3rd Saturday of Great Lent: Memorial Saturday
Troparion — Tone 8
Only Creator, with wisdom profound, You mercifully order all things, / and give that which is needed to all men: / Give rest, O Lord, to the souls of Your servants who have fallen asleep, / for they have placed their trust in You, our Maker and Fashioner, and our God.
Kontakion — Tone 8
With the saints give rest, O Christ, to the souls of Your servants, / where there is neither sickness nor sorrow, and no more sighing, / but life everlasting.
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.