9th
Sunday After Pentecost / The
Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God
Beatitudes
on 10 Octoechos 6; Icon 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. Rejoice, O pure Hodegitria,
thou unshakable and animate palace of Christ, the King
most high! Rejoice, rejoice, thou through whom our city is
preserved undestroyed.
8. Him Whom creation is
unable to contain didst thou bodily contain in thy womb which
knew not wedlock, O Virgin Hodegitria;
wherefore, we chant unto thee: “Rejoice!”, magnifying thee as meet.
9. O greatly hymned joy of
the world, ever joyfully hymning thee, we are vouchsafed
everlasting joy through thy maternal supplications unto Him Who
was born of thee, O
pure Hodegitria.
10. We call upon thee, the
golden jar, the lampstand, the staff, the table, O pure one, and
we ever offer thee the cry, “Rejoice!”, while calling
thee such things.
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 4: To the Theotokos let us run now most earnestly, /
we sinners all and wretched ones, /
and fall down in repentance calling from the depths of
our souls: /
O Lady, come unto our aid,
/
have compassion upon us; hasten thou for we are lost in a
throng of transgressions. /
Turn not thy servants away
with empty hands, //
for thee alone do we have as our only hope.
[Troparion of the Temple]
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.
Glory… [Kontakion of the Temple]
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 3rd Tone: My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit
hath rejoiced in God my Savior.
Choir: My
soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior..
Reader: The
Reading is from the First Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the
Corinthians: [1 Cor. 3:9-17 (§128); Phil. 2:5-11 (§240)]
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 same tone: Hearken, O
daughter, and see, and incline thine ear.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matt.
14:22-34 (§59); Luke 10:38-42, 11:27-28 (§54)]
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the
highest! I
will
take the cup of salvation,
and I will call upon the name of the Lord.
Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia!