Aug. 16 – 11th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 2

Venn. Isaac, Dalmatus, and Faustus (5th c.). Ven. Anthony the Roman (1147). Ven. Cosmas, eunuch and hermit of Palestine (6th c.).

1 Cor. 9:2-12; Mt. 18:23-35;

Tropar Resurrectional, Tone 2

When You descended to death, Life Immortal, You slew Hades with the splendor of Your Divinity. And when from the depths You raised the dead, all the Powers of Heaven cried out: Giver of life, Christ our God, 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 Venn. , Tone 4

O God of our Fathers, / always act with kindness towards us; / take not Your mercy from us, / but guide our lives in peace / through the prayers of Venerable Isaac, Dalmatus, and Faustus.

Kondak Resurrectional, Tone 2

Hades became fearful, Almighty Savior, seeing the miracle of Your Resurrection from the tomb. The dead arose and all creation, with Adam, beheld this and rejoiced with You and the world, my Savior, praises You forever.

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 Venn., Tone 2

Through asceticism you shone like lights in the world / and by your faith you overthrew heresies. / We praise you with hymns, Isaac, Dalmatus, and Faustus, / as servants of Christ who are praying for us 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.

Prokimen

Priest: Let us be attentive! Peace be with you all!

Reader: And with your spirit!

Deacon: Wisdom!

Reader: The Prokimen in Tone 2: The Lord is my strength and my song. He has become my salvation.

Choir: (repeats the prokimen)

Reader: V. The Lord has chastened me sorely, but He has not given me over to death.

Choir: (repeats the prokimen)

Reader: The Lord is my strength and my song.

Choir: He has become my salvation.

Epistle

Deacon: Wisdom!

Reader: The reading is from the First Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians.

Deacon: Let us be attentive.

Reader: Brethren, if I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. My defense to those who examine me is this: Do we have no right to eat and drink? Do we have no right to take along a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working? Who ever goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock? Do I say these things as a mere man? Or does not the law say the same also? For it is written in the law of Moses, "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain." Is it oxen God is concerned about? Or does He say it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written, that he who plows should plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should be partaker of his hope. If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things? If others are partakers of this right over you, are we not even more?

Priest: Peace be with you.

Reader: And with your spirit. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Verse: May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble. May the Name of the God of Jacob protect you.

Verse: Lord, save the king and hear us on the day we call out to You.

Communion Hymn

Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the Highest. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Апостол

З Першого Посла́ння до Коринфян Свято́го Апо́стола Павла́ чита́ння (9:2-12)

Браття, якщо для інших я не Апостол, то для вас Апостол; бо печать мого апостольства – ви у Господі. Ось мій захист проти тих, що осуджують мене. Хіба ми не маємо влади їсти і пити? Хіба не маємо влади мати супутницею сестру – жінку, як і інші Апостоли, і брати Господні, і Кифа? Або один я та Варнава не маємо влади не трудитися? Який воїн служить коли небудь на своєму утриманні? Хто, насадивши виноград, не їсть плодів його? Хто, пасучи стадо, не їсть молока від стада? Чи тільки за людським міркуванням я це кажу? Чи не те ж говорить і закон? Бо в Мойсеєвому законі написано: не закривай рота у вола, що молотить (Втор. 25,4). Чи про волів турбується Бог? Чи, звичайно, ради нас говориться? Так, для нас це написано; бо хто оре, повинен орати з надією, і хто молотить, повинен молотити з надією одержати те, чого чекає. Якщо ми посіяли у вас духовне, то, чи велике те, коли пожнемо у вас тілесне? Якщо інші мають у вас владу, чи не більше ми? Однак ми не користувалися цією владою, а все терпимо, щоб не поставити якоїсь перешкоди благовістю Христовому.