Liturgy: The Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council

22nd Sunday After Pentecost / The Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council

Beatitudes on 10, Octoechos 6; Fathers 4, Ode 3.

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. 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 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.

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 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.

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 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: 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:

[Galatians 6:11-18 (§215); Hebrews 13:7-16 (§334)]

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 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!