33 Holy Martyrs of Melitene
Troparion — Tone 4
Your thirty-three 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!
Kontakion — Tone 2
The radiant choir of martyrs, the light-bearing company, / spiritually descends to us, enlightening the Church with brilliant rays. / Therefore as we celebrate their honored memory, / we ask You, our Savior: / through their prayers deliver us from misfortunes / so that we may sing to You: “Alleluia.”
Venerable Lazarus, Wonderworker of Mount Galesius Near Ephesus
Troparion — Tone 8
You watered your pillar with prayerful vigils and flowing tears; / you brought forth fruit a hundredfold with sighs from the depths of your soul. / You were a shepherd, granting the requests of all. / Entreat Christ God, venerable Lazarus our father, that our souls may be saved.
Kontakion — Tone 4
With joy the Church of Christ glorifies you with psalms / as a most brilliant light, venerable Lazarus. / Therefore, always pray to Christ that He may grant forgiveness of transgressions to all.
The Discovery of the Relics of Venerable Zosimas, Abbot of Vorbozomsk
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 Zosimas, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Finding of the relics of Venerable Cyril, Abbot of Novoezersk, Vologda
Troparion — Tone 8
You appeared as a bright lamp at New Lake on Beautiful Island, Venerable Father Cyril, / for you took the Cross of Christ upon your shoulders, / and followed Him diligently, with purity toward God, / drawing closer to Him and were adorned with the power to work miracles; / therefore, we come to the shrine of your revered relics, humbly crying out: / "O Venerable Father Cyril, pray to Christ God for the salvation of our souls."
Martyrs Melasippus, Karina, their son, Antoninus, and forty children converted by their martyrdom, at Ancyra
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 Auctus, Taurion, and Thessalonica, at Amphipolis, in Macedonia
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!
“Joyful” Icon of the Mother of God
Troparion — Tone 4
Let all of us, who are burdened with sins, fall on our knees before the Theotokos, / bowing before her wonderworking Icon of Tenderness, / kissing it and crying aloud with tears: / “O Sovereign Lady, accept the prayer of your unworthy servants, / and grant to us who ask, your great mercy.”
Kontakion — Tone 6
We have no other help, we have no other hope but you, O Lady. / Help us, for in you do we hope, / and of you do we boast, for we are your servants. / Let us not be put to shame.
Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra
Troparion — Tone 3
Your holy martyr Theodotus, 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 Theodotus; / extinguishing the allure of false gods, / you enlighten the faithful, / always interceding for us all.