6the Sunday After Pentecost /
Beatitude
Verses: Octoechos: 8
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. O indivisible Trinity, all-effecting and
all-powerful Unity: Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit: Thee do we hymn as our true God and Savior!
8. Rejoice, O animate temple of God and
impassible gate! Rejoice, O fiery throne
which
burneth yet is not consumed! Rejoice, O Mother of Emmanuel, Christ our
God!
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.
[Troparion of the
Tone 1: A desert-dweller, an angel in the flesh and a
wonderworker /
wast thou shown to be, O our God-bearing father Sisoes. /
For,
having acquired heavenly gifts through fasting, vigilance and prayer, /
thou didst heal the infirm /
and
the souls of those who have recourse to thee with faith. /
Glory
to Him Who gave thee strength! /
Glory
to Him Who hath crowned thee! //
Glory
to Him Who worketh healings for all through 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.
[Kontakion of
the
Glory… Tone 4:
Having
struggled, thou wast seen to be an angel on earth, O venerable one, /
ever illumining the thoughts of the faithful with divine signs. //
Wherefore,
we honor thee with faith, O Sisoes.
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: Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt preserve us.
Choir: From this generation and for
evermore.
Reader: The
[Romans 12:6-14 (§110)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 5th
Tone:
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: 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!
Gospel [Matthew 9:1-8 (§29)]
Communion
Verse:
Praise the Lord in the heavens, praise Him in the highest! Alleluia,
Alleluia,
Alleluia!