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  • Fri
    12
    Jul
    2024

    The Holy Martyrs Proclus and Hilary; Our Venerable Father Michael of Maleon.

    Abstention from meat and foods that contain meat.

    VESPERS ON THURSDAY NIGHT

    Kathisma Reading

    The appointed psalms are chanted.

    At Psalm 140

    Tone 6

    If You mark iniquities, Lord, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.

    О my long-suffering God and Lover of mankind,* greatly merciful and compassionate,* how did You endure to be slain and put to death on the Tree for the race of mankind?* I glorify Your loving-kindness.

    I have waited for You as You have commanded; my soul patiently relies on Your promise,* for it has trusted in the Lord.

    You endured smiting, crucifixion, and mockery, О Long-suffering One,* desiring to deliver all from the deceiver;* and You bore them all, О only supremely good Bestower of life.

    From the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.

    You ascended the Cross, О Shepherd,* and stretched forth Your arms, crying out:* “Come to me and be enlightened,* О you who have been darkened by deception, for I am the Light!”* Glory be to You, О only Bestower of light!

    Tone 1

    For with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him there is plentiful redemption;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.

    You suffered a multitude of tortures,* together obtaining your holy crowns, Proclus and Hilary.* Therefore we worthily celebrate your memory,* praying fervently that you may intercede for us.

    Praise the Lord, all the nations;* proclaim His glory, all you people.

    Proclus, your body was torn asunder, * but you obtained eternal glory, blessed one.* Now that you are in the eternal light of Paradise,* pray that we who sing to you* may also see this light!

    Strong is the love of the Lord for us;* eternally will His truth endure.

    Like two fountains of light, holy passion bearers, Proclus and Hilary,* dispel the darkening of passions* as we sing to you with joy,* celebrating your memory!

    Tone 6, Glory… Now…

    Seeing You nailed to the Tree, the most pure one cried out:* “O my Son and God, what is this exceedingly glorious and strange report of You,* that You endured in Your great mercy?”

    Prokeimenon, Tone 6

    My help is from the Lord,* Who made heaven and earth.

    verse: I lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from where my help shall come.

    Aposticha

    Tone 6

    Your Cross is the life and help of Your people, О Lord;* and trusting therein, we hymn You,* our God who was crucified in the flesh.* Have mercy on us!

    I have lifted up my eyes to You enthroned in heaven. Behold, as the eyes of servants are on the hands of their masters, as the eyes of a maid are on the hands of her mistress, so are our eyes on the Lord our God until He has mercy on us.

    Your Cross, О Lord, has opened paradise to the race of mankind;* and delivered from corruption, we hymn You, our God who was crucified in the flesh.* Have mercy on us!

    Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us; for we have been filled with shame; our soul is all too full of the mockery of the rich, of the contempt of the proud.

    Your martyrs, О Lord, did not deny You nor depart from Your commandments.* By their supplications have mercy on us.

    Glory… Now…

    Standing with the virginal disciple before the Tree during the crucifixion,* the Virgin cried out, weeping:* “Woe is me! How is it that You suffer, O Christ,* since You are the dispassion of all?”

    Troparia

    Tone 4

    Your holy martyrs Proclus and Hilary, O Lord,* through their sufferings have received their incorruptible crowns from You, our God!* For having Your strength, they laid low their adversaries,* and shattered the powerless boldness of demons.* Through their intercessions, save our souls!

    Glory… Now…

    O Virgin, all immaculate Mother of Christ God,* a sword pierced your all-holy soul* when you saw your Son and God willingly crucified.* Therefore, O blessed One,* never cease to pray to Him* that He may grant us forgiveness of our sins.

     

    DIVINE LITURGY ON FRIDAY MORNING

    Troparia and Kontakia

    Troparion, Tone 1: Be swayed by the pains that the saints have suffered for You, O Lord,* and heal all our pains,* O Lover of mankind, for this we pray.

    Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.

    Kontakion, Tone 2: Appearing as radiant lights, O godly martyrs,* you illumine all creation with the brilliance of your miracles,* healing infirmities, always dispelling deep darkness* and praying unceasingly to Christ our God for all of us.

    Prokeimenon, Tone 4

    To the saints who are in His land, the Lord has made wonderful all His desires in them.

    verse: I foresaw the Lord in my sight, for He is at my right hand that I may not be shaken. (Psalm 15:3,8)

    Epistle

    1 Corinthians 11:8-22

    Alleluia, Tone 4

    verse: The just cried out and the Lord heard them, and delivered them out of their afflictions.

    verse: The afflictions of the just are many, and out of them all will the Lord deliver them. (Psalm 33:18,20)

    Gospel

    Matthew 17:10-18

    Communion Hymn

    Rejoice in the Lord, O you just;* praise befits the righteous.* Alleluia, alleluia,* alleluia. (Psalm 32:1)