Sunday October 28, 2018 / October 15, 2018
22nd Sunday after Pentecost. Tone five.
The Scripture Readings
John 21:15-25 (11th Matins Gospel)Troparia
Troparion of the Sunday, Tone V —
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.
Hymn to the Theotokos, Tone V —
Rejoice, O impassable gate of the Lord! / Rejoice, O wall and protection of those who run to
you! / Rejoice, O unshakable refuge! / Rejoice, O Virgin Mother of your God and Creator! /
Do not cease praying for those who praise you and worship your Son. (1x)
Blessed be the name of the Lord, henceforth and forever more.
Kontakion of the Sunday, Tone V —
Thou didst descend into hell, O my Savior, / shattering its gates as almighty; / resurrecting
the dead as Creator, / and destroying the sting of death. / Thou hast delivered Adam from the
curse, O Lover of Man, / and we all cry to Thee: "O Lord, save us!"
Venerable Father Euthymius the New, Troparion, Tone VIII —
In thee, O father, that which was created according to the image of God was
manifestly saved./ For accepting thy cross thou didst follow after Christ,/ and
praying thou didst learn to disdain the flesh,/ for thou didst transcend it to
take care of thine immortal soul.// Wherefore, with the angels doth thy soul
rejoice, O venerable Euthymius.
Venerable Martyr Lucian of Antioch, Troparion, Tone IV —
Thy martyr Lucian, O Lord,/ hath in his sufferings received an imperishable
crown from Thee our God,/ for, possessed of Thy might,/ he cast down his
tormentors and set at naught the feeble audacity of the demons.// By his prayers
do Thou save our souls.
Kontakion of the Martyr (after Ode III), Tone II "The grave and mortality" —
With Hymns let us all gloriously honor/ as a most splendid luminary Lucian,/
who shone forth in fasting/ and later was radiant in suffering,// and who
prayeth unceasingly for us all.
Kontakion of the Venerable One, Tone II "Seeking the highest" —
Crossing the tumult of the multitude dryshod,/ thou didst mightily drown the
incorporeal foe in the streams of thy tears,/ O venerable and divinely wise
Euthymius;/ and receiving the gift of miracles, thou healest all sufferings.//
Pray thou unceasingly for us all.