June 30 / June 17
2019 (7527)
HOLY MARTYRS MANUEL, SABEL AND ISMAEL AND THOSE WITH THEM OF PERSIA ST NECTAN
MARTYR ISAURUS AND WITH HIM BASIL, INNOCENT, FELIX, HERMES AND PEREGRINUS OF ATHENS
ST BOTOLPH of Boston
ALL RUSSIAN SAINTS // 2ND SUNDAY OF PENTECOST // 2019 //
ALL VENERABLE AND HOLY FATHERS OF THE HOLY MOUNT // 2ND SUNDAY OF PENTECOST // 2019 //
SYNAXIS OF THE SAINTS OF NORTH AMERICA // 2ND SUNDAY OF PENTECOST // 2019 //
Synaxis of All Saints of SCOTLAND // 2ND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST // 2019 //
Sunday of the CHINESE Martyrs // 2ND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST // 2019 //
Troparion of the HOLY MARTYRS of Persia ― Tone 3
The nine-fold company of God the Word,/ Isaurus, Felix and Hermas, Peregrinus and Innocent,/ Manuel and Basil, glorious Ismael and blessed Sabel/ put to flight the enemy hosts./ As the Lord's martyrs they received the prizes of victory.
Troparion of the HOLY MARTYRS of Persia ― Tone 3
Your holy martyrs Manuel, Sabel, and Ismael, 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!
Apolytikion of the HOLY MARTYRS of Persia ― Tone 4
Thy Martyrs, O Lord, in their courageous contest for Thee received as the prize the crowns of incorruption and life from Thee, our immortal God. For since they possessed Thy strength, they cast down the tyrants and wholly destroyed the demons' strengthless presumption. O Christ God, by their prayers, save our souls, since Thou art merciful.
Troparion of the HOLY MARTYRS of Persia ― Tone 4
In their sufferings, O Lord,/ Thy martyrs received imperishable crowns from Thee our God;/ for, possessed of Thy might,/ they set at nought the tormentors and crushed the feeble audacity of the demons.// By their supplications save Thou our souls.
Ἅγιοι ΜΑΝΟΥΉΛ, ΣΑΒὲΛ καὶ ἸΣΜΑὴΛ ― Ἀπολυτίκιον ― Ἦχος δ´. Ταχύ προκατάλαβε
Οἱ Μάρτυρες σου Κύριε, ἐν τῇ ἀθλήσει αὐτῶν, τὸ στέφος ἐκομίσαντο τῆς ἀφθαρσίας, ἐκ σοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν· σχόντες γὰρ τὴν ἰσχύν σου, τοὺς τυράννους καθεῖλον· ἔθραυσαν καὶ δαιμόνων τὰ ἀνίσχυρα θράση. Αὐτῶν ταῖς ἱκεσίαις Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, σῶσον τὰς ψυχὰς ἡμῶν.
Ἅγιοι ΜΑΝΟΥΉΛ, ΣΑΒὲΛ καὶ ἸΣΜΑὴΛ ― Ἀπολυτίκιον ― Ἦχος γ’. Τὴν ὡραιότητα
Ὡς ἐννεάριθμον, τοῦ Λόγου σύνταγμα, ἐχθρῶν τὰς φάλαγγας, κατετροπώσαντο, Ἴσαυρος Φῆλιξ σὺν αὐτοῖς, Ἑρμείας καὶ Περεγρῖνος, ἅμα Ἰννοκέντιος, Μανουὴλ καὶ Βασίλειος, Ἰσμαὴλ ὁ ἔνδοξος, καὶ Σαβὲλ ὁ μακάριος· διὸ καὶ τὰ βραβεῖα τῆς νίκης, εὗρον ὡς Μάρτυρες Κυρίου.
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Troparion of ST NECTAN ― Tone 4
O holy Father Nectan thou didst follow the bidding of the Lord/ and didst leave thy father and mother for His sake/ to embrace the hermit's life./ Faithful follower of Christ unto death/ pray that He may save our souls.
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Apolytikion of MARTYRS of Athens ― Tone 3
The nine-fold company of God the Word, Isauros, Felix and Hermias, Peregrinos and Innocent, Manuel and Basil, glorious Ishmael and blessed Sabel, put to flight the enemy hosts. As the Lord's martyrs they received the prizes of victory.
