24th Sunday after Pentecost / St. Paul the Confessor, Bishop of Constantinople

Beatitudes on 10 Octoechos: 6; Hierarch: 4, from Ode 3.

 

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. Adopted through grace divine, O Paul, following the dogmas of the God-bearing Paul thou didst not presume the nature of the only-begotten Son to be a created being.

 

8. With mouth, heart and tongue thou didst preach the wisdom and power of God, the hypostatic Word, O divinely wise and venerable Paul, denouncing the ungodly Arius.

 

9. O most wise one, thou didst preach God Who in essence is all-creating and omnipotent, through the righteous judgment of the transcendent authority of the Holy Spirit of God, whereby we are deified.

 

10. The Word of the unoriginate Father Who is beyond any beginning, hath now received a beginning, incarnate, from thee, O pure one; and He Who transcendeth all time hath come under time.

 

Troparia & Kontakia

 

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.

 

[Troparion of the Temple]

 

Tone 3: By thy confession of the divine Faith /

the Church hath shown thee to be another Paul, /

a zealot among her priests; /

and Abel crieth out to the Lord with thee, /

as doth the righteous blood of Zachariah. /

O venerable father, entreat Christ God, //

that we be given great mercy.

 

Tone 7: No longer will the dominion of death be able to keep men captive; /

for Christ hath descended, demolishing and destroying the powers thereof. /

 Hades is bound; /

the prophets rejoice with one voice, saying: /

A Savior hath come for them that have faith. //

Come forth, ye faithful, for the Resurrection.

 

[Kontakion of the Temple]

 

Glory… Tone 2:

O Paul, who shone forth upon the earth like a star of heavenly splendor, /

thou dost now enlighten the universal Church /

for which thou didst suffer, /

laying down thy life. /

And like that of Zachariah and Abel //

thy blood crieth out to the Lord.

 

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 7th Tone: The Lord will give strength unto His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace.

Choir: The Lord will give strength unto His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace.

Reader: Bring unto the Lord, ye sons of God, bring unto the Lord the sons of rams.

Choir: The Lord will give strength unto His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace.

Reader: In the Same 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 Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Ephesians:

[Eph. 2:14-22 (§221); Heb. 8:3-6 (§318 mid)]

 

Reader: Alleluia in the 7th Tone: It is good to give praise unto the Lord, and to chant unto Thy name, O Most High.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Reader: To proclaim in the morning Thy mercy, and Thy truth by night.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

Reader: In the 2nd Tone: Thy priests shall be clothed with righteousness, and Thy righteous shall rejoice.

Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

 

Gospel [Luke 8:41-56 (§39); Luke 12:8-12 (§64)]

 

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!

 

 

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