The Sunday of All Saints
Beatitude Verses: Resurrection: 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. Nailed of Thine own will to the 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.
3. 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.
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
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
Choir:
Wondrous is God in His saints, the God of Israel.
Reader: The
[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.