15th Sunday After Pentecost / The Indiction / St. Symeon the Stylite

Beatitude Verses: Octoechos: 4; Indiction, from Ode 3: 4; Saint, from Ode 6: 4.

 

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 & 6. O Good One, establish Thou that which Thy right hand hath lovingly planted on

the earth, preserving Thy Church, the fertile vineyard, O Almighty One.

 

7. O Master, God of all things, lead through this year which beginneth those who adorn

themselves with divinely beautiful spiritual works, and who hymn Thee with faith.

 

8. O compassionate Christ, grant me a tranquil year and fill me with Thy divine words

which Thou didst reveal when Thou didst speak to the Jews on the Sabbath.

 

9. Christ hath shown thee to be a worker of signs and wonders and an acceptable

habitation of divine activity, O blessed one.

 

10. Thy body didst thou raise up upon thy pillar as upon a cross, O Symeon.  Wherefore,

thou hast been glorified with Christ Who was lifted up upon the Cross for thy sake.

 

11. Having found the path on high, O wondrous Symeon, raise up to the heights of

heaven those who faithfully hymn thee.

 

12.  We recognize thee as the mountain which Daniel beheld, when Christ, the unquarried

Stone of faith, was cut.

 
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 2: O Fashioner of all creation, /
Who in Thine authority hast appointed the times and seasons: /
bless Thou the crown of the year with Thy goodness, O Lord, /
preserving in peace Orthodox Christians and Thy City, //
and save us through the prayers of the Theotokos.
 
Tone 1:  Thou wast a pillar of patience, O venerable one, /
emulating the forefathers: /
Job, in afflictions; Joseph, in temptations, /
and the life of the incorporeal hosts while in the body.  /
O Symeon our father, //
entreat Christ God that our souls be saved. 
 

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 2:  Making of thy pillar a fiery chariot, /

searching the heights thou didst unite thyself to those who are on High.  /

Wherefore, thou wast a converser with angels, O venerable one, /

praying unceasingly with them //

to Christ God in behalf of us all.

 

Both now... Tone 2: O Christ our King Who livest in the highest, /

Creator and Maker of all things, visible and invisible, /

Who hast fashioned days and nights, seasons and years: /

bless Thou now the crown of the year; /

preserve and keep in peace Orthodox hierarchs, /

this city and Thy people, //

O greatly Merciful One.

 

The Epistle

 

Reader: The Prokimenon in the 3rd Tone: Great is our Lord, and great is His strength,

and of His understanding there is no measure.

Choir:  Great is our Lord, and great is His strength, and of His understanding there is no

measure.

Reader:  Praise ye the Lord, for a psalm is a good thing; let praise be sweet unto our

God.

Choir:  Great is our Lord, and great is His strength, and of His understanding there is no

measure.

Reader:  In the 7th Tone: Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.

Choir:  Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.

 

Reader: The Reading is from the First Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to Timothy:

[I Tim. 2:1-7 (§282); II Cor. 1:21-2:4 (§170); Col. 3:12-16 (§258)]

 

Reader: Alleluia in the 4th Tone: To Thee is due praise, O God, in Zion; and unto Thee

shall a vow be rendered in Jerusalem.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Reader:  Thou shalt bless the crown of the year with Thy goodness.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Reader:  In the 6th Tone: Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord; in His commandments shall he greatly delight.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

 

Gospel [Luke 4:16-22 (§13); Matt. 22:1-14 (§89); Matt. 11:27-30 (§43)]

 

Communion Verse:  Thou shalt bless the crown of the year with Thy goodness.  In

everlasting remembrance shall the righteous be; he shall not be afraid of evil tidings. 

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

 

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