Event Information:
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Wed29Jan2025
🕃 The Transfer of the Relics of the Great-Martyr Ignatius the God-bearer.
Saint with Six Stichera.
VESPERS ON TUESDAY EVENING
Kathisma Reading
The appointed psalms are chanted.
At Psalm 140
Tone 3
If You mark iniquities, Lord, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.
Creation was transformed by Your crucifixion, О Word:* the sun withdrew its rays in fear and the veil of the temple was rent in two;* and every one of the faithful was saved.* Wherefore, we glorify Your infinite riches.
I have waited for You as You have commanded; my soul patiently relies on Your promise,* for it has trusted in the Lord.
God the Master, who in His compassion assumed our flesh, was nailed to the Tree;* and when He was lifted up bodily, as He was well-pleased,* in the tender compassion of His mercy* He raised us up who were cast down.
From the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.
The world was renewed by the drops of divinely shed blood and water* which flowed from Your side, О Lord;* wherefore, in that You are compassionate,* with water You wash away the sins of all,* and by Your blood You give us forgiveness to drink.
Tone 4
For with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him there is plentiful redemption;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.
You were the last successor of John the Theologian* and you followed in his steps!* You rose from the east, but appeared in the west,* illumining all with the lighting flashes of godly preaching.* There you departed from the world, most wise one,* shining out to God, crowned with the splendour of grace!
Praise the Lord, all the nations;* proclaim His glory, all you people.
Most wise bearer of God,* your relics were given to your city in a holy way.* They were hallowed in splendour by your suffering,* illumining us with grace by their return.* They have become the cause of our solemn feast,* filling with gladness inspired by God* and delighting with sweet fragrance* those who honour you with devotion!
Strong is the love of the Lord for us;* eternally will His truth endure.
Before, you shone from the east upon the lands of the west* more brightly than the morning star.* Now, in the return of your divine relics,* you have spread beams of light upon the earth from the evening sky.* You entreat Christ to deliver from corruption and misfortune* those who celebrate your most honoured memory with faith!
Tone 3, Glory… Now…
A sword pierced thy heart, O most pure one,* when you beheld your Son upon the Cross;* whereupon you cried aloud: “Show me not to be childless, O my Son and my God,* O You who have kept me a Virgin even after birthgiving!”
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 3
I bow down, О Christ, before Your precious Cross:* the guardian of the world, the salvation of us sinners,* the great purification and boast of the whole world.
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.
The tree of disobedience put forth death for the world;* but the Tree of the Cross put forth life and incorruption.* Wherefore, we worship the crucified Lord, crying:* Let the light of Your countenance be signed upon 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.
The prophets, the apostles of Christ and the martyrs* enlightened and taught the erring nations to hymn the consubstantial Trinity,* and made the children of mankind companions of the angels.
Tone 3, Glory… Now…
When Your Mother, the unblemished Ewe-lamb who gave You birth,* saw You lifted up upon the Cross, О my Christ,* she lamented and cried out, weeping: “Show me not to be childless,* whom You preserved pure even after giving birth!”
Troparia
Tone 4
Having offered yourself as a sanctified gift to God,* you were thrown to the ravenous animals.* You received the crown of victory from God for this.* Save those who honour you as a pastor for Christ,* a teacher and a companion of martyrs.
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 WEDNESDAY MORNING
Troparia and Kontakia
Troparion, Tone 4: Having offered yourself as a sanctified gift to God,* you were thrown to the ravenous animals.* You received the crown of victory from God for this.* Save those who honour you as a pastor for Christ,* a teacher and a companion of martyrs.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Kontakion, Tone 4: Rising in the east today* and enlightening all the world by your teachings,* you were graced with martyrdom, O heavenly Ignatius.
Prokeimenon, Tone 7
The venerable ones will exult in glory* and they shall be joyful in their beds.
verse: Sing to the Lord a new song; let His praise be in the assembly of the venerable ones. (Psalm 149:5,1)
Epistle
James 3:11-4:6
Alleluia, Tone 2
verse: Your priests shall clothe themselves with justice, and Your venerable ones shall rejoice.
verse: For the Lord has chosen Sion; He has chosen it for His dwelling. (Psalm 131:9,13)
Gospel
Mark 11:23-26
Communion Hymn
The just man shall be in everlasting remembrance;* of evil hearsay he shall have no fear*. Alleluia, alleluia,* alleluia. (Psalm 111:6)