Sep. 13 – 15th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 6

The Placing of the Cincture (Sash) of the Most Holy Theotokos (395-408). Hieromartyr Cyprian, bishop of Carthage (258). St. Gennadius, patriarch of Constantinople (471).

2 Cor. 4:6-15; Mt. 22:35-46;
Heb. 9:1-7; Lk. 10:38-42; 11:27-28;

Tropar Resurrectional, Tone 6

The angelic powers were at Your Tomb. The guards became as dead men. Mary stood by Your Grave seeking Your Most Pure Body. You captured Hades, not being tempted by it. You came to the Virgin, granting Life, Lord, risen from the dead, glory to You.

Tropar to Theotokos, Tone 8

Ever-Virgin Theotokos, protectress of mankind, you have given your people a powerful legacy: the robe and sash of your most honored body which remained incorrupt throughout your seedless childbearing; for through you time and nature are renewed! Therefore we implore you: "Grant peace to your people and to our souls 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.

Kondak Resurrectional, Tone 6

When Christ God, the Giver of Life, with His Life-giving Hand raised all of the dead from the valleys of misery, He bestowed Resurrection on the human race. He is the Savior, the Resurrection, the Life and the God of all.

Glory …
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.

Now and Ever …
Kondak to Theotokos, Tone 4

Today your flock celebrates the enshrinement of your precious sash, and it earnestly cries out to you: "Rejoice, O Virgin, boast of all Christians!"

Prokimens

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

Reader: And with your spirit!

Deacon: Wisdom!

Reader: The Prokimen in Tone 6: O Lord, save Your people and bless Your inheritance.

Choir: (repeats the prokimen)

Reader: V. To You, Lord, will I call: "My God, be not silent to me."

Choir: (repeats the prokimen)

Reader: The Second Prokimen in Tone 3: My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.

Choir: My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.

Epistles

Deacon: Wisdom!

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

Deacon: Let us be attentive.

Reader: Brethren, it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed—always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So then death is working in us, but life in you. And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed and therefore I spoke," we also believe and therefore speak, knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you. For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

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

Deacon: Let us be attentive.

Reader: Brethren, then indeed, even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and the earthly sanctuary. For a tabernacle was prepared: the first part, in which was the lampstand, the table, and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary; and behind the second veil, the part of the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All, which had the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant; and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. Now when these things had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle, performing the services. But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the people's sins committed in ignorance.

Priest: Peace be with you.

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

Verse: He that dwells in the aid of the Most High will abide in the shelter of the God of Heaven.

Verse: He will say to the Lord: my Helper are You and my Refuge. He is my God and I will hope in Him.

Verse: Arise, O Lord, into Your rest, You and the ark of Your holiness.

Communion Hymns

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

I will take the cup of salvation, and I will call upon the name of the Lord. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Апостол

З Другого Посла́ння до Коринтя́н Свято́го Апо́стола Павла́ чита́ння (4:6-15)

Браття, тому що Бог, Котрий звелів, щоб з темряви засяяло світло, осяяв наші серця, щоб просвітити нас пізнанням слави Божої в особі Ісуса Христа. Але скарб цей ми носимо в глиняних сосудах, щоб велич сили приписувалась Богові, а не нам. Нас звідусіль тиснуть, але ми не стиснені; ми в безвихідних обставинах, але не втрачаємо надії; нас гонять, але ми не покинуті; пригноблені, але не гинемо. Завжди носимо в тілі мертвість Господа Ісуса, щоб і життя Ісусове відкрилося в тілі нашому. Бо ми живі безустанно віддаємося на смерть заради Ісуса, щоб і життя Ісусове відкрилося у смертній плоті нашій, то ж смерть діє в нас, а життя у вас. Але, маючи той же дух віри, як написано: я вірував і тому говорив, і ми віруємо, тому й говоримо, знаючи, що Той, Хто воскресив Господа Ісуса, воскресить через Ісуса і нас і поставить перед Собою з вами. Бо все для вас, щоб щедрість благодаті в багатьох викликала ще більшу вдячність на славу Божу.

З Посла́ння до Євре́їв Свято́го Апо́стола Павла́ чита́ння (9:1-7)

Браття, і перший завіт мав постанову про Богослужіння і святилище земне: бо побудована була скінія перша, в якій був світильник, і трапеза та жертовні хліби, і яка називається «святе». За другою ж завісою була скінія, названа «Святе святих», яка мала золоту кадильницю і обкладений з усіх сторін золотом ковчег завіту, де були золотий сосуд з манною, жезл Ааронів розквітлий та скрижалі завіту, а над ним херувими слави, осіняючі очистилище; про що не слід тепер говорити докладно. При такому влаштуванні, до першої скінії завжди входять священники відправляти Богослужіння; а до другої – раз на рік один тільки первосвященник, не без крові, яку приносить за себе і за гріхи невідання народу.

Євангеліє - Gospel Reading

Від Матфея 22:35-46

І один з них, законник, спокушаючи Його, запитав, кажучи: Учителю! яка найбільша заповідь в законі? Ісус сказав йому: возлюби Господа Бога твого всім серцем твоїм, і всією душею твоєю, і всім розумінням твоїм (Втор. 6,5): це перша й найбільша заповідь; друга ж подібна до неї: возлюби ближнього твого, як самого себе (Лев. 19,18); на цих двох заповідях утверджується весь закон і пророки. Коли зібралися фарисеї, Ісус запитав їх: що ви думаєте про Христа? чий Він син? Кажуть Йому: Давидів. Говорить їм: як же Давид, з натхнення, називає Його Господом, коли говорить: сказав Господь Господу моєму: сиди праворуч Мене, доки покладу ворогів Твоїх у підніжжя ніг Твоїх? (Пс. 109,1). Отже, коли Давид називає Його Господом, то як же Він син йому? І ніхто не міг відповісти Йому ні слова; і з того дня ніхто вже не смів запитувати Його.

From Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28;

Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet and heard His word. But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, "Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me." And Jesus answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things.  "But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her." And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, "Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!" But He said, "More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"