Martyrs Innas, Pinnas, and Rimmas, disciples of the Apostle Andrew, in Scythia - Troparion & Kontakion

Troparion — Tone 2

As disciples of the First-Called, you were the first-called of the Slavs, / and because you enlightened your brethren with the light of Truth, / you received a cruel death at the hands of a savage and godless prince, / bound by frost and ice on the Danube River in the land of Scythia. / But since you lay down your lives for your friends,1 / O Saints Innas, Pinnas, and Rimmas, / you offer your most powerful prayers for us, / and once again all the Slavic peoples are converting to Christ.

Kontakion — Tone 2

A great exploit2 of faith; / bound by the ice, as if by the water of rest,3 / Saints Innas, Pinnas, and Rimmas rejoiced, / but the torturer, in his foolish frenzy, tried to destroy the fruits of their vineyard; / nevertheless to this day, Christ accepts holy clusters from the Slavic peoples, / and crowns the Slavic Protomartyrs with crowns. / Therefore, as the children of the faithful you nurtured, / we thank and implore you, O Saints: / "By your prayers, fervently entreat Him, / so that we also, in the Spirit of truth, may be zealous for God."


1 John 15:13.
2 Podvig, ascetical contest.
3 Psalm 22/23:2 (Septuagint).