DIVINE LITURGY PROPERS for JULY 23RD Saint Stephen

DIVINE LITURGY PROPERS FOR JULY 23RD Saint Stephen Byzantine Catholic Church iThe holy martyrs Trophimus and Theophilus and their companions suffered martyrdom by beheading during the reign of the emperor Diocletian. (4th century) Blessed Basil Hopko, Bishop of Medila, son of Anna Petrenko and Basil Hopko, poor, landless peasants. His father died when the boy was just a year old, and when he was four his mother emigrated to the United States to look for work. Educated in Hungary, graduating with honors in 1923. Trained at the Eparchial Seminary, Prjashev, Czechoslovakia. He had dreams of joining his mother in the United States, and of pursuing his vocation there, but the cost of recurring health problems left him unable to afford to travel. When he finally decided to serve in his native land, he was suddenly cured, and realized he was been given a sign about his calling. Ordained on 3 February 1929. Parish priest in Prague where he was noted for a mission to the poor, the unemployed, and to students. Taught at the Eparchial Seminary in Prjashev. Awarded the title of Monsignor in 1936. Doctor of Theology in 1940. Auxiliary bishop of Prjashev on 11 May 1947. Arrested on 28 April 1950 as part of the Communist government's suppression of the Greek Catholic Church. He was kept on starvation rations and tortured for weeks, he was eventually given a show trial and sentenced to 15 years for the "subversive activity" of staying loyal to Rome He was repeatedly transferred from prison to prison, and continually abused. His health, physical and emotional, failed, and in 1964 he was transferred to a home for the aged and kept under guard there. Though he managed to overcome severe depression, and went on to minister to a group of 120 nuns imprisoned at the home, he never recovered his physical health. On 13 June 1968 his original eparchy was restored, but a group of activists insisted that a Slovak bishop be appointed to the see, and Basil was removed. Deep divisions occurred throughout the eparchy, not all of which have yet been settled. Father Basil died without being able to resume leadership of his flock. His death was a direct result of imprisonment, and he is considered one of the many martyred by Communism. The holy martyrs Appolinaris and Vitalis, bishops of Ravenna. While spreading the unsearchable riches of Christ among the nations, Appolinaris was a good pastor who went before his flock (cf John 10:4) It is said that he was decorated with the glorious honor of martyrdom at the church of Classis near Ravenna in Flaminia. He is said to have been the first bishop of Ravenna. On this day, it is said, it was commanded by God that a famous basilica be built under the name of Vitalis, bishop at Ravenna in Flaminia, in that city. Because of his undaunted faith, tenaciously held, he has been honored from time immemorial with the holy martyrs Valeria, Gervasius, Protasius and Ursicinus. (2nd century) Our holy father Sharbel (Joseph) Makhluf, priest of the Lebanese Maronite Church. Desirous of strict solitude and a higher perfection, he withdrew from the monastery of Annaias in Lebanon to a hermitage. There he served God in the greatest austerity of life, fasting and praying to God day and night. His wonder-working is well known by the faithful. (1898)

