The Three Holy Hierarchs
Beatitudes Verses: Octoechos: Hieararchs: 4
from Ode 3 & 4, from Ode 6
1. The great clarion of the Church, the beacon
illumining the whole world, the preacher
embracing all the ends of the earth with his proclamation,
Basil of great renown moveth
this assembly.
2. Radiant of life and activity, radiant of
discourse and teachings, outshining all in all
things, as another sun outshineth all in all things, as
another sun outshineth the stars, the
much hymned Theologian is blessed.
3. Lo! the light of the
world shineth upon the world! Behold,
the salt of the earth
sweeteneth the earth! Lo!
the tree of life produceth the fruits of immortality,
O holy
Chrysostom. Come ye who desire
to escape death, and find ye delight!
4. Praised with splendor may the radiant
instructors of life be: the correctors of morals,
the edifiers of souls, the common saviors of all, who
have shown forth to us models of
deeds and words.
5. Together, O ye three, bless the properties of God: the unbegottenness of the Father, the generation of the Word and the procession of the Spirit Himself.
6. Today hath salvation, radiantly manifest, come to this house; for Christ, honoring His own name, is present in the midst of the two or three gathered together.
7. Immeasurably distant from the heights of heaven is the abyss of the earth; yet divine desire hath borne the saints from the earth higher than the heavens.
8. The three divine preachers, having thee as a new wellspring and source of mysteries, O Virgin, adopt a novel manner of speech with new sources.
Troparion
Tone 4: In
that ye share in the ways of the apostles, /
O teachers of the whole world, /
entreat the Master of all,
/
that He grant peace to
the world //
and great mercy to our souls.
Glory… Both now… Tone 4:
The mystery hidden from
before the ages /
and unknown even to the angels, /
through thee, O Theotokos, hath been revealed to those on earth: /
God incarnate in unconfused union, /Who willingly accepted the Cross for our sake /and thereby raising up the first-formed man, //
hath saved our souls from death.
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in the 8th Tone: Their sound hath gone forth into all
the earth,
and their words unto the ends of the world
Choir: Let Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth, and
their words unto the ends
of
the world.
Reader: The
heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament proclaimeth the work
of his hands.
Choir: Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth, and
their words unto the ends of
the
world.
Reader: Their sound hath gone forth
into all the earth.
Choir: And their words unto the ends of the world.
Reader: The
[Hebrews
13:7-16]
Reader: Alleluia in the 4th Tone.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: The
heavens shall confess Thy wonders, O Lord, and Thy truth in the
congregation of saints.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: God is glorified in the council of the
saints.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matthew 5:14-19]
Kontakia
Tone 2: The sacred heralds of
divine proclamation, /
the
foremost among the teachers, /
hast Thou received, O Lord, into the enjoyment of Thy good things and into
rest; /
for
Thou hast accepted their labors and death as surpassing any wholeburnt
offering, //
O
Thou Who alone dost glorify Thy saints.
Glory… Both now...
Tone 6: O protection of
Christians that cannot be put to shame, /
O mediation unto the Creator unfailing, /
disdain not the suppliant voices
of sinners, /
but be thou quick, O good
one, to help us who in faith cry unto thee; /
hasten to intercession and
speed thou to make supplication, //
thou who dost ever protect, O
Theotokos, them that honor thee.