Sovereign Lady, / are granted healing and receive knowledge of the true Faith; / and they repel the attacks of the Hagarenes.* / Therefore, entreat the remission of sins for us who fall down before you, and enlighten our hearts to thoughts of piety; / and offer up supplication to your Son for the salvation of our souls.

Kontakion — Tone 1

Your Pochaev Icon, O Theotokos, has been shown as a source of healing, and a confirmation of the Orthodox Faith. / Therefore, deliver us who come to it from misfortune and danger; / preserve your Lavra unharmed; / strengthen Orthodoxy in the neighboring lands; / and, by your prayers, free your suppliants from sins; / for you can do whatever you desire.


* The descendants of Hagar, Abraham's concubine.

N. B.: This Service is sung on July 23, when the Mother of God appeared above the church in Pochaev in 1675 and put the Moslems to flight. The miraculous Pochaev Icon is also commemorated on the Feast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos (September 8), and on Bright Friday (the commemoration of her appearance and footprint). On those days, however, the service is done according to the Menaion and the Triodion.