6th Sunday after Pentecost / St. Mary Magdalene / HM. Phocas
Beatitudes
on 10, Octoechos: 6; St. Mary: 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 & 8. Loving first the First Cause of good things
Who in the goodness of His heart hath deified our nature, thou didst follow Him
zealously, O Mary, submitting to His divine precepts.
9. Lamenting, thou
didst reach the tomb of the Deliverer, O maiden, and wast the first to behold
the divine resurrection. Wherefore, thou didst show thyself to be a herald of
the glad tidings, crying out: Christ is risen! Clap your hands!
10. The Word Who was
incarnate of thine all-pure blood, O all-pure one, in the richness of His
goodness saveth me, releasing me from the condemnation of the first fall. Him
do thou unceasingly beseech, that He save thy flock.
Troparia & Kontakia
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 Temple]
Tone 1: The honorable Mary Magdalene /
followed after Christ, /
Who for our sake was born of the Virgin, /
keeping His precepts and laws. /
Wherefore, celebrating thy most holy memory today, //
through thy supplications we receive remission of sins.
Tone 4: As thou didst share in the ways of the apostles /
and didst occupy their throne, /
thou didst find thine activity to be a passage to divine vision, /
O divinely inspired one. /
Wherefore, ordering the word of truth, /
thou didst suffer for the Faith even to the shedding of thy blood. /
O hieromartyr Phocas, /
entreat Christ God, //
that our souls be saved.
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.
[Kontakion of the Temple]
Tone 3: Standing before
the Cross of the Savior /
with many others, /
suffering with the Mother of the
Lord /
and pouring forth tears, /
the all-glorious one made this
offering as praise, saying: /
“What is this strange wonder? /
Is it Thy will to suffer, O Thou
Who sustainest all creation? //
Glory to Thy dominion!”
Glory… Tone 4: Offering up sacrifices as a high priest, O father, /
in the end thou
didst offer thyself as a living sacrifice, /
bearing witness
lawfully to Christ God, /
accepting death and
strengthened by angels, /
who cried out to
thee: //
Come with us, O
Phocas, and no-one will be against us!
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.
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: Wondrous is God in His saints, the God of
Israel.
Choir: Wondrous
is God in His saints, the God of Israel.
Reader: The Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul
to the Romans:
[Rom. 12:6-14 (§110); I Cor. 9:2-12 (§141)]
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 1st
Tone: With patience I waited patiently for the Lord, and He was attentive
unto me, and He hearkened unto my supplication.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matt. 9:1-8 (§29); Luke 8:1-3 (§34)]
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the
highest! Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous; praise is meet for the upright. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!