Forefeast of the Elevation of the Cross
Troparion — Tone 4
We offer in supplication / the life-creating Cross of Your goodness, O Lord, / which You have granted to us / although we are unworthy. / Through the Theotokos, save all Orthodox Christians, O only Lover of mankind.
Kontakion — Tone 4
(Podoben: “Today You have shown forth...”)
Your precious Cross rises like the sun / and mystically makes all things holy and pure. / Let us prepare to welcome it with faith.
Commemoration of the Founding of the Church of the Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre) at Jerusalem
Troparion — Tone 4
You have revealed the beauty of the holy dwelling place of Your glory on earth / to be like the splendor of the heavenly firmament, O Lord. / Through the prayers of the Theotokos, / strengthen it for ever and ever / and accept our supplication / which we ceaselessly offer to You therein, / the life and resurrection of all.
Kontakion — Tone 4
(Podoben: “Today You have shown forth...”)
The Church has been revealed to be a heaven filled with light / which enlightens all the faithful. / Standing within it we cry: “Establish this house, O Lord.”
Hieromartyr Cornelius the Centurion
Troparion — Tone 4
O Blessed Cornelius, / you were distinguished in works of righteousness. / You received the enlightenment of godliness, / and were a fellow-laborer with the Apostles, / for you shared in their work, / preaching Christ’s incarnation to all. / With them pray that all who honor your memory may be saved!
Kontakion — Tone 4
O Divinely minded Cornelius, / the Church, receiving you as a blessed first-fruit of the Gentiles, / is enlightened by your holy life, / for you are a perfect seer of the Mysteries!
Martyr Chronides of Alexandria and those with him
Troparion — Tone 4
Your holy martyr Chronides and his companions, O Lord, / through their sufferings have received incorruptible crowns from You, our God. / For having Your strength, they laid low their adversaries, / and shattered the powerless boldness of demons. / Through their intercessions, save our souls!
Martyrs Macrobius and Gordian at Tomi in Romania and those with them
Troparion — Tone 4
Your holy martyrs O Lord, / through their sufferings have received incorruptible crowns from You, our God. / For having Your strength, they laid low their adversaries, / and shattered the powerless boldness of demons. / Through their intercessions, save our souls!
Hieromartyr Julian of Galatia
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 Julian, entreat Christ God to save our souls.
Saint Peter of Atroe
Troparion — Tone 8
By a flood of tears you made the desert fertile, / and your longing for God brought forth fruits in abundance. / By the radiance of miracles you illumined the whole universe! / O our holy father Peter, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Greatmartyr Ketevan, Queen of Georgia
Troparion — Tone 3
Your holy martyr Ketevan, O Lord, / through her sufferings has received an incorruptible crown from You, our God. / For having Your strength, she laid low her adversaries, / and shattered the powerless boldness of demons. / Through her 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 Ketevan; / extinguishing the allure of false gods, / you enlighten the faithful, / always interceding for us all.
Venerable Hierotheus the Younger of Ivḗron, Mount Athos
Troparion — Tone 8
By a flood of tears you made the desert fertile, / and your longing for God brought forth fruits in abundance. / By the radiance of miracles you illumined the whole universe! / O our holy father Hierotheus, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Kontakion — Tone 8
(Podoben: “O Victorious Leader...”)
With hymns, as is meet, let us honor the God-bearing Hierotheos among the Ascetics, / the new
herald of grace among the Saints; / he is the boast of Messēnia, and the divine adornment of Ivḗron
Monastery, / therefore we cry: “Rejoice, O God-bearing Father.”
Saint John of Prislop
Troparion — Tone 8
By a flood of tears you made the desert fertile, / and your longing for God brought forth fruits in abundance. / By the radiance of miracles you illumined the whole universe! / O our holy father John, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!