18th
Sunday After Pentecost / Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus
Beatitudes on 10 Octoechos: 6;
Martyrs: 4, from Ode 3.
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. Very early, the myrrh-bearing women arrived,
weeping, at Thy tomb, O Christ God;
and they found an angel
sitting there, clad in white garments, who said: What seek ye?
Christ is risen! Lament no longer!
6. When Thine apostles went to the mountain whither Thou hadst commanded them to
go, and saw Thee, O
Savior, they worshipped Thee; and Thou didst send them unto the
nations, to teach and
baptize them.
7. He Who, as God, alone knew all things before
they came into being, seeing now your
offerings to Him, hath
filled you abundantly with the wisdom of discourse, divine
knowledge and steadfast
thought, for ye are His warriors, O blessed ones.
8. O martyred athletes,
favorites of Christ, wishing to suffer lawfully, with love for the
Creator and divinely wise
mind ye spurned corruptible and transitory glory, this world
and the prince thereof.
9. Standing before the
Lord in the all-pure thoughts of your mind, and filled thence with
splendor, and manifestly
delighting in ineffable blessedness, deliver from dangers those
who honor you, O athletes.
10. Adam, the first to
come under the dominion of death, hath now been delivered by thy
birthgiving, O only Bride
of God; for in manner transcending nature thou gavest birth to
the truly hypostatic Life
united to the flesh hypostatically, O pure one.
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.
[Troparion of the Temple]
Glory… Tone 5: O
much-suffering Sergius and all-glorious Bacchus, /
ye adornment of Christian
athletes and eye of the Church of Christ, /
enlighten the eyes of our
souls. /
Entreat the Lord, that we
may escape the darkness of sin /
and may be shown to share
in the never-waning light, //
through your
supplications, O saints.
Both now… Tone 5: Rejoice, impassible gate of the Lord! /
Rejoice, rampart and protection of those who have recourse unto thee! /
Rejoice, haven untouched by storms, /
thou that knowest not wedlock, /
who gavest birth in the flesh to thy Creator and God! /
Fail not in thy supplications //
for those who hymn and venerate thy birthgiving!
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: The
Prokimenon in the 4th Tone: In the saints that are in His earth hath the
Lord been wondrous; He hath wrought all His desires in
them.
Choir: In the saints that are in His earth hath the
Lord been wondrous; He hath wrought
all His desires in them.
Reader: The Reading
is from the Second Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Corinthians:
[II Cor. 9:6-11 (§188); Heb. 11:33-12:2 (§330)]
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 2nd tone: Behold now, what is
so good or so joyous as for brethren to
dwell together in unity?
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Luke
7:11-16 (§30); Luke 21:12-19 (§106)]
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.
[Kontakion of the Temple]
Glory… Tone 2: Manfully arming your mind against the enemy,
O most lauded martyrs, /
ye destroyed all their
falsehood, /
receiving the trophy of
victory from on high, /
and crying out with
oneness of mind: //
How good and joyous it is
to be with God!
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.