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Triodion

Τῇ Παρασκευῇ Γʹ Ἑβδομάδος εἰς τὸν Ἑσπερινόν.

On Friday of the Third Week at Vespers

Ἦχος πλ. βʹ. Τῇ Παρασκευῇ Ἑσπέρας

Mode pl. 2. On Friday Evening

Μηναῖον - Τῌ ΙΔʹ ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ

Menaion - March 14

Μνήμη τοῦ Ὁσίου Πατρὸς ἡμῶν Βενεδίκτου

Memory of our Devout Father Benedict

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Η ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΗΓΙΑΣΜΕΝΩΝ

THE DIVINE LITURGY OF PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS

Τῇ Παρασκευῇ Ἑσπέρας Γʹ Ἑβδομάδος 2026

On Friday Evening of the Third Week 2026

Τοῦ Τριῳδίου.

From the Triodion.

Στιχηρὸν Ἰδιόμελον. Ἦχος βαρύς.

Sticheron Idiomelon. Grave Mode.

Ἐξάγαγε ἐκ φυλακῆς τὴν ψυχήν μου, τοῦ ἐξομολογήσασθαι τῷ ὀνόματί σου.

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

Ἀσώτου δίκην ἀπέστην, τῆς χάριτός σου Κύριε, καὶ τὸν πλοῦτον δαπανήσας τῆς χρηστότητος, ἐπὶ σὲ ἔδραμον, εὔσπλαγχνε κραυγάζων σοι· ὁ Θεὸς ἥμαρτον ἐλέησόν με.

Like the Prodigal Son, I departed from Your grace, O Lord, and I spent the wealth of Your goodness. Now I have run back to You, O compassionate Father, and I cry out to You: O God, I have sinned; have mercy on me. [SD]

Ἐμὲ ὑπομενοῦσι δίκαιοι, ἕως οὗ ἀνταποδῷς μοι.

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

Ἀσώτου δίκην ἀπέστην, τῆς χάριτός σου Κύριε, καὶ τὸν πλοῦτον δαπανήσας τῆς χρηστότητος, ἐπὶ σὲ ἔδραμον, εὔσπλαγχνε κραυγάζων σοι· ὁ Θεὸς ἥμαρτον ἐλέησόν με.

Like the Prodigal Son, I departed from Your grace, O Lord, and I spent the wealth of Your goodness. Now I have run back to You, O compassionate Father, and I cry out to You: O God, I have sinned; have mercy on me. [SD]

Μαρτυρικά.

For the Martyrs.

Ἦχος πλ. βʹ.

Mode pl. 2.

Ἐκ βαθέων ἐκέκραξά σοι, Κύριε· Κύριε, εἰσάκουσον τῆς φωνῆς μου.

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

Οἱ Μάρτυρές σου Κύριε, οὐκ ἠρνήσαντό σε, οὐκ ἀπέστησαν ἀπὸ τῶν ἐντολῶν σου, ταῖς αὐτῶν πρεσβείαις, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς.

Your Martyrs did not renounce You, O Lord, nor did they deviate from Your commandments. By their intercessions, have mercy on us. [SD]

Ἦχος πλ. βʹ.

Mode pl. 2.

Γενηθήτω τὰ ὦτά σου προσέχοντα εἰς τὴν φωνὴν τῆς δεήσεώς μου.

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

Οἱ μαρτυρήσαντες διὰ σὲ Χριστέ, πολλὰς βασάνους ὑπέμειναν, καὶ τέλειον ἀπέλαβον, τὸν στέφανον ἐν οὐρανοῖς, ἵνα πρεσβεύωσιν ὑπὲρ τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν.

They who witnessed for You, O Christ, endured many tortures, and in heaven finally received the crown of glory, that they might intercede on behalf of our souls. [SD]

Ἦχος πλ. βʹ.

Mode pl. 2.

Ἐὰν ἀνομίας παρατηρήσῃς, Κύριε Κύριε, τίς ὑποστήσεται; ὅτι παρὰ σοὶ ὁ ἱλασμός ἐστιν.

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

Οἱ ἀθλοφόροι Μάρτυρες, καὶ οὐρανοπολῖται, ἐπὶ γῆς ἀθλήσαντες, πολλὰς βασάνους ὑπέμειναν· πρεσβείαις Κύριε, καὶ εὐχαῖς αὐτῶν, πάντας ἡμᾶς διαφύλαξον.

