O Mary, Mother of God, thou honourable tabernacle of sweet odour; make me, by thy prayers, a chosen vessel, that I may receive the sanctification of thy Son.

GROVELLING in the abyss of sin, I invoke the unfathomable depth of thy mercy O God, raise me from corruption.

O Saviour, sanctify my mind, my soul, my heart and my body, and bless me, O Lord, to approach uncondemned thy terrible Mysteries.

Grant that I may be rid of my passions, increase in thy grace, and be confirmed in my life by the communion of thy holy Mysteries, O Christ.

O God, O God, O holy Word, wholly sanctify me now approaching thy divine Mysteries, through the supplications of thy holy Mother.

FORBID me not now, O Christ, to receive the Bread, which is thy Body, and thy divine Blood; and, reprobate though I am, let me partake, O Lord, of thy most pure and awful Mysteries. Let these not be to my judgment, but to everlasting and immortal life.

THE wise children did not serve the golden image, and themselves went into the furnace and reviled their gods, and cried in the midst of the flame, and the Angel bedewed them. For the prayer of your lips was heard.

O Christ, Fountain of blessings, may the communion of thine immortal Mysteries be to me now light and life, and freedom from pain, and to my growth and increase in

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divine virtues, that I may glorify thee who alone art good.

Grant that now approaching thine immortal and divine Mysteries in fear and love and piety, I may be delivered, O Lover of mankind, from passions and enemies, and from every affliction; and vouchsafe that I may sing to thee, Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers.

O thou God-favoured one, who didst above comprehension bear the Saviour Christ, I, thy servant, pray thee now, the impure the pure, Cleanse me, desiring now to approach the most pure Mysteries, from all defilement of flesh and spirit.

O YE works of the Lord, sing unto God, who came down unto the Hebrew children in the fiery furnace and changed the flame to dew, and set him up for ever.

O Christ, grant that I now, uncondemned, may become a partaker of thy heavenly, terrible and holy Mysteries, and of thy divine and mystical Supper, O God, my Saviour.

Seeking refuge in thy loving-kindness, O Blessed One, I cry to thee with fear, Abide in me, O Saviour, and let me also, as thou didst say, abide in thee; for, lo! trusting in

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thy mercy, I eat thy Body and I drink thy Blood.

I tremble in taking this fire lest I should be consumed as wax or as grass. O fearful mystery! O the loving-kindness of God! How is it that I, being but dust, partake of the divine Body and Blood, and am made incorruptible?

THE Son of the unbeginning Father, the God and Lord incarnate of the Virgin, hath appeared to us, to enlighten the darkened and to gather the scattered. Therefore do we all magnify thee, the all-praised Mother of God.

O taste and see that it is Christ the Lord, who, for our sake, made like to us of old, once offered up himself as an offering to his Father, and now is ever slain, sanctifying the communicants.

O Lord, let me be sanctified in body and soul, let me be enlightened and saved, and become thy dwelling through the communion of thy holy Mysteries, having thee, O most merciful Benefactor, living in me, with the Father and the Spirit. Glory.

May thy Body and thy precious Blood, O my Saviour, be as fire and light to me,

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consuming the substance of sin and burning the tares of my passions, and wholly enlightening me, that I may worship thy Divinity. Both now.

God took flesh from thy pure blood. Therefore do all generations sing thee, O Lady, and the hosts of spirits glorify thee; for, through thee, they clearly behold him that ruleth all things endued with human nature.

And straightway. It is very meet to bless thee .... Vide page 61.

Then, Trisagion. O most holy Trinity.... After the Our Father,

The Troparion of the occurring Festival. If it is not one, the following in Tone 6.

Have mercy upon us .... Glory. O Lord, have mercy upon us ....

Both now. O blessed Mother of God...

Lord, have mercy, forty times.

And the Prayer to the most holy Mother of God.

O thou Virgin spotless .... Vide page 77.

On the morrow, the usual Office of Hours.

The Lection from the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians. Section 149.

RETHREN! I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat, this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh condemnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and

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many sleep. For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

The Lection from the holy Evangelist John. Section 23.

HE Lord said unto them that came unto him of the Jews, I am the bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever, and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? Then Jesus said unto them, Amen, Amen, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

After the reading of the Gospel,

Remember us, O Lord ... And the rest, as written in the Typica. Vide page I2q.

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After this, continue with all attention,

Through the prayers of our holy Fathers....

O heavenly King .... Trisagion. After the Our Father, Lord, have mercy, twelve times. Glory. Both now. O come, let us worship .... thrice. And the following Psalms.

Psalm 22 (23).

HE Lord is my Shepherd, therefore can I lack nothing. He shall feed me in a green pasture, and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort. He shall convert my soul, and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me, thy rod and thy staff comfort me. Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me. Thou hast anointed my head with oil, and thy cup inebriateth me as with strong wine. And thy mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

Psalm 23 (24). HE earth is the Lord's, and all that therein is, the compass of the world and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and prepared

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it upon the floods. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall rise up in his holy place? Even he that hath clean hands and a pure heart, that hath not lift up his mind unto vanity, nor sworn to deceive his neighbour. He shall receive blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is the generation of them that seek him, even of them that seek thy face, O God of Jacob. Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting gates, and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? It is the Lord strong and mighty, even the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting gates, and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? Even the Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory.

Psalm 115 (116). BELIEVED, and therefore have I spoken, but I was sore troubled. I said in my haste, All men are liars. What reward shall I render unto the Lord for all the benefits he hath done unto me? I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord. I will pay my vows now in the presence of all his

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people. Right dear in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. Behold, Lord, how that I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast broken my bonds in sunder. I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lord. I will pay my vows unto the Lord in the sight of all his people, in the courts of the Lord's house, even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.

Glory. Both now.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, glory to thee, 0  God, thrice.

Then the following Troparia. Tone 8.

O LORD, who wast born of the Virgin, despise my transgressions, and cleanse my heart, making it a temple for thy most pure Body and Blood, and cast me not away from thy presence, O thou who hast mercy without measure. Glory.

How shall I, unworthy, dare to partake of thy holy Sacrament? If, with the worthy, I venture to approach thee, my garment will denounce me, for it is not a supper one, and I shall call forth the condemnation of my most sinful soul. O Lord, cleanse the defilement of my soul, and save me, for thou lovest mankind. Both now.

Because of the multitude of my trans-

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gressions I come to thee, O pure Mother of God, asking for salvation. Visit thou my ailing soul, and beseech thy Son and our God to grant me remission of the evils I have wrought, O thou most blessed one.

But in Holy and Great Quadragesima say,

WHEN, on the evening of the washing of feet, the glorious Disciples were being enlightened, then was it that the malicious Judas, ailing with the love of silver, was darkened, and betrayed thee, the righteous Judge to the unrighteous judges. Beware then, thou that settest thine heart on riches, beware him whom the same hath brought to strangling. Flee from that insatiate soul which dared such things against the Master. O Lord, good unto all, glory to thee.

Then, Lord, have mercy, forty times.

And as many genuflections as thou wilt. Then say these lines, IF thou wishest, O man, to eat the Body of the Lord,

Approach in fear, lest thou be scorched, for it is fire,

And, drinking the divine Blood unto communion,

First reconcile thyself to them that have sorrowed thee,

Then venture and eat the mystical food.

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Other lines,

BEFORE partaking of the fearful Sacrifice Of the life-creating Body of the Lord, After this manner pray in fear,

Prayer of Saint Basil the Great. Lord Jesus Christ our God, Source of life and immortality, Creator of all things visible and invisible, co-eternal Son with the everlasting Father, who, out of thy great loving-kindness, didst in the latter days become incarnate, and wast crucified for us ungrateful and thankless ones, and hast renewed with thine own Blood our nature corrupted by sin; do thou thyself, immortal King, accept the repentance of thy sinful servant, incline thine ear towards me, and hearken unto my supplications. For I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned against heaven and against thee, and I am not worthy to raise mine eyes to the height of thy glory; I have also angered thy goodness by transgressing thy commandments and by not obeying thine ordinances. But thou, O Lord, who art long-suffering and of great mercy, hast not given me over to perish in my sins, always awaiting my conversion. For thou hast said by thy Prophets, O thou Lover of mankind, that thou hast not pleasure in the death of a sinner, but rather

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that he should return and live. Thou wiliest not, O Lord, that the works of thy hands should be lost, neither hast thou pleasure in the perdition of men, but desirest that all should be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth. Therefore even I, although unworthy of heaven, or yet of earth and of this temporal life, having submitted my whole self to sin and made myself a slave of pleasure, defiling thine image, being still thy creature and thy handiwork, despair not of salvation, reprobate as I am; and, emboldened by thine immeasurable compassion, I come unto thee. Receive me then, even me, O man-loving Lord, like the adulteress, like the thief, like the publican, like the prodigal, and take away the heavy load of my sins, O thou who takest away the sins of the world, who healest the infirmities of men, who callest unto thyself the weary and the burdened and givest them rest, who earnest not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. And do thou cleanse me from every defilement of the flesh and of the spirit, and teach me to perfect holiness in the fear of thee, that, in the pure testimony of my conscience, receiving my portion of thy holy things, I may be united with thy holy Body and Blood, and have thee to dwell and to remain within me, with the Father

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and thy Holy Spirit. Yea, O Lord Jesus Christ my God, grant that the communion of thy holy and life-giving Mysteries may not be to my condemnation, neither let me communicate of them unworthily on account of the ailings of my soul and body; but grant me unto the last breath of my life to partake uncondemned of my share of thy holy things, to the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, as a provision for life eternal, and for a favourable answer at thy terrible judgment-seat; that I, even I, may also become with thine elect a partaker of thine incorruptible blessings, which thou hast prepared for them that love thee, O Lord, in whom thou art glorified td' ages. Amen.

