4th Sunday of Great Lent: St John Climacus (of the Ladder)
Troparion — Tone 1
Dweller of the desert and angel in the body, / you were shown to be a wonderworker, our God-bearing Father John. / You received heavenly gifts through fasting, vigil, and prayer: / healing the sick and the souls of those drawn to you by faith. / Glory to Him who gave you strength. / Glory to Him who granted you a crown. / Glory to Him Who, through you, grants healing to all.
Kontakion — Tone 4
(Podoben: “The Angelic Choir...”)
The Lord truly set you on the height of abstinence, / O our instructor and Father John, / as an unerring star, guiding the ends of the earth by your light.
Return of the Relics of the Apostle Bartholomew from Anastasiopolis to Lipari
Troparion — Tone 3
Holy Apostles Bartholomew and Titus, / entreat the merciful God, / to grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions.
Kontakion — Tone 4
You appeared as a great sun to the world with miracles and rays of teaching. / You guide to the light all who venerate you, / O Apostle of the Lord, Bartholomew.
Apostle Titus of the Seventy and Bishop of Crete
Troparion — Tone 3
Holy Apostles Bartholomew and Titus, / entreat the merciful God, / to grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions.
Kontakion — Tone 2
Titus, worthy of all praise and preacher of Christ’s mysteries, / you were Paul’s companion, and with him taught us the doctrine of God. / Therefore we cry out to you: / Never cease to intercede for the sake of us all!
Confessors Barses and Eulogius, Bishops of Edessa, and Protogenes, Bishop of Carrhae
Troparion — Tone 8
Champions of Orthodoxy, teachers of purity and of true worship, / the enlighteners of the universe and the adornment of hierarchs: / all-wise fathers Barses and Eulogius, your teachings have gleamed with light upon all things. / Intercede before Christ God to save our souls.
Saint Menas, Patriarch of Constantinople
Troparion — Tone 4
In truth you were revealed to your flock as a rule of faith, / an image of humility and a teacher of abstinence; / your humility exalted you; / your poverty enriched you. / Hierarch Father Menas, / entreat Christ our God / that our souls may be saved.
New Hieromartyr Vladimir (Moshchansky) of Tver
Troparion — Tone 4
By sharing in the ways of the Apostles, / you became a successor to their throne. / Through the practice of virtue, you found the way to divine contemplation, O inspired one of God; / by teaching the word of truth without error, you defended the Faith, / even to the shedding of your blood. / Hieromartyr Vladimir, entreat Christ God to save our souls.
Saint John the Cappadocian, Patriarch of Constantinople
Troparion — Tone 4
In truth you were revealed to your flock as a rule of faith, / an image of humility and a teacher of abstinence; / your humility exalted you; / your poverty enriched you. / Hierarch Father John, / entreat Christ our God / that our souls may be saved.
Saint Epiphanius, Patriarch of Constantinople
Troparion — Tone 4
In truth you were revealed to your flock as a rule of faith, / an image of humility and a teacher of abstinence; / your humility exalted you; / your poverty enriched you. / Hierarch Father Epiphanius, / entreat Christ our God / that our souls may be saved.
Saint Constantia of Paphos
Troparion — Tone 8
By a flood of tears you made the desert fertile, / and your longing for God brought forth fruits in abundance. / By the radiance of miracles you illumined the whole universe! / O our holy mother Constantia, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!