13th Sunday After Pentecost / Apostle Bartholomew / Apostle Titus

Beatitudes on 8, Octoechos 8.
 
1. By the tree was Adam forced to depart from paradise; but by the Tree of the Cross was 
the thief made to dwell in paradise.  For the one by tasting, broke the commandment of 
the creator; while the other, crucified with Him, confessed the hidden God, crying out: 
Remember me in Thy kingdom!
 
2. O Lord Who wast lifted up upon the Cross, Who hast destroyed the power of death and 
as God hast destroyed the record of our sins, grant also the repentance of the thief unto us 
who faithfully serve Thee and cry out to thee, O Christ God Who alone lovest mankind: 
Remember us also in Thy kingdom!
 
3. On the Cross Thou didst tear asunder with the spear the record of our sins; and, 
numbered among the dead, Thou didst bind the tyrant of hades, O Lord Who lovest 
mankind, Who by Thy resurrection hast delivered all from the bonds of hades.  Thereby 
have we been illumined, and we cry to Thee: Remember us also in Thy kingdom!
 
4. O Thou Who alone art immortal, Who wast crucified and as almighty didst arise from 
the tomb on the third day, and hast raised up Adam, the first created: Vouchsafe that I 
also may turn to repentance with my whole heart, and may ever cry out to Thee with 
fervent faith: Remember me, O Savior, in Thy kingdom!
 
5. For our sake He Who is without passion became a man subject to the passions; and, 
nailed of His own will to the Cross, He hath raised us up with Himself.  Wherefore, we 
glorify His Cross, passion, and resurrection, whereby we have been refashioned and 
whereby we also are saved, who cry out: Remember us also in Thy kingdom!
 
6. O ye faithful, let us entreat Him who hath risen from the dead, hath made captive the 
dominion of hades, and wast seen by the myrrh-bearing women and said to them: 
“Rejoice!”, that He deliver from corruption the souls of us who ever cry out to Him with 
the voice of the noble thief: Remember us also in Thy kingdom!
 
7. O Ye faithful, let us all pray, that with one mind we may worthily glorify the Father, 
the Son, and the Holy Spirit, the unity of the Trinity in three Hypostases, unmingled, 
abiding, simple, indivisible and unapproachable; for thereby have we been delivered from 
the fiery torment.
 
8. O Christ, most merciful Master, Thy Mother, who gave birth unto Thee in the flesh 
without seed, the true Virgin, who remained incorrupt even after giving birth, do we set 
before Thee to make the supplication: Grant forgiveness of transgressions unto those who 
ever cry out to Thee: Remember us also in Thy kingdom!
 
Troparia
 
Tone 4:  Having learned the joyful proclamation of the Resurrection from the angel, /
and having cast off the ancestral condemnation, /
the women disciples of the Lord spake to the apostles exultantly: /
Death is despoiled and Christ God is risen, //
granting to the world great mercy.
 

[Troparion of the Temple]

 
Glory… Tone 3:  O holy Apostles, / 
intercede with the merciful God, //
that He grant unto our souls forgiveness of offenses.
 
Both now… Tone 3:  
We hymn thee who hast mediated the salvation of our race, O Virgin Theotokos; /
for thy Son and our God, /
accepting suffering on the Cross in the flesh He had received of thee, /
hath delivered us from corruption, //
in that He is the Lover of mankind

 

The Epistle

 

Reader: The Prokimenon in the 4th Tone: How magnified are Thy works O Lord! In

wisdom hast Thou made them all.

Choir:  How magnified are Thy works O Lord! In wisdom hast Thou made them all.

Reader: Bless the Lord, O my soul; O Lord my God, Thou hast been magnified

exceedingly.

Choir:  How magnified are Thy works O Lord! In wisdom hast Thou made them all.

Reader:  In the 8th Tone: Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth, and their words 
unto the ends of the world.
Choir:  Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of 
the world.
 

Reader: The Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the :

[I Cor. 16:13-24 (§166); Titus 1:1-4,2:15-3:3,12-13,15 (§300)]

 

Reader: Alleluia in the 4th Tone: Bend Thy bow, and proceed prosperously, and be king,

because of truth and meekness and righteousness.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Reader:  Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Reader:  In the 1st Tone: The heavens shall confess Thy wonders, O Lord, and Thy truth

in the congregation of the saints.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

 

Gospel [Matt. 21:33-42 (§87); Matt. 5:14-19 (§11)]

 

Kontakia

 

Tone 4:  My Savior and Redeemer hath, as God, /
raised up the earthborn from the grave and from their fetters, /
and He hath broken the gates of hades, /
and, as Master, //
hath risen on the third day.

 

[Kontakion of the Temple]

 

Tone 4: Thou hast appeared to the Church as a great sun, /

O Bartholomew, apostle of the Lord, /

illumining with the radiance of doctrines /

and with awesome wonders //

those who hymn thee.

 

Glory… Tone 2: Revealed as a companion of Paul, / 
O ever-memorable Apostle Titus, / 
thou recounter of sacred mysteries, / 
with him thou didst preach to us the words of divine grace. / 
Wherefore, we cry out to thee: // 
Cease thou never to pray for us all!

 

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.

 

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