Event Information:
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Mon19Aug2024
The Holy Martyr Andrew the General and those with him.
Post-feast of the Dormition.
VESPERS ON SUNDAY EVENING
Kathisma Reading
There are no appointed psalms.
At Psalm 140
Tone 4
If You mark iniquities, Lord, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.
Your holy, all-pure and honoured repose* was not a separation from those who love you,* but is an unbreakable union, O Virgin;* for you ever reveal yourself to those who glorify you* as the true Mother of God,* bestowing your grace and showing that you have been given* as an intercessor for all people.
I have waited for You as You have commanded; my soul patiently relies on Your promise,* for it has trusted in the Lord.
Becoming the ark of sanctification* of Him who made His abode within you, O pure Theotokos,* you are translated by Him from the earth to rest which grows not old,* illumined with His splendour.* Wherefore, from on high you look down upon those who hymn you with love* and proclaim the divine and mighty working of miracles.
From the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.
Accepting you, O all-pure one, as a bridal chamber of great splendour,* as an ark of sanctification for His abode,* your Son and Lord showed you forth to the incorporeal armies* and the dwelling-places of the saints* as the ineffable glory which delivers from corruption and misfortunes* those who with love hymn your mighty works, O pure one.
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.
Revealed as a model of manliness,* before the assembly you dared to give yourself over to the arena of suffering,* going forth there like a general,*O martyr Andrew who are most rich.* And you ever pour forth the water of healings upon the faithful,* receiving grace from the heavens.
Praise the Lord, all the nations;* proclaim His glory, all you people.
Manifest as the namesake of manliness,* contending manfully you engaged the enemy and destroyed him,* as though he were another Pharaoh, * engulfing his whole army in the streams of your blood,* O right wondrous one.
Strong is the love of the Lord for us;* eternally will His truth endure.
Wherefore, pray that God grant to our souls peace and great mercy.* O glorious one, you brought to God, the Bestower of good things,* a great army which struggled and with you has found undying glory through death, O all-glorious one.* With them pray, that He grant to our souls* peace and great mercy.
Tone 4, Glory… Now…
When you departed to Him Who had been ineffably born of you, O Virgin Theotokos,* James the brother of God and first bishop was present,* with Peter, the most honourable and preeminent, the foremost of theologians,* and the whole divine choir of the apostles,* hymning the divine and awesome mystery of God’s dispensation with manifest theology;* and, burying your Life-giving and God-receiving body,* they rejoiced, O most hymned one.* And regarding one another, they said, marvelling at the wonders* of her who transcends the all-holy senior ranks of the angels:* “Lift up your gates and receive her who gave birth to the Creator of heaven and earth,* and with glorifications let us hymn the precious and holy body which contained the Lord who is invisible to us.”* Wherefore, celebrating your memory, we also cry out to you, O all-hymned one:* Exalt the horn of orthodox Christians and save our souls!
Prokeimenon, Tone 8
And now bless the Lord,* all you servants of the Lord.
verse: Who stand in the temple of the Lord, in the courtyards of the house of our God.
Aposticha
Tone 1
The assembly of the angels rejoices in the immortal repose of the Mother of God;* and she, departing for the eternal mansions, is glad* and passes over to the gladness of heaven,* to divine joy and everlasting delight.
Arise, O Lord, into Your rest,* You and the ark of Your holiness.
Desiring the life on high, you abandoned this one, O Theotokos,* O Maiden, flower of virginity, who gave birth to Christ, the Life of all.* And the assembly of the angels stood by with reverence* at your honoured burial, O Bride of God.
The Lord has sworn in truth to David,* and He will not annul it.
The air is sanctified by your parting burial hymns;* and in your ascent, O Mother of God who loves mankind,* is an awesome miracle wrought, O Theotokos who knew not man.* Wherefore, we, the faithful, faithfully do you homage,* O Theotokos, who knew not wedlock.
Tone 5, Glory… Now…
Come, O assembly of those who love the feasts of the Church!* Come, let us form a choir!* Come, and with hymns let us crown the temple, the ark of the rest of God!* For today heaven expands its bosom,* receiving her who gave birth to Him who is invisible to all,* and the earth receives the well-spring of Life,* who imparts blessing and is adorned with splendour.* The angels form a chorus with the apostles,* gazing with awe upon her who gave birth to the Author of life,* and who is translated from life to Life.* Let us all bow down before her, praying:* O Mistress, forget not your kinship with those who celebrate* Your most holy dormition with faith!
Troparia
Tone 5
You did forsake the glory of earthly prestige* and inherited the kingdom of heaven.* Drops of your blood gleam like rubies in the everlasting crowns which Christ gave you.* You led a whole company of martyrs to Christ* and found Him in the company of angelic hosts.* There you join Him in the never-fading light, O Andrew, true leader and soldier.* along with all of your men, pray unceasingly for all of us.
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 MONDAY 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 1: Be swayed by the pains that the saints have suffered for You, O Lord,* and heal all our pains,* O Lover of mankind, for this we pray.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Kontakion, Tone 2: Appearing as radiant lights, O godly martyrs,* you illumine all creation with the brilliance of your miracles,* healing infirmities, always dispelling deep darkness* and praying unceasingly to Christ our God 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
2 Corinthians 12:10-19
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
Mark 4:10-23
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)