The Sunday of All Saints of Russia
Beatitude Verses: Octoechos: 6; All Saints of
Russia: 4
1. Through food did the enemy
lead Adam forth from paradise; but by the Cross hath
Christ led back to it the thief who cried: Remember me when Thou comest in Thy
kingdom!
2. With Adam and the thief I
worship Thy sufferings and glorify Thy resurrection; and I
cry out with a splendid voice:
Remember me, O Lord, when Thou comest in Thy
kingdom!
3. O Sinless One, of Thine own
will Thou wast crucified and placed in the Tomb, yet
Thou didst arise as God, raising up with Thyself Adam who crieth out:
Remember me
when Thou comest in Thy kingdom!
4. Raising up the temple of Thy
body by Thy resurrection on the third day, O Christ God,
Thou didst raise up Adam and his descendants who cry: Remember me when
Thou
comest in Thy kingdom!
5. Very early, the
myrrh-bearing women arrived, weeping, at Thy tomb, O Christ God;
and they found an angel sitting there, clad in white garments, who
said: What seek ye?
Christ is risen! Lament no
longer!
6. When Thine apostles went to
the mountain whither Thou hadst commanded them to
go, and saw Thee, O Savior, they worshipped Thee; and Thou didst send
them unto the
nations, to teach and baptize them.
7. We have not inherited our
land through the sword, but through Thy right hand, and
Thine upraised arm, and the light of Thy countenance; and by the tears
of Thy saints,
their struggles and sweat, their blood and teaching, is our homeland
firmly established.
8. When we turned away from
Thee and did not do Thy commandments, then didst Thou
thrust us aside and cast us down; and we have become the least among
all the nations.
But take pity on us, O God our Savior, through the entreaties of the
saints.
9. O all-blessed Trinity, return us from exile; heal our sickness and
our sorrow; and lift
our spirit from slothfulness and the sleep of sin, that we may be
worthy of our fathers and
brethren who by their struggles glorified Thy name in our land.
10. Gather in the dispersed,
return those who have been cut off, bring back again them
that have fallen away from the Orthodox Faith, comfort the weeping and
sorrowful, and
heal the dissolution of our tormented land, O thou who art full of
grace, entreating God in
our behalf with the saints who are our compatriots.
Troparia &
Kontakia
Tone 1: When the stone had been
sealed by the Jews, /
And
the soldiers were guarding Thine immaculate Body, /
Thou
didst arise on the third day, O Savior, /
granting
life unto the world. /
Wherefore,
the Hosts of the Heavens cried out to Thee, O Life-giver: /
Glory
to Thy Resurrection, O Christ. /
Glory
to Thy kingdom. //
Glory
to Thy dispensation, O only Lover of mankind.
Tone 8: As a beautiful
fruit of the sowing of Thy salvation, /
the land of Russia doth offer to Thee, O
Lord, all the Saints that have shone in her.
/
By their prayers keep the Church and the
world in profound peace, //
through the Theotokos, O Most-merciful One.
Tone 1: As God, Thou didst arise
from the tomb in glory, /
and
Thou didst raise the world together with Thyself. /
And
mortal nature praiseth Thee as God, /
and
death hath vanished. /
And
Adam danceth, O Master, /
and
Eve, now freed from fetters, rejoiceth as she crieth out: /
Thou
art He, O Christ, //
that
grantest unto all resurrection.
Glory… Tone 3:
Today
the choir of the saints who pleased God in the land of Russia /
doth
stand before us in Church and invisibly doth pray for us to God. /
With
them the angels glorify Him, /
and
all the saints of the Church of Christ keep festival with them; //
and
they all pray together for us to the Eternal God.
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 1st Tone: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according
as we have hoped
in Thee.
Choir: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us,
according as we have hoped in Thee.
Reader: Rejoice
in the Lord, O ye righteous; praise is meet for the upright.
Choir: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according
as we have hoped in Thee.
Reader: In the 7th tone: Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.
Choir: Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.
Reader: The Reading is
from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Romans.
[Romans 2:10-16;
Hebrews 11:33-12:2]
Reader: Alleluia in the 1st Tone: O God who
givest avengement unto me and hast
subdued people
under me.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: It is
He that magnifieth the salvation of His king and worketh mercy for His
anointed, for
David and for His seed unto eternity.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye
righteous
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matthew 4:18-23; 4:25-5:12]
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!