Apolytikion of MARTYRS of Athens ― Tone 4
Thy Martyrs, O Lord, in their courageous contest for Thee received as the prize the crowns of incorruption and life from Thee, our immortal God. For since they possessed Thy strength, they cast down the tyrants and wholly destroyed the demons' strengthless presumption. O Christ God, by their prayers, save our souls, since Thou art merciful.
Ἅγιος ἼΣΑΥΡΟΣ ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντες ― Ἀπολυτίκιον ― Ἦχος γ’. Τὴν ὡραιότητα
Ὡς ἐννεάριθμον, τοῦ Λόγου σύνταγμα, ἐχθρῶν τὰς φάλαγγας, κατετροπώσαντο, Ἴσαυρος Φῆλιξ σὺν αὐτοῖς, Ἑρμείας καὶ Περεγρῖνος, ἅμα Ἰννοκέντιος, Μανουὴλ καὶ Βασίλειος, Ἰσμαὴλ ὁ ἔνδοξος, καὶ Σαβὲλ ὁ μακάριος· διὸ καὶ τὰ βραβεῖα τῆς νίκης, εὗρον ὡς Μάρτυρες Κυρίου.
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Apolytikion of St BOTOLPH Plagal Tone 1
Neither the desolation of the fens, nor the depth of thy humility could hide the light of thy virtues, whereby thou becamest a lamp unto the faithful, O Botolph our righteous Father. Wherefore, we entreat thee: do thou also enlighten us who venerate thy blessed memory.
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ALL RUSSIAN SAINTS ― Troparion ― Tone 8
The land of Russia doth offer Thee, O Lord, all the saints who have shone forth in it, as the beauteous fruit of Thy salvific splendor. By their supplications and through the Theotokos preserve Thou the Church and our land in profound peace, O most Merciful One.
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Troparion to ALL SAINTS OF MOUNT ATHOS ― Tone 1
In hymns let us honour the fathers of the wilderness of Athos, * the angels in the flesh, the confessors and the venerable, holy hierarchs and martyrs; * and, emulating their virtues, let us cry aloud, saying: * Glory to Him who hath glorified you! * Glory to Him who hath crowned you! * Glory to Him who hath shown you to be our intercessors amid tribulations!
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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.
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CHINESE Martyrs ― Apolytikion ― Tone 1
Minister to Christ, true priest of glory, reasonable sacrifice and blameless victim, thou gavest thyself up to the stadium with thy flock, O father, Chi - Sung in Beijing. Therefore pray for us who keep thy precious memory with faith.
CHINESE Martyrs ― Apolytikion ― Tone 2
Thou hast become a participator in the customs of the Apostles and a successor to their throne thou hast found the way of ascending to behold God, by thy faithful struggle unto blood with thy flock in Beijing, O God inspired, hieromartyr Chi - Sung Pray to Christ our God, that our souls might be saved.
CHINESE Martyrs ― Apolytikion ― Tone 3"Seeing how beautiful..."
When you renounced your false ancestral errors all,
you came to know that Christ is God and Lord of all.
When you courageously proclaimed that He is the only Savior,
you endured the suffering and the tortures as if you were
bodiless, and you received from His hand the unfading crown.
And now you intercede for all of China
to see the light of knowledge, O Martyr Saints.
CHINESE Martyrs ― Troparion ― Tone 5
In a pagan land ye were enlightened by the Orthodox Faith, / and having lived in the Faith but a little time, / ye inherited the eternal Kingdom. / By the purity of your Christian ways / ye put to shame the false Confucian piety / and trampled demon-inspired Buddhism underfoot as refuse, / sanctifying the Chinese land with your blood. / Wherefore, we pray: / Entreat the Master of all / that He enlighten your land with Orthodoxy in these latter times, // and strengthen us therein.
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Kontakion of the HOLY MARTYRS of Persia ― Tone 2
Wounded with faith and love for Christ/ you faithfully drank the martyr's cup/ and overthrew the Persian idol's impudence./ O blessed Martyrs,/ you are interceding with the Trinity for us all.
Kontakion of the HOLY MARTYRS of Persia ― Tone 2
Pierced through in your hearts with faith in Christ, O blessed ones, ye drank of His cup with faith, and ye hurled to the ground all the impudence of the Persians and their vaunting idolatry; and ye intercede for us all, ye equal in number to the Trinity.
