17th
Sunday after Pentecost / St. Eumenius, Bishop of Gortyna / Afterfeast of
the Exaltation
Beatitudes on 10: Octoechos: 6;
Feast: 4, from Ode 6.
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 &8. Jonah stretched
out his hands in the form of a cross within the belly of the sea monster,
plainly prefiguring the redeeming Passion. Cast out from thence after three days,
he foreshadowed the marvelous Resurrection of Christ our God, who was crucified
in the flesh and enlightened the world by His Rising on the third day.
9. Bent with age and weighed
down with infirmity, Jacob drew himself up when he
crossed his arms, showing
forth the power of the life-bearing Cross; for God Who was
nailed in the flesh hath
set aright the obsolescence of the law of the Scripture which was
written in shadows, and
hath dispelled the soul-destroying disease of deception.
10. Divine Israel, laying
his hands cross-wise upon the heads of the young, revealed that the people who
hath the honor of being the elder is a slave to the law. Wherefore, when suspected
of erring in so doing, he did not alter the life-bearing image, for, he said, protected
by the Cross, the newly established people of Christ God surpass them.
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 1: O
Lord, save Thy people /
and bless Thine
inheritance. /
Grant Thou victory unto
Orthodox Christians /
over their enemies, /
and by the power of Thy
Cross //
do Thou preserve Thy
commonwealth.
[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 2: Illumined
with divine light, /
thou dost enlighten us who
hymn /
thine honored, glorious
and holy repose with love, /
O most blessed and holy
hierarch, father Eumenius, //
unceasingly praying for us
all.
Both now... Tone 4:
O Thou Who wast lifted up
willingly on the Cross, /
bestow Thy mercies upon
the new community named after Thee, O Christ God; /
gladden with Thy power the
Orthodox Christians, /
granting them victory over
enemies; //
may they have as Thy help
the weapon of peace, the invincible trophy.
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in the 7th Tone: Exalt ye the Lord our
God, and worship the footstool of His feet for it is holy.
Choir: Exalt ye the Lord our God, and
worship the footstool of His feet for it is holy.
Reader: The Lord is king,
let the peoples rage.
Choir: Exalt
ye the Lord our God, and worship the footstool of His feet for it is holy.
Reader: Exalt ye the Lord our God.
Choir: And worship the footstool of
His feet for it is holy.
Reader: The Reading is from the
Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Galatians:
[Gal.
2:16-20 (§203); II Cor. 6:16-7:1 (§182 mid)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 1st Tone.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia!
Reader: Remember Thy
congregation which Thou hast purchased from the beginning.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia!
Reader: But God is our king
before the ages, He hath wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia
Gospel [Mark
8:34-9:1 (§37); Matt. 15:21-28 (§62)]
Instead of
“It is truly meet…” we chant the Irmos of the 9th Ode of the First Canon of the
feast, Eighth Tone:
Refrain: Magnify, O my soul, the most precious Cross of the
Lord.
Irmos: O Theotokos, thou art a mystical Paradise, /
who untilled hast brought
forth Christ. /
He hath planted upon the
earth the life-giving Tree of the Cross: /
therefore at its exaltation on this day, //
we worship Him and thee do we magnify.
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest! The Light
of Thy countenance, O Lord, hath been signed upon us. Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia!