Church New Year - "Therefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come."  (2 Cor 5:17-18)

Akathist to St. John  the Baptist.

Moleben to the Theotokos - "Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos,  Full of Grace!  From you shone the Sun of Righteousness, Christ our God, enlightening those who sat in darkness!"  (Troparion)

Michael, commander of God’s armies and minister of the divine glory,  prince of the bodiless angels and guide of mankind, ask for what is good for us, and for great mercy,  as supreme commander of the Bodiless Hosts.(Kontakion Tone 2)

"Michael, commander of God’s armies  and minister of the divine glory,  prince of the bodiless angels  and guide of mankind, ask for what is good for us, and for great mercy, as supreme commander of the Bodiless Hosts."  (Kontakion Tone 2)

"Your Nativity, O Virgin, has proclaimed joy to the whole universe!  The Sun of Righteousness, Christ our God, has shone from you, O Theotokos!  By annulling the curse, He bestowed a blessing.  By destroying death, He has granted us eternal life."  (Troparion #4)

Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos- "Your Nativity, O Virgin, has proclaimed joy to the whole universe!  The Sun of Righteousness, Christ our God, has shone from you, O Theotokos!  By annulling the curse, He bestowed a blessing.  By destroying death, He has granted us eternal life."  (Troparion #4)

"My soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God, my Saviour."  (Canticle of the Theotokos)

“What is man that You remember him, or the son of man that You visit him? You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor, You set him over the works of Your hands; You subjected all things under his feet, All sheep and oxen, and besides these, also the animals of the field, the birds of heaven and the fish of the sea, and the things passing through the paths of the seas. O Lord, our Lord, how wondrous is Your name in all the earth.” Psalm 8:5-10

"For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God."  (1 Cor 1:18-19)

"O Lord, save Thy people,  and bless Thine inheritance.  Grant victories to the Orthodox Christians over their adversaries.  And by virtue of Your Cross, preserve Your habitation."  (Troparion #1)

EXALTATION OF THE PRECIOUS CROSS - STRICT FAST - "O Lord, save Thy people,  and bless Thine inheritance.  Grant victories to the Orthodox Christians over their adversaries.  And by virtue of Your Cross, preserve Your habitation."  (Troparion #1)

"Then Jesus told his disciples, "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me."    (Matt 16:24-25)

"As you are a living Temple of God, let no impure hand touch you, O Theotokos!  But let the lips of all believers sing, constantly magnifying you in joy with the angelic salutation:  Truly you are above all creatures, O Pure One!"      (Hymn to the Theotokos)                 

"As You were voluntarily raised upon the cross for our sake,  grant mercy to those who are called by Your Name, O Christ God;  make all Orthodox Christians glad by Your power,  granting them victories over their adversaries,  by bestowing on them the Invincible trophy, Your weapon of Peace."  (Kontakion Tone 4)

"As You were voluntarily raised upon the cross for our sake,  grant mercy to those who are called by Your Name, O Christ God;  make all Orthodox Christians glad by Your power,  granting them victories over their adversaries,  by bestowing on them the Invincible trophy, Your weapon of Peace."   (Kontakion Tone 4)

"And Paul said, "John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus."   (Acts 19:4-5)

"You know the commandments: 'Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother."     (Mark 10:19)

"Help, Lord; for there is no longer any that is godly; for the faithful have vanished from among the sons of men. Every one utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. (Ps 12:1-2)

"Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him, my help and my God." (Ps 42:5-6)

"O grant us help against the foe, for vain is the help of man!  With God we shall do valiantly; it is He who will tread down our foes."   (Ps 60:11-12)

Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos - O blessed Theotokos, open the doors of compassion to us whose hope is in you, that we may not perish but be delivered from adversity through you, who are the salvation of the Christian people.