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Hieratikon
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
Octoechos - Mode 3.
On Sunday Morning
Menaion - September 14
Sunday after the Feast
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LITURGY OF ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM
Antiphon 1. Mode 2. Psalm 21.
Verse 1: O God, my God, hear me; why have You forsaken me? [SAAS]
Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, Savior, save us.
Verse 2: The words of my transgressions are far from my salvation.
Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, Savior, save us.
Verse 3: O my God, I will cry out by day, but You will not hear me.
Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, Savior, save us.
Verse 4: But You dwell among the saints, O praise of Israel.
Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, Savior, save us.
Glory. Both now.
Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, Savior, save us.
Antiphon 2. Mode 2. Psalm 73.
Verse 1: O God, why have You rejected us to the end? [SAAS]
Save us, O Son of God, who were crucified in the flesh. We sing to You, Alleluia.
Verse 2: Remember Your congregation You acquired from the beginning.
Save us, O Son of God, who were crucified in the flesh. We sing to You, Alleluia.
Verse 3: This Mount Zion, where You encamped.
Save us, O Son of God, who were crucified in the flesh. We sing to You, Alleluia.
Verse 4: God is our King before the ages; He worked salvation in the midst of the earth.
Save us, O Son of God, who were crucified in the flesh. We sing to You, Alleluia.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Both now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Only-begotten Son and Logos of God, being immortal, You condescended for our salvation to take flesh from the holy Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary and, without change, became man. Christ, our God, You were crucified and conquered death by death. Being one of the Holy Trinity, glorified with the Father and the Holy Spirit: Save us.
Antiphon 3. Mode 1. Psalm 98.
Verse 1: The Lord reigns; let the peoples be angry. [SAAS]
Verse 2: The Lord is great in Zion, and He is exalted.
Verse 3: Let them give thanks to Your great name.
Apolytikion. For the Cross. Mode 1.
Save, O Lord, Your people and bless Your inheritance, granting victory to the faithful over the enemy, and by Your Cross protecting Your commonwealth. [GOA]
Entrance Hymn. Mode 2.
Come, let us worship and bow down before Christ. Save us, O Son of God, risen from the dead. We sing to You, Alleluia.
Hymns after the Entrance.
From Octoechos - - -
Resurrectional Apolytikion.
Mode 3.
Let the heavens be glad. Let the earth rejoice exceedingly. For the Lord has shown strength with his arm. He trampled death by death. He became the first-born of the dead. Out of the belly of Hades, He has rescued us, and to the world He has granted the great mercy. [GOASD]
Apolytikion. For the Cross.
From Menaion - - -
Mode 1.
Save, O Lord, Your people and bless Your inheritance, granting victory to the faithful over the enemy, and by Your Cross protecting Your commonwealth. [GOA]
The Apolytikion of the parish church is sung. Then:
From Menaion - - -
Kontakion.
Mode 4. Automelon.
Ὁ ὑψωθεὶς ἐν τῷ Σταυρῷ.
You who were lifted on the cross voluntarily, * O Christ our God, bestow Your tender compassions * upon Your new community to which You gave Your name. * Cause our faithful emperors to be glad in Your power, * granting them the victories against their adversaries. * And for an ally, Lord, may they have You, * peace as their armor, the trophy invincible. [SD]
Trisagios Hymn
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (3)
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Both now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.
The Epistle
Sunday After the Elevation of the Cross
Prokeimenon. Mode 3. Psalm 46.
Sing praises to God; sing praises; sing praises to our King; sing praises. [SAAS]
Verse: Oh, clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with the voice of rejoicing. [SAAS]
The reading is from Paul’s Letter to the Galatians.
Gal. 2:16 – 20
Brethren, you know that a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of the law, because by works of the law shall no one be justified. But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we ourselves were found to be sinners, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not! But if I build up again those things which I tore down, then I prove myself a transgressor. For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. [RSV]
Alleluia. Mode 3. Psalm 30.
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
Verse 1: In You, O Lord, I hope; may I not be ashamed forever. [SAAS]
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
Verse 2: Be to me a God who protects me, and a house of refuge to save me.
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
The Gospel
Sunday After the Elevation of the Cross
The reading is from the holy Gospel according to Mark.
Mk. 8:34 – 38; 9:1
The Lord said: “If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it. For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.” And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with power.” [RSV]
Hymn to the Theotokos.
It is truly right to bless you, Theotokos, ever blessed, most pure, and Mother of our God. More honorable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, without corruption you gave birth to God the Logos. We magnify you, the true Theotokos.
Communion Hymn. Psalm 148.
Praise the Lord from the heavens. [SAAS] Alleluia.
Hymn after Holy Communion.
Mode 2.
We have seen the true light; we have received the heavenly Spirit; we have found the true faith, worshiping the undivided Trinity, for the Trinity has saved us.
DISMISSAL
Glory to You, O Christ our God. Glory to You.
May He who rose from the dead, Christ our true God, through the intercessions of His all-pure and all-immaculate holy Mother, the power of the precious and life-giving Cross, the protection of the honorable, bodiless powers of heaven, the supplications of the honorable, glorious prophet and forerunner John the Baptist, of the holy, glorious, and praiseworthy apostles, of the holy, glorious, and triumphant martyrs, of our righteous and God-bearing fathers, (local patron saint); of the holy and righteous ancestors of God Joachim and Anna, and of all the saints, have mercy on us and save us, as He is good, benevolent, and merciful God.
Fasting Rule
Fast Free: All foods allowed.