Memorial Saturday
Troparion — Tone 8
Only Creator, with wisdom profound, You mercifully order all things, / and give that which is needed to all men: / Give rest, O Lord, to the souls of Your servants who have fallen asleep, / for they have placed their trust in You, our Maker and Fashioner, and our God.
Kontakion — Tone 8
With the saints give rest, O Christ, to the souls of Your servants, / where there is neither sickness nor sorrow, and no more sighing, / but life everlasting.
Prophet Amos
Troparion — Tone 2
We celebrate the memory / of Your prophet Amos, O Lord; / through him we entreat You, / "Save our souls."
Kontakion — Tone 4
Having purified your heart spiritually, O glorious Prophet Amos, / you received the gift of prophecy from on high / and proclaimed to all: / “This is our God and beside Him there is no other.”
Saint Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow
Troparion — Tone 4
Having dedicated your whole life to the Lord from your youth, / you were a paradigm of virtue in prayer, labor and fasting. / God, having seen your good intent, / raised you up as a high priest and shepherd of His Church. / Therefore, even after your repose, / your honorable body was preserved whole and incorrupt. / Hierarch Jonah, pray to Christ God that He may save our souls.
Kontakion — Tone 8
Since you served the Lord from your youth, O wise one, / and disciplined your body through fasting and vigil, / you were revealed to be a pure vessel and the dwelling place of the All-holy Spirit. / Thus, the Church established you to be a hierarch and shepherd, / and having tended it well, you departed to the Lord, whom you loved. / Therefore, we entreat you to remember us who honor your holy memory with faith, / so that we may cry to you: “Rejoice, Father Jonah, most honorable hierarch.”
Venerable Cassian and Gregory, Abbots of Avnezh, Vologda
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 fathers Cassian and Gregory, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Martyrs Modestus, Crescentia, and Vitus, at Lucania
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!
Martyr Doulas of Cilicia
Troparion — Tone 3
Your holy martyr Doulas, O Lord, / through his sufferings has received an incorruptible crown from You, our God. / For having Your strength, he laid low his adversaries, / and shattered the powerless boldness of demons. / Through his intercessions, save our souls!
Kontakion — Tone 2
(Podoben: “You sought the heights...”)
You appeared as a bright star announcing Christ with your radiance, / which is repulsive to this world, O Martyr Doulas; / extinguishing the allure of false gods, / you enlighten the faithful, / always interceding for us all.
Saint Jerome (Hieronymus) of Stridon
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 Jerome, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Translation of the relics of Saint Theodore the Sykeote
Troparion — Tone 2
You were sanctified from your earliest childhood / and were shown to be filled with grace. / You illumined the world with miracles / and drove away a multitude of demons, O Holy Hierarch Theodore. / Therefore, entreat the Lord on our behalf.
Troparion — Tone 2
(Podoben: “Today the Virgin...”)
As upon a fiery chariot, you ascended on the virtues to the heavenly mansions, O God-bearer Theodore. / You were an Angel living on earth with men; / and a man dancing with joy with the holy Angels. / Therefore, O Theodore, / you proved to be a divine vessel of miracles.
Right-believing Prince Lazarus the Great Martyr of Serbia
Troparion — Tone 3
Longing for the beauty of God’s glory, / you were found pleasing to Him while yet in the flesh / and by good deeds multiplied the talents entrusted to you. / Having suffered greatly, even to the shedding of your blood, / you received the crown of martyrdom from Christ. / By your prayers, O Lazar, entreat Him to save us who sing to you.
Kontakion — Tone 8
Your flock glorifies you as a valiant champion of true piety / and a glorious martyr, O most wise Lazar. / Since you have boldness before Christ our God, entreat Him to grant peace to those who praise you, / that we may cry: “Rejoice, O praise-worthy Lazar!”
Saint Ephraim the Bulgarian, Patriarch of Serbia
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 Ephraim, / entreat Christ our God / that our souls may be saved.
Blessed Augustine, Bishop of Hippo
Troparion — Tone 4
(Podoben: “Come, let us worship the Word...”)
Let us praise the great Augustine, / a divine Hierarch of Christ's Church and a wise guide; / a renowned theologian of the city on high,1 / a lover of prayer, and a pillar of repentance; / “Intercede with the Lord, that He may have mercy on our souls.”;
1 A reference to his book The City of God.
Kontakion — Tone 2
(Podoben: “You sought the heights...”)
You received the light of Christ in your heart, / and being in this light, and illumining the faithful with light, / you burned the enemies with your wise writings; / O blessed Father Augustine, always intercede with Christ for all of us.
Saint Michael, first Metropolitan of Kiev
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 Michael, / entreat Christ our God / that our souls may be saved.
Saint Theophanes of the Roslavl Forests
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 Theophanes, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Apostles Fortunatus, Akhaikos, and Stephanas of the 70
Troparion — Tone 3
Holy Apostles of the Seventy; / entreat the merciful God / to grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions.
Kontakion — Tone 2
O faithful, let us praise with hymns / the choir of the seventy disciples of Christ. / They have taught us all to worship the undivided Trinity, / for they are divine lamps of the Faith.
Voronin Icon of the Mother of God
Troparion — Tone 2
We sing to you, Most Pure Sovereign Lady, / our speedy helper and fervent intercessor, / and glorify the appearance of your wondrous Voronin Icon, illuminating the boundaries of Cherepovets, / people flock to you with faith so that help will soon be granted. / O Most Merciful Sovereign Lady, / pray to your Son, the Sweetest Jesus, that our souls may be saved.
Kontakion — Tone 5
O Most Pure Sovereign Lady, rich in mercy, / reverently we cry to you: / “Do not forget your people, / who turn to your wonderworking Voronin Icon with faith, crying aloud: / ‘Rejoice, O blessed Virgin, for by your care, you have not left us as orphans.’”