Kontakion of the HOLY MARTYRS of Persia ― Tone 2 “Seeking the highest...”
Wounded by the faith of Christ, O most blessed ones,/ and having faithfully drained the cup thereof,/ ye cast the worship and audacity of the Persians down to the ground,/ making supplications in behalf of us all,// O ye who are equal in number to the Trinity.
Kontakion of the HOLY MARTYRS of Persia ― Tone 2 “Seeking the highest...”
Because of your perfect faith in Christ, all-blessed ones, / you drank the cup of His sufferings with generous hearts. / Three in number, you renounced the idols of Persia / and proclaimed your belief in the Holy Trinity. / We beseech you to pray for us all.
Ἅγιοι ΜΑΝΟΥΉΛ, ΣΑΒὲΛ καὶ ἸΣΜΑὴΛ ― Κοντάκιον ― Ἦχος β´ . Τὰ ἄνω ζητῶν
Τῇ πίστει Χριστοῦ, τρωθέντες παμμακάριστοι, καὶ τούτου πιστῶς, πιόντες τὸ ποτήριον, τὰ Περσῶν σεβάσματα, καὶ τὸ θράσος εἰς γῆν κατεβάλετε, τῆς Τριάδος ἰσάριθμοι, πρεσβείας ποιοῦντες, ὑπὲρ πάντων ἡμῶν.
Ἅγιοι ΜΑΝΟΥΉΛ, ΣΑΒὲΛ καὶ ἸΣΜΑὴΛ ― Κοντάκιον ― Ἦχος δ’. Ἐπεφάνης σήμερον
Ὡς χορὸς θεόπλοκος κατηρτισμένοι, Ἀθληταὶ ἐννάριθμοι, ἀνδραγαθεῖτε εὐκλεῶς, ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ κραυγάζοντες· Σὺ τῶν Μαρτύρων Χριστὲ τὸ κραταίωμα.
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Kontakion of MARTYRS of Athens ― Tone 2
Wounded with faith and love for Christ, you faithfully drank the martyr's cup, and overthrew the Persian idol's impudence. O blessed Martyrs, you are interceding with the Trinity for us all.
Ἅγιος ἼΣΑΥΡΟΣ ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντες ― Κοντάκιον ― Ἦχος δ’. Ἐπεφάνης σήμερον
Ὡς χορὸς θεόπλοκος κατηρτισμένοι, Ἀθληταὶ ἐννάριθμοι, ἀνδραγαθεῖτε εὐκλεῶς, ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ κραυγάζοντες· Σὺ τῶν Μαρτύρων Χριστὲ τὸ κραταίωμα.
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Kontakion of ST BOTOLPH ― Tone 1
The glory of the just, the protector of Boston, the man of mighty prayer, our belov'd Father Botolph, entreateth the Saviour that He show mercy to all of us. Let us honour him with thankful praise, O ye faithful; let us imitate his conversation and virtues, that God hear his prayers for us.
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ALL RUSSIAN SAINTS ― Kontakion ― Tone 3 "Today the Virgin... "
Today the choir of the saints who have pleased God in our land standeth forth in the Church and invisibly prayeth to God for us. With them the angels give glory, and all the saints of the Church of Christ celebrate with them; for all together they entreat the pre-eternal God for us.
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Kontakion to ALL SAINTS OF MOUNT ATHOS ― Tone 4
Come ye, let us all praise the fathers * who have made Mount Athos a heaven, * who have shone forth therein an angelic life, * and have assembled a multitude of monks; * and let us cry out unto them: * deliver us from every misfortune and temptation, * O ye multitude of the venerable, boast of Athos.
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SAINTS OF NORTH AMERICA ― 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.
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All Saints of SCOTLAND ― Kontakion ― Tone 3
Today the choirs of the saints who have pleased God in Scotland stand forth in the Church and unseen pray to God for us. With them the angels give glory; and all the saints of the Church of Christ make glad with them, and all together they beseech the Pre-Eternal God for us.
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CHINESE Martyrs ― Kontakion ― Tone 4 "You who were lifted..."
