27th Sunday After Pentecost / Prophet Obadiah / Martyr
Barlaam of Caesarea in Cappadocia
Beatitudes on 8, Octoechos
8.
1. We offer Thee the cry of the thief, and we
pray: Remember us in Thy kingdom, O
Savior.
2. For the forgiveness of transgressions we
offer unto Thee the Cross which Thou didst
accept for our sake, O
Thou who lovest mankind.
3. We bow down in worship,
O Master, before Thy burial and rising, whereby Thou hast
delivered the world from
corruption, O Thou Who lovest mankind.
4. By Thy death hath death
been slain, O Lord, and by Thy resurrection hast Thou saved
the world, O Savior.
5. Risen from the tomb, Thou didst meet the myrrh-bearing women; and Thou didst tell
Thy disciples to announce
Thine arising.
6. Those who slept in
darkness, beholding Thee, the Light, in the nethermost parts of
hades, O Christ, were
raised from the dead.
7. Let us glorify the
Father; let us all worship the Son, and let us hymn the Holy Spirit
with faith.
8. Rejoice, fiery
throne! Rejoice, bride unwedded! Rejoice, O Virgin who for men
gavest birth unto God!
Troparia
Tone 2: When Thou didst descend unto death, O Life Immortal, /
then didst Thou slay Hades
with the lightning of Thy Divinity. /
And when Thou didst also raise
the dead out of the nethermost depths, /
all the Hosts of the
heavens cried out: //
O Life-giver, Christ our
God, glory be to Thee.
[Troparion of the Temple]
Glory… Tone
4: In his sufferings O Lord, /
Thy martyr Barlaam hath received an imperishable
crown from Thee, our God; /
for, possessed of Thy might,
/
he set at nought his
tormentors and crushed the feeble audacity of the demons. //
By his supplications save
Thou 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 2nd Tone: The Lord is my strength and my song, and
He is become my salvation.
Choir: The Lord is my strength and my song, and He is become
my salvation.
Reader: With
chastisement hath the Lord chastened me, but He hath not given me over
unto death.
Choir: The Lord is my strength and my song, and He
is become my salvation.
Reader: The Lord is my
strength and my song.
Choir: And He is become my salvation.
Reader: The Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul
to the Ephesians:
[Eph. 6:10-17 (§233)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 2nd Tone
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: The Lord
hear thee in the day of affliction; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: O Lord,
save the king, and hearken unto us in the day when we call upon Thee.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel
[Luke 12:16-21 (§66)]
Kontakia
Tone 2: Thou didst rise from the tomb, O omnipotent Savior, /
and Hades was terrified on beholding the wonder; /
and the dead arose, /
and creation at the sight thereof rejoiceth with Thee. /
And Adam also is joyful, //
and the world, O my Savior, praiseth Thee for ever.
[Kontakion of the Temple]
Glory… Tone 4: Thou wast shown to be most amazing /
in the fortitude whereby thou didst endure immolation, /
and didst offer thyself in
sacrifice unto Christ as incense of sweet savor. /
Having received a crown of
honor, O Barlaam, //
do thou ever pray for us,
O athlete.
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.