15th Sunday After Pentecost / St. Poemen the Great
Beatitudes
on 8, from the Octoechos.
1. Remember me when
Thou comest in Thy kingdom, O God my Savior, and save me,
for Thou alone lovest mankind.
2. By a tree was Adam
deceived; yet again by the Tree of the Cross was the thief saved,
who cried out: Remember me in Thy kingdom, O Lord!
3. O Bestower of
life, Who hadst broken down the gates and portals of
hades, Thou hast
saved all who cry out to Thee, O Savior: Glory to Thine
arising!
4. O Thou Who by Thy
burial hast made death captive, and by Thy resurrection hast
filled all with joy: remember me, in that Thou art
compassionate.
5. The myrrh-bearing
women who came to the tomb heard an angel cry out: Christ, Who
hath enlightened all things is risen!
6. Together let us
all hymn Christ, Who was nailed to the Cross and hath
delivered the
world from beguilement.
7. The Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit let us glorify, saying: O Holy Trinity, save
Thou our souls!
8. O Virgin, who
ineffably conceived in the latter days and gavest birth unto thy Creator:
Save those who magnify thee!
Troparia
Tone 6:
Angelic hosts were above Thy tomb, /
and they that guarded Thee became as dead. /
And Mary stood by the grave seeking Thine immaculate
body. /
Thou didst despoil hades and
wast not tempted by it. /
Thou didst meet the Virgin and
didst grant us life. //
O Thou Who didst rise from the
dead, O Lord, glory be to Thee.
[Troparion of the Temple]
Glory… Tone 8: With streams of thy tears thou didst irrigate the barren
desert, /
and with sighs from the depths of
thy soul thou didst make it to bear fruit an hundredfold./
Thou wast a beacon to the whole
world, radiating miracles. //
O Poemen our father, entreat Christ God, that our souls be saved!
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 6th Tone: Save,
O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine
inheritance.
Choir: Save,
O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.
Reader: Unto
Thee, O Lord, Will I cry; O my God, be not silent unto me.
Choir:
Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.
Reader: Tone 7: 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 Reading is from the Second Epistle of the Holy Apostle
Paul to the
Corinthians: [II Cor. 4:6-15 (§176); Gal. 5:22-6:2 (§213)]
Reader: Alleluia
in the 6th Tone: He that dwelleth in the help of the Most
High shall
abide
in the shelter of the God of heaven.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: He
shall say unto the Lord: Thou art my helper and my refuge. He is my God,
and I
will hope in Him.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, in
His commandments shall he greatly
rejoice.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matt. 22:35-46 (§92); Matt. 4:25-5:12 (§10)]
Kontakia
Tone 6:
Having by His life bestowing hand raised up all the dead out
of the dark abysses, /
Christ God, the Giver of life, hath bestowed the
Resurrection upon the fallen human race; /
for He is the Savior of all, //
the Resurrection, and the Life, and the God of all.
[Kontakion of the
Glory… Tone 4: Today the holy memory /
of thy splendid struggles hath dawned, O father, /
gladdening the souls of the pious, /
O divinely wise Poemen, //
our venerable father.
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.