Divine Liturgy Specials on
Sunday, January 17, 2016
Tone 8 / Eothinon 11, 12th
Sunday of Luke (Ten Lepers)
Anthony the
Great (†356); Emperor Theodosius the Great (†395); Ven. Achillas (†5th
c.)
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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 πλ. δ'
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 πλ. δ'
Ἐξ ὕψους κατῆλθες ὁ εὔσπλαγχνος, ταφὴν καταδέξω τριήμερον, ἵνα ἡμᾶς ἐλευθερώσῃς τῶν παθῶν, ἡ ζωὴ καὶ ἡ Ἀνάστασις ἡμῶν, Κύριε δόξα σοι.
Εἰσοδικόν – Ἦχος β´
Δεῦτε προσκυνήσωμεν καὶ
προσπέσωμεν Χριστῷ. Σῶσον
ἡμᾶς, Υἱὲ Θεοῦ,
ὁ ἀναστὰς ἐκ
νεκρῶν, ψάλλοντάς σοι·
Ἀλληλούϊα.
Ἀπολυτίκιον – Ἦχος πλ. δ'
Ἐξ ὕψους κατῆλθες ὁ εὔσπλαγχνος, ταφὴν καταδέξω τριήμερον, ἵνα ἡμᾶς ἐλευθερώσῃς τῶν παθῶν, ἡ ζωὴ καὶ ἡ Ἀνάστασις ἡμῶν, Κύριε δόξα σοι.
Ἀπολυτίκιον – Ἦχος δ'
Τὸν
ζηλωτὴν Ἠλίαν τοῖς τρόποις μιμούμενος, τῷ Βαπτιστῇ εὐθείαις ταῖς τρίβοις
ἑπόμενος, Πάτερ Ἀντώνιε, τῆς ἐρήμου γέγονας οἰκιστής, καὶ τὴν
οἰκουμένην
ἐστήριξας εὐχαῖς σου· διὸ πρέσβευε Χριστῷ τῶ Θεῷ, σωθῆναι τὰς ψυχὰς ἡμῶν.
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 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] [Psalm
102:2]
2
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits.
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 8
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 8
From on high did You
descend, O merciful Lord. For us did
You endure three days in the tomb, that we may be released from passions in
this world, You who are our resurrection and our life. Glory unto You, O Lord. (DLH, p. 89)
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 8
From on high did You
descend, O merciful Lord. For us did
You endure three days in the tomb, that we may be released from passions in
this world, You who are our resurrection and our life. Glory unto You, O Lord. (DLH, p. 89)
APOLYTIKION
of St. Anthony – Tone 4
Imitating the manners of Elijah the Zealot, and
following the straight paths of John the Baptist, O Father Anthony, you
colonized the desert, and you supported the Empire by your prayers. Therefore
intercede with Christ our God to save our souls. (FSD)
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…
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 is risen from the dead, Christ...
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The
leprosy was cleansed. The miracle was completed. But, unfortunately, the nine
did not return to give thanks to their benefactor. They full with the
spiritual illness of ungratefulness. We, today, enjoy the countless of God’s
mercies and, yet, we also resemble the
nine ungrateful lepers. We enjoy the freedom of our country and yet, we
enslave ourselves into the sinful passions, which are soul-destroying and
destructive. We have been honoured with the unique charisma, to be “in the image and likeness of God” and yet, we
darken this great honor and glory with a life so antichristian and unorthodox
by surrendering ourselves into the sinful pleasures of the flesh. When,
instead of loving our neighbors, we cultivate hatred. When, instead of forgiving, we harden our
hearts and find it difficult to forgive our fellowman. When, instead of
performing merciful deeds, we struggle to become richer. When, instead of struggling to raise the
morality of today’s society, we also participate in fornications and
adulteries. When, instead of helping the youth to cultivate and realize the
virtues, we lead them to drug abuse in order to receive riches through their
death. When parents, instead of guiding their children to the Christian way
of life, they encourage them to follow the dark path of sin. When, instead of
helping out the workers, those who offer them work trespass against their
rights and deprive them from their insurance and retirement plan. When
instead of taking care of our parents, we ignore and through them into a
retirement home or institution. Then, we must ask
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ourselves:
are we imitating the nine ungrateful lepers? Every sin is a spiritual leprosy
of the soul. Although, our Lord and Saviour and God Jesus Christ granted us
our spiritual health, yet, most of today’s Christians show so much ungratefulness
to God and they turn to other places where they believe that they can satisfy
their vain ambitions. But again, how many times we show ungratefulness to one
another, when we benefit from others? How many times we have done good and
received ungratefulness? How many times we have shown love to friends and
they responded with bitterness or pretended that they did not know us? How
many times we have sacrificed ourselves and instead of a simple recognition
or a heartfelt gratitude, we found ourselves ignored by those who we helped? Either
in family, or in society, or amongst the persons who serve within the Church,
ungratefulness exists as a reality. The greatest example which we have is our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, the incarnated Word and Son of God, Who
benefited all men, cured all the sick, taught with His heart, and yet, at the
end He tasted the bitter cup of death on the Cross. My beloved, let us
examine ourselves how grateful we are to God and to our fellow man. As
Orthodox Christians, we should be grateful to all for everything. Let us
glorify God for His numerous mercies towards men. Let us be grateful towards
our fellow men for their support. The teachings of St Peter, “be thankful for
everything” must become a way of life for us.
METR. PANTELEIMON OF ANTINOE, Patr. Alexandria (2013)
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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 – 1/28/16! Please
consult the Sunday Bulletin for our regular announcements, or contact Tasos, ioanniam@yahoo.com or (937)232-9665. 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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