The Scripture Readings
John 20:19-31 (9th Matins Gospel)
Hebrews 11:24-26, 11:32-12:2
John 1:43-51
HIDE TROPARIAThe First Sunday of Great Lent, Troparion, Tone II
We worship
Thy immaculate Image, O Good One, and ask forgiveness of our sins, O Christ God;
for of Thy own will Thou wast pleased to ascend the Cross in the flesh, to
deliver from slavery to the enemy those whom Thou hadst created. Therefore we
thankfully cry to Thee: Thou hast filled all things with joy, O our Saviour, by
coming to save the world.
Kontakion, Tone VIII
The illimitable Word of the Father accepted
limitations by incarnation from thee, O Mother of God; and He transformed our
defiled image to its original state and transfused it with the divine beauty.
But we confess and give thanks for our salvation, and we proclaim it by deed and
word.
Troparion of the Sunday, Tone I
When the stone had been sealed by the Jews; / while the soldiers were guarding Thy most pure
Body; / Thou didst rise on the third day, O Savior, / granting life to the world. / The powers of
heaven therefore cried to Thee, O Giver of Life: / Glory to Thy Resurrection, O Christ! / Glory to
Thy Kingdom! / Glory to Thy dispensation, O Thou Who lovest mankind.
Hymn to the Theotokos, Tone I
When Gabriel announced to Thee, O Virgin, Rejoice! / with that word the Master of all was
incarnate in Thee, O Holy Ark. / As the righteous David said, / Thy womb became more spacious
than the heavens, bearing Thy Creator. / Glory to Him Who took abode in Thee! / Glory to Him
Who came from Thee! / Glory to Him Who freed us by being born of Thee!
Kontakion of the Sunday, Tone I
As God, Thou didst rise from the tomb in glory, / raising the world with Thyself. / Human
nature praises Thee as God, for death has vanished! / Adam exults, O Master! / Eve rejoices,
for she is freed from bondage, and cries to Thee: / Thou art the Giver of Resurrection to all,
O Christ!
St. Theophanes the Confessor of Mt. Sigriana
No Troparion is given in the Menaion.
Kontakion, Tone II "Seeking the highest"
Receiving divine revelation from on high,/ with diligence thou didst depart
from the midst of the tumult of life;/ and, having become a solitary, O
venerable one,/ thou didst receive the power to work wonders and the dignity of
prophecy,// having deprived thyself of wealth and wife.
St. Gregory the Dialogist, Troparion, in Tone IV
Receiving divine grace from God on high, and strengthened with the power
thereof, O glorious Gregory, thou didst will to walk the path of the Gospel.
Wherefore, thou hast received from Christ the reward of thy labors, O most
blessed one. Him do thou entreat, that He save our souls.
Kontakion, in Tone III
Thou didst show thyself to be an emulator of Christ, the Chief Shepherd, O
father Gregory, guiding the orders of monks to the fold of heaven; and from
thence thou didst teach the flock of Christ His commandments. And now thou dost
rejoice and dance with them in the mansions of heaven.
St. Symeon the New Theologian, Troparion, in Tone VIII
With the streams of thy tears thou didst irrigate the barren desert, and with
sighs from the depths of thy soul thou didst render thy labors fruitful an
hundredfold, and becamest a beacon for the whole world, resplendent with
miracles. O Symeon our father, entreat Christ God, that our souls be saved.
Kontakion, in Tone IV
The Church of Christ rejoiceth today, celebrating thy memory with splendor.
Thou hast adorned it with thy discourses and prayers, hast guided the children
of faith to the mansions of heaven, and hast shone with ineffable light,
receiving radiance from Christ God, our Sun, O Symeon, our venerable father.