Propers for September 17, 2023
Sep. 17 – 15th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 6
Hieromartyr Babylas, bishop of Antioch, with Martyrs Urban, Prilidian, and Epolonius, and their mother Christodula (251). Holy Prophet and God-seer Moses (1531 B.C.). Martyr Hermione, daughter of Apostle Philip the Deacon (117). Martyr Babylas of Nicomedia, and with him 84 children (4th c.). Martyrs Theodore, Mianus (Ammianus), Julian, Kion (Oceanus), and Centurionus of Nicomedia (305-311). Finding of relics of Ven. Ioasaph of Bilhorod (1911)
2 Cor. 4:6-15; Mt. 22:35-46;
Heb. 11:33-40; Lk. 12:32-40
Heb. 13:17-21; Jn. 10:9-16
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, / O Lord, risen from the dead, 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 Venerable, Tone 3
O Hierarch, beloved by God, you were a rule of faith and an example of mercy for the people, / through vigil, fasting and prayer, you shone forth as a radiant lamp and were glorified by God. / Resting with your incorrupt body, and standing before the Throne of God, / you gush forth most glorious miracles. / Pray to Christ God that He may confirm our land in Orthodoxy and piety, and save our souls.
Tropar to Hieromartyr, Tone 4
Your holy martyrs O Lord, / through their sufferings have received incorruptible crowns from You, our God. / For having Your strength, they laid low their adversaries, / and shattered the powerless boldness of demons. / Through their intercessions, save our souls!
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.
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 Venerable, Tone 8
Who can tell of the various struggles of your life? / Who can count the various mercies of God which you manifested? / Knowing well your boldness before the Most Pure Theotokos and the all-generous God, we call upon you with compunctionate hearts: / "Do not deprive us of your help and intercession, O Hierarch of Christ and wonderworker Ioasaph."
Glory …
Kondak to Hieromartyr, Tone 4
You guarded the mighty works of faith in your heart, / therefore, you did not fear the tyrant; / preserve us as well, Hieromartyr Babylas, good servant of Christ.
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 6: O Lord, save Your people and bless Your inheritance.
Choir: (repeats the prokimen)
Reader: Verse: To You, Lord, will I call: "My God, be not silent to me."
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 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.
Deacon: Wisdom!
Reader: The reading is from the Letter of St. Paul to the Hebrews.
Deacon: Let us be attentive.
Reader: Brethren, who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. Women received their dead raised to life again. Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented— of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth. And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us. Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Deacon: Wisdom!
Reader: The reading is from the Letter of St. Paul to the Hebrews.
Deacon: Let us be attentive.
Reader: Brethren, the night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. Receive one who is weak in the faith, but not to disputes over doubtful things. For one believes he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables. Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; for God has received him. Who are you to judge another's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.
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: 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 man shall be in everlasting remembrance. He shall not fear evil tidings. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
