Second Saturday of Lent / Commemoration of the Departed, Tone 4. 

Beatitudes Verses, on 6: 6, from the Octoechos.

 

1. Of old was Adam banished from paradise through  the tree, but by the tree of the Cross

hath the thief come to dwell in paradise: the one by tasting rejected the commandment of

the Creator, but the other, crucified with Christ, confessed the hidden God, crying out:

Remember me in Thy kingdom!

 

2. Afire with the love of Christ, O holy martyrs, with the dew of your struggles ye

quenched the fire of ungodliness; and ye were shown to be greatly radiant lamps of the

Church, driving the darkness of infirmities and tribulations from our souls by your

goodness; wherefore, we praise you as is meet.

 

3. O sacred hierarchs, ye divine company of the prophets, ye choir of the venerable, ye

sole procession of holy women, who pleased God with virtuous acts and have been

glorified: We bless you, praying through your entreaties, that we may receive

enlightenment and life everlasting.

 

4. Where Thy light shineth, and where the choirs of the saints rejoice, whence sighing

and pain are fled, do Thou number Thy servants, who have reposed in times past departed

this most painful life, O Christ, that they may hymn Thine ineffable goodness; and

overlook the transgressions they committed on earth.

 

5. I indivisible Trinity, Who art worshipped in the Father, the Son and the Spirit, O Unity

of three Hypostases, united in every way though with unconfused properties: At the

entreaties of Thy holy martyrs, the fathers and the honorable prophets, grant rest  unto

those who have died in the Faith, and grant purification to their souls.

 

6. Thou didst conceive the Word Whom the Father begot before the morning-star, and

gavest birth in Him in the flesh as perfect man, known in two activities and wills, O all-

pure one. Wherefore, entreat Him as the Creator and Lord, that He have pity on us who

hymn thee, O Maiden Bride of God.

 

At the entrance, the choir sings:

O come let us worship and fall down before Christ, Who art wondrous in the saints, O

Son of God, save us who sing to Thee: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

 

Troparia & Kontakia

 

Tone 2:  O Apostles, Martyrs, and Prophets, /

Venerable and Righteous Ones; /

ye that have accomplished a good labor and kept the Faith, /

that have boldness before the Savior; //

O Good Ones, intercede for us, we pray, that our souls be saved.

 

Remember, O Lord, Thy servants, for Thou art good, /

and forgive them whatsoever sins they have committed in life; /

for none is sinless but Thee, Who art able to give repose //

unto them that are departed.

 

Glory… Tone 8: 

With the saints give rest, O Christ, to the souls of Thy servants, //

where there is neither sickness, nor sorrow, nor sighing, but life everlasting.

 

Both now…  Tone 8:

In thee we have a wall and a haven, /

and an intercessor acceptable to God, Whom thou didst bear, //

O Theotokos unwedded, salvation of the faithful.

 

The Epistle

 

Reader: The Prokimenon in the 8th Tone:  Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, ye righteous.

Choir:  Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, ye righteous.

Reader:  Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.

Choir:  Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, ye righteous.

Reader:  In the 6th Tone: Their souls shall dwell among good things.

Choir:  Their souls shall dwell among good things.

 

Reader: The Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Hebrews:  [Hebrew 3:12-16 (§309); 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 (§270)]

 

Reader: Alleluia in the 4th Tone: The righteous cried, and the Lord heard them, and He

delivered them out of all their tribulations.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Reader:  Many are the tribulations of the righteous, and the Lord shall deliver them out

of them all.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Reader:  In the 8th Tone: Blessed are they whom Thou hast chosen and hast taken to

Thyself, O Lord, and their memorial is unto generation and generation.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

 

Gospel [Mark 1:35-44 (§6); John 5:24-30 (§16)]

 

Communion Verse:  Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous; praise is meet for the upright.

Blessed are they whom Thou hast chosen and hast taken to Thyself O Lord, and their

memorial is unto generation and generation. Alleluia!  Alleluia!  Alleluia!

 

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