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Hieratikon

Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

Pentecostarion

Sunday After Pascha (Thomas Sunday)

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LITURGY OF ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM

An optional alternative to the Antiphons are the Typika (Psalms 102 and 145), and the Beatitudes with the appointed troparia, which are provided here.

Psalm 102.

Psalm 145.

The Beatitudes.

Mode 1.

In Your kingdom. Remember us, O Lord, when You come in Your kingdom. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven [RSV]

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. [RSV]

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. [RSV]

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. [RSV]

Canon for the Feast.

Ode iii. Mode 1. Establish me, O my Christ.

Στερέωσόν με Χριστέ.

From Pentecostarion - - -

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. [RSV]

No longer old but now new, * no more corruptible, graced now with incorruption * You rendered us by Your Passion and Cross, O Christ, * commanding we worthily walk now in newness of life. [TC]

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. [RSV]

No longer old but now new, * no more corruptible, graced now with incorruption * You rendered us by Your Passion and Cross, O Christ, * commanding we worthily walk now in newness of life. [TC]

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. [RSV]

Imprisoned fast in a tomb, * a man of circumscribed body, the God Uncircumscribed, * O Christ, You rose, and You stood, though the doors were shut * amidst Your disciples, Messiah All-Powerful. [TC]

Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. [RSV]

Your wounds, longsuffering Christ, * to which You freely submitted for our salvation, * You kept intact, and You showed your disciples there * as proof of Your awesome and glorious rising forth. [TC]

Canon for the Feast.

Ode vi. Mode 1. As You rescued the Prophet.

Τὸν Προφήτην διέσωσας.

From Pentecostarion - - -

Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely [for my sake]. [RSV]

You abandoned not Didymus * as he floundered in doubt’s abyss, * but swiftly You reached out with both hands * that he might examine them. [TC]

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven. [RSV]

You abandoned not Didymus * as he floundered in doubt’s abyss, * but swiftly You reached out with both hands * that he might examine them. [TC]

Glory.

Then our Savior instructed them, * “Touch and see for yourselves, my friends, * that I am still clothed in the body: * no, I have not changed at all.” [TC]

Both now.

Thomas handled Your side, O Lord, * and, believing, he recognized * his God and his Lord there before him, * when You had come back for him. [TC]

Entrance Hymn. Mode 2.

Come, let us worship and bow down before Christ. Save us, O Son of God, risen from the dead. We sing to You, Alleluia.

Hymns after the Entrance.

Apolytikion.

From Pentecostarion - - -

Grave Mode.

The tomb being sealed, You rose from the sepulcher, O Christ God, the Life. And the doors being shut, You came to the disciples, O resurrection of all. Through them You renew a right spirit within us, according to Your great mercy. [GOASD]

Kontakion of Pascha.

From Pentecostarion - - -

Mode pl. 4.

Though You went down into the tomb, O Immortal One, yet You brought down the dominion of Hades; and You rose as the victor, O Christ our God; and You called out “Rejoice” to the Myrrh-bearing women, and gave peace to Your Apostles, O Lord who to the fallen grant resurrection. [SD]

Trisagios Hymn

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

Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Both now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.

The Epistle

Sunday after Pascha

Prokeimenon. Mode 3.

Great is our Lord, and great is His strength. [SAAS]

Verse: Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good. [SAAS]

The reading is from the Acts of the Apostles.

Acts 5:12 – 20

In those days, many signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico. None of the rest dared join them, but the people held them in high honor. And more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women, so that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and pallets, that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them. The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed. But the high priest rose up and all who were with him, that is, the party of the Sadducees, and filled with jealousy they arrested the apostles and put them in the common prison. But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out and said, “Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life.” [RSV]

Alleluia. Mode pl. 4. Psalm 94.

Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.

Verse 1: Come, let us greatly rejoice in the Lord. [SAAS]

Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.

Verse 2: For the Lord is a great God.

Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.

The Gospel

Sunday after Pascha i.e. of the Holy Apostle Thomas

The reading is from the holy Gospel according to John.

Jn. 20:19 – 31

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in his side, I will not believe.” Eight days later, his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood among them, and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side; do not be faithless, but believing.” Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe.” Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name. [RSV]

Hymn to the Theotokos.

Mode 1.

Mother of our God, we praise you * as the brightly shining lamp, * the illustrious glory * of all creation, of which you are the highest. * With sacred hymns we magnify you. [SD]

Communion Hymn. Psalm 147.

Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion. Alleluia. [SAAS]

Show Selected Verses.

Selected Psalm Verses for the Sunday of Thomas

1. The Lord reigns; He clothed Himself with majesty. (92:1) [SAAS]

2. The Lord clothed and girded Himself with power. (92:1) [SAAS]

3. And He established the world, which shall not be moved. (92:1) [SAAS]

4. Who shall tell the mighty deeds of the Lord, who shall make all His praises heard? (105:2) [SAAS]

5. Let them give thanks to the Lord for His mercies and His wonders to the sons of men. (106:8) [SAAS]

6. For He fed the empty soul and filled the hungry soul with good things. (106:9) [SAAS]

7. Those sitting in the darkness and shadow of death. (106:10) [SAAS]

8. Bound in poverty and fetters. (106:10) [SAAS]

9. Let those redeemed by the Lord say so, whom He redeemed from the hand of the enemy. (106:2) [SAAS]

10. Their soul fainted in them. (106:5) [SAAS]

11. They were weak, and there was no one to help them. (106:12) [SAAS]

12. They cried out to the Lord in their afflictions. (106:13) [SAAS]

13. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death. (106:14) [SAAS]

14. He crushed the gates of bronze and shattered the bars of iron. (106:16) [SAAS]

15. Let them offer a sacrifice of praise. (106:22) [SAAS]

16. Let them proclaim His works with exceeding joy. (106:22) [SAAS]

17. Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people and praise Him in the seat of the elders. (106:32) [SAAS]

18. The Lord awoke as from sleep, and He struck His enemies. (77:66) [SAAS]

19. Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered. (67:2) [SAAS]

20. Let those who hate Him flee from before His face. (67:2) [SAAS]

21. This is the day the Lord made; let us greatly rejoice and be glad therein. (117:24) [SAAS]

22. Arise, O Lord my God, let Your hand be lifted high, and do not forget Your poor to the end. (9:33) [SAAS]

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Hymn after Holy Communion.

Instead of “We have seen.”

Mode pl. 1.

Christ is risen from the dead, by death trampling down upon death, and to those in the tombs He has granted life. [GOA]

DISMISSAL

Glory to You, our God, glory to You.

May He 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, the holy Apostle Thomas, whose touching of the Lord we celebrate, and of all the saints, have mercy on us and save us, as He is good, benevolent, and merciful God.

Fasting Rule

Fast Free: All foods allowed.