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Tue29Oct2024
The Passing of Our Venerable Father Abraham, Archimandrite and Wonderworker of Rostov; The Holy Venerable-Martyr Anastasia of Rome; Our Venerable Father Abraham the Recluse.
VESPERS ON MONDAY EVENING
Kathisma Reading
The appointed psalms are chanted.
At Psalm 140
Tone 8
If You mark iniquities, Lord, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.
O all-praised martyr and athlete,* having cast down carnal passions by abstinence,* you slew the serpent foe by your contest,* astonishing the angels with your suffering,* and causing men to rejoice in your ordeal, O adornment of monastics, vessel of virginity.* Pray that Christ God save and enlighten 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.
What shall we name you, O glorious one?* Bride of Christ who shone forth in the virtues of virginity,* chosen daughter of the heavenly Jerusalem,* dweller and converser with angels,* one who delights in the noetic bridal chamber,* O much-suffering Anastasia, adornment of monastics.* Pray that Christ God save and enlighten our souls!
From the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.
You endured the extraction of your teeth,* the severing of your hands, feet, and breasts,* your limbs being cut off by iniquitous torturers;* yet you lifted up your eyes to the comeliness of your Bridegroom,* enduring pain in manner past nature.* O much-suffering Anastasia, incorrupt Bride of Christ,* pray that He save and enlighten our souls!
Tone 8
For with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him there is plentiful redemption;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.
O divinely wise father Abraham, being like to Abraham in spirit,* you moved from your father’s land, O blessed one,* rejecting the desires of the flesh;* and, joyfully enclosing your body in a small hut,* you furnished your soul with wings to fly to the heavens,* where you have manifestly found your life.
Praise the Lord, all the nations;* proclaim His glory, all you people.
O venerable father Abraham,* who, in accordance with your name, acquired the soul of Abraham,* endured temptations, strengthened by divine love;* and united to God by love, you inherited the promised land,* adorned with the splendours of the virtues.* Wherefore, rejoicing, we celebrate your memory.
Strong is the love of the Lord for us;* eternally will His truth endure.
O venerable father Abraham,* by divine providence you drew forth the woman* who was cruelly devoured by the serpent through deception,* and who was dragged down into the pit of destruction;* and you presented her, saved, to God.* All marvelled at her repentance,* piously glorifying the all-good God.
Glory… Now…
Rejoice, bearer of the divine Light,* all-radiant lamp, O all-holy Bride of God!* You have shone the Light upon us from your all-pure womb,* illumining all the ends of the earth,* and bathing them with the rays of your grace.* Rejoice, O pure beginning of our salvation!* Rejoice, awesome rumour and report of them that hope in you!
Prokeimenon, Tone 4
The Lord hears me* when I cry out to Him.
verse: Whenever I called, the God of my justice heard me.
Aposticha
Tone 6
At Your fearful Coming, O Christ, may we not hear the words: I know you not.* For though, O Saviour, we have put our trust in You,* from negligence we have not kept not Your commandments;* yet we entreat You, spare our souls.
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.
I have no repentance and I have no tears.* Wherefore I entreat You, O Christ God:* before the end is here turn me back and grant me compunction,* that I may be delivered from the torments of Hades.
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.
О martyred passion-bearers,* citizens of heaven, who suffered on the earth,* you endured many torments.* By their supplications and entreaty, О Lord, preserve us all.
Glory… Now…
No one that flees to you, O most pure Virgin Theotokos,* departs from you ashamed;* for those that ask grace of you,* ever receives a gift for their profitable petition.
Troparia
Tone 4
Your lamb, Anastasia, O Jesus, cries in a loud voice:* “You, O my Bridegroom, I love; and, seeking You, I undergo martyrdom.* And with You I am crucified and buried in Your baptism,* and I suffer for Your sake that I may reign with You.* And I die on Your behalf that I may live in You.* Receive me as a spotless sacrifice,* sacrificed for You with love.”* Through her intercession in Your mercy save our souls.
Tone 8, Glory…
In you, O holy father Abraham, the faithful image of God shone forth,* for you carried your cross and followed Christ.* You taught by your deeds how to spurn the body, for it passes away;* and how to value the soul, for it is immortal. *Therefore, your soul is forever in happiness with the angels.
Now…
With hymns of praise let us, the faithful, exalt the Mother of God,* the solid foundation of our faith* and the precious gift to our souls:* Rejoice, O woman who contained in your womb the Rock of life!* Rejoice, O hope of the world and helper of those who are in trouble!* Rejoice, O bride and Virgin forever!
DIVINE LITURGY ON TUESDAY MORNING
Troparia and Kontakia
Troparion, Tone 4: Your lamb, Anastasia, O Jesus, cries in a loud voice:* “You, O my Bridegroom, I love; and, seeking You, I undergo martyrdom.* And with You I am crucified and buried in Your baptism,* and I suffer for Your sake that I may reign with You.* And I die on Your behalf that I may live in You.* Receive me as a spotless sacrifice,* sacrificed for You with love.”* Through her intercession in Your mercy save our souls.
Troparion, Tone 8: The divine image was faithfully preserved in you, O father,* for taking up the Cross you followed Christ.* By your deeds you have taught us to see beyond flesh, which passes,* and care for the soul, a thing immortal.* and so, O Venerable Abraham,* your spirit rejoices with the angels.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
Kontakion, Tone 2: We, all the faithful, have found your shrine to be a place of spiritual healing,* and we cry aloud to you: “O glorious virgin martyr, Anastasia,* pray unceasingly to Christ our God for all of us!”
Now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Kontakion, Tone 2: Divinely armed with purity of spirit* and mightily wielding the lance of unceasing prayers,* you overcame the powers of demons,* Venerable Abraham, pray without ceasing for all of us.
Prokeimenon, Tone 4
God is wonderful in His saints,* the God of Israel.
verse: In the churches bless God, the Lord from the fountains of Israel. (Psalm 67:36,27)
Epistle
1 Thessalonians 3:9-13
Alleluia, Tone 1
verse: With expectation I have waited for the Lord, and He was attentive to me, and He heard my prayer.
verse: He brought me out of the pit of misery and the mud of the swamp. (Psalm 39:2,3)
Gospel
Luke 11:34-41
Communion Hymn
Rejoice in the Lord, O you just;* praise befits the righteous.* Alleluia, alleluia,* alleluia. (Psalm 32:1)