In recent times you imitated the martyrs of former times in your victorious contests, O blessed Saints, for you competed valiantly for Christ. Watering the holy Church of the great land of China with your blood, you have received a crown from Lord’s hand. As you are standing near Him in the heights, commemorate us who honor your martyrdom.
CHINESE Martyrs ― Kontakion ― Tone 1
O Martyrs of these latter times, / ye whitened your garments in the blood of the Lamb, / and shed your own blood for Christ. / Wherefore, ye now minister unto Him day and night / in the Church of heaven. / Therefore, entreat Christ for us, O glorious Martyrs, / that He hide His little flock from the beguilement of Antichrist, / and that He lead all of us out of great tribulation // unto a land of never-waning light.
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Ἅγιοι ΜΑΝΟΥΉΛ, ΣΑΒὲΛ καὶ ἸΣΜΑὴΛ ― Μεγαλυνάριον
Χαίροις Ἀθλοφόρων παρεμβολή, Ἴσαυρε παμμάκαρ, καὶ οἱ σύναθλοι οἱ κλεινοί· Χαίρετε γενναῖοι, ὁπλῖται τοῦ Κυρίου, Ἀγγέλων συμπολῖται, καὶ ἰσοστάσιοι.
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Ἅγιος ἼΣΑΥΡΟΣ ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντες ― Μεγαλυνάριον Χαίροις Ἀθλοφόρων παρεμβολή, Ἴσαυρε παμμάκαρ, καὶ οἱ σύναθλοι οἱ κλεινοί· Χαίρετε γενναῖοι, ὁπλῖται τοῦ Κυρίου, Ἀγγέλων συμπολῖται, καὶ ἰσοστάσιοι.
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Megalynarion of ST BOTOLPH
Boston doth exult on this holy day, for thy deeds, O wise one, are gone up as most fragrant myrrh and sweet smelling incense before the throne of Christ God, O Botolph, our blest Father and teacher in all truth.
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CHINESE Martyrs ― Megalynarion
Rejoice, O priest of Beijing, martyred illustriously with thy flock thou didst destroy the impious schemes of tyrants with the strength of the Lord O Father Chi - Sung.
Mitrophan as a pious God speaking minister thou didst weaken the delusions of the impious by thy feats, with thy flock, O Father, protector from darkness and boast of martyrs.
2019 (7527)
HOLY MARTYRS MANUEL, SABEL AND ISMAEL AND THOSE WITH THEM OF PERSIA ST NECTAN
MARTYR ISAURUS AND WITH HIM BASIL, INNOCENT, FELIX, HERMES AND PEREGRINUS OF ATHENS
ST BOTOLPH of Boston
ALL RUSSIAN SAINTS // 2ND SUNDAY OF PENTECOST // 2019 //
ALL VENERABLE AND HOLY FATHERS OF THE HOLY MOUNT // 2ND SUNDAY OF PENTECOST // 2019 //
SYNAXIS OF THE SAINTS OF NORTH AMERICA // 2ND SUNDAY OF PENTECOST // 2019 //
Synaxis of All Saints of SCOTLAND // 2ND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST // 2019 //
Sunday of the CHINESE Martyrs // 2ND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST // 2019 //
Troparion of the HOLY MARTYRS of Persia ― Tone 3
The nine-fold company of God the Word,/ Isaurus, Felix and Hermas, Peregrinus and Innocent,/ Manuel and Basil, glorious Ismael and blessed Sabel/ put to flight the enemy hosts./ As the Lord's martyrs they received the prizes of victory.
Troparion of the HOLY MARTYRS of Persia ― Tone 3
Your holy martyrs Manuel, Sabel, and Ismael, 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!
Apolytikion of the HOLY MARTYRS of Persia ― Tone 4
Thy Martyrs, O Lord, in their courageous contest for Thee received as the prize the crowns of incorruption and life from Thee, our immortal God. For since they possessed Thy strength, they cast down the tyrants and wholly destroyed the demons' strengthless presumption. O Christ God, by their prayers, save our souls, since Thou art merciful.
Troparion of the HOLY MARTYRS of Persia ― Tone 4
In their sufferings, O Lord,/ Thy martyrs received imperishable crowns from Thee our God;/ for, possessed of Thy might,/ they set at nought the tormentors and crushed the feeble audacity of the demons.// By their supplications save Thou our souls.
