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Hieratikon

Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

Pentecostarion

Saturday of the Fifth Week

Menaion - May 24

Memory of St. Symeon of Wonder Mountain

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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 4.

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 Samaritan Woman.

Ode iii. Mode 4.

Ἐστερεώθη ἡ καρδία μου ἐν Κυρίῳ.

From Pentecostarion - - -

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

You voluntarily were lifted on the cross, O Logos. * When they saw it, the rocks were split asunder, * and the earth and all creation shook in fear, * and the bodies of many who had fallen asleep were raised. [GOASD]

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

When You descended with Your soul to Hades, O Logos, * all the souls of righteous saw You, O Savior. * They were freed from the bonds that for ages had * held them, and they praised Your incomprehensible dominion. [GOASD]

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

O life and well of immortality, You, O Savior, * came and sat by the well, in Your compassion. * When the woman of Samaria asked for it, * You gave her the water of Your wisdom, and she sang Your praise [GOASD]

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

Theotokion.

As you conceived the God of all in your womb, O Virgin, * inexplicably, O all-holy Mother, * you gave birth to Him incomprehensibly, * remaining virgin as before giving birth, O Bride of God. [GOASD]

Canon for the Samaritan Woman.

Ode vi. Mode 4.

Μὴ καταποντισάτω.

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]

Transgressors of the Law had You, Jesus Christ, crucified; * a Roman soldier pierced You in the side, * and You were buried in a new, unused tomb by the respected Joseph. * O Savior, when with glory You arose, * with yourself You also raised all creation, which lauded Your might, O Lord. [GOASD]

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

As You are the most copious stream of life, Lord our God, * and ocean of mercy and tender love, * and being wearied with Your journey, You sat down beside the well of Jacob. * To the Samaritan woman You said, * “Give me water to drink, that You may receive the waters of forgiveness.” [GOASD]

Glory. For the Trinity.

Joining the incorporeal hosts on high, faithfully * I praise the Holy Trinity, one God, * creator and sustainer of the whole world: * unoriginate Father, His coequal and co-eternal Son, * and the consubstantial Spirit: the one essence, nature, glory, and rule. [GOASD]

Both now. Theotokion.

O Lady, we all sing your praise. Only you bore a child * and preserved your virginity intact. * You were prefigured by items in Scripture: * throne of the Lord, the mountain, the gate, the lamp, the bright chamber of God, * glorious Tabernacle, jar and table and Ark of the covenant. [GOASD]

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.

From Octoechos - - -

Resurrectional Apolytikion.

Mode 4.

When the women disciples of the Lord heard the Angel joyously proclaim the resurrection, they cast aside the ancestral verdict, and boasting in glory they said to the Apostles, “Death has been despoiled! Christ God has risen, granting the great mercy to the world!” [GOASD]

For the Saint.

Mode 1.

You became a pillar of patience, O devout one, emulating the forefathers, Job in his sufferings and Joseph in his temptations, and the manner of the bodiless, though you were still in body. O devout father Symeon, intercede with Christ God, to save our souls. [SD]

The Apolytikion of the parish church is sung. Then:

From Pentecostarion - - -

Kontakion. For the Samaritan Woman.

Mode pl. 4.

In faith came the woman of Samaria to the well and she beheld You who are the water of wisdom. When she had fully drunk thereof, this famous lady inherited the kingdom on high for eternity. [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 READINGS

Prokeimenon. Mode pl. 2. Psalm 31.

Be glad in the Lord and rejoice greatly. [SAAS]

Verse: Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. [SAAS]

The Epistle

Saturday of the 5th Week

The reading is from the Acts of the Apostles.

Acts 15:35 – 41

In those days, Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also. And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Come, let us return and visit the brethren in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are.” And Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark. But Paul thought best not to take with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work. And there arose a sharp contention, so that they separated from each other; Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus, but Paul chose Silas and departed, being commended by the brethren to the grace of the Lord. And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches. [RSV]

Alleluia. Mode pl. 2. Psalms 64, 101.

Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.

Verse 1: Blessed are they whom You have chosen and received, O Lord. [SAAS]

Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.

Verse 2: And their memorial abides from generation to generation.

Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.

The Gospel

Saturday of the 5th Week

The reading is from the holy Gospel according to John.

Jn. 10:27 – 38

The Lord said to the Jews who came to him, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; and I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.” The Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father; for which of these do you stone me?” The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we stone you but for blasphemy; because you, being a man, make yourself God.” Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods?’ If he called them gods to whom the word of God came (and scripture cannot be broken), do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe my works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in him.” [RSV]

Hymn to the Theotokos.

It is truly right to bless you, Theotokos, ever blessed, most pure, and Mother of our God. More honorable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, without corruption you gave birth to God the Logos. We magnify you, the true Theotokos.

Communion Hymn. Psalms 64, 101.

Blessed are they whom You have chosen and received, O Lord. Their memorial abides from generation to generation. Alleluia. [SAAS]

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, our devout Father Symeon of Wonder Mountain, whose memory we observe, 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.