Apostle James, the Brother of the Lord - Troparion & Kontakion

Troparion — Tone 4

As the Lord’s disciple you received the Gospel, O Just one;1 / as a martyr you have unfailing courage; / as the Brother of the Lord, you have boldness; / as a hierarch, you are able to intercede. / Entreat Christ God that our souls may be saved.


1 Hegesippus writes in the fifth book of his Commentaries: “After the Apostles, James the Brother of the Lord, surnamed the Just, was made head of the Church at Jerusalem.”

Kontakion — Tone 4

(Podoben: “You were lifted up on the Cross...”)
When God the Word, the Only-begotten of the Father, / came to dwell among us in these latter days, / He declared you, O glorious James, to be the first shepherd and teacher of Jerusalem / and a faithful steward of spiritual Mysteries. / Therefore, we all honor you, O Apostle.