On the Beatitudes, 8 troparia: 4 from the Octoechos, and 4 from Ode III of the canon of the hieromartyr.
Prokimenon, in Tone VIII —
The saints shall boast in glory, and they shall rejoice upon their beds.
Stichos: Sing unto the Lord a new song.
A Reading from the Acts of the Apostles,
§ 40, from the midpoint [Acts 17: 16-34]
In Athens, while Paul waited for Silas and Timothy, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with those who met with him. Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. And some said: “What will this babbler say?” Other some: “He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods”, because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. And they took him, and brought him unto the Areopagus, saying: “May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.” (For all the Athenians, and strangers who were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.) Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said: “Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription: ‘To the Unknown God’. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, Him declare I unto you. God Who made the world and all things therein, seeing that He is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though He needed any things, seeing He giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; that they should seek the Lord, if mayhap they might feel after Him, and find Him, though He be not far from every one of us: for in Him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, for we are also His offspring. Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device. And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent: because He hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that Man Whom He hath ordained; whereof He hath given assurance unto all men, in that He hath raised Him from the dead.” And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said: “We will hear thee again of this matter.” So Paul departed from among them. Howbeit, certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Alleluia, in Tone II —
Stichos: Thy priests shall be clothed with righteousness, and Thy righteous shall rejoice.
Stichos: For the Lord hath elected Sion, He hath chosen her to be a habitation for Himself.
Gospel according to Matthew, § 55
[Mt. 13: 44-54]
The Lord said this parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchantman, seeking goodly pearls: who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: which, when it was full, they drew to the shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.” Jesus saith unto them: “Have ye understood all these things?” They say unto Him: “Yea, Lord.” Then said He unto them: “Therefore every scribe who is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven, is like unto a man who is a householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.” And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, He departed thence. And when He was come into His own country, He taught them in their synagogue.
Communion Verse —
In everlasting remembrance shall the righteous be; he shall not be afraid of evil tidings.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.