22nd Sunday after Pentecost / The Holy Apostle James the Brother of the Lord
Beatitudes
on 10 Octoechos 6; Apostle 4, from Ode 3.
1. Believing Thee to be God, O Christ, the thief
on the cross confessed Thee in a pure manner, crying out from the depths of his
heart: Remember me in Thy kingdom, O
Lord!
2. Together let us hymn as Savior and Creator,
Him Who on the Cross budded forth life for our race and caused the curse which
originated from the tree to wither up.
3. By Thy death hast Thou destroyed the power of
death, O Christ, and Thou didst raise up with Thyself the dead of ages past,
who now hymn Thee as our true God and Savior.
4. Arriving at Thy tomb, O Christ, the honorable
women sought to anoint Thee with myrrh, O Bestower of life; but an angel
appeared to them, crying out: The Lord is risen!
5. When Thou wast crucified between two
condemned thieves, O Christ, one of them blasphemed Thee and was justly damned,
while the other confessed Thee and dwelleth now in paradise.
6. When they had come to the choir of the
apostles, the honorable women cried out: Christ is risen! Let us worship Him as Master and Creator.
7. The tribe of Judah rejoiceth in thee today,
seeing thee shining brightly with the splendors of Christ.
8. Having thee, the
right glorious preacher, as a divinely shining star, the Church of the nations
is illumined with divine light.
9. Thou didst lay
down the law of life for the Church of Christ, codifying and proclaiming it
through the life-giving Spirit.
10. Thou gavest
birth in the flesh, O Mother of God, to Him Who hath shone forth from the
Father. Him hath James preached as the
God of all, O pure one.
Troparia & Kontakia
Tone 5: Let us, O faithful, praise and worship the
Word /
Who is
co-unoriginate with the Father and the Spirit, /
and Who was born of
the Virgin for our salvation; /
for He was pleased
to ascend the Cross in the flesh /
and to endure death,
//
and to raise the
dead by His glorious Resurrection.
[Troparion of the
Tone 2: As a disciple of the Lord thou didst receive
the Gospel, O just one; /
as a martyr thou
dost possess what is infinite; /
as the brother of
God, thou hast boldness before Him; /
and as a hierarch,
thou canst make entreaty. //
Beseech Christ God,
that our souls be saved
Tone 5: Unto hades, O my Savior, didst Thou descend,
/
and having broken
its gates as one omnipotent, /
Thou, as Creator,
didst raise up the dead together with Thyself. /
And Thou didst break
the sting of death, /
and didst deliver
Adam from the curse, O Lover of mankind. /
Wherefore, we all
cry unto Thee: //
Save us, O Lord.
[Kontakion of the
Glory… Tone 4: The Word of God, /
the Only-begotten of
the Father, /
Who cameth unto us
in latter times, /
showed thee to be
the first pastor and teacher of the people of Jerusalem, /
and a faithful
server of the mysteries of the Spirit, /
O godly James. //
Wherefore, we all
honor thee, O apostle.
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 5th Tone: Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt preserve us from
this generation and for evermore.
Choir: Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt
preserve us from this generation and for evermore.
Reader: Save me, O Lord
for a righteous man there is no more.
Choir: Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt
preserve us from this generation and for evermore.
Reader: In the 8th Tone: Their
sound hath gone forth into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the
world.
Choir: Their sound hath gone forth into all the
earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
Reader: The Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul
to the Galatians:
[Gal. 6:11-18 (§215); Gal. 1:11-19 (§200)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 5th
Tone: Of Thy mercies, O Lord, will I sing for ever. Unto generation and
generation will I declare Thy truth with my mouth.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: For Thou hast
said: Mercy shall be built up for ever, in the heavens shall Thy truth be
established.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 1st
Tone: The heavens shall confess Thy wonders, O Lord, and Thy truth in the
congregation of saints.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Luke 16:19-31 (§83); Matt. 13:54-58 (§56)]
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest! Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!