22nd Sunday after Pentecost / Apostles Stachys, Amplius and
company / The Holy Martyr Epimachus
Beatitude
Verses: Octoechos: 8
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. O indivisible Trinity, all-effecting and
all-powerful Unity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: Thee do we hymn as our true God and Savior!
8. Rejoice, O animate temple of God and impassible
gate! Rejoice, O fiery throne which
burneth yet is not consumed! Rejoice, O
Mother of Emmanuel, Christ our God!
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 3: O holy Apostles, /
intercede with the merciful God, //
that He grant unto our souls forgiveness of offenses.
Tone 4: In his sufferings O Lord, /
Thy martyr Epimachus hath received an imperishable crown from Thee, our God; /
for, possessed of Thy might, /
he set at nought his tormentors and crushed the feeble audacity of the demons. //
By his supplications save Thou our souls.
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 8:
Let us hymn the wise
apostles as is meet: Appellius, Urban and Aristobulus, /
Amplias, Narcissus
and Stachys, whom the grace of our God brought together, //
as sacred treasures
of the most Holy Spirit and effulgences of the Sun of
glory.
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: Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt preserve us.
Choir: From this generation and for
evermore.
Reader: The Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul
to the Galatians:
[Gal. 6:11-18 (§215)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 5th
Tone:
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: 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!
Gospel [Luke 8:26-39 (§38)]
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the
highest! Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!