4th Sunday of Great Lent: St John Climacus (of the Ladder)
Troparion — Tone 1
Dweller of the desert and angel in the body, / you were shown to be a wonderworker, our God-bearing Father John. / You received heavenly gifts through fasting, vigil, and prayer: / healing the sick and the souls of those drawn to you by faith. / Glory to Him who gave you strength. / Glory to Him who granted you a crown. / Glory to Him Who, through you, grants healing to all.
Kontakion — Tone 4
(Podoben: “The Angelic Choir...”)
The Lord truly set you on the height of abstinence, / O our instructor and Father John, / as an unerring star, guiding the ends of the earth by your light.
Hieromartyr Simeon, Bishop in Persia, and those with him
Troparion — Tone 4
As an instructor of divinely inspired doctrines / you trained martyrs for contest by your words and deeds. / You suffered with them, holy hierarch Simeon, / crying out to Christ while hastening to Him: / “We are counted as sheep for the slaughter out of love for You, O Savior.”
Kontakion — Tone 4
With your holy band of martyrs / you shone forth from Persia like radiant stars. / With them we praise you, O Simeon.
Saint Akakios, Bishop of Melitēnḗ
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 Acacius, / entreat Christ our God / that our souls may be saved.
Venerable Zosimas, Abbot of Solovki
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 Zosimas, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Uncovering of the relics of Venerable Alexander, Abbot of Svir
Troparion — Tone 4
From your very youth, O divinely wise one, with a spiritual desire, / you settled in the wilderness, wishing only to follow in the footsteps of Christ. / Therefore, the ranks of Angels were astonished, / seeing you struggle in the flesh with the deceit of invisible (enemies). / You conquered a multitude of passions through abstinence, / and you have appeared on earth as one similar to the Angels. / O Venerable Alexander, pray to Christ God that our souls may be saved.
Kontakion — Tone 8
As a bright star, you have shone forth now in the Russian lands, O Father, / having settled in the wilderness, you wished to walk with diligence in the footsteps of Christ; / and taking up His holy yoke1, the revered Cross, on your shoulder, / you mortified the waywardness of the flesh through your ascetic struggles. / Therefore, we pray to you: "Save your flock, which you have gathered, O wise one, / so that we may cry out to you: "Hail, Venerable Father Alexander."
1 Matthew 12:30
Martyr Adrian of Corinth
Troparion — Tone 3
Your holy martyr Adrian, 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 Adrian; / extinguishing the allure of false gods, / you enlighten the faithful, / always interceding for us all.
Saint Agapitus, Pope of Rome
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 Agapitus, / entreat Christ our God that our souls may be saved.
Venerable Makarius of Corinth
Troparion — Tone 3
The city of Chios sings divine hymns to Makarios, the Archbishop of Corinth, / for in Heaven he is received by the Hierarchs; and also by the Martyrs, since he trained them for contest; / and by the Ascetics, since he was one of their number. / Through his prayers, O Christ our God, save our souls.
Troparion — Tone 1
O you faithful, let us praise the divine shepherd of Corinth, / whom God’s providence has made the adornment of all Chios; / who shone forth in words, deeds, and prayers, the truly most blessed Makarios, / who received from God the grace to heal every illness, and to cast out unclean spirits. / Glory to the Father Who preordained him; / glory to the Son Who hath exalted him; / glory to the Holy Spirit Who, through him, works healings for all.