3rd
Sunday After Pentecost / The
New Martyrs of the Turkish Yoke
Beatitude
Verses: Octoechos: 6; New Martyrs: 4 from Ode 3.
1. We offer Thee the cry of the thief, and we pray: Remember us in Thy kingdom, O Savior.
2. For the forgiveness of transgressions we offer unto Thee the Cross which Thou didst accept for our sake, O Thou who lovest mankind.
3. We bow down in worship, O Master, before Thy burial and rising, whereby Thou hast delivered the world from corruption, O Thou Who lovest mankind.
4. By Thy death hath death been slain, O Lord, and by Thy resurrection hast Thou saved the world, O Savior.
5. Risen from the tomb, Thou didst meet the myrrh-bearing women; and Thou didst tell Thy disciples to announce Thine arising.
6. Those who slept in darkness, beholding Thee, the Light, in the nethermost parts of hades, O Christ, were raised from the dead.
7. Possessed of adoption by grace, O most lauded passion-bearers, ye rejected the adoption of the Moslems and spurned their honors and pleasures, that ye might gain
Christ alone. 8. “Boast not, O tyrants, and speak not lofty things in your pride,” the new victors cried to the Moslems, “for the Lord God of wisdom maketh His adversaries weak!”
9. O Trinity our God, through the supplications of Thy new martyrs exalt the horn of Orthodox Christians, and make them steadfast, granting them victory over the enemy. 10. We glorify thee, O joyous Virgin Mother of God; and we hymn thee, the holy and all-pure one chosen from among all generations, who hast been shown to be a new heaven,
more exalted than the heavens, O most hymned one.
Troparia & Kontakia Tone 2: When Thou didst descend unto death, O Life Immortal,
/
then didst Thou slay Hades with the lightning of Thy Divinity. /
And
when Thou didst also raise the dead out of the nethermost depths, /
all
the Hosts of the heavens cried out: //
O
Life-giver, Christ our God, glory be to Thee.
Tone 3: The new martyrs,
who with unremitting battle /
have cast down the ancient deception, /
have exalted the Faith of the Orthodox; /
for, having abolished the worship of the iniquitous /
and professed Christ boldly, /
they now unceasingly entreat /
Him as perfect God, //
that He grant us great mercy.
Tone 2: Thou didst rise from the tomb, O omnipotent Savior,
/
and
Hades was terrified on beholding the wonder; /
and
the dead arose, /
and
creation at the sight thereof rejoiceth with Thee. /
And
Adam also is joyful, //
and
the world, O my Savior, praiseth Thee for ever.
Glory… Tone 1: Rejoice mystically,
O Church of Christ, /
beholding thy children, the new martyrs, /
standing round about thy table in their relics,
/
like newly planted olive shoots; /
and cry aloud to the Creator of all: //
Thou art the confirmation of the martyrs, O Christ!
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 2nd Tone: The Lord is my strength and my song, and
He is become my salvation.
Choir:
The Lord is my strength and my song, and He is
become my salvation.
Reader: With
chastisement hath the Lord chastened me, but He hath not given me over
unto death.
Choir: The Lord is my strength and my song, and He
is become my salvation.
Reader: 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 Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Romans:
[Romans 5:1-10; Romans 8:28-39]
Reader: Alleluia in the 2nd Tone The Lord hear thee in the day of affliction; the name of
the God of Jacob defend thee.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: O Lord,
save the king, and hearken unto us in the day when we call upon Thee.
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 [Matthew 6:22-33; Luke 21:12-19]
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!