All Saints of North America / 3rd Sunday
after Pentecost
Beatitudes on 10; Resurrection: 6; Saints: 4.
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. Let us praise in sacred
hymns our father Herman of Alaska, who hath bestowed his blessing upon the New
World and hath left us his holy relics as a source of healing for many who honour his memory.
8. We entreat you to
intercede for your people, hieromartyr Juvenaly and
youth Peter, whose struggle for the Faith included the shedding of your blood.
Teach us to confess with boldness the Orthodox Faith and to have no fear of the
enemy.
9. We praise John the
Wonderworker of San Francisco, boast of the Saints, who didst bring forth to
the faithful the glory of the wonderworkers John of Kronstadt and Herman of
Alaska: O thou who didst bring forth the knowledge of these great saints and didst
pave the way for their glorification in the Holy Church, we beseech thee, O
great wonderworker, help us in these last times!
10. Theotokion: Grant us
the help of thy prayers, all-holy Lady, for our enemies have overwhelmed us.
But through thee, O all-pure One, can we be delivered. Intercede with thy Son that we may be saved.
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.
Glory… Tone 8: As a beautiful fruit of the sowing of Thy
salvation, /
the lands of
North America offer Thee, O Lord, all the saints that have shone in them. /
By their
prayers keep the Church and the world in profound peace, //
through the
Theotokos, O Most-merciful One.
Both now… Tone 8: O Good One, Who
for our sake wast born of the Virgin /
and, having
endured crucifixion, cast down death by death, /
and as God
revealed the resurrection: /
disdain not
that which Thou hast fashioned with Thine own hand. /
Show forth Thy
love for mankind, O Merciful One; /
accept the
Theotokos who gave Thee birth and prayeth for us; //
and save Thy
despairing people, O our Savior!
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
11:33-12:2 (§330)]
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: In the 1st
Tone: Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice ye righteous.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel
[Matthew 6:22-33 (§18) & Matthew 4:25-5:12 (§10)]
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.
Glory… Tone 3:
Today the choir of Saints
who were pleasing to God in the lands of North America /
now standeth before us in
the Church and invisibly prayeth to God for us. /
With them the angels
glorify Him, /
and all the saints of the
Church of Christ keep festival with them; //
and together they all pray
for us to the Preëternal God.
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.