se.m04.d03.h91

2024	2024
Τῇ Τετάρτῃ \| Τῌ Γʹ ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ	On Wednesday \| April 3

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Η ΠΡΟΦΗΤΕΙΑ	THE PROPHECY
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Προκείμενον. Ἦχος πλ. βʹ.	Prokeimenon. Mode pl. 2.
Ψαλμὸς ΜΘʹ (49).	Psalm 49 (50).
Θῦσον τῷ Θεῷ θυσίαν αἰνέσεως.	Offer to God a sacrifice of praise.
Θεὸς θεῶν Κύριος ἐλάλησε, καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὴν γῆν.	The God of gods, the Lord, spoke, and summoned the earth. [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 Ιʹ, 12-20	Is 10:12-20
Ἔσται, ὅταν συντελέσῃ Κύριος πάντα ποιῶν ἐν τῷ ὄρει Σιών, καὶ ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ, ἐπισκέψομαι ἐπὶ τὸν νοῦν τὸν μέγαν, ἐπὶ τὸν ἄρχοντα τῶν Ἀσσυρίων, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ ὕψος τῆς δόξης τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦ. Εἶπε γάρ· Ἐν τῇ ἰσχύϊ ποιήσω, καὶ ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ τῆς συνέσεως ἀφελῶ ὅρια ἐθνῶν, καὶ τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτῶν προνομεύσω, καὶ σείσω πόλεις κατοικουμένας, καὶ τὴν Οἰκουμένην ὅλην καταλήψομαι τῇ χειρὶ ὡς νοσσιάν, καὶ ὡς καταλελειμμένα ᾠὰ ἀρῶ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν, ὃς διαφεύξεταί με, ἢ ἀντείπῃ μοι. Μὴ δοξασθήσεται ἀξίνη ἄνευ τοῦ κόπτοντος ἐν αὐτῇ; ἢ ὑψωθήσεται πρίων ἄνευ τοῦ ἕλκοντος αὐτόν, ὡς ἄν τις ἄρῃ ῥάβδον ἢ ξύλον, καὶ οὐχ οὕτως, ἀλλὰ ἀποστελεῖ Κύριος Σαβαὼθ εἰς τὴν σὴν τιμήν, ἀτιμίαν, καὶ εἰς τὴν σὴν δόξαν, πῦρ καιόμενον καυθήσεται. Καὶ ἔσται τὸ φῶς τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ εἰς πῦρ, καὶ ἁγιάσει αὐτὸν ἐν πυρὶ καιομένῳ, καὶ φάγεται ὡσεὶ χόρτον τὴν ὕλην. Τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἀποσβεσθήσονται τὰ ὄρη, καὶ οἱ βουνοί, καὶ οἱ δρυμοί, καὶ καταφάγεται ἀπὸ ψυχῆς ἕως σαρκῶν, καὶ ἔσται ὁ φεύγων, ὡς ὁ φεύγων ἀπὸ φλογὸς καιομένης, καὶ οἱ καταλειφθέντες ἀπʼ αὐτῶν, ἀριθμὸς ἔσονται, καὶ παιδίον γράψει αὐτούς. Καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, οὐκέτι προστεθήσεται τὸ καταλειφθὲν Ἰσραήλ, καὶ οἱ σωθέντες τοῦ Ἰακὼβ οὐκέτι μὴ πεποιθότες ὧσιν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀδικήσαντας αὐτούς, ἀλλʼ ἔσονται πεποιθότες ἐπὶ τὸν Θεόν, τὸν Ἅγιον τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ τῇ ἀληθείᾳ.	It shall come to pass, when the Lord has completed all He will do on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, He will go against the arrogant heart of the king of the Assyrians and the glory of his haughty looks. For he said, “I shall act in my strength and by the wisdom of my understanding. I also shall remove the boundaries of the nations and plunder their strength. I shall shake their inhabited cities. I shall overtake with my hand all the inhabited world as a nest, and take them as eggs that have been left. There is no one who can escape or oppose me.” Shall the ax glorify itself without him who chops with it? Or shall the saw exalt itself without him who saws with it? It is likewise if one should lift a rod or a piece of wood. But it shall not be so, for the Lord of hosts will send dishonor against your honor; and He will kindle a burning fire against your glory. So the Light of Israel will be as a fire, and He will sanctify him with burning fire; and it will devour the wood like grass on that day. The mountains, the hills, and the forests will be consumed, and devour both soul and body, and he who flees will be like one fleeing from a burning flame. Then the remnant will be few in number, and a child shall write them. It shall come to pass in that day that the remnant of Israel and those of Jacob who were saved will never again obey those who wronged them; but they will trust in God, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. [SAAS]
Προκείμενον. Ἦχος πλ. βʹ.	Prokeimenon. Mode pl. 2.
Ψαλμὸς Nʹ (50).	Psalm 50 (51).
Ἐλέησόν με, ὁ Θεός, κατὰ τὸ μέγα ἔλεός σου.	Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy.
Καρδίαν καθαρὰν κτίσον ἐν ἐμοί, ὁ Θεός.	Create in me a clean heart, O God. [SAAS]
Τὰ Ἀναγνώσματα τοῦ Ἑσπερινοῦ	The Readings from Vespers
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Προκείμενον. Ἦχος δʹ.	Prokeimenon. Mode 4.
Ψαλμὸς ΝΑʹ (51).	Psalm 51 (52).
Ἤλπισα ἐπὶ τὸ ἔλεος τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.	I hope in God’s mercy forever and unto ages of ages.
Τί ἐγκαυχᾷ ἐν κακίᾳ ὁ δυνατός;	Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man. [SAAS]
Γενέσεως τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.	The reading is from the book of Genesis.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Σοφία. Πρόσχωμεν.	Wisdom. Let us be attentive.
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Γεν Ζʹ, 6-9	Gn 7:6-9
Νῶε ἦν ἐτῶν ἑξακοσίων, καὶ ὁ κατακλυσμὸς τοῦ ὕδατος ἐγένετο ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. Εἰσῆλθε δὲ Νῶε, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ μετʹ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν κιβωτόν, διὰ τὸ ὕδωρ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ. Καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν πετεινῶν τῶν καθαρῶν, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν πετεινῶν τῶν μὴ καθαρῶν, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν κτηνῶν τῶν καθαρῶν, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν κτηνῶν τῶν μὴ καθαρῶν, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν θηρίων, καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἑρπόντων ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, δύο δύο εἰσῆλθον πρὸς Νῶε εἰς τὴν κιβωτόν, ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ, καθὰ ἐνετείλατο ὁ Θεὸς τῷ Νῶε.	Now Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came on the earth. Then Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, entered the ark because of the flood waters. Also the clean and unclean birds, the clean and unclean cattle, and everything that creeps on the earth, entered with Noah into the ark, two by two, male and female, as God commanded him. [SAAS]
Προκείμενον. Ἦχος δʹ.	Prokeimenon. Mode 4.
Ψαλμὸς ΝΒʹ (52).	Psalm 52 (53).
Ἐν τῷ ἐπιστρέψαι Κύριον τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ.	When the Lord brings back the captivity of His people.
Εἶπεν ἄφρων ἐν καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ· Οὐκ ἔστι Θεός.	The fool said in his heart, “There is no God.” [SAAS]
Παροιμιῶν τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.	The reading is from the Proverbs of Solomon.
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ	DEACON
Σοφία. Πρόσχωμεν.	Wisdom. Let us be attentive.
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Πρμ Θʹ, 12-18	Pr 9:12-25
Υἱέ, ἐὰν σοφὸς γένῃ σεαυτῷ, σοφὸς ἔσῃ καὶ τοῖς πλησίον σου, ἐὰν δὲ κακὸς ἀποβῇς, μόνος ἂν ἀντλήσεις τὰ κακά. Υἱὸς πεπαιδευμένος σοφὸς ἔσται, τῷ δὲ ἄφρονι διακόνῳ χρήσεται, ὃς ἐρείδεται ἐπὶ ψεύδεσιν, οὗτος ποιμανεῖ ἀνέμους, ὁ δʼ αὐτὸς διώξεται ὄρνεα πετώμενα· ἀπέλιπε γὰρ ὁδοὺς τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ ἀμπελῶνος, τοὺς δὲ ἄξονας τοῦ ἰδίου γεωργίου πεπλάνηται. Διαπορεύεται δὲ διʹ ἀνύδρου ἐρήμου, καὶ γῆν διατεταγμένην ἐν διψώδεσι, συνάγει δὲ χερσὶν ἀκαρπίαν. Γυνὴ ἄφρων καὶ θρασεῖα ἐνδεὴς ψωμοῦ γίνεται, ἣ οὐκ ἐπίσταται αἰσχύνην, ἐκάθισεν ἐπὶ θύραις τοῦ ἑαυτῆς οἴκου, ἐπὶ δίφρου ἐμφανῶς ἐν πλατείαις, προσκαλουμένη τοὺς παριόντας καὶ κατευθύνοντας ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῶν. Ὃς ἐστιν ὑμῶν ἀφρονέστατος, ἐκκλινάτω πρός με, καὶ τοῖς ἐνδεέσι φρονήσεως παρακελεύομαι λέγουσα· Ἄρτον κρυφίων ἡδέως ἄψασθε, καὶ ὕδατος κλοπῆς γλυκεροῦ πίετε. Ὁ δὲ οὐκ οἶδεν, ὅτι γηγενεῖς παρʼ αὐτῇ ὄλλυνται, καὶ ἐπὶ πέταυρον ᾍδου συναντᾷ. Ἀλλὰ ἀποπήδησον, μὴ χρονίσῃς ἐν τῷ τόπῳ αὐτῆς, μηδὲ ἐπιστήσῃς τὸ σὸν ὄμμα πρὸς αὐτήν· οὕτω γὰρ διαβήσῃ ὕδωρ ἀλλότριον, ἀπὸ δὲ ὕδατος ἀλλοτρίου ἀπόσχου, καὶ ἀπὸ πηγῆς ἀλλοτρίας μὴ πίῃς, ἵνα πολὺν ζήσῃς χρόνον, προστεθήσεται δέ σοι ἔτη ζωῆς.	My son, if you become wise in yourself, you shall also be wise toward your neighbor; but if you prove to be evil, you alone will go through troubles. He who supports himself with lies will shepherd winds and chase flying birds; for he abandoned the ways of his own vineyard and strayed from paths of his own farming; and he will pass through a waterless desert, a land assigned to drought, and he gathers barrenness with his hands. A woman in need of a morsel is without discernment and overbold; she has no sense of shame. She sits upon the doors of her own house, upon a seat openly in the streets, calling to those who pass by and who go straight along their paths, “He who is very lacking in discernment, let him turn aside to me; and he who is in need of discernment, I exhort, saying, ‘Grasp with pleasure the secret bread and the sweet water of theft.’” But he does not know that the inhabitants of the earth perish beside her, and he happens upon a snare of Hades. But hurry off, do not continue in that place, neither set your eye toward her; for so you shall pass through strange water and cross beyond a strange river; and keep away from strange water, and do not drink from a strange fountain; that you may live a long time and add years of life to yourself. [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 Γʹ τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνός, μνήμη τοῦ Ὁσίου Πατρὸς ἡμῶν Νικήτα τοῦ Ὁμολογητοῦ, Ἡγουμένου τῆς Μονῆς τοῦ Μηδικίου.	On April 3 we commemorate our devout father Niketas the confessor, Abbot of the Monastery of Medicium.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, μνήμη τοῦ Ὁσίου Πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἰωσὴφ τοῦ Ὑμνογράφου.	On this day we also commemorate our devout father Joseph the Hymnographer.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, μνήμη τοῦ Ἁγίου Μάρτυρος Ἐλπιδοφόρου.	On this day we also commemorate the holy martyr Elpidophoros.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, μνήμη τοῦ Ἁγίου Μάρτυρος Δίου.	On this day we also commemorate the holy martyr Dius.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, μνήμη τοῦ Ἁγίου Μάρτυρος Βυθονίου.	On this day we also commemorate the holy martyr Bythonius.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, μνήμη τοῦ Ἁγίου Μάρτυρος Γαλύκου.	On this day we also commemorate the holy martyr Galycus.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, μνήμη τοῦ Ὁσίου Πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἰλλυριοῦ, τοῦ ἐν τῷ ὄρει τοῦ Μυρσιῶνος.	On this day we also commemorate our devout father Illyrios of Mount Myrsion.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, ὁ ἅγιος νεομάρτυς Παῦλος ὁ Ρῶσος, ὁ ἀπελεύθερος, ὁ κατὰ τὸ ᾳχπγʹ (1683) ἐν Κων/πόλει μαρτυρήσας, ξίφει τελειοῦται.	On this day the holy new martyr Paul the Russian, the freedman, who witnessed in Constantinople in the year 1683, died by the sword.
Ταῖς αὐτῶν πρεσβείαις, ὁ Θεός, ἐλέησον καὶ σῶσον ἡμᾶς.	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.