11th
Sunday After Pentecost / Hieromartyr
Hermolaus and those with him
Beatitudes on 8, from the Octoechos.
1. We offer Thee the cry of the thief, and we pray: Remember us in Thy kingdom, O Savior. 2. For the forgiveness of transgressions we offer unto Thee the Cross which Thou didst accept for our sake, O Thou who lovest mankind.
3. We bow down in worship, O Master, before Thy burial and rising, whereby Thou hast delivered the world from corruption, O Thou Who lovest mankind.
4. By Thy death hath death been slain, O Lord, and by Thy resurrection hast Thou saved the world, O Savior.
5. Risen from the tomb, Thou didst meet the myrrh-bearing women; and Thou didst tell Thy disciples to announce Thine arising.
6. Those who slept in darkness, beholding Thee, the Light, in the nethermost parts of hades, O Christ, were raised from the dead. 7. Let us glorify the Father; let us all worship the Son, and let us hymn the Holy Spirit with faith. 8. Rejoice, fiery throne! Rejoice, bride unwedded! Rejoice, O Virgin who for men gavest birth unto God!
Troparia & Kontakia Tone 2: When Thou didst descend unto death, O Life Immortal, /
then didst Thou slay Hades with the lightning of Thy Divinity. /
And when Thou didst also raise the dead out of the nethermost depths, /all the Hosts of the heavens cried out: //
O Life-giver, Christ our God, glory be to Thee. [Troparion of the
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 2: Thou didst rise from the tomb, O omnipotent Savior, /
and Hades was terrified on beholding the wonder; /
and the dead arose, /
and creation at the sight thereof rejoiceth with Thee. /
And Adam also is joyful, //and the world, O my Savior, praiseth Thee for ever.
[Kontakion of the
Glory… Tone 4: Having lived piously as a hierarch, /
thou hast received the crown of a martyred bishop;
and extinguishing the sacrifices of the idols, /thou wast a good shepherd of the flock of Christ /
and a true teacher for Panteleimon, /
O all-wise one. /Wherefore, we honor thee with hymns, crying out: /Ever deliver us from misfortunes by thy supplications, //O Hermolaus our father!
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 2nd Tone: The Lord is my strength and my song, and He
is become my salvation.
Choir:
The Lord is my strength and my song, and He is
become my salvation.
Reader: With
chastisement hath the Lord chastened me, but He hath not given me over
unto death.
Choir: The Lord is my strength and my song, and He
is become my salvation.
Reader: The Lord is my strength and my song, and He is become my salvation.
Choir: And He is become my salvation.
Reader: The
[1 Corinthians 9:2-12 (§141)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 2nd Tone
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: The
Lord hear thee in the day of affliction; the name of the God of Jacob
defend thee.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: O Lord,
save the king, and hearken unto us in the day when we call upon Thee.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matthew 18:23-35 (§77)]
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord in the heavens, praise Him in the
highest! Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!