Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God - Troparion & Kontakion

Troparion — Tone 4

Today, O Sovereign Lady, your most honored Icon has shone upon us in the Heavens like a most radiant sun, / enlightening the world with rays of mercy, which Russia has received most reverently as a Divine gift from on high; / and it glorifies you, O Mother of God, as the Queen of all, / and joyfully magnifies Christ our God, Who was born of you. / Pray to Him, O Lady Theotokos, that He may preserve all Christian cities and countries unharmed from all the machinations of the Enemy, / and that He may save those who with faith bow down before His divine image and your most pure Icon, / O Virgin who knew not wedlock.

Kontakion — Tone 8

O people, let us have recourse to the Virgin Theotokos and Queen, thanking Christ God; / and, gazing tenderly at her wonderworking Icon, let us come and cry out to her: / "O Sovereign Lady Mary, you visited this land by the wondrous appearance of your sacred image; / preserve all Christians in peace and well-being and make all of them heirs of the heavenly life, / for we cry out to you with faith: "Rejoice, O Virgin, salvation of the world."