Mid-Pentecost /
Great Martyr George
At the beginning
of the Liturgy, the Priest sings “Christ is risen” 2 ˝ times, and the Choir
finishes
the last half.
Beatitudes on 8, First Canon of the Feast: 4, from Ode 3; Second Canon of the Feast 4, from Ode 6: 1. Thou didst open unto the Church the springs of life-creating waters, O Good One, and didst cry: If any zealous man thirst, let him go and drink. 2. Thou saidst plainly that Thou wouldst be lifted up from earth unto Heaven, and Thou didst promise to send the Holy Spirit from thence. 3. Do not judge a judgment according to appearance, O ye Jews; thus said the Master when He came unto the temple and taught at the Judaic Mid-feast, as it is written. 4. Do not judge a judgment according to appearance, O ye Jews, for Christ is come. Thy Prophets named Him: He that cometh from Zion and restoreth the world. 5. Transcending nature, recounting and understanding are the brave deeds of thy valor, which are unceasingly hymned, O all-blessed martyr George. 6. In that thou art a conversor with the army of heaven, and beholdest the revelation of God insofar as thou canst attain thereto, O blessed one, save those who honor thee with faith. 7. Inclining toward God in every way, and receiving the effulgence of miracles, O all-blessed George, thou dost distribute gifts to those in need. 8. I flee now to thee, O all-pure one. Save and preserve me by the supplications; for thou canst do all things soever thou desirest, in that thou art the Mother of the Almighty. Troparion: Tone 8:
In the
midst of the feast, give Thou my thirsty soul to drink of the waters of piety;
/
for
Thou, O Savior, didst cry out to all: /
Whosoever
is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
//
Wherefore,
O Well-spring of life, Christ our God, glory be to Thee.
Glory… Tone 4: As a liberator of captives, /
a helper of the poor, and
a physician of the infirm, /
O champion of kings, /
victorious great martyr
George, entreat Christ God, //
that our souls be saved.
Both now… Tone 8:
In
the midst of the feast, give Thou my thirsty soul to drink of the waters of
piety; /
for
Thou, O Savior, didst cry out to all: /
Whosoever
is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
//
Wherefore,
O Well-spring of life, Christ our God, glory be to Thee.
The
Epistle:
Reader: The Prokimenon in the 3rd Tone:
Great is our Lord, and great is His strength,
and of His understanding
there is no measure.
Choir: Great is our Lord, and great is His strength, and
of His understanding there is no
measure.
Reader: Praise ye the Lord, for a psalm is a good thing; let praise be sweet
unto our
God.
Choir: Great is our Lord, and great is His strength,
and of His understanding there is no
measure.
Reader: In the 7th tone: The righteous man shall be glad in the Lord, and shall hope in
Him.
Choir: The righteous man shall be glad in the Lord,
and shall hope in Him.
Reader: The
[Acts 14:6-18 (§34); Acts
12:1-11 (§ 29)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 1st Tone: Remember Thy congregation, which Thou
hast
purchased from the
beginning.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia!
Reader: God is
our King before the ages, He hath wrought salvation in the midst of the
earth.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia!
Reader: In the 4th Tone: The righteous man
shall flourish like a palm-tree, and like a
cedar in Lebanon shall he
be multiplied.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia!
Gospel [John
7:14-30 (§26); John 15:17-16:2 (§52)]
Kontakion:
Glory…Tone 4: Having been cultivated by God, /
thou didst show thyself to be a most honorable
husbandman of piety, /
gathering to thyself the sheaves of the virtues; /
for, having sown in tears, thou reapest in gladness, /
and having suffered in the shedding of thy blood, /
thou hast received Christ. And by thy supplications, O
holy one, //
thou grantest forgiveness of transgressions unto all.
Both now…Tone
4: In the midst of the Judaic feast,
/
Thou didst say to those present, O Christ God, Master and Creator of all:
/
Come ye, and receive the water of immortality. /
Wherefore, we fall down before Thee, /
crying out in faith and saying: /
Grant us Thy mercy and compassion; //
for
Thou art the Well-spring of our life.
Instead of “It is truly
meet…” we chant the Irmos of the 9th Ode of the
Second Canon of the
feast, Tone 8:
Virginity is alien to mothers, /
and childbirth is foreign to virgins,
but in thee, O Theotokos, both were
granted. //
Wherefore, all we the tribes of the earth bless thee unceasingly.