Troparion from the Greek word means melody, tune.
Troparion is one of the church hymns that is performed at the Divine Liturgy. The troparion indicates the essence of a church holiday or glorification of saints.
Troparion
in Greek means melody or tune
There are different chants for different occasions in life. Troparions are sung daily at morning and evening liturgy
Previously, troparia were written in prose, and were intended to commemorate the holy martyrs who were glorified on one day or another
Nowadays, troparia have become paired chants that worshipers sing in chorus during worship. If anyone does not know the troparion of the holiday, then stand and listen.
During the service there are troparia intended for each day of the week.
- Monday. On this day, the memory of all heavenly ethereal ranks is honored. On this day, praying people turn to the heavenly archangels with glorification.
- Tuesday. Believers glorify the memory of John the Baptist and other holy prophets.
- Wednesday and Friday. Believers remember the Savior's feat and his tragic death. All hymns of these days are dedicated to the Life-Giving Cross. Thursday is the day of veneration of all the holy apostles, as well as St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
- Saturday. It is customary to read the funeral rites and remember all the holy martyrs.
In each church on patronal feast days one troparion and one kontakion are performed.
For each service there is an order in which the chants are sung. First, all the troparia are sung, then all the corresponding kontakia are sung in the same sequence.
Troparia, kontakion and hymns to all saints are sung on Saturday
Now we will talk about the troparion to all the saints. The Feast of All Saints is celebrated a week after Trinity.
All Saints' Day is celebrated on the same day as the celebration of the Icon of All Saints. Let's see how this troparion for the feast of all saints sounds.
Troparion to all saints
Troparion, tone 4:
God our Father, deal with us according to Your meekness, do not leave Your mercy from us, but guide our lives in peace with their prayers. Apostles, martyrs and prophets, saints, saints and righteous ones, who have accomplished good deeds and kept the faith, who have boldness towards the Savior, for us He is good, pray, pray, save to our souls.
What does Introparion mean? Introparion means another troparion. This suggests that not one troparion was written for this holiday, but two.
Troparion
means “another troparion,” which means that two troparions were written for the Feast of All Saints
Troparion to the Cathedral of All Saints, voice:
And throughout the whole world Thy martyr, as Thy Church was adorned with scarlet and visor, with blood, with these we cry unto Thee, O Christ God: unto Thy people Thy bounties have come down, O world of life. Grant to Your body and to our souls great mercy.
Kontakion, tone 8:
As the firstfruits of nature are brought to the Planter of creation by Ti, Lord, God-bearing martyrs; With those prayers in the deep world Thy Church, Thy residence of the Mother of God, O Most Merciful One, has been preserved.
Also, at every holiday, greatness is sung. Greatness is another word for praise, the glorification of someone, for example a saint. Here too we can see that there is glorification of all the saints.
Magnification:
We magnify you, apostles, martyrs, prophets and all saints, and we honor your holy memory, for you pray for us to Christ our God.
Troparion and kontakion of the days of the week
Content
On Monday, to the ethereal heavenly ranks *
Troparion, tone 4:
Heavenly armies of the Archangels, / we always pray to you, we are unworthy, / with your prayers, protect us / with the blood of your immaterial glory, / preserving us, who fall diligently and cry out: / from troubles deliver us, // like the rulers of the highest Powers.
Translation: Heavenly armies of the Archangels, we, unworthy ones, continually pray to you, that you protect us with your prayers under the roof of the wings of your immaterial glory, preserving us, who fall diligently and cry: “Deliver us from troubles, as the leaders of the Highest Powers!”
1. Male voice. 2. Female voice.
Kontakion, voice 2:
Archangels of God,/ servants of the Divine glory,/ leaders of angels, and teachers of men,/ ask for what is useful for us, and great mercy,// like the Bodiless Archangels.
Translation: Archangels of God, servants of the Divine Glory, leaders of angels and mentors of people, ask us for what is useful and great mercy, as the disembodied Archangels.
