Exaltation of the Cross: festive antiphons, troparion and kontakion, prokeimenon, communion
Antiphon of the 1st Exaltation of the Cross, Psalm 21:
Verse 1: O God, my God, take notice of me, / have you forsaken me? Chorus: Through the prayers of the Mother of God, Savior, save us. Verse 2: Far from my salvation / the words of my falls. Chorus: Through the prayers of the Mother of God, Savior, save us. Verse 3: My God, I will call in the days, and you will not hear, and in the night, and not to my madness. Chorus: Through the prayers of the Mother of God, Savior, save us. Verse 4: You live in the Holy One, / praise to Israel. Chorus: Through the prayers of the Mother of God, Savior, save us. Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit/ now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. Chorus: Through the prayers of the Mother of God, Savior, save us.
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GntifHn No. for the erection of honesty and 3 life-giving krtA, ral0m k7a:
Art No.: B9e, b9e m0y, vonmi1 mi,/ set mS є3сi2; Chorus: Mltvami btsdy, sp7se, sp7si2 nas. Article v7: Further t sp7seniz myegw2/ wordsA of my1x sin. Chorus: Mltvami btsdy: Stjkh G: B9e m0y, called in the days 2, and 3 not ўlhshishi, / and 3 in the night 2, and 3 not in the madness of me. Chorus: Mltvami btsdy: Stjkh d7: You live in the same place, / praise2 ї}lev. Chorus: Mltvami btsdy: Glory, and3 nhne: Mltvami btsdy:
Antiphon 2 for the Exaltation of the Cross, Psalm 73:
Verse 1: How much, O God, have you rejected us to the end? Chorus: Saviors, Son of God, crucified in flesh, singing Ti: hallelujah. Verse 2: Remember Your host, which You acquired from the beginning. Chorus: Saviors, Son of God, crucified in flesh, singing Ti: hallelujah. Verse 3: This is Mount Zion,/ in which you dwelt. Chorus: Saviors, Son of God, crucified in flesh, singing Ti: hallelujah. Verse 4: God our King, from before the world, wrought salvation in the midst of the earth. Chorus: Saviors, Son of God, crucified in flesh, singing Ti: hallelujah.
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GntifHn v7 on the erection of honesty and 3 life-giving krtA, ral0m o7g:
Stjkh №: Vskyu, b9e,/ tri1nulu n2 є3сi2 to the end; Chorus: Spas1 ny, sn7e b9іy, pl0tіyu raspnhysz, singing 12: Hallilyia. Stjхъ в7: Remember2 s0nm tv0y,/ є3г0же stzhal є3сi2 и3 first. Chorus: Sp7sy1 ny, сн7е b9іy: Stjхъ G: Mountain сіНнъ сіS,/ in the neizhe el1lsz є3si. Chorus: Sp7s1 ny, сн7е b9іy: Stjхъ d7: BGъ, our king, before the age/ made sleep in the middle of the earth2. Chorus: Sp7si1 ny, sn7e b9іy: Slava, and3 nhne: E#dinor0dny sn7e:
Antiphon of the 3rd Exaltation of the Cross:
Verse 1 (Psalm 98): The Lord reigns,/ let people be angry. Troparion: O Lord, save Thy people... Verse 2: The Lord reigns, let the people be angry:/ he sits on the Cherubim, let the earth move. Troparion: O Lord, save Thy people... Verse 3: The Lord is Great in Zion,/ and High above all people. Troparion: O Lord, save Thy people... Verse 4 (Psalm 95): Worship the Lord/ in His holy courtyard. Troparion: O Lord, save Thy people...
