All Saints of Russia / 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. We have not inherited
our land through the sword, but through Thy right hand, and Thine upraised arm,
and the light of Thy countenance; and by the tears of Thy saints, their
struggles and sweat, their blood and teaching, is our homeland firmly
established.
8. When we turned away
from Thee and did not do Thy commandments, then didst Thou thrust us aside and
cast us down; and we have become the least among all the nations. But take pity
on us, O God our Savior, through the entreaties of the saints.
9. O all-blessed Trinity, return
us from exile; heal our sickness and our sorrow; and lift our spirit from
slothfulness and the sleep of sin, that we may be worthy of our fathers and brethren
who by their struggles glorified Thy name in our land.
10. Gather in the
dispersed, return those who have been cut off, bring back again them that have
fallen away from the Orthodox Faith, comfort the weeping and sorrowful, and heal
the dissolution of our tormented land, O thou who art full of grace, entreating
God in our behalf with the saints who are our compatriots.
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 land of
Russia doth offer to Thee, O Lord, all the Saints that have shone in her. /
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: O God Who givest avengement unto me and hast subdued peoples under
me.
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 the
saints who pleased God in the land of Russia /
doth stand before us in
Church and invisibly doth pray for us to God. /
With them the angels
glorify Him, /
and all the saints of the
Church of Christ keep festival with them; //
and they all pray together
for us to the Pre-eternal 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.