Synaxis of the Saints of North America
Troparion — Tone 8
As the bountiful harvest of Your sowing of salvation, / the lands of North America offer to You, O Lord, all the saints who have shone in them. / By their prayers keep the Church and our land in abiding peace / through the Theotokos, O most Merciful One.
Kontakion — Tone 3
Today the choir of Saints who were pleasing to God in the lands of North America / now stands before us in the Church and invisibly prays to God for us. / With them the angels glorify Him, / and all the saints of the Church of Christ keep festival with them; / and together they all pray for us to the Pre-Eternal God.
Saint David of Thessaloniki
Troparion — Tone 8
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 David, rejoices with the angels.
Kontakion — Tone 2
We bless you, servant of God David; / you are like the angels and estranged from earthly things. / Now you rejoice in divine gifts. / Grant us to share in them also, O holy and righteous Father!
Saint Dionysius, Archbishop of Suzdal
Troparion — Tone 4
In truth you were revealed to your flock as a rule of faith, / an image of humility and a teacher of abstinence; / your humility exalted you; / your poverty enriched you. / Hierarch Father Dionysius, / entreat Christ our God / that our souls may be saved.
Translation of the relics of Saint Tikhon of Luchov, Kostroma
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 Tikhon, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Saint John, Bishop of the Goths in the Crimea
Troparion — Tone 4
In truth you were revealed to your flock as a rule of faith, / an image of humility and a teacher of abstinence; / your humility exalted you; / your poverty enriched you. / Hierarch Father John, / entreat Christ our God / that our souls may be saved.
Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God
Troparion — Tone 4
Today, O Sovereign Lady, your most honored Icon has shone upon us in the Heavens like a most radiant sun, / enlightening the world with rays of mercy, which Russia has received most reverently as a Divine gift from on high; / and it glorifies you, O Mother of God, as the Queen of all, / and joyfully magnifies Christ our God, Who was born of you. / Pray to Him, O Lady Theotokos, that He may preserve all Christian cities and countries unharmed from all the machinations of the Enemy, / and that He may save those who with faith bow down before His divine image and your most pure Icon, / O Virgin who knew not wedlock.
Kontakion — Tone 8
O people, let us have recourse to the Virgin Theotokos and Queen, thanking Christ God; / and, gazing tenderly at her wonderworking Icon, let us come and cry out to her: / "O Sovereign Lady Mary, you visited this land by the wondrous appearance of your sacred image; / preserve all Christians in peace and well-being and make all of them heirs of the heavenly life, / for we cry out to you with faith: "Rejoice, O Virgin, salvation of the world."
New Martyr David of Saint Anne's Skete
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 David, 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 David, / we sing hymns of praise to you, / for you have trampled upon serpents.