The prize-winning Martyrs and citizens of heaven contended on earth and endured many tortures. By their intercessions and prayers, O Lord, preserve us all. [SD]

Ἦχος πλ. βʹ.

Mode pl. 2.

Ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματός σου ὑπέμεινά σε, Κύριε, ὑπέμεινεν ἡ ψυχή μου εἰς τὸν λόγον σου. Ἤλπισεν ἡ ψυχή μου ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον.

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

Ὁ Σταυρός σου Κύριε, τοῖς Μάρτυσι γέγονεν, ὅπλον ἀήττητον· ἔβλεπον γὰρ τὸν προκείμενον θάνατον, καὶ προβλέποντες τὴν μέλλουσαν ζωήν, τῇ ἐλπίδι τῇ εἰς σὲ ἐνεδυναμοῦντο. Αὐτῶν ταῖς παρακλήσεσιν, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς.

Your Cross, O Lord, became for the Martyrs an invincible weapon. For they saw the death awaiting them and yet foresaw the life to come, and thus by their hope in You they were strengthened. By their supplications, have mercy on us. [SD]

Στιχηρὰ τοῦ Μηναίου.

Stichera from the Menaion.

Τοῦ Μηναίου - - -

From Menaion - - -

Ἦχος βʹ. Ὅτε ἐκ τοῦ ξύλου.

Mode 2. Joseph took You down.

Ὅτε ἐκ τοῦ ξύλου.

Ἀπὸ φυλακῆς πρωΐας μέχρι νυκτός· ἀπὸ φυλακῆς πρωΐας ἐλπισάτω Ἰσραὴλ ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον.

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

Νεύσει, καὶ ἀγάπῃ ἀληθεῖ, κόσμον ἀρνησάμενος Πάτερ, ἐκ βρέφους Ὅσιε, χαίρων ἠκολούθησας τῷ σταυρωθέντι Χριστῷ· καὶ πολλοῖς ἀγωνίσμασι, τὴν σάρκα νεκρώσας, χάριν τῶν ἰάσεων πλουσίως ἔλαβες, παύειν ἀσθενείας ποικίλας, καὶ τῆς πονηρίας διώκειν, πνεύματα μεγάλως θαυμαζόμενος.

Father, from a very early age, * you renounced the world in obedience and true love for God. * Joyfully you followed Christ who had been crucified. * When by labors you put to death * the flesh, O devout Saint, * you received abundantly the gift of grace to cure. * Therefore you were greatly admired, * for you cured all kinds of diseases, * and by you were evil spirits exorcised. [GOASD]

Ὅτι παρὰ τῷ Κυρίῳ τὸ ἔλεος καὶ πολλὴ παρʼ αὐτῷ λύτρωσις, καὶ αὐτὸς λυτρώσεται τὸν Ἰσραὴλ ἐκ πασῶν τῶν ἀνομιῶν αὐτοῦ.

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

Νεύσει, καὶ ἀγάπῃ ἀληθεῖ, κόσμον ἀρνησάμενος Πάτερ, ἐκ βρέφους Ὅσιε, χαίρων ἠκολούθησας τῷ σταυρωθέντι Χριστῷ· καὶ πολλοῖς ἀγωνίσμασι, τὴν σάρκα νεκρώσας, χάριν τῶν ἰάσεων πλουσίως ἔλαβες, παύειν ἀσθενείας ποικίλας, καὶ τῆς πονηρίας διώκειν, πνεύματα μεγάλως θαυμαζόμενος.

Father, from a very early age, * you renounced the world in obedience and true love for God. * Joyfully you followed Christ who had been crucified. * When by labors you put to death * the flesh, O devout Saint, * you received abundantly the gift of grace to cure. * Therefore you were greatly admired, * for you cured all kinds of diseases, * and by you were evil spirits exorcised. [GOASD]

Αἰνεῖτε τὸν Κύριον, πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, ἐπαινέσατε αὐτόν, πάντες οἱ λαοί.

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

Κόσμος, γεγονὼς τῶν Μοναστῶν, ἤθροισας ἀνείκαστον πλῆθος, ὑμνεῖν τὸν Κύριον, Ὅσιε Πατὴρ ἡμῶν, καὶ πρὸς οὐράνιον, πάντας τρίβον ὡδήγησας, καλῶς ἑπομένους, θείοις σου διδάγμασι, καὶ μιμουμένους σου, βίον τὸν ἐνάρετον μάκαρ· οὓς καὶ πάλιν ἅμα συνῆξας, ἐν τῇ μεταστάσει σου Βενέδικτε.

