2nd Sunday of Great Lent: St Gregory Palamas
Troparion — Tone 8
O luminary of Orthodoxy, support and teacher of the Church, / ideal of monks and invincible champion of theologians, / O wonderworker Gregory, boast of Thessalonika and herald of grace, / always intercede for all of us that our souls may be saved.
Kontakion — Tone 4
Now is the time for action! / Judgment is at the doors! / So let us rise and fast, / offering alms with tears of compunction and crying: / “Our sins are more numerous than the sands of the sea; / but forgive us, O Master of All, / so that we may receive the incorruptible crowns.”
Kontakion — Tone 8
(Podoben: “O Victorious Leader...”)
Holy and divine instrument of wisdom, / radiant and harmonious trumpet of theology, / we praise you in song, O divinely-speaking Gregory. / As a mind standing before the Primal Mind, guide our minds to Him, Father, / so that we may cry aloud to you: “Rejoice, herald of grace.”
Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of the Kiev Caves Lavra
Troparion — Tone 2
When you gathered in the Caves and enclosed yourselves therein, / then, O God-bearers, having died to carnal passions, you buried yourselves with Christ. / There in the Caves, you destroyed the snares of the devil. / Therefore, the angels gave you heavenly crowns.
42 Martyrs of Ammoria in Phrygia
Troparion — Tone 4
Your forty-two holy martyrs, 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!
Kontakion — Tone 4
Forty-two holy martyrs of Ammoria, / you contended for the sake of Christ on earth; / you were revealed as crown-bearing martyrs, / and have been received into the life of the joy of heaven. / Since you overthrew all the wiles of the enemy / by your sufferings and the blood of your wounds, / you continually send down from on high remission of sins to those who praise you.
Monastic Martyrs Conon and his son, Conon, of Iconium
Troparion — Tone 4
O God of our Fathers, / always act with kindness towards us; / take not Your mercy from us, / but guide our lives in peace / through the prayers of Saints Conon and Conon.
Kontakion — Tone 2
As venerable and proven ascetics, as honorable and renowned martyrs, / and as models of the desert life, O most exalted Conon and Conon, / we sing hymns of praise to you, / for you have trampled upon serpents.
Venerable Arcadius of Cyprus
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 Arcadius, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Icon of the Mother of God “the Blessed Heaven”
Troparion — Tone 6
What shall we call you, O full of grace? / Heaven? for you have shone forth the Sun of Righteousness. / Paradise? for you have brought forth the Flower of immortality. / Virgin? for you have remained incorrupt. / Pure Mother? for you have held in your holy embrace your Son, the God of all. / Entreat Him to save our souls.1
1 Theotokion of the First Hour.
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.