28th Sunday after Pentecost / The Holy and All-praised Apostle Andrew the First-Called
Beatitudes on 10 Octoechos 6; Apostle 4, from Ode 3. 1. From paradise didst Thou drive our forefather Adam, who had broken Thy commandment, O Christ; but, O Compassionate One, Thou didst cause to dwell therein the thief who confessed Thee on the cross, crying out: “Remember me, O Savior, in Thy kingdom!” 2. With the curse of death didst Thou condemn us who had sinned, O Lord, Bestower of life; yet having suffered in Thy flesh, O sinless Master, Thou hast granted life unto mortals who cry out: “Remember us also in Thy kingdom!” 3. In rising from the dead, Thou hast raised us up from the passions with Thyself through Thy resurrection, O Lord; and all the power of death hast Thou destroyed, O Savior. Wherefore, with faith we cry out to Thee: “Remember us also in Thy kingdom!” 4. O Thou who as God grantest life, by Thy three days in the tomb Thou didst raise up with Thyself the dead in hell, and as One Who is good Thou hast poured forth incorruption upon all of us who with faith ever cry out: “Remember us also in Thy kingdom!” 5. Risen from the dead, O Savior, Thou didst first appear to the myrrh-bearing women, crying out: “Rejoice!” and through them Thou didst announce Thy resurrection to Thy friends, O Christ. Wherefore, with faith we cry out to Thee, “Remember us also in Thy kingdom!” 6. Moses, stretching out his arms on the mountain, prefigured the Cross and thus conquered Amelek. And, receiving it with faith as a mighty weapon against the demons, we all cry out: “Remember us also in Thy kingdom!” 7. Thou wast not summoned, but of thine own will didst thou run like a thirsting hart to the wellspring of life, and having found Him thou didst preach Him to all; and having drunk thereof thou didst drench the parched ends of the earth with the waters of incorruption. 8. Mindful of the laws of nature, O right wondrous Andrew, thou didst take thy kinsman into partnership, crying out: “We have found the Desired One!” And to him who prepared the way by his birth in the flesh thou didst show spiritual knowledge. 9. From the depths of deception hast thou caught reason-endowed fish in the net of the Word, O apostle, and thou hast brought as pure food to the table of Christ: those who have been enlightened by the grace of Him Who appeared in fleshly form. 10. Though thou didst conceive God in thy womb, O Virgin, by the All-holy Spirit wast thou preserved unconsumed, for to Moses the lawgiver the unburnt bush manifestly foretold thee, who, aflame, received the unbearable Fire. Troparia & Kontakia Tone 3: Let the heavens be glad; let earthly things rejoice; /
for the Lord hath wrought might with His arm. /He hath trampled down death by death; /the first-born of the dead hath He become. /From the belly of Hades hath He delivered us //and Hath granted to the world great mercy.
[Troparion of the Temple]
Tone 4: As thou art the first-called of the apostles /
and the brother of the preeminent one, /
entreat thou the Master of all, O Andrew, /
that He grant peace to the world //
and great mercy to our souls.
Tone 3: Thou didst rise today from the tomb, O Merciful One, /
and didst lead us out of the gates of death. /Today Adam danceth and Eve rejoiceth; /and together with them both the prophets and patriarchs //unceasingly praise the divine might of Thine authority.
[Kontakion of the Temple]
Glory… Tone 2: The divinely eloquent namesake of manliness, /
the eminent follower of the Church, the kinsman of Peter, /
let us praise, for as of old he was called, so now he calleth us: //
“Come ye, we have found the Desired One!”
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 3rd Tone: O chant unto our God, chant ye; chant unto our King, chant ye.
Choir: O chant unto our God, chant ye; chant unto our King, chant ye.
Reader: Clap your hands, all ye nations; shout unto God with a voice of rejoicing.
Choir: O chant unto our God, chant ye; chant unto our King, chant ye.
Reader: In the 8th Tone: Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
Choir: Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
Reader: The Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Colossians:
[Col. 1:12-18 (§250); I Cor. 4:9-16 (§131)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 3rd Tone: In Thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me not be put to shame in the age to come.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Be Thou unto me a God to defend me and a house of refuge to save me.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 1st Tone: The heavens shall confess Thy wonders, O Lord, and Thy truth in the congregation of saints.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Luke 13:10-17 (§71); John 1:35-51 (§4)]
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest! Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!