24th Sunday after Pentecost / Martyrs Plato and Romanus
Beatitudes
on 8, from the Octoechos.
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 Temple]
Glory… 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.
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 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 12:16-21
(§66)]
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 Temple]
Glory... Tone 3: Thy holy memory doth gladden the whole world, /
summoning all the faithful to thine all-honorable temple, /
where, assembled now with joy, /
we chant in hymns amid splendor. /
Wherefore, O Plato, /
we cry out to thee: /
Deliver thy city from the invasion of the heathen, //
O holy one.
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.