Tuesday of Pentecost Week 

Monday Evening at Vespers

On Lord, I have cried…, 6 stichera: 3 from the Pentecostarion, in Tone I: Special Melody: Joy of the ranks of heaven…—

Now are the nations made new by the mighty works of God, as in the form of fire, through foreign-sounding words, to move all on earth to certainty; that they might most clearly declare: Now hath salvation truly come as a sign for the gentiles.

O Christ, Who hast fulfilled Thy promise to send power from on high unto Thy disciples, Thou sendest Thy Holy Spirit, showing us that Thou art the Truth, O Good One, and that those who trust in Thee will truly not be ashamed.

O Thou Who didst fulfill Thy promise to send Thy Comforter, Thou didst send Him to the world as in tongues of fire, to smelt away the sins of all with divine fire, and to grant true communion with Hirn unto us who theologize concerning Him with faith.

And 3 stichera from the Menaion.

Glory…, Now & ever…, in Tone I—

Let us celebrate Pentecost, the coming of the Spirit, the conferral of the promise, the fulfillment of hope, the mystery as great as it is honorable; wherefore, we cry out to Thee: O Lord, Creator of all, glory to Thee!

Aposticha stichera, in Tone II: Special Melody: O house of Ephratha…—

As Thou didst promise the disciples, O Word, Thou didst indeed send Thy divine and Holy Spirit, and didst enlighten them.

Stichos: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

Suddenly, from heaven, the power of the divine Comforter showed all the apostles to be most wise and divinely eloquent.

Stichos: Cast me not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me.

Hearing the divine apostles magnifying the Trinity in their own languages, the generation of foreigners were at a loss.

Glory…, Now & ever…, in Tone I—

Thou didst renew Thy disciples, O Christ, with the tongues of foreigners, that thereby they might proclaim Thee the immortal Word and God, Who granteth our souls great mercy.

Tuesday Morning at Matins

After the first chanting of the Psalter, this sessional hymn, in Tone I: Special Melody: Tiry tomb, O Savior…—

I hymn, glorify and honor and deem the most Holy Spirit to be with the Father and the Son, holding Them to be one Godhead, yet distinguishing their characters; for having now clothed the apostles of Christ thus, He hath given them the wisdom to preach throughout the world.

Glory…, Now & ever…: The foregoing is repeated.

After the second chanting of the Psalter, this sessional hymn, in Tone IV: Special Melody: Go thou quickly before…—

Awesomely descending from heaven in the form of fire, the grace of the Spirit enlightened the disciples of Christ, and showed them to be luminaries declaring the one power and the single dominion of the Holy Trinity, which we glorify with faith.

Glory…, Now & ever…: The foregoing is repeated.

Canon I of the feast, with 8 troparia, including the irmos; and that from the Menaion, with 4 troparia. Kontakion and exapostilarion of the feast.

Aposticha stichera, in Tone II: Special Melody: O house of Ephratha…—

Enlightening their mind with divinely emitted radiance, O Word, Thy disciples received the Holy Spirit essentially.

Stichos: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

The tongues of fire, which were seen to come down from on high, descended upon the apostles, cleaving as they enlightened without consuming them.

Stichos: Cast me not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me.

Coming unto us from on high, as before Thou earnest to the apostles, O Comforter, sanctify and save those who proclaim Thee God.

Glory…, Now & ever…, in Tone I—

The Holy Spirit giveth all things: He poureth forth prophecies, ordaineth priests, hath taught wisdom to the unlettered and shown fishermen forth as theologians; and He assembleth the whole council of the Church. O Comforter, Who art consubstantial with the Father and the Son, glory to Thee!

Tuesday at Divine Liturgy

On the Beatitudes, 6 troparia from Ode I of both canons of the feast.