Commemorated on February 25
Troparion & Kontakion
Troparion — Tone 4
You appeared to your flock as a rule of faith, / an image of humility and a teacher of abstinence. / Because of your lowliness, Heaven was opened to you. / Because of your poverty, riches were granted to you. / O holy bishop, Tarasius, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Troparion — Tone 3
You shone forth as a light of the Spirit, / adorned with an exemplary life and clothed in hierarchical vesture. / You stilled the turbulence of heresy / and became a pillar and foundation of the Church, / which praises your struggles, holy Father Tarasius.
Kontakion — Tone 3
You illumined the Church with Orthodox doctrine / and taught all to venerate and honor the precious image of Christ. / You vanquished the godless doctrine of the iconoclasts. / Therefore we cry to you: / “Rejoice, wise Father Tarasius.”