6th Sunday After Pentecost / St. Thomas of Mt. Maleon / St. Acacius of Mt. Sinai
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 4: O God of our Fathers, /
Who
ever dealest with us
according to Thy gentleness, /
withdraw not Thy mercy from us, /
but by their entreaties //
govern our life in peace.
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
Tone 4: Truly thou didst show forth a great victory!
/
Wherefore, aflame with divine
life, /
thou didst vanquish the corrupt king and all beautiful things,
/
making thine abode on Mount Maleon, /
from whence thou didst ascend /
to the King of kings in the heavens. //
O Thomas, pray thou unceasingly
for us all.
Glory… Tone 2:
Forsaking the world, thou didst
follow Christ from childhood, /
O all-wise and venerable Acacius,
/
and, emulating His voluntary humility, /
thou didst cast down the prideful tyrant. //
Pray thou unceasingly in behalf of
us all.
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 Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul
to the Roman:
[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!