6th Sunday after Pentecost / The Holy Fathers of the First Six Ecumenical Councils

/ St. Vladimir Beatitudes on 12, Octoechos: 4; Fathers: 4, from Ode 3; Saint: 4, from Ode 6.

 

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 & 6. 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.

 

7.  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.

 

8.  The multifarious murrain of the heretics destroyeth Thy flock, O Word; but the

shepherds of Thy noetic sheep have cured this by their doctrine.

 

9.  By the power of God have Satan, the destroyer of souls, and his false sacrifices been

trampled underfoot; for unto us hath Christ shown the faithful Prince Vladimir to be a

model of one who doth crush and dash him down beneath our feet.

 

10.  Of old the Lord saved Israel from slavery by the hand of Moses; and now He hath

likewise saved us all from the falsehood of idolatry by the hand of Vladimir, the faithful

prince.

 

11.  As is meet, we all call upon thee, crying aloud: Rejoice, O most honored and all-

blessed one!  For we have thee as our deliverer with God, O Vladimir.  Disdain not thy

servants, but ever preserve us.

 

12. O all-pure and all hymned Virgin, through thee we have found salvation.  Our God,

Whom the angels in heaven desire to see, hath now become a visible infant in thy womb.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Glory… Tone 4:  Thou wast like a merchant that seeketh a beautiful pearl, /

O glorious sovereign Vladimir, /

sitting on the height of the throne of the mother of cities, God-protected Kiev. /

Searching and sending to the imperial city to know the Orthodox Faith, /

thou didst find Christ, the priceless Pearl, /

Who chose thee as a second Paul, /

and Who did shake off thy spiritual and physical blindness in the holy font.  /

Wherefore, we who are thy people celebrate thy falling asleep. /

Pray that thy Russian land be saved, /

and that Orthodox people //

be granted peace and great mercy.

 

Both now… Tone 4: The mystery hidden from before the ages /
and unknown even to the angels, /
through thee, O Theotokos, hath been revealed to those on earth: /
God incarnate in unconfused union, /
Who willingly accepted the Cross for our sake /
and thereby raising up the first-formed man, //
hath saved our souls from death.
 

The Epistle

 

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:  For righteous art Thou in all which Thou hast done for us.

Choir:  Blessed art Thou, O Lord, the God of our fathers, and praised and glorified is

Thy name unto the ages.

Reader: In the 3rd Tone:  O chant unto our God, chant ye; chant unto our King, chant

ye.

Choir:  O chant unto our God, chant ye; chant unto our King, chant ye.

 

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

Romans: [Rom. 12:6-14 (§110); Heb. 13:7-16 (§334); Gal 1:11-19 (§200)]

 

Reader: Alleluia 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!

Reader: Gather together unto Him His holy ones who have established His covenant

upon sacrifices

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Reader:   In the 6th Tone: I have raised up one chosen out of My people.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

 

Gospel [Matt. 9:1-8 (§29); John 17:1-13 (§56); John 10:1-9 (§35 mid)]

 

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.

 

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.

 

Glory… Tone 8:  Like the great Apostle Paul, O most glorious Vladimir, /

in old age thou didst leave off all zeal for idols as a childish sophism, /

and as a full-grown man thou wast adorned with the royal purple of divine baptism. /

And now as thou standest in joy in the presence of Christ the Savior, /

pray that thy Russian land be saved, //

and that Orthodox people be granted peace and great mercy.

 

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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