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!