Propers for November 26, 2023
Nov. 26 – 25th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 8
St. John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople (407). Martyrs Antoninus, Nicephorus, and Germanus of Caesarea in Palestine (308). Martyr Manetha of Caesarea in Palestine (308)
Eph. 4:1-6; Lk. 10:25-37;
Heb. 7:26–8:2; Jn. 10:9-16;
Tropar Resurrectional, Tone 8
You descended from on High, Merciful One./ You accepted the three day burial to free us from our passions./ Lord, our Life and Resurrection. Glory to You.
Tropar to St. John, Tone 8
Grace shining forth from your mouth like a beacon has enlightened the universe, disclosing to the world treasures of generosity and showing us the heights of humility. Since you instruct us by your words, Father John Chrysostom, intercede with Christ God, the Word Himself, to save our souls.
Kondak Resurrectional, Tone 8
By rising from the tomb, You raised up the dead./ Adam is risen and Eve exults in Your Resurrection./ The entire world celebrates Your rising from the dead,/ Greatly Merciful One.
Glory … Kondak to St. John, Tone 6
From heaven you received divine grace and by your lips you teach all to worship the one God in Trinity, All-blessed and Venerable John Chrysostom. Worthily do we extol you, for you are an instructor who reveals things divine.
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 8: Pray and give glory to the Lord our God.
Choir: (repeats the prokimen)
Reader: Verse: In Judah God is known; His Name is great in Israel.
Choir: (repeats the prokimen)
Reader: The Second Prokimen in Tone 1: My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart, understanding.
Choir: My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart, understanding.
Epistles
Deacon: Wisdom!
Reader: The reading is from the Letter of St. Paul to the Ephesians.
Deacon: Let us be attentive.
Reader: Brethren, I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Deacon: Wisdom!
Reader: The reading is from the Letter of St. Paul to the Hebrews.
Deacon: Let us be attentive.
Reader: Brethren, for such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens; who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people's, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever. Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.
Priest: Peace be with you.
Reader: And with your spirit. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Verse: Come let us rejoice in the Lord. Let us shout with jubilation to God our Savior.
Verse: Let us come before His Face with thanksgiving; with psalms let us shout in jubilation to Him.
Verse: The mouth of the righteous shall proclaim wisdom and his tongue shall speak of judgment.
Communion Hymns
Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the Highest. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. They shall not be afraid of any evil report. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
