Divine Liturgy Specials on Sunday, December 2,

2012
Tone 1 / Eothinon 4, 14th Sunday of Luke (Blind Man
of Jericho)
Habakkuk, Prophet (c.700 B.C.); Ven. Theophilos (251); Myrope,
Martyr (4 c.)

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Divine Liturgy Hymnal, p. 16: ANTIPHON I Tone 2

1 Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me
bless His holy name. [Psalm 102:1]
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His
benefits. [Psalm 102:2]
3 The Lord has prepared His throne in the heavens;
and His kingdom rules over all. [Psalm 102:19]
Through the intercessions of the Theotokos,
O Savior, save us.
Divine Liturgy Hymnal, p. 18: ANTIPHON II Same
tone
1 Praise the Lord, O my soul, I shall praise the Lord
all my life, I shall sing to my Lord as long as I exist.
[Psalm 145:1-2]

2 Happy is he whose helper is the God of Jacob,

whose hope is upon the Lord his God. [Psalm 145:5]
3 The Lord will reign unto the age, your God, O Zion,
unto generation and generation. [Psalm 145:10]
Save us, O Son of God, Who is risen from
the dead; who sing to You. Alleluia.
Glory Both now O, only begotten Son
Divine Liturgy Hymnal, p. 24: ANTIPHON III Tone 1
1 This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice
and be glad therein. [Psalm 117:24]
2 Let the heavens and the earth praise Him, the sea
and every creature crawling in it. [Psalm 68:35]
APOLYTIKION resurrectional of the Tone of the day
Tone 1
The stone that had been sealed before your
tomb by the Jews, and the soldiers guarding
did watch oer Your pure and sacred body, O
Savior the third day You arose and unto the
world did You give life. Whereby all the
heavenly powers did proclaim that You are the
giver of life. Glory unto your resurrection
Christ. Glory unto Your Kingdom. Glory to
Your dispensation O You alone who loves all.
(DLH, p. 80)

EISODIKON Tone 2
Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ.
Save us, O Son of God, Who are risen from the
dead; who sing to You. Alleluia.
APOLYTIKION resurrectional of the Tone of the day
Tone 1
The stone that had been sealed before your
tomb by the Jews, and the soldiers guarding
did watch oer Your pure and sacred body, O
Savior the third day You arose and unto the
world did You give life. Whereby all the
heavenly powers did proclaim that You are the

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The Holy Prophet Habakkuk (Gk. Avvakum), one of

the 12 Minor Prophets, was descended from the
tribe of Simeon, and he prophesied in about the
year 650 B.C. He foresaw the destruction of the
Jerusalem Temple, the Babylonian captivity and the
later return of the captives. During the time of the
war with the Babylonians the prophet withdrew to
Arabia. There, he was bringing dinner to the
reapers, when he met with an angel of the Lord, and
he was transported to Babylon, where at the time
the Prophet Daniel was languishing in prison. Thus,
the food assuaged the hunger of the exhausted
Prophet Daniel. After the end of the war with the
Babylonians, Habakkuk returned to his fatherland
and died in extreme old age. His relics were found
at the time of Emperor Theodosius (5th c.).
Fr S. Janos.

Prologue from Ochrid; Translated by

The etymology of the name of the prophet may be

associated with an Assyrian garden-plant, and may
be a writer's pseudonym. Its exact meaning cannot
be ascertained: it is usually taken to signify "ardent
embrace". Of his birth-place, parentage, and life we
have no reliable information. Some regard him as a
member of the Temple choir and a Levite because
v. 3:19 indicates that he owned instruments: only a
Levite was authorized to use an

giver of life. Glory unto your resurrection

Christ. Glory unto Your Kingdom. Glory to
Your dispensation O You alone who loves all.
(DLH, p. 80)

APOLYTIKION of our Church (Holy Trinity) Tone 8

O Blessed are you, O Christ our God, who by
sending down the Holy Spirit upon them, made the
fishermen wise and through them illumined the
world. And unto you, the universe was ever drawn,
all glory to you, O God. (DLH, p. 115)
APOLYTIKION of our Church (St. Nicholas) Tone
4(DLH, p. 110)
As a yardstick of faith and an icon of gentleness; as
a teacher of temperance, your actual deeds have
declared you as being among your flock. In this
manner you gained by humility, things most
sublime, and through poverty earned true wealth.
Father and our hierarch St. Nicholas intercede with
Christ our God that our souls may be saved.
KONTAKION of Advent Season Tone 3
Lo, the Virgin on this day arrives unto a cave, to
give birth ineffably to the Word primeval. Sing and
dance, all of creation, at these good tidings. Glorify,
with angelic hosts and the shepherds, the One who
condescended, seen as a new-born babe, yet who is
eternally God.
Divine Liturgy Hymnal, p. 26: TRISAGION.
DLH, p. 54: AT THE Especially, It is truly meet
DLH, p. 66: KOINONIKON: Praise the Lord
DLH, p. 70: After Communion, We have seen the
true light
DLH, p. 74: Blessed be the Name of the Lord
Divine Liturgy Hymnal, p. 78: THE DISMISSAL:
May He Who is risen from the dead, Christ...
instrument to accompany his songs in the Temple.
The Septuagint considers him a contemporary of
Daniel, and his father's name is given as "Jesus".
Jewish tradition makes him the son of the
Shunammite woman, whom Eliseus restored to life,
and also a contemporary of Daniel. His grave was
shown at several places. Peiser, a 17th c. Jewish
scholar, contends that Habakkuk is the pseudonym
of a Judean prince held as a hostage in Nineveh, and
who witnessed the attack of the Medes, in alliance
with Chaldea and Babylon, in 625 B.C. His book
prophesies a second attack. This prince may have
been the son or grandson of King Manasseh of Judah
(d. 642 B.C.). Habakkuk displays remarkable
familiarity with Assyrian literature, his similes
indicating quotations from, and adaptations of,
Assyrian mythological writings. Others make
Habakkuk the contemporary of Jeremiah and a
resident of Jerusalem, after the discovery of
Deuteronomy (621 B.C.), but before the death of
Josiah (609 B.C.). He is, however, clearly under the
influence of Isaiah, pehaps a younger disciple of the
greater prophet, the sentinel set by Isaiah to watch
for the fall of Babylon. He is mentioned in the
"Lives" of the prophets, one of which is ascribed to
St. Epiphanius, and the other to Dorotheus.
The Jewish Encyclopedia; The Catholic Encyclopedia

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