14th Sunday after Pentecost / St. Moses the Black
Beatitudes
on 8, from the Octoechos.
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. O indivisible Trinity, all-effecting and
all-powerful Unity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: Thee do we hymn as
our true God and Savior!
8. Rejoice, O animate temple of God and
impassible gate! Rejoice, O fiery throne
which burneth yet is not consumed!
Rejoice, O Mother of Emmanuel, Christ our God!
Troparia
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.
[Troparion of the
Glory… Tone 1:
A desert-dweller, an
angel in the flesh and a wonderworker /
wast thou shown to be, O our God-bearing father
Moses. /
For, having acquired
heavenly gifts through fasting, vigilance and prayer, /
thou dost heal the
infirm and the souls of those who have recourse to thee with faith. /
Glory to Him Who
gave thee strength! /
Glory to Him Who
crowned thee! //
Glory to Him Who
through thee worketh healings for all.
Both now… Tone 1:
When Gabriel
announced to thee, “Rejoice!”, O Virgin, /
the Master of all
became incarnate within thee, the holy tabernacle, at his cry, /
as the righteous
David said. /
Thou wast shown to
be more spacious than the heavens, /
having borne thy
Creator. /
Glory to Him Who
made His abode within thee! /
Glory to Him Who
came forth from thee! //
Glory to Him Who hath set us free by thy birthgiving.
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in
the 5th Tone: Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt preserve us from
this generation and for evermore.
Choir: Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt
preserve us from this generation and for evermore.
Reader: Save me, O Lord
for a righteous man there is no more.
Choir: Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt
preserve us from this generation and for evermore.
Reader: Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt preserve us.
Choir: From this generation and for
evermore.
Reader: The Reading is from the Second Epistle of the Holy Apostle
Paul to the Corinthians: [II Cor.
1:21-2:4 (§170)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 5th
Tone:
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Of Thy mercies, O Lord, will I sing for
ever. Unto generation and generation will
I declare Thy truth with my mouth.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: For Thou hast
said: Mercy shall be built up for ever, in the heavens shall Thy truth be
established.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matt. 22:1-14 (§89)]
Kontakia
Tone 5: Unto hades, O my Savior, didst Thou descend,
/
and having broken
its gates as one omnipotent, /
Thou, as Creator,
didst raise up the dead together with Thyself. /
And Thou didst break
the sting of death, /
and didst deliver
Adam from the curse, O Lover of mankind. /
Wherefore, we all
cry unto Thee: //
Save us, O Lord.
[Kontakion of the
Glory… Tone 4: Having beaten the Moors and spat in the faces
of the demons, /
thou didst shine
forth noetically like the radiant sun, //
directing our lives
by the light of thy life and thy teaching.
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.