22nd
Sunday After Pentecost / Martyr
Nestor of Thessalonica
Beatitude
Verses: Octoechos: 8.
1. Believing Thee to be God, O Christ, the thief
on the cross confessed Thee in a pure
manner, crying out from the depths of his heart: Remember me in Thy kingdom, O Lord!
2. Together let us hymn as Savior and Creator,
Him Who on the Cross budded forth life
for
our race and caused the curse which originated from the tree to wither up.
3. By Thy death hast Thou destroyed the power of
death, O Christ, and Thou didst raise
up
with Thyself the dead of ages past, who now hymn Thee as our true God and
Savior.
4. Arriving at Thy tomb, O Christ, the honorable
women sought to anoint Thee with
myrrh, O Bestower of life; but an angel appeared to them, crying out: The Lord
is risen!
5. When Thou wast crucified between two
condemned thieves, O Christ, one of them
blasphemed Thee and was justly damned, while the other confessed Thee and dwelleth
now
in paradise.
6. When they had come to the choir of the
apostles, the honorable women cried out:
Christ
is risen! Let
us worship Him as Master and Creator.
7. O indivisible Trinity, all-effecting and
all-powerful Unity: Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit: Thee do we hymn as our true God and Savior!
8. Rejoice, O animate temple of God and
impassible gate! Rejoice, O fiery throne
which
burneth yet is not consumed! Rejoice, O
Mother of Emmanuel, Christ our God!
Troparia Tone 5: Let us, O faithful, praise and worship the
Word /
Who
is co-unoriginate with the Father and the Spirit, /
and
Who was born of the Virgin for our salvation; /
for
He was pleased to ascend the Cross in the flesh /
and
to endure death, //
and
to raise the dead by His glorious Resurrection.
[Troparion of the
Glory… Tone 4: In his
sufferings O Lord, /
Thy martyr Nestor 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 5th Tone: Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt
preserve
us from this generation and for evermore.
Choir: Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt
preserve us from this generation and for
evermore.
Reader: Save
me, O Lord for a righteous man there is no more.
Choir: Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt
preserve us from this generation and for
evermore.
Reader: 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
[Gal. 6:11-18 (§215); Eph. 6:10-17 (§233).]
Reader: Alleluia
in the 5th Tone: Of Thy mercies, O Lord, will I sing for
ever. Unto
generation
and generation will I declare Thy truth with my mouth.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: For Thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever, in the heavens shall Thy
truth be established.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 4th
Tone: The righteous cried, and
the Lord heard them, and He
delivered them out of all their tribulations.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Luke
8:26-39 (§38); Luke 21:12-19 (§106)]
Kontakia
Tone 4: My Savior and Redeemer hath, as God, /
raised up the earthborn from the grave and from their fetters, /and He hath broken the gates of hades, /and, as Master, //hath risen on the third day.
[Kontakion of the
Glory… Tone 2: Having fought the good fight, /
thou hast now inherited immortal glory, /
for thou becamest an excellent warrior of the Master /
through the supplications of the martyr Demetrius. /
Wherefore, cease not to pray for us all, // O wise Nestor.
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.