Aug. 21 – 10th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 1
St. Emilian the Confessor, bishop of Cyzicus (820). St. Myron, bishop of Crete (350). Martyrs Eleutherius and Leonides of Constantinople, and many infants with them. Ven. Gregory, iconographer of the Kyiv Caves (XII) Ven. Gregory of Sinai (Mt. Athos) (1346).
1 Cor. 4:9-16;
Mt. 17:14-23
Dormition Fast
Tropar Resurrectional, Tone 1
When the stone had been sealed by the Jews, while the soldiers were guarding Your Most-Pure Body, You arose on the Third Day, Savior, granting Life to the world. Therefore, the Powers of Heaven cried to You Giver of Life: Glory to Your Resurrection, Christ. Glory to Your Kingdom. Glory to Your Divine Plan, only Lover of Mankind.
Tropar of Transfiguration, Tone 7
You were transfigured on the mountain, Christ God, revealing Your Glory to Your disciples as far as they could bear it. Let Your Everlasting Light shine on us sinners. Through the prayers of the Birth-Giver of God, Giver of Light, glory to You.
Tropar of our church, Tone 4
Prophet and Forerunner of the coming of Christ, we who honor you with love can find no manner of praising you worthily. For the barrenness of one who bore you and the silence of your father have been ended by your being born of divine grace and you have proclaimed to the world the Incarnation of the Son of God.
Resurrectional Kondak, Tone 1
As God, You arose from the tomb in glory, raising the world with Yourself. Human nature praises You as God for death has vanished. Adam exults, Master. Eve, freed from bondage, rejoices and cries out: "You, Christ, are the Giver of Resurrection to all."
Kondak of our church, Tone 3
She who was previously barren now bears the Forerunner of Christ who is the fulfillment of every prophecy. For the prophets proclaimed beforehand that having laid hands on Him in the Jordan, he would be manifest as Prophet, Preacher and Forerunner of the Word of God.
Glory …
Kondak to St. Emilian, Tone 3
In confessing the Faith you proclaimed Orthodox doctrine / and were unjustly exiled for rebuking the wicked Emperor. / O righteous and glorious Emilian, / the boast of Kyzikos, / entreat Christ God to grant us His great mercy.
Now and Ever …
Kondak of Transfiguration, Tone 7
When You were transfigured on the mountain, Christ God, Your disciples saw as much of Your Glory as they could bear. So that when they looked upon You being crucified, they would understand that You suffered freely and proclaim to the world that You are indeed the radiance of the Father's Glory.
Prokimens
Priest: Let us be attentive! Peace be with you all!
Reader: And with your spirit!
Deacon: Wisdom!
Reader: The Prokimen in Tone 1: Let Your mercy, Lord, be upon us, as we have put our hope in You.
Choir: (repeats the prokimen)
Reader: Verse: Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous. Praise befits the upright.
Choir: (repeats the prokimen)
Reader: The Second Prokimen in Tone 4: How marvelous are Your works, O Lord. In wisdom You have made them all.
Choir: How marvelous are Your works, O Lord. In wisdom You have made them all.
Epistle
Deacon: Wisdom!
Reader: The reading is from the First Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians.
Deacon: Let us be attentive.
Reader: Brethren, I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored!† To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless. And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; being defamed, we entreat. We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now. I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I warn you. For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. Therefore I urge you, imitate me.
Priest: Peace be with you.
Reader: And with your spirit. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Verse: God gives me retribution and has subdued peoples under me.
Verse: He magnifies the salvation of the king and deals mercifully for His anointed, for David and for his seed forever.
Verse: The Heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours.
Instead of "It is right in truth"
Magnify, my soul, the Lord Who was Transfigured on Tabor.
Irmos, Tone 4: Your birth-giving was undefiled. God came forth from your womb and He appeared on earth in the flesh, making His dwelling among mortals. Therefore, Birth-Giver of God, we all magnify you.
Communion Hymns
Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise him in the highest. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Lord, we will walk in the light of Your Countenance and exult in Your Name forever. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.