Ἅγιοι ΜΑΝΟΥΉΛ, ΣΑΒὲΛ καὶ ἸΣΜΑὴΛ ― Ἀπολυτίκιον ― Ἦχος δ´. Ταχύ προκατάλαβε
Οἱ Μάρτυρες σου Κύριε, ἐν τῇ ἀθλήσει αὐτῶν, τὸ στέφος ἐκομίσαντο τῆς ἀφθαρσίας, ἐκ σοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν· σχόντες γὰρ τὴν ἰσχύν σου, τοὺς τυράννους καθεῖλον· ἔθραυσαν καὶ δαιμόνων τὰ ἀνίσχυρα θράση. Αὐτῶν ταῖς ἱκεσίαις Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, σῶσον τὰς ψυχὰς ἡμῶν.
Ἅγιοι ΜΑΝΟΥΉΛ, ΣΑΒὲΛ καὶ ἸΣΜΑὴΛ ― Ἀπολυτίκιον ― Ἦχος γ’. Τὴν ὡραιότητα
Ὡς ἐννεάριθμον, τοῦ Λόγου σύνταγμα, ἐχθρῶν τὰς φάλαγγας, κατετροπώσαντο, Ἴσαυρος Φῆλιξ σὺν αὐτοῖς, Ἑρμείας καὶ Περεγρῖνος, ἅμα Ἰννοκέντιος, Μανουὴλ καὶ Βασίλειος, Ἰσμαὴλ ὁ ἔνδοξος, καὶ Σαβὲλ ὁ μακάριος· διὸ καὶ τὰ βραβεῖα τῆς νίκης, εὗρον ὡς Μάρτυρες Κυρίου.
Troparion of ST NECTAN ― Tone 4
O holy Father Nectan thou didst follow the bidding of the Lord/ and didst leave thy father and mother for His sake/ to embrace the hermit's life./ Faithful follower of Christ unto death/ pray that He may save our souls.
Apolytikion of MARTYRS of Athens ― Tone 3
The nine-fold company of God the Word, Isauros, Felix and Hermias, Peregrinos and Innocent, Manuel and Basil, glorious Ishmael and blessed Sabel, put to flight the enemy hosts. As the Lord's martyrs they received the prizes of victory.
Apolytikion of MARTYRS of Athens ― Tone 4
Thy Martyrs, O Lord, in their courageous contest for Thee received as the prize the crowns of incorruption and life from Thee, our immortal God. For since they possessed Thy strength, they cast down the tyrants and wholly destroyed the demons' strengthless presumption. O Christ God, by their prayers, save our souls, since Thou art merciful.
Ἅγιος ἼΣΑΥΡΟΣ ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντες ― Ἀπολυτίκιον ― Ἦχος γ’. Τὴν ὡραιότητα
Ὡς ἐννεάριθμον, τοῦ Λόγου σύνταγμα, ἐχθρῶν τὰς φάλαγγας, κατετροπώσαντο, Ἴσαυρος Φῆλιξ σὺν αὐτοῖς, Ἑρμείας καὶ Περεγρῖνος, ἅμα Ἰννοκέντιος, Μανουὴλ καὶ Βασίλειος, Ἰσμαὴλ ὁ ἔνδοξος, καὶ Σαβὲλ ὁ μακάριος· διὸ καὶ τὰ βραβεῖα τῆς νίκης, εὗρον ὡς Μάρτυρες Κυρίου.
Apolytikion of St BOTOLPH Plagal Tone 1
Neither the desolation of the fens, nor the depth of thy humility could hide the light of thy virtues, whereby thou becamest a lamp unto the faithful, O Botolph our righteous Father. Wherefore, we entreat thee: do thou also enlighten us who venerate thy blessed memory.
ALL RUSSIAN SAINTS ― Troparion ― Tone 8
The land of Russia doth offer Thee, O Lord, all the saints who have shone forth in it, as the beauteous fruit of Thy salvific splendor. By their supplications and through the Theotokos preserve Thou the Church and our land in profound peace, O most Merciful One.
Troparion to ALL SAINTS OF MOUNT ATHOS ― Tone 1
In hymns let us honour the fathers of the wilderness of Athos, * the angels in the flesh, the confessors and the venerable, holy hierarchs and martyrs; * and, emulating their virtues, let us cry aloud, saying: * Glory to Him who hath glorified you! * Glory to Him who hath crowned you! * Glory to Him who hath shown you to be our intercessors amid tribulations!
