9th Sunday After Pentecost / The Holy Fathers of the First Six Ecumenical Councils

Beatitudes on 10, Octoechos 6; Fathers 4, Ode 3.

 

1.  Remember us, O Christ, Thou Savior of the world, as Thou didst remember the thief

upon the Cross; and account us all worthy of Thy heavenly kingdom, O Thou Who alone

art compassionate.

 

2.  Hearken, O Adam, and rejoice with Eve; for he who of old stripped you both naked,

and by deception hath taken all of us captive, hath been set at nought by the Cross of

Christ.

 

3.  Nailed of Thine own will to the Tree, O our Savior, Thou didst deliver Adam from the

curse which came through the tree, and hast rewarded that which is in Thine image with a

dwelling in paradise, in that Thou art compassionate.

 

4.  Today is Christ risen from the tomb, granting incorruption unto all the faithful; and He

reneweth the joy of the myrrh-bearing women after His suffering and resurrection.

 

5.  Rejoice, O wise myrrh-bearing women, who were first to behold the resurrection of

Christ, and who proclaimed to the apostles the glad tidings of the restoration of the whole

world!

 

6.  O ye apostles, who are manifestly the friends of Christ and are to be enthroned with

Him in glory: entreat Him with boldness, that He intercede for us, for ye are His disciples.

 

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 8:  From on high didst Thou descend, O compassionate One; /

to burial of three days hast Thou submitted /

that Thou mightest free us from our passions. //

O our Life and Resurrection, O Lord, glory be to Thee.

 

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 8th Tone:  Make your vows and pay them to the Lord

our God.

Choir: Make your vows and pay them to the Lord our God.

Reader:  In Judea is God known, His name is great in Israel.

Choir:  Make your vows and pay them to the Lord our God.

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 Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Romans:

[I Cor. 3:9-17 (§128); Heb. 13:7-16 (§334)]

 

Reader: Alleluia in the 8th Tone: Come let us rejoice in the Lord, let us shout with jubilation unto God our Savior.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Reader:  Let us come before His countenance with thanksgiving, and with psalms let us shout in jubilation unto Him.

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 [Matt. 14:22-34 (§59); John 17:1-13 (§56)]

 

Kontakia

 

Tone 8:  Having risen from the tomb, Thou didst raise up the dead and didst resurrect Adam. /

Eve also danceth at Thy Resurrection, //

and the ends of the world celebrate Thine arising from the dead, O Greatly-merciful one.

 

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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