26th Sunday after Pentecost / St. Gregory the
Decapolite / Forefeast of the Entry of the Theotokos
Beatitudes on 10:
Octoechos: 6; Forefeast: 4, from Ode 3.
1. Through food did the
enemy lead Adam forth from paradise; but by the Cross hath Christ led back to
it the thief who cried: Remember me when Thou comest in Thy kingdom!
2. With Adam and the thief
I worship Thy sufferings and glorify Thy resurrection; and I cry out with a
splendid voice: Remember me, O Lord, when Thou comest in Thy kingdom!
3. O Sinless One, of Thine
own will Thou wast crucified and placed in the Tomb, yet Thou didst arise as
God, raising up with Thyself Adam who crieth out: Remember me when Thou comest
in Thy kingdom!
4. Raising up the temple
of Thy body by Thy resurrection on the third day, O Christ God, Thou didst
raise up Adam and his descendants who cry: Remember me when Thou comest in Thy
kingdom!
5. Very early, the
myrrh-bearing women arrived, weeping, at Thy tomb, O Christ God; and they found
an angel sitting there, clad in white garments, who said: What seek ye? Christ
is risen! Lament no longer!
6. When Thine apostles
went to the mountain whither Thou hadst commanded them to go, and saw Thee, O
Savior, they worshipped Thee; and Thou didst send them unto the nations, to
teach and baptize them.
7. The virgin maidens who
undertake to bear candles with splendor prefigure what is to come; for from her
will the enlightenment of knowledge come, which looseth
the darkness of deception.
8. Anna of old, filled
with divinely wise zeal, fulfilleth her vow and escorteth
to the sanctuary thee, her most sacred offspring, who art to give birth unto
God, O most immaculate one.
9. The sun spread forth
its rays, beholding the radiant cloud stretched down at the behest of God
within the Holy of holies, from whence remission will rain forth upon the stony
passions.
10. Having made His abode
within thee in His loving-kindness, O most immaculate and pure one, God deifieth me who was seduced aforetime by the deception of
the serpent and corruption; and He giveth me again the food of incorruption.
Troparia & Kontakia
Tone 1: When
the stone had been sealed by the Jews, /
And the soldiers were
guarding Thine immaculate Body, /
Thou didst arise on the
third day, O Savior, /
granting life unto the
world. /
Wherefore, the Hosts of
the Heavens cried out to Thee, O Life-giver: /
Glory to Thy Resurrection,
O Christ. /
Glory to Thy kingdom. //
Glory to Thy dispensation,
O only Lover of mankind.
Tone 4: Anna
now beforehand doth betroth joy unto all, /
bringing forth the only
Ever-virgin as fruit which allayeth grief, /
and today she bringeth
her, rejoicing, into the temple of the Lord, /
in fulfillment of her
promise. //
For she is the pure
Mother, the temple of God the Word.
[Troparion of the Temple]
Tone 3: Thou
wast a model of abstinence, /
illumining all with the
divine Spirit. /
Thou hast completed the
race of the Orthodox Faith, /
enlightened the world with
thy teaching /
and denounced the thoughts
of the heretical. /
O venerable father
Gregory, /
entreat Christ God, //
that He grant us great
mercy.
Tone 1: As
God, Thou didst arise from the tomb in glory, /
and Thou didst raise the
world together with Thyself. /
And mortal nature praiseth
Thee as God, /
and death hath vanished. /
And Adam danceth, O
Master, /
and Eve, now freed from
fetters, rejoiceth as she crieth out: /
Thou art He, O Christ, //
that grantest unto all
resurrection.
[Kontakion of the Temple]
Glory… Tone 3: The
Church knoweth thee to be a sun /
radiant with the beauties
of the virtues, /
illumining all with rays
of healings, /
O favorite of Christ. /
Wherefore, we celebrate
thine honored memory /
and honor thy struggles,
//
O most blessed and
all-wise father Gregory.
Both now... Tone 4: Today, on the right notable feast of the
Theotokos /
hath the whole
world been filled with gladness, crying: //
She is the
heavenly tabernacle!
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in
the 1st Tone: Let Thy mercy, O Lord,
be upon us, according as we have hoped in Thee.
Choir: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we have
hoped in Thee.
Reader: Rejoice in the Lord,
O ye righteous; praise is meet for the upright.
Choir: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we have
hoped in Thee.
Reader: In the 7th Tone: Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death
of His saints.
Choir: Precious
in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.
Reader: The Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul
to the Ephesians:
[Eph. 5:9-19 (§229); Gal. 5:22-6:2 (§213)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 1st Tone: O God who givest avengement
unto me and hast subdued people under me.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: It is He that magnifieth the salvation of His king and worketh mercy for
His anointed, for David and for His seed unto eternity.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 6th Tone: Blessed is the man that
feareth the Lord; in His commandments shall he greatly delight.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel
[Luke 12:16-21 (§66); Matt. 11:27-30 (§43)]
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!