6th Sunday after Pentecost; Tone 5; The Synaxis of the Holy  Glorious and All-Praiseworthy Twelve Apostles

Text from “The Divine Liturgy: An Anthology for Worship”; Pg. 345

Troparion (Tone 5): Let us the faithful acclaim and worship the Word,* co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit,* and born of the Virgin for our salvation.* For He willed to be lifted up on the cross in the flesh, to suffer death* and to raise the dead by His glorious resurrection. 

+Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.

Kontakion (Tone 5): You, my Saviour, descended to Hades,* and as the Almighty, You shattered its gates.* With Yourself You, as the Creator, raised the dead and shattered the sting of death,* and delivered Adam from the curse, O Lover of Mankind.* And so we cry out: “Save us, O Lord.”

Now and for ever and ever. Amen.