Synaxis of All Saints
Troparion — Tone 4
Adorned in the blood of Your Martyrs throughout all the world, / as if clothed in purple and linen, / through them Your Church cries out to You, O Christ God: / “Bestow Your bounties upon Your people, / grant peace to Your habitation, and great mercy to our souls.”
Kontakion — Tone 8
(Original Melody)
As the first fruits of nature offered to the Planter of all creation, O Lord, / the inhabited earth brings the God-bearing Martyrs. / By their supplications, and the intercession of the Theotokos, / preserve Your Church in profound peace, O greatly Merciful One.
Icon of the Mother of God “The Unbreakable Wall”
Troparion — Tone 4
Let us, sinful and humbled, now run earnestly to the Theotokos, / and let us fall down in repentance, crying from the depths of our soul: / "Help us, O Sovereign Lady, and have compassion on us. / Make haste, for we perish from the multitude of our sins. / Do not turn your servants empty away, for we have you as our only hope.
Kontakion — Tone 6
We have no other help, we have no other hope, but you, O Sovereign Lady. / Help us, for in you do we hope, / and of you do we boast, for we are your servants. / Let us not be put to shame.
"Seven Arrows" Icon of the Mother of God
Troparion — Tone 5
Soften our evil hearts, O Theotokos, and repel the attacks of those who hate us, / and loosen all the rigidity of our soul. / For beholding your holy image, / we are filled with compunction by your compassion and loving kindness toward us, / and we kiss your wounds; / for we are terrified by the darts with which we wound you. / O Compassionate Mother, / do not let us perish because of our hardness of heart, / or our neighbor's hardness of heart, / for you are truly the Softener of Evil Hearts.
Kontakion — Tone 2
By your grace, O Sovereign Lady, / soften the hearts of evildoers, / send down benefactors who will preserve them from all evil; / with gratitude and zeal, we pray to you before your revered icons.
Martyrs Acindynus, Pegasius, Aphthonius, Elpidephorus, Anempodistus, and 7,000 with them, of Persia
Troparion — Tone 2
Blessed is the earth that received your blood, Passion-bearers of the Lord, / and holy is the dwelling place which received your spirits. / You triumphed over the enemy in the stadium / and you preached Christ with boldness. / Since He is good, we pray that you beseech Him to save our souls.
Kontakion — Tone 2
You have received into the enjoyment of Your goodness and repose, O only Good One, / the pious and God-bearing martyrs, who abandoned all earthly things: / Acindynus, Pegasias, and Anempodistus, / together with Aphthonius and Elpidephorus.
Saint Marcian of Cyrrhus
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 father Marcian, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
“Ozerianka” Icon of the Mother of God of Shuiu-Smolensk
Troparion — Tone 4
O Most Holy Sovereign Lady, / your miraculously painted Icon was received as a precious treasure by the city of Shuya, / for the healing of the cruel plague, / and for the consolation of the Orthodox. / You gave it, and even today abundant fountains of grace pour forth from it. / Extend your mercy to those who know you, O Most Holy one; / and in the future guard your city / and the whole Russian land, / and save those who come to you with faith and love.
Troparion — Tone 4
O Most Pure Virgin Theotokos, / the All-Good and Merciful Protector of the Christian race, / we kneel before your Holy wonderworking Icon, / by which the city of Shuya was once delivered from a cruel epidemic, / we humbly cry out to you: / “Do not cease to keep your city from troubles and tribulations under the protection of your kindness, / and all the towns and villages of the Russian land; / and pray to your Son, Christ God, / for the salvation of our souls.”
Kontakion — Tone 3
The Most Holy Mother of God, the bastion of Christians, / the protector and intercessor for our city of Shuya. / Accept the prayers of your servants, / who fall down before your Icon, / strengthen them in the confession of the Orthodox Faith, / and deliver them from all troubles and misfortunes; / turn their earthly sorrows into joy, / and entreat your Son that your people may be saved in peace.
Kontakion — Tone 6
Steadfast protectress of Christians, / most constant advocate before the Creator, / do not despise the voices of us who have sinned, / but in your goodness come speedily to help us, who cry to you in faith: / “Hasten to intercede for us, O Theotokos, / and speedily make supplication, for you always protect those who honor you.”