24th Sunday after Pentecost / Apodosis of the Entry / HM Clement of Rome
Beatitudes on 10: Octoechos: 6; Feast: 4, from Ode 9.
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. O pure Theotokos, as thou hast the most radiant beauty of purity of soul and art full of the grace of God from heaven, with the ever-existent light thou dost ever enlighten them that cry out with joy: Truly thou art more highly exalted than all, O pure Virgin!
8. Thy wonder doth surpass the power of words, O pure Theotokos, for in thee I perceive a body impervious to the movement of sin. Wherefore thankfully I cry out to thee: Truly thou art more highly exalted than all, O pure Virgin!
9. With hymns let us praise her who was a babe by nature and was supernaturally revealed as the Mother of God; for she is led unto the Lord in the temple of the law as the fragrance of sweet savor for the righteous, as the spiritual fruit of her righteous parents.
10. O ye faithful, with the angel let us fittingly cry out to the Theotokos: “Rejoice!” Rejoice, O most comely Bride! Rejoice, O radiant cloud from whom the Lord hath shone forth upon us who sit in the darkness of ignorance! Rejoice, thou hope of all!
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.
Tone 4: Today is the prelude of God’s good will /
and the heralding of the salvation of mankind. /
In the temple of God, the Virgin is presented openly, /
and she proclaimeth Christ unto all. /
To her, then, with a great voice let us cry aloud: /
Rejoice, O thou fulfillment //
of the Creator’s dispensation.
[Troparion of the Temple]
Tone 4: All-gloriously amazing all the ends of the world with divine miracles, /
O sacred athlete, /
in manner transcending nature /
thou didst cause the substance of the waters of the sea to withdraw /
on the day on thine honored memorial, /
for those who ever earnestly had recourse to the church erected for thee by God /
to shelter thy precious relics; /
and after the people had returned, /
thou didst miraculously cause the sea to return to the shore. /
O all-wondrous Clement, //
entreat Christ God, that our souls be saved.
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: Thou hast been shown to all /
as a branch of the divine vine arrayed in sanctity, /
exuding the sweetness of wisdom with thy supplications, /
O most honored and holy Clement, /
that we may offer thee the noetic hymn, /
like a woven robe of purple: //
Save thou thy servants!
Both now… Tone 4: The most pure temple of the Savior, /
the most precious bridal-chamber and Virgin, /
the sacred treasury of the glory of God, /
is on this day brought into the house of the Lord, /
bringing with her the grace that is in the Divine Spirit. /
And the angels of God chant praise unto her: //
she is the heavenly tabernacle.
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 3rd Tone: My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in
God my Savior.
Choir: My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior.
Reader: The Reading is from the First Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Ephesians:
[Eph. 2:14-22 (§221); Heb. 9:1-7 (§320)]
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 8th Tone: Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Luke 13:10-17 (§71); Luke 10:38-42,11:27-28 (§54)]
Instead of “It is truly meet…” we chant the Irmos of the 9th Ode of the First Canon of the feast, Fourth Tone:
Refrain: The angels beholding the entry of the most pure one were struck with wonder, seeing how the Virgin entered into the Holy of Holies.
Irmos: Let no profane hand touch the living Ark of God, but let the lips of the faithful, chanting unceasingly the words of the angel to the Theotokos, cry out with joy: Truly art thou high above all, O pure Virgin.
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest! I will take the cup of salvation, and I will call upon the name of the Lord. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!