23rd Sunday After Pentecost / Martyr Acepsimus & Company / Dedication of the Church of St. George in Lydda

Beatitude Verses: Octoechos: 8

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 Temple]

Tone 4: In their sufferings O Lord, /

Thy martyrs received imperishable crowns from Thee, our God; /

for, possessed of Thy might, /

they cast down the tormentors and set at naught the feeble audacity of the demons. //

By their supplications save our souls.

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 4: The mystery hidden from before the ages /
and unknown even to the angels, /
through thee, O Theotokos, hath been revealed to those on earth: /
God incarnate in unconfused union, /
Who willingly accepted the Cross for our sake /
and thereby raising up the first-formed man, //

hath saved our souls from death.

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 4^th 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 Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Ephesians:

[Eph. 2:4-10 (§220); Eph. 6:10-17 (§233)]

Reader: Alleluia in the 6th Tone: He that dwelleth in the help of the Most High shall

abide in the shelter of the God of heaven.

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.

Reader: In the 4^th Tone: The righteous cried, and the Lord heard them, and He

delivered them out of all their tribulations.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Gospel [Luke 8:41-56 (§39); Luke 21:12-19 (§106)]

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]

Tone 2: Thou didst celebrate the mysteries in innocence, O wise one, /

and thyself becamest an acceptable sacrifice, O divinely blessed one; /

for with thy fellow athletes /

thou didst gloriously drain the cup of Christ, O holy Acepsimus, //

and prayest unceasingly in behalf of us all.

Glory… Tone 8:

Having recourse to thine excellent and speedy aid, O athlete of Christ, /

we, the faithful, pray that they that hymn thee may be delivered from the snares of the enemy //

and from all tribulation and afflictions, that we may cry: Rejoice, O martyr George.

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.

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