1 23 (continued) Our holy father Sharbel (Joseph) Makhluf, priest of the Lebanese Maronite Church. Desirous of strict solitude and a higher perfection, he withdrew from the monastery of Annaias in Lebanon to a hermitage. There he served God in the greatest austerity of life, fasting and praying to God day and night. His wonder-working is well known by the faithful. (1898) Blessed Basil Hopko, Bishop of Medila, son of Anna Petrenko and Basil Hopko, poor, landless peasants. His father died when the boy was just a year old, and when he was four his mother emigrated to the United States to look for work. Educated in Hungary, graduating with honors in 1923. Trained at the Eparchial Seminary, Prjashev, TroparionCzechosl oofv atheki aNativity. He h -a Toned dr 4:ea (musicms o ffound join onin gpage his 65) mother in the United States, and of Ypoeursru biinrtgh, hOis C vhoricsta toiuorn G tohde,r *e ,h basu ts htehde ucpoosnt tohef wreocruldr rtihneg li ghheta oltfh k nporwobleldegme;s * l efoftr hthirmou guhn aitb, lteho tsoe wafhfoo rwdo rtsohi ptreadv tehle. s Wtarhs e*n h ahvee lfeianrnaelldy f rdoemc iad setadr too w soerrsvheip iyno uh, itsh en Sautinv oef Jlaunstdic,e ,h *e a wnda tso skunodwde ynoluy, thecur dawned, a fromnd r eonal ihigh.zed *h eGlory was to b you,een Ogi Lord!ven a sign about his calling. Ordained on 3 February 1929. Parish priest in Prague where he was noted for a mission to the poor, the Troparion - Tone 4: Troparionunemploy ofed ,the an Patrond to stu ofde thents .Church Taugh t– aThet th eholy Epa apostle,rchial S martyr,eminar yand in deaconPrjashe Stephenv. Awar d–e Toned the 4 title #of Monsignor in 1936. Doctor of Theology in 1940. Auxiliary bishop of Prjashev on 11& May# 1947. œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙. œ ˙ ArrestedFirst ˙on 2˙-8 Amarpril- tyr1950and as paa-rtpos of- ttlehe CofomChrist,munist you gœovfoughternmenthet's suppgoodression oﬁght.f the Greek Catholic Church. He was kept on starvation rations and tortured for weeks, he was eventually given a show trial and sentenced to 15 years for the "subversive activity" of stayi#n#g loyal to Rome He was repeateœdly transferred from prison to prison, and c&ontinualœly abœusedœ. HisW health, phyœsical and e˙moti˙onal,˙ failed, œ and i˙n 196œ4 heœ was transferrYoued tocon a h-ovictme -foedr tthehe tyrantsaged aofnd ktheirept uwicknder- gedua-rdness. there. WhenThougyouh he weremanakilledged to overcome severe depression, and went on to minister to a group of 120 nuns imprisoned at the## home, he never recovered his physical health. O&n 13 JuœneW 1968 his oœriginœal eœpar˙ch. yœ wa˙s restœoredœ, butœ a grWoup of activists insisted that a Slovakby bisstoninghop b eat apthepoihandsnted tofo thsine se-e,ners, and Byouasil rew-aceiveds remoav ecrownd. De efromp di vGod'sision sright occ uhandred throughout the eparchy, not all of which have yet been settled. Father Basil died without bein#g able to resume leadership of his flock. His death was a direct result of imprisonment,# œand he is considered one of the many martyred by Communism. & œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ w while you cried out: Lord, do not hold this sin a - gainst them. Troparion of the Holy Martys - Tone 4: Troparion of the First Saint of the Day – The holy martyrs – Tone 4 Troparion of Theodore - Tone 8 # # œ W œ œ ˙ & ## ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ & O mar˙- tyrs, you en - teredœ theœ tribunal˙ ˙ of the˙ un˙ - be˙- lievœ - œ ers˙ like˙ true˙ Guide˙ to Or˙ - tho˙ - dox˙ - y, teach - er of pi - e - ty and ho - li - ness, # # œ œ ˙. œ W œ œ & ## ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ & ## sol˙ -diers onœ a˙graveœ œmis œ - sion.œ œ You sufœ- fered many torments˙for the & lu˙ - miœ œ- nar - y ˙ forœ œ theœ œ˙ world,. œœ ˙œ W˙ in˙ - œspired˙œ ˙ œ 65 ˙ ## sake of the faith, pro - fess - ing Christ withœ for - ti - tude. In - tercede with Christ & ˙ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ ˙. œ ˙ œ W œ œ ## sake of the faith, pro - fess - ing Christ with for - ti - tude. In - tercede with Christ & ## œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ & aœ - œdorn˙-ment ˙of bishw - ops, O wise The - o - dore, harp of the ## for all we need. & œ œ ˙ ˙ w ## for all we need. Troparion& ofof blessed theœ Second Basil Saint- Tone of8: the Day˙ – Blessedœ Basilœ – Tone˙ 8 ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ Spirœ - ˙ - it,˙ you˙ en - light˙ - ened all by your teach - ings; Troparion# of blessed Basil - Tone 8: # 79 & ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ## Guide to Or - tho - dox - y, teach - er of pi - e - ty and ho - li - ness, & ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ # Guide to Or - tho - dox - y, teach - er of pi - e - ty and ho - li - ness, # 2 & ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ # lu - mi - nar - y for the world,œ ˙ in˙ - spired a - dorn-ment & # ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ lu - miœ - nar - y for the œ world,œ ˙ ˙ in˙ - spired˙ a - dorn-ment ## & ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ## of bish - ops, O wise Ba - sil, harp of the Spir - it, & ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ of bish - ops, O wiseœ Ba - sil, harp of theœ Spirœ - ˙ it,˙ ## & ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ # you˙ en - light-ened all by your teach - ings; in - ter - cede with Christ our & # ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ you˙ en - light˙ -ened all by your teach - ings; in - terœ - cede with Christ our ## & œ œ œ œ œ ˙ # God to saveœ our souls.w & # œ œ œ œ God to œ saveœ our˙ souls.w Kontakion of Trophimus - Tone 1 Kontakion# of Trophimus - Tone 1 & œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ # You em- braced all your suf - f'ring with he - ro - ic stance, and you were & ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ Youœ em- braced all your suf - f'ring with he - ro - ic stance, and you were

