32nd Sunday after Pentecost / Martyrs Hermylus and Statonicus / Afterfeast of Theophany
Beatitudes
on 10: Octoechos: 6; Feast: 4, from Ode 8.
1. The fruit which slew me was beautiful and good to eat; but Christ is the Tree of life,
and eating of Him I do not die, but cry out with the thief: Remember me, O Lord, in Thy
kingdom!
2. O Compassionate One, Who wast lifted up upon the Cross, Thou hast erased the
record of Adam’s ancient sin, and hast saved the whole human race from deception.
Wherefore, we hymn Thee, O Lord and Benefactor.
3. Thou didst nail our sins to the Cross, O compassionate Christ, and by Thy death Thou
didst slay death, O Thou who didst raise up the dead from among the dead. Wherefore,
we worship Thy holy resurrection.
4. The serpent once poured its venom into the ears of Eve; but on the tree of the Cross,
Christ poured forth the sweetness of life upon the world. Wherefore, we cry out:
Remember us, O Lord, in Thy kingdom!
5. Thou wast laid in the tomb as one dead, O Christ, Thou Life of all; and Thou didst
break down the gates of hades; and having risen again in glory on the third day as One
mighty, Thou hast illumined all. Glory to Thine arising!
6. Having risen from the dead on the third day, the Lord bestowed His peace upon His
disciples; and having blessed them, He sent them forth saying: Lead all into My
kingdom!
7. “Put aside all fear,” the Deliverer said to the forerunner; “Obey Me, in that I am good,
and touch Me, for this have I become by nature. Submit to My commands and baptize Me
Who am come down.” Him do the people bless and exalt supremely for all ages.
8. When the Baptist heard the words of the Master, he stretched forth his hand with
trembling, and as he touched the head of his Creator he cried out to Him Who was being
baptized: “Sanctify me, for Thou art my God, Whom the people bless and exalt
supremely for all ages!”
9. Sprinkled with dew in the midst of the fire, the three godly children plainly prefigured
how the transcendent Nature, which is resplendent with most radiant rays of threefold
holiness, doth, through human nature, mercifully consume all pernicious falsehood with
the fire of dew.
10. Let the whole of earthly creation be clothed in white, for this day it is raised up from
its fall to heaven; and, washed and most splendidly cleansed in the flowing waters by the
Word, by Whom all things are preserved, it hath escaped its
former sins.
Troparia & Kontakia
Tone 7: Thou didst destroy death by Thy Cross, /
Thou didst open paradise to the thief. /
Thou didst change the lamentation of the Myrrh-bearers, /
and Thou didst command Thine Apostles to proclaim /
that Thou didst arise, O Christ God, //
and grantest to
the world great mercy.
Tone 1: When Thou, wast baptized in the Jordan, O Lord, /
the worship of the Trinity was made manifest; /
for the voice of the Father bare witness to Thee, /
calling Thee His beloved Son. /
And the Spirit in the form of a dove /
confirmed the certainty of the word. /
O Christ our God, Who hast appeared //
and hast enlightened the world, glory be to Thee.
[Troparion of the Temple]
Tone 4: In their sufferings O Lord, /
Thy martyrs received imperishable crowns from Thee, our God; /
for, possessed of Thy might, /
they cast down the tormentors and set at naught the feeble audacity of the demons. //
By their supplications save our souls.
Tone 7: No longer will the dominion of death be able to keep men captive; /
for Christ hath descended, demolishing and destroying the powers thereof. /
Hades is bound; /
the prophets rejoice with one voice, saying: /
A Savior hath come for them that have faith. //
Come forth, ye faithful, for the Resurrection.
Glory... [Kontakion of
the Temple]
Both now... Tone 4: Thou hast appeared today unto the whole world, /
and Thy light, O Lord, hath been signed upon us /
who with knowledge chant unto Thee: /
Thou hast come, Thou hast appeared, //
O Light Unapproachable.
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in the 1st Tone: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us,
according as we
have hoped in Thee.
Choir: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we have hoped in Thee.
Reader: Rejoice
in the Lord, O ye righteous; praise is meet for the upright.
Choir: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according
as we have hoped in Thee.
Reader: In the 4th Tone: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the
Lord. God is the
Lord, and hath
appeared unto us.
Choir: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the
Lord. God is the Lord, and hath
appeared unto
us.
Reader:
The Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Ephesians:
[Eph. 4:7-13 (§224 mid.); I Tim. 1:15-17 (§280 mid.)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 5th Tone: Of Thy
mercies, O Lord, will I sing for ever.
Unto
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: Bring unto the Lord, ye sons of God, bring unto the Lord the
sons of rams.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matt. 4:12-17
(§8); Luke 18:35-43 (§93)]
Instead of “It is truly meet…” we chant
the Irmos of the 9th Ode of the First Canon of
the feast, Second Tone:
Refrain: Magnify, O my soul, her who is more honorable than the host
on high,
the
most pure Virgin Theotokos.
Irmos: Every
tongue is at a loss to praise thee as is due: * even a spirit from the
world above is
filled with dizziness, when it seeketh to sing thy praises, O Theotokos. *
But since thou art
good, accept our faith: * Thou knowest well our love inspired by God,
* for thou art the
Protector of Christians and we magnify thee.
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest! In
everlasting remembrance shall the righteous be; he shall not be afraid of evil tidings.
Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!