9th
Sunday after Pentecost / Holy Passion-bearers Boris and Gleb
Beatitudes on 10: Octoechos 6;
Martyrs 4, from Ode 3.
1. Remember us, O Christ, Thou Savior of the
world, as Thou didst remember the thief upon the Cross; and account us all
worthy of Thy heavenly kingdom, O Thou Who alone art compassionate.
2. Hearken, O Adam, and rejoice with Eve; for he
who of old stripped you both naked, and by deception hath taken all of us
captive, hath been set at nought by the Cross of Christ.
3. Nailed of Thine own will to the Tree, O our
Savior, Thou didst deliver Adam from the curse which came through the tree, and
hast rewarded that which is in Thine image with a dwelling in paradise, in that
Thou art compassionate.
4. Today is Christ risen from the tomb, granting
incorruption unto all the faithful; and He reneweth the joy of the
myrrh-bearing women after His suffering and resurrection.
5. Rejoice, O wise myrrh-bearing women, who were
first to behold the resurrection of Christ, and who proclaimed to the apostles
the glad tidings of the restoration of the whole world!
6. O ye apostles, who are manifestly the friends
of Christ and are to be enthroned with Him in glory: entreat Him with boldness,
that He intercede for us, for ye are His disciples.
7. With gladness the Church of Christ rejoiceth
in your commemoration, O holy ones, and crieth to the Trinity: Thou art my
strength, O Lord, my refuge and confirmation!
8. Let us all praise with
splendor the valiant crown-bearers and athletes of Christ, who have taught us
to cry out to Christ: Holy art Thou, O Lord!
9. They desired neither a
kingdom, nor delight in food, nor silver and gold, but cried out to Christ alone:
Holy art Thou, O Lord!
10. O pure and most
immaculate one, thou gavest birth to the Cause of all, Who delivereth men from
their disobedience and grievous fall.
Troparia & Kontakia
Tone 8: From on high didst Thou descend, O
compassionate One; /
to burial of three days
hast Thou submitted /
that Thou mightest free us
from our passions. //
O our Life and
Resurrection, O Lord, glory be to Thee.
Tone 2: O
righteous passion-bearers, chaste Boris and innocent Gleb, /
truly obedient to the
Gospel of Christ, /
ye did not oppose your
brother, who slew your bodies, /
but could not touch your
souls. /
Wherefore, let the evil
lover of power lament; /
but, rejoicing with the
angelic choirs as ye stand before the Holy Trinity, /
do ye pray that the
dominion of your kinsmen may be pleasing to God, //
and that the children of
Russia may be saved.
Tone 8: Having risen from the tomb, Thou didst raise
up the dead and didst resurrect Adam. /
Eve also danceth at Thy
Resurrection, //
and the ends of the world
celebrate Thine arising from the dead, O Greatly-merciful one.
Tone 3: Today
hath your all-glorious memory shone forth, /
O right noble
passion-bearers of Christ Boris and Gleb, /
summoning us to the praise
of Christ our God. /
Wherefore, hastening to
the shrine of your relics, /
we receive the gift of
healings by your supplications, O saints; //
for ye are divine
physicians.
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 8th Tone: Make your vows and pay them to the Lord our
God.
Choir: Make
your vows and pay them to the Lord our God.
Reader: In
Judea is God known, His name is great in Israel.
Choir: Make your vows and pay them to the Lord our
God.
Reader: The
Prokimenon in the 4th Tone: In the saints that are in His earth hath the
Lord been wondrous; He hath wrought all His desires in them.
Choir: In the saints that are in His earth hath the
Lord been wondrous; He hath wrought all His desires in them.
Reader: The
Reading is from the First Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Corinthians:
[I Cor. 3:9-17 (§128); Rom. 8:28-39 (§99)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 8th Tone: Come let us
rejoice in the Lord, let us shout with jubilation unto God our Savior.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Let us
come before His countenance with thanksgiving, and with psalms let us shout in
jubilation unto Him.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 4th Tone: The
righteous cried, and the Lord heard them, and He delivered them out of all
their tribulations.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matt. 14:22-34
(§59); John 15:17-16:2 (§52)]
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest! Rejoice
in the Lord, O ye righteous; praise is meet for the upright. Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!