The Sunday of All Saints
Beatitude Verses: Resurrection: 4;
All Saints Ode VI:
4
1. Remember us, O Christ, Thou Savior of the
world, as Thou didst remember the thief
upon
the Cross; and account us all worthy of Thy heavenly kingdom, O Thou Who alone
art
compassionate.
2. Nailed of Thine own will to Tree, O our
Savior, Thou didst deliver Adam from the
curse
which came through the tree, and hast rewarded that which is in Thine image
with
a
dwelling in paradise, in that Thou art compassionate.
3. Hearken, O Adam, and rejoice with Eve; for he
who of old stripped you both naked,
and
by deception hath taken all of us captive, hath been set at nought by the Cross
of
Christ.
4. Today is Christ risen from the tomb, granting
incorruption unto all the faithful; and
He reneweth the joy of
the myrrh-bearing women after His suffering and resurrection.
5. O Master, having found Thee to be a precious, choice, and firmly set
corner-stone in
unshakeable foundation.
6. When Thy side was pierced, the drops of blood fell together with the
deifying water,
and refashioned the world. And the
divine host of all the Saints addressed Thee as
Benefactor.
7. We praise most reverently the
God-inspired cloud of witnesses, who by grace were
made luminous, and shine more resplendently in the royal purple of their
blood and in the
crimson of their steadfast contest.
8. We all know thee to be the all-true
Mother of God, through whom the nature of
women, having been given strength, contested for Christ, O all-spotless one,
and was
filled with every virtue in a godly manner.
Troparia and Kontakion
Tone 8: From on high
didst Thou descend, O compassionate One; /
to burial of
three days hast Thou submitted /
that Thou
mightest free us from our passions. //
O our Life and Resurrection, O
Lord, glory be to Thee.
Tone 4: Adorned in the blood of Thy martyrs /
throughout all the
world, as in purple and fine linen, /
Thy Church, through them doth cry
unto Thee, O Christ God: /
Send down Thy compassions upon Thy
people;//
grant peace to
Thy flock and to our souls great mercy.
Glory…Both now… Tone 8:
To Thee, O Lord, the planter of creation, /
the world doth
offer the God-bearing martyrs as the first-fruits of nature. /
By their intercessions, preserve
Thy Church, Thy commonwealth, in profound peace, //
through the
Theotokos, O Greatly-merciful One.
The Epistle
Reader: The
Prokimenon in the 8th Tone: Make
your vows and pay them to the Lord
our God.
Choir: Make your vows and pay them to the Lord
our God.
Reader: In Judea is God known,
His name is great in
Choir:
Make your vows and pay them to the Lord our God.
Reader: In the 4th Tone: Wondrous is God in
His saints, the God of
Choir:
Wondrous is God in His saints, the God of Israel.
Reader: The
[Hebrews
11:33-12:2]
Reader: Alleluia
in the 4th Tone.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: The
righteous cried, and the Lord heard them.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Many
are the tribulations of the righteous, and the Lord shall deliver them out
of
them all.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matthew10:32,33,37-38;
19 27-30]
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord in the heavens,
praise Him in the highest! Rejoice
in the Lord,
O ye righteous; praise is meet for the upright.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!