The
Indiction / St. Symeon the Stylite
Beatitude
Verses on 8: Indiction, from Ode 3: 4; Saint, from Ode 6: 4.
1 & 2. O Good One, establish
Thou that which Thy right hand hath lovingly planted on the earth, preserving
Thy Church, the fertile vineyard, O Almighty One.
3. O Master, God of all
things, lead through this year which beginneth those who adorn themselves with
divinely beautiful spiritual works, and who hymn Thee with faith.
4. O compassionate Christ,
grant me a tranquil year and fill me with Thy divine words which Thou didst
reveal when Thou didst speak to the Jews on the Sabbath.
5. Christ hath shown thee
to be a worker of signs and wonders and an acceptable habitation of divine
activity, O blessed one.
6. Thy body didst thou
raise up upon thy pillar as upon a cross, O Symeon. Wherefore, thou hast been glorified with
Christ Who was lifted up upon the Cross for thy sake.
7. Having found the path
on high, O wondrous Symeon, raise up to the heights of heaven those who
faithfully hymn thee.
8. We recognize thee as the mountain which
Daniel beheld, when Christ, the unquarried Stone of faith, was cut.
Troparia & Kontakia Tone 2: O Fashioner of all creation, /
Who in Thine authority hast appointed the times and seasons: /bless Thou the crown of the year with Thy goodness, O Lord, /preserving in peace Orthodox Christians and Thy City, //and save us through the prayers of the Theotokos. Glory… Tone 1: Thou wast a pillar of patience, O venerable one, /
emulating the forefathers: /Job, in afflictions; Joseph, in temptations, /and the life of the incorporeal hosts while in the body. /O Symeon our father, //entreat Christ God that our souls be saved. Both now… Tone 1: Rejoice, O highly-favored Virgin Mary, /
haven and intercession of the human race, /for from thee was the Deliverer of the world incarnate, /for thou alone art Mother and Virgin, /ever-blessed and most glorified. //Entreat Christ God that He grant peace unto the whole world.
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in
the 3rd Tone: Great is our Lord, and great is His strength,
and of His understanding there is no measure.
Choir:
Great is our Lord,
and great is His strength, and of His understanding there is no measure.
Reader: Praise ye the
Lord, for a psalm is a good thing; let praise be sweet unto our God.
Choir: Great is our Lord,
and great is His strength, and of His understanding there is no measure.
Reader: In the 7th
Tone: 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 First Epistle of the Holy Apostle
Paul to Timothy:
[I Tim. 2:1-7 (§282); Col. 3:12-16 (§258)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 4th
Tone: To Thee is due praise, O God, in Zion; and unto Thee shall a vow be
rendered in Jerusalem.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Thou shalt
bless the crown of the year with Thy goodness.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 6th
Tone: Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord; in His commandments shall
he greatly delight.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Luke
4:16-22 (§13); Matt. 11:27-30 (§43)]
Tone 2: Making of thy pillar a fiery chariot, /
searching the heights thou didst unite thyself to those who are on
High. /
Wherefore, thou wast a converser
with angels, O venerable one, /
praying unceasingly with
them //
to Christ God in behalf of
us all.
Glory… Both now... Tone 2: O Christ our King Who livest in the
highest, /
Creator and
Maker of all things, visible and invisible, /
Who hast fashioned
days and nights, seasons and years: /
bless Thou now
the crown of the year; /
preserve and
keep in peace Orthodox hierarchs, /
this city and
Thy people, //
O greatly
Merciful One.