Holy Liturgy, Sunday January 14, 2024

Описание: Leavetaking of the Theophany
Sunday, January 14th, 2024

The reading is from St. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians (4:7-13)
BRETHREN, grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. Therefore it is said, "When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men." (in saying, "He ascended," what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is he who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) And his gifts were that some should be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

The Gospel According to Matthew (4:12-17)
At that time, when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee; and leaving Nazareth he went and dwelt in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned." From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

Hymn of the Feast (English, DCS)
As You were baptized in the Jordan, O Lord, then
the worship of the Trinity became manifest, for the
voice of the Father bore witness to You, naming You
the Beloved Son; and the Spirit, in the form of a
dove, confirmed the certainty of the word. O Christ
God, who appeared and illumined the world, glory to
You.

Resurrectional Hymn (Greek)
Κατέλυσας τῷ Σταυρῷ σου τὸν θάνατον· ἠνέῳξας
τῷ λῃστῇ τὸν Παράδεισον· τῶν Μυροφόρων τὸν
θρῆνον μετέβαλες, καὶ τοῖς σοῖς Ἀποστόλοις
κηρύττειν ἐπέταξας, ὅτι ἀνέστης Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός,
παρέχων τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος.

Hymn of the Feast (Greek)
Ἐν Ἰορδάνῃ βαπτιζομένου σου Κύριε, ἡ τῆς Τριάδος
ἐφανερώθη προσκύνησις· τοῦ γὰρ Γεννήτορος ἡ
φωνὴ προσεμαρτύρει σοι, ἀγαπητόν σε Υἱὸν
ὀνομάζουσα· καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμα ἐν εἴδει περιστερᾶς,
ἐβεβαίου τοῦ λόγου τὸ ἀσφαλές. Ὁ ἐπιφανεὶς Χριστὲ
ὁ Θεός, καὶ τὸν κόσμον φωτίσας δόξα σοι.

Church Hymn (Greek)
Εύλογητός εἶ Χριστὲ ὁ Θεος ἡμῶν * ὁ πανσόφους *
τοὺς ἁλιεῖς ἁναδείξας * καταπέμψας αὐτοῖς τὸ
Πνεῦμα * τὸ ἅγιον * καὶ δι ̓ αὐτῶν * τῆν οἰκουμένην
σαγηνεύσας * φιλάνθρωπε δόξα Σοι.
Church Hymn (English, Green Book)
O blessed are You, O Christ our God, * Who by
sending down * the Holy Spirit upon them * made the
fishermen wise and through them * illumined the
world. * And to You * the universe was ever drawn.
All glory to You, O Lord.

Kontakion (English, DCS)
You appeared today to us * on earth, O Master, *
and Your light was signed on us * who cry aloud to
You and say * with understanding, O Christ our God:
You came and shone forth, O Light unapproachable.