Bright Friday: The Life Giving Fountain of the Mother of God
Kontakion — Tone 8
O most favored by God, you confer on me the healing of your grace from your inexhaustible Fountain. / Therefore, since you gave birth incomprehensibly to the Word, / I implore you to refresh me with the dew of your grace that I might cry to you: Hail, O Water of salvation.
Appearance of the Icon of the Mother of God “The Footprint” at Pochaev
Troparion — Tone 8
O Victorious Leader, who has chosen the mountain of Pochaev as your habitation, / we, your servants, sing our grateful thanks and praise to you, O Theotokos; / for you have glorified this godly place from of old by the appearance of the healing power of your footprint and your wonderworking image. / As you once preserved your habitation from the invasion of infidels, / set us free from every calamity and invasion, / so that always preserved through your help, we may sing from the depths of our souls: / “Rejoice, O Praise of Pochaev, our hope and consolation.”
Martyr Terence and 40 others beheaded at Carthage
Troparion — Tone 4
A chosen army of athletes from Africa contested nobly for the faith. / They were of one mind and heart / and of one accord in their struggles. / Now they intercede that we all may be saved.
Kontakion — Tone 1
Let us celebrate the memory of Terence and his companions / and draw near to receive healing. / For with grace and power of the Spirit / they heal the sicknesses of our souls.
Martyrs James (Jacob) the Presbyter, and Azadanes and Abdicius, Deacons, of Persia
Troparion — Tone 4
O God of our Fathers, / always act with kindness towards us; / take not Your mercy from us, / but guide our lives in peace / through the prayers of Saints James, Azadanes, and Abdikius.
Martyrs of the Kvabtakhevi Monastery in Georgia
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 Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople
Troparion — Tone 1
(Podoben: “O citizen of the desert...”)
Let us the faithful honor the offspring of Dēmētsána and leader of Byzantium, / as an all-glorious Martyr of Christ, / that we may receive forgiveness for our faults, crying aloud to God: / “Glory to Him Who strengthened you. / Glory to Him Who crowned you. / Glory to Him Who glorified you in Heaven, O Saint.”
Kontakion — Tone 4
(Podoben: “You appeared today...”)
Gathering together today in the city of Athens, / all you true sons of Greece, / let us celebrate Patriarch Gregory joyously, with divine songs.