Palm Sunday

Entrance Hymn.
Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord. We have blessed you out of the house of the Lord. God is the Lord, and hath appeared unto us.

Troparion, Tone 1.
Giving us before Thy Passion an assurance of the general resurrection, Thou didst raise Lazarus from the dead, O Christ our God; therefore, we also, like the children, bearing the symbols of victory, cry to Thee, the Conqueror of death: Hosanna in the highest; blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord. 2.

Glory.

Troparion, Tone 4.
As by Baptism we were buried with Thee, O Christ our God, so by Thy Resurrection we were deemed worthy of immortal life; and praising Thee, we cry: Hosanna in the highest; blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Now and ever.

Kontakion, Tone 6.
As Thou wast carried upon a throne in heaven and by a colt on earth, O Christ our God, Thou didst accept the praise of the angels and the laudation of the children as they cried to Thee: Blessed art Thou Who hast come to raise up Adam.

Prokeimenon, Tone 4.
Psalm 117:26a, 27a, 1.
Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord: God is the Lord, and hath appeared to us.
Verse: Give praise to the Lord, for He is good: for His mercy endureth for ever.

The Lesson of the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Philippians.
Philippians §247 (4:4-9).
Brethren: Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I say, rejoice. Let your modesty be known to all men. The Lord is nigh. Be nothing solicitous; but in every thing, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasseth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever modest, whatsoever just, whatsoever holy, whatsoever lovely, whatsoever of good fame, if there be any virtue, if any praise of discipline, think on these things. The things which you have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, these do ye, and the God of peace shall be with you.

Alleluia, Tone 1.
Psalm 97:1a, 3b.
Alleluia.
Verse 1: Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: because the Lord hath done wonderful things. Alleluia.
Verse 2: All the ends of the earth have seen: the salvation of our God.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

The Lesson of the Holy Gospel according to Saint John.
Saint John §41a (12:1-18).
Six days before the Pasch, Jesus came to Bethania, where Lazarus had been dead, whom Jesus raised to life. And they made Him a supper there: and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that were at table with Him. Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of right spikenard, of great price, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. Then one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, he that was about to betray Him, said: Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the purse, carried the things that were put therein. Jesus therefore said: Let her alone, that she may keep it against the day of My burial. For the poor you have always with you; but Me you have not always. A great multitude therefore of the Jews knew that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead. But the chief priests thought to kill Lazarus also: because many of the Jews, by reason of him, went away, and believed in Jesus. And on the next day, a great multitude that was to come to the festival day, when they had heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet Him, and cried: Hosanna, blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel. And Jesus found a young ass, and sat upon it, as it is written: Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’ colt. These things His disciples did not know at the first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things to Him. The multitude therefore gave testimony, which was with Him, when He called Lazarus out of the grave, and raised him from the dead. For which reason also the people came to meet Him, because they heard that He had done this miracle.

Zadostoinik.
God is the Lord and hath appeared to us; let us keep the feast together. Come, and with great rejoicing let us magnify Christ with palms and branches, and let us cry aloud: Blessed is He that cometh in the Name of the Lord our Savior.

Communion.
Psalm 117:26a, 27a.
Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord: God is the Lord, and hath appeared to us. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.