3rd
Sunday After Pentecost / All
Saints of
Beatitude
Verses: Octoechos: 6; Saints: 4 from Ode 3.
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. Risen from the tomb, Thou didst meet the myrrh-bearing women; and Thou didst tell Thy disciples to announce Thine arising.
6. Those who slept in darkness, beholding Thee, the Light, in the nethermost parts of hades, O Christ, were raised from the dead.
7. Thou art a spiritual paradise, O Island of the Saints, bringing forth a multitude of spiritual blossoms, O blessed fathers and mothers, whose number it is not possible to
reckon. We therefore praise and hymn the One Master for all the throng of the saints of
the Irish land.
8. Rejoice and be glad, O servant of Christ, Palladius who was the first sent, bringing the Word of God to the souls of the humble who had long thirsted for the Wisdom and Truth of God. Rejoice, O great and noble Patrick, thou didst go out to the Irish land as Apostle,
teaching the Trinity and thus freeing those that were held captive by the demons from the
wiles of the serpent. Pray thou now that the souls of all who dwell in the Irish land may
be saved.
9. By thy holy intercessions, thou many thousandfold Thebaid of Irish saints, whose zeal spilled out across the seas, teach us to seek out the salvation of our souls, for thy light
hath spread across the ocean to the West and across the sea to the East and all the peoples
of the earth sing of thy holy feats.
10. Lo! The time for the intercession of the Birthgiver of God is come, for temptations have grown manyfold. Behold! Now is the time to sing out to her! Let us therefore say
with our whole heart: O Sovereign Lady, help thou thy people!
Troparia 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.
Glory…Tone 8:
From the ends of the earth, O Lord, the Isles of the Sea /
offer Thee all the saints who have shone forth
therein as the fair fruit of Thy saving splendor. /
Through their
supplications and through the Mother of God, //
preserve Thy Church and Thine Isles in peace
profound, O most Merciful One.
Both now… Tone
8: O Good One, Who for our sake wast born of the
Virgin /
and, having endured crucifixion, cast down
death by death, /
and as God revealed the resurrection: /
disdain not that which Thou hast fashioned with
Thine own hand. /
Show forth Thy
love for mankind, O Merciful One; /
accept the Theotokos who gave Thee birth and
prayeth for us; //
and save Thy despairing people, O our Savior!
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in the 2nd Tone: The Lord is my strength and my song, and
He is become my salvation.
Choir:
The Lord is my strength and my song, and He is
become my salvation.
Reader: With
chastisement hath the Lord chastened me, but He hath not given me over
unto death.
Choir: The Lord is my strength and my song, and He
is become my salvation.
Reader: In the 7th Tone: Precious in the sight of the Lord is the
death of His saints.
Choir: Precious in
the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.
Reader: The
[Romans 5:1-10; Hebrews 11:33-12:2]
Reader: Alleluia in the 2nd Tone The Lord hear thee in the day of affliction; the name of
the God of Jacob defend thee.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: O Lord,
save the king, and hearken unto us in the day when we call upon Thee.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 1st Tone: O God, Thou givest
avengement unto me and hast subdued
peoples
under me
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matthew 6:22-33; 4:25-5:12]
Kontakia:
Tone 2: Thou didst rise from the tomb, O omnipotent Savior, /
and Hades was terrified on beholding the wonder; /
and the dead arose, /
and creation at the sight thereof rejoiceth with Thee. /
And Adam also is joyful, //
and the world, O my Savior, praiseth Thee for ever.
Glory… Tone 3:
Today the choirs
of the saints who have pleased God in the
stand forth in the Church and unseen pray to
God for us. /
With them the
angels give glory; /
and all the saints of the
and all together they beseech for us //
the Pre-Eternal God.
Both now... Tone 6:
O protection of
Christians that cannot be put to shame, /
O mediation unto
the creator unfailing, /
disdain not the suppliant voices of sinners, /
but be thou quick, O good one, to help us who
in faith cry unto thee; /
hasten to intercession and speed thou to make
supplication, //
thou who dost ever protect, O Theotokos, them
that honor thee.