3rd Sunday After Pentecost / The Holy Hierarch
Metropolitan Jonah of Moscow
Beatitudes on 10 Octoechos 6; Hierarch 4, from Ode 3.
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. Thou didst ascend to the summit of the virtues, O holy hierarch, and, receiving the
sacred anointing of thy superior life, on an exalted cathedra thou didst serve God as a
great high priest.
8. Having acquired thee as a beacon, O all-wise and holy hierarch, the Church of Christ
is illumined by thy virtuous instructions, saying: Thou, O Lord, art my strength and
confirmation!
9. Having cut off all carnal desire with divine desire, thou didst shine forth in a perfect
life; wherefore, thou hadst passed hence into never-waning effulgence.
10. O lustrous tongs of the divine Coal, O bush which was not consumed by the
Godhead: Burn up the tinder of my passions, and rescue me from everlasting fire.
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
Glory… Tone 4: Having dedicated thyself wholly
to the Lord from thy youth, /
thou becamest a model of
virtue in prayer, labors and fasting; /
wherefore, beholding thy
goodly intent, /
God appointed thee the hierarch
and pastor of His Church: /
and for this cause, thy
precious body /
hath been preserved whole
and incorrupt after thy repose. //
O holy hierarch Jonah,
entreat Christ God, that He save our souls.
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: In the 7th Tone: Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.
Choir: Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.
Reader: The
[Romans 5:1-10 (§88); Hebrews 13:17-21
(§335)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 2nd Tone: 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!
Reader: Thy
priests shall be clothed with righteousness, and Thy righteous shall rejoice.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matthew 6:22-33 (§18); John 10:9-16
(§36)]
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 8:
From childhood thou didst enslave thyself unto the Lord, O wise one, /
laying waste to thy body through fasting and the keeping of vigils; /
wherefore, thou wast shown to be the pure vessel and abode of the all-holy Spirit. /
For this cause He ordained thee as hierarch and pastor for His Church; /
and having tended it well, thou didst depart unto the Lord Whom thou didst love. /
We therefore beseech thee: Be thou mindful of us who honor thy holy memory with faith, //
that we may all cry aloud unto thee: Rejoice, O father Jonah, most honored and holy hierarch!
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.