3rd
Sunday After Pentecost / Prophet Amos
Beatitude
Verses: Octoechos: 8.
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.
Glory… [Troparion
of the
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 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:
[Romans 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 [Matthew 6:22-33 (§18)]
Kontakia
Tone 2: Thou didst rise from the tomb, O omnipotent Savior, /
and Hades was terrified on beholding the wonder; /
and the dead arose, /
and creation at the sight thereof rejoiceth with Thee. /
And Adam also is joyful, //
and the world, O my Savior, praiseth Thee for ever.
[Kontakion
of the
Glory… Tone 4: Having cleansed thy radiant heart by the Spirit, /
O glorious Prophet Amos, /
and received the gift of prophecy from on high, /
thou didst cry aloud throughout the land: //
Behold our God! There is none other like unto Him!
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.