Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee /Afterfeast of the Meeting of the Lord
Beatitudes on 12: Octoechos 4; Triodion 4, from Ode 6; Feast 4, from Ode 3.
1. Believing Thee to be God, O Christ, the thief on the cross confessed Thee in a pure
manner, crying out from the depths of his heart: Remember me in Thy kingdom, O Lord!
2. Together let us hymn as Savior and Creator, Him Who on the Cross budded forth life
for our race and caused the curse which originated from the tree to wither up.
3. By Thy death hast Thou destroyed the power of death, O Christ, and Thou didst raise
up with Thyself the dead of ages past, who now hymn Thee as our true God and Savior.
4. Arriving at Thy tomb, O Christ, the honorable women sought to anoint Thee with
myrrh, O Bestower of life; but an angel appeared to them, crying out: The Lord is risen!
5. The Publican and the Pharisee ran the race of life together, but the one was overcome
by foolish pride and brought to shameful shipwreck, while the other was saved by
humility.
6. Changing to a righteous course of life, let us emulate the wisdom of the Publican and
flee from the hateful conceit of the Pharisee; and so let us attain to life.
7. Let us eagerly follow the ways of Jesus the Savior and His humility, if we desire to
attain the everlasting tabernacle of joy and to dwell in the land of the living.
8. O Master, thou hast shown to thy disciples the humility that raises men on high:
girding Thy loins with a towel, Thou hast washed their feet and so prepared them to
follow Thy example.
9. O Lord, the firm foundation of those that put their trust in Thee, do Thou confirm the
Church, which Thou hast purchased with thy precious blood.
10. He that was first begotten of the Father before the ages hath appeared as the first-born
Babe of the undefiled Virgin, stretching forth His hand unto Adam.
11. God the Word hath appeared as a babe, setting aright the first-created man, who
through deception had become childish of mind.
12. The Creator, having become a Babe without undergoing change, hath shown forth our
nature, the product of the earth to which it doth return again, to be like unto divinity.
Troparia &
Kontakia
Tone 5: Let us, O faithful, praise and worship the
Word /
Who is
co-unoriginate with the Father and the Spirit, /
and Who was born
of the Virgin for our salvation; /
for He was
pleased to ascend the Cross in the flesh /
and to endure
death, //
and to raise the
dead by His glorious Resurrection.
Tone 1: Rejoice, thou who art full of grace, O Virgin Theotokos, /
for from thee hath risen the Sun of Righteousness, Christ our God, /
enlightening those in darkness. /
Rejoice, thou also, O righteous Elder, /
as thou receivest in thine arms the Redeemer of our souls, //
Who also granteth unto us the Resurrection.
Glory… Tone
3:
Unto the Lord let us sinners offer groanings like those of the Publican /
and let us fall down before Him, as He is Master. /
For He desireth the salvation of all men; /
He granteth forgiveness unto all that repent. /
For our sake He became incarnate, //
He who with the Father is co-unoriginate God.
Both now... Tone 1:
Thou Who didst sanctify the
Virgin’s womb by Thy birth, /
and didst bless Symeon’s hands as was meet, /
by anticipation didst even now
save us, O Christ God. /
But grant peace in the midst of
wars unto Thy commonwealth, /
and strengthen Orthodox
Christians //
whom Thou hast loved, O only
Lover of mankind.
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in
the 5th Tone: Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt
preserve us from this generation and for evermore.
Choir: Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt
preserve us from this generation and for
evermore.
Reader: Save me, O Lord
for a righteous man there is no more.
Choir: Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt
preserve us from this generation and for
evermore.
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 Second Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to Timothy:
[II Tim. 3:10-15 (§296)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 5th
Tone: Of Thy mercies, O Lord, will I sing for ever. Unto
generation and generation will I
declare Thy truth with my mouth.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: For Thou hast
said: Mercy shall be built up for ever, in the heavens shall Thy
truth be established.
Reader: In the 8th
Tone: Now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, O Master,
according to Thy word.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Luke 18:10-14
(§89)]
Instead of “It is truly
meet…” we chant the Irmos of the 9th Ode of the Canon of the
feast, Third Tone:
Refrain: O
Virgin Theotokos, thou hope of Christians: //
Do thou protect, preserve, and
save those that hope in thee.
Irmos: In the shadow and the letter of the Law, /
let us, the faithful, discern a figure: /
every male child that opens the womb /
shall be sanctified to God. /
Therefore do we magnify the firstborn Word and Son of the Father without beginning, /
the firstborn Child of a Mother //
who hath not known a man.
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!