On Tuesday, St. John the Baptist
Troparion, tone 2:
The memory of the righteous with praise,/ the testimony of the Lord, the Forerunner, suffices for you:/ for you have truly shown that you are more honorable than the prophets,/ that even in the streams of baptism you were deemed worthy of the One who preached./ Those Having suffered for the truth, rejoicing, / you preached the good news to those in hell that God appeared flesh,/ which takes away the sin of the world,// and gives us great mercy.
Translation: The memory of the righteous is honored with praise, but the testimony of the Lord is enough for you, Forerunner, for you truly appeared to be the most glorious of the prophets, for you were worthy to baptize the Preached One in the streams. Therefore, having suffered for the truth with joy, you preached the gospel to those in hell of God, who appeared in the flesh, lifting up the sin of the world and giving us great mercy.
Kontakion, voice 2:
Prophet of God and Forerunner of grace,/ your head, like the most sacred thorn from the earth, has found,/ we always accept healing,// for again, as before you preached repentance in the world.
Translation: Prophet of God and Forerunner of grace, having found your head as the most sacred rose in the earth, we always receive healing, for again, as before, you proclaim repentance to the world.
On Wednesday and Friday, St. Cross
Troparion, tone 1:
Save, O Lord, Thy people/ and bless Thy inheritance,/ granting victories against the enemy// and preserving Thy life through Thy Cross.
Translation: Save, O Lord, Your people and bless everything that belongs to You. Grant victory over enemies to Orthodox Christians, and preserve by the power of Your Cross those among whom You dwell.
Kontakion, tone 4:
Ascend to the Cross by will,/ to Thy namesake new residence,/ grant Thy bounties, O Christ God,/ make us glad with Thy power,/ giving us victories for our peers,/ benefit to those who have Thy ́ weapon of the world, // invincible victory.
Translation: Ascended to the Cross voluntarily, grant Your mercies to the new people named after You, O Christ God; make your faithful people glad with your power, giving them victories over their enemies - may they have help from you, a weapon of peace, an invincible sign of victory.
On Thursday, St. to the Apostles and Saint Nicholas
Troparion to the Apostles, tone 3:
Holy apostles,/ pray to the Merciful God,/ may forgiveness of sins// be granted to our souls.
Translation: Holy Apostles, pray to the merciful God that He may grant forgiveness of sins to our souls.
Kontakion to the Apostles, tone 2:
Firm and divinely preached preachers,/ the top of your apostles, Lord,/ you accepted the pleasure of your good things and peace;/ you accepted illness and death more than all fruitfulness,// One knowledgeable heart.
Translation: Unshakable and God-honored preachers, the highest of Your disciples, O Lord, You have accepted into the enjoyment of Your blessings and peace; for You recognized their labors and death as higher than any sacrifice, You alone know what is in the hearts.
Troparion to Saint Nicholas, tone 4:
The rule of faith and the image of meekness,/ the self-control of the teacher/ will show you to your flock/ Even the truth of things./ For this reason you have acquired high humility,/ rich in poverty,/ priestly Father flaxen Nicholas,/ pray to Christ God,// to save our souls.
Translation: By the rule of faith and the image of meekness, self-control, the teacher showed you the immutable truth to your flock. Therefore, through humility you have acquired high things, and through poverty you have acquired riches. Father, Saint Nicholas, pray to Christ God for the salvation of our souls.
Kontakion to Saint Nicholas, tone 3:
In Mireh, the holy one, the priest appeared to you,/ O Christ, having fulfilled the Gospel,/ you laid down your soul for your people/ and saved the innocent from death./ This For thou art sanctified, // as the great hidden place of God’s grace.
Translation: In the Worlds, you, saint, appeared as the performer of sacred rites, for having fulfilled the Gospel of Christ, you, reverend, laid down your soul for your people and saved the innocent from death; therefore you were sanctified as a great minister of the sacraments of God's grace.
On Saturday, to all saints and for the dead
Troparion to All Saints, Tone 2:
Apostles, martyrs and prophets,/ saints, saints and righteous ones,/ who have accomplished good deeds and kept the faith,/ have boldness towards the Savior,/ pray for us, as Good, // to save We pray for our souls.