Glory of monastics that you were, * you brought countless people together to sing extolling the Lord, * holy Father, and you guided all to follow the path * into heaven, O Benedict. * And rightly they followed * your inspired teachings and they imitated you, * blessed Saint, in life and in virtue. * And again you brought them together * for your death and transfer to the life on high. [GOASD]

Ὅτι ἐκραταιώθη τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς, καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ Κυρίου μένει εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.

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

Πάλαι, ὡς Ἠλίας ὑετούς, Πάτερ οὐρανόθεν ἐντεύξει, θείᾳ κατήγαγες· βλύζειν δὲ τὸ ἔλαιον ἄγγος ἐποίησας, καὶ νεκρὸν ἐξανέστησας, καὶ ἄλλα μυρία, θαύματα ἐτέλεσας, εἰς δόξαν Ὅσιε, πάντων τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Σωτῆρος· ὅθεν σου τὴν ἔνθεον μνήμην, πόθῳ ἑορτάζομεν Βενέδικτε.

Father, by your holy prayers you brought * rain down from the sky, as Elijah that man of God did of old; * and you made an empty vessel fill with oil, O Saint. * You revived someone who had died * and did many other * miracles to glorify the God and Savior of all. * Therefore every year we assemble * on this day with love and with longing * to observe your memory, O Benedict. [GOASD]

Δόξα. Νεκρώσιμον.

Glory. For the Dead.

Ἦχος πλ. βʹ.

Mode pl. 2.

Ἀρχή μοι καὶ ὑπόστασις, τὸ πλαστουργόν σου γέγονε πρόσταγμα· βουληθεὶς γὰρ ἐξ ἀοράτου τε καὶ ὁρατῆς, ζῶόν με συμπῆξαι φύσεως, γῆθέν μου τὸ σῶμα διέπλασας, δέδωκας δέ μοι ψυχήν, τῇ θείᾳ σου καὶ ζωοποιῷ ἐμπνεύσει. Διὸ Σωτὴρ τοὺς δούλους σου, ἐν χώρᾳ ζώντων, ἐν σκηναῖς Δικαίων ἀνάπαυσον.

Your creative command was my beginning and real existence; for wishing to construct me as a living creature from both visible and invisible natures, You fashioned my body from earth, and You gave me a soul by Your divine and life-giving breath. Therefore, O Savior, give rest to Your servants, in the land of the living, where the righteous dwell. [SD]

Καὶ νῦν. Ἦχος πλ. βʹ.

Both now. Mode pl. 2.

Τῆς Ὀκτωήχου - - -

From Octoechos - - -

Τὸ αʹ Θεοτοκίον τοῦ Ἦχου.

The First Theotokion of the Mode.

Τίς μὴ μακαρίσει σε, παναγία Παρθένε; τίς μὴ ἀνυμνήσει σου, τὸν ἀλόχευτον τόκον; ὁ γὰρ ἀχρόνως ἐκ Πατρός, ἐκλάμψας Υἱὸς μονογενής, ὁ αὐτὸς ἐκ σοῦ τῆς ἁγνῆς προῆλθεν, ἀφράστως σαρκωθείς, φύσει Θεὸς ὑπάρχων, καὶ φύσει γενόμενος ἄνθρωπος διʼ ἡμᾶς· οὐκ εἰς δυάδα προσώπων τεμνόμενος, ἀλλʼ ἐν δυάδι φύσεων, ἀσυγχύτως γνωριζόμενος. Αὐτὸν ἱκέτευε, σεμνὴ Παμμακάριστε, ἐλεηθῆναι τὰς ψυχὰς ἡμῶν.

Who can not call you blessed, O all-holy Virgin? Who can not extol your extraordinary childbirth? The Only-begotten Son, who timelessly shone forth from the Father, ineffably became incarnate and was born from you, O pure one. Being divine by nature, for us He became human by nature, not divided into two persons, but acknowledged in two natures without confusion. To Him pray fervently, O noble and all-blessed Lady, and implore Him to have mercy on our souls. [GOASD]

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

DEACON

Σοφία. Ὀρθοί.

