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Τῇ Δευτέρᾳ \| Τῌ ΚΒʹ ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ	On Monday \| April 22

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Η ΠΡΟΦΗΤΕΙΑ	THE PROPHECY
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Προκείμενον. Ἦχος πλ. βʹ.	Prokeimenon. Mode pl. 2.
Ψαλμὸς ΡΔʹ (104).	Psalm 104 (105).
Εὐφρανθήτω καρδία ζητούντων τὸν Κύριον.	Let the heart of those who seek the Lord be glad.
Ἐξομολογεῖσθε τῷ Κυρίῳ, καὶ ἐπικαλεῖσθε τὸ Ὄνομα αὐτοῦ.	Give thanks to the Lord and call upon His holy name. [SAAS]
Προφητείας Ἠσαΐου τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.	The reading is from the Prophecy of Isaiah.
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Σοφία. Πρόσχωμεν.	Wisdom. Let us be attentive.
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Ησ ΜΗʹ, 17 - ΜΘʹ, 4	Is 48:17-49:4
Οὕτω λέγει Κύριος ὁ ῥυσάμενός σε, ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰσραήλ· Ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου, δέδειχά σοι τοῦ εὑρεῖν σε τὴν ὁδόν, ἐν ᾗ πορεύσῃ ἐν αὐτῇ. Καί, εἰ ἤκουσας τῶν ἐντολῶν μου, ἐγένετο ἂν ὡσεὶ ποταμὸς ἡ εἰρήνη σου, καὶ ἡ δικαιοσύνη σου ὡς κῦμα θαλάσσης· καὶ ἐγένετο ἂν ὡς ἡ ἄμμος τὸ σπέρμα σου καὶ τὰ ἔκγονα τῆς κοιλίας σου, ὡς ὁ χοῦς τῆς γῆς· οὐδὲ νῦν οὐ μὴ ἐξολοθρευθῇς, οὐδὲ ἀπολεῖται τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐνώπιον ἐμοῦ. Ἔξελθε ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος, φεύγων ἀπὸ τῶν Χαλδαίων, φωνήν εὐφροσύνης ἀναγγείλατε, καὶ ἀκουστὸν γενέσθω τοῦτο, ἀπαγγείλατε ἕως ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς· λέγετε· Ἐῤῥύσατο Κύριος τὸν δοῦλον αὐτοῦ Ἰακώβ, καὶ ἐὰν διψήσωσι, διʹ ἐρήμου ἄξει αὐτούς, ὕδωρ ἐκ πέτρας ἐξάξει αὐτοῖς σχισθήσεται πέτρα, καὶ ῥυήσεται ὕδωρ, καὶ πίεται ὁ λαός μου, οὐκ ἔστι χαίρειν, λέγει Κύριος, τοῖς ἀσεβέσιν. Ἀκούσατέ μου νῆσοι, καὶ προσέχετε ἔθνη, διὰ χρόνου πολλοῦ στήσεται, λέγει Κύριος, ἐκ κοιλίας μητρός μου ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομά μου, καὶ ἔθηκε τὸ στόμα μου ὡς μάχαιραν ὀξεῖαν, καὶ ὑπὸ τὴν σκέπην τῆς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ ἔκρυψέ με, ἔθηκέ με ὡσεὶ βέλος ἐκλεκτόν, καὶ ἐν τῇ φαρέτρᾳ αὐτοῦ ἔκρυψέ με, καὶ εἶπέ μοι· Δοῦλός μου εἶ σύ, Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἐν σοὶ δοξασθήσομαι. Καὶ ἐγὼ εἶπα· Κενῶς ἐκοπίασα, εἰς μάταιον καὶ εἰς οὐδὲν ἔδωκα τὴν ἰσχύν μου· διὰ τοῦτο ἡ κρίσις μου παρὰ Κυρίῳ, καὶ ὁ πόνος μου ἐναντίον τοῦ Θεοῦ μου.	Thus says the Lord who delivers you, the Holy One of Israel: “I am your God, who showed you how to find the way wherein you should walk. If only you had heeded My commandments, then your peace would be like a river, and your righteousness as a wave of the sea. Your seed would also be like the sand, and the offspring of your womb like the dust of the ground. Neither would you be utterly destroyed now, nor would your name perish before Me.” Go forth from Babylon, you who are fleeing from the Chaldeans. Proclaim a voice of gladness and let it become well known. Proclaim it to the end of the earth, and say, “The Lord delivered His servant Jacob.” If they shall thirst, He will lead them through the desert, and water shall flow from the rock for them. He will split the rock, the water shall flow, and My people will drink. “There is no rejoicing,” says the Lord, “for the ungodly.” “Listen to Me, O coastlands, and take heed, you Gentiles. It will stand for a long time,” says the Lord. “He called My name from My mother’s womb. He made My mouth like a sharp sword, and hid Me under the shadow of His hand. He made Me as a chosen arrow and covered Me in His quiver. He said to me, ‘You are My servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.’ Then I said, ‘I have labored in vain and spent My strength for nothing. Therefore My judgment is from the Lord, and my labor is before My God.’” [SAAS]
Προκείμενον. Ἦχος πλ. βʹ.	Prokeimenon. Mode pl. 2.
Ψαλμὸς ΡΕʹ (105).	Psalm 105 (106).
Εὐλογητὸς Κύριος, ὁ Θεὸς Ἰσραήλ.	Bless the Lord God of Israel.
Ἐξομολογεῖσθε τῷ Κυρίῳ, ὅτι χρηστός.	Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. [SAAS]
Τὰ Ἀναγνώσματα τοῦ Ἑσπερινοῦ	The Readings from Vespers
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Προκείμενον. Ἦχος δʹ.	Prokeimenon. Mode 4.
Ψαλμὸς ΡϚʹ (106).	Psalm 106 (107).
Ἐξομολογεῖσθε τῷ Κυρίῳ, ὅτι χρηστός, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ.	Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His mercy endures forever.
Εἰπάτωσαν οἱ λελυτρωμένοι ὑπὸ Κυρίου.	Let those redeemed by the Lord say so. [SAAS]
Γενέσεως τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.	The reading is from the book of Genesis.
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Σοφία. Πρόσχωμεν.	Wisdom. Let us be attentive.
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Γεν ΚΖʹ, 1-41	Gn 37:1-41
Ἐγένετο μετὰ τὸ γηράσαι τὸν Ἰσαάκ, καὶ ἠμβλύνθησαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ὁρᾶν, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Ἡσαῦ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν πρεσβύτερον, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Υἱέ μου, καὶ εἶπεν· Ἰδοὺ ἐγώ. Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ γεγήρακα, καὶ οὐ γινώσκω τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς τελευτῆς μου, νῦν οὖν λάβε τὸ σκεῦος σου, τὴν τε φαρέτραν, καὶ τὸ τόξον, καὶ ἔξελθε εἰς τὸ πεδίον, καὶ θήρευσόν μοι θήραν, καὶ ποίησόν μοι ἐδέσματα, ὡς φιλῶ ἐγώ, καὶ ἔνεγκέ μοι, ἵνα φάγω, ὅπως εὐλογήσῃ σε ἡ ψυχή μου, πρὶν ἢ ἀποθανεῖν με. Ῥεβέκκα δὲ ἤκουσε λαλοῦντος Ἰσαὰκ πρὸς Ἡσαῦ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ. Ἐπορεύθη δὲ Ἡσαῦ εἰς τὸ πεδίον, θηρεῦσαι θήραν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ· Ῥεβέκκα δὲ εἶπε πρὸς Ἰακώβ, τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν νεώτερον· Ἴδε, ἐγὼ ἤκουσα τοῦ πατρός σου λαλοῦντος πρὸς Ἡσαῦ τὸν ἀδελφόν σου, λέγοντος· Ἔνεγκόν μοι θήραν, καὶ ποίησόν μοι ἐδέσματα, καὶ φαγὼν εὐλογήσω σε ἐναντίον Κυρίου, πρὸ τοῦ ἀποθανεῖν με· νῦν οὖν, υἱέ μου, ἄκουσόν μου, καθὰ ἐγώ σοι ἐντέλλομαι, καὶ πορευθεὶς εἰς τὰ πρόβατα, λάβέ μοι ἐκεῖθεν δύο ἐρίφους ἁπαλοὺς καὶ καλούς· καὶ ποιήσω ἐδέσματα τῷ πατρί σου, ὡς φιλεῖ, καὶ εἰσοίσεις τῷ πατρί σου, καὶ φάγεται, ὅπως εὐλογήσῃ σε ὁ πατήρ σου πρὸ τοῦ ἀποθανεῖν αὐτόν. Εἶπε δὲ Ἰακὼβ πρὸς Ῥεβέκκαν τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ· Ἔστιν ὁ Ἡσαῦ ὁ ἀδελφός μου ἀνὴρ δασύς, ἐγὼ δὲ ἀνὴρ λεῖος, μήποτε ψηλαφήσῃ με ὁ πατήρ, καὶ ἔσομαι ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὡς καταφρονῶν, καὶ ἐπάξω ἐπʼ ἐμαυτόν, κατάραν, καὶ οὐκ εὐλογίαν. Εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ ἡ μήτηρ· Ἐπʼ ἐμὲ ἡ κατάρα σου τέκνον, μόνον ἐπάκουσον τῆς φωνῆς μου, καὶ πορευθεὶς ἔνεγκέ μοι. Πορευθεὶς δέ, ἔλαβε, καὶ ἤνεγκε τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐποίησεν ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ ἐδέσματα, καθὰ ἐφίλει ὁ πατήρ αὐτοῦ. Καὶ λαβοῦσα Ῥεβέκκα τὴν στολὴν Ἡσαῦ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτῆς τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου, τὴν καλήν, ἣ ἦν παρʼ αὐτῇ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ, ἐνέδυσεν Ἰακὼβ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν νεώτερον, καὶ τὰ δέρματα τῶν ἐρίφων περιέθηκε περὶ τοὺς βραχίονας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ γυμνὰ τοῦ τραχήλου αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔδωκε τὰ ἐδέσματα, καὶ τοὺς ἄρτους, οὓς ἐποίησεν, εἰς τὰς χεῖρας Ἰακὼβ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτῆς, καὶ εἰσήνεγκε τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἶπε· Πάτερ· Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· Ἰδοὺ ἐγώ, τίς εἶ σύ, τέκνον; Καὶ εἶπεν Ἰακὼβ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ· Ἐγὼ Ἡσαῦ ὁ πρωτότοκός σου, πεποίηκα καθὰ ἐλάλησάς μοι, ἀναστάς, κάθισον, καὶ φάγε ἀπὸ τῆς θήρας μου, ὅπως εὐλογήσῃ με ἡ ψυχή σου. Εἶπε δὲ Ἰσαὰκ τῷ υἱῶ αὐτοῦ· Τί τοῦτο, ὃ ταχὺ εὗρες, ὦ τέκνον; Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· Ὃ παρέδωκε Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου ἐναντίον ἐμοῦ. Εἶπε δὲ Ἰσαὰκ τῷ Ἰακώβ· Ἐγγισόν μοι, καὶ ψηλαφήσω σε τέκνον, εἰ σὺ εἶ ὁ υἱός μου Ἡσαῦ, ἢ οὔ. Ἤγγισε δὲ Ἰακὼβ πρὸς Ἰσαὰκ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐψηλάφησεν αὐτόν, καὶ εἶπεν· Ἡ μὲν φωνή, φωνὴ Ἰακώβ· αἱ δὲ χεῖρες, χεῖρες Ἡσαῦ. Καὶ οὐκ ἐπέγνω αὐτόν· ἦσαν γὰρ αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ, ὡς αἱ χεῖρες Ἡσαῦ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ δασεῖαι. Καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτόν, καὶ εἶπε· Σὺ εἶ ὁ υἱός μου Ἡσαῦ; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· Ἐγώ. Καὶ εἶπε· Προσάγαγέ μοι, καὶ φάγομαι ἀπὸ τῆς θήρας σου, τέκνον, ἵνα εὐλογήσῃ σε ἡ ψυχή μου. Καὶ προσήνεγκεν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἔφαγε, καὶ εἰσήνεγκεν αὐτῷ οἶνον, καὶ ἔπιε. Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἰσαὰκ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ· Ἐγγισόν μοι καὶ φίλησόν με τέκνον. Καὶ ἐγγίσας ἐφίλησεν αὐτόν, καὶ ὠσφράνθη τὴν ὀσμὴν τῶν ἱματίων αὐτοῦ, καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτόν, καὶ εἶπεν· Ἰδοὺ ὀσμὴ τοῦ υἱοῦ μου, ὡς ὀσμὴ ἀγροῦ πλήρους, ὃν εὐλόγησε Κύριος, καὶ δῴη σοι ὁ Θεὸς ἀπὸ τῆς δρόσου τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς πιότητος τῆς γῆς, καὶ πλῆθος σίτου καὶ οἴνου, καὶ δουλευσάτωσάν σοι ἔθνη, καὶ προσκυνησάτωσάν σοι ἄρχοντες, καὶ γίνου Κύριος τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου, καὶ προσκυνήσουσί σοι οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ πατρός σου, ὁ καταρώμενός σε ἐπικατάρατος, ὁ δὲ εὐλογῶν σε, εὐλογημένος. Καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὸ παύσασθαι Ἰσαὰκ εὐλογοῦντα Ἰακὼβ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐγένετο, ὡς ἂν ἐξῆλθεν Ἰακὼβ ἀπὸ προσώπου Ἰσαὰκ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ Ἡσαῦ ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ ἦλθεν ἀπὸ τῆς θήρας, καὶ ἐποίησε καὶ αὐτὸς ἐδέσματα, καὶ προσήνεγκε τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἶπεν. Ἀναστήτω ὁ πατήρ μου, καὶ φαγέτω ἀπὸ τῆς θήρας τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, ὅπως εὐλογήσῃ με ἡ ψυχή σου. Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἰσαὰκ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ. Τίς εἶ σὺ; Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ υἱός σου ὁ πρωτότοκος Ἡσαῦ. Ἐξέστη δὲ Ἰσαὰκ ἔκστασιν μεγάλην σφόδρα· καὶ εἶπε· Τίς ἐστιν ὁ θηρεύσας μοι θήραν, καὶ εἰσενέγκας μοι; καὶ ἔφαγον ἀπὸ πάντων πρὸ τοῦ ἐλθεῖν σε, καὶ εὐλόγησα αὐτόν, καὶ εὐλογημένος ἔσται. Ἐγένετο δέ, ἡνίκα ἤκουσεν Ἡσαῦ τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ Ἰσαάκ, ἀνεβόησε φωνὴν μεγάλην καὶ πικρὰν σφόδρα, καὶ εἶπεν· Εὐλόγησον δὴ κᾀμέ, πάτερ. Εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ· Ἐλθὼν ὁ ἀδελφός σου μετὰ δόλου, ἔλαβε τὴν εὐλογίαν σου. Καὶ εἶπε· Δικαίως ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰακώβ· ἑπτέρνικε γάρ με ἤδη δεύτερον τοῦτο, τά τε πρωτοτόκιά μου εἴληφε, καὶ νῦν εἴληφε τὴν εὐλογίαν μου. Καὶ εἶπεν Ἡσαῦ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ· Οὐχ ὑπελίπου μοι εὐλογίαν, πάτερ; Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Ἰσαὰκ εἶπε τῷ Ἡσαῦ· Εἰ κύριον αὐτὸν πεποίηκά σου, καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ πεποίηκα αὐτοῦ οἰκέτας, σίτῳ καὶ οἴνῳ ἐστήριξα αὐτόν, σοὶ δὲ τί ποιήσω, τέκνον; Εἶπε δὲ Ἡσαῦ πρὸς τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ. Μὴ εὐλογία μία σοι ἐστι, πάτερ; εὐλόγησον δὴ κᾀμέ, πάτερ. Κατανυχθέντος δὲ Ἰσαάκ, ἀνεβόησε φωνῇ μεγάλῃ Ἡσαῦ, καὶ ἔκλαυσεν· Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Ἰσαὰκ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ, εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Ἰδοὺ ἀπὸ τῆς πιότητος τῆς γῆς ἔσται ἡ κατοίκησίς σου, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς δρόσου τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἄνωθεν, καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ μαχαίρᾳ σου ζήσῃ, καὶ τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου δουλεύσεις, ἔσται δὲ ἡνίκα ἂν καθέλῃς καὶ ἐκλύσῃς τὸν ζυγὸν αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ τραχήλου σου. Καὶ ἐνεκότει Ἡσαῦ τῷ Ἰακὼβ περὶ τῆς εὐλογίας, ἧς εὐλόγησεν αὐτὸν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ.	Now it came to pass, when Isaac was old and his eyes were so dim he could not see, that he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son.” And he answered him, “Here I am.” Then he said, “Behold now, I am old. I do not know the day of my death. Now therefore, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me. Then make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die.” Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to Esau his son; and Esau went to the field to hunt game for his father. So Rebekah spoke to Jacob her younger son, saying, “Indeed, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying, ‘Bring me game and make savory food for me, that I may eat it and bless you in the presence of the Lord before my death.’ Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to what I command you. Go now to the sheep and bring me from there two kids, choice and good, and I will make savory food from them for your father, such as he loves. Then you shall take it to your father, that he may eat it and bless you before his death.” Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Look, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth-skinned man. Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be a deceiver to him; and I shall bring a curse on myself and not a blessing.” But his mother said to him, “Your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get them for me.” So he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and his mother made savory food, such as his father loved. Then Rebekah took the choice clothes of her elder son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son. She also put the skins of the kids on his hands and on the exposed part of his neck. Then she gave the savory food and the bread she had prepared into the hands of her son Jacob. Thus he went to his father and said, “My father.” And he said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?” Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn; I have done just as you told me; arise, sit and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me.” But Isaac said to his son, “How is it you have found it so quickly, my son?” He said, “Because the Lord your God brought it to me.” Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are my son Esau or not.” So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s, but the hands are Esau’s.” Thus he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him. Then he said, “Are you my son Esau?” He said, “I am.” He said, “Bring your game to me, my son, and I will eat from it, that my soul may bless you.” So he brought it near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank. Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come near and kiss me, my son.” So he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his clothing. Thus he blessed him and said: “Surely, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field the Lord has blessed. Therefore, may God give you of the dew of heaven and of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine. Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brethren, and let your mother’s sons bow down to you. And cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be those who bless you.” Now it happened, as soon as Isaac finished blessing Jacob his son, and Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. He also had made savory food, and brought it to his father, and said to his father, “Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that your soul may bless me.” And his father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” So he said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.” Then Isaac trembled exceedingly, and said, “Who? Where is the one who hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it before you came, and I have blessed him – and indeed, he shall be blessed.” When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me – me also, O my father!” But he said, “Your brother came with deceit and has taken away your blessing.” Then Esau said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright, and now look, he has taken away my blessing.” So he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?” Then Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Indeed, I have made him your lord, and all his brethren I have given to him as servants; with grain and wine I have sustained him. What shall I do now for you, my son?” Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me – me also, O my father!” But when Isaac was troubled, Esau lifted up his voice and wept. Then Isaac his father answered and said to him: “Behold, your dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above. By your sword you shall live, and you shall serve your brother; and it shall come to pass, when you become restless, that you shall break his yoke from your neck.” Thus Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. [SAAS]
Προκείμενον. Ἦχος βαρύς.	Prokeimenon. Grave Mode.
Ψαλμὸς ΡΖʹ (107).	Psalm 107 (108).
Ὑψώθητι ἐπὶ τοὺς Οὐρανούς, ὁ Θεός.	Be exalted above the heavens, O God.
