Pentecostarion
Sunday of All Saints
Great Vespers
After the Proemial Psalm and the First Kathisma of the Psalter, for Lord, I have cried, we allow for ten verses and chant six Stichera of the Resurrection and four of the Saints.
Stichera of the Resurrection
Eighth Tone
An evening hymn and rational adoration do we offer unto Thee, O Christ; for Thou wast well-pleased to have mercy on us, through the Resurrection.
Lord, O Lord, cast us not away from Thy presence, but be well-pleased to have mercy on us, through the Resurrection.
Rejoice, O holy Sion, thou mother of the churches and dwelling-place of God; for thou wast first to receive remission of sins, through the Resurrection.
Anatolian Stichera
The Word, Who was begotten of God the Father before the ages, and Who in these latter times was incarnate of her who knew not wedlock, hath, of His own will, endured crucifixion and death, and, by the Resurrection, hath saved man who was slain of old.
We glorify Thy Resurrection from the dead, O Christ, whereby Thou didst free the race of Adam from the tyranny of Hades; and, as God, Thou hast bestowed upon the world life everlasting and great mercy.
Glory be to Thee, O Christ Saviour, Only-begotten Son of God, Who wast nailed to the Cross and didst arise from the tomb on the third day.
The Stichera of All Saints
Sixth Tone
Having laid up all their hope
Speaking with the Spirit’s words, the Saviour’s blessed disciples, who by faith became as well the Spirit’s true instruments, sowed and cast abroad to the earth’s farthest ends their most holy preaching in a manner wholly Orthodox. Therefore there blossomed forth by a divine husbandry and by grace the Martyrs’ hosts and phalanxes, who by divers torments and fire and stripes showed forth and depicted the saving and august Passion of Christ. And thus with boldness they intercede with Him in our souls’ behalf.
Being set aflame with the fire of the love of the Lord God, they fully disdained the fire; and thus being kindled like most divine live coals, through Christ did the august Martyrs wholly burn up the dead wood of error’s insolence; they bridled mouths of beasts by wise supplications unto the Lord; and thus, beheaded, they themselves cut off all the hosts of the enemy; and in that they poured forth their blood in streams through their endurance and great patience, they watered all the Church, which then blossomed forth with faith.
The most steadfast Martyrs of Christ our God struggled with wild beasts, suffered dislocation and deprivation of their hands, and were torn by claws. They were struck with sharp swords, and in no wise yielding, they were burnt and scorched with flames of fire. Lo, they were also pierced, and their joints were severed most grievously. They suffered all with steadfastness, while looking ahead to rewards to come and unfading crowns, and the glory of the Saviour, Christ our God; and with great boldness they intercede with Him in our souls’ behalf.
As is meet let us acclaim with sacred songs and laudations the divine assembly of the Apostles, Martyrs, and godly-minded priests, and the women most chaste, who throughout the whole world have contested in unshaken faith. For, though they were of earth, they were all united together with the Bodiless of Heaven’s heights, and by their august passion they received most blessed dispassion through Christ God’s grace. And now like steadfast stars that shine upon us, they inter cede with great boldness for our souls.
Glory.
Sixth Tone
O divine choir of Martyrs, foundation of the Church, perfection of the Gospel, ye have fulfilled in deed the sayings of the Saviour; in you the gates of Hades, that yawned against the Church, are shut; the flow of your blood hath dried up the libations of idolatry; your slaughter gave birth to the plenitude of the faithful. Ye did amaze the incorporeal hosts, and now stand crowned before God. Unceasingly entreat Him in behalf of our souls.
Both now.
Theotokion
Eighth Tone
The King of the Heavens, out of love for man, hath appeared on earth and lived among men. For He that hath taken flesh of the pure Virgin, and come forth from her with what He hath received, is one Son, twofold of nature, but not in hypostasis. Where fore, proclaiming Him as truly perfect God and perfect man, we confess Christ our God. Do thou beseech Him, O Mother who knewest not wedlock, to have mercy on our souls.
Then the Entrance, O Joyous Light, the Prokeimenon, The Lord is King, and the following Readings:
The Reading is from the Prophecy of Esaias. (43:9-14)
Thus saith the Lord: All nations are gathered together, and princes shall be gathered out of them; who will declare these things among them? or who will declare to you things from the beginning? Let them bring forth their witnesses, and be justified; and let them hear, and declare the truth. Be ye My witnesses, and I too am a witness, saith the Lord God, and My servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know, and believe Me, and understand that I am. Before Me there was no other God, and after Me there shall be none. I am God, and beside Me there is no saviour. I have declared, and have saved; I have reproached, and there was no strange god among you. Ye are My witnesses, and I am a witness, saith the Lord God. Even from the beginning I am; and there is none that can deliver out of My hands. I will work, and who shall turn it back? Thus saith the Lord God that redeemeth you, the Holy One of Israel.
The Reading is from the Wisdom of Solomon. (3:1-9)
The souls of the righteous are in the hands of God, and there shall no torment touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die, and their departure is taken for misery, and their going from us to be utter destruction, but they are in peace. For though they be punished in the sight of men, yet is their hope full of immortality. And having been a little chastised, they shall be greatly rewarded; for God proved them and found them worthy for Himself. As gold in the furnace hath He tried them, and received them as a burnt offering. And in the time of their visitation they shall shine, and run to and fro like sparks among the stubble. They shall judge nations and have dominion over peoples, and their Lord shall reign unto the ages. They that put their trust in Him shall understand the truth; and such as be faithful in love shall abide with Him; for grace and mercy is in His Saints, and visitation among His elect.
The Reading is from the Wisdom of Solomon. (5:15-6:3)
The righteous live for ever; and their reward is in the Lord, and the care of them is with the Most High. Therefore shall they receive the kingdom of majesty and the crown of comeliness from the Lord’s hand, for with His right hand shall He cover them, and with His arm shall He protect them. He shall take to Him His jealousy for complete armour, and make creation His weapon for the warding off of His enemies. He shall put on righteousness as a breastplate, and true judgment instead of a helmet. He shall take holiness for an invincible shield. His severe wrath shall He sharpen for a sword, and the world shall fight with Him against the unwise. Then shall the right-aiming thunderbolts go abroad, and from the clouds, as from a well-drawn bow, shall they fly to the mark. And as from a stone-bow shall hailstones full of wrath be cast forth, and the water of the sea shall rage indignantly against them, and floods shall cruelly drown them. Yea, a mighty wind shall stand up against them, and like a storm shall blow them away; thus iniquity shall lay waste the whole earth, and ill dealing shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty. Hear, therefore, O ye kings, and understand; learn, ye that be judges of the ends of the earth. Give ear, ye that rule a multitude and vaunt yourselves in throngs of nations, for power is given you from the Lord and sovereignty from the Most High.
For the Entreaty we chant the Sticheron of the Saint of the monastery, then the following Stichera of All Saints:
First Tone
In unison of faith, let us spiritually celebrate the universal festival of all them that have been pleasing unto God from ages past, even the venerable order of Patriarchs, the assembly of Prophets, the adornment of Apostles, the gathering of Martyrs, the boast of Ascetics, the memory of all the Saints; for they intercede unceasingly that peace be granted to the world, and great mercy to our souls.
Same Tone
Come, all ye faithful, with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, let us acclaim the all-glorious memory of all the Saints; the Baptist of the Saviour, the Apostles, Prophets, and Martyrs, the hierarchs, teachers, and righteous, the ascetics and the just, and the God-loving company of holy women; and let us cry out with one accord while we reverently acclaim them as blessed: O supremely good Christ our God, by their intercessions grant peace unto Thy churches, victory over heresy unto Thy Christ-loving hierarchs, and great mercy to our souls.
Same Tone
Come, let us all rejoice spiritually on the memory of the Saints; for behold, it hath come bringing us bountiful gifts. Wherefore, let us cry out with a voice of rejoicing and with a pure conscience, saying: Rejoice, O assembly of Prophets, who proclaimed the coming of Christ to the world, and who foresaw things afar off as though they were near. Rejoice, O choir of the Apostles, ye fishers of men who caught the nations in your nets. Rejoice, O company of the Martyrs, who were gathered from the ends of the earth into one Faith, and who for the sake thereof endured the infliction of torments, and in a perfect manner received the crown of contest. Rejoice, O beehive of the Fathers, who wore down your own bodies in asceticism, and mortified the passions of the flesh; who by divine love took wing in mind and soared unto the Heavens, and who rejoice with the Angels and enjoy eternal good things. Wherefore, O ye Prophets, Apostles, and Martyrs, together with the ascetics, fervently beseech Him that crowned you, that He redeem from visible and invisible enemies those who with faith and love celebrate your ever-venerable memory.
Glory.
Fifth Tone
Let us hasten unto the present festival, O ye faithful; for there is set before us a spiritual banquet and a mystical wine-bowl, filled with the sweet food of joy, even the virtues of the Martyrs. For these stout-hearted ones, from the ends of the earth, offered unto God as a rational sacrifice the varied torments and afflictions of their bodily members and the very prime of their years. Some were beheaded, others were dismembered of their arms and were sundered in every joint. All the Saints became sharers of the Passion of Christ. O Lord, Who didst grant them crowns as a reward for their afflictions, grant that we may live according to their example, since Thou art the Friend of man.
Both now.
Theotokion
A temple and gate art thou, a palace and throne of the King, O all-revered Virgin, through whom my Redeemer, Christ the Lord, hath appeared to them that slept in darkness, since He is the Sun of Righteousness; for He willed to enlighten those whom He had fashioned by His own hand, according to His own image. Wherefore, O all-hymned one, since thou hast boldness toward Him as His mother, intercede thou unceasingly that our souls be saved.
Aposticha
For the Aposticha. the following Stichera of the Resurrection:
Eighth Tone
Thou didst ascend the Cross, O Jesus, Who didst descend from Heaven. Thou camest unto death, O Immortal Life. Thou camest unto those in darkness, O Thou Who art the True Light. Thou camest unto the fallen, O Resurrection of all. O our Light and our Saviour, glory be to Thee.
Verse: The Lord is King, He is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength and He hath girt Himself.
Let us glorify Christ, Who is risen from the dead. For, taking upon Himself soul and body, He separated one from the other by His Passion. His immaculate soul descended into Hades, which also He despoiled; and the holy Body of the Redeemer of our souls knew no corruption in the grave.
Verse: For He established the world which shall not be shaken.
With psalms and hymns we glorify Thy Resurrection from the dead, O Christ, whereby Thou didst free us from the tyranny of Hades; and as God Thou didst bestow life everlasting and great mercy.
Verse: Holiness becometh Thy house, O Lord, unto length of days.
O Master of all, incomprehensible Maker of heaven and earth, by Thy Passion upon the Cross Thou hast become a well-spring of dispassion for me; and by accepting burial and arising in glory, Thou didst raise up Adam also with Thine almighty hand. Glory to Thine arising on the third day, whereby Thou hast granted unto us life everlasting and forgiveness of sins, since Thou alone art compassionate.
Glory.
Sixth Tone
Come, O ye faithful, let us form a choir today. Let us piously celebrate and gloriously honour the glorious and venerable memory of all the Saints, while saying: Rejoice, O glorious Apostles, Prophets, Martyrs, and Hierarchs. Rejoice, O assembly of the righteous and the just. Rejoice, O choir of honoured women. Intercede ye with Christ for the world, that victory over heresy be granted to our hierarchs, and great mercy to our souls.
Both now.
Theotokion
My Creator and Redeemer, Christ the Lord, came forth from thy womb, O all-pure one. Being enclothed with me, He freed Adam from the. ancient curse. Wherefore, O all-pure one, to thee, the true Mother of God and Virgin, do we unceasingly cry out the Angel’s greeting: Rejoice! Rejoice, O Lady, protection and shelter and salvation of our souls.
Dismissal hymn of the Resurrection
Eighth Tone
From on high didst Thou descend, O Compassionate One; to burial of three days hast Thou submitted that Thou mightest free us from our passions. O our Life and Resurrection, Lord, glory be to Thee.
Glory.
Of the Saints. Fourth Tone
Adorned in the blood of Thy Martyrs throughout all the world as in purple and fine linen, Thy Church, through them, doth cry unto Thee, O Christ God: Send down Thy compassions upon Thy people; grant peace to Thy commonwealth, and great mercy to our souls.
Both now.
Theotokion
The mystery hidden from eternity and unknown to the Angels is made manifest through thee, O Theotokos, to those on earth. God became incarnate in an unmingled union and for our sake hath submitted willingly to the Cross, whereby He hath raised up the first-fashioned man and hath saved our souls from death.
