8/07/2022 - Divine Liturgy
Special Hymns for Today
Troparion - Tone 7 (Resurrection)
By Your Cross You destroyed death. / To the thief You opened Paradise. / For the Myrrhbearers You changed weeping into joy. / And You commanded Your disciples, O Christ God, / to proclaim that You are risen,//granting the world great mercy.
Troparion - Tone 7 (Feast)
You were transfigured on the mountain, O Christ God, / revealing Your glory to Your Disciples as far as they could bear it. / Let Your everlasting Light also shine upon us sinners, / through the prayers of the Theotokos!//O Giver of Light, 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 4 (St. Dometius)
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; / once again you bravely prepared for combat / and for both struggles you have been crowned by God,//Monk-martyr Dometius of eternal memory.
Kontakion - Tone 7 (Resurrection)
The dominion of death can no longer hold men captive, / for Christ descended, shattering and destroying its powers. / Hell is bound, while the Prophets rejoice and cry: / “The Savior has come to those in faith;//enter, you faithful, into the Resurrection!”
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 6 (St. Dometius)
You rose above earthly things / which drag down the mind; / You were a great guide of monks, O Dometius. / You did not fear the furious emperor who would not honor God. / Therefore, O Hieromartyr, you died singing the hymn://“God is with me and no one is against me.”
Kontakion - Tone 7 (Feast)
On the mountain You were transfigured, O Christ God, / and Your Disciples beheld Your glory as far as they could see it; / so that when they would behold You crucified, / they would understand that Your suffering was voluntary, / and would proclaim to the world//that You are truly the Radiance of the Father.
both now and ever and unto ages of ages, Amen.
Reader: The Prokeimenon in the 7th Tone: The Lord shall give strength to His people. The Lord shall bless His people with peace.
Congregation: The Lord shall give strength to His people. The Lord shall bless His people with peace.
Reader: v: Offer to the Lord, O you sons of God! Offer young rams to the Lord!
Congregation: The Lord shall give strength to His people. The Lord shall bless His people with peace.
Reader: The Lord shall give strength to His people . . .
Congregation: . . . The Lord shall bless His people with peace.
The Reading is from the First Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians (1:10-18)
Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe’s household, that there are contentions among you. Now I say this, that each of you says, “I am of Paul,” or “I am of Apollos,” or “I am of Cephas,” or “I am of Christ.” Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, lest anyone should say that I had baptized in my own name. Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas. Besides, I do not know whether I baptized any other. For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect. For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
Priest: Peace be to thee that reads.
Reader: And to thy spirit. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Congregation: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to Your Name, O Most High.
Congregation: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: To declare Your mercy in the morning, and Your truth by night.
Congregation: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
The Reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew (14:14-22)
And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick. When it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food.” But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.” And they said to Him, “We have here only five loaves and two fish.” He said, “Bring them here to Me.” Then He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass. And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes. So they all ate and were filled, and they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments that remained. Now those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children. Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away.
(Instead of “It is truly meet…,” we sing:)
Tone 4
Magnify, O my soul, the Lord Who was transfigured on Mount Tabor!
Your childbearing was without corruption;
God came forth from your body clothed in flesh,
and appeared on earth and dwelt among men.//
Therefore we all magnify you, O Theotokos.
Sunday Communion Hymn
Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest!
O Lord, we will walk in the light of Your countenance, and will exult in Your Name forever.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!