Prayer of our Father in the Saints, John Chrysosiom. KNOW, O Lord my God, that I am not worthy nor sufficient that thou shouldest come under the roof of my soul's habitation, for it is all deserted and in ruins, and thou hast not in me where worthily to lay thy head. But as from the height of thy glory thou didst humble thyself for us, bear now also with my humility; and as thou didst deign to lay thyself down in a manger in a cave, so deign now also to enter into the manger of my mute soul

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and defiled body; and as thou didst not refuse to enter into the house of Simon the leper and to sup there with sinners, so also deign to enter into the habitation of my humble soul, leprous and sinful; and as thou didst not reject the sinful woman who approached and touched thee, so also have pity on me, a sinner, coming to thee and touching thee. And grant that I may partake of thy precious Body and thine honourable Blood to the sanctification, enlightenment and strengthening of my humble soul and body, to the alleviation of the burden of my many sins, to my preservation from all the snares of the devil, to victory over my sinful and evil habits, to the mortification of my passions, to the fulfilment of thy commandments, to the increase of thy divine grace, and to the inheritance of thy kingdom. For it is not in lightness of heart, O Christ my God, that I venture to approach thee, but trusting in thine infinite goodness, and in the fear that being drawn afar from thee I may become the prey of our spiritual enemy. Therefore do I pray unto thee, O Lord, who alone art holy, that thou wouldest sanctify my soul and body, my heart and mind, and, renewing me entirely, wouldest implant in my members the fear of thee. And be thou my Help and Guide, governing

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my life in the ways of peace, and making me worthy to obtain with thy Saints a place at thy right hand, through the prayers and supplications of thy most pure Mother, of thy bodiless Ministers and honourable Powers, and of all thy Saints who from ages have found favour before thee. Amen.

Prayer of Saint Simeon the Meditative. NLY pure and all-holy Lord, who, through immeasurable compassion for man, didst take upon thyself the whole burden of our mortality in thy miraculous conception by the operation of the Holy Spirit and by the good will of the eternal Father; thyself, O Jesus Christ, the Wisdom, the Peace, and the Power of God, who didst deign to take upon thyself thy life-giving and saving passion, the cross, the nails, the spear and death itself; deaden, I beseech thee, my bodily passions which destroy my soul. O thou who by thy burial didst vanquish the kingdom of hell, bury my evil imaginations in good thoughts, and disperse within me the spirits of evil. O thou who in thy life-giving resurrection on the third day didst raise again our fallen forefather Adam, raise me who am dead in sin, and give me the means of repentance. O thou who didst in thy glorious ascension

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deify the flesh that thou hadst taken upon thee, and didst honour it by a seat at the right hand of God, enable me by partaking of thy holy Sacrament to obtain a place on thy right hand with thy redeemed. O thou who by the descent of the Holy Ghost, the Paraclete, didst render thy, holy disciples worthy vessels, do thou render me also a receptacle for his habitation. O thou who shalt come again to judge the world, bless me also to meet thee, my Creator and Judge, in the clouds with all thy Saints, that I may for ever praise and glorify thee, with thine eternal Father, and thy most holy, and good, and life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen.

Another Prayer of the same Saint. CHRIST my God, as though I were standing before thy terrible and impartial judgment-seat, awaiting my sentence and rendering an account of mine evil deeds, so, even at this present hour before the day of my judgment has yet come, I stand before thy holy Altar, before thy terrible and holy Angels, and, bowed down by my conscience, I bring before thee my evil and wicked doings, and confess them, and reveal them. O Lord, look down on my humility, and forgive all my sins. See,

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my transgressions number more than the hairs of my head. What evil have I not done? What sin have I not committed? What wickedness have I not imagined in my soul? Have I not sinned indeed by pride, boasting, slander, idle speech, improper laughter, intemperance, hatred, envy, avarice, self-love, ambition, falsehood? Have I not defiled all my senses, all my members, and have I not been a ready agent of Satan? I know well, O Lord, that mine iniquities have gone over my head; but I also know that the multitude of thy bounties is without measure, and the mercy of thy great goodness is unspeakable, and there is no sin that can overcome thy loving - kindness. Therefore, O most wonderful King, O most good Lord, do thou shew thy mercies in me, a sinner, manifest in me the power of thy goodness and the might of thy loving-kindness, and receive me who turn to thee. Accept me as thou didst accept the prodigal, the thief, and the sinful woman. Accept me, though in word and in deed, by my evil passions and unreasonable imaginations, I have sinned without measure against thee. And as at the eleventh hour thou didst receive them that came unto thee, though nothing worthy had they done, so also receive me, a sinner; for greatly have I sinned,

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and am defiled, and I have grieved thy Holy Spirit, and offended thy loving-kindness in word, in deed, and in thought, by night and by day, openly and secretly, knowingly and unknowingly; and full well I know that thou wilt shew unto me my sins such as I have committed them, and that thou wilt demand an account from me of that wherein I have offended without excuse. But, O Lord, O Lord, rebuke me not in thy righteous wrath, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for though I am weak, I am also thy creature. Thou, 0  Lord, hast stablished thy fear in me, and yet I have done evil in thy sight. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, but, I beseech thee, enter not into jugdment with thy servant. For if, O Lord, thou wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss, O Lord, who shall abide before thee? I shall not, for I am but an abyss of evil, and am neither worthy nor sufficient to look up and behold the height of heaven on account of the multitude of my sins. For what sins have I  not committed? What evil hath not possessed me? Every sin have I committed, every uncleanness have I taken into my soul, and I have been unprofitable before thee and before men. Oh! who will raise me fallen into such great and dire sins?

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O Lord my God, I have put my trust in thee. If there is any hope of salvation for me, if thy loving mercy can overcome the multitude of my transgressions, be thou my Saviour, and, according to thy goodness and mercy, loosen, remit and forgive all wherein I have sinned; for my soul is full of trouble, and there is no hope of salvation in me. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; deal not with me according to my sins; but turn, preserve, and deliver my soul from the evils besetting it, and from all its wicked undertakings. Save me for thy mercy's sake, that where sin abounded thy grace may much more abound; and I will glorify thee always, all the days of my life. For thou art the God of the penitent, and the Saviour of sinners, and to thee we ascribe glory, with thine eternal Father, and thy most holy, and good, and life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer of the Divine Damascene. LORD Jesus Christ our God, who alone hast power to remit the sins of men; do thou, O most Good and most Merciful One, remit the sins that I have committed wilfully, or in ignorance, and enable me, uncondemned, to receive thy

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divine, glorious, most pure and life-giving Mysteries, not to judgment, not to punishment, not to increase of sin, but to purification and sanctification, to a closer communion with the kingdom and the life to come, as a bulwark and a help to my soul, to the turning away from evil, and to the blotting out of my many sins. For thou art the God of mercy and bounties, and thou lovest mankind; and to thee we ascribe glory, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer of Saint Basil the Great. KNOW, O Lord, that I receive un-worthily thy most pure Body and thy precious Blood, that I am guilty, O Lord, and that I eat and drink to my own condemnation, not discerning the Body and Blood of Christ my God; but, trusting in thy mercy, I come unto thee who hast said, He that eateth my Flesh and drinketh my Blood shall abide in me and I in him. Have compassion upon me therefore, O Lord, and make not an example of me, thy sinful servant; but do with me according to thy great mercy, and grant that these holy things may rather operate in me to the healing, purifying, enlightening, guarding, saving and sanctifying of my soul and body,

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to the overthrow of every imagination, evil action, or work of the devil, to loving and acknowledging thee, to the amendment and steadfastness of my life, to the increase of virtue, to the keeping of thy commandments, to the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, to the hope of eternal life, and to be an acceptable apology before thine awful judgment seat. Amen.

Prayer of Saint Simeon the New Divine. ROM soiled lips,

From fouled heart,

From tongue impure,

From soul denied,

Accept a prayer, my Christ,

And of me despise,

Neither the words, neither the manner,

Nor the shamelessness.

Grant me daringly to say

That which I wish, my Christ,

Or rather, teach thou me

What me behoveth to do and say.

I have sinned more than that sinful woman,

Who, learning where thou wast,

Did purchase myrrh,

And came daringly to anoint

The feet of thee, my Christ,

My Master, and my God.

Since thou didst not reject her,

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Coming with her heart to thee,

So loathe not me, O Word of God;

But give me thy feet

To touch and kiss,

And with a flood of tears,

As with most precious myrrh,

To daringly anoint.

Wash me in my tears,

And with them cleanse me, Word of God;

And forgive mine iniquities,

And grant me pardon.

Thou knowest the multitude of evils in me,

Thou knowest my wounds,

And seest my sores;

But thou knowest also my faith,

Thou seest my good intentions,

And hearest my sighs.

There is nothing hidden from thee, O my God,

My Creator, my Redeemer,

Not even a tear-drop,

Nor a part of that drop.

My substance yet imperfect

Thine eyes did behold,

And in thy book

Even things not yet done

Are found written by thee.

Look upon my lowliness,

Look upon my grief how great it is,

And all my sins

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Forgive me, God of all things,

That, with pure heart,

And fearing mind,

And contrite soul,

I may partake of thy spotless

And most pure Mysteries,

Which quicken and deify

All them that eat and drink

In purity of heart.

For thou, my Lord, hast said,

He that eateth my Flesh

And drinketh my Blood

In me shall he abide,

And I abide in him.

True is every word

Of my Master and my God.

For, partaking of thy divine

And deifying blessings,

I am no more alone,

But with thee, O my Christ,

The tri-solar light

Which enlighteneth the world.

Let me not then remain alone

Without thee, O Life-giver,

My breath, my life,

My gladness,

And the salvation of the world.

For this cause have I come to thee,

As thou seest, with tears

And contrite soul,

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Deliverance from mine iniquities

Praying to be granted me,

And of thy life-giving

And perfect Mysteries

To partake uncondemned;

So that thou mayest abide, as thou hast said,

With me, a thrice-accursed one,

Lest, finding me separated

From thy grace, the tempter

Should beguile me,

And, being tempted, draw me

From thy divine-effecting words.

For this cause I fall down to thee,

And earnestly I cry to thee,

As thou didst receive the prodigal,

And the sinful woman who came to thee,

So receive me, a sinner,

And a prodigal, O Compassionate One,

Who, with smitten soul,

Now come to thee.

I know, O Saviour, that no one

Hath sinned so as I have,

Nor done such deeds

As I have wrought;

But this I also know

That not the greatness of iniquity,

Nor the multitude of sins,

Surpasseth of my God

The abundant long-suffering

And exceeding love to men;

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But that, in merciful compassion,

Them that earnestly repent

Thou cleansest and enlightenest,

And makest partakers of light,

And communicants of thy Divinity,

Making no distinctions,

And, strange thing to Angels

And to the thoughts of men!

Conversest with them ofttimes,

As with thy true friends.

This it is that emboldeneth me,

This it is that inspireth me, O my Christ;

And, trusting in the riches

Of thy benefactions unto us,

Joyful and yet trembling,

I partake of fire,

Myself but grass, and, strange the wonder!

Am unconsumedly bedewed,

As of old the bush

Did burn unconsumedly.

And now, with thankful mind,

With thankful heart,

And with thankful songs

Of my soul and body,

I worship, and magnify,

And glorify thee, O my God;

For thou art blessed

Now and for ever.

