Synaxis of All Saints
Troparion — Tone 4
Adorned in the blood of Your Martyrs throughout all the world, / as if clothed in purple and linen, / through them Your Church cries out to You, O Christ God: / “Bestow Your bounties upon Your people, / grant peace to Your habitation, and great mercy to our souls.”
Kontakion — Tone 8
(Original Melody)
As the first fruits of nature offered to the Planter of all creation, O Lord, / the inhabited earth brings the God-bearing Martyrs. / By their supplications, and the intercession of the Theotokos, / preserve Your Church in profound peace, O greatly Merciful One.
Icon of the Mother of God “The Unbreakable Wall”
Troparion — Tone 4
Let us, sinful and humbled, now run earnestly to the Theotokos, / and let us fall down in repentance, crying from the depths of our soul: / "Help us, O Sovereign Lady, and have compassion on us. / Make haste, for we perish from the multitude of our sins. / Do not turn your servants empty away, for we have you as our only hope.
Kontakion — Tone 6
We have no other help, we have no other hope, but you, O Sovereign 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.
"Seven Arrows" Icon of the Mother of God
Troparion — Tone 5
Soften our evil hearts, O Theotokos, and repel the attacks of those who hate us, / and loosen all the rigidity of our soul. / For beholding your holy image, / we are filled with compunction by your compassion and loving kindness toward us, / and we kiss your wounds; / for we are terrified by the darts with which we wound you. / O Compassionate Mother, / do not let us perish because of our hardness of heart, / or our neighbor's hardness of heart, / for you are truly the Softener of Evil Hearts.
Kontakion — Tone 2
By your grace, O Sovereign Lady, / soften the hearts of evildoers, / send down benefactors who will preserve them from all evil; / with gratitude and zeal, we pray to you before your revered icons.
Nativity of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist, John
Troparion — Tone 4
Prophet and Forerunner of the coming of Christ, / although we cannot praise you worthily, / we honor you in love at your nativity, / for by it you ended your father’s silence and your mother’s barrenness, / proclaiming to the world the incarnation of the Son of God!
Kontakion — Tone 3
Today the formerly barren woman gives birth to Christ’s Forerunner, / who is the fulfillment of every prophecy; / for in the Jordan, / when he laid his hand on the One foretold by the prophets, / he was revealed as Prophet, Herald, and Forerunner of God the Word.
Venerable Anthony, Abbot of Dymsk, Novgorod
Troparion — Tone 4
You were a zealot of virtue, a desert dweller, and ascetic of faith in Christ our God, / and by fasting and labors you deadened carnal lusts. / O namesake of Anthony the Great, / you emulated his life and built a divine church in his name; / now together with the venerable Anthony, / beseech the Savior of all, / that He may make us victorious over the lusts of the flesh, / and temples of the Holy Spirit, / according to His great mercy.
Kontakion — Tone 6
You were a peer and emulator of Venerable Barlaam, / and when you attained true obedience to him, you were shown to be worthy of him, / and you shepherded his flock until the time, / when having been zealous for his virtues, you attained the same age; / and loving silence, you were shown to be pleasing to the Lord, / and became the first Superior in the wilderness at Lake Dymsk; / therefore, we cry out to you: / “With Saint Barlaam, O Father Anthony, / entreat God for us, so He may grant us to please Him as you did, / an image of obedience and a zealot for stillness.”
Seven Martyred Brothers: Orentius, Pharnacius, Eros, Firmus, Firminus, Cyriacus, and Longinus, in Georgia
Troparion — Tone 4
Your holy martyrs, O Lord, / through their sufferings have received an incorruptible crown 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!
Saint Athanasius Parios
Troparion — Tone 4
(Podoben: “Go quickly before...”)
Piously adorned with every kind of wisdom, O divinely-inspired teacher of the Church, / and
one of most upright life, you were seen as a bright pillar, O Father Athanasios. / Wherefore, the
island of Paros boasts of your glory and we honor your gifts.
Kontakion — Tone 4
(Podoben: “You have appeared today...”)
You shone forth from Paros like a new star, / and you enlightened the faithful by your holy
teachings, / through the inspiration of grace, as a divinely-speaking sage, O Athanasios.
Venerable Barlaam of Khutin
Troparion — Tone 3
Exhausting your body by sleeping on the earth, praying, and keeping vigil, O Venerable one, / you dispelled all carnal thoughts / and become a copious stream of healing for those who come to you with faith; / O Barlaam, our Father, / pray to Christ God for the salvation of our souls.
Kontakion — Tone 8
As a second Elijah, O Father, you brought down rain from the heavens, / for he brought down fire and astonished the king, / but you pleased your people and instituted a festival. / Great Novgorod takes pride in you, having your relics in itself, / preserving it unshaken by enemies, so that we may cry out to you: / “Rejoice, Venerable Barlaam, our Father.”