Sunday of the Prodigal Son
Kontakion — Tone 3
I have recklessly forgotten Your glory, O Father; / and among sinners I have scattered the riches which You had given me. / Therefore, I cry to You like the Prodigal: / “I have sinned before You, O compassionate Father; / receive me a penitent and make me as one of Your hired servants.”
Hieromartyr Blaise, Bishop of Sebaste
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 Blaise, entreat Christ God to save our souls.
Kontakion — Tone 2
Godly shoot, unfading flower, / most fruitful branch of Christ the Vine, God-bearing Blaise, / fill with joy those who in faith honor your memory / as you unceasingly intercede for us all.
Venerable Demetrios, Wonderworker of Priluki, Vologda
Troparion — Tone 1
You received grace from God, O glorious Dēmḗtrios, / and you were strengthened by His power; / you lived according to the Gospel, / therefore you obtained a reward from Christ for your labors, O most blessed one. / Pray to Him for the salvation of our souls.
Kontakion — Tone 8
From your youth, O Venerable one, you took up your cross and followed Christ, / exhausting your flesh by prayers and fasting, by vigils, and by suffering evils. / Therefore, the All-Seeing Eye, beholding your works, glorified you with miracles / and taught everyone to cry out to you, “Rejoice, Father Dēmḗtrios, adornment of fasters.”
Righteous Theodora, wife of Emperor Theophilus the Iconoclast
Troparion — Tone 5
(Podoben: “O Coeternal Word...”)
As a most worthy namesake of the gifts bestowed by God,1 / and a divinely-wrought image of holy wisdom and faith, / you make the Church shine with godly piety; / for you demonstrate to all that the Saints in every age have shown honor to the revered icons, / O Theodora, thou righteous and fair adornment of Orthodox Empresses.
1 The name Theodora means “the gift of God.”
Kontakion — Tone 8
(Podoben: “O victorious Leader...”)
We praise you as the beauty of the Church, / the fitting dignity of Empresses and their character and diadem, O divinely-crowned Theodora. / For you saw the Icons restored and the complete overthrow of heresy. / Therefore, we cry out, “Rejoice, most honorable Sovereign.”
Saint George, New Martyr of Sofia
Troparion — Tone 4
Your holy martyr George, 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 George; / extinguishing the allure of false gods, / you enlighten the faithful, / always interceding for us all.
Saint Gobnata of Ballyvourney
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 mother Gobnata, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!