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Τῇ Τετάρτῃ | Τῌ Ιʹ ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ |
On Wednesday | April 10 |
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Η ΠΡΟΦΗΤΕΙΑ |
THE PROPHECY |
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ |
READER |
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Προκείμενον. Ἦχος πλ. βʹ. |
Prokeimenon. Mode pl. 2. |
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Ψαλμὸς ΞΘʹ (69). |
Psalm 69 (70). |
Ἀγαλλιάσθωσαν καὶ εὐφρανθήτωσαν ἐπὶ σοὶ πάντες οἱ ζητοῦντές σε, ὁ Θεός. |
May all who seek You greatly rejoice and be glad in You. |
Ἐπὶ σοί, Κύριε, ἤλπισα, μὴ καταισχυνθείην εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. |
O Lord, in You I hope; may I never be put to shame. [SAAS] |
Προφητείας Ἠσαΐου τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα. |
The reading is from the Prophecy of Isaiah. |
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ |
PRIEST |
Σοφία. Πρόσχωμεν. |
Wisdom. Let us be attentive. |
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READER |
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Ησ ΚϚʹ, 21 καὶ ΚΖʹ, 1-9 |
Is 26:21-27:9 |
Ἰδοὺ Κύριος ἀπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου ἐπάγει τὴν ὀργὴν ἐπὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἀνακαλύψει ἡ γῆ τὸ αἷμα αὐτῆς, καὶ οὐ κατακαλύψει τοὺς ἀνῃρημένους. Ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, ἐπάξει ὁ Θεὸς τὴν μάχαιραν αὐτοῦ τὴν ἁγίαν καὶ τὴν μεγάλην καὶ τὴν ἰσχυρὰν ἐπὶ τὸν δράκοντα τὸν ὄφιν φεύγοντα, ἐπὶ τὸν δράκοντα ὄφιν σκολιὸν καὶ ἀνελεῖ τὸν δράκοντα τὸν ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ. Τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἀμπελὼν καλός, ἐπιθύμημα ἐξάρχει κατʼ αὐτῆς. Ἐγὼ πόλις ὀχυρά, πόλις πολιορκουμένη, μάτην ποτιῶ αὐτήν· ἁλώσεται γὰρ νυκτός, ἡμέρας δὲ πεσεῖται τεῖχος αὐτῆς, οὐκ ἔστιν, ἣ οὐκ ἐπελάβετο αὐτῆς. Τίς με θήσει φυλάσσειν καλάμην ἐν ἀγρῷ; διὰ τὴν πολεμίαν ταύτην ἠθέτηκα αὐτήν. Τοίνυν διὰ τοῦτο ἐποίησε Κύριος πάντα ὅσα συνέταξε, κατακέκαυμαι, βοήσονται οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐν αὐτῇ, ποιήσωμεν εἰρήνην αὐτῷ, ποιήσωμεν εἰρήνην οἱ ἐρχόμενοι, τέκνα Ἰακώβ, βλαστήσει καὶ ἐξανθήσει Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἐμπλησθήσεται ἡ Οἰκουμένη τοῦ καρποῦ αὐτοῦ. Μὴ ὡς αὐτὸς ἐπάταξε, καὶ αὐτὸς οὕτω πληγήσεται; καὶ ὡς αὐτὸς ἀνεῖλεν, οὕτως ἀναιρεθήσεται; Μαχόμενος καὶ ὀνειδίζων ἐξαποστελεῖ αὐτούς, οὐ σὺ ἦσθα ὁ μελετῶν τῷ πνεύματι τῷ σκληρῷ, ἀνελεῖν αὐτοὺς πνεύματι θυμοῦ. Διὰ τοῦτο ἀφαιρεθήσεται ἡ ἀνομία Ἰακώβ, καὶ τοῦτό ἐστιν ἡ εὐλογία αὐτοῦ, ὅταν ἀφέλωμαι αὐτοῦ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν, ὅταν θῶσι πάντας τοὺς λίθους τῶν βωμῶν κατακεκομμένους, ὡς κονίαν λεπτήν, καὶ οὐ μὴ μείνῃ τὰ δένδρα αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰ εἴδωλα αὐτῶν ἐκκεκομμένα, ὥσπερ δρυμὸς μακράν. |
For behold, the Lord is bringing wrath from His holy place upon the inhabitants of the earth, and the earth will uncover its blood and will not cover its slain. In that day, God will bring His holy, great, and strong sword upon the fleeing dragon serpent, the perverse dragon serpent that flees; and He shall destroy the dragon. In that day, there shall be a beautiful vineyard, and a desire to begin a hymn against a city: “I am a strong city, a besieged city; I water it in vain; for it shall be taken at night, and its wall shall fall by day. There is no woman who has not taken hold of it. Who will appoint me to guard straw in a field? I