Bright Saturday
Troparion — Tone 4
Christ is risen from the dead, / trampling down death by death, / and upon those in the tombs bestowing life!
Troparion — Tone 8
(Hypakoe)
Before the dawn Mary and the women came / and found the stone rolled away from the tomb. / They heard the angelic voice: “Why do you seek among the dead as a Man / the One Who is everlasting Light? / Behold the clothes in the grave; go and proclaim to the world: / ‘The Lord is risen; He has slain death, / as He is the Son of God, saving the race of man.’”
Kontakion — Tone 8
You descended into the tomb, O Immortal, / You destroyed the power of death. / In victory You arose, O Christ God, / proclaiming: “Rejoice!” to the Myrrhbearing Women, / granting peace to Your Apostles, and bestowing Resurrection on the fallen.
Saint Theodore the Sykeote, Bishop of Anastasiopolis
Troparion — Tone 2
You were sanctified from your earliest childhood / and were shown to be filled with grace. / You illumined the world with miracles / and drove away a multitude of demons, O Holy Hierarch Theodore. / Therefore, entreat the Lord on our behalf.
Kontakion — Tone 3
(Podoben “Today the Virgin...”)
As upon a fiery chariot, you ascended on the virtues to the heavenly mansions, O God-bearer Theodore. / You were an Angel living on earth with men; / and a man dancing with joy with the holy Angels. / Therefore, O Theodore, / you proved to be a divine vessel of miracles.
Apostle Nathaniel of the Seventy
Troparion — Tone 3
Holy Apostle Nathaniel, / entreat the merciful God, / to grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions.
Apostle and Evangelist Luke of the Seventy
Troparion — Tone 3
Holy Apostle Luke, / entreat the merciful God, / to grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions.
Holy Apostles of the 70 Apelles, Luke (Loukios), and Clement
Troparion — Tone 3
Holy Apostles Apelles, Luke, and Clement, / entreat the merciful God, / to grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions.
Venerable Vitalius of Gaza
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 Vitalius, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Hieromartyr Savva (Trlajic) of Serbia
Troparion — Tone 4
By sharing in the ways of the Apostles, / you became a successor to their throne. / Through the practice of virtue, you found the way to divine contemplation, O inspired one of God; / by teaching the word of truth without error, you defended the Faith, / even to the shedding of your blood. / Hieromartyr Savva, entreat Christ God to save our souls.
Hieromartyr Platon the Newmartyr of Banjaluka
Troparion — Tone 4
By sharing in the ways of the Apostles, / you became a successor to their throne. / Through the practice of virtue, you found the way to divine contemplation, O inspired one of God; / by teaching the word of truth without error, you defended the Faith, / even to the shedding of your blood. / Hieromartyr Platon, entreat Christ God to save our souls.