Troparia and kontakia for October 31

Priestmartyr John Kochurov

Troparion — Tone 1

Aflame with love for God, you gave your life as a martyr for Christ and neighbor, / for this you received a crown of righteousness from Him. / Hieromartyr John, entreat the most Merciful God / to preserve the Holy Church in peace and to save our souls.

Troparion — Tone 1

You were revealed to all as a true shepherd / O Hieromartyr John of Chicago, / for you nurtured your people in the Orthodox Faith, / guiding them by word and deed on the path of salvation, / and defended the Faith even unto the shedding of your blood. / Therefore, we, your spiritual children, cry out in thanksgiving: / Glory to Him who gave you strength! / Glory to Him who granted you the Martyr’s crown! / Glory to Him who through you grants mercy to all!

Kontakion — Tone 8

As you zealously fulfilled your pastoral service, / you brought your soul to God as a well-pleasing sacrifice, O Father John. / Entreat Christ God to grant peace to the world and great mercy to our souls.

Kontakion — Tone 3

Now the holy Hieromartyr is glorified, / for he took up his cross and followed Christ. / In so doing, he gave us a model of true discipleship. / Therefore, let us cry aloud to him: / Rejoice, O Father John, the glory of priests!

Holy Apostles Stakhys, Apelles, Amplias, Urban, and Narcissus of the 70

Troparion — Tone 5

(Podoben: “Come, let us worship the Word...“)
Let us acclaim Stachys, Apellēs, Amplίas, Urban, Nárcissus, and Aristóboulos as a six-stringed harp of the Spirit, / singing of God's marvelous gifts to mankind. / Together, as divine Apostles, / they ask that grace may be granted to our souls

Kontakion — Tone 8

(Podoben: “As the first fruits of our nature...“)
Fittingly, let us praise those sacred treasures of the All-Holy Spirit and rays of the Sun of Glory, / the wise Apostles Apellēs, Urban, Aristóboulos, Amplίas, Nárcissus, and Stakhys, / who received grace from our God.

Apostle Aristobulus of the Seventy

Troparion — Tone 5

(Podoben: “Come, let us worship the Word...”)
Let us acclaim Stachys, Apellēs, Amplias, Urban, Narcissus, and Aristóboulos as a six-stringed harp of the Spirit, / singing of God's marvelous gifts to mankind. / Together, as divine Apostles, / they ask that grace be granted to our souls.

Kontakion — Tone 8

(Podoben: “As the first fruits of our nature...”)
Fittingly, let us praise the wise Apostles Stachys, Apelles, Amplias, Urban, Narcissus, and Aristóboulos / those treasures of the Holy Spirit and rays of the Sun of glory, / who were brought together by the grace of our God.

Apostle Epίmakhos of Alexandria

Troparion — Tone 4

Your holy martyr Epίmakhos, O Lord, / through his suffering 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 3

(Podoben: “Today the Virgin...”)
Of your own accord you went to contend for the true Faith, O Epίmakhos, / and courageously you cried out to the impious: / "I have come to strive in contest for the truth, / and to destroy the idols of perdition." / And when you were beheaded, you received a crown of righteousness.

Venerable Spyridon and Νikόdēmos the Prosphora-bakers, of the Kiev Caves

Troparion — Tone 4

By making prosphora with your hands, and unceasing psalmody with your lips, / you offered a sacrifice of praise1 to the Lord, together with the honorable Νikόdēmos. / O blessed Spyridon, with him entreat Christ God for our souls.


1 Psalm 115:8

Kontakion — Tone 3

So that you might reveal your ardent love for the Lord, O wondrous Spyridon, / you stopped up the mouth of the furnace, which was burning intensely, with your mantiya; / and so you might show the fountain of the gifts of the Spirit dwelling in you, / and by carrying water in your hair-shirt, you quenched the flame of the fire, / for having boldness before the Lord, with Blessed Νikόdēmos, / always pray for us who sing your praises.

Venerable Maura of Constantinople

Troparion — Tone 8

In you, O Mother, was preserved with exactness what is according to the image; / for you took up the Cross and followed Christ. / By so doing, you taught us to disregard the flesh, for it passes away; / but to care for the soul, since it is immortal. / Therefore, O Venerable Maura, your spirit rejoices with the Angels.

100,000 Martyrs of Tbilisi by the Mongols

Troparion — Tone 4

Your 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!