Great and Holy Monday
Troparion — Tone 8
Behold the Bridegroom comes at midnight, / and blessed is the servant whom He shall find watching, / and again unworthy is the servant whom He shall find heedless. / Beware, therefore, O my soul, do not be weighed down with sleep, / lest you be given up to death and lest you be shut out of the Kingdom. / But rouse yourself crying: Holy, Holy, Holy, are You, O our God! / Through the Theotokos have mercy on us!
Kontakion — Tone 8
Jacob lamented the loss of Joseph, / but his noble son was seated on a chariot / and honored as a king. / For when he refused to be enslaved / by the pleasures of the Egyptian woman, / he was glorified by the Lord who beholds the hearts of men, / and bestows upon them an incorruptible crown.
Saint Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople
Troparion — Tone 4
In truth you were revealed to your flock as a rule of faith, / an image of humility and a teacher of abstinence; / your humility exalted you; / your poverty enriched you. / Hierarch Father Eutychius, / entreat Christ our God / that our souls may be saved.
Kontakion — Tone 8
Let us all chant with faith and love, O people, / blessing the godly Eutychius as a great pastor and minister, / an all-wise teacher and expeller of heresies, / for he entreats the Lord on behalf of us all!
Saint Methodius, Equal of the Apostles, Archbishop of Moravia, Enlightener of the Slavs
Troparion — Tone 4
In truth you were revealed to your flock as a rule of faith, / an image of humility and a teacher of abstinence; / your humility exalted you; / your poverty enriched you. / Hierarch Father Methodius, / entreat Christ our God / that our souls may be saved.
Saint Platonis of Nisibis, Syria
Troparion — Tone 8
(Podoben: “Come, let us worship the Word...”)
With the streams of your tears, you cultivated the barrenness of the desert, / and by your sighings from the depths, your labors bore fruit a hundredfold, / and you became a luminary of the world, radiant with miracles, O Platonίs our Mother. / Intercede with Christ God that our souls may be saved.
Kontakion — Tone 2
(Podoben: “You sought the heights...”)
Having divinely armed yourself with purity of soul / and firmly grasping unceasing prayer as a spear, you slew the hordes of demons. / Therefore, we beseech you, O Mother Platonίs: / “Always intercede for those who honor you.”
120 Martyrs of Persia
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!
Martyrs Jeremiah and Presbyter Archilias
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!
Venerable Gregory the Byzantine
Troparion — Tone 5
You reflected the angelic life, / and your soul was a vessel of insight. / O holy Father Gregory, radiant torch of virtues, / the glory of Sinai and Athos and enlightener of the Slavic lands, / guide us unerringly, that our souls may be saved!
Monastic Martyr Gennadios of Dionysiou on Mount Athos
Troparion — Tone 4
(Podoben: “Be quick to anticipate...”)
Your Martyr Gennádios, O Lord, / through his contest received an incorruptible crown from You, our God; / for possessed of Your strength, / he laid the tyrants low and shattered the powerless boldness of the demons. / By his supplications, save our souls.
Kontakion — Tone 2
(Podoben: “You sought the heights...”)
You were made manifest by your splendor as a bright star, / proclaiming Christ to the temporal world, O Martyr Gennádios; / and by vanquishing the allurement of false gods, / you granted true light to the faithful, always interceding on behalf of us all.