7th Sunday after Pentecost / St. Mary Magdalene / HM. Phocas
Beatitudes
on 10, Octoechos: 6; St. Mary: 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 & 8. Loving first the First Cause of good things
Who in the goodness of His heart hath
deified our nature,
thou didst follow Him zealously, O Mary, submitting to His divine
precepts.
9. Lamenting, thou
didst reach the tomb of the Deliverer, O maiden, and wast the first to
behold the divine
resurrection. Wherefore, thou didst show thyself to be a herald of the
glad tidings, crying
out: Christ is risen! Clap your hands!
10. The Word Who was
incarnate of thine all-pure blood, O all-pure one, in the richness
of His goodness
saveth me, releasing me from the condemnation of the first fall. Him do
thou unceasingly
beseech, that He save thy flock.
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.
[Troparion of the Temple]
Tone 1: The honorable Mary Magdalene /
followed after Christ, /
Who for our sake was born of the Virgin, /
keeping His precepts and laws. /
Wherefore, celebrating thy most holy memory today, //
through thy supplications we receive remission of sins.
Tone 4: As thou didst share in the ways of the apostles /
and didst occupy their throne, /
thou didst find thine activity to be a passage to divine vision, /
O divinely inspired one. /
Wherefore, ordering the word of truth, /
thou didst suffer for the Faith even to the shedding of thy blood. /
O hieromartyr Phocas, /
entreat Christ God, //
that our souls be saved.
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.
[Kontakion of the Temple]
Tone 3: Standing
before the Cross of the Savior /
with many others, /
suffering with the Mother of the
Lord /
and pouring forth tears, /
the all-glorious one made this
offering as praise, saying: /
“What is this strange wonder? /
Is it Thy will to suffer, O Thou
Who sustainest all creation? //
Glory to Thy dominion!”
Glory… Tone 4: Offering up sacrifices as a high priest, O father, /
in the end thou
didst offer thyself as a living sacrifice, /
bearing witness
lawfully to Christ God, /
accepting death and
strengthened by angels, /
who cried out to
thee: //
Come with us, O
Phocas, and no-one will be against us!
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 4th Tone: Wondrous is God in His saints, the God of
Israel.
Choir: Wondrous
is God in His saints, the God of Israel.
Reader: The Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul
to the Romans:
[Rom. 15:1-7 (§116); I Cor. 9:2-12 (§141)]
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: In the 1st
Tone: With patience I waited patiently for the Lord, and He was
attentive unto me, and He hearkened unto my supplication.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matt. 9:27-35 (§33); Luke 8:1-3 (§34)]
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!