22nd
Sunday after Pentecost / St. John of Kronstadt
Beatitudes on 10 Octoechos 6; Saint 4, from Ode 3.
1. Believing Thee to be God, O Christ, the thief on the cross confessed Thee in a pure manner, crying out from the depths of his heart: Remember me in Thy kingdom, O Lord! 2. Together let us hymn as Savior and Creator, Him Who on the Cross budded forth life for our race and caused the curse which originated from the tree to wither up. 3. By Thy death hast Thou destroyed the power of death, O Christ, and Thou didst raise up with Thyself the dead of ages past, who now hymn Thee as our true God and Savior. 4. Arriving at Thy tomb, O Christ, the honorable women sought to anoint Thee with myrrh, O Bestower of life; but an angel appeared to them, crying out: The Lord is risen! 5. When Thou wast crucified between two condemned thieves, O Christ, one of them blasphemed Thee and was justly damned, while the other confessed Thee and dwelleth now in paradise. 6. When they had come to the choir of the apostles, the honorable women cried out: Christ is risen! Let us worship Him as Master and Creator. 7. One who shared in the manner of life of the apostles and an emulator of their life wast thou, O divinely inspired one, and thou didst set forth the word of truth unto the end. 8. The eye of thy soul beheld the kingdom of heaven, for it was pure; wherefore, thou didst splendidly set forth thy life, and, honoring it in God, we glorify thee. 9. Let him who doth not labor not eat! These words of the Apostle Paul didst thou proclaim to thy brethren; wherefore, thou didst raise up a house of industry for the sake of the poor, wherein the impoverished and ailing might be provided for, being sustained by the work of their own hands. 10. Thou art wholly light, all goodness, all wisdom; thou canst, as Mother of the Almighty, do all things; thou alone art all-perfect, in that thou art the Mother of the all-perfect King of glory. Troparia Tone 5: Let us, O faithful, praise and worship the
Word /
Who is co-unoriginate with the Father and the
Spirit, /
and Who was born of the Virgin for our salvation; /
for He was pleased to ascend the Cross in the flesh
/
and to endure death, //
and to raise the dead by His glorious Resurrection.
Glory…Tone 4: With the apostles thy sound hath gone forth into all the earth; /
with the confessors thou didst endure sufferings for Christ; / thou didst resemble the holy hierarchs in thy preaching of the Word; / and with the venerable hast thou shone forth in the grace of God. / Therefore, the Lord hath exalted the depths of thy humility above the heavens, / and hath given us thy name as a source of most wondrous miracles. / Wherefore, O wonderworker, who livest in Christ forever, / take pity in thy love upon people in misfortunes; / hearken unto thy children, / who with faith call upon thee, // O John of Kronstadt, our beloved pastor. 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 5th Tone:
Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt preserve us from this generation and for
evermore.
Choir:
Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt
preserve us from this generation and for evermore.
Reader:
Save me, O Lord for a righteous man there is no more.
Choir:
Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us and shalt
preserve us from this generation and for evermore.
Reader: In the 7th Tone:
The righteous man shall be glad in the Lord, and shall hope in Him.
Choir: The righteous man shall be
glad in the Lord, and shall hope in Him.
Reader: The Reading is from the
Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Galatians:
[Gal. 6:11-18 (§215); I John
4:7-11 (§73 mid)]
Reader:
Alleluia in the 5th Tone: Of Thy
mercies, O Lord, will I sing for ever. Unto
generation and generation will I declare Thy truth with my mouth.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader:
For Thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever, in the heavens shall
Thy truth be established.
Reader: In the 4th Tone:
His heart is ready to hope in the Lord.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia!
Gospel [Luke
8:5-15 (§35); Luke 6:31-36 (§26)]
Kontakia
Tone 5: Unto hades, O my Savior, didst Thou descend,
/
and having broken its gates as one omnipotent, /
Thou, as Creator, didst raise up the dead together
with Thyself. /
And Thou didst break the sting of death, /
and didst deliver Adam from the curse, O Lover of
mankind. /
Wherefore, we all cry unto Thee: //
Save us, O Lord.
Glory… Tone 4:
O father John, namesake of grace, /
who wast chosen by God
from childhood, /
who in thy youth
miraculously received from Him the gift of learning, /
and in a dream wast most gloriously
called to be a priest: //
Entreat Christ God, that
we may all be with thee in the kingdom of heaven.
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.