15th Sunday After Pentecost / The Indiction / Ss. Peter and Febronia of Murom

Beatitude Verses: Octoechos: 4; Indiction, from Ode 3: 4; Saints, from Ode 6: 4.

 

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. 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.

 

7. 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.

 

8. 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.

 

9. O all-honored couple!  O great luminaries!  Sanctify and glorify those who with love glorify

you in hymns, O wonderworkers.

 

10. As an all-radiant twain and an all-honored summit and couple, who took up the yoke of the

Lord, ye served Him with all your soul.

 

11. As good counselors for your own way of life, possessing a single mind in two bodies, ye

illumine the world with miracles; wherefore, illumine us also by your supplications.

 

12. The voices of the prophets make clear that thou art the Mother of God, O Virgin; and

beholding the fulfillment of their honored prophecies, we also hymn thee, who art truly the

abode of virginity and purity.

 

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.

 

Glory… Tone 8:  Having lived well in piety, O blessed Peter, /

thou wast like a most precious offshoot of the root of piety; /

and thus having pleased God in peace with thy spouse, the all-wise Febronia, /

ye were vouchsafed the life of the holy monastics.  /

With them pray ye to the Lord, that He preserve your homeland unharmed, //

that we may honor you unceasingly.

 

Both now… 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.

 

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); II Cor. 1:21-2:4 (§170); 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. 22:1-14 (§89); Matt. 11:27-30 (§43)]

 

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.

 

Glory… Tone 8:  Pondering the transitory glory and governance of this world, /

for this thou didst live piously in peace with the all-wise Febronia thy spouse, /

O Peter, pleasing God with almsgiving and prayers.  /

Wherefore, lying inseparably in the tomb even after death, ye invisibly impart healing.  //

Pray ye now unto Christ, that He preserve your city and the people who glorify you.

 

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.

 
 

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