St. Demetrius Saturday/ Commemoration of the Departed, Tone 1 

Beatitudes, Octoechos 6.

 

1. By food did the enemy lead Adam out of paradise, but by the Cross did Christ lead

back into it the thief who cried out: Remember me, O Lord, when Thou comest in Thy

kingdom!

 

2. The countless multitude of Thine athletes – the holy hierarchs, the all-wise women and

the all-glorious prophets – entreat Thee, O Jesus our God: Grant us remission of

transgressions, and great mercy.

 

3. O most sacred athletes of Christ, who have finished your race, with the sacred

hierarchs and prophets ye have been vouchsafed to dwell in the heavenly city, rejoicing

with the angels.

 

4. O Christ, in never-waning light settle those whom Thou hast taken to Thyself,

overlooking their transgressions, in that Thou art the compassionate God, that we may

glorify Thine incalculable mercy, O Benefactor.

 

5. We worship the Father, we glorify the Son, and all of us, the faithful, hymn the all-holy

Spirit.  Remember us who cry to Thee, O God the consubstantial Trinity and Unity.

 

6. We hymn thee, O pure one, as the spacious palace, the throne of glory and the cloud of

light; and we pray: Dispel the gloomy cloud from our souls by thy divine supplications.

 

At the entrance, the choir sings:

O come let us worship and fall down before Christ, Who art wondrous in the saints, O

Son of God, save us who sing to Thee: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

 

Troparia & Kontakia

 

Tone 2:  O Apostles, Martyrs, and Prophets, /

Venerable and Righteous Ones; /

ye that have accomplished a good labor and kept the Faith, /

that have boldness before the Savior; O Good Ones, //

intercede for us, we pray, that our souls be saved.

 

Remember, O Lord, Thy servants, for Thou art good, /

and forgive them whatsoever sins they have committed in life; /

for none is sinless but Thee, Who art able to give repose //

unto them that are departed.

 

Glory… Tone 8: 

With the saints give rest, O Christ, to the souls of Thy servants, //

where there is neither sickness, nor sorrow, nor sighing, but life everlasting.

 

Both now…  Tone 8:

In thee we have a wall and a haven, /

and an intercessor acceptable to God, Whom thou didst bear, //

O Theotokos unwedded, salvation of the faithful.

 

The Epistle

 

Reader: The Prokimenon in the 8th Tone:  Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, ye righteous.

Choir:  Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, ye righteous.

Reader:  Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.

Choir:  Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, ye righteous.

Reader:  In the 6th Tone: Their souls shall dwell among good things.

Choir:  Their souls shall dwell among good things.

 

Reader: The Reading is from the First Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the

Corinthians:  [I Cor. 15:58-16:3 (§164); 1 Thess. 4:13-17 (§270)]

 

Reader: Alleluia in the 4th Tone: The righteous cried, and the Lord heard them, and He

delivered them out of all their tribulations.

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!

Reader:  In the 8th Tone: Blessed are they whom Thou hast chosen and hast taken to

Thyself, O Lord, and their memorial is unto generation and generation.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

 

Gospel [Luke 6:1-10 (§22); John 5:24-30 (§16)]

 

Communion Verse:  Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous; praise is meet for the upright.

Blessed are they whom Thou hast chosen and hast taken to Thyself O Lord, and their

memorial is unto generation and generation. Alleluia!  Alleluia!  Alleluia!

 

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