Dec. 21 – 28th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 3

Ven. Patapius of Thebes (7th c.). Holy Apostles of the Seventy: Sosthenes, Apollos, Cephas, Tychicus, Epaphroditus, Caesar, and Onesiphorus. Holy 362 Martyrs of Africa, martyred by the Arians, and Martyr Anthusa, at Rome (5th c.). Martyr Victoria (477). Martyr Anthusa at Rome (5th C).

Col. 1:12-18; Lk. 17:12-19;

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Tropar Resurrectional, Tone 3

Let the heavens rejoice. Let the earth be glad. For the Lord has shown strength with His Arm. He has trampled Death by death. He has become the First-born of the Dead. He has delivered us from the depths of Hades and has granted the world great mercy.

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 Venerable,Tone 3

In following your divine calling from your youth, / you shone forth upon the world with the gift of your ascetical labors. / And as one made glorious by the grace of dispassion, / you healed diverse passions. / O Venerable Father Patapios, / entreat Christ God to grant us great mercy.

Kondak Resurrectional, Tone 3

On this day You rose from the tomb, Merciful One, leading us from the gates of death. On this day Adam exults as Eve rejoices. With the prophets and patriarchs they unceasingly praise the divine majesty of Your Power.

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 Venerable, Tone 3

Finding your temple to be a place of spiritual healing, / people flocked to it eagerly, O Saint. / They seek to be healed of their diseases and to receive the remission of the sins / which they committed during their lives, / for you are seen as a protector of all those in need, / O Venerable Patapios.

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 3: Sing praises to our God, sing praises. Sing praises to our King, sing praises.

Choir: (repeats the prokimen)

Reader: V. Clap your hands, all you peoples, Shout to God with a joyful voice.

Choir: (repeats the prokimen)

Reader: Sing praises to our God, sing praises.  …

Choir: … Sing praises to our King, sing praises.

Epistle

Deacon: Wisdom!

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

Deacon: Let us be attentive.

Reader: Brethren, giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.

Priest: Peace be with you.

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

Verse: Lord, in You have I hoped; let me never be put to shame.

Verse: Be a God of protection for me, a house of refuge, to save me.

Communion Verses

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

Апостол

З Посла́ння до Колосян Свято́го Апо́стола Павла́ чита́ння (1:12-18)

Браття, дякуючи Богові і Отцеві, Котрий покликав нас до участі в спадщині святих у світлі, визволив нас від влади темряви і ввів у Царство улюбленого Сина Свого, у Котрому ми маємо викуплення Кров'ю Його і прощення гріхів, Котрий є образ Бога невидимого, народжений раніше всякого творіння; бо Ним створене все, що на небесах і що на землі, видиме і невидиме: чи престоли, чи господства, чи начальства, чи власті,– все Ним і для Нього створено; і Він є раніш усього, і все Ним стоїть. І Він є глава тіла Церкви; Він – початок, первісток з мертвих, щоб мати Йому в усьому першість.