34th Sunday after Pentecost / St. Paul of Thebes &
St. John the Hut-Dweller
Beatitudes on 10, Octoechos
6; St. Paul 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. Looking toward God with
the eye of thy soul, thou didst love Him, hating the things of earth and
perfecting an angelic life.
8. With rays of the
virtues thou didst manifestly dispel the darkness of the passions, receiving in
thy heart the enlightenment of the Spirit.
9. Fed with heavenly bread
as Elijah was fed of old by the raven, thou didst escape the noetic Jezebel, O
father, fleeing to the protection of Christ.
10. The Creator and King
of glory, having stained and dyed His royal robe with blood, mystically
empurpled it, O Theotokos.
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.
[Troparion of the Temple]
Tone 4: O God of our fathers, /
deal
with us ever according to Thy meekness. /
Deprive
us not of Thy mercy, /
but
through the prayers of these Thy saints //
direct
our life in peace.
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 Temple]
Tone 3: Assembling today, let us praise in hymns
/
the
never-failing lamp of the noetic Sun; /
for thou didst
shine forth /
upon those in
the darkness of ignorance, /
leading all to
the divine heights, /
O venerable
Paul, /
adornment of
the Thebans, //
steadfast
foundation of the fathers and the venerable.
Glory… Tone 2: Loving the riches which cannot be stolen, /
O
all-wise John, /
thou
didst hate the riches of thy parents; /
and,
holding the Gospel in thy hands, /
thou
didst follow after Christ God, //
praying
unceasingly for us all.
Both now... Tone 6: O protection of Christians that cannot be
put to shame, /
O mediation unto the
Creator unfailing, /
disdain not
the suppliant voices of sinners, /
but be thou
quick, O good one, to help us who in faith cry unto thee; /
hasten to
intercession and speed thou to make supplication, //
thou who dost
ever protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee.
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: Tone 8: The saints shall boast in glory, and they shall
rejoice upon their beds.
Choir: The
saints shall boast in glory, and they shall rejoice upon their beds.
Reader: The Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul
to the Colossians:
[Col. 3:12-16 (§258); Gal. 5:22-6:2 (§213)]
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 6th Tone: Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord; in
His commandments shall he greatly delight.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel
[Luke 18:18-27 (§91); Matt. 11:27-30 (§43)]
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord from the
heavens, praise Him in the highest! Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous; praise
is meet for the upright. Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia!