se.m03.d28.h91

2024	2024
Τῇ Πέμπτῃ \| Τῌ ΚΗʹ ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ	On Thursday \| March 28

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Η ΠΡΟΦΗΤΕΙΑ	THE PROPHECY
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Προκείμενον. Ἦχος πλ. βʹ.	Prokeimenon. Mode pl. 2.
Ψαλμὸς ΛΓʹ (33).	Psalm 33 (34).
Ἐξεζήτησα τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ἐπήκουσέ μου.	I sought the Lord, and He heard me.
Εὐλογήσω τὸν Κύριον ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ.	I will bless the Lord at all times. [SAAS]
Προφητείας Ἠσαΐου τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.	The reading is from the Prophecy of Isaiah.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Σοφία. Πρόσχωμεν.	Wisdom. Let us be attentive.
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Ησ Ϛʹ 1-12	Is 6:1-12
Ἐγένετο τοῦ ἔτους, οὗ ἀπέθανεν Ὀζίας ὁ Βασιλεύς, εἶδον τὸν Κύριον καθήμενον ἐπὶ θρόνου ὑψηλοῦ καὶ ἐπηρμένου, καὶ πλήρης ὁ οἶκος τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ. Καὶ Σεραφὶμ εἱστήκεισαν κύκλῳ αὐτοῦ, ἓξ πτέρυγες τῷ ἑνὶ καὶ ἓξ πτέρυγες τῷ ἑνί, καὶ ταῖς μὲν δυσὶ κατεκάλυπτον τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν, ταῖς δὲ δυσὶ κατεκάλυπτον τοὺς πόδας, καὶ ταῖς δυσὶν ἐπέταντο. Καὶ ἐκέκραγεν ἕτερος πρὸς τὸν ἕτερον καὶ ἔλεγον· Ἅγιος, Ἅγιος, Ἅγιος Κύριος Σαβαώθ, πλήρης πᾶσα ἡ γῆ τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ἐπήρθη τὸ ὑπέρθυρον ἀπὸ τῆς φωνῆς, ἧς ἐκέκραγον, καὶ ὁ οἶκος ἐνεπλήσθη καπνοῦ. Καὶ εἶπον. Ὢ τάλας ἐγώ! ὅτι κατανένυγμαι· ὅτι ἄνθρωπος ὤν, καὶ ἀκάθαρτα χείλη ἔχων, ἐν μέσῳ λαοῦ ἀκάθαρτα χείλη ἔχοντος ἐγὼ οἰκῶ· καὶ τὸν Βασιλέα Κύριον Σαβαὼθ εἶδον τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς μου. Καὶ ἀπεστάλη πρός με ἓν τῶν Σεραφίμ, καὶ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ εἶχεν ἄνθρακα, ὃν τῇ λαβίδι ἔλαβεν ἀπὸ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου· καὶ ἥψατο τοῦ στόματός μου, καὶ εἶπεν· Ἰδού, ἥψατο τοῦτο τῶν χειλέων σου, καὶ ἀφελεῖ τὰς ἀνομίας σου, καὶ τὰς ἁμαρτίας σου περικαθαριεῖ. Καὶ ἤκουσα τῆς φωνῆς Κυρίου λέγοντος· Τίνα ἀποστείλω; καὶ τίς πορεύσεται πρὸς τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον; καὶ εἶπον· Ἰδού, ἐγώ εἰμι· ἀπόστειλόν με. Καὶ εἶπε· Πορεύθητι, καὶ εἰπὲ τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ· Ἀκοῇ ἀκούσετε, καὶ οὐ μὴ συνῆτε, καὶ βλέποντες βλέψετε, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἴδητε. Ἐπαχύνθη γὰρ ἡ καρδία τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου, καὶ τοῖς ὠσὶν αὐτῶν βαρέως ἤκουσαν, καὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν ἐκάμμυσαν, μήποτε ἴδωσι τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς, καὶ τοῖς ὠσὶν ἀκούσωσι, καὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ συνῶσι, καὶ ἐπιστρέψωσι, καὶ ἰάσομαι αὐτούς. Καὶ εἶπα· Ἕως πότε, Κύριε; καὶ εἶπεν· Ἕως ἂν ἐρημωθῶσι πόλεις, παρὰ τὸ μὴ κατοικεῖσθαι, καὶ οἶκοι, παρὰ τὸ μὴ εἶναι ἀνθρώπους, καὶ ἡ γῆ καταλειφθήσεται ἔρημος. Καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα μακρυνεῖ ὁ Θεὸς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, καὶ πληθυνθήσονται οἱ ἐγκαταλειφθέντες ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.	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]
Προκείμενον. Ἦχος πλ. βʹ.	Prokeimenon. Mode pl. 2.
Ψαλμὸς ΛΔʹ (34).	Psalm 34 (35).
Ἐξεγέρθητι, Κύριε, καὶ πρόσχες τῇ κρίσει μου.	Arise, O Lord, attend to my judgment.
