15th Sunday After Pentecost / The Deposition of the Sash of the Theotokos
Beatitudes on 10 Octoechos 6; Feast 4, from Ode 3, First Canon.
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. The heart is renewed which toucheth the sacred cincture of the Virgin with fervent faith, and it is girded about with invincible power against impure passions, and remaining unharmed by incorporeal foes.
8. Thy sacred cincture wherewith thou girded thine incorrupt body, O Maiden, still remaineth incorrupt, sanctifying those who approach it piously and removing the corruption of sickness and sorrow.
9. Thou wast the all-beauteous dwelling of the Word Who was incarnate of thee, O pure one, and wast well pleased to place thy cincture in thy holy temple; and venerating it, we are sanctified.
10. Thy precious cincture do we all honorably venerate with joyful heart, as an honor for all the faithful, O Theotokos, in that it touched thy precious body.
Troparia & Kontakia
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.
Tone 8: O Ever-virgin Theotokos, protection of mankind: /
thou hast given to thy city a mighty legacy, the robe and cincture of thy most honored body, /
which have remained incorrupt through thy seedless birthgiving. /
For in thee are nature and time renewed. //
Wherefore, we beseech thee to grant peace to thy city and great mercy to our souls.
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.
Glory… Both now... Tone 4: Today thy temple doth celebrate /
the deposition of thy precious cincture, O all-hymned one, /
and it earnestly crieth out to thee: /
Rejoice, O Virgin, //
thou boast of Christians!
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 3rd Tone: My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior.
Choir: My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior.
Reader: The Reading is from the Second Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Corinthians: [II Cor. 4:6-15 (§176); Heb. 9:1-7 (§320)]
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: In the 8th Tone: Arise, O Lord, into Thy rest, Thou and the ark of Thy holiness.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matt. 22:35-46 (§92); Luke 10:38-42, 11:27-28 (§54)]
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest! I will take the cup of salvation, and I will call upon the name of the Lord. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!