17th
Sunday After Pentecost / The Apodosis of the Exaltation of the Holy
Cross
Beatitudes on 10: Octoechos: 6; Feast: 4, from Ode 9, 1st Canon..
1. Remember us, O Christ, Thou Savior of the world,
as Thou didst remember the thief upon the Cross; and account us all worthy of
Thy heavenly kingdom, O Thou Who alone art compassionate.
2. Hearken, O Adam, and rejoice with Eve; for he
who of old stripped you both naked, and by deception hath taken all of us
captive, hath been set at nought by the Cross of Christ.
3. Nailed of Thine own will to the Tree, O our
Savior, Thou didst deliver Adam from the curse which came through the tree, and
hast rewarded that which is in Thine image with a dwelling in paradise, in that
Thou art compassionate.
4. Today is Christ risen from the tomb, granting
incorruption unto all the faithful; and He reneweth the joy of the
myrrh-bearing women after His suffering and resurrection.
5. Rejoice, O wise myrrh-bearing women, who were
first to behold the resurrection of Christ, and who proclaimed to the apostles
the glad tidings of the restoration of the whole world!
6. O ye apostles, who are manifestly the friends
of Christ and are to be enthroned with Him in glory: entreat Him with boldness,
that He intercede for us, for ye are His disciples.
7 & 8. O Theotokos, thou art a mystical Paradise,
who untilled hast brought forth Christ. He hath planted upon the earth the
life-giving Tree of the Cross: therefore at its exaltation on this day, we
worship Him and thee do we magnify.
9. Let all the trees of the forests rejoice, for
their nature hath been sanctified by Him Who planted them in the
beginning—Christ Who was stretched out upon the Tree. Wherefore, worshipping it as it is now raised
aloft, we magnify thee, O Theotokos.
10. A sacred horn hath been lifted up, the chief
horn for all the divinely wise: the Cross, whereby all the horns of the sinful
are noetically broken asunder.
Wherefore, worshipping it as it is now raised aloft, we magnify thee, O
Theotokos.
Troparia & Kontakia
Tone 8: From on high didst Thou
descend, O compassionate One; /
to
burial of three days hast Thou submitted /
that
Thou mightest free us from our passions. //
O
our Life and Resurrection, O Lord, glory be to Thee.
Tone 1: O
Lord, save Thy people /
and bless Thine
inheritance. /
Grant Thou victory unto
Orthodox Christians /
over their enemies, /
and by the power of Thy
Cross //
do Thou preserve Thy
commonwealth.
Having risen from the tomb, Thou didst raise up the
dead and didst resurrect Adam. /
Eve also danceth at Thy Resurrection, //
and the ends of the world celebrate Thine arising from
the dead, O Greatly-merciful one.
Both now…
Tone 4:
O Thou Who
wast lifted up willingly on the Cross, /
bestow Thy
mercies upon the new community named after Thee, O Christ God; /
gladden with
Thy power the Orthodox Christians, /
granting them
victory over enemies; //
may they have
as Thy help the weapon of peace, the invincible trophy.
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in the 8th Tone: Make
your vows and pay them to the Lord our God.
Choir: Make
your vows and pay them to the Lord our God.
Reader: In Judea is God known, His name is great in
Israel.
Choir: Make
your vows and pay them to the Lord our God.
Reader: In the 7th Tone: Exalt ye the Lord
our God, and worship the footstool of His
feet for it is holy.
Choir: Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship the footstool
of His feet for it is holy.
Reader: The
[Gal.
2:16-20 (§203); II Cor. 6:16-7:1 (§182 mid)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 1st Tone: Remember Thy congregation which Thou hast purchased from
the beginning.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: But God
is our king before the ages, He hath wrought salvation in the midst of the
earth.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In
the 8th Tone: Come let us rejoice in the Lord, let us shout
with jubilation unto God our Savior.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Mark
8:34-9:1 (§37); Matt. 15:21-28 (§62)]
Instead of “It is truly meet…” we chant the Irmos
of the 9th Ode of the First Canon of the feast, Eighth Tone:
Refrain: Magnify, O my soul, / the most precious
Cross of the Lord.
Irmos: O Theotokos, thou art a mystical
who untilled hast brought
forth Christ. /
He hath planted upon the
earth the life-giving Tree of the Cross: /
therefore at its exaltation
on this day, //
we worship Him and thee do we
magnify.
Communion Verse: The Light of Thy countenance, O Lord, hath been signed upon
us. Praise the Lord from the heavens,
praise Him in the highest! Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!