August 30
Apolytikion in the Second Tone
The memory of the just is celebrated with hymns of praise, but
the Lord's testimony is sufficient for thee, O Forerunner; for thou hast
proved to be truly even more venerable than the Prophets, since thou
was granted to baptize in the running waters Him Whom they proclaimed.
Wherefore, having contested for the truth, thou didst rejoice to
announce the good tidings even to those in Hades: that God hath
appeared in the flesh, taking away the sin of the world and granting us
great mercy.
Kontakion in the Plagal of the First Tone
The glorious beheading of the Forerunner was a certain divine
dispensation, that the coming of the Saviour might also be preached to
those in Hades. Let Herodias lament, then, that she demanded a wicked
murder; for she loved not the Law of God, nor eternal life, but one
false and fleeting.
SOURCE:
SAINT OR FEAST POSTED THIS DATE 2010(with 2009's link here also and further, 2008's, even 2007!
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