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!