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On Wednesday of the Second Week at Vespers

Menaion - March 13

Memory of the Translation of the Relic St. Nikephoros of Constantinople

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THE DIVINE LITURGY OF PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS

On Wednesday Evening of the Second Week 2025

CHOIR

Mode 1.

Lord, I have cried to You; hear me. Hear me, O Lord. Lord, I have cried to You; hear me. Give heed to the voice of my supplication when I cry to You. Hear me, O Lord. [SAAS]

Let my prayer be set forth before You as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Hear me, O Lord. [SAAS]

From the Triodion.

Sticheron Idiomelon. Mode 1.

Bring my soul out of prison to give thanks to Your name, O Lord. [SAAS]

O brethren, as you have undertaken the spiritual fast of Lent, do not let your tongue speak words of deceit, and do not put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. But rather, by repentance let us brighten the lamp of the soul, and with tears let us cry aloud to Christ, “Forgive us our trespasses, as You are indeed benevolent.” [SD]

Sticheron Idiomelon. Mode 1.

The righteous shall wait for me, until You reward me. [SAAS]

O brethren, as you have undertaken the spiritual fast of Lent, do not let your tongue speak words of deceit, and do not put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. But rather, by repentance let us brighten the lamp of the soul, and with tears let us cry aloud to Christ, “Forgive us our trespasses, as You are indeed benevolent.” [SD]

For the Martyrs.

Mode 1. Automelon.

Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord; O Lord, hear my voice. [SAAS]

O Martyrs, extolled throughout the world, * you were not concealed by earth, * but rather heaven admitted you. The gates of Paradise * were for you thrown open. * Having gone within, you now * enjoy the tree of life; and you intercede with Christ on our behalf, * to bestow His peace upon our souls * and implore Him to give us the great mercy. [SD]

Stichera Prosomia. By Joseph.

Mode 3. The power of Your martyr Saints.

Let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication. [SAAS]

O Lord, by the prayers of Your divine Apostles, * enable us to properly keep the Lenten season, * with compunction of mind and with a heart contrite, * O good and merciful One, * so that as we are saved * we may all glorify You. [SD]

Mode 3. The power of Your martyr Saints.

If You, O Lord, should mark transgression, O Lord, who would stand? For there is forgiveness with You. [SAAS]

O Lord, Your Second Coming will be great and frightening, * when You will sit in judgment and pass a just verdict. * Though I am condemned, I pray You not to judge me, * but rather spare me, O God, * at the acceptable * prayers of Your Apostles. [SD]

Another. By Theodore.

Mode pl. 2. When the saints deposited.

Because of Your law, O Lord, I waited for You; my soul waited for Your word. My soul hopes in the Lord. [SAAS]

O Apostles of the Lord, for us on earth you are bright stars, * and you make the whole wide world * rich with the divinely wise * knowledge of our God. * We extol you in song; * you in turn, rescue us * from temptations by your holy prayers. * Guide and support us now, * to observe the season of Lent this year * with youthful zeal, rewarding us * with the means to live out our life in peace, * so that in a manner acceptable to God we may attain * the holy Passion of Christ, and may * offer up our hymns of praise. [SD]

Stichera. For the Saint.

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Mode pl. 4. What a paradoxal.

Ὢ τοῦ παραδόξου.

From the morning watch until night; from the morning watch until night, let Israel hope in the Lord. [SAAS]

By subordinating the passions to reason, O all-honored Saint, * you embellished your soul with bright * colors of the virtues all * and with dogmas most Orthodox. * You reaped a wealth of wisdom and scholarship, * and passed it on to all those who came to you. * Thus by the grace of God * you became a shining lamp, and you adorn, * as a godly ornament, the holy Church of Christ. [SD]

For with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him is abundant redemption; and He shall redeem Israel from all his transgressions. [SAAS]

By subordinating the passions to reason, O all-honored Saint, * you embellished your soul with bright * colors of the virtues all * and with dogmas most Orthodox. * You reaped a wealth of wisdom and scholarship, * and passed it on to all those who came to you. * Thus by the grace of God * you became a shining lamp, and you adorn, * as a godly ornament, the holy Church of Christ. [SD]

Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; praise Him, all you peoples. [SAAS]

