17th Sunday After Pentecost / The Hieromartyr Phocas / Apostle Quadratus

Beatitude Verses: Octoechos: 8

 

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.  O unoriginate Trinity, indivisible Essence, Unity equally enthroned, equal in honor

and glory, transcendent Nature and Kingship: Save us who praise Thee with faith!

 

8. Rejoice, spacious habitation of God!  Rejoice, ark of the new covenant!  Rejoice, jar

whence the heavenly Manna is given to all!

 

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.

 

[Troparion of the Temple]

 

Tone 3:  O holy Apostle Quadratus, /

entreat thou the merciful God, //

that He grant unto our souls forgiveness of offenses.

 

Tone 4: As thou didst share in the ways of the apostles /

and didst occupy their throne, /

thou didst find thine activity to be a passage to divine vision, /

O divinely inspired one. /

Wherefore, ordering the word of truth, /

thou didst suffer for the Faith even to the shedding of thy blood, /

O hieromartyr Phocas, /

Entreat Christ God, //

that our souls be saved.

 

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]

 

Tone 8:  O Lord, the world offereth Thee the Apostle Quadratus /

as an honored and sacred hierarch and a most steadfast athlete; /

and with hymns it honoreth his precious memory, /

ever begging that remission of transgressions //

thus be given unto those who hymn him, O Compassionate one.

 

Tone 6: As a hierarch who offered sacrifice, O father, /

thou didst ultimately offer thyself as a living sacrifice, /

bearing witness under the law concerning Christ God, /

strengthened by angels, assenting to death, /

O thou who art with those who cry to thee: //

Come thou with us, O Phocas, and no one shall be against us!

 

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 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 Israel.

Choir:  Make your vows and pay them to the Lord our God.

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 Second Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the

Corinthians:  [II Cor. 6:16-7:1 (§182(mid)); Heb. 4:14-5:10 (§311)]

 

Reader: Alleluia in the 8th Tone: Come let us rejoice in the Lord, let us shout with

jubilation unto God our Savior.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Reader:  Let us come before His countenance with thanksgiving, and with psalms let us

shout in jubilation unto Him.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Reader:  In the 2nd Tone: Thy priests shall be clothed with righteousness, and Thy

righteous shall rejoice.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

 

Gospel [Luke 5:1-11 (§17); John 10:9-16 (§36)]

 

Communion Verse:  Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest! In

everlasting remembrance shall the righteous be; he shall not be afraid of evil tidings. 

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

 

 

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