30th Sunday after Pentecost / Sunday of the Holy
Fathers
Beatitudes on 10,
Octoechos 6; Fathers 4, 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. When Thou wast crucified between two condemned thieves, O Christ, one of them blasphemed Thee and was justly damned, while the other confessed Thee and dwelleth now in paradise. 6. When they had come to the choir of the apostles, the honorable women cried out: Christ is risen! Let us worship Him as Master and Creator. 7. Faithfully preserving the glory of the image and likeness of God, with the fire of the Spirit the children, as champions, extinguished the fire of the golden image, chanting: We know but one Lord!
8. The captive children, clothed with the wisdom and power of the Spirit, put to shame the wise men of Babylon and boldly cried out: None is holy save Thee, O Lord Who lovest mankind!
9. The law doth rejoice and joineth chorus with the children and the prophets and doth exult today before the divine advent of the Lord. And Abraham doth rejoice, for from his seed hath the incarnate Lord appeared.
10. A conception without pain, an acceptance of thy birthgiving hath transpired in manner beyond recounting, O Theotokos, for the Word of God, Who is God and was proclaimed by the prophets, hath shown Himself to be a mystery beyond nature.
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 2: Great are the achievements of faith! /
In the fountain of flame, as in refreshing water, /
the Three Holy Children rejoiced. /
And the prophet Daniel proved a shepherd of lions as of sheep. //
By their prayers, O Christ God, save our souls.
Glory… Both now… Tone 6:
A hand-wrought image ye would not worship, O thrice-blessed ones; /
but armed with the Indescribable Essence, /
ye were glorified in your ordeal by fire. /
Standing in the midst of the irresistible flame, /
ye called upon God: /
Speed Thou, O Compassionate One, /
and hasten, as Thou art Merciful, to come unto our aid, //
for Thou art able if Thou will it.
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in the 4th Tone:
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, the God of our fathers, and praised and glorified is
Thy name unto the ages.
Choir: Blessed art Thou, O Lord, the God of our fathers,
and praised and glorified is Thy name unto the ages.
Reader:
For righteous art Thou in all which Thou hast done for us.
Choir: Blessed art Thou, O Lord, the God of our
fathers, and praised and glorified is Thy name unto the ages.
Reader: Blessed art Thou, O Lord, the God of our fathers.
Choir: And praised and
glorified is Thy name unto the ages.
Reader:
The
[Heb. 11:9-10,17-23,32-40 (§328)]
Reader: Alleluia
in the 4th Tone:
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: O
God, with our ears have we heard, for our fathers have told us.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader:
Thou hast saved us from them that afflict us, and them that hate us hast Thou
put to shame.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matt. 1:1-25
(§1)]
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!