Forgiveness Sunday / Tone 4
Beatitudes on 10: Octoechos:
6; Triodion: 4, from Ode 6.
1. By the tree was Adam forced to depart from paradise; but by the Tree of the Cross was the thief made to dwell in paradise. For the one by tasting, broke the commandment of
the creator; while the other, crucified with Him, confessed the hidden God, crying out:
Remember me in Thy kingdom! 2. O Lord Who wast lifted up upon the Cross, Who hast destroyed the power of death and as God hast destroyed the record of our sins, grant also the repentance of the thief unto us
who faithfully serve Thee and cry out to thee, O Christ God Who alone lovest mankind:
Remember us also in Thy kingdom! 3. On the Cross Thou didst tear asunder with the spear the record of our sins; and, numbered among the dead, Thou didst bind the tyrant of hades, O Lord Who lovest
mankind, Who by Thy resurrection hast delivered all from the bonds of hades. Thereby
have we been illumined, and we cry to Thee: Remember us also in Thy kingdom!
4. O Thou Who alone art immortal, Who wast crucified and as almighty didst arise from the tomb on the third day, and hast raised up Adam, the first created: Vouchsafe that I
also may turn to repentance with my whole heart, and may ever cry out to Thee with
fervent faith: Remember me, O Savior, in Thy kingdom!
5. For our sake He Who is without passion became a man subject to the passions; and, nailed of His own will to the Cross, He hath raised us up with Himself. Wherefore, we
glorify His Cross, passion, and resurrection, whereby we have been refashioned and
whereby we also are saved, who cry out: Remember us also in Thy kingdom!
6. O ye faithful, let us entreat Him who hath risen from the dead, hath made captive the dominion of hades, and wast seen by the myrrh-bearing women and said to them:
“Rejoice!”, that He deliver from corruption the souls of us who ever cry out to Him with the voice of the noble thief: Remember us also in Thy kingdom!
7. O Savior, in Thy compassion Thou hast clothed
me in Eden with a divinely woven
garment;
but, persuaded by the devil, I neglected Thy commandment and was stripped
naked in
my wretchedness.
8. O miserable soul, thou hast departed far from
God through thy carelessness; Thou hast
been
deprived of the delight of Paradise and parted from the angels; thou hast been
led
down into
corruption. How art thou fallen!
9. Almighty God, have mercy and take pity on the
work of Thy hands. I have cut myself
off from
the choir of Thine angels; but I entreat Thee, loving Lord, reject me not.
10. O Mary chosen by God, Queen of the world,
thou hast borne the Lord who is King of
all and
Redeemer. I am a prisoner and an exile
from the glory of Paradise: I entreat thee,
call me
back.
Troparia
Tone 4: Having learned the joyful proclamation of the Resurrection from the angel, /
and having cast off the ancestral condemnation, /
the women disciples of the Lord spake to the apostles exultantly: /
Death is despoiled and Christ God is risen, //granting to the world great mercy.
Glory…
[Troparion of the Temple]
Both now… [Resurrectional Theotokion in the same tone
as the Troparion of the
Temple… the Tone of the week is given here:]
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 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: Make your vows
Choir: and pay them to the
Lord our God.
Reader: The Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul
to the Romans:
[Romans 13:11-14:4 (§112)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 6th Tone.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: It
is good to give praise unto the Lord and to chant unto Thy name, O Most
High.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: To proclaim in
the morning Thy mercy, and Thy truth by night.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matthew 6:14-21 (§17)]
Kontakia
[Kontakion of the Temple]
Glory... Both
now... Tone 6: O
Thou guide unto wisdom, /
bestower
of prudence, instructor of the foolish and defender of the poor: /
Establish and
grant understanding unto my heart, O Master.
/
Grant me
speech, O Word of the Father; /
for
behold, I shall not keep my lips from crying unto Thee: O Merciful One, //
have
mercy on me who have fallen.