Great and Holy Wednesday
Troparion — Tone 8
Behold the Bridegroom comes at midnight, / and blessed is the servant whom He shall find watching, / and again unworthy is the servant whom He shall find heedless. / Beware, therefore, O my soul, do not be weighed down with sleep, / lest you be given up to death and lest you be shut out of the Kingdom. / But rouse yourself crying: Holy, Holy, Holy, are You, O our God! / Through the Theotokos have mercy on us!
Kontakion — Tone 4
Though I have transgressed more than the harlot, O Good One, / I have not offered You a flood of tears, but in silence I fall down before You. / With love I embrace Your most Pure feet. / As Master, grant me remission of sins, when I cry to You, O Savior: / “Deliver me from the filth of my evil deeds.”
Prophet Jeremiah
Troparion — Tone 2
Celebrating the memory / of Your Prophet Jeremiah, O Lord, / for his sake, we entreat You to save our souls.
Kontakion — Tone 3
Cleansing your radiant heart through the Spirit, / O great Prophet and Martyr, / glorious Jeremiah, / you received from on high the gift of prophecy. / You cried out with a great voice to the nations: / This is our God, and there is none other beside Him / Who became incarnate and appeared on earth.
Venerable Paphnutius, Abbot of Borov
Troparion — Tone 4
By your radiant life, you illumined your homeland; / through prayers and fasting, you were filled with the gifts of the Divine Spirit, / and, contending valiantly in this temporal life, you struggled well, / revealing to all those who mourn, the mercy of compassion, and you were a protector of paupers. / Therefore we pray to you, Father Paphnoutios: “Entreat Christ God, that He may save our souls.”
Kontakion — Tone 8
Having been enlightened by God's divine light, O Father, / you attained the life of fasting, O Venerable one, / you excelled as a guide of monks and adornment of fasters. / Therefore, beholding your labors, the Lord has enriched you with the gift of miracles, for you grant healing. / We rejoice and cry out to you, “Rejoice, Father Paphnoutios.”
New Martyr Euthymius of Mount Athos
Troparion — Tone 8
The image of God was truly preserved in you, O Father, / for you took up the Cross and followed Christ. / By so doing you taught us to disregard the flesh for it passes away / but to care instead for the soul, since it is immortal. / Therefore your spirit, venerable Euthymius, rejoices with the angels.
New Martyr Ignatius the Martyr of Mount Athos
Troparion — Tone 8
The image of God was truly preserved in you, O Father, / for you took up the Cross and followed Christ. / By so doing you taught us to disregard the flesh for it passes away / but to care instead for the soul, since it is immortal. / Therefore your spirit, venerable Ignatius, rejoices with the angels.
New Martyr Acacius, Martyr of Mount Athos and Seres
Troparion — Tone 8
The image of God was truly preserved in you, O Father, / for you took up the Cross and followed Christ. / By so doing you taught us to disregard the flesh for it passes away / but to care instead for the soul, since it is immortal. / Therefore your spirit, venerable Acacius, rejoices with the angels.
Hieromartyr Macarius, Metropolitan of Kiev
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 Macarius, entreat Christ God to save our souls.
Martyr Bata the Persian
Troparion — Tone 8
The image of God was truly preserved in you, O Father, / for you took up the Cross and followed Christ. / By so doing, you taught us to disregard the flesh, for it passes away, / but to care instead for the soul, since it is immortal. / Therefore your spirit, O Holy Father Bata, rejoices with the Angels!
Right-believing Tamara, Queen of Georgia
Troparion — Tone 1
Desiring heavenly sweetness, you drove base carnal pleasures far from yourself / and, during your reign, you lived an angelic life; / O blessed Queen Tamara, / pray to Christ God for the salvation of our souls.
Kontakion — Tone 8
O right-believing Queen Tamara, wondrous among the Saints, and luminary of Georgia, / who built temples upon the high mountains, so that in them you might offer prayers to the Lord; / your prayers which gave strength to the Christ-loving warriors of the land of Georgia. / By your right hand, you defeated the throngs of Hagarenes. / Pray to Christ God for the salvation of our souls.*
* In several Russian sources this Troparion is listed as the Kontakion.
Venerable Nikēphóros of Chios
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 Nicephorus, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
“Unexpected Joy” Icon of the Mother of God
Troparion — Tone 4
Today the faithful people celebrate in spirit, glorifying the fervent helper of the Christian race; / and hastening to her most pure image, let us cry out to her: / "O most merciful Sovereign Lady Theotokos, / grant unexpected joy to us who are burdened by sins and many sorrows, and deliver us from all evil; / entreating your Son, Christ our God, to save our souls."
Kontakion — Tone 6
We have no other help, we have no other hope, but you, O Sovereign Lady. / Help us, for in you we hope, / and of you we boast, for we are your servants. / Let us not be put to shame.
Saint Panaretus of Cyprus
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 Panaretus, / entreat Christ our God that our souls may be saved.
Saint Gerasimus of Boldino
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 Gerasimus, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Martyr Isidora
Troparion — Tone 4
Your holy martyr Isidora, O Lord, / through her sufferings has received an incorruptible crown from You, our God. / For having Your strength, she laid low his adversaries, / and shattered the powerless boldness of demons. / Through her 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 Isidora; / extinguishing the allure of false gods, / you enlighten the faithful, / always interceding for us all.
Saint Zosimas II of Kumurdo
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 Zosimas, / entreat Christ our God / that our souls may be saved.