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Τῇ Πέμπτῃ | Τῌ ΚΑʹ ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ |
On Thursday | March 21 |
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Η ΠΡΟΦΗΤΕΙΑ |
THE PROPHECY |
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ |
READER |
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Προκείμενον. Ἦχος δʹ. |
Prokeimenon. Mode 4. |
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Ψαλμὸς ΙΓʹ (13). |
Psalm 13 (14). |
Ἐν τῷ ἐπιστρέψαι Κύριον τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ. |
When the Lord returns His people from captivity. |
Εἶπεν ἄφρων ἐν καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ· Οὐκ ἔστι Θεός. |
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” [SAAS] |
Προφητείας Ἠσαΐου τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα. |
The reading is from the Prophecy of Isaiah. |
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ |
PRIEST |
Σοφία. Πρόσχωμεν. |
Wisdom. Let us be attentive. |
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ |
READER |
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Ησ Βʹ, 11-21 |
Is 2:11-21 |
Ὑψωθήσεται Κύριος μόνος ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ· ἡμέρα γὰρ Κυρίου Σαβαὼθ ἐπὶ πάντα ὑβριστὴν καὶ ὑπερήφανον, καὶ ἐπὶ πάντα ὑψηλὸν καὶ μετέωρον, καὶ ταπεινωθήσονται. Καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν κέδρον τοῦ Λιβάνου, τὴν ὑψηλὴν καὶ μετέωρον, καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶν δένδρον βαλάνου Βασάν, καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶν ὄρος ὑψηλόν, καὶ ἐπὶ πάντα πύργον ὑψηλόν, καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶν τεῖχος ὑψηλόν, καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶν πλοῖον θαλάσσης, καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν θέαν κάλλους πλοίων. Καὶ ταπεινωθήσεται πᾶς ἄνθρωπος, καὶ πεσεῖται τὸ ὕψος τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ὑψωθήσεται Κύριος μόνος ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ. Καὶ τὰ χειροποίητα πάντα κατακρύψουσιν, εἰσενέγκαντες εἰς τὰ σπήλαια, καὶ εἰς τὰς σχισμὰς τῶν πετρῶν, καὶ εἰς τὰς τρώγλας τῆς γῆς, ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ φόβου Κυρίου, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς δόξης τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ, ὅταν ἀναστῇ θραῦσαι τὴν γῆν· τῇ γὰρ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἐκβαλεῖ ἄνθρωπος τὰ βδελύγματα αὐτοῦ, τὰ ἀργυρᾶ καὶ τὰ χρυσᾶ, ἃ ἐποίησαν ἑαυτοῖς, εἰς τὸ προσκυνεῖν τοῖς ματαίοις, καὶ ταῖς νυκτερίσι, τοῦ ἐλθεῖν εἰς τὰς τρώγλας τῆς στερεᾶς πέτρας, καὶ εἰς τὰς σχισμὰς τῶν πετρῶν, ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ φόβου Κυρίου, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς δόξης τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ, ὅταν ἀναστῇ θραῦσαι τὴν γῆν. |
The Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. For the day of the Lord of hosts shall come upon all who are insolent, arrogant, high and lifted up, and they shall be humbled; and upon every cedar tree of Lebanon, high and lifted up, and upon every oak of Bashan, and upon every mountain and lofty hill, and upon every high tower and fortified wall, and upon every ship of the sea, and upon every sight of beautiful ships. Every man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of man shall fall. The Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. But they shall hide all the things made by hands. They shall carry them into the caves and cracks of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from fear of the Lord’s presence and the glory of His might when He arises to strike the earth. For in that day, man will cast away his abominations of silver and gold, which they made to worship worthless things and bats, so as to enter into the holes of solid rocks and clefts of the rugged rocks, from fear of the Lord and the glory of His might when He arises to strike the earth. [SAAS] |
