Martyr Paraskevi of Rome - Troparion & Kontakion

Troparion — Tone 1

Showing a diligence befitting your calling, O namesake of preparedness,1 / you have inherited as your dwelling, a faith worthy of your name, O prize-winner Paraskevḗ. / Therefore, you pour forth healings, / and you intercede for our souls.


1 Paraskevḗ means Friday, in Greek. In the Scriptures, Friday is called the day of preparation (Matthew 27:62; Mark 15:42; Luke 23:54; John 19:31).

Troparion — Tone 5

O wise and praiseworthy Martyr of Christ Paraskevḗ, / by taking courage and rejecting feminine weakness / you conquered the devil! / You put your torturer to shame by crying out: / "Come, rend my body with your sword, and burn it with fire; / for I go rejoicing to Christ my bridegroom!" / By her prayers, O Christ God, save our souls!

Kontakion — Tone 8

(Podoben: “O Victorious Leader...”)
Come, O faithful, with one accord let us sing a hymn of praise to the prizewinner, the victorious Paraskevḗ, / for she shines forth upon the world with miracles; / driving away the dark moonless night of error, she pours forth grace upon the faithful / who cry out to her: "Rejoice, O much-suffering Martyr!"

Kontakion — Tone 1

Your temple, revered by all, is found to be a hospital for souls, / in it all believers honor you with loud voices, / O glorious Monastic Martyr Paraskevḗ.