Apostle Matthias / Afterfeast of the Transfiguration
Beatitudes on 8: Octoechos: 4; Feast: 4, from Ode 4; Apostle: 4, Ode 6. 1. Forming the law in writing on Sinai, O Christ God, Thou wast manifest, borne in the cloud, the fire, the darkness and the whirlwind. Glory to Thy power, O Lord! 2. That Thou mayest confirm Thy glorious dispensation, O Christ God, in that Thou hast existed from before the beginning of time, Thou didst shine forth ineffably on Tabor, likewise setting Thine ascent in a cloud. 3. O Master Who preserved intact the bush which had been touched by fire, Thou didst show Thy divinely radiant flesh unto Moses, who chanteth: Glory to Thy power, O Lord! 4. When Thou didst reveal Thyself to Moses, Elijah and the apostles, O Master, Thou wast seen to be an immaterial fire which consumeth not the matter of the body, being One in two essences, in two perfect natures. 5 & 6. Thou becamest a god by adoption, deified by divine union, receiving pristine rays of light from God, and thou hast illumined the faith and cleansed the earth of the darkness of idolatry. 7. Lo! every prophecy of the sacred prophets is contained in thee, the disciple; for thou wast an eye-witness, emulator and apostle of Him Whom thou didst proclaim of old, O Matthias, servant of God. 8. O Virgin, we the faithful, call thee the noetic sanctuary, the untouchable mercy-seat, the golden lampstand, the spiritual table bearing the Bread of life. Troparia & Kontakia
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 3: O holy Apostle Matthias, /
entreat the merciful God, // that He grant unto our souls remission of transgressions.
[Kontakion of the Temple]
Glory… Tone 4:
Thy luminous sound which hath gone forth like the sun into all the earth / doth enlighten the Church of the nations with grace, // O wondrous Apostle Matthias.
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 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: Bless the Lord, O my soul; O Lord my God, Thou hast been magnified exceedingly.
Choir: How magnified are Thy works, O Lord! In wisdom hast Thou made them all.
Reader: In the 8th 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 Acts of the Holy Apostles: [Acts 1:12-17,21-26 (§2); I Cor. 1:26-29 (§125 mid)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 8th Tone: Thine are the heavens, and Thine is the Earth.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Blessed is the people that knoweth jubilation.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 1st Tone: The heavens confess Thy wonders, O Lord, and Thy truth in the congregation of saints.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Luke 9:1-6 (§40); Matt. 20:29-34 (§82)]
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: O Lord, in the light of Thy face shall we walk, and in Thy name shall we rejoice forever. Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!