Sunday of the Holy Myrrhbearing Women with the Noble Joseph
Troparion — Tone 2
The comely Joseph, / when he had taken down Your most pure Body from the tree, / wrapped it in fine linen and anointed it with spices, / and placed it in a new tomb. / But You rose on the third day, O Lord, / granting the world great mercy.
Troparion — Tone 2
Appearing to the Myrrh-bearing Women at the tomb, the Angel exclaimed: / “Myrrh is meet for the dead; / but Christ has shown Himself a stranger to corruption. / So proclaim: ‘The Lord is risen, granting the world great mercy.’”
Troparion — Tone 4
(Podoben: “You appeared to your flock as a rule of faith...”)
You visited Christ the Lord in the night, / and were born from above1 being received, as it were, as a secret Apostle. / With good courage you disputed with the Pharisees and Scribes2 / and followed the Savior. / Taking Him dead from the Cross, / you wrapped Him in cloths with myrrh and laid Him in the tomb, / O fervent3 Νikόdēmos.
1 John 3:3
2 John 7:50
3 or zealous
Kontakion — Tone 2
When You proclaimed “Rejoice” to the Myrrhbearers, / You caused the lamentation of the foremother Eve to cease by Your Resurrection; O Christ God; / commanding Your Apostles to proclaim: / “The Savior is risen from the tomb.”
Righteous Job the Long-Suffering
Troparion — Tone 1
As an indestructible pillar of courage, / you repulsed the attacks of Belial and remained unmoved in temptation. / Therefore, O wise Job, / the Church praises you as a model of endurance and an example of virtue; / and she is made radiant by your great deeds.
Kontakion — Tone 8
You were true and just, pious, blameless and holy, O glorious servant of God. / You enlightened the world by your perseverance, much-afflicted Job. / Therefore, we all honor and praise your divinely-wise memory.
Venerable Micah, disciple of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh
Troparion — Tone 4
Having taken the Lord's yoke* upon your shoulders, / you followed Christ with your teacher, the venerable Sergius, / with whom you were deemed worthy to behold the Most Holy Theotokos, / and hear her sweet voice promise that she would not depart from that place. / Pray, O venerable Micah, for those who revere your holy memory.
* (Matthew 11:29-30)
Kontakion — Tone 8
Come, assemblies of monastics and choirs of those who fast, / joining together let us praise blessed Micah, / the companion in fasting of venerable Sergius, / with whom he stands before the Holy Trinity / and prays that our souls be saved.
Martyr Barbarus the Soldier, and those with him, in Morea
Troparion — Tone 4
Your holy martyr Barbarus and his companions, 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 Barbarus in Thessaly, who was a robber
Troparion — Tone 3
Your holy martyr Barbarus, 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 Barbarus; / extinguishing the allure of false gods, / you enlighten the faithful, / always interceding for us all.
Translation of the relics of Saint Savva, first Archbishop of Serbia
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 Savva, / entreat Christ our God / that our souls may be saved.
Saint Seraphim of Labodeia
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 Seraphim, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!