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On Wednesday of the Third Week at Vespers

Menaion - April 4

Memory of St. George in Maleo

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THE DIVINE LITURGY OF PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS

On Wednesday Evening of the Third Week 2024

From the Triodion.

Sticheron Idiomelon. Mode 4.

Bring my soul out of prison to give thanks to Your name, O Lord. [SAAS]

Living as a prodigal, I have dispersed my patrimony; I am now destitute, dwelling in that country of the wicked citizens. I resemble the mindless beasts in my lack of reason; and I have been stripped of any divine grace. But now I am returning, and I cry to You, the compassionate and tender-loving Father: I have sinned; receive me in repentance, O God, and have mercy on me. [SD]

Sticheron Idiomelon. Mode 4.

The righteous shall wait for me, until You reward me. [SAAS]

For the Martyrs.

Mode 4.

Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord; O Lord, hear my voice. [SAAS]

O living sacrifices, rational whole-burnt offerings, O Martyrs of the Lord, and perfect sacrificial victims of God, who know God and are known by God, O lambs whose fold is inaccessible to wolves: intercede that together with you we also may be shepherded beside the still water of rest. [SD]

Stichera Prosomia. By Joseph.

Mode pl. 2. When the saints deposited.

Let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication. [SAAS]

You, as God’s eye-witnesses, who were sent out like resplendent * rays of the noetic Sun, * pray for the enlightenment * of our hearts and souls. * From the dark haziness * of the passions free us. * O Apostles, intercede for us, * that we may see the day * of salvation. And purify our hearts, by your entreaties and your prayers, * for the wicked devil has wounded them; * so that being rescued * by you, we may in faith ever extol * you, whose most wise proclamation of the Gospel has rescued the world. [SD]

Mode pl. 2. When the saints deposited.

If You, O Lord, should mark transgression, O Lord, who would stand? For there is forgiveness with You. [SAAS]

A prodigal son am I; I left into a far country * of evil and wrongly spent * the wealth You, O merciful * Father, gave to me. * Hungry, I waste away * from a dearth of virtue; * You can see that I am clothed in shame * of all my trespasses, * naked as I am of Your grace divine. * I cry to You that I have sinned; * yet I know Your love and benevolence. * Christ, at the entreaties * of Your Apostles by whom You were loved, * accept me back in repentance now * as one of Your hired hands. [SD]

Another. By Theodore.

Mode pl. 2. (not metered)

Because of Your law, O Lord, I waited for You; my soul waited for Your word. My soul hopes in the Lord. [SAAS]

Apostles of the Savior, luminaries of the world, and its benefactors, and saviors: like the heavens, you declare the glory of God, and you are adorned with the various stars of your miracles and wonders of healing. Earnestly present your entreaties on our behalf to the Lord, that our own prayers be accepted as undefiled fragrance, and that we all be counted worthy to venerate the life-giving Cross, and with fear to kiss it and gaze at it. And You, O Savior, send Your mercies down to us, as the One who is benevolent. [SD]

Stichera. For the Devout Man.

From Menaion - - -

Mode 2. Joseph took You down.

Ὅτε ἐκ τοῦ ξύλου.

From the morning watch until night; from the morning watch until night, let Israel hope in the Lord. [SAAS]

Wholly to our God who sees all things * earnestly were you dedicated, wholly united in soul. * Thus you cultivated and brought forth divine good fruits * of the Spirit, like self-control * and stillness and meekness, * patience and long-suffering, and most of all hope and love, * grandly demonstrating, O Father, * that along with these faith and kindness * are the means of progress on the higher path. [SD]

For with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him is abundant redemption; and He shall redeem Israel from all his transgressions. [SAAS]

Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; praise Him, all you peoples. [SAAS]

When the Holy Spirit’s grace abode * in you, who were most pure and gentle, it made you beautiful * with all kinds of virtues; and with many spiritual gifts, * holy Father, it made you shine. * And you, like your name means, * showed yourself to be a farmer of the Savior Christ, * for you prudently cultivated * your mind, which did prove to be good earth, * O St. George. And we now rightly call you blest. [SD]

For His mercy rules over us; and the truth of the Lord endures forever. [SAAS]

Father, you were joyful in the hope * of the future blessings, and therefore you easily endured * labors, and you eagerly pressed forward, striving the more, * while forgetting what came before, * until you securely * had obtained the blessed end, for which you longed day and night, * full of works of virtue, all-wise one, * O devout St. George, and attained to * everlasting blessedness with God on high. [SD]

Glory. Both now. Theotokion.

Mode 2. Joseph took You down.

Lady, as the very throne of God * and the royal seat of the great King, rejoice! O ark of life, * never-failing fountain of sanctification, rejoice! * Sacred vial of the Spirit’s myrrh, * delight of the Garden, * mystical enjoyment of our souls are you: O rejoice! * Joy of all devout and monastics, * and the exultation of all those * who in you find comfort, Bride of God, rejoice! [SD]

DEACON

Wisdom. Arise.

READER

Gladsome light of holy glory of the holy, blessed, heavenly, immortal Father, O Jesus Christ: arriving at the hour of sunset and having seen the evening light, we praise the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, God. It is worthy for You to be praised at all times with happy voices, O Son of God and Giver of life; * and therefore the world glorifies You.

The Readings

DEACON

The evening…

From Triodion - - -

READER

Prokeimenon. Mode 4.

Psalm 51 (52).

I hope in God’s mercy forever and unto ages of ages.

Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man. [SAAS]

The reading is from the book of Genesis.

DEACON

Wisdom. Let us be attentive.

READER

Gn 7:6-9

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]

Prokeimenon. Mode 4.

Psalm 52 (53).

When the Lord brings back the captivity of His people.

The fool said in his heart, “There is no God.” [SAAS]

READER (sung)

Command!

The Priest holds a lit candle in his right hand with the censer hanging below it, stands before the holy Table, gestures crosswise and says:

PRIEST

Wisdom. Arise.

Then he turns to face the people, blesses them crosswise with the candle, and says:

The light of Christ shines on all.

Then he hands the candle and the censer to the acolyte.

READER

The reading is from the Proverbs of Solomon.

DEACON

Wisdom. Let us be attentive.

READER

Pr 9:12-25

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]

PRIEST

Peace be with you.

(Go back to the Presanctified Liturgy booklet.)