SERVICE GUIDE FOR THE
SUNDAY OF MEAT FARE
IS
UNAVAILABLE
SERVICE GUIDE FOR THE SUNDAY OF THE PRODIGAL SON
TONE 6
EOTHINON 6
The following
hymns are sung after the Entrance Hymn on the bottom of page 97 of
the Service Book. First
you will hear the Arabic chanters sing the Troparia of the
Resurrection, the saints or theme of the day (if any), and St.
George. The Arabic
phonetics for each hymn are printed for your convenience.
The Liturgical Choir will then repeat, in English, the
Troparia of the Resurrection, the saints or theme of the day (if
they know them) and will end with the Troparion of St. George.
The Arabic chanters will then conclude this section by
chanting the Kontakion in Arabic.
TROPARION OF THE RESURRECTION (TONE
6)
Angelic powers did stand above Thy tomb, and they that
guarded were as dead, and Mary stood at Thy grave searching for Thy
precious body. Thou didst
conquer Hades, and was not tempted thereby.
Thou didst meet the virgin and didst bestow life.
O Thou that art risen from the dead, O Lord glory to Thee.
ENNA EL-KOOWATEE EL-MALA’EEKEYA ZAHAROO ALA KABREKA
EL-MOOWAKAR. WAL-HOORASS
SAROO KAL-AMWAT, WA MARIAM WAKAFAT ENDA EL-KABREE TALEBATAN JAASADAKA
EL-TAHER. FA-SABAYTA
EL-JAHEEM WA LAM TOOJARRAB MEENHOO.
WA SADAFTA EL-BATOOL YA MANEEHA EL-HAYAT.
FAYA MAN NAHADA MEEN BAYNEE EL-AMWAT YA RABBOO EL-MAJDOO LAK.
TROPARION OF THE FINDING OF THE HEAD OF THE
BAPTIST (TONE 4)
Verily, from the earth rose the head of the
Forerunner, passing on to believers incorruptible rays of healing,
gathering the crowds of angels from above and calling below the races of
mankind to address their voices in unison in glory to Christ God.
KAD BAZAGHAT MEENA EL-ARDEE HAMATA EL-SABEK, FA-ASHRAKAT
LEEL-MOO’MEENEENA BE-ASHEE’ATTEE EL-ASHFEEYATEE EL-ADEEMATEE EL-FASSAD,
WA HEEYA TAJ-MA’OO MEENA EL-ALA’EE JAMAHEERA EL-MALA’EEKATEE, WA
TASSTAD’EE MEEN ASS-FALEE AJNACEE EL-BSHAR LEE-YOOMAJJEEDOO EL-MASSEEHA
EL-EELAHA BEE-ASSWATEN MOOTTAFEEKA.
TROPARION OF ST. GEORGE (TONE 4)
Since thou art a liberator and deliverer of captives,
a help and succour of the poor and needy, a healing physician of the
sick, a contender and fighter for kings, O great among Martyrs, the
victory-clad George, intercede with Christ God for the salvation of our
souls.
BEE-MA-ANNAKA LEEL.MA SOOREENA MOOHAREERON WA
MOO’TEEKON. WA LEEL-FOOKARA WA-ELMASAKEEN AADEEDON WA NASSERON.
WA LEEL-MARDA TABEEBON WASHAFEN.
WA AANEE EL-MOOLOOKEE MOOKAFEEHON WA MOOHAREEBON.
AYOOHA EL-AZEEM FEE ELSHOOHA DA JAWARJEEYOS EL-LABEESE.
EL-ZAFAR. TASHAFA
EELA ELMASEEHEE EL-EELAH FEE KHALASEE NOOFOOSEENA
KONTAKION OF THE PRODIGAL SON (TONE
3)
When I disobeyed in ignorance Thy Fatherly glory, I
wasted in iniquities the riches that Thou gavest me.
Wherefore, I cry to Thee with the voice of the prodigal son,
saying, I have sinned before Thee, O compassionate Father, receive me
repentant, and make me as one of Thy hired servants.
LAMMA ASAYATOO MAJDAKA EL-ABAWEE BEEJAHALEN WA
GHABAWA, BADDADTOO FEE-EL-MA’ASEE EL-GHENA ALLATHEE A’ATAYTANEE.
FALEETHALEKA ASRAKHOO ELAYKA BE-SAWTEE EL-EBNEE EL-SHATER
HATEFAN: KHATE’TOO AMAMAKA AYOOHA EL-RA’OOF FA- EKBALNEE TA’EBAN
WA EJA’LNEE KA-AHADA AJRA’EEKA
The Epistle
Reader reads the Prokeimenon (below) and then announces and reads
the following Epistle lesson.
PROKEIMENON
The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord.
O God, hear my voice.
LESSON FROM
THE SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS (4:6-15)
Brethren, it is the God who commanded light to shine out
of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the
knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence
of the power may be of God and not of us.
We are hard‑pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are
perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck
down, but not destroyed—always carrying about in the body the dying of
the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our
body. For we who live are
always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also
may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
So then death is working in us, but life in you.
And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is
written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and
therefore speak, knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also
raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you.
For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread
through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
GOSPEL: LUKE
(15:11-32)
The Lord spoke this parable:
“A certain man had two sons.
And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the
portion of goods that falls to me.’ So he divided to them his
livelihood. And not many
days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far
country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living.
But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that
land, and he began to be in want.
Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and
he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that
the swine ate, and no one gave him anything.
“But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s
hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, ‘Father, I
have sinned against heaven and before you, and I am no longer worthy to
be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.’
And he arose and came to his father.
But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had
compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.
And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven
and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe and
put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.
And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be
merry; for this my son was
dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be
merry. Now his older son was
in the field. And as he came
and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
So he called one of the servants and asked what these things
meant. And he said to him,
‘Your brother has come, and because he has received him safe and sound,
your father has killed the fatted calf.’
But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came
out and pleaded with him. So
he answered and said to his father, ‘Lo, these many years I have been
serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet
you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends.
But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your
livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.’
And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that I
have is yours. It was right
that we should make merry and be glad, for your brother was dead and is
alive again, and was lost and is found.’”
