6th Sunday after Pentecost / Martyr Euphemia / St. Olga

Beatitudes on 10: Octoechos 6; Martyr 4, from Ode 3.

 

1.  Believing Thee to be God, O Christ, the thief on the cross confessed Thee in a pure manner, crying out from the depths of his heart:  Remember me in Thy kingdom, O Lord!

 

2.  Together let us hymn as Savior and Creator, Him Who on the Cross budded forth life for our race and caused the curse which originated from the tree to wither up.

 

3.  By Thy death hast Thou destroyed the power of death, O Christ, and Thou didst raise up with Thyself the dead of ages past, who now hymn Thee as our true God and Savior.

           

4.  Arriving at Thy tomb, O Christ, the honorable women sought to anoint Thee with myrrh, O Bestower of life; but an angel appeared to them, crying out: The Lord is risen!

 

5.  When Thou wast crucified between two condemned thieves, O Christ, one of them blasphemed Thee and was justly damned, while the other confessed Thee and dwelleth now in paradise.

 

6.  When they had come to the choir of the apostles, the honorable women cried out: Christ is risen!  Let us worship Him as Master and Creator.

 

7.  The all-rich Word, seeing thee arrayed in the wounds of thy contest as with golden vesture, O virgin, led thee to the heavenly habitations of the incorporeal ranks, that thou mightest rejoice.

 

8.  Thou didst zealously hasten to the sweet fragrance of the Myrrh which shone forth from the pure Virgin, and didst pour forth the myrrh of divine healings upon the world. Wherefore, I cry to thee: dispel now the noisome passions of my heart.

 

9.  With divine overshadowing heal thou my soul which sickeneth because of the corrupting passions and filleth headlong over the brink of destruction, O all-praised martyr; and establish it, that it be no overcome.

 

10.  Rejoice, thou who alone gavest birth to the Lord of all!  Rejoice, mediatress of life!  Rejoice, mountain overshadowed and unquarried, thou confirmation of the faithful, who alone art all-immaculate!

 

Troparia

 

Tone 5:  Let us, O faithful, praise and worship the Word /

Who is co-unoriginate with the Father and the Spirit, /

and Who was born of the Virgin for our salvation; /

for He was pleased to ascend the Cross in the flesh /

and to endure death, //

and to raise the dead by His glorious Resurrection.

 

[Troparion of the Temple]

 

Tone 4:  Thy ewe-lamb Euphemia. cried out to Thee with a loud voice, O Jesus: /

“I love Thee, O my Bridegroom, /

and, seeking Thee, I pass through many struggles; /

I am crucified and buried with Thee in Thy baptism, /

and suffer for Thy sake, that I might reign with Thee; /

I die for Thee, that I might live with Thee.  /

As an unblemished sacrifice accept me, /

who sacrifice myself with love for Thee.  //

By her supplications, save Thou our souls, in that Thou art merciful.

 

Glory…Tone 1: Having furnished thy mind with wings of divine knowledge, /

thou didst soar far above visible creation; /

and seeking God, the Creator of all, and finding Him, /

thou didst receive rebirth through baptism; /

and delighting in the Tree of life, /

O ever-glorious Olga, //

thou remainest incorrupt forever.

 

Both now… Tone 1:  When Gabriel announced to thee, “Rejoice!”, O Virgin, /

the Master of all became incarnate within thee, the holy tabernacle, at his cry, /

as the righteous David said. /

Thou wast shown to be more spacious than the heavens, /

having borne thy Creator.  /

Glory to Him Who made His abode within thee!  /

Glory to Him Who came forth from thee!  //

Glory to Him Who hath set us free by thy birthgiving.

 

The Epistle

 

Reader: The Prokimenon in the 5th Tone: Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt preserve us from this generation and for evermore.

Choir:  Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt preserve us from this generation and for evermore.

Reader:  Save me, O Lord for a righteous man there is no more.

Choir:  Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt preserve us from this generation and for evermore.

Reader:  In the 4th Tone: Wondrous is God in His saints; the God of Israel.

Choir: Wondrous is God in His saints; the God of Israel.

 

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

[Rom. 12:6-14 (§110); II Cor. 6:1-10 (§181)]

 

Reader: Alleluia in the 5th Tone: Of Thy mercies, O Lord, will I sing for ever.  Unto generation and 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 1st Tone: With patience I waited patiently for the lord, and He was attentive unto me.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

 

Gospel [Matt. 9:1-8 (§29); Luke 7:36-50 (§33)]

 

Kontakia

 

Tone 5:  Unto hades, O my Savior, didst Thou descend, /

and having broken its gates as one omnipotent, /

Thou, as Creator, didst raise up the dead together with Thyself. /

And Thou didst break the sting of death, /

and didst deliver Adam from the curse, O Lover of mankind. /

Wherefore, we all cry unto Thee: //

Save us, O Lord.

 

[Kontakion of the Temple]

 

Tone 6: For thy Bridegroom thou didst appoint for thyself /

feats in thy contest and struggles in the Faith. /

Pray now, through the Theotokos, /

that the audacity of the foe and heresies /

may be subdued beneath the feet of the Orthodox, /

O all-praised one, /

who accepted and preserved the definition //

of the six hundred and thirty God-bearing fathers.

 

Glory… Tone 4: Let us hymn today God the Benefactor of all, /

Who glorified the divinely wise Olga in Russia, //

that through her supplications He give remission of sins to our souls.

 

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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