The Sunday of All Saints
Beatitude Verses: Octoechos: 4; All Saints Ode VI: 4
1.
Remember us, O Christ, Thou Savior of the world, as Thou didst remember
the thief
upon the Cross; and account us all
worthy of Thy heavenly kingdom, O Thou Who alone
art compassionate.
2.
Hearken, O Adam, and rejoice with Eve; for he who of old stripped you
both naked,
and by deception hath taken all of us
captive, hath been set at nought by the Cross of
Christ.
3.
Nailed of Thine own will to Tree, O our Savior, Thou didst deliver Adam
from the
curse which came through the tree, and
hast rewarded that which is in Thine image with
a dwelling in paradise, in that Thou art
compassionate.
4.
Today is Christ risen from the tomb, granting incorruption unto all the
faithful; and
He reneweth the joy of the myrrh-bearing
women after His suffering and resurrection.
5. O Master,
having found Thee to be a precious, choice, and firmly set corner-stone in
Zion, the
Saints, like selects stones, did build themselves thereupon, as though upon an
unshakeable
foundation.
6. When Thy
side was pierced, the drops of blood fell together with the deifying water,
and
refashioned the world. And the divine
host of all the Saints addressed Thee as
Benefactor.
7. We praise most reverently the God-inspired
cloud of witnesses, who by grace were
made luminous,
and shine more resplendently in the royal purple of their blood and in the
crimson of
their steadfast contest.
8. We all know thee to be the all-true Mother of
God, through whom the nature of
women, having
been given strength, contested for Christ, O all-spotless one, and was
filled with
every virtue in a godly manner.
Troparia
Tone
8: From on high didst Thou descend, O
compassionate One; * to burial of three
days hast Thou submitted * that Thou mightest free
us from our passions. * O our Life
and Resurrection, O Lord, glory be to Thee.
Glory…Tone
4: Adorned
in the blood of Thy martyrs throughout all the world, as in
purple and fine linen, Thy Church, through them doth
cry unto Thee, O Christ God: Send
down Thy compassions upon Thy people; grant peace to
Thy flock and to our souls great
mercy.
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 8th Tone: Make your vows and pay them to the Lord
our God.
Choir:
Make
your vows and pay them to the Lord our God.
Reader: In
Judea is God known, His name is great in Israel.
Choir: Make your vows and pay them to the Lord our
God.
Reader: In the
4th Tone: Wondrous is God in His saints, the God of Israel.
Choir: Wondrous is God in His saints, the God of
Israel.
Reader: The Reading is
from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Hebrews:
[Hebrews
11:33-12:2]
Reader: Alleluia in the 4th Tone.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: The righteous cried, and the Lord heard
them.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Many are the tribulations of the
righteous, and the Lord shall deliver them out
of them all.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matthew10:32,33,37-38; 19 27-30]
Kontakion
Tone 8: To Thee, O Lord, the planter
of creation, the world doth offer the God-bearing
martyrs as the first-fruits of nature. By their intercessions, preserve Thy Church,
Thy
commonwealth, in profound peace, through the
Theotokos, O Greatly-merciful One.