Third Sunday of Great Lent / Holy Cross / Tone 7
Beatitudes on 10: Octoechos 6; Triodion 4, from Ode 6.
1. The fruit which slew me
was beautiful and good to eat; but Christ is the Tree of life, and eating of
Him I do not die, but cry out with the thief: Remember me, O Lord, in Thy kingdom!
2. O Compassionate One, Who
wast lifted up upon the Cross, Thou hast erased the record of Adam’s ancient
sin, and hast saved the whole human race from deception. Wherefore, we hymn Thee, O Lord and
Benefactor.
3. Thou didst nail our sins
to the Cross, O compassionate Christ, and by Thy death Thou didst slay death, O
Thou who didst raise up the dead from among the dead. Wherefore, we worship Thy holy resurrection.
4. The serpent once poured its venom into the ears of Eve; but on
the tree of the Cross, Christ poured forth the sweetness of life upon the
world. Wherefore, we cry out: Remember
us, O Lord, in Thy kingdom!
5. Thou wast laid in the
tomb as one dead, O Christ, Thou Life of all; and Thou didst break down the
gates of hades; and having risen again in glory on the third day as One mighty,
Thou hast illumined all. Glory to Thine
arising!
6. Having risen from the
dead on the third day, the Lord bestowed His peace upon His disciples; and
having blessed them, He sent them forth saying: Lead all into My kingdom!
7.
Thou hast crushed death, O Christ, and risen as a mighty King; Thou hast
recalled us from the depths of hell and brought us to the land of immortality,
granting us the joy of the Kingdom of Heaven.
8. O ye faithful, let us cry aloud with joy and
sing triumphantly to God, as we greet the Cross of the Lord; for it is a
fountain of holiness to all those in the world.
9. The words of the Psalmist are fulfilled: for
see, we bow before the footstool of Thy most pure feet, O Lord all-powerful, at
Thy Precious Cross, the thrice-blessed Wood.
10. O Ewe free from blemish, the greatest wonder
of all wonders was revealed in thee: for thou hast borne the Lamb that takes
away the sin of the world. Entreat Him
fervently for those who sing thy praises.
Troparia
& Kontakion
Tone 7: Thou
didst destroy death by Thy Cross, /
Thou didst open paradise
to the thief. /
Thou didst change the
lamentation of the Myrrh-bearers, /
and Thou didst command
Thine Apostles to proclaim /
that Thou didst arise, O
Christ God, //
and grantest to the world
great mercy.
Tone 1: O
Lord, save Thy people/
and bless Thine
inheritance. /
Grant Thou victory unto
Orthodox Christians /
over their enemies, /
and by the power of Thy
Cross //
do Thou preserve Thy
commonwealth.
Glory… Both now… Tone 7:
No
longer doth the flaming sword guard the gate of Eden, /
for
a strange extinction hath come upon it, even the Tree of the Cross. /
The
sting hath been taken from death, /
and
the victory from hades. /
And
Thou, my Savior, didst appear unto those in hades, saying: //
Enter
ye again into Paradise.
Instead of the Trisagion:
Before Thy Cross we bow down, O Master, and Thy holy Resurrection we glorify. Thrice
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. And Thy holy Resurrection we glorify.
Before Thy Cross we bow down, O Master, and Thy holy Resurrection we glorify.
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: Save,
O Lord, Thy people.
Choir:
And bless Thine inheritance.
Reader: The
[Hebrews
4:14-5:6 (§311)]
Reader: Alleluia
in the 8th Tone.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Remember
Thy congregation which Thou hast purchased from the beginning..
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: But God is our king before the ages, He hath
wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Mark 8:34-9:1 (§37)]
Instead of “It is truly
meet…”[Tone 8 in the Octoechos, but usually sung to one of many special
melodies]:
All creation
– the assembly of angels and the race of man – rejoiceth in thee, O thou who art
full of grace, O sacred temple and noetical paradise, boast of virgins, from
whom God, Who existeth from before time, was incarnate and became a child; for
He made thy body a throne, and thy womb He made more spacious than the
heavens. All creation rejoiceth in thee,
O thou who art full of grace. Glory to
thee!
Communion Verse: The light of Thy
countenance, O Lord, hath been signed upon us. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!