Feast of
the All-Merciful Savior and the Most Holy Theotokos
Beatitudes on 8: Feast 4, from Ode
3; Cross 4, from Ode 6.
1. All the angelic
captains join chorus with us today, surrounding Thy Holy Church, O Master, not
physically, but spiritually. And do Thou
grant us Thy peace from on high, in that Thou art most merciful.
2. The choir of the prophets and that of the
apostles and all the choirs of the martyrs, O Savior, join chorus with us
today, gazing in spirit upon Thee, the God of many names, Who art glorified by
the faithful.
3. By David thou wast called the rich mountain, O
Virgin, who received in thy womb the timeless Word of the Father Who became a
little babe, and who gavest birth in the flesh unto the hypostatic Wisdom of
God.
4. The noetic tyrant was crushed, dealt an incurable
wound by the heavenly Stone, Christ our God, Who issued forth from thy womb and
joined those on earth to those in heaven.
5. Seeing the
Cross set forth today as a divine vessel, as a radiant lamp in churches,
temples and cities, we hymn the One Who hath caused it to shine.
6. Death is slain, corruption is put to death, and
the hordes of the demons, unable to endure its touch, flee, beholding the
victorious and awesome Cross of Christ set forth today.
7. Hymning Thee, God the King and Lord, in that Thou
hast given us the Cross as an impregnable bulwark, we now kiss it with joy and
thus escape evils.
8. Theotokion:
Our first mother in Eden was poisoned by absorbing the serpent’s venom;
but the Virgin, having given birth to the Author of life, hath poured forth
incorruption and resurrection upon the world.
At the Entrance: O come
let us worship and fall down before Christ. O Son of God who art wondrous in
the saints, save us who sing to Thee: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
Troparia & Kontakia
Tone 8: Looking down from on high and receiving the poor, /
O most
merciful Master, visit us who are afflicted by sins, //
and
through the supplications of the Theotokos grant great mercy to our souls.
Tone 4: O most merciful Savior, /
Thou
sun-like Luminary: /
through
the light of Thine effulgence grant us discourse, /
that with
a pure conscience we may sing praises on Thy feast all-divine, /
glorifying
Thee, the only-begotten Son, /
and the
consubstantial Spirit; //
for Thou
givest us peace and great mercy.
Tone 1: O Lord, save Thy people /
and bless
Thine inheritance. /
Grant Thou
victory unto Orthodox Christians /
over their
enemies, /
and by the
power of Thy Cross //
do Thou
preserve Thy commonwealth.
Glory…
Tone 4:
I have become a committer of every
abomination,
O most merciful Savior, /
and
have fallen into the pit of despair; /
yet
do I groan from the depths of my heart and cry unto Thee, O Word: /
Haste
Thou, O Compassionate One, //
and
speed Thou to our aid, in that Thou art merciful!
Both
now… Tone 4: O Thou Who wast lifted up willingly on the Cross, /
bestow
Thy mercies upon the new community named after Thee, O Christ God; /
gladden
with Thy power the Orthodox Christians, /
granting
them victory over enemies; //
may they
have as Thy help the weapon of peace, the invincible trophy.
The Epistle
Reader: The
Prokimenon in the 6th Tone: Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.
Choir:
Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.
Reader: Unto
Thee, O Lord, Will I cry; O my God, be not silent unto me.
Choir:
Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.
Reader: Save, O
Lord, Thy people.
Choir:
And bless Thine inheritance.
Reader:
The
Corinthians: [1st
Corinthians 18-24 (§125)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 1st Tone.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Remember Thy congregation which Thou hast
purchased from the beginning.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: God is our King before the ages, He hath
wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [John
19:6-11,25-28,30-35 (§60)]
Communion Verse: The Light of Thy countenance, O Lord, hath been signed upon us. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!