Midfeast of Pentecost
Troparion — Tone 8
In the middle of the Feast, O Savior, / fill my thirsting soul with the waters of godliness, as You did cry to all: / If anyone thirst let him come to me and drink! / O Christ God, Fountain of our life, glory to You!
Kontakion — Tone 4
Christ God, the Creator and Master of all / cried to all in the midst of the Feast of the law: / Come and draw the water of immortality! / We fall before You and faithfully cry: / Grant us Your bounties, for You are the Fountain of our life!
Saint Michael the Confessor, Bishop of Synnada
Troparion — Tone 4
From your youth you dedicated your life to God, / and you were proclaimed shepherd and hierarch of Christ, holy Michael. / You endured afflictions and exile / because you honored the icon of Christ; / now you pour forth healings for us all.
Kontakion — Tone 8
As a most honorable hierarch and champion of true piety, / undaunted by fear of the notorious tyrant, / you conquered his heretical opposition, freely proclaiming in a loud voice: / “I venerate the icon of Christ and of His all-pure Mother!” / Therefore, we honor you, O Michael!
Venerable Euphrosyne, Abbess of Polotsk
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 Euphrosynē, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Venerable Paisius, Abbot of Galich
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 Paisius, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Martyr Michael “the Black-Robed” of Saint Savva Monastery
Troparion — Tone 1
The image of God was truly preserved in you, O Father, / for you took up the Cross and followed Christ. / By so doing you taught us to disregard the flesh for it passes away / but to care instead for the soul, since it is immortal. / Therefore your spirit, venerable Michael, rejoices with the angels.
Holy Myrrh-bearer Mary, the wife of Cleopas
Troparion — Tone 2
The Angel came to the Myrrh-Bearing women at the tomb and said: / “Myrrh is meet for the dead; / but Christ has shown Himself a stranger to corruption! / So proclaim the Lord is risen, / granting the world great mercy!”
Troparion — Tone 2
When You proclaimed “Rejoice” to the Myrrhbearers, / You caused the lamentation of the first mother Eve to cease by Your Resurrection; O Christ God; / You bade Your Apostles to preach: / “The Savior is risen from the tomb.”
Saint Leontius, Bishop of Rostov
Troparion — Tone 4
Successor of the Apostles and faithful intercessor with God, / by your virtues you rose to the height of Heaven, / and lovingly you devoted yourself to Him Who loved you, / and brought an unbelieving people to faith. / Therefore, now rejoicing together with the Angels, / you stand before the glorious Throne of Christ God, the King of all. / O Hierarch Leontius, pray that He may save our souls.
Kontakion — Tone 4
Because of the purity of your life, / the All-Seeing Lord has given His light to your soul, / in order to explain your teaching to many, O Venerable Leontius.