9th
Sunday after Pentecost / The Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon
Beatitudes on 10 Octoechos: 6;
Great Martyr: 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. Hearkening to the words of the Spirit, thou
didst become like good and fertile land,
receiving the precious
Seed and giving rise to salvation of souls, O thrice-blessed one.
8. Having been reborn in manner divinely
inspired, thou didst slay the arrogance of the
serpent’s sting and didst
restore a soul to life; and thou standest before the King of all.
9. Loving the piety of thy mother, O glorious
one, thou didst despise the greatly
vexatious godlessness of
thy father; for, possessed of reason, thou didst choose that which
is better.
10. The Lord, Who holdeth all creation in His
divine hand, is borne on thine arm, O
Virgin. Him do thou now entreat, that He deliver from
misfortunes those who hymn thee.
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.
[Troparion of
the
Tone 3: O holy passion-bearer and
healer Panteleimon, /
intercede
with the merciful God //
that
He grant unto our souls forgiveness of offences.
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.
[Kontakion of the Temple]
Glory… Tone 5: As an imitator of the Merciful One, /
and as one who received
from Him the grace of healing, /
O passion-bearer and
martyr of Christ our God, /
by thy prayers heal the
diseases of our souls, /
and ever banish the snares
of the enemy from them that cry with faith: //
Save us, O Lord.
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: In the 4th
Tone: Wondrous is God in His saints, the God of Israel.
Choir: Wondrous is God in His saints, the God of
Israel.
Reader: The
Reading is from the First Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the
Corinthians: [I Cor. 3:9-17 (§128); II Tim. 2:1-10 (§292))]
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 4thTone:
The righteous man shall flourish like a palm tree, and like a
cedar in Lebanon shall he be multiplied.
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!
In
everlasting remembrance shall the righteous be; he shall not
be afraid of evil tidings.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!