St. Sylvester, Pope of Rome, Troparion, Tone IV —
The truth of things revealed thee to thy flock as a rule of faith,/ a model
of meekness and a teacher of abstinence/ wherefore thou hast attained the
heights through humility/ and riches through poverty.// O hierarch Sylvester our
father, entreat Christ God that our souls be saved.
Forefeast of the Theophany, Troparion, Tone IV —
Make ready, O Zebulon!/ Adorn thyself, O Nephthali!/ O River Jordan, leaping
up,/ receive thou the Master Who cometh to be Baptized!/ Rejoice, O Adam, with
our first mother!/ Hide not yourselves as ye did before in paradise;/ for He
that beheld you naked hath appeared,/ that He may clothe you in your
primal raiment.// Christ hath appeared, desiring to make all creation new!
Kontakion of the hierarch, Tone IV "Having been lifted up" —
As a conversor with the ascetics, thou becamest a priest among the priests of God the
King; wherefore, thou rejoicest now with the angelic choirs. O father Sylvester,
thou God-bearing shepherd, dwelling in the heavens, save those who with love
celebrate thy memory.
Kontakion of the Forefeast, Tone IV, "Thou hast appeared today" —
In the streams of the Jordan the Lord crieth out to John today:/ Fear not to
baptize Me,// for I have come to save Adam the first-created!
Forefeast of the Theophany.
Righteous Juliana of Lazarevo (1604).
Repose (1833), the second finding of relics (1991) of Venerable Seraphim, wonderworker of Sarov.
New Martyr Basil (1942).