Typika: Fifth Sunday of Lent

Fifth Sunday of Great Lent / St. Mary of Egypt / Tone 5

Beatitudes on 8, from the Octoechos.

1. Believing Thee to be God, O Christ, the thief on the cross confessed Thee in a pure

manner, crying out from the depths of his heart: Remember me in Thy kingdom, O Lord!

2. Together let us hymn as Savior and Creator, Him Who on the Cross budded forth life

for our race and caused the curse which originated from the tree to wither up.

3. By Thy death hast Thou destroyed the power of death, O Christ, and Thou didst raise

up with Thyself the dead of ages past, who now hymn Thee as our true God and Savior.

4. Arriving at Thy tomb, O Christ, the honorable women sought to anoint Thee with

myrrh, O Bestower of life; but an angel appeared to them, crying out: The Lord is risen!

5. When Thou wast crucified between two condemned thieves, O Christ, one of them

blasphemed Thee and was justly damned, while the other confessed Thee and dwelleth

now in paradise.

6. When they had come to the choir of the apostles, the honorable women cried out:

Christ is risen! Let us worship Him as Master and Creator.

7. O indivisible Trinity, all-effecting and all-powerful Unity: Father, Son, and Holy

Spirit: Thee do we hymn as our true God and Savior!

8. Rejoice, O animate temple of God and impassible gate! Rejoice, O fiery throne which

burneth yet is not consumed! Rejoice, O Mother of Emmanuel, Christ our God!

Troparia

Tone 5: Let us, O faithful, praise and worship the Word /

Who is co-unoriginate with the Father and the Spirit, /

and Who was born of the Virgin for our salvation; /

for He was pleased to ascend the Cross in the flesh /

and to endure death, //

and to raise the dead by His glorious Resurrection.

[Troparion of the Temple]

Glory… Tone 8: In thee, O Mother, was preserved unimpaired that which is according to God’s image, /

for thou hast taken up the Cross and followed Christ. /

By thine actions thou hast taught us to despise the flesh, for it passes away, /

but to care for the soul, which is a thing immortal; //

and so thy spirit, holy Mary, rejoiceth with the angels.

Both now… Tone 8: O Good One, Who for our sake wast born of the Virgin /

and, having endured crucifixion, cast down death by death, /

and as God revealed the resurrection: /

disdain not that which Thou hast fashioned with Thine own hand. /

Show forth Thy love for mankind, O Merciful One; /

accept the Theotokos who gave Thee birth and prayeth for us; //

and save Thy despairing people, O our Savior!

The Epistle

Reader: The Prokimenon in the 5th Tone: Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt

preserve us from this generation and for evermore.

Choir: Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt preserve us from this generation and for

evermore.

Reader: Save me, O Lord for a righteous man there is no more.

Choir: Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt preserve us from this generation and for

evermore.

Reader: In the 4^th Tone:  Wondrous is God in His saints, the God of Israel.

Choir:  Wondrous is God in His saints, the God of Israel.

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

[Hebrews 9:11-14 (§321 ctr); Galatians 3:23-29 (§208)]

Reader: Alleluia in the 5th Tone: Of Thy mercies, O Lord, will I sing for ever. Unto

generation and generation will I declare Thy truth with my mouth.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Reader: For Thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever, in the heavens shall Thy

truth be established.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Reader: In the 1st Tone: With patience I waited patiently for the Lord, and He was

attentive unto me, and He hearkened unto my supplication.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Gospel [Mark 10:32-45 (§47); Luke 7:36-50 (§33)]

Kontakia

Tone 5: Unto hades, O my Savior, didst Thou descend, /

and having broken its gates as one omnipotent, /

Thou, as Creator, didst raise up the dead together with Thyself. /

And Thou didst break the sting of death, /

and didst deliver Adam from the curse, O Lover of mankind. /

Wherefore, we all cry unto Thee: //

Save us, O Lord.

[Kontakion of the Temple]

Glory… Tone 3: Thou who once of old wast filled with all manner of fornication, /

art now seen today to be a bride of Christ by thy repentance. /

Thou didst love and emulate the life of the angels. /

By the Cross thou didst annihilate the hordes of demons; /

for this cause thou art a bride now in the kingdom of the heavens, //

O Mary, thou all-modest one.

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!