10th Sunday after Pentecost / Martyrs Photius and Anicetas / Afterfeast of the Transfiguration

Beatitudes on 10: Octoechos: 6; Feast: 4, from Ode 7.

 

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.  Illumined by the light of unapproachable glory on Mount Tabor, the apostles cried out

to Christ: “O God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!”

 

8. Enraptured by the effulgence of the divine voice, the dew-bearing cloud and the

radiance, O Christ, the apostles chanted: “O God of our fathers, blessed art Thou!”

 

9. Now have invisible things become visible to the apostles:  the Divinity which shone

forth in the flesh on Mount Tabor upon those who cry:  Blessed art Thou forever, O Lord

God!

 

10. The apostles were moved to awe by fear on Mount Tabor, marveling at the majesty of

the kingdom of God, and crying out:  Blessed art Thou forever, O Lord God!

 

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.

 

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 their sufferings O Lord, /

Thy martyrs received imperishable crowns from Thee, our God; /

for, possessed of Thy might, /

they cast down the tormentors and set at naught the feeble audacity of the demons. //

By their supplications save our souls.

 

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.

 

Glory… [Kontakion of the Temple]

 

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 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:  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. 4:9-16 (§131)]

 

Reader: Alleluia in the 1st Tone: 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!

Reader: In the 8th tone: Thine are the heavens, and Thine is the Earth.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

 

Gospel [Matt. 17:14-23 (§72)]

 

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!

 

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