GntifHn G on the erection of honesty and 3 life-giving crtA:
Article no. Ral0m §i: GD votsRi1sz, / let people be angry. Troparion: Save2, gDi, your people‰: Stjхъ в7: GDь otsRi1sz, let people be angry,/ sit on the cherubs, let the earth move. Troparion: Save2, gdi, your people: Stjkh G: Gd to sіHne is great, / and3 high above all people2. Troparion: Save2, gDi, your people‰: Stjkhd7. Ral0m §є: Worship 1tesz gDevi/ in the yard with™ёm є3гw2. Troparion: Save2, gDi, your people:
Troparion to the Venerable Cross, tone 1:
Save, O Lord, Thy people,/ and bless Thy inheritance,/ granting victories against the enemy,// and preserving Thy life through Thy Cross.
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Troparion to the honest and 3 life-giving church, voice No.:
Save2 your people,/ and3 bless2 your dignity,/ victory in the resistance against the gift,// and3 yours will preserve your1st residence.
Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Kontakion to the Honorable Cross, tone 4:
Ascend to the Cross by your will,/ to Your namesake new residence/ grant Your bounty, O Christ God,/ make us glad with Your power,/ giving us victories for our peers,/ benefit to those who have Yours ́ weapon of the world, // invincible victory.
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Kontakion to the honest and 3 life-giving krtY, voice d7:
Ascend to your will/ your name for your new residence/ your bounty, grant to God:/ make us glad with your strength,/ give us victory for our companions,/ help your other world to the powerful, // invincible victory.
Prokeimenon on Friday, to the Cross of the Lord, tone 7:
Lift up the Lord our God,/ and worship His footstool, for He is holy.
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Prokjmen in pzt0k, krty gDnyu, voice z7:
Raise up our god,/and3 bow down to the foot of nHgu є3гw2, ћкw є4st. Stjkh: GD votsRi1sz, let people be angry.
Involved in the Exaltation of the Cross:
The light of Your face appears upon us, O Lord.
Participated in the erection of honesty and 3 life-giving krtA:
The banner is upon us, the light of your face is upon us.
Hallelujah. (Thrice)
Hallilya, three times.
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Publication date: 08/30/2019
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Troparion to the Cross
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The Troparion to the Life-Giving Cross, that is, the chant of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, is one of the most famous prayers. It is often performed in churches; it is included in the rite of the water-blessing prayer service and in the morning prayer rule. But meanwhile, this troparion has a dramatic fate. Due to historical circumstances, its text has undergone changes. Moreover, two versions of prayer have become established in liturgical practice.
Here's what the first one sounds like:
“Save, O Lord, Thy people, and bless Thy inheritance, granting victories against resistance, and preserving Thy residence through Thy Cross.”
The second option contains a clarification: “giving victory to Orthodox Christians against the resistance...”. Both texts are equally valid. As a rule, one temple adheres to one option.
In this prayer, the Church asks that the Lord deliver us, Orthodox Christians, from troubles and misfortunes, grant us prosperity, the strength to defeat all violators of the security of the state, and protect us with His Cross.
But the fact is that until the spring of one thousand nine hundred and seventeen the troparion to the Life-giving Cross sounded completely different.
Previously, it was called: “Troparion of the Cross and prayer for the Tsar and the Fatherland,” and its text was as follows: “Save, Lord, Thy people, and bless Thy inheritance; victory to our Blessed Emperor Nikolai Alexandrovich, granting victory against resistance, and preserving Your residence through Your Cross.”
After the abdication of Nicholas II, the new authorities demanded that the text of the prayer be revised. For the first time, the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church faced such a challenge, so it made concessions; the lines about the emperor were replaced with the blessing of the Provisional Government. After the October Revolution, prayer for a government that openly proclaimed atheistic views was impossible.
Meanwhile, prayer for the Tsar and the Fatherland formed the semantic core of the entire Exaltation service. After all, the event underlying the holiday, the discovery of the Holy Cross of the Lord, occurred thanks to the personal faith and political will of Emperor Constantine the Great.
He single-handedly stopped the usual course of the state machine of the Roman Empire: he stopped more than two centuries of persecution of Christians, began to build legislation on the basis of Christian ethics, and openly glorified the victorious power of the Cross of the Lord. Constantine lived by Christ and faith.