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Προκείμενον. Ἦχος δʹ. |
Prokeimenon. Mode 4. |
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Ψαλμὸς ΙΔʹ (14). |
Psalm 14 (15). |
Κύριε, τίς παροικήσει ἐν τῷ σκηνώματί σου; |
O Lord, who shall dwell in Your tabernacle. |
Πορευόμενος ἄμωμος καὶ ἐργαζόμενος δικαιοσύνην. |
He who walks blamelessly, and works righteousness. [SAAS] |
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Τὰ Ἀναγνώσματα τοῦ Ἑσπερινοῦ |
The Readings from Vespers |
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ |
READER |
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Προκείμενον. Ἦχος δʹ. |
Prokeimenon. Mode 4. |
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Ψαλμὸς ΙΕʹ (15). |
Psalm 15 (16). |
Εὐλογήσω τὸν Κύριον τὸν συνετίσαντά με. |
I will bless the Lord who caused me to understand. |
Φύλαξόν με, Κύριε, ὅτι ἐπὶ σοὶ ἤλπισα. |
Preserve me, O Lord, because I hope in You. [SAAS] |
Γενέσεως τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα. |
The reading is from the book of Genesis. |
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ |
PRIEST |
Σοφία. Πρόσχωμεν. |
Wisdom. Let us be attentive. |
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ |
READER |
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Γεν Βʹ, 4-19 |
Gn 2:4-19 |
Αὕτη ἡ βίβλος γενέσεως οὐρανοῦ τε καὶ γῆς, ὅτε ἐγένετο ἡμέρα, ᾗ ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ πᾶν χλωρὸν ἀγροῦ, πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ πάντα χόρτον ἀγροῦ, πρὸ τοῦ ἀνατεῖλαι· οὐ γὰρ ἔβρεξεν ὁ Θεὸς ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἄνθρωπος οὐκ ἦν ἐργάζεσθαι αὐτήν. Πηγὴ δὲ ἀνέβαινεν ἐκ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐπότιζε πᾶν τὸ πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς. Καὶ ἔπλασεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον, χοῦν λαβὼν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐνεφύσησεν εἰς τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ πνοὴν ζωῆς, καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ ἄνθρωπος εἰς ψυχὴν ζῶσαν. Καὶ ἐφύτευσεν ὁ Θεὸς Παράδεισον ἐν Ἐδέμ, κατὰ ἀνατολάς, καὶ ἔθετο ἐκεῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ὃν ἔπλασε. Καὶ ἐξανέτειλεν ὁ Θεὸς ἔτι ἐκ τῆς γῆς πᾶν ξύλον ὡραῖον εἰς ὅρασιν, καὶ καλὸν εἰς βρῶσιν, καὶ τὸ ξύλον τῆς ζωῆς, ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ Παραδείσου, καὶ τὸ ξύλον τοῦ εἰδέναι γνωστὸν καλοῦ καὶ πονηροῦ. Ποταμὸς δὲ ἐκεπορεύεται ἐξ Ἐδέμ, ποτίζειν τὸν Παράδεισον· ἐκεῖθεν ἀφορίζεται εἰς τέσσαρας ἀρχάς, ὄνομα τῷ ἑνί, Φισών· οὗτος ὁ κυκλῶν πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν Εὐϊλάτ, ἐκεῖ οὖν ἐστι τὸ χρυσίον. Τὸ δὲ χρυσίον τῆς γῆς ἐκείνης, καλόν, καὶ ἐκεῖ ἐστιν ὁ ἄνθραξ, καὶ ὁ λίθος ὁ πράσινος. Καὶ ὄνομα τῷ ποταμῷ τῷ δευτέρῳ, Γεών· οὗτος ὁ κυκλῶν πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν Αἰθιοπίας. Καὶ ὁ ποταμὸς ὁ τρίτος, Τίγρις, οὗτος ὁ πορευόμενος κατέναντι Ἀσσυρίων, ὁ δὲ ποταμὸς ὁ τέταρτος, Εὐφράτης. Καὶ ἔλαβε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ὃν ἔπλασε, καὶ ἔθετο αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ Παραδείσῳ τῆς τρυφῆς, ἐργάζεσθαι αὐτὸν καὶ φυλάσσειν. Καὶ ἐνετείλατο Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τῷ Ἀδάμ, λέγων· Ἀπὸ παντὸς ξύλου, τοῦ ἐν τῷ Παραδείσῳ, βρώσει φαγῇ, ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ ξύλου τοῦ γινώσκειν καλὸν καὶ πονηρόν, οὐ φάγεσθε ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ· ᾗ δʼ ἂν ἡμέρα φάγητε ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ, θανάτῳ ἀποθανεῖσθε. Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος ὁ Θεός· οὐ καλὸν εἶναι τὸν ἄνθρωπον μόνον, ποιήσωμεν αὐτῷ βοηθὸν κατʼ αὐτόν. Καὶ ἔπλασεν ὁ Θεὸς ἔτι ἐκ τῆς γῆς πάντα τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ τὰ θηρία τοῦ ἀγροῦ, καὶ ἤγαγεν αὐτὰ πρὸς τὸν Ἀδάμ, ἰδεῖν τί καλέσει αὐτά. Καὶ πᾶν, ὃ ἐὰν ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὸ Ἀδὰμ ψυχὴν ζῶσαν, τοῦτο ὄνομα αὐτῶν. |