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Prayer of Saint John Chrysostom. GOD, loosen, remit and forgive my sins against thee, whether in word, in deed, or in thought, willingly or unwillingly, knowingly or unknowingly committed, forgive them all; for thou art good and lovest mankind. And, through the prayers of thy most holy Mother, of thy heavenly Servants and holy Powers, and of all the Saints who have found favour in thy sight, bless me to receive uncondemned thy holy and immaculate Body and thy precious Blood, to the healing of my soul and body, and to the driving away of my evil imaginations; for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen.

Another of Saint Chrysostom. LORD and God, I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter the habitation of my soul; but as thou wiliest, according to thy loving-kindness, to dwell in me, I venture to approach thee. Thou biddest me open the gates of my soul, which thou alone hast made, that thou mayest enter therein with thy wonted loving-kindness, that thou mayest enter and enlighten my darkened mind. I believe thou wilt do

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this, for thou didst not cast away the sinful woman coming to thee in tears, nor didst thou reject the penitent publican, nor the thief on the cross who acknowledged thy kingdom, nor didst thou leave the repentant persecutor to himself, but didst number all them that came to thee in repentance among thy friends, O thou that alone art blessed, always, now, and to everlasting ages. Amen.

Another Prayer of Saint Chrysostom. LORD Jesus Christ my God, loosen, remit, cleanse and forgive me, thine unworthy and miserable servant, all my sins, iniquities, and errors, as often as I have sinned against thee from my youth up to the present day and hour, whether wittingly or in ignorance, whether in word or deed, in thought or imagination, or in all my feelings. And, through the prayers of thy pure Mother, the blessed ever-virgin Mary, my alone sure hope and protection, enable me without condemnation to partake of thy holy, immortal, life-giving, and terrible Mysteries, unto the remission of sins and life everlasting, unto the sanctification, enlightenment, strength and health of my soul and body, to the complete overthrow and destruction of my evil thoughts, prejudices and imaginations; for thine is the kingdom,

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the power, and the glory, the honour and the worship, with the Father and thy Holy Ghost, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer of Saint John Damascene. STAND before the gates of thy temple, and yet do my grievous thoughts not leave me. But thou, O Christ my God, who didst justify the publican, didst have mercy upon the Canaanite, and didst open the gates of paradise to the thief on the cross; open unto me thy bowels of compassionate mercy, and receive me coming unto thee and touching thee like the sinful woman and like the sick woman; for she touched but the hem of thy garment, and was healed, and the other embracing thy feet received forgiveness of her sins. But I, a miserable sinner, that dare to partake of thy precious Body, let me not be consumed; but receive me like unto them, and enlighten my spiritual senses, destroying my sinful errors, through the prayers of thy holy Mother and of the heavenly Hosts; for blessed art thou to ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer of Saint John Chrysostom. BELIEVE, O Lord, and confess that thou art verily Christ, the Son of the living God, who didst come into the

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world to save sinners, of whom I am the greatest. And I believe that this is thy most pure Body, and this thy most precious Blood. I therefore pray thee, Have mercy upon me, and forgive me my sins, voluntary and involuntary, in word and in deed, in knowledge or in ignorance committed; and vouchsafe me, uncondemned, to partake of thy most pure Mysteries, to the remission of sins, and to life eternal. Amen.

On approaching to communicate, say the following lines of Saint Simeon.

My Creator, consume me not in the partaking of it;

For thou art a consuming fire to the unworthy:

Purify me now from every stain.

Then say, thy mysterious Supper to-day, O Son of God, accept me as a partaker; for I will not reveal thy Mystery to thine enemies, nor give thee a kiss as Judas, but as the thief I will confess thee, Remember me, O Lord, in thy kingdom.

And again these lines:

O MAN, behold the divine Blood, and tremble;

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For it is a fire consuming the unworthy.

The divine Body both deifieth and nour-isheth;

It deifieth the spirit, and strangely nour-isheth the mind.

Also the Troparia.

THOU hast sweetened me, O Christ, by thy love, and hast changed me by thy divine favour. Consume my sins with thy spiritual fire, and enable me to be so filled with the love of thee, that, leaping for joy, I may magnify thy presence, O Blessed One.

Into the brilliant company of thy Saints how shall I, unworthy and sinful, enter? If I dare to enter into the bridechamber, my garment will put me to shame, for it is not a wedding one, and I shall be bound hand and foot and cast out by thine Angels. Purify, Lord, my polluted soul, and save me in thy loving-kindness.

Prayer. RANT, O Lord Jesus Christ my God, that I may not partake of this thy holy Sacrament to my condemnation, because of mine unworthiness, but to the purification and sanctification of my soul and bod)', and as an earnest of thine everlasting kingdom and life. For it is good for me to cleave unto my God, putting in the Lord the hope of my salvation. Amen.

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B. PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING AFTER HOLY COMMUNION.

When thou hast received the blessed communion of the life-giving, mystical Gifts, first give praise, be exceedingly thankful, and fervently from thy soul say,

GLORY to thee, our God. Glory to thee, our God. Glory to thee, our God.

Then the following Prayer of Thanksgiving. THANK thee, O Lord my God, that thou hast not rejected me, a sinner, but hast permitted me to become a partaker of thy holy Mysteries. I thank thee that thou hast enabled me, an unworthy one, to receive thy pure and heavenly Gifts. But thou, O Lord most merciful, who didst die for us, and didst rise again, and hast bestowed upon us these awful and life-giving Mysteries to the benefit and sanctification of our souls and bodies; grant that they may operate in me to the healing of my soul and body, to the overthrow of every evil thing, to the enlightenment of my heart, to the peace of my spiritual faculties, to invincible faith, to sincere love, to increase of wisdom, to the keeping of thy commandments, to growth in grace and to the

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inheritance of thy kingdom, that, preserved by them in thy sanctification, I may ever call to mind thy grace, and live, not unto myself, but unto thee, our Lord and Benefactor. And thus, when this life on earth shall have passed away in the hope of life eternal, may I attain unto everlasting rest, where the hymn of them that glorify thee is unceasing, and infinite the sweetness of them that behold the unspeakable goodness of thy face. For thou art the true desire and inexpressible oy of them that love thee, O Christ our Sod, and all creation glorifieth thee to all eternity. Amen.

Prayer of Saint Basil the Great. LORD Christ our God, King of ages, and Creator of the universe, I thank thee for all the good things thou hast bestowed on me, but above all, for the participation in thy pure and life-giving Mysteries. I therefore pray thee, good and merciful Lord, keep me under thy roof and in the shadow of thy wings, and grant me, in a pure conscience, to my latest breath, worthily to partake of thy holy Sacrament to the remission of sins and to life eternal. For thou art the Bread of life, the Source of sanctification, the Giver of all good; and to thee we ascribe all glory, with the Father

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and the Holy Ghost, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen.

Prayer of Saint Simeon the Meditative, in Verses. THOU who, of thine own good will, dost give thy Body as food unto me, Thou who art a fire consuming the unworthy;

Consume me not, O my Creator,

But rather enter into my limbs, my joints, my inmost heart,

And burn the tares of my transgressions.

Cleanse thou my soul, and sanctify my thoughts.

Strengthen my limbs, together with my bones.

Enlighten my five senses. Stablish me wholly in thy fear.

Ever cover me; preserve and protect me from all soul - corrupting words and deeds.

Make me chaste, purify and wash me; garnish me, instruct and enlighten me.

Shew me to be the habitation of thy one Spirit, and in nowise the dwelling - place of sin;

That from me, thy dwelling through the reception of thy Sacrament, all evil, every lust may flee as from fire.

I invoke as supplicants for me all the

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Saints, the Bodiless Powers, thy Baptist, thy wise Apostles, and with them, thy pure, most holy Mother.

Receive their prayers graciously, O my Christ, and render thy servant a son of light.

For thou art our Sanctification, O Blessed One, and the Light of our souls, and to thee, as God and Lord, we ascribe glory every day.

Another Prayer. AY thy holy Body, O Lord Jesus Christ our God, be for eternal life unto me, and thy precious Blood to the remission of sins; and may this Eucharist be to my joy, health and gladness. And at thy terrible second Advent grant that I, a sinner, may stand at the right hand of thy glory, through the prayers of thy most pure Mother and of all the Saints. Amen.

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ON THE SUNDAY OF THE PUBLICAN AND PHARISEE.

The Troparion on the Resurrection in the proper Tone, with its Verse to the Virgin.

I HAVE wickedly strayed away from thy fatherly glory, and wasted the riches thou

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gavest me among sinners. Then do I raise the prodigal's cry unto thee, O bountiful Father, I have sinned against thee: take me back as a penitent, and make me as one of thy hired servants.

WE have thee as a fortress and a haven, and as an accepted mediatress with God whom thou didst bear, O unwedded Mother of God, the salvation of the faithful.

O CHRIST, rest the souls of thy servants with the Saints, where there is no sickness, nor sorrow, nor lamentation, but life everlasting.

The Troparion on the Resurrection in the proper Tone, with its Verse to the Virgin.

O GOD, when thou shalt come on earth with glory, when all shall quake, when the fiery river shall carry away to the judgment-seat, when the books shall be opened and all secrets revealed, then do thou save me from unquenchable fire, and bless me, O righteous Judge, to stand at thy right hand.

Note:—In this Week of Cheese Fare cheese and eggs are permitted on Wednesday and Friday, as well as on the other days.

We commemorate all our venerable and God-bearing Fathers who have been illustrious in asceticism.

O HOLY Mother of the unapproachable Light, with angelic hymns we honour thee, and with reverence magnify thee.

AS preachers of piety and silencers of impiety, thou hast made the company of

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the God-bearers lights upon the earth. By their intercessions, O Lord, preserve in perfect peace them that glorify and magnify thee, that they may praise and sing to thee, Alleluia.

The Troparion on the Resurrection in the proper Tone, with its Verse to the Virgin.

O LORD, Teacher of wisdom, Giver of understanding, Instructor of the unwise and Defence of the poor; stablish and enlighten mine heart. Thou Word of the Father, give unto me words, for I will not restrain my lips from calling upon thee. O Merciful One, have pity on me, a fallen one.

Note:—After the Sunday of Cheese Fare beginneth the Fast of the Holy and Great Quadragesima, which conlinueth until the Day of Holy Pascha.

We commemorate the miracle wrought by the Great Martyr Theodore the Guard.

MOST glorious and above understanding are thy mysteries, O Mother of God; for spotless and virgin thou art acknowledged a true Mother who didst bear the true God. Pray unto him to save our souls.

