Orthodox Calendar

HIDE TROPARIA

The Second Sunday of Great Lent. St. Gregory Palamas, Troparion, Tone VIII—
Light of Orthodoxy, pillar and doctor of the Church, adornment of monks, invincible champion of theologians, O Gregory the wonderworker, praise of Thessalonica, preacher of grace, ever pray that our souls may be saved.

Kontakion, Tone II —
Organ of wisdom, holy and divine, bright clarion of theology, we praise thee in harmony, O divine speaker Gregory: But as a mind standing before the First Mind, direct our mind to Him, father, that we may cry: Rejoice, preacher of grace!

Kontaklon of the Sunday, Tone IV —
Now is the time for action, judgment is at our doors. So let us rise and fast, and let us offer tears of compunction with almsgiving, crying: We have sinned more than the sand of the sea. But forgive us all, O Creator, that we may receive incorruptible crowns.

Troparion of the Sunday, Tone II —
When Thou didst descend to death, O Life immortal, / Thou didst slay hell with the splendor of Thy Godhead! / And when from the depths Thou didst raise the dead, / all the powers of heaven cried out: / O Giver of life, Christ our God, glory to Thee!

Hymn to the Theotokos, Tone II —
All beyond thought, all most glorious, / are your mysteries, O Theotokos. / Sealed in purity, preserved in virginity, / you were revealed to be the true Mother who gave birth to the true God. / Entreat Him to save our souls.

Kontakion of the Sunday, Tone II —
Hell became afraid, O Almighty Savior, / seeing the miracle of Thy Resurrection from the tomb! / The dead arose! Creation, with Adam, beheld this and rejoiced with Thee! / And the world, O my Savior, praises Thee forever.

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.