4th Sunday after Pentecost / The Kazan Icon of the Mother
of God
Beatitudes on 10 Octoechos 6; Icon 4, from Ode 3.
1. From paradise didst Thou drive our forefather Adam, who had broken Thy commandment,
O Christ; but, O Compassionate One, Thou didst cause to dwell therein the thief
who confessed Thee on the cross, crying out: “Remember me, O Savior, in Thy
kingdom!”
2. With the curse of death
didst Thou condemn us who had sinned, O Lord, Bestower of life; yet having
suffered in Thy flesh, O sinless Master, Thou hast
granted life unto mortals who cry out: “Remember us also in Thy kingdom!”
3. In rising from the
dead, Thou hast raised us up from the passions with
Thyself through Thy resurrection, O Lord; and all the power of death hast Thou
destroyed, O Savior. Wherefore, with faith we cry out to Thee: “Remember us
also in Thy kingdom!”
4. O Thou who as God
grantest life, by Thy three days in the tomb Thou didst raise up with Thyself
the dead in hell, and as One Who is good Thou hast
poured forth incorruption upon all of us who with faith ever cry out: “Remember
us also in Thy kingdom!”
5. Risen from the dead, O
Savior, Thou didst first appear to the myrrh-bearing
women, crying out: “Rejoice!” and through them Thou didst announce Thy
resurrection to Thy friends, O Christ. Wherefore, with faith we cry out to
Thee, “Remember us also in Thy kingdom!”
6. Moses, stretching out
his arms on the mountain, prefigured the Cross and thus conquered Amelek. And, receiving it with faith as a mighty weapon
against the demons, we all cry out: “Remember us also in Thy kingdom!”
7.
Rejoice, O unshakable, pure and animate palace of Christ the King Most High!
Rejoice, O Directress, Rejoice! For by thee is our city preserved intact!
8.
In thy womb which tasted not of wedlock thou didst bodily contain Him Whom
creation cannot contain, O Virgin Directress. Wherefore, magnifying thee as is
meet, we chant, Rejoice!
9.
Thou didst once fill thy first-painted icon with grace, O Virgin Lady
Theotokos; and now that same grace speaketh forth truly in the effulgence of
the wonders of faith, as the first one did for the sake of thee who wast first
depicted thereon, unto those who with faith have recourse to thee after God.
10.
We bow down before the all-pure image of thee and thy Babe all-sweet, Christ
the preëternal and never-waning Light, O Theotokos,
by Whom thou hast saved all human nature from cruel evils and mortal
corruption.
Troparia
Tone 3: Let the heavens be glad; let earthly things rejoice; /
for the Lord hath wrought might with His arm. /He hath trampled down death by death; /the first-born of the dead hath He become. /From the belly of Hades hath He delivered us //and Hath granted to the world great mercy.
Glory… [Troparion of the
Temple]
Both now… Tone 4:
O
fervent intercessor, Mother of the Lord Most High, /
thou
prayest for all to thy Son, Christ our God, /
and
thou contrivest to save all who have recourse to thy powerful protection./
O
Sovereign Lady and Queen, help and defend all of us /
who
in troubles and trials, in pains and burdened with many sins, /
stand
before thy most pure Icon in thy presence, /
and
pray to thee with compunction of soul, /
contrition
of heart, and with tears, /
and
who have unflagging hope in thee. /
Grant
to all what is good for us, /
deliverance
from all evil, /
and
save us all, O Virgin Theotokos, //
for
thou art a divine protection to thy servants.
The Epistle
Reader: The
Prokimenon in the 3rd Tone: O chant unto our God, chant ye; chant unto
our King, chant ye.
Choir: O chant unto our God, chant ye; chant unto
our King, chant ye.
Reader: Clap
your hands, all ye nations; shout unto God with a voice of rejoicing.
Choir: O chant unto our God, chant ye; chant
unto our King, chant ye.
Reader: In the Same Tone: My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit
hath rejoiced in God my Savior.
Choir:
My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my
Savior.
Reader: The
Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Romans:
[Rom. 6:18-23 (§93); Phil. 2:5-11 (§240))]
Reader: Alleluia
in the 3rd Tone: In Thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me not be put to
shame in the age to come.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Be
Thou unto me a God to defend me and a house of refuge to save me.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 8th Tone: Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia!
Gospel [Matt. 8:5-13
(§25); Luke 10:38-42, 11:27-28]
Kontakia
Tone 3: Thou didst rise today from the tomb, O Merciful One, /
and didst lead us out of the gates of death. /Today Adam danceth and Eve rejoiceth; /and together with them both the prophets and patriarchs //unceasingly praise the divine might of Thine authority.
Glory… [Kontakion of the Temple]
Both now... Tone 8:
Let us run, O ye peoples,
to that quiet and good harbor, to the speedy helper, /
to the ready and warm
salvation, to the Virgin’s protection. /
Let us hurry to prayer and
hasten to repentance; /
for the most
pure Theotokos poureth out for us unfailing mercy, /
anticipateth our needs
with her help and delivereth from great disasters and evils //
her well-pleasing and
God-fearing servants.