Hymns
Tuesday April 07, 2026 / March 25, 2026
Great and Holy Tuesday, Troparion, Tone VIII
Troparion - Tone VIII
Behold, the Bridegroom is coming in the middle of the night, and blessed is the servant whom He shall find awake and watching, but unworthy is he whom He shall find idle and careless. Beware, then, my soul, lest thou be weighed down with sleep, lest thou be given up to death and shut out of the Kingdom. But awake and cry: Holy, Holy, Holy, art Thou, O God: through the intercessions of the Forerunner, save us. (Sung three times; The third ending is: through the Mother of God, have mercy on us)
Kontakion, Tone II
Kontakion - Tone II
Realizing the hour of reckoning, O my soul, and fearing the cutting down of the fig tree, work diligently with the talent that has been given thee O wretched one. Watch and pray that we may not remain outside the bride chamber of Christ.
Annunciation, Troparion, Tone IV
Troparion - Tone IV
Today is the crown of our salvation,/ and the revelation of the mystery which is from before the ages!/ The Son of God becometh the Son of the Virgin,/ and Gabriel announceth the glad tidings of grace./ Wherefore, with him let us cry out to the Theotokos:/ Rejoice, O thou who art full of grace!// The Lord is with thee!
Kontakion, Tone VIII Automelon
Kontakion - Tone VIII
To thee, the Champion Leader, we, thy servants, dedicate a feast of victory and of thanksgiving,/ as ones rescued out of sufferings, O Theotokos;/ but as thou art one with might which is invincible,/ from all dangers that can be do thou deliver us, that we may cry to thee:// Rejoice, thou Bride unwedded!