10th Sunday After Pentecost /
The Seven Youths of Ephesus
Beatitudes
on 8, from the Octoechos.
1. Through food did the enemy lead Adam forth
from paradise; but by the Cross hath
Christ led back to it the
thief who cried: Remember me when Thou
comest in Thy
kingdom!
2. With Adam and the thief I worship Thy
sufferings and glorify Thy resurrection; and I
cry out with a splendid voice: Remember me, O Lord, when Thou comest in Thy
kingdom!
3. O Sinless One, of Thine own will Thou wast crucified and placed in the Tomb, yet
Thou didst arise as God, raising up with Thyself Adam who crieth out: Remember me
when Thou comest in Thy kingdom!
4. Raising up the temple of Thy body by Thy
resurrection on the third day, O Christ God,
Thou didst raise up Adam and his descendants who cry: Remember me when
Thou
comest in Thy kingdom!
5. Very early, the myrrh-bearing women arrived,
weeping, at Thy tomb, O Christ God;
and they found an angel sitting there, clad in white
garments, who said: What seek ye?
Christ is risen! Lament no
longer!
6. When Thine apostles went to the mountain
whither Thou hadst commanded them to
go, and saw Thee, O Savior, they worshipped Thee; and
Thou didst send them unto the
nations, to teach and baptize them.
7. Let us worship the Father, let us glorify the
Son, and together let us hymn the all-holy
Spirit, crying out and
saying: O most Holy Trinity, save us all!
8. Thy people bring Thy Mother before Thee to
make supplication, O Christ. Through
her entreaties grant us Thy compassions, O Good One, that
we may glorify Thee Who
hast shone forth upon us from the tomb.
Troparia & Kontakia
Tone 1: When
the stone had been sealed by the Jews, /
And the soldiers were
guarding Thine immaculate Body, /
Thou didst arise on the
third day, O Savior, /
granting life unto the world. /
Wherefore, the Hosts of
the Heavens cried out to Thee, O Life-giver: /
Glory to
Thy Resurrection, O Christ. /
Glory to
Thy kingdom. //
Glory to
Thy dispensation, O only Lover of mankind.
[Troparion of the Temple]
Tone 4: Great
is the wonder of faith! /
The seven holy youths
abode in the cave as in a royal chamber, /
and died without falling into corruption; /
and after much time they arose as from sleep, /
as an assurance of the resurrection of all men. /
Through their supplications,
O Christ God, //
have mercy on us.
Tone 1: As
God, Thou didst arise from the tomb in glory, /
and Thou didst raise the world together with Thyself. /
And mortal nature praiseth
Thee as God, /
and death hath vanished. /
And Adam danceth, O
Master, /
and Eve, now freed from fetters, rejoiceth as she crieth
out: /
Thou art He, O Christ, //
that grantest unto all resurrection.
[Kontakion of the Temple]
Glory… Tone 4:
Spurning the corrupt things of this world /
and accepting gifts of incorruption, /
though they died, yet did they remain untouched by
corruption. /
Wherefore, they arose
after many years, /
burying all the unbelief of the wicked. /
O ye faithful, praising
them today in laudation, //
let us hymn Christ!
Both now...
Tone 6: O protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, /
O mediation unto the
Creator unfailing, /
disdain
not the suppliant voices of sinners, /
but be
thou quick, O good one, to help us who in faith cry unto thee; /
hasten to
intercession and speed thou to make supplication, //
thou who
dost ever protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee.
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in
the 1st Tone: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according
as we have hoped in Thee.
Choir: Let Thy mercy, O
Lord, be upon us, according as we have hoped in Thee.
Reader: Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous; praise
is meet for the upright.
Choir: Let Thy mercy, O Lord,
be upon us, according as we have hoped in Thee.
Reader: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us.
Choir: According as we have hoped in Thee.
Reader: The Reading is from the First Epistle of the Holy Apostle
Paul to the Corinthians:
[I Cor. 4:9-16 (§131)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 1st Tone:
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: O God who givest avengement unto me and hast subdued people under me.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: It is He that
magnifieth the salvation of His king and worketh mercy for His
anointed,
for David and for His seed unto eternity.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel
[Matt. 17:14-23 (§72)]
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the
highest!
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!