12/22/24 Live Stream Liturgy St. John Chrysostom Church

12/22/24 9:00 am Liturgy 26th Sunday after Pentecost Tone 1 Sunday of the Fathers PreFeast of the Nativity of our Lord Tone 1 Troparion (Resurrection) When the stone had been sealed by the Jews, while the soldiers were guarding Your most pure body, You rose on the third day, O Savior, granting life to the world. The powers of heaven therefore cried to You, O Giver of Life: “Glory to Your Resurrection, O Christ! Glory to Your Kingdom!// Glory to Your dispensation, O Lover of mankind!” Troparion Tone 2 Fathers Great are the accomplishments of faith, for the three Holy Youths rejoice in the fountain of flames as though in the waters of rest; and the Prophet Daniel appeared a shepherd to the lions as though they were sheep.// So by their prayers, O Christ God, save our souls! Troparion Tone 1 Prefeast Prepare of Bethlehem, for Eden has been opened to all, Adorn yourself, O Ephratha, for the Tree of Life blossoms forth from the virgin in the cave. Her womb is a spiritual paradise planted with the Divine Fruit, If we eat of it, we shall live forever and not die like Adam, Christ comes to restore the image which He made in the beginning! Kontakion Tone 3 PreFeast The Virgin comes today to the cave to give birth, ineffably to bring forth the Word eternal, Therefore rejoice, O Earth, at the message, with the angels and shepherds giver glory to Him, Who shall appear by His own Will as a young child, He who is from eternity God. Kontakion Tone 1 Fathers Rejoice, O Bethlehem! Prepare yourself, O Ephratha! The Lamb is on her way to give birth to the Chief Shepherd she carries in her womb. The God-bearing Forefathers will rejoice, beholding Him,// and with the shepherds, they will glorify the Virgin nursing Him.