11/07/2021 - Divine Liturgy
Special Hymns for Today
Troparion - Tone 3 (Resurrection)
Let the heavens rejoice! / Let the earth be glad! / For the Lord has shown strength with His arm. / He has trampled down death by death. / He has become the first born of the dead. / He has delivered us from the depths of hell, / and has granted to the world//great mercy.
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 (33 Martyrs)
Your thirty-three 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!
Troparion – Tone 8 (Venerable Lazarus)
You watered your pillar with prayerful vigils and flowing tears; / You brought forth fruit a hundredfold with sighs from the depths of your soul. / You were a shepherd, granting the requests of all.//Entreat Christ God, venerable Lazarus our father, that our souls may be saved!
Kontakion – Tone 3 (Resurrection)
On this day You rose from the tomb, O Merciful One, / leading us from the gates of death. / On this day Adam exults as Eve rejoices; / with the Prophets and Patriarchs//they unceasingly praise the divine majesty of Your power.
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.
Kontakion - Tone 8 (33 Martyrs)
The radiant choir of martyrs, the light-bearing company, spiritually descends to us, / enlightening the Church with brilliant rays. / Therefore as we celebrate their honored memory, we ask You, our Savior,//through their prayers, deliver us from misfortunes so that we may sing to You, “Alleluia!”
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit . . .
Kontakion - Tone 4 (Venerable Lazarus)
With joy the Church of Christ glorifies you with psalms / as a most brilliant light, venerable Lazarus.//Therefore, always pray to Christ that He may grant forgiveness of transgressions to all!
. . . both now and ever and unto ages of ages, Amen.
Steadfast Protectress of Christians . . .
Priest: Wisdom
Reader: The Prokeimenon in the 3rd Tone: Sing praises to our God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
Congregation: Sing praises to our God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises! (Ps. 46:6)
Reader: v: Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy! (Ps. 46:1)
Congregation: Sing praises to our God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
Reader: Sing praises to our God, sing praises! . . .
Congregation: . . . Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
Reader: The Reading is from the Holy Epistle of St. Paul to the Galatians (1:1-19)
Priest: Let us attend
Reader (CHANT SLOWLY): But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it. And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers. But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.
Reader: And to thy spirit. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Congregation: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In You, O Lord, have I hoped; let me never be put to shame! (Ps. 30:1a)
Congregation: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: Be a God of protection for me, a house of refuge in order to save me! (Ps. 30:2b)
Congregation: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
The Reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke (8:41-56)
And behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue. And he fell down at Jesus’ feet and begged Him to come to his house, for he had an only daughter about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as He went, the multitudes thronged Him. Now a woman, having a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her livelihood on physicians and could not be healed by any, came from behind and touched the border of His garment. And immediately her flow of blood stopped. And Jesus said, “Who touched Me?” When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, “Master, the multitudes throng and press You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’” But Jesus said, “Somebody touched Me, for I perceived power going out from Me.” Now when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling; and falling down before Him, she declared to Him in the presence of all the people the reason she had touched Him and how she was healed immediately. And He said to her, “Daughter, be of good cheer; your faith has made you well. Go in peace.” While He was still speaking, someone came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house, saying to him, “Your daughter is dead. Do not trouble the Teacher.” But when Jesus heard it, He answered him, saying, “Do not be afraid; only believe, and she will be made well.” When He came into the house, He permitted no one to go in except Peter, James, and John, and the father and mother of the girl. Now all wept and mourned for her; but He said, “Do not weep; she is not dead, but sleeping.” And they ridiculed Him, knowing that she was dead. But He put them all outside, took her by the hand and called, saying, “Little girl, arise.” Then her spirit returned, and she arose immediately. And He commanded that she be given something to eat. And her parents were astonished, but He charged them to tell no one what had happened.
Sunday Communion Hymn
Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest! (Ps. 148:1)
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!