ACCEPTING in thine heart the faith of Christ as a breastplate, thou didst, O Athlete, overcome the hostile powers, and now, as Victor, art eternally crowned with a heavenly diadem.

Called, of Orthodoxy, we commemorate the Prophets Moses and Aaron and the rest, and the restoration of the holy and honourable Icons.

The Troparion on the Resurrection in the proper Tone. Glory.

Most glorious and above understanding.... Vide preceding page.

O MOTHER of God, the incomprehensible Word of the Father hath been comprehended by us through his incarnation from thee, and the denied image, being imbued with divine goodness, is made as of old. Confessing our salvation, we, in word and in deed, represent this.

Is sung the Office of our Father in the Saints, Gregory, Archbishop and Wonderworker of Thessalonica.

The Troparion on the Resurrection in the proper Tone, and that to the Saint in Tone 8.

THEE, the divinely speaking Gregory, do we with one accord extol as the divine and sacred organ of wisdom and the harmonious trumpet of theology. Do thou, O guiding Father, as the mind present with the First Mind, guide our minds to that Same, that we may cry, Hail! thou preacher of grace.

We celebrate the veneration of the honourable and life-effecting Cross.

The Troparion on the Resurrection in the proper Tone, and that to the Cross in Tone I.

O Lord, save thy people and bless .... Vide page 52.

O longer doth the fiery weapon bar the gates of Eden; for the wood of the Cross, that glorious help, hath come upon them. The sting of death and the victory of hades are done away; for thou, my Saviour, didst come and tell them that are in hades, Come ye again into Paradise.

We sing the Office of our venerable Father, John Climacus.

The Troparion on the Resurrectionin the

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proper Tone, and that to the Venerable in Tone I.

THE Lord hath placed thee on the height of true abstinence, like a bright star shining unto the ends of the earth, thee, our Teacher and Father John.

I. A help and protection hath he become to me unto salvation, he is my God, and I will glorify him, my fathers' God, and I will exalt him; for he hath triumphed gloriously.

II. Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak, and I will sing Christ incarnate of the Virgin.

See now, see now, that I am he, God, who of old did rain manna in the desert, and draw water from the rock for my people, by mine own right hand and power.

III. O Lord, stablish my mind on the rock of thy commandments.

O Lord, stablish my fainting heart on the rock of thy commandments; for thou alone art holy and the Lord.

IV. The Prophet heard of thine advent, O Lord, and was afraid; for thou didst will to be born of a Virgin, and to appear unto men, and he cried, I have heard the report of thee, and I feared. Glory to thy might, O Lord.

V. Rising early from the night, I pray thee, O Lover of mankind, to enlighten and instruct me in thy commandments, and to teach me, O Saviour, to do thy will.

VI. I cried with my whole heart to the merciful God, and he heard me from the depths of hades, and aised my life from corruption.

MY soul, my soul, arise! Why sleepest thou? The end draweth near, and thou wilt be troubled. Awake then, that Christ God, who is everywhere and who filleth all things, may spare thee.

VII. We have sinned, we have prevaricated, we have been unrighteous before thee. We have neither loved, neither kept those things that thou hast commanded. Still, reject us not at the last, O God of our fathers.

VIII. Him that heavenly Hosts glorify, and Cherubim and Seraphim fear, let every spirit and every creature sing, bless and set up for ever.

IX. The unspeakable birth from a seedless conception of a husbandless mother is an incorruptible fruit; for the birth of God regenerateth nature. Then do all generations right-believingly magnify thee as the divine-bride Mother.

Note:—These Irmi, sung at Matins today, are also sung at the Great Compline on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of the First Week of the Fast.

We sing the Acathist Hymn to the most holy Mother of God.

TO thee, O Virgin, the chosen guide, thy servants sing a triumphal song, ascribing thanks to thee for the deliverance from evils, and, since thou hast an invincible might, deliver us, we beseech thee, from every ill, that we may cry unto thee, Hail! O unmarried Bride.

We sing the Office of our venerable Mother, Mary of Egypt.

The Troparion on the Resurrection in the proper Tone, and that to the Venerable in Tone 8.

Icos. (Stanza.) Tone 4.

LET us now extol in hymns the lamb and daughter of Christ, Mary the ever

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memorable, who appeared as the lamb of Egypt, and yet escaped all its wiles, and became a perfect growth in the Church by exercising herself in fasting and prayer above the measure of human nature. Therefore hath the Almighty raised on high the life and deeds of the glorious Mary.

ON THE SATURDAY OF THE HOLY AND RIGHTEOUS LAZARUS. Troparion. Tone 1. CHRIST God, thou didst, before thy very Passion, confirm the truth of the general Resurrection by raising Lazarus from the dead. Then do we also, as youths bearing the standard of victory, cry unto thee, the Conqueror of death, Hosanna in the highest! Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Condakion. Tone 2.

CHRIST, the Joy of all, the Truth, the Light and Life, and the Resurrection of the world, hath appeared to them that are on earth, and is become an image of the Resurrection, granting unto all divine forgiveness.

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ON THE SUNDAY OF PALMS.

Stichera at the Great Vespers, with the Lord, I have cried, in Tone 6.

O-DAY the grace of the Holy Spirit gathereth us together, and, all bearing thy Cross, we say, Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. Glory. Both now. To-day the grace of the Holy Spirit ....

Troparion. Tone i.

O Christ God, thou didst before thy very Passion ....

Another, in Tone 4. URIED with thee in baptism, O Christ our God, we have been blessed with life immortal through thy Resurrection, and, hymning thee, we cry, Hosanna in the highest! Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Hypacoe after Ode III. Tone 6.

THE lawless Jews first praised him with the branches, then nailed him to the tree, even Christ our God. But we, with faith unchanging, ever honouring him as Benefactor, cry ceaselessly to him, Blessed art thou that comest to recall from exile Adam.

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Condakion. Tone 6.

ON the throne in heaven, and on earth borne by a colt, O Christ our God, thou didst receive the praises of Angels and the hymns of children, crying unto thee, Blessed art thou that comest to recall from exile Adam.

WE magnify thee, O Christ, Giver of life, Hosanna in the highest we also cry to thee. Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

At Matins after the Alleluia, we sing the Troparion in Tone 8.

Behold the Bridegroom cometh .... Vide page 85.

JACOB bewaileth the loss of Joseph, and the virtuous one sitteth in a chariot honoured as a king; for, as he would not become a slave to the pleasures of Egypt, he was exalted by him that looketh upon the hearts of men and bestoweth incorruptible crowns.

At Matins. Behold the Bridegroom cometh ....

O MY soul, considering the hour of thine end, and fearing the cutting down of the fig tree, do thou carefully cultivate the talent given unto thee, being watchful and crying, Let us hot remain outside the house of Christ.

At Matins. Behold the Bridegroom cometh ....

O BLESSED One, I have transgressed more than the sinful woman, but in nowise do I bring unto thee floods of tears. Still, in silence I fall down, longing with love to embrace thy most pure feet, so that thou, O Lord, mayest grant me forgiveness of my trespasses, when I cry unto thee, Deliver me, O Saviour, from the defilement of my deeds.

At Matins after the Alleluia, we sing the Troparion in Tone 8.

THE hands with which he took the Bread, the betrayer secretly holdeth forth, and taketh the price of him who with his own hands made man, and remaineth perverse, even Judas, the slave and flatterer.

HAVING all approached in fear to the mystical table, let us, with pure souls, take the Bread, remaining with the Lord, that we may witness how he washeth the feet of his Disciples, and that we may do as we behold, submitting ourselves one to another, and washing the feet of one another. For Christ thus commanded unto his Disciples, and foretold that it should be done. Yet Judas, the slave and flatterer, heeded it not.

The Priest beginneth, Blessed be our God ....

Reader. Amen. Glory to thee, our God .... O heavenly King .... Trisagion. After Our Father, &c, O come, let us worship .... thrice. And the rest as at the beginning of Maims. Vide page 52.

And after the Six Psalms and the Ectenia of Peace, we begin to sing the Alleluia anti-phonally, loudly, and in sweet melody, according to Tone 8. Likewise the Troparion in the same Tone.

When, on the evening of the washing of feet .... Vide page 274.

This is sung thrice, and the Little Ectenia folloiveth.

Then the Warden disiributeth the tapers which are lighted during the Lections. And the Deacon exclaimeth,

AND that he would make us worthy to hear the holy Gospel, let us beseech the Lord God.

Choir. Lord, have mercy, thrice. Deacon. Wisdom! Stand up! Let us hear the holy Gospel.

Priest. Peace to all. Choir. And to thy spirit.

THE Lection from the holy Evangelist John, (or, Matthew, or, Mark, or, Luke).

Choir. Glory to thee, Lord, glory to thee.

Deacon. Let us attend.

Note:—On this wise are all the Lections preceded.

GLORY to thy long-patience, O Lord, glory to thee.

THE princes of the people were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.

They laid a lawless accusation against me, O Lord. O Lord, do thou not forsake me.

Let us present our senses pure unto Christ, and, as his friends, let us sacrifice our souls for him; let us not be overwhelmed with cares of life like Judas, but in our occupations let us cry, Our Father, which art in heaven, deliver us from evil.

O unmarried Virgin, thou didst bring forth, and virgin didst remain. Mother unwedded, God-bearing Mary, pray Christ our God to save our souls.

JUDAS ran to the wicked scribes, and said, What will you give me, and I will betray

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him to you? And thou meantime wast invisibly present among the very men that' counselled against thee. O Searcher of hearts, spare our souls.

Let us minister unto God, as Mary at the supper, and avoid Judas' love of silver, that we may ever be with Christ our God.

Him that is loving-kind unto all men, whom thou, O Virgin, didst inexpressibly bring forth, cease not to pray to deliver from dangers them that betake themselves to thee.

BECAUSE of the raising of Lazarus, O man-loving Lord, the Hebrew children sang, Hosanna! unto thee. But the malicious Judas willed not to understand.

At thy Supper, O Christ God, thou didst foretell to thy Disciples that one of them should betray thee. But the malicious Judas willed not to understand.

To John's question, O Lord, who is it that shall betray thee? thou didst reveal him by the sop. But the malicious Judas willed not to understand.

The Jews sought to slay thee by means of thirty pieces of silver and a false kiss.

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But the malicious Judas willed not to understand.

At thy washing of feet, O Christ God, thou didst persuade thy Disciples, Do as ye behold. But the malicious Judas willed not to understand.