Winning the victory over the enemies, you were adorned * with the bright crown of righteousness, * Nikephoros the all-wise, * holy teacher of chastity. * O godly-minded devout one, you destroyed * every array of the foolish heretics, * for you truly became * Orthodoxy’s pillar that would not be moved, * an unconquerable tower of the Church of Christ. [SD]

For His mercy rules over us; and the truth of the Lord endures forever. [SAAS]

You are in the inner sanctum now, for like the Tishbite of old, * an ethereal charioteer, * carried on the chariots * of the virtues, * O mouthpiece of God, * you have ascended into the heights above, * and imitating his zeal, O blessed one, * wielding the cutting sword * of the Holy Spirit you excellently * slaughtered shameful heretics, as if the priests of Baal. [SD]

Glory. Both now. Theotokion.

Mode pl. 4. What a paradoxal.

Pride and joy of all the world, rejoice! Rejoice, O Lampstand of gold! * Place of shelter for all, rejoice! * Temple of the Lord, rejoice! * Mountain, shady and dense, rejoice! * Rejoice, the glory of all the Orthodox! * Mary, the Mother of Christ our God, rejoice! * Garden of Paradise, * holy Table, Tabernacle, O rejoice! * Manna Jar of solid gold, rejoice, O hope of all! [SD]

DEACON

Wisdom. Arise.

READER

Gladsome light of holy glory of the holy, blessed, heavenly, immortal Father, O Jesus Christ: arriving at the hour of sunset and having seen the evening light, we praise the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, God. It is worthy for You to be praised at all times with happy voices, O Son of God and Giver of life; * and therefore the world glorifies You.

The Readings

DEACON

The evening…

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READER

Prokeimenon. Mode pl. 2.

Psalm 31 (32).

Be glad in the Lord and rejoice greatly, O righteous ones.

Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven. [SAAS]

The reading is from the book of Genesis.

DEACON

Wisdom. Let us be attentive.

READER

Gn 4:16 – 26

Then Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of Nod opposite Eden. And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son Enoch. To Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael; and Mehujael begot Methushael; and Methushael begot Lamech. Then Lamech took two wives for himself: the name of one was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah. So Adah bore Jabal. He was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. His brother’s name was Jubal. He is the one who invented the psaltery and harp. As for Zillah, she also bore Tubal-Cain, a smith and a manufacturer of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah. Then Lamech said to his wives Adah and Zillah: “Hear my voice, you wives of Lamech, and listen carefully to my words, because I killed a man for wounding me and a young man for hurting me. If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.” Again Adam knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore a son, and he named him Seth, saying, “God has appointed another seed for me instead of Abel, whom Cain killed.” As for Seth, to him also a son was born. He named him Enosh, and he hoped in the Lord God and called upon His name. [SAAS]

Prokeimenon. Mode 1.

Psalm 32 (33).

Let Your mercy, O Lord, be upon us.

Rejoice greatly in the Lord, O righteous ones. [SAAS]

READER (sung)

Command!

The Priest holds a lit candle in his right hand with the censer hanging below it, stands before the holy Table, gestures crosswise and says:

PRIEST

Wisdom. Arise.

Then he turns to face the people, blesses them crosswise with the candle, and says:

The light of Christ shines on all.

Then he hands the candle and the censer to the acolyte.

READER

The reading is from the Proverbs of Solomon.

DEACON

Wisdom. Let us be attentive.

READER

Pr 5:15 – 23, 6:1 – 3

Drink waters from your vessels and from the fountains of your spring. Do not let the waters from your fountain be spilled by you, but let your waters pass through your wide places; let them be only for you, and let no stranger partake with you; let the fountain of your water be for you alone, and rejoice together with the wife of your youth. Let your loving deer and graceful colt keep company with you, and let her alone go before you and be with you at all times; for in living with her love, you will be great. Do not be intimate with a strange woman, neither cling to the embrace of a woman not your own; for the ways of man are before the eyes of God, and He keeps close watch on all his paths. Lawless women ensnare a man, but each man is bound by the chains of his own sins. Such a man dies with the uninstructed and is cast forth from the abundance of his own substance; and he is destroyed by lack of discernment. My son, if you assume the debt of your friend, you will deliver your hand to an enemy; for a man’s own lips become a strong snare to him, and he is conquered by the utterances of his own mouth. My son, do what I command you, and you will save yourself. [SAAS]

PRIEST

Peace be with you.

(Go back to the Presanctified Liturgy booklet.)