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Horologion - Midnight Office

For a Weekday

Menaion - January 30

Memory of the Holy Three Hierarchs

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MIDNIGHT OFFICE

PRIEST

Blessed is our God always, now and forever and to the ages of ages.

( Amen. )

Glory to You, O God, glory to You.

Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, present in all places and filling all things, treasury of good things and giver of life: come; take Your abode in us; cleanse us of every stain, and save our souls, O Good one. [HC]

READER

Trisagion Prayers.

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (3)

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Now and forever and to the ages of ages. Amen.

All-holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Lord, forgive our sins. Master, pardon our transgressions. Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities for Your name’s sake.

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Now and forever and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. [GOA]

PRIEST

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to ages of ages.

READER

Amen. Lord, have mercy. (12)

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Now and forever and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Come, let us worship and bow down before God our King.

Come, let us worship and bow down before Christ God our King.

Come, let us worship and bow down before Him, Christ our King and God.

Psalm 50 (51).

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy; and according to the abundance of Your compassion, blot out my transgression. Wash me thoroughly from my lawlessness and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my lawlessness, and my sin is always before me. Against You only have I sinned and done evil in Your sight; that You may be justified in Your words, and overcome when You are judged. For behold, I was conceived in transgressions, and in sins my mother bore me. Behold, You love truth; You showed me the unknown and secret things of Your wisdom. You shall sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed; You shall wash me, and I will be made whiter than snow. You shall make me hear joy and gladness; my bones that were humbled shall greatly rejoice. Turn Your face from my sins, and blot out all my transgressions. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me with Your guiding Spirit. I will teach transgressors Your ways, and the ungodly shall turn back to You. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue shall greatly rejoice in Your righteousness. O Lord, You shall open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise. For if You desired sacrifice, I would give it; You will not be pleased with whole burnt offerings. A sacrifice to God is a broken spirit, a broken and humbled heart God will not despise. Do good, O Lord, in Your good pleasure to Zion, and let the walls of Jerusalem be built; then You will be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, with offerings and whole burnt offerings; then shall they offer young bulls on Your altar. [SAAS]

If the Lity was not sung at Vespers, sing the following:

CHOIR

Idiomela. For the Saints.

From Menaion - - -

Mode 2.

Come, O worshipers of the Trinity in heaven, let us praise the trinity on earth, namely that of the holy hierarchs: Gregory, who is called the Theologian, Basil, whose name means kingdom, and John rightly named after grace. They are the seas of the wisdom, the ocean currents of the Spirit, the ever-flowing springs that pour forth living water, the lustrous pearls, the luminaries on earth, the pilots of the Church, the trees bearing bright fruit, the stewards of grace, the mouth of my Christ and champions of the Trinity. by which they are directly illumined. And they unceasingly pray on behalf of our souls. [un]

Mode 2.

They are embers, lit by the unbearable fire, and through them we have been illumined. Therefore let us faithfully extol them. They were set afire through union with that divine fire, and they became luminaries for the world, vivifying power for us who are poor. They proclaimed the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, in Orthodox theology. Let us salute them and say: “Rejoice, O divinely wise trinity of the Trinity!” [un]

Mode pl. 2.

Let us faithfully extol the wise hierarchs Basil the Great, the divine Gregory, and John Chrysostom. They are likened to David’s sling of three cords, Solomon’s scarlet thread, and the triply-plaited whip of the Word. By Christ, the Chief Corner-stone, they cast down the spiritual Goliath, and they led us to unanimity in the Faith, setting a wall around it with the scarlet Blood of Christ. With their words, they cast far from the enclosures of Christ’s divine flock those leaders of heresy who made merchandise of the things of God. And now they strengthen the Faith, and they intercede with the Lord that He have mercy on our souls. [un]

Mode pl. 4.

The grace of God has appeared to all men. Through these three teachers, it instructs us to adorn our manners and to better our way of life, so that our mind may be illumined with the light of divine knowledge. So, let us cry out in prayer: “O Holy Trinity, Lord of all, by the prayers of Your three shepherds, preserve this Your flock in peace, in safety, and free of sorrow; and save us, in Your love for humanity. [un]

Mode pl. 2.

O worshipful Holy Trinity, glory to Your wise providence! For You have given to humanity the three great luminaries from among men; they shine with the light of Your knowledge and the radiance of Your saving and divine desires! Thereby the whole world, enriched with the light of spiritual knowledge, has been made splendid by Your glory, and it hastens to You blessed kingdom, and it convinces us to heed to their divine teachings. And now we pray You, O Holy Trinity, hear their supplications on our behalf, and as God most compassionate, save our souls, in You love for humanity. [un]

Glory.

From Menaion - - -

Mode pl. 2.

O fans of the Church’s feasts, let us come together and with songs of praise let us extol the holy hierarchs of Christ, the glory of the fathers, the pillars of the Faith, the teachers and preservers of the faithful, and let us say: “Rejoice, O all-wise Basil, beacon and indestructible tower of the Church! Rejoice, O Gregory the Theologian, celestial mind and greatest among hierarchs! Rejoice, O solid gold John of golden eloquence, preacher of repentance! O fathers who are thrice honored, never cease in your supplications to Christ on behalf of those who with faith and love observe your most sacred and divine celebration.” [un]

Both now.

From Menaion - - -

Mode pl. 2.

O fans of the Church’s feasts, let us come together and with songs of praise let us extol the only Theotokos, the beauty of virginity, the joy of the Bodiless hosts, the firm rampart of the faithful, and let us say: “Rejoice, O pure Virgin Mother, radiant lamp and gate of heaven! Rejoice, O most pure one, sacred tabernacle that contained God in your womb! Rejoice! You are incomparably superior to all celestial hierarchies! Therefore, O Virgin Mother, our Lady, never cease to protect your servants, who ever extol you with faith and love, and who revere your seedless childbirth.” [un]

READER

Trisagion Prayers.

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. (3)

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Now and forever and to the ages of ages. Amen.

All-holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Lord, forgive our sins. Master, pardon our transgressions. Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities for Your name’s sake.

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Now and forever and to the ages of ages. Amen.

PRIEST

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to ages of ages.

READER

Amen.

Apolytikion.

From Menaion - - -

Mode 1.

Those three magnificent luminaries of the tri-solar Godhead, who lit up the whole world with rays of divine doctrines; those mellifluent rivers of wisdom, who irrigated all creation with the waters of the knowledge of God; Basil the Great, and Gregory the Theologian, and the illustrious John, whose tongue produced golden words! Let all of us who are enamored of their words come together and sing hymns to honor them. For they are ever interceding with the Trinity on our behalf. [SD]

Lord, have mercy. (40)

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Now and forever and to the ages of ages. Amen.

More honorable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, without corruption you gave birth to God the Logos. We magnify you, the true Theotokos.

In the name of the Lord, Father, bless!

PRIEST

Have mercy on us, O God, according to Your great mercy, we pray You, hear us and have mercy.