3rd
Sunday After Pentecost / St.
Tikhon Bishop of Amathus
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 & Kontakion 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 Temple]
Tone 1: A desert-dweller, an angel in the flesh /
and a wonderworker wast thou shown to be, O our
God-bearing father Tikhon. /
For,
having acquired heavenly gifts through fasting, vigilance and prayer, /
thou didst heal the infirm and the souls of those who
have recourse to thee with faith. /
Glory
to Him Who gave thee strength! /
Glory
to Him Who hath crowned thee! //
Glory
to Him Who worketh healings for all through thee!
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
Temple]
Glory… Tone 3: Persevering in the struggle of the love of God, O holy one, /
from on high thou didst receive the power of the Comforter /
to cast down the idols of falsehood, /
to save men, to cast out demons and to heal sickness. /
Wherefore, we honor thee as a friend of God, //O blessed Tikhon.
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 Reading is
from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Romans:
[Rom. 5:1-10 (§88)]
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 [Matt. 6:22-33 (§18)]
Communion Verse: Praise the
Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest! He
maketh His angels spirits, and His ministers a flame of
fire. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!