Variable Portions of the Divine Liturgy
2 May 2010
5th Sunday of Pascha
Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
Following "Blessed is the Kingdom..." the priest intones:
Priest: Christ is Risen from the dead, trampling down death by death,
and upon those in the tombs bestowing life! (2)
Christ is Risen from the dead, trampling down death by death...
People: ...and upon those in the tombs bestowing life!
After the Little Entrance:
Troparion When the women disciples of the Lord
Resurrection learned from the angel the joyous message
(Tone 4) of Thy Resurrection;
they cast away the ancestral curse
and elatedly told the apostles:
Death is overthrown!
Christ God is risen,
granting the world great mercy!
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Kontakion The Samaritan Woman came to the well in faith;
Pentecostarion she saw Thee, the Water of Wisdom, and drank abundantly!
(Tone 8) She inherited the Kingdom on high, and is ever glorified!
Now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Kontakion My Savior and Redeemer as God
Resurrection rose from the tomb and delivered the earth-
(Tone 4) born from their chains.
He has shattered the gates of hell,
and as Master,
He has risen on the third day!
Prokeimenon
Tone 1 Sing praises to our God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
Holy Scriptures
Acts 11:19-26, 29-30 John 4:5-42
Instead of the Hymn to the Theotokos
People: The angel cried to the Lady full of grace:
"Rejoice! Rejoice, O pure Virgin!
Again I say, 'Rejoice!'
Your Son is risen from His three days in the tomb.
With Himself He has raised all the dead.
Rejoice! Rejoice, all ye people!"
Shine! Shine! Shine, O new Jerusalem!
The glory of the Lord has shone on you.
Exult, now exult,
and be glad, O Zion!
Be radiant,
O pure Theotokos,
in the resurrection
the resurrection of your Son!
Communion Hymn verse
Receive the Body of Christ!
Taste the Fountain of immortality!
After Communion:
People: Christ is risen from the dead...
Priest: Always, now and ever, and unto ages of ages!
People: Amen. Let our mouths be filled with Thy praise, O Lord...
At the Dismissal
Priest: Glory to Thee, O Christ, our God and our hope, glory to Thee!
People: Christ is risen from the dead... (3)
Priest: Pronounces the dismissal and concludes with... Christ is Risen!
People: Indeed, He is risen!
Epistle for the Sunday of Samaritan Woman
Priest: Let us attend! Peace be unto all!
Reader: And to your spirit.
Priest: Wisdom!
Reader: The Prokeimenon in the 3rd Tone: Sing praises to our God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
People: Sing praises to our God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
Reader: Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy!
People: Sing praises to our God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
Reader: Sing praises to our God, sing praises!
People: Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
Priest: Wisdom!
Reader: The Reading is from the Acts of the Apostles
Priest: Let us attend!
(Acts 11:19-26, 29-30)
Reader: In those days, those who were scattered after the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to no one but the Jews only. But some of them were men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord. Then news of these things came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to go as far as Antioch. When he came and had seen the grace of God, he was glad, and encouraged them all that with purpose of heart they should continue with the Lord. For he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord. Then Barnabas departed for Tarsus to seek Saul. And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for a whole year they assembled with the church and taught a great many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
Then the disciples, each according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brethren dwelling in Judea. This they also did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
Priest: Peace be unto you, Reader!
Reader: And to your spirit. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
People: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Reader: Go forth and prosper and reign, because of truth and meekness and righteousness.
People: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Reader: You love righteousness and hate iniquity.
People: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel for the Sunday of Samaritan Woman
Priest: The Reading is from the holy Gospel according to St. John.
People: Glory to Thee, O Lord, glory to Thee!
(John 4:5-42)
Priest: Let us attend! At that time, Jesus came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour. A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink." For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, "How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water." The woman said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water? Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?" Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life." The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw." Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here." The woman answered and said, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You have well said, 'I have no husband,' for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly." The woman said to Him, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship." Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship he Father. You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming" (who is called Christ). "When He comes, He will tell us all things." Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am He."
And at this point His disciples came, and they marveled that He talked with a woman; yet no one said, "What do You seek?" or, "Why are You talking with her?" The woman then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to the men, "Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?" Then they went out of the city and came to Him. In the meantime His disciples urged Him, saying, "Rabbi, eat." But He said to them, "I have food to eat of which you do not know." Therefore the disciples said to one another, "Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?" Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work. Do you not say, 'There are still four months and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest! And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. For in this the saying is true: 'One sows and another reaps.' I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered into their labors." And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, "He told me all that I ever did." So when the Samaritans had come to Him, they urged Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days. And many more believed because of His own word. Then they said to the woman, "Now we believe, not because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world."
People: Glory to Thee, O Lord, glory to Thee!
This content has been generously provided by Fr. Jerome Cwiklinski, CAPT, CHC, USN