SUNDAY: NOVEMBER 26TONE 8
25th Sunday after Pentecost/Venerable Alypius the Stylite
* Repose of St. Innocent the Wonderworker, Bishop of Irkutsk (1731)
(For commemorating St Innocent of Irkutsk, cf page 10)
"Lord I Call..." Tone 8
Lord, I call upon You, hear me!
Hearme, O Lord!
Lord, I call upon You, hear me!
Receive the voice of my prayer,
when I call upon You!//
Hearme, O Lord!
Let my prayer arise
in Your sight as incense,
and let the lifting up of my hands
be an evening sacrifice!//
Hearme, O Lord!
v. (10) Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to Your name!
(for the Resurrection)
We offer to You, O Christ,
our evening song and reasonable service,
for You willed to have mercy on us//
by Your Resurrection.
v. (9) The righteous will surround me; for You will deal bountifully with me.
Lord, Lord, do not cast us away from Your face!
For You willed to have mercy on us//
by the Resurrection.
v. (8) Out of the depths I cry to You, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice!
Rejoice, holy Zion!
Mother of the churches, the abode of God!
For you were the first to receive remission of sins//
by the Resurrection.
v. (7) Let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications!
(Resurrection stikheron by Anatolios)
The Word of God the Father,
begotten before the ages,
in the latter times willed to be incarnate of the Virgin
and endured crucifixion unto death.
He has saved mortal man//
by His Resurrection.
v. (6) If You, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But thereis forgiveness with You.
We glorify You, O Lord
for You voluntarily endured the Cross for our sake.
We fall down in worship before You, almighty Savior.
Do not cast us away from Your face
but hear us and save us, Lover of mankind//
by Your Resurrection!
v. (5) For Your name's sake I have waited for You, O Lord, my soul has waited for Your word; my soul has hoped on the Lord.
Glory to You, O Savior Christ,
only begotten Son of God, nailed to the Cross//
and resurrected from the tomb on the third day!
v. (4) From the morning watch until night, from the morning watch, let Israel hope on the Lord!
We glorify Your Resurrection from the dead, O Christ,
by which You have freed Adam's race from the tortures of hell,//
and as God have granted to the world eternal life and great mercy.
v. (3) For with the Lord there is mercy and with Him is plenteous redemption, and He will deliver Israel from all his iniquities.
Tone 1(forVenerable Alypius)(O all-praised martyrs)
Omost blessed Alypius,
from your youth you offeredyour life to Christ our God,
and strengthened by Him, you submitted the passions of your body
to the will of the spirit.
Thus, you subjected that which is lower to that which is higher.//
Therefore, entreat the Lord that He grant our souls peace and great mercy!
v. (2) Praise the Lord, all nations! Praise Him, all peoples!
O Alypius, wise in God,
you were revealed to be a shining beacon,
illumining the earth with the splendor of your wonders and godly deeds./
Thus, at your repose, you were received into the presence of the never setting Sun.//
Therefore, entreat the Lord that He grant our souls peace and great mercy!
v. (1) For His mercy is abundant towards us; and the truth of the Lord endures for ever.
Owise Father Alypius,
you were truly the example of an immovable pillar to all monastics,
for, high upon your pillar, you stood in vigilant prayer,
enduring both the heat of the day and the cold of the night.
Therefore, you received the divine gifts of the Spirit
to heal infirmities and drive away evil passions. //
Therefore, entreat the Lord that He grant our souls peace and great mercy!
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Tone 8(Theotokion – Dogmatikon)
The King of heaven,
because of His love for man,
appeared on earth and dwelt with men.
He took flesh from the pure Virgin
and after assuming it, He came forth from her.
The Son is one: in two natures, yet one Person.
Proclaiming Him as perfect God and perfect Man,
we confess Christ our God!//
Entreat him, O unwedded Mother, to have mercy on our souls!
25th Sunday after Pentecost/Venerable Alypius the Stylite
Aposticha
Tone 8(for the Resurrection)
Descending from heaven to ascend the Cross,
the Eternal Life has come for death
to raise those who are fallen;
to enlighten those in darkness.//
Jesus, our Savior and illuminator, glory to You!
v. The Lord is King; He is robed in majesty!
We glorify Christ, who rose from the dead.
He accepted the human body and soul,
and freed both from suffering.
His most pure soul descended to hell, which He spoiled.
His holy body did not see corruption in the tomb.//
He is the Redeemer of our souls.
v. For He has established the world, so that it shall never be moved.
In psalms and songs we glorify Your Resurrection from the dead,
O Christ.
By it, You have freed us from the tortures of hell//
and as God have granted eternal life and great mercy.
v. Holiness befits Your house, O Lord, forevermore!
Master of all, incomprehensible Creator of heaven and earth,
by Your suffering on the Cross You have gained passionlessness for me.
Accepting burial and arising in glory,
You resurrected Adam with Yourself by Your almighty hand.
