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2024	2024
Τῇ Τρίτῃ \| Τῌ ΚΓʹ ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ	On Tuesday \| April 23

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Η ΠΡΟΦΗΤΕΙΑ	THE PROPHECY
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Προκείμενον. Ἦχος δʹ.	Prokeimenon. Mode 4.
Ψαλμὸς ΡΗʹ (108).	Psalm 108 (109).
Βοήθησόν μοι, Κύριε ὁ Θεός μου.	Help me, O Lord my God.
Ὁ Θεός, τὴν αἴνεσίν μου μὴ παρασιωπήσῃς.	O God, do not pass over my praise in silence. [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 ΜΘʹ, 6-10	Is 49:6-10
Τάδε λέγει Κύριος· Ἰδοὺ δέδωκά σε εἰς διαθήκην γένους, εἰς φῶς ἐθνῶν, τοῦ εἶναί σε εἰς σωτηρίαν ἕως ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς. Οὕτω λέγει Κύριος ὁ ῥυσάμενός σε, ὁ Θεὸς Ἰσραήλ. Ἁγιάσατε τὸν φαυλίζοντα τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ, τὸν βδελυσσόμενον ὑπὸ τῶν ἐθνῶν, τὸν δοῦλον τῶν ἀρχόντων, Βασιλεῖς ὄψονται αὐτόν, καὶ ἀναστήσονται ἄρχοντες, καὶ προσκυνήσουσιν αὐτῷ ἕνεκεν Κυρίου, ὅτι πιστός ἐστιν ὁ Ἅγιος τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, ὃς ἐξελέξατό σε. Οὕτω λέγει Κύριος· Καιρῷ δεκτῷ ἐπήκουσά σου, καὶ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ σωτηρίας ἐβοήθησά σοι, καὶ ἔπλασά σε, καὶ ἔδωκά σε εἰς διαθήκην ἐθνῶν, τοῦ καταστῆσαι τὴν γῆν, καὶ κατακληρονομῆσαι κληρονομίας ἐρήμους, λέγοντα τοῖς ἐν δεσμοῖς· Ἐξέλθετε, καὶ τοῖς ἐν τῷ σκότει, Ἀνακαλύφθητε. Ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ὁδοῖς βοσκηθήσονται, καὶ ἐν πάσαις ταῖς τρίβοις ἡ μονὴ αὐτῶν, οὐ πεινάσουσιν, οὐδὲ διψήσουσιν, οὐδὲ πατάξει αὐτοὺς ὁ καύσων, οὐδὲ ὁ ἥλιος, ἀλλʼ ὁ ἐλεῶν αὐτοὺς παρακαλέσει, καὶ διὰ πηγῶν ὑδάτων ἄξει αὐτούς.	“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]
Προκείμενον. Ἦχος δʹ.	Prokeimenon. Mode 4.
Ψαλμὸς ΡΘʹ (109).	Psalm 109 (110)
Σὺ Ἱερεὺς εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, κατὰ τὴν τάξιν Μελχισεδέκ.	You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος τῷ Κυρίῳ μου· Κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου.	The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand.” [SAAS]
Τὰ Ἀναγνώσματα τοῦ Ἑσπερινοῦ	The Readings from Vespers
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Προκείμενον. Ἦχος δʹ.	Prokeimenon. Mode 4.
Ψαλμὸς ΡΙʹ (110).	Psalm 110 (111).
Ἀρχὴ σοφίας φόβος Κυρίου.	The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord.
Ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι, Κύριε, ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ μου.	I will give thanks to You, O Lord, with my whole heart. [SAAS]
Γενέσεως τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.	The reading is from the book of Genesis.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Σοφία. Πρόσχωμεν.	Wisdom. Let us be attentive.