rejected it because of this enemy. For that very reason therefore, the Lord God did all the things He ordered. I am burned down.” Those who dwell in it will cry out, “Let us make peace with Him, let us make peace.” Those who come are the children of Jacob. Israel shall bud and put forth flowers, and the inhabited earth shall be filled with its fruit. As he struck, shall he not be thus struck? As he slew, shall he not be thus slain? Fighting and denouncing he shall send them away. Did you not think with a harsh spirit about killing them in a spirit of anger? Therefore the lawlessness of Jacob will be removed; and this is his blessing when I take away his sin, when they make all the stones of the altars beaten like fine dust. Their trees do not remain, and their idols shall be cut down like a distant forest. [SAAS] |
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Προκείμενον. Ἦχος πλ. βʹ. |
Prokeimenon. Mode pl. 2. |
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Ψαλμὸς Οʹ (70). |
Psalm 70 (71). |
Ἐπὶ σοί, Κύριε, ἤλπισα, μὴ καταισχυνθείην εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. |
O Lord, in You I hope; may I never be put to shame. |
Ἐν τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ σου ῥῦσαί με καὶ ἐξελοῦ με. |
Deliver me in Your righteousness, and set me free. [SAAS] |
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Τὰ Ἀναγνώσματα τοῦ Ἑσπερινοῦ |
The Readings from Vespers |
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ |
READER |
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Προκείμενον. Ἦχος δʹ. |
Prokeimenon. Mode 4. |
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Ψαλμὸς ΟΑʹ (71). |
Psalm 71 (72). |
Εὐλογητὸς Κύριος, ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, ὁ ποιῶν θαυμάσια μόνος. |
Blessed is the Lord God, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things. |
Ὁ Θεός, τὸ κρίμα σου τῷ Βασιλεῖ δός. |
O God, give Your judgments to the King. [SAAS] |
Γενέσεως τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα. |
The reading is from the book of Genesis. |
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ |
DEACON |
Σοφία. Πρόσχωμεν. |
Wisdom. Let us be attentive. |
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Γεν Θʹ, 18 - Ιʹ, 1 |
Gn 9:18-29, 10:1 |
Ἦσαν οἱ υἱοὶ Νῶε, οἱ ἐξελθόντες ἐκ τῆς κιβωτοῦ, Σήμ, Χάμ, Ἰάφεθ, Χὰμ δὲ ἦν πατὴρ Χαναάν. Τρεῖς οὗτοί εἰσιν υἱοὶ Νῶε· ἀπὸ τούτων διεσπάρησαν ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν. Καὶ ἤρξατο Νῶε ἄνθρωπος γεωργὸς γῆς, καὶ ἐφύτευσεν ἀμπελῶνα, καὶ ἔπιεν ἐκ τοῦ οἴνου, καὶ ἐμεθύσθη, καὶ ἐγυμνώθη ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ. Καὶ εἶδε Χάμ, ὁ πατήρ Χαναάν, τὴν γύμνωσιν τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξελθών, ἀπήγγειλε τοῖς δυσὶν ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ ἔξω. Καὶ λαβόντες Σὴμ καὶ Ἰάφεθ τὸ ἱμάτιον, ἐπέθεντο ἐπὶ τὰ δύο νῶτα αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ὀπισθοφανῶς, καὶ συνεκάλυψαν τὴν γύμνωσιν τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῶν ὀπισθοφανῶς, καὶ τὴν γύμνωσιν τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν οὐκ εἶδον. Ἐξένηψε δὲ Νῶε ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴνου, καὶ ἔγνω ὅσα ἐποίησεν αὐτῷ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ νεώτερος, καὶ εἶπεν· Ἐπικατάρατος Χὰμ παῖς, οἰκέτης ἔσται τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἶπεν· εὐλογητὸς Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ Σήμ, καὶ ἔσται Χαναὰν παῖς οἰκέτης αὐτοῦ, πλατύναι ὁ Θεὸς τῷ Ἰάφεθ, καὶ κατοικησάτω ἐν τοῖς σκηνώμασι τοῦ Σήμ, καὶ γενηθήτω Χαναὰν παῖς αὐτοῦ. Ἔζησε δὲ Νῶε μετὰ τὸν κατακλυσμὸν τριακόσια πεντήκοντα ἔτη. Καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Νῶε, ἐννακόσια πεντήκοντα ἔτη, καὶ ἀπέθανεν. Αὗται δὲ αἱ γενέσεις τῶν υἱῶν Νῶε, Σήμ, Χάμ, Ἰάφεθ, καὶ ἐγεννήθησαν αὐτοῖς υἱοὶ μετὰ τὸν κατακλυσμόν. |
