Divine Liturgy Specials on
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Tone 3 / Eothinon 1, 12th
Sunday of Matthew (Camel
Through Needle’s Eye)
Sacred Cincture of Theotokos (5th c.); Cyprian of Carthage
(†258); Gennadios (†471)
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Ἀντίφωνον α´ – Ἦχος
β´
1
Εὐλόγει ἡ ψυχή μου τὸν Κύριον, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐντός μου τὸ ὄνομα τὸ ἅγιον
αὐτοῦ.
2
Εὐλόγει ἡ ψυχή
μου τὸν Κύριον,
καὶ μὴ ἐπιλανθάνου
πάσας τὰς ἀνταποδόσεις αὐτοῦ.
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Κύριος ἐν τῷ
οὐρανῷ ἡτοίμασε τὸν
θρόνον αὐτοῦ, καὶ
ἡ βασιλεία αὐτοῦ
πάντων δεσπόζει.
Ταῖς πρεσβείαις τῆς Θεοτόκου, Σῶτερ, σῶσον ἡμᾶς.
Ἀντίφωνον β´ – Ἦχος
ὁ αὐτός
1
Αἴνει ἡ
ψυχή
μου τὸν Κύριον,
αἰνέσω Κύριον ἐν τῇ ζωῇ μου,
ψαλῶ
τῷ
Θεῷ
μου ἕως ὑπάρχω.
2
Μακάριος οὗ ὁ
Θεὸς Ἰακὼβ βοηθὸς αὐτοῦ, ἡ ἐλπὶς αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ
Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν
αὐτοῦ.
3
Βασιλεύσει Κύριος εἰς
τὸν αἰῶνα, ὁ
Θεός σου, Σιών,
εἰς γενεὰν καὶ
γενεάν.
Σῶσον ἡμᾶς, Υἱὲ Θεοῦ, ὁ ἀναστὰς ἐκ νεκρῶν, ψάλλοντάς σοι· Ἀλληλούϊα.
Δόξα... Καὶ νῦν...
Ὁ Μονογενὴς Υἱός...
Ἀντίφωνον γ´ – Ἦχος γ'
1
Αὕτη ἡ ἡμέρα,
ἣν ἐποίησεν ὁ
Κύριος, ἀγαλλιασώμεθα, καὶ
εὐφρανθῶμεν ἐν αὐτῇ.
2
Αἰνεσάτωσαν αὐτὸν οἱ
οὐρανοὶ καὶ ἡ
γῆ, θάλασσα καὶ
πάντα τὰ ἕρποντα
ἐν αὐτῇ.
Ἀπολυτίκιον – Ἦχος γ'
Εὐφραινέσθω τὰ
οὐράνια, ἀγαλλιάσθω τὰ ἐπίγεια, ὅτι ἐποίησε κράτος ἐν βραχίονι αὐτοῦ ὁ
Κύριος, ἐπάτησε τῷ θανάτῳ τὸν θάνατον,
πρωτότοκος τῶν νεκρῶν ἐγένετο, ἐκ κοιλίας Ἅδου ἐρρύσατο ἡμᾶς, καὶ παρέσχε κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος.
Εἰσοδικόν – Ἦχος β´
Δεῦτε προσκυνήσωμεν καὶ
προσπέσωμεν Χριστῷ. Σῶσον
ἡμᾶς, Υἱὲ Θεοῦ,
ὁ ἀναστὰς ἐκ
νεκρῶν, ψάλλοντάς σοι·
Ἀλληλούϊα.
Ἀπολυτίκιον – Ἦχος γ'
Εὐφραινέσθω τὰ
οὐράνια, ἀγαλλιάσθω τὰ ἐπίγεια, ὅτι ἐποίησε κράτος ἐν βραχίονι αὐτοῦ ὁ
Κύριος, ἐπάτησε τῷ θανάτῳ τὸν θάνατον,
πρωτότοκος τῶν νεκρῶν ἐγένετο, ἐκ κοιλίας Ἅδου ἐρρύσατο ἡμᾶς, καὶ παρέσχε κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος.
Ἀπολυτίκιον – Ἦχος πλ. δ'
Θεοτόκε
ἀειπάρθενε, τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἡ σκέπη, Ἐσθῆτα καὶ Ζώνην τοῦ ἀχράντου σου σώματος,
κραταιὰν τῇ πόλει σου περιβολὴν ἐδωρήσω, τῷ ἀσπόρῳ τόκῳ σου ἄφθαρτα
διαμείναντα· ἐπὶ σοὶ γὰρ καὶ φύσις καινοτομεῖται καὶ χρόνος· διὸ δυσωποῦμέν
σε, εἰρήνην τῇ πολιτείᾳ σου δώρησαι, καὶ ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἡμῶν τὸ μέγα ἔλεος.
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 δ' Τὴν ἐν πρεσβείαις
Τὴν θεοδόχον γαστέρα σου Θεοτόκε, περιλαβοῦσα ἡ
Ζώνη σου ἡ τιμία, κράτος τῇ πόλει σου ἀπροσμάχητον, καὶ θησαυρὸς ὑπάρχει, τῶν
ἀγαθῶν ἀνέκλειπτος, ἡ μόνη τεκοῦσα ἀειπάρθενος.
Τρισάγιον.
