Propers for December 1, 2024
Dec. 1 – 23rd Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 6
Martyr Platon of Ancyra (302). Martyr Romanus the Deacon of Caesarea and child-martyr Barulas of Antioch (303). Martyrs Zacchaeus the Deacon and Alphaeus, of Caesarea in Palestine (303)
Eph. 2:4-10 ; Lk. 12:16-21;
Tropar Resurrectional, Tone 6
The angelic powers were at Your Tomb. The guards became as dead men. Mary stood by Your Grave seeking Your Most Pure Body. You captured Hades, not being tempted by it. You came to the Virgin, granting Life, Lord, risen from the dead, glory to You.
Tropar of our church, Tone 4
Prophet and Forerunner of the coming of Christ,/ we who honor you with love can find no manner of praising you worthily./ For the barrenness of one who bore you / and the silence of your father have been ended by your being born of divine grace / and you have proclaimed to the world / the Incarnation of the Son of God.
Tropar to Martyrs, Tone 4
Your holy martyrs Platon and Romanus, O Lord, / through their sufferings have received incorruptible crowns from You, our God. / For having Your strength, they laid low their adversaries, / and shattered the powerless boldness of demons. / Through their intercessions, save our souls!
Kondak Resurrectional, Tone 6
When Christ God, the Giver of Life, with His Life-giving Hand raised all of the dead from the valleys of misery, He bestowed Resurrection on the human race. He is the Savior, the Resurrection, the Life and the God of all.
Kondak of our church, Tone 3
She who was previously barren / now bears the Forerunner of Christ / who is the fulfillment of every prophecy. / For the prophets proclaimed beforehand / that having laid hands on Him in the Jordan, / he would be manifest as Prophet, / Preacher / and Forerunner of the Word of God.
Glory …
Kondak to Mrtr. Platon, Tone 3
Your holy memory delights the universe, O Platon, / bringing us together to honor you in our joy! / With hymns we praise your great deeds / crying out to you with faith: / "Save our land from its enemies, O Holy one!"
Now and ever ...
Theotokion, Tone 6
Protection of Christians not put to shame,/ unwavering Mediation before the Creator;/ despise not the prayer of sinners,/ but because you are good, quickly come to help us who call on you in faith./ Be swift to intercede and make haste to supplicate, Birth-Giver of God,/ who always protects those who honor you.
Prokimen
Priest: Let us be attentive! Peace be with you all!
Reader: And with your spirit!
Deacon: Wisdom!
Reader: The Prokimen in Tone 6: O Lord, save Your people and bless Your inheritance.
Choir: (repeats the prokimen)
Reader: V. To You, Lord, will I call: "My God, be not silent to me."
Choir: (repeats the prokimen)
Reader: O Lord, save Your people …
Choir: … and bless Your inheritance.
Epistle
Deacon: Wisdom!
Reader: The reading is from the Letter of St. Paul to the Ephesians.
Deacon: Let us be attentive.
Reader: Brethren, God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Priest: Peace be with you.
Reader: And with your spirit. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Verse: He that dwells in the aid of the Most High will abide in the shelter of the God of Heaven.
Verse: He will say to the Lord: my Helper are You and my Refuge. He is my God and I will hope in Him.
Communion Verse
Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the Highest. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Апостол
З Посла́ння до Єфеся́н Свято́го Апо́стола Павла́ чита́ння (2:4-10)
Браття, Бог, багатий милістю, по великій Своїй любові, якою нас полюбив, і нас, мертвих за злочинами, оживотворив з Христом,– благодаттю ви спасені,– і воскресив з Ним, і посадив на небесах у Христі Ісусі, щоб у майбутніх віках явити безмірне багатство благодаті Своєї в благості до нас у Христі Ісусі. Бо благодаттю ви спасені через віру, і це не від вас, Божий дар: не від діл, щоб ніхто не хвалився. Бо ми – Його творіння, створені у Христі Ісусі на добрі діла, які Бог призначив нам виконувати.
Євангеліє - Gospel Reading
Від Луки 12:16-21
І сказав їм притчу: в одного багатого чоловіка добре вродила нива; і міркував він в собі: що мені робити? нема куди мені зібрати плодів моїх. І сказав: ось що зроблю: зруйную житниці мої та збудую більші, і зберу туди весь хліб мій і все добро моє, і скажу душі моїй: душа! багато маєш добра, що лежить у тебе на багато років: спочивай, їж, пий, веселись. Але Бог сказав йому: нерозумний! цієї ночі душу твою візьмуть у тебе; кому ж дістанеться те, що ти заготовив? Так буває з тим, хто збирає скарби для себе, а не в Бога багатіє.
From Luke 12:16-21
Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: "The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully. "And he thought within himself, saying, 'What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?' "So he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods. 'And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry." ' "But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?' "So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
