Oct. 25 – 21st Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 4

Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council (787) . Martyrs Probus, Tarachus, and Andronicus at Tarsus in Cilicia (304). Ven. Cosmas the Hymnographer, bishop of Maiuma (787). Martyr Domnina of Anazarbus (286). St. Martin the Merciful, bishop of Tours (397).

Gal. 2:16-20 ; Lk. 7:11-16;
Heb. 13:7-16; Jn. 17:1-13;

Resurrectional Tropar, 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 to Holy Fathers, Tone 8

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.

Resurrectional Kondak, 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.

Glory …
Kondak to Holy Fathers, Tone 8

The preaching of the Apostles and the doctrine of the Fathers confirmed the One Faith in the Church. In the garment of truth woven from theology on high She rightly divides and glorifies true piety.

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

Choir: (repeats the prokimen)

Reader: The Prokimen in Tone 4: Blessed are You, Lord God of our Fathers, praised and glorified is Your Name to the ages.

Choir: Blessed are You, Lord God of our Fathers, praised and glorified is Your Name to the ages.

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 Letter of St. Paul to the Hebrews.

Deacon: Let us be attentive.

Reader: Brethren, remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them. We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat. For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp. Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate. Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach. For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come. Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

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 Lord, the God of gods, has spoken and summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.

Communion Hymns

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

Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous, praise befits the upright. 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 Посла́ння до Євреїв Свято́го Апо́стола Павла́ чита́ння (13:7-16)

Браття, пам'ятайте наставників ваших, котрі проповідували вам слово Боже, і, дивлячись на кончину життя їхнього, наслідуйте віру їх. Ісус Христос учора і сьогодні і навіки Той же. Вченнями різними й чужими не захоплюйтесь; бо добре благодаттю зміцнювати серця, а не стравами, від яких не одержали користі ті, що займалися ними. Ми маємо жертовник, від якого не мають права споживати ті, що служать скінії. Так як тіла тварин, кров яких для очищення гріха вносить первосвященник у святилище, спалюються за станом,– то і Ісус, щоб освятити людей Кров'ю Своєю, постраждав поза воротами. Отож вийдемо до Нього за стан, несучи Його наругу; бо не маємо тут постійного міста, але шукаємо майбутнього. Отож будемо через Нього безустанно приносити Богові жертву хвали, тобто плід уст, що прославляють ім'я Його. Не забувайте також добродійності і спілкування, бо такі жертви благоугодні Богу.

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.

From John 17:1-13

Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: "Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, "as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. "And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. "I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do. "And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. "I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. "Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You. "For I have given to them the words which You have given Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that You sent Me. "I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours. "And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them. "Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are. "While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept;d and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. "But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves.