15th Sunday after Pentecost / Hieromartyr Babylas / Prophet Moses
Beatitudes
on 8, from the Octoechos.
1. Remember me when Thou comest in Thy kingdom, O God my Savior, and save me, for Thou alone lovest mankind.
2. By a tree was Adam deceived; yet again by the Tree of the Cross was the thief saved, who cried out: Remember me in Thy kingdom, O Lord!
3. O Bestower of life, Who hadst broken down the gates and portals of hades, Thou hast saved all who cry out to Thee, O Savior: Glory to Thine arising!
4. O Thou Who by Thy burial hast made death captive, and by Thy resurrection hast filled all with joy: remember me, in that Thou art compassionate.
5. The myrrh-bearing women who came to the tomb heard an angel cry out: Christ, Who hath enlightened all things is risen!
6. Together let us all hymn Christ, Who was nailed to the Cross and hath delivered the world from beguilement.
7. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit let us glorify, saying: O Holy Trinity, save Thou our souls!
8. O Virgin, who ineffably conceived in the latter days and gavest birth unto thy Creator: Save those who magnify thee!
Troparia
Tone 6: Angelic hosts were above Thy tomb, /
and they that guarded Thee became as dead. /
And Mary stood by the grave seeking Thine immaculate body. /
Thou didst despoil
hades and wast not tempted by it. /
Thou
didst meet the Virgin and didst grant us life.
//
O Thou
Who didst rise from the dead, O Lord, glory be to Thee.
[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 unto the shedding of thy blood. /
O hieromartyr
Babylas, /
entreat Christ God,
//
that our souls be
saved.
Glory… Tone 2: Thou didst ascend to the heights of the virtues, /
O Prophet Moses, /
for which cause thou wast vouchsafed to behold the glory of God /
and didst receive
the grace-filled tablets of the law. /
And bearing within
thyself the lineaments of grace, //
thou wast the
honored boast of the prophets and the great mystery of piety.
Both now… Tone 2:
All of thy most
glorious mysteries are beyond comprehension, O Theotokos; /
for, thy purity
sealed and thy virginity intact, /
thou art known to be
a true Mother, /
having given birth
unto God. //
Him do thou entreat,
that our souls be saved.
The Epistle
Reader: The
Prokimenon in the 6th Tone: Save,
O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine
inheritance.
Choir:
Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.
Reader: Unto
Thee, O Lord, Will I cry; O my God, be not silent unto me.
Choir:
Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.
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 Reading is from the Second Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the
Corinthians:
[II Cor. 4:6-15 (§176); Heb. 11:33-12:2
(§330)]
Reader: Alleluia
in the 6th Tone: He that dwelleth in the help of the Most High shall
abide
in the shelter of the God of heaven.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: He
shall say unto the Lord: Thou art my helper and my refuge. He is my God,
and I
will hope in Him.
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 tribulation.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matt. 22:35-46 (§92);
Luke 12:32-40 (§67)]
Kontakia
Tone 6:
Having by His life bestowing hand raised up all the dead out of the dark abysses, /
Christ God, the Giver of life, hath bestowed the Resurrection upon the fallen human race; /
for He is the Savior of all, //
the Resurrection, and the Life, and the God of all.
[Kontakion
of the Temple]
Tone 8: Illumined today, the church glorifieth thee as the preacher of piety /
and confirmation of athletes, O glorious Babylas. /
As thou hast boldness before the Lord, pray thou to Christ, O much suffering one, //
that He preserve those who magnify and praise thee in perfect peace.
Glory... Tone 2: Today the choir of the prophets rejoiceth with Moses and Aaron, /
for the end of their prophecy hath found fulfillment in us: /
today the Cross shineth forth, /
whereby Thou hast saved us. /
Through their supplications, //
O Christ God, have mercy upon us!
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.