Now the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and Ham was the father of Canaan. These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated. Then Noah began to be a husbandman, and he planted a vineyard. So he drank of the wine and was drunk and naked in his house. Now Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and walking backwards they covered their father’s nakedness. Since their faces were turned away, they did not see his nakedness. Thus when Noah became sober and knew what his younger son had done to him, he said: “Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.” He also said, “Blessed be the Lord God of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant. May God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the habitations of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant as well.” Now Noah lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood. So all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died. Now this is the genealogy of Noah’s sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and sons were born to them after the flood. [SAAS] |
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Προκείμενον. Ἦχος δʹ. |
Prokeimenon. Mode 4. |
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Ψαλμὸς ΟΒʹ (72). |
Psalm 72 (73). |
Ἐμοὶ δὲ τὸ προσκολλᾶσθαι τῷ Θεῷ ἀγαθόν ἐστι. |
But as for me, it is good to cling to God. |
Ὡς ἀγαθὸς ὁ Θεὸς τῷ Ἰσραήλ, τοῖς εὐθέσι τῇ καρδίᾳ! |
How good God is to Israel, to the upright in heart. [SAAS] |
Παροιμιῶν τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα. |
The reading is from the Proverbs of Solomon. |
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ |
DEACON |
Σοφία. Πρόσχωμεν. |
Wisdom. Let us be attentive. |
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Πρμ Κεφ ΙΒʹ 23 - ΙΓʹ, 9 |
Pr 12:25-31, 13:1-10 |
Ἀνὴρ συνετὸς θρόνος αἰσθήσεως, καρδία δὲ ἀφρόνων συναντήσεται ἀραῖς. Χεὶρ ἐκλεκτῶν κρατήσει εὐχερῶς, δόλιοι δὲ ἔσονται εἰς προνομήν. Φοβερὸς λόγος καρδίαν ἀνδρὸς δικαίου ταράσσει, ἀγγελία δὲ ἀγαθὴ εὐφραίνει αὐτόν. Ἐπιγνώμων δίκαιος ἑαυτοῦ φίλος ἔσται, αἱ δὲ γνῶμαι τῶν ἀσεβῶν ἀνεπιεικεῖς, ἁμαρτάνοντας καταδιώξεται κακά, ἡ δὲ ὁδὸς τῶν ἀσεβῶν πλανήσει αὐτούς. Οὐκ ἐπιτεύξεται δόλιος θήρας· κτῆμα δὲ τίμιον ἀνὴρ καθαρός. Ἐν ὁδοῖς δικαιοσύνης ζωή, ὁδοὶ δὲ μνησικάκων εἰς θάνατον. Υἱός, πανοῦργος ὑπήκοος πατρί, υἱὸς δὲ ἀνήκοος ἐν ἀπωλείᾳ. Ἀπὸ καρπῶν δικαιοσύνης φάγεται ἀγαθός, ψυχαὶ δὲ παρανόμων, ὀλοῦνται ἄωροι. Ὃς φυλάσσει τὸ ἑαυτοῦ στόμα, τηρεῖ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν. Ὁ δὲ προπετὴς χείλεσι πτοήσει ἑαυτόν. Ἐν ἐπιθυμίαις ἐστὶ πᾶς ἄεργος, χεῖρες δὲ ἀνδρείων ἐν ἐπιμελείᾳ. Λόγον ἄδικον μισεῖ δίκαιος, ἀσεβὴς δὲ αἰσχύνεται, καὶ οὐχ ἕξει παῤῥησίαν. Δικαιοσύνη φυλάσσει ἀκάκους, τοὺς δὲ ἀσεβεῖς φαύλους ποιεῖ ἁμαρτία. Εἰσὶν οἱ πλουτίζοντες ἑαυτούς μηδὲν ἔχοντες, καὶ εἰσὶν οἱ ταπεινοῦντες ἑαυτοὺς ἐν πολλῷ πλούτῳ. Λύτρον ἀνδρὸς ψυχῆς ὁ ἴδιος πλοῦτος, πτωχὸς δὲ οὐχ ὑφίσταται ἀπειλήν. Φῶς δικαίοις διαπαντός, φῶς δὲ ἀσεβῶν σβέννυται. Ψυχαὶ δόλιοι πλανῶνται ἐν ἁμαρτίαις, δίκαιοι δὲ οἰκτείρουσι καὶ ἐλεοῦσι. |
