Sunday of the Holy Fathers, Troparion, Tone VIII
Most glorious art Thou, O Christ our God, Who didst establish our fathers, as torch-bearers on earth and through them didst guide us all to the true faith. Most Compassionate One, glory to Thee.
Hymns
Sunday May 24, 2026 / May 11, 2026
Kontakion, Tone VIII
The preaching of the Apostles, and the dogmas of the fathers, confirmed the one faith of the Church. And wearing the garment of truth, woven from heavenly theology, she rightly dispenses and glorifies the great mystery of piety.
Troparion of the Sunday, Tone VI
The angelic powers were at Thy tomb; / the guards became as dead men. / Mary stood by Thy grave, / seeking Thy most pure Body. / Thou didst capture hell, / not being tempted by it. / Thou didst come to the Virgin, granting life. / O Lord, Who didst rise from the dead: glory to Thee!
Hymn to the Theotokos, Tone VI
Thou Who didst call Thy mother blessed / came of Thine own will to the passion. / Shining on the cross, desiring to recall Adam, Thou didst say to the angels: / "Rejoice with Me, for the lost coin has been found." / Thou Who hast ordered all things in wisdom, / O our God, glory to Thee! (1x) Blessed be the name of the Lord, henceforth and forever more.
Kontakion of the Sunday, Tone VI
When Christ God, the Giver of Life, / raised all of the dead from the valleys of misery with His mighty hand, / He bestowed resurrection on the human race. / He is the Savior of all, the Resurrection, the Life, and the God of all.
Holy Hieromartyr Mocius, Troparion in Tone IV
As thou didst share in the ways of the apostles/ and didst occupy their throne,/ thou didst find thine activity to be a passage to divine vision,/ O divinely inspired one./ Wherefore, ordering the word of truth,/ thou didst suffer for the Faith even to the shedding of thy blood.// O hieromartyr Mocius, entreat Christ God, that our souls be saved.
Kontakion, Tone II, "The steadfast..."
Armed with the shield of faith,/ thou didst cut down legions of the ungodly,/ O hieromartyr Mocius,/ and hast received a crown from Christ;/ wherefore, rejoicing with the angels,/ from misfortunes save those who hymn thee,// praying unceasingly in beHalf of us all.
St. Joseph, metropolitan of Astrakhan, Troparion, in Tone VI
Having fought the good fight and crowned thy life with sufferings for the Truth, thou didst pass over to make thine abode in the mansions of heaven, where, standing before the throne of the Holy Trinity, pray thou, O holy hierarch Joseph, that the city of Astrakhan and our homeland be saved in peace.
Kontakion of the hieromartyr, in Tone II
Like an all-radiant star didst thou shine forth in Astrakhan, O holy hierarch Joseph, where thou wast born and raised, and thou didst accept a martyr's death out of loyalty to God and the lawful authorities. And we, honoring thy sufferings, cry aloud unto thee: O holy hierarch Joseph who wast slain by rebels, entreat Christ God in behalf of our souls!
Holy Equals-to-the Apostles Methodius and Cyril, Troparion, in Tone IV
In that ye share the ways of the apostles,/ O divinely wise Cyril and Methodius, ye teachers of the Slavic lands,/ entreat the Master of all,/ that He confirm all the Slavic nations in Orthodoxy and oneness of mind,// grant peace to the world and save our souls.
Kontakion, in Tone III
Let us honor our two sacred enlighteners, who poured forth upon us a spring of divine knowledge through their translation of the divine Scriptures. Drawing forth abundantly therefrom to this very day, we bless you, O Cyril and Methodius, who stand before the throne of the Most High and fervently pray for our souls.