Synaxis of All Saints
Troparion — Tone 4
Adorned in the blood of Your Martyrs throughout all the world, / as if clothed in purple and linen, / through them Your Church cries out to You, O Christ God: / “Bestow Your bounties upon Your people, / grant peace to Your habitation, and great mercy to our souls.”
Kontakion — Tone 8
(Original Melody)
As the first fruits of nature offered to the Planter of all creation, O Lord, / the inhabited earth brings the God-bearing Martyrs. / By their supplications, and the intercession of the Theotokos, / preserve Your Church in profound peace, O greatly Merciful One.
Icon of the Mother of God “The Unbreakable Wall”
Troparion — Tone 4
Let us, sinful and humbled, now run earnestly to the Theotokos, / and let us fall down in repentance, crying from the depths of our soul: / "Help us, O Sovereign Lady, and have compassion on us. / Make haste, for we perish from the multitude of our sins. / Do not turn your servants empty away, for we have you as our only hope.
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.
"Seven Arrows" Icon of the Mother of God
Troparion — Tone 5
Soften our evil hearts, O Theotokos, and repel the attacks of those who hate us, / and loosen all the rigidity of our soul. / For beholding your holy image, / we are filled with compunction by your compassion and loving kindness toward us, / and we kiss your wounds; / for we are terrified by the darts with which we wound you. / O Compassionate Mother, / do not let us perish because of our hardness of heart, / or our neighbor's hardness of heart, / for you are truly the Softener of Evil Hearts.
Kontakion — Tone 2
By your grace, O Sovereign Lady, / soften the hearts of evildoers, / send down benefactors who will preserve them from all evil; / with gratitude and zeal, we pray to you before your revered icons.
Apostle Jude the Brother of the Lord
Troparion — Tone 1
Divinely we praise you, O Jude, as a faithful witness, / knowing you to be the brother of Christ. / You trampled on delusion, / and so preserved the faith. / Today as we celebrate your holy memory, / by your intercessions we receive remission of sins.
Kontakion — Tone 2
You were chosen as a disciple for your firmness of mind: / An unshakable pillar of the Church of Christ, / you proclaimed His word to the Gentiles, / telling them to believe in one Godhead. / You were glorified by Him, receiving the grace of healing, / healing the ills of all who came to you, / O most praised Apostle Jude!
Venerable Barlaam of Shenkursk
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 Barlaam, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Martyr Zosimus the Soldier at Antioch, in Pisidia
Troparion — Tone 3
Your Holy Martyr Zosimos, 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 Zosimos; / extinguishing the allure of false gods, / you enlighten the faithful, / always interceding for us all.
Venerable Paisius the Great
Troparion — Tone 4
(Podoben: “Be quick to anticipate...”)
Fervently, let us honor the God-bearer Paϊsios, / an Angel in the flesh, the crown of Monastics, / an incorporeal man and a citizen of Heaven, / who celebrates with us, / granting grace to all who rejoice in his memory.
Kontakion — Tone 8
(Podoben: “O Victorious Leader...”)
Let us, the faithful, sing praises to the godly-wise Paϊsios, / the adornment of the desert, equal of the Angels,
the friend of Christ, and the glory of Monastic Saints. / Let us cry to him: “Rejoice, O Father Paϊsios.”
Saint John the Solitary of Jerusalem
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 John, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Venerable Paisius of Hilandar, Bulgaria
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 Paisius, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Repose of Saint Job, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia
Troparion — Tone 5
O zealous defender of Orthodoxy, / Confessor of the faith in Christ, First Hierarch of the Russian Church, / Holy Father Job, entreat Christ God for us, / affirm the faith of our ancestors, the remission of our sins, / and grant to the world great mercy.
Troparion — Tone 3
Let the Church of Christ triumph, and let the city of Moscow rejoice, / for the lamp of the Russian land, the unshakable Patriarch Job, / has shone forth in confession of the Truth. / By his prayers, O Lord, eradicate all the temptations and heresies of this world, / direct the people to piety, and strengthen them in Orthodoxy.
Kontakion — Tone 7
In times of hardship, you were like the long-suffering Job and offered yourself to Christ / as a living and unblemished sacrifice,1 / turning your flock to repentance, / suffering much for the sake of Christ; / O Hierarch Job, / pray that we too, may thank the Lord for all things and always give glory to God.
1 Romans 12:1