17th
Sunday after Pentecost / St. Eumenius, Bishop of Gortyna / Afterfeast of
the Exaltation
Beatitudes on 10: Octoechos: 6;
Feast: 4, from Ode 6.
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 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.
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. Rejoice, O wise myrrh-bearing women, who were
first to behold the resurrection of Christ, and who proclaimed to the apostles
the glad tidings of the restoration of the whole world!
6. O ye apostles, who are manifestly the friends
of Christ and are to be enthroned with Him in glory: entreat Him with boldness,
that He intercede for us, for ye are His disciples.
7 &8. Jonah stretched out his hands in the form of
a cross within the belly of the sea monster, plainly prefiguring the redeeming
Passion. Cast out from thence after three days, he foreshadowed the marvelous
Resurrection of Christ our God, who was crucified in the flesh and enlightened
the world by His Rising on the third day.
9. Bent with age and weighed
down with infirmity, Jacob drew himself up when he crossed his arms, showing
forth the power of the life-bearing Cross; for God Who was nailed in the flesh hath
set aright the obsolescence of the law of the Scripture which was written in
shadows, and hath dispelled the soul-destroying disease of deception.
10. Divine Israel, laying
his hands cross-wise upon the heads of the young, revealed that the people who
hath the honor of being the elder is a slave to the law. Wherefore, when suspected of erring in so
doing, he did not alter the life-bearing image, for, he said, protected by the
Cross, the newly established people of Christ God surpass them.
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.
[Troparion of the Temple]
Glory...Both now... Tone 1: O Lord, save Thy people /
and bless Thine
inheritance. /
Grant Thou victory unto
Orthodox Christians /
over their enemies, /
and by the power of Thy
Cross //
do Thou preserve Thy
commonwealth.
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in the 7th Tone: Exalt ye the Lord our
God, and worship the footstool of His feet for it is holy.
Choir: Exalt
ye the Lord our God, and worship the footstool of His feet for it is holy.
Reader: The Lord is king, let the peoples rage.
Choir: Exalt ye the Lord our
God, and worship the footstool of His feet for it is holy.
Reader: Exalt ye the Lord our God.
Choir: And worship the footstool of His feet for it is holy.
Reader: The Reading is from the
Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Galatians:
[Gal.
2:16-20 (§203); II Cor. 6:16-7:1 (§182 mid)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 1st Tone.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia!
Reader: Remember Thy congregation which Thou hast
purchased from the beginning.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia!
Reader: But God is our king
before the ages, He hath wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia
Gospel [Mark
8:34-9:1 (§37); Matt. 15:21-28 (§62)]
Kontakia
Tone 8: Having risen from the tomb, Thou
didst raise up the dead and didst resurrect Adam. /
Eve also danceth at Thy
Resurrection, //
and the ends of the world
celebrate Thine arising from the dead, O Greatly-merciful one.
[Kontakion of the Temple]
Glory… Tone 2: Illumined with divine light, /
thou dost enlighten us who
hymn /
thine honored, glorious
and holy repose with love, /
O most blessed and holy
hierarch, father Eumenius, //
unceasingly praying for us
all.
Both now... Tone 4:
O Thou Who wast lifted up
willingly on the Cross, /
bestow Thy mercies upon
the new community named after Thee, O Christ God; /
gladden with Thy power the
Orthodox Christians, /
granting them victory over
enemies; //
may they have as Thy help
the weapon of peace, the invincible trophy.
Instead of
“It is truly meet…” we chant the Irmos of the 9th Ode of the First Canon of the
feast, Eighth Tone:
Refrain: Magnify, O my soul, the most precious Cross of the
Lord.
Irmos: O Theotokos, thou art a mystical Paradise, /
who untilled hast brought
forth Christ. /
He hath planted upon the
earth the life-giving Tree of the Cross: /
therefore at its exaltation on this day, //
we worship Him and thee do we magnify.