4th Sunday after Pentecost; All Saints of Rus’-Ukrain;  Tone 3; Our Holy Father and Wonderworker Tychon of Amathus (408-50); Tikhon of Medyn( 1402); Tigrius  presbyter  and Eutropius  reader  disciples of John Chrysostom;

Text from “The Divine Liturgy: An Anthology for Worship”; Pg. 581

Troparion (Tone 3): Let the heavens be glad, * let the earth rejoice, * for the Lord has done a mighty deed with His arm. * He trampled death by death. He became the first-born of the dead; * He saved us from the abyss of Hades * and granted great mercy to the world.

Troparion (Tone 4): O you, who glorified Christ: * princes and bishops, * monastics and martyrs, * and steadfast confessors of Christian Ukraine throughout all times, * pray Christ God to look with favour on our people * and to grant them the grace to persevere in the faith * that the souls of prayerful faithful * who revere your sacred memory * may be saved.

Kontakion (Tone 3): You rose from the tomb, O compassionate Lord, * and led us out from the gates of death. * Today Adam exults and Eve rejoices, * and the prophets together with the patriarchs unceasingly acclaim the divine might of your power.

+Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.

Kontakion (Tone 4): You shine as bright beacons, * O God-inspired and righteous saints of our Church. * By your encouraging example * you serve communities of faithful throughout the Christian world. * Therefore we humbly bow our heads to you * thanking our great and all-gracious God, * Who has made you our intercessors in heaven, * where you pray for our souls.

Now and for ever and ever. Amen.

Theotokion (Tone 4): By your birth, O Immaculate One, Joachim and Anna were freed from the reproach of childlessness, and Adam and Eve from the corruption of death. And your people, redeemed from the guilt of their sins, celebrate as they cry out to you: “The barren one gives birth to the Mother of God and nourisher of our life.”