The same also for God is the Lord.
Then the blessing of the loaves, and the reading.
Matins
After the First Reading from the Psalter, the following Sessional Hymns:
Eighth Tone
Thou, as the Life of all, from the dead art arisen. An Angel bright with light called out unto the women: Cease ye from tears and weeping; tell the Apostles the tidings full of joy. Cry aloud singing praises, that Christ the Lord is arisen from the dead, He that in truth hath been well-pleased, as God, to save the race of mankind.
Glory.
Men have sealed Thy tomb, O Saviour; an Angel rolled away the stone from the door. The women beheld Thee arisen from the dead, and they proclaimed the good tidings unto Thy disciples in Sion: that Thou art O Life of all, and the bonds of are loosed. Lord, glory be to Thee.
Both now.
Theotokion
O Thou Who for our sakes wast born of a Virgin, and didst crucifixion, O Good One, and despoil death by death, and as didst reveal the Resurrection: Disdain them not which Thou hast fashioned with Thy hand; show us Thy love for mankind, O Merciful One; accept the Theotokos that gave Thee birth, who intercedeth for us; and do Thou, our Saviour, save a despairing people.
After the Second Reading from the Psalter, the following Sessional Hymns:
Same Tone. When the bodiless one
Arrayed in white, and bright in form like unto lightning, Gabriel came unto the sepulchre of Christ God and he rolled the great stone away from the tomb’s entrance. The custody of the soldiers were seized with fear, and suddenly their whole number became as dead. And the guards there forsook the tomb; the seal was loosed from the stone. Ye lawless, be ye put to shame; know that Christ hath arisen now.
Glory.
Same Tone
By conceiving the Wisdom
When in truth Thou hadst risen up from the tomb, Thou didst send forth the righteous women to preach unto the Apostles that Thou hadst risen, as Scripture said. Peter then ran with haste and arrived at the sepulchre, and on seeing the light in the grave, he was struck with awe. And though he thus saw therein the linen clothes lying alone in a sep’rate place, Thy divine Body was not there. And for this cause he believed and cried: Glory be to Thee, O Christ God, O our Saviour, for Thou dost redeem us all. Thou art the Father’s Effulgence, for Thou shinest forth from Him.
Both now.
Theotokion
In thee, O Full of Grace, all creation—both the company of Angels and the race of men—doth rejoice. O hallowed temple and spiritual paradise, boast of virgins; from thee God was incarnate and became a child, He, our God Who existed before the ages; for He made thy womb a throne, and He made thee more spacious than the heavens. In thee, O Full of Grace, all creation doth rejoice. Glory be to thee.
Then, Psalm 118, the Evlogitaria, and the Hypakoë
Eighth Tone
Standing at the tomb of the Life-giver, the myrrh-bearers sought the immortal Master among the dead; and receiving the good tidings of joy from the Angel, they announced to the Apostles that Christ God is risen, granting great mercy unto the world.
The Hymns of Ascent in the Tone of the Week
First Antiphon
From my youth, the enemy doth tempt me, and with pleasures doth inflame me; but trusting in Thee, O Lord, I triumph over him.
Let them that hate Sion become as grass before it is plucked up; for Christ shall cut asunder their necks with the stroke of torments.
Glory; Both now.
In the Holy Spirit all things are quickened; He is Light of Light, a great God. We praise Him with the Father and the Word.
Second Antiphon
Let my heart be sheltered with the fear of Thee, in humble-mindedness, lest, by being exalted, it fall away from Thee, O All-compassionate One.
He that hath hope in the Lord shall not then be afraid, when with fire and torment He shall judge all things.
Glory; Both now.
By the Holy Spirit doth every divine see and foretell; he performeth most exalted wonders, singing of God, Who is One in Three. For though He shineth in Three, the Godhead doth rule as One.
Third Antiphon
I have cried unto Thee, O Lord; hearken, incline Thine ear unto me who cry, and cleanse me before Thou takest me hence.
Returning unto his mother, the earth, every man is straightway clothed with dissolution, to receive torments or rewards for things committed in lifetime.
Glory; Both now.
In the Holy Spirit we speak of God, the thrice-holy Unity. For the Father is beginningless, from Whom the Son was born timelessly. And the Spirit, Who is one with Them in form and rank, also shineth forth from the Father.
Fourth Antiphon
Behold flow, what is so good or so joyous, as for brethren to dwell together; for in this, the Lord hath promised life everlasting.
He that adorneth the lilies of the field, commandeth that one should not take thought for his raiment.
Glory; Both now.
By the Holy Spirit, as by one simple Cause, all things are sustained in a peace-bestowing manner. For as Lord, He is God of one essence with the Father and the Son.
Prokeimenon
The Lord shall be king unto eternity; thy God, O Sion, unto generation and generation.
Verse: Praise the Lord, O my soul. I will praise the Lord in my life, I will chant unto my God for as long as I have my being.
Then Let every breath, and the reading of the First Matinal Gospel, At that time, the eleven disciples… (Matthew 28:16-20). Then Let us who have beheld the Resurrection of Christ, the Fiftieth Psalm, and the rest. For the Canons, the Canon of the Resurrection, to make four in each Ode; of the Cross and Resurrection, to make two in each Ode; of the Theotokos, to make two in each ode; and of the Saints, to make six in each Ode.
The Canon of the Resurrection
Eighth Tone
Ode One
Irmos
The charioteer of Pharaoh was sunk in olden times by Moses’s rod, which wrought a mighty wonder when, in the Cross’s form, it struck the sea, dividing it in twain; and it led into safety sojourning Israel that fled by foot, chanting to the Lord God a song of praise.
Troparia
How can we not marvel at Christ’s omnipotent Divinity? From His Passion it hath poured forth dispassion and incorruption for all the faithful, and hath made an undying spring to flow from His holy side, and everlasting life to come forth from the grave.
How comely the Angel appeareth to the women now, as he beareth the evident signs of innate immaterial purity. By his countenance he maketh known the splendour of the Resurrection as he crieth out: The Lord is risen!
Theotokion
From generation to generation, glorious things are spoken of thee, O Theotokos Mary; for thou didst contain God the Word in thy womb, and didst remain pure. Wherefore, we all acclaim thee, after God, as our protection.
The Canon of the Cross and Resurrection
Same Tone
Traversing the water
The grievous gates were lifted up and Hades’ gate-keepers were terrified as they beheld in the nethermost regions Him that dwelleth on high, above the nature of all things.
