Fifth Sunday of Great Lent / St. Mary of Egypt / Tone 8

Beatitudes on 8, from the Octoechos.

 

1.  Remember us, O Christ, Thou Savior of the world, as Thou didst remember the thief

upon the Cross; and account us all worthy of Thy heavenly kingdom, O Thou Who alone

art compassionate.

 

2.  Hearken, O Adam, and rejoice with Eve; for he who of old stripped you both naked,

and by deception hath taken all of us captive, hath been set at nought by the Cross of

Christ.

 

3.  Nailed of Thine own will to the Tree, O our Savior, Thou didst deliver Adam from the

curse which came through the tree, and hast rewarded that which is in Thine image with a

dwelling in paradise, in that Thou art compassionate.

 

4.  Today is Christ risen from the tomb, granting incorruption unto all the faithful; and He

reneweth the joy of the myrrh-bearing women after His suffering and resurrection.

 

5.  Rejoice, O wise myrrh-bearing women, who were first to behold the resurrection of

Christ, and who proclaimed to the apostles the glad tidings of the restoration of the whole

world!

 

6.  O ye apostles, who are manifestly the friends of Christ and are to be enthroned with

Him in glory: entreat Him with boldness, that He intercede for us, for ye are His disciples.

 

7.  O unoriginate Trinity, indivisible Essence, Unity equally enthroned, equal in honor

and glory, transcendent Nature and Kingship: Save us who praise Thee with faith!

 

8. Rejoice, spacious habitation of God!  Rejoice, ark of the new covenant!  Rejoice, jar

whence the heavenly Manna is given to all!

 

Troparia & Kontakia

 

Tone 8:  From on high didst Thou descend, O compassionate One; /

to burial of three days hast Thou submitted /

that Thou mightest free us from our passions. //

O our Life and Resurrection, O Lord, glory be to Thee.

 

[Troparion of the Temple]

 

Tone 8: In thee, O Mother, was preserved unimpaired that which is according to God’s image, /

for thou hast taken up the Cross and followed Christ. /

By thine actions thou hast taught us to despise the flesh, for it passes away, /

but to care for the soul, which is a thing immortal; //

and so thy spirit, holy Mary, rejoiceth with the angels.

 

Tone 8:  Having risen from the tomb, Thou didst raise up the dead and didst resurrect Adam. /

Eve also danceth at Thy Resurrection, //

and the ends of the world celebrate Thine arising from the dead, O Greatly-merciful one.

 

[Kontakion of the Temple]

 

Glory… Tone 3: Thou who once of old wast filled with all manner of fornication, /

art now seen today to be a bride of Christ by thy repentance. / 

Thou didst love and emulate the life of the angels. /

By the Cross thou didst annihilate the hordes of demons; /

for this cause thou art a bride now in the kingdom of the heavens, //

O Mary, thou all-modest one.

 

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 8th Tone:  Make your vows and pay them to the Lord

our God.

Choir: Make your vows and pay them to the Lord our God.

Reader:  In Judea is God known, His name is great in Israel.

Choir:  Make your vows and pay them to the Lord our God.

Reader: In the 4th Tone:  Wondrous is God in His saints, the God of Israel.
Choir:  Wondrous is God in His saints, the God of Israel.

 

Reader: The Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Hebrews:

[Hebrews 9:11-14 (§321 ctr); Galatians 3:23-29 (§208)]

 

Reader: Alleluia in the 8th Tone: Come let us rejoice in the Lord, let us shout with

jubilation unto God our Savior.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Reader:  Let us come before His countenance with thanksgiving, and with psalms let us

shout in jubilation unto Him.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Reader:  In Tone 1: With patience I waited patiently for the Lord, and He was

attentive unto me, and He hearkened unto my supplication.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

 

Gospel [Mark 10:32-45 (§47); Luke 7:36-50 (§33)]

 

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:  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!

 

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