Εἰς τό ᾽Εξαιρέτως: ῎Αξιόν ἐστιν....
Κοινωνικόν: Αἰνεῖτε....
Εἴδομεν τό φῶς...
Εἴη τό ὄνομα Κυρίου…
Ἀπόλυσις·
Ὁ ἀναστάς ἐκ νεκρῶν....
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Divine Liturgy
Hymnal, p. 16: ANTIPHON I – Tone 2
1
Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me bless His holy
name. [Psalm 102:1]
2
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits. [Psalm 102:2]
3
The Lord has prepared His throne in the heavens; and His kingdom rules over
all. [Psalm 102:19]
Through
the intercessions of the Theotokos, O Savior, save us.
Divine Liturgy
Hymnal, p. 18: ANTIPHON II – Same tone
1
Praise the Lord, O my soul, I shall praise the Lord all my life, I shall sing
to my Lord as long as I exist. [Psalm 145:1-2]
2
Happy is he whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is upon the Lord his
God. [Psalm 145:5]
3
The Lord will reign unto the age, your God, O Zion, unto generation and
generation. [Psalm 145:10]
Save
us, O Son of God, Who is risen from the dead; who sing to You. Alleluia.
Glory…
Both now… O, only begotten Son…
Divine Liturgy Hymnal,
p. 24: ANTIPHON III – Tone 3
1
This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad therein. [Psalm 117:24]
2
Let the heavens and the earth praise Him, the sea and every creature crawling
in it. [Psalm 68:35]
APOLYTIKION
resurrectional of the Tone of the day, Tone 3
Let all things above
in heav’n rejoice, and let all things below on earth be glad. With all the might and strength of His arm,
and eternal deed the Lord did perform, beneath His feet He has trampled down
death by death, and first born of the dead has He become. From the womb of Hades has He delivered us
and to all the world has granted His great redeeming mercy. (DLH, p. 83)
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 3
Let all things above
in heav’n rejoice, and let all things below on earth be glad. With all the might and strength of His arm,
and eternal deed the Lord did perform, beneath His feet He has trampled down
death by death, and first born of the dead has He become. From the womb of Hades has He delivered us
and to all the world has granted His great redeeming mercy. (DLH, p. 83)
APOLYTIKION
of the Cincture of the Theotokos –
Tone 8
O ever-virgin Theotokos, shelter of mankind, you
have bestowed upon your people a mighty investure, even your immaculate
body’s raiment and sash, which by your seedless childbirth have remained
incorrupt; for in you nature and time are made new. Wherefore, we implore you to grant peace to
the world, and great mercy to our souls.
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 Cincture of the Theotokos – Tone 4
Your precious sash, O Theotokos, which
encompassed your God-receiving womb, is an invincible force for your flock,
and an unfailing treasury of every good, O only ever-virgin Mother.
Divine
Liturgy Hymnal, p. 26: TRISAGION.
DLH, p. 54: AT THE
Especially…, It is truly meet…
DLH, p. 66: KOINONIKON: Praise
the Lord…
DLH, p. 70: After Communion, We have seen the true light…
DLH, p. 74: Blessed be the Name
of the Lord…
Divine Liturgy
Hymnal, p. 78: THE DISMISSAL:
May
He Who is risen from the dead, Christ...
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According
to Sacred Tradition and the history of our Church, three days after she
reposed, the Most Holy Theotokos rose from the dead and ascended bodily to
the heavens. During her ascension, she gave her Holy Belt (or Cincture) to the Apostle Thomas. Thomas, along with
the rest of the Apostles, opened up her grave and did not find her body. In
this way, the Holy Belt is proof for our Church of her resurrection and bodily
ascension to the heavens. The Holy Belt, according to tradition, was made by
the Blessed Virgin Mary herself with camel hair. Originally it was kept in Jerusalem and later in Constantinople.
During the reign of Emperor Arcadius (395-408), the precious Belt was brought
from Zela of Cappadocia to Constantinople,
and placed in the Church of the Theotokos in the section of Chalcoprateia. In 458 it was
transferred by Emperor Leo VI the Wise to the Blachernae church. His wife, Empress Zoe, out of gratitude for a
miraculous cure, embroidered the Belt
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with
gold thread, as it is found today, but divided it into three pieces. During
the 12th c., under Manuel I Komnenos (1143-1180), an official holiday for the
Belt was established on August 31st; previously it had shared the Feast of
the Vesture of the Virgin on 1 July. In the course of a defeat of Emperor Isaac
II Angelos by the Bulgar King Ivan Asen I (1190), the Holy Belt was stolen
and taken to Bulgaria,
and from there it later came into the hands of the Serbs. It was presented to
the Athonite Monastery of Vatopaidi
by the Serbian Prince Lazarus I (1372-1389), together with a large piece of
the True Cross. Since then it has been kept in the sanctuary of the katholikon (=cathedral). Under Turkish
rule, the brethren of the Monastery took it on journeys to Crete, Macedonia,
Thrace, Constantinople and Asia Minor, to distribute its blessing, to
strengthen the morale of the enslaved Greeks and to bring freedom from
infectious diseases. JOHN SANIDOPOULOS
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gift from our Byzantine
School. We invite you to join us on the last
Wednesday 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 – 09/24/14. 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.
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