The Sunday of All Saints of
Beatitude Verses: Octoechos: 6;
All Saints of
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. We have not inherited our land through the
sword, but through Thy right hand, and Thine upraised arm, and the light of Thy
countenance; and by the tears of Thy saints, their struggles and sweat, their
blood and teaching, is our homeland firmly established.
8. When we turned away from Thee and did not do
Thy commandments, then didst Thou thrust us aside and cast us down; and we have
become the least among all the nations.
But take pity on us, O God our Savior, through the entreaties of the
saints.
9. O all-blessed Trinity,
return us from exile; heal our sickness and our sorrow; and lift our spirit
from slothfulness and the sleep of sin, that we may be worthy of our fathers
and brethren who by their struggles glorified Thy name in our land.
10. Gather in the dispersed, return those who
have been cut off, bring back again them that have fallen away from the
Orthodox Faith, comfort the weeping and sorrowful, and heal the dissolution of
our tormented land, O thou who art full of grace, entreating God in our behalf
with the saints who are our compatriots.
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 8:
As a beautiful fruit of the sowing of Thy salvation, /
the land of Russia doth offer to Thee, O Lord, all the Saints that have
shone in her. /
By their prayers keep the Church and the world in profound peace, //
through the Theotokos, O Most-merciful One.
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.
Glory… Tone 3:
Today the choir of the saints
who pleased God in the land of Russia /
doth stand before us in
Church and invisibly doth pray for us to God.
/
With them the angels glorify
Him, /
and all the saints of the
Church of Christ keep festival with them; //
and they all pray together
for us to the Pre-eternal God.
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 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
[Romans
2:10-16; Hebrews 11:33-12:2]
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: Be
glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matthew 4:18-23; 4:25-5:12]
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord in the heavens,
praise Him in the highest! Rejoice in
the Lord, O ye righteous; praise is meet for the upright. Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia!