The Twenty-Fifth Day of the Month of July
Menologion
The Dormition of the Righteous Anna, mother of the Most Holy Theotokos
Holy Woman Olympias (Olympiada) the Deaconess, of Constantinople (408-410) and Virgin Eupraxia, of Tabenna (413)
Ven. Macarius, Abbot of Zheltovod and Unzha (1444)
St. Christopher, of Solvychegodsk (Vologda - 16th cen.)
Martyrs: Sanctus, Maturus, Attalus and Blandina of Lyons and others (177)
St. Nessan, Abbot of Murgnet
Troparion of St. Anna Tone 4
O godly, ever-blessed Anna,/ thou didst bear the pure Mother of God who conceived Him Who is our life./ Thou hast now passed to heaven/ and art rejoicing in glory,/ asking forgiveness for those who faithfully honour thee.
Troparion of St. Nessan Tone 2
O thou who didst converse with St. Patrick/ and follow him in the monastic way:/ as thou didst guide monks to Christ our God,/ pray that our souls may be saved.
Kontakion of St. Anna Tone 2
We celebrate the memory of the ancestors of Christ/ and faithfully ask their help;/ that all may be delivered from every affliction who cry:/ Be with us, O God, for it pleased Thee to glorify them.
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