7th Sunday after Pentecost / St. Mary Magdalene / HM. Phocas
Beatitudes
on 10, Octoechos: 6; St. Mary: 4, from Ode 3.
1. Remember me when Thou comest in Thy kingdom,
O God my Savior, and save me,
for Thou alone
lovest mankind.
2. By a tree was Adam deceived; yet again by the
Tree of the Cross was the thief saved,
who cried out:
Remember me in Thy kingdom, O Lord!
3. O Bestower of life, Who
hadst broken down the gates and portals of hades, Thou hast
saved all who cry
out to Thee, O Savior: Glory to Thine arising!
4. O Thou Who by Thy burial hast made death
captive, and by Thy resurrection hast
filled all with joy:
remember me, in that Thou art compassionate.
5. The myrrh-bearing women who came to the tomb
heard an angel cry out: Christ, Who
hath enlightened all
things is risen!
6. Together let us all hymn Christ, Who was nailed to the Cross and hath delivered the
world from
beguilement.
7 & 8. Loving first the First Cause of good things
Who in the goodness of His heart hath
deified our nature,
thou didst follow Him zealously, O Mary, submitting to His divine
precepts.
9. Lamenting, thou
didst reach the tomb of the Deliverer, O maiden, and wast the first to
behold the divine
resurrection. Wherefore, thou didst show thyself to be a herald of the
glad tidings, crying
out: Christ is risen! Clap your hands!
10. The Word Who was
incarnate of thine all-pure blood, O all-pure one, in the richness
of His goodness
saveth me, releasing me from the condemnation of the first fall. Him do
thou unceasingly
beseech, that He save thy flock.
Troparia
Tone 6: Angelic hosts were above Thy tomb, /
and they that guarded Thee became as dead. /
And Mary stood by the grave seeking Thine immaculate body. /
Thou didst despoil hades and wast not tempted by it. /
Thou didst meet the Virgin and didst grant us life. //
O Thou Who didst rise from the dead, O Lord, glory be to Thee.
[Troparion of the Temple]
Tone 1: The honorable Mary Magdalene /
followed after Christ, /
Who for our sake was born of the Virgin, /
keeping His precepts and laws. /
Wherefore, celebrating thy most holy memory today, //
through thy supplications we receive remission of sins.
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 Phocas, /
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 6th Tone: Save,
O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine
inheritance.
Choir:
Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.
Reader: Unto
Thee, O Lord, Will I cry; O my God, be not silent unto me.
Choir: Save,
O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.
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. 15:1-7 (§116); I Cor. 9:2-12 (§141)]
Reader: Alleluia
in the 6th Tone: He that dwelleth in the help of the Most High shall
abide
in the shelter of the God of heaven.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: He
shall say unto the Lord: Thou art my helper and my refuge. He is my God,
and I
will hope in Him.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 1st
Tone: With patience I waited patiently for the Lord, and He was
attentive unto me, and He hearkened unto my supplication.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matt. 9:27-35 (§33); Luke 8:1-3 (§34)]
Kontakia
Tone 6:
Having by His life bestowing hand raised up all the dead out
of the dark abysses, /
Christ God, the Giver of life, hath bestowed the
Resurrection upon the fallen human race;/
for He is the Savior of all, //
the Resurrection, and the Life, and the God of all.
[Kontakion of the Temple]
Tone 3: Standing
before the Cross of the Savior /
with many others, /
suffering with the Mother of the
Lord /
and pouring forth tears, /
the all-glorious one made this
offering as praise, saying: /
“What is this strange wonder? /
Is it Thy will to suffer, O Thou
Who sustainest all creation? //
Glory to Thy dominion!”
Glory… Tone 4: Offering up sacrifices as a high priest, O father, /
in the end thou
didst offer thyself as a living sacrifice, /
bearing witness
lawfully to Christ God, /
accepting death and
strengthened by angels, /
who cried out to
thee: //
Come with us, O
Phocas, and no-one will be against us!
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.