St.
Auxentius of Bithynia
Beatitude
Verses: 6 troparia from the Saturday
Octoechos Beatitudes, tone 4.
1. Of old was Adam banished from paradise through
the tree, but by the tree of the Cross hath the thief come to dwell in
paradise: the one by tasting rejected the commandment of the Creator, but the
other, crucified with Christ, confessed the hidden God, crying out: Remember me
in Thy kingdom!
2. Afire with the love of Christ, O holy martyrs,
with the dew of your struggles ye quenched the fire of ungodliness; and ye were
shown to be greatly radiant lamps of the Church, driving the darkness of
infirmities and tribulations from our souls by your goodness; wherefore, we
praise you as is meet.
3. O sacred hierarchs, ye divine company of the
prophets, ye choir of the venerable, ye sole procession of holy women, who
pleased God with virtuous acts and have been glorified: We bless you, praying
through your entreaties, that we may receive enlightenment and life
everlasting.
4. Where Thy light shineth, and where the choirs of
the saints rejoice, whence sighing and pain are fled, do Thou number Thy
servants, who have reposed in times past and departed this most painful life, O
Christ, that they may hymn Thine ineffable goodness; and overlook the
transgressions they committed on earth.
5. O indivisible Trinity, Who art worshipped in the
Father, the Son and the Spirit, O Unity of three Hypostases, united in every
way though with unconfused properties: At the entreaties of Thy holy martyrs,
the fathers and the honorable prophets, grant rest unto those who have died in
the Faith, and grant purification to their souls.
6. Thou didst conceive the Word Whom the Father
begot before the morning-star, and gavest birth to Him in the flesh as perfect
man, known in two activities and wills, O all-pure one. Wherefore, entreat Him as the Creator and
Lord, that He have pity on us who hymn thee, O Maiden Bride of God.
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.
Tone 1: A desert-dweller, an angel in the flesh /
and a wonderworker wast thou shown to be, O our God-bearing father Auxentius /
For, having acquired heavenly gifts through fasting, vigilance and
prayer, /
thou didst heal the infirm and the souls of those who have recourse to
thee with faith. /
Glory to Him Who gave thee strength!
/
Glory to Him Who hath crowned thee!
//
Glory to Him Who worketh healings for all through thee!
Tone 2: Delighting in abstinence and restraining the desires
of the flesh, /
O divinely wise and sacred
father Auxentius, /
thou wast shown forth,
shining with faith, //
and didst blossom like a
plant in the midst of paradise.
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: To Thee, O
Lord, the Planter of creation, /
the world doth offer the
God-bearing martyrs as the first-fruits of nature. /
By their intercessions
preserve Thy Church, Thy commonwealth, in profound peace, //
through the Theotokos, O
Greatly-merciful One.
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 Second Epistle of
the Holy Apostle Paul to Timothy:
[2nd
Timothy 3:1-9]
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 delivered them out of them all.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: 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 20:45 - 21:4]
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.