23rd Sunday after Pentecost / Martyrs Acyndinus and those with him
Beatitudes
on 8, from the Octoechos
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.
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit let us glorify, saying: O Holy
Trinity, save Thou our souls!
8. O Virgin, who ineffably conceived in the latter days and gavest birth unto thy Creator: Save those who magnify thee!
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.
[Troparion of the
Glory… Tone 2: O athletes of the Lord, /
blessed is the earth which drank in your blood, /
and holy the habitations which have received your bodies; /
for ye vanquished the enemy in the arena /
and preached Christ with boldness. //
Entreat Him, we pray, since He is good, that our souls be saved.
Both now… Tone 2:
All of thy most glorious
mysteries are beyond comprehension, O Theotokos; /
for, thy purity
sealed and thy virginity intact, /
thou art known to be
a true Mother, /
having given birth
unto God. //
Him do thou entreat,
that our souls be saved.
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: In the 4th Tone: In the saints that are in His earth
hath the Lord been wondrous; He hath wrought all His desires in
them.
Choir: In
the saints that are in His earth hath the Lord been wondrous; He hath wrought all
His desires in them.
Reader:
The
[Eph. 2:4-10 (§220); Eph. 6:10-17 (§233)]
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: He shall say unto the Lord:
Thou art my helper and my refuge. He is
my God, and I will hope in Him.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In
the 4th Tone: The righteous cried, and the Lord heard them,
and He delivered them out of all their tribulations.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Luke 8:26-39
(§38); Matt. 10:16-22 (§36)]
Kontakia
Tone 6:
Having by His life bestowing hand raised up all the dead
out of the dark abysses, /
Christ God, the Giver of life, hath bestowed the
Resurrection upon the fallen human race; /
for He is the Savior of all, //
the Resurrection, and the Life, and the God of all.
[Kontakion of the Temple]
Glory... Tone 2: The pious and God-bearing martyrs, /
who on earth forsook all things
– /
Acindynus, Pegasius, and
Anempodistus, /
and with them Aphthonius, and
Elpidephorus – /
Thou didst receive into the
delight of Thy good things and into rest, //
O Thou Who alone are all-good.
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.