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Wed22Jan2025
The Holy Apostle Timothy; The Holy Venerable-Martyr Anastasius the Persian.
VESPERS ON TUESDAY EVENING
Kathisma Reading
The appointed psalms are chanted.
At Psalm 140
Tone 1
If You mark iniquities, Lord, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.
Manifestly illumined by the rays of the Spirit,* O divinely revealed Timothy,* you were shown to be a most radiant beacon,* passing over all the earth and enlightening it with grace.* Pray now, that our souls be granted peace* and great mercy.
I have waited for You as You have commanded; my soul patiently relies on Your promise,* for it has trusted in the Lord.
O divinely wise Timothy,* you drank of the torrent of sweetness* and, emulating Christ, with godly wisdom have given drink* to those who fervently desire the understanding of God.* To Him have you now joyously departed,* contemplating the all-radiant glory of the Trinity* and infinitely powerful peace.
From the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.
Placing yourself in submission to Paul,* conversing with the Spirit through writing,* you became wholly radiant with light,* a generous husbandman, and an earnest favorite of the Lord,* living in chastity and piety, O divinely wise Timothy;* and you have been vouchsafed crowns of victory* as a lawful athlete.
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.
O most blessed Anastasius, boast of the martyrs,* who achieved splendid victories over falsehood,* you bear in your name a standard of fame,* being borne aloft everywhere as a steadfast victor.* And now do you raise up from sinful falls* those who honor your memory with faith.
Praise the Lord, all the nations;* proclaim His glory, all you people.
O martyr Anastasius,* achieving a splendid victory over falsehood,* you received a twofold crown for your ascetic struggle* and your steadfast contest, and your opposition, even unto death.* And Christ the Master has given you* the ability to work miracles, as is meet.
Strong is the love of the Lord for us;* eternally will His truth endure.
The ends of the world now hymn your miracles,* O wonder-worker Anastasius;* for Christ has adorned you,* rewarding with miracles you who endured tortures for His sake;* and after your death you were counted worthy* of immortal glory and blessedness.
Tone 8, Glory…
Chosen by God before to be the disciple of the wise Paul,* you learned things divine;* and having lived in goodness and preserved the Faith unadulterated* even unto the shedding of your blood,* you were shown to be a faithful hierarch, O Apostle Timothy.* Therefore, you denounced the idolaters* and, wounded by staves and stones,* received the crown of martyrdom.* Wherefore, O most blessed one, pray for us who celebrate* your most honored memory with faith.
Tone 8, Now…
When the most pure one beheld You led to the slaughter,* following You with tears she cried aloud:* Where have You gone, O my Son?* I can no longer bear not beholding You* O my abundantly merciful Jesus.'
Prokeimenon, Tone 1
Your mercy, O Lord, shall follow me* all the days of my life.
verse: The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. In green pastures He gives me repose.
Aposticha
Tone 2
О Christ God my Saviour, who saved Peter in the sea,* save me by the power of the Cross,* and have mercy on me.
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.
Those who ever enjoyed Your gifts cried out, “Crucify Him!”;* those who slew the righteous ones asked that a malefactor be given to them in place of the Benefactor.* But You kept silence, О Christ,* enduring their savagery, desiring to suffer and thus save us,* in that You love mankind.
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.
The choirs of the martyrs opposed the tyrants, saying:* “We fight for the King of hosts!* And even if you have subjected us to fire and tortures,* we will not reject the power of the Trinity!”
Tone 2, Glory…
O Christ, You magnified the power of the precious Cross* in Judea and in Babylon,* for because of it they came to know* the feast of Your life-creating resurrection:* And now the right laudable and glorious athlete Anastasius,* a martyr of countless miracles,* has become for them a liberator* from the captivity of the madness of idolatry,* joining chorus with the angels and praying for our souls.
Now…
Having endured many pangs during the crucifixion of thy Son and God, O most pure one, * you groaned, weeping and crying aloud:* “Woe is me, O my sweet Child!* How is it that you suffer unjustly,* desiring to deliver the mortal descendants of Adam?”* Wherefore, O most pure Virgin, we entreat you with faith:* Render Him merciful to us!
Troparia
Tone 4
Having learned goodness and maintaining continence in all things,* you were divinely arrayed with a good conscience as befits a priest* and you drew ineffable truths from the chosen vessel.* You have kept the faith* and completed a course equal to his, bishop and martyr Timothy.** Pray to Christ God that our souls may be saved!
Tone 4, Glory…
Your holy martyr Anastasius, O Lord,* through his sufferings has received an incorruptible crown from You, our God!* For having Your strength, he laid low his adversaries,* and shattered the powerless boldness of demons.** Through his intercessions, save our souls!
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 WEDNESDAY MORNING
Troparia and Kontakia
Troparion, Tone 4: Having learned goodness and maintaining continence in all things,* you were divinely arrayed with a good conscience as befits a priest* and you drew ineffable truths from the chosen vessel.* You have kept the faith and completed a course equal to his, bishop and martyr Timothy.* Pray to Christ God that our souls may be saved!
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Kontakion, Tone 1: Let us the faithful praise the holy apostle Timothy,* the companion of Paul in his travels* and together with him let us honour the wise Anastasius,* who came as a star from Persia for the healing of our souls’ passions and our bodies’ disease!
Prokeimenon, Tone 8
Their utterance has gone forth into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
verse: The heavens tell the glory of God, and the firmament declares the work of His hands. (Psalm 18:5,2)
Epistle
James 1:1-18
Alleluia, Tone 1
verse: The heavens shall confess our wonders, O Lord, and Your truth in the church of the saints.
verse: God is glorified in the assembly of the saints. (Psalm 88:6,8)
Gospel
Mark 10:11-16
Communion Hymn
Their utterance has gone forth into all the earth,* and their words unto the ends of the world.* Alleluia, alleluia,* alleluia. (Psalm 18:5)