Lazarus Saturday
The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is served
Beatitude Verses: 4 from Ode 3; 4 from Ode 6 of the Triodion
1. Displaying Thy two energies, O Savior, Thou
hast made manifest Thy two natures: for
Thou
art both God and man.
2. Though Thou art the Abyss of knowledge, Thou
dost ask where they have laid the
body of Lazarus. For it was Thy
purpose, O Giver of Life, to raise him from the dead.
3. Going from one place to another, Thou hast,
as mortal man, appeared circumscribed;
but,
as God uncircumscribed, Thou fillest all things.
4. At Thy divine word, Thou hast raised Lazarus,
O Christ. I pray Thee, raise me also,
dead through my many sins.
5 & 6. As true God Thou hast known of
the falling asleep of Lazarus and hast announced
it
before hand to Thy disciples, given them a proof, O Master, of the infinite
power of
Thy divinity.
7 & 8. Thou who art by nature uncircumscribed wast circumscribed in the flesh; coming
to
Bethany, O Master, as man Thou dost weep over Lazarus, and by Thy power as God
Thou
dost raise him on the fourth day from the dead.
At
the entrance, “O Come let us worship…” is sung as on Sundays.
Troparion
and Kontakion
Tone 1: In confirming the common Resurrection, O
Christ God, /
Thou didst raise up Lazarus from the dead before Thy Passion. /
Wherefore, we also,
like the children bearing the symbols of victory, /
cry
to Thee the Vanquisher of death: /
Hosanna in the highest;
//
blessed
is He that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Glory… Both now… Tone
2:
Christ, the Joy of all,
the Truth, the Light, /
the
Life, the Resurrection of the world, /
hath,
of His goodness, appeared to those on earth, /
and
become the archetype of the Resurrection, //
granting divine forgiveness unto all.
Instead
of the Trisagion: As many
as have been baptized into Christ have
put on
Christ. Alleluia. Thrice.
Glory
to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now
and ever,
and unto the ages of ages. Amen. Have put on Christ. Alleluia.
As
many as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Alleluia.
The Epistle
Reader: The
Prokimenon in the 3rd Tone: The Lord is my light and my
savior; whom
then shall I fear?
Choir: The Lord is my light and my savior;
whom then shall I fear?
Reader: The Lord is the defender of my life; of whom then shall I be afraid?
Choir: The Lord is my light
and my savior; whom then shall I fear?
Reader. The Lord is my light and my savior.
Choir: Whom then shall I fear?
Reader: The Reading is from the Epistle of the
Holy Apostle Paul to the Hebrews:
[Hebrews
12:28-13:8]
Reader: Alleluia
in the 5th Tone.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: The Lord is King, He is clothed with
majesty.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: For He established the world which shall
not be shaken
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [John 11:1-45]
Instead of “It is truly
meet…” we chant the Irmos of the 9th Ode of the First Canon of
the
Triodion, Eighth Tone:
who conceived within her womb the divine Fire /
and yet was not consumed; //
and let us magnify her in never-silent hymns.
Communion Verse:
Out of the mouths of babes and
sucklings hast Thou perfected praise. Alleluia!
Alleluia!
Alleluia!