26th
Sunday After Pentecost / St. Alexander Nevsky / Afterfeast of the Entry
Beatitudes
on 12: Octoechos: 4; Feast: 4, from Ode 4; Saint: 4, Ode 6.
1. Through food did the enemy lead Adam forth
from paradise; but by the Cross hath Christ led back to it the thief who
cried: Remember me when Thou comest in
Thy kingdom!
2. With Adam and the thief I worship Thy
sufferings and glorify Thy resurrection; and I cry out with a splendid
voice: Remember me, O Lord, when Thou
comest in Thy kingdom!
3. O Sinless One, of Thine own will Thou wast
crucified and placed in the Tomb, yet Thou didst arise as God, raising up with
Thyself Adam who crieth out: Remember me when Thou comest in Thy kingdom!
4. Raising up the temple of Thy body by Thy
resurrection on the third day, O Christ God, Thou didst raise up Adam and his
descendants who cry: Remember me when Thou comest in Thy kingdom!
5. The Temple of God, receiving today the portal
through whom none may pass, hath ceased to perform any service of the Law,
crying: Truly truth hath appeared to them that are on earth!
6. The mountain overshadowed—which Habbakuk beheld of old—prefigured her that hath made her
abode in the inaccessible chambers of the Temple, flourishing with virtues; for
she cover the ends of the earth therewith.
7. O Prophet Isaiah, prophesy unto us: Who is
the Virgin who will conceive in her womb; who springing from the root of Judah,
shall give birth to the right glorious Fruit of the holy seed of King David?
8. O virgins, commence ye to chant hymns,
holding candles in your hands and praising the arrival of the pure Theotokos
who now cometh to the temple of God, celebrating with us!
9. Thou didst bud forth as a branch from an
all-honored root, O all-glorious one, and didst live piously on earth; and thou
wast shown to be a pure habitation of the Spirit, sanctifying those who have
recourse to thee with faith, O blessed one.
10. Today the holy land of Russia hath been
filled with gladness on the appointed day of the feast of the all-glorious and
blessed wonder-worker Alexander; for he ever preserveth
his homeland unharmed.
11. With hymns let us bless Alexander, glorifying
him as the helper of orphans and widows, our invincible ally amid misfortunes;
for he delivereth from tribulations and sorrows those who celebrate his memory
with gladness.
12. As the all-holy temple, O Theotokos, thou
gavest birth to the inexhaustible Well-spring, O most-immaculate Mistress.
Troparia
Tone 1: When
the stone had been sealed by the Jews, /
And the soldiers were
guarding Thine immaculate Body, /
Thou didst arise on the
third day, O Savior, /
granting life unto the
world. /
Wherefore, the Hosts of
the Heavens cried out to Thee, O Life-giver: /
Glory to Thy Resurrection,
O Christ. /
Glory to Thy kingdom. //
Glory to Thy dispensation,
O only Lover of mankind.
Glory… Tone 4: Recognize thy brethren, O
right-believing Prince Alexander, /
thou
Russian Joseph who reignest not in
and
accept their entreaties, /
increasing
the harvest of thy people through the fertility of thy land, /
and
protecting the cities of thy dominion by thy supplications. /
And
together with our Orthodox hierarchs //
do
battle against all heresies.
Both now… Tone 4: Today is the prelude of God’s good will /
and the heralding of the
salvation of mankind. /
In the
and she proclaimeth Christ
unto all. /
To her, then, with a great
voice let us cry aloud: /
Rejoice, O thou fulfillment
//
of the Creator’s
dispensation.
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in
the 1st Tone: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according
as we have hoped in Thee.
Choir: Let Thy mercy, O
Lord, be upon us, according as we have hoped in Thee.
Reader: Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous; praise
is meet for the upright.
Choir: Let Thy mercy, O
Lord, be upon us, according as we have hoped in Thee.
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
[Eph. 5:8-19
(§229); Gal. 5:22-6:2 (§213)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 1st Tone: O God who givest avengement
unto me and hast subdued people under me.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: It is He that magnifieth the salvation of
His king and worketh mercy for His anointed, for David and for His seed unto
eternity.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 6th Tone: Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord; in
His commandments shall he greatly delight.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Luke 12:16-21 (§66); Matt. 11:27-30 (§43)]
Kontakia
Tone 1: As
God, Thou didst arise from the tomb in glory, /
and Thou didst raise the
world together with Thyself. /
And mortal nature praiseth
Thee as God, /
and death hath vanished. /
And Adam danceth, O
Master, /
and Eve, now freed from
fetters, rejoiceth as she crieth out: /
Thou art He, O Christ, //
that grantest unto all
resurrection.
Glory… Tone 4: As thy kinsmen Boris and
Gleb appeared to thee, /
bringing
thee help from heaven /
when
thou didst battle against Velgar the Swede and his
warriors, /
so
now, O blessed Alexander, come to the aid of thy kinfolk, //
and
contend thou against those who wage war against us.
Both now... Tone 4: The most pure
temple of the Savior, /
the most precious
bridal-chamber and Virgin, /
the sacred treasury of the
glory of God, /
is on this day brought
into the house of the Lord, /
bringing with her the
grace that is in the Divine Spirit. /
And the angels of God
chant praise unto her: //
she is the heavenly
tabernacle.
Instead of “It is truly meet…” we chant the Irmos
of the 9th Ode of the First Canon of
the feast, Fourth Tone:
Refrain: The angels beholding the entry of the most
pure one /
were struck with
wonder, //
seeing how the
Virgin entered into the Holy of Holies.
Irmos: Let no profane hand touch the living Ark of
God, /
but let the lips
of the faithful, chanting unceasingly /
the words of the
angel to the Theotokos, /
cry out with joy:
//
Truly art thou
high above all, O pure Virgin.