Wisdom. Arise.

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ

READER

Φῶς ἱλαρὸν ἁγίας δόξης ἀθανάτου Πατρός, οὐρανίου, ἁγίου, μάκαρος, Ἰησοῦ Χριστέ, ἐλθόντες ἐπὶ τὴν ἡλίου δύσιν, ἰδόντες φῶς ἑσπερινόν, ὑμνοῦμεν Πατέρα, Υἱόν καὶ ἅγιον Πνεῦμα, Θεόν. Ἄξιόν σε ἐν πᾶσι καιροῖς ὑμνεῖσθαι φωναῖς αἰσίαις, Υἱὲ Θεοῦ, ζωὴν ὁ διδούς· * διὸ ὁ κόσμος σὲ δοξάζει.

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.

Τὰ Ἀναγνώσματα

The Readings

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

DEACON

Ἑσπέρας…

The evening…

Τοῦ Τριῳδίου - - -

From Triodion - - -

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ

READER

Προκείμενον. Ἦχος δʹ.

Prokeimenon. Mode 4.

Ψαλμὸς ΝΘʹ (59).

Psalm 59 (60).

Δὸς ἡμῖν βοήθειαν ἐκ θλίψεως, καὶ ματαία σωτηρία ἀνθρώπου.

Give us help from affliction, for the salvation of man is useless.

Ὁ Θεός, ἀπώσω ἡμᾶς καὶ καθεῖλες ἡμᾶς.

O God, You drove us off and destroyed us. [SAAS]

Γενέσεως τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.

The reading is from the book of Genesis.

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

DEACON

Σοφία. Πρόσχωμεν.

Wisdom. Let us be attentive.

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ

READER

Γεν Ηʹ, 4 – 21

Gn 8:4 – 21

Ἐκάθισεν ἡ κιβωτὸς ἐν μηνὶ τῷ ἑβδόμῳ, ἑβδόμῃ καὶ εἰκάδι τοῦ μηνός, ἐπὶ τὰ ὄρη τὰ Ἀραράτ. Τὸ δὲ ὕδωρ πορευόμενον ἠλαττονοῦτο ἕως τοῦ δεκάτου μηνός. Ἐν δὲ τῷ δεκάτῳ μηνί, τῇ πρώτῃ τοῦ μηνός, ὤφθησαν αἱ κεφαλαὶ τῶν ὀρέων. Καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ τεσσαράκοντα ἡμέρας, ἠνέῳξε Νῶε τὴν θυρίδα τῆς κιβωτοῦ, ἣν ἐποίησε. Καὶ ἀπέστειλε τὸν κόρακα τοῦ ἰδεῖν, εἰ κεκόπακε τὸ ὕδωρ, καὶ ἐξελθών, οὐκ ἀνέστρεψεν, ἕως τοῦ ξηρανθῆναι τὸ ὕδωρ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς. Καὶ ἀπέστειλε τὴν περιστερὰν ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ἰδεῖν, εἰ κεκόπακε τὸ ὕδωρ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς. Καὶ οὐχ εὑροῦσα ἡ περιστερὰ ἀνάπαυσιν τοῖς ποσὶν αὐτῆς, ὑπέστρεψε πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν κιβωτόν, ὅτι ὕδωρ ἦν ἐπὶ πᾶν τὸ πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐκτείνας τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ, ἔλαβεν αὐτήν, καὶ εἰσήγαγεν αὐτὴν πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν κιβωτόν. Καὶ ἐπισχὼν ἔτι ἡμέρας ἑπτὰ ἑτέρας, πάλιν ἐξαπέστειλε τὴν περιστερὰν ἐκ τῆς κιβωτοῦ. Καὶ ἀνέστρεψε πρὸς αὐτὸν ἡ περιστερὰ τὸ πρὸς ἑσπέραν, καὶ εἶχε φύλλον ἐλαίας, κάρφος ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῆς, καὶ ἔγνω Νῶε, ὅτι κεκόπακε τὸ ὕδωρ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς. Καὶ ἐπισχὼν ἔτι ἡμέρας ἑπτὰ ἑτέρας, πάλιν ἐξαπέστειλε τὴν περιστεράν, καὶ οὐ προσέθετο τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι πρὸς αὐτὸν ἔτι. Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ἑνὶ καὶ ἑξακοσιοστῷ ἔτει ἐν τῇ ζωῇ τοῦ Νῶε, τοῦ πρώτου μηνὸς μιᾷ τοῦ μηνός, ἐξέλιπε τὸ ὕδωρ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς. Καὶ ἀπεκάλυψε Νῶε τὴν στέγην τῆς Κιβωτοῦ, ἣν ἐποίησε, καὶ εἶδεν, ὅτι ἐξέλιπε τὸ ὕδωρ ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς γῆς. Ἐν δὲ τῷ δευτέρῳ μηνί, ἑβδόμῃ καὶ εἰκάδι τοῦ μηνός, ἐξηράνθη ἡ γῆ. Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς πρὸς Νῶε, λέγων· Ἔξελθε ἐκ τῆς κιβωτοῦ σύ, καὶ ἡ γυνή σου, καὶ οἱ υἱοί σου, καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες τῶν υἱῶν σου μετὰ σοῦ, καὶ πάντα τὰ θηρία, ὅσα ἐστὶ μετὰ σοῦ, καὶ πᾶσα σάρξ, ἀπὸ πετεινῶν ἕως κτηνῶν, καὶ πᾶν ἑρπετὸν κινούμενον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐξάγαγε μετὰ σεαυτοῦ, καὶ αὐξάνεσθε καὶ πληθύνεσθε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. Καὶ ἐξῆλθε Νῶε, καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ μετʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάντα τὰ θηρία, καὶ πάντα τὰ κτήνη, καὶ πᾶν πετεινόν, καὶ πᾶν ἑρπετὸν κινούμενον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς κατὰ γένος αὐτῶν, ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ τῆς κιβωτοῦ, ἐν μιᾷ τοῦ μηνὸς τοῦ τρίτου. Καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε Νῶε θυσιαστήριον τῷ Κυρίῳ, καὶ ἔλαβεν ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν κτηνῶν τῶν καθαρῶν, καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν πετεινῶν τῶν καθαρῶν, καὶ ἀνήνεγκεν εἰς ὁλοκάρπωσιν ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον. Καὶ ὠσφράνθη Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας.

