Orthodox Calendar

HIDE TROPARIA

After Matin Gospel, Publican and the Pharisee, Troparion, Tone VIII —
Open to me the doors of repentance, O Life-giver. For my spirit rises early to pray towards Thy holy temple, bearing the temple of my body all defiled. But in Thy compassion, purify me by the loving kindness of Thy mercy.

Theotokion:
Make straight for me the paths of salvation, O Mother of God. For I have profaned my soul with shameful sins, and have wasted my whole life in easy-going indifference. But by thy intercessions deliver me from all uncleanness.

Tone VI —
Have mercy on me, O God, according to Thy great mercy; and according to the multitude of Thy compassions, blot out my transgression. When I think of the multitude of ghastly things I have done, wretch that I am, I tremble at the fearful day of Judgment. But trusting in the mercy of Thy loving kindness; like David I cry to Thee: Have mercy on me, O God, according to Thy great mercy.

(Note: These penitential songs are sung on Sundays during the Great Fast from the Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee to the fifth week.)

Kontakion, Tone IV —
Let us avoid the proud speaking of the Pharisee and learn humility from the groans of the Publican, and let us cry in penitence: O Saviour of the world, be merciful to Thy servants.

Troparion of the Sunday, Tone V —
Let us, the faithful, praise and worship the Word, / Co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit, / born for our salvation from the Virgin, / for He willed to be lifted up on the cross in the flesh, / to endure death / and to raise the dead by His glorious resurrection.

Hymn to the Theotokos, Tone V —
Rejoice, O impassable gate of the Lord! / Rejoice, O wall and protection of those who run to you! / Rejoice, O unshakable refuge! / Rejoice, O Virgin Mother of your God and Creator! / Do not cease praying for those who praise you and worship your Son. (1x) Blessed be the name of the Lord, henceforth and forever more.

Kontakion of the Sunday, Tone V —
Thou didst descend into hell, O my Savior, / shattering its gates as almighty; / resurrecting the dead as Creator, / and destroying the sting of death. / Thou hast delivered Adam from the curse, O Lover of Man, / and we all cry to Thee: "O Lord, save us!"

Holy Martyr Tryphon, Tone IV —
In his suffering, O Lord,/ Thy martyr Tryphon 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.

Forefeast of the Meeting of our Lord, God & Savior Jesus Christ, Tone I —
The celestial choir of the angels of heaven,/ coming to earth, behold the Firstborn of all creation Who is come,/ borne into the temple as a Babe/ in the arms of the Mother who knew not man.// Wherefore, with us they chant hymns of the forefeast, rejoicing.

Kontakion of the Martyr, Tone VIII —
With the steadfastness of the Trinity thou didst uproot polytheism from the ends of the earth, O most glorious one;/ and, honored in Christ, thou didst van­quish the tyrants in Christ the Savior// and receive a crown for thy martyrdom and gifts of divine healings, in that thou art invincible.

Kontakion of the Forefeast, Tone VI —
The Word Who is invisibly with the Father/ is now seen in the flesh, ineffably born of the Virgin,/ and He is given to the high priest on the arm of the elder.// Let us worship Him as our true God!

St. Brigid of Ireland, Troparion, in Tone IV —
Instructed by the discourse of the holy Patrick,/ thou didst arrive at the uttermost west,/ heralding the Orient which hath visited us from on high./ Wherefore, we bless thee, O venerable mother Bridget,/ and cry out to thee:// Pray thou in behalf of our souls.

Kontakion of St. Brigid, in Tone VI —
Rejecting thy noble rank, and loving the godly monastic life, from the wood of the oak didst thou raise up a convent, the first in thy land; and having there united a multitude of nuns to God, thou didst teach the surrounding lands to cry to the Lord: Have mercy on us!