33rd
Sunday after Pentecost / The Chains of St. Peter
Beatitudes on 10 Octoechos 6; Apostle 4, from Ode 3.
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. Rejoice, O wise myrrh-bearing women, who were
first to behold the resurrection of Christ, and who proclaimed to the apostles
the glad tidings of the restoration of the whole world!
6. O ye apostles, who are manifestly the friends
of Christ and are to be enthroned with Him in glory: entreat Him with boldness,
that He intercede for us, for ye are His disciples.
7. Wholly united to the Light most pure through
divine partaking thereof, O Peter, thou hast been shown to be a secondary
luminary enlightening our souls.
8. Thou hast confirmed the
laws of Christ and hast taught observance of the law unto the most iniquitous,
as the foremost of the apostles, the immovable foundation of the dogmas.
9. With thy sacred tongue
thou didst preach God who suffered and was crucified on the Cross. Wherefore, O
Peter, we honor the chains which bound thee.
10. The irresistible
onslaught of death came to a halt before thee, for thou gavest birth unto the
Wellspring of immortality, O Theotokos, Virgin Mother.
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.
[Troparion of the Temple]
Tone 4:
Without leaving Rome, thou art come to us /
in the precious chains
which thou didst bear, /
O first enthroned of the
apostles; /
and, bowing down before
them with faith we pray: //
By thy supplications unto
God grant us great mercy!
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 2:
Let us praise the great
Peter, the chief and first among the apostles, /
the godly disciple of the
Truth, /
and with faith let us kiss
his chains, //
receiving release from our
transgressions.
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 8th Tone: Make
your vows and pay them to the Lord our God.
Choir: Make
your vows and pay them to the Lord our God.
Reader: In Judea is God known, His name is great in
Israel.
Choir: Make
your vows and pay them to the Lord our God.
Reader: In the Same
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 First Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to Timothy:
[I Tim. 4:9-15 (§285 mid); Acts 12:1-11 (§29)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 8th Tone: Come let us
rejoice in the Lord, let us shout with jubilation unto God our Savior.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Let us
come before His countenance with thanksgiving, and with psalms let us shout in
jubilation unto Him.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 1st Tone: The
heavens shall confess Thy wonders, O Lord, and Thy truth in the congregation of
saints.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Luke 19:1-10
(§94); John 21:15-25 (§67)]
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord from the
heavens, praise Him in the highest! Their sound hath gone forth into all the
earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!