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S t . B a s i l t h e G r e a t A nt i o c h i a n O r t h o d o x C hu r c h His Eminence Metropolitan JOSEPH, Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of all North America.
His Grace Bishop THOMAS, Auxiliary Bishop of The Diocese of Oakland, Charleston, and the Mid-Atlantic.
REV. FATHER JAMES PURDIE, PASTOR 1520 Todds Lane Hampton, VA 23666 Phone: Office (757) 223-4159, Cell: (412) 327-4099 Email: OrthodoxHampton@gmail.com Web Site: www.OrthodoxHampton.com
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THE ENTRANCE HYMN OF TROPARION OF ST. BASIL THE GREAT (TONE 1) PASCHA In the gathering places bless ye God the Lord, from the springs of Israel. Save us, O Son of God, Who art risen from the dead, who sing to Thee: Alleluia. RESURRECTIONAL HYMN (TONE 5) Let us believers praise and worship the Word; coeternal with the Father and the Spirit, born of the Virgin for our salvation. For, He took pleasure in ascending the Cross in the flesh to suffer death; and to raise the dead by His glorious Resurrection.
In all the earth that receiveth thy sayings, thy melody did resound O righteous Father, through which Thou didst go about and proclaim as worthy of God the nature of creatures, cultivating the character of mankind, O Thou of kingly priesthood Basil, wherefore plead thou with Christ-God to save our souls. THE HYMN (TONE 8)
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Though Thou didst descend into the grave, O Immortal One, yet didst Thou destroy the power of Hades, and didst arise as victor, O Christ God, calling to the myrrh-bearing women, Rejoice, and giving peace unto Thine Apostles, O Thou Who dost grant resurrection to the fallen. 3
EPISTLE tHE
into the market place before the rulers; and when they had brought them to the magistrates they said, “These men are Jews and they are The Reading from the Acts disturbing our city. They adof the Apostles. (16:16-34) vocate customs which it is not lawful for us Romans to In those days, as we Apos- accept or practice.” tles were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a The crowd joined in attackslave girl who had a spirit ing them; and the magisof divination and brought trates tore the garments her owners much gain by off them and gave orders soothsaying. to beat them with rods. And when they had inflictShe followed Paul and us, ed many blows upon them, crying, “These men are they threw them into prison, servants of the Most High charging the jailer to keep God, who proclaim to you them safely. the way of salvation.” Having received this charge, And this she did for many he put them into the inner days. But Paul was an- prison and fastened their noyed, and turned and said feet in the stocks. to the spirit, “I charge you in the Name of Jesus Christ But about midnight Paul to come out of her.” And it and Silas were praying and came out that very hour. singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening But when her owners saw to them. And suddenly there that their hope of gain was was a great earthquake, so gone, they seized Paul and that the foundations of the Silas and dragged them prison were shaken. Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us and preserve us. Save me, O Lord, for the godly man is no more.
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EPISTLE And immediately all the doors were opened and every one’s fetters were unfastened. When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. But Paul cried with a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.” And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas, and brought them out and said, “Men, what must I do to be saved?” And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all that were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their wounds, and he was baptized at once, with all his family. Then he brought them up into his house, and set food before them; and he rejoiced with all his household that he had believed in God. 5
GOSPEL THE
The Reading from the Holy sit and beg?” Some said, “It Gospel according to St. is he”; others said, “No, but he is like him.” He said, “I am John. (9:1-38) the man.” At that time, when Jesus was passing, He saw a man They said to him, “Then how blind from his birth. And were your eyes opened?” He His Disciples asked Him, answered, “The man called “Rabbi, who sinned, this Jesus made clay and anointman or his parents, that he ed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash’; so was born blind?” I went and washed and reJesus answered, “It was ceived my sight.” They said not that this man sinned, to him, “Where is He?” He or his parents, but that said, “I do not know.” the works of God might be made manifest in him. They brought to the PhariI must work the works of sees the man who had forHim Who sent me, while it merly been blind. Now it was is day; night comes, when a Sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened no one can work. his eyes. The Pharisees again As long as I am in the world, asked him how he had reI am the light of the world.” ceived his sight. And he said As He said this, he spat on to them, “He put clay on my the ground and made clay eyes, and I washed, and I see.” of the spittle and anointed the man’s eyes with the Some of the Pharisees said, clay, saying to him, “Go, “This man is not from God, for wash in the pool of Siloam” He does not keep the Sab[which means Sent]. So bath.” But others said, “How he went and washed and can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” There was a dicame back seeing. vision among them. So they The neighbors and those again said to the blind man, who had seen him before “What do you say about Him, as a beggar, said, “Is not since He has opened your eyes?” this the man who used to 6
GOSPEL He said, “He is a prophet.” The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight, and asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” His parents answered, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; but how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself.”
Why do you want to hear it again? Do you too want to become His disciples?” And they reviled him, saying, “You are His disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where He comes from.” The man answered, “Why, this is a marvel!
You do not know where He comes from, and yet He opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a His parents said this be- worshiper of God and does cause they feared the His will, God listens to him. Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone Never since the world began should confess Him to be has it been heard that anChrist, he was to be put out yone opened the eyes of a of the synagogue. There- man born blind. If this man fore his parents said, “He is were not from God, He could of age, ask him.” So for the do nothing.” They answered second time they called the him, “You were born in utter man who had been blind, sin, and would you teach us?” and said to him, “Give God the praise; we know that And they cast him out. Jesus heard that they had cast this man is a sinner.” him out, and having found He answered, “Whether He him He said, “Do you believe is a sinner, I do not know; in the Son of God?” He anone thing I know, that swered, “And Who is He, Sir, though I was blind, now I that I may believe in Him?” see.” They said to him, “What Jesus said to him, “You have did He do to you? How did seen Him, and it is He who He open your eyes?” He an- speaks to you.” swered them, “I have told you already, and you would He said, “Lord, I believe”; and he worshiped Him. not listen. 7
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