The Sunday of the Publican &
Pharisee/ The Holy New Martyrs & Confessors of
Beatitudes on 12: Octoechos 4; Triodion 4, from Ode 3; Saints 4. 1. Through food did the enemy lead Adam forth from paradise; but by the Cross hath
Christ led back to it the thief who cried: Remember me when Thou comest in Thy
kingdom!
2. With Adam and the thief I worship Thy sufferings and glorify Thy resurrection; and I
cry out with a splendid voice: Remember me, O Lord, when Thou comest in Thy
kingdom!
3. O Sinless One, of Thine own will Thou wast crucified and placed in the Tomb, yet
Thou didst arise as God, raising up with Thyself Adam who crieth out: Remember me
when Thou comest in Thy kingdom!
4. Raising up the temple of Thy body by Thy resurrection on the third day, O Christ
God, Thou didst raise up Adam and his descendants who cry: Remember me when Thou
comest in Thy kingdom!
5. From the dung-hill of the passions the humble is lifted up on high, while the
proudhearted suffers a grievous fall from the height of the virtues: Let us flee from his
evil ways.
6. Vainglory brings to nothing the riches of righteousness, but humility scatters a
multitude of passions. Grant then that we may seek humility, O Savior, and do Thou
bestow upon us the portion of the Publican.
7. As the Publican let us also beat our breast and cry out in compunction, “God be
merciful unto us sinners”, that like him we may receive forgiveness.
8. O ye faithful, let us increase in zeal and meekness, and let us pass our days in
humility, with cries of sorrow from our heart and weeping and prayer, that we may
receive forgiveness from God.
9. Remember, O Lord, the dreadful torments which the new passion-bearers suffered for
Thee, who have now sprouted forth from our race; and accept their entreaties for our
salvation.
10. O righteous Judge, Thou hast opened the kingdom of heaven unto the confessors of
the Church of Russia. Hearken, O Lord, unto their righteousness, and give ear unto their
supplication for the salvation of our souls.
11. O most divine Trinity, return us from our captivity! We know that sin hath increased
in our land more than ever before; yet grace also hath shone forth in the struggle of the
new saints, who also entreat Thee, O thrice-holy God, for the salvation of our souls.
12. Gather the dispersed; raise up the faint-hearted; call them that have renounced the
holy Faith and convert them, O gracious and all-pure Virgin Mary, entreating Christ the
Savior, with the holy new martyrs and confessors, for the forgiveness and salvation of our
souls.
Troparia & Kontakia
Tone 1: When the stone had been sealed by the Jews, /
And the soldiers were guarding Thine immaculate Body, /
Thou didst arise on the third day, O Savior, /
granting life unto the world. /
Wherefore, the Hosts of the Heavens cried out to Thee, O Life-giver: /
Glory to Thy Resurrection, O Christ. /
Glory to Thy kingdom. //
Glory to Thy dispensation, O only Lover of mankind.
Tone 4: O ye holy hierarchs, royal passion-bearers and pastors, /
monks and laymen, men, women and children, /
ye countless new-martyrs, confessors, /
blossoms of the spiritual meadow of Russia, /
who blossomed forth wondrously in time of grievous persecutions /
bearing good fruit for Christ in your endurance: /
Entreat Him, as the One that planted you, /that He deliver His people from godless and evil men, /
and that the Church of Russia /
be made steadfast through your blood and suffering, //
unto the salvation of our souls.
Glory… Tone 2: O ye new passion-bearers of Russia, /
who have with your confession finished the course of this earth, /
receiving boldness through your sufferings: /
Beseech Christ Who strengthened you, /that we also, whenever the hour of trial find us /
may receive the gift of courage from God. /
For ye are a witness to us who venerate your struggle, /that neither tribulation, prison, nor death //
can separate us from the love of God.
Both now... Tone 3:
Unto the Lord let us sinners offer groanings like those of the Publican /and let us fall down before Him, as He is Master. /
For He desireth the salvation of all men; /He granteth forgiveness unto all that repent. /For our sake He became incarnate, //He who with the Father is co-unoriginate God. The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in the 1st Tone: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according
as we have hoped in Thee.
Choir: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we have
hoped in Thee.
Reader: Rejoice
in the Lord, O ye righteous; praise is meet for the
upright.
Choir: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according
as we have hoped in Thee.
Reader: The
Prokimenon in the 7th Tone: For Thy sake, O Lord, we are slain all the
day long.
Choir: For Thy sake, O Lord, we are slain all the
day long.
Reader:
The Reading is from the Second Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to Timothy:
[2 Timothy 3:10-15 (§296); Romans 8:28-39 (§99)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 1st Tone: O God who givest
avengement unto me and hast
subdued people under me.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: It is
He that magnifieth the salvation of His king and worketh mercy for His
anointed, for David and for His seed unto eternity.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: 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!
Gospel [Luke 18:10-14
(§89); Luke 21:12-19 (§106)]
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord in the heavens, praise Him in the highest! Rejoice
in the Lord, O ye righteous; praise is meet for the upright. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!