19th Sunday After Pentecost / Protomartyr Thekla
Beatitudes on 10 Octoechos:
6; Martyr: 4, from Ode 3.
1. We offer Thee the cry of the thief, and we
pray: Remember us in Thy kingdom, O
Savior.
2. For the forgiveness of transgressions we
offer unto Thee the Cross which Thou didst
accept for our sake, O
Thou who lovest mankind.
3. We bow down in worship,
O Master, before Thy burial and rising, whereby Thou hast
delivered the world from
corruption, O Thou Who lovest mankind.
4. By Thy death hath death
been slain, O Lord, and by Thy resurrection hast Thou saved
the world, O Savior.
5. Risen from the tomb, Thou didst meet the myrrh-bearing women; and Thou didst tell
Thy disciples to announce
Thine arising.
6. Those who slept in
darkness, beholding Thee, the Light, in the nethermost parts of
hades, O Christ, were
raised from the dead.
7. O thy love which passeth understanding, O
most honored one, whereby, having united
thyself in the Spirit,
thou didst bind thyself to Paul in Christ!
8. The intention of the
tyrant was unable to wound thee who wast wounded with the
desire of the Spirit, O
delight of mortals.
9. Having rejected all
fleshly attachments, thou wast not softened by the conversations of
thy mother, O most
laudable athlete.
10. Thou wast the
correction of our first mother Eve, O Theotokos, having given birth
unto the Author of life
for the world.
Troparia
Tone 2: When Thou didst descend unto death, O Life Immortal, /
then didst Thou slay Hades
with the lightning of Thy Divinity. /
And when Thou didst also
raise the dead out of the nethermost depths, /
all the Hosts of the
heavens cried out: //
O Life-giver, Christ our
God, glory be to Thee.
[Troparion of the Temple]
Glory… Tone 4: Taught
by the words of Paul, /
O Thekla, bride of God, /
and confirmed through
faith by Peter, O divinely called one, /
thou wast shown to be the
protomartyr and first sufferer among women. /
Thou didst enter the flame
as it were a place abloom with flowers, /
and the wild beasts and
bulls stood in awe of thee, /
for thou didst arm thyself
with the Cross. /
Wherefore, O most lauded
one, entreat Christ, //
that our souls be saved.
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 2nd Tone: The Lord is my strength and my song, and
He is become my salvation.
Choir:
The Lord is my strength and my song, and He is
become my salvation.
Reader: With
chastisement hath the Lord chastened me, but He hath not given me over
unto death.
Choir: The Lord is my strength and my song, and He
is become my salvation.
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 Second Epistle of the Holy Apostle
Paul to the
Corinthians: [II Cor. 11:31-12:9 (§194); II Tim. 3:10-15
(§296)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 2nd Tone: The Lord
hear thee in the day of affliction; the name
of the God of Jacob defend thee.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: O Lord,
save the king, and hearken unto us in the day when we call upon Thee.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 1st Tone: With Patience I waited patiently for the
Lord, and He was
attentive unto me, and He hearkened unto
my supplication.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel
[Luke 5:1-11 (§17); Matt. 25:1-13 (§104)]
Kontakia
Tone 2: Thou didst rise from the tomb, O omnipotent Savior, /
and Hades was terrified on beholding the wonder; /and the dead arose, /and creation at the sight thereof rejoiceth with Thee. /And Adam also is joyful, //and the world, O my Savior, praiseth Thee for ever.
[Kontakion of the Temple]
Glory… Tone 2: Having wounded thy heart with the love of Christ, /
O good virgin, /
thou didst spurn a
transitory betrothed as of no account; /
and didst brave the fire
and shut the mouths of the wild beasts. /
And, saved from them, O
Thekla, first among women to suffer, //
thou didst take care to
seek out Paul.
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.