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Sat17Aug2024
The Holy Martyr Myron.
Post-feast of the Dormition.
VESPERS ON FRIDAY 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.
Having conceived Life, O Theotokos,* you die in accordance with the law of nature* and pass over from earth to the heavens* at the behest of Him who was incarnate* of your all pure and divine blood.* Wherefore, the apostles of godly eloquence all came from the ends of the earth* and stood before you to bury you, exclaiming to you in hymnody:* Rejoice, O animate throne of the King of all* and precious ark of His holy place!* Rejoice, O you who alone gave birth to the Saviour of our souls!
I have waited for You as You have commanded; my soul patiently relies on Your promise,* for it has trusted in the Lord.
When the apostles of the Saviour, the habitations of the most pure Light,* the beacons dispelling the night of polytheism,* learned through the Spirit that you, O blessed one,* the divine cloud from whence the unwaning Light shone forth,* were translated from among the things of this earth to transcendent joy,* they arrived on clouds, conducting you to the life-bearing tomb* with songs of parting, O Theotokos, our hope.
From the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.
Let creation hold festival in supplication!* The Queen of all has passed over to the noetic kingdom* to reign with Him who reigns over all creation.* The kingdom of Hades been destroyed because of her,* and we have been borne up from the earth* and counted worthy to dwell with the angels.* All noetic nature has come together for her dormition:* patriarchs and prophets, the apostles, and martyrs.
Tone 2
For with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him there is plentiful redemption;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.
When the immolation wrought by the godless* was consuming every land, O blessed one,* then you were set afire by the fervour of the Spirit,* and preached the Word who, in His goodness,* wrapped Himself in flesh taken from the divine Virgin Maiden.* Wherefore, strengthened by the power of grace,* you endured fire, torments, and cruel persecutions.
Praise the Lord, all the nations;* proclaim His glory, all you people.
When the ignominious foe strove with flattery to sway you from your intention,* then, adorned with courage, you opposed him steadfastly,* and endured the pangs which brought you to a rest without pain,* to the kingdom of heaven and everlasting delight,* O right laudable martyr Myron.
Strong is the love of the Lord for us;* eternally will His truth endure.
When the enemy flogged you with thongs of hide,* laying waste your sacred flesh with continuous lashings, O martyr,* you directed your gaze to Christ, the Judge of the contest,* who stretched forth to you His hand of divine power.* Wherefore, having finished the race, you received great honours,* O all-valiant athlete Myron.
Tone 3, Glory… Now…
O Lady most honourable,* how could we but be rapt in wonder* at your giving birth to the Incarnate God* who, without a mother, was born of a Father before all ages?* You gave Him birth in the flesh without a father,* without a man’s instrumentality.* He is God and man whose two natures are intact,* neither one losing any of its properties.* Therefore, O Virgin Mother,* intercede with Him to save the souls* of those who believe and profess in true faith* that you are the Mother of God.
Prokeimenon, Tone 7
O God, You are my defender* and Your mercy goes before me.
verse: Deliver me from my enemies, O God; save me from those who rise up against me.
Aposticha
Tone 2
Accompanying with hymns your precious body which was acceptable to God,* the divine apostles cried aloud:* to where do you now go, O Mistress?
Arise, O Lord, into Your rest,* You and the ark of Your holiness.
Come, O you who are born of earth,* let us form a chorus, chanting hymns of parting* at the repose of the Theotokos today.
The Lord has sworn in truth to David,* and He will not annul it.
The earth was blessed by your burial, O Virgin;* and the air was sanctified by thy strange ascent,* when you died according to the law of nature.
Glory… Now…
The all-immaculate Bride and Mother of Him in whom the Father was well-pleased,* who was foreordained by God to be the habitation of His unconfused Union,* commits her all-pure soul to God the Creator.* The hosts of the incorporeal ones bear her aloft, and she passes over to life,* in that she is the Mother of the Life,* the light of the Light unapproachable,* the salvation of the faithful and the hope of our souls.
Troparia
Tone 4
Your martyr, Myron, 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 1, Glory... Now...
In giving birth you retained your virginity,* in falling asleep you did not abandon the world, O Mother of God.* You passed into life, for you are the Mother of Life,* and by your prayers* you deliver our souls from death.
DIVINE LITURGY ON SATURDAY MORNING
Troparia and Kontakia
Troparion, Tone 1: In giving birth you retained your virginity,* in falling asleep you did not abandon the world, O Mother of God.* You passed into life, for you are the Mother of Life,* and by your prayers* you deliver our souls from death.
Troparion, Tone 4: Your martyr, Myron, 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, Myron,* 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 2: The tomb and death could not hold the Mother of God,* unceasing in her intercession and unfailing hope of patronage,* for, as the Mother of Life, she was transferred to life* by Him Who had dwelt in her ever-virgin womb.
Prokeimenon, Tone 3
My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour.
verse: Because he has regarded the humility of His handmaid; for behold, all generations shall call me blessed. (Luke 1:46-48)
Epistle
1 Corinthians 2:6-9
Alleluia, Tone 8
verse: Rise up, O Lord, to the place of Your rest, You and the ark of Your holiness.
verse: The Lord swore an oath to David, and will not go back on His word. (Psalm 131:8,11)
Gospel
Matthew 22:15-22
Hymn to the Mother of God
Seeing the pure one’s falling asleep, angels marvelled in wonder how the Virgin could ascend from earth to heaven.
And the Irmos: O pure Virgin, in you are conquered the bounds of nature,* for childbirth remains virginal and death is betrothed to life.* Virgin after childbearing and alive after death, O Mother of God,* never cease to save your inheritance.
Communion Hymn
I will take the chalice of salvation;* and I will call upon the name of the Lord.* Alleluia, alleluia,* alleluia. (Psalm 115:13)