Watch and pray, lest ye fall into temptation, thou didst say, O our God, unto thy Disciples. But the malicious Judas willed not to understand. Glory. Both now.

To the Virgin.

O God-bearing one, save thy servants from dangers; for, after God, we all betake ourselves to thee, as the strong bulwark and mediatress.

Then the little Edenia (which precedeth all the Kathismata), and we sing,

Kathisma. Tone 7.

FEEDING the Disciples at the Supper, and foreseeing the intended betrayal, thou didst mete this part to Judas, knowing him to be perverse, and wishing to prove unto all men that thou gavest thyself up of thine own free-will that thou mightest deliver the world from the power of the adversary. O thou that art long-patient, glory to thee.

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And the Priest readeth

GOSPEL II. FROM S. JOHN.

T that time, Jesus went forth with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place; for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth and said unto them, Whom seek ye? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. As soon then as lie had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground. Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way; that the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none. Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name

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was Malchus. Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him. And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year. Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people. And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest. But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter. Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, 1 am not. And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold. And they warmed themselves, and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself. The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine. Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always

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resort; and in secret have I said nothing. Why askest thou me? Ask them which heard me what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said. And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so? Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why smitest thou me? Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest. And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples ? He denied it, and said, I am not. One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him? Peter then denied again; and immediately the cock crew. Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment. And it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.

Antiphon IV. Tone 5.

HT 0-DAY Judas forsaketh his Teacher and

receiveth the devil. He is blinded by

the love of silver, and, being darkened, falleth

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look up, he that sold the Luminary for thirty pieces of silver? Yet he that suffered for the world dawneth upon us, and unto him we cry, Thou that didst suffer for and with mankind, glory to thee.

To-day Judas counterfeiteth the fear of God and becometh an alien from grace, being a disciple he becometh a betrayer, under the wonted kiss he hideth his guile, and senselessly preferreth thirty pieces of silver before the love of his Master, becoming the guide of the wicked assembly. But we who have salvation, even Christ, the same let us glorify.

Let us acquire brotherly love as brethren in Christ, and let us not be without sympathy unto our neighbours, lest we be condemned for the sake of riches, like the unmerciful servant, and, like the repentant Judas, find them of no avail. Glory. Both now.

To the Virgin.

Glorious things have been spoken of thee in all places, O God-bearing Mary; for thou, the all-praised and unmarried one, didst bring forth in flesh the Creator of all things.

Antiphon V. Tone 6.

HTHE Teacher's disciple maketh agreement concerning the price, and selleth the.

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Lord for thirty pieces of silver, with a false kiss betraying him to death unto the transgressors.

To-day the Creator of heaven and earth spake unto his Disciples, The hour is nigh, and Judas the betrayer draweth near unto me. Let no one deny me when they see me on the Cross between two thieves. For I suffer as man, but, as Lover of man, I will save them that believe in me.

Glory. Both now. To the Virgin.

Thou that in a manner altogether unspeakable didst conceive and bring forth thine own Creator, save, O Virgin, them that magnify thee.

Antiphon VI. Tone 7.

-DAY Judas is on the watch to betray the Lord, the eternal Saviour of the world, who satisfied the multitude with five loaves. To-day the transgressor denieth his Teacher, and, having been his disciple, be-trayeth his Master. He selleth him for silver who fed man with manna.

To-day the Jews have nailed the Lord to the Cross, even him that divided the sea with a rod and guided them in the wilderness. To-day they have pierced with a Spear the side of him that laid stripes upon

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Egypt for their sake, and have given vinegar to drink unto him that showered manna as food for them.

O Lord, drawing nigh unto thy voluntary Passion, thou didst say unto thy Disciples, If but an hour ye cannot watch with me, how do ye promise to die for my sake? Behold how Judas slumbereth not, but hasteneth to betray me to the wicked. Arise and pray, lest any of you deny me when you see me on the Cross. O thou that art long-patient, glory to thee.

Glory. Both now. To the Virgin.

Hail! O God-bearing one, who didst contain within thee him whom the heavens contain not. Hail! O Virgin, thou proclamation of the Prophets, through whom Emmanuel hath shone upon us. Hail! O Mother of Christ our God.

Kathisma. Tone 7.

HAT motive made thee, Judas, the betrayer of the Saviour? Hath he severed thee from the company of the Apostles, deprived thee of the gift of healing, rejected thee from the companionship of the others at the supper table? Hath he refused to wash thy feet when washing those of the rest? How forgetful art thou of numerous

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blessings, and thine ungrateful temper is plainly seen, while his incomparable long-patience and great mercy are proclaimed.

GOSPEL III. FROM S. MATTHEW.

that time, the soldiers that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caia-phas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in and sat with the servants to see the end. Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; but found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, and said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? What is it which these witness against thee? But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in

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the clouds of heaven. Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death. Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him, and others smote him with the palms of their hands, saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ. Who is he that smote thee ? Now Peter sat without in the palace; and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee. But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest. And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth. And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee. Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew. And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.

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Antiphon VII. Tone 8.

HEN thou didst endure, O Lord, to be taken by the wicked, thou spakest thus, Though ye have struck the Sheplverd and dispersed the twelve lambs, my Disciples, yet could I have brought against you more than twelve legions of Angels. But I am long-patient, that the unknown and secret things I have revealed to you through the Prophets may be fulfilled. Glory to thee, O Lord.

Thrice Peter denied thee, and straightway understood what had been told him, and brought tears of repentance to thee. O God, cleanse and save me. Glory. Both now.

To the Virgin.

Let us all sing the holy Virgin as the saving porch and pleasant paradise, and shading cloud of everlasting light, saying unto her, Hail!

Antiphon VIII. Tone 2.

CAY, ye wicked men, What have you heard from our Saviour? Hath he not laid down the teachings of the law and of the Prophets? How can you then purpose to betray to Pilate him that is the Word of God from God, and the Redeemer of our souls?

Let him be crucified, they cried, even they that ever enjoyed thy gifts, and the evil-doer instead of the Well-doer they preferred to have, they, the slayers of the righteous. But thou didst keep silence, enduring their harshness, for thou didst will to save us, O thou Lover of mankind.

Glory. Both now. To the Virgin.

Since we have not daring on account of our many sins, do thou, O God-bearing Virgin, pray him that was born of thee, for the Mother's prayer availeth much to procure the Lord's clemency. Despise not, O most pure one, the supplications of sinners, for he that vouchsafed to suffer for us is merciful and powerful to save.

Antiphon IX. Tone 3.

They put down thirty pieces of silver as the price of the Priceless, whom the children of Israel thus valued. Watch and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh weak. Therefore, watch!

They gave me bitter things to eat, and in my thirst they brought me vinegar. But thou, O Lord, raise me, and I will reward them.

Glory. Both now. To the Virgin.

We Gentiles sing thee, O pure God-bearing one, for thou didst bring forth

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Kathisma. Tone 8.

O HOW could Judas, once thy disciple, seek to betray thee? He, supping with thee hypocritically, a traitor himself and unjust, goeth and saith to the priests, What will ye give me, and I will betray unto you him that destroyeth the law and profaneth the sabbath? O long-patient Lord, glory to thee.

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that time, led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment; and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be denied; but that they might eat the passover. Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man? They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee. Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death; that the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die. Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall

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again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews? Jesus answered him., Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me? Pilate answered, Am I a Jew ? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done? Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world : if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now is my kingdom not from hence. Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was 1 born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. Pilate saith unto him, What is truth ? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all. But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews ? Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber. Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, and

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said, Hail, King of the Jews! And they smote him with their hands. Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him; for I find no fault in him. The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; and went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? Knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee? Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above; therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him; but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king

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speaketh against Caesar. When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment-seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour; and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified.

Antiphon X. Tone 6.

HTHOU that clothest thyself with light as with a garment didst stand naked at the judgment-seat, and on the cheek receivedst blows from hands which thou didst make. Yea, the wicked people nailed the Lord of glory to the Cross. Then was the veil of the temple rent in twain, the sun was darkened, unable to behold the outraged God, whom all things fear. Him let us worship. The disciple denied thee, but the thief exclaimed, Remember me, O Lord, in thy kingdom. Glory. Both now. To the Virgin.

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flesh for the sake of thy servants, that with one accord we may glorify thee, O Lover of mankind.

Antiphon XI. Tone 6.

"pOR the good things thou hast wrought, O Christ, unto the Hebrew race, they have condemned thee to crucifixion and given thee vinegar and gall to drink. But render unto them O Lord, according to their works; for they understood not thy condescension.

The Hebrew men, content not with thy betrayal, wagging their heads, came mocking and reviling thee. But render unto them, O Lord, according to their works; for in vain they strove against thee.

Neither the quaking earth nor the rent rocks convinced the Jews, neither the torn temple veil, nor the rising of the dead. But render unto them, O Lord, according to their works; for in vain they strove against thee.

Glory. Both now. To the Virgin.

From thee, O God-bearing Virgin, we have been made to know the God incarnate, thou only pure and only blessed one. Therefore unceasingly we sing and magnify thee.

Antiphon XII. Tone 8.

US saith the Lord to the Jews, My people, what have I done unto thee, or

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in what have I hindered thee? I gave sight to thy blind, I cleansed thy lepers, I restored the paralytic. My people, what have I done unto thee, and what hast thou done in return for me? For manna, thou hast returned hyssop; for water, vinegar; for my love thou hast nailed me to the Cross. But no longer will I withhold myself from others: I will call the Gentiles mine, and these shall glorify me, with the Father and the Spirit, and I will give to them eternal life.

To-day the veil of the temple is rent in twain to the exposure of the wicked, and the sun hideth his rays, beholding the Lord crucified.

Ye lawgivers of Israel, ye Jews and Pharisees, the company of the Apostles crieth unto you, Behold the Temple that ye have destroyed, behold the Lamb that ye have crucified and committed to the tomb; but he shall arise of his own will. Be not misled, ye Jews; for this is he that saved you in the sea and fed you in the wilderness: he is the Life and the Light, and the Peace of all the world.

Glory. Both now. To the Virgin.

Hail! O thou gate of the King of glory, through which the Most High alone hath passed, and afterwards left sealed to the salvation of our souls.

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Kathisvia. Tone 8.

C GOD, when thou didst stand before ^"^ Caiaphas, and thou, the Judge, didst submit thyself to Pilate, then did the heavenly Powers quake with fear, yea, when moreover thou didst ascend the tree between two thieves, and thou, the Sinless One, wast counted among transgressors in order to save man. O most meek Lord, glory to thee.

