30th
Sunday after Pentecost / Prophet Malachi, Forefeast of Theophany
Beatitudes
on 10: Octoechos: 6; Forefeast: 4, from Ode 3.
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. When Thou
wast crucified between two condemned thieves, O Christ, one of them blasphemed
Thee and was justly damned, while the other confessed Thee and dwelleth now in
paradise.
6. When they
had come to the choir of the apostles, the honorable women cried out: Christ is
risen! Let us worship Him as Master and
Creator.
7&8. Be
glad, O human nature, thou arid desert; for, lo! Christ, the restoration of all, the Water of
life, hath appeared, watering thee with grace newly sprung forth!
9. Thou
comest forth to the waters to seek me out who have gone astray in mind, O Christ;
and entering them, Thou drownest my transgressions and leadest me up from the abyss
of all evil, in that Thou art compassionate.
10. Having
perforce to behold Thee naked, O Word, the sun hideth its rays; for Thou comest
to clothe in the garment of salvation, through honored baptism, me who have been
striped naked through the deception of the serpent.
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… Both now… Tone 4:
Make ready, O Zebulon, /
and prepare thyself, O Naphtali. /
O River Jordan, stand /
and leap for joy at receiving the Lord Who cometh to be baptized.
/
Rejoice, O Adam, with our first mother; /
hide not yourselves as in paradise of old. /
For seeing us naked, he hath appeared, /
that He may clothe us with our first garment. //
Christ hath appeared, wishing to renew the whole of creation.
The Epistle
Reader: The
Prokimenon in the 6th Tone: Save, O Lord, Thy
people and bless Thine inheritance.
Choir: Save,
O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.
Reader: Unto Thee, O Lord, Will I cry; O my God, be
not silent unto me.
Choir: Save,
O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.
Reader: Save, O
Lord, Thy people.
Choir: And bless Thine inheritance.
Reader: The
Reading is from the Second Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Timothy: [II
Tim. 4:5-8 (§298)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 8th Tone.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: God be
gracious unto us and bless us.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: May He cause His face to shine upon us and
have mercy on us.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Mark 1:1-8 (§1)]
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 4: Enriched by the gift of prophecy, O prophet,
/
thou
didst manifestly proclaim salvation to the world and the advent of Christ, //
by
Whose radiance the world hath been illumined.
Both now... Tone 4: In the streams of the Jordan today /
the Lord cried to
John: /
Be not afraid to baptize
Me, /
for, I am come to save
Adam, //
the first-fashioned man.