Nov. 13 – 22nd Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 5
Apostles Stachys, Amplias, Urban, Narcissus, Apelles, and Aristobulus of the Seventy (1st c.). Martyr Epimachus of Pelusium, who suffered at Alexandria (250). Ven. Maura of Constantinople (436). Venn. Spyridon and Nicodemus the Prosphorabakers of the Kyiv Caves (1148).
Gal. 6:11-18 Lk. 8:26-39
Tropar Resurrectional, Tone 5
Let us, the faithful, praise and worship the Word, Co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit, born for our salvation of the Virgin. In His Good Will He was lifted up on the Cross in the flesh to suffer death and to raise the dead by His glorious Resurrection.
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.
Tropar to Apostles, Tone 3
O holy apostles, entreat the merciful God, that He grant to our souls remission of transgressions.
Tropar to Martyr, Tone 4
In his suffering, O Lord, Your martyr Epimachus received an imperishable crown from You, our God; for, possessed of Your might, he cast down the tormenters and crushed the feeble audacity of the demons. By his supplications save our souls.
Resurrectional Kondak, Tone 5
You descended into Hades, my Savior, destroying its gates as the Almighty, resurrecting the dead as Creator and destroying the sting of Death. You have delivered Adam from the curse, Lover of all Mankind. Therefore, we all cry out to You: Lord, save us.
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.
Kondak to Apostles, Tone 8
Let us hymn the wise apostles as is meet: Apellius, Urban and Aristobulus, Amplius, Narcissus and Stachys, whom the grace of our God brought together, as sacred treasures of the most Holy Spirit and effulgences of the Sun of glory.
Glory …
Kondak to Martyr, Tone 2
You have appeared as a bright star, O Martyr Epimachus, unmistakably shining upon the world, the sun Christ with your rays; you extinguished all delusion and grant unto us light, supplication incessantly for us all.
Now and Ever …
Theotokion, Tone 6
Protection of Christians not put to shame, unwavering Mediation before the Creator; despise not the prayer of sinners, but because you are good, quickly come to help us who call on you in faith. Be swift to intercede and make haste to supplicate, Birth-Giver of God, who always protects those who honor you.
Prokimen
Priest: Let us be attentive! Peace be with you all!
Reader: And with your spirit!
Deacon: Wisdom!
Reader: The Prokimen in Tone 5: You, O Lord, shall protect us and preserve us from this generation forever.
Choir: (repeats the prokimen)
Reader: Verse: O Lord, save me for there is no longer any righteous man.
Choir: (repeats the prokimen)
Reader: You, O Lord, shall protect us…
Choir: … and preserve us from this generation forever.
Epistle
Deacon: Wisdom!
Reader: The reading is from the Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians.
Deacon: Let us be attentive.
Reader: Brethren,see what large letters I make when I am writing in my own hand! It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh that try to compel you to be circumcised – only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. Even the circumcised do not themselves obey the law, but they want you to be circumcised so that they may boast about your flesh. May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything; but a new creation is everything! As for those who will follow this rule – peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. From now on, let no one make trouble for me; for I carry the marks of Jesus branded on my body. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers and sisters. Amen.
Priest: Peace be with you.
Reader: And with your spirit. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Verse: Of Your mercies O Lord, I will sing forever; unto generation and generation I will proclaim Your Truth with my mouth.
Verse: You have said: Mercy will be established forever and My Truth will be prepared in the heavens.
Communion Hymns
Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise him in the highest. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.