Troparia and kontakia for April 12

Saint Basil the Confessor, Bishop of Parium

Troparion — Tone 4

Glorious hierarch Basil, / priest of the King of glory, / you are a radiant confessor of the Faith: / You opposed the iconoclasts and suffered for the Truth. / Standing before God, remember those who honor you.

Kontakion — Tone 6

You royally served the King of all, / holy hierarch Basil. / You revealed divine truths / and became a whole burnt offering. / You cry to those who honor you: / “The honor given to an icon ascends to Christ.”

Hieromartyr Zeno, Bishop of Verona

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 Zeno, entreat Christ God to save our souls.

Saint Isaac the Syrian, Abbot of Spoleto

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 Isaac, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!

Monastic Martyrs Menas, David, and John, of Palestine

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 the holy fathers Menas, David, and John.

Kontakion — Tone 2

As venerable and proven ascetics, as honorable and renowned martyrs, / and as models of the desert life, O most exalted Menas, David, and John, / we sing hymns of praise to you, / for you have trampled upon serpents.

Venerable Anthusa of Constantinople

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 mother Anthusa, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!

Venerable Athanasia, Abbess of Aegina

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 mother Athanasia, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!

Venerable Acacius the Younger of Mount Athos

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 Acacius, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!

Murom Icon of the Mother of God

Troparion — Tone 4

Today the city of Murom rejoices brightly, / like the radiance of the sun, O most wondrous Sovereign Lady, / having received your wonderworking Icon, / now we resort to it and pray, crying out to you; / "O Sovereign Lady Theotokos, / pray to Christ our God, Who was incarnate of you, / that He will deliver this city and all Christian cities and lands, / and preserve them unharmed by all the slanders of enemies, / and that He will save our souls, for He is merciful.

Kontakion — Tone 6

We have no other help, we have no other hope, but you, O Lady. / Help us, for in you we hope, / and of you we boast, for we are your servants. / Let us not be put to shame.

Belynich Icon of the Mother of God

Kontakion — Tone 6

We have no other help, we have no other hope, but you, O Lady. / Help us, for in you we hope, / and of you we boast, for we are your servants. / Let us not be put to shame.