Fourth Sunday of Great Lent / St. John Climacus / Tone 4
Beatitudes on 8, from the Octoechos.
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. O Ye faithful, let us all pray, that with one mind we may
worthily glorify the Father,
the Son, and the
Holy Spirit, the unity of the Trinity in three Hypostases, unmingled,
abiding, simple,
indivisible and unapproachable; for thereby have we been delivered from
the fiery torment.
8. O Christ,
most merciful Master, Thy Mother, who gave birth unto Thee in the flesh
without seed, the true
Virgin, who remained incorrupt even after giving birth, do we set
before Thee to make
the supplication: Grant forgiveness of transgressions unto those who
ever cry out to
Thee: Remember us also in Thy kingdom!
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 1: O John our father, saint of
God, /
thou wast revealed as a citizen of the desert, /
an
angel in a body and a worker of miracles.
/
Through
fasting, prayer and vigils thou hast received heavenly gifts of grace, /
and
thou healest the sick and the souls of those that turn to thee with faith. /
Glory
to Him who gave thee strength; /
glory to Him who crowned thee; //
glory to Him who through thee grants to all men healing.
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.
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 7th Tone: The saints shall boast in glory and they shall rejoice upon
their beds.
Choir: The saints shall boast in glory and they shall rejoice upon their beds.
Reader: The
[Hebrews
6:13-20 (§314); Ephesians 5:9-19 (§229)]
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 Same tone: They that are planted in the house of the Lord, in the
courts of our God they shall blossom forth.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Mark 9:17-31 (§40); Matthew 4:25-5:12
(§10)]
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
Glory… Tone 4: Truly the Lord hath set thee as a fixed star in the firmament of abstinence, /
giving light to the ends of the earth, //
O father John our teacher.
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.
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!