10/17/2021 - Divine Liturgy
Special Hymns for Today
Troparion - Tone 8 (Resurrection)
You descended from on high, O Merciful One! / You accepted the three day burial to free us from our sufferings!//O Lord, our Life and Resurrection, glory to You!
Troparion for St. Nikolai — Tone 8
O golden-tongued preacher proclaiming the risen Christ, / everlasting guide of the cross-bearing Serbian people, / resounding harp of the Holy Spirit, and dear to monastics who rejoice in you, / pride and boast of the priesthood, teacher of repentance, master for all nations, / guide of those in the army of Christ as they pray to God, / Holy Nikolai teacher in America and pride of the Serbian people, / with all the saints, implore the only Lover of mankind//to grant us peace and joy in his heavenly kingdom!
Troparion - Tone 2 (Prophet Hosea)
We celebrate the memory / of Your prophet Hosea, O Lord; / through him we beseech You://“Save our souls!”
Troparion - Tone 4 (Saint Andrew)
Trained in asceticism on the mountain, / with the weapon of the Cross you destroyed the spiritual assaults of the hostile powers, O all-blessed one. / Again you bravely prepared for combat / and slew Copronymus with the sword of faith;//for both struggles you have been crowned by God, monk-martyr Andrew of eternal memory.
Kontakion – Tone 8 (Resurrection)
By rising from the tomb, You raised the dead and resurrected Adam. / Eve exults in Your Resurrection,//and the world celebrates Your rising from the dead, O greatly Merciful One!
Kontakion for St. Nikolai — Tone 3
Born at Lelich in Serbia, / you served as archpastor at the church of Saint Nahum in Ochrid./ You presided on the throne of Saint Sava at Zhicha,/ teaching the people of God and enlightening them with the Gospel, / bringing them to repentance and love for Christ. / And for His sake you endured suffering at Dachau. / Therefore, Nikolai, we glorify you as one newly well pleasing to God.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit . . .
Kontakion - Tone 4 (Prophet Hosea)
Illumined by the Spirit, your heart was a vessel of illustrious prophecy, / seeing far-off things as though they were present.//Therefore, we venerate your, glorious prophet Hosea.
Kontakion - Tone 3 (St. Andrew)
Today the Queen of cities / celebrates the radiant feast of your light-bearing memory, / and invites every city and country to join her. / She rejoices for she has gained a great treasure://your body which sustained many struggles, martyr Andrew, beacon of Orthodoxy.
. . . both now and ever and unto ages of ages, Amen.
Steadfast Protectress of Christians . . .
Reader: The Prokeimenon in the 8th Tone: Pray and make your vows before the Lord, our God! (Ps. 75:10a)
Congregation: Pray and make your vows before the Lord, our God!
Reader: v: In Judah God is known; His Name is great in Israel. (Ps. 75:1)
Congregation: Pray and make your vows before the Lord, our God!
Reader: Pray and make your vows . . .
Congregation: . . . before the Lord, our God!
The Reading is from the Second Holy Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians (6:16-7:1)
And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people.” Therefore “Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you.” “I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the LORD Almighty.” Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Reader: And to thy spirit. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Congregation: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Come, let us rejoice in the Lord! Let us make a joyful noise to God our Savior! (Ps. 94:1)
Congregation: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Let us come before His face with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him with songs of praise! (Ps. 94:2)
Congregation: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
The Reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke (8:5-15)
“A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trampled down, and the birds of the air devoured it. Some fell on rock; and as soon as it sprang up, it withered away because it lacked moisture. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with it and choked it. But others fell on good ground, sprang up, and yielded a crop a hundredfold.” When He had said these things He cried, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!” Then His disciples asked Him, saying, “What does this parable mean?” And He said, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is given in parables, that ‘Seeing they may not see, And hearing they may not understand.’ Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. But the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away. Now the ones that fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity. But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.
Sunday Communion Hymn
Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest! (Ps. 148:1)