Great and Holy Friday
Troparion — Tone 4
By Your precious blood, / You have redeemed us from the curse of the law. / By being nailed to the cross and pierced by a spear, / You have poured forth immortality upon men. / O our Savior, glory to You!
Kontakion — Tone 8
Come, let us all sing the praises of Him who was crucified for us, / for Mary said when she beheld Him upon the tree: / Though You endure the cross, You are my Son and my God!
Saint Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople
Troparion — Tone 4
In truth you were revealed to your flock as a rule of faith, / an image of humility and a teacher of abstinence; / your humility exalted you; / your poverty enriched you. / Hierarch Father Eutychius, / entreat Christ our God / that our souls may be saved.
Kontakion — Tone 8
Let us all chant with faith and love, O people, / blessing the godly Eutychius as a great pastor and minister, / an all-wise teacher and expeller of heresies, / for he entreats the Lord on behalf of us all!
Saint Methodius, Equal of the Apostles, Archbishop of Moravia, Enlightener of the Slavs
Troparion — Tone 4
In truth you were revealed to your flock as a rule of faith, / an image of humility and a teacher of abstinence; / your humility exalted you; / your poverty enriched you. / Hierarch Father Methodius, / entreat Christ our God / that our souls may be saved.
Saint Platonis of Nisibis, Syria
Troparion — Tone 8
(Podoben: “Come, let us worship the Word...”)
With the streams of your tears, you cultivated the barrenness of the desert, / and by your sighings from the depths, your labors bore fruit a hundredfold, / and you became a luminary of the world, radiant with miracles, O Platonίs our Mother. / Intercede with Christ God that our souls may be saved.
Kontakion — Tone 2
(Podoben: “You sought the heights...”)
Having divinely armed yourself with purity of soul / and firmly grasping unceasing prayer as a spear, you slew the hordes of demons. / Therefore, we beseech you, O Mother Platonίs: / “Always intercede for those who honor you.”
120 Martyrs of Persia
Troparion — Tone 4
Your holy martyrs O Lord, / through their sufferings have received incorruptible crowns from You, our God. / For having Your strength, they laid low their adversaries, / and shattered the powerless boldness of demons. / Through their intercessions, save our souls!
Martyrs Jeremiah and Presbyter Archilias
Troparion — Tone 4
Your holy martyrs O Lord, / through their sufferings have received incorruptible crowns from You, our God. / For having Your strength, they laid low their adversaries, / and shattered the powerless boldness of demons. / Through their intercessions, save our souls!
Venerable Gregory the Byzantine
Troparion — Tone 5
You reflected the angelic life, / and your soul was a vessel of insight. / O holy Father Gregory, radiant torch of virtues, / the glory of Sinai and Athos and enlightener of the Slavic lands, / guide us unerringly, that our souls may be saved!
Monastic Martyr Gennadios of Dionysiou on Mount Athos
Troparion — Tone 4
(Podoben: “Be quick to anticipate...”)
Your Martyr Gennádios, O Lord, / through his contest received an incorruptible crown from You, our God; / for possessed of Your strength, / he laid the tyrants low and shattered the powerless boldness of the demons. / By his supplications, save our souls.
Kontakion — Tone 2
(Podoben: “You sought the heights...”)
You were made manifest by your splendor as a bright star, / proclaiming Christ to the temporal world, O Martyr Gennádios; / and by vanquishing the allurement of false gods, / you granted true light to the faithful, always interceding on behalf of us all.