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Wed07Aug2024
The Holy Venerable-Martyr Dometius. Post-feast of the Transfiguration.
Dormition Fast. Abstention from meat and foods that contain meat.
VESPERS ON TEUSDAY EVENING
Kathisma Reading
The appointed psalms are chanted.
At Psalm 140
Tone 4
If You mark iniquities, Lord, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.
Before Your noble suffering and cross, O Master, You took Your chosen apostles to Mount Tabor, showing them Your glory. When they saw You transfigured and more brilliant than the sun, they fell to the ground and cried out: You are the eternal Light and the radiance of the Father; and although unchanged, You appear in the flesh.
I have waited for You as You have commanded; my soul patiently relies on Your promise,* for it has trusted in the Lord.
O God the Word, You are from all eternity, and You are clothed with light as with a robe. Transfigured before Your disciples, You shone more brightly than the sun. Moses and Elijah stood at Your side revealing You as the Lord of the living and the dead. They glorified Your ineffable work of salvation, Your mercy, and great compassion, by which You saved the world which was lost in sin.
From the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.
You were born of a virginal cloud and became flesh and were transfigured in Mount Tabor, O Lord. A bright cloud surrounded You: the voice of the Father clearly told the disciples that You are His beloved Son, for You are the same essence as He and You share His throne. At this sight, Peter spoke with wonder and said: It is good for us to be here. He did not realize what he had said, O most merciful Benefactor.
Tone 6
For with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him there is plentiful redemption;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.
Putting aside superstition, Persian corruption, and evil worship, you wisely ran to God who in the wisdom of His providence rules the heavens. As an apostle, you healed the illnesses of the animals as well as the infirmities of those who came to you in His name. O Mediator of Christ, pray with confidence that He may save our souls.
Praise the Lord, all the nations;* proclaim His glory, all you people.
O venerable one, you gave your life to the Lord through fasting, ardent prayer, and all-night vigils, unceasing hymns and angelic purity. You received the power to perform miracles because the Lord knows how to honour His servants. Pray with confidence that He may save our souls.
Strong is the love of the Lord for us;* eternally will His truth endure.
You clothed yourself with the armour of the Cross, and covered yourself with the indestructible shield of faith. You were awesome to the hostile demons. You routed them by the strength of your faith and by your intercession before God. You saved travellers from the harm which could come their way. O Dometius, faithful servant of Christ, pray with confidence that He may save our souls.
Tone 6, Glory… Now…
O Christ our God, when You willed to prefigure Your resurrection, You chose three disciples, Peter, James, and John; and You went up with them to Mount Tabor. At the moment of Your Transfiguration, O Saviour, the mountain was flooded with light, and Your disciples fell with their faces to the ground; for they could not bear the sight of Your countenance upon which no one may gaze, O Word. Angels attended with trembling and awe; the heavens were afraid; and the earth shook to its very foundations when they saw the Lord of glory come upon the earth.
Great Prokeimenon, Tone 8
But our God is in the heavens and on earth;* He does whatever He wills.
verse: When Israel came forth from Egypt; Jacob’s sons from an alien people.
verse: The sea fled at the sight; the Jordan turned back on its course.
Aposticha
Tone 6
In Your compassion, O Christ, You appeared from the Virgin in the humanity of the first Adam; indeed You became the new Adam. O my Saviour, You were transfigured on Mount Tabor, and thus you revealed Your divinity.
The heavens are Yours; the world is Yours.
The crowns of grace and the law were amazed to see Your holy Transfiguration on Mount Tabor, O Christ. Together with them we bow down to You, to the Father, and the Divine Spirit.
Tabor and Hermon shout with joy at Your name.
Creation is brightly illumined by Your Transfigurations in the presence of the holy apostles on Tabor, O Christ. Indeed, You revealed to Moses and Elijah that You are God, more radiant than the sun.
