2024

On Thursday | March 28

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THE PROPHECY

READER

Prokeimenon. Mode pl. 2.

Psalm 33 (34).

I sought the Lord, and He heard me.

I will bless the Lord at all times. [SAAS]

The reading is from the Prophecy of Isaiah.

PRIEST

Wisdom. Let us be attentive.

READER

Is 6:1-12

In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up. The house was full of His glory. Around Him stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one cried to another and said, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory.” The lintel was lifted up by the voice of those who cried out, and the house was filled with smoke. So I said, “Woe is me, because I am pierced to the heart, for being a man and having unclean lips, I dwell in the midst of a people with unclean lips; for I saw the King, the Lord of hosts, with my eyes!” Then one of the seraphim was sent to me. He had a live coal in his hand, which he took with tongs from the altar. He touched my mouth, and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips. Your lawlessness is taken away, and your sin is cleansed.” I also heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go to this people?” Then I said, “Behold, here am I, send me.” So He said, “Go, and tell this people, ‘You shall hear indeed, but not understand; and you shall see indeed, but not perceive.’ For the heart of this people has become insensitive, and their ears hear with difficulty. They have closed their eyes, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and return, and I should heal them.” Then I said, “Lord, how long?” So He answered, “Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant, the houses are without people, and the land shall be left desolate. After this God will remove the people far away, and those left in the land shall multiply.” [SAAS]

Prokeimenon. Mode pl. 2.

Psalm 34 (35).

Arise, O Lord, attend to my judgment.

O Lord, judge those who injure me; make war on those who make war on me. [SAAS]

The Readings from Vespers

READER

Prokeimenon. Mode 4.

Psalm 35 (36).

O Lord, Your mercy is in heaven.

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. [SAAS]

The reading is from the book of Genesis.

PRIEST

Wisdom. Let us be attentive.

READER

Gn 5:1-24

This is the book of the genesis of mankind in the day God made Adam, whom He made in God’s image. He made them male and female, and blessed them; and the day He made them He called his name Adam. Now Adam lived two hundred and thirty years, and begot a son according to his form and image, and named him Seth. After he begot Seth, the days of Adam were seven hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters. So all the days Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died. Now Seth lived two hundred and five years, and begot Enosh. After he begot Enosh, Seth lived seven hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters. So all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died. Now Enosh lived one hundred and ninety years, and begot Cainan. After he begot Cainan, Enosh lived seven hundred and fifteen years, and begot sons and daughters. So all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years, and he died. Now Cainan lived one hundred and seventy years, and begot Mahalalel. After he begot Mahalalel, Cainan lived seven hundred and forty years, and begot sons and daughters. So all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died. Now Mahalalel lived one hundred and sixty-five years, and begot Jared. After he begot Jared, Mahalalel lived seven hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters. So all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died. Now Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and begot Enoch. After he begot Enoch, Jared lived eight hundred years, and begot sons and daughters. So all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died. Now Enoch lived one hundred and sixty-five years, and begot Methuselah. After he begot Methuselah, Enoch was well-pleasing to God for two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters. So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. Thus Enoch was well-pleasing to God, and was not found, for God translated him. [SAAS]

Prokeimenon. Mode pl. 2.

Psalm 36 (37).

Wait on the Lord, and keep His way.

Do not be envious of those who do evil. [SAAS]

The reading is from the Proverbs of Solomon.

PRIEST

Wisdom. Let us be attentive.

READER

Pr 6:3-24

My son, do what I command you, and you will save yourself; for you came into the hands of evil things through your friend; do not be faint, but provoke even your friend, for whom you assumed a debt; do not give sleep to your eyes nor slumber to your eyelids that you may be saved, as a gazelle from the snares, and as a bird from a trap. Compare yourself with the ant, O sluggard, and be zealous when you see his ways, and become wiser than he. For although he has no tilled land, neither anyone to compel him, nor any master to rule him, yet he prepares all his food in the summer and makes his provisions abundant in the winter. Or go to the honeybee, and learn how she is a worker and how solemnly she does her work, whose labors kings and common people use for health; and she is desirable to all and glorious; and although she is weak in bodily strength, she leads the way in honoring wisdom. How long, O sluggard, will you be idle, and when will you arise from sleep? You sleep a little; you sit down a little; you doze a short while and you fold your hands on your chest a little; then poverty comes to you as an evil traveler and neediness as a swift runner. But if you are diligent, your harvest shall come to you as a fountain, and neediness as an evil runner shall desert you. A man who is without discernment and is lawless does not walk in good ways. But he winks with an eye; he makes a sign with his foot, and teaches with the wave of his hand. And with a perverse heart, he constantly schemes evil things; such a man causes trouble in a city. Therefore his destruction comes suddenly, a deep and incurable wound. For he rejoices in everything the Lord hates, and he shall be broken because of his soul’s uncleanness: a haughty eye, an unrighteous tongue, hands that shed righteous blood, a heart that devises evil thoughts, and feet that hasten to do evil; as a false witness he kindles injustice and causes quarrels between brethren. My son, guard the laws of your father, and do not depart from the rules of your mother. [SAAS]

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Stand for the reading of the Synaxarion.

Synaxarion

From the Menaion.

On March 28 we commemorate our devout father Ilarion the New, abbot of the monastery of Pelekiti.

On this day the contest of St. Herodion, one of the Seventy Apostles.

By the intercessions of Your Saints, O God, have mercy on us. Amen.

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Fasting Rule

Strict: Refrain from meat, fish, oil, dairy, and eggs.

It is a weekday in Lent.