66 # & # ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ ˙. œ ˙ œ W œ œ sake of the faith, proœ - fess - ing Christ with for - ti - tude. In - tercede with Christ ## & # ˙ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙. œ ˙ œ W œ œ & # sakeœ ofœ the˙faith, pro - fess - ing Christ with for - ti - tude. In - tercede with Christ for all we˙ need.w ## Troparion& œ of blessedœ ˙Basil - Tone 8: for all we˙ need.w ## Troparion& of blessed˙ Basil - Tone 8: œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ Guide˙ to Or˙ - tho˙ - dox˙ - y, teach - er of pi - e - ty and ho - li - ness, ## & # ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ & # Guide˙ toœ Or˙ - œthoœ- doxœ - œy, œ teach - erœ of pi - e -˙ ty and œ hoœ- li˙ - ness,˙ lu - miœ - nar - y for the œ world,œ ˙ ˙ in˙ - spired˙ a - dorn-ment ## & # ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ & # lu˙ - mi˙ - ˙nar -˙y ˙ for theœ ˙ world,œ œ œ œ in œ - spired a œ- dorn-ment of bish - ops, O wiseœ Ba - sil, harp of theœ Spirœ - ˙ it,˙ ## & # ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ & # of bish˙ - ops,œ œO ˙wise˙ ˙ Ba˙- sil,˙ ˙ harp˙ ofœ the˙ Spir˙ ˙ - œ it,œ you˙ en - light˙ -ened all by your teach - ings; in - terœ - cede with Christ our # & ## ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ # you˙ en - light˙ -ened all by your teach - ings; in - terœ - cede with Christ our & œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ w If additionalGod Kontakiato are sungsave in Tone 1, ourthe followingsouls. are used:

Cantor## (Tone 1): Kontakion& œ of Trophimusœ œ - Tone 1 œ God to œ saveœ our˙ souls.w # œ œ œ œ œ Kontakion& of Trophimus˙ œ œ- Toneœ 1 œ œ #œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ KontakionYouœ emof the- braced First Saintall ofyour thesuf Day- f'ring – Thewith holyhe martyrs- ro - ic –stance, Tone 1 and you were # & ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ Youœ em- braced all your suf - f'ring with he - ro - ic stance, and you were 66

Prokeimenon# (Psalm 32:22,1): & œ œ W œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ ar - rayed with glory. O bless - ed saint. 66 You turned a wolf in - to a lamb # & œ œ œ #œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ by di - vine grace and in - spired him to join youœ in mar - tyr - dom.˙

# œ W œ & œ œ œ ˙ œ #œ w Verse: ForRejoicethis in thewe Lord, praise you you, righteous O glo ones;- ri praise- ous fromTro the- uprightphi is- ftting.mus. Alleluia (Psalm 17:48,51): Kontakion of Basil - Tone 2 3 ## & œ œ œ W œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ Di - vine ly wise Basil, you prac - ticed self - con - trol˙ and stilled

## & œ W œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ W the desires of the flesh, O ho - ly fa - ther.˙ You flour ished in faith Verse: God grants me vindication and subdues peoples under me. Verse: He has given great victories to his king and has shown love for David, his anointed, ## and his descendants forever. & W œ œ œ œ œ œ œ w Communionand flowered Hymn like – For the Sundaytree of life(Psalm 148:1):in (musicPar - a -founddise. on pages 78 - 81)

Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise him in the highest. Prokeimenon for the Martyrs - Tone 4 (Psalm 15:3,8): Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! 126 127 & b œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ To all the saints in his land, the Lord has shown all the

& b œ #œ œ œ won - ders of his will.w

Verse: I set the Lord ever before me; with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.

