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Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

Octoechos - Mode 1.

On Sunday Morning

Menaion - August 6

Leave-taking of the Feast.

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LITURGY OF ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM

Unless otherwise indicated, the texts of the prayers and hymns of the Divine Liturgy are produced and approved for use by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.

First Antiphon. Mode 2. Psalms 47, 64, 103, 97.

Verse 1: Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God. [SAAS]

Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, Savior, save us. [GOA]

Verse 2: He who prepares mountains in His strength. [SAAS]

Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, Savior, save us. [GOA]

Verse 3: You cover Yourself with light as with a garment. [SAAS]

Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, Savior, save us. [GOA]

Verse 4: The mountains shall greatly rejoice at the presence of the Lord. [SAAS]

Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, Savior, save us. [GOA]

Glory. Both now.

Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, Savior, save us. [GOA]

Second Antiphon. Mode 2. Psalm 86.

Verse 1: His foundations are in the holy mountains. [SAAS]

Save us, O Son of God, who were transfigured on Mt. Tabor. We sing to You, Alleluia. [GOA]

Verse 2: The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. [SAAS]

Save us, O Son of God, who were transfigured on Mt. Tabor. We sing to You, Alleluia. [GOA]

Verse 3: Glorious things were said concerning you, O city of God. [SAAS]

Save us, O Son of God, who were transfigured on Mt. Tabor. We sing to You, Alleluia. [GOA]

Verse 4: A man will say, "Mother Zion," and a man was born in her. [SAAS]

Save us, O Son of God, who were transfigured on Mt. Tabor. We sing to You, Alleluia. [GOA]

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. [GOA]

Now and forever and to the ages of ages. Amen. [GOA]

Only-begotten Son and Logos of God, being immortal, You condescended for our salvation to take flesh from the holy Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary and, without change, became man. Christ, our God, You were crucified and conquered death by death. Being one of the Holy Trinity, glorified with the Father and the Holy Spirit: Save us. [GOA]

Third Antiphon. Grave Mode. Psalm 88.

Verse 1: O Lord, I will sing of Your mercies forever. [SAAS]

Verse 2: The heavens shall confess Your wonders, O Lord. [SAAS]

Verse 3: Blessed are the people who know glad shouting. [SAAS]

Verse 4: O Lord, they shall walk in the light of Your face, and shall greatly rejoice in Your name the whole day long. [SAAS]

Apolytikion. Grave Mode.

You were transfigured upon the mountain, O Christ our God, showing to Your disciples Your glory as much as they could bear. Do also in us, sinners though we may be, shine Your everlasting light, by the intercessions of the Theotokos, O Giver of light. Glory to You. [SD]

Entrance Hymn. Mode 2.

For with You, Lord, is the fountain of life; in Your light we shall see light. Save us, O Son of God, risen from the dead. We sing to You, Alleluia. [GOA]

Hymns After the Small Entrance.

From Octoechos - - -

Resurrectional Apolytikion.

Mode 1. Automelon.

Τοῦ λίθου σφραγισθέντος.

The stone having been sealed by the Pharisees and chief priests, * and Your all-immaculate body being guarded by soldiers, * You rose on the third day, O Lord and Savior, granting life unto the world. * Then the powers of the heavens cried out to You, O Giver of Life, and shouted, * "Glory to Your resurrection, O Christ! * Glory to Your eternal rule! * Glory to Your plan for saving us, only benevolent God!" [GOASD]

Apolytikion of the Feast.

From Menaion - - -

Grave Mode.

You were transfigured upon the mountain, O Christ our God, showing to Your disciples Your glory as much as they could bear. Do also in us, sinners though we may be, shine Your everlasting light, by the intercessions of the Theotokos, O Giver of light. Glory to You. [SD]

From Menaion - - -

Kontakion.

Grave Mode.

Upon the mountain were You transfigured, and Your disciples beheld Your glory as far as they were able, O Christ our God; so that when they would see You crucified they might understand that Your Passion was deliberate, and declare to the world that in truth You are the Father's radiance. [SD]

THE TRISAGION HYMN

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (3) [GOA]

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Now and forever and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.

The Epistle

10th Sunday

Prokeimenon. Mode 1. Psalm 32.

Let Your mercy, O Lord, be upon us, as we hope in You. [SAAS]

Verse: Rejoice greatly in the Lord, O righteous ones; praise is fitting for the upright. [SAAS]

The reading is from Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians.

