1st Saturday of Great Lent: The Miracle of the Boiled Wheat
Troparion — Tone 2
Great are the accomplishments of faith, / the Holy Martyr Theodore rejoiced in the flames as though at the water of rest, / for having been made a whole-burnt offering in the fire, / offered to the Trinity as a sweet loaf. / By his prayers, O Christ God, save our souls!
Kontakion — Tone 8
(Original melody)
Having carried the faith of Christ within thy heart as a breastplate; / thou didst trample underfoot the forces of the Enemy. / Therefore thou art crowned with a heavenly crown, as one who is joyfully invincible.
Saint Basil the Confessor, Bishop of Parium
Troparion — Tone 4
Glorious hierarch Basil, / priest of the King of glory, / you are a radiant confessor of the Faith: / You opposed the iconoclasts and suffered for the Truth. / Standing before God, remember those who honor you.
Kontakion — Tone 6
You royally served the King of all, / holy hierarch Basil. / You revealed divine truths / and became a whole burnt offering. / You cry to those who honor you: / “The honor given to an icon ascends to Christ.”
Hieromartyr Zeno, Bishop of Verona
Troparion — Tone 4
By sharing in the ways of the Apostles, / you became a successor to their throne. / Through the practice of virtue, you found the way to divine contemplation, O inspired one of God; / by teaching the word of truth without error, you defended the Faith, / even to the shedding of your blood. / Hieromartyr Zeno, entreat Christ God to save our souls.
Saint Isaac the Syrian, Abbot of Spoleto
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 Isaac, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Monastic Martyrs Menas, David, and John, of Palestine
Troparion — Tone 4
O God of our Fathers, / always act with kindness towards us; / take not Your mercy from us, / but guide our lives in peace / through the prayers of the holy fathers Menas, David, and John.
Kontakion — Tone 2
As venerable and proven ascetics, as honorable and renowned martyrs, / and as models of the desert life, O most exalted Menas, David, and John, / we sing hymns of praise to you, / for you have trampled upon serpents.
Venerable Anthusa of Constantinople
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 Anthusa, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Venerable Athanasia, Abbess of Aegina
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 Athanasia, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Venerable Acacius the Younger of Mount Athos
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 Acacius, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Murom Icon of the Mother of God
Troparion — Tone 4
Today the city of Murom rejoices brightly, / like the radiance of the sun, O most wondrous Sovereign Lady, / having received your wonderworking Icon, / now we resort to it and pray, crying out to you; / "O Sovereign Lady Theotokos, / pray to Christ our God, Who was incarnate of you, / that He will deliver this city and all Christian cities and lands, / and preserve them unharmed by all the slanders of enemies, / and that He will save our souls, for He is merciful.
Kontakion — Tone 6
We have no other help, we have no other hope, but you, O Lady. / Help us, for in you we hope, / and of you we boast, for we are your servants. / Let us not be put to shame.
Belynich Icon of the Mother of God
Kontakion — Tone 6
We have no other help, we have no other hope, but you, O Lady. / Help us, for in you we hope, / and of you we boast, for we are your servants. / Let us not be put to shame.