First
Sunday of Great Lent/ the Triumph of Orthodoxy / Tone 8
Beatitudes on 10: Octoechos 6; Triodion 4, from Ode 6. 1. Remember us,
O Christ, Thou Savior of the world, as Thou didst remember the thief upon the
Cross; and account us all worthy of Thy heavenly kingdom, O Thou Who alone art
compassionate.
2. Hearken, O
Adam, and rejoice with Eve; for he who of old stripped you both naked, and by
deception hath taken all of us captive, hath been set at nought by the Cross of
Christ.
3. Nailed of
Thine own will to the Tree, O our Savior, Thou didst deliver Adam from the
curse which came through the tree, and hast rewarded that which is in Thine
image with a dwelling in paradise, in that Thou art compassionate.
4. Today is
Christ risen from the tomb, granting incorruption unto all the faithful; and He
reneweth the joy of the myrrh-bearing women after His suffering and
resurrection.
5. Rejoice, O
wise myrrh-bearing women, who were first to behold the resurrection of Christ,
and who proclaimed to the apostles the glad tidings of the restoration of the
whole world!
6. O ye
apostles, who are manifestly the friends of Christ and are to be enthroned with
Him in glory: entreat Him with boldness, that He intercede for us, for ye are
His disciples.
7. Once more
the Master’s countenance is depicted, honored with faith and venerated; once
more the Church regains her boldness of approach to God, reverently glorifying
the Savior.
8. The Church
of Christ is delivered from the dark despondency of heresy: she puts on a robe
of gladness, and is clothed in the light of divine grace.
9. The
Orthodox people has regained the light and glory which it had of old, through
the decision of the Empress Theodora and her pious son the Emperor Michael.
10. He who of
old commanded Moses to set up the ark of the testimony, came to dwell in thee,
O Virgin, as in a spiritual ark: He alone is glorified, and he makes thy temple
glorious with miracles.
Troparia
Tone 8: From on high didst Thou descend, O
compassionate One; /
to burial of three days
hast Thou submitted /
that Thou mightest free us
from our passions. //
O our Life and Resurrection,
O Lord, glory be to Thee.
Glory… Tone 2: We venerate Thine
immaculate Icon, O Good One, /
asking the forgiveness of our failings, O Christ
God; /
for of Thine Own will Thou was well-pleased to
ascend the Cross in the flesh /
that Thou mightest deliver from slavery to the enemy
those whom thou hadst fashioned. /
Wherefore, we cry to Thee thankfully: //
Thou didst fill all things with joy, O our Savior,
when Thou camest to save the world.
Both now… Tone 2: All of thy most glorious
mysteries are beyond comprehension, O
Theotokos; /
for, thy purity sealed and thy virginity intact, /
thou art known to be a true
Mother, /
having given birth unto God. //
Him do thou entreat, that our souls be saved.
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon 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: Blessed art Thou, O Lord, the God of our
fathers
Choir: and praised and glorified
is Thy name unto the ages.
Reader: The
[Hebrews
11:24-26;32-12:2 (§329 ctr)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 4th Tone
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Moses
and Aaron among His priests, and Samuel among them that call upon His name.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: They
called upon the Lord, and He hearkened unto them.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [John 1:43-51 (§5)]
Kontakion
Tone 8: The
uncircumscribable Word of the Father was circumscribed /
when He took flesh of thee, O Theotokos;
/
and when He had restored the defiled
image to its ancient state, /
He suffused it with divine beauty. //
As for us, confessing our salvation, we
record it in deed and word.
Instead of “It
is truly meet…”[Tone 8 in the Octoechos, but usually sung to one of
many special
melodies]:
All creation
– the assembly of angels and the race of man – rejoiceth in thee, O thou who
art full of grace, O sacred temple and noetical paradise, boast of virgins,
from whom God, Who existeth from before
time, was incarnate and became a child; for He made thy body a throne, and thy
womb He made more spacious than the heavens.
All creation rejoiceth in thee, O thou who art full of grace. Glory to thee!