Martyrs Adrian and Natalia and 23 companions, of Nicomedia
Troparion — Tone 3
(Podoben: “Your confession of the Divine Faith...”)
You regarded the Faith as an imperishable treasure, O most blessed one, / abandoning the ungodliness of your fathers, and walking in the footsteps of the Master, / you were enriched with divine gifts, O glorious Adrian. / Pray to Christ God for the salvation of our souls.
Kontakion — Tone 4
(Podoben: “You appeared today...”)
O Martyr of Christ, Adrian, / you kept in your heart the divine words of your godly-minded wife Natalia, / and endured torments; together with your spouse, you have received a crown.
Venerable Adrian, Abbot of Ondrusov, Valaam
Troparion — Tone 8
In you, O Father, was preserved with exactness what was according to the image; / for you took up your cross and followed Christ. / By so doing, you taught us to disregard the flesh, for it passes away; / but to care for the soul, since it is immortal. / Therefore, O Venerable Adrian, your spirit rejoices with the Angels.
Kontakion — Tone 2
Let us worthily extol in hymns the all-praised Adrian, / as a devout and experienced faster, / as an honored and voluntary martyr, / and as one who led an eremitic life in the desert, / for he has trampled the serpent underfoot.
Commemoration of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance of Moscow from the Invasion of Tamerlane
Troparion — Tone 4
Today the most glorious city of Moscow rejoices resplendently, / perceiving your wonderworking Icon as the radiance of the sun, O Sovereign Lady. / Now, having come to it, we pray to you and cry: “O most wondrous Lady Theotokos, / pray to Christ our God, Who was incarnate of you, / that He may deliver this city and all Christian cities and countries, preserving them unharmed from every intrigue of the enemy, / and that He may save our souls, for He is merciful.”
Kontakion — Tone 8
(Podoben: “O Victorious Leader...”)
O victorious Leader of triumphant hosts, / to you we sing a song of victory, / for you have delivered us from troubles by the arrival of your revered Icon, O Sovereign Lady Theotokos, / and joyously we celebrate the festival of your meeting, / and, as is customary, we cry to you: “Hail, Unwedded Bride.”
“Virgin of Tenderness” Icon of the Mother of God of the Pskov Caves
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.
Saint Adrian of Úglich
Troparion — Tone 8
(Podoben: “Come, let us worship the Word...”)
By a flood of tears, you made the barren desert fertile, / and by your sighings from the depths, your labors bore fruit a hundredfold, / and you became a luminary of the world, / radiant with miracles, O Adrian our Father. / Intercede with Christ God for the salvation of our souls.
Kontakion — Tone 2
(Podoben: “You sought the heights...”)
Having divinely armed yourself with purity of soul / and firmly grasping unceasing prayer as a spear, you have slain the armies of the demons. / Therefore, we beseech you, O Father Adrian: / “Always intercede for those who honor you.”
Blessed Pelagia, Paraskeva, and Maria of Diveyevo
Troparion — Tone 1
Hearing the words of the Apostle Paul saying: / “We are fools for the sake of Christ,”1 / Thy servants Pelagia, Paraskeva, and Maria, O Christ God, / were fools on earth for Thy sake; / therefore, honoring their memory, we entreat Thee: / “O Lord, save our souls.”
Kontakion — Tone 8
Desiring heavenly beauty, you diligently forsook earthly bodily pleasures, / while living the angelic life in the unacquisitive2 world, / and after death, Blessed Pelagia, Paraskeva, and Maria / pray unceasingly to Christ God for all of us.
1 Corinthians 4:10.
2 Unmercenary, not desiring wealth or possessions.