34th
Sunday after Pentecost / Apodosis of Theophany
Beatitudes on 10: Octoechos: 6;
Feast: 4, from Ode 9, both Canons.9.
1. We offer Thee the cry of the thief, and we
pray: Remember us in Thy kingdom, O
Savior.
2. For the forgiveness of transgressions we
offer unto Thee the Cross which Thou didst
accept for our sake, O
Thou who lovest mankind.
3. We bow down in worship,
O Master, before Thy burial and rising, whereby Thou hast
delivered the world from
corruption, O Thou Who lovest mankind.
4. By Thy death hath death
been slain, O Lord, and by Thy resurrection hast Thou saved
the world, O Savior.
5. Risen from the tomb, Thou didst meet the myrrh-bearing women; and Thou didst tell
Thy disciples to announce
Thine arising.
6. Those who slept in
darkness, beholding Thee, the Light, in the nethermost parts of
hades, O Christ, were
raised from the dead.
7. O David, come thou in spirit to the
enlightened and chant, saying: “Approach God
now
with faith and be illumined! Lowly Adam
cried out in his fall, and the Lord heard
him,
and, coming to the streams of the Jordan, He restored the corrupted one.”
8. Isaiah saith: “Change your ways and cleanse
yourselves; leave off your wickedness in
the
face of the Lord! Ye who thirst, go to
the living Water; for Christ sprinkleth with
water
those who have recourse to Him with faith, renewing them, and He baptizeth with
the
Spirit unto life which ageth not.”
9. That which was revealed to Moses in the bush
we see here fulfilled in wondrous
manner;
for as it bore fire, yet was not consumed, so hath the Virgin been preserved,
who
gave
birth unto the Benefactor Who bringeth us light, and the streams of the Jordan
suffered
no harm when they received Him.
10. O King Who is without beginning, through the
communion of the Spirit dost Thou
anoint
and make perfect the nature of man, and cleansing it in the pure streams of
baptism,
putting the arrogant might of darkness to shame, Thou
now dost raise it up to
eternal
life.
Troparia
Tone 2: When Thou didst descend unto death, O Life Immortal, /
then didst Thou slay Hades with the lightning of Thy Divinity. /And when Thou didst also raise the dead out of the nethermost depths, /all the Hosts of the heavens cried out: //O Life-giver, Christ our God, glory be to Thee.
Glory…
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 2nd Tone: The Lord is my strength and my song, and
He is become my salvation.
Choir:
The Lord is my strength and my song, and He is
become my salvation.
Reader: With
chastisement hath the Lord chastened me, but He hath not given me over
unto death.
Choir: The Lord is my strength and my song, and He
is become my salvation.
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
Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Colossians: [Col. 3:12-16 (§258)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 2nd Tone: The Lord hear
thee in the day of affliction; the name
of the God of Jacob defend thee.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: O Lord,
save the king, and hearken unto us in the day when we call upon Thee.
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 [Luke 18:18-27 (§91)]
Kontakia
Glory… Tone 2: Thou didst rise from the tomb, O omnipotent Savior, /
and Hades was terrified on beholding the wonder; /and the dead arose, /and creation at the sight thereof rejoiceth with Thee. /And Adam also is joyful, //and the world, O my Savior, praiseth Thee for ever.
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.