Sunday of Cheesefare: Expulsion of Adam from Paradise
Kontakion — Tone 6
O Master, Guide to wisdom, / Bestower of prudence, / Instructor of the foolish, and Defender of the poor: / make firm my heart and grant it understanding. / O Word of the Father, / give me speech, for behold, I shall not restrain my lips from crying out to Thee: / "Have mercy, have mercy on me who have fallen."
Afterfeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple
Troparion — Tone 1
Hail, Virgin Theotokos, full of grace; / for from you has shone forth the Sun of Righteousness, Christ our God, / giving light those in darkness. / Be glad, O righteous Elder; / for you received in your arms the Redeemer of our souls, / Who bestows upon us resurrection.
Kontakion — Tone 1
By Your birth, You sanctified a virginal womb, / and fittingly You blessed Simeon’s hands, O Christ God; / even now You have saved us by anticipation. / Grant peace to Your faithful people whom You have loved, O only Lover of mankind.
Saint Parthenios, Bishop of Lampsakos
Troparion — Tone 4
O God of our Fathers, / ever dealing with us according to Your compassion, take not Your mercy from us,/ but direct our lives in peace / through the prayers of Saint Parthenios.
Kontakion — Tone 3
(Podoben: “Today the Virgin...”)
You received from God the grace of working miracles, / O godly-wise Hierarch, wonderworker, and God-bearer Parthenios. / You cleansed all the passions of the faithful / and cast out evil spirits. / Therefore, O Father, we sing your praise as a great initiate of the grace of God.
Venerable Luke of Hellas
Troparion — Tone 4
O God of our Fathers, / ever dealing with us according to Your kindness; / do not withdraw Your mercy from us, / but by their intercessions, / direct our lives in peace.
Kontakion — Tone 8
(Podoben: “O Victorious Leader...”)
God, in His ineffable judgment, chose you before you were formed, / that you might be well-pleasing to Him; / from the womb, He showed you forth as His own servant, / directing your steps, ever guiding you, O Luke, as the Lover of mankind. / Now standing before Him, you rejoice.
1,003 Martyrs of 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!
Martyr Aule
Troparion — Tone 3
Your holy martyr Aule, 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 Aule; / extinguishing the allure of false gods, / you enlighten the faithful, / always interceding for us all.