Bright Tuesday
Troparion — Tone 1
The audacity of those who hated the Icon of the Lord and the might of the godless came to Nicaea, / and those who were sent there inhumanly tortured a widow who devoutly revered the Icon of the Mother of God; / but by night, she and her son cast the Icon into the sea, crying out: / “Glory to you, O pure one, for the impassable sea has given you its shoulders.1 / Glory to your straight way,2 O you who alone are incorrupt.”
1 The waves.
2 Psalm 5:8.
Troparion — Tone 4
(Podoben: “Go quickly before...”)
You strove in contest on Lesbos for the sake of Christ God; / sanctifying her by the discovery of your relics, O blessed martyrs. / Therefore, we honor you, God-bearer Raphael, / together with Nicholas the deacon, and the virgin Irene, / as our divine protectors, and intercessors with the Lord.
Kontakion — Tone 8
Although your holy Icon was cast into the sea by the widow who could not save it from its enemies, O Theotokos, / it has been shown as the Guardian of Mount Athos and the Gate-Keeper of Ivḗron Monastery, / driving the Enemy away and delivering those who honor you from all misfortunes and dangers.
Kontakion — Tone 4
(Podoben: “You Who were lifted up...”)
Let all of us honor the Holy Martyrs / who contended for Christ as our protectors and wonderworkers, / whose relics were hidden beneath the earth for many years, / and who have revealed themselves to us in wondrous ways: / Raphael, Nicholas, and Irene, as well as those who contended with them, as protectors and wonderworkers.
Saint Theodore the Sykeote, Bishop of Anastasiopolis
Troparion — Tone 2
You were sanctified from your earliest childhood / and were shown to be filled with grace. / You illumined the world with miracles / and drove away a multitude of demons, O Holy Hierarch Theodore. / Therefore, entreat the Lord on our behalf.
Kontakion — Tone 3
(Podoben “Today the Virgin...”)
As upon a fiery chariot, you ascended on the virtues to the heavenly mansions, O God-bearer Theodore. / You were an Angel living on earth with men; / and a man dancing with joy with the holy Angels. / Therefore, O Theodore, / you proved to be a divine vessel of miracles.
Apostle Nathaniel of the Seventy
Troparion — Tone 3
Holy Apostle Nathaniel, / entreat the merciful God, / to grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions.
Apostle and Evangelist Luke of the Seventy
Troparion — Tone 3
Holy Apostle Luke, / entreat the merciful God, / to grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions.
Holy Apostles of the 70 Apelles, Luke (Loukios), and Clement
Troparion — Tone 3
Holy Apostles Apelles, Luke, and Clement, / entreat the merciful God, / to grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions.
Venerable Vitalius of Gaza
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 Vitalius, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Hieromartyr Savva (Trlajic) of Serbia
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 Savva, entreat Christ God to save our souls.
Hieromartyr Platon the Newmartyr of Banjaluka
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 Platon, entreat Christ God to save our souls.