Feb. 8 – Sunday of Prodigal Son Tone 2

Ven. Xenophon and his wife, St. Mary, and their two sons, Sts. Arcadius and John (6thc.). Martyrs Ananias presbyter, Peter, and seven soldiers (295). Ven. Symeon «the Ancient» (ca. 390). Translation of the relics of St. Theodore, abbot of the Studion (845). St. Joseph, bishop of Thessalonica (830).

1 Cor. 6:12-20; Lk. 15:11-32;

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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.

Glory …
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.

Now and ever ...
Kondak from Triodion, Tone 3

Having foolishly abandoned Your paternal glory, I have squandered on vices the wealth that You have given me. Therefore, with the voice of the prodigal I cry out to You: I have sinned before You, O Compassionate Father, accept me in repentance and make me as one of your hired servants.

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, all things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For "the two," He says, "shall become one flesh." But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him. Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

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

1 Кор. 6:12-20

Браття, усе мені дозволено, та не все корисне; все мені дозволено, та ніщо не повинно володіти мною. Їжа для черева, і черево для їжі; але Бог знищить і те і друге. Тіло ж не для блуду, а для Господа, і Господь для тіла. Бог воскресив Господа, воскресить і нас силою Своєю. Хіба не знаєте, що тіла ваші є члени Христові? Отож чи візьму члени Христові, щоб зробити їх членами блудниці? Зовсім ні! Чи не знаєте, що той, хто з'єднується з блудницею, стає одним тілом з нею? бо сказано: двоє будуть одна плоть (Бут. 2,24). А хто з'єднується з Господом, той є один дух з Господом. Уникайте блудодіяння; всякий гріх, що його чинить людина, є поза тілом, а блудник проти власного тіла грішить. Хіба не знаєте, що тіла ваші є храм Святого Духа, Котрий живе у вас і Якого ви маєте від Бога, і ви не свої? Бо ви куплені дорогою ціною. Тому прославляйте Бога і в тілах ваших і в душах ваших, які є Божі.