The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost – Tone Eight

Resurrectional Troparion, Tone 8.
From on high didst Thou descend, O Merciful One; Thou didst accept burial for three days, that Thou mightest free us from the passions. O our Life and Resurrection, glory to Thee.

Glory.

Resurrectional Kontakion, Tone 8.
Thou art risen from the tomb; Thou hast raised the dead and resurrected Adam. Eve exulteth at Thy Resurrection, and the ends of the world celebrate Thine arising from the dead, O Thou Whose mercies are many.

Now and ever.

Theotokion, Tone 8.
O Thou Who for our sakes wast born of a Virgin, and didst suffer crucifixion, O Good One, and by death didst overthrow death, and as God didst reveal the Resurrection: Despise not those whom Thou hast fashioned with Thine own hand; show forth Thy love toward mankind, O Merciful One; accept her who gave Thee birth, the Theotokos, as she interceedeth for us; and save, O our Saviour, a sinful people.

Prokeimenon, Tone 8.
Psalm 75:12, 2.
Vow ye: and pay to the Lord your God.
Verse: In Judæa God is known: His name is great in Israel.

The Lesson of the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Corinthians.
II Corinthians §182b (6:16b-7:1).
Brethren: You are the temple of the living God; as God saith: I will dwell in them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. Wherefore, go out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing: and I will receive you; and I will be a Father to you; and you shall be My sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of the flesh and of the spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God.

Alleluia, Tone 8.
Psalm 94: 1, 2.
Alleluia.
Verse 1: Come let us praise the Lord with joy: let us joyfully sing to God our Saviour.
Alleluia.
Verse 2: Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving: and make a joyful noise to Him with psalms.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

The Lesson of the Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew.
Saint Matthew §62 (15:21-28).
At that time: Jesus went unto the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. And behold a woman of Canaan who came out of those coasts, crying out, said to Him: Have mercy on me, O Lord, Thou Son of David: my daughter is grieviously troubled by the devil. Who answered her not a word. And His disciples came and besought Him, saying: Send her away, for she crieth after us. And He answering, said: I was not sent but to the sheep that are lost of the house of Israel. But she came and adored Him, saying: Lord, help me. Who answering, said: It is not good to take the bread of the children, and to cast it to the dogs. But she said: Yea, Lord; for the whelps also eat of the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters. Then Jesus answering, said to her: O woman, great is thy faith: be it done to thee as thou wilt: and her daughter was cured from that hour.

Communion.
Psalm 148:1.
Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise ye Him in the high places. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.