67 Commons for the Days of the Week Commons for the Days of the Week MONDAY DedicatedMONDAY to the Holy Angels Dedicated to the Holy Angels Troparion - Tone 4: (music found on page 265) LeadersTroparion of the- Tone heavenly 4: (music armies, found * although on page we265) are unworthy, we always beseech you * to fortify us byLeaders your prayersof the heavenly * and to armies, shelter *us although beneath wethe are wings unworthy, of your we sublime always glory. beseech * Watch you * over to fortify us who us bowby your to you prayers and *cry and out to fervently: shelter us * beneath Deliver the us wingsfrom danger, of your * sublime for you glory.are the * commandersWatch over us of who the powersbow to youon high. and cry out fervently: * Deliver us from danger, * for you are the commanders of the powersIf additional Kontakia are sung in Tone 6, the following are used: on high. Glory… KontakionGlory… - Tone 2: (music found on page 265) LeadersKontakion of God’s- Tone armies2: (music and found ministers on page of 265)divine glory, * commanders of angels and guides of mortals,Leaders *of plead God’s on armies our behalf and forministers what we of need divine and glory, for great * commanders mercy; * since of youangels are and the leadersguides of themortals, heavenly# * plead hosts. on our behalf for what we need and for great mercy; * since you are the leaders of theCantor& heavenlyœ (Tone hosts.œ 6): W œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ Now andar ever…- rayed with glory. O bless - ed saint. You turned a wolf in - to a lamb TheotokionNow and ever… - Tone 6 Kontakion: InTheotokion churches dedicated- Tone 6 Kontakion: to Christ or to the Theotokos, sing the Kontakion of the Patronal Feast. In allIn churchesother# churches, dedicated sing to the Christ following: or to the Theotokos, sing the Kontakion of the Patronal Feast. In all otherœ churches,œ sing the following: & œ #œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Theotokionby di – -Tonevine 6: grace and in - spired him to join youœ in mar - tyr - dom.˙ Prokeimenon (Psalm 27:9,1): # & œ œ W œ œ œ ˙ For this we praise you, O glo - ri - ous Tro - phiœ #-œ mus.w

Kontakion of Basil - Tone 2

## & œ œ œ W œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ Verse: To you, O Lord, I cry out: My God, be not silent to me.Di - vine ly wise Basil, you prac - ticed self - con - trol and stilled

Alleluia # (Psalm 90:1,2): & # œ W œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ W the desires of the flesh, O ho - ly fa - ther.˙ You flour ished in faith # & # W œ œ œ œ œ œ œ and flowered like the tree of life in Par - a - dise.w

406Prokeimenon for the Martyrs - Tone 4 (Psalm 15:3,8): 407 406Verse: The one who dwells in the shelter of the Most High 407 abides in the shadow of the God of heaven. Verse:& b œHe says to the Lord: You are my Protector, my Refuge, and my God in whom I trust.œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ Communion Hymn – For SundayTo all the saints (Psalm 148:1): in his(music found on pages 78 - 81)land, the Lord has shown all the

Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise him in the highest. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!& b œ #œ œ œ 152 won - ders of his will.w 153

Verse: I set the Lord ever before me; with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.

4 Prokeimenon for a Priest-Martyr - Tone 7 (Psalm 149:5,1): # & ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ Let the faith - ful re - joice in glo - ry,˙ reœ -œ joice œ # & ˙ ˙ œ #œ œ œ œ nœ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ inœ œ glo - ry, shout for joy, and take their rest.w

Verse: Sing to the Lord a new song of praise in the assembly of the faithful.

