Troparia and kontakia for August 13

Leavetaking of the Transfiguration of our Lord

Troparion — Tone 7

You were Transfigured on the Mount, O Christ God, / revealing Your glory to Your disciples as far as they could bear it. / Let Your everlasting Light shine upon us sinners! / Through the prayers of the Theotokos, O Giver of Light, glory to You!

Kontakion — Tone 7

On the Mountain You were Transfigured, O Christ God, / and Your disciples beheld Your glory as far as they could see it; / so that when they would behold You crucified, / they would understand that Your suffering was voluntary, / and would proclaim to the world, / that You are truly the Radiance of the Father!

Saint Tikhon, Bishop of Voronezh, Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia

Troparion — Tone 8

From your youth you loved Christ, O blessed one. / You have been an example for all by word, life, love, faith, purity, and humility. / Therefore, you now abide in the heavenly mansions, / where you stand before the throne of the All-holy Trinity. / Holy Hierarch Tikhon, pray for the salvation of our souls.

Kontakion — Tone 8

Successor to the Apostles, / adornment of hierarchs, and teacher of the Orthodox Faith: / Beseech the Master of all to grant peace to the universe / and to our souls great mercy.

Translation of the relics of Saint Maximus the Confessor

Troparion — Tone 8

Champion of Orthodoxy, teacher of purity and of true worship, / enlightener of the universe and adornment of hierarchs: / All-wise father Maximus, your teachings have gleamed with light upon all things. / Intercede before Christ God to save our souls.

Kontakion — Tone 2

Maximus, divinely inspired champion of the Church, / sure and illumined exponent of Orthodoxy, / harp and trumpet of godliness, / divine and holy adornment of monks: / never cease to intercede for us all.

Martyr Hippolytus of Rome and those with him: Martyr Concordia, Irenaeus, and Abundius

Troparion — Tone 4

Your holy martyr Hippolytus and his companions, 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

Icon of the Mother of God “of the Passion”

Troparion — Tone 4

Today, the Icon of the Mother of God shines ineffably in the city of Moscow, as bright as the sun, / and the entire world is illumined by her coming. / The Powers of Heaven and the souls of the righteous triumph spiritually, rejoicing, / and we who behold her, cry out with tears: / “O Most Merciful Sovereign Lady Theotokos, / entreat Christ our God Who was incarnate of you, / to grant peace and health to all Christians according to His great and ineffable mercy.”

Kontakion — Tone 3

We have received the imperishable grace which you have bestowed upon us / with your saving healing through your revered wonderworking Icon, O Virgin Theotokos; / therefore, we sinners humbly cry out to you with tears: / “O Most Holy Sovereign Lady, reveal to us your speedy protection and help; / defend us from our enemies, and save our land from all sorrow, / guard your people with peace, and keep those who trust in you, / hasten to deliver us, lest we perish cruelly, as we cry to you: / ‘Rejoice, O Bride who knew not wedlock.’”

"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.

Second Finding of the relics of Saint Tikhon, Wonderworker of Zadonsk

Troparion — Tone 8

From your youth you loved Christ, O blessed one. / You have been an example for all by word, life, love, faith, purity, and humility. / Therefore, you now abide in the heavenly mansions, / where you stand before the throne of the All-holy Trinity. / Holy Hierarch Tikhon, pray for the salvation of our souls.

Kontakion — Tone 8

Successor to the Apostles, / adornment of hierarchs, and teacher of the Orthodox Faith: / Beseech the Master of all to grant peace to the universe / and to our souls great mercy.

Icon of the Mother of God of Minsk

Troparion — Tone 5

From Constantinople and Kiev, you appeared on the waters of the Svisloch, Most Holy Virgin, / and you showed your mercy to the God-saved city of Minsk. / Enlighten us sinners with your radiance, manifest your power as always; / save us by your intercession, and deliver us from the intrigues of our enemies, / for we have you as an unassailable wall, and our only hope.

Holy Empress Irene (Schema-nun Xenia)

Troparion — Tone 8

In you the image was preserved with exactness, O Mother, / for taking up your cross, you followed after Christ. / By so doing, you taught us to disregard the flesh, for it passes away, / but to care instead for the soul, since it is immortal. / Therefore, most venerable Mother Xenia your spirit rejoices with the Angels.

Kontakion — Tone 2

(Podoben: “Having received the grace...“)
Because of your love of God you forsook a bed for rest, O Mother Xenia, / you illumined your soul with fasting, thoroughly vanquishing your enemies; / but by your intercessions destroy the evil designs of our adversaries.

Monastic Martyr Dositheus

Troparion — Tone 1

The image of God was truly preserved in you, O Father, / 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 instead for the soul, since it is immortal. / Therefore your spirit, venerable Dositheus, rejoices with the angels.

Kontakion — Tone 2

As a venerable and proven ascetic, as an honorable and renowned martyr, / and as a model of the desert life, O most exalted Dositheus, / we sing hymns of praise to you, / for you have trampled upon serpents.