Sunday of the Last
Judgment / Tone 7
Beatitudes on 10: Octoechos
6; Triodion 4, from Ode 6.
1. The fruit which slew me was beautiful and
good to eat; but Christ is the Tree of life,
and eating
of Him I do not die, but cry out with the thief: Remember me, O Lord, in Thy
kingdom!
2. O Compassionate One, Who wast
lifted up upon the Cross, Thou hast erased the
record
of Adam’s ancient sin, and hast saved the whole human race from deception.
Wherefore,
we hymn Thee, O Lord and Benefactor.
3. Thou didst nail our sins to the Cross, O
compassionate Christ, and by Thy death Thou
didst
slay death, O Thou who didst raise up the dead from among the dead. Wherefore,
we
worship Thy holy resurrection.
4.
The serpent once poured its venom into the ears of Eve; but on the tree of the
Cross,
Christ
poured forth the sweetness of life upon the world. Wherefore, we cry out:
Remember
us, O Lord, in Thy kingdom!
5. Thou wast laid in the tomb as one dead, O
Christ, Thou Life of all; and Thou didst
break
down the gates of hades; and having risen again in glory on the third day as
One
mighty,
Thou hast illumined all. Glory to Thine arising!
6. Having risen from
the dead on the third day, the Lord bestowed His peace upon His
disciples; and having blessed them, He sent them forth saying: Lead all into My
kingdom!
7. At
Thy fearful coming, O Christ, when Thou appearest from heaven, when the thrones
are set
up and the books opened, then spare, O Savior, spare Thy creature.
8. Since God is the Judge, nothing can help thee
there, no zeal, no skill, no glory, no
friendship, but only the strength that thou gainest, my soul, from thy works.
9. O Lord, let me not hear Thee say, “Take what
is due to thee,” as Thou dost send me
from
Thy presence; let me not hear Thee say, “Depart from Me into the fire of the
accursed,”
but may I hear Thy words of blessing to the righteous.
10. Thou art the gate, pure Lady, through which One alone has passed, going in and out,
yet not
breaking the seal of thy virginity: Jesus, Adam’s Creator and thy Son.
Troparia & Kontakia
Tone 7: Thou didst
destroy death by Thy Cross, /
Thou didst open paradise to the
thief. /
Thou didst change the
lamentation of the Myrrh-bearers, /
and Thou didst command Thine Apostles to proclaim /
that Thou didst arise, O Christ God, //
and grantest to the world great mercy.
[Troparion of the Temple]
Glory... [Kontakion of the Temple]
Both now... Tone 1: When Thou, O God, shalt come to earth with
glory, /
and all things tremble, /
and the river of fire floweth before the Judgment Seat /
and the books are opened, and the hidden things made public, /
then deliver me from the unquenchable fire //
and deem me worthy to stand at Thy right hand, O most
righteous Judge.
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in the 3rd Tone: Great is our Lord, and great is His strength,
and of His understanding there is no measure.
Choir: Great
is our Lord, and great is His strength, and of His understanding there is no
measure.
Reader: Praise ye the Lord,
for a psalm is a good thing; let praise be sweet unto our God.
Choir: Great
is our Lord, and great is His strength, and of His understanding there is no
measure.
Reader: Great
is our Lord, and great is His strength
Choir: and
of His understanding there is no measure.
Reader: The Reading is
from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Corinthians:
[1 Corinthians 8:8-9:2 (§140)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 8th Tone:
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: 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!
Gospel [Matthew 25:31-46
(§106)]
Communion Verse: Praise the
Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest!
Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous; praise is meet for the upright.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!