Tone 5, Glory… Now…
Come, let us ascend the mountain of the Lord and go into the house of our God. Let us contemplate the glory of His Transfiguration, the glory of the only-begotten Son of God the Father. From His light, let us receive light; and raised up by the Holy Spirit, let us sing the praises of the consubstantial Trinity forever.
Troparia
Tone 4
Your martyr, Dometius, O Lord,* by his passion acquired the crown of incorruptibility from You, our God.* For possessing Your power he overcame the torturers* and shattered the feeble insolence of demons.* By his supplications, save our souls.
Tone 7, Glory… Now…
You were transfigured on the mount, O Christ God,* showing Your glory to Your disciples as much as they could bear.* Make Your eternal light shine* also on us who are sinners,* through the prayers of the Mother of God,* O Giver of Light, glory to You!
DIVINE LITURGY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING
Antiphon 1
Shout to the Lord, all the earth, sing now to His name, give glory to His praise.
Through the prayers of the Mother of God, O Saviour, save us.
The voice of Your thunder was in the whirlwind; Your lightning lit up the world.
Through the prayers of the Mother of God, O Saviour, save us.
You have clothed Yourself in praise and splendour; You robe Yourself in light as with a cloak.
Through the prayers of the Mother of God, O Saviour, save us.
Glory… Now… Only-begotten Son…
Antiphon 3
Come, let us sing joyfully to the Lord, let us acclaim God, our Saviour.
Son of God, transfigured on the mount, save us who sing to You: Alleluia.
Let us come before His face with praise, and acclaim Him in psalms.
Son of God, transfigured on the mount, save us who sing to You: Alleluia.
For God is the great Lord, and the great king over all the earth.
Son of God, transfigured on the mount, save us who sing to You: Alleluia.
Entrance
Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ.
Son of God, transfigured on the mount, save us who sing to You: Alleluia.
Troparia and Kontakia
Troparion, Tone 7: You were transfigured on the mount, O Christ God,* showing Your glory to Your disciples as much as they could bear.* Make Your eternal light shine* also on us who are sinners,* through the prayers of the Mother of God,* O Giver of Light, glory to You!
Troparion, Tone 4: Your martyr, Dometius, O Lord,* by his passion acquired the crown of incorruptibility from You, our God.* For possessing Your power he overcame the torturers* and shattered the feeble insolence of demons.* By his supplications, save our souls.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Kontakion, Tone 2: As a bright and unerring star you appeared to the world* proclaiming with your rays the Sun, that is, Christ, O martyr, Dometius,* and you have extinguished all error.* But to us you give light, praying without ceasing for all of us.
Now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Kontakion, Tone 7: You were transfigured on the mount, O Christ God,* and Your disciples saw Your glory as much as they could;* that when they saw You crucified* they might know that You suffered willingly*, and might proclaim to the world* that You are truly the brightness of the Father.
Prokeimenon, Tone 4
How great are Your works, O Lord, You have made all things in wisdom.
verse: Bless the Lord, O my soul; O Lord, my God, You are exceedingly great. (Psalm 103:24,1)
Epistle
2 Corinthians 6:11-16
Alleluia, Tone 8
verse: Yours are the heavens, and Yours the earth.
verse: Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, they will walk in the light of Your countenance, O Lord. (Psalm 88:12,16)
Gospel
Mark 1:23-28
Hymn to the Mother of God
O my soul, magnify the Lord transfigured on the mountain.
And the Irmos, Tone 4: Your giving birth was revealed as incorrupt; for it was God who came forth from your womb; He appeared on earth in the flesh, and made His dwelling among us. Thus, O Mother of God, all of us magnify you.
Communion Hymn
We will walk in the light of Your face, O Lord,* and rejoice in Your name forever (Psalm 88:16,17).* The just man shall be in everlasting remembrance;* of evil hearsay he shall have no fear.* Alleluia, alleluia,* alleluia. (Psalm 111:6)