2024

2024

Τῇ Δευτέρᾳ | Τῌ Ηʹ ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ

On Monday | April 8

   

   

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Η ΠΡΟΦΗΤΕΙΑ

THE PROPHECY

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ

READER

Προκείμενον. Ἦχος πλ. βʹ.

Prokeimenon. Mode pl. 2.

Ψαλμὸς ΞΑʹ (61).

Psalm 61 (62).

Ἐπὶ τῷ Θεῷ τὸ σωτήριόν μου καὶ ἡ δόξα μου.

In God is my salvation and my glory.

Οὐχὶ τῷ Θεῷ ὑποταγήσεται ἡ ψυχή μου;

Shall not my soul be submissive to 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

Ησ ΙΔʹ 24-32

Is 14:24-32

Τάδε λέγει Κύριος Σαβαώθ· Ὃν τρόπον εἴρηκα, οὕτως ἔσται, καὶ ὃν τρόπον βεβούλευμαι, οὕτω μενεῖ, τοῦ ἀπολέσαι τοὺς Ἀσσυρίους ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς τῆς ἐμῆς, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ὀρέων μου, καὶ ἔσονται εἰς καταπάτημα, καὶ ἀφαιρεθήσεται ἀπʼ αὐτῶν ὁ ζυγὸς αὐτῶν, καὶ τὸ κῦδος αὐτῶν ἀπὸ τῶν ὤμων ἀφαιρεθήσεται. Αὕτη ἡ βουλή, ἣν βεβούλευται Κύριος ἐφ ὅλην τὴν Οἰκουμένην, καὶ αὕτη ἡ χεὶρ ἡ ὑψηλή, ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη· ἃ γὰρ ὁ Θεὸς ὁ ἅγιος βεβούλευται, τίς διασκεδάσει; καὶ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ τὴν ὑψηλὴν τίς ἀποστρέψει; Τοῦ ἔτους, οὗ ἀπέθανεν Ἄχαζ ὁ βασιλεύς, ἐγενήθη τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο. Μὴ εὐφρανθείητε πάντες οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι· συνετρίβη γὰρ ὁ ζυγὸς τοῦ παίοντος ὑμᾶς· ἐκ γὰρ σπέρματος ὄφεως ἐξελεύσεται ἔγγονα ἀσπίδων, καὶ τὰ ἔγγονα αὐτῶν ἐξελεύσονται ὄφεις πετώμενοι. Καὶ βοσκηθήσονται πτωχοὶ διʹ αὐτοῦ, πένητες δὲ ἄνθρωποι ἐπὶ εἰρήνης ἀναπαύσονται, ἀνελεῖ δὲ τὸ σπέρμα σου ἐν λιμῷ, καὶ τὸ κατάλειμμά σου ἀνελεῖ. Ὀλολύξατε πύλαι πόλεων, κεκραγέτωσαν πόλεις τεταραγμέναι, οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι πάντες, ὅτι ἀπὸ Βοῤῥᾶ καπνὸς ἔρχεται, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι τοῦ εἶναι. Καὶ τί ἀποκριθήσονται βασιλεῖς ἐθνῶν; ὅτι Κύριος ἐθεμελίωσε τὴν Σιών, καὶ διʹ αὐτοῦ σωθήσονται οἱ ταπεινοὶ τοῦ λαοῦ.

Thus says the Lord of hosts: “As I said, so it shall come to pass. As I purposed, so it shall remain – to destroy the Assyrians in My land and on My mountains. They shall be for trampling underfoot, and their yoke shall be taken away; and their renown shall be removed from their shoulders.” This is the purpose the Lord purposed upon all the inhabited world. His hand is lifted up over all the nations of the inhabited earth. For who will reject what the holy God purposed? Who will turn away His uplifted hand? In the year King Ahaz died, this word came: “Do not be glad, all you foreigners, for the yoke of him who struck you is broken to pieces. For from the seed of serpents shall come forth the young asps, and their offspring shall be flying serpents. The poor will be fed by him, and poor men will rest in peace, but he shall destroy your seed with hunger, and he will destroy your remnant. Wail, gates of the cities, cry out, troubled cities, even all the foreigners, for smoke is coming from the north, and you will be no more!” What will the kings of the nations answer? For the Lord founded Zion, and the humble of His people shall be saved. [SAAS]

Προκείμενον. Ἦχος δʹ.

Prokeimenon. Mode 4.

Ψαλμὸς ΞΒʹ (62).

Psalm 62 (63).

Οὕτως εὐλογήσω σε ἐν τῇ ζωῇ μου.

Thus I will bless You in my life. [SAAS]

Ὁ Θεὸς ὁ Θεός μου, πρὸς σὲ ὀρθρίζω.

O God, my God, I rise early to be with You. [SAAS]

Τὰ Ἀναγνώσματα τοῦ Ἑσπερινοῦ

The Readings from Vespers

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ

READER

Προκείμενον. Ἦχος πλ. δʹ.

Prokeimenon. Mode pl. 4.

Ψαλμὸς ΞΓʹ (63).

Psalm 63 (64).

Εἰσάκουσον, ὁ Θεός, τῆς φωνῆς μου, ἐν τῷ δέεσθαί με πρὸς σέ.

Hear my voice, O God, in my supplication.

Ἀπὸ φόβου ἐχθροῦ ἐξελοῦ τὴν ψυχήν μου.

Deliver my soul from fear of the enemy. [SAAS]

Γενέσεως τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.

The reading is from the book of Genesis.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

PRIEST

Σοφία. Πρόσχωμεν.

Wisdom. Let us be attentive.

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ

READER

Γεν Ηʹ, 21 - Θʹ, 7

Gn 8:21-9:7

Εἶπε Κύριος ὁ Θεός, διανοηθείς· Οὐ προσθήσω ἔτι καταράσασθαι τὴν γῆν, διὰ τὰ ἔργα τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὅτι ἔγκειται ἡ διάνοια τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐπιμελῶς ἐπὶ τὰ πονηρὰ ἐκ νεότητος, οὐ προσθήσω οὖν ἔτι πατάξαι πᾶσαν σάρκα ζῶσαν, καθὼς ἐποίησα. Πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς γῆς, σπέρμα καὶ θερισμός, ψῦχος καὶ καῦμα, θέρος καὶ ἔαρ, ἡμέραν καὶ νύκτα οὐ καταπαύσωσι. Καὶ εὐλόγησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν Νῶε, καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Αὐξάνεσθε, καὶ πληθύνεσθε, καὶ πληρώσατε τὴν γῆν, καὶ κατακυριεύσατε αὐτῆς, καὶ ὁ φόβος ὑμῶν, καὶ ὁ τρόμος ἔσται ἐπὶ πᾶσι τοῖς θηρίοις τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ Οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ κινούμενα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς ἰχθύας τῆς θαλάσσης, ὑπὸ χεῖρας ὑμῖν δέδωκα, καὶ πᾶν ἑρπετόν, ὅ ἐστι ζῶν, ὑμῖν ἔσται εἰς βρῶσιν, ὡς λάχανα χόρτου δέδωκα ὑμῖν τὰ πάντα. Πλὴν κρέας ἐν αἵματι ψυχῆς οὐ φάγεσθε· καὶ γὰρ τὸ ὑμέτερον αἷμα τῶν ψυχῶν ὑμῶν, ἐκ χειρὸς πάντων τῶν θηρίων ἐκζητήσω αὐτό, καὶ ἐκ χειρός ἀνθρώπου ἀδελφοῦ ἐκζητήσω τὴν ψυχὴν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, ὁ ἐκχέων αἷμα ἀνθρώπου, ἀντὶ τοῦ αἵματος αὐτοῦ ἐκχυθήσεται, ὅτι ἐν εἰκόνι Θεοῦ ἐποίησα τὸν ἄνθρωπον. Ὑμεῖς δὲ αὐξάνεσθε, καὶ πληθύνεσθε, καὶ πληρώσατε τὴν γῆν, καὶ κατακυριεύσατε αὐτῆς.

