Palm
Sunday
In
place of the usual antiphons, use the festal antiphons:
The
First Antiphon
(Second
Tone)
Stichos 1: I am
filled with love, for the Lord will hear the voice of my
supplication.
Refrain: Through
the prayers of the Theotokos, O Savior, save us.
Stichos 2: For He hath inclined His ear unto me, and
in my days will I call upon
Him.
Refrain: Through
the prayers of the Theotokos, O Savior, save us.
Stichos 3: The pangs of death have encompassed me, the
perils of hades have
found me.
Refrain: Through
the prayers of the Theotokos, O Savior, save us.
Stichos 4: Tribulation and sorrow have I
found, and I called upon the name of the
Lord.
Refrain: Through
the prayers of the Theotokos, O Savior, save us.
Glory
to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and
unto the
ages of ages. Amen.
Refrain: Through
the prayers of the Theotokos, O Savior, save us.
The
Second Antiphon
(Second
Tone)
Stichos 1: I believed, wherefore I spake; I was
humbled exceedingly.
Refrain: O Son
of God Who didst sit upon a colt, save us who sing to Thee:
Alleluia.
Stichos 2: What shall I render unto the Lord
for all that He hath
rendered unto
me?
Refrain.
O Son of God Who didst sit upon a colt, save us who sing to Thee:
Alleluia.
Stichos 3: I will
take the cup of salvation, and I will call upon the name of the
Lord.
Refrain: O Son of God Who didst sit upon a
colt, save us who sing to Thee:
Alleluia.
Stichos 4: My vows unto the Lord will I pay in the
presence of all His people.
Refrain: O Son of God Who didst sit upon a
colt, save us who sing to Thee:
Alleluia.
Glory
to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and
unto the
ages of ages. Amen.
O only-begotten Son and Word of God, Who art
immortal, yet didst deign for our
salvation to be incarnate of the Holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, and
without
change didst become man, and was crucified, O Christ God, trampling down
death by
death. Thou Who
art one of the Holy Trinity, glorified with the Father and the Holy
Spirit, save us.
The
Third Antiphon
Reader:
Stichos 1: O give
thanks unto the Lord, for He is good, for His mercy endureth
forever.
Choir: (Troparion, Tone 1):
In confirming the common
Resurrection, O Christ God, /
Thou didst raise
up Lazarus from the dead before Thy passion.
/
Wherefore, we also, like the
children bearing the symbols of victory, /
cry to
Thee, the Vanquisher of death: /
Hosanna in the highest; //
blessed is He
that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Stichos
2: Let the house of Israel now say
that He is good, for His mercy
endureth
forever.
Choir: Repeat Troparion
Stichos 3: Let the
house of Aaron now say that He is good, for His mercy
endureth
forever.
Choir: Repeat Troparion
Stichos 4: Let all
that fear the Lord now say that He is good, for His mercy
endureth
forever.
Choir: Repeat Troparion
The
entry verse:
Blessed
is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
We have blessed you out of
the house
of the Lord. God is the Lord, and hath
appeared unto us.
The
Troparia and Kontakion:
Tone
1: In confirming the common
Resurrection, O Christ God, /
Thou didst raise
up Lazarus from the dead before Thy passion.
/
Wherefore, we also, like the
children bearing the symbols of victory, /
cry to
Thee, the Vanquisher of death: /
Hosanna in the highest; //
blessed is He
that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Glory…
Tone 4:
As
by baptism we were buried with Thee, O Christ our God, /
so
by Thy Resurrection we were deemed worthy of immortal life; /
and
praising Thee, we cry: /
Hosanna
in the highest; //
blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Both
now… Tone 6:
Being borne upon a throne in heaven, and upon a colt on the earth,
/
O Christ God, Thou didst accept the praise of the angels /
and the laudation of the children as they cry to Thee: //
Blessed is He that cometh to recall Adam.
The Epistle
Reader: The
Prokimenon in the 4th Tone: Blessed is he that cometh in the
name of the
Lord.
God is the Lord, and hath appeared unto us.
Choir: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. God is the Lord, and hath
appeared unto us.
Reader: O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good,
for His mercy endureth forever.
Choir: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. God is the Lord, and hath
appeared unto us.
Reader. Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Choir: God is the Lord, and hath appeared unto us.
Reader: The Reading is from the Epistle of the
Holy Apostle Paul to the Philippians:
[Philippians
4:4-9]
Reader: Alleluia
in the 1st Tone.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: O
sing unto the Lord a new song, for the Lord hath wrought wondrous things.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: All
the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [John 12:1-18]
Instead of “It is truly
meet…” we chant the Irmos of the 9th Ode of the
First Canon of the
feast, Fourth Tone:
God is the Lord, and hath appeared unto us; /
make ye a feast, and with gladness, /
come, let us magnify Christ with palms and branches, /
with hymns crying aloud: //
blessed is He that cometh in the name of the
Lord our Savior.
Communion Verse:
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. God is the Lord,
and hath appeared unto us.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!