6th Sunday after Pentecost / St. Sisoes the Great
Beatitudes
on 8, from the Octoechos.
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
[Rom. 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 [Matt. 9:1-8 (§29)]
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest!
Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!