St. Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, Troparion,
Tone I —
Thy sound hath gone forth into all the earth, which hath received thy
discourse, whereby thou didst divinely teach and make clear the nature of
things, and didst adorn the ways of men. O venerable father, thou royal
priesthood, entreat Christ God, that our souls be saved.
The Circumcision of our Lord, Troparion, Tone I —
O Jesus, Who in the highest dost sit with Thine unoriginate Father and the
divine Spirit upon a fiery throne, Thou wast well-pleased to be born on earth of
Thy Mother, a Maiden who knew not man; wherefore, thou wast circumcised as a
babe eight days of age. Glory to Thine all-good counsel! Glory to Thy
dispensation! Glory to Thy condescension, O Thou Who alone lovest mankind!
Kontakion of the feast, Tone III, "Today the Virgin" —
The Lord of all endureth circumcision and, in that He is good, He cutteth
away the transgressions of men and today granteth salvation to the world. And
Basil, the high priest of the Creator, the radiant and divine initiate of the
mysteries of Christ, rejoiceth on high.
Kontakion of the hierarch, Tone IV, "Thou hast appeared today" —
Thou hast been shown to be the unshakable foundation of the Church,
bestowing upon all men a dominion which cannot be taken away, and sealing them
with thy precepts, O newly revealed and venerable Basil.
The Circumcision of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
St. Basil the Great, archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia (379).
New Hieromartyr Jeremiah (1918).
St. Athanasius of Poltava, wonderworker (1801).