1st Sunday of Great Lent: Sunday of Orthodoxy
Troparion — Tone 2
We venerate Your most pure image, O Good One, / and ask forgiveness of our transgressions, O Christ God. / Of Your own will You were pleased to ascend the Cross in the flesh / to deliver Your creatures from bondage to the enemy. / Therefore with thanksgiving we cry aloud to You: / You have filled all with joy, O our Savior, / by coming to save the world.
Kontakion — Tone 8
No one could describe the Word of the Father; / but when He took flesh from you, O Theotokos, He accepted to be described, / and restored the fallen image to its former state by uniting it to divine beauty. / We confess and proclaim our salvation in word and images.
Martyr Quadratus and those with him at Corinth
Troparion — Tone 1
Let the godly-minded Quadratus, Anectus, Paul, Dionysius, Cyprian, and Crescens / be praised with melodious hymns, / for as the six-fold choir of Christ’s prize-winners, / they ceaselessly pray for us before the Trinity!
Kontakion — Tone 4
As you contested bravely in Corinth, O wise martyrs, / you appeared as a six-branched radiant lamp. / Illumining the way for Christ’s faithful by the grace that was given you!
Martyr Quadratus and those with him at Nicomedia
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!
Saint Anastasia the Patrician of Alexandria
Troparion — Tone 8
In you the image was preserved with exactness, O Mother, / 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 Mother Anastasia your spirit rejoices with the Angels.
Kontakion — Tone 2
(Podoben: “Having received the grace...“)
Because of your love of God you forsook a bed for rest, O Mother Anastasia, / you illumined your soul
with fasting, thoroughly vanquishing your enemies; / but by your intercessions destroy the evil designs of our adversaries.
Saint John of Khakhuli the Oqropiri, also called Chrysostom
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!
Saint Michael the New Martyr
Troparion — Tone 3
Your holy martyr Michael, O Lord, / through his suffering 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 Michael; / extinguishing the allure of false gods, / you enlighten the faithful, / always interceding for us all.