GOSPEL V. FROM S. MATTHEW.

that time, Judas, seeing that Jesus was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? See thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the Prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces

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of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me. And Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest. And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly. Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ? For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. When he was set down on the judgment-seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man; for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They

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said, Barabbas. Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified. And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it. Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. Then released he Barabbas unto them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon

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by name: him they compelled to bear his Cross.

Antiphon XIII. Tone 6.

HPHE Jewish assembly desired Pilate to crucify thee, O Lord, and though they found no accusation against thee, they freed the criminal Barabbas and condemned thee, the Just One, thereby inheriting the charge of bloodguiltiness. But give them, O Lord, their reward; for in vain they strove against thee.

Him before whom all things fear and tremble, and whom all tongues sing, even Christ, the Power of God and the Wisdom of God, him do the priests smite upon the cheek and offer vinegar to drink. Yet all these things thou didst vouchsafe to suffer, desiring to save us from our transgressions by thine own Blood, O Lover of mankind.

Glory. Both now. To the Virgin.

O God-bearing one, who by word didst above word bring forth thine own Creator, beseech the same to save our souls.

Antiphon XIV. Tone 8.

LORD, who didst accept as thy companion the thief that had denied his hands in blood, do thou likewise number us

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with him, for thou art good and lovest mankind.

Few were the words spoken by the thief upon the cross, yet great was found his faith, and in an instant was he saved, entering first the opened gates of Paradise. Thou that didst accept his repentance, O Lord, glory to thee.

Glory. Both now. To the Virgin.

Hail! thou that through the Angel didst receive the world's joy. Hail! thou that didst bring forth thy Creator and Lord. Hail! thou that wast counted worthy to become the Mother of Christ our God.

Antiphon XV. Tone 6.

'"FO-DAY is suspended on the tree he that suspendeth the earth upon the waters, thrice. He that is the King of Angels is crowned with thorns. He that covereth the heavens with clouds is covered with derisive purple. He that freed Adam in the Jordan is buffeted. The Bridegroom of the Church is pierced with nails. The Son of the Virgin is wounded with a spear. We bow down, O Christ, to thy Passion, thrice. Let us also see thy glorious Resurrection.

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filement, and in sincerity pray to him, Arise, O Lord, save us as the Lover of mankind. Thy Cross, O Lord, is life and resurrection to thy people, and, trusting in the same, we sing thee, O our crucified God. Have mercy upon us. Glory. Both now.

To the Virgin.

Beholding thee hanging on the Cross, O Christ, she that brought thee forth exclaimed, What is the strange mystery I behold, my Son? How dost thou die upon the tree, with thy flesh fixed thereupon, O thou Bestower of life?

Kathisma. Tone 4.

'"PHOU hast redeemed us from the curse of the law by thy precious Blood: being nailed to the Cross and wounded with the lance, thou hast shed immortality upon men. O our Saviour, glory to thee.

GOSPEL VI. FROM S. MARK.

that time, the soldiers led Jesus away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band. And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head, and began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews! And they smote him on

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the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him. And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him. And they compel one Simon, a Cyrenian, who passed b), coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his Cross. And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull. And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh; but he received it not. And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. And the superscription of his accusation was written over, The King of the Jews. And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left. And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors. And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah,. thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself, and come down from the Cross. Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save. Let Christ the King of Israel

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descend now from the Cross,_r that we may see and believe in him.

Then we sing the Beatitudes in Tone 4.

TN thy kingdom remember us, O Lord, when

thou comest in thy kingdom.

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Through the tree Adam became an exile from Paradise. Through the tree of the Cross the thief became an inhabitant thereof. For the one, having tasted, transgressed the commandment of his Maker; but the other, being crucified, confessed his hidden God. Remember us also, O Saviour, in thy kingdom.

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

The wicked have bought the Maker of the law of his disciple, and placed him as a malefactor at the judgment - seat of Pilate, crying, Crucify him, even him that gave them manna in the wilderness. But we, imitating the righteous thief, cry out in faith, Remember us also, O Saviour, in thy kingdom.

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Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

The assembly of God-slayers, even the wicked nation of the Jews, cried madly unto Pilate, saying, Crucify him, even the innocent Christ, and give us rather Barabbas. But we lift up unto him the voice of the right-judging thief. Remember us also, O Saviour, in thy kingdom.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Thy life-giving side, as a fountain springing out of Eden, watereth that reasonable Paradise, which is thy Church, O Christ, and branching off in her into four rivers, the four Gospels, nourisheth the world, maketh all creation joyful, and teacheth the nations faithfully to worship thy kingdom.

Blessed are the peace-makers, for they shall be called the children of God.

Thou wast crucified for me that thou mightest send forth forgiveness unto me. Thou wast pierced in the side that thou mightest spring forth unto me streams of life. Thou wast affixed with nails that I, by the depth of thy Passion being convinced of the height of thy power, might cry unto thee, O life-giving Christ, Glory to thy Cross, O Saviour, and to thy Passion.

Blessed are they which are persecuted for

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righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

When thou wast crucified, O Christ, all creation beholding trembled, the foundations of the earth shook with fear of thy power, the luminaries became darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent, the mountains groaned, and the rocks were rent, while the believing thief crieth unto thee with us, O Saviour, Remember me.

Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake.

Upon the Cross, O Lord, thou didst tear up the bond of our sins, and, numbered among the dead, thou didst bind the tyrant of them there, delivering all by thy Resurrection from the bonds of death, through which we are enlightened, O man-loving Lord, and cry unto thee, Remember us also, O Saviour, in thy kingdom.

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad, for great is your reward in heaven.

Thou that wast lifted on the Cross, and didst annul the might of death, and didst, O Lord, as God, blot out the handwriting against us; vouchsafe, O Christ our God, thou only Lover of mankind, the repentance of the thief to us who worship thee in faith,

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and cry to thee, Remember us also in thy kingdom. Glory.

Ye faithful, let us with one accord pray worthily to glorify the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, the divine Unity existing in three Persons, abiding unconfounded, Oneness undivided and unapproachable, by whom we are delivered from the fiery punishment. Both now. To the Virgin.

Thy Mother, O Christ, who without seed brought thee forth in flesh, and after bringing forth truly remained an undefiled Virgin, the same we bring unto thee as mediatress, O most merciful Master, that we at all times may gain forgiveness of our iniquities, even us who cry, Remember us also, O Saviour, in thy kingdom.

Prokimenon. Tone 4. EY parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. Verse. O God, my God, attend unto me: why hast thou forsaken me?

GOSPEL VII. FROM S. MATTHEW. T that time, when the soldiers were

come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, A place of a skull, they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall; and when he had tasted thereof,

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he would not drink. And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots; that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the Prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. And sitting down they watched him there; and set up over his head his accusation written, This is Jesus the King of the Jews. Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left. And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the Cross. Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the Cross, and we will believe him. He trusted in God: let him deliver him now, if he will have him; for he said, I am the Son of God. The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth. Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Some of them that stood

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there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for .Elias. And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him. Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the eaith did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his Resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

Then the Reader intoneth Psalm 50 (51). And after this the Priest readeth

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that time were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death. And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.

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Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment and cast lots. And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God. And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar, and saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself. And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, This is the King of the Jews. And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds, but this man hath done nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said,

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Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. And having said thus, he gave up the ghost. Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man. And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned. And all his aquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.

And straightway we sing the following Triode, of which the Acrostich is,

IIpocrapPaTOV ts, or, in English,

Ere the Sabbath, A Work of the Master Cosmas.

Ode V. Tone 6. Irrnos. pARLY at morn I come to thee, O Word of God, to thee that for thy pity's sake didst without change empty thyself, and, without passion, submit thyself to passion. O Lover of mankind, grant peace to me, a fallen one.

Refrain. Glory to thee, our God, glory to thee.

Rewashed our feet, and cleansed ourselves again by the communion of thy divine Sacrament, O Christ, we thy servants accompany thee from Sion to the great mount of Olivet, hymning thee, O Lover of mankind.

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Glory. Both now.

Exclaimedst thou, Look ye, my friends, but have no fear. For now the hour is nigh, in which I must be taken and slain by wicked hands. Disperse ye all and leave me, until 1 reassemble you to preach me, the Lover of mankind.

Then again the Irmos, Early at morn I come ....

Condakion. Tone 8.

COME ye all, and let us sing him that was crucified for us; for Mary beheld him on the tree, and said,

Though thou dost endure the Cross, thou

art my Son and God.

Icos. (S/anza.)

gentle Mary, beholding her own Lamb dragged to the slaughter, with other women following, lamenting cried, Whither goest thou, my Child? In whose favour makest thou such haste? There is not again a marriage in Cana, thither now to speed that thou mayest make them water into wine. Shall I go with thee, Child, or shall I wait for thee? O Word, give me one word and pass me not in silence by, thou that hast kept me pure; for thou art my Son and God.

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Ode VIII. Irtnos.

'T'HE divine Children despised the monument of an evil divinity, but the haughty lawless Sanhedrim counselleth vain things against Christ, and seeketh to slay him that holdeth their life in his hands. Him doth all Creation bless, glorifying him to ages.

Have now sleep shaken from your eyelids, saidst thou, O Christ, to the Disciples. Keep watch in prayer, lest ye perish in temptation; and thou, O Simon, above all; for to the stronger cometh the greater trial. Mark thou me, O Peter, whom doth all creation bless, glorifying me to ages.

Exclaimed Peter, Not one profane word will I let fall from my lips, O Master. With thee will I gladly die, even though all forsake thee; for neither flesh nor blood, but thine own Father hath revealed thee to me, whom doth all creation bless, glorifying thee to ages.

Spake the Lord, O man, in nowise hast thou penetrated the depth of the divine wisdom and knowledge, neither dost thou apprehend the unfathomableness of my judgment. Being flesh, boast not; for thrice thou wilt deny me, whom doth all creation bless, glorifying me to ages.

As soon as it is asked, thou wilt deny,

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O Simon Peter, him in whom thou dost believe, and a certain maid coming to thee will frighten thee, said the Lord; and bitterly wilt thou weep, although thou hast me very-gracious, whom doth all creation bless, glorifying me to ages.

Let us praise, let us bless, let us worship the Lord, singing unto him and setting him up for ever.

And again the Irmos, The divine children despised ....

Ode IX. Irmos.

jDEING more honourable than the Cherubim, and incomparably more glorious than the Seraphim, who didst bear without corruption God the Word, thee, verily the God-bearing one, we magnify.

Bestood thee, O Christ, the pernicious band of wicked God-slayers, and thee, the Creator of all things, they wounded as unjust, even thee whom we magnify.