Then the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen. So it came to pass, at the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ark he had made. Then he sent out a raven, which kept going to and fro until the waters dried up from the earth. He also sent out from himself a dove, to see if the waters had receded from the face of the ground. But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took her, and brought her to himself in the ark. Then he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent out the dove from the ark. The dove returned to him in the evening, and behold, a freshly plucked olive leaf was in her mouth; and Noah knew the waters had receded from the earth. So he waited yet another seven days and again sent out the dove; however, she did not return to him any more. And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year of Noah’s life, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and indeed, the surface of the ground was dry. Now in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dried. Then the Lord God spoke to Noah, saying, “Go out of the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and their wives with you. Also, bring out with you every living thing of all flesh: birds and cattle and every creeping thing that moves upon the earth, so they may abound on the earth, and increase and multiply on the earth.” So Noah went out, along with his wife and his sons and their wives. Every animal, every bird, and every creeping thing that moves upon the earth, according to their kind, went out of the ark. Then Noah built an altar to God, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered whole burnt offerings on the altar. So the Lord God smelled a sweet aroma. [SAAS]

Προκείμενον. Ἦχος πλ. βʹ.

Prokeimenon. Mode pl. 2.

Ψαλμὸς Ξʹ (60).

Psalm 60 (61).

Εἰσάκουσόν, ὁ Θεός, τῆς δεήσεώς μου· πρόσχες τῇ προσευχῇ μου.

Hear my supplication, O God; attend to my prayer.

Οὕτω ψαλῶ τῷ Ὀνόματί σου εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.

So I will sing praise to Your name unto ages of ages. [SAAS]

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ (ἐμμελῶς)

READER (sung)

Κέλευσον.

Command!

Ὁ Ἱερεύς, κρατῶν ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ αὐτοῦ λαμπάδα ἀνημμένην καὶ θυμιατήριον ἐξηρτημένον, ἵσταται ἐνώπιον τῆς ἁγίας Τραπέζης καὶ ποιεῖ σχῆμα σταυροῦ λέγων·

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:

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

PRIEST

Σοφία. Ὀρθοί.

Wisdom. Arise.

