11th Sunday After Pentecost /
Holy Martyr Archdeacon Euplus / Afterfeast of the
Transfiguration
Beatitudes on 10: Octoechos: 6; Feast: 4, from Ode 6.
1. We offer Thee the cry of the thief, and we
pray: Remember us in Thy kingdom, O
Savior.
2. For the forgiveness of transgressions we
offer unto Thee the Cross which Thou didst
accept for our sake, O Thou who lovest mankind.
3. We bow down in worship,
O Master, before Thy burial and rising, whereby Thou hast
delivered the world from corruption, O Thou Who lovest mankind.
4. By Thy death hath death
been slain, O Lord, and by Thy resurrection hast Thou saved
the world, O Savior.
5. Risen from the tomb,
Thou didst meet the myrrh-bearing women; and Thou didst tell
Thy
disciples to announce Thine arising.
6. Those who slept in darkness, beholding Thee, the Light, in the
nethermost parts of
hades, O Christ, were raised from the dead.
7. Shining forth the light
which is far brighter than the sun, the Savior illumined us on
Tabor.
8. Having ascended Mount
Tabor, O Christ, Thou wast transfigured; and having cast
falsehood utterly into darkness, Thou hast illumined us.
9. How great and awesome
was the vision beheld this day! From the
sky the material sun
shone forth, while from the earth the noetic Sun of
righteousness, which is beyond
compare, shone forth on Mount Tabor.
10. “The shadow of the
law, grown weak, hath passed away, and Christ the Truth is
manifestly come!” cried Moses on Tabor, beholding Thy divinity.
Troparia & Kontakia Tone 2: When Thou didst descend unto death, O Life Immortal, /
then didst Thou slay Hades with the lightning of Thy Divinity. /
And when Thou didst also raise the dead out of the nethermost depths, /all the Hosts of the heavens cried out: //
O Life-giver, Christ our God, glory be to Thee.
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.
[Troparion
of the Temple]
Tone 4: In his
sufferings O Lord, /
Thy martyr Euplus hath
received an imperishable crown from Thee, our God; /
for, possessed of Thy might, /
he set at nought his tormentors and crushed the feeble
audacity of the demons. //
By his supplications save
Thou our souls.
Tone 2: Thou didst rise from the tomb, O omnipotent Savior, /
and Hades was terrified on beholding the wonder; /
and the dead arose, /
and creation at the sight thereof rejoiceth with Thee. /
And Adam also is joyful, //and the world, O my Savior, praiseth Thee for ever.
[Kontakion
of the Temple]
Glory… Tone 1: Holding the laws of Christ in thy hand, /
thou didst stand before the enemy in the arena, crying out: /
“I have called myself to suffer steadfastly!” / Wherefore, joyfully bowing thy neck, / thou didst undergo beheading by the sword, //
finishing thy course.
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 2nd Tone: The Lord is my strength and my song, and
He is become my salvation.
Choir:
The Lord is my strength and my song, and He is
become my salvation.
Reader: With
chastisement hath the Lord chastened me, but He hath not given me over
unto death.
Choir: The Lord is my strength and my song, and He
is become my salvation.
Reader: 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: The Reading is
from the First Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the
Corinthians:
[I Cor. 9:2-12 (§141)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 2nd Tone: The Lord
hear thee in the day of affliction; the name
of the God of Jacob defend thee.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: O Lord,
save the king, and hearken unto us in the day when we call upon Thee.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 8th
Tone: Thine are the heavens, and Thine is the Earth.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matt. 18:23-35 (§77)]
Instead of “It is truly
meet…” we chant the Irmos of the 9th Ode of the First Canon of
the
feast, Forth Tone:
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 from the heavens, praise Him in the highest! O
Lord, in the light of Thy
face shall we walk, and in Thy name shall we rejoice forever.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!