The Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee/ The Holy New Martyrs & Confessors of Russia
Beatitudes on 12: Octoechos 4; Triodion 4, from Ode 3; Saints 4. 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. From the dung-hill of the passions the humble is lifted up on high, while the proudhearted suffers a grievous fall from the height of the virtues: Let us flee from his evil ways. 6. Vainglory brings to nothing the riches of righteousness, but humility scatters a multitude of passions. Grant then that we may seek humility, O Savior, and do Thou bestow upon us the portion of the Publican. 7. As the Publican let us also beat our breast and cry out in compunction, “God be merciful unto us sinners”, that like him we may receive forgiveness. 8. O ye faithful, let us increase in zeal and meekness, and let us pass our days in humility, with cries of sorrow from our heart and weeping and prayer, that we may receive forgiveness from God. 9. Remember, O Lord, the dreadful torments which the new passion-bearers suffered for Thee, who have now sprouted forth from our race; and accept their entreaties for our salvation. 10. O righteous Judge, Thou hast opened the kingdom of heaven unto the confessors of the Church of Russia. Hearken, O Lord, unto their righteousness, and give ear unto their supplication for the salvation of our souls. 11. O most divine Trinity, return us from our captivity! We know that sin hath increased in our land more than ever before; yet grace also hath shone forth in the struggle of the new saints, who also entreat Thee, O thrice-holy God, for the salvation of our souls. 12. Gather the dispersed; raise up the faint-hearted; call them that have renounced the holy Faith and convert them, O gracious and all-pure Virgin Mary, entreating Christ the Savior, with the holy new martyrs and confessors, for the forgiveness and salvation of our souls. 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.
Tone 4: O ye holy hierarchs, royal passion-bearers and pastors, /
monks and laymen, men, women and children, /ye countless new-martyrs, confessors, /blossoms of the spiritual meadow of Russia, /who blossomed forth wondrously in time of grievous persecutions /bearing good fruit for Christ in your endurance: /Entreat Him, as the One that planted you, /that He deliver His people from godless and evil men, /and that the Church of Russia /be made steadfast through your blood and suffering, //unto the salvation of our souls.
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.
Glory… Tone 2: O ye new passion-bearers of Russia, /
who have with your confession finished the course of this earth, /receiving boldness through your sufferings: /Beseech Christ Who strengthened you, /that we also, whenever the hour of trial find us /may receive the gift of courage from God. /For ye are a witness to us who venerate your struggle, /that neither tribulation, prison, nor death //can separate us from the love of God. Both now... Tone 3:
Unto the Lord let us sinners offer groanings like those of the Publican /and let us fall down before Him, as He is Master. /For He desireth the salvation of all men; /He granteth forgiveness unto all that repent. /For our sake He became incarnate, //He who with the Father is co-unoriginate God.
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: The Prokimenon in the 7th Tone: For Thy sake, O Lord, we are slain all the day long.
Choir: For Thy sake, O Lord, we are slain all the day long.
Reader: The Reading is from the Second Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to Timothy:
[II Tim. 3:10-15 (§296); Rom. 8:28-39 (§99)]
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 4th tone: The righteous cried, and the Lord heard them, and He delivered them out of all their tribulations
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Luke 18:10-14 (§89); Luke 21:12-19 (§106)]
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!