Meatfare Sunday (Of the Fearful Judgment); Our Holy Father Meletius Archbishop of Antioch (379-95); February 12. Text from “The Divine Liturgy: An Anthology for Worship”; Pg. 333 (Tone 2) & Pg. 610 Troparion (Tone 2): When You went down to death, O Life...
Three Holy and Great Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom; the Holy Priest-Martyr Hippolytus (235); January 30. Text from “The Divine Liturgy: An Anthology for Worship”; Pg. 804 Troparion (Tone 4): As equals to the apostles in the...
Our Holy Father Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople (390); January 25. Text from “The Divine Liturgy: An Anthology for Worship”; Pg. 803 Troparion (Tone 1): Like the shepherd’s flute, O Father Gregory,* your theology vanquished the trumpets of...
Our Venerable and God-Bearing Father Euthemius the Great (473); January 20. Text from “The Divine Liturgy: An Anthology for Worship”; Pg. 802 Troparion (Tone 4): Be glad, O barren desert;* take heart, you who have never known labour.* For a man of the desires of the...
Our Venerable and God-Bearing Father Anthony the Great (356); January 17. Text from “The Divine Liturgy: An Anthology for Worship”; Pg. 801 Troparion (Tone 4): By your life you imitated the zealous Elias * and by following straight paths you emulated the Baptist,...