Synaxis of All Saints
Troparion — Tone 4
Adorned in the blood of Your Martyrs throughout all the world, / as if clothed in purple and linen, / through them Your Church cries out to You, O Christ God: / “Bestow Your bounties upon Your people, / grant peace to Your habitation, and great mercy to our souls.”
Kontakion — Tone 8
(Original Melody)
As the first fruits of nature offered to the Planter of all creation, O Lord, / the inhabited earth brings the God-bearing Martyrs. / By their supplications, and the intercession of the Theotokos, / preserve Your Church in profound peace, O greatly Merciful One.
Icon of the Mother of God “The Unbreakable Wall”
Troparion — Tone 4
Let us, sinful and humbled, now run earnestly to the Theotokos, / and let us fall down in repentance, crying from the depths of our soul: / "Help us, O Sovereign Lady, and have compassion on us. / Make haste, for we perish from the multitude of our sins. / Do not turn your servants empty away, for we have you as our only hope.
Kontakion — Tone 6
We have no other help, we have no other hope, but you, O Sovereign Lady. / Help us, for in you do we hope, / and of you do we boast, for we are your servants. / Let us not be put to shame.
"Seven Arrows" Icon of the Mother of God
Troparion — Tone 5
Soften our evil hearts, O Theotokos, and repel the attacks of those who hate us, / and loosen all the rigidity of our soul. / For beholding your holy image, / we are filled with compunction by your compassion and loving kindness toward us, / and we kiss your wounds; / for we are terrified by the darts with which we wound you. / O Compassionate Mother, / do not let us perish because of our hardness of heart, / or our neighbor's hardness of heart, / for you are truly the Softener of Evil Hearts.
Kontakion — Tone 2
By your grace, O Sovereign Lady, / soften the hearts of evildoers, / send down benefactors who will preserve them from all evil; / with gratitude and zeal, we pray to you before your revered icons.
Apostle Hermas of the Seventy
Troparion — Tone 3
Holy Apostle Hermas, / entreat the merciful God, / to grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions.
Martyr Hermias at Comana
Troparion — Tone 3
Your holy martyr Hermias, O Lord, / through his sufferings 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 Hermias; / extinguishing the allure of false gods, / you enlighten the faithful, / always interceding for us all.
Martyr Philosophus at Alexandria
Troparion — Tone 3
Your holy martyr Philosophus, O Lord, / through his sufferings 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 Philosophus; / extinguishing the allure of false gods, / you enlighten the faithful, / always interceding for us all.
Hieromartyr Philosophos of St. Petersburg
Troparion — Tone 4
From your youth, O wondrous Father Philósophos, / you loved the wisdom of God,1 and all the days of your life you followed Christ the Chief Shepherd,2 / Who revealed you to the city of Saint Peter as a good shepherd. / After laying down your life for your flock, / you arose to suffer at the hands of the wicked / with your children Nicholas and Boris; / and now we entreat you: “Through your intercessions, do not forsake all those who revere your memory.”
1 Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God (I Corinthians 1:24).
2 Holy Scripture refers to Christ as “the Good Shepherd" (John 10:11), "the Shepherd of the sheep" (Hebrews 13:20), and “the Chief Shepherd” (1 Peter 5:2-4). /
Metropolitan Philotheos of Tobolsk, Enlightener of Siberia
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 Philotheos, / entreat Christ our God / that our souls may be saved.
Saint Apollonios (Apollo) of the Egyptian Thebaid
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 Apollonios, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!