24th Sunday after Pentecost / Martyrs
Onesiphorus and Porphyrius / St. Matrona
Beatitudes on 8, Octoechos 8.
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. The Father is light; the Son and Word is
light; and the Holy Spirit is light. Yet
the Three are one Light, for they are one God in three Persons, One in nature
and origin, indivisible, unconfused and preeternal.
8. For our sake thou gavest birth in the flesh
to the Son and Word of the Father, as thou thyself hast declared, O
Theotokos. Wherefore, O Virgin Mother,
we who are deified through thee cry out to thee: Rejoice, O hope of Christians!
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 4: In their
sufferings O Lord, /
Thy martyrs received
imperishable crowns from Thee, our God; /
for, possessed of Thy might,
/
they cast down the
tormentors and set at naught the feeble audacity of the demons. //
By their supplications
save our souls.
Tone 8:
In thee, O mother, that
which was created according to the image of God was manifestly saved; /
for, accepting thy cross,
thou didst follow after Christ, /
and praying, thou didst
learn to disdain the flesh, for thou didst transcend it, /
and to take care of thine
immortal soul. //
Wherefore, thy soul doth
rejoice with the angels, O venerable Matrona.
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]
Tone 2: Having suffered mightily, the two martyrs /
cast
the arrogance of the enemy down to the ground, /
being
illumined by the grace of the uncreated Trinity, /
O
glorious Onesiphorus and Porphyrius. //
Pray
ye unceasingly in behalf of us all.
Glory… Tone 2: For love of the Lord, O venerable Matrona, /
thou
didst ignore thy desire for rest, /
illumining
thy spirit with fasting. /
By
thy supplications cast down the arrogance of the adversaries, //
for
mightily didst thou vanquish the wild beasts.
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
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: The Lord will give strength unto His people.
Choir: The Lord
will bless His people with peace.
Reader:
The
[Eph. 2:14-22 (§221)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 7th
Tone.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: 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!
Gospel [Luke 8:41-56
(§39)]
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest!
Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!