This is the book of the genesis of heaven and earth when they were made, in the day the Lord God made heaven and earth, before any plant of the field was on earth and before any herb of the field sprang up. For God had not sent rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground; but a fountain came up from the ground and watered the whole face of the earth. Then God formed man out of dust from the ground, and breathed in his face the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Then the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man He formed. Besides this, God caused every tree beautiful to the sight and good for food to grow from the ground. Also, in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of learning the knowledge of good and evil. Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it separated into four heads. The name of the first is Pishon. It circles all the land of Havilah, where there is gold. And the gold of that land is good. The carbuncle and the emerald are there as well. The name of the second river is Gihon. It circles all the land of Ethiopia. The name of the third river is Tigris. It flows over against the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates. Then the Lord God took the man He formed and put him in the garden to tend and keep it. And the Lord God commanded Adam, saying, “You may eat food from every tree in the garden; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not eat; for in whatever day you eat from it, you shall die by death.” And the Lord God said, “It is not good for man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.” Also, God formed out of the ground all the wild animals of the field and all the birds of heaven, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. Thus whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. [SAAS] |
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Προκείμενον. Ἦχος δʹ. |
Prokeimenon. Mode 4. |
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Ψαλμὸς ΙϚʹ (16). |
Psalm 16 (17). |
Φύλαξόν με ὡς κόρην ὀφθαλμοῦ. |
Keep me as the apple of Your eye. |
Εἰσάκουσον, Κύριε, τῆς δικαιοσύνης μου. |
Listen, O Lord of my righteousness. [SAAS] |
Παροιμιῶν τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα. |
The reading is from the Proverbs of Solomon. |
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ |
PRIEST |
Σοφία. Πρόσχωμεν. |
Wisdom. Let us be attentive. |
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Πρμ Γʹ, 1-19 |
Pr 3:1-20 |
Υἱέ, ἐμῶν νόμων μὴ ἐπιλανθάνου, τὰ δὲ ῥήματά μου τηρείτω σῇ καρδίᾳ· μῆκος γὰρ βίου, καὶ ἔτη ζωῆς, καὶ εἰρήνην προσθήσουσί σοι. Ἐλεημοσύναι καὶ πίστεις μὴ ἐκλειπέτωσάν σοι· ἄφαψαι δὲ αὐτὰς ἐπὶ τῷ σῷ τραχήλῳ, γράψον αὐτὰς ἐπὶ πλακὸς καρδίας σου, καὶ εὑρήσεις χάριν. Καὶ προνοοῦ καλὰ ἐνώπιον Θεοῦ, καὶ ἀνθρώπων. Ἴσθι πεποιθὼς ἐπὶ Κύριον ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ· ἐπὶ δὲ σῇ σοφίᾳ μὴ ἐπαίρου. Ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ὁδοῖς σου γνώριζε αὐτήν, ἵνα ὀρθοτομῇ τὰς ὁδούς σου· ὁ δὲ πούς σου μὴ προσκόψῃ. Μὴ ἴσθι φρόνιμος παρὰ σεαυτῷ, φοβοῦ δὲ τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ἔκκλινον ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοῦ· τότε ἴασις ἔσται τῷ σώματί σου, καὶ ἐπιμέλεια τοῖς ὀστέοις σου. Τίμα τὸν Κύριον ἀπὸ σῶν δικαίων πόνων, καὶ ἀπάρχου αὐτῷ ἀπὸ σῶν καρπῶν δικαιοσύνης, ἵνα πιμπλῶνται τὰ ταμεῖά σου πλησμονῆς σίτου, οἴνῳ δὲ οἱ ληνοί σου ἐκβλύζωσιν. Υἱέ, μὴ ὀλιγώρει παιδείας Κυρίου, μηδὲ ἐκλύου ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ ἐλεγχόμενος. Ὃν γὰρ ἀγαπᾷ Κύριος, παιδεύει, μαστιγοῖ δὲ πάντα υἱόν, ὃν παραδέχεται. Μακάριος ἄνθρωπος, ὃς εὗρε σοφίαν, καὶ θνητὸς ὃς εἶδε φρόνησιν. Κρεῖσσον γὰρ αὐτὴν ἐμπορεύεσθαι, ἢ χρυσίου καὶ ἀργυρίου θησαυρούς. Τιμιωτέρα δέ ἐστι λίθων πολυτελῶν, οὐκ ἀντιτάσσεται αὐτῇ οὐδὲν πονηρόν, εὔγνωστός ἐστι πᾶσι τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν αὐτήν, πᾶν δὲ τίμιον οὐκ ἄξιον αὐτῆς ἐστι. Μῆκος γὰρ βίου, καὶ ἔτη ζωῆς ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ αὐτῆς, ἐν δὲ τῇ ἀριστερᾷ αὐτῆς πλοῦτος καὶ δόξα, ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτῆς ἐκπορεύεται δικαιοσύνη, νόμον δὲ καὶ ἔλαιον ἐπὶ γλώσσης φορεῖ. Αἱ ὁδοὶ αὐτῆς, ὁδοὶ καλαί, καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ τρίβοι αὐτῆς ἐν εἰρήνῃ. Ξύλον ζωῆς ἐστι πᾶσι τοῖς ἀντεχομένοις αὐτῆς, καὶ τοῖς ἐπερειδομένοις ἐπ αὐτήν, ὡς ἐπὶ Κύριον ἀσφαλής. |