A man of understanding is a throne of perception, but the heart of the undiscerning will meet with curses. The hand of the chosen shall prevail easily, but the deceitful shall be for captivity. A fearful word troubles the heart of a righteous man, but a good message makes him glad. A righteous arbiter shall be his own friend, but the decisions of the ungodly are unreasonable. Evil things shall pursue sinners, and the way of the ungodly will lead them astray. A deceitful man will not gain his prey, but a pure man is a precious possession. In the ways of righteousness there is life, but the ways of remembering wrongs are unto death. An astute son is obedient to his father, but a disobedient son is for destruction. A good man eats from the fruits of righteousness, but the souls of the lawless will destroy themselves before their time. He who guards his mouth keeps his own soul, but he who is hasty with his lips will dismay himself. Every idle man has desire, but the hands of the courageous are diligent. A righteous man hates an unrighteous word, but an ungodly man is ashamed and will not have confidence. Righteousness guards the simple, but sin makes the ungodly worthless. There are those with nothing who make themselves rich, and there are those, though very rich, who humble themselves. The ransom of a man’s soul is his own wealth, but the poor man does not withstand a threat. Light is with the righteous continually, but the light of the ungodly is extinguished. Deceitful souls are led astray in sins, but the righteous have compassion and are merciful. [SAAS] |
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Ὁ λαὸς ἵσταται διὰ τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν τοῦ Συναξαρίου. |
Stand for the reading of the Synaxarion. |
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Συναξάριον |
Synaxarion |
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Τοῦ Μηναίου. |
From the Menaion. |
Τῇ Ιʹ τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνός, μνήμη τῶν Ἁγίων Μαρτύρων Τερεντίου, Ἀφρικανοῦ, Μαξίμου, Πομπηίου, καὶ ἐτέρων τριάκοντα ἕξ· ἔτι δὲ καὶ τῶν περὶ τὸν μακάριον Ζήνωνα καὶ Ἀλέξανδρον καὶ Θεόδωρον. |
On April 10, we commemorate the holy martyrs Terence, Africanos, Maximos, Pompey, and another thirty-six; and also those with the blessed Zeno and Alexander and Theodore. |
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, μνήμη τῆς Ἁγίας Προφήτιδος Ὀλδᾶς. |
On this day we also commemorate the holy Prophetess Olda. |
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, μνήμη τῶν Ἁγίων Μαρτύρων Ἰακώβου Πρεσβυτέρου καὶ Ἀζᾶ Διακόνου. |
On this day we also commemorate the holy martyrs Iakovos the priest and Azas the deacon. |
Ὁ Ἅγιος Νεομάρτυς Δῆμος ὁ ἐν Σμύρνῃ μαρτυρήσας κατὰ τὸ ἔτος ᾳψξγʹ (1763), ξίφει τελειοῦται. |
The holy new martyr Demos, who witnessed in Smyrna in the year 1763, died by the sword. |
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, μνήμη τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Γρηγρορίου τοῦ Εʹ, τοῦ νέου ἱερομάρτυρος, ἀρχιεπισκόπου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως καὶ Οἰκουμενικοῦ Πατριάρχου, τοῦ δι’ἀγχόνης μαρτρήσαντος ἐν αὐτῇ κατὰ τὸ ἔτος ᾳωκαʹ (1821). |
On this day we also commemorate our father among the saints Gregory V, the new hieromartyr, Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriach, who witnessed by hanging in that city in the year 1821. |
Ταῖς τῶν Ἁγίων σου πρεσβείαις, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς. |
By the intercessions of Your Saints, O Christ 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. |