Troparia and kontakia for November 10

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.

Apostles of the Seventy: Erastus, Olympas, Herodion, Sosipater, Quartus, and Tertius

Troparion — Tone 3

Holy Apostles, Erastus, Olympas, Herodion, Sosipater, Quartus and Tertius, / entreat the merciful God, / to grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions.

Kontakion — Tone 2

Illumined by divine light, O holy apostles, / you wisely destroyed the works of idolatry. / When you caught all the pagans you brought them to the Master / and taught them to glorify the Trinity.

Martyr Orestes, Physician of Cappadocia

Troparion — Tone 1

(Podoben: “When the stone had been sealed ...”)
You confessed Christ, O prize winner, / and humbled the madness of the impious idolators, / and became a partaker of glory by enduring the contest of martyrdom; / for this reason, we honor you, Orestes, as one victorious, and we cry out to you: / "Glory to Him Who has given you strength. / Glory to Him Who has given you a crown. / Glory to Him Who, through you, works healing for all.

Kontakion — Tone 2

Undefeated in your contest, O Martyr Orestes, / you were accepted and rewarded by Christ, the bestower of prizes; / and He has granted you the crown of life and the divine power to work healings, / for He is the only Lover of mankind.

Hieromartyr Mίlos (or Milēs) the Wonderworker, and two disciples

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 the hieromartyrs Milles, Euores, and Seboes.

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 Theocteristus, Abbot of Symbola on Mount Olympus, Bithynia

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 Theocteristus, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!

Martyr Constantine, King of Georgia

Troparion — Tone 4

Your holy martyr Constantine, 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 Constantine; / extinguishing the allure of false gods, / you enlighten the faithful, / always interceding for us all.

Martyrdom of the Great-martyr George of Georgia

Troparion — Tone 3

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!