St. Gerasimus of the Jordan
No Troparion given in the Menaion.
Hymns
Tuesday March 17, 2026 / March 4, 2026
Kontakion, Tone IV "Having been lifted up"
Burning with heavenly love, thou didst prefer the harshness of the desert of Jordan/ more than all the delights of the world;/ hence, a wild beast submitted unto thee even unto thy death, O father,/ dying in obedience and grief on thy grave./ Thus did God glorify thee./ And when thou dost pray to Him, O father Gerasimus,// be thou mindful of us.
St. Daniel, prince of Moscow, Troparion, in Tone IV
Illumined by divine grace, thou didst set aside the glory of thy principality, O divinely wise Prince Daniel, and in thy heart didst unwaveringly set thy whole understanding upon the Creator, away from this vain world, and didst shine forth like a star in the east of the Russian realm; and finishing the good race well by thy chaste and angelic life, thou didst keep the Faith undefiled. Wherefore, even after thy repose God hath glorified thee with miracles, for thou pourest forth healing upon those who with faith have recourse unto thy precious shrine: for this cause we, thy people, glorify thee today. As thou hast boldness before Christ, pray that thy homeland be saved, and that our land find peace.
Kontakion, in Tone IV
Chosen by God from thy parents' loins, raised from infancy in the law of the Lord to be a perfect man, and having received the famed city of Moscow as thine inheritance by the providence of God, thou wast shown to be a faithful steward for thy pious people, O divinely blessed Daniel. And instructing them by thine example, and continually teaching them the commandments of the Lord, ever walking the path which leadeth to everlasting life, thou didst attain unto the kingdom of heaven, where, dwelling with the angelic choirs, thou chantest unto God: Alleluia!