Then the Lord God thought it over and said, “I will never again curse the earth because of man’s works, although the mind of man is diligently involved with evil things from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done. While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and spring shall not cease by day or by night.” Thus God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and have dominion over it. For the dread and fear of you shall be upon all the wild animals of the earth, all the birds of heaven, all that move upon the earth, and all the fish of the sea. I have put them under your authority. Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you all things, even as I did the green herbs. But you shall not eat flesh with its lifeblood. Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; from the hand of all the wild animals I will require it; and I will require the life of man at the hand of his fellow man. Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood shall be shed; because I made man in God’s image. So then, increase and multiply; and fill the earth and have dominion over it.” [SAAS]

Προκείμενον. Ἦχος πλ. βʹ.

Prokeimenon. Mode pl. 2.

Ψαλμὸς ΞΔʹ (64).

Psalm 64 (65).

Ἐπάκουσον ἡμῶν, ὁ Θεός, ἡ ἐλπὶς πάντων τῶν περάτων τῆς γῆς.

Hear us, O God our savior, the hope of all the ends of earth.

Σοὶ πρέπει ὕμνος, ὁ Θεός, ἐν Σιών.

It is fitting to sing a hymn to You in Zion. [SAAS]

Παροιμιῶν τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.

The reading is from the Proverbs of Solomon.

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

PRIEST

Σοφία. Πρόσχωμεν.

Wisdom. Let us be attentive.

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ

READER

Πρμ ΙΑʹ, 19 - ΙΒʹ, 6

Pr 11:18-12:6

Υἱὸς δίκαιος γεννᾶται εἰς ζωήν, διωγμὸς δὲ ἀσεβοῦς εἰς θάνατον. Βδέλυγμα Κυρίῳ διεστραμμέναι ὁδοί, δεκτοὶ δὲ αὐτῷ πάντες ἄμωμοι ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῶν. Χειρὶ χεῖρας ἐμβαλὼν ἀδίκως, οὐκ ἀτιμώρητος ἔσται κακῶν. Ὁ δὲ σπείρων δικαιοσύνην, λήψεται μισθὸν πιστόν. Ὥσπερ ἐνώτιον χρυσοῦν ἐν ῥινὶ ὑός, οὕτω γυναικὶ κακόφρονι κάλλος. Ἐπιθυμία δικαίων πᾶσα ἀγαθή, ἐλπὶς δὲ ἀσεβῶν ἀπολεῖται. Εἰσίν, οἳ τὰ ἴδια σπείροντες πλείονα ποιοῦσιν· εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ οἳ συνάγοντες τὰ ἀλλότρια, ἐλαττονοῦνται. Ψυχὴ εὐλογουμένη πᾶσα ἁπλή, ἀνὴρ δὲ θυμώδης οὐκ εὐσχήμων, ὁ συνέχων σῖτον, ὑπολείποιτο αὐτὸν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, εὐλογία δὲ εἰς κεφαλὴν τοῦ μεταδιδόντος. Τεκταινόμενος ἀγαθά, ζητεῖ χάριν ἀγαθήν, ἐκζητοῦντα δὲ κακὰ καταλήψεται αὐτόν. Ὁ πεποιθὼς ἐπὶ τῷ πλούτῳ αὐτοῦ, οὗτος πεσεῖται. Ὁ δὲ ἀντιλαμβανόμενος δικαίων, οὗτος ἀνατελεῖ, ὁ μὴ συμπεριφερόμενος τῷ ἑαυτοῦ οἴκῳ, κληρονομήσει ἄνεμον, δουλεύσει δὲ ἄφρων φρονίμῳ. Ἐκ καρποῦ δικαιοσύνης φύεται δένδρον ζωῆς, ἀφαιροῦνται δὲ ἄωροι ψυχαὶ παρανόμων. Εἰ ὁ μὲν δίκαιος μόλις σῴζεται, ὁ ἀσεβὴς καὶ ἁμαρτωλὸς ποῦ φανεῖται; ὁ ἀγαπῶν παιδείαν, ἀγαπᾷ αἴσθησιν, ὁ δὲ μισῶν ἐλέγχους, ἄφρων. Κρείσσων ὁ εὑρίσκων χάριν παρὰ Κυρίῳ, ἀνὴρ δὲ παράνομος παρασιωπηθήσεται, οὐ κατορθώσει ἄνθρωπος ἐξ ἀνόμου, αἱ δὲ ῥίζαι τῶν δικαίων οὐκ ἐξαρθήσονται. Γυνὴ ἀνδρεία στέφανος τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς, ὥσπερ δὲ ἐν ξύλῳ σκώληξ, οὕτως ἄνδρα ἀπόλλυσι γυνὴ κακοποιός. Λογισμοὶ δικαίων κρίματα, κυβερνῶσι δὲ ἀσεβεῖς δόλους. Λόγοι ἀσεβῶν δόλιοι εἰς αἷμα, στόμα δὲ ὀρθῶν ῥύσεται αὐτούς.

