3rd
Sunday After Pentecost / Hieromartyr Methodius
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 2:
Thy blood
mystically crieth out to God from the earth, like that of Abel, /
O divinely
wise and holy hierarch Methodius, /
who
manifestly preached that God became man. /
Wherefore,
thou hast put the deception of Origen to shame /
and hast
passed over to the heavenly bridal chamber.
//
Entreat
Christ God, that He save 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 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, and He is become my salvation.
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 Temple]
Glory… Tone 4: Thou wast a priest of the mysteries of the Holy Trinity, /
a proclaimer of the commandments of God which pass all understanding, /and the confirmation of the Orthodox, O Methodius; /for the sake of Orthodoxy thou didst denounce the thoughts of the heretics, /shown by thy blood to be a hieromartyr. /Standing before Christ with the angels, //entreat Him that we be saved.
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.