Nov. 23 – 24th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 7

Apostles Erastus, Olympas, Herodion, Sosipater, Quartus, and Tertius of the Seventy (1st c.). Commemoration of the torture of Great-martyr George (303) (Georgia). Martyr Orestes of Cappadocia (304). Ven. Theocteristus, abbot of Symbola.

Eph. 2:14-22 ; Lk. 10:25-37;

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Tropar Resurrectional, Tone 7

By Your Cross, you destroyed Death. To the Thief, You opened Paradise. For the Myrrh-bearers, You changed weeping into joy. Christ God, You commanded Your disciples to proclaim that You are risen, granting 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 Apostles, Tone 3

O holy apostles, entreat the merciful God, that He grant unto our souls the remission of transgressions.

Kondak Resurrectional, Tone 7

The dominion of Death can no longer hold humanity captive, for Christ descended shattering and destroying its power. Hades is bound while the prophets rejoice with one voice. The Savior has come to those in faith, saying: "Enter, you faithful, into the Resurrection."

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.

Kondak to Apostles, Tone 4

Today, the honored festival of the apostles has begun, which clearly grants the forgiveness of sins to all who celebrate their memory.

Glory …
Other Kondak to Apostles, Tone 2

After having enlightened your minds with divine light, you wisely destroyed the deceptive arguments of the speakers; and having fished for all the pagans, O glorious apostles, you brought them to the Master, teaching them to glorify the divine Trinity.

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 7: The Lord shall give strength to His people. The Lord shall bless His people with peace.

Choir: (repeats the prokimen)

Reader: V. Bring to the Lord, you sons of God, bring young rams to the Lord.

Choir: (repeats the prokimen)

Reader: The Lord shall give strength to His people. …

Choir: … The Lord shall bless His people with peace.

Epistle

Deacon: Wisdom!

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

Deacon: Let us be attentive.

Reader: Brethren, He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

Priest: Peace be with you.

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

Verse: It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to Your Name, O Most High.

Verse: To declare Your mercy in the morning and Your truth by night.

Communion Verses

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

Апостол

З Посла́ння до Єфеся́н Свято́го Апо́стола Павла́ чита́ння (2:14-22)

Браття, Він є мир наш, Котрий створив з обох одне і зруйнував перешкоду, яка стояла посередині, знищивши ворожнечу плоттю Своєю, а закон заповідей вченням, щоб з двох створити в Собі Самому одну нову людину, створюючи мир, і в єдиному тілі примирити обох з Богом посередництвом хреста, убивши ворожнечу на ньому. І, прийшовши, благовіствував мир вам, далеким і близьким, бо через Нього і ті й інші маємо доступ до Отця, в одному Дусі. Отож ви вже не чужі і не пришельці, а співгромадяни святим і свої Богові, будучи утверджені на основі Апостолів і пророків, маючи наріжним каменем Самого Ісуса Христа, на Котрому вся будівля, складаючись злагоджено, зростає в святий храм у Господі, на якому і ви будуєтесь Духом в оселю Божу.