32nd Sunday After Pentecost / The Eve of Theophany

Beatitudes on 10: Octoechos: 6; Forefeast: 4, from Ode 3.

 

1.  The fruit which slew me was beautiful and good to eat; but Christ is the Tree of life,

and eating of Him I do not die, but cry out with the thief: Remember me, O Lord, in Thy

kingdom!

 

2.  O Compassionate One, Who wast lifted up upon the Cross, Thou hast erased the

record of Adam’s ancient sin, and hast saved the whole human race from deception. 

Wherefore, we hymn Thee, O Lord and Benefactor.

 

3.  Thou didst nail our sins to the Cross, O compassionate Christ, and by Thy death Thou

didst slay death, O Thou who didst raise up the dead from among the dead.  Wherefore,

we worship Thy holy resurrection.

 

4. The serpent once poured its venom into the ears of Eve; but on the tree of the Cross,

Christ poured forth the sweetness of life upon the world.  Wherefore, we cry out:

Remember us, O Lord, in Thy kingdom!

 

5.  Thou wast laid in the tomb as one dead, O Christ, Thou Life of all; and Thou didst

break down the gates of hades; and having risen again in glory on the third day as One

mighty, Thou hast illumined all.  Glory to Thine arising!

 

6.  Having risen from the dead on the third day, the Lord bestowed His peace upon His

disciples; and having blessed them, He sent them forth saying: Lead all into My

kingdom!

 

7 & 8.  Christ, Who hath been seated with the Father and the Spirit from before time

began, and Who became incarnate of the Virgin in latter times, cometh to baptism,

granting immortality unto all through the divine font, as He knoweth.

 

9. Desiring, in the loving-kindness of His mercy, to bury our sins with water in the

Jordan’s streams, Christ God cometh forth and by baptism restoreth us who have become

corrupt.

 

10.  Covering the shameful nakedness of our first father Adam, Thou hast voluntarily

stripped Thyself naked, O Christ, and Thou coverest Thyself in the streams of the Jordan,

O Thou Who alone art greatly merciful, and Who coverest Thy chambers with waters. 

 

Troparia

 

Tone 7: Thou didst destroy death by Thy Cross, /

Thou didst open paradise to the thief. /

Thou didst change the lamentation of the Myrrh-bearers, /

and Thou didst command Thine Apostles to proclaim  /

that Thou didst arise, O Christ God, //

and grantest to the world great mercy.

 

Glory… [Troparion of the Temple]

 

Both now…Tone 4:

The River Jordan was once turned back by the mantle of Elisha /

when Elijah had been taken up, /

and the waters were divided hither and thither.  /

And for him the watery path became dry, /

verily as a type of baptism, /

whereby we cross the flowing stream of life.  //

Christ hath appeared in the Jordan to sanctify the waters.

 

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 Timothy:

[II Tim. 4:5-8 (§298); I Tim 1:15-17 (§280 (mid)).]

 

Reader: Alleluia in the 8th Tone.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Reader: God be gracious unto us and bless us.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Reader:  Cause Thy face to shine upon us, and have mercy on us.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

 

Gospel [Mark 1:1-8 (§1); Luke 18:35-43 (§93)]

 

Kontakia

 

Tone 7:  No longer will the dominion of death be able to keep men captive; /

for Christ hath descended, demolishing and destroying the powers thereof. /

Hades is bound; /

the prophets rejoice with one voice, saying: /

A Savior hath come for them that have faith. // 

Come forth, ye faithful, for the Resurrection.

 

Glory… [Kontakion of the Temple]

 

Both now… Tone 4:  In the running waters of Jordan today /

the Lord cried to John:  /

Be not afraid to baptize Me, /

for, I am come to save Adam, //

the first-fashioned man.

 

 

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