February 8, 2015 Specials

Divine Liturgy Specials on Sunday, February 8, 2015

Tone 2 / Eothinon 2, 17^th Sunday of Luke (Prodigal Son)

Theodore, Commander (†319);  Zacharias, Prophet (†520 BC); Makarios of Paphos (†1688)

Ἀντίφωνον α´ –  Ἦχος β´ 1 Ἐξηρεύξατο ἡ καρδία μου λόγον ἀγαθόν, λέγω ἐγὼ τὰ ἔργα μου τῷ βασιλεῖ. 2 Ἡ γλῶσσά μου κάλαμος γραμματέως ὀξυγράφου· ὡραῖος κάλλει παρὰ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων. 3 Ἐξεχύθη χάρις ἐν χείλεσί σου· διὰ τοῦτο εὐλόγησέ σε ὁ Θεὸς εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.         Ταῖς πρεσβείαις τῆς Θεοτόκου, Σῶτερ, σῶσον ἡμᾶς. Ἀντίφωνον β´ –  Ἦχος ὁ αὐτός 1 Περίζωσαι τὴν ρομφαίαν σου ἐπὶ τὸν μηρόν σου, δυνατέ, τῇ ὡραιότητί σου καὶ τῷ κάλλει σου, καὶ ἔντεινον καὶ κατευοδοῦ καὶ βασίλευε. 2 Τὰ βέλη σου ἠκονημένα, δυνατέ—λαοὶ ὑποκάτω σου πεσοῦνται—ἐν καρδίᾳ τῶν ἐχθρῶν τοῦ βασιλέως. 3 Ράβδος εὐθύτητος ἡ ῥάβδος τῆς βασιλείας σου.     Σῶσον ἡμᾶς, Υἱέ Θεοῦ, ὁ ἐν ἀγκάλαις τοῦ Δικαίου Συμεὼν βασταχθείς, ψάλλοντάς Σοι· Ἀλληλούϊα. Δόξα... Καὶ νῦν... Ὁ Μονογενὴς Υἱός... Ἀντίφωνον γ´ –  Ἦχος α´ 1 ῎Ακουσον, θύγατερ, καὶ ἴδε καὶ κλῖνον τὸ οὖς σου καὶ ἐπιλάθου τοῦ λαοῦ σου καὶ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ πατρός σου. 2 Τὸ πρόσωπόν σου λιτανεύσουσιν οἱ πλούσιοι τοῦ λαοῦ. 3 Μνησθήσομαι τοῦ ὀνόματός σου ἐν πάσῃ γενεᾷ καὶ γενεᾷ. Ἀπολυτίκιον –  Ἦχος α' Χαῖρε κεχαριτωμένη Θεοτόκε Παρθένε· ἐκ σοῦ γὰρ ἀνέτειλεν ὁ Ἥλιος τῆς δικαιοσύνης, Χριστὸς ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, φωτίζων τοὺς ἐν σκότει. Εὐφραίνου καὶ σὺ Πρεσβύτα δίκαιε, δεξάμενος ἐν ἀγκάλαις τὸν ἐλευθερωτὴν τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν, χαριζόμενος ἡμῖν καὶ τὴν Ἀνάστασιν. Εἰσοδικόν – Ἦχος β´ Δεῦτε προσκυνήσωμεν καὶ προσπέσωμεν Χριστῷ. Σῶσον ἡμᾶς, Υἱὲ Θεοῦ, ὁ ἀναστὰς ἐκ νεκρῶν, ψάλλοντάς σοι· Ἀλληλούϊα. Ἀπολυτίκιον –  Ἦχος β' Ὅτε κατῆλθες πρὸς τὸν θάνατον, ἡ Ζωὴ ἡ ἀθάνατος, τότε τὸν Ἅδην ἐνέκρωσας τῇ ἀστραπῇ τῆς θεότητος, ὅτε δὲ καὶ τοὺς τεθνεώτας ἐκ τῶν καταχθονίων ἀνέστησας, πᾶσαι αἱ Δυνάμεις τῶν ἐπουρανίων ἐκραύγαζον, Ζωοδότα Χριστὲ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν δόξα σοι. Ἀπολυτίκιον – Ἦχος πλ. δ' Εὐλογητὸς εἶ, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὁ πανσόφους τοὺς ἁλιεῖς ἀναδείξας, καταπέμψας αὐτοῖς τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, καὶ δι' αὐτῶν τὴν οἰκουμένην σαγηνεύσας, φιλάνθρωπε, δόξα σοι. Ἀπολυτίκιον – Ἦχος δ' Κανόνα πίστεως καὶ εἰκόνα πραότητος, ἐγκρατείας Διδάσκαλον, ἀνέδειξέ σε τῇ ποίμνῃ σου, ἡ τῶν πραγμάτων ἀλήθεια· διὰ τοῦτο ἐκτήσω τῇ ταπεινώσει τὰ ὑψηλά, τῇ πτωχείᾳ τὰ πλούσια, Πάτερ Ἱεράρχα Νικόλαε· πρέσβευε Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ, σωθῆναι τὰς ψυχὰς ἡμῶν. Κοντάκιον – Ἦχος α' Ὁ μήτραν παρθενικὴν ἁγιάσας τῷ τόκῳ σου, καὶ χεῖρας τοῦ Συμεὼν εὐλογήσας ὡς ἔπρεπε, προφθάσας καὶ νῦν ἔσωσας ἡμᾶς Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός. Ἀλλ' εἰρήνευσον ἐν πολέμοις τὸ πολίτευμα, καὶ κραταίωσον Βασιλεῖς οὓς ἠγάπησας, ὁ μόνος φιλάνθρωπος. Τρισάγιον. Εἰς τό ᾽Εξαιρέτως:  ῎Αξιόν ἐστιν.... Κοινωνικόν: Αἰνεῖτε.... Εἴδομεν τό φῶς... Εἴη τό ὄνομα Κυρίου… Ἀπόλυσις· Ὁ ἐν ἀγκάλαις τοῦ Δικαίου Συμεὼν βασταχθῆναι καταδεξάμενος.... 14. ΣΑΒΒΑΤΟΝ τῆς Ἀπόκρεω (Ψυχοσάββατον)	DLH, p. 16: ANTIPHON I of Hypapante – Tone 2 1 My heart wells up a joyful utterance, I recite my poems to the King myself.  [Psalm 44:1a] 2 My tongue is turned into the quill of a skillful scribe: You are handsome in beauty beyond the sons of mortal men.  [Psalm 44:1b-2a] 3 Grace gushes forth from your lips; this is why God has blessed you unto the age.   [Psalm 44:2b]     Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, Savior, save us. DLH, p. 18:  ANTIPHON II of Hypapante – Same tone 1 Gird your sword around your thigh, O mighty One, along with your beauty and handsomeness; vigor, victory, and dominion be yours.  [Psalm 44:3-4a] 2 Your sharpened arrows, O mighty One, shall pierce the heart of the adversaries of the King, and peoples shall fall beneath you.  [Psalm 44:5] 3 A rod of righteousness is the rod of your dominion.  [Psalm 44:6]     Save us, O Son of God, Who was held in the arms of the righteous Symeon; who sing to You.  Alleluia. Glory… Both now… O, only begotten Son… DLH, p. 24:  ANTIPHON III of Hypapante – Tone 1 1 Hearken, O daughter, and behold, and incline your ear, and forget your own people and the household of your father.  [Psalm 44:10] 2 Your countenance shall be entreated by the rich among the people of the land.  [Psalm 44:12] 3 I shall recall your name in every generation and generation.  [Psalm 44:17] APOLYTIKION of the feast of Hypapante – Tone 1 Hail, full of Grace Theotokos and Virgin, for from you has now risen the sun of righteousness, Christ who is our God, enlightening those in darkness.  Rejoice also you old and righteous Symeon, receiving in your embraces the liberator of our souls, who does also bestow upon us all the resurrection.                 EISODIKON –Tone 2 Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ. Save us, O Son of God, Who are risen from the dead; who sing to You. Alleluia. APOLYTIKION resurrectional of the Tone of the day, Tone 2 When You descended to the realm of death You as life immortal, rendered to Hades a mortal blow by Your all radiant divinity.  And when You from infernal depths and the darkness below did raise the dead, all the hosts of heavens’ powers did proclaim and cry out: O life giving Christ and our God we give glory.                          (DLH, p. 81) APOLYTIKION of our Church (Holy Trinity) – Tone 8 O Blessed are you, O Christ our God, who by sending down the Holy Spirit upon them, made the fishermen wise and through them illumined the world.  And unto you, the universe was ever drawn, all glory to you, O God.   (DLH, p. 115) APOLYTIKION of our Church (St. Nicholas) – Tone 4    (DLH, p. 110) As a yardstick of faith and an icon of gentleness; as a teacher of temperance, your actual deeds have declared you as being among your flock.  In this manner you gained by humility, things most sublime, and through poverty earned true wealth.  Father and our hierarch St. Nicholas intercede with Christ our God that our souls may be saved. KONTAKION of the feast of Hypapante – Tone 1 The womb of a virgin you did hallow at your birth, and as it befitted you blessed elder Symeon’s arms.  You also reached out and saved us all, O Christ our God.  Now, bring peace to our nation tangled in a war, and make firm our leaders whom you dearly love, for you are the only lover of man. Divine Liturgy Hymnal, p. 26:  TRISAGION. DLH, p. 54:  AT THE Especially…, It is truly meet… DLH, p. 66: KOINONIKON:  Praise the Lord… [Psalm 148:1] DLH, p. 70:  After Communion, We have seen the true light… DLH, p. 74: Blessed be the Name of the Lord… DLH, p. 78:  THE DISMISSAL: May He Who condescended to be borne in the arms of Righteous Symeon … 14. SATURDAY of Apokreos (Saturday of the Souls)
