Troparia and kontakia for June 11

Apostle Bartholomew of the Twelve

Troparion — Tone 3

Holy Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas, / entreat the merciful God / to grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions.

Kontakion — Tone 4

You have appeared to the universe as a great sun, / shining with the radiance of your teachings and awesome miracles. / You enlighten those who honor you, apostle of the Lord, Bartholomew.

Apostle Barnabas of the Seventy

Troparion — Tone 3

Holy Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas, / entreat the merciful God / to grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions.

Kontakion — Tone 3

You became a true servant of the Lord / and appeared as the first among the Seventy Apostles; / together with Paul you set your preaching in a clear light / revealing Christ as Savior to all; / therefore with hymns we celebrate your godly memory, O Barnabas.

Venerable Barnabas, Abbot of Vetluga

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

Uncovering of the relics of Venerable Ephraim, Abbot of Novy Torg

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

Synaxis of the “Axion Estin” Icon of the Mother of God

Troparion — Tone 4

(Podoben: “Go quickly before...”)
Gather together, all ye Fathers of Athos, / faithfully celebrating with joy and gladness today, / for wondrously the Mother of God / is hymned by the Angel; / therefore, we glorify her forever as the Theotokos.

Kontakion — Tone 4

(Podoben: “Thou hast appeared today...”)
All of Athos keeps festival today, / for wondrously, it has received hymns from the Angel, / extolling the Mother of God, whom all of creation honors and glorifies.

Hieromartyr Metrophanes (Chang Tzi-tzung), first Chinese priest and the martyrs of the Boxer Rising in China

Troparion — Tone 1

By the sufferings of Your saints which they endured for Your sake, / be moved, O Lord, and heal all our infirmities, / we implore You, O Lover of man.

Kontakion — Tone 8

(Podoben: “Seeking the highest...”)
O divine martyrs, you have appeared as bright beacons, / illumining all of creation with the radiance of your miracles; / unceasingly entreat Christ to deliver us all from our infirmities, / and to drive away from us the profound darkness of ignorance.

Saint Luke, Archbishop of Simferopol

Troparion — Tone 1

Herald of the path of salvation, Confessor and Archpastor of the Crimean Land, / True Guardian of Patristic Tradition, unshakable pillar, teacher of Orthodoxy, / divinely-wise physician, and Hierarch Luke, / pray unceasingly to Christ the Savior to grant unshakable faith to the Orthodox, salvation, and great mercy.

Kontakion — Tone 1

Like a star shining with light, O Hierarch, you shone with virtues, / and you led a blameless life, like the Angels; / therefore, you were honored with the rank of a Bishop, / but suffered much persecution from the atheists, / yet you remained unshakable in your faith, / healing many with your medical wisdom. / Therefore, your revered relics were found in the bowels of the earth, / and the Lord has glorified you, so that all the faithful may cry out to you: / "Rejoice, Father and Hierarch Luke, / the boast and bulwark of the Crimean land."