As a sheep they wounded thee, O Lord of all things, they, the impious, knowing not the law, and vainly studying the Prophets' words, and they unjustly sacrificed thee, thee whom we magnify.

The priests and scribes bade the heathen take away the life that was betrayed, smit-

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ing, of their wicked envy, him that is by nature Giver of life, him whom we magnify.

How many dogs came about thee, Lord, smiting thee on the cheek, and cursing thee, and falsely witnessing against thee. But thou enduredst all things, and savest all men.

And again the Irmos, Being more honourable ....

Exapostilarion. Tone 3.

HTO-DAY, O Lord, thou didst make the thief worthy of Paradise; and by the tree of the Cross, enlighten thou me also and save me, thrice.

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that time, there stood by the Cross of Jesus his Mother, and his Mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw his Mother, and the Disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his Mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the Disciple, Behold thy Mother! And from that hour that Disciple took her unto his own home. After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar; and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and

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put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished. And he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (Tor that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs; but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came thereout blood and water. And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true; and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.

Then the Psalms of Praise with Stichera in Tone 3.

WO wicked deeds hast thou wrought, my first-born son, Israel. Thou hast forsaken me, the Fountain of living

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water, and dug unto thyself a well of destruction. Thou hast crucified me upon a tree, and hast asked for Barabbas and set him free. The heaven was awed thereat, and the sun hid his beams; yet thou, O Israel, wast not ashamed, but gave me over to death. Forgive them, holy Father, for they know not what they do.

"PVERY member of thy holy flesh suffered dishonour for us: thy head, the thorns; thy face, the spittings; thy cheeks, the buffets; thy lips, the vinegar mixed with gall; thine ears, the scoffing blasphemies; thy shoulders, blows; thy hand, the reed; thy whole body, distension on the Cross; thy limbs, the nails; thy side, the spear. O thou almighty Saviour, who didst both suffer for us and deliver us from passions, descend to us in loving-kindness, and, raising us up, have mercy upon us.

"YX7HEN thou wast crucified, O Christ, all creation, beholding, feared, and the ends of the earth were moved with awe at thy might; for by thy lifting up to-day the Hebrew race was cast down. The veil of the temple was rent in twain; the tombs were opened; the centurion, seeing the marvel, trembled; while thy Mother, standing by maternally lamenting, cried, How should

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I not grieve and my heart not melt when I behold thee naked, and hanging condemned upon a tree. O thou that wast crucified and wast buried, and didst rise from the dead, Lord, glory to thee.

Glory. Tone 6.

'"THEY stripped me of my garments, and put upon me a purple robe; they put upon my head a crown of thorns, and in my right hand they placed a reed, that I might dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Both now.

HTHEY gave my back to the scourges, and my face lacked not the spittings. I stood at Pilate's judgment-seat and endured the Cross, for the salvation of the world.

GOSPEL X. FROM S. MARK.

that time, there came Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the Body of Jesus. And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead; and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the Body to Joseph. And he bought fine linen and took him down, and wrapped

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him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre. And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.

Then,

To thee is due glory, O Lord our God, and to thee we ascribe glory ....

And the Doxology.

Glory to God in the highest .... Vide page 105.

Then the Ectenia,

Let us accomplish our morning prayer.... And the rest. Vide page 12.

GOSPEL XI. FROM S. JOHN.

that time, Joseph of Arimathsea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the Body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the Body of Jesus. And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. Then took they the Body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to

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bury. Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus.

And we sing the Stichera with Verses,

Tone 1.

&LL creation was changed with fear, seeing thee, O Christ, hanging on the Cross. The sun was darkened, and the foundations of the earth were shaken. All things suffered with their Creator. O thou that willingly endured for us, Lord, glory to thee.

Verse. They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.

Tone 2.

IMPIOUS and lawless people, why have ye imagined vain things? Why have ye condemned the Life of all things unto death ? O great wonder! The world's Creator is delivered into the hands of sinners, and the Lover of mankind is lifted up upon a tree, that he may deliver them that are bound in hades, and these exclaim, O long-patient Lord, glory to thee.

Verse. They gave me bitter things to eat,

and in my thirst they brought me vinegar.

'"FO-DAY the blameless Virgin, beholding

thee, O steadfast Word, upon the Cross,

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with motherly lamenting pity moaned bitterly in heart, and, groaning grievously in depth of soul, stood with dishevelled hair, and beat her breast, and wailing cried, Alas! my Son divine. Alas! Light of the world. Why fadeth from mine eyes the Lamb of God? Wherefore the bodiless Hosts, constrained with fear, exclaimed, O Lord incomprehensible, glory to thee.

Verse. God is our King of old, who hath wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.

CEEING thee hanging on the tree, O Christ, thee, the Creator and God of all things, she that without seed bore thee cried bitterly, My Son, where is the beauty of thy form? I cannot bear to look on thee unjustly crucified. Then hasten to arise, that I may see thy third day Resurrection from the dead. Glory.

Tone 8.

LORD, when thou wast raised on the Cross, trembling and fear fell on creation. Yet thou forbadest earth to swallow them that crucified thee, but gavest thyself to hades to send up its prisoners, and to give new birth to mortals. O Judge of quick and dead, thou earnest to bestow not death but life. Glory to thee, O Lover of mankind. Both now.

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ALREADY the pen of the sentence is being wetted by the unjust judges, and Jesus is sentenced and condemned to death on the Cross. And creation suffereth, beholding the Lord on the tree. O thou good Lord, who sufferest for me in thy flesh, glory to thee.

GOSPEL XII. FROM S. MATTHEW.

the morrow that followeth the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first. Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.

Then, TT is a good thing to give thanks unto the

Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High.

Trisagion. O most holy Trinity ....

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Our Father... And the Troparion. Tone 4.

&HOU hast redeemed us from the curse of the law by thy precious Blood. Having been nailed to the Cross and pierced by the spear, thou hast shed immortality on men. O our Saviour, glory to thee.

Then, the Great Ectenia.

Have mercy upon us, O God .... And the rest. Vide page 10.

And the Dismissal.

"JUTE that spittings, and blows, and revilings, the Cross and death endured for the salvation of the world, Christ our true God ....

And the Choir singeth the Many years.

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About the Second Hour of the Day, the Priest having vested and given the blessing, we say the usual Prayers, O heavenly King .... Trisagion. O most holy Trinity .... Our Father .... For thine is .... Lord, have mercy, twelve times. Glory. Both now.

THE FIRST HOUR. O come, let us worship .... thrice. Psalms 5, 2, and 21 (22).

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Glory. Both now. Alleluia, thrice. Lord, have mercy, thrice.

Glory. Troparion. Tone i.

thou wast crucified, O Christ, then didst thou overcome the tyrant and destroy the power of the enemy. For it was not an Angel nor a man, but the Lord himself that saved us. Glory to thee, O Lord. Both now. To the Virgin.

What shall we call thee___ Vide page 108.

Then we sing the following Stichera in Tone 8.

First Choir. To - day the veil of the temple .... Vide page 307.

The Second Choir repeateth the same.

First Choir. Verse. Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things.

O Christ the King, thou didst come as a sheep to the slaughter, and as a blameless lamb thou wast nailed on the Cross by wicked men for our sins, O Lover of mankind.

Second Choir. Verse. The kings of the earth set themselves, and the princes were gathered together against him.

O Christ the King, thou didst come ....

First Choir. Glory. When thou didst endure .... Vide page 300.

Second Choir. Both now. When thou didst endure ....

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Proktmenon. Tone 4.

"LJE was brought out, and they spake against him. Verse. Blessed is he that consi-dereth the poor and needy. The Lection from the Prophecy of Zacharias.

Thus saith the Lord, I took .... ending, into the treasury, as the Lord commanded me. Chap. xi. 10—13.

The Lection from the Epistle of Paul to the Galatians.

Brethren! God forbid that I should glory.... ending, be with your spirit. Amen. Chap. vi. 14—18.

The Lection from the holy Evangelist Matthew.

At that time, when morning was come .... ending, the mother of the sons of Zebedee. Chap, xxvii. 1—56.

And straightway,

Order my steps .... Vide page 109. After the Our Father, Condakion. O come ye all, and let us sing .... Vide page 323. Lord, have mercy, forty times.

The Prayer.

Thou that in all times .... Vide page 76. Lord, have mercy, thrice. The more honourable than the Cherubim....

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In the name of the Lord, father, give the blessing.

Priest. God be merciful unto us ....

And the concluding Prayer of the First Hour.

Christ the true Light .... Vide page in.

THE THIRD HOUR.

O come, let us worship .... thrice. Psalms 34 (35), 108 (109), and 50 (51). Glory. Both now. Alleluia, thrice. Lord, have mercy, thrice.

Glory. Troparion. Tone 6.

LORD, the Jews have condemned thee, the Life of all things, unto death. They that by a rod passed through the Red Sea have nailed thee to the Cross. They that drew honey out of the rock have offered gall unto thee. But thou didst willingly endure all things to deliver us from the thrall of the enemy. O Christ our God, glory to thee. Both now. To the Virgin.

O Mother of God, thou art the true vine.... Vide page 113.

Then we sing the Stichera in Tone 8. First Choir. Through fear of the Jews thy friend and comrade Peter denied thee, O Lord; but, repenting, he lamenting said,

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Despise not my tears, O Pitiful One, though I said I would keep the faith and have not kept it. Accept our penitence also, and have mercy upon us.

The Second Choir repeateth the same.

First Choir. Verse. Consider my words, O Lord, give ear unto my crying.

O Lord, when the soldiers mocked before thine honourable Cross, then were the hosts of Spirits awed; for a crown of outrage was on thine head who dost vivify the earth, and a vesture of scorn covered thee who coverest the heavens with clouds. But such was thy dispensation to reveal thy love. O Christ most merciful, glory to thee.

Second Choir. Verse. Hearken unto the voice of my prayer, my King and my God.

O Lord, when the soldiers ....

First Choir. Glory. O Lord, when thou wast extended on the Cross, thou spakest thus, What have I done that ye desire to crucify me, ye Jews? I made your paralytic whole, I raised your dead to life, I stayed the issue of blood, I had mercy on the Canaanite. What have I done that ye desire to slay me, O ye Jews? But ye shall look upon him whom now ye pierce, O ye transgressors.

Second Choir. Both now. O Lord, when thou wast extended ....

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Prokimenon. Tone 4.

TpOR I am ready for scourges, and my grief is continually before me. Verse. O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

The Lection from the Prophecy of Esaias.

