24th Sunday After Pentecost / Apostle Erastus and others of the Seventy
Beatitude
Verses: Octoechos: 8
1. The fruit
which slew me was beautiful and good to eat; but Christ is the Tree of life,
and eating of Him I do not die, but
cry out with the thief: Remember me, O Lord, in Thy
kingdom!
2. O
Compassionate One, Who wast lifted up upon the Cross,
Thou hast erased the
record of Adam’s ancient sin, and hast
saved the whole human race from deception.
Wherefore, we hymn Thee, O Lord and Benefactor.
3. Thou didst
nail our sins to the Cross, O compassionate Christ, and by Thy death Thou
didst slay death, O Thou who didst
raise up the dead from among the dead.
Wherefore,
we worship Thy holy resurrection.
4. The serpent once poured its venom into the ears
of Eve; but on the tree of the Cross,
Christ poured forth the sweetness of life upon the
world. Wherefore, we cry out:
Remember us, O Lord, in Thy kingdom!
5. Thou wast
laid in the tomb as one dead, O Christ, Thou Life of all; and Thou didst
break down the gates of hades; and
having risen again in glory on the third day as One
mighty, Thou hast illumined all. Glory to Thine arising!
6. Having risen from the dead on the third day, the Lord bestowed His
peace upon His
disciples; and having blessed them, He
sent them forth saying: Lead all into My
kingdom!
7. The
Father is light; the Son and Word is light; and the
Holy Spirit is light. Yet the
Three are one Light, for they are one God in three
Persons, One in nature and origin,
indivisible, unconfused and preeternal.
8. For our
sake thou gavest birth in the flesh to the Son and Word of the Father, as thou
thyself hast declared, O Theotokos. Wherefore, O Virgin Mother, we who are
deified
through thee cry out to thee: Rejoice, O hope of Christians!
Troparia
Tone 7:
Thou didst destroy death by Thy Cross, /
Thou
didst open paradise to the thief. /
Thou
didst change the lamentation of the Myrrh-bearers, /
and Thou didst
command Thine Apostles to proclaim /
that Thou didst
arise, O Christ God, //
and grantest to the
world great mercy.
[Troparion of the
Glory… Tone 3: O holy Apostles, /
intercede with the merciful God, //
that He grant unto our souls forgiveness of offenses.
Both now… Tone 3:
We hymn thee who hast mediated the salvation of our race, O Virgin Theotokos; /
for thy Son and our God, /
accepting suffering on the Cross in the flesh He had received of thee, /
hath delivered us from corruption, //
in that He is the Lover of mankind.
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in the 7th Tone: The Lord will give strength unto His people;
the Lord will bless
His people with peace.
Choir:
The Lord will give strength unto His people; the Lord will bless His people
with
peace.
Reader: Bring
unto the Lord, ye sons of God, bring unto the Lord the sons of rams.
Choir:
The Lord will give strength unto His people; the Lord will bless His people
with
peace.
Reader: The
Lord will give strength unto His people.
Choir:
the Lord will bless His people with
peace.
Reader:
The Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Ephesians:
[Eph. 2:14-22 (§221)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 7th Tone.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: It is good to give praise unto the Lord, and
to chant unto Thy name, O Most
High.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: To proclaim in the morning Thy mercy, and Thy truth by night.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Luke 10:25-37
(§53)]
Kontakia
Tone 7: No longer will the dominion of death be able
to keep men captive; /
for Christ hath
descended, demolishing and destroying the powers thereof. /
Hades is bound; /
the prophets
rejoice with one voice, saying: /
A Savior hath
come for them that have faith. //
Come
forth, ye faithful, for the Resurrection.
[Kontakion
of the
Glory... Tone 2: Having illumined your minds with divine
light, /
ye wisely destroyed
the wiles of the orators; /
and having fished for
all the pagans, O glorious apostles, /
ye brought them to
the Master, //
teaching them to
glorify the divine Trinity.
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.