Feast of
the All-Merciful Savior and the Most Holy Theotokos
Beatitudes on 12: Octoechos 4;
Feast 4, from Ode 3; Cross 4, from Ode 6.
1. Remember us, O Christ, Thou Savior of the
world, as Thou didst remember the thief upon the Cross; and account us all
worthy of Thy heavenly kingdom, O Thou Who alone art compassionate.
2. Hearken, O Adam, and rejoice with Eve; for he
who of old stripped you both naked, and by deception hath taken all of us
captive, hath been set at nought by the Cross of Christ.
3. Nailed of Thine own will to the Tree, O our
Savior, Thou didst deliver Adam from the curse which
came through the tree, and hast rewarded that which is in Thine image with a
dwelling in paradise, in that Thou art compassionate.
4. Today is Christ risen from the tomb, granting
incorruption unto all the faithful; and He reneweth the joy of the
myrrh-bearing women after His suffering and resurrection.
5. 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.
6.
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.
7.
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.
8.
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.
9. 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.
10.
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.
11.
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.
12.
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.
Troparia & Kontakia
Tone 8: From on high didst Thou descend, O
compassionate One; /
to burial of three days hast Thou submitted /
that Thou mightest free us from our passions. //
O our Life and Resurrection, O Lord, glory be to Thee.
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.
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.
Having risen from
the tomb, Thou didst raise up the dead and didst
resurrect Adam. /
Eve also danceth
at Thy Resurrection, //
and the ends of
the world celebrate Thine arising from the dead, O Greatly-merciful one.
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: [I Cor. 3:9-17 (§128);
I Cor. 1:18-24 (§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 [Matt. 14:22-34
(§59); John 19:6-11,13-20,25-28,30-35 (§60)]
Communion Verse: The Light of Thy countenance, O Lord, hath been signed upon us. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!