Glory to Your rising on the third day!
By it You have granted us eternal life and cleansing of sins//
as the only compassionate One.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Tone 8(Theotokion)
Unwedded Virgin,
you ineffably conceived God in the flesh.
O Mother of God most high,
accept the cries of your servants, O blameless one!
Grant cleansing of transgressions to all!//
Receive our prayers and pray to save our souls!
25th Sunday after Pentecost/Venerable Alypius the Stylite
(at Great Vespers)
Tone 8Troparion(Resurrection)
You descended from on high, O Merciful One!
You accepted the three day burial to free us from our sufferings!//
O Lord, our Life and Resurrection, glory to You!
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;
Tone 1Troparion(Venerable Alypius)
You were a pillar of patient endurance,
having imitated the forefathers, O ^Venerable One:
Job in suffering and Joseph in temptations.
You lived like the Bodiless Ones while yet in the flesh, Alypius, our Father.
Beseech Christ God that our souls may be saved!
now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Tone 1ResurrectionalDismissal Theotokion
When Gabriel announced to you, O Virgin, saying “Rejoice!”
with that word the Master of all was incarnate in ^you,
the holy Ark, spoken of by the righteous David!
Your womb became more spacious than the heavens,
for you carried your Creator.
Glory to Him Who took abode in you!
Glory to Him Who came ^forth from you!
Glory to Him Who freed us by being born of you!
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(at Vigil)
Tone 4 Troparion to the Theotokos
Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos,
Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you!
Blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the Fruit of your womb,//
for you have borne the Savior of our souls. (thrice)
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(atthe Divine Liturgy)
Tone 8Troparion(Resurrection)
You descended from on high, O Merciful One!
You accepted the three day burial to free us from our sufferings!//
O Lord, our Life and Resurrection, glory to You!
Tone 1Troparion(Venerable Alypius)
You were a pillar of patient endurance,
having imitated the forefathers, O ^Venerable One:
Job in suffering and Joseph in temptations.
You lived like the Bodiless Ones while yet in the flesh, Alypius, our Father.
Beseech Christ God that our souls may be saved!
Tone 8 Kontakion(Resurrection)
By rising from the tomb, You raised the dead and resurrected Adam.
Eve exults in Your Resurrection,
and the world celebrates Your rising from the dead, O greatly Merciful
One!
Tone 8Kontakion(Venerable Alypius)
The Church glorified and praises you today, Alypius,
as a perfect example of virtue and the boast of ascetics.
Through your prayers, grant remission of sins to all who venerate your life and your struggles!
Tone 8Prokeimenon(Resurrection)
Pray and make your vows before the Lord, our God! (Ps 75/76:11)
v: In Judah God is known; His name is great in Israel. (Ps 75/76:1)
Epistle
Ephesians 4:1-6
Tone 8
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
v :Come, let us rejoice in the Lord! Let us make a joyful noise to God our
Savior! (Ps 94/95:1)
v :Let us come before His face with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him with songs of praise! (Ps 94/95:2)
Gospel
Luke 13:10-17
Communion Hymn
Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest! (Ps 148:1)
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Liturgical texts for this service represent modified versions of translations provided by Holy Myrrhbearers Monastery, Otego, New York and St. Tikhon’s Monastery, South Canaan, Pa. The Department of Liturgical Music and Translations of the Orthodox Church in America expresses its gratitude to Holy Myrrhbearers Monastery and St. Tikhon’s Monastery and tothose translators whose work has been consulted at times in the course of reviewing and modifying these texts to their present form:Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware), Archimandrite Ephrem (Lash), Archimandrite Juvenaly, Fr Benedict Churchill, Isaac Lambertson, Dr Sergei Arhipov, St. Vladimir’s Seminary, and Holy Transfiguration Monastery, among others.
SUNDAY: NOVEMBER 26Tone 8
Repose of St. Innocent the Wonderworker, Bishop of Irkutsk (1731)
"Lord I Call..." Tone 8
Lord, I call upon You, hear me!
Hearme, O Lord!
Lord, I call upon You, hear me!
Receive the voice of my prayer,
when I call upon You!//
Hearme, O Lord!
Let my prayer arise
in Your sight as incense,
and let the lifting up of my hands
be an evening sacrifice!//
Hearme, O Lord!
v. (10) Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to Your name!
(for the Resurrection)
We offer to You, O Christ,
our evening song and reasonable service,
for You willed to have mercy on us//
by Your Resurrection.
v. (9) The righteous will surround me; for You will deal bountifully with me.
Lord, Lord, do not cast us away from Your face!
For You willed to have mercy on us//
by the Resurrection.
v. (8) Out of the depths I cry to You, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice!
Rejoice, holy Zion!
Mother of the churches, the abode of God!
For you were the first to receive remission of sins//
by the Resurrection.
v. (7) Let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications!
