“Unburnt Bush” Icon of the Mother of God - Troparion & Kontakion
Troparion — Tone 1
The miracle which Moses witnessed on Sinai in the burning bush / foretold your virginal childbearing, O pure Mother. / We the faithful cry to you: / Hail, O truly living bush! / Hail, O holy mountain! / Hail, O sanctified expanse, Most Holy Theotokos!
Troparion — Tone 4
He Who was seen of old by Moses in the fire of the Unburnt Bush, / foreshadowed the Mystery of His Incarnation from the Virgin Mary, who knew not wedlock, / and now, as the Author of miracles and Fashioner of all creation, / He has glorified her Holy Icon with many miracles, / granting it to the faithful for the healing of illnesses and as a protection from fires. / Therefore, we cry out the Most Blessed one: / “O Hope of Christians, / deliver those who hope in you from cruel misfortunes, fire, and thunder, / and save our souls as one who is greatly merciful.”
Troparion — Tone 4
O Christ God, Who showed Moses / an image of Your Most Pure Mother / in the Bush that burned yet was not consumed, / for she herself was not consumed / when she received in her womb the fire of Divinity. / She remained incorrupt after her pure childbearing. / By her prayers, O greatly merciful one, / deliver us from the flame of passions, / and preserve your people from all harm.
Kontakion — Tone 8
Let us purify the perception of our souls and bodies in order to behold the Divine Mystery, / revealed to the Prophet Moses of old in the Burning Bush, which was not consumed by the fire, / signifying your seedless birthgiving, O Theotokos. / We acknowledge this prophecy, reverently bowing down before you and the Savior Who was born of you, / and we cry out with fear, “Rejoice, O Sovereign Lady, our protection and refuge, and salvation of our souls.”
Kontakion — Tone 8
(Podoben: “O Victorious Leader...”)
Your flock reveres you, O inspired one, as a beholder of the Incarnation of God, / and as one who wrote of the mystery of His condescension. / Since you are a mediator worthy of God, / free us from every danger that we may cry to you: "Rejoice, divinely-speaking Moses."