Orthodox Calendar

HIDE TROPARIA

Sunday of the Blind Man, Troparion, Tone V —
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling on death by death, and on those in the tombs bestowing life.

Kontakion, Tone IV —
Having the eyes of my soul blinded, I come to Thee, O Christ, like the man blind from birth, and with repentance I cry to Thee: Thou art the bright Light of those in darkness.

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!"

St. Athanasius the Great, Patriarch of Alexandria, Troparion, Tone III —
Thou wast a pillar of Orthodoxy,/ strengthening the Church with divine dog­mas, O sacred hierarch Athanasius;/ for, preaching the Son as consubstantial with the Father,/ thou didst put Arius to shame.// O venerable father, entreat Christ God, that He grant us great mercy.

Kontakion, Tone II, "Of thy blood..." —
Planting Orthodox doctrines,/ thou didst cut down the thorns of heresy,/ increas­ing the seed of the Faith with the rain of the Spirit, O venerable one;// wherefore, we hymn thee, O Athanasius.

St. Boris-Michael, prince of Bulgaria, Troparion, in Tone VI —
Full of the fear of God, and enlightened by holy baptism, thou becamest a habitation of the Holy Spirit, O right-believing King Boris; and having established the Orthodox Faith in the land of Bulgaria, and set aside the scepter of kingship, thou madest thine abode in the wil­derness, didst flourish in ascetic struggles, and found grace before the Lord. And now, standing before the throne of the Most High, pray thou, that He grant unto us who entreat thee salva­tion for our souls.

Kontakion of the saint, in Tone VIII, "To thee, the champion leader..." —
O chosen leader of God Most High, Who by the power of the Cross triumphed over the uprising of darkness and planted piety in thy land, as thou hast boldness before the Lord, by thy supplications preserve thy posterity, that we may cry to thee: Rejoice, O King Boris, equal of the apostles, baptizer of the land of Bulgaria!