5th
Sunday after Pentecost / Martyrs Proclus and Hilary / St. Michael of
Maleinus
Beatitudes on 8, Octoechos 8.
1. By the tree was Adam forced to depart from paradise; but by the
Tree of the Cross was the thief made to dwell in paradise. For the one by tasting, broke the commandment
of the creator; while the other, crucified with Him, confessed the hidden God,
crying out: Remember me in Thy kingdom!
2. O Lord Who wast lifted up upon the Cross, Who hast destroyed
the power of death and as God hast destroyed the record of our sins, grant also
the repentance of the thief unto us who faithfully serve Thee and cry out to
thee, O Christ God Who alone lovest mankind: Remember us also in Thy kingdom!
3. On the Cross Thou didst tear asunder with the spear the record
of our sins; and, numbered among the dead, Thou didst bind the tyrant of hades,
O Lord Who lovest mankind, Who by Thy resurrection hast delivered all from the
bonds of hades. Thereby have we been
illumined, and we cry to Thee: Remember us also in Thy kingdom!
4. O Thou Who alone art immortal, Who wast crucified and as
almighty didst arise from the tomb on the third day, and hast raised up Adam,
the first created: Vouchsafe that I also may turn to repentance with my whole
heart, and may ever cry out to Thee with fervent faith: Remember me, O Savior,
in Thy kingdom!
5. For our sake He Who is without passion became a man subject to
the passions; and, nailed of His own will to the Cross, He hath raised us up
with Himself. Wherefore, we glorify His
Cross, passion, and resurrection, whereby we have been refashioned and whereby
we also are saved, who cry out: Remember us also in Thy kingdom!
6. O ye faithful, let us entreat Him who hath risen from the dead,
hath made captive the dominion of hades, and wast seen by the myrrh-bearing
women and said to them: “Rejoice!”, that He deliver from corruption the souls
of us who ever cry out to Him with the voice of the noble thief: Remember us
also in Thy kingdom!
7. O Ye faithful, let us all pray, that with one mind we may
worthily glorify the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, the unity of the
Trinity in three Hypostases, unmingled, abiding, simple, indivisible and
unapproachable; for thereby have we been delivered from the fiery torment.
8. O Christ, most merciful Master, Thy Mother, who gave birth unto
Thee in the flesh without seed, the true Virgin, who remained incorrupt even
after giving birth, do we set before Thee to make the supplication: Grant
forgiveness of transgressions unto those who ever cry out to Thee: Remember us
also in Thy kingdom!
Troparia & Kontakia
Tone 4: Having learned
the joyful proclamation of the Resurrection from the angel, /
and having cast
off the ancestral condemnation, /
the women
disciples of the Lord spake to the apostles exultantly: /
Death is
despoiled and Christ God is risen, //
granting to the
world great mercy.
[Troparion of
the
Tone 8:
In thee, O father, that which
is fashioned according to the image of God was
preserved, /
for, having taken up thy
cross, thou didst follow after Christ, /
and by thine example didst
teach that the flesh is to be disdained as transitory, /
but that the soul must be
cared for as a thing immortal. //
Wherefore, thy spirit doth
rejoice with the angels, O venerable Michael.
Tone 4: My Savior and
Redeemer hath, as God, /
raised up the
earthborn from the grave and from their fetters, /
and He hath
broken the gates of hades, /
and, as Master,
//
hath risen on
the third day.
[Kontakion of the
Tone 2: Thou didst lighten the heaviness of the flesh
by thy works /
and
didst give speedy wings to thy soul by enlightenment, O Michael: /
and
thou hast shown thyself to be a dwelling-place for the Trinity, /
beholding
Whom, O blessed one, //
pray
thou unceasingly for us all.
Glory… Tone 4: The honorable suffering of Proclus and Hilary
/
hath shone forth like the
morning-star, /
illumining us with the
splendors of miracles. /
Wherefore, we celebrate your
memory, //
crying: Entreat Christ God,
that He save our souls!
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 4th Tone: How magnified are Thy works O Lord! In
wisdom hast Thou made them all.
Choir: How
magnified are Thy works O Lord! In wisdom hast Thou made them all.
Reader: Bless
the Lord, O my soul; O Lord my God, Thou hast been magnified exceedingly.
Choir:
How magnified are Thy works O Lord! In wisdom hast Thou made them all.
Reader: How magnified are Thy works O Lord!
Choir: In wisdom hast Thou made them all.
Reader: The Reading is from the Epistle of the
Holy Apostle Paul to the Romans:
[Rom.
10:1-10 (§103)]
Reader: Alleluia
in the 4th Tone:
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Bend Thy bow, and proceed prosperously, and
be king, because of truth and meekness and righteousness.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Thou
hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matt. 8:28-9:1 (§28)]
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest! Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!