Antipascha: Saint Thomas Sunday
Troparion — Tone 7
From the sealed tomb, You did shine forth O Life! / Through closed doors You did come to Your disciples, O Christ God! / Renew in us, through them, an upright spirit, / by the greatness of Your mercy, O Resurrection of all!
Kontakion — Tone 8
Thomas touched Your life-giving side with an eager hand, O Christ God, / when You did come to Your apostles through closed doors. / He cried out with all: You are my Lord and my God!
Prophet Isaiah
Troparion — Tone 4
With a great voice like that of a trumpet, / you proclaimed the coming of Christ to the world. / You were revealed as a swiftly-writing scribe of the things to come; / therefore, we acclaim you with hymns, / most illustrious prophet Isaiah.
Kontakion — Tone 2
Endowed with the gift of prophecy, / prophet-martyr Isaiah, herald of God, / you made clear to all the incarnation of Christ / by proclaiming with a great voice: / “Behold, the Virgin shall conceive in her womb.”
Martyr Christopher of Lycia, and, with him, the Martyrs Callinika and Aquilina
Troparion — Tone 4
(Podoben: “Go quickly before...”)
Adorned with garments woven from the blood of your martyrdom, / you stand before the Lord, the King of Heaven, O revered Christopher; / therefore, with the choirs of Angels and Martyrs, / you sing the Thrice-Holy Hymn with the sweetest melodies; / by your intercessions, save your servants.
Kontakion — Tone 4
You were terrifying both in might and countenance: / and willingly suffered temptation from your persecutors; / those men and women who sought to arouse the fire of lust in you, / but they followed you to martyrdom. / Therefore, you are our strong protector, O Great Martyr Christopher.
Translation of the relics of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra to Bari
Troparion — Tone 4
The day of radiant solemnity has come; / the city of Bari rejoices, and with it the whole world exults with hymns and spiritual songs; / for today is the sacred Feast / of the transfer of the precious and healing relics of the Hierarch and wonderworker Nicholas. / For, like the never-setting Sun, he shines with brilliant beams of light, / driving away the darkness of temptations and misfortunes from those who cry out with faith: / “Save us, O Nicholas, as our great intercessor.”
Kontakion — Tone 3
(Podoben: “Today the Virgin...”)
Your relics have moved like a star from the East to the West, O Hierarch Nicholas; / and the sea has been sanctified by your passage. / The city of Bari receives grace through you, / for you have shone forth for us / as a wonderworker, illustrious, most wondrous, and merciful.
Repose of Venerable Shio the Anchorite of Georgia
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 Shio, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Venerable Joseph of Optina
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 Joseph, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!