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On Friday of the Fourth Week at Vespers

Grave Mode. On Friday Evening

Menaion - March 21

Memory of our Devout Father James the Bishop and Confessor

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THE DIVINE LITURGY OF PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS

On Friday Evening of the Fourth Week 2026

From the Triodion.

Sticheron Idiomelon. Grave Mode.

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

I have subjugated my soul’s honor to the sinful passions. I have become like a beast, and I am unable to look up at You, O Most High. But with my head hanging low, O Christ, like the Publican I pray to You and cry out: O God, be merciful to me, and save me. [SD]

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

For the Martyrs.

Grave Mode.

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

Glory be to You, Christ our God, the Apostles’ pride and joy, exultation of the Martyr Saints, whose proclamation was the consubstantial Trinity. [SD]

Grave Mode.

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

Holy martyr saints, who competed well and were crowned as victors, intercede with the Lord for us, that He have mercy on our souls. [SD]

Grave Mode. Automelon.

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

When you had wisely despised everything on earth, * O holy martyr Saints, * and had courageously acknowledged Christ in the stadium, * in return for the tortures you received your rewards from Him. * Now that you have acquired access to God the omnipotent, * we beseech you most fervently * to entreat Him in earnest * to save the souls of us sinners who flee to you. [SD]

Grave Mode.

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

O world-famous Martyrs, the spiritual livestock, rational whole burnt offerings, and sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God: the earth did not conceal you, but heaven received you, and thus you share the fellowship of the Angels. We beseech you, pray with them unto our Savior and God, that He bring peace into the world, and that He save our souls. [SD]

Stichera from the Menaion.

From Menaion - - -

Mode 2. Joseph took You down.

Ὅτε ἐκ τοῦ ξύλου.

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

Fleeing from the tumult of the world, * you, all-blessed James, were preserving unagitated your mind, * which you kept from roving and paying attention to * the distractions and turbulence * of life in the world; * you instead uplifted it to gaze with longing on high * to the Lord and Master in heaven, * who is the divine Benefactor * of all men, O ever-blessed Saint of God. [SD]

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

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

Father, having led a quiet life * far from all the world’s agitation, guarded by grace divine, * you attained the state of freedom from the passions and sin. * And by means of your rigorous * ascetical practice * and the light of God that shone from you, you wholly subdued * ranks of demons. Now you are joyful, * dancing round the Lord with the Angels, * whose exalted status you indeed attained. [SD]

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

You lived as if outside of the world * and the flesh, recalling the glory that is invisible. * You transcended all things visible, imagining * the majestical grandeur of * the Savior’s celestial * tabernacle and its ineffable beauty; of which * you, O Father James, are a bearer. * Pray for us to Christ that He save us * who extol you faithfully and honor you. [SD]

Glory. For the Dead.

Grave Mode.

O Savior and Life-giver, to those You transferred * from this fleeting life, grant rest, as they cry out, * “Glory to You, O Lord.” [SD]

Both now. Grave Mode.

From Octoechos - - -

The First Theotokion of the Mode.

O Theotokos, you became a mother in a manner passing nature. You remained a virgin in a manner passing speech and thought, and no language is capable of explaining the marvel of your childbirth. O Virgin pure, as conception was a paradox, incomprehensible is the manner of birth; for where God wills, the order of nature yields. And now, all we who know you, the Mother of God, earnestly implore you: Intercede with Him for the salvation of our souls. [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 79 (80).

Reveal Yourself, O You who sit upon the cherubim.

Give heed, O You who shepherd Israel. [SAAS]

The reading is from the book of Genesis.

DEACON

Wisdom. Let us be attentive.

READER

Gn 12:1 – 7

Now the Lord said to Abram, “Get out of your country, from your kindred and from your father’s house, to a land I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and curse those who curse you; and in you all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed.” Then Abram departed as the Lord said to him, and Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. So Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son and all their possessions and every soul they acquired in Haran, and they departed for the land of Canaan. Thus they came to the land of Canaan. Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, as far as the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanites were then in the land. Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your seed I will give this land.” And there Abram built an altar to the Lord, who appeared to him. [SAAS]

Prokeimenon. Mode 2.

Psalm 80 (81).

Rejoice in God our helper.

Take up a psalm and sound a timbrel. [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 14:15 – 27

A simple man believes in every word, but an astute man comes to repentance. A wise man fears and turns away from evil, but a man without discernment persuades himself to mingle with a lawless man. A quick-tempered man acts with recklessness, but a man with discernment bears many things. Men without discernment will share in evil, but the astute will take hold of perception. Evil men will slip and fall in the presence of good men, and the ungodly shall serve at the gate of the righteous. Friends will hate poor friends, but the friends of the rich are many. He who dishonors the poor sins, but he who has mercy on the poor is very blessed. Deceivers devise evil things, but good men devise mercy and truth. Devisers of evil things do not understand mercy and faithfulness, but mercies and faithfulness are with devisers of good things. To everyone who is careful there is an abundance, but he who is pleasure-taking and slothful shall be in want. The crown of the wise is astuteness, but the pastime of the undiscerning is evil. A faithful witness will rescue a soul from evil men, but a deceitful man kindles lies. In the fear of the Lord there is hope of strength, and to His children there remains support. [SAAS]

PRIEST

Peace be with you.

(Go back to the Presanctified Liturgy booklet.)