Sunday of the Holy Myrrhbearing Women with the Noble Joseph
Troparion — Tone 2
The comely Joseph, / when he had taken down Your most pure Body from the tree, / wrapped it in fine linen and anointed it with spices, / and placed it in a new tomb. / But You rose on the third day, O Lord, / granting the world great mercy.
Troparion — Tone 2
Appearing to the Myrrh-bearing Women at the tomb, the Angel exclaimed: / “Myrrh is meet for the dead; / but Christ has shown Himself a stranger to corruption. / So proclaim: ‘The Lord is risen, granting the world great mercy.’”
Troparion — Tone 4
(Podoben: “You appeared to your flock as a rule of faith...”)
You visited Christ the Lord in the night, / and were born from above1 being received, as it were, as a secret Apostle. / With good courage you disputed with the Pharisees and Scribes2 / and followed the Savior. / Taking Him dead from the Cross, / you wrapped Him in cloths with myrrh and laid Him in the tomb, / O fervent3 Νikόdēmos.
1 John 3:3
2 John 7:50
3 or zealous
Kontakion — Tone 2
When You proclaimed “Rejoice” to the Myrrhbearers, / You caused the lamentation of the foremother Eve to cease by Your Resurrection; O Christ God; / commanding Your Apostles to proclaim: / “The Savior is risen from the tomb.”
The Holy Glorious and All-Praised Leaders of the Apostles, Peter and Paul
Troparion — Tone 4
O foremost of the Apostles and teachers of the inhabited earth, / intercede with the Master of all / to grant peace to the world and great mercy to our souls.
Kontakion — Tone 2
(The original melody)
You received the steadfast and divinely-inspired Heralds, O Lord, the Foremost Apostles, / for the enjoyment of Your blessings and repose. / For You recognized their labors and death as greater than any burnt offering, / for You alone know what is in the hearts of men.
Kontakion — Tone 2
Today Christ the Rock1 glorifies the rock of Faith / and leader of the Apostles with highest honor. / Together with Paul and the company of the Twelve, / whose memory we celebrate with eagerness of faith, / giving glory to Him Who glorified them.
1 I Corinthians 10:4.
The Holy Glorious and All-Praised Leader of the Apostles, Peter
Troparion — Tone 4
O foremost of the Apostles and teachers of the inhabited earth, / intercede with the Master of all / to grant peace to the world and great mercy to our souls.
Kontakion — Tone 2
(The original melody)
You received the steadfast and divinely-inspired Heralds, O Lord, the Foremost Apostles, / for the enjoyment of Your blessings and repose. / For You recognized their labors and death as greater than any burnt offering, / for You alone know what is in the hearts of men.
Kontakion — Tone 2
Today Christ the Rock1 glorifies the rock of Faith / and leader of the Apostles with highest honor. / Together with Paul and the company of the Twelve, / whose memory we celebrate with eagerness of faith, / giving glory to Him Who glorified them.
1 I Corinthians 10:4.
The Holy Glorious and All-Praised Leader of the Apostles, Paul
Troparion — Tone 4
O foremost of the Apostles and teachers of the inhabited earth, / intercede with the Master of all / to grant peace to the world and great mercy to our souls.
Kontakion — Tone 2
(The original melody)
You received the steadfast and divinely-inspired Heralds, O Lord, the Foremost Apostles, / for the enjoyment of Your blessings and repose. / For You recognized their labors and death as greater than any burnt offering, / for You alone know what is in the hearts of men.
Kontakion — Tone 2
Today Christ the Rock1 glorifies the rock of Faith / and leader of the Apostles with highest honor. / Together with Paul and the company of the Twelve, / whose memory we celebrate with eagerness of faith, / giving glory to Him Who glorified them.
1 I Corinthians 10:4.
Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperov
Troparion — Tone 4
Today, we Orthodox people celebrate joyously, / sheltered by your coming, O Mother of God, / and beholding your Most Pure Icon, we say tenderly: / “Cover us with your revered veil and deliver us from all evil, / entreating your Son, Christ God, to save our souls.”
Kontakion — Tone 3
Today the Virgin is in the Church, and with the assembly of the Saints, / invisibly prays to God for us. / The Angels worship with the Hierarchs, the Apostles rejoice with the Prophets; / and the Theotokos prays to the Pre-eternal God for our sake.