Orthodox Calendar

HIDE TROPARIA

The Fourth Sunday of Great Lent: Venerable John Lestvichnik, Troparion, Tone I —
Thou didst prove to be a freeman of the desert, an angel in a body, and a wonder-worker, O our God - bearing Father John. By fasting, vigil and prayer thou didst obtain heavenly gifts, and thou healest the sick and the souls of those who have recourse to thee with faith. Glory to Him Who gave thee strength, glory to Him Who crowned thee, glory to Him Who works through thee healings for all.

Kontakion, Tone I —
Offering ever-blossoming fruits of learning from thy book, O wise one, thou delightest the hearts of those who study it seriously, O blessed one. For it is a ladder which leads up from the earth to the heavenly and abiding glory souls who with faith honour thee.

Troparion of the Sunday, Tone VIII —
Thou didst descend from on high, O Merciful One! / Thou didst accept the three-day burial to free us from our sufferings! / O Lord, our Life and Resurrection: glory to Thee!

Hymn to the Theotokos, Tone VIII —
For our sake Thou wast born of the Virgin / and did endure crucifixion, O Good One, / destroying death by death. / Revealing the resurrection as God, / do not despise the work of Thy hand. / Reveal Thy love for man, O merciful One, / and accept the Theotokos praying for us, / and save Thy despairing people, O Savior.

Kontakion of the Sunday, Tone VIII —
By rising from the tomb, Thou didst raise the dead and resurrect Adam. / Eve exults in Thy Resurrection, / and the world celebrates Thy rising from the dead, O greatly Merciful One!

St. Theophanes the Confessor of Mt. Sigriana —
No Troparion is given in the Menaion.

Kontakion, Tone II "Seeking the highest" —
Receiving divine revelation from on high,/ with diligence thou didst depart from the midst of the tumult of life;/ and, having become a solitary, O venerable one,/ thou didst receive the power to work wonders and the dignity of prophe­cy,// having deprived thyself of wealth and wife.

St. Gregory the Dialogist, Troparion, in Tone IV —
Receiving divine grace from God on high, and strengthened with the power thereof, O glorious Gregory, thou didst will to walk the path of the Gospel. Wherefore, thou hast re­ceived from Christ the reward of thy labors, O most blessed one. Him do thou entreat, that He save our souls.

Kontakion, in Tone III —
Thou didst show thyself to be an emulator of Christ, the Chief Shepherd, O father Gregory, guiding the orders of monks to the fold of heaven; and from thence thou didst teach the flock of Christ His commandments. And now thou dost rejoice and dance with them in the mansions of heaven.

St. Symeon the New Theologian, Troparion, in Tone VIII —
With the streams of thy tears thou didst irrigate the barren desert, and with sighs from the depths of thy soul thou didst render thy labors fruitful an hundredfold, and becamest a beacon for the whole world, resplendent with miracles. O Symeon our father, entreat Christ God, that our souls be saved.

Kontakion, in Tone IV —
The Church of Christ rejoiceth today, cel­ebrating thy memory with splendor. Thou hast adorned it with thy discourses and prayers, hast guided the children of faith to the man­sions of heaven, and hast shone with ineffable light, receiving radiance from Christ God, our Sun, O Symeon, our venerable father.