Variable Portions of The Hours and Typika
14 March 2010
4th Sunday in Great Lent
St. John Climacus
Variable Portions of The Hours and Typika
Troparia for pages 5, 8, & 11
Troparion By Thy Cross, Thou didst destroy death!
Resurrection To the thief Thou didst open Paradise!
(Tone 7) For the myrrhbearers, Thou didst change weeping into joy!
And Thou didst command Thy disciples, O Christ God,
to proclaim that Thou art risen,
granting the world great mercy!
Troparion O dweller of the wilderness and angel in the body,
Triodion you were a wonderworker, O our God-bearing Father John!
(Tone 1) You received heavenly gifts through fasting, vigil, and prayer:
healing the sick and the souls of those drawn to you by faith.
Glory to Him who gave you strength!
Glory to Him who gave you a crown!
Glory to Him who through you grants healing to all!
Kontakia for pages 6, 9 & 15
Kontakion The dominion of death can no longer hold men captive,
Resurrection for Christ descended, shattering and destroying its powers!
(Tone 7) Hell is bound, while the prophets rejoice and cry:
the Savior has come to those in faith!
Enter ye faithful, into the Resurrection!
Kontakion The Lord truly set you on the heights of abstinence,
Triodion to be a guiding star, showing the Way to the universe,
(Tone 4) O our father and teacher John.
Prokeimena
(Tone 7) The Lord, shall give strength to His people.
The Lord shall bless His people with peace!
(Tone 8) Let the saints be exalted in glory;
let them sing for joy on their couches!
Holy Scriptures
Hebrews 6:13-20 Mark 9:17-31
Ephesians 5:9-19 Matthew 4:25-5:12
Instead of the Hymn to the Theotokos on page 16:
(Tone 6) All of creation rejoices in you,
O Full of Grace,
the assembly of angels and the race of men.
O sanctified temple
and spiritual paradise,
the glory of virgins,
from whom God was incarnate and became a Child -
our God before the ages.
He made your body into a throne,
and your womb He made more spacious than the heavens.
All of creation rejoices in you,
O Full of Grace, glory to you!
Epistle - Sunday of St. John Climacus
(page 12)
Reader: The Prokeimenon in the 7th Tone: The Lord, shall give strength to His people. The Lord shall bless His people with peace!
People: The Lord, shall give strength to His people. The Lord shall bless His people with peace!
Reader: Offer to the Lord, O you sons of God. Offer young rams to the Lord.
People: The Lord, shall give strength to His people. The Lord shall bless His people with peace!
Reader: And in the 8th Tone: Let the saints be exalted in glory; let them sing for joy on their couches!
People: Let the saints be exalted in glory; let them sing for joy on their couches!
Reader: The Reading is from the Epistle of the holy Apostle Paul to the Hebrews.
(4th Sunday in Great Lent - Hebrews 6:13-20)
Brethren, when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, saying, "Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you." And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. For men indeed swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is for them an end of all dispute. Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath, that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us. This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil, where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
(St. John Climacus - Ephesians 5:9-19)
For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth, finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. Therefore He says: "Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light." See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
People: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Reader: It is good to give praise to the Lord, to sing praises to Thy name, O Most High.
People: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Reader: To declare Thy mercy in the morning and Thy truth by night.
People: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Reader: Those who are planted in the house of the Lord will flourish in the courts of our God.
People: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel - Sunday of St. John Climacus
(page 12)
If you are a tonsured Sub-deacon, Reader or Cantor,
chant the Gospel from the center of the chapel
facing the altar according to custom.
If you are not of such rank, do not chant or intone the Gospel
but read it in a normal speaking-voice at your place in the following manner:
Reader: The Reading is from the holy Gospel according to St. Mark, Chapter 9 Verses 17 through 31.
(4th Sunday in Great Lent - Mark 9:17-31)
At that time, one of the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit. And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I spoke to Your disciples, that they should cast it out, but they could not." He answered him and said, "O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me." Then they brought him to Him. And when he saw Him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth. So He asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood. And often he has thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us." Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes." Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, "Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!" When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more!" Then the spirit cried out, convulsed him greatly, and came out of him. And he became as one dead, so that many said, "He is dead." But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. And when He had come into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?" So He said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting."
Then they departed from there and passed through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know it. For He taught His disciples and said to them, "The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill Him. And after He is killed, He will rise the third day."
Another Reading is from the holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, Chapter 4 Verse 25 through Chapter 5, Verse 12.
(St. John Climacus - Matthew 4:25-5:12)
Then great multitudes followed Him--from Galilee, and from Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him. Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying:
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. "Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
This content has been provided by Fr. Jerome Cwiklinski, CAPT, CHC, USN