17th
Sunday after Pentecost / The Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the
Theologian
Beatitudes on 10 Octoechos 6;
Apostle 4, from Ode 3.
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. With the tongue of thy theology thou didst
reveal the mystery of the Trinity which passeth understanding, O divinely
blessed John; and therein hath my heart been established.
8. Thy tongue become the scribe’s
pen of the most Holy Spirit, recording thy precious and divine Gospel with
godly script.
9. Reclining against the
Well-spring of wisdom with divinely wise boldness, O most wise one, thou didst
draw forth an abyss of wisdom; and thou becamest His godly herald.
10. We honor thee as the
only Virgin Mother who hast been for us the mediatress of salvation, delivering
the world by thy supplications.
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 2: O Apostle beloved of Christ our God, /
hasten to deliver a
defenseless people. /
He that allowed thee to
recline on His breast, /
receiveth thee bowing in
intercession. /
Implore Him, O Theologian,
/
to dispel the persistent
cloud of the heathen, //
and ask for us His peace
and great mercy.
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 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
Israel.
Choir: Make
your vows and pay them to the Lord our God.
Reader: In the Same
Tone: Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth, and their words unto
the ends of the world.
Choir: Their sound hath gone forth into all the
earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
Reader: The Reading
is from the Second Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the
Corinthians: [II Cor. 6:16-7:1 (§182 mid); I John 4:12-19
(§73 mid)].
Reader: Alleluia in the 8th Tone: Come let us
rejoice in the Lord, let us shout with jubilation unto God our Savior.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Let us
come before His countenance with thanksgiving, and with psalms let us shout in
jubilation unto Him.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 1st tone: The heavens shall
confess Thy wonders, O Lord, and Thy truth in the congregation of saints.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Luke 5:1-11
(§17); John 19:25-27,21:24-25 (§61)].
Kontakia
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.
Glory… Tone 2: Who can tell
of thy mighty works, O virgin Saint? /
For thou pourest forth
miracles, /
and art a source of
healings, /
and thou dost intercede
for our souls, //
as the Theologian and
friend of Christ.
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.