16th
Sunday After Pentecost / Hieromartyr
Anthimus of Nicomedia / St. Theoctistus
Beatitudes on 10, Octoechos
6; Hieromartyr 4, from Ode 3.
1. The fruit which slew me was beautiful and good to eat; but Christ is the Tree of life,
and eating of Him I do not die, but cry out with the thief: Remember me, O Lord, in Thy
kingdom!
2. O Compassionate One, Who wast lifted up upon the Cross, Thou hast erased the
record of Adam’s ancient sin, and hast saved the whole human race from deception.
Wherefore, we hymn Thee, O Lord and Benefactor.
3. Thou didst nail our sins to the Cross, O compassionate Christ, and by Thy death Thou
didst slay death, O Thou who didst raise up the dead from among the dead. Wherefore,
we worship Thy holy resurrection.
4. The serpent once poured its venom into the ears of Eve; but on the tree of the Cross,
Christ poured forth the sweetness of life upon the world. Wherefore, we cry out:
Remember us, O Lord, in Thy kingdom!
5. Thou wast laid in the tomb as one dead, O Christ, Thou Life of all; and Thou didst
break down the gates of hades; and having risen again in glory on the third day as One
mighty, Thou hast illumined all. Glory to Thine arising!
6. Having risen from the dead on the third day, the Lord bestowed His peace upon His
disciples; and having blessed them, He sent them forth saying: Lead all into My
kingdom!
7. Having first served the Deliverer in thy sacred ministry, thou wast shown to be a
hieromartyr; and after, thou didst make of thyself a priestly sacrifice.
8. Thou was not a hireling, but a shepherd most true, O venerable one, shedding thy
blood for thy flock, O beloved of God.
9. Thou didst tend the flock of the Master with care, O hierarch; wherefore, thou has
made thine abode in a place of green pasture.
10. By thine entreaties grant us aid, O all-pure one, repelling the assaults of grievous
circumstances.
Troparia
Tone 7:
Thou didst destroy death by Thy Cross, /
Thou
didst open paradise to the thief. /
Thou
didst change the lamentation of the Myrrh-bearers, /
and Thou
didst command Thine Apostles to proclaim /
that Thou
didst arise, O Christ God, //
and grantest to the world great
mercy.
[Troparion of the
Temple]
Tone 4: As thou didst share in the ways of the apostles /
and didst occupy their throne, /
thou didst find thine activity to be a passage to divine vision, /
O divinely inspired one. /
Wherefore, ordering the word of truth, /
thou didst suffer for the Faith even to the shedding of thy blood, /
O hieromartyr Anthimus. /
Entreat Christ God, //
that our souls be saved.
Glory…
Tone 8: With streams of thy tears thou didst irrigate the barren desert, /
and with sighs from the depths of thy soul thou didst make it to bear fruit an hundredfold. /
Thou wast a beacon to the whole world, radiating miracles. //
O Theoctistus our father, entreat Christ God, that our souls be saved!
Both now…
Tone 8: O Good One, Who for our sake wast born of the Virgin /
and, having endured crucifixion, cast down death by death, /
and as God revealed the resurrection: /
disdain not that which Thou hast fashioned with Thine own hand. /
Show forth Thy love for mankind, O Merciful One; /
accept the Theotokos who gave Thee birth and prayeth for us; //
and save Thy despairing people, O our Savior!
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in the 7th Tone: The Lord will give strength unto His people;
the Lord will bless His people with peace.
Choir:
The Lord will give strength unto His people; the Lord will bless His people
with
peace.
Reader: Bring
unto the Lord, ye sons of God, bring unto the Lord the sons of rams.
Choir:
The Lord will give strength unto His people; the Lord will bless His people
with
peace.
Reader:
In the Same 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 Reading is
from the Second Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the
Corinthians: [II Cor. 6:1-10 (§181); Heb. 13:7-16 (§334)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 7th Tone: It is good
to give praise unto the Lord, and to chant
unto Thy name, O Most High.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: To proclaim in the morning Thy mercy, and
Thy truth by night.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 2nd
Tone: Thy priests shall be clothed in righteousness, and Thy righteous
shall rejoice.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matt.
25:14-30 (§105); John 10:9-16 (§36)]
Kontakia
Tone 7: No longer will the dominion of death be able to keep men captive; /
for Christ hath descended, demolishing and destroying the powers thereof. /
Hades is bound; /
the prophets rejoice with one voice, saying: /
A Savior hath come for them that have faith. //
Come forth, ye faithful, for the Resurrection.
[Kontakion of the
Temple]
Glory... Tone 4: Having lived piously among priests /
and finished the path of martyrdom, /
thou didst extinguish the immolations of the idolaters, /
being a champion for thy flock, O divinely wise one. /
Wherefore, it now honoreth thee, mystically crying out: /
By thy supplications deliver us from misfortunes, //
O ever-memorable Anthimus.
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.