Δίκασον, Κύριε, τοὺς ἀδικοῦντάς με, πολέμησον τοὺς πολεμοῦντάς με.	O Lord, judge those who injure me; make war on those who make war on me. [SAAS]
Τὰ Ἀναγνώσματα τοῦ Ἑσπερινοῦ	The Readings from Vespers
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Προκείμενον. Ἦχος δʹ.	Prokeimenon. Mode 4.
Ψαλμὸς ΛΕʹ (35).	Psalm 35 (36).
Κύριε, ἐν τῷ Οὐρανῷ τὸ ἔλεός σου.	O Lord, Your mercy is in heaven.
Ἡ δικαιοσύνη σου ὡς ὄρη Θεοῦ.	Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. [SAAS]
Γενέσεως τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.	The reading is from the book of Genesis.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Σοφία. Πρόσχωμεν.	Wisdom. Let us be attentive.
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Γεν Εʹ 1-24	Gn 5:1-24
Αὕτὴ ἡ βίβλος γενέσεως ἀνθρώπων, ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν Ἀδάμ, κατʼ εἰκόνα Θεοῦ ἐποίησεν αὐτόν, ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἐποίησεν αὐτούς, καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτούς, καὶ ἐπωνόμασε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, Ἀδὰμ ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἐποίησεν αὐτούς. Ἔζησε δὲ Ἀδὰμ διακόσια τριάκοντα ἔτη, καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱὸν κατὰ τὴν ἰδέαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ κατὰ τὴν εἰκόνα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπωνόμασε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, Σήθ. Ἐγένοντο δὲ αἱ ἡμέραι Ἀδάμ, ἃς ἔζησε μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Σήθ, ἔτη, ἑπτακόσια· καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας. Καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Ἀδάμ, ἃς ἔζησεν, ἐννακόσια τριάκοντα ἔτη, καὶ ἀπέθανεν. Ἔζησε δὲ Σήθ, πέντε καὶ διακόσια ἔτη, καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἐνώς. Καὶ ἔζησε Σήθ, μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Ἐνώς, ἑπτὰ ἔτη καὶ ἑπτακόσια, καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας. Καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Σήθ, δώδεκα καὶ ἐννακόσια ἔτη, καὶ ἀπέθανε. Καὶ ἔζησεν Ἐνὼς ἔτη ἑκατὸν ἐνενήκοντα, καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Καϊνᾶν. Καὶ ἔζησεν Ἐνώς, μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Καϊνᾶν, πεντεκαίδεκα ἔτη καὶ ἑπτακόσια, καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας. Καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Ἐνώς, πέντε ἔτη καὶ ἐννακόσια, καὶ ἀπέθανε. Καὶ ἔζησε Καϊνᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ἔτη, καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Μαλελεήλ. Καὶ ἔζησε Καϊνᾶν, μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Μαλελεήλ, τεσσαράκοντα καὶ ἑπτακόσια ἔτη, καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας. Καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Καϊνᾶν, δέκα ἔτη καὶ ἐννακόσια, καὶ ἀπέθανε. Καὶ ἔζησε Μαλελεὴλ πέντε καὶ ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ἔτη, καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἰάρεδ. Καὶ ἔζησε Μαλελεήλ, μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Ἰάρεδ, ἔτη ἑπτακόσια τριάκοντα, καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας. Καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Μαλελεήλ, ἔτη πέντε καὶ ἐνενήκοντα, καὶ ὀκτακόσια, καὶ ἀπέθανε. Καὶ ἔζησεν Ἰάρεδ δύο καὶ ἑξήκοντα ἔτη καὶ ἑκατόν, καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἐνώχ. Καὶ ἔζησεν Ἰάρεδ, μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Ἐνώχ, ὀκτακόσια ἔτη, καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας. Καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Ἰάρεδ, δύο καὶ ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἐννακόσια ἔτη, καὶ ἀπέθανε. Καὶ ἔζησεν Ἐνὼχ πέντε καὶ ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ἔτη, καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Μαθουσάλα. Εὐηρέστησε δὲ Ἐνὼχ τῷ Θεῷ, μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Μαθουσάλα, διακόσια ἔτη, καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας. Καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Ἐνώχ, πέντε καὶ ἑξήκοντα, καὶ τριακόσια ἔτη. Καὶ εὐηρέστησεν Ἐνὼχ τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ οὐχ εὑρίσκετο, διότι μετέθηκεν αὐτὸν ὁ Θεός.	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]
Προκείμενον. Ἦχος πλ. βʹ.	Prokeimenon. Mode pl. 2.
Ψαλμὸς ΛϚʹ (36).	Psalm 36 (37).
Ὑπόμεινον τὸν Κύριον καὶ φύλαξον τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ.	Wait on the Lord, and keep His way.
Μὴ παραζήλου ἐν πονηρευομένοις.	Do not be envious of those who do evil. [SAAS]
Παροιμιῶν τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.	The reading is from the Proverbs of Solomon.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Σοφία. Πρόσχωμεν.	Wisdom. Let us be attentive.
