10th Sunday After Pentecost / St. Emilian the Confessor /
Afterfeast of the Transfiguration
Beatitudes
on 10: Octoechos: 6; Feast: 4, from Ode 3.
1. Through
food did the enemy lead Adam forth from paradise; but by the Cross hath Christ
led back to it the thief who cried:
Remember me when Thou comest in Thy kingdom!
2. With Adam
and the thief I worship Thy sufferings and glorify Thy resurrection; and I cry
out with a splendid voice: Remember me,
O Lord, when Thou comest in Thy kingdom!
3. O Sinless
One, of Thine own will Thou wast crucified and placed in the Tomb, yet Thou
didst arise as God, raising up with Thyself Adam who crieth out: Remember me
when Thou comest in Thy kingdom!
4. Raising up
the temple of Thy body by Thy resurrection on the third day, O Christ God, Thou
didst raise up Adam and his descendants who cry: Remember me when Thou comest
in Thy kingdom!
5. Very
early, the myrrh-bearing women arrived, weeping, at Thy tomb, O Christ God; and
they found an angel sitting there, clad in white garments, who said: What seek
ye? Christ is risen! Lament no longer!
6. When Thine
apostles went to the mountain whither Thou hadst commanded them to go, and saw
Thee, O Savior, they worshipped Thee; and Thou didst send them unto the
nations, to teach and baptize them.
7. Having put
on all of Adam and transformed the nature which of old had become dark, Thou
didst illumine it with the transformation of Thine appearance and didst render
it divine, O Christ.
8. Christ, Who of old guided Israel in the
wilderness by the pillar of fire and the cloud, hath ineffably shone forth in
light today on Mount Tabor.
9. The overshadowing
glory in the tabernacle of old, when Thou didst converse with Moses, Thy
favored one, was a figure of Thy transfiguration which shone forth ineffably on
Tabor, O Master.
10. Being
complete God, Thou becamest wholly of earth, uniting humanity to Thy whole divinity
in Thy hypostasis, which Moses and Elijah beheld on Mount Tabor in two natures.
Troparia
& Kontakia
Tone 1: When
the stone had been sealed by the Jews, /
And the soldiers were
guarding Thine immaculate Body, /
Thou didst arise on the
third day, O Savior, /
granting life unto the
world. /
Wherefore, the Hosts of
the Heavens cried out to Thee, O Life-giver: /
Glory to Thy Resurrection,
O Christ. /
Glory to Thy kingdom. //
Glory to Thy dispensation,
O only Lover of mankind.
Tone 7: Thou wast transfigured on the mountain,
O Christ our God, /
showing to Thy disciples Thy glory as each one could endure; /
shine forth Thou on us, who are sinners all, Thy light
ever-unending //
through the prayers of the Theotokos. O Light-giver, glory be to Thee.
[Troparion of the Temple]
Tone 1: As
God, Thou didst arise from the tomb in glory, /
and Thou didst raise the
world together with Thyself. /
And mortal nature praiseth
Thee as God, /
and death hath vanished. /
And Adam danceth, O
Master, /
and Eve, now freed from
fetters, rejoiceth as she crieth out: /
Thou art He, O Christ, //
that grantest unto all
resurrection.
[Kontakion of the
Glory… Tone 3: Chanting, the Church, for which
thou didst suffer, O Emilian, /
doth
glorify thee /
who
didst show thyself to be a mighty champion of the Trinity. /
Wherefore,
we honor thy memory. //
Deliver
thy servants from the invasion of the heathen.
Both now... Tone 7: On the mount Thou wast transfigured, /
and Thy disciples, as much
as they could bear, beheld Thy glory, O Christ God; /
so that when they should
see Thee crucified, /
they would know thy
passion to be willing, /
and would preach to the
world //
that Thou, in truth, art
the Effulgence of the Father.
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in
the 1st Tone: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according
as we have hoped in Thee.
Choir: Let Thy mercy, O
Lord, be upon us, according as we have hoped in Thee.
Reader: Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous; praise
is meet for the upright.
Choir: Let Thy mercy, O
Lord, be upon us, according as we have hoped in Thee.
Reader: In
the 4th Tone: How magnified are Thy works, O Lord! In wisdom hast Thou made them all.
Choir: How
magnified are Thy works, O Lord! In
wisdom hast Thou made them all.
Reader: The Reading is
from the First Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Corinthians: [I Cor. 4:9-16 (§131)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 1st Tone: O God who givest avengement
unto me and hast subdued people under me.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: It is He that magnifieth the salvation of
His king and worketh mercy for His anointed, for David and for His seed unto
eternity.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 8th
Tone: Thine are the heavens, and Thine is the Earth.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matt. 17:14-23 (§72)]
Instead of “It is truly meet…” we chant the Irmos of the
9th Ode of the First Canon of the feast, Forth Tone:
Refrain: Magnify, O my soul, the Lord
transfigured on Tabor.
Irmos: Thy birthgiving was undefiled: /
God came forth from thy womb, /
and He appeared upon earth /
wearing flesh and made His dwelling among men; //
therefore we all magnify thee, O Theotokos.
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord from the
heavens, praise Him in the highest! O Lord, in the
light of Thy face shall we walk, and in Thy name shall we rejoice forever.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!