Καὶ στραφεὶς πρὸς τὸν λαὸν καὶ εὐλογῶν αὐτὸν σταυροειδῶς διὰ τῆς λαμπάδος λέγει·

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

Φῶς Χριστοῦ φαίνει πᾶσι.

The light of Christ shines on all.

Εἶτα δὲ παραδίδωσι τήν τε λαμπάδα καὶ τὸ θυμιατήριον τῷ ὑπηρετοῦντι.

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

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ

READER

Παροιμιῶν τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα.

The reading is from the Proverbs of Solomon.

ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΣ

DEACON

Σοφία. Πρόσχωμεν.

Wisdom. Let us be attentive.

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗΣ

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Πρμ 10, 31 – 32 and 11, 1 – 12

Pr 10:31 – 32; 11:1 – 10

Στόμα δικαίου ἀποστάζει σοφίαν, γλῶσσα δὲ ἀδίκου ἐξολεῖται· Χείλη ἀνδρῶν δικαίων ἐπίστανται χάριτας, στόμα δὲ ἀσεβῶν καταστρέφεται. Ζυγοὶ δόλιοι βδέλυγμα ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, στάθμιον δὲ δίκαιον δεκτὸν αὐτῷ. Οὗ ἐὰν εἰσέλθῃ ὕβρις, ἐκεῖ καὶ ἀτιμία, στόμα δὲ ταπεινῶν μελετᾷ σοφίαν. Τελειότης εὐθέων ὁδηγήσει αὐτούς, καὶ ὑποσκελισμὸς ἀθετούντων προνομεύσει αὐτούς. Οὐκ ὠφελήσει ὑπάρχοντα ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θυμοῦ, δικαιοσύνη δὲ ῥύσεται ἀπὸ θανάτου. Ἀποθανὼν δίκαιος ἔλιπε μετάμελον· πρόχειρος δὲ γίνεται καὶ ἐπίχαρτος ἀσεβῶν ἀπώλεια. Δικαιοσύνη ἀμώμου ὀρθοτομεῖ ὁδούς, ἀσέβεια δὲ περιπίπτει ἀδικίᾳ. Δικαιοσύνη ἀνδρῶν ὀρθῶν ῥύσεται αὐτούς, τῇ δὲ ἀβουλίᾳ ἁλίσκονται παράνομοι. Τελευτήσαντος ἀνδρὸς δικαίου οὐκ ὄλλυται ἐλπίς, τὸ δὲ καύχημα τῶν ἀσεβῶν ὄλλυται. Δίκαιος ἐκ θήρας ἐκδύνει, ἀντʼ αὐτοῦ δὲ παραδίδοται ὁ ἀσεβής. Ἐν στόματι ἀσεβῶν παγὶς πολίταις, αἴσθησις δὲ δικαίων εὔοδος. Ἐν ἀγαθοῖς δικαίων κατώρθωται πόλις, καὶ ἐν ἀπωλείᾳ ἀσεβῶν ἀγαλλίαμα. Ἐν εὐλογίᾳ εὐθέων ὑψωθήσεται πόλις, στόματι δὲ ἀσεβῶν κατασκαφήσεται. Μυκτηρίζει πολίτας ἐνδεὴς φρενῶν, ἀνὴρ δὲ φρόνιμος ἡσυχίαν ἄγει.

The mouth of a righteous man distills wisdom, but the tongue of an unrighteous man utterly destroys. The lips of righteous men distill grace, but the mouth of the ungodly is perverse. Deceitful scales are an abomination before the Lord, but a righteous weight is acceptable to Him. Wherever arrogance enters, there also is dishonor, but the mouth of the humble meditates on wisdom. When a righteous man dies, he leaves regret, but the destruction of the ungodly is immediate and brings joy. Righteousness cuts straight and blameless paths, but ungodliness embraces wrongdoing. The righteousness of upright men delivers them, but lawless men are taken to their destruction. When a righteous man dies, his hope does not perish, but the boast of the ungodly perishes. A righteous man escapes from a snare, but the ungodly man is handed over in his place. There is a snare for citizens in the mouth of the ungodly, but the perception of the righteous is prosperous. A city stays upright in the good things of the righteous, but it is razed to the ground by the mouths of the ungodly. A man in need of discernment treats citizens with contempt, but a man of discernment keeps quiet. [SAAS]

ΙΕΡΕΥΣ

PRIEST

Εἰρήνη σοι.

Peace be with you.

   

   

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