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.
Martyrs Manuel, Sabel, and Ismael, of Persia
Troparion — Tone 4
O godly champions and opponents of impiety, divinely-in / spired Manouḗl, wondrous Ishmaḗl, and Sabél, / you proclaimed Christ, the Son of God courageously, / and you shed your blood for Him. / Do not cease imploring Him to save our souls.
Kontakion — Tone 4
(Podoben: “You appeared today...”)
The three divine Martyrs of Persia took up the Cross, and did not display cowardice, / but in the arena, / they proclaimed the One God in three Persons.
Kontakion — Tone 2
(Podoben: “You sought the heights...”)
Wounded by faith in Christ, you drank faithfully from His cup, / and overthrew the idolatry and audacity of the Persians. / O blessèd Martyrs, equal in number to the Trinity, / intercede for us all.
Martyr Nectan of Hartland
Troparion — Tone 4
O holy Father Nectan / you followed the bidding of the Lord / and left your father and mother for His sake to embrace the hermit’s life. / Faithful follower of Christ unto death / pray that He may 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 Nectan; / extinguishing the allure of false gods, / you enlighten the faithful, / always interceding for us all.
Saint Shalva of Akhaltsikhe
Troparion — Tone 3
Your holy martyr Shalva, 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!
Venerable Ananias the Iconographer
Troparion — Tone 8
In you, O Father, was preserved with exactness what was according to the image; / for you took up the Cross and followed Christ. / By so doing, you taught us to disregard the flesh, for it passes away; / but to care for the soul, since it is immortal. / Therefore, O Venerable Ananias, your spirit rejoices with the Angels.
Kontakion — Tone 2
(Podoben: “You sought the heights...”)
Having divinely armed yourself with purity of soul / and firmly grasping unceasing prayer as a spear, you slew the hordes of demons. / Therefore, we beseech you, O Father Ananias: / “Always intercede for those who honor you.”