Afterfeast of the Elevation of the Cross
Troparion — Tone 1
O Lord, save Your people, / and bless Your inheritance. / Grant victories to the Orthodox Christians / over their adversaries. / And by virtue of Your Cross, / preserve Your habitation.
Kontakion — Tone 4
As You were voluntarily raised upon the cross for our sake, / grant mercy to those who are called by Your Name, O Christ God; / make all Orthodox Christians glad by Your power, / granting them victories over their adversaries, / by bestowing on them the Invincible trophy, Your weapon of Peace.
Greatmartyr Eustáthios Placidas, with his wife and children, of Rome
Troparion — Tone 4
Your holy martyr Eustáthius and his wife and sons, 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!
Kontakion — Tone 2
(Podoben: “You sought the heights...”)
Clearly emulating the sufferings of Christ, / and faithfully drinking of His cup, 1 O Eustáthios, you became a partaker and joint heir of His glory, / receiving from the God of all divine forgiveness from on high.
1 Mark 10:39
Holy Martyr and Confessor Michael and his councilor, Theodore, Wonderworkers of Chernigov
Troparion — Tone 4
Ending your lives by martyrdom, and adorned with martyric crowns, / you ascended into the heavens, most wise Michael, and valiant Theodore. / Entreat Christ God to preserve your homeland, and all Orthodox Christians, by His great mercy.
Kontakion — Tone 8
(Podoben: “O Victorious Leader...”)
Despising an earthly kingdom, and regarding it as worthless, you forsook its transient glory. / You entered the contest and proclaimed the Trinity before your tormentors, O Passion-bearer Michael, and valiant Theodore. / Standing before the King of the Bodiless Powers, pray for your homeland, and for all Orthodox Christians, that we may always revere you.
Saint Oleg, Prince of Briansk
Troparion — Tone 8
In you the image was preserved with exactness, O Father, / for taking up your cross, you followed after Christ. / By so doing, you taught us to disregard the flesh, for it passes away, / but to care instead for the soul, since it is immortal. / Therefore, most venerable Father Basil your spirit rejoices with the Angels.
Kontakion — Tone 2
(Podoben: “You sought the heights...”)
Having divinely armed yourself with the purity of your soul, / and firmly grasping unceasing prayer as a spear, you pierced the armies of demons. / Therefore, we beseech you, O our Father Basil, / always intercede for us who honor you.
Monastic Martyr Hilarion of Saint Anne Skete, Mount Athos
Troparion — Tone 1
The image of God was truly preserved in you, O Father, / for you took up the Cross and followed Christ. / By so doing you taught us to disregard the flesh for it passes away / but to care instead for the soul, since it is immortal. / Therefore your spirit, venerable Hilarion, rejoices with the angels.
Kontakion — Tone 2
As a venerable and proven ascetic, as an honorable and renowned martyr, / and as a model of the desert life, O most exalted Hilarion, / we sing hymns of praise to you, / for you have trampled upon serpents.