Translation: Apostles, martyrs and prophets, saints, saints and righteous ones, who have valiantly accomplished the feat and preserved the faith, having boldness before the Savior, beseech Him for us as good, we pray, for the salvation of our souls!
Troparion for the Dead, Tone 2:
Remember, Lord, that Thy servants are good,/ and, if you have sinned in life, forgive:/ no one is sinless, only You,// can give peace to the departed.
Translation: Remember, O Lord, as the Good One, Your servants and forgive everything they have sinned in life, for no one is sinless except You. You can also give peace to those who have passed away.
Kontakion to All Saints, Tone 8:
Like the firstfruits of nature, the Planter of creation,/ the universe brings to You, O Lord, God-bearing martyrs;/ those with prayers in the deep world// Thy Church, Thy residence of the Mother of God, preserved by many more kindly
Translation: As the first fruits of nature, to the Planter of all creation, the universe brings, to You, O Lord, God-bearing martyrs. Through their prayers and the intercession of the Mother of God, preserve Your Church - Your people in deep peace, O Most Merciful One.
Troparions to martyrs and holy martyrs are read at the service on the day of their celebration
There are also other troparia dedicated to other holidays.
Icon of the Cathedral of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia
Confessors are saints who died peacefully later, after suffering torment.
New Martyrs are Christians who suffered martyrdom for confessing faith in Christ in relatively recent times. This is how the Church names all those who suffered for their faith during the period of post-revolutionary persecution.
It is customary to sing troparia on Saturday during the liturgy.
Troparions are sung either to one holy martyr on the day of glorification or to all holy martyrs.
Who are these people? Why are they called that?
Martyrs - accepted cruel torment or death for the faith of Christ.
Hieromartyrs are saints who suffered torment for Christ.
To the martyrs
Troparion, tone 4:
Your martyrs, Lord, in their suffering received incorruptible crowns from You, our God: having Your strength, you have overthrown the tormentors, crushed them and the demons of weak insolence, those prayers and save our souls.
Hieromartyr
Troparion, tone 4:
And having been a communicant in character, and a vicar of the throne, having become an apostle, you gained your deed, inspired by God, in a vision: for this reason, correcting the word of truth, and for the sake of faith, you suffered even to the point of bloodshed. Hieromartyr (name), pray to Christ God to save our souls.
To the Hieromartyrs
Troparion, tone 4:
God our father, always deal with us according to Your meekness, do not leave Your mercy from us, but through their prayers guide our belly in peace.
Prayers
Troparia with the Mother of God and Kontakion, verboses every day of the week.
PER WEEK EVENINGS
Troparion, tone 4: Heavenly armies of the archistratis, we always pray to you, we are unworthy, and with your prayers protect us with the shelter of the krill of your immaterial glory, preserving us diligently falling, and crying out: deliver us from troubles, like the rulers of the highest powers.
Theotokos, voice 4: Having been brought up in the temple in the Holy of Holies, clothed in faith and wisdom, and immeasurable virginity, Archangel Gabriel brought a kiss from heaven, and rejoice: Rejoice, blessed one, rejoice, most glorified, the Lord is with you.
Kontakion, voice 2: The Archangels of God, servants of the divine glory, the rulers of the angels and the human teachers, ask for what is useful to us and great mercy, like the bodiless archangels.
ON MONDAY EVENING
Troparion, tone 2: The memory of the righteous is with praise, but the testimony of the Lord is sufficient for you, the forerunner: for you have shown in truth and the most honorable of the prophets, as in the streams of baptism you were worthy of what was preached. Moreover, having suffered for the truth, rejoice, you preached the gospel to those in hell, God manifested in the flesh, taking away the sin of the world, and giving us great mercy.
Theotokos, the same voice: The Divine came into being as a community of nature through you, O ever-virgin Mother of God: for you gave birth to God incarnate to us. Moreover, out of duty, we all honorably honor you.
Kontakion, voice 3: Prophet of God, and forerunner of grace, having found your head like the most sacred thorn from the earth, healing is always acceptable: for again, as before, you preach repentance in the world.
TUESDAY EVENING
Troparion, tone 1: O Lord, save Thy people, and bless Thy inheritance, granting victories to the pious king against the resistance, and preserving Thy residence through Thy cross.
