7th Sunday after Pentecost / St. Anthony of the Kiev Caves
Beatitudes
on 10: Octoechos 6; Saint 4, from Ode 3.
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. Thy great and sacred Lavra, which received its beginning through thee, doth all-gloriously proclaim thee and crieth out louder than a clarion; and the house of the Mother of God boasteth greatly saying, if not in words: I have been established through thee, O Lord!
8. Thou didst love the Lord alone, O venerable Anthony, and taking His Cross upon thy shoulder, thou didst live as a sojourner, providing an example for thy disciples in fasting, the keeping of vigils and prayer; wherefore, thou hast been glorified by Christ.
9. Having spurned carnal desire, O venerable one, thou didst hate pridefulness; and, enriched by humility and poverty, thou didst attain unto the most exalted abodes of the saints.
10. Have mercy, have mercy, O only Mother of God, and take
pity upon my wretched soul, which is being drowned by the demons and the wicked
passions; and before my departure deign thou to purify it.
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 4: Leaving behind the tumult of the world, /
in accordance with
the Gospel thou didst follow after Christ, /
rejecting the world;
and living an angelic life, /
thou didst attain
unto the calm haven of Holy Mount Athos, /
from whence, with
the blessing of the fathers, /
thou didst go to
Mount Kiev; /
and living there an
industrious life, /
thou didst enlighten
thy homeland; /
and showing a
multitude of monastics the path which leadeth to the kingdom of heaven, /
thou didst lead them
unto Christ. //
Him do thou beseech,
O venerable Anthony, that He save 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... Tone 8: Having cleaved unto God, Whom from thy youth thou didst love above all, O Venerable one, /
with love thou
didst follow Him with all thy soul; /
and holding the
corrupt world to be as naught, thou didst make a cave in the ground, /
and, having
struggled well therein against the snares of the invisible foe,/
thou didst shine
forth like the radiant sun upon all the ends of the earth. /
Wherefore, in
gladness thou didst pass over to the mansions of heaven. /
Standing now with
the angels before the throne of the Master, /
be thou mindful
of us who honor thy memory, //
that we may cry
out to thee: Rejoice, O Anthony our father!
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 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 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 Romans:
[Rom. 15:1-7 (§116); Gal. 5:22-6:2 (§213)]
Reader: Alleluia
in the 6th Tone: He that dwelleth in the help of the Most High shall abide
in the shelter of the God of heaven.
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: Blessed
is the man that feareth the Lord; in His commandments shall he greatly delight.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matt. 9:27-35
(§33); Matt. 4:25-5:12 (§10)]
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!