12th Sunday after Pentecost / The Holy Martyr and Archdeacon Lawrence / Afterfeast of the Transfiguration
Beatitudes on 10: Octoechos 6; Feast 4, from Ode 5, 1st Canon. 1. From paradise didst Thou drive our forefather Adam, who had broken Thy commandment, O Christ; but, O Compassionate One, Thou didst cause to dwell therein the thief who confessed Thee on the cross, crying out: “Remember me, O Savior, in Thy kingdom!” 2. With the curse of death didst Thou condemn us who had sinned, O Lord, Bestower of life; yet having suffered in Thy flesh, O sinless Master, Thou hast granted life unto mortals who cry out: “Remember us also in Thy kingdom!” 3. In rising from the dead, Thou hast raised us up from the passions with Thyself through Thy resurrection, O Lord; and all the power of death hast Thou destroyed, O Savior. Wherefore, with faith we cry out to Thee: “Remember us also in Thy kingdom!” 4. O Thou who as God grantest life, by Thy three days in the tomb Thou didst raise up with Thyself the dead in hell, and as One Who is good Thou hast poured forth incorruption upon all of us who with faith ever cry out: “Remember us also in Thy kingdom!” 5. Risen from the dead, O Savior, Thou didst first appear to the myrrh-bearing women, crying out: “Rejoice!” and through them Thou didst announce Thy resurrection to Thy friends, O Christ. Wherefore, with faith we cry out to Thee, “Remember us also in Thy kingdom!” 6. Moses, stretching out his arms on the mountain, prefigured the Cross and thus conquered Amelek. And, receiving it with faith as a mighty weapon against the demons, we all cry out: “Remember us also in Thy kingdom!” 7. The mountains inclined themselves before Thy face; for Thou wast well pleased to accept, in Thine earthly form, the light and heavenly rays which the sun came and laid at Thy feet. 8. Moses and Elijah cried to the disciples who were being instructed on holy Mount Tabor: “Behold, Christ the Savior is the God Whom we proclaimed of old!” 9. The immutable nature, having mingled itself with human nature, shone forth ineffably, abundantly disclosing to the apostles the light of the immaterial Godhead. 10. When the disciples beheld Thee, the ever-existent Effulgence, shining in the glory of the Father, O Christ, they cried out to Thee: “Direct Thou our paths in Thy light!”
Troparia & Kontakia
Tone 3: Let the heavens be glad; let earthly things rejoice; /
for the Lord hath wrought might with His arm. /He hath trampled down death by death; /the first-born of the dead hath He become. /From the belly of Hades hath He delivered us //and Hath granted to the world great mercy.
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 4: In his sufferings O Lord, /
Thy martyr Lawrence hath received an imperishable crown from Thee, our God; /
for, possessed of Thy might, /
he set at nought his tormentors and crushed the feeble audacity of the demons. //
By his supplications save Thou our souls.
Tone 3: Thou didst rise today from the tomb, O Merciful One, /
and didst lead us out of the gates of death. /Today Adam danceth and Eve rejoiceth; /and together with them both the prophets and patriarchs //unceasingly praise the divine might of Thine authority.
[Kontakion of the Temple]
Glory… Tone 2: Kindling thy heart with divine fire, /
thou didst utterly reduce the fire of the passions to ashes, /O God-bearing martyr Lawrence, /thou confirmation of athletes; /and in the midst of thy sufferings thou didst cry out with faith: //Nothing can separate me from the love of Christ.
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 3rd Tone: O chant unto our God, chant ye; chant unto our King, chant ye.
Choir: O chant unto our God, chant ye; chant unto our King, chant ye.
Reader: Clap your hands, all ye nations; shout unto God with a voice of rejoicing.
Choir: O chant unto our God, chant ye; chant unto our King, chant ye.
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. 15:1-11 (§158)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 3rd Tone: In Thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me not be put to shame in the age to come.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Be Thou unto me a God to defend me and a house of refuge to save me.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 8th Tone: Thine are the heavens, and Thine is the Earth.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matt. 19:16-26 (§79)]
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!