18th
Sunday After Pentecost / St. Chariton the Confessor
Beatitudes
on 10: Octoechos 6; Saint 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 reason-endowed flock of thy disciples
rejoiceth in thee, O venerable one, spiritually partaking of thy splendor.
8. O venerable Chariton, to the Spirit of life
thou didst subject carnal knowledge, as the cause of enmity towards God.
9. Like David thou didst lay low the power of
the noetic alien Goliath, O venerable one, with the weaponry of the Spirit.
10. Thou, alone, O Mother of God, hast in manner
past nature, become the mediatress of blessings for those on earth; wherefore,
we cry out to thee: Rejoice!
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.
[Troparion of the
Tone 8: With streams of thy tears thou didst
irrigate the barren desert, /
and with sighs
from the depths of thy soul thou didst make it to bear fruit an hundredfold. /
Thou wast a
beacon to the whole world, radiating miracles.
//
O Chariton our father, entreat Christ
God, that our souls be saved!
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
Glory… Tone 2: Having delighted in
abstinence and bridled the desires of thy flesh, /
O
divinely wise one, thou wast shown to increase in faith, /
and
didst flourish like the tree of life in the midst of paradise, //
O
most blessed and sacred
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: The saints shall
boast in glory, and they shall rejoice upon their beds.
Choir: The
saints shall boast in glory, and they shall rejoice upon their beds.
Reader: The
Corinthians: [II Cor. 9:6-11
(§188); II Cor. 4:6-15 (§176)]
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 5:1-11 (§17); Luke 6:17-23 (§24)]
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!