Troparia and kontakia for September 26

Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian

Troparion — Tone 2

O Apostle beloved of Christ God, / hasten to deliver a defenseless people. / He Who permitted you to recline on His breast / receives you as you bow before Him; / entreat Him, O Theologian, / to dispel the persistence of the heathen, and to grant us peace and great mercy.

Kontakion — Tone 2

(Original Melody)
Who can tell of your greatness, / O virgin disciple? / You pour forth miracles, and are a fountain of healing, / and you intercede for our souls as a Theologian and the friend of Christ.

Venerable Ephraim, Abbot of Perekop, Wonderworker of Novgorod

Troparion — Tone 4

From your youth you submitted to God completely, O Blessed One, / and for the sake of His love you forsook your homeland and relatives, and settled in the wilderness; / there you lived an austere life, / and received the gift of miracles from God. / O Venerable Ephraim, entreat Christ God that He may save our souls.

Kontakion — Tone 8

Desiring the angelic life, O venerable one, / you forsook all earthly things, and came unto Christ; / by keeping His commandments, you were an unshakable fortress against the attacks of the Enemy. / Therefore we cry out to you: “Rejoice, Ephraim, most radiant luminary.”