Tuesday October 14, 2025 / October 1, 2025
19th Week after Pentecost. Tone one.
The Scripture Readings
Luke 1:39-49, 56 Matins GospelTroparion
Protection of the Theotokos, Troparion, Tone IV —
Overshadowed by thy coming, O Mother of God,/ we the right faithful people,
celebrate today with splendor,/ and gazing at thine all-precious image,/ we say
with compunction:/ Cover us with thy precious omophorion,/ and deliver us from
all evil,// entreating thy Son, Christ our God, that He save our souls.
Kontakion, Tone III "Today the Virgin" —
Today the Virgin standeth forth in the church,/ and with the choirs of the
saints she invisibly prayeth to God for us./ Angels and hierarchs offer homage,/
and the apostles and prophets join chorus,// for for our sake the Theotokos
entreateth the preeternal God.
Troparion of the apostle Ananias, Tone III —
O holy apostle Ananias/ entreat the merciful God// that He grant to our souls
remission of transgressions.
Kontakion of the apostle, in Tone II "In supplications... "—
O Ananias, helper most fervent in supplications and speedy heeder of those
who petition thee, accept our entreaty, and beg Christ to have mercy on us, for
He alone doth rest in the saints.
Troparion of the venerable Romanus, Tone VIII —
In thee, O father, that which is fashioned according to the image of God was
preserved; for, taking up thy cross, thou didst follow after Christ, and by
thine example didst teach that the flesh is to be spurned as transitory, but
that the soul must be cared for as a thing immortal. Wherefore, thy spirit
rejoiceth with the angels, O venerable Romanus.
Kontakion of the venerable Romanus, in Tone VIII —
Adorned from childhood with the godly virtues of the Spirit, O all-wise
Romanus, thou wast an all-precious adornment of the Church of Christ; for thou
hast adorned it with all-beauteous hymnody. Wherefore, we entreat thee: Grant
thy divine gift unto those who desire it, that we may cry out to thee: Rejoice,
O all-blessed father, thou beauty of the Church!
Design Jason Powell.