Протоієрей д-р Ігор Куташ
Rt. Rev. Mitred Archpriest Dr. Ihor G. Kutash

THE PROTECTION OF OUR MOST HOLY SOVEREIGN LADY THE THEOTOKOS AND EVER-VIRGIN MARY

(October 1 | 14)

MAGNIFICATION:

We magnify You, Most Holy Virgin. And we honour Your pure Protection, for the Holy Andrew beheld You in the air praying to Christ for us.
After each verse, we repeat the Magnification.
1. The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven.
2. We shall be filled with the good things of Your house; holy is Your temple.
3. Our soul waits for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.
4. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

TROPAR, TONE 4:

Today, we Orthodox people joyfully celebrate, enlightened by Your coming among us O Mother of God, and gazing upon Your Most Pure image, we say with compunction: Shelter us with Your most pure Protection and deliver us from all evil, praying to Your Son, Christ our God, to save our souls.

KONDAK, TONE 3:

The Virgin stands before us in the Church today, and with the choirs of Saints, invisibly prays to God for us. The Angels with the Hierarchs worship, the Apostles with the Prophets rejoice. For the Theotokos prays for us to the Eternal God.

ENTRANCE HYMN:

Come, let us worship and bow down before Christ. O Son of God, through the prayers of the Theotokos, save us who sing to You: Alleluia!

PROKEIMEN, TONE 3:

(Luke 1:46-48)

My soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour.
Verse: For He has regarded the low estate of His handmaiden. For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.

EPISTLE:

Hebrews 9:1-7

¹Then indeed, even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and the earthly sanctuary.
²For a tabernacle was prepared: the first part, in which was the lampstand, the table, and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary;
³and behind the second veil, the part of the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All,
⁴which had the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant;
⁵and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail.
⁶Now when these things had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle, performing the services.
⁷But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the people’s sins committed in ignorance;

ALLELUIA, TONE 8:

(Psalm 44:10, 12)

Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline your ear.
Verse: The rich among the people shall entreat your countenance.

GOSPEL:

Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28

³⁸Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house.
³⁹And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and heard His word.
⁴⁰But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.”
⁴¹And Jesus answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things.
⁴²But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.”

Chapter 11

²⁷And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!”
²⁸But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

COMMUNION VERSE:

(Psalm 115:4)

I will take the cup of salvation and call upon the Name of the Lord. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.