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.
CHINESE Martyrs ― Apolytikion ― Tone 1
Minister to Christ, true priest of glory, reasonable sacrifice and blameless victim, thou gavest thyself up to the stadium with thy flock, O father, Chi - Sung in Beijing. Therefore pray for us who keep thy precious memory with faith.
CHINESE Martyrs ― Apolytikion ― Tone 2
Thou hast become a participator in the customs of the Apostles and a successor to their throne thou hast found the way of ascending to behold God, by thy faithful struggle unto blood with thy flock in Beijing, O God inspired, hieromartyr Chi - Sung Pray to Christ our God, that our souls might be saved.
CHINESE Martyrs ― Apolytikion ― Tone 3"Seeing how beautiful..."
When you renounced your false ancestral errors all,
you came to know that Christ is God and Lord of all.
When you courageously proclaimed that He is the only Savior,
you endured the suffering and the tortures as if you were
bodiless, and you received from His hand the unfading crown.
And now you intercede for all of China
to see the light of knowledge, O Martyr Saints.
CHINESE Martyrs ― Troparion ― Tone 5
In a pagan land ye were enlightened by the Orthodox Faith, / and having lived in the Faith but a little time, / ye inherited the eternal Kingdom. / By the purity of your Christian ways / ye put to shame the false Confucian piety / and trampled demon-inspired Buddhism underfoot as refuse, / sanctifying the Chinese land with your blood. / Wherefore, we pray: / Entreat the Master of all / that He enlighten your land with Orthodoxy in these latter times, // and strengthen us therein.
Kontakion of the HOLY MARTYRS of Persia ― Tone 2
Wounded with faith and love for Christ/ you faithfully drank the martyr's cup/ and overthrew the Persian idol's impudence./ O blessed Martyrs,/ you are interceding with the Trinity for us all.
Kontakion of the HOLY MARTYRS of Persia ― Tone 2
Pierced through in your hearts with faith in Christ, O blessed ones, ye drank of His cup with faith, and ye hurled to the ground all the impudence of the Persians and their vaunting idolatry; and ye intercede for us all, ye equal in number to the Trinity.
Kontakion of the HOLY MARTYRS of Persia ― Tone 2 “Seeking the highest...”
Wounded by the faith of Christ, O most blessed ones,/ and having faithfully drained the cup thereof,/ ye cast the worship and audacity of the Persians down to the ground,/ making supplications in behalf of us all,// O ye who are equal in number to the Trinity.
Kontakion of the HOLY MARTYRS of Persia ― Tone 2 “Seeking the highest...”
Because of your perfect faith in Christ, all-blessed ones, / you drank the cup of His sufferings with generous hearts. / Three in number, you renounced the idols of Persia / and proclaimed your belief in the Holy Trinity. / We beseech you to pray for us all.
Ἅγιοι ΜΑΝΟΥΉΛ, ΣΑΒὲΛ καὶ ἸΣΜΑὴΛ ― Κοντάκιον ― Ἦχος β´ . Τὰ ἄνω ζητῶν
Τῇ πίστει Χριστοῦ, τρωθέντες παμμακάριστοι, καὶ τούτου πιστῶς, πιόντες τὸ ποτήριον, τὰ Περσῶν σεβάσματα, καὶ τὸ θράσος εἰς γῆν κατεβάλετε, τῆς Τριάδος ἰσάριθμοι, πρεσβείας ποιοῦντες, ὑπὲρ πάντων ἡμῶν.
Ἅγιοι ΜΑΝΟΥΉΛ, ΣΑΒὲΛ καὶ ἸΣΜΑὴΛ ― Κοντάκιον ― Ἦχος δ’. Ἐπεφάνης σήμερον
Ὡς χορὸς θεόπλοκος κατηρτισμένοι, Ἀθληταὶ ἐννάριθμοι, ἀνδραγαθεῖτε εὐκλεῶς, ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ κραυγάζοντες· Σὺ τῶν Μαρτύρων Χριστὲ τὸ κραταίωμα.
Kontakion of MARTYRS of Athens ― Tone 2
Wounded with faith and love for Christ, you faithfully drank the martyr's cup, and overthrew the Persian idol's impudence. O blessed Martyrs, you are interceding with the Trinity for us all.
