Translation of the Relics of Martyrs Michael and his councilor, Theodore, of Chernígov - Troparion & Kontakion

Troparion — Tone 4

Your holy martyrs, O Lord, / through their sufferings have received incorruptible crowns from You, our God; / for possessing Your strength, they laid low the tyrants, and shattered the powerless boldness of demons. / By their supplications, O Christ God, save our souls.

Troparion — Tone 4

Ending your lives by martyrdom, and adorned with martyric crowns, / you ascended into the heavens, most wise Michael and valiant Theodore. / Pray to Christ God to preserve your homeland, and all Orthodox Christians, by His great mercy.

Troparion — Tone 3

Blessed and revered Equals of the Apostles, / you received crowns from Christ, / for you were worthy of them, O godly-wise Michael and wondrous Theodore, / entreat Him to grant peace to the world / and great mercy to our souls.

Kontakion — Tone 8

(Podoben: “You sought the heights…”)
O godly Martyrs, you shone as bright lamps, / enlightening all of creation with the radiance of your miracles, / always entreating Christ God on behalf of us all, / thereby freeing us from our infirmities, / and driving away the most profound darkness of ignorance.

Kontakion — Tone 5

Christ, the noetic Sun of Righteousness, has enlightened you abundantly with His radiance, O Michael; / you did not worship the visible sun, nor did you serve creatures more than the Creator, / you restrained wickedness, unafraid of the Khan's wrath, / and stained with blood, you stood before Christ, rejoicing. / And now, on the day when we remember the transfer of your relics, / watch over us from above and entreat Christ God, / we pray, for our salvation, and that Orthodoxy may abide unshaken, / protect our homeland in all things by your prayers, O Saint, / and by His great mercy.

Kontakion — Tone 8

(Podoben: “O Victorious Leader…”)
Despising an earthly kingdom, and regarding it as worthless, you forsook its transient glory. / You entered the contest and proclaimed the Trinity before your tormentors, O Passion-bearer Michael, and valiant Theodore. / Standing before the King of the Bodiless Powers, pray for your homeland, and for all Orthodox Christians, that we may always revere you.

Kontakion — Tone 2

In search of Heaven, you forsook earthly things, / making your martyr's blood a chariot which leads to Heaven, / therefore, you became equals of the protomartyrs, O Michael and Theodore, / with them, entreat Christ God unceasingly for all of us.

Kontakion — Tone 3

Having shone in Russia as luminaries, / you repulsed the torments with rays of glory, O honored martyrs Michael and Theodore; / therefore you cried out, / “Nothing shall separate us from the love of Christ” (Romans 8:39).