SUNDAY, MAY 17 TONE 45th Sunday of PaschaSamaritan Woman

Priest: Blessed is our God, always now and ever, and unto the ages of ages.Choir: “Amen.”

Priest: “Christ is risen… “ (2 ½ times)

Choir: “and upon those in the tombs bestowing life!”

Reader:Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us! (3)

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

O most holy Trinity, have mercy on us. O Lord, cleanse us from our sins. O Master, pardon our transgressions. O Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy Name’s sake.

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

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Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the Evil One.

Priest: For Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory: of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Reader: Amen. Lord, have mercy. (12)

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Come, let us worship God, our King!

Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ, our King and our God!

Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ Himself, our King and our God!

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PSALM 103 (4)Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God,

Thou art magnified exceedingly; Thou art clothed with thanksgiving and majesty. Who coverest Thyself with light as with a garment. Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain; Thou art He who coverest His upper chambers with waters, Who makes the clouds His means of approach, Who walks on the wings of the winds,

Who makes His angels spirits and His ministers a flame of fire. He established the earth on its stable foundation; it shall not be moved unto ages of ages. The deep like a garment is His covering; the waters shall stand upon the mountains; at Thy rebuke they shall flee; at the sound of Thy thunder, they shall be afraid.

The mountains rise up, and the plains sink down to the place Thou hast founded for them. Thou dost set a boundary they shall not pass over; neither shall they return to cover the earth. Thou art He Who sends springs into the valley; the waters shall pass between the mountains; they shall give drink to all the wild animals of the field; the wild asses shall quench their thirst;

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The birds of heaven shall dwell beside them; they shall sing from the midst of the rocks. Thou art He that waterest the mountains from His higher places; the earth shall be satisfied with the fruit of Thy works. Thou art He that causes grass to grow for the cattle, and the green plant for the service of man,

To bring forth bread from the earth; and wine gladdens the heart of man, to brighten his face with oil; and bread strengthens man’s heart. The trees of the plain shall be full of fruit, the cedars of Lebanon, which Thou hast planted; there the sparrows shall make their nests; the house of the heron takes the lead among them. The high mountains are for the deer; the cliff is a refuge for the rabbits. He made the moon for seasons;

The sun knows its setting. Thou hast established darkness, and it was night, wherein all the wild animals of the forest will prowl about; the young lions roar and snatch their prey, and seek their food from God. The sun arises, and they are gathered together; and they shall be put to bed in their dens. Man shall go out to his work and to his labor until evening. O Lord, Thy works shall be magnified greatly; Thou hast made all things in wisdom; the earth was filled with Thy creation.

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There is this great and spacious sea; the creeping things are there without number; the living things are there, both small and great; there the ships pass through; there is this dragon Thou hast formed to play therein. All things wait upon Thee, that Thou mayest give them food in due season. When Thou givest it to them, they shall gather it; when Thou openest Thy hand, all things shall be filled with Thy goodness. But when Thou turnest Thy face away, they shall be troubled; when Thou takest away their breath, they shall die and return again to their dust. Thou shall send forth Thy Spirit, and they shall be created, and Thou shall renew the face of the earth. Let the glory of the Lord be forever; the Lord shall be glad in His works; He looks upon the earth and makes it tremble; He touches the mountains and they smoke. I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing to my God as long as I exist; may my words be pleasing to Him, and I shall be glad in the Lord. May sinners cease from the earth, and the lawless, so as to be no more. Bless the Lord, O my soul.

The sun knows its setting. Thou hast established darkness, and it was night; O Lord, Thy works shall be magnified greatly; Thou hast made all things in wisdom!

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Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Glory to Thee, O God! (3)

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Reader: Reads the rest of Psalm 140 (1); 141 (2); 129 (30); & 116 (7) in order.

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Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, a door of enclosure about my lips.Incline not my heart to evil words, to make excuses in sins with men who work lawlessness; and I will not join with their choice ones.

The righteous man shall correct me with mercy, and he shall reprove me; but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head for my prayer shall be intense in the presence of their pleasures.

Their judges are swallowed up by the rock; they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.

As a clod of ground is dashed to pieces on the earth, so our bones were scattered beside the grave.

For my eyes, O Lord, O Lord, are toward Thee; in Thee I hope; take not my soul away.

Keep me from the snares they set for me, and from the stumbling blocks of those who work lawlessness.

Sinners shall fall into their own net; I am alone, until I escape.

Psalm 141 (2)I cried to the Lord with my voice, with my voice I prayed to the Lord.

I shall pour out my supplication before Him; I shall declare my affliction in His presence.

When my spirit fainted within me, then Thou didst know my paths; for on the way I was going, they hid a trap for me.

I looked on my right, and saw there was no one who knew me; refuge failed me, and there was no one who cared for my soul.

I cried to Thee, O Lord; I said, “Thou art my hope, my portion in the land of the living.

Attend to my supplication for I was humbled exceedingly; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.

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VERSES

(For “Lord, I Call Upon Thee)

10. Bring my soul out of prison to give thanks to Thy name, O Lord;

Tone 4 (for the Resurrection)

We glorify Thy Resurrection on the third dayBy always honoring Thy life-creating Cross, O Christ God!By it, Thou hast renewed the corrupted nature of man, O Al-migh-ty One!By it Thou hast renewed our entrance to hea-ven, //For Thou art good and the lo-ver of man!

