Mar. 29 – Fifth Sunday of the Great Lent. Tone 1

Venerable Mary of Egypt. Martyr Sabinas of Hermopolis, Egypt (303). Martyr Papas of Lycaonia (305). Apostle Aristobulus of the Seventy, bishop of Britain (1st c.). Hieromartyr Alexander, pope of Rome (119). Martyrs Trophimus and Thalus of Laodicea (300). Martyr Julian of Anazarbus (305).

Heb. 9:11-14; Mk. 10:32-45;
Gal. 3:23-29; Lk. 7:36-50;

Liturgy of St. Basil the Great.

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Resurrectional Tropar, 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 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 of Ven. Mary, Tone 8

The image of God was truly preserved in you, O Mother, for you took up the cross and followed Christ. By so doing, you taught us to disregard the flesh, for it passes away, but to care instead for the soul, since it is immortal. Therefore, Holy Mother Mary, your spirit rejoices with the angels.

Resurrectional Kondak, 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 of Ven. Mary, Tone 3

You, who were once defiled by every type of evil, have today become a Bride of Christ through repentance. Emulating the angelic life, you cast down demons with the weapon of the Cross. Therefore, O Glorious Mary, you were made a Bride in the Kingdom.

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: V. Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous. Praise befits the upright.

Choir: (repeats the prokimen)

Reader: The Second Prokimen in Tone 4: God is wondrous in His saints, the God of Israel.

Choir: (repeats the Second Prokimen)

Epistles

Deacon: Wisdom!

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

Deacon: Let us be attentive.

Reader: Brethren, Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Deacon: Wisdom!

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

Deacon: Let us be attentive.

Reader: Brethren, before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.  For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

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: With patience have I waited patiently for the Lord, and He was attentive to me and listened to my supplication.

Instead of "It is right in truth"

All of creation rejoices in you, Lady, Full of Grace, the assembly of angels and the human race, Sanctified Temple and Spiritual Paradise, the Glory of Virgins, from whom God was incarnate and became a Child – our God before the ages. He made your body into a throne, and your womb more spacious than the heavens. All of creation rejoices in You, Lady Full of Grace. Glory to you!

Communion Hymns

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

The righteous man shall be in everlasting remembrance. He shall not be afraid of any evil report. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Апостол

Євр. 9:11-14

Браття, Христос, Первосвященник майбутніх благ, прийшовши з більшою та досконалішою скінією, нерукотворною, тобто не такого спорудження, і не з кров'ю козлів і телят, але зі Своєю Кров'ю, один раз увійшов у святилище і здобув вічне викуплення. Бо якщо кров телят і козлів та попіл телиці через окроплення освячує осквернених, щоб чисте було тіло, то тим більше Кров Христа, Котрий Духом Святим приніс Себе непорочного Богові, очистить совість нашу від мертвих діл для служіння Богу живому і істинному!

Гал. 3:23-29

Браття, до пришестя віри ми були замкнені під охороною закону, до того часу, як належало відкритися вірі. Тому закон був вихователем, який вів нас до Христа, щоб нам виправдатися вірою; коли ж прийшла віра, ми вже не під вихователем. Бо всі ви – сини Божі по вірі в Христа Ісуса; всі ви, що в Христа хрестилися, в Христа одяглися. Нема вже іудея, ні язичника; нема раба, ні вільного; нема чоловічої статі, ні жіночої, бо всі ви – одне в Христі Ісусі. А якщо ж ви Христові, то ви нащадки Авраамові і за обітницею спадкоємці.

Євангеліє - Gospel Reading

Від Марка 10:32-45

Коли вони були в дорозі, йдучи до Ієрусалима, Ісус ішов попереду них, а вони жахалися і, йдучи за Ним слідом, боялись. Покликавши дванадцятьох, Він знову почав їм говорити про те, що буде з Ним: ось, ми йдемо до Ієрусалима, і Син Людський виданий буде первосвященникам і книжникам, і осудять Його на смерть, і видадуть Його язичникам; і знущатимуться над Ним, і битимуть Його, і обплюють Його, і уб'ють Його; і на третій день воскресне. Тоді підійшли до Нього сини Зеведеєві Яків та Іоанн і сказали: Учителю! ми хочемо, щоб Ти зробив нам, про що попросимо. Він сказав їм: що хочете, щоб Я зробив вам? Вони сказали Йому: дай нам сісти у Тебе, одному праворуч, а другому ліворуч у славі Твоїй. Ісус же сказав їм: не знаєте, чого просите. Чи можете пити чашу, яку Я п'ю, і хреститись хрещенням, яким Я хрещусь? Вони відповідали Йому: можемо. Ісус же сказав їм: чашу, яку Я п'ю, будете пити, і хрещенням, яким Я хрещусь, будете хреститись; а дати сісти праворуч і ліворуч Мене – не від Мене залежить, а кому уготовано. І, почувши, десять почали гніватись на Якова та Іоанна. Ісус же, покликавши їх, сказав їм: ви знаєте, що ті, яких називають князями народів, панують над ними, і вельможі їхні володіють ними. Але між вами хай не буде так: а хто хоче бути більшим між вами, хай буде вам слугою;  і хто хоче бути першим між вами, хай буде всім рабом. Бо і Син Людський не для того прийшов, щоб Йому служили, але щоб послужити і віддати душу Свою для визволення багатьох.

Luke 7:36-50

Then one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He went to the Pharisee's house, and sat down to eat. And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil, and stood at His feet behind Him weeping; and she began to wash His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head; and she kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil. Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke to himself, saying, "This Man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what manner of woman this is who is touching Him, for she is a sinner." And Jesus answered and said to him, "Simon, I have something to say to you." So he said, "Teacher, say it." "There was a certain creditor who had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. "And when they had nothing with which to repay, he freely forgave them both. Tell Me, therefore, which of them will love him more?" Simon answered and said, "I suppose the one whom he forgave more." And He said to him, "You have rightly judged." Then He turned to the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has washed My feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head. You gave Me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss My feet since the time I came in. You did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman has anointed My feet with fragrant oil. Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little." Then He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven." And those who sat at the table with Him began to say to themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?" Then He said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you. Go in peace."