Sunday of the Last Judgment / Afterfeast of the Meeting of the Lord`
Beatitudes on 12: Octoechos
4; Triodion 4, from Ode 6; Feast 4, from Ode 7.
1.
From paradise didst Thou drive our forefather Adam, who had broken Thy
commandment, O Christ; but, O Compassionate One, Thou didst cause to dwell
therein the thief who confessed Thee on the cross, crying out: “Remember me, O
Savior, in Thy kingdom!”
2.
With the curse of death didst Thou condemn us who had sinned, O Lord, Bestower
of life; yet having suffered in Thy flesh, O sinless Master, Thou hast granted
life unto mortals who cry out: “Remember us also in Thy kingdom!”
3. In
rising from the dead, Thou hast raised us up from the passions with Thyself
through Thy resurrection, O Lord; and all the power of death hast Thou
destroyed, O Savior. Wherefore, with
faith we cry out to Thee: “Remember us also in Thy kingdom!”
4. O
Thou who as God grantest life, by Thy three days in the tomb Thou didst raise
up with Thyself the dead in hell, and as One Who is good Thou hast poured forth
incorruption upon all of us who with faith ever cry out: “Remember us also in
Thy kingdom!”
5. At Thy fearful coming, O Christ, when Thou appearest from heaven, when the thrones are set up and the books opened, then spare, O Savior, spare Thy creature.
6. Since God is the Judge, nothing can help thee there, no zeal, no skill, no glory, no friendship, but only the strength that thou gainest, my soul, from thy works.
7. O Lord, let me not hear Thee say, “Take what is due to thee,” as Thou dost send me from Thy presence; let me not hear Thee say, “Depart from Me into the fire of the accursed,” but may I hear Thy words of blessing to the righteous.
8. Deliver me, O Lord, from the gates of hell, from chaos and darkness without light, from the lowest depths of the earth and the unquenchable fire, and from all the other everlasting punishments.
9. O Word of God who in the midst of the fire hast dropped dew upon the children as they discoursed on things divine, and Who hast taken up Thy dwelling in the pure Virgin: Thee do we praise as with piety we sing: O God of our fathers, blessed art Thou.
10. I go to announce the glad tidings unto Adam who dwelleth in hades and unto Eve, cried Symeon, joining chorus with the prophets, singing: Blessed is the God of our fathers!
11. God Who doth deliver the mortal race shall go even unto hades; He shall grant remission to all, sight to the blind, and even the mute shall chant: Blessed is the God of our fathers!
12. And Symeon foretold to the Virgin: A sword shall pierce thy heart, O incorrupt
one, beholding thy Son upon the Cross, to Whom we cry out: Blessed is the God of our fathers!
Troparia & Troparia
Tone 3: Let the heavens be glad; let earthly things rejoice; /
for the Lord hath wrought might with His arm. /He hath trampled down death by death; /the first-born of the dead hath He become. /From the belly of Hades hath He delivered us //and Hath granted to the world great mercy.
Tone 1: Rejoice, thou who art full of grace, O Virgin Theotokos, /
for from thee hath risen the Sun of Righteousness, Christ our God, /
enlightening those in darkness. /
Rejoice, thou also, O righteous Elder, /
as thou receivest in thine arms the Redeemer of our souls, //
Who also granteth unto us the Resurrection.
Glory... Tone 1: When Thou, O God, shalt come to earth with
glory, /
and all things tremble, /
and the river of fire floweth
before the Judgment Seat /
and the books are opened, and the
hidden things made public, /
then deliver me from the
unquenchable fire //
and deem me worthy to stand at Thy
right hand, O most righteous Judge.
Both now... Tone 1:
Thou Who didst sanctify the Virgin’s womb by Thy birth, /
and didst bless Symeon’s hands
as was meet, /
by anticipation didst even now save us, O Christ God. /
But grant peace in the midst of wars unto Thy
commonwealth, /
and strengthen Orthodox Christians //
whom Thou hast loved, O only Lover of mankind.
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in the 3rd Tone: Great is our Lord, and great is His strength,
and of His understanding there is no measure.
Choir: Great
is our Lord, and great is His strength, and of His understanding there is no measure.
Reader: Praise ye the Lord, for a psalm is a good
thing; let praise be sweet unto our God.
Choir: Great
is our Lord, and great is His strength, and of His understanding there is no measure.
Reader: In the Same
Tone: My soul doth magnify the Lord,
and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior.
Choir: My soul doth magnify the Lord,
and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior.
Reader:
The Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Corinthians:
[I Corinthians 8:8-9:2 (§140)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 8th Tone: Come let us rejoice in the Lord, let us
shout with jubilation unto God our Savior.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Let us come before His countenance with
thanksgiving, and with psalms let us shout in jubilation unto Him.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in
peace, O Master, according to Thy word.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Matthew 25:31-46
(§106)]
Instead
of “It is truly meet…” we chant the Irmos of the 9th Ode of the
Canon of the feast, Third Tone:
Refrain: O Virgin Theotokos, thou hope of Christians:
//
Do thou protect, preserve, and save those that hope
in thee.
Irmos: In the shadow and the letter of the Law, /
let us, the faithful, discern a figure: /
every male child that opens the womb /
shall be sanctified to God. /
Therefore do we magnify the firstborn Word and Son
of the Father without beginning, /
the firstborn Child of a Mother //
who hath not known a man.
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the
highest! I will take the cup of salvation, and I will
call upon the name of the Lord. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!