Hymns
Saturday July 04, 2026 / June 21, 2026
St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco, Troparion of the saint, in Tone V
Troparion - Tone V
Lo, thy care for thy flock in its sojourn/ prefigÂured the supplications which thou dost ever offer up for the whole world./ Thus do we believe, having come to know thy love,/ O holy hierarch and wonderworker John./ Wholly sanctified by God/ through the ministry of the all-pure MysterÂies/ and thyself ever strengthened thereby,/ thou didst hasten to the suffering,/ O most gladsome Healer.// Hasten now also to the aid of us who honor thee with all our heart.
Kontakion, in Tone IV
Kontakion - Tone IV
Thy heart hath gone out to all who entreat thee with love,/ O holy hierarch John,/ and who remember the struggle of thy whole industrious life,/ and thy painless and easy repose,// O faithful servant of the all-pure Directress.
Holy Martyr Julian of Tarsus, Troparion, Tone IV
Troparion - Tone IV
In his suffering, O Lord,/ Thy martyr Julian received an imperishable crown from Thee our God;/ for, possessed of Thy might,/ he set at nought the tormentors and crushed the feeble audacity of the demons.// By his supplications save Thou our souls.
Kontakion, Tone II, "The grave and mortality..."
Kontakion - Tone II
As is meet, let us all praise Julian today,/ the invincible warrior of piety,/ the true counselor and soldier of the Truth,/ and let us cry aloud unto him:/ Entreat Christ God in behalf of us all!