October 11th-17th. The Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 7th Ecumenical Council. Stichera at "O Lord, I have cried"

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1 Byzantine Mode 6 Special Melody: re the morning star b b Adapted by Dn. John l Massih 1) Pa - tri - arch er - man - os the New as - sem - bled b b thē ac - counts of all of the Sev - en oun - cils b b b b b b con-vened by the Fa-thers at di-verse times and com - piled b b b b in - to a sin - gle rule and can - on, b b b b them set - ting them all in or - der. He thus con- firmed their b b doc - trines gath - 'ring them in one writ - ten re - cord. b b b October 11th-17th The Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 7th cumenical ouncil Stichera at "O Lord, I have cried" He es - tab - lished them as fel - low shep - herds # b b b # o'er us the flock and as most vig - i - lant sup - pli - ants F n b b. be - fore the Lord, that we may be saved. b Used with permission. Text music copyright, Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA.

2 October Sunday of Holy Fathers of 7th - Stichera at "O Lord, I have cried" - 2 b b 2) The Law's let - ter bound the sons of the He - brews b b to ob - serve the sev - enth day with due rev - 'rence, b b b b b b and keep-ing that wor-ship, they per - sist - ed in the shad - ow. b b b b And when ye gath - ered in the Sev - en b b b b oun- cils, O sa - cred Fa - thers, bade thus by od, Who b b fin - ished all His works in a span of six days b b b and there - af ter al - so blessed the sev - enth, # b b b # ye made the sev-enth yet more hal - lowed and ven - 'ra - ble F n b b. when ye de - creed the bounds of the Faith. b Used with permission. Text music copyright, Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA.

3 October Sunday of Holy Fathers of 7th - Stichera at "O Lord, I have cried" - 3 b b 3) To all men ye clear - ly be- queathed the teach - ing b b that the Ho - ly Trin - i - ty is the ause of b b b b b b the world's gen - er - a - tion, as His works plain-ly de - clared b b b b for, be - ing mys - ti - c'lly in - spired, ye b b b b Him; called three and four great oun- cils, prov - ing the cham-pions b b of Or - tho - dox - y, O thrice - bless - ed Fa - thers, b b b and ye showed that the od of Three Per - sons # b b b # is our re - a - tor Who hath made the four el - e - ments F n b b. and fash-ioned all of the ū - ni - verse. b Used with permission. Text music copyright, Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA.

4 October Sunday of Holy Fathers of 7th - Stichera at "O Lord, I have cried" - 4 b b 4) It would have suf - ficed Proph - et - lis - se - us b b to bend down but once that he thus might quick - en b b b b b b and breathe life a - gain in the dead son of her that served b b b b rath - er, he knelt down sev - en times, and b b b b him; sev - en times bowed up - on him. Thus, in his fore - vi - b b sion, he proph - e - sied of your sev - en gath-'rings, b b b in the which ye breathed your quick-'ning word on # b b b # the death of od the Word, and put to death A - ri - us F n b b. and his pro - fane fel - low - la - bor - ers. b Used with permission. Text music copyright, Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA.

5 October Sunday of Holy Fathers of 7th - Stichera at "O Lord, I have cried" - 5 b b 5) hrist the Sav - ior's gar - ment, which had been sun - dered, b b rent a - part by dogs shame- less in their bark - ing, b b b b b b ye wise - ly have mend-ed, O ye ven - er - a - ble Fa - thers, b b b b in no wise bear - ing to be - hold the b b b b na - ked - ness of your Mas - ter, as Shem and Ja - pheth b b hid their fa - ther's na - ked - ness once a - fore - time. b b b Thus ye shamed that slay - er of his fa - ther, # b b b # the wretch-ed A - ri - us, the name - sake of fren- zied-ness, F n b b. and those of like mind and thought with him. b Used with permission. Text music copyright, Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA.

6 October Sunday of Holy Fathers of 7th - Stichera at "O Lord, I have cried" - 6 b b 6) ach and ev - 'ry u - ty - ches and Sa - bel - lius, b b and A - pol - li - nar - i - us and Nes - to - rius, b b b b b b Di - os - cor - us, law-less Mac - e - don - i - us, and Sev - b b b b all who were shown forth to be griev - ous b b b b wolves in sheep's cloth - ing hid - den, ye as true shep-herds b b drove far off from the flock of hrist the Sav - ior, b b b when ye stripped them na - ked of their sheep - skins # b b b # 'rus, and no - bly o - ver-came those thrice - wretch-ed her - e - tics; F n b b. where-fore we right - ful - ly call you blest. b Used with permission. Text music copyright, Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA.