5th
Sunday after Pentecost / Martyr Leontius
Beatitudes on 8, from the Octoechos.
1. By the tree was Adam forced to depart from paradise; but by the Tree of the Cross was
the thief made to dwell in paradise. For the one by tasting, broke the commandment of
the creator; while the other, crucified with Him, confessed the hidden God, crying out:
Remember me in Thy kingdom!
2. O Lord Who wast lifted up upon the Cross, Who hast destroyed the power of death and
as God hast destroyed the record of our sins, grant also the repentance of the thief unto us
who faithfully serve Thee and cry out to thee, O Christ God Who alone lovest mankind:
Remember us also in Thy kingdom!
3. On the Cross Thou didst tear asunder with the spear the record of our sins; and,
numbered among the dead, Thou didst bind the tyrant of hades, O Lord Who lovest
mankind, Who by Thy resurrection hast delivered all from the bonds of hades. Thereby
have we been illumined, and we cry to Thee: Remember us also in Thy kingdom!
4. O Thou Who alone art immortal, Who wast crucified and as almighty didst arise from
the tomb on the third day, and hast raised up Adam, the first created: Vouchsafe that I
also may turn to repentance with my whole heart, and may ever cry out to Thee with
fervent faith: Remember me, O Savior, in Thy kingdom!
5. For our sake He Who is without passion became a man subject to the passions; and,
nailed of His own will to the Cross, He hath raised us up with Himself. Wherefore, we
glorify His Cross, passion, and resurrection, whereby we have been refashioned and
whereby we also are saved, who cry out: Remember us also in Thy kingdom!
6. O ye faithful, let us entreat Him who hath risen from the dead, hath made captive the
dominion of hades, and wast seen by the myrrh-bearing women and said to them:
“Rejoice!”, that He deliver from corruption the souls of us who ever cry out to Him with
the voice of the noble thief: Remember us also in Thy kingdom!
7. O Ye faithful, let us all pray, that with one mind we may worthily glorify the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit, the unity of the Trinity in three Hypostases, unmingled,
abiding, simple, indivisible and unapproachable; for thereby have we been delivered from
the fiery torment.
8. O Christ, most merciful Master, Thy Mother, who gave birth unto Thee in the flesh
without seed, the true Virgin, who remained incorrupt even after giving birth, do we set
before Thee to make the supplication: Grant forgiveness of transgressions unto those who
ever cry out to Thee: Remember us also in Thy kingdom!
Troparia & Kontakia
Tone 4: Having learned the joyful proclamation of the Resurrection from the angel, /
and having cast off the ancestral condemnation, /
the women disciples of the Lord spake to the apostles exultantly: /
Death is despoiled and Christ God is risen, //
granting to the world great mercy.
[Troparion of the
Tone 4: In his
sufferings O Lord, /
Thy martyr Leontius hath
received an imperishable crown from Thee, our God; /
for, possessed of Thy might,
/
he set at nought his
tormentors and crushed the feeble audacity of the demons. //
By his supplications save
Thou our souls.
Tone 4: My Savior and Redeemer hath, as God, /
raised up the earthborn from the grave and from their fetters, /
and He hath broken the gates of hades, /
and, as Master, //
hath risen on the third day.
[Kontakion of the
Glory… Tone 3: Thou didst confound the wicked plots of the
tyrants, /
didst denounce the ungodly
religion of the Greeks, /
and didst shine forth the
knowledge of God /
upon all men /
in thy doctrines of piety,
/
O divinely wise martyr. /
Wherefore, with love we
honor thy memory, //
O all-wise Leontius.
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 4th Tone: How magnified are Thy works O Lord! In
wisdom
hast Thou made them all.
Choir: How
magnified are Thy works O Lord! In wisdom hast Thou made them all.
Reader: Bless
the Lord, O my soul; O Lord my God, Thou hast been
magnified
exceedingly.
Choir:
How magnified are Thy works O Lord! In wisdom hast Thou made them all.
Reader: In the 7th Tone: The righteous man shall be glad in the Lord, and shall hope in
Him.
Choir: The righteous man shall be glad in the Lord, and shall hope in Him.
Reader: The Reading is from the Epistle of the
Holy Apostle Paul to the Romans:
[Rom.
10:1-10 (§103); Acts 12:1-11 (§29)]
Reader: Alleluia
in the 4th Tone: Bend Thy bow, and proceed prosperously, and be king,
because
of truth and meekness and righteousness.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Thou
hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: 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.
8:28-9:1 (§28); 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!