Oct. 19 – 19th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 2

Holy and Glorious Apostle Thomas (1st c.).

2 Cor. 11:31–12:9; Lk. 7:11-16;
1 Cor. 4:9-16; Jn. 20:19-31;

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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.

Tropar to Ap. Thomas, Tone 2

You were a disciple of Christ, / and a member of the divine college of Apostles. / Having been weak in faith you doubted the Resurrection of Christ, / but by feeling the wounds you believed in His all-pure Passion: / pray now to Him, O all-praised Thomas, to grant us peace and great mercy.

Kondak Resurrectional, Tone 2

Hades became fearful, Almighty Savior, seeing the miracle of Your Resurrection from the tomb. The dead arose and all creation, with Adam, beheld this and rejoiced with You and the world, my Savior, praises You forever.

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 Ap. Thomas, Tone 4

Thomas, the faithful servant and disciple of Christ, / filled with divine grace, cried out from the depth of his love: / "You are my Lord and my God!"

Now & 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 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 Second Prokimen in Tone 8: Their voice has gone out into all the earth and their words to the very ends of the world.

Choir: Their voice has gone out into all the earth and their words to the very ends of the world.

Epistles

Deacon: Wisdom!

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

Deacon: Let us be attentive.

Reader: Brethren, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying. In Damascus the governor, under Aretas the king, was guarding the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desiring to arrest me; but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped from his hands. It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord: I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or whether out of the body I do not know, God knows—such a one was caught up to the third heaven. And I know such a man—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows— how he was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. Of such a one I will boast; yet of myself I will not boast, except in my infirmities. For though I might desire to boast, I will not be a fool; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, lest anyone should think of me above what he sees me to be or hears from me. And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Deacon: Wisdom!

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

Deacon: Let us be attentive.

Reader: Brethren, I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored! To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless. And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; being defamed, we entreat. We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now. I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I warn you. For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. Therefore I urge you, imitate me.

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.

Verse: The heavens shall confess Your wonders, O Lord, and Your truth in the church of the saints.

Communion Hymns

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

Their voice has gone out into all the earth and their words to the very ends of the world. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Апостол

З Другого Посла́ння до Коринфя́н Свято́го Апо́стола Павла́ чита́ння (11:31–12:9)

Браття, Бог і Отець Господа нашого Ісуса Христа, благословенний вовіки, знає, що я кажу правду. У Дамаску обласний правитель царя Арети стеріг місто Дамаск, щоб схопити мене, і мене в кошику спустили з вікна по стіні, і я уник його рук. Не корисно хвалитися мені, бо я прийду до видінь і одкровень Господніх. Знаю чоловіка у Христі, який чотирнадцять років тому (чи в тілі – не знаю, чи без тіла – не знаю: Бог ві дає) узятий був до третього неба. І знаю про такого чоловіка (тільки не знаю – в тілі, чи без тіла: Бог відає), що він був взятий в рай і чув невимовні слова, яких людині не можна переказати. Таким чоловіком можу хвалитись; собою ж не похвалюся, хіба тільки немочами моїми. А коли я захочу хвалитися, не буду безумний, бо скажу істину; але я утримуюсь, щоб ніхто не подумав про мене більше, ніж скільки в мені бачить або чує від мене. А щоб я не звеличувався надзвичайністю одкровень, дано мені жало у плоть, ангел сатани, пригнічувати мене, щоб я не величався. Тричі благав я Господа про те, щоб удалив його від мене. Але Господь сказав мені: досить для тебе благодаті Моєї, бо сила Моя вершиться в немочі. І тому я значно охочіше буду хвалитися немочами своїми, щоб перебувала в мені сила Христова.

З Першого Посла́ння до Коринфя́н Свято́го Апо́стола Павла́ чита́ння (4:9-16)

Браття, я думаю, що нам, посланникам останнім, Бог судив бути ніби засудженими на смерть, бо ми стали позорищем світові, Ангелам і людям. Ми безумні Христа ради, а ви мудрі у Христі; ми немічні, а ви міцні; ви у славі, а ми в безчесті. Навіть донині терпимо голод і спрагу, і наготу і побої, і поневіряємось, і трудимось, працюючи своїми руками. Лихословлять нас, ми благословляємо; гонять нас, ми терпимо; ганьблять нас, ми молимось; ми як сміття для світу, як порох, що усі топчуть донині. Це пишу не для того, щоб вас посоромити, а наставляю на розум вас, як дітей моїх улюблених, бо хоч у вас тисячі наставників у Христі, та не багато отців; я родив вас у Христі Ісусі благовістям. Тому благаю вас: подібні мені будьте, як я Христу.

Євангеліє - Gospel Reading

Від Луки 7:11-16

Після цього Ісус пішов до міста, що зветься Наїн; і з Ним йшло багато учнів Його і безліч народу. Коли ж Він підійшов до воріт міста, якраз виносили померлого, єдиного сина у матері, а вона була вдова; і чимало народу йшло з нею з міста. Побачивши її, Господь змилосердився над нею і сказав їй: не плач. І, підійшовши, доторкнувся до одра; ті, що несли, зупинилися, і Він сказав: юначе! тобі кажу, встань! Мертвий, піднявшись, сів і почав говорити; і віддав його Ісус матері його. І всіх охопив страх і славили Бога, кажучи: великий пророк з'явився між нами, і Бог відвідав народ Свій.

John 20:19-31

Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace be with you." When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. So Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you." And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said to him, "We have seen the Lord." So he said to them, "Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe." And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, "Peace to you!" Then He said to Thomas, "Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing." And Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him, "Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.