Troparia and kontakia for July 10

Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Founder of Monasticism in Russia

Troparion — Tone 4

Having departed from worldly tumults, / in leaving the world you followed Christ according to the Gospel. / You reached the quiet refuge of the Holy Mount Athos, / living there a life equal to the angels. / Therefore, with the blessing of the Fathers, / you came to the Kievan hills. / There having fulfilled a life loving of labors, / you illumined your homeland. / And having shown a multitude of monastics / the pathway leading to the heavenly kingdom, / you led them to Christ. / Beseech him, O Venerable Anthony, / that he may save our souls!

Kontakion — Tone 8

From your youth you gave yourself to God whom you loved above all, O Venerable One; / and in love you followed after him with your whole soul. / Scorning the passing corruption of the world, you made a cave in the earth; / and in it you struggled nobly facing the snares of the invisible enemy, / while illumining the ends of the earth like a bright, shining sun. / Therefore, with rejoicing you entered into the heavenly chambers. / Standing now before the throne of the Master together with the angels, / remember us who honor your holy memory, / that we may cry out to you: Rejoice, Anthony our Holy Father!

45 Holy Martyrs at Nicopolis in Armenia

Troparion — Tone 4

(Podoben: “Be quick to anticipate...”)
You were chosen from on high as a holy army, / O Forty-five Martyrs of Christ, / lawfully contesting for the glory of Christ, / and by your struggles you freed us from the delusion of polytheism. / Because of these struggles, we glorify all of you.

Troparion — Tone 4

Your holy martyrs, O Lord, / through their suffering 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!

Kontakion — Tone 8

(Podoben: “As the first fruits of our nature...”)
You endured many torments for the sake of Christ, O Martyrs. / You destroyed idolatrous polytheism and godless error by the power of Christ. / Teach us to cry aloud with faith: Alleluia.

The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Lord at Moscow

Troparion — Tone 4

Today, let us the faithful resort to the divine and healing Robe of the Savior, our God, / Who was pleased to wear it on His body and to pour out His holy Blood on the Cross, / with which He redeemed us from slavery to the Enemy. / Therefore, with gratitude we cry out to Him: / “By Your sacred Robe, protect our land, our Hierarchs, our city, and all the people; / and as the lover of mankind, / save our souls.”

Kontakion — Tone 4

O Master, You bestowed Your sacred Robe as a divine treasure, / and as a garment of incorruption, healing, and salvation for all people. / For in it You were pleased to clothe the holy and Life-giving flesh of Your Incarnation. / Receiving it with zeal, we solemnly celebrate, / and with fear and love, we sing to our Benefactor, crying out to You, O Christ: / “Preserve all Orthodox Christians, their Hierarchs, and all people in peace, / according to Your great mercy.”

Venerable Silvanus the Schemamonk of the Kiev Far Caves

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 Silvanus, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!

Martyr Apollonius of Sardis

Troparion — Tone 3

Your holy martyr Apollonius, O Lord, / through his sufferings has received an incorruptible crown from You, our God. / For having Your strength, he laid low his adversaries, / and shattered the powerless boldness of demons. / Through his 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 Apollonius; / extinguishing the allure of false gods, / you enlighten the faithful, / always interceding for us all.

Martyrs Bianor and Silvanus of Pisidia

Troparion — Tone 4

Your holy martyrs Bianor and Silvanus, 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!

10,000 Martyred Fathers of the Deserts and Caves of Scete by the Impious Patriarch Theophilus of Alexandria

Troparion — Tone 4

Your holy martyr Agathonike and his companions, 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!

Martyr Νikόdēmos of Elbassan Albania

Troparion — Tone 3

Your holy martyr Νikόdēmos, O Lord, / through his sufferings has received an incorruptible crown from You, our God. / For having Your strength, he laid low his adversaries, / and shattered the powerless boldness of demons. / Through his 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 Νikόdēmos; / extinguishing the allure of false gods, / you enlighten the faithful, / always interceding for us all.

Monastic Martyr Nectarius of Saint Anne Skete on Mount Athos

Troparion — Tone 1

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 Nectarius, rejoices with the angels.

Kontakion — Tone 2

As a venerable and proven ascetic, as an honorable and renowned martyr, / and as a model of the desert life, O most exalted Nectarius, / we sing hymns of praise to you, / for you have trampled upon serpents.

Icon of the Mother of God of Konevits

Troparion — Tone 1

Like the sun rising in the east, O Sovereign Lady, / your Icon has shone upon us with brightness, / wondrously illuminating with the rays of miracles, all who approach it with faith and love, / and devoutly pray before your glory in your Son and God. / Glory to Him Who gave us this Icon through Arsenios. / Glory to Him Who brought it from Novgorod. / Glory to Him Who, through it, grants healing to all.

Saint Joseph, and his companions, of Damascus

Troparion — Tone 5

O faithful, let us honor the martyr of Christ, / the priest of the Church of Antioch, / who baptized the land, the churches, and the people of Syria, / in the word of the Lord, / in his blood and in the blood of his companions. / Being baptized, since his youth, by the light of the Gospel, / he labored, taught and kept the Church of Christ with her sheep. / Therefore, O Joseph the Damascene, / be our example and our protector / and our fervent intercessor with the Savior.