Troparia and kontakia for January 1

The Circumcision of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

Troparion — Tone 1

Enthroned on high with the Eternal Father and Your divine Spirit, / O Jesus, You willed to be born on earth of the unwedded handmaid, your Mother. / Therefore You were circumcised as an eight-day old Child. / Glory to Your most gracious counsel; / glory to Your dispensation; / glory to Your condescension, O only Lover of mankind.

Kontakion — Tone 3

The Lord of all accepts to be circumcised, / thus, as He is good, excises the sins of mortal men. / Today He grants the world salvation, / while light-bearing Basil, high priest of our Creator, / rejoices in heaven as a divine initiate of Christ.

Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia

Troparion — Tone 1

Your proclamation has gone out into all the earth / which was divinely taught by hearing your voice / expounding the nature of creatures, / ennobling the manners of men. / O holy father of a royal priesthood, / entreat Christ God that our souls may be saved.

Kontakion — Tone 4

You were revealed as the sure foundation of the Church, / granting all mankind a lordship which cannot be taken away, / sealing it with your precepts, / O venerable and heavenly Father Basil.

Martyr Basil of Ancyra

Troparion — Tone 4

Your holy martyr Basil, O Lord, / through his sufferings has received an incorruptible crown from You, our God. / For having Your strength, he laid low his adversaries, / and shattered the powerless boldness of demons. / Through his intercessions, save our souls!

Kontakion — Tone 2

(Podoben: “You sought the heights...”)
You appeared as a bright star announcing Christ with your radiance, / which is repulsive to this world, O Martyr Basil; / extinguishing the allure of false gods, / you enlighten the faithful, / always interceding for us all.

Monastic Martyr Telemakhos

Troparion — Tone 4

Your Martyr Telémakhos, O Lord, / through his suffering received an incorruptible crown from You, our God; / for, possessed of Your strength, he laid low the tyrants / and shattered the powerless boldness of the demons. / By his supplications, save our souls.

Kontakion — Tone 2

(Podoben: “Seeking the highest... ”)
You were made manifest by your splendor as a bright star, / proclaiming Christ to the temporal world, O Martyr Telémakhos, / and by vanquishing the allurement of false gods, / you granted true light to the faithful, always interceding on behalf of us all.