11/21/2021 - Divine Liturgy
Special Hymns for Today
Troparion - Tone 5 (Resurrection)
Let us, the faithful, praise and worship the Word, / co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit, / born for our salvation from the Virgin; / for He willed to be lifted up on the Cross in the flesh, / to endure death, / and to raise the dead//by His glorious Resurrection.
Troparion - Tone 4 (Feast)
Today is the prelude of the good will of God, / of the preaching of the salvation of mankind. / The Virgin appears in the Temple of God, / in anticipation proclaiming Christ to all. / Let us rejoice and sing to her: / “Rejoice, O Fulfillment//of the Creator’s dispensation!“
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit . . .
Kontakion – Tone 5 (Resurrection)
You descended into hell, O my Savior, / shattering its gates as Almighty, / resurrecting the dead as Creator, / and destroying the sting of death. / You have delivered Adam from the curse, O Lover of man,//and we cry to You: “O Lord, save us!”
. . . both now and ever and unto ages of ages, Amen.
Kontakion - Tone 4 (Feast)
The most pure Temple of the Savior; / the precious Chamber and Virgin; / the sacred Treasure of the glory of God, / is presented today to the house of the Lord. / She brings with her the grace of the Spirit, / therefore, the angels of God praise her://“Truly this woman is the abode of Heaven!”
The Prokeimenon in the 5th Tone:
You, O Lord, shall protect us and preserve us from this generation forever.
Congregation: You, O Lord, shall protect us and preserve us from this generation forever. (Ps. 11:7)
Reader: v: Save me, O Lord, for there is no longer any that is godly! (Ps. 11:1a)
Congregation: You, O Lord, shall protect us and preserve us from this generation forever.
Reader: You, O Lord, shall protect us . . .
Congregation: . . . and preserve us from this generation forever.
Reader: My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. (Song of the Theotokos)
Congregation: My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. (Lk. 1:46-47)
Reader: The Reading is from the Holy Epistle of St. Paul to the Galatians (6:11-18)
See with what large letters I have written to you with my own hand! As many as desire to make a good showing in the flesh, these would compel you to be circumcised, only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. For not even those who are circumcised keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may boast in your flesh. But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God. From now on let no one trouble me, for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
Reader: And to thy spirit. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Congregation: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: I will sing of Your mercies, O Lord, forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your truth from generation to generation. (Ps. 88:1-2)
Congregation: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: For You have said: Mercy will be established forever; Your truth will be prepared in the heavens. (Ps. 88:3)
Congregation: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline your ear! (Ps. 44:9a)
Congregation: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
The Reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke (12:16-21)
Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully. And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?’ So he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods. ‘And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.”’ But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’ So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
Instead of “It is truly meet…,” we sing: Tone 4
The angels beheld the entrance of the Pure One and were amazed.//
How has the Virgin entered into the Holy of Holies?
Since she is a living Ark of God
let no profane hand touch the Theotokos.
But let the lips of believers unceasingly sing to her,
praising her in joy with the angel’s song://
“Truly, you are more exalted than all, O pure Virgin!”
Sunday Communion Hymn
Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest! (Ps. 148:1)
I will receive the cup of salvation and call on the Name of the Lord. (Ps. 115:4)
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!