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Γεν ΛΑʹ, 3-16	Gn 31:3-16
Εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς Ἰακώβ· Ἀποστρέφου εἰς τὴν γῆν τοῦ πατρός σου, καὶ εἰς τὴν γενεάν σου, καὶ ἔσομαι μετὰ σοῦ. Ἀποστείλας δὲ Ἰακώβ, ἐκάλεσε Λείαν, καὶ Ῥαχήλ εἰς τὸ πεδίον, οὗ ἦν τὰ ποίμνια, καὶ εἶπεν αὐταῖς· Ὁρῶ ἐγὼ τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστι πρὸς ἐμέ, ὡς ἐχθὲς καὶ τρίτην ἡμέραν, ὁ δὲ Θεὸς τοῦ πατρός μου ἦν μετʹ ἐμοῦ, καὶ αὐταὶ δὲ οἴδατε, ὅτι ἐν πάσῃ τῇ ἰσχύϊ μου δεδούλευκα τῷ πατρὶ ὑμῶν, ὁ δὲ πατὴρ ὑμῶν παρεκρούσατό με, καὶ ἤλλαξε τὸν μισθόν μου τῶν δέκα ἀμνῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ πατρός μου κακοποιῆσαί με. Ἐὰν οὕτως εἴπῃ, τὰ ποικίλα ἔσται σου μισθός, καὶ τέξεται πάντα τὰ πρόβατα ποικίλα, ἐὰν δὲ εἴπῃ, τὰ λευκὰ ἔσται σου μισθός, καὶ τέξεται πάντα τὰ πρόβατα λευκά. Καὶ ἀφείλετο ὁ Θεὸς πάντα τὰ κτήνη τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν, καὶ ἔδωκέ μοι αὐτά. Καὶ ἐγένετο ἡνίκα ἐνεκίσσων τὰ πρόβατα, ἐν γαστρὶ λαμβάνοντα, εἶδον αὐτὰ τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς μου ἐν τῷ ὕπνῳ, καὶ ἰδοὺ οἱ τράγο, καὶ οἱ κριοὶ ἀναβαίνοντες ἦσαν ἐπὶ τὰ πρόβατα καὶ τὰς αἶγας, διάλευκοι καὶ ποικίλοι καὶ σποδοειδεῖς ῥαντοί. Καὶ εἶπέ μοι ὁ Ἄγγελος τοῦ Θεοῦ καθʼ ὕπνον· Ἰακώβ, Ἰακώβ. Ἐγὼ δὲ εἶπα· Τί ἔστι; Καὶ εἶπεν· Ἀνάβλεψον τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς σου, καὶ ἴδε τοὺς τράγους, καὶ τοὺς κριοὺς ἀναβαίνοντας ἐπὶ τὰ πρόβατα, καὶ τὰς αἶγας διαλεύκους καὶ ποικίλους, καὶ σποδοειδεῖς ῥαντούς· ἑώρακα γὰρ ὅσα σοι Λάβαν ποιεῖ. Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ Θεός σου, ὁ ὀφθείς σοι ἐν τόπῳ Θεοῦ, οὗ ἤλειψάς μοι ἐκεῖ στήλην, καὶ ηὔξω μοι ἐκεῖ εὐχήν. Νῦν οὖν ἀνάστηθι, καὶ ἔξελθε ἐκ τῆς γῆς ταύτης, καὶ ἄπελθε εἰς τὴν γῆν τῆς γενέσεώς σου, καὶ ἔσομαι μετὰ σοῦ. Καὶ ἀποκριθεῖσαι Ῥαχήλ, καὶ Λεία, εἶπον αὐτῷ· Μή ἐστιν ἡμῖν ἔτι μερίς, ἢ κληρονομία ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν; οὐχ ὡς ἀλλότριαι λελογίσμεθα αὐτῷ; πέπρακε γὰρ ἡμᾶς, καὶ καταβρώσει κατέφαγε τὸ ἀργύριον ἡμῶν· πάντα τὸν πλοῦτον, καὶ τὴν δόξαν, ἣν ἀφείλετο ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν, ἡμῖν ἔσται, καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις ἡμῶν. Νῦν οὖν, ὅσα σοι εἴρηκεν ὁ Θεός σου, ποίει.	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]
Προκείμενον. Ἦχος δʹ.	Prokeimenon. Mode 4.
Ψαλμὸς ΡΙΑʹ (111).	Psalm 111 (112).
Ἐλεήμων, καὶ οἰκτίρμων, καὶ δίκαιος.	He is merciful, compassionate, and righteous.
Μακάριος ἀνήρ, ὁ φοβούμενος τὸν Κύριον.	Blessed is the man who fears the Lord. [SAAS]
Παροιμιῶν τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.	The reading is from the Proverbs of Solomon.
ΙΕΡΕΥΣ	PRIEST
Σοφία. Πρόσχωμεν.	Wisdom. Let us be attentive.
ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ	READER
Πρμ ΚΑʹ, 3-21	Pr 21:3-20
Υἱέ, ποιεῖν δίκαια καὶ ἀληθεύειν, ἀρεστὰ παρὰ Θεῷ μᾶλλον, ἢ θυσιῶν αἷμα. Μεγαλόφρων ἐν ὕβρει θρασυκάρδιος, λαμπτὴρ δὲ ἀσεβῶν ἁμαρτία, λογισμοὶ συντέμνοντος, πλὴν εἰς περίσσειαν, καὶ πᾶς μὴ ἐπισπουδάζων, πλὴν εἰς ὑστέρημα, ὁ ἐνεργῶν θησαυρίσματα γλώσσῃ ψευδεῖ, μάταια διώκει, καὶ ἔρχεται ἐπὶ παγίδας θανάτου. Ὄλεθρος ἀσεβέσιν ἐπιξενωθήσεται· οὐ γὰρ βούλονται πράσσειν τὰ δίκαια. Πρὸς τοὺς σκολιούς, σκολιὰς ὁδοὺς ἀποστέλλει ὁ Θεός· ἁγνά γὰρ καὶ ὀρθὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ. Κρεῖσσον οἰκεῖν ἐπὶ γωνίας ὑπαίθρου, ἢ ἐν κεκονιαμένοις μετὰ ἀδικίας, καὶ ἐν οἴκῳ κοινῷ. Ψυχὴ ἀσεβοῦς οὐκ ἐλεηθήσεται ὑπʼ οὐδενὸς τῶν ἀνθρώπων. Ζημιουμένου ἀκολάστου, πανουργότερος γίνεται ὁ ἄκακος, συνιῶν δὲ σοφός, δέξεται γνῶσιν. Συνιεῖ δίκαιος ψυχὰς ἀσεβῶν, καὶ φαυλίζει ἀσεβεῖς ἐν κακοῖς. ῞Ος φράσσει τὰ ὦτα αὐτοῦ τοῦ μὴ ἐπακοῦσαι ἀσθενοῦς, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπικαλέσεται, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ ἐπακούων. Δόσις λάθριος, ἀνατρέπει ὀργάς, δώρων δὲ ὁ φειδόμενος, θυμὸν ἐγείρει ἰσχυρόν. Εὐφροσύνη δικαίων ποιεῖν κρῖμα, ὅσιος δὲ ἀκάθαρτος παρὰ κακούργοις. Ἀνὴρ πλανώμενος ἐξ ὁδοῦ δικαιοσύνης, ἐν συναγωγῇ γιγάντων ἀναπαύσεται. Ἀνὴρ ἐνδεὴς ἀγαπᾷ εὐφροσύνην, φιλῶν οἶνον, καὶ ἔλαιον, οὐ πλουτήσει, περικάθαρμα δὲ δικαίου ἄνομος, καὶ ἀντὶ εὐθέων, παράνομος. Κρεῖσσον οἰκεῖν ἐν γῇ ἐρήμῳ, ἢ μετὰ γυναικὸς μαχίμου, καὶ γλωσσώδους, καὶ ὀργίλου, θησαυρὸς ἐπιθυμητὸς ἀναπαύσεται ἐπὶ στόματος σοφοῦ, ἄφρονες δὲ ἄνδρες καταπίονται αὐτόν, ὁδὸς δικαιοσύνης καὶ ἐλεημοσύνης εὑρήσει ζωὴν καὶ δόξαν.	[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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Ὁ λαὸς ἵσταται διὰ τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν τοῦ Συναξαρίου.	Stand for the reading of the Synaxarion.
Συναξάριον	Synaxarion
Τοῦ Μηναίου.	From the Menaion.
Τῇ ΚΓʹ τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνός, μνήμη τοῦ Ἁγίου καὶ ἐνδόξου Μεγαλομάρτυρος Γεωργίου τοῦ Τροπαιοφόρου.	On April 23 we commemorate the holy and glorious Great-martyr George the Trophy-bearer.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, μνήμη τοῦ Ἁγίου Μάρτυρος Οὐαλερίου.	On this day we also commemorate the holy Martyr Valerius.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, μνήμη τῶν Ἁγίων Μαρτύρων Ἀνατολίου καὶ Πρωτολέοντος, στρατηλατῶν.	On this day we also commemorate the holy Martyrs Anatolios and Protoleon the Commanders.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, μνήμη τοῦ Ἁγίου Μάρτυρος Ἁθανασίου τοῦ ἀπὸ Μάγων.	On this day we also commemorate the holy Martyr Athanasios the former magician.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, μνήμη τοῦ Ἁγίου Μάρτυρος Γλυκερίου τοῦ γεωργοῦ.	On this day we also commemorate the holy Martyr Glykerios the farmer.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, ὁ Ἅγιοι Δονᾶτος καὶ Θερινὸς ξίφει τελειοῦνται.	On this day Saints Donatos and Therinos died by the sword.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, ὁ ἅγιος νεομάρτυς Γεώργιος, ὁ μαρτυρήσας ἐν πόλει Πτολεμαΐδος κατὰ τὸ ᾳψνβʹ (1752), μαχαίρας κατακοπείς, τελειοῦται.	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.
Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ, μνήμη τοῦ ἁγίου Νεομάρτυρος Λαζάρου τοῦ Βουλγάρεως, ἀθλήσαντος ἐν ἔτει ᾳωβʹ (1802).	On this day we also commemorate the holy Neo-martyr Lazarus the Bulgarian, who contested in the year 1802.
Ταῖς τῶν Ἁγίων σου πρεσβείαις, ὁ Θεός, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς. Ἀμήν.	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.