8th Sunday After Pentecost / The Holy Hieromartyr Pancratius, Bishop of Taormina

Beatitudes on 8, from the Octoechos. 

 

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.   The Father is light; the Son and Word is light; and the Holy Spirit is light.  Yet the

Three are one Light, for they are one God in three Persons, One in nature and origin,

indivisible, unconfused and preeternal.

 

8.  For our sake thou gavest birth in the flesh to the Son and Word of the Father, as thou

thyself hast declared, O Theotokos.  Wherefore, O Virgin Mother, we who are deified

through thee cry out to thee:  Rejoice, O hope of Christians!

 

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.

 

[Troparion of the Temple]

 

Glory… Tone 4: As thou didst share in the ways of the apostles /

and didst occupy their throne, /

thou didst find thine activity to be a passage to divine vision, /

O divinely inspired one. /

Wherefore, ordering the word of truth, /

thou didst suffer for the Faith even to the shedding of thy blood, /

O hieromartyr Pancratius, /

Entreat Christ God, //

that our souls be saved.

 

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 7th Tone:  The Lord will give strength unto His people;

the Lord will bless His people with peace.

Choir: The Lord will give strength unto His people; the Lord will bless His people with

peace.

Reader:  Bring unto the Lord, ye sons of God, bring unto the Lord the sons of rams.

Choir: The Lord will give strength unto His people; the Lord will bless His people with

peace.

Reader:  The Lord will give strength unto His people.

Choir:  The Lord will bless His people with peace.

 

Reader: The Reading is from the First Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Corinthians:

[I Cor. 1:10-18 (§124)]

 

Reader: Alleluia in the 7th Tone.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Reader: It is good to give praise unto the Lord, and to chant unto Thy name, O Most

High.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Reader: To proclaim in the morning Thy mercy, and Thy truth by night.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

 

Gospel [Matt. 14:14-22 (§58)]

 

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.

 

[Kontakion of the Temple]

 

Glory...  Tone 4: Thou wast shown to be a brilliant star /

for the people of Taormina, O Pancratius, /

and wast also shown to be a sufferer for Christ. /

Standing now before Him, //

pray for those who honor thee, O blessed one.

 

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.

 

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