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The Sunday “Typika” or “Obednitsa” Service in the Absence of a Priest
Before the service the Gospel and Cross
are put on the analogion/tetropod. The Royal Doors and Curtain
remain closed.
Reader:
Through the prayers of our holy fathers, O Lord Jesus Christ our
God have mercy on us.
We respond,
Amen.
Trisagion
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From the Sunday of Pascha through the
Sunday of Pentecost, “Glory to Thee, O God...” and “O heavenly
King...” is not said.
Glory
to Thee, O our God, glory to Thee.
O
heavenly King, the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth, Who art
everywhere present and fillest all things, Treasury of Blessings
and Giver of life: Come and abide in us, and cleanse us from every
impurity, and save our souls, O Good One.
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From Pascha until its Apodosis instead of
“Holy God...,” we chant: “Christ is risen from the dead...,”
(thrice, once from the Holy of Holies, and twice by the
choir.
Holy
God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.
(3)
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Glory
to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever,
and unto ages of ages. Amen.
O
All-Holy Trinity: Have mercy on us. Lord: Cleanse us from our
sins. Master: Pardon our transgressions. Holy One: Visit and heal
our infirmities for Thy name’s sake.
Lord,
have mercy. (3)
Glory
to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever,
and unto ages of ages. Amen.
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.
Reader:Through the prayers of
our holy fathers, O Lord Jesus Christ our God have mercy on us.
We respond,
Amen.
First Antiphon, Psalm 102
Bless
the Lord, O my soul. • Blessed art Thou, O Lord.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, • and all that is within me, bless His
holy name.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, • and forget not all His benefits;
Who forgives all your iniquities • Who heals all your diseases;
The Lord is compassionate and merciful, long suffering and of
great goodness.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, • blessed art Thou, O Lord.
Second Antiphon, Psalm 145
Glory
to the Father • and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Praise the Lord, O my soul, • I will praise the Lord as long as I
live; • I will sing praises to my God while I have being.
Put not your trust in princes, in sons of men, • in whom there is
no salvation.
When his breath departs he returns to his earth; • on that very
day his plans perish.
The Lord will reign forever, • thy God, O Sion, to all generations.
Now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Only-begotten Son and immortal Word of God, • Who for our
salvation didst will to be incarnate • of the Holy Theotokos and
Ever-Virgin Mary, • Who without change didst become man, and wast
crucified, • O Christ our God, trampling down death by death, •
Who art One of the Holy Trinity, • glorified with the Father and
the Holy Spirit, save us.
Third Antiphon, Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12)
In
Thy Kingdom remember us, O Lord, when Thou comest in Thy Kingdom.
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 after 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 the sons of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for
theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Blessed are you when men shall revile you and persecute you, and
shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for My sake.
Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
We chant the prescribed Apolitíkia and Kontákia, then:
Trisagion
Holy
God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal: have mercy on us.
Свѧты́й
Бо́же, Свѧты́й Крѣ́пкый, Свѧты́й Безсме́ртный: поми́луй на́съ.
Ἅγιος
ὁ Θεός, Ἅγιος Ἰσχυρός, Ἅγιος Ἀθάνατος: ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς.
Glory
to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever
and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Holy
Immortal: have mercy on us.
Holy
God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal: have mercy on us.
Epistle
Reader: The Prokeimenon in the ... tone.
The appointed Prokeimenon and its verses are intoned.
Reader: The reading from ...
The Reader chants the Epistle Reading facing the Altar.
Reader: The Alleluia in the ... tone.
The Alleluia and its verses are intoned.
Gospel
Reader:The reading from the Holy Gospel according to
(Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John).
Glory
to Thee, O Lord, glory to Thee.
The Reader chants the Gospel pericope facing the Altar.
Glory
to Thee, O Lord, glory to Thee.
Symbol of the Faith (The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed)
I
believe in one God: the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible;
And in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the only-begotten, begotten of the Father before all ages: Light of Light, true God of true God; begotten, not made, of one essence with the Father, through Whom all things were made;
Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became man;
And He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried; and the third day He rose according to the Scriptures,
And ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father;
And He shall come again with glory to judge the living and the dead; Whose Kingdom shall have no end;
And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of life, Who proceeds from the Father;
Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; Who spoke by the prophets.
In one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.
I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins.
I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.
Amen.
Angelic Hymn, read Antiphonally
First Reader: The heavenly
choir sings to Thee and cries: “Holy, holy, holy Lord God of
Hosts; heaven and earth are full of Thy glory.
Second Reader: Come unto Him
and be enlightened and your faces shall never be ashamed.
First Reader: The Heavenly
Choir sings to Thee, and cries: “Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of
Hosts; Heaven and Earth are full of Thy glory.
Second Reader: Glory to the
Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and
unto ages of ages. Amen.