The angelic orders were amazed on beholding fallen human nature seated on the Father’s throne, for it had been confined to the nethermost regions of the earth.
The Canon of the Theotokos
Same Tone. Let us sing unto the Lord
O Immaculate Theotokos, who in a manner surpassing nature hast brought forth the incarnate, ever-existing, and supremely divine Word, we praise thee.
The Virgin hath brought forth Thee, O Christ, Who art the life-bearing Cluster that drippeth the sweetness of universal salvation.
The Canon of All Saints
Same Tone. The charioteer of Pharaoh
While praising the ranks of Thy Saints, I ask that by their prayers I may be illumined in soul by Thy bight; for Thou art the Unapproachable Light Who by Thy beams dost drive away the darkness of ignorance, O Christ, Thou Giver of Light and Word of God.
When Thou wast lifted up on the Tree, Thou didst draw unto Thy knowledge the entire lot of the nations, O Master, and Thou didst illumine it with the light of the Holy . Trinity through Thy holy Apostles, through whom Thou didst dispel error.
Being obedient unto Thy law, O Christ, Thine Apostles piously laid aside all the things of the earth; and these glorious ones made the whole world radiant with the light of grace while proclaiming Thee in an evangelical manner.
Rejoicing, the Martyrs took up Thy Cross and imitated Thine august Passion unwaveringly. These valiant ones feared neither the threat of the tyrants, nor fire, nor sword, nor stripes, nor hunger, nor death.
Theotokion
Manifestly acquiring a manly disposition, the virgins unwaveringly endured the contests of martyrdom, O all-pure one. Rejoicing in godly wise, they were brought after thee unto thy Son, the King of all, as is written in the psalms.
Katavasia
I shall open my mouth to chant and with the Spirit shall I be filled, and words shall I now pour forth unto the Mother and Queen; and I shall be seen in joyous jubilation, acclaiming exultantly all of her wondrous deeds.
Ode Three
Of the Resurrection. Irmos
O Christ, Who in the beginning in wisdom didst establish the heavens with understanding, and didst set the earth on the waters, make me steadfast on the rock of the Church; for there is none holy save Thee, O only Friend of man.
Troparia
The saving Passion of Thy flesh, O Christ, hath justified Adam, who had been condemned by tasting of sin; for Thou Thyself, as the Sinless One, wast not liable to the experience of death.
Jesus my God hath shone the light of the Resurrection on them that sat in darkness and the shadow of death; and by His Divinity He bound the strong one and despoiled his vessels.
Theotokion
O Theotokos, thou hast proved to be more exalted than the Cherubim and Seraphim; for thou alone hast received the boundless God in thy womb, O undefiled one. Wherefore, all we the faithful do ever bless thee in hymns.
Of the Cross and Resurrection
Of the vault of the heavens
Thou didst banish me who of old disobeyed Thy commandments, O Lord, Who didst truly create me. But assuming my form and teaching me obedience, Thou hast made me once more a member of Thy household by Thy Crucifixion.
Foreknowing all things in Thy wisdom, O Lord, and having established the nethermost depths by Thine understanding, Thou in Thy condescension didst not disdain to raise him who was made in Thine image, O Word of God.
Of the Theotokos
Thou art the steadfastness
Grant us aid by thine entreaties, O all-pure one, and repulse the attacks of grievous afflictions.
Thou art become the restoration of Eve, our first mother, for thou hast brought forth for the world the Author of life, O Theotokos.
Of All Saints
O Christ, Who in the beginning
The priests and shepherds were clothed with the sacred priesthood, which they wisely governed and worthily adorned, O Christ, for they were truly endowed with the word of teaching from above.
Made comely with the beauty of that primal creation of beauty, ye appeared as unerring luminaries and made the Church of Christ a Heaven, O Saints, adorning it in diverse manners, each one in his own land.
Being obedient unto Thy law and made radiant by diverse virtues, the assemblies of the blessed inherited the heavenly mansions rejoicing. For they all worthily performed the virtues, one accomplishing one, and another accomplishing another.
Theotokion
O Mother of God, for our sake and from a virginal womb thou didst give birth unto God the Word Who came forth from God. Him did the pure maidens long for in a God-befitting manner, and they manifestly followed after thee unto Him.
Katavasia
Make steadfast, O holy Theotokos, thou living and never-failing spring, all them that form a company and gather for to praise thy name; and by thy grace divine, O Maid, deem them all worthy of glory’s crowns.
Kontakion of the Octoechos
Having risen from the tomb, Thou didst raise up the dead and didst resurrect Adam. Eve also doth dance for joy because of Thy Resurrection, and the ends of the world celebrate Thine arising from the dead, O Greatly Merciful One.
Oikos of the same
Having despoiled the dominion of Hades and raised the dead, O Long-suffering One, Thou didst meet the myrrh-bearing women, and didst bring them joy instead of sorrow. And unto Thine Apostles Thou hast made known the symbols of victory, O my life-giving Saviour, and Thou hast enlightened creation, O Friend of man. Wherefore, the world rejoiceth also at Thine arising from the dead, O Greatly Merciful One.
Sessional hymn
Eighth Tone
By conceiving the Wisdom
Keeping feast on the holy memorial of the forefathers, fathers, and patriarchs, apostles, and hierarchs, and martyrs, prophets, and righteous ones, the ascetics, and just, O Christ God, and of every name that is written in Thy Book of Life, we beseech them all to make intercession, and we pray: Grant Thy world peace by means of their prayers, O Lord, in that Thou art the Friend of man, that we all may cry unto Thee: O Christ God, Who art glorified in the counsel of Thy Saints, lo, Thou art He Who as is meet hast now truly glorified their memory.
Glory; Both now.
Theotokion
Let us all praise the heavenly gate and ark, yea, the all-holy mountain, the radiant cloud, the ladder to Heaven’s heights, that true spiritual paradise, the redemption of Eve, the great treasure of all the world; for through her was salvation enacted for all mankind, and complete forgiveness and remission and loosing of ancient offences. Thus, for this cause, let us all cry out with great fervour and say to her: Do thou entreat thy Son and our God that He grant forgiveness of transgressions to them that in piety worship thine all-holy Offspring.
Ode Four
Of the Resurrection. Irmos
Thou art my strength; Thou art my power and might, O Lord; Thou a my God; Thou Who wast not absent from Thy Father’s arms, Thou, Lord, art my joy. Thou hast deigned to visit our lowliness and our poverty. To Thee, therefore, I cry out with Abbacum the Prophet: Glory be to Thy power, O Friend of man.
Troparia
Though I was hostile to Thee, Thou didst love me exceedingly; for by a strange emptying of Thyself, O Compassionate Saviour, Thou didst come down to earth, and didst not shun even the degradation of mine utter lowliness; and though remaining at the height of Thine undefiled glory, Thou didst glorify me, who was once disgraced.
Who would not be astonished, O Master, at beholding death now done away with by Thy Passion? At seeing corruption being driven away by Thy Cross, and at Hades being emptied of his treasures by death? This is the marvellous work of the divine might of Thee, the Crucified One, O Friend of man.
Theotokion
Thou art the boast of the faithful, O unwedded one; thou art our protectress; thou art the refuge, the haven, and bulwark of Christians; for thou dost entreat thy Son, O all-blameless one, and dost save from perils those who, in faith and love, acknowledge thee, O pure one, as the Theotokos.
Of the Cross and Resurrection
I have hearkened and heard
The children of the lawless nailed Thee to the Cross, O Friend of man, whereby, since Thou art compassionate, Thou didst save them that glorify Thy Passion.
Having risen from the tomb, Thou hast raised with Thyself the dead who were in Hades, and, since Thou art compassionate, Thou hast enlightened them that glorify Thy Resurrection.
Of the Theotokos
I have hearkened and heard
O Thou unploughed field, who hast sprouted forth the life-creating Ear of Wheat Who granteth life to the world, save them that praise thee, O Theotokos.
All we who have been enlightened proclaim thee to be the Theotokos, O all-pure one; for thou hast brought forth the Sun of Righteousness, O Ever-virgin.
Of All Saints. Thou art my strength
Made one with Thee by love, and purely and sincerely taking delight in Thee, the company of Thy Saints doth dance the perpetual dance with the Angels in joy round about Thee, O Seer of all things, God and Lord of all.
O glorious Hieromartyrs, with youthful vigour, ye donned the crown of the Martyrs, ye that had already been adorned with the divinely-effectual chrism of the priesthood. Wherefore, O all-blessed ones, having rightly received twofold crowns, ye rejoice with Christ eternally.
Ye truly subjected the whole mind of the flesh unto the Spirit, O God-bearers, when by fasting ye utterly weakened its unruly impulses in an ascetical manner. And now, aflame with the light of passionlessness, ye have received the rewards of your labours.
As Martyrs of Christ, the First Martyr, ye collectively endured torments with great steadfastness, contesting as though in the bodies of others, O glorious ones. And since ye have now been shown forth as heirs of the Kingdom, ye pour forth healings for the faithful.
Theotokion
Thou becamest the Bride of God, O Birthgiver of God, since for our sake thou didst give birth bodily unto His Word Who is from before the ages. In Him women also have lived in a holy manner and have through thee adorned themselves with diverse contests, thereby setting aright the fall of our first mother.
Katavasia
When the Prophet Abbacum, O Thou Most High, learned of the divine and untraceable counsel of Thy pure incarnation from the womb of the blest Virgin, he cried out Glory to Thy power, O Lord my God.
Ode Five
Of the Resurrection. Irmos
Wherefore hast Thou deprived me and cast me, the hapless one, far from Thy countenance; and the outer darkness hath enshrouded and cast its gloom over me. Yet, now I beseech thee: Do Thou convert me and direct me to the light of Thy precepts, O Lord my God.
Troparia
Before Thy Passion Thou didst allow Thyself to be vested in a robe while being reviled, O Saviour, that Thou mightest clothe the uncomely nakedness of the first-fashioned man; and, naked, Thou wast nailed to the Cross, disrobing Thyself of the garment of death.
When Thou didst rise, Thou didst refashion my fallen nature from the earth of death, O Christ, thereby rendering it undying and showing it forth again as a royal image, shining with the light of incorruption.
Theotokion
Since thou hast a mother’s boldness before thy Son, O all-pure one, neglect not to care for us thy kindred race, we pray; for thee and only thee do we Christians bring before the Master as our gracious intercession for forgiveness.
Of the Cross and Resurrection
Lord, enlighten us
Guide us by the power of Thy Cross, O Christ, for by means thereof we fall down in worship before Thee; and do Thou grant us Thy peace, O Friend of man.
Since Thou art supremely good, guide Thou our life, for we praise Thine arising; and do Thou grant us Thy peace, O Friend of man.
Of the Theotokos. Rising early
Becalm the tumultuous tempest of my passions, O thou that hast given birth to God, our Lord and Pilot.
The orders of Angels and the assemblies of men offer adoration unto thy Child, O immaculate Theotokos.
Of All Saints
Wherefore hast Thou deprived me
Like the divine Prophets, ye were deemed worthy to behold the things to come which ye longed for. In nobility of soul ye purified yourselves by an august manner of life, O God-bearers, being enlightened by the might of the Spirit.
The choir of the Saints is now adorned with divine gifts, even they that were before the Law, as well as the patriarchs, prophets, and apostles, and the assemblies of the martyrs, ascetics, and teachers, and the righteous together with the hieromartyrs.
Beholding the company of Thy Saints shining today with Thy radiance and with unquenchable lamps of grace, O Saviour, we unceasingly praise Thy divine wealth and bounty of good things, O Friend of man.
Theotokion
Since the all-modest women loved thy supremely wondrous Offspring, they accounted the delights of life as nought, O all-pure one; for with ardent love they desired His beauty and divine illumination alone.
Katavasia
All creatures were sore amazed at thy divine and great glory, Maid, O pure Virgin, who hast not known wed lock; for thou didst hold in thy womb the God of all, and gavest birth to the timeless Son, Who doth grant salvation unto all them that acclaim thy name.
Ode Six
Of the Resurrection. Irmos
Be gracious unto me, O Saviour, for mine iniquities are many; and do Thou raise me up from the depth of vices, I pray, for to Thee have I cried. And do Thou hearken unto me, O God of my salvation.
Troparia
By means of the tree, the author of evil cast me down mightily; but when Thou wast lifted up on the Cross, O Christ, Thou didst cast him down yet more mightily, making a show of him and raising him that was fallen.
Thou didst take compassion on Sion when Thou didst dawn forth from the tomb; and by Thy divine Blood Thou didst render her new instead of old, since Thou art compassionate. And now Thou reignest in her unto the ages, O Christ.
Theotokion
May we be freed from our grievous transgressions by thine entreaties, O pure Birthgiver of God, and may we attain to the divine radiance of the Son of God, Who was ineffably incarnate of thee, O all-pure one.
Of the Cross and Resurrection. Entreaty
Thou didst spread Thy palms upon the Cross, thereby healing the hand which the first-fashioned man unrestrainedly stretched out in Eden; and Thou didst taste of gall itself, O Christ, and since Thou art mighty, Thou hast saved them that glorify Thy sufferings.
The Redeemer tasted of the ancient sentence of death that He might do away with the reign of corruption. He went unto those in Hades and arose, and since He is mighty He saved all them that praise His Resurrection.
Of the Theotokos
Grant me a garment of light
We the faithful proclaim thee to be a temple of God, an ark, a soul-endowed bride-chamber, and a heavenly gate, O Theotokos.
O Mary, thou Bride of God, thine Offspring is the Destroyer of graven images, since He is God; He is worshipped together with the. Father and the Spirit.
Of All Saints. Be gracious unto me
O Master, having found Thee to be a precious, choice, and firmly set corner-stone in Sion, the Saints, like select stones, did build themselves thereupon, as though upon an unshakeable foundation.
When Thy side was pierced, the drops of blood fell together with the deifying water, and refashioned the world. And the divine host of all the Saints addressed Thee as Benefactor.
We praise most reverently the God-inspired cloud of witnesses, who by, grace were made luminous, and shine more resplendently in the royal purple of their blood and in the crimson of their steadfast contest.
Theotokion
We all know thee to be the all-true Mother of God, through whom the nature of women, having been given strength, contested for Christ, O all-spotless one, and was filled with every virtue in a godly manner.
Katavasia
On this divine and most honoured feast of God’s all-holy Mother, let all of godly mind now celebrate; come let us faithful now clap our hands, and send up glory unto the God Whom she hath borne.
Kontakion
Eighth Tone
The Original Melody
As to creation’s Planter, all the world doth offer unto Thee as nature’s first-fruits the God-bearing Martyrs, Lord, for they bare witness unto Thee. Thus, preserve Thou Thy Church by their entreaties, O Saviour, in the profoundest peace, through the pure Theotokos, O Thou Who art greatly merciful.
Ikos
They that have borne witness in all the earth and have taken up their dwelling in the Heavens, who have imitated Christ’s Passion and who have taken away our passions, are assembled here today, showing that the Church of the first-born presenteth a type of the Church above as she crieth out to Christ: Thou art my God; do Thou preserve me through the pure Theotokos, O Thou Who art greatly merciful.
The Synaxarion of the Menaion, then the following:
On this day, the Sunday after Pentecost, we celebrate the feast of All Saints who shone forth throughout all the world, North and South, East and West.
Verses
All the friends of my Lord do I praise; If any would, let him make mention of them all.
By the intercessions of Thine immaculate Mother, O Christ God, and of all Thy Saints from all ages, have mercy and save us, since Thou alone art good and the Friend of man. Amen.
Ode Seven
Of the Resurrection. Irmos
Of old the fire in Babylon reverenced the condescension of God. Wherefore, the Youths danced with a joyful step in the furnace as though it were a meadow, and they chanted: Blessed is the God of our Fathers.
Troparia
Thy glorious emptying of Thyself and the divine abundance of Thy poverty, O Christ, amaze the Angels as they behold Thee nailed to the Cross so as to save them that cry out with faith: Blessed is the God of our Fathers.
By Thy divine descent, the nethermost regions were filled with light, and darkness, our former persecutor, was driven away. Hence, they that had been bound from all ages past arose, crying out: Blessed art Thou, O God of our Fathers.
Triadicon
Speaking of things divine in an Orthodox manner, we proclaim Thee as the Lord of all, and as the Father of one only-begotten Son; and we acknowledge Thy one upright, co-eternal, and consubstantial Spirit, Who proceedeth from Thee.
Of the Cross and Resurrection
Once from out of Judæa
Thou hast wrought salvation in the midst of the earth, in accordance with the Prophets’ sayings, O God; for when Thou wast lifted up on the Tree, Thou didst call back all who faithfully cry out: O God of our Fathers, blessed art Thou.
Having risen from the grave as from sleep, O Compassionate One, Thou hast rescued all from corruption. Creation is confirmed in the Faith by the Apostles who preached Thy Resurrection. O God of our Fathers, blessed art Thou.
Of the Theotokos. Same Irmos
Having taken flesh from a virginal womb, Thou hast appeared for our salvation. Wherefore, acknowledging Thy Mother as the Theotokos, we cry out in gratitude: O God of our Fathers, blessed art Thou.
O Virgin, thou didst spring from Jesse’s root as the all-blessed rod that blossomed forth the fruit of salvation for them that cry with faith unto thy Son: O God of our Fathers, blessed art Thou.
Of All Saints. Of old the fire in Babylon
The orders of the Saints now enjoy godly delight as they unceasingly praise Him that resteth in the Saints. Rejoicing, they form a choir and chant: Blessed is the God of our Fathers.
Made majestically radiant with the divine illuminations of the thrice-resplendent effulgence, the assemblies of the Saints piously speak with divine authority concerning the threefold Unity, even the co-beginningless Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
When Thou, O God, shalt be seen among gods in Thine ineffable glory bestowing due rewards and granting crowns unto each one, do Thou then deem all worthy to chant unto Thee: Blessed is the God of our Fathers.
Let us joyously sing of the company of all the Saints, which is composed of every race, rank, and way of life, and let us chant together with them: Blessed is the God of our Fathers.
Theotokion
O all ye maidens, as ye together form a divine choir, cry out with a great voice: Be glad, O Mary, thou immaculate and all-holy Birth-giver of God, who didst make the Source of Joy to flow forth for us.
Katavasia
No created thing, but only the Creator would the godly-minded Youths adore and worship as God; but manfully trampling down threats of fire, they cried out: O supremely-praised and all-acclaimed One, blest art Thou, O Thou Lord God of our Fathers.
Ode Eight
Of the Resurrection. Irmos
In a frenzy, the Chaldean tyrant heated the furnace sevenfold for the worshippers of God. But seeing them saved by a mightier Power, he cried out: Bless the Creator and Redeemer, O ye children; praise Him, O ye priests; and supremely exalt Him, O ye people, unto all the ages.
Troparia
In a God-befitting manner the supremely divine power of Jesus’ Divinity shone forth in those of our kind; for having in the flesh tasted of death on the Cross for the sake of all, He destroyed the might of Hades. Unceasingly bless Him, O ye children; praise Him, O ye priests; and supremely exalt Him, O ye people, unto all the ages.
The Crucified One hath arisen; the great braggart is laid low; and he that was fallen and broken hath been raised up. Corruption is banished and incorruption hath blossomed forth, for mortality is swallowed up by Life. Bless Him, O ye children; praise Him, O ye priests; and supremely exalt Him, O ye people, unto all the ages.
Triadicon
Him Who is the thrice-luminous Godhead, shining with a single radiance from a single nature in three hypostases, even the unoriginate Begetter, and the consubstantial Word of the Father, and the Spirit Who is of one essence and reigneth together with Them, do ye bless, O ye children; praise Him, O ye priests; and supremely exalt Him, O ye people, unto all the ages.
Of the Cross and Resurrection
The Youths, who became victors
Upon the Tree the Lord stretched out His hands to me, the naked one, and by His comely nakedness He called me to Himself that He might comfort me. O all ye works, bless the Lord, and supremely exalt Him unto the ages.
From nethermost Hades did the Lord raise me, the fallen one, and He honoured me with the glory of the exalted throne of the Father. O all ye works, bless the Lord, and supremely exalt Him unto all the ages.
Of the Theotokos. The King of Heaven
Quench the enticing and flaming darts which our enemies have directed against us, O pure one, that we may praise thee unto the ages.
O Virgin, in a manner surpassing nature, thou didst give birth to God the Word, the Creator and Saviour. Wherefore, we praise thee unto all the ages.
Of All Saints. In a frenzy
O ye martyrs, prophets, and apostles; august assembly of hieromartyrs, the just, and the righteous; divine choir of teachers, together with the myrrh-bearing women, rejoice as ye chant: Bless Him, O ye children; praise Him, O ye priests; and supremely exalt Him, O ye people, unto all the ages.
O ye Saints, who bear in yourselves the radiance that surpasseth the mind and are filled with divine gladness and joy, ye are called gods by reason of your nearness to God. Ye stand in the presence of the deifying effulgences and have been enlightened with rays of ineffable glory. Supremely exalt Christ unto all the ages.
Having appeared as luminaries of many lights, O Saints, ye make radiant the heaven of the Church with various gifts and diverse beauties, in righteousness , chastity, courage, and prudence, and ye cry: Praise Christ, O ye priests, and supremely exalt Him, O ye people, unto the ages.
Theotokion
O all ye godly-minded women who have been perfected in Christ by the Spirit, as with gladness ye now encircle the immaculate Virgin and true Mother of God, who hath delivered us from the curse of our first mother Eve, do ye now praise unto the ages the Fruit that she hath borne.
Katavasia
Three guiltless Youths cast in the furnace were saved by the Offspring which the Theotokos bare, then in figure and in type, now in very truth and deed; and He hath gathered all the world, which crieth out in chant: Ye works of His, O sing the Lord’s praises, and exalt Him greatly for ages and all ages.
Ode Nine
Of the Resurrection. Irmos
The heavens were astonished and stood in awe, and the ends of the earth, Maid, were sore amazed, for God appeared bodily to mankind as very man. And lo, thy womb hath proved to be vaster and more spacious than heaven’s heights. For this, O Theotokos, the choirs and assemblies of men and Angels magnify thy name.
Troparia
Being simple in Thy divine and unoriginate nature, O Christ God, Thou becamest compound by taking up flesh to which Thou gavest being within Thyself, O Word of God. And though Thou didst undergo sufferings as man, Thou didst remain foreign to sufferings as God. Wherefore, we magnify Thee Who dost exist in two unmingled and undivided essences.
When Thou hadst become man by nature, O Most High, Thou didst come down to Thy servants and, according to Thy divine essence, didst speak of God as Thy Father. When Thou didst rise from the tomb, Thou didst make Him Who is God and Master by nature to be the Father of the earthborn by grace. We all magnify Thee together with Him.
Theotokion
O Virgin, thou wast seen to be the Mother of God when thou didst supernaturally bring forth in the flesh the good Word, Whom the Father, in His goodness, brought forth from His heart before all ages, and Whom we now perceive to be above all corporeality, though He is clothed with flesh.
Of the Cross and Resurrection
Every ear was terrified
We know Thee to be the Son of God by nature, Who wast conceived in the womb of the Theotokos and becamest man for us; and we beheld Thee suffering on the Cross in Thy human nature, while yet remaining impassible as God.
The gloomy darkness was dispelled; for out of Hades there arose the Sun of Righteousness, Christ, the heavenly Man, the God upon earth, radiant with the light of the Godhead, enlightening all the ends of the earth. We magnify Him Who is twofold of nature.
Of the Theotokos
Most rightly we confess thee
Thy remembrance is full of joy and gladness, and it poureth forth healings on them that have recourse to thee and piously proclaim thee to be the Theotokos.
We praise thee with psalms, O Full of Grace, and we unceasingly cry out: Rejoice; for thou hast caused gladness to flow forth for all.
Of All Saints
The heavens were astonished
Shielded with hope and love and fenced about with faith, the gathering of the chosen, even the foremost witnesses in behalf of the truth, nobly endured with rejoicing the tortures and stripes and all the threats of the tyrants, for they possessed Christ, Who bestoweth victory in contest.
As is meet, let us now acclaim as a haven of salvation the Baptist, the apostles, the prophets, the martyrs, the ascetics, the divine teachers, the priests, the assembly of patriarchs, the noble hieromartyrs , the God-loving women, the righteous, and the just.
Since ye have been tried in the fire of temptations and were not enticed by pleasures, ye glorious ones, O assembly of the Saints in the Heavens, with the taking away of the looking glass and with the dispelling of the shadow by the manifestation of the truth, ye rejoice sincerely as ye stand before the Master’s throne of light.
Theotokion
Thou art seen to be the uniter of things that were separated, for through thee men have truly become fellow citizens with the Angels in the Heavens; and now the ranks of all the Saints bear witness together with them, as they praise with eternal songs Him Whom thou didst bear, O Virgin Theotokos.