In prayers to the Cross, the Church reminds that Christ must be at the center of any state. She openly talks about her ideal of a socio-political structure - a symphony, that is, harmony, collaboration between the Church and the state. So in the kontakion of the Exaltation of the Cross, a short hymn for the holiday, the Church asks: “To your namesake new residence” - that is, “to your new state, which bears your name” “grant Thy bounty, O Christ God.”
There is an opinion, in particular supported by St. John, Bishop of Shanghai, that in the home prayer rule it is permissible to recite the original version of the troparion to the Cross. The saint believed that this was a prayer for the faithful kings of future eras.
Troparions, kontakia, magnifications and honorifics for the twelfth holidays
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. September 8/21
Troparion, tone 4
Thy Nativity of the Virgin Mary, proclaim joy to the whole universe: from Thee has arisen the Sun of righteousness, Christ our God, and having destroyed the oath, given blessing, and having abolished death, giving us eternal life.
Kontakion, tone 4
Joachim and Anna were reproached by despair, and Adam and Eve were freed from mortal aphids, O Most Pure One, in Thy holy Nativity. Then Thy people also celebrate, having been freed from the guilt of sins, and sometimes call Thy: the Mother of God and the nourisher of our life bears fruitlessness.
Greatness
We magnify You, Most Holy Virgin, and honor Your holy parents, and glorify Your birth with all glory.
Zadostoynik, voice 8th
Virginity is foreign to mothers, and childbearing is strange to virgins; on You, Mother of God, both are settled. Thus, all the tribes of the earth unceasingly magnify You.
Exaltation of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross September 14/27
Troparion, tone 1
Save, Lord, Thy people and bless Thy inheritance, the victories of Orthodox Christians in the face of resistance, and Thy preserving life through Thy Cross.
Kontakion, tone 4
Ascend to the Cross by will, to Your namesake new life, grant Your bounty, O Christ God; Make us glad in Thy power, giving us victories as adversaries, Thy benefits to those who have them, weapons of peace, invincible victory.
Greatness
We magnify You, Life-Giving Christ, and honor Your holy Cross, by which You saved us from the work of the enemy.
Zadostoynik, voice 8th
Mystery art thou, O Mother of God, paradise, who hast increased Christ without mercy, and with the life-giving Cross of the Cross planted a tree on the earth. Therefore, now I exalt, worshiping him, I magnify You.
Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary into the Temple November 21/December 4
Troparion, tone 4
On the day of God’s favor, the transfiguration and the salvation of men are preached, in the temple of God the Virgin clearly appears and foretells Christ to everyone. To that we too will loudly cry out: Rejoice, the Creator’s vision is fulfilled.
Kontakion, tone 4
The most pure temple of the Savior, the many-valued palace and the Virgin, the sacred treasure of the glory of God, is today introduced into the house of the Lord, co-introducing grace, even in the Divine Spirit, even as the Angels of God sing; This is the village of heaven.
Greatness
We magnify You, Most Holy Virgin, God-chosen Youth, and we honor Your entry into the Temple of the Lord.
Zadostoynik, voice 4th
Like the animate God’s ark, let the evil hands never touch it; On the lips of the faithful, the voice of the Angel is silently chanting and crying out to the Mother of God with joy: truly you are above all, O Pure Virgin.
Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ December 25/January 7
Troparion, tone 4
Your Nativity, Christ our God, the worldly light of reason has arisen, in it those who serve the stars learn to bow to You, the Sun of Truth, and to lead You from the heights of the East. Lord, glory to You!
Kontakion, tone 3
Today the Virgin gives birth to the Most Existent, and the earth brings a den to the Unapproachable; The angels with their shepherds praise, and the wolves travel with the star; For our sake, the Young Child, the Eternal God, was born.
Greatness
We magnify You, Life-Giving Christ, for our sake, now born in the flesh from the brideless and most pure Virgin Mary.
