Third Sunday of Great Lent / Holy Cross / Tone 6
Beatitudes on 10: Octoechos 6; Triodion 4, from Ode 6.
1. Remember me when Thou comest in Thy kingdom,
O God my Savior, and save me,
for Thou alone
lovest mankind.
2. By a tree was Adam deceived; yet again by the
Tree of the Cross was the thief saved,
who cried out:
Remember me in Thy kingdom, O Lord!
3. O Bestower of life, Who hadst broken down the
gates and portals of hades, Thou hast
saved all who
cry out to Thee, O Savior: Glory to Thine arising!
4. O Thou Who by Thy burial hast made death
captive, and by Thy resurrection hast
filled all with
joy: remember me, in that Thou art compassionate.
5. The myrrh-bearing women who came to the tomb
heard an angel cry out: Christ, Who
hath enlightened
all things is risen!
6. Together let us all hymn Christ, Who was
nailed to the Cross and hath delivered the
world from
beguilement.
7. Thou hast crushed death, O Christ, and risen as a mighty King; Thou hast recalled us
from the depths of hell and brought us to the land of immortality, granting us the joy of
the Kingdom of Heaven .
8. O ye faithful, let us cry aloud with joy and sing triumphantly to God, as we greet the
Cross of the Lord; for it is a fountain of holiness to all those in the world.
9. The words of the Psalmist are fulfilled: for see, we bow before the footstool of Thy
most pure feet, O Lord all-powerful, at Thy Precious Cross, the thrice-blessed Wood.
10. O Ewe free from blemish, the greatest wonder of all wonders was revealed in thee:
for thou hast borne the Lamb that takes away the sin of the world. Entreat Him fervently
for those who sing thy praises.
Troparia
& Kontakion
Tone 6: Angelic hosts were
above Thy tomb, /
and they that guarded Thee became as dead. /
And Mary stood by the grave seeking Thine immaculate body. /
Thou didst despoil hades and wast not tempted by it. /
Thou didst meet the Virgin and didst grant us life. //
O Thou Who didst rise from the dead, O Lord, glory be to Thee.
Tone 1: O
Lord, save Thy people/
and bless Thine
inheritance. /
Grant Thou victory unto
Orthodox Christians /
over their enemies, /
and by the power of Thy
Cross //
do Thou preserve Thy
commonwealth.
Glory… Both now… Tone 7:
No
longer doth the flaming sword guard the gate of Eden, /
for
a strange extinction hath come upon it, even the Tree of the Cross. /
The
sting hath been taken from death, /
and
the victory from hades. /
And
Thou, my Savior, didst appear unto those in hades, saying: //
Enter
ye again into Paradise.
Instead of the Trisagion:
Before Thy Cross we bow down, O Master, and Thy holy Resurrection we
glorify. 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. And Thy holy Resurrection we glorify.
Before Thy Cross we bow down, O Master, and Thy holy Resurrection we
glorify.
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in the 6th Tone: Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine
inheritance.
Choir: Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine
inheritance.
Reader: Unto Thee, O Lord, Will I cry; O my
God, be not silent unto me.
Choir: Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine
inheritance.
Reader: Save,
O Lord, Thy people.
Choir:
And bless Thine inheritance.
Reader: The
[Hebrews
4:14-5:6 (§311)]
Reader: Alleluia
in the 8th Tone.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Remember
Thy congregation which Thou hast purchased from the beginning..
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: But God is our king before the ages, He hath wrought
salvation in the midst of
the earth.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Mark 8:34-9:1 (§37)]
Instead of “It is truly
meet…”[Tone 8 in the Octoechos, but usually sung to one
of many special melodies]:
All creation
– the assembly of angels and the race of man – rejoiceth in thee, O thou who
art full of
grace, O sacred temple and noetical paradise, boast of virgins, from whom
God, Who
existeth from before time, was incarnate and became a child; for He made thy
body a
throne, and thy womb He made more spacious than the heavens. All creation
rejoiceth in
thee, O thou who art full of grace.
Glory to thee!
Communion Verse: The light of Thy
countenance, O Lord, hath been signed upon us.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia!