Propers for August 13, 2023
Aug. 13 – 10th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 1
Forefeast of the Procession of the Precious and Life-giving Cross of the Lord. Righteous Eudocimus of Cappadocia (9th c.). Martyr Julitta at Caesar ea (304).
1 Cor. 4:9-16; Mt. 17:14-23;
Gal. 5:22-6:2; Mt. 11:27-30
Last day before the Dormition Fast.
Tropar Resurrectional, Tone 1
When the stone had been sealed by the Jews, while the soldiers were guarding Your Most-Pure Body, You arose on the Third Day, Savior, granting Life to the world. Therefore, the Powers of Heaven cried to You Giver of Life: Glory to Your Resurrection, Christ. Glory to Your Kingdom. Glory to Your Divine Plan, only Lover of Mankind.
Tropar of the Cross, Tone 1
O Lord, save Your people and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to Orthodox Christians over their adversaries; and by virtue of Your Cross, preserve Your community.
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 St. Eudocimus, Tone 4
He Who has summoned you from earth to the mansions of heaven also preserves your body incorrupt after death, O holy Eudocimus; for you did live in chastity and a pure life; without defiling your flesh, O blessed one. Wherefore, entreat Christ God with boldness, that we ·may be saved.
Kondak Resurrectional, Tone 1
As God, You arose from the tomb in glory, raising the world with Yourself. Human nature praises You as God for death has vanished. Adam exults, Master. Eve, freed from bondage, rejoices and cries out: "You, Christ, are the Giver of Resurrection to 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 St. Eudocimus, Tone 2
Desiring higher things, and uniting yourself with those on high, you did make your soul a fiery chariot by the divine ascents of the virtues, O all blessed Eudocimus; and living on the earth like an incorporeal being, you were well pleasing to the Creator of all.
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.
Prokimens
Priest: Let us be attentive! Peace be with you all!
Reader: And with your spirit!
Deacon: Wisdom!
Reader: The Prokimen in Tone 1: Let Your mercy, Lord, be upon us, as we have put our hope in You.
Choir: (repeats the prokimen)
Reader: Verse: Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous. Praise befits the upright.
Choir: (repeats the prokimen)
Reader: The Second Prokimen in Tone 7: Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His Saints.
Choir: Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His Saints.
Epistles
Deacon: Wisdom!
Reader: The reading is from the First Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians.
Deacon: Let us be attentive.
Reader: Brethren, I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored! To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless. And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; being defamed, we entreat. We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now. I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I warn you. For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. Therefore I urge you, imitate me.
Deacon: Wisdom!
Reader: The reading is from the Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians.
Deacon: Let us be attentive.
Reader: Brethren, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Priest: Peace be with you.
Reader: And with your spirit. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Verse: God gives me retribution and has subdued peoples under me.
Verse: He magnifies the salvation of the king and deals mercifully for His anointed, for David and for his seed forever.
Verse: Blessed is the man that fears the Lord and abides in his commandments.
Communion Hymns
Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the Highest. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. They shall not be afraid of any evil report. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
