Saint Serapion, Archbishop of Novgorod - Troparion & Kontakion
Troparion — Tone 8
Truly, you appeared as a hard diamond, like your Master and Lord in all things, / you endured unjust persecutions joyously; / therefore Christ has numbered you among the Hierarchs and Martyrs, / and has given you to your flock as a treasure which cannot be taken away, enriching all with miracles; / therefore we, who come to the shrine with your relics, call upon you with love: / O great among Hierarchs and wondrous among Martyrs. / O most esteemed Bishop Serapion, our Father, pray to the all-good God for the salvation of our souls.
Kontakion — Tone 3
As a crown of glory has been adorned today with Novgorod the Great, / rejoicing in remembrance of its pastor and teacher, / and, having placed a royal crown, the great Lavra rejoices brightly, / where God glorified you, His saint, / and showed it to our generation Thy relics, which bring healing, / O most glorious Holy Hierarch Serapion, / and the Church of God rejoices, / gathering a monastic assembly and all the faithful, that they may cry aloud: / “Rejoice, Great Novgorod and the honorable Monastery of Saint Sergius, / the brightest lamp in all the Russian land.”