1 Cor. 4:9-16

Brethren, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, 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 held in honor, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless, and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become, and are now, as the refuse of the world, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you, then, be imitators of me. [RSV]

Alleluia. Mode 1. Psalm 17.

Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.

Verse 1: The God who vindicates me, and who subdued the peoples under me. [SAAS]

Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.

Verse 2: He who magnifies the salvation of His king and shows mercy to His anointed. [SAAS]

Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.

The Gospel

10th Sunday of Matthew

The reading is from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.

Mt. 17:14-23

At that time, a man came up to Him and kneeling before Him said, "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; for often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. And I brought him to Your disciples, and they could not heal him." And Jesus answered, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me." And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was cured instantly. Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?" He said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move hence to yonder place,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you. But this kind never comes out except by prayer and fasting." As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him, and He will be raised on the third day." [RSV]

Hymn to the Theotokos.

Ode ix. Heirmos.

Mode 4.

Your childbirth occurred without corruption. * It was God, wearing flesh, who came forth from your all-holy womb. * He was seen upon the earth and lived among men, O Theotokos; * therefore we all magnify you. [SD]

Communion Hymn.

We shall walk in the light of the glory of Your face, O Lord, forever. Alleluia. [SAAS]

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Selected Psalm Verses for Transfiguration

1. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised. (47:2) [SAAS]

2. In the city of our God, in His holy mountain. (47:2) [SAAS]

3. He who prepares mountains in His strength. (64:7) [SAAS]

4. You cover Yourself with light as with a garment. (103:2) [SAAS]

5. The mountains shall greatly rejoice at the presence of the Lord. And He shall be seen in His glory. (97:8) [SAAS]

6. The desert fruits will be made fat, and the hills will be girded with rejoicing. (64:13) [SAAS]

7. The mountain of God is a fertile mountain, a mountain richly curdled with milk, a fat mountain. (67:16) [SAAS]

8. Who shall ascend to the mountain of the Lord? Who shall stand in His holy place? (23:3) [SAAS]

9. O Lord, who shall dwell in Your tabernacle? Who shall live in Your holy mountain? (14:1) [SAAS]

10. Send out Your light and Your truth. (42:3) [SAAS]

11. They guided me and led me to Your holy mountain. (42:3) [SAAS]

12. It was Your right hand and Your arm, and the light of Your countenance. (43:4) [SAAS]

13. You give light wondrously from the everlasting mountains. (75:5) [SAAS]

14. The day is Yours, and the night is Yours. (73:16) [SAAS]

15. You created the light and the sun. (73:16) [SAAS]

16. You made all the boundaries of the earth. (73:17) [SAAS]

17. Summer and winter, You formed these things. (73:17) [SAAS]

18. The heavens belong to You, and the earth is Yours. (88:12) [SAAS]

19. You founded the world and all its fullness. (88:12) [SAAS]

20. You created the north wind and the seas. (88:13) [SAAS]

21. Tabor and Hermon shall greatly rejoice in Your name. (88:13) [SAAS]

22. O Lord, they shall walk in the light of Your face. (88:16) [SAAS]

23. They shall greatly rejoice in Your name the whole day long. (88:17) [SAAS]

24. They shall be exalted in Your righteousness. (88:17) [SAAS]

25. Let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us, from this present time and unto the ages. (89:17) [SAAS]

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Hymn after Holy Communion.

Instead of "We have seen."

Grave Mode.

You were transfigured upon the mountain, O Christ our God, showing to Your disciples Your glory as much as they could bear. Do also in us, sinners though we may be, shine Your everlasting light, by the intercessions of the Theotokos, O Giver of light. Glory to You. [SD]

THE DISMISSAL

Glory to You, O Christ our God. Glory to You.

May He who was transfigured in glory on mount Tabor in front of His holy disciples and Apostles, and Who rose from the dead, Christ our true God, through the intercessions of His all-pure and all-immaculate holy Mother, the power of the precious and life-giving Cross, the protection of the honorable, bodiless powers of heaven, the supplications of the honorable, glorious prophet and forerunner John the Baptist, of the holy, glorious, and praiseworthy apostles, of the holy, glorious, and triumphant martyrs, of our righteous and God-bearing fathers, (local patron saint); of the holy and righteous ancestors of God Joachim and Anna, and of all the saints, have mercy on us and save us, for He is good and merciful and loves mankind.

Fasting Rule

Wine: Wine and oil are allowed. Refrain from meat, fish, dairy, and eggs.

It is the Dormition fast.