5th
Sunday after Pentecost / The Holy
Fathers of the First Six Ecumenical Councils
/ St.
Vladimir Beatitudes
on 12, Octoechos: 4; Fathers: 4, from Ode 3; Saint: 4, from Ode 6.
1. By the tree was Adam forced to depart from paradise; but by the
Tree of the Cross was the thief made to dwell in paradise. For the one by tasting, broke the commandment
of the creator; while the other, crucified with Him, confessed the hidden God,
crying out: Remember me in Thy kingdom!
2. O Lord Who wast lifted up upon the Cross, Who hast destroyed
the power of death and as God hast destroyed the record of our sins, grant also
the repentance of the thief unto us who faithfully serve Thee and cry out to
thee, O Christ God Who alone lovest mankind: Remember us also in Thy kingdom!
3. On the Cross Thou didst tear asunder with the spear the record
of our sins; and, numbered among the dead, Thou didst bind the tyrant of hades,
O Lord Who lovest mankind, Who by Thy resurrection hast delivered all from the
bonds of hades. Thereby have we been
illumined, and we cry to Thee: Remember us also in Thy kingdom!
4. O Thou Who alone art immortal, Who wast crucified and as
almighty didst arise from the tomb on the third day, and hast raised up Adam,
the first created: Vouchsafe that I also may turn to repentance with my whole
heart, and may ever cry out to Thee with fervent faith: Remember me, O Savior,
in Thy kingdom!
5
& 6. The mindless Arius, showing himself to be a servant of a created
being, and Macedonius, likewise revealed as abominable, are tormented together
in the fire of Gehenna with the heathen.
7. With the seven sacred councils of the holy
fathers didst thou adorn the honored Church, O Christ, driving far away the
darkness of deception as with the light of seven beacons.
8. The multifarious murrain of the heretics
destroyeth Thy flock, O Word; but the shepherds of Thy noetic sheep have cured
this by their doctrine.
9. By the power of God have Satan, the destroyer
of souls, and his false sacrifices been trampled underfoot; for unto us hath
Christ shown the faithful Prince Vladimir to be a model of one who doth crush
and dash him down beneath our feet.
10. Of old the Lord saved Israel from slavery by
the hand of Moses; and now He hath likewise saved us all from the falsehood of
idolatry by the hand of Vladimir, the faithful prince.
11. As is meet, we all call upon thee, crying
aloud: Rejoice, O most honored and all-blessed one! For we have thee as our deliverer with God, O
Vladimir. Disdain not thy servants, but
ever preserve us.
12.
O all-pure and all hymned Virgin, through thee we have found salvation. Our God, Whom the angels in heaven desire to
see, hath now become a visible infant in thy womb.
Troparia
Tone 4: Having learned the joyful proclamation of the Resurrection from the angel, /
and having cast off the ancestral condemnation, /the women disciples of the Lord spake to the apostles exultantly: /Death is despoiled and Christ God is risen, //granting to the world great mercy.
Tone
8: Most glorified art Thou, O Christ our God, /
Who
hast established our holy fathers as luminous stars upon the earth, /
and
through them didst guide us all to the true Faith. //
O
Most merciful One, glory be to Thee.
Glory…
Tone 4: Thou wast like a merchant
that seeketh a beautiful pearl, /
O
glorious sovereign Vladimir, /
sitting
on the height of the throne of the mother of cities, God-protected Kiev. /
Searching
and sending to the imperial city to know the Orthodox Faith, /
thou
didst find Christ, the priceless Pearl, /
Who
chose thee as a second Paul, /
and
Who did shake off thy spiritual and physical blindness in the holy font. /
Wherefore,
we who are thy people celebrate thy falling asleep. /
Pray
that thy Russian land be saved, /
and
that Orthodox people //
be
granted peace and great mercy.
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: In
the 4th Tone: Blessed art Thou, O Lord, the God of our fathers, and
praised and glorified is Thy name unto the ages.
Choir: Blessed art Thou, O Lord, the God of our fathers,
and praised and glorified is Thy name unto the ages.
Reader: For righteous art Thou in all which Thou hast done for us.
Choir: Blessed art Thou, O Lord, the God
of our fathers, and praised and glorified is Thy name unto the ages.
Reader: In
the 3rd Tone: O chant unto our
God, chant ye; chant unto our King, chant ye.
Choir: O
chant unto our God, chant ye; chant unto our King, chant ye.
Reader: The Reading is from the First
Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Romans: [Rom. 10:1-10 (§103); Heb. 13:7-16 (§334); Gal 1:11-19 (§200)]
Reader: Alleluia
in the 1st Tone: The God of
gods, the Lord hath spoken, and He hath called the earth from the rising of the
sun unto the setting thereof.
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Gather
together unto Him His holy ones who have established His covenant upon
sacrifices
Choir: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In
the 6th Tone: I have raised up one chosen out of My people.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matt.
8:28-9:1 (§28); John 17:1-13 (§56); John 10:1-9 (§35 mid)]
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.
Tone
8:
The
preaching of the apostles and the doctrines of the fathers confirmed the one
Faith of the Church. /
And
wearing the garment of truth, woven from the theology on high, //
She
rightly divideth and glorifieth the great mystery of piety.
Glory…
Tone 8: Like the great Apostle Paul,
O most glorious Vladimir, /
in
old age thou didst leave off all zeal for idols as a childish sophism, /
and
as a full-grown man thou wast adorned with the royal purple of divine baptism.
/
And
now as thou standest in joy in the presence of Christ the Savior, /
pray
that thy Russian land be saved, //
and
that Orthodox people be granted peace and great mercy.
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.