3rd Sunday After Pentecost / The Holy Hierarch Metropolitan Jonah of Moscow
Beatitudes on 10 Octoechos 6; Hierarch 4, from Ode 3.
1. We offer Thee the cry of the thief, and we pray: Remember us in Thy kingdom, O Savior. 2. For the forgiveness of transgressions we offer unto Thee the Cross which Thou didst accept for our sake, O Thou who lovest mankind. 3. We bow down in worship, O Master, before Thy burial and rising, whereby Thou hast delivered the world from corruption, O Thou Who lovest mankind. 4. By Thy death hath death been slain, O Lord, and by Thy resurrection hast Thou saved the world, O Savior. 5. Risen from the tomb, Thou didst meet the myrrh-bearing women; and Thou didst tell Thy disciples to announce Thine arising. 6. Those who slept in darkness, beholding Thee, the Light, in the nethermost parts of hades, O Christ, were raised from the dead. 7. Thou didst ascend to the summit of the virtues, O holy hierarch, and, receiving the sacred anointing of thy superior life, on an exalted cathedra thou didst serve God as a great high priest. 8. Having acquired thee as a beacon, O all-wise and holy hierarch, the Church of Christ is illumined by thy virtuous instructions, saying: Thou, O Lord, art my strength and confirmation! 9. Having cut off all carnal desire with divine desire, thou didst shine forth in a perfect life; wherefore, thou hadst passed hence into never-waning effulgence. 10. O lustrous tongs of the divine Coal, O bush which was not consumed by the Godhead: Burn up the tinder of my passions, and rescue me from everlasting fire. Troparia Tone 2: When Thou didst descend unto death, O Life Immortal, /
then didst Thou slay Hades with the lightning of Thy Divinity. /And when Thou didst also raise the dead out of the nethermost depths, /all the Hosts of the heavens cried out: //O Life-giver, Christ our God, glory be to Thee.
[Troparion of the Temple]
Glory… Tone 4: Having dedicated thyself wholly to the Lord from thy youth, /
thou becamest a model of virtue in prayer, labors and fasting; /
wherefore, beholding thy goodly intent, /
God appointed thee the hierarch and pastor of His Church: /
and for this cause, thy precious body /
hath been preserved whole and incorrupt after thy repose. //
O holy hierarch Jonah, entreat Christ God, that He save our souls.
Both now… Tone 4: The mystery hidden from before the ages /
and unknown even to the angels, /
through thee, O Theotokos, hath been revealed to those on earth: /
God incarnate in unconfused union, /
Who willingly accepted the Cross for our sake /
and thereby raising up the first-formed man, //
hath saved our souls from death.
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in the 2nd Tone: The Lord is my strength and my song, and He is become my salvation.
Choir: The Lord is my strength and my song, and He is become my salvation.
Reader: With chastisement hath the Lord chastened me, but He hath not given me over unto death.
Choir: The Lord is my strength and my song, and He is become my salvation.
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 Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Romans:
[Romans 5:1-10 (§88); Hebrews 13:17-21 (§335)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 2nd Tone: The Lord hear thee in the day of affliction; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: O Lord, save the king, and hearken unto us in the day when we call upon Thee.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Thy priests shall be clothed with righteousness, and Thy righteous shall rejoice.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matthew 6:22-33 (§18); John 10:9-16 (§36)]
Kontakia
Tone 2: Thou didst rise from the tomb, O omnipotent Savior, /
and Hades was terrified on beholding the wonder; /and the dead arose, /and creation at the sight thereof rejoiceth with Thee. /And Adam also is joyful, //and the world, O my Savior, praiseth Thee for ever.
[Kontakion of the Temple]
Glory… Tone 8:
From childhood thou didst enslave thyself unto the Lord, O wise one, /laying waste to thy body through fasting and the keeping of vigils; /wherefore, thou wast shown to be the pure vessel and abode of the all-holy Spirit. /For this cause He ordained thee as hierarch and pastor for His Church; /and having tended it well, thou didst depart unto the Lord Whom thou didst love. /We therefore beseech thee: Be thou mindful of us who honor thy holy memory with faith, //that we may all cry aloud unto thee: Rejoice, O father Jonah, most honored and holy hierarch!
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.