33rd Sunday after Pentecost / Venerable Theodosius the
Great / Afterfeast of Theophany
Beatitudes on 12:
Octoechos: 4; Feast: 4, from Ode 6; Saint: 4, Ode 6.
1. Remember us, O Christ, Thou Savior of the world,
as Thou didst remember the thief upon the Cross; and account us all worthy of
Thy heavenly kingdom, O Thou Who alone art compassionate.
2. Hearken, O Adam, and rejoice with Eve; for he
who of old stripped you both naked, and by deception hath taken all of us
captive, hath been set at nought by the Cross of Christ.
3. Nailed of Thine own will to the Tree, O our
Savior, Thou didst deliver Adam from the curse which
came through the tree, and hast rewarded that which is in Thine image with a
dwelling in paradise, in that Thou art compassionate.
4. Today is Christ risen from the tomb, granting
incorruption unto all the faithful; and He reneweth the joy of the
myrrh-bearing women after His suffering and resurrection.
5. Christ, Who was begotten incorruptibly of God the Father, is
incarnate of the Virgin without defilement. The Forerunner teacheth that it is
not possible to loose the sandals, the bond between
the Word and us, of Him Who delivereth mortals from deception.
6. Into the uttermost fire
shall Christ plunge His enemies, who do not acknowledge Him as God; but He
shall restore with the water of grace those who accept His divinity, delivering
them from their transgressions.
7. The prophet,
mysteriously swallowed up for the space of three nights in the belly of the sea
monster, emerged again, making manifest beforehand to all our regeneration in
the last times, and our deliverance from the dragon that slayeth mankind.
8. When the shining vaults
of heaven were opened, he who knew the Scriptures beheld the Spirit, Who proceedeth from the Father and abideth in the all-pure
Word, descending in ineffable manner in the form of a dove; and he commanded
the multitudes to hasten to the Master.
9. In Thy resurrection
Thou hast given us incorruption, O Christ; wherefore, the glorious Basil, Thy favored one, is shown in death to be like one who is yet
alive.
10. God is baptized, Who cleanseth the world and became a man like me for my
sake. Him didst thou proclaim to be dual in nature, O blessed Theodosius.
11. The torrents of thy
tears poured forth the sweetness of gladness in Christ God, Who
transformed the tears of the myrrh-bearing women into joy, O Theodosius.
12. Vouchsafe unto me thy
lovingkindness, O thou who gavest birth unto the most merciful Word, Who hath delivered men from corruption by His own blood.
Troparia & Kontakia
Tone 8: From on high didst Thou
descend, O compassionate One; /
to
burial of three days hast Thou submitted /
that
Thou mightest free us from our passions. //
O
our Life and Resurrection, O Lord, glory be to Thee.
Tone 1:
When Thou, wast
baptized in the Jordan, O Lord, /
the worship of
the Trinity was made manifest; /
for the voice
of the Father bare witness to Thee, /
calling Thee
His beloved Son. /
And the Spirit
in the form of a dove /
confirmed the
certainty of the word. /
O Christ our
God, Who hast appeared //
and hast
enlightened the world, glory be to Thee.
[Troparion of the Temple]
Tone 8: With streams of thy tears
thou didst irrigate the barren desert, /
and with sighs
from the depths of thy soul thou didst make it to bear fruit an hundredfold./
Thou wast a
beacon to the whole world, radiating miracles.
//
O Theodosius our father, entreat Christ
God, that our souls be saved!
Tone 8: Having risen from the tomb, Thou
didst raise up the dead and didst resurrect Adam. /
Eve also danceth at Thy
Resurrection, //
and the ends of the world
celebrate Thine arising from the dead, O Greatly-merciful one.
[Kontakion of the Temple]
Glory… Tone 8:
Planted in the courts of thy Lord, thou didst flourish most beauteously in thy
venerable virtues, /
and didst increase in
number thy children in the desert, /
watering them with the
torrents of thy tears, O godly chief shepherd of the flock of God. //
Wherefore, we cry out:
Rejoice, O father Theodosius!
Both now... Tone 4:
Thou hast appeared today unto
the whole world, /
and Thy light, O Lord,
hath been signed upon us /
who with knowledge chant
unto Thee: /
Thou hast come, Thou hast appeared, //
O Light Unapproachable.
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 7th
Tone: Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.
Choir: Precious in the
sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.
Reader: The Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle
Paul to the Ephesians:
[Eph. 4:7-13 (§224 (mid)); II Cor. 4:6-15 (§176)].
Reader: Alleluia in the
5th Tone: Of Thy mercies, O Lord, will I sing for ever. Unto
generation and generation will I declare Thy truth will my mouth.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Mercy
shall be built up for ever. In the heavens shall Thy truth be
established.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 6th
Tone: Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord; in His commandments shall
He greatly delight.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matt. 4:12-17
(§8); Matt. 11:27-30 (§43)].
Instead of “It is truly
meet…” we chant the Irmos of the 9th Ode of the First Canon of
the feast, Second Tone:
Refrain: Magnify, O my soul, her who is more
honorable than the host on high, the most pure Virgin
Theotokos.
Irmos: Every tongue is at a loss to praise thee as is due:
* even a spirit from the world above is filled with dizziness, when it seeketh
to sing thy praises, O Theotokos. * But since thou art good, accept our faith:
* Thou knowest well our love inspired by God, * for thou art the Protector of
Christians and we magnify thee.
Communion
Verse: Praise
the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest! In everlasting
remembrance shall the righteous be; he shall not be afraid of evil
tidings. Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!