8th Sunday After Pentecost /
Ss. Symeon the Fool for Christ & John, His Companion
/ Prophet Ezekiel
Beatitudes
on 8, Octoechos 8.
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]
Tone 4:
O God of our Fathers, /
Who ever dealest
with us according to Thy gentleness, /
withdraw not Thy
mercy from us, /
but by their
entreaties //
govern our life in
peace.
Glory… Tone 2: Celebrating the memory of Thy prophet Ezekiel, O Lord, //
through him do we
entreat Thee: Save Thou our souls!
Both now… Tone 2:
All of
thy most glorious mysteries are beyond comprehension, O Theotokos; /
for, thy purity
sealed and thy virginity intact, /
thou art known to
be a true Mother, /
having given birth
unto God. //
Him do
thou entreat, that our souls be saved.
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
Corinthians: [1 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]
Tone
2: Let us praise
the God-bearing Symeon, /
the peer of the angels, /
who appeared in the flesh as one
incorporeal, /
and with him the ever-memorable
John: /
for with faith and love they entreat
the Lord unceasingly //
in behalf of us all.
Glory…
Tone 4: Thou
hast been shown to be a prophet of God, /
O wondrous Ezekiel, /
and hast proclaimed unto all the
incarnation of the Lord, /
the Lamb and Creator, //
the Son of God Who hast revealed
Himself forever.
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.