Zadostoynik, voice 1st
It is more convenient for us to love, as if we are comfortable with fear, in silence, but for love, Devo, the songs of weaving are extensively complex, it is inconvenient to eat: but also, Mati, strength, if there is will, give.
Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ January 6/19
Troparion, tone 1
In the Jordan I am baptized to You, Lord, Trinitarian adoration appears: Your Parental voice bears witness to You, naming Your beloved Son, and the Spirit, in the form of a dove, proclaims Your words of affirmation. Appear, O Christ God, and enlighten the world, glory to You.
Kontakion, tone 4
Thou hast appeared this day to the universe, and Thy light, O Lord, has appeared upon us, singing Thee in our minds; You came and you appeared, the unapproachable Light.
Greatness
We magnify You, Life-Giving Christ, for our sake, now baptized in the flesh by John in the waters of the Jordan.
Troparion for the Blessing of Waters, tone 8
The voice of the Lord on the waters cries out the verb: come, receive all the Spirit of wisdom, the Spirit of understanding, the Spirit of the fear of God, who is Christ.
Today the waters are sanctified by nature, and the Jordan is divided, and its streams return, the Lord is baptized in vain.
As a man came to the river, O Christ the King, and strived to receive servile baptism, O Lord, from the hand of the Forerunner, sin for our sake, Lover of mankind!
Glory to this day:
To the voice of him crying in the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord, you have come, O Lord, receiving the form of a servant, asking for baptism, not knowing sin. Seeing the water and being afraid, the Forerunner was trembling and cried out the verb: how will the lamp of Light illuminate, how will the slave lay his hand on the Lord? Sanctify me and the waters, O Savior, take away the sin of the world.
Zadostoynik, voice 2
Every tongue is perplexed to praise according to its inheritance, but the mind and the worldly one are amazed at singing Thee, Mother of God; O other good beings, accept faith, for love is our divine: You are the Representative of Christians, we magnify You.
Meeting of Our Lord Jesus Christ February 2/15
Troparion, tone 1
Rejoice, Blessed Virgin Mary, for from You has arisen the Sun of Truth, Christ our God, enlightening those in darkness. Rejoice also, you, the righteous one, who have been accepted into the arms of the Liberator of our souls, who gives us resurrection.
Kontakion, tone 1
Thou didst sanctify the womb of the Maiden with Thy Nativity, and blessed the hand of Simeon, as befittingly, having foreshadowed, and now Thou hast saved us, O Christ God; but die in the arms of your life, O Lover of Mankind alone.
Greatness
We magnify You, Life-Giving Christ, and honor Your Most Pure Mother, Who, according to the law, has now been brought to the temple of the Lord.
Zadostoynik, voice 3rd
In the law, canopy and scripture we see the faithful, every male sex, opening falsehood, is holy to God. Thus the first-born Word of the Father is without beginning, the Son of the first-born Matter is unartifically great.
Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary March 25/April 7
Troparion, tone 4
The day of our salvation is the most important, and the sacrament has appeared since time immemorial; The Son of God is the Son of the Virgin, and Gabriel preaches the good news. In the same way, we will cry out to the Mother of God: Rejoice, O Most Gracious One, the Lord is with You.
Kontakion, tone 8
To the chosen Voivode, victorious, as having got rid of the evil ones, let us sing thanksgiving to Thy servants, O Mother of God, but as having an invincible power, free us from all troubles, and let us call Thee: Rejoice, Unbrideless Bride.
Greatness
The Archangel's voice cries out to You, Pure One: Rejoice, O Blessed One, the Lord is with You.
Zadostoynik, voice 4th
Like the animate God's Icon, let the hands of the evil never touch it. The mouth of the faithful to the Mother of God is silent, the voice of the Angel is chanting, and with joy they cry out: Rejoice, O Gracious One, the Lord is with Thee.
Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem (last Sunday before Easter)
Troparion, tone 1
The General Resurrection, before Thy Passion, assuring, Thou didst raise Lazarus from the dead, O Christ God. In the same way, we, like the children of victory bearing the sign, cry out to you, the conqueror of death: Hosanna in the highest, blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.
Troparion, tone 4
Having been buried in You by baptism, O Christ our God, immortal life has been granted by Your resurrection, and we cry hymnically: Hosanna in the highest, blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.
Kontakion, tone 6
On the throne in heaven, carried on the lot on earth, O Christ God, the angels’ praise and children’s chanting received thou who callest Thou: Blessed art thou, who call forth Adam to come.
Zadostoynik, voice 4th
God the Lord and appear to us, create a holiday, and come joyfully, let us exalt Christ, with branches and branches, with songs calling: blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord our Savior!
Bright Resurrection of Christ. Easter
Stichera, tone 6
Your Resurrection, Christ our Savior, the angels sing in heaven, and let us on earth glorify You with a pure heart.
Troparion, tone 5
Christ rose from the dead, trampling down death and giving life to those in the tombs.
Kontakion, tone 8
You also descended into the grave, Immortal, but you destroyed the power of hell, and you rose again as the Conqueror, Christ God, to the myrrh-bearing women of the prophetic: rejoice! and grant peace to your apostles, grant resurrection to the fallen.
Having seen the Resurrection of Christ, we worship the Holy Lord Jesus, the only sinless one, we worship Your Cross, O Christ, and we sing and glorify Your holy resurrection: For You are our God, do we know no other to You? , we call Your name. Come, all you faithful, let us adore the holy resurrection of Christ; Behold, through the Cross joy has come to the whole world; always blessing the Lord, we sing His resurrection, having endured crucifixion, destroy death by death.
Exapostilary of Easter
The flesh has fallen asleep, as if dead. King and Lord, Thou hast risen on three days, Adama has risen from aphids and abolished death: Easter of incorruption, salvation of the world.
Zadostoynik, voice 1st
The angel cries with the Most Grace: Pure Virgin, rejoice! And again I say: Rejoice! Your Son has risen three days from the grave, and raised the dead: people, rejoice.
Shine, shine, new Jerusalem: the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Rejoice now and be glad, Sione. You, Pure One, rejoice, O Mother of God, about the rise of Your Nativity.
Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ (on the 40th day after the Resurrection)
Troparion, tone 4
Thou hast ascended in glory, O Christ our God, having brought joy to the disciples by the promise of the Holy Spirit, which was communicated to them by the former blessing, that Thou art the Son of God, the Redeemer of the world.
Kontakion, tone 6
Having already fulfilled your concern for us, and having united us on earth in heaven, you ascended in glory, Christ our God, never leaving, but remaining persistent, and crying out to those who love you: I am with you and no one Already on you.
Greatness
We magnify You, Life-Giving Christ, and honor the Divine Ascension into heaven with Your most pure Flesh.
Zadostoynik, voice 1st
You, more than the mind and the word, the Mother of God, in the year of flight ineffable, we magnify with one and the same faith.
Pentecost. Trinity Day (50th day after Resurrection)
Troparion, tone 8
Blessed are You, Christ our God, who are all wise fishers of phenomena, sending down the Holy Spirit to them, and with them you caught the universe, Lover of mankind, glory to You.
Kontakion, tone 8
Whenever the tongues merged, dividing the tongues, the Most High, and when the fiery tongues were distributed, all were called into union; and let us glorify the All-Holy Spirit in agreement.
Greatness
We magnify You, O Life-Giving Christ, and honor Your All-Holy Spirit, Whom You sent from the Father as Your divine disciple.
Zadostoynik, voice 1st
Rejoice, O Queen, motherly glory: all kindly, benevolent lips cannot flow, It is worthy to sing to You; Every mind is bewildered to comprehend Your Christmas. In the same way, we glorify Thee.
Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ August 6/19
Troparion, tone 7
You were transfigured on the mountain, O Christ God, showing Your glory to Your disciples like moss; May Your ever-present light shine upon us sinners too, through the prayers of the Mother of God, O Light-bearer, glory to You.
Kontakion, tone 7
You were transfigured on the mountain, and as a place to contain Your disciples, You saw Your glory, O Christ God; so that when they see You crucified, they will understand freely the suffering, and they will preach to the world that You are truly the Father’s radiance.
Greatness
We magnify You, Life-Giving Christ, and honor Your most pure flesh for your glorious transfiguration.
Zadostoynik, voice 4th
Your Nativity appeared imperishably, God passed from your side, like the Carpenter who appeared on earth, and lived with men. Thee, Mother of God, we all magnify.
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary August 15/28
Troparion, tone 1
At Christmas you preserved your virginity, in the Dormition you did not abandon the world, O Mother of God, you reposed in the life, Mother of the Being of the Life, and through your prayers you delivered our souls from death.
Kontakion, voice 2
In the prayers of the never-sleeping Mother of God and in the intercessions there is immutable trust, the grave and mortification cannot be restrained: like the Living Mother, the One who has entered into the ever-virgin womb has come to life.
Greatness
We magnify You, Most Immaculate Mother of Christ our God, and we glorify Your Dormition with all glory.
Zadostoynik, voice 1st
Nature's laws are conquered in You, O pure Virgin, Christmas is in full force, and life is betrothed to death; at birth the Virgin, and after death she is alive, saving everlastingly, O Mother of God, your inheritance.
Troparion of the Exaltation of the Cross
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The credit for finding the main historical evidence of the Gospel events belongs to the Holy Empress Helen, mother of Emperor Constantine the Great. Saint Helena lived in the fourth century after the birth of Christ. She was a pagan until she was sixty, and then converted to Christianity. The gospel inspired the empress so much that, despite her advanced age, she went to Palestine, where she headed archaeological excavations. Their result was amazing. Thanks to Saint Helena, the Cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified was discovered. The event happened on September 27th according to the modern calendar. In honor of the discovery of the relic, a holiday called the Exaltation of the Cross was established. After being found, the Cross of Christ was erected, that is, it was raised and shown to everyone who was nearby at that time. Since then, the Orthodox Church has had a tradition of displaying an icon of the cross during services every year on September 27th. Previously, the Exaltation of the Cross occupied third place in importance in the church calendar - after Easter and the Nativity of Christ. The solemnity of this holiday is evidenced by the liturgical chants.
The troparion occupies a special place in the service of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. A troparion is usually called a short prayer that reveals the meaning of a church celebration. And historical, and theological, doctrinal. This is what the troparion for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross looks like: “Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thy inheritance, granting victories to Orthodox Christians against resistance, and preserving Thy residence through Thy Cross.”
And this is a translation of the text into Russian: “Save, Lord, Your people and bless Your inheritance, granting victories to Orthodox Christians over their enemies and preserving Your people through Your Cross.”
In ancient times, instead of the expression “Orthodox Christians” there were other words - “pious emperors”. The Orthodox Church in Byzantium had state status. The emperor was considered God's anointed, a faithful protector of his subjects. The flag of Byzantium featured a cross. Therefore, the Exaltation of the Cross was actually a public holiday of the Byzantine Empire. Times have changed - Orthodox empires no longer exist. But the Church still asks God for help on the day of the Exaltation of the Cross. Not for emperors, but for all Orthodox Christians.
The Troparion of the Exaltation of the Cross is sung at one of the most solemn moments of the service. The priest carries out from the altar a cross depicting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The cross is solemnly raised up and shown to parishioners as a banner of God's victory over death and sin. The relic is then placed on a stand in the center of the temple. The priest censes the cross three times, at which time the troparion of the holiday is sung. Let's listen to how it sounds performed by the choir of the Sretensky Monastery in Moscow.
