Synaxis of the Saints of North America
Troparion — Tone 8
As the bountiful harvest of Your sowing of salvation, / the lands of North America offer to You, O Lord, all the saints who have shone in them. / By their prayers keep the Church and our land in abiding peace / through the Theotokos, O most Merciful One.
Kontakion — Tone 3
Today the choir of Saints who were pleasing to God in the lands of North America / now stands before us in the Church and invisibly prays to God for us. / With them the angels glorify Him, / and all the saints of the Church of Christ keep festival with them; / and together they all pray for us to the Pre-Eternal God.
Martyr Hyacinth of Caesarea, in Cappadocia, and those with him
Troparion — Tone 4
Like a fragrant hyacinth of the Church of Christ, O all-blessed Hyacinth, / you radiate grace to the ends of the world. / By the brilliance of your confession of faith, / you were illustrious in contest in emulation of God the Word / and you ever illumine those who acclaim you.
Kontakion — Tone 2
Come, you faithful, / plait a crown of unfading hyacinths today for the Martyr Hyacinth, / and let us cry to Him: / “Rejoice, glory of martyrs.”
Translation of the relics of Hieromartyr Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow
Troparion — Tone 8
O foremost pillar of Orthodoxy / and defender of the truth, / the new confessor Philip laid down his life for his flock / therefore having boldness before Christ our God / pray for this city and people who honor your holy memory.
Venerable Anatolius of the Kiev Near Caves
Troparion — Tone 8
By a flood of tears you made the desert fertile, / and your longing for God brought forth fruits in abundance. / By the radiance of miracles you illumined the whole universe! / O our holy father Anatolius, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Venerable Anatolius the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves
Troparion — Tone 8
By a flood of tears you made the desert fertile, / and your longing for God brought forth fruits in abundance. / By the radiance of miracles you illumined the whole universe! / O our holy father Anatolius, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Saint Basil, Bishop of Ryazan
Troparion — Tone 4
At first you were honored with the episcopal dignity at Murom, but were unjustly banished. / You climbed onto your mantya as if it were a light ship; / and as one without a body, you made your way supernaturally over the water, / guided by the Providence of the Most High, and by the intercession of the Mother of God, you reached the God-saved city of Ryazan. / There you accepted your hierarchal throne, and your God-given flock of Ryazan. / You have done well, O Hierarch and Father Basil. / Entreat Christ God that our souls may be saved.
Kontakion — Tone 8
O Hierarch Basil, you shone in the city of Murom like a bright star, / and upon the water you reached the city of Ryazan; / you helped the Church of God well by enlightening the people with your teaching and your life. / Even now, remember your children who pray to you, our good teacher, / and entreat Christ God and His Most Pure Mother for us, / that with grateful souls we may cry to you: / "Rejoice, O Christ-pleaser and fervent intercessor with God for us.
Venerable Longinus, Wonderworker of Yarenga, Solovki
Troparion — Tone 8
By a flood of tears you made the desert fertile, / and your longing for God brought forth fruits in abundance. / By the radiance of miracles you illumined the whole universe! / O our holy father Longinus, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Venerable Νikόdēmos, Abbot of Kozhe Lake
Troparion — Tone 8
By a flood of tears you made the desert fertile, / and your longing for God brought forth fruits in abundance. / By the radiance of miracles you illumined the whole universe! / O our holy father Νikόdēmos, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Martyrs Mark and Mocius
Troparion — Tone 4
Your holy martyrs Mark and Mocius, 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!
Saint Alexander, founder of the Monastery of the “Unsleeping Ones”
Troparion — Tone 8
By a flood of tears you made the desert fertile, / and your longing for God brought forth fruits in abundance. / By the radiance of miracles you illumined the whole universe! / O our holy father Alexander, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Saint Anatolius, 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 Anatolius, / entreat Christ our God / that our souls may be saved.
Monastic Martyr Gerasimus the New of Carpenision
Troparion — Tone 3
(Podoben: “The entire world has found you to be a great champion in times of peril...”1)
O gift of honor to the Church, / divinely bright flame of Evrytania, and boast of the New Martyrs, / you longed for Christ through asceticism and confessed God by martrydom. / O Monastic Martyr Gerasimos, / through the intercessions of the Mother of God, entreat Him that our souls may be saved.
1 See the Troparion of the Great Martyr Demetrios.
Kontakion — Tone 2
(Podoben: “Seeking the things on high...”)
You were made manifest by your splendor as a bright star, / proclaiming Christ to the temporal world, O Martyr Gerasimos, / and by vanquishing the allurement of false gods, / you granted true light to the faithful, / always interceding on behalf of us all.
Icon of the Mother of God the “Milk-Giver” of the Hilandar Monastery on Mount Athos
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.
Saint George the God-Bearer
Troparion — Tone 8
By a flood of tears you made the desert fertile, / and your longing for God brought forth fruits in abundance. / By the radiance of miracles you illumined the whole universe! / O our holy father George, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!