17th Sunday After Pentecost / Hieromartyr
Gregory of Armenia
Beatitudes on 10 Octoechos: 6;
Hieromartyr: 4, from Ode 3.
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. With the wounds of thy struggles thou didst break the teeth of the lions, and,
inundating the blood of the demons with the outpourings of thy blood, thou dost cast
down the temples of the idols from the foundation, O right wondrous one.
8. Neither the oppression of the wicked, nor bitter tortures, nor long imprisonment in a
most gloomy pit changed thine adamantine resolve, O right wondrous martyr.
9. Thou gavest no slumber to thine eyes, O martyr, until thou didst show forth as children
of the day those wickedly held fast in evil slumber, who cry: Holy art Thou, O Lord!
10. The martyr Rhipsimia, knowing thee to be the only Virgin Mother, O Maiden, desired
thy beauties; and, shining with her sufferings, she was led before Christ in thy train.
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.
[Troparion
of the Temple]
Tone 4: As thou didst share in the ways of the apostles /
and didst occupy their throne, /
thou didst find thine activity to be a passage to divine vision, /
O divinely inspired one. /
Wherefore, speaking aright the word of truth, /
thou didst suffer for the Faith even to the shedding of thy blood. /
O hieromartyr Gregory, /
entreat Christ God, /
that our souls be saved.
Tone 8: 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.
[Kontakion
of the Temple]
Glory… Tone 2: O ye faithful, in songs and hymns /
let us all praise today /
the right glorious hierarch Gregory /
as an athlete, a vigilant shepherd and teacher, /
a universal luminary and champion; //
for he prayeth to Christ, that we be saved.
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 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: 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 Reading is from the Second Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the
Corinthians: [II
Cor. 6:16-7:1 (§182 mid); I Cor. 16:13-24 (§166)].
Reader: Alleluia in the 8th Tone: Come let us
rejoice in the Lord, let us shout with
jubilation unto God
our Savior.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Let us
come before His countenance with thanksgiving, and with psalms let us
shout in jubilation
unto Him.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 2nd Tone: Thy priest shall
be clothed in righteousness, and Thy righteous
shall rejoice.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Luke 6:31-36
(§26); Matt. 24:42-47 (§103)]
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!