5th Sunday After Pentecost / The Synaxis of the Twelve
Apostles
Beatitudes on 10 Octoechos 6; Apostle 4, from Ode 3.
1. By the tree was Adam
forced to depart from paradise; but by the Tree of the Cross was
the thief made to dwell in paradise. For the one by tasting, broke the commandment
of
the creator; while the other, crucified with Him,
confessed the hidden God, crying out:
Remember me in Thy
kingdom!
2. O Lord Who wast lifted
up upon the Cross, Who hast destroyed the power of death and
as God hast destroyed the record of our sins, grant also
the repentance of the thief unto us
who faithfully serve Thee and cry out to thee, O Christ
God Who alone lovest mankind:
Remember us also in Thy
kingdom!
3. On the Cross Thou didst
tear asunder with the spear the record of our sins; and,
numbered among the dead, Thou didst bind the tyrant of hades,
O Lord Who lovest
mankind, Who by Thy resurrection hast delivered all from the
bonds of hades. Thereby
have we been illumined, and we cry to Thee: Remember us
also in Thy kingdom!
4. O Thou Who alone art
immortal, Who wast crucified and as almighty didst
arise from
the tomb on the third day, and hast raised up Adam, the
first created: Vouchsafe that I
also may turn to repentance with my whole heart, and may
ever cry out to Thee with
fervent faith: Remember me, O Savior, in Thy kingdom!
5. For
our sake He Who is without passion became a man subject to the passions; and,
nailed of His own will to the Cross, He hath raised us up
with Himself. Wherefore, we
glorify His Cross, passion, and resurrection, whereby we have
been refashioned and
whereby we also are saved, who cry out: Remember us also in
Thy kingdom!
6. O ye faithful, let us
entreat Him who hath risen from the dead, hath made captive the
dominion of hades, and wast seen by the myrrh-bearing women
and said to them:
“Rejoice!”, that He deliver from corruption the souls of us who ever cry out to
Him with
the voice of the noble thief: Remember us also in Thy
kingdom!
7. Divinely proclaiming the heavenly and
precious doctrines on earth, and declaring them
with fiery tongues, O preachers of Christ, ye transmitted
them
8. O Master, Thou didst show forth Thy disciples
as noetic heavens which declare Thy
glory to all the ends of the earth.
9. O all-wise ones who were inscribed in the
heavens and revealed as dwelling with
Christ, preserve us now
who honor you with love.
10. He Who dwelleth in the highest and hath made
his abode among us, O all-pure one,
hath manifested Himself, receiving flesh from thee without
seed.
Troparia
Tone 4: Having learned the joyful proclamation of the
Resurrection from the angel, /
and having cast off the ancestral condemnation, /
the women disciples of the Lord spake to the apostles exultantly:
/
Death is despoiled and
Christ God is risen, //
granting to the world great mercy.
[Troparion of the Temple]
Glory… Tone 4: O foremost of the Apostles /
and teachers of the world, /
intercede with the Master of all, /
that He grant peace to the world //
and to our souls great mercy.
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 4th Tone: How magnified are Thy works O Lord! In
wisdom hast Thou made them all.
Choir: How magnified are Thy works O Lord! In wisdom
hast Thou made them all.
Reader: Bless the Lord, O my soul; O Lord my God,
Thou hast been magnified
exceedingly.
Choir: How magnified are Thy works O Lord! In wisdom
hast Thou made them all.
Reader: In the 8th Tone: Their sound hath
gone forth into all the earth, and their words
unto the ends of the world.
Choir: Their sound hath gone forth into all the
earth, and their words unto the ends of
the world.
Reader: The
Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Romans:
[Rom. 10:1-10 (§103); I Cor. 4:9-16 (§131)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 4th Tone: Bend Thy bow, and proceed prosperously, and be king,
because of truth and meekness and righteousness.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Thou hast loved righteousness and hated
iniquity.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 1st Tone: The heavens shall confess Thy wonders, O
Lord, and Thy truth
in the congregation of saints.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matt.
8:28-9:1 (§28); Mark 3:13-19 (§12)]
Kontakia
Tone 4: My Savior and Redeemer hath, as God, /
raised up the earthborn from the grave and from their
fetters, /
and He hath broken the gates of hades, /
and, as Master, //
hath risen on the third day.
[Kontakion of the Temple]
Glory… Tone 2:
Christ the Rock doth radiantly glorify the rock of Faith, /
the most excellent of His disciples, /
as He doth Paul and the assembly of the twelve today; /
and, faithfully celebrating their memory, //
we glorify Him Who glorified them.
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.