Ἅγιος ἼΣΑΥΡΟΣ ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντες ― Κοντάκιον ― Ἦχος δ’. Ἐπεφάνης σήμερον
Ὡς χορὸς θεόπλοκος κατηρτισμένοι, Ἀθληταὶ ἐννάριθμοι, ἀνδραγαθεῖτε εὐκλεῶς, ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ κραυγάζοντες· Σὺ τῶν Μαρτύρων Χριστὲ τὸ κραταίωμα.
Kontakion of ST BOTOLPH ― Tone 1
The glory of the just, the protector of Boston, the man of mighty prayer, our belov'd Father Botolph, entreateth the Saviour that He show mercy to all of us. Let us honour him with thankful praise, O ye faithful; let us imitate his conversation and virtues, that God hear his prayers for us.
ALL RUSSIAN SAINTS ― Kontakion ― Tone 3 "Today the Virgin... "
Today the choir of the saints who have pleased God in our land standeth forth in the Church and invisibly prayeth to God for us. With them the angels give glory, and all the saints of the Church of Christ celebrate with them; for all together they entreat the pre-eternal God for us.
Kontakion to ALL SAINTS OF MOUNT ATHOS ― Tone 4
Come ye, let us all praise the fathers * who have made Mount Athos a heaven, * who have shone forth therein an angelic life, * and have assembled a multitude of monks; * and let us cry out unto them: * deliver us from every misfortune and temptation, * O ye multitude of the venerable, boast of Athos.
SAINTS OF NORTH AMERICA ― 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.
All Saints of SCOTLAND ― Kontakion ― Tone 3
Today the choirs of the saints who have pleased God in Scotland stand forth in the Church and unseen pray to God for us. With them the angels give glory; and all the saints of the Church of Christ make glad with them, and all together they beseech the Pre-Eternal God for us.
CHINESE Martyrs ― Kontakion ― Tone 4 "You who were lifted..."
In recent times you imitated the martyrs of former times in your victorious contests, O blessed Saints, for you competed valiantly for Christ. Watering the holy Church of the great land of China with your blood, you have received a crown from Lord’s hand. As you are standing near Him in the heights, commemorate us who honor your martyrdom.
CHINESE Martyrs ― Kontakion ― Tone 1
O Martyrs of these latter times, / ye whitened your garments in the blood of the Lamb, / and shed your own blood for Christ. / Wherefore, ye now minister unto Him day and night / in the Church of heaven. / Therefore, entreat Christ for us, O glorious Martyrs, / that He hide His little flock from the beguilement of Antichrist, / and that He lead all of us out of great tribulation // unto a land of never-waning light.
Ἅγιοι ΜΑΝΟΥΉΛ, ΣΑΒὲΛ καὶ ἸΣΜΑὴΛ ― Μεγαλυνάριον
Χαίροις Ἀθλοφόρων παρεμβολή, Ἴσαυρε παμμάκαρ, καὶ οἱ σύναθλοι οἱ κλεινοί· Χαίρετε γενναῖοι, ὁπλῖται τοῦ Κυρίου, Ἀγγέλων συμπολῖται, καὶ ἰσοστάσιοι.
Ἅγιος ἼΣΑΥΡΟΣ ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντες ― Μεγαλυνάριον Χαίροις Ἀθλοφόρων παρεμβολή, Ἴσαυρε παμμάκαρ, καὶ οἱ σύναθλοι οἱ κλεινοί· Χαίρετε γενναῖοι, ὁπλῖται τοῦ Κυρίου, Ἀγγέλων συμπολῖται, καὶ ἰσοστάσιοι.
Megalynarion of ST BOTOLPH
Boston doth exult on this holy day, for thy deeds, O wise one, are gone up as most fragrant myrrh and sweet smelling incense before the throne of Christ God, O Botolph, our blest Father and teacher in all truth.
CHINESE Martyrs ― Megalynarion
Rejoice, O priest of Beijing, martyred illustriously with thy flock thou didst destroy the impious schemes of tyrants with the strength of the Lord O Father Chi - Sung.
Mitrophan as a pious God speaking minister thou didst weaken the delusions of the impious by thy feats, with thy flock, O Father, protector from darkness and boast of martyrs.
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