23rd Sunday after Pentecost / Hieromartyr Zenobius & his sister, the Martyr Zenobia
Beatitudes
on 8, from the Octoechos.
1. Remember me when Thou comest in Thy kingdom, O God my Savior, and save me, for Thou alone lovest mankind.
2. By a tree was Adam deceived; yet again by the Tree of the Cross was the thief saved, who cried out: Remember me in Thy kingdom, O Lord!
3. O Bestower of life, Who hadst broken down the gates and portals of hades, Thou hast saved all who cry out to Thee, O Savior: Glory to Thine arising!
4. O Thou Who by Thy burial hast made death captive, and by Thy resurrection hast filled all with joy: remember me, in that Thou art compassionate.
5. The myrrh-bearing women who came to the tomb heard an angel cry out: Christ, Who hath enlightened all things is risen!
6. Together let us all hymn Christ, Who was nailed to the Cross and hath delivered the world from beguilement.
7. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit let us glorify, saying: O Holy Trinity, save Thou our souls!
8. O Virgin, who ineffably conceived in the latter days and gavest birth unto thy Creator: Save those who magnify thee!
Troparia & Kontakia
Tone 6: Angelic hosts were above Thy tomb, /
and they that guarded Thee became as dead. /
And Mary stood by the grave seeking Thine immaculate body. /
Thou didst despoil
hades and wast not tempted by it. /
Thou didst
meet the Virgin and didst grant us life.
//
O Thou
Who didst rise from the dead, O Lord, glory be to Thee.
[Troparion of the Temple]
Tone 4: In their sufferings O Lord, /
Thy martyrs received
imperishable crowns from Thee, our God; /
for, possessed of
Thy might, /
they cast down the
tormentors and set at naught the feeble audacity of the demons. //
By their
supplications save our souls.
Tone 6:
Having by His life bestowing hand raised up all the dead out of the dark abysses, /
Christ God, the Giver of life, hath bestowed the Resurrection upon the fallen human race; /
for He is the Savior of all, //
the Resurrection, and the Life, and the God of all.
[Kontakion
of the Temple]
Glory... Tone
8:
With divinely
inspired hymns let us worthily honor Zenobius and the wise Zenobia /
as true witnesses
and preachers of piety, /
for they lived
and departed this life together, //
and have received
the crown of incorruption through martyrdom.
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 6th Tone: Save, O Lord, Thy
people and bless Thine inheritance.
Choir:
Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.
Reader: Unto
Thee, O Lord, Will I cry; O my God, be not silent unto me.
Choir:
Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.
Reader: Save, O Lord, Thy people.
Choir: and bless Thine inheritance.
Reader: The
Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Ephesians:
[Eph. 2:4-10 (§220]
Reader: Alleluia
in the 6th Tone.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: He
that dwelleth in the help of the Most High shall abide
in the shelter of the God of heaven.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: He
shall say unto the Lord: Thou art my helper and my refuge. He is my God, and I will hope in Him.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Luke 8:26-39
(§38)]
Communion
Verse:
Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest! Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!