Theodore was from Euchaita of Galatia (N. central Turkey) and dwelt in Heraclea of Pontus. He was a renowned commander in the military, and the report came to the Emperor Licinius that he was a Christian and abominated the idols. Licinius, therefore, sent certain men to him from Nicomedia, to honor him and ask him to appear before him. Through them, however, Theodore sent back a message that it was necessary for various reasons, that Licinius come to Heraclea. Licinius, seeing in this a hope of turning Theodore away from Christ did as was asked of him. When the Emperor came to Heraclea, Theodore met him with honor, and the Emperor in turn gave Theodore his hand, believing that through him he would be able to draw the Christians to the worship of his idols. Seated upon his throne in the midst of the people, he publicly bade Theodore offer sacrifice to the gods. But Theodore asked that the emperor entrust him with the most venerable of his gods, those of gold and silver, that he might take them home and himself attend upon them that evening, promising that the following day he would honor them in public. The Emperor, filled with joy at these tidings, gave command that Theodore's request be fulfilled. When the	Saint had taken the idols home, he broke them in pieces and distributed the gold and silver to the poor by night. The next day a centurion named Maxentius told Licinius that he had seen a pauper pass by carrying the head of Artemis. Theodore, far from repenting of this, confessed Christ boldly. Licinius, in an uncontainable fury, had Theodore flogged, with six hundred lashes on his back and five hundred on his stomach. After this, the Saint was raised on a cross, was completely pierced with lances, and was left on the cross to die. The next day Licinius sent men to take his corpse and cast it into the sea; but they found the Saint alive and perfectly whole. Through this, many believed in Christ. Seeing his own men turning to Christ, and the city in an uproar, Licinius had Theodore beheaded, on February 8, 319, at three o’clock in the afternoon. During the entire time of his tortures, St. Theodore said repeatedly: “Glory to Thee, my God, glory to Thee!” St. Theodore is considered the protector of soldiers who call upon him for assistance. His miracle-working relics were translated from Euchaita to Constantinople and interred in the Blachernae Church.                                                           http://www.goarch.org/chapel/                                               and St. Nikolai Velimirovic, The Prologue of Ohrid.
This insert is a gift from our Byzantine School.  We invite you to join us on the last Thursday of each month at 6 pm, as we explore the selection of liturgy “specials” for each week, and other issues related to the liturgical services of our Church. Next mtg – 2/26/14. Please consult the Sunday Bulletin for our regular announcements, or contact Tasos Ioannides, ioanniam@uc.edu or (513)556-3137.  Translation Sources: DLH= Divine Liturgy Hymnal; FSD=Fr Seraphim Dedes; KL=Kevin Lawrence; FEH =Fr Edward Hughes; FEL=Fr Ephraim Lash.