Fourth Sunday of Great Lent / St. John Climacus / Tone 8
Beatitudes on 8, from the Octoechos.
1. Remember us, O Christ, Thou Savior of the world, as Thou didst remember the thief upon the Cross; and account us all worthy of Thy heavenly kingdom, O Thou Who alone
art compassionate.
2. Hearken, O Adam, and rejoice with Eve; for he who of old stripped you both naked, and by deception hath taken all of us captive, hath been set at nought by the Cross of
Christ. 3. Nailed of Thine own will to the Tree, O our Savior, Thou didst deliver Adam from the curse which came through the tree, and hast rewarded that which is in Thine image with a
dwelling in paradise, in that Thou art compassionate.
4. Today is Christ risen from the tomb, granting incorruption unto all the faithful; and He reneweth the joy of the myrrh-bearing women after His suffering and resurrection.
5. Rejoice, O wise myrrh-bearing women, who were first to behold the resurrection of Christ, and who proclaimed to the apostles the glad tidings of the restoration of the whole world!
6. O ye apostles, who are manifestly the friends of Christ and are to be enthroned with Him in glory: entreat Him with boldness, that He intercede for us, for ye are His disciples. 7. O unoriginate Trinity, indivisible Essence, Unity equally enthroned, equal in honor and glory, transcendent Nature and Kingship: Save us who praise Thee with faith!
8. Rejoice, spacious habitation of God! Rejoice, ark of the new covenant! Rejoice, jar whence the heavenly Manna is given to all!
Troparia & Kontakia Tone 8: From on high didst Thou descend, O
compassionate One; /
to burial of three days hast Thou submitted /
that Thou mightest free us from our passions. //
O our Life and
Resurrection, O Lord, glory be to Thee.
[Troparion of the Temple Tone 1: O John our father, saint of God, /
thou wast revealed as a citizen of the desert, /
an
angel in a body and a worker of miracles.
/
Through
fasting, prayer and vigils thou hast received heavenly gifts of grace, /
and
thou healest the sick and the souls of those that turn to thee with faith. /
Glory
to Him who gave thee strength; /
glory to Him who crowned thee; //
glory to Him who through thee grants to all men healing.
Tone 8: Having risen from the tomb, Thou didst raise up the dead and didst resurrect Adam. /
Eve also danceth at Thy
Resurrection, //
and the ends of the world celebrate Thine arising from
the dead, O Greatly-merciful one.
[Kontakion of the
Glory… Tone 4:
Truly the Lord hath set thee as a fixed star in the firmament of abstinence, /giving light to the ends of the earth, //
O father John our teacher.
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 8th Tone: Make your vows and pay them to the Lord
our God.
Choir: Make
your vows and pay them to the Lord our God.
Reader: In
Judea is God known, His name is great in Israel.
Choir: Make your vows and pay them to the Lord our
God.
Reader: In the 7th
Tone: The saints shall boast in
glory and they shall rejoice upon
their beds.
Choir: The saints shall boast in glory and they
shall rejoice upon their beds.
Reader: The
[Hebrews
6:13-20 (§314); Ephesians 5:9-19 (§229)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 8th Tone: Come let us
rejoice in the Lord, let us shout with
jubilation unto God our Savior.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Let us
come before His countenance with thanksgiving, and with psalms let us
shout in jubilation unto Him.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 2nd
Tone: They that are planted in the house of the Lord, in the
courts of
our God they shall blossom forth.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Mark 9:17-31 (§40); Matthew 4:25-5:12
(§10)]
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: 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!