30th Sunday After Pentecost / Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes, and
Eugraphus of Alexandria
Beatitudes on 8, from the Octoechos.
1. Believing Thee to be God, O Christ, the thief
on the cross confessed Thee in a pure
manner, crying out from
the depths of his heart: Remember me in
Thy kingdom, O Lord!
2. Together let us hymn as Savior and Creator,
Him Who on the Cross budded forth life
for our race and caused
the curse which originated from the tree to wither up.
3. By Thy death hast Thou destroyed the power of
death, O Christ, and Thou didst raise
up with Thyself the dead
of ages past, who now hymn Thee as our true God and Savior.
4. Arriving at Thy tomb, O Christ, the honorable
women sought to anoint Thee with
myrrh, O Bestower of life;
but an angel appeared to them, crying out: The Lord is risen!
5. When Thou wast crucified between two
condemned thieves, O Christ, one of them
blasphemed Thee and was
justly damned, while the other confessed Thee and dwelleth
now in paradise.
6. When they had come to the choir of the
apostles, the honorable women cried out:
Christ is risen! Let us worship Him as Master and Creator.
7. O indivisible Trinity, all-effecting and
all-powerful Unity: Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit: Thee do we hymn as our true God and Savior!
8. Rejoice, O animate temple of God and
impassible gate! Rejoice, O fiery throne
which
burneth yet is not
consumed! Rejoice, O Mother of Emmanuel,
Christ our God!
Troparia & Kontakia
Tone 5: Let
us, O faithful, praise and worship the Word /
Who is co-unoriginate with the Father and the
Spirit, /
and Who was born of the Virgin for our salvation; /
for He was pleased to ascend the Cross in the flesh
/
and to endure death, //
and to raise the dead by His glorious Resurrection.
[Troparion of the Temple]
Tone 8: Having mortified the fiery forms and
movements of the passions by abstinence, O martyrs of Christ, /
ye received the grace to dispel the ailments of the
infirm, /
and, living even after your death, to work miracles. /
O truly most glorious wonder! Bare bones pour forth
healing! //
Glory to the only God and Creator!
Tone 5: Unto
hades, O my Savior, didst Thou descend, /
and having broken its gates as one omnipotent, /
Thou, as Creator, didst raise up the dead together
with Thyself. /
And Thou didst break the sting of death, /
and didst deliver Adam from the curse, O Lover of
mankind. /
Wherefore, we all cry unto Thee: //
Save us, O Lord.
[Kontakion of the Temple]
Glory… Tone 4:
The right melodious sound of thy words, /
leading Hermogenes up from
the abyss of perdition, /
set him upon the rock of
life; /
and Eugraphus,
having denounced the emperor, /
hath his glorious head
severed, rejoicing. And do thou earnestly pray, O Menas,
//
that all who honor thee
with love may be saved.
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 5th Tone:
Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt
preserve us from this
generation and for evermore.
Choir: Thou,
O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt preserve us from this generation and for
evermore.
Reader: Save me, O Lord for a righteous man there
is no more.
Choir: Thou,
O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt preserve us from this generation and for
evermore.
Reader: In the 4th Tone: In the saints that are in His
earth hath the Lord been
wondrous; He hath wrought all His desires in them.
Choir: In the saints that are in His earth hath the
Lord been wondrous; He hath wrought
all His desires in them.
Reader: The
Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Colossians:
[Col. 3:12-16 (§258); Eph. 6:10-17 (§233)]
Reader:
Alleluia in the 5th Tone: Of Thy
mercies, O Lord, will I sing for ever. Unto
generation and generation will I declare Thy truth with my mouth.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader:
For Thou hast said: Mercy shall be
built up for ever, in the heavens shall Thy
truth be established.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 4th Tone: The righteous cried and the Lord heard them,
and He delivered
them out of all their tribulations.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Luke
17:12-19 (§85); Luke 21:12-19 (§106)]
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord from the
heavens, praise Him in the highest!
Rejoice in the Lord, O ye
righteous; praise is meet for the upright.
Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia!