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  • Thu
    11
    Jun
    2020

    Most Holy Eucharist; Holy Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas

    GREAT VESPERS

    Psalm Reading

    “Blessed is man…” is sung.

    At Psalm 140

    In Tone 6

    1. Out of the depths I cry to You, O Lord;* O Lord, hear my voice!

    O Lover of mankind,* when You were at supper with Your faithful disciples* You revealed the great mystery of Your incarnation, saying:* Eat the life-giving bread which is My Body,* and drink the Blood of eternal life.

    1. Let Your ears be attentive* to the voice of my prayer.

    The room, where Christ celebrated the Passover,* became a heavenly tabernacle,* an unbloody supper and a spiritual service,* and the table, on which these mysteries were celebrated,* a spiritual altar.

    1. If You mark iniquities, Lord, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.

    O Bread of heaven, You blessed the bread* and offered thanks to the Father and Begetter.* You also took the chalice and gave it to Your disciples, saying:* Take, eat - this is My Body,* and drink the Blood of incorruptible life.

    1. I have waited for You as You have commanded; my soul patiently relies on Your promise,* for it has trusted in the Lord.

    The Lord fed His disciples with heavenly food.* Before His passion He gave them the Bread of Angels,* more wonderful than the manna.* “Your fathers,” said the Lord, “ate manna in the desert and died.* This is the bread that comes down from heaven;* whoever eats this bread shall not die, but shall live forever.”* Grant today that we may also partake of this bread,* through the prayers of the Mother

    1. From the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.

    After the disciples had eaten the Mystical Supper,* Christ took bread into His hands, raised His eyes to heaven,* blessed and broke it, gave it to His disciples, saying:* Take eat; this is My Body, which is broken for you* for the remission of sins and life everlasting.

    In Tone 4

    1. For with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him there is plentiful redemption;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.

    You drew the ends of the earth out of the depths of vainglory* and evil ungodliness* with the net of your words, O divinely eloquent Apostle.* You brought them with faith to Christ God, * Who had given you such grace.* You are His divine disciple and the preacher of His mysteries,* O Apostle Bartholomew.

    1. Praise the Lord, all the nations;* proclaim His glory, all you people.

    Jesus our God, the Sun of glory* sent you to the whole world like a ray of light* to disperse the gloom of ungodliness, O all-glorious one,* and to enlighten all who sit in the darkness of ignorance.* You made them heirs of the light, O divinely wise Bartholomew!

    1. Strong is the love of the Lord for us;* eternally will His truth endure.

    You imitated the First Goodness* and the essential and all-divine life.* You became a good man in essence, O Barnabas,* receiving a name meaning “Son of Consolation.”* By the goodness of your character and purity of your mind,* you showed yourself to be a true disciple of Christ!

    In Tone 6

    Glory…

    O all praised Barnabas,* radiant vessel of the Holy Spirit and “Son of Consolation,”* even before Paul you were the foremost of the seventy disciples;* with Paul you preached the Gospel to the ends of the earth.* Therefore, fulfilling your talk of grace with your deeds,* you offered yourself as an immaculate whole burnt offering to Christ, your Teacher.* O glorious Apostle, we pray to you:* “Ever pray that our souls may be saved in peace!”

    In Tone 4

    Now…

    Come, you lovers of feasts,* let us today joyfully celebrate the saving feast of the life-giving Bread* and the Lamb of God Who takes away the sins of the world.* Let us celebrate today, not with the leaven of our sinful past,* but with sweetness of purity and truth.* And, having purified ourselves, let us become His worthy partakers,* in order to obtain the everlasting kingdom of Christ.

    Readings

    (1) Exodus 16:1-3,11-15; (2) 1 Samuel 21:2-7; (3)1 Kings 17:2-16

    (4) 1 Peter 1:3-9; (5) 1 Peter 1:13-19; (6) 1 Peter 2:11-24

    Lytia

    In Tone 6

    David, the forefather of Christ,* played and danced before the overshadowed Ark.* Today, we also worship God in the tabernacle,* Whose human nature the Ark prefigured.* For, here, instead of the manna,* we mysteriously behold the incarnate Divinity,* and instead of the tablets of the Law,* the Lawgiver Christ our God,* Who saves our souls.

    In the Old Testament the Ark was overlaid inside and outside with gold.* When the heathens seized it,* the Lord could not suffer to dwell with the idol in the temple,* but dashed it to the ground, smashing its head and both palms of its hands.* Yet, You, O Lover of mankind, Christ our God,* willed to enter the defiled temple of our wretched souls?* Therefore, purify and sanctify our souls, O Lord.

    O pure Lamb, Who takes away the sins of the whole world!* for the salvation of mankind You changed bread into Your Body,* and under the form of bread You mysteriously hid Yourself,* body, soul, and divinity.* Today, we, the faithful,* solemnly and fervently worship this Bread with faith.

    In Tone 2

    Glory… Now…

    We, the faithful, with trembling,* approach Your Mystical Supper and divine table,* desiring to drink of the fountain of immortality;* but fear and trembling seize us because of our numerous sins.* Through You we wish to be cleansed of them,* by the supplications of our Lady, the Mother of God.

    Aposticha

    In Tone 1

    Let us praise the living and heavenly Bread* which, in an unspeakable manner, continually comes down from heaven,* and with one mind let us say:* Rejoice! 0 Body of Christ,* through which we all have been saved.* Rejoice! 0 divine and sacred Blood,* through which we have been redeemed.

    By the Bread of the Angels man is fed; He sent them food in abundance.

    O marvellous wonder!* You gave Your very self to Your disciples and friends as food, saying:* Eat this bread - it is My Body.* And taking the chalice, You said:* All of you, drink My Blood!

    And, as though rain He sent them manna as food, and He gave them bread from heaven.

    O divine, most holy, most precious Body of the God-Man and Word!* Save Your servants from all anxiety, temptation, and every kind of assault,* and grant the heavenly kingdom and life,* for the sake of Your mercy.

    In Tone 8

    Glory…

    O all-praised Barnabas, Apostle of the Saviour,* you are a vessel of faith, the “Son of Consolation,”* the calm harbour of the storm-tossed.* Since you have boldness, ever pray for our souls* that we may be preserved in peace on the day of your memorial!

    In Tone 8

    Now…

    O glorious wonder!* Christ, having taken bread and blessed it,* gave it to His disciples, saying: Take and eat - this is My Body;* take also the chalice.* Then the living and divine Bread came down from heaven at that mystical supper,* and of His own free will gave Himself as food.* Therefore, let everyone examine himself,* and then let him eat and drink for the salvation of soul and life everlasting.

    Troparia

    In Tone 4

    Your memorial, O Christ our God,* has shone forth upon the world as a festal day,* for the fishermen learned from You to offer unbloody sacrifice with bread and wine.* And so, we celebrate Your divine memorial,* and doing so cry out, O Lord, glory be to You! (2)

    In Tone 1

    Receiving the Spirit as He came in fiery tongues,* you preached the coming of the Word in the flesh.* While one of you was beheaded for the Gospel, * the other endured stoning for the sake of the faith.* You have been sent to adorn the choirs of heaven, O Bartholomew and Barnabas.* We honour your memory and ask that you intercede* with God to forgive our sins.

     


    DIVINE LITURGY

    Antiphon 1

    The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want; he makes me lie down in green pastures.

    Through the prayers of the Mother of God, O Saviour, save us.

    Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for You are with me.

    Through the prayers of the Mother of God, O Saviour, save us.

    You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.

    Through the prayers of the Mother of God, O Saviour, save us.

    Glory… Now… Only-Begotten Son…

    Antiphon 3

    Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!

    Troparion, Tone 4: Your memorial, O Christ our God,* has shone forth upon the world as a festal day,* for the fishermen learned from You to offer unbloody sacrifice with bread and wine.* And so, we celebrate Your divine memorial,* and doing so cry out, O Lord, glory be to You!

    Offer right sacrifices, and put your trust in the Lord.

    Troparion, Tone 4: Your memorial, O Christ our God,* has shone forth upon the world as a festal day,* for the fishermen learned from You to offer unbloody sacrifice with bread and wine.* And so, we celebrate Your divine memorial,* and doing so cry out, O Lord, glory be to You!

    You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound.

    Troparion, Tone 4: Your memorial, O Christ our God,* has shone forth upon the world as a festal day,* for the fishermen learned from You to offer unbloody sacrifice with bread and wine.* And so, we celebrate Your divine memorial,* and doing so cry out, O Lord, glory be to You!

    Entrance

    I will offer You a sacrifice of praise; I will call upon the name of the Lord.

    Troparia and Kontakia

    Troparion, Tone 4: Your memorial, O Christ our God,* has shone forth upon the world as a festal day,* for the fishermen learned from You to offer unbloody sacrifice with bread and wine.* And so, we celebrate Your divine memorial,* and doing so cry out, O Lord, glory be to You!

    Troparion, Tone 1: Receiving the Spirit as He came in fiery tongues,* you preached the coming of the Word in the flesh.* While one of you was beheaded for the Gospel, * the other endured stoning for the sake of the faith.* You have been sent to adorn the choirs of heaven, O Bartholomew and Barnabas.* We honour your memory and ask that you intercede* with God to forgive our sins.

    Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.

    Kontakion, Tone 4: O Bartholomew, Apostle of the Lord,* you appeared to the world as a shining star.* You enlightened with the splendour of your teachings and the wonder of your miracles* all those who honour you.

    Now and for ever and ever. Amen.

    Kontakion, Tone 4: Behold Christ is present as food for all.* Come, let us fall down and worship Christ our God* hidden under these Mysteries and humbly cry out:* Consume us not by fire through communion, O Master, unworthy as we are,* but be the One who consumes our sins by fire* and purifies our souls.

    Prokeimenon, Tone 4

    He would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.

    verse: Exalt in God, our helper! (Ps 81:16,2)

    Prokeimenon, Tone 8

    verse: Their utterance has gone forth into all the earth, and their word unto the ends of the world.

    Epistle

    1 Corinthians 11:23-32; Acts 11:19-30

    Alleluia, Tone 4

    verse: The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in due season.

    verse: You open Your hand; You satisfy the desire of every living thing. (Ps 144: 15,16)

    verse: The heavens shall confess our wonders, O Lord, and Your truth in the church of the saints. (Psalm 88:6)

    Gospel

    John 6:48-54; Luke 10:16-21

    Communion Hymn

    Whoever feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood abides in me, and I in him (John 6:56).* Their utterance has gone forth into all the earth,* and their word unto the ends of the world.* Alleluia, alleluia,* alleluia. (Psalm 18:5)