15th
Sunday After Pentecost / Ss. Peter and Febronia of Murom
Beatitudes on 10 Octoechos 6; Saints 4, from Ode 3.
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. Be thou a helper for the helpless and merciful consolation for the grieving, O blessed Peter, that, delivered by your supplications, we may honor thee. 8. As thou didst once commit the serpent to utter destruction, slaying him, O thrice blessed one, so now vanquish those who make war upon thy homeland, that we may glorify thee. 9. Behold our despondency; behold our grief; behold the misfortune that the enemy bringeth upon us! Wherefore, change it by your prayer unto the Lord, O Peter, that we may piously honor thee. 10. Thee have all of us Christians acquired as a refuge and bulwark, and thee do we unceasingly glorify, O thou who knewest not wedlock. 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]
Glory… Tone 8: Having lived well in piety, O blessed Peter, /
thou wast like a most precious offshoot of the root of piety; /and thus having pleased God in peace with thy spouse, the all-wise Febronia, /ye were vouchsafed the life of the holy monastics. /With them pray ye to the Lord, that He preserve your homeland unharmed, //that we may honor you unceasingly. Both now… Tone 8:
All creation—the assembly of angels
and the human race— /
rejoiceth in thee, O thou who art
full of grace, /
O sacred temple and reason-endowed
paradise, /
thou boast of virgins, from whom
God, Who existeth from
before time, was incarnate and became a child; /
for He made thy loins a throne, and
thy womb He made more spacious than the heavens. //
All creation rejoiceth in thee, O
thou who art full of grace. Glory to thee!
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 7th 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. 4:6-15 (§176); Gal. 5:22-6:2 (§213)]
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: Blessed
is the man that feareth the Lord; in His commandments shall he greatly delight.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia!
Gospel [Matt. 22:35-46 (§92); Matt. 4:25-5:12
(§10)]
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]
Glory… Tone 8: Pondering the transitory glory and governance of this world, /
for this thou didst live piously in peace with the all-wise Febronia thy spouse, /O Peter, pleasing God with almsgiving and prayers. /Wherefore, lying inseparably in the tomb even after death, ye invisibly impart healing. //Pray ye now unto Christ, that He preserve your city and the people who glorify you. 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.