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.
Saint Averkios the Wonderworker, Bishop of Hieropolis, Equal of the Apostles
Troparion — Tone 4
You appeared to your flock as a rule of faith, / an Image of humility and a teacher of abstinence. / Because of your lowliness, Heaven was opened to you; / because of your poverty, riches were granted to you. / O Holy Bishop Averkios, entreat Christ God to save our souls.
Troparion — Tone 5
You emulated the zeal of the Apostles / and shone forth like a morning star, / and your works revealed your God-given power: / you guided the erring to God, / O Hierarch Averkios.
Kontakion — Tone 8
(Podoben: “As first fruits of our nature...”)
The Church of all the faithful honors you, / as a great Hierarch and equal of the Apostles. / O blessed one worthy of all praise. / By your intercessions / preserve the Church victorious, calm and unshaken by heresy, O most wondrous Averkios.
7 Holy Youths “Seven Sleepers” of Ephesus
Troparion — Tone 4
Your holy martyrs, O Lord, / through their sufferings have received their incorruptible crowns from You, our God. / For having Your strength, they laid low their adversaries, / and shattered the powerless boldness of demons. / Through their intercessions, save our souls!
Kontakion — Tone 4
Those who renounced the perishing comforts of this world, / preferring the eternal things of Heaven, / were incorrupt after death and rose from the dead / and buried the snares of the devils! / O Faithful, let us then honor them, singing a hymn of praise to Christ!
Hieromartyr Alexander, Bishop of Adrianopolis, and the Martyrs Heraclius, Anna, Elizabeth, Theodota, and Glyceria
Troparion — Tone 4
Your holy martyrs O Lord, / through their sufferings have received incorruptible crowns from You, our God. / For having Your strength, they laid low their adversaries, / and shattered the powerless boldness of demons. / Through their intercessions, save our souls!
Commemoration of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance from the Poles
Troparion — Tone 4
O fervent Protectress, / Mother of the Lord Most High; / you intercede for all before your Son Christ our God, / granting salvation to all who seek refuge in your protection. / Protect us all, O Queen and Sovereign Lady, / for we are stricken with grief and wounded by sin. / With tears we stand before your pure Icon, / praying with contrite souls and humble hearts. / All our hope we place in you, / May we be delivered from evil. / Grant to all what is expedient, / and save all, O Virgin Theotokos: / For you are the Holy Protection of your servants!
Kontakion — Tone 8
Let us run to the gracious and quiet haven / the fervent helper, ardent and eager to save all. / Let us run to the Virgin’s protection and hasten to repentance. / The pure Theotokos grants us unfailing mercy / she comes to help all, delivering her faithful servants from tribulations!
Saints Paul and Theodore of Rostov
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 fathers Paul and Theodore, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Venerable Lot of Egypt
Troparion — Tone 1
You were shown as a citizen of the desert, / an Angel in the flesh, and a wonderworker, O our God-bearing Father Lot. / Through fasting, vigil, and prayer you obtained heavenly gifts, / and you healed the sick and the souls of those who have recourse to you with faith. / Glory to Him Who gave you strength.Glory to Him Who crowned you. / Glory to Him Who, through you, works healings for all.