8th
Sunday after Pentecost / The Holy
Fathers of the First Six Ecumenical Councils
Beatitudes
on 10, Octoechos 6; Fathers 4, Ode 3.
1. The fruit which slew me was beautiful and good
to eat; but Christ is the Tree of life, and eating of Him I do not die, but cry
out with the thief: Remember me, O Lord, in Thy kingdom!
2. O Compassionate One, Who wast lifted up upon
the Cross, Thou hast erased the record of Adam’s ancient sin, and hast saved
the whole human race from deception. Wherefore,
we hymn Thee, O Lord and Benefactor.
3. Thou didst nail our sins to the Cross, O
compassionate Christ, and by Thy death Thou didst slay death, O Thou who didst
raise up the dead from among the dead.
Wherefore, we worship Thy holy resurrection.
4. The serpent once poured
its venom into the ears of Eve; but on the tree of the Cross, Christ poured
forth the sweetness of life upon the world.
Wherefore, we cry out: Remember us, O Lord, in Thy kingdom!
5. Thou wast laid in the tomb as one dead, O
Christ, Thou Life of all; and Thou didst break down the gates of hades; and
having risen again in glory on the third day as One mighty, Thou hast illumined
all. Glory to Thine arising!
6. Having risen from the dead on the third day,
the Lord bestowed His peace upon His disciples; and having blessed them, He
sent them forth saying: Lead all into My kingdom!
7. The mindless Arius, showing himself to be a
servant of a created being, and Macedonius, likewise revealed as abominable,
are tormented together in the fire of Gehenna with the heathen.
8. With the seven sacred councils of the holy
fathers didst thou adorn the honored Church, O Christ, driving far away the
darkness of deception as with the light of seven beacons.
9. The multifarious murrain of the heretics
destroyeth Thy flock, O Word; but the shepherds of Thy noetic sheep have cured
this by their doctrine.
10. O all-pure one, thou gavest birth unto One of
the uncreated Trinity, who is two in nature, and volition, and Whose image we
venerate, filled with grace.
Troparia
Tone 7: Thou didst destroy death by Thy Cross, /
Thou didst
open paradise to the thief. /
Thou didst change
the lamentation of the Myrrh-bearers, /
and Thou didst
command Thine Apostles to proclaim /
that Thou
didst arise, O Christ God, //
and grantest
to the world great mercy.
Glory… Tone 8: Most glorified art Thou, O
Christ our God, /
Who hast established our holy
fathers as luminous stars upon the earth, /
and through them didst guide
us all to the true Faith. //
O Most merciful One, glory be
to Thee.
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 7th Tone:
The Lord will give strength unto His people; the Lord will bless His
people with peace.
Choir: The Lord will give
strength unto His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace.
Reader: Bring unto the Lord, ye sons of
God, bring unto the Lord the sons of rams.
Choir: The Lord will give
strength unto His people; the Lord will bless His people with
peace.
Reader: In
the 4th Tone: Blessed art Thou, O Lord, the God of our fathers, and
praised and glorified is Thy name unto the ages.
Choir: Blessed art Thou, O Lord, the God of our fathers,
and praised and glorified is Thy name unto the ages.
Reader: The Reading is from the
First Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Corinthians: [I Corinthians 1:10-18 (§124); Hebrews 13:7-16 (§334)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 7th Tone. It is good to give praise unto the
Lord, and to chant unto Thy name, O Most High.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia!
Reader: To proclaim in the morning Thy mercy, and Thy truth by night.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader:
In the 1st Tone: The God of gods, the Lord hath spoken, and He
hath called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the setting thereof.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matthew
14:14-22 (§58); John 17:1-13 (§56)]
Kontakia
Tone 7: No longer will the dominion of death be able
to keep men captive; /
for Christ hath descended,
demolishing and destroying the powers thereof. /
Hades is bound; /
the prophets rejoice with
one voice, saying: /
A Savior hath come for
them that have faith. //
Come forth, ye faithful,
for the Resurrection.
Glory… Tone 8:
The preaching of
the apostles and the doctrines of the fathers confirmed the one Faith of the
Church. /
And wearing the
garment of truth, woven from the theology on high, //
She rightly
divideth and glorifieth the great mystery of piety.
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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