21st
Sunday after Pentecost / The Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council
Beatitudes on 10, Octoechos: 6; Fathers: 4, Ode 3.
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. Initiated into the
mysteries by Christ, the divine chief shepherds drove away from the
pious the parties of
Antichrist, who wished to trouble the Church of Christ, that it not be
shaken.
8. The Company of the
fathers, drawing forth streams of teaching from the wellsprings of
salvation, give the
thirsting people of Christ to drink thereof, and wash away the turbid
streams of filth.
9. The Seventh Council of the Christ-loving,
whose defenders were the imperial Irene
and Constantine, was held
in the splendid city of Nicaea against those who of a truth
accused Christians and
brought them to trial.
10. Let all the ungodly depart who do not
venerate the precious icon of the Theotokos
and do not proclaim her to
be the one who gave birth to Christ theandrically; and let them
be sent into the fire, to
burn without being consumed.
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.
Tone 8: Most glorified
art Thou, O Christ our God, /
Who hast established our
holy fathers as luminous stars upon the earth, /
and through them didst
guide us all to the true Faith. //
O Most merciful One, glory
be to Thee.
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.
Glory… Tone 6: The
Son Who shined forth from the Father ineffably was born, /
twofold of nature, of a
woman. /
Knowing Him, we deny not
the image of His form; /
but depicting it piously,
we revere it faithfully. /
And for this cause, the
Church, in that it holdeth the true faith, //
doth kiss the icon of
Christ’s incarnation.
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: In the Same Tone: Blessed art Thou, O
Lord, the God of our fathers, and
praised and glorified is Thy name unto the ages.
Choir: Blessed art Thou, O Lord,
the God of our fathers, and praised and glorified is
Thy
name unto the ages.
Reader: The
Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Galatians:
[Gal. 2:16-20 (§203); Heb. 13:7-16 (§334)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 4th
Tone: 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!
Reader: In the 1st Tone: The
God of gods, the Lord hath spoken, and He hath called
the earth from the
rising of the sun unto the setting thereof.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel
[Luke
7:11-16 (§30); John 17:1-13 (§56)]
Communion Verse:
Praise the Lord in the
heavens, praise Him in the highest!
Rejoice in the Lord, O ye
righteous; praise is meet
for the upright.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!