A righteous son is begotten unto life, but the persecution of an ungodly man is unto death. Perverse ways are an abomination to the Lord, but all who are blameless in their ways are acceptable to Him. He who joins hands with the unrighteous will not go unpunished, but he who sows righteousness will receive a faithful reward. Like a ring in the nose of a wild swine, so is beauty to an evil-minded woman. Every desire of the righteous is good, but the hope of the ungodly is destruction. There are those who sow their own things and produce more things, and there are those who gather but have less. Every sincere soul is blessed, but an angry man is not graceful. May the one who hoards grain leave it to the nations, but may blessing be upon the head of the one who shares it. He who plans good things seeks good grace, but he who seeks evil, it will capture him. He who trusts in riches, this man will fall, but he who helps the righteous, this man will rise. He who does not deal graciously with his own house will inherit the wind, and a man without discernment will be servant to one with discernment. A tree of life springs up from the fruit of righteousness, but the souls of the lawless will be taken away before their time. If the righteous man is scarcely saved, then where shall an ungodly man and a sinner appear? He who loves instruction loves perception, but he who hates correction is without discernment. He who finds grace from the Lord becomes better, but a lawless man will be passed over in silence. A man will not prosper by lawlessness, but the roots of righteous men will not be pulled out. A courageous wife is a crown to her husband, but as a worm in a tree, so an evildoing wife destroys her husband. The thoughts of the righteous are judgments, but the ungodly devise deceits. The words of the ungodly are deceitful, but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. [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 Ηʹ τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνός, μνήμη τῶν Ἁγίων Ἀποστόλων ἐκ τῶν ἑβδομήκοντα, Ἡρωδίωνος, Ἀγάβου, Ῥούφου, Φλέγοντος, Ἀσυγκρίτου καὶ Ἑρμοῦ.

On April 8 we commemorate the holy Apostles of the Seventy Herodion, Agabos, Rufus, Phlegon, Asyncritos, and Hermes.

Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, μνήμη τοῦ Ὁσίου Πατρὸς ἡμῶν Κελεστίνου Πάπα Ῥώμης.

On this day we also commemorate our devout father Celestine, Pope of Rome.

Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, ὁ Ἅγιος Νεομάρτυς Ἰωάννης ὁ Κουλικᾶς, ὁ μαρτυρήσας ἐν ἔτει ᾳφξδʹ (1564), ὀγγίνοις τελειοῦται.

On this day the holy new martyr John the Koulikas, who witnessed in the year 1564, died by hooks.

Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, ὁ Ἅγιος Παυσίλυπος ἐν εἰρήνῃ τελειοῦται.

On this day St. Pafsilipos reposed in peace.

Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, ὁ Ἅγιος Νεομάρτυς Ἰωάννης ὁ ναύκληρος ὁ ἐν τῇ Κῷ μαρτυρήσας κατὰ τὸ ἔτος ᾳχξθʹ (1669), πυρὶ τελειοῦται.

On this day the holy new martyr John the shipmaster, who witnessed on the island of Kos in the year 1669, died by fire.

Ταῖς αὐτῶν ἁγίαις πρεσβείαις, ὁ Θεός, ἐλέησον 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.