Typika: Third Sunday of Lent

Third Sunday of Great Lent / Holy Cross / Tone 6

Beatitudes on 10: Octoechos 6; Triodion 4, from Ode 6.

1. Remember me when Thou comest in Thy kingdom, O God my Savior, and save me,

for Thou alone lovest mankind.

2. By a tree was Adam deceived; yet again by the Tree of the Cross was the thief saved,

who cried out: Remember me in Thy kingdom, O Lord!

3. O Bestower of life, Who hadst broken down the gates and portals of hades, Thou hast

saved all who cry out to Thee, O Savior: Glory to Thine arising!

4. O Thou Who by Thy burial hast made death captive, and by Thy resurrection hast

filled all with joy: remember me, in that Thou art compassionate.

5. The myrrh-bearing women who came to the tomb heard an angel cry out: Christ, Who

hath enlightened all things is risen!

6. Together let us all hymn Christ, Who was nailed to the Cross and hath delivered the

world from beguilement.

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 6: Angelic hosts were above Thy tomb, /

and they that guarded Thee became as dead. /

And Mary stood by the grave seeking Thine immaculate body. /

Thou didst despoil hades and wast not tempted by it. /

Thou didst meet the Virgin and didst grant us life. //

O Thou Who didst rise from the dead, O Lord, glory be to Thee.

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!