![]() ![]() But if the forefeast coincide with Sunday, we chant the triodion at compline.) ![]() (We chant Odes VIII and IX following the pattern of Ode I but in Odes III through VII the canon of the forefeast is given 8 troparia, while that of the martyr hath 4. ![]() Splendidly celebrating the day of the forefeast of the glorious and awesome transfiguration of Christ today, O ye faithful, let us cry aloud together: Transform our nature, O Savior, illumining it with Thy divine flesh, and impart to it its original dignity of incorruption, in that Thou art compassionate, that we may all glorify Thee, our one God.Ĭanon of the forefeast, with 6 troparia, including the irmos and the triodion, with 4 troparia and the canon of the martyr, with 4 troparia. Glory…, Now & ever…: the foregoing is repeated.Īfter the second chanting of the Psalter, this sessional hymn, in Tone IV: Spec. The all-splendid festival of the Master hath arrived! Come ye all, and, having cleansed ourselves noetically beforehand, let us ascend Mount Tabor to behold Christ. On “God is the Lord…”, the troparion of the forefeast, thrice.Īfter the first chanting of the Psalter, this sessional hymn, in Tone IV: Spec. Let us go forth to meet the transfiguration of Christ, splendidly celebrating the forefeast thereof, O ye faithful and let us cry aloud: The day of divine gladness hath arrived! The Master ascendeth Mount Tabor to shine forth the beauty of His divinity! Once O Christ God Who wast transfigured in glory on Mount Tabor and showed the glory of Thy divinity to Thy disciples: illumine us also with the light of the knowledge of Thee, and guide us to the path of Thy commandments, for Thou alone art good and lovest mankind. Glory…, Now & ever…, idiomelon, in the same tone. Stichos: Blessed is the people that knoweth jubilation.ĭesiring to transform Adam’s nature, Christ now ascendeth Mount Tabor, that He might disclose His divinity to the initiates of His mysteries. Shining forth like the sun on the mountain today, before undergoing His sufferings, Christ showeth to the initiates of His mysteries a divine sign of His divinity. Stichos: Mercy and truth are met together, righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Illumined with the effulgence of the virtues, let us proceed to the holy mountain, that we may behold the divine transfiguration of the Lord. Through light let us receive light and, exalted in the Spirit, let us hymn the consubstantial Trinity forever.īut if it be Saturday evening, we chant: Now & ever…: the dogmatic theotokion.Īt the aposticha, these stichera, in Tone II: Spec. Wherefore, we celebrate thine honored and holy festival.Ĭome, let us ascend the mountain of the Lord to the house of our God, and let us gaze upon the glory of His transfiguration, the glory of the Only-begotten of the Father. Thou wast recognized, O Eusygnius, as an invincible warrior for, wielding the sword of the Cross, thou didst go forth to do battle with the adverse foe and didst fell him, contending splendidly and receiving the crown of victory from the one Master and Judge of the contest, Who reigneth forever.īy thine honored sufferings, O glorious athlete Eusygnius, thou didst portray the honored Passion and, as a victor, thou dwellest in the city on high, rejoicing with all the martyrs and being deified by communion with the Godhead. And bearing the trophy of the Cross in thy right hand as a scepter, O most wise martyr, thou reignest with Christ, ever rejoicing. Mel.: “As one valiant among the martyrs…”-ĭyed in the blood of thy flesh, O glorious one, thou didst clothe thyself in the purple robe of divine grace, and didst place upon thy head the crown of life incorruptible. Mel.: “Thou hast given a sign…”-Ĭome, let us go up with Jesus Who ascendeth the holy mountain, and there let us hear the voice of the living God, the all-unoriginate Father, which through the divine Spirit beareth witness by a cloud to His true Sonship and, illumined in mind, let us gaze upon Light amid light.Ĭome, let us join chorus beforehand, let us purify ourselves and faithfully prepare for divine entry into the dwelling-place of the transcendent God and let us receive the glory which the forechosen apostles were vouchsafed to behold mystically on Mount Tabor.Ĭome, and, having transformed ourselves with a more exalted transformation, let us prepare ourselves well for the morrow, to ascend the holy mountain of God, beholding the glory of Christ which shineth forth immutably, more brightly than the sun and, illumined with the light of the Trinity, let us glorify His condescension therein.Īnd 3 stichera of the martyr, in the same tone: Spec. On “Lord, I have cried…”, 6 stichera: 3 for the forefeast, in Tone IV: Spec. FOREFEAST OF THE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRISTĬOMMEMORATION OF THE HOLY MARTYR EUSYGNIUS ![]()
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