Ἑτοίμη ἡ καρδία μου, ὁ Θεός.	My heart is ready, O God. [SAAS]
Παροιμιῶν τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.	The reading is from the Proverbs of Solomon.
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Σοφία. Πρόσχωμεν.	Wisdom. Let us be attentive.
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Πρμ ΙΘʹ, 16-25	Pr 19:16-25
Ὃς φυλάσσει ἐντολήν, τηρεῖ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν, ὁ δὲ καταφρονῶν τῶν ἑαυτοῦ ὁδῶν, ἀπολεῖται, ὁ ἐλεῶν πτωχόν, δανείζει Θεῷ, κατὰ δὲ τὸ δόμα αὐτοῦ, ἀνταποδώσει αὐτῷ. Παίδευε υἱόν σου· οὕτω γὰρ ἔσται εὔελπις, εἰς δὲ ὕβριν μὴ ἐπαίρου τῇ ψυχῇ σου. Κακόφρων ἀνὴρ πολλὰ ζημιωθήσεται, ἐὰν δὲ λοιμεύηται, καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ προσθήσει. Ἄκουε, υἱέ, παιδείαν πατρός σου, ἵνα σοφὸς γένῃ ἐπʼ ἐσχάτων σου. Πολλοὶ λογισμοὶ ἐν καρδίᾳ ἀνδρός, ἡ δὲ βουλὴ τοῦ Κυρίου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα μένει. Καρπὸς ἀνδρὶ ἐλεημοσύνη, κρεῖσσον δὲ πτωχὸς δίκαιος, ἢ πλούσιος ψεύστης. Φόβος Κυρίου εἰς ζωὴν ἀνδρί, ὁ δὲ ἄφοβος αὐλισθήσεται ἐν τόποις, οὗ οὐκ ἐπισκοπεῖ γνῶσις, ὁ ἐγκρύπτων εἰς τὸν κόλπον αὐτοῦ χεῖρας ἀδίκως, οὐδὲ τῷ στόματι οὐ μὴ προσαγάγῃ αὐτάς. Λοιμοῦ μαστιγωμένου, ἄφρων πανουργότερος ἔσται, ἐὰν δὲ ἐλέγχῃς ἄνδρα φρόνιμον, νοήσει αἴσθησιν.	He who guards the commandment keeps his soul, but he who despises his ways shall perish. The one who has mercy on the poor lends to God, and He will repay him according to his gift. Instruct your son, for thus he shall be hopeful, but do not lift up your soul in arrogance. A malicious man shall be punished severely, and if he commits injury, he will also add this to his soul. Hear, my son, the instruction of your father, that you may become wise in your last days. There are many thoughts in the heart of a man, but the counsel of the Lord abides forever. Mercy is fruit to a man, and a poor righteous man is better than a rich liar. The fear of the Lord is unto life for a man, and he shall lodge without fear in places where knowledge is not examined. A man who hides his hands in his bosom unrighteously, he will not even bring them up to his mouth. When a pestilent man is punished, a man without discernment becomes more astute, but if you reprove a discerning man, he will understand perception. [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 ΚΒʹ τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνός, μνήμη τοῦ Ὁσίου Πατρὸς ἡμῶν Θεοδώρου τοῦ Συκεώτου, Ἐπισκόπου Ἀναστασιοπόλεως.	On April 22 we commemorate our devout father Theodore Sykeotis, Bishop of Anastasiopolis.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμερᾳ, ὁ Ἅγιος Μάρτυς Νέαρχος πυρὶ τελειοῦται.	On this day the holy Martyr Nearchos died by fire.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμερᾳ, μνήμη τοῦ Ἁγίου Ἀποστόλου Ναθαναήλ, ὅς ἐστι Σίμων ὁ ζηλωτής· ἤτοι ἡ ἀνάμνησις τῆς πρὸς Χριστὸν αὐτοῦ γνωρίσεως.	On this day we also commemorate the holy Apostle Nathanael, who is also Simon the Zealot. This is the commemoration of when he met Christ.
Ταῖς τῶν Ἁγίων σου πρεσβείαις, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς. Ἀμήν.	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.