St. Nicholas Orthodox Church

Troparion

Conception of St. John the Baptist: Tone IV. Make merry, O barren woman, who before wast unable to bear a child!/ For, lo! thou hast manifestly conceived the lamp of the Sun,/ who will enlighten the world which suffereth from blindness./ Dance thou, O Zechariah, crying out with boldness:// He who will be born is the prophet of the Most High! "Hawaiian" Myrrh-streaming Iveron Ikon of the Theotokos: Tone VII. From thy Holy Icon, O Lady Theotokos, blessed myrrh has flowed abundantly./ Thou hast thereby consoled those, in exile, faithful/ unto thee, and hast enlightened the unbelievers by/ thy Son's light./ Therefore O Lady, with tears we bow down to thee./ Be merciful to us in the hour of judgment./ Lest having received thy mercy we be punished as those who have been contemptuous of it./ But grant us// through thy prayers to bring forth spiritual fruit, and save our souls

Kontakion

Tone I. Rejoice with splendour, O great Zechariah/ and most glorious Elisabeth his spouse,/ in conceiving John the Forerunner as is meet,/ whom the archangel announced, rejoicing./ O ye men, let us right worthily honour him// as the initiate of the mystery of grace.