(Resurrection stikheron by Anatolios)
The Word of God the Father,
begotten before the ages,
in the latter times willed to be incarnate of the Virgin
and endured crucifixion unto death.
He has saved mortal man//
by His Resurrection.
v. (6) If You, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But thereis forgiveness with You.
Tone 6(forHierarch Innocent)
Let us praise a man glorious in his being,
our father, Bishop Innocent.
The Lord has worked great glory in permitting his body to remain
incorrupt,
placing it as a lamp upon a stand,
enlightening the flock of Irkutsk with the rays of his miracles
that the memory of this righteous man should never depart,
but that his name should live from generation to generation;
that the people should come to know his wisdom,
and, beholding the holy Church,//
would ever proclaim his praise in hymns and spiritual songs.
v. (5) For Your name's sake I have waited for You, O Lord, my soul has waited for Your word; my soul has hoped on the Lord.
(Repeat: “Let us praise a man glorious …”)
v. (4) From the morning watch until night, from the morning watch, let Israel hope on the Lord!
Let us praise the new apostle of Christ
who came into a pagan land with the Gospel,
making the farthest reaches of Russia fragrant with the Faith,
which now blossoms like a lily in the Siberian east!
He rained words of heavenly wisdom in streams of grace//
upon a thirsting people!
v. (3) For with the Lord there is mercy and with Him is plenteous redemption, and He will deliver Israel from all his iniquities.
(Repeat: “Let us praise the new apostle …”)
v. (2) Praise the Lord, all nations! Praise Him, all peoples!
Like chrism, your fragrant name, O Father, is poured forth upon your
flock,
which is illumined by the rays of your good works;
upon your pious people who honor your holy memory;
and upon all Orthodox people who glorify the God of Israel
Who is wondrous in His saints.//
Pray unto Him that our souls may be saved!
v. (1) For His mercy is abundant towards us; and the truth of the Lord endures for ever.
The truth of the Lord was established in you, O Father,
as foretold by the Prophet David who proclaimed in days of old:
“The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree
and shall spread abroad like a cedar in Lebanon;
he shall be like a tree planted by streams of waters.”
Therefore we beseech you, O most wondrous Hierarch://
“With your prayers enlighten all of us who now sing praises to you!”
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;
Tone 8 (for Hierarch Innocent)
Holy hierarch, Father Innocent,
your life was like unto your name,
for every day of your life was whitened with innocence.
Sojourning on earth as a pilgrim and wanderer,
you received the Holy Trinity within yourself,
preparing a dwelling within your heart for the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Therefore, even in the grave your holy body flourishes;
not one of your all-saving bones is broken!
We venerate your precious relics with faith for they have been glorified by
abundant healing.
We pray to you, God-pleasing and zealous Pastor,
the adornment of hierarchs:
make us also pleasing to the Holy Trinity,
Whom you glorified on earth in holiness and righteousness
and before Whom you now stand,//
ever praying for your earthly flock and the salvation of our souls!
now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Tone 8(Theotokion – Dogmatikon)
The King of heaven,
because of His love for man,
appeared on earth and dwelt with men.
He took flesh from the pure Virgin
and after assuming it, He came forth from her.
The Son is one: in two natures, yet one Person.
Proclaiming Him as perfect God and perfect Man,
we confess Christ our God!//
Entreat him, O unwedded Mother, to have mercy on our souls!
25th Sunday after Pentecost/Repose of St. Innocent the Wonderworker, Bishop of Irkutsk (1731)
Litya (If the rector desires the Litya, following the sticheron of the patron saint of the church or monastery, these stichera are sung:)
Tone 5
You are the glory of the city of Irkutsk, O Innocent.
You are the adornment of the Siberian lands.
You are the pride of the Orthodox Church.
You are the praise of Little Russia where you blossomed like a fragrant
lily;
where you were kindled, O lamp most bright;
where you were born, O son of the Kingdom of Christ.
From there you were called as an apostle,
and traveled with the Gospel from the cities to the very borders of
Mongolia.//
In life and after death you teach the enlightened nations.
You became a master of heavenly wisdom,
and learned to expound that which was heavenly,
and not that which was earthly.
You confirmed the ancient Truth of the Gospel.
You appeared as a God-bearer confirmed by the Holy Spirit.
With great zeal you walked before God, O holy Father Innocent;//
now stand before Him as an intercessor for those who honor your holy
memory.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
Tone 4
Upon you, O Saint, has rested the Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding,
through Whom you have found the wisdom to save the pagans;
the Spirit of Counsel and Strength,
through Whom you gave great counsel to the prudent emperor;
the Spirit of Knowledge and Piety,
through Whom you taught those seeking a new spirit and a new heart//
to piously perceive the Holy Trinity.
now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Tone 4(Theotokion)
Look on the entreaties of your servants, O Blameless one!
Stop all the terrible attacks against us,