Repose of Saint Herman, Archbishop of Kazan - Troparion & Kontakion

Troparion — Tone 4

From your youth, you took up the yoke of Christ with zeal, / by the podvig¹ of vigil, fasting and prayer, you became renowned. / Therefore, you were called by God to serve the Church in the newly-enlightened kingdom of Kazan, / together with the Hierarch Gouria. / You became the head of the Monastery you founded in the city of Sviyazhsk, / and a worthy successor of the primate. / Standing before the Master's Throne in spirit, / pray, O Hierarch Herman, / together with the Hierarch Guria, / that the Orthodox flock may flourish in piety, / and that the darkness of the heterodox may be dispersed by the light of faith.