25th Sunday After Pentecost /
St. Gregory the Wonderworker
Beatitude Verses: Octoechos: 6; Hierarch: 4 from Ode 3
1. Remember us, O Christ, Thou Savior of the
world, as Thou didst remember the thief
upon the Cross; and account us all worthy of Thy heavenly
kingdom, O Thou Who alone
art compassionate.
2. Hearken, O Adam, and rejoice with Eve; for he
who of old stripped you both naked,
and by deception hath taken all of us captive, hath been
set at nought by the Cross of
Christ.
3. Nailed of Thine own will to the Tree, O our
Savior, Thou didst deliver Adam from the
curse which came through the tree, and hast rewarded that
which is in Thine image with a
dwelling in paradise, in that Thou art compassionate.
4. Today is Christ risen from the tomb, granting
incorruption unto all the faithful; and He
reneweth the joy of the myrrh-bearing women after His
suffering and resurrection.
5. Rejoice, O wise myrrh-bearing women, who were
first to behold the resurrection of
Christ, and who proclaimed
to the apostles the glad tidings of the restoration of the whole
world!
6. O ye apostles, who are manifestly the friends
of Christ and are to be enthroned with
Him in glory: entreat Him
with boldness, that He intercede for us, for ye are
His disciples.
7. Having cleansed thy mind of the turbulence
of the passions, and, being full of vision
most wise, thou wast shown to be magnificent, an abode of
wisdom, and wast enriched
with the gift of prophecy, O Gregory.
8. Being conversant in
the divinely inspired Scriptures, O most blessed one, and having
clearly chosen a different way of life, thou didst establish
within thyself the single image
of virtue, O divinely wise Gregory.
9. O divinely revealed one, having obtained the
mystery of theology through divine
initiation, enlighten us, that we may honor the Trinity
consubstantial, one in essence,
uncreated and equally eternal.
10. O pure Maiden, we all know thee to be the
staff which budded forth Christ, the
Flower of incorruption,
and the golden censer who held in thine arms the burning Coal of
the divine Essence, O divinely blessed one.
Troparia
Tone 8: From on high didst Thou descend, O
compassionate One; /
to burial of three days hast Thou submitted /
that Thou mightest free us from our passions. //
O our Life and
Resurrection, O Lord, glory be to Thee.
[Troparion
of the
Glory…
Tone 8:
By vigilance in prayer and persistence in the
working of miracles, /
thou didst acquire the name of thy
worthy deeds. /
Pray thou to Christ God, O father Gregory, /
that He enlighten our souls, //
lest we sleep unto death.
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 8th Tone: Make your vows and pay them to the Lord
our God.
Choir: Make
your vows and pay them to the Lord our God.
Reader: In
Judea is God known, His name is great in Israel.
Choir: Make your vows and pay them to the Lord our
God.
Reader: In the 7th
Tone: Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.
Choir: Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His
saints.
Reader: The
Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Ephesians:
[Eph. 4:1-6 (§224); I Cor. 12:7-11 (§151)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 8th Tone: Come let us
rejoice in the Lord, let us shout with
jubilation unto God our Savior.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Let us
come before His countenance with thanksgiving, and with psalms let us
shout in jubilation unto Him.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 2nd
Tone: Thy priests shall be clothed with righteousness, and Thy
righteous shall rejoice.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Luke 12:16-21 (§66); Matt. 10:1-8 (§34 (mid.))]
Kontakia
Tone 8: Having risen from the tomb, Thou didst raise up the dead and didst resurrect Adam. /
Eve also danceth at Thy
Resurrection, //
and the ends of the world celebrate Thine arising from
the dead, O Greatly-merciful one.
[Kontakion
of the
Glory…
Tone
2:
Receiving
the power to work many miracles, /
thou didst terrify
the demons with awesome signs, /
and didst dispel
the diseases of men, /
O most
wise Gregory. /
And thou
wast called the wonderworker, //
receiving this
title from thy works.
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.