Sunday of the Last Judgment / Afterfeast of the Meeting of the Lord`
Beatitudes on 12: Octoechos
4; Triodion 4, from Ode 6; Feast 4, from Ode 7.
1. We offer Thee the cry of the thief, and we pray: Remember us in Thy kingdom, O Savior.
2. For the forgiveness of transgressions we offer unto Thee the Cross which Thou didst accept for our sake, O Thou who lovest mankind.
3. We bow down in worship, O Master, before Thy burial and rising, whereby Thou hast delivered the world from corruption, O Thou Who lovest mankind.
4. By Thy death hath death been slain, O Lord, and by Thy resurrection hast Thou saved the world, O Savior.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Deliver me, O Lord, from the gates of hell, from chaos and darkness without light,
from the lowest depths of the earth and the unquenchable fire, and from all the other
everlasting punishments.
9. O Word of God who in the midst of the fire hast dropped dew upon the children as
they discoursed on things divine, and Who hast taken up Thy dwelling in the pure Virgin:
Thee do we praise as with piety we sing: O God of our fathers, blessed art Thou.
10. I go to announce the glad tidings unto Adam who dwelleth in hades and unto Eve,
cried Symeon, joining chorus with the prophets, singing: Blessed is the God of our
fathers!
11. God Who doth deliver the mortal race shall go even unto hades; He shall grant
remission to all, sight to the blind, and even the mute shall chant: Blessed is the God of
our fathers!
12. And Symeon foretold to the Virgin: A sword shall pierce thy heart, O incorrupt one,
beholding thy Son upon the Cross, to Whom we cry out: Blessed is the God of our
fathers!
Troparia & Kontakia
Tone 2: When Thou didst descend unto death, O Life Immortal, /
then didst Thou slay Hades with the lightning of Thy Divinity. /
And when Thou didst also raise the dead out of the nethermost depths, /all the Hosts of the heavens cried out: //
O Life-giver, Christ our God, glory be to Thee.
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 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.
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 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: In
the Same 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 Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Corinthians:
[I Cor. 8:8-9:2 (§140)]
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: Now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in
peace, O Master, according to Thy
word.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matt. 25:31-46 (§106)]
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 in 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!