13th
Sunday After Pentecost / Apostle
Matthias / Afterfeast of the Transfiguration
Beatitudes on 12: Octoechos: 4; Feast: 4, from Ode 4; Apostle: 4, Ode 6.
1. By the tree was Adam forced to depart from paradise; but by the Tree of the Cross was the thief made to dwell in paradise. For the one by tasting, broke the commandment of
the creator; while the other, crucified with Him, confessed the hidden God, crying out:
Remember me in Thy kingdom! 2. O Lord Who wast lifted up upon the Cross, Who hast destroyed the power of death and as God hast destroyed the record of our sins, grant also the repentance of the thief unto us
who faithfully serve Thee and cry out to thee, O Christ God Who alone lovest mankind:
Remember us also in Thy kingdom! 3. On the Cross Thou didst tear asunder with the spear the record of our sins; and, numbered among the dead, Thou didst bind the tyrant of hades, O Lord Who lovest
mankind, Who by Thy resurrection hast delivered all from the bonds of hades. Thereby
have we been illumined, and we cry to Thee: Remember us also in Thy kingdom!
4. O Thou Who alone art immortal, Who wast crucified and as almighty didst arise from the tomb on the third day, and hast raised up Adam, the first created: Vouchsafe that I
also may turn to repentance with my whole heart, and may ever cry out to Thee with
fervent faith: Remember me, O Savior, in Thy kingdom!
5. Forming the law in writing on Sinai, O Christ God, Thou wast manifest, borne in the cloud, the fire, the darkness and the whirlwind. Glory to Thy power, O Lord!
6. That Thou mayest confirm Thy glorious dispensation, O Christ God, in that Thou hast existed from before the beginning of time, Thou didst shine forth ineffably on Tabor,
likewise setting Thine ascent in a cloud.
7. O Master Who preserved intact the bush which had been touched by fire, Thou didst show Thy divinely radiant flesh unto Moses, who chanteth: Glory to Thy power, O Lord!
8. When Thou didst reveal Thyself to Moses, Elijah and the apostles, O Master, Thou wast seen to be an immaterial fire which consumeth not the matter of the body, being One
in two essences, in two perfect natures.
9 & 10. Thou becamest a god by adoption, deified by divine union, receiving pristine
rays of light from God, and thou hast illumined the faith and cleansed the earth of the
darkness of idolatry.
11. Lo! every prophecy of the sacred prophets is contained in thee, the disciple; for thou wast an eye-witness, emulator and apostle of Him Whom thou didst proclaim of old, O
Matthias, servant of God.
12. O Virgin, we the faithful, call thee the noetic sanctuary, the untouchable mercy-seat, the golden lampstand, the spiritual table bearing the Bread of life.
Troparia & Kontakia Tone 4: Having learned the joyful proclamation of the Resurrection from the angel, /
and having cast off the ancestral condemnation, /
the women disciples of the Lord spake to the apostles exultantly: /
Death is despoiled and Christ God is risen, //granting to the world great mercy.
[Troparion of the
Tone 7: Thou wast transfigured on the mountain, O
Christ our God, /
showing to Thy disciples Thy glory as each one could endure;
/
shine forth Thou on us, who are sinners all, Thy light
ever-unending //
through the prayers of the Theotokos. O Light-giver, glory be
to Thee.
Tone 3: O holy Apostle Matthias, /
entreat the merciful God, //
that He grant unto our souls remission of transgressions.
Tone 4: My Savior and Redeemer hath, as God, /
raised up the earthborn from the grave and from their fetters, /
and He hath broken the gates of hades, /
and, as Master, //
hath risen on the third day.
[Kontakion of the
Glory… Tone 4:
Thy luminous sound which hath gone forth like the sun into all the earth / doth enlighten the Church of the nations with grace, //
O wondrous Apostle Matthias.
Both now… Tone 7:
On
the mount Thou wast transfigured, /
and Thy disciples, as much
as they could bear, beheld Thy glory, O Christ God; /
so that when they should
see Thee crucified, /
they would know thy passion
to be willing, /
and would preach to the
world //
that Thou, in truth, art the
Effulgence of the Father.
The Epistle
Reader: The
Prokimenon in the 4th Tone: How magnified are Thy works O Lord! In
wisdom hast Thou made them all.
Choir: How
magnified are Thy works O Lord! In wisdom hast Thou made them all.
Reader: Bless
the Lord, O my soul; O Lord my God, Thou hast been magnified
exceedingly.
Choir:
How magnified are Thy works O Lord! In wisdom hast Thou made them all.
Reader: In the 8th Tone: Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth and their words
unto the ends of the world.
Choir: Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth and their words unto the ends of the
world.
Reader: The
Corinthians: [1 Corinthians 16:13-24 (§166); Acts
1:12-17, 21-26 (§2)]
Reader: Alleluia
in the 4th Tone: Bend Thy bow, and proceed prosperously, and be king,
because of truth and meekness and righteousness.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Thou
hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In
the 1st Tone: The heavens confess Thy wonders, O Lord,
and Thy truth in the
congregation of saints.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matthew
21:33-42 (§87); Luke 9:1-6 (§40)]
Instead of “It is truly meet…” we chant the Irmos
of the 9th Ode of the First Canon of
the feast,
Refrain: Magnify, O my soul, the Lord transfigured
on Tabor.
Irmos: Thy birthgiving was undefiled: /
God came forth from thy womb,
/
and He appeared upon earth /
wearing flesh and made His dwelling among men; //
therefore we all magnify thee, O Theotokos.
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord in the heavens, praise Him in the
highest! Their
sound hath gone forth into all the earth,
and their words unto the ends of the world.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!