First Reader: The choir of
Holy Angels and Archangels, with all the Powers of Heaven, sing
Thy praises and cry: Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts; Heaven
and earth are full of Thy glory.
Prayer of Forgiveness, read in Unison
O
God, remit, pardon and forgive our sins, whether voluntary or
involuntary, whether by words or deeds, whether in knowledge of
ignorance, whether by day or night, whether in mind or thought;
forgive us all these, for Thou art good and lovest mankind.
The Lord’s Prayer
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.
Reader: Through the prayers of
our holy fathers, O Lord Jesus Christ our God have mercy on us.
We respond,
Amen.
O
All Holy Trinity, Mighty one in essence, Kingdom undivided, origin
of all good things, be graciously inclined to me a sinner.
Establish me; give understanding to my heart, and purge away my
sin. Enlighten my mind that I may glorify, sing praises and praise
Thee saying:
Sung:
One
is Holy! One is the Lord, Jesus Christ, to the glory of God the Father. Amen.
Sung:
Blessed
be the Name of the Lord henceforth and forevermore. (3)
Psalm 33
Sung:
I
will bless the Lord at all times, His praise shall continually be
in my mouth.
My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the afflicted hear and be
glad.
O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.
I sought the Lord, and He answered me, and delivered me from all
my fears.
Look to Him, and be radiant, so your faces shall never be shamed.
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of
all his troubles.
The Angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him, and
delivers them.
O taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man that
takes refuge in Him.
O fear the Lord, you His saints: for those who fear Him have no
want.
The rich suffer want and hunger; but those that seek the Lord lack
no good thing.
Lord,
have mercy. (3)
Glory
to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever,
and unto ages of ages. Amen.
More
honorable than the Cherubim, and more glorious, beyond compare,
than the Seraphim, without defilement thou gavest birth to God the
Word; true Theotokos, we magnify Thee.
Glory...,
now... Lord, have mercy. (3)
Reader: May He who rose from
the dead, O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, for the sake of the
prayers of Thy most pure Mother, of our holy and God-bearing
fathers, of (saints of the day), and all the saints, have mercy on
us and save us, for Thou art good and lovest mankind. Through the
prayers of our holy fathers, O Lord Jesus Christ our God have
mercy on us.
We respond,
Amen.
“Holy Wisdom”
His
Eminence Archbishop Benjamin has chosen a most-exalted and
exceptional name for this Mission Parish: Holy Wisdom.
Most
churches are dedicated to the memory, and placed under the
protection, of a Great Feast or Saint. Additionally, a few
churches are consecrated uniquely to our Lord, God, and Savior
Jesus Christ.
Because
of the great and ineffable glory of God, a church would not be
simply dedicated to “Jesus Christ” but to one of the
attributes of our Savior. Generally this honor is usually reserved
for the greatest and most significant cathedral church in a land.
For
example, the “Great Church of Christ the Holy Wisdom” is in the
capital city of the Roman Empire, Constantinople; it is known as
«Ἁγία Σοφία» (Agía Sofía). Other first churches are: in
Thessaloniki, “Agía Sofía;” of the Kievan Rus (of the
Slavic peoples) in Kiev, “Holy Wisdom;” of Russia in
Moscow, “Christ the Savior” cathedral; of Bulgaria in the
capitol, Sofía, “Holy Wisdom.”
The
principle dogma of Orthodox Christianity is the fact of One God in
Three Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. In this
Holy Trinity of Persons, the Father is the creative Source, the
Son is begotten of the Father, and the Holy Spirit proceeds from
the Father.
Although
God the Trinity is ineffable, beyond our understanding, we do dare
to declare certain things about their attributes: the Father is
the “Creator of all things,” the Son is the “One through Whom
all things are made,” and the Holy Spirit is the “Lord and
Giver of life.”
We
also know certain facts about the Son, Who “became man” by the
power of the Holy Spirit and conceived of the Virgin Mary. Of
course, we know His name to be “Jesus,” which means
“Savior,” and “Christ,” which means “Anointed One”
(in Hebrew “Messiah”). He is also the “Word” of the Father:
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld
His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full
of grace and truth” (John 1:14).
Saint
Paul writes that Jesus is “Christ the power of God, and the
wisdom of God” (1 Corinthians
1:24). And he also states that Christ Jesus became for
us “Wisdom from God, and Righteousness, and Sanctification, and
Redemption” (1 Corinthians 1:30).
ThE
Old Testament Prophet Isaiah, in writing about writes about the
Messiah, or Christ, says: “And the Spirit of God shall rest
upon Him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of
counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and godliness shall
fill Him; the spirit of the fear of God”
(Isaiah 11:2-3).
This Obednitsa Service was first provided by Archbishop Gregory of
Sitka (+2008) for the Diocese of Alaska and is presently provided
for use in the Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania.
Holy Wisdom Orthodox Church ©2021
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