Katavasia
Let every earthborn man upleap in the spirit, and now hold his torch on high; and let all the bodiless noetic hosts now celebrate joyously the Theotokos’s sublime and sacred festival, as they cry out: Rejoice, O thou all-blessed one, Ever-virgin and pure Mother of our God.
Exapostilarion of the Octoechos
Second Tone. The Original Melody
Upon that mount in Galilee let us join the disciples to look in faith on Christ, Who saith He hath received dominion o’er things above and things below. Let us learn how He teacheth that we should baptize all nations in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and that, as promised, with His initiates He will be until the end of all things.
Another Exapostilarion, of the Saints
Same Melody
With hymns let us crown as is meet the Baptist and Forerunner, the prophets and apostles with the martyrs and wise hierarchs, ascetics and hieromartyrs, the women who loved God and the just ones and the righteous ones, with all the ranks of angels, and let us pray and make supplication that we may also attain unto the glory which they have with Christ the Saviour.
Theotokion. Same Melody
He that is ever glorified on high as God by Angels ineffably did not forsake the bosom of the Father, O spotless one, when He came down, unto us here below; and thou didst become the cause of our salvation in that thou didst lend flesh to Him in a manner past all speech from thy pure blood. O pure one, ask that He forgive the sins of us, thy servants.
For the Praises we allow for eight verses and chant five Stichera of the Resurrection, and three Stichera of the Saints:
Stichera of the Resurrection
Eighth Tone
The Original Melody
Lord of all, though standing before the tribunal and being judged there at Pilate’s hands, Thou didst not depart from Thy Father, seated with Him on Thy throne above. Thou didst arise from the dead, O Friend of man most merciful, and thereby Thou didst set the whole world free from its slav’ry to the enemy.
Lord of all, Thou didst grant the Cross as a weapon for us to counter the devil’s guile. It rend’reth him trembling and fearful; he cannot look on the might thereof. For it doth raise up the dead, and hath destroyed the might of death. Hence, Thy dread Burial and Arising do we worship and acclaim with hymns.
Lord of all, though of old the Jews had entombed Thee within the sepulchre as one dead, yet Thou wast watched over by soldiers just as though Thou wert a sleeping king. And as the Treasure of Life, Thou wast secured with seals, O Christ, but Thou didst rise up, thereby bestowing incorruption on our souls, O Lord.
Thine Angel, who proclaimed the Resurrection, O Lord, on the one hand frightened the guards, and on the other, called to the women, saying: Why seek ye the Living among the dead? He is risen as God and doth grant life to the whole world.
Anatolian Sticheron
Thou didst suffer on the Cross, Thou Who art impassible in Thy Godhead. Thou didst submit to three-day burial that Thou mightest free us from slavery to the enemy. And Thou hast made us immortal, that Thou mightest grant us life, O Christ God, through Thy Resurrection, O Friend of man.
Stichera of the Saints
Fourth Tone. As one valiant
Christ the Lord hath made wondrous all of His Saints that were on the earth, for these blessed ones received in their very flesh His wounds and sufferings and have been arrayed therewith splendidly. And they stand manifestly decked out with divine comeliness. Let us therefore praise and acclaim them as unwithering blossoms and as willing sacrifices, and as unerring stars of the Church.
Verse: The righteous cried, and the Lord heard them, and He delivered them out of all their tribulations.
Let the prophets, apostles, and all the righteous, the teachers with all the hieromartyrs, the just, and fervent choirs of women who did contest and those who strove in ascetic deeds, yea, that multitude of saints, and the hosts of the righteous ones, let them all be praised with most sacred hymns, for they have inherited the Kingdom in the highest, and they abide now in Paradise.
Verse: Wondrous is God in His Saints.
Since by means of their virtues’ light they made earth to be heavenly, and in their great struggles did emulate Christ’s death, and since they travelled that path, the cause of true immortality, and excised our mortal ills by the marvellous surgery of the grace of God, let the Martyrs, who did contest throughout the world wholeheartedly and nobly, be lauded now and acclaimed with hymns.
Glory.
First Tone
As the disciples were hastening to the mountain, the Lord came to them that He might ascend from the earth; and they worshipped Him and learned of the power given to Him in every place. They were sent forth to every land under heaven to preach the Resurrection from the dead and the restoration to the Heavens; He promised them, not lying, that He would be with them forever; for He is Christ God, the Saviour of our souls.
Both now.
Theotokion
Most blessed art thou, O Virgin Theotokos; for through Him Who was incarnate of thee, Hades was taken captive, Adam was recalled, the curse was annulled. Eve was freed, death was put to death, and we were brought to life. Wherefore, with hymns we cry aloud: Blessed art Thou, O Christ our God, Who hast been thus well pleased; glory be to Thee.
The Great Doxology and the dismissal.
Divine Liturgy
The Typica, and for the Beatitudes, hymns to make twelve; four from the Octoechos:
Eighth Tone
Remember us, O Christ, the Saviour of the world, even as Thou didst remember the thief upon the Cross; and deem us all worthy of Thy Heavenly Kingdom, O only Compassionate One.
Nailed to the Tree of Thine own will, O our Saviour, Thou didst deliver Adam from the curse of the tree; and, as Thou art compassionate, Thou didst restore to him Thine image and didst make him to dwell again in Paradise.
Hearken, O Adam, and rejoice with Eve; for he that of old stripped you both naked and took us captive by deceit is brought to nought by the Cross of Christ.
Today Christ is risen from the grave, granting incorruption unto all the faithful; and He doth inaugurate joy for the myrrh-bearers after His Passion and Arising.
And from the Canon of the Saints, the third and sixth Odes.
Prokeimenon of the Epistle. Fourth Tone
Wondrous is God in His Saints, even the God of Israel.
Verse: In congregations bless ye God, the Lord from the well-springs of Israel.
The Epistle of Saint Paul to the Hebrews (Hebrews 11:33 –12:2)
Brethren, all the Saints through faith subdued kingdoms…
Alleluia. Fourth Tone
The righteous cried, and the Lord heard them, and He delivered them out of all their tribulations.
Verse: Many are the tribulations of the righteous, and the Lord shall deliver them out of them all.
The Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew (Matthew 10:32–33, 37–38; 19:27–30)
The Lord said unto His disciples: Whosoever shall confess Me before men…
The Communion Hymns
Praise the Lord from the Heavens, praise Him in the highest. Alleluia.
Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous, praise is meet for the upright. Alleluia.
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