Troparion to St. Sidónia, Tone 1. Special Melody: While Gabriel Was Saying.
O Virgin, thou didst follow the Virgin Theotokos. * Thou dost hold the Robe without seam, which She fashioned for our Saviour. * Sidónia, thou faithful saint of God, * thou gavest thyself wholly unto Christ, * and He brought thee to the mansions in Heaven’s heights, * to dwell in His Light forever. * Pray thou that we may all be taken up * by the Lord’s hand into Paradise. * Plead for us when thou dost return the Robe to Him on Judgment Day.
O Virgin, thou didst follow the Virgin Theotokos. * Thou dost hold the Robe without seam, which She fashioned for our Saviour. * Sidónia, thou faithful saint of God, * thou gavest thyself wholly unto Christ, * and He brought thee to the mansions in Heaven’s heights, * to dwell in His Light forever. * Pray thou that we may all be taken up * by the Lord’s hand into Paradise. * Plead for us when thou dost return the Robe to Him on Judgment Day.
Troparion to St. Nina, Tone 4
O Handmaid of the Word of God,
who in preaching has equalled the first-called Apostle Andrew,
And hast emulated the other Apostles,
O enlightener of Iberia and reed pipe of the Holy Spirit,
Holy Nina, Peer of the Apostles:
pray to Christ God to save our souls.
O Handmaid of the Word of God,
who in preaching has equalled the first-called Apostle Andrew,
And hast emulated the other Apostles,
O enlightener of Iberia and reed pipe of the Holy Spirit,
Holy Nina, Peer of the Apostles:
pray to Christ God to save our souls.
St. Nina’s Catholicon at St. Sidónia’s Monastery.
Fr. Timothy Barkley – Memory Eternal
Our beloved Fr. Timothy Barkley, not only the father of Sr. Nina, but of all of us, reposed in the Lord during the night of Palm Sunday, peacefully in his sleep. He gave such great love and help to each of us and to the Monastery for so many years.
His most recent expression of his heart, was through the many rays of love from the candles that he sent us for our Holy Patriarch, on the day of +His Holiness’ repose. He sent even more than needed, immediately. He always served with such love, swiftness, and cheerfulness.
May his memory be eternal, and his entry into Paradise joyful, with Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem and imminent victory over death.
His most recent expression of his heart, was through the many rays of love from the candles that he sent us for our Holy Patriarch, on the day of +His Holiness’ repose. He sent even more than needed, immediately. He always served with such love, swiftness, and cheerfulness.
May his memory be eternal, and his entry into Paradise joyful, with Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem and imminent victory over death.
