Postfeast of Pentecost — Day of the Holy Spirit
Troparion — Tone 8
Blessed are You O Christ Our God / You have revealed the fishermen as most wise / by sending down upon them the Holy Spirit / through them You drew the world into Your net / O Lover of Man, Glory to You!
Kontakion — Tone 8
When the most High came down and confused the tongues, / He divided the nations; / but when he distributed the tongues of fire / He called all to unity. / Therefore, with one voice, we glorify the All-holy Spirit!
Hieromartyr Seraphim (Samoilovich), Archbishop of Uglich
Troparion — Tone 4
Today the Church of Russia joyfully forms a chorus, / praising her New Martyrs and Confessors; / hierarchs and priests, royal passion-bearers, right-believing princes and princesses, / venerable men and women, and all Orthodox Christians. / Having laid down their life for faith in Christ during the days of godless persecution, / they preserved the truth by the shedding of blood. / By their protection, O long-suffering Lord, / preserve our land in Orthodoxy until the end of the age.
Kontakion — Tone 3
Today the New Martyrs of Russia stand in white robes before the Lamb of God, / and with the angels they sing to God the hymn of victory: / "Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and praise, and honor, / and power, and strength be to our God / unto the ages of ages. Amen."
Venerable Joannicius the Great
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 Joannicius, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Kontakion — Tone 4
Today we celebrate together your honored memory, / and we faithfully beseech you, O holy Joannicius / that we may find mercy with the Lord!
Hieromartyrs Nicander, Bishop of Myra, and Hermas, the Presbyter
Troparion — Tone 4
In your manner a participant, / and in your throne a successor of the Apostles, / you discovered action an entrance into visions, / O inspired one of God. / Therefore teaching the Word of truth, / you suffered for the faith even unto blood. / O Bishop and Martyr Nicander, pray to Christ God that our souls may be saved!
Kontakion — Tone 8
(Podoben: “As the first fruits...”)
The Church glorifies you as teachers of virtue and adornments of hierarchs, / singing: “By your intercessions for those who lovingly honor you, / grant progress in virtue, and deliverance from temptations.”
Venerable Mercurius the Faster of the Kiev Caves
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 Mercurius, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Venerable Nicander, Abbot of Gorodensk, Novgorod
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 Nicander, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Saints John, Stephen, and Isaiah of Georgia
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 fathers John, Stephen, and Isaiah, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Venerable Gabriel of Atonelni
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 Gabriel, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!