Fourth Saturday of Lent / Commemoration of the Departed, Tone 3
Beatitudes Verses, on 6: 6,
from the Octoechos.
1. Thou didst banish from paradise our forefather Adam,
who had broken Thy commandment, O Christ; but Thou didst cause to dwell therein
the thief who confessed Thee on the cross, crying: Remember me, O Savior, in
Thy kingdom!
2. Subjected to wounding by fire, O passion-bearers of
Christ, ye found the dew of heaven which cooled and strengthened you to endure
the bitter pangs in your flesh; wherefore, ye ever ease all the pain of our
souls.
3. The holy and sacred hierarchs, the glorious apostles,
the multitude of the venerable, the council of godly women who faithfully
suffered and set at naught the deception of the enemy, have received heavenly
glory. By their supplications, O Savior, have pity on Thy servants.
4. O Jesus our God and Savior, in the abodes of Thine
elect number those who have departed from us in faith where Thy
light shineth, and the sustenance is everlasting, and overlook their offenses,
that we may fervently glorify Thee, O Master.
5. O ye faithful, let us worship the uncreated Trinity in
three Persons but a single Godhead—the Father, the Son and the divine
Spirit—Who is ever glorified with faith by the incorporeal hosts in three
sacred ranks.
6. The Deliverer, enlightenment and cleansing of all revealed Himself through thee, O divinely joyous and all-pure Mistress. Him do thou earnestly entreat, that at the dread judgment He deliver from all condemnation us who ever hymn Him with faith.
At the entrance,
the choir sings:
O come let us worship and fall down before Christ, Who art wondrous in the saints, O Son of God, save us who sing to Thee: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Troparia & Kontakia
Tone 2: O Apostles, Martyrs, and Prophets, /
Venerable and Righteous Ones; /
ye that have accomplished a good labor and kept the Faith, /
that have boldness before the Savior; //
O Good Ones, intercede for us, we pray, that our souls be saved.
Remember, O Lord, Thy servants, for Thou art good, /
and forgive them whatsoever sins they have committed in life; /
for none is sinless but Thee, Who art able to give repose //
unto them that are departed.
Glory… Tone 8:
With the saints give rest, O Christ, to the souls of Thy servants, //
where there is neither sickness, nor sorrow, nor sighing, but life everlasting.
Both now… Tone 8:
In thee we have a wall and a haven, /
and an intercessor acceptable to God, Whom thou didst bear, //
O Theotokos unwedded, salvation of the faithful.
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in the 8th Tone:
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, ye righteous.
Choir: Be
glad in the Lord and rejoice, ye righteous.
Reader: Blessed are they whose iniquities are
forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
Choir: Be
glad in the Lord and rejoice, ye righteous.
Reader: In the 6th
Tone: Their souls shall dwell among good things.
Choir: Their
souls shall dwell among good things.
Reader:
The Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Hebrews: [Heb. 6:9-12 (§313); I Cor. 15:47-57 (§163)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 4th Tone: The
righteous cried, and the Lord heard them, and He delivered them out of all
their tribulations.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Many
are the tribulations of the righteous, and the Lord shall deliver them out of
them all.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 8th
Tone: Blessed are they whom Thou hast chosen and hast taken to
Thyself, O Lord, and their memorial is unto generation and generation.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Mark 7:31-37
(§31); John 5:24-30 (§16).]
Communion Verse: Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous; praise is meet for the upright. Blessed are they whom Thou hast chosen and hast taken to Thyself O Lord, and their memorial is unto generation and generation. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!