25th Sunday after Pentecost / Apodosis
of the Entry / HM Clement of Rome
Beatitudes
on 10: Octoechos: 6; Feast: 4, from Ode 9.
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 pure Theotokos, as thou hast the most radiant beauty of purity of soul and art full of
the grace of God from heaven, with the ever-existent light thou dost ever enlighten them
that cry out with joy: Truly thou art more highly exalted than all, O pure Virgin!
8. Thy wonder doth surpass the power of words, O pure Theotokos, for in thee I perceive
a body impervious to the movement of sin. Wherefore thankfully I cry out to thee: Truly
thou art more highly exalted than all, O pure Virgin!
9. With hymns let us praise her who was a babe by nature and was supernaturally
revealed as the Mother of God; for she is led unto the Lord in the temple of the law as the
fragrance of sweet savor for the righteous, as the spiritual fruit of her righteous parents.
10. O ye faithful, with the angel let us fittingly cry out to the Theotokos: “Rejoice!”
Rejoice, O most comely Bride! Rejoice, O radiant cloud from whom the Lord hath shone
forth upon us who sit in the darkness of ignorance! Rejoice, thou hope of 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.
Tone 4: Today is the prelude of God’s good will /
and the heralding of the salvation of mankind. /
In the temple of God, the Virgin is presented openly, /
and she proclaimeth Christ unto all. /
To her, then, with a great voice let us cry aloud: /
Rejoice, O thou fulfillment //
of the Creator’s dispensation.
[Troparion
of the Temple]
Tone 4: All-gloriously amazing all the ends of the world with divine miracles, /
O sacred athlete, /
in manner transcending nature /
thou didst cause the substance of the waters of the sea to withdraw /
on the day on thine honored memorial, /
for those who ever earnestly had recourse to the church erected for thee by God /
to shelter thy precious relics; /
and after the people had returned, /
thou didst miraculously cause the sea to return to the shore. /
O all-wondrous Clement, //
entreat Christ God, that our souls be saved.
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 2:
Thou hast been shown to all /
as a branch of the divine vine arrayed in sanctity, /
exuding the sweetness of wisdom with thy supplications, /
O most honored and holy Clement, /
that we may offer thee the noetic hymn, /
like a woven robe of purple: //
Save thou thy servants!
Both now… Tone 4: The most pure temple of the
Savior, /
the most precious bridal-chamber
and Virgin, /
the sacred treasury of the glory
of God, /
is on this day brought into the
house of the Lord, /
bringing with her the grace that
is in the Divine Spirit. /
And the angels of God chant praise
unto her: //
she is the heavenly tabernacle.
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 3rd
Tone: My soul doth magnify the Lord,
and my spirit hath rejoiced in
God my Savior.
Choir:
My soul doth
magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior.
Reader:
The Reading is from the First Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the
Ephesians:
[Eph. 4:1-6 (§224); Heb. 9:1-7 (§320)]
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
the Same Tone: Hearken, O
daughter, and see, and incline thine ear.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Luke 13:10-17
(§71); Luke 10:38-42,11:27-28 (§54)]
Instead
of “It is truly meet…” we chant the Irmos of the 9th Ode of the
First Canon of
the
feast, Fourth Tone:
Refrain:
The angels beholding the
entry of the most pure one were struck with
wonder, seeing how the Virgin
entered into the Holy of Holies.
Irmos:
Let no profane hand touch the
living Ark of God, but let the lips of the
faithful, chanting unceasingly
the words of the angel to the Theotokos, cry out with joy:
Truly art thou high above all, O
pure Virgin.
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord
from the heavens, praise Him in the highest!
I will take the cup of salvation, and I will call upon the name of the
Lord. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!