20th
Sunday after Pentecost / The Protection of the Most Holy
Theotokos
Beatitudes on 10 Octoechos: 6; Feast: 4, from Ode 3. 1. From paradise didst Thou drive our forefather Adam, who had broken Thy commandment, O Christ; but, O Compassionate One, Thou didst cause to dwell therein the thief who confessed Thee on the cross, crying out: “Remember me, O Savior, in Thy kingdom!” 2. With the curse of death didst Thou condemn us who had sinned, O Lord, Bestower of life; yet having suffered in Thy flesh, O sinless Master, Thou hast granted life unto mortals who cry out: “Remember us also in Thy kingdom!” 3. In rising from the dead, Thou hast raised us up from the passions with Thyself through Thy resurrection, O Lord; and all the power of death hast Thou destroyed, O Savior. Wherefore, with faith we cry out to Thee: “Remember us also in Thy kingdom!” 4. O Thou who as God grantest life, by Thy three days in the tomb Thou didst raise up with Thyself the dead in hell, and as One Who is good Thou hast poured forth incorruption upon all of us who with faith ever cry out: “Remember us also in Thy kingdom!” 5. Risen from the dead, O Savior, Thou didst first appear to the myrrh-bearing women, crying out: “Rejoice!” and through them Thou didst announce Thy resurrection to Thy friends, O Christ. Wherefore, with faith we cry out to Thee, “Remember us also in Thy kingdom!” 6. Moses, stretching out his arms on the mountain, prefigured the Cross and thus conquered Amelek. And, receiving it with faith as a mighty weapon against the demons, we all cry out: “Remember us also in Thy kingdom!” 7. As an unploughed field thou didst manifestly produce the divine Grain. Rejoice, O animate table holding the Bread of life! Rejoice, O Mistress, thou inexhaustible wellspring of the Water of life! 8. Standing before thee with faith, in thy church, we, thy people, await thy mercy, O Mistress. Visit our lowliness, and with thy holy protection defend the Orthodox people from all evil. 9. O far-famed Virgin who wast honorably prefigured by the prophets, with the angels they now do thee homage. Pray thou to God with them, that rejoicing, we may all splendidly celebrate thy holy protection today. 10. O Theotokos, with thy radiant omophorion thou lightest the church and the people more than the rays of the sun, and by thy visitation drivest away the darkness of our sins, praying for us to thy Son and God.
Troparia & Kontakia Tone 3: Let
the heavens be glad; let earthly things rejoice; /
for the Lord hath wrought
might with His arm. /
He hath trampled down
death by death; /
the first-born of the dead
hath He become. /
From the belly of Hades
hath He delivered us //
and Hath granted to the
world great mercy.
Tone 4: Today we Orthodox people
joyfully celebrate /
thy
glorious coming among us, O Mother of God, /
and
gazing upon thy most pure image, /
we
say with compunction: /
Shelter
us with thy most precious protection, /
and
deliver us from all evil, //
and
pray to thy Son, Christ our God, that he save our
souls.
Glory… Tone 3: Thou didst rise today from the tomb, O
Merciful One, /
and didst lead us out of the
gates of death. /
Today Adam danceth and Eve
rejoiceth; /
and together with them both
the prophets and patriarchs //
unceasingly praise the divine
might of Thine authority.
Both now... Tone 3: Today the Virgin doth stand
before us in church, /
and with the choirs of saints
invisibly prayeth for us to God. /
Angels worship with
hierarchs, /
apostles rejoice with
prophets, //
for the Theotokos prayeth for
us to the preeternal God.
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in the 3rd Tone: O chant unto our God, chant ye; chant unto
our King, chant ye.
Choir: O chant unto our God, chant ye; chant unto our King,
chant ye.
Reader: Clap your hands, all ye nations; shout unto
God with a voice of rejoicing.
Choir: O chant unto our God, chant ye; chant unto
our King, chant ye.
Reader: In the Sam
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 Epistle of the
Holy Apostle Paul to the Galatians:
[Gal.
1:11-19 (§200); Heb. 9:1-7 (§320)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 3rd Tone: In Thee, O
Lord, have I hoped, let me not be put to
shame in the age to come.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Be Thou
unto me a God to defend me and a house of refuge to save me.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 8th Tone: Hearken,
O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Luke 6:31-36 (§26); Luke
10:38-42,11:27-28 (§54)]
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!