Orthodox Calendar

HIDE TROPARIA

Troparion of the Sunday, Tone III —
Let the heavens rejoice, / let the earth be glad! / For the Lord has shown might with His arm,/ He has trampled down death by death. / He has become the first-born of the dead. / He has delivered us from the depths of hell, / and has granted the world great mercy!

Hymn to the Theotokos, Tone III —
We praise you as the mediatrix of our salvation, / O Virgin Theotokos. / For your Son, our God, Who took flesh from you, / accepted the passion of the cross, / delivering us from corruption as the Lover of man.

Kontakion of the Sunday, Tone III —
On this day Thou didst rise from the tomb, O Merciful One, / leading us from the gates of death. / On this day Adam exults as Eve rejoices; / with the prophets and patriarchs they unceasingly praise / the divine majesty of Thy power!

Holy Prophet Joel, Troparion Tone II —
The memory of Thy prophet Joel We celebrate today, O Lord. By his prayers, we beseech Thee,// Christ God, save our souls!

Kontakion Tone II —
Divinely eloquent prophet, Filled with the inspiration of the comforter, You revealed the enlightenment of the nations to take place in these latter days! Therefore we praise you now with faith. We celebrate your memory, crying out to you:// “Pray to Christ God on behalf of our souls!”

Holy Martyr Varus, Troparion, Tone IV —
In his suffering, O Lord,/ Thy martyr Varus received an imperishable crown from Thee our God;/ for, possessed of Thy might,/ he set at nought the tormentors and crushed the feeble audacity of the demons.// By his supplications save Thou our souls.

Kontakion of the Martyr, Tone IV —
Following Christ, O Martyr Varus,/ and draining His cup,/ thou wast crowned with the wreath of martyrdom/ and joinest chorus with the angels.// Pray thou without ceasing for our souls.

St. John, abbot of Rila, Troparion, Tone I —
Thine angelic life hath been the foundation of repentance, the prescription of compunction, the model of consolation and spiritual perfec­tion, O venerable father John, who abode in prayers, fasting and tears. Entreat Christ God in behalf of our souls.

Kontakion, Tone VIII, "To thee, the champion leader..." —
Emulating the life of the angels, O vener­able one, forsaking all things of earth thou didst hasten to Christ; and guarding thyself with His commandments, thou wast shown to be a tower unshaken by the assaults of the enemy. Wherefore, we cry out to thee: Rejoice, O father John, thou all-radiant luminary!

Righteous John of Kronstadt, Troparion, in Tone IV —
With the apostles thy sound hath gone forth into all the earth;/ with the confessors thou didst endure sufferings for Christ;/ thou didst re­semble the holy hierarchs in thy preaching of the Word;/ and with the venerable hast thou shone forth in the grace of God./ Therefore, the Lord hath exalted the depths of thy humility above the heavens,/ and hath given us thy name as a source of most wondrous miracles./ Where­fore, O wonderworker, who livest in Christ forever,/ take pity in thy love upon people in misfortunes;/ and hearken unto thy children,/ who with faith call upon thee,// O righteous John, our beloved pastor.

Or this Troparion, in Tone IV —
O wonderworker, who livest in Christ for­ever,/ take pity in thy love upon people in mis­fortunes;/ hearken unto thy children who with faith call upon thee,/ expecting compassionate aid from thee,// O John of Kronstadt, our beloved pastor.

Kontakion, in Tone IV —
O father John, namesake of grace, who wast chosen by God from childhood, who in thy youth miraculously received from Him the gift of learning, and in a dream wast most gloriously called to be a priest: Entreat Christ God, that we may all be with thee in the kingdom of heaven.