O Great Mystery - Sunday, September 1, 2002

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Sunday, September 1, 2002
9th week after Pentecost, Tone I
On this date we celebrate:

The Beginning of the Indiction, that is the New Year.
The commemoration of our venerable father, Simeon, the stylite.

For the Indiction: Troparion, Tone II
O designer and creator of all that is, * in your power you arranged the seasons and the times. * So now, bless this year we begin through your goodness, * give all your people lasting peace, * and by prayers of the Theotokos, save us.
Kondakion, Tone II
Enthroned on high, O Christ, our God, * you are the designer and creator of all things, * whether visible or hidden from our sight, * of day and night, * of the seasons and the times, * Bless this year we now begin, * and preserve your people from all evil, O most merciful Lord.
For Simeon: Troparion, Tone I
You were a pillar of endurance rivaling the patriarchs, O venerable father: * Like job in suffering, like Joseph in trials, and like an angel in the flesh. * Entreat the Lord to save us.
Kondakion, Tone II
Drawn to things on high, O holy father, * you made you pillar a fiery chariot to bear you heavenward. * Sharing in the lives of those here below, * you became a confidant of the angels as well. * With them you now pray unceasingly to Christ, our God, for us all.

Blessed is the kingdom of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit both now and forever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

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