Sunday of the Holy Myrrhbearing Women with the Noble Joseph
Troparion — Tone 2
The comely Joseph, / when he had taken down Your most pure Body from the tree, / wrapped it in fine linen and anointed it with spices, / and placed it in a new tomb. / But You rose on the third day, O Lord, / granting the world great mercy.
Troparion — Tone 2
Appearing to the Myrrh-bearing Women at the tomb, the Angel exclaimed: / “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 4
(Podoben: “You appeared to your flock as a rule of faith...”)
You visited Christ the Lord in the night, / and were born from above1 being received, as it were, as a secret Apostle. / With good courage you disputed with the Pharisees and Scribes2 / and followed the Savior. / Taking Him dead from the Cross, / you wrapped Him in cloths with myrrh and laid Him in the tomb, / O fervent3 Νikόdēmos.
1 John 3:3
2 John 7:50
3 or zealous
Kontakion — Tone 2
When You proclaimed “Rejoice” to the Myrrhbearers, / You caused the lamentation of the foremother Eve to cease by Your Resurrection; O Christ God; / commanding Your Apostles to proclaim: / “The Savior is risen from the tomb.”
Unmercenary Physician Thallelaios at Aegae in Cilicia and his companions, Martyrs Alexander and Asterios
Troparion — Tone 3
O holy prize-winner and healer Thallélaios, / intercede with the merciful God that He grant to our souls / the forgiveness of our faults.
Kontakion — Tone 3
(Podoben: “Today the Virgin...”)
Revealed as a fellow contestant with the Martyrs, / you were an excellent soldier of the King of Glory. / Through your
trials and torments / you humbled the arrogance of the idolators. / Therefore, we praise your august memory, O wise
Thallélaios.
Uncovering of the relics of Saint Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia
Troparion — Tone 2
As a precious treasure hidden underground for many years, / we have acquired your miraculous revered relics, most blessed Father Hierarch Alexis, / from them we receive healings; / enriched and glorifying Christ we say: / “Glory to Him Who glorifies His saints.”
Kontakion — Tone 8
As an unsetting sun, your incorrupt relics have shone upon us from the tomb, / though hidden for many years, O Hierarch Alexis; / we receive grace through you, for you enrich this whole country and all of us with miracles and beauty, / by the action of grace, that we may sing to you: / “Rejoice Father, the light of Russia.”
Martyr Asclas of Egypt
Troparion — Tone 3
Your holy martyr Asclas, 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 Asclas; / extinguishing the allure of false gods, / you enlighten the faithful, / always interceding for us all.
Glorification of Venerable Zabulon and Sosanna, parents of Saint Nino, Enlightener of Georgia
Troparion — Tone 8
O Champion of Orthodoxy, teacher of purity and of true worship, / the enlightener of the universe and the adornment of the Hierarchs: / O all-wise Venerable Zabulon and Sosanna, Your teachings have gleamed with light upon all things. / Intercede before Christ our God to save our souls!
Venerable Stephen of Piperi, Serbia
Troparion — Tone 2
Imitating the ancient Holy Fathers, / you loved the ascetical life, fortifying yourself by prayer, fasting, and tears; / therefore, after your repose your body appeared incorrupt and spiritually fragrant. / As we venerate it with love, O Father Stephen, pray to Christ God to save our souls.
Troparion — Tone 7
Come to the well of grace, Christ our God, all who are nurtured in Orthodoxy, / for in these latter times, the light of faith has been revealed because of the Venerable Father Stephen; / therefore, we praise Christ God, crying out: / “Deliver us from evil, by our faith, that we may sing to You: Alleluia.”