13th Sunday After Pentecost / The Indiction / St. Symeon the Stylite

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

 
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 & 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 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 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 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 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:

[1st Timothy 2:1-7; 1st Corinthians 16:13-24; Colossians 3:12-16 ]

 

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:  Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord; in His commandments shall he greatly

delight.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

 

Gospel [Luke 4:16-22a; Matthew 21:33-42; Matthew 11:27-30]

 

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!