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Πρμ Ϛʹ, 3-20	Pr 6:3-24
Ποίει, υἱέ, ἃ ἐγώ σοι ἐντέλλομαι, καὶ σῴζου· ἥκεις γὰρ εἰς χεῖρας κακῶν διὰ σὸν φίλον, ἴσθι μὴ ἐκλυόμενος, παρόξυνε δὲ καὶ τὸν φίλον σου, ὃν ἐγγυήσω. Μὴ δῷς ὕπνον σοῖς ὄμμασι, μηδὲ ἐπινυστάξῃς σοῖς βλεφάροις, ἵνα σώζῃ ὥσπερ δορκὰς ἐκ βρόχων, καὶ ὥσπερ ὄρνεον ἐκ παγίδος. Ἴθι πρὸς τὸν μύρμηκα, ὦ ὀκνηρέ, καὶ ζήλωσον, ἰδὼν τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ γενοῦ ἐκείνου σοφώτερος. Ἐκείνῳ γάρ, γεωργίου μὴ ὑπάρχοντος, μηδὲ τὸν ἀναγκάζοντα ἔχων, μηδὲ ὑπὸ δεσπότην ὤν, ἑτοιμάζεται θέρους τὴν τροφήν, πολλήν τε ἐν τῷ ἀμητῷ ποιεῖται τὴν παράθεσιν. Ἢ πορεύθητι πρὸς τὴν μέλισσαν, καὶ μάθε ὡς ἐργάτις ἐστί, τὴν τε ἐργασίαν ὡς σεμνὴν ποιεῖται, ἧς τοὺς πόνους βασιλεῖς τε καὶ ἰδιῶται πρὸς ὑγείαν προσφέρονται· ποθεινὴ δέ ἐστι πᾶσι, καὶ περίδοξος, καί περ οὖσα τῇ ῥώμῃ ἀσθενής, τὴν σοφίαν τιμήσασα προήχθη. Ἕως τίνος, ὦ ὀκνηρέ, κατάκεισαι; πότε δὲ ἐξ ὕπνου ἐγερθήσῃ; Ὀλίγον μὲν ὑπνοῖς ὀλίγον δὲ κάθησαι, μικρὸν δὲ νυστάζεις, ὀλίγον δὲ ἐναγκαλίζῃ χερσὶ στήθη, εἴτʼ ἐμπαραγίνεταί σοι, ὥσπερ κακὸς ὁδοιπόρος, ἡ πενία, καὶ ἡ ἔνδεια, ὥσπερ ἀγαθὸς δρομεύς. Ἐὰν δὲ ἄοκνος ἦς, ἥξει ὥσπερ πηγὴ ὁ ἀμητός σου, ἡ δὲ ἔνδεια, ὥσπερ κακὸς δρομεὺς ἀπαυτομολήσει. Ἀνὴρ ἄφρων καὶ παράνομος πορεύεται ὁδοὺς οὐκ ἀγαθάς, ὁ δʼ αὐτὸς ἐννεύει ὀφθαλμῷ, σημαίνει δὲ ποδί, διδάσκει δὲ νεύμασι δακτύλων. Διεστραμμένη καρδία τεκταίνεται κακά, ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ ὁ τοιοῦτος ταραχὰς συνίστησι πόλει. Διὰ τοῦτο ἐξαπίνης ἔρχεται ἡ ἀπώλεια αὐτοῦ, διακοπὴ καὶ συντριβὴ ἀνίατος, ὅτι χαίρει ἐπὶ πᾶσιν, οἷς μισεῖ ὁ Κύριος, συντρίβεται δὲ διʼ ἀκαθαρσίαν ψυχῆς. Ὀφθαλμὸς ὑβριστοῦ, γλῶσσα ἄδικος, χεῖρες ἐκχέουσαι αἷμα δικαίου, καὶ καρδία τεκταινομένη λογισμοὺς κακούς, καὶ πόδες ἐπισπεύδοντες κακοποιεῖν, ἐξολοθρευθήσονται. Ἐκκαίει ψευδῆ μάρτυς ἄδικος, καὶ ἐπιπέμπει κρίσεις ἀνὰ μέσον ἀδελφῶν. Υἱέ, φύλασσε νόμους πατρός σου, καὶ μὴ ἀπώσῃ θεσμοὺς μητρός σου.	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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Ὁ λαὸς ἵσταται διὰ τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν τοῦ Συναξαρίου.	Stand for the reading of the Synaxarion.
Συναξάριον	Synaxarion
Τοῦ Μηναίου.	From the Menaion.
Τῇ ΚΗʹ τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνός, μνήμη τοῦ Ὁσίου Πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἱλαρίωνος τοῦ Νέου, Ἡγουμένου Μονῆς τῆς Πελεκητῆς.	On March 28 we commemorate our devout father Ilarion the New, abbot of the monastery of Pelekiti.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, ἄθλησις τοῦ Ἁγίου Ἡρωδίωνος, ἑνὸς τῶν Ἑβδομήκοντα Ἀποστόλων.	On this day the contest of St. Herodion, one of the Seventy Apostles.
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.