My son, do not forget my laws, but let your heart keep my words; for length of days, and years of life and peace they will add to you. Do not let almsgiving and faithfulness forsake you, but hang them upon your neck; and you will find grace and provide good things before the Lord and men. Trust in God with all your heart, and do not exalt your own wisdom. In all your ways know wisdom, that she may cut a straight path for you; and your foot will not stumble. Do not rely on your own discernment, but fear God, and turn away from every evil. Then there shall be healing for your body and care for your bones. Honor the Lord from your righteous labors, and offer Him the firstfruits from the fruits of your righteousness, that your storehouses may be filled with abundance of grain, and your winepresses may gush with wine. My son, do not despise the instruction of the Lord, neither grow weary under His reproof. For whom the Lord loves He instructs, and chastises every son He receives. Blessed is a man who finds wisdom, and a mortal who sees discernment; for the profits gained from wisdom are better than the treasures of gold and silver. And wisdom is more valuable than precious stones, and nothing evil will withstand her; she is well known to all who come near her, and no honor is worthy of her. For length of days and years of life are in her right hand, and in her left hand are riches and glory; righteousness proceeds from her mouth, and she carries law and mercy upon her tongue. Her ways are good ways, and all her paths are in peace. She is a tree of life for all who cleave to her, and she is security for those who lean upon her as upon the Lord. [SAAS] |
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Ὁ λαὸς ἵσταται διὰ τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν τοῦ Συναξαρίου. |
Stand for the reading of the Synaxarion. |
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Συναξάριον |
Synaxarion |
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Τοῦ Μηναίου. |
From the Menaion. |
Τῇ ΚΑʹ τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνός, μνήμη τοῦ Ὁσίου Πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἰακώβου Ἐπισκόπου, τοῦ Ὁμολογητοῦ. |
On March 21 we commemorate our devout father Iakovos the bishop and confessor. |
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, μνήμη τοῦ ἐν Ἁγίοις Πατρὸς ἡμῶν Θωμᾶ, Πατριάρχου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. |
On this day we also commemorate our father among the saints Thomas, Patriarch of Constantinople. |
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, μνήμη τῶν Ἁγίων Μαρτύρων Φιλήμονος καὶ Δομνίνου. |
On this day we also commemorate the holy martyrs Philemon and Domninus. |
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, μνήμη τοῦ Ὁσίου Πατρὸς ἡμῶν Βηρύλλου, Ἐπισκόπου Κατάνης. |
On this day we also commemorate our devout father Beryllus, Bishop of Catania. |
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, ὁ Ἅγιος Σεραπίων, ὁ ἀπὸ Σιδῶνος, ἐν εἰρήνῃ τελειοῦται. |
On this day St. Serapion of Sidon reposed in peace. |
Ταῖς αὐτῶν ἁγίαις πρεσβείαις, ὁ Θεὸς ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς. Ἀμήν. |
By the intercessions of Your Saints, O God, have mercy on us. Amen. |
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Κανόνας Νηστείας |
Fasting Rule |
Νηστεία. |
Strict: Refrain from meat, fish, oil, dairy, and eggs. |
Εἶναι Μ. Τεσσαρακοστή. |
It is a weekday in Lent. |