Troparia and kontakia for October 8

Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council

Troparion — Tone 8

Most glorious art Thou, O Christ our God, / Who hast established the Holy Fathers as luminaries on the earth. / By them Thou hast guided us on the path of the True Faith. / O Most Merciful One, glory to Thee!

Kontakion — Tone 6

The Son, Who shone forth ineffably from the Father, / was born of a woman, in two natures. / Beholding Him, we do not deny the image of His form, / but depicting it piously, we revere it with faith. / Therefore, the Church, holding the True Faith, / venerates the Icon of Christ's Incarnation.

Venerable Pelagia the Penitent

Troparion — Tone 4

(Podoben: “You were lifted up on the Cross...”)
Like a fragrant rose growing among thorns, / you were revealed to the Church by your virtuous deeds / becoming a source of joy for the faithful. / You offered your life as a sweet-smelling fragrance / to Him who made you wondrous. / Entreat Him to deliver us from every passion of soul and body, / O righteous Pelagia.

Kontakion — Tone 2

(Podoben: “You sought the heights...”)
You exhausted your body through fasting, vigils, and prayer / earnestly entreating the Creator that you might receive complete forgiveness for your former deeds. / Truly, you received this, O Mother Pelagia, / thereby showing us the way to repentance.

Venerable Dositheus, Abbot of Verkneostrov, Pskov

Troparion — Tone 4

You appeared as a bright lamp on an island in Lake Pskov; / for you took the Cross of Christ upon your shoulders from your youth, / and followed Him diligently, drawing nearer to God in purity; / therefore, you were enriched by the gift of miracles. / Thus we also, when we come to your holy icon, / we lament and cry out: / “O Venerable Father Dositheos, entreat Christ God for the salvation of our souls.”

Kontakion — Tone 2

With God’s help, you armed yourself with purity of soul, / and tightly grasping unceasing prayer as a spear, you overthrew the demonic hordes. / O Dositheos our Father, / pray unceasingly for all of us.

Venerable Tryphon, Abbot of Vyatka

Troparion — Tone 4

Like a radiant star, you shone from east to west, / for after leaving your homeland, you reached the region of Vyatka. and the God-protected city of Khlynov, / where you established a Monastery for the glory of the Most Holy Theotokos. / There you gathered a multitude of monks, directing them to the path of salvation. / You were a converser with Angels and a colleague of Fasters, / O Venerable Tryphon. / With them, entreat Christ God for the salvation of our souls.

Kontakion — Tone 8

You placed the fear of God in your soul as the beginning of the foundation of the virtues, O blessed one; / from your youth you took up your cross, and devoutly followed Christ, / putting on the Angelic image;1 / you were a wondrous monk, blossoming with virtues, and striving for God. / You were merciless, regarding your body as an enemy, O Father, / and by your patience you became like gold tested in a furnace.2 / Do not forget to visit your children now, and remember us who revere your glorious memory, / that we may cry out to you: “Rejoice, O wise Tryphon, instructor of monks.”


1 The Schema.
2 Wisdom of Solomon 3:6.

Kontakion — Tone 2

Passing dry-footed through many storms, / you drowned the bodiless Enemies vigorously, with the streams of your tears, O divinely-wise Tryphon, / and you received the gift of working miracles. / Pray unceasingly for all of us.

Venerable Thais of Egypt

Troparion — Tone 4

O God of our fathers, / do not take your mercy from us, / but ever act towards us according to your kindness / and by the prayers of your Holy Thais, / guide our lives in peace!

Kontakion — Tone 2

Let us praise the blessed Thais, / the truly fruitful branch from a corrupt root, / the sweet stream from a salty source, / the image of repentance and rule of patience! / Once a vessel of sin, she is now the chosen vessel of grace! / Let us cry aloud to her: / O Venerable Thais, entreat Christ God that our souls may be saved!

Virgin Martyr Pelagia of Antioch

Troparion — Tone 8

(Podoben: “Joseph was amazed...”)
Your lamb Pelagia, / O Jesus, cries out in a loud voice: / ‘I love You, my Bridegroom, / and seeking You, I endure suffering. / In Your Baptism I was crucified and buried with You, I suffer for Your sake that I might reign with You, / and I die for You that I might live with You. / Accept me, who with love sacrifice myself for You, as an unblemished offering. / for I have offered myself in love.’ / By her prayers save our souls, O most merciful One.

Kontakion — Tone 2

(Podoben: “You sought the heights...”)
Finding your most revered temple to be a source of healing for our souls, / we the faithful cry out to You with a loud voice: / “O most renowned Virgin Martyr Pelagia, / entreat Christ God unceasingly on behalf of us all.”

Monastic Martyr Ignatius the Monk of Bulgaria

Troparion — Tone 1

The image of God was truly preserved in you, O Father, / for you took up the Cross and followed Christ. / By so doing you taught us to disregard the flesh for it passes away / but to care instead for the soul, since it is immortal. / Therefore your spirit, venerable Ignatius, rejoices with the angels.

Kontakion — Tone 2

As a venerable and proven ascetic, as an honorable and renowned martyr, / and as a model of the desert life, O most exalted Ignatius, / we sing hymns of praise to you, / for you have trampled upon serpents.