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Hieratikon
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
Octoechos - Mode 2.
On Sunday Morning
Menaion - December 26-31
Sunday After Christmas. We commemorate the holy and righteous Joseph the Betrothed, David the King, and James (Iakovos) the Brother of the Lord.
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LITURGY OF ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM
The Beatitudes.
Mode 2.
Resurrectional.
From Octoechos - - -
In Your kingdom. Remember us, O Lord, when You come in Your kingdom. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven [RSV]
We present You the robber’s words and we prayerfully echo them; and like him we cry out, O Savior: In Your kingdom remember us. [SD]
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. [RSV]
We present You the Cross, O Lord, that You suffered on our behalf, to forgive our sins and offenses, O benevolent Savior Christ. [SD]
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. [RSV]
Lord, we honor Your burial and Your rising, by which You freed * the world from corruption, O God, in Your benevolence. [SD]
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. [RSV]
Theotokion.
We salute you and say, Rejoice, fiery throne and unwedded Bride. Rejoice, holy Virgin, for you gave birth to God for humanity. [SD]
Canon for Joseph the Betrothed.
From Menaion - - -
Ode iii. Mode 1. N/M (To the Son.)
Τῷ πρὸ τῶν αἰώνων.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. [RSV]
Of the Son, begotten * without flux, of the Father, before the ages, * and who was lately made incarnate * of the Virgin ineffably, * you were called father, and you witnessed the awesome mystery, O glorious and blessed Joseph. [SD]
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. [RSV]
O wise Joseph, when He was born of a Virgin, you held in your arms the One, before whom, as uncircumscribable God, the hosts on high tremble. You were sanctified by touching Him. And therefore, we honor you. [SD]
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. [RSV]
O wise Joseph, the supernal mystery, which was not revealed to former generations, was entrusted to your heart, for you were shown to be pure. Through this mystery we have all been saved, and we faithfully glorify your luminous and divine memory. [SD]
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. [RSV]
O pure Virgin, righteous Joseph looked at you Son, who took flesh from your pure blood, and who was born in a cave and laid in a manger; and he magnified with hymns who appeared like us. [SD]
Canon for Joseph the Betrothed.
From Menaion - - -
Ode vi. Mode 1. N/M (Such as it received.)
Σπλάγχνων Ἰωνᾶν.
Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely [for my sake]. [RSV]
The eternal God the Logos of the Father came to us strangers by a strange birth from the Maiden Mother of God. And you, all-blessed Joseph, obeying God’s instructions, took Him and joyfully made a strange journey down to Egypt with Him. [SD]
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven. [RSV]
The eternal God the Logos of the Father came to us strangers by a strange birth from the Maiden Mother of God. And you, all-blessed Joseph, obeying God’s instructions, took Him and joyfully made a strange journey down to Egypt with Him. [SD]
Glory.
O wise Joseph, You stood before God who had become an infant in the flesh, and like an Angel you ministered to Him. You were directly illumined by Him, receiving immaterial rays, and becoming wholly luminous in soul and heart, O blessed one. [SD]
Both now.
O all-lauded Joseph, you saw on earth Him who is beyond perfection, who sprang forth of the Father before all the ages, born as a new-born child of a pure Virgin. And you heard Angels praising Him as He lay in a manger in the cave. [SD]
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 2.
When You descended unto Death, O Lord, You who are immortal Life put Hades to death, by the lightning of Your divinity. And when You raised the dead from the netherworld, all the hosts of heaven sang aloud to You, “O Christ God, Giver of life, glory to You!” [GOASD]
Apolytikion of the Feast.
From Menaion - - -
Mode 4.
Your nativity, O Christ our God, has caused the light of knowledge to rise upon the world. For therein the worshippers of the stars were by a star instructed to worship You, the Sun of Righteousness, and to know You as Orient from on high. Glory to You, O Lord. [SD]
For the Ancestors of God.
Mode 2.
Annunciate the miracles to David the ancestor of God, O Joseph. You saw the Virgin pregnant. You glorified with the shepherds. You worshipped with the Magi. And you were warned by an Angel. Entreat Christ God to save our souls. [SD]
The Apolytikion of the parish church is sung. Then:
From Menaion - - -
Kontakion.
Mode 3. Automelon.
Ἡ Παρθένος σήμερον.
On this day the Virgin gives * birth to the Super-essential. * To the Unapproachable, * earth is providing the grotto. * Angels sing and with the shepherds offer up glory. * Following a star the Magi are still proceeding. * He was born for our salvation, a newborn Child, the pre-eternal God. [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 Christmas
Prokeimenon. Mode 4. Psalm 67.
God is wondrous in His saints. [SAAS]
Verse: Bless God in the churches. [SAAS]
The reading is from Paul’s Letter to the Galatians.
Gal. 1:11 – 19
Brethren, I would have you know that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. For I did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it; and I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. But when God who had set me apart before I was born, and had called me through his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with flesh and blood, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia; and again I returned to Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas, and remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord’s brother. [RSV]
Alleluia. Mode 2. Psalm 131.
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
Verse 1: Remember David, O Lord, and all his meekness. [SAAS]
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
Verse 2: The Lord swore to David this truth, and He shall not reject it.
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
The Gospel
Sunday After Christmas
The reading is from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.
Mt. 2:13 – 23
When the magi had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there till I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” And he rose and took the child and his mother by night, and departed to Egypt, and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt have I called my son.” Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the magi, was in a furious rage, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time which he had ascertained from the magi. Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah: “A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be consoled, because they were no more.” But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child’s life are dead.” And he rose and took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus reigned over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee. And he went and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, “He shall be called a Nazarene.” [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 was born in a cave and lay in a manger for our salvation, and 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 the holy and righteous Joseph the Betrothed, David the King, and James (Iakovos) the Brother of the Lord, whose memory we observe; 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.
It is the ru.Twelve Days of Christmas