Third Sunday of Great Lent / Holy Cross / Tone 3
Beatitudes on 10: Octoechos 6; Triodion 4, from Ode 6.
 
1. From paradise didst Thou drive our forefather Adam, who had broken Thy 
commandment, O Christ; but, O Compassionate One, Thou didst cause to dwell therein 
the thief who confessed Thee on the cross, crying out: “Remember me, O Savior, in Thy 
kingdom!”
 
2. With the curse of death didst Thou condemn us who had sinned, O Lord, Bestower of 
life; yet having suffered in Thy flesh, O sinless Master, Thou hast granted life unto 
mortals who cry out: “Remember us also in Thy kingdom!”
 
3. In rising from the dead, Thou hast raised us up from the passions with Thyself through 
Thy resurrection, O Lord; and all the power of death hast Thou destroyed, O Savior. 
Wherefore, with faith we cry out to Thee: “Remember us also in Thy kingdom!”
 
4. O Thou who as God grantest life, by Thy three days in the tomb Thou didst raise up 
with Thyself the dead in hell, and as One Who is good Thou hast poured forth 
incorruption upon all of us who with faith ever cry out: “Remember us also in Thy 
kingdom!”
 
5. Risen from the dead, O Savior, Thou didst first appear to the myrrh-bearing women, 
crying out: “Rejoice!” and through them Thou didst announce Thy resurrection to Thy 
friends, O Christ. Wherefore, with faith we cry out to Thee, “Remember us also in Thy 
kingdom!”
 
6. Moses, stretching out his arms on the mountain, prefigured the Cross and thus 
conquered Amelek. And, receiving it with faith as a mighty weapon against the demons, 

we all cry out: “Remember us also in Thy kingdom!”

7. Thou hast crushed death, O Christ, and risen as a mighty King; Thou hast recalled us 
from the depths of hell and brought us to the land of immortality, granting us the joy of 
the Kingdom of Heaven.
 
8. O ye faithful, let us cry aloud with joy and sing triumphantly to God, as we greet the 
Cross of the Lord; for it is a fountain of holiness to all those in the world.
 
9. The words of the Psalmist are fulfilled: for see, we bow before the footstool of Thy 
most pure feet, O Lord all-powerful, at Thy Precious Cross, the thrice-blessed Wood.
 
10. O Ewe free from blemish, the greatest wonder of all wonders was revealed in thee: 
for thou hast borne the Lamb that takes away the sin of the world. Entreat Him fervently 
for those who sing thy praises.
 
Troparia

Tone 3: Let the heavens be glad; let earthly things rejoice; /
for the Lord hath wrought might with His arm. /
He hath trampled down death by death; /
the first-born of the dead hath He become. /
From the belly of Hades hath He delivered us //
and Hath granted to the world great mercy.

Glory… Tone 1: O Lord, save Thy people/

and bless Thine inheritance. /

Grant Thou victory unto Orthodox Christians /

over their enemies, /

and by the power of Thy Cross //

do Thou preserve Thy commonwealth.

Both now… Tone 1: When Gabriel announced to thee, “Rejoice!”, O Virgin, /

the Master of all became incarnate within thee, the holy tabernacle, at his cry, /

as the righteous David said. /

Thou wast shown to be more spacious than the heavens, /

having borne thy Creator. /

Glory to Him Who made His abode within thee! /

Glory to Him Who came forth from thee! //

Glory to Him Who hath set us free by thy birthgiving.

 
Instead of the Trisagion:  
 Before Thy Cross we bow down, O Master, and Thy holy Resurrection we 
glorify. Thrice
 Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, 
and unto the ages of ages. Amen. And Thy holy Resurrection we glorify.
 Before Thy Cross we bow down, O Master, and Thy holy Resurrection we 
glorify.
 

The Epistle

Reader: The Prokimenon in the 6th Tone: Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine

inheritance.

Choir: Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.

Reader: Unto Thee, O Lord, Will I cry; O my God, be not silent unto me.

Choir: Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.

Reader: Save, O Lord, Thy people.

Choir: And bless Thine inheritance.

Reader: The Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Hebrews:

[Hebrews 4:14-5:6 (§311)]

Reader: Alleluia in the 1st Tone.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Reader: Remember Thy congregation which Thou hast purchased from the beginning..

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Reader: But God is our king before the ages, He hath wrought salvation in the midst of

the earth.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Gospel [Mark 8:34-9:1 (§37)]

Kontakion

Tone 7: No longer doth the flaming sword guard the gate of Eden, /

for a strange extinction hath come upon it, even the Tree of the Cross. /

The sting hath been taken from death, /

and the victory from hades. /

And Thou, my Savior, didst appear unto those in hades, saying: //

Enter ye again into Paradise.

Instead of “It is truly meet…”[Tone 8 in the Octoechos, but usually sung to one

of many special melodies]:

All creation – the assembly of angels and the race of man – rejoiceth in thee, O thou who

art full of grace, O sacred temple and noetical paradise, boast of virgins, from whom

God, Who existeth from before time, was incarnate and became a child; for He made thy

body a throne, and thy womb He made more spacious than the heavens. All creation

rejoiceth in thee, O thou who art full of grace. Glory to thee!

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