13th
Sunday After Pentecost / Hieromartyr Eutyches, disciple
of St. John the Theologian
Beatitudes on 8, from the Octoechos.
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. For our sake He Who is
without passion became a man subject to the passions; and, nailed of His own
will to the Cross, He hath raised us up with Himself. Wherefore, we glorify His Cross, passion, and
resurrection, whereby we have been refashioned and whereby we also are saved,
who cry out: Remember us also in Thy kingdom!
6. O ye faithful, let us
entreat Him who hath risen from the dead, hath made captive the dominion of
hades, and wast seen by the myrrh-bearing women and said to them: “Rejoice!”,
that He deliver from corruption the souls of us who ever cry out to Him with
the voice of the noble thief: Remember us also in Thy kingdom!
7. O Ye faithful, let us
all pray, that with one mind we may worthily glorify the Father, the Son, and
the Holy Spirit, the unity of the Trinity in three Hypostases, unmingled,
abiding, simple, indivisible and unapproachable; for thereby have we been
delivered from the fiery torment.
8. O Christ, most merciful
Master, Thy Mother, who gave birth unto Thee in the flesh without seed, the
true Virgin, who remained incorrupt even after giving birth, do we set before
Thee to make the supplication: Grant forgiveness of transgressions unto those
who ever cry out to Thee: Remember us also in Thy kingdom!
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 4: As thou didst share in the ways of the apostles /
and didst occupy their
throne, /
thou didst find thine
activity to be a passage to divine vision, /
O divinely inspired one. /
Wherefore, ordering the word
of truth, /
thou didst suffer for the
Faith even to the shedding of thy blood, /
O hieromartyr Eutyches. /
Entreat Christ God, //
that our souls be saved.
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 3: As one who shared the throne of the apostles
/
and as the adornment of
holy hierarchs, O Eutyches, /
thou wast glorified in
martyrdom, /
didst shine forth like the
sun, illumining all, /
and didst dispel the
profound night of ungodliness. /
Wherefore, we honor thee
//
as a truly divine initiate
of the mysteries of 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 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: How magnified are Thy works O Lord!
Choir: 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. 16:13-24 (§166)]
Reader: Alleluia
in the 4th Tone:
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: 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!
Gospel [Matt.
21:33-42 (§87)]
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest! Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!