Text: Sunday of the Holy Fore-Fathers; Post feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God - Tropar Sunday, Tone 3

Tropar Sunday, Tone 3:

Let the heavens be glad, let the earth rejoice,*
for the Lord has done a mighty deed with His arm.*
He trampled death by death; He became the first born of the dead;*
He saved us from the abyss of Hades*
and granted great mercy to the world.

Audio - 01- Sunday of the Holy Fore-Fathers; Post-feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God - Tropar Sunday, Tone 3

by H. Andrew Spilchuk

Text: Sunday of the Holy Fore-Fathers; Post-feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God - Tropar of the Forefathers, Tone 2

Tropar of the Forefathers, Tone 2:

O Christ, You have justified the forefathers by faith,*
thus forming through them the Church of the gentiles.*
These saints are glorified because the Virgin who bore You descends from them.*
O Christ God, through their prayers have mercy on us.

Audio - 02- Sunday of the Holy Fore-Fathers; Post-feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God - Tropar of the Forefathers, Tone 2

by H. Andrew Spilchuk

Text: Sunday of the Holy Fore-Fathers; Post-feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God - Glory Be... & Kondak, of the Forefathers, Tone 6

Glory Be  . . . Tone 6

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,*

Kondak of the Forefathers, Tone 6:

Armed with invisible power,*
you did not adore the idols made by human hands, O thrice-holy youths;*
strengthened by a power beyond words,*
you stood in the midst of a devouring fire and called upon God, saying,*
“Hasten, O merciful One, and speed to our help,*
for You are good and have power to do whatever you desire.”

Audio - 03- Sunday of the Holy Fore-Fathers; Post-feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God - Glory Be... & Kondak, of the Forefathers, Tone 6

by H. Andrew Spilchuk

Text: Sunday of the Holy Fore-Fathers; Post-feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God - now and for ever & Kondak, Sunday,Tone 3

Now and for ever… Tone 3:

now and forever and ever. Amen.

Kondak Sunday, Tone 3:

You arose from the tomb, O compassionate Lord,*
and led us out from the gates of death.*
Today Adam exults and Eve rejoices,*
and the prophets together with the patriarchs unceasingly acclaim*
the divine might of Your power.

Audio - 04- 4th Sunday after Pentecost- Feast of the Mother of Perpetual Help, Now and for ever & Kondak, Sunday,Tone 3

by H. Andrew Spilchuk

Text: Sunday of the Holy Fore-Fathers; Post-feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God - Prokimen, Tone 4

Prokimen, Tone 4:

Blessed are you, and praiseworthy, O Lord, the God of our fathers,*
and glorious forever is your name.

verse:  For you are just in all you have done.

Blessed are you, and praiseworthy, O Lord, the God of our fathers,*
and glorious forever is your name.

 

Audio - 04- Sunday of the Holy Fore-Fathers; Post-feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God - Prokimen, Tone 4

by H. Andrew Spilchuk

Text: Sunday of the Holy Fore-Fathers; Post-feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God - Alleluia, & Verses

Alleluia Verses:

Moses and Aaron are among His priests and Samuel among those who call upon His name.

 They called upon the Lord, and he answered them.

Audio - 05- Sunday of the Holy Fore-Fathers; Post-feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God - Alleluia & Verses

by H. Andrew Spilchuk

Text: Sunday of the Holy Fore-Fathers; Post-feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God - "O. my soul . . ."

Instead of ‘Indeed, it is fitting’:

O my soul, extol the glorious conception*
of the Mother of God.*
You are an inexhaustible source of life,*
O Mother of God.*
You are a radiant lamp of grace, a temple of the Holy Spirit,*
an all-pure tent more spacious*
than the heavens and the earth.*
Therefore, we the faithful,*
praise you.

Audio - 06- Sunday of the Holy Fore-Fathers; Post-feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God - "O. my soul . . ."

by H. Andrew Spilchuk

Text: Sunday of the Holy Fore-Fathers; Post-feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God - Communion Hymn (Verses)

Communion Hymn (Verses)

Praise the Lord from the heavens;* praise Him in the highest.

Exult, you just, in the Lord;* praise from the upright is fitting. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia.

Audio - 07- Sunday of the Holy Fore-Fathers; Post-feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God - Communion Hymn (Verses)

by H. Andrew Spilchuk