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On Friday of the Second Week at Vespers

Mode 4. On Friday Evening

Menaion - March 15

Memory of the Holy Martyrs Agapius and those with him

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THE DIVINE LITURGY OF PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS

On Friday Evening of the Second Week 2025

From the Triodion.

Sticheron Idiomelon. Mode 4.

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

Now is the acceptable time; now is the day of salvation. O Lord, in the abundance of your mercy, visit my soul, and remove the heavy burden of my iniquities, as the only One who is benevolent. [SD]

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

Now is the acceptable time; now is the day of salvation. O Lord, in the abundance of your mercy, visit my soul, and remove the heavy burden of my iniquities, as the only One who is benevolent. [SD]

For the Martyrs.

Mode 4.

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

O Christ our God, who are glorified in the memorials of Your Saints, being importuned by them, send down Your great mercy unto us. [SD]

Mode 4.

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

O benevolent Lord, who have accepted the holy Martyrs’ endurance, do also from us accept this hymnody; and by their supplications, grant to us the great mercy. [SD]

Mode 4.

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

Since you have confidence before the Savior, O Saints, intercede unceasingly on behalf of us sinners, requesting the forgiveness of our transgressions and great mercy upon our souls. [SD]

Mode 4.

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

O living sacrifices, rational whole-burnt offerings, O Martyrs of the Lord, and perfect sacrificial victims of God, who know God and are known by God, O lambs whose fold is inaccessible to wolves: intercede that together with you we also may be shepherded beside the still water of rest. [SD]

Stichera from the Menaion.

From Menaion - - -

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]

Seven Martyr Saints of Christ our God, * counting as nothing the rage * of the men persecuting you, * and the thought of violent death, * you proceeded to martyrdom, * being prepared with a manful frame of mind. * Now you are wearing the crown of victory, * and you are numbered with * all the righteous, and with them you are extolled. * For all time we honor you and also call you blest. [SD]

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

Seven Martyr Saints of Christ our God, * counting as nothing the rage * of the men persecuting you, * and the thought of violent death, * you proceeded to martyrdom, * being prepared with a manful frame of mind. * Now you are wearing the crown of victory, * and you are numbered with * all the righteous, and with them you are extolled. * For all time we honor you and also call you blest. [SD]

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

Martyr and athlete Agapius, * you loved the source of all good * and the highest of things desired; * you contested faithfully, * and you hastened to drink the cup * of holy martyrdom, calling all the while * on the divine Name of Christ, the Living God. * Great was you valiancy! * Great was your endurance! And for this you were * counted worthy to receive glory and splendor divine. [SD]

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

Martyrs, admiration is your due, * for you presented yourselves * to be slaughtered of your own will, * and you sanctified the earth * with your blood that was shed for Christ, * and with your passage you brightened up the sky. * And now you dwell in the heavenly abodes, * where you are very close * to the Light that never sets, and you entreat * evermore on our behalf, O truly Godlike Saints. [SD]

Glory. For the Dead.

Mode 4.

Where are all those worldly attachments? Where are the imaginings of things that do not last? Where is the gold, where the silver? Where is the flood and fuss of assistants and servants? All of this is dust and ashes, all just a shadow. Nevertheless, come let us say to the immortal King, “Lord, grant Your eternal good things to those departed from us, and give them rest in unending blessedness.” [SD]

Both now. Mode 4.

From Octoechos - - -

The First Theotokion of the Mode.

By you, O Lady, the Prophet David became an ancestor of God. Long ago, he sang a Psalm to Him, who would do great things for you: “The Queen stood at Your right hand.” God chose you to be the mother who would engender Life. For it was His good pleasure to become human from you without father, so that He could refashion His image, which had become distorted by the passions, and so that He could find the lost sheep that had gone astray on the mountains, and carry it on His shoulders, and bring it to His Father, and reunite it with the heavenly hosts, as He willed, and so that He could save the world, O Theotokos, since He is Christ, and He has the great and rich mercy. [GOASD]

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…

From Triodion - - -

READER

Prokeimenon. Mode 4.

Psalm 39 (40).

O Lord, may Your mercy and Your truth take hold of me.

I waited patiently for the Lord. [SAAS]

The reading is from the book of Genesis.

DEACON

Wisdom. Let us be attentive.

READER

Gn 5:32, 6:1 – 8

And Noah was five hundred years old, and he begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Now it came to pass that men began to exist in great numbers on the earth, and daughters were born to them. So when the sons of God saw the daughters of men were beautiful, they took wives for themselves of all they chose. Then the Lord God said, “My Spirit shall not remain with these people forever, for they are flesh. So their days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” Now there were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men of old, men of renown. Then the Lord God saw man’s wickedness, that it was great in the earth, and every intent of the thoughts within his heart was only evil continually. So God was grieved that He had made man on the earth, and He thought this over. Then God said, “I will blot out man whom I created from the face of the earth, from man to cattle, and from the creeping things to the birds of heaven, for I am grieved I made them.” But Noah found grace in the presence of the Lord God. [SAAS]

Prokeimenon. Mode pl. 2.

Psalm 40 (41).

O Lord, I said, “Have mercy on me.”

Blessed is he who understands the poor. [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.

PRIEST

Wisdom. Let us be attentive.

READER

Pr 6:24 – 35, 7:1 – 2

My son, guard the laws of your father, and do not depart from the rules of your mother. But fasten them to your soul continually and wear them as a collar upon your neck. When you walk about, bring along this commandment and let it be with you; and as you sleep, let it guard you, that when you arise, it may speak to you. For a commandment of law is a lamp and a light, and the way of life is reproof and instruction, that you may keep yourself from a married woman and from the slanderous tongue of a strange woman. Do not let the desire of beauty conquer you; neither be caught by her eyes, nor captivated by her eyelids; for the value of a prostitute is only one loaf, and such a woman hunts for the precious souls of men. Shall anyone bind fire to his bosom and his garments not burn? Or will anyone walk about on coals of fire and not burn his feet? Likewise is the one who goes in to a married woman; he shall not be guiltless, nor any who touch her. It is not surprising if anyone who steals is caught, for he steals that he may fill his hungry soul; but if he is caught, he will repay sevenfold, and by giving all his goods, he shall deliver himself. But the adulterer through his lack of discernment obtains the destruction of his soul; he bears both pain and dishonor, and his disgrace will not be wiped away forever. For the anger of her husband is full of jealousy; he will not spare in the day of judgment; he will not take any ransom in exchange for his hatred, nor will he be reconciled by many gifts. My son, guard my words, and hide my commandments within yourself; my son, honor the Lord, and you shall be strong, and fear none other but Him. [SAAS]

PRIEST

Peace be with you.

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