St. Demetrius Saturday/ Commemoration of the Departed, Tone 1
Beatitudes, Octoechos 6.
1. By food did the enemy lead Adam out of paradise, but by the Cross did Christ lead
back into it the thief who cried out: Remember me, O Lord, when Thou comest in Thy
kingdom!
2. The countless multitude of Thine athletes – the holy hierarchs, the all-wise women and
the all-glorious prophets – entreat Thee, O Jesus our God: Grant us remission of
transgressions, and great mercy.
3. O most sacred athletes of Christ, who have finished your race, with the sacred
hierarchs and prophets ye have been vouchsafed to dwell in the heavenly city, rejoicing
with the angels.
4. O Christ, in never-waning light settle those whom Thou hast taken to Thyself,
overlooking their transgressions, in that Thou art the compassionate God, that we may
glorify Thine incalculable mercy, O Benefactor.
5. We worship the Father, we glorify the Son, and all of us, the faithful, hymn the all-holy
Spirit. Remember us who cry to Thee, O God the consubstantial Trinity and Unity.
6. We hymn thee, O pure one, as the spacious palace, the throne of glory and the cloud of
light; and we pray: Dispel the gloomy cloud from our souls by thy divine supplications.
At the entrance, the choir sings:
O come let us worship and fall down before Christ, Who art wondrous in the saints, O
Son of God, save us who sing to Thee: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Troparia & Kontakia
Tone 2: O Apostles, Martyrs, and Prophets, /
Venerable and Righteous Ones; /
ye that have accomplished a good labor and kept the
Faith, /
that have boldness before the Savior; O Good Ones, //
intercede for us, we pray, that our souls be saved.
Remember, O Lord, Thy servants, for Thou art good, /
and forgive them whatsoever sins they have committed in
life; /
for none is sinless but Thee, Who
art able to give repose //
unto them that are departed.
Glory… Tone 8:
With the saints give rest, O Christ, to the souls of Thy
servants, //
where there is neither sickness, nor sorrow, nor sighing,
but life everlasting.
Both now… Tone
8:
In thee we have a wall and a haven, /
and an intercessor acceptable to God, Whom
thou didst bear, //
O Theotokos unwedded, salvation of the faithful.
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in the 8th Tone: Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, ye
righteous.
Choir: Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, ye
righteous.
Reader: Blessed are they whose iniquities are
forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
Choir: Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, ye
righteous.
Reader: In the 6th Tone: Their souls shall
dwell among good things.
Choir: Their souls shall dwell among good things.
Reader:
The Reading is from the First Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the
Corinthians: [I Cor. 15:58-16:3
(§164); 1 Thess. 4:13-17 (§270)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 4th Tone: The
righteous cried, and the Lord heard them, and He
delivered them out of all their tribulations.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Many are the tribulations of the
righteous, and the Lord shall deliver them out
of
them all.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 8th Tone: Blessed are
they whom Thou hast chosen and hast taken to
Thyself,
O Lord, and their memorial is unto generation and generation.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Luke 6:1-10
(§22); John 5:24-30 (§16)]
Communion Verse: Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous; praise is meet for the upright.
Blessed are they whom Thou hast chosen and hast
taken to Thyself O Lord, and their
memorial is unto generation and generation. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!