Nov. 2 – 21st Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 4

Great-martyr Artemius at Antioch (362).

Gal. 2:16-20 ; Lk. 16:19-31;
2 Tim. 2:1–10; Jn. 15:17–16:2

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Tropar Resurrectional, Tone 4

When the women disciples of the Lord learned from the angel the joyous message of Your Resurrection, they cast away the ancestral curse and with gladness told the apostles: death is overthrown. Christ God is risen, granting the world great mercy.

Tropar of our church, Tone 4

You are most glorious, Christ our God. You have established the Holy Fathers as lights on the earth. Through them You have guided us to the True Faith. Greatly compassionate One, Glory to You.

Tropar to Great Martyr, Tone 4

Your holy martyr Artemios, O Lord, / through his sufferings has received an incorruptible crown from You, our God. / For having Your strength, he laid low his adversaries, / and shattered the powerless boldness of demons. / Through his intercessions, save our souls!

Kondak Resurrectional, Tone 4

My Savior and Redeemer as God arose from the tomb and delivered the earthborn from bondage. He has shattered the gates of Hades and, as Master, He has risen on the Third Day.

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 Great Martyr, Tone 2

Let us gather to sing worthy hymns in honor of Artemios, / the pious and victorious martyr who defeated his enemies: / He is great among martyrs and generous in performing miracles,/ and he intercedes with the Lord on behalf of 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.

Prokimens

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

Reader: And with your spirit!

Deacon: Wisdom!

Reader: The Prokimen in Tone 4: How marvelous are Your works, O Lord. In wisdom You have made them all.

Choir: (repeats the prokimen)

Reader: V. Bless the Lord, my soul. O Lord my God, You are very great.

Choir: (repeats the prokimen)

Reader: The Second Prokimen in Tone 7: The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord and hope in Him.

Choir: The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord and hope in Him.

Epistles

Deacon: Wisdom!

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

Deacon: Let us be attentive.

Reader: Brethren, knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified. "But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? Certainly not! For if I build again those things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. For I through the law died to the law that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Deacon: Wisdom!

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

Deacon: Let us be attentive.

Reader: Son Timothy, you therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier. And also if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. The hardworking farmer must be first to partake of the crops. Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things. Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead according to my gospel, for which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of chains; but the word of God is not chained. Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

Priest: Peace be with you.

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

Verse: Bend Your bow and proceed prosperously, and reign because of truth, meekness and righteousness.

Verse: You have loved righteousness and hated iniquity.

Verse: The righteous shall flourish as a palm tree and shall increase like the cedars of Lebanon.

Communion Verses

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

З Посла́ння до Галатів Свято́го Апо́стола Павла́ чита́ння (2:16-20)

Браття, коли ж дізналися, що людина оправдується не ділами закону, а тільки вірою в Ісуса Христа, і ми увірували в Христа Ісуса, щоб виправдатися вірою в Христа, а не ділами закону; бо ділами закону не виправдається ніяка плоть. Якщо ж, шукаючи виправдання у Христі, ми і самі виявилися грішниками, то невже Христос є служитель гріха? Аж ніяк! Бо якщо я знову будую те, що зруйнував, то сам себе роблю злочинцем. Законом я вмер для закону, щоб жити для Бога. Я співрозп'явся Христові, і вже не я живу, а живе в мені Христос. А що нині живу в плоті, то вірою живу в Сина Божого, Котрий полюбив мене і віддав Себе за мене.

З Другого Посла́ння до Тимофія Свято́го Апо́стола Павла́ чита́ння (2:1-10)

Сину Тимофію, отож зміцнюйся у благодаті Христом Ісусом, і що чув від мене при багатьох свідках, те передай вірним людям, які були б спроможні й інших навчити. Отож терпи страждання, як добрий воїн Ісуса Христа. Ніякий воїн не зв'язує себе ділами житейськими, щоб догодити воєначальникові. А якщо хто і подвизається, не увінчається, якщо незаконно буде подвизатися. Трудящому землеробові першому належить вкусити від плодів. Розумій, що я кажу. Хай дасть тобі Господь розуміння в усьому. Пам'ятай Господа Ісуса Христа від сім'я Давидового, що воскрес з мертвих за благовістям моїм, за яке я страждаю навіть до кайданів, як злодій; але для слова Божого нема кайданів. Тому я все терплю заради вибраних, щоб і вони одержали спасіння в Христі Ісусі з вічною славою.

Євангеліє - Gospel Reading

Від Луки 16:19-31

Один чоловік був багатий, одягався в порфіру і віссон і щодня розкішно бенкетував. Був також один убогий, на ім'я Лазар, що лежав біля воріт його весь у струпах і бажав насититися крихтами, що падали зі столу багача, і пси, приходячи, лизали струпи його. Прийшов час вмерти вбогому і віднесений був Ангелами на лоно Авраамове. Помер же і багатий, і поховали його. І в пеклі, будучи в муках, він підняв очі свої, побачив здалеку Авраама і Лазаря на лоні його і, голосно закричавши, сказав: отче Аврааме! змилосердься наді мною і пошли Лазаря, хай умочить кінець пальця свого у воду та прохолодить язик мій, бо я мучусь у полум'ї цьому. Але Авраам сказав: чадо! згадай, що ти одержав уже добре твоє в житті твоєму, а Лазар – зле; отже, тепер він тут утішається, а ти страждаєш; і до всього того, між нами і вами утверджена велика безодня, так що ті, які хочуть перейти звідси до вас, не можуть, так само звідти до нас не переходять. Тоді він сказав: так благаю тебе, отче, пошли його в дім батька мого, бо в мене є п'ять братів; хай засвідчить їм, щоб і вони не прийшли в це місце муки. Авраам сказав йому: у них є Мойсей і пророки; хай слухають їх. Він же сказав: ні, отче Аврааме! але коли хто з мертвих прийде до них, покаються. Тоді Авраам сказав йому: якщо Мойсея і пророків не слухають, то хоч би хто і з мертвих воскрес, не повірять.

From John 15:17-16:2

"These things I command you, that you love one another. If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also. But all these things they will do to you for My name's sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. He who hates Me hates My Father also. If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have seen and also hated both Me and My Father.  But this happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, 'They hated Me without a cause.' But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me. And you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning. These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble. They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service."