33rrd Sunday After Pentecost /
Martyr Tatiana
Beatitudes on 10: Octoechos: 6;
Feast: 4, from Ode 7.
1. Remember us, O Christ, Thou Savior of the
world, as Thou didst remember the thief
upon the Cross; and account us all worthy of Thy heavenly
kingdom, O Thou Who alone
art compassionate.
2. Hearken, O Adam, and rejoice with Eve; for he
who of old stripped you both naked,
and by deception hath taken all of us captive, hath been
set at nought by the Cross of
Christ.
3. Nailed of Thine own will to the Tree, O our
Savior, Thou didst deliver Adam from the
curse which came through the tree, and hast rewarded that
which is in Thine image with a
dwelling in paradise, in that Thou art compassionate.
4. Today is Christ risen from the tomb, granting
incorruption unto all the faithful; and He
reneweth the joy of the myrrh-bearing women after His
suffering and resurrection.
5. Rejoice, O wise myrrh-bearing women, who were
first to behold the resurrection of
Christ, and who proclaimed
to the apostles the glad tidings of the restoration of the whole
world!
6. O ye apostles, who are manifestly the friends
of Christ and are to be enthroned with
Him in glory: entreat Him
with boldness, that He intercede for us, for ye are
His disciples.
7. As in heaven, with trembling and wonder the
angelic hosts stood before Thee in the
Jordan, gazing at the
extent of God’s condescension; for the God of our fathers, Who
holdeth the firmament of the waters above, stood, incarnate
as man, in the waters.
8. The cloud and the sea of old prefigured the
wonder of divine baptism, for the ancient
people of the law were baptized therein when they fled
Egypt. The sea was an image of
the water, and the cloud was an image of the Spirit,
whereby we are made perfect. And
we cry out: Blessed art Thou, O Lord God, forever!
9. The fierce Assyrian flame that prefigured
Thee hast Thou quenched, transforming it
into dew. And now, O Christ, Thou hast clothed Thyself in water as in flame, and Thou
burnest up the harmful malice hidden in its depths, which calleth men to fall
with
stumbling step.
10. We know that in the beginning Thou didst, in
Thy mercy, bring the waters of the
flood upon the earth to destroy every living substance that
Thou hadst made. And now, O
Christ, Who
workest wonders strange and most great, Thou hast drowned sin in the
waters of Thy compassion, unto the salvation of mortal men.
Troparia
Tone 8: From on high didst Thou descend, O
compassionate One; /
to burial of three days hast Thou submitted /
that Thou mightest free us from our passions. //
O our Life and
Resurrection, O Lord, glory be to Thee.
Glory…
[Troparion of the
Both now… Tone 1: When Thou, wast baptized in the Jordan, O Lord, /
the worship of the Trinity was made manifest; /
for the voice of the Father bare witness to Thee, /
calling Thee His beloved Son. /
And the Spirit in the form of a dove /
confirmed the certainty of the word. /
O Christ our God, Who hast appeared //
and hast enlightened the world, glory be to Thee.
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in the 1st Tone: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according
as we have hoped in Thee.
Choir: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we have
hoped in Thee.
Reader: Rejoice
in the Lord, O ye righteous; praise is meet for the
upright.
Choir: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according
as we have hoped in Thee.
Reader: In the 4th Tone: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the
Lord. God is the
Lord, and hath appeared unto us.
Choir: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
God is the Lord, and hath
appeared unto us.
Reader: The
[Eph. 4:7-13 (§224 (mid)); I Tim 4:9-15 (§285 (mid)).]
Reader: Alleluia in the 5th Tone: Of Thy
mercies, O Lord, will I sing for ever.
Unto
generation will I declare Thy truth with my mouth.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: For
Thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever. In the heavens shall Thy
truth be established.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 4th
Tone: Bring unto the Lord, ye sons of God, bring unto the Lord the
sons of rams.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matt. 4:12-17 (§8); Luke 19:1-10 (§94)]
Kontakia
Tone 8: Having risen from the tomb, Thou didst raise up the dead and didst resurrect Adam. /
Eve also danceth at Thy
Resurrection, //
and the ends of the world celebrate Thine arising from
the dead, O Greatly-merciful one.
[Kontakion
of the
Glory…
Tone 4: Thou
didst shine forth radiantly in thy suffering, /
O passion-bearer, adorned with thy blood, /
and like a beautiful turtle-dove /
thou hast soared aloft to the
heavens, O Tatiana. //
Wherefore, pray thou ever for those who honor thee.
Both now... Tone 4: Thou hast appeared today unto the whole world, /
and Thy light, O
Lord, hath been signed upon us /
who with knowledge
chant unto Thee: /
Thou hast
come, Thou hast appeared, //
O Light
Unapproachable.
Instead
of “It is truly meet…” we chant the Irmos of the 9th Ode of the
First Canon of
the
feast, Second Tone:
Refrain: Magnify, O my soul, her who is more honorable than the host
on high,
the most pure Virgin Theotokos.
Irmos: Every tongue is at a loss to praise thee as is due: * even a spirit from the
world above is filled with dizziness, when it seeketh to sing thy praises, O Theotokos. *
But since thou art good, accept our faith: * Thou knowest well our love inspired by God,
* for thou art the Protector of
Christians and we magnify thee.