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2024 |
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On Tuesday | April 23 |
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THE PROPHECY |
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Prokeimenon. Mode 4. |
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Psalm 108 (109). |
Help me, O Lord my God. |
O God, do not pass over my praise in silence. [SAAS] |
The reading is from the Prophecy of Isaiah. |
PRIEST |
Wisdom. Let us be attentive. |
READER |
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Is 49:6-10 |
“Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I give You as the covenant of a race and as the light of the Gentiles, that You should be the salvation to the ends of the earth.’” Thus says the Lord, who delivers You, the God of Israel: “Sanctify Him who despises His life, who is abhorred by the nations and by the servants of rulers. Kings shall see Him and rise, and rulers also shall worship Him for the Lord’s sake. For the Holy One of Israel is faithful, and He chose You.” Thus says the Lord: “In an acceptable time I heard You, and in the day of salvation I helped You. I give You as a covenant to the Gentiles, to establish the earth and to inherit the inheritance of the desert; saying to those in bonds, ‘Go forth,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Reveal yourselves.’ They shall feed along all their roads, and their pasture shall be along all the paths. They shall not hunger, neither shall they thirst, nor shall the burning heat of the sun strike them; but He who has mercy on them will comfort them; and He shall lead them by the fountains of waters.” [SAAS] |
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Prokeimenon. Mode 4. |
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Psalm 109 (110) |
You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. |
The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand.” [SAAS] |
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The Readings from Vespers |
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Prokeimenon. Mode 4. |
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Psalm 110 (111). |
The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord. |
I will give thanks to You, O Lord, with my whole heart. [SAAS] |
The reading is from the book of Genesis. |
PRIEST |
Wisdom. Let us be attentive. |
READER |
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Gn 31:3-16 |
Then the Lord said to Jacob, “Return to your father’s land and to your family, and I will be with you.” So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field where the flocks were, and said to them, “I see your father’s countenance, that it is not favorable toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me. Now you know that with all my might I served your father. Yet your father deceived me and changed my wages ten times with respect to the male lambs, but God did not allow him to harm me. If he said thus, ‘The speckled shall be your wages,’ then all the flocks bore speckled. But if he said thus, ‘The white shall be your wages,’ then all the sheep bore white. So God has taken away all your father’s cattle and given them to me. Now it came to pass, when the flocks conceived, I lifted my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats and the rams that were speckled, spotted, and ash-colored speckled were mating with the sheep and the goats. Then the Angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, ‘Jacob.’ Thus I said, ‘Here I am.’ So He said, ‘Lift your eyes now and see, all the male goats and the rams mating with the sheep and the goats are speckled, spotted, and ash-colored speckled; for I have seen everything Laban is doing to you. I am the God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a vow to Me. Now then, arise, get out of this land, and return to the land of your nativity, and I will be with you.’” Then Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, “Is there still any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house? Are we not considered strangers by him? For he sold us, and also completely consumed our money. For all the riches and glory God has taken from our father are really ours and our children’s; now then, whatever God has said to you, do it.” [SAAS] |
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Prokeimenon. Mode 4. |
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Psalm 111 (112). |
He is merciful, compassionate, and righteous. |
Blessed is the man who fears the Lord. [SAAS] |
The reading is from the Proverbs of Solomon. |
PRIEST |
Wisdom. Let us be attentive. |
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Pr 21:3-20 |
[My son,] to do righteous things and to speak the truth are more pleasing before God than the blood of sacrifices. A high-minded man is bold-hearted in his arrogance, and the lamp of the ungodly is sin. He who produces treasures with a lying tongue pursues worthless things upon the snares of death. Destruction shall entertain the ungodly, for they are not willing to do righteous things. To the crooked, God sends crooked ways, for His works are pure and upright. It is better to dwell in a corner in the open air than with wrongdoing in plastered rooms and in a shared house. The soul of the ungodly will not be shown mercy by anyone among men. When the intemperate man is punished, the simple man becomes more astute, and a wise man of understanding shall receive knowledge. A righteous man understands the hearts of the ungodly, and he despises the ungodly in their evils. He who closes his ears that he might not listen to the weak, he will also call upon someone, and there will be no one listening. A secret gift calms anger, but he who refrains from giving gifts stirs up strong anger. It is the joy of the righteous to do judgment, but a holy man is unclean before evildoers. A man who wanders from the way of righteousness shall rest in an assembly of giants. A man in need loves merriment, loving wine and oil as wealth. A lawless man is the outcast of a righteous man. It is better to live in a desert than with a contentious, talkative, and quick-tempered woman. A treasury of desire will rest upon the mouth of a wise man, but men without discernment shall swallow it. The way of righteousness and mercy shall find life and glory. [SAAS] |
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Stand for the reading of the Synaxarion. |
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Synaxarion |
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From the Menaion. |
On April 23 we commemorate the holy and glorious Great-martyr George the Trophy-bearer. |
On this day we also commemorate the holy Martyr Valerius. |
On this day we also commemorate the holy Martyrs Anatolios and Protoleon the Commanders. |
On this day we also commemorate the holy Martyr Athanasios the former magician. |
On this day we also commemorate the holy Martyr Glykerios the farmer. |
On this day Saints Donatos and Therinos died by the sword. |
On this day, the holy Neo-martyr George, who witnessed in the city of Ptolemais in the year 1752, died by being cut to pieces with swords. |
On this day we also commemorate the holy Neo-martyr Lazarus the Bulgarian, who contested in the year 1802. |
By the intercessions of Your saints, O God, have mercy on us. Amen. |
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Fasting Rule |
Strict: Refrain from meat, fish, oil, dairy, and eggs. |
It is a weekday in Lent. |