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.
Venerable Auxentius of Bithynia
Troparion — Tone 1
(Podoben: “When the stone had been sealed...”)
O citizen of the desert and angel in the body, / you were shown to be a wonderworker, our God-bearing Father Auxentios; / through fasting, vigil, and prayer, you received heavenly gifts, / healing the sick, and the souls of those who run to you with faith. / Glory to Him Who strengthened you. / Glory to Him Who crowned you. / Glory to Him Who, through you, works healing for all!
Kontakion — Tone 6
Delighting in abstinence, O divinely wise one, / since you curbed the desires of the flesh, / your faith was seen to increase; / and you blossomed as a plant in the midst of Paradise, / most sacred Father Auxentios.
Repose of Saint Cyril, Equal of the Apostles and Teacher of the Slavs
Troparion — Tone 4
Wisdom was your sister from birth; / you loved her, O voice of God, as a pure virgin / who adorned your soul and mind as a precious jewel, / so revealing you, O blessed man, to be another Cyril: / Wise in name and understanding!
Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves
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 Isaac, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Translation of the Relics of Martyrs Michael and his councilor, Theodore, of Chernígov
Troparion — Tone 4
Your holy martyrs, O Lord, / through their sufferings have received incorruptible crowns from You, our God; / for possessing Your strength, they laid low the tyrants, and shattered the powerless boldness of demons. / By their supplications, O Christ God, save our souls.
Troparion — Tone 4
Ending your lives by martyrdom, and adorned with martyric crowns, / you ascended into the heavens, most wise Michael and valiant Theodore. / Pray to Christ God to preserve your homeland, and all Orthodox Christians, by His great mercy.
Troparion — Tone 3
Blessed and revered Equals of the Apostles, / you received crowns from Christ, / for you were worthy of them, O godly-wise Michael and wondrous Theodore, / entreat Him to grant peace to the world / and great mercy to our souls.
Kontakion — Tone 8
(Podoben: “You sought the heights…”)
O godly Martyrs, you shone as bright lamps, / enlightening all of creation with the radiance of your miracles, / always entreating Christ God on behalf of us all, / thereby freeing us from our infirmities, / and driving away the most profound darkness of ignorance.
Kontakion — Tone 5
Christ, the noetic Sun of Righteousness, has enlightened you abundantly with His radiance, O Michael; / you did not worship the visible sun, nor did you serve creatures more than the Creator, / you restrained wickedness, unafraid of the Khan's wrath, / and stained with blood, you stood before Christ, rejoicing. / And now, on the day when we remember the transfer of your relics, / watch over us from above and entreat Christ God, / we pray, for our salvation, and that Orthodoxy may abide unshaken, / protect our homeland in all things by your prayers, O Saint, / and 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.
Kontakion — Tone 2
In search of Heaven, you forsook earthly things, / making your martyr's blood a chariot which leads to Heaven, / therefore, you became equals of the protomartyrs, O Michael and Theodore, / with them, entreat Christ God unceasingly for all of us.
Kontakion — Tone 3
Having shone in Russia as luminaries, / you repulsed the torments with rays of glory, O honored martyrs Michael and Theodore; / therefore you cried out, / “Nothing shall separate us from the love of Christ” (Romans 8:39).
Venerable Maron the Hermit of Syria
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 Maron, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Saint Abraham, Bishop of Charres, Mesopotamia
Troparion — Tone 4
In truth you were revealed to your flock as a rule of faith, / an image of humility and a teacher of abstinence; / your humility exalted you; / your poverty enriched you. / Hierarch Father Abraham, / entreat Christ our God / that our souls may be saved.
Saint Hilarion the New of Georgia
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 Hilarion, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!