3rd
Sunday after Pentecost / St. Metrophanes, Patriarch of
Constantinople
Beatitudes on 8, from the Octoechos.
1. We offer Thee the cry of the thief, and we pray: Remember us in Thy kingdom, O Savior. 2. For the forgiveness of transgressions we offer unto Thee the Cross which Thou didst accept for our sake, O Thou who lovest mankind. 3. We bow down in worship, O Master, before Thy burial and rising, whereby Thou hast delivered the world from corruption, O Thou Who lovest mankind. 4. By Thy death hath death been slain, O Lord, and by Thy resurrection hast Thou saved the world, O Savior. 5. Risen from the tomb, Thou didst meet the myrrh-bearing women; and Thou didst tell Thy disciples to announce Thine arising. 6. Those who slept in darkness, beholding Thee, the Light, in the nethermost parts of hades, O Christ, were raised from the dead. 7. Let us glorify the Father; let us all worship the Son, and let us hymn the Holy Spirit with faith. 8. Rejoice, fiery throne! Rejoice, bride unwedded! Rejoice, O Virgin who for men gavest birth unto God! Troparia Tone 2: When Thou didst descend unto death, O Life Immortal, /
then didst Thou slay Hades with the lightning of Thy Divinity. /And when Thou didst also raise the dead out of the nethermost depths, /all the Hosts of the heavens cried out: //O Life-giver, Christ our God, glory be to Thee. [Troparion of the
Temple]
Glory… Tone 4: The truth of
things hath revealed thee to thy flock /
as a rule of faith, an icon
of meekness and a teacher of temperance; /
therefore thou hast achieved the heights by humility, /
riches by poverty. /
O Father and Hierarch Metrophanes, /
intercede with 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 2nd Tone: The Lord is my strength and my song, and
He is become my salvation.
Choir:
The Lord is my strength and my song, and He is
become my salvation.
Reader: With
chastisement hath the Lord chastened me, but He hath not given me over
unto death.
Choir: The Lord is my strength and my song, and He
is become my salvation.
Reader: The Lord is my strength and my song.
Choir: And He is become my salvation.
Reader: The Reading is from the Epistle of the
Holy Apostle Paul to the Romans:
[Rom.
5:1-10 (§88)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 2nd Tone
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: The
Lord hear thee in the day of affliction; the name of the God of Jacob defend
thee.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: O Lord,
save the king, and hearken unto us in the day when we call upon Thee.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matt. 6:22-33 (§18)]
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.
[Kontakion of the
Temple]
Glory… Tone 4: From childhood thou wast shown to be a precious vessel, /
becoming a chosen hierarch of God, /and to Him thou hast cried out with gladness: /O Christ, //Thou art equal to the Father and the Spirit!
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.