Icon of the Mother of God the “Milk-Giver” of the Hilandar Monastery on Mount Athos - Troparion & Kontakion
Troparion — Tone 3
You conceived the Son of God without seed by the Divine Spirit, / according to the will of the Father, begotten of the Father before the ages without a mother; / and for our sake, without an earthly father, / you gave birth to Him as a Child and nourished Him with milk; / therefore, do not cease praying for the deliverance of our souls from misfortunes.
Troparion — Tone 1
(Podoben: “O citizen of the desert...”)
We bow down and glorify your holy Icon, O Virgin Milk-Giver, as the tabernacle of your glory; / from it you mystically gush forth the milk of immaterial gifts, / and you nourish the hearts and souls of the faithful who cry out to you: / “Glory to your majesty, O Pure One. / Glory to your miracles. / Glory to your inexpressible kindness toward us.”
Kontakion — Tone 2
Let us hymn the only Theotokos, maternally suckling as a babe, / Him Who was born of her, nursing Christ our God; / freeing us from many dangers.
Kontakion — Tone 5
Having purified the perception of our souls, / we behold on the Icon a wondrous mystery: / the Creator of the Universe and the Lord of the Powers on High is held in your embrace, / and as a Child He nurses at your breast; / with fear and joy we fall down before you / and our Savior Who was born of you, and let us cry out, / “Rejoice, O Sovereign Lady, the nourisher of our life.”1
1 Compare the Kontakion for the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos.