HOLY PASCHA: The Resurrection of Our Lord
Troparion — Tone 4
O God of our Fathers, / always act with kindness towards us; / take not Your mercy from us, / but guide our lives in peace / through the prayers of Saints Sebastian and Mardarije.
Kontakion — Tone 2
(Podoben: “You sought the heights...”)
Passing unharmed through a multitude of storms, / and receiving the gift of miracles, / you drowned your bodiless Enemies in the streams of your tears, / O divinely-wise Sebastian, / pray unceasingly on behalf of us all.
Kontakion — Tone 8
Apostle and Enlightener of America, / born in San Francisco, first one born in America to become a priest. / Fiery preacher of Christ’s Word among the peoples of America, / you traveled throughout the country preaching truth and love, / confirming many souls in the Orthodox Faith, and building many churches to the glory of God; / poor in body but rich in the Spirit, O Father Sebastian of Jackson and Apostle of All America, / entreat the Lord Whom you served with your whole heart, / to grant us your last spoken wish: the everlasting Kingdom of Heaven.