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.”
Martyrs Isidore and Myrope of Chios
Troparion — Tone 4
Enlisted by the King of the Ages, / you spurned the earthly king and his army to boldly preach Christ our God. / Therefore, you have completed your contest and shine forth as His glorious martyr. / Entreat Him to save our souls, for we honor you, blest Isidore.
Kontakion — Tone 3
In your combat with the dragon, / you gained the victory, O martyr Isidore. / As a radiant beacon from Egypt, / you shone forth to illumine all under the sun, / advancing towards Him who shone forth from the Virgin Mother of God, / for whose sake you were slain, O Passion-Bearer, / offering yourself as a fragrant sacrifice.
Kontakion — Tone 4
You have been revealed as a great guide to the world through your prayers, O holy one. / Therefore, we praise you today, / divinely-wise martyr, glorious Isidore.
Venerable Isidore the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Rostov
Troparion — Tone 4
Enlightened by Divine grace, O godly-wise one, / with great chastity and patience you completed the course of your temporal life well. / Therefore, after death, the purity of your life was revealed; / for you pour forth the grace of healing to those who hasten to your holy tomb with faith. / O Blessed Isidore, pray to Christ God for the salvation of our souls.
Troparion — Tone 4
O Saint Isidore, you were called from the earthly abodes to the eternal, / preserving your body unharmed even after death, / for you lived your life in chastity and purity, O Blessed one, / without defiling your body. / Boldly entreat Christ God for the salvation of our souls.
Troparion — Tone 1
Enlightened by Divine grace from above, O godly-wise one, / you completed your life's path with much patience; / therefore even after your repose, / you pour forth miracles to all who come with faith to the shrine with your relics, O most blessed Isidore. / Glory to Him Who strengthened you. / Glory to Him Who glorified you with miracles. / Glory to Him Who through you, grants healing to all.
Kontakion — Tone 8
Today let us offer words of praise to the courageous and wondrous among the righteous, / who received from Christ the gift of working miracles. / But as one who has boldness before the Holy Trinity, / pray that we your servants may be delivered from our troubles so that we may cry out to you: / “Rejoice, O godly-wise Isidore.”
Kontakion — Tone 4
O Blessed one, preserve those who honor your memory with faith from every evil and temptation of the devil, / for you have boldness before Christ God, the Master of all; / therefore, entreat Him to deliver your servants from their troubles and misfortunes O godly-wise Isidore.
Saint Nikḗtas, Bishop of Novgorod, Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves
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 Nikita, / entreat Christ our God / that our souls may be saved.
Martyr Maximus
Troparion — Tone 3
Your holy martyr Maximus, 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 Maximus; / extinguishing the allure of false gods, / you enlighten the faithful, / always interceding for us all.
Venerable Serapion of Egypt
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 Serapion, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Saint Leontius, Patriarch of Jerusalem
Troparion — Tone 4
The truth of things revealed you to your flock as a rule of faith, / a model of meekness, and a teacher of temperance. / Therefore, through humility, you attained the heights; / and through poverty, riches. / O Hierarch Leontios our Father, entreat Christ God that our souls may be saved.
Kontakion — Tone 2
Podoben: “You sought the heights...”)
O Hierarch Leontios, / divine thunder, spiritual trumpet, planter of faith and pruner of heresies, great favorite of the Trinity, as you stand before God with the Angels, / pray unceasingly for all of us.
First opening of the relics of Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk
Troparion — Tone 8
From your youth you loved Christ, O blessed one. / You have been an example for all by word, life, love, faith, purity, and humility. / Therefore, you now abide in the heavenly mansions, / where you stand before the throne of the All-holy Trinity. / Holy Hierarch Tikhon, pray for the salvation of our souls.
Kontakion — Tone 8
Successor to the Apostles, / adornment of hierarchs, and teacher of the Orthodox Faith: / Beseech the Master of all to grant peace to the universe / and to our souls great mercy.
“Yaroslavl-Caves” Icon of the Mother of God
Troparion — Tone 4
Let all of us, who are burdened with sins, fall on our knees before the Theotokos, / bowing before her wonderworking Icon of Tenderness, / kissing it and crying aloud with tears: / “O Sovereign Lady, accept the prayer of your unworthy servants, / and grant to us who ask, your great mercy.”
Kontakion — Tone 6
We have no other help, we have no other hope but you, O 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.
New Martyr Raiko (John) of Bulgaria
Troparion — Tone 3
Your holy martyr Raiko, 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 Raiko; / extinguishing the allure of false gods, / you enlighten the faithful, / always interceding for us all.
Hieromartyr Therapontus of Cyprus
Troparion — Tone 4
By sharing in the ways of the Apostles, / you became a successor to their throne. / Through the practice of virtue, you found the way to divine contemplation, O inspired one of God; / by teaching the word of truth without error, you defended the Faith, / even to the shedding of your blood. / Hieromartyr Therapontus, entreat Christ God to save our souls.