22nd
Sunday After Pentecost / Martyr Nestor of Thessalonica
Beatitude
Verses: Octoechos: 8.
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. O
indivisible Trinity, all-effecting and all-powerful Unity: Father, Son, and
Holy Spirit: Thee do we hymn as our true God and
Savior!
8. Rejoice,
O animate temple of God and impassible gate! Rejoice, O fiery throne which burneth
yet is not consumed! Rejoice, O Mother of Emmanuel, Christ our God!
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.
[Troparion of the
Glory… Tone 4: In his sufferings O Lord, /
Thy martyr Nestor hath
received an imperishable crown from Thee, our God; /
for, possessed of Thy might,
/
he set at nought his
tormentors and crushed the feeble audacity of the demons. //
By his supplications save
Thou 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 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 4th Tone: In the saints that are in His earth hath the Lord been wondrous; He hath wrought all His desires in them.
Choir: In the saints that are in His earth hath the Lord been wondrous; He hath wrought all His desires in them.
Reader: The
[Gal.
6:11-18 (§215); Eph. 6:10-17 (§233).]
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.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: 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!
Gospel [Luke
8:26-39 (§38); Luke 21:12-19 (§106)]
Kontakia
Tone 4: My Savior and Redeemer hath, as God, /
raised up the earthborn from the grave and from their fetters, /and He hath broken the gates of hades, /and, as Master, //hath risen on the third day.
[Kontakion of the
Glory… Tone 2: Having fought the good fight, /
thou hast now inherited immortal glory, / for thou becamest an excellent warrior of the Master / through the supplications of the martyr Demetrius. / Wherefore, cease not to pray for us all, // O wise Nestor.
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.