17th Sunday After
Pentecost / Afterfeast of the Nativity of the
Theotokos / Holy Virgins Menodora, Metrodora and Nymphodora.
Beatitudes on 10: Octoechos:
6; Feast: 4, from Ode 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. 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.
3. Nailed of Thine
own will to the 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.
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. Rejoice, O wise
myrrh-bearing women, who were first to behold the resurrection of
Christ, and who proclaimed to the apostles the glad
tidings of the restoration of the whole
world!
6. O ye apostles,
who are manifestly the friends of Christ and are to be enthroned with
Him in glory: entreat Him with boldness, that He intercede for us, for ye are His disciples.
7. We hymn Thee, O Lord, Who hast given unto all, as a haven of salvation, her who
gaveth birth to Thee.
8. Christ hath revealed thee, O Bride of God, to all who with faith hymn thy mystery as
their boast and might.
9. The Patriarch Jacob, clearly foreseeing the mighty works of Thy dispensation, O
Savior, cried out in the Spirit, saying mystically to Judah: “From the tender plant thou art
gone up, O my Son!”, referring to Thee, O God, Who wast born of the Virgin.
10. The all-unoriginate Origin receiveth a beginning from thee in the flesh and in time, O
Theotokos, and He remaineth equally the unoriginate and incarnate Word of the Father,
equally everlasting with the Spirit, maintaining His divine dignity.
Troparia &
Kontakia
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: Thy
nativity, O Theotokos Virgin, /
hath proclaimed joy to all the world; /
for from thee hath dawned the Sun of Righteousness,
Christ our God, /
annulling the curse, and bestowing the blessing, //
abolishing death and granting us life eternal.
[Troparion of the
Temple]
Tone 8: Having risen from the tomb, Thou didst raise up the dead and didst resurrect Adam. /
Eve also danceth at Thy Resurrection, //
and the ends of the world celebrate Thine arising from
the dead, O Greatly-merciful one.
[Kontakion of the
Temple]
Glory… Tone 4: Clad
as sisters in the Spirit, /
ye who contended with endurance for the Trinity /
have vanquished the greatly cunning enemy; /
wherefore, ye have made your abode /
with the five virgins in the heavenly bridal chamber, /
O passion-bearers, //
and with the angels ye stand in unceasing gladness before
the King of all.
Tone 4: Joachim and Anna were freed from the reproach
of childlessness /
and Adam and Eve from the corruption of death, by thy holy
nativity, O immaculate one, /
which thy people, redeemed from the guilt of offenses, /
celebrate, by crying to thee: //
The barren woman giveth birth to the Theotokos, the
nourisher of our life.
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in the 6th Tone: Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine
inheritance.
Choir: Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.
Reader: Unto Thee, O Lord, Will I cry; O my God, be not silent unto me.
Choir: Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.
Reader: In the 3rd Tone: My soul doth magnify the
Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in
God my Savior.
Choir: My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior.
Reader: The Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Galatians:
[Gal. 6:11-18
(§215)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 1st Tone:
I have raised up one chosen out of my people; with my
holy oil have I anointed him.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: For My hand shall be unto Him an ally, and Mine arm shall strengthen him.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the
8th Tone: Hearken, O daughter, and
see, and incline thine ear.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [John
3:13-17 (§9)]
Instead
of “It is truly meet…” we chant the Irmos of the 9th Ode of the
Second Canon
of
the feast, Eighth Tone:
Refrain: Magnify, O my soul, / the most glorious nativity of the
Mother of God.
Irmos: Foreign to mothers is
virginity, /
and strange is childbirth for
virgins, /
yet both were accomplished in
thee, O Theotokos. /
Wherefore, we and all generations
of the earth //
without ceasing do magnify thee.
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest! I will
take the cup of salvation, and I will call upon the name of the Lord. Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia!