10th
Sunday after Pentecost / Ss. Isaac, Dalmatus, and Faustus
Beatitudes on 8, from the
Octoechos.: 8.
1. Through
food did the enemy lead Adam forth from paradise; but by the Cross hath Christ
led back to it the thief who cried:
Remember me when Thou comest in Thy kingdom!
2. With Adam
and the thief I worship Thy sufferings and glorify Thy resurrection; and I cry
out with a splendid voice: Remember me,
O Lord, when Thou comest in Thy kingdom!
3. O Sinless
One, of Thine own will Thou wast crucified and placed in the Tomb, yet Thou
didst arise as God, raising up with Thyself Adam who crieth out: Remember me when
Thou comest in Thy kingdom!
4. Raising up
the temple of Thy body by Thy resurrection on the third day, O Christ God, Thou didst raise up Adam and his descendants who cry:
Remember me when Thou comest in Thy kingdom!
5. Very
early, the myrrh-bearing women arrived, weeping, at Thy tomb, O Christ God; and
they found an angel sitting there, clad in white garments, who said: What seek
ye? Christ is risen! Lament no longer!
6. When Thine
apostles went to the mountain whither Thou hadst
commanded them to go, and saw Thee, O Savior, they worshipped Thee; and Thou
didst send them unto the nations, to teach and baptize them.
7. Let us
worship the Father, let us glorify the Son, and together let us hymn the
all-holy Spirit, crying out and saying: O most Holy Trinity, save us all!
8. Thy people
bring Thy Mother before Thee to make supplication, O Christ. Through her entreaties grant us Thy
compassions, O Good One, that we may glorify Thee Who hast shone forth upon us
from the tomb.
Troparia
Tone 1: When
the stone had been sealed by the Jews, /
And the soldiers were
guarding Thine immaculate Body, /
Thou didst arise on the
third day, O Savior, /
granting life unto the
world. /
Wherefore, the Hosts of
the Heavens cried out to Thee, O Life-giver: /
Glory to Thy Resurrection,
O Christ. /
Glory to Thy kingdom. //
Glory to Thy dispensation,
O only Lover of mankind.
[Troparion of the
Glory… Tone 4: O
God of our Fathers, /
Who ever dealest with us
according to Thy gentleness, /
withdraw not Thy mercy from
us, /
but by their entreaties //
govern our life in peace.
Both now… Tone 4: The mystery hidden from before the ages /
and unknown even to the angels, /
through thee, O Theotokos, hath been revealed to those on earth: /
God incarnate in unconfused union, /
Who willingly accepted the Cross for our sake /
and thereby raising up the first-formed man, //
hath saved our souls from
death.
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in
the 1st Tone: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as
we have hoped in Thee.
Choir: Let Thy mercy, O
Lord, be upon us, according as we have hoped in Thee.
Reader: Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous; praise
is meet for the upright.
Choir: Let Thy mercy, O
Lord, be upon us, according as we have hoped in Thee.
Reader: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us.
Choir: According as we have hoped in Thee.
Reader: The Reading is
from the First Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Corinthians: [I Cor. 4:9-16 (§131)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 1st Tone.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: O God who givest avengement unto me and hast
subdued people under me.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: It is He that
magnifieth the salvation of His king and worketh mercy for His anointed, for
David and for His seed unto eternity.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matt. 17:14-23 (§72)]
Kontakia
Tone 1: As
God, Thou didst arise from the tomb in glory, /
and Thou didst raise the
world together with Thyself. /
And mortal nature praiseth
Thee as God, /
and death hath vanished. /
And Adam danceth, O
Master, /
and Eve, now freed from
fetters, rejoiceth as she crieth out: /
Thou art He, O Christ, //
that grantest unto all
resurrection.
[Kontakion of the
Glory… Tone 2: With hymns let us praise
Isaac, Dalmatus, and Faustus, /
who
shone forth like beacons through fasting /
and
turned away heresies with faith; //
for
they are saints of God who entreat Him in our behalf.
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.