Icon of the Mother of God of Saint Theodore - Troparion & Kontakion
Troparion — Tone 4
Today, the renowned city of Kostroma and the entire Russian land rejoice joyfully, / calling all God-loving Christian people to the glorious triumph of the Mother of God / because of the arrival of her wonderworking and much-healing Icon: / for today a great and most radiant sun has appeared to us. / Come all of God's chosen people, the new Israel, to the fountain of healing, / for it pours forth to us the inexhaustible mercy of the Most Holy Theotokos / and delivers all Christian cities and lands from the malice of their enemies. / But, All-Merciful Lady, Virgin Theotokos, Sovereign Lady, / by your great mercy, save our country, the bishops, and your people / from all their misfortunes that we may cry out to you, / “Rejoice, O Virgin, the boast of Christians.”
Kontakion — Tone 8
We your servants offer prayers of thanksgiving to you, O Theotokos, / for all the good things you have done for our city; / we cry out to you from the depths of our souls, and bowing down we pray: / “O Sovereign Lady, do not cease to intercede with your Son and our God / to grant every good thing and salvation to all who cry out to you with faith and love, / ‘Rejoice, O Virgin, the boast of Christians.’”