Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee Beginning of the Lenten Triodion
Kontakion — Tone 4
Let us flee from the pride of the Pharisee! / And learn humility from the Publican’s tears! / Let us cry to our Savior, / have mercy on us, / only merciful One!
Afterfeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple
Troparion — Tone 1
Hail, Virgin Theotokos, full of grace; / for from you has shone forth the Sun of Righteousness, Christ our God, / giving light those in darkness. / Be glad, O righteous Elder; / for you received in your arms the Redeemer of our souls, / Who bestows upon us resurrection.
Kontakion — Tone 1
By Your birth, You sanctified a virginal womb, / and fittingly You blessed Simeon’s hands, O Christ God; / even now You have saved us by anticipation. / Grant peace to Your faithful people whom You have loved, O only Lover of mankind.
Martyr Agatha of Palermo in Sicily
Troparion — Tone 4
Your lamb Agatha, calls out to You, O Jesus, in a loud voice: / “I love You, my Bridegroom, and in seeking You I endure suffering. / In baptism I was crucified so that I might reign in You, and I died so that I might live with You. / Accept me as a pure sacrifice, / for I have offered offered myself in love.” / Through her prayers save our souls, since You are merciful.
Kontakion — Tone 4
May the Church be robed today in a garment of glorious porphyry, / dyed by the pure blood of the martyr Agatha, / and let us cry out: “Rejoice, pride of Catania!”
Repose of Saint Theodosius of Chernigov
Troparion — Tone 4
Holy Hierarch Theodosius, / you were found to be most worthy among bishops / and a light to your flock when translated to the eternal mansions. / Pray at the throne of the King of Glory / that we may be delivered from all present evil / and that our souls may be saved by your prayers.
Kontakion — Tone 4
Holy Hierarch Theodosius, / you labored for Christ by grazing your rational flock in spiritual pastures; / you received the gift of healing from Christ the Savior / to cure from bodily and spiritual infirmities all those who come to your relics. / Pray for those who call on your name, / that our souls may be saved from the enemy.
Martyr Theodula of Anazarbus, and the Martyrs Helladius, Macarius and Evagrius, in Cilicia
Troparion — Tone 4
(Podoben: “Be quick to anticipate...”)
Your Martyrs, O Lord, in their contest for You / have received as a prize the crowns of incorruption and life from You, our immortal God; / for since they possessed Your strength, they cast down the tyrants / and wholly destroyed the demons' powerless presumption. / O Christ God, by their prayers, save our souls, since You are merciful.
Kontakion — Tone 8
(Podoben: “Seeking the highest...”)
O divine martyrs, you appeared as bright beacons, / illumining all of creation with the radiance of your miracles; / do not cease to entreat Christ to deliver us all from our maladies, / and drive away from us the profound darkness of ignorance.
Icon of the Mother of God “Seeker of the Perishing”
Troparion — Tone 4
Seek us who are perishing, O Most Holy Virgin, / do not chasten us according to our sins, / but since you are merciful in your love for mankind, deliver us from hell, and sickness, and necessity, / and save us.
Kontakion — Tone 6
We have no other help, we have no other hope, but you, O Lady. / Help us, for in you we hope, / and of you we boast, for we are your servants. / Let us not be put to shame.