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
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
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
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
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
[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
Both now… Tone 4:
In the running waters of
the Lord cried to John: /
Be not afraid to baptize Me, /
for, I am come to save Adam, //
the first-fashioned man.