21st
Sunday After Pentecost / Ss. Cosmas and Damian
Beatitudes on 10 Octoechos 6;
Saints 4, from Ode 3.
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. For our sake He Who is
without passion became a man subject to the passions; and, nailed of His own
will to the Cross, He hath raised us up with Himself. Wherefore, we glorify His Cross, passion, and
resurrection, whereby we have been refashioned and whereby we also are saved,
who cry out: Remember us also in Thy kingdom!
6. O ye faithful, let us
entreat Him who hath risen from the dead, hath made captive the dominion of
hades, and wast seen by the myrrh-bearing women and said to them: “Rejoice!”,
that He deliver from corruption the souls of us who ever cry out to Him with
the voice of the noble thief: Remember us also in Thy kingdom!
7. As is meet, let us all hymn the well springs
of healings, the streams of divine gifts, the most splendid receptacles of the
immaterial Light.
8. As benefactors curing sufferings and pangs of
body and soul, O most honored ones, ye heal those who have recourse to you now
with fervor.
9. Adorned with the fruits of the virtues, ye
manifestly pruned away every corrupting pleasure of life, looking unceasingly
toward the beauty of God.
10. He Who before was invisible appeared in our
form, O Theotokos, when He united His Godhead to the flesh in thine all-holy
womb, O Bride of God.
Troparia & Kontakia
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.
[Troparion of
the Temple]
Tone 8: O holy unmercenaries and wonder-workers Cosmas and
Damian, visit ye our infirmities://
Freely ye have received,
freely give unto us!
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 Temple]
Glory… Tone 2: Having received the grace of healings, /
ye extend health to those
in need, O all-glorious physicians and wonder-workers. /
By your visitation cast
down the audacity of the enemy, //
healing the world with
miracles.
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 4th Tone: How magnified are Thy works O Lord! In
wisdom hast Thou made them all.
Choir: How
magnified are Thy works O Lord! In wisdom hast Thou made them all.
Reader: Bless
the Lord, O my soul; O Lord my God, Thou hast been
magnified exceedingly.
Choir: How magnified are Thy works O Lord! In wisdom
hast Thou made them all.
Reader: The
Prokimenon 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 Reading is from the Epistle of the
Holy Apostle Paul to the Galatians:
[Gal.
2:16-20 (§203); I Cor. 12:27-13:8 (§153)]
Reader: Alleluia
in the 4th Tone: Bend Thy bow, and proceed prosperously, and be king,
because of truth and meekness and righteousness.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Thou hast
loved righteousness and hated iniquity.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In
the 2nd Tone: Behold, what is so good or so joyous as for brethren to
dwell together in unity?
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Luke
8:26-39 (§38); Matt. 10:1,5-8 (§34 mid)]
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!