Mother of the Cross: We have your intercession, most pure one, and through your prayers we deliver the fierce, we observe the cross of your son everywhere, and out of duty we honor you all with piety.
Kontakion, tone 4: Having ascended to the cross by will, grant to Your namesake new residence Your bounty, O Christ God: by Your power you have rejoiced the faithful kings, giving them victories as adversaries, benefits to those who have Your weapon of peace, an invincible victory.
WEDNESDAY EVENING
Troparion, tone 3: Holy Apostles, pray to the merciful God that he may grant remission of sins to our souls.
Another, St. Nicholas, voice 4: The rule of faith and the image of meekness, self-control, teacher, show you to your flock, even the truth of things. For this reason, you have acquired high humility, rich in poverty: Father Hierarch Nicholas, pray to Christ God to save our souls.
Theotokos, voice 4: The Word of the Father, Christ our God, who became incarnate through the knowledge of you, the Virgin Mother of God, one pure, one blessed: with this we unceasingly magnify you.
Kontakion by the Apostle, voice 2: Firm and divinely preached preachers, you have accepted Thy good disciples, O Lord, into the enjoyment of Thy good things and peace: for Thou hast accepted sickness and death more than all fruitfulness, the only one who knows the heart.
Another, St. Nicholas, voice 3: In Mireh, the holy, the priest appeared: for Christ, like the prophecy, having fulfilled the gospel, you laid down your soul for your people, and saved the innocent from death. For this reason you have been sanctified, as the great hidden place of God’s grace.
THURSDAY PM
Troparion, tone 1: O Lord, save Thy people, and bless Thy inheritance, granting victory to the blessed king against the resistance, and preserving Thy residence through Thy cross.
Mother of the Cross: We have your intercession, most pure one, and through your prayers we deliver the fierce, we observe the cross of your son everywhere, and out of duty we honor you all with piety.
Kontakion, tone 4: Having ascended to the cross by will, grant to Your namesake new residence Your bounty, O Christ God: by Your power you have rejoiced the faithful kings, giving them victories as adversaries, benefits to those who have Your weapon of peace, an invincible victory.
FRIDAY PM
Troparion, tone 2: Apostles, martyrs and prophets, saints, reverends and righteous ones, having accomplished a good deed and kept the faith, having boldness towards the Savior, pray for that good thing for us to be saved, we pray, for our souls.
Another for repose, the same voice: Remember, Lord, how good Thy servants are, and if you have sinned in life, forgive: no one is sinless, only You are able to give peace to the departed.
Theotokos: Holy Mother of ineffable light, we honor you with angelic songs, piously.
ON SATURDAY WITH THE VERB:
Glory: With the saints, rest, O Christ, the souls of Thy servant, where there is no sickness, no sorrow, no sighing, but endless life.
And now: As the firstfruits of nature, to the planter of creation, the universe brings to Thee, O Lord, God-bearing martyrs: through the prayers of those in the world, Thy Church is deep, Thy residence, O Theotokos, keep the most merciful.
The Troparion to Jesus Christ is sung during the first week of Lent
The troparion is performed at the Divine Liturgy.
This troparion is performed, for example, on the day of the triumph of Orthodoxy.
The establishment of this holiday is connected with the events of the Council of Constantinople in 843.
The Tsarina proposed to His Holiness Patriarch Methodius to gather all Orthodox metropolitans, archbishops, clergy, and laity to come to the Great Church of God with honorable crosses and holy icons on the first Sunday of Holy Lent.
This event is very important for the Christian people, therefore on this day, the first Sunday of Great Lent, the Orthodox Church solemnly celebrates the restoration of icon veneration, called the “Triumph of Orthodoxy.”
It is on this day that it is customary to perform the troparion to Jesus Christ.
Troparion to Jesus Christ , tone 2:
We worship Your most pure image, O Good One, asking for forgiveness of our sins, O Christ our God: by the will of Your flesh You deigned to ascend to the cross, so that You might deliver Him from the work of the enemy. Thus we cry out to You in gratitude: You have filled all with joy, our Savior, who came to save the world.
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