9. The righteous shall wait for me, until Thou shalt reward me.”

Thou didst loose the tree’s verdict of disobedience, O Sa-vior,By being voluntarily nailed to the Tree of the Cross!By de-scend-ing to hell, O Al-migh-ty God,Thou didst break the bonds of death!Therefore we adore Thy Resurrection from the dead, sing-ing in joy!“Glory to Thee, O All-Pow-er-ful Lord!”

Psalm 129 (30)8. Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; O Lord hear my

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Thou didst smash the gates of hell, O Lord,And by Thy death Thou didst demolish the king-dom of death!Thou didst de-liv-er the race of men from co-rrup-tion,Granting to the world life, in-co-rrup-tion and great mer-cy!

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7. Let Thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.

(for the Resurrection, by Anatolios)

Come, you peo-ple,let us sing of the Savior's Resurrection on the third day!By it, we have been freed from the unbreakable bonds of hell.By it, we have received life and in-co-rrup-tion.Save us by Thy Re-su-rre-ction!//O crucified, buried, and ri-sen Lo-ver of man!

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6. If Thou, O Lord, should mark transgression, O Lord, who could stand? For there is forgiveness with Thee.

Tone 4 (from the Pentecostarion) (Thou didst ascend the Cross)

The middle of the days has come,beginning with the Savior’s Resurrection,and sealed by the holy Pentecost. The first and the last glisten with splendor.We rejoice in the union of both feasts,as we draw near to the Lord’s Ascension://the sign of our coming glorification.

5. Because of Thy law, O Lord, I waited for Thee; my soul waited for Thy word. My soul hopes in the Lord.

Be glad, O Zion!Hear the announcement of Christ’s Resurrection! Let her faithful sons rejoice!The filth of the daughter of Zion is washed away.Jerusalem, stained with the blood of God’s murder, is cleansed by the Spirit.// With songs of joy she celebrates the middle of the feast.

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4. From the morning watch until night; from the morning watch until night, let Israel hope in the Lord.

As it is written,the abundant outpouring of divine gifts is drawing near. The chosen day of the Spirit is halfway come. The true promise of Christ to the Disciplesafter His death, burial, and Resurrection,//heralds the coming of the Comforter.

3. For with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him is abundant redemption; and He shall deliver Israel from all his transgressions.

Tone 1 Idiomela (from the Pentecostarion)

The Fountain of miracles came to the well at noonto ensnare the daughter of Eve.Once, Eve had been driven out of Paradise by the serpent’s guile;now a woman of Samaria came to draw water.The Savior saw her and said to her:“Give Me water to drink,and I will fill thee with the waters of eternal life!”She ran to the town and proclaimed to the crowd:“Come and see Christ the Lord!//He is the Savior of our souls!”

Psalm 116 (7)2. Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; praise Him, all you peoples.

Tone 2 (by Romanos)

The Lord of compassion came to the welland conversed with a woman of Samaria.She said: “Give me Thy water that I may never thirst again!I will drink from the fountain of joy and redemption.”//O Life-giving Lord, glory to Thee!

1. For His mercy rules over us; and the truth of the Lord endures forever.

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The Word of the Father,the co-eternal Son without beginning,came and sat by the well, though He is the Fountain of healing.A Samaritan woman came to draw water;when the Savior saw her, He said to her:“Give Me water to drink! Go, call thy husband!”She thought she was speaking not to God, but to a man.Trying to evade Him, she said: “I have no husband.”But the Teacher replied: “Thou speakest the truth,for thou hast had five husbands,and the one living with thee now is not thy husband.”She was amazed by His words and ran back to the town.//She said to the crowd: “Come and see Christ, Who grants the

world great mercy!”

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;

Tone 6 (from the Pentecostarion)

Jesus met the Samaritan woman by Jacob’s well.He wraps the earth in clouds, yet He asks for water from her.Oh, the wonder! He Who rides on the cherubim speaks with an adulterous woman.He Who suspended the earth on the waters asks for a drink.He Who causes the lakes and springs to overflow is weary with thirst.Truly He desires to set the woman free from the Enemy’s snares,drowning her sins in the waters of life,//for He alone is the compassionate Lover of man.

Now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

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Dvoretsky

Prokeimenon

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THE APOSTIKHA

(Then the Paschal Stichera with their verses from Psalm 67/68)

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Tone 8 (from the Pentecostarion)

In Thine inexpressible dispensation, Thou didst appear on earth, O Christ our God.When the woman of Samaria heard Thy words, O Lover of man,she left her jar at the well and ran to the town.She said: “Come and see Him Who knew every secret hidden in my heart!Could He be the long-awaited Messiah,//Who will grant us great mercy?”

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TROPARION

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

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Priest: Gives Dismissal: “Christ is Risen!” (3x)

Choir: And unto us He has given eternal life. Let us worship His resurrection on the third day!

Priest: Christos Voskresse Choir: Voistinu Voskresse (3x)

thou gavest

thee!