ProkeimenonAlleluia for the for Martyrs a Priest-Martyr - Tone 4 (Psalm - Tone 33:18,20):7 (Psalm 149:5,1): # ˙ œ œ ˙ & b œ˙ œ˙ œ œœ œ ˙ ˙œ œœ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙œ ˙œ œ #œ œœ œ œ LetAl - le - thelu - ia! faithAl - le- -ful lu re- - joiceia! in Al glo- - ry,le - lu reœ- - - joiceia!w

Verse: When the righteous cried out, the Lord heard; and from all distress he saved them. Verse:# Many are the troubles of the righteous, but from them all the Lord will rescue them. & ˙ ˙ œ #œ œ œ œ nœ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ Alleluiain œfor aœ Priest-Martyrglo - ry, shout - Tone 2 (Psalm 131:9,13):for joy, and take their rest.w

Verse:# Sing to the Lord a new song of praise in the assembly of the faithful. & œ œ œ #œ ˙ n˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ AlleluiaAl for- thele Martyrs- lu -- Toneia! 4 (Psalm 33:18,20):Al - - - le - lu - - - ia!˙ # œ œ œ & b œ œ œ œ˙ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ w & Alœ - leœ - œlu - ia! Al˙ - leœ - œlu ˙ - ˙ ia! Al - le - lu - - - ia! Al - - - - le - lu - ia!w Verse: When the righteous cried out, the Lord heard; and from all distress he saved them. Verse: ManyYour priests are the will troubles be clothed of the with righteous, righteousness but from and them your all saintsthe Lord will will rejoice. rescue them. AlleluiaVerse: Thefor a Lord Priest-Martyr has chosen -Zion; Tone he2 prefers(Psalm her131:9,13): for his dwelling. Communion# Hymn for the Martyrs (Psalm 32:1): D ˙ & œ œ œ #œ ˙ n˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ & b Al - ˙le. - lu ˙ -˙ ia!w. ˙ ˙Al ˙ - ˙ ˙- w - w le ˙- . lu -˙ -˙ w- ia!˙ Re˙ - joice œ in the Lord, you righ - teous ones; praise œ from the up- right, # Refrain œ ˙ œ & œ œ ˙ œ ˙˙ ˙ w w ˙ & b Al˙ ˙- ˙ - ˙ ˙- w - wle ˙- lu ˙ -œ œia! w ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙. œ w the up - right is ﬁt - ting. Al - le - lu - ia! Al - le - lu - ia! Verse: Your priests will be clothed with righteousness 68 and your saints will rejoice. Verse: The Lord has chosen Zion; he prefers her for his dwelling. b ˙ ˙ w w w Communion& ˙ ˙Hymn for the Martyrs (Psalm 32:1): D Al - - le - lu - ia! i CommunionFormat& b 3: Two SaintsHymn˙. on for a ˙Weekday a Priest-Martyr˙ w. ˙ (Psalm˙ 111:6,7):˙ ˙ ˙ w w ˙. ˙ ˙ w ˙ D Re˙ - joice œ in the Lord, you righ - teous ones; praise œ from the up- right, & b ˙. ˙ ˙ w. ˙Refrain˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ w w ˙. ˙ ˙ w. ˙ The˙ just œ man will be re- mem - bered for - e - ver; e -œ vil news he b ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ w w ˙ ˙ ˙ & ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ w w Refrain ˙ ˙. œ w the up - right is ﬁt - ting. Al - le - lu - ia! Al - le - lu - ia! ˙ 68 w ˙ & b ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ w w ˙ ˙ œ œ w ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙. œ w will not fear. Al - le - lu - ia! Al - le - lu - ia!

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24 The holy great martyr Christine, at Volsinus [now Bolsena] in Tuscany, virgin and martyr. (c.300) The holy martyrs Boris and Gleb, baptized Roman and David, who, princes of Rus’ and sons of St. Vladimir the Great, preferred to suffer death than to resist their brother 5 Svyatopolk by violence. Boris obtained the palm of martyrdom on the river Alta near Pereslavl and Gleb a short while later near Smolensk. (1015)

Troparion - Tone 2 # j j j j & # œ œ œ W œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ Right - eous mar - tyrs for the gospel and shar - ers in the pas - sion,˙ you did not

## & œ W œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ W œ op - pose the vio-lence of the en - e - my.˙ Al - though your brother tried to # & # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ kill your bod - ies,˙ he still could not touch your souls.˙ Let the e - vil