The Lord hath given me .... ending, He down in sorrow. Chap. L. 4—11.

The Lection from the Epistle of Paul to the Romans.

Brethren! When we were yet without strength .... ending, we shall be saved by his life. Chap. v. 6—10.

The Lection from the holy Evangelist Mark.

At that time the soldiers .... ending, which came up with him unto Jerusalem. Chap. xv. 16—41.

And straightway,

Blessed be the Lord God----- Vide page 113.

After the Our Father, Condakion.

O come ye all .... Vide page 323.

And the rest, concluding with the Prayer, Master, God, Father almighty .... Vide page 115.

THE SIXTH HOUR.

O come, let us worship .... thrice. Psalms 53 (54), 139 (140), and 90 (91).

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Glory. Both now. Alleluia, thrice. Lord, have mercy, thrice.

Glory. Troparion. Tone 2. nTHOU hast perfected salvation in the midst of the earth, O Christ our God, thou hast stretched out thy most pure hands upon the Cross, gathering together all nations, who cry unto thee, Glory to thee, O Lord. Both now. To the Virgin.

As we have not daring. Vide page 67.

Then we sing the Stichera in Tone 8.

First Choir Thus saith the Lord to the Jews .... Vide page 306.

The Second Choir repeaieth the same.

First Choir. Verse. They gave me bitter things to eat, and in my thirst they brought me vinegar.

Ye lawgivers of Israel .... Vide page 307.

Second Choir. Verse. Save me, O God, for the waters are come in, even unto my soul.

Ye lawgivers of Israel ....

First Choir. Glory. Come, ye Christ-bearing people, and let us note what Judas the betrayer and the wicked priests have plotted together against our Saviour. To-day they have wrought that death should hold the immortal Word, whom they betrayed to Pilate, and have crucified. But suffering thus, our Saviour spake and said, Forgive them

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this sin, O Father, so may the gentiles know my Resurrection from the dead.

Second Choir. Both now. Come, ye Christ-bearing people ....

Prokimenon. Tone 4.

f~ LORD, our Lord, how wonderful is thy name in all the earth. Verse. For thy greatness is exalted above the heavens. The Lection from the Prophecy of Esaias.

Thus saith the Lord, Behold my servant.... ending, hath an husband. Chap. lii. 13— liii. 1.

The Lection from the Epistle of Paul to the Hebrews.

Brethren! He that sanctifieth .... ending, succour them that are tempted. Chap. 11. 11—18.

The Lection from the holy Evangelist Luke.

At that time, there were also two other----

ending, seeing these things. Chap. xxm.

32—49-

And straightway,

Let thy compassions soon overtake us .... Vide page 116.

After the Our Father, Condakion. O come ye all .... Vide page 323. And the rest, concluding with the Prayer, O God and Lord of hosts .... Vide page 118,

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THE NINTH HOUR.

O come, let us worship .... thrice. Psalms 68 (69), 69 (70), and 85 (86). Glory. Both now. Alleluia, thrice. Lord, have mercy, thrice}

Glory. Troparion. Tone 8. The thief, seeing the Prince .... Vide page 122.

To the Virgin.

Thou that for our sakes .... Vide page 120. Then we sing the Stichera in Tone 7.

First Choir. There was wonder to behold the Maker of heaven hanging on the Cross. The sun was darkened and the day turned back to night, and earth sent up the dead bodies from the graves. With these we worship thee. Save us, O Lord.

The Second Choir repeateth the same.

First Choir. Verse. They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. Tone 2.

When the transgressors nailed thee, the Lord of glory, to the Cross, then saidest thou to them, Wherein have I grieved you? and how have I angered you? Before me, who delivered you from affliction? And now, how have ye rewarded me ? For good, ye have rendered evil; for the pillar of fire, ye

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have nailed me to a cross; for the cloud, ye have digged a grave for me; for manna, ye have offered me gall; for water, given me vinegar to drink. Henceforth I call the gentiles, and these shall glorify me, with the Father and the Holy Ghost.

Second Choir. Verse. They gave me bitter things to eat, and in my thirst they brought me vinegar. When the transgressors ....

Glory. Both now.

The following is read in a loud voice and with all reverence by the Reader in the middle of the Church, and then sung in verses by both Choirs.

To-day is suspended .... Vide page 312.

Prokimenon. Tone 6.

HTHE fool hath said in= his heart, There is no God. Verse. There is none that doeth good, no, not one.

The Lection from the Prophecy ofjeremias.

O Lord, thou hast given .... ending, every man to his land. Chap. xi. 18—xn. 15.

The Lection from the Epistle of Paul to the Hebrews.

Brethren! Having boldness .... ending, into the hands of the living God. Chap. x.

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The Lection from the holy Evangelist John.

At that time they lead Jesus .... ending, him whom they pierced. Chap. xvni. 28— xix. 37.

And straightway,

O cast us not away at the last .... Vide page 121.

After the Our Father, Condakion.

O come ye all .... Vide page 323.

And the rest, concluding with the Prayer, Master, Lord Jesus Christ .... Vide page 122.

Then we begin to sing the Beatitudes, loudly and in sweet melody.

In thy kingdom remember us, O Lord ....

And the rest, as written in the Typica, singing the Condakion,

O come, ye all .... in the proper place thereof.

And, in conclusion, the Dismissal of the Hours.

AT VESPERS ON HOLY AND GREAT FRIDAY.

About the Tenth Hour of the Day the bells are rung for Vespers, which, after the Priest's blessing, we begin to sing as customarily. And with the Lord, I have cried we sing the following Siichera in Tone 1.

AT VESPERS ON HOLY FRIDAY.

All creation was changed .... O impious and lawless people .... To-day the blameless Virgin .... Seeing thee hanging on the .... Vide 331, ei seq.

Tone 6.

HTO-DAY the Lord of creation standeth before Pilate, and the Creater of all things is betrayed to the Cross, as a lamb going thereunto of his own will. He that showered manna is affixed with nails, his side is pierced, and with a sponge his lips are touched. The Redeemer of the world is smitten on the cheek, and the Maker of all things by his own servants is chastised. O the loving-kindness of the Lord! For for them that crucified him he invoked his Father, saying, Forgive them this sin, for the transgressors know not what they do. Glory.

"LJOW hath the lawless Synagogue adjudged creation's King to death, respecting not the benefits he before bestowed on them, of which reminding them, he said, My people, what have I done to you? Have I not filled with wonders Juda's land ? Have I not raised the dead by word alone? Have I not healed weakness and disease ? What then have ye given in return to me? And why are ye unmindful of me ? Instead of healings ye

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have given me stripes; instead of life, to die; upon a tree have hanged me, Well-doer, as evil-doer; as lawless, me, Lawgiver; as condemned, me, King of all. O long-patient Lord, glory to thee. Both now.

FEARFUL and strange mystery hath appeared wrought to-day. The Invisible is held. Adam's Deliverer from the curse is bound. He that trieth the hearts and reins is tried. He that shutteth the depths is shut in prison. He standeth before Pilate before whom stand with fear the Hosts of heaven. The Creator is smitten by hands he made. The Judge of quick and dead is sentenced to a tree. He that destroyeth hades is closed in a grave. Thou that endurest all things lovingly, and savest all men from the curse, glory to thee, forbearing Lord.

Then the Tranquil Light .... Vide page 8. And straightway the Lections.

ProMmenon. Tone 4.

HPHEY parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. Verse. O God, my God, make haste unto me, why hast thou forsaken me?

The Lection from Exodus. And the Lord spake unto Moses .... ending, but my face I will not shew unto thee. Chap. xxxm. 11—23.

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Prokimenon. Tone 4.

"DLEAD thou my cause, O Lord, against them that strive against me. Verse. They rendered unto me evil for good.

The Lection from Job.

The Lord blessed .... Chap. xlii. 12, ad fin.

The Lection from the Prophecy of Esaias, with its Prokimenon. As in the Sixth Hour. Vide page 341.

Prokimenon. Tone 6.

'""THEY laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, and in the shadow of death. Verse. O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.

The Lection from the First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians.

Brethren! The preaching of the Cross .... ending, and him crucified. Chap. 1. 18—11. 2.

Alleluia. Tone 5.

CAVE me, O God, for the waters are come in, even unto my soul. Verse. They gave me bitter things to eat, and in my thirst they brought me vinegar. Verse. Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see.

The Lection from the holy Evangelists, Matthew, Luke, and John.

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At that time all the chief priests .... to, and another on the left. Matt. xxvn. i—38. And one of the malefactors . . . . to, To-day shall thou be with me in paradise. Luke xxiii. 39—43. And they that passed by .... to, Truly this was the Son of God.

Matt, xxvii. 39—54. The Jews therefore___

to, They shall look on him whom they pierced. John xix. 31—37. And many women were there . ... to, sitting over against the sepulchre. Matt, xxvii. 55—61.

Then the Great Eclenia. Vide page 10.

The Prayer, Vouchsafe, O Lord .... Vide page 11.

« And the Ectenia of Supplication. Vide page 12. And, after this,

The Stichera with Verses. Tone 2.

CHRIST, the Life of all things, when the Arimathaean took thee dead from off the tree, he laid thee out in myrrh, and with loving heart and hands made haste to wrap thy precious Body in fine linen, and, though cast down with fear, rejoicing cried, Glory to thy condescension, O Lover of mankind.

Verse. The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty.

HEN thou, Redeemer of all, wast, for the sake of all, laid in a new sepulchre,

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hades, that scorneth all things, saw and feared. Its bars were shattered and its gates were crushed. The tombs were opened and the dead arose. Then Adam, giving thanks, rejoicing cried, Glory to thy condescension, O Lover of mankind.

Verse. For he hath made the whole world so sure that it cannot be moved.

A17HEN thou, O Christ, who art in essence God, didst in thy Body will to be closed in a grave, being thyself uncircumscribed and limitless, then didst thou close the abodes of hades and of death, and empty all their kingdom, and then didst also grant this thy bright, glorious, and divinely blessed Sabbath Day.

Verse. Holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, unto length of days.

"17HEN the heavenly Hosts saw thee, O Christ, falsely accused hy roaming sinners, and the stone sealed hy hands that pierced thy precious side, they trembled at thine unspeakable long-patience; yet, for our salvation, they rejoiced and cried, Glory to thy condescension, O Lover of mankind.

Glory. Both now. Tone 5. "THEE that coverest thyself with light as with a garment, thee, Joseph and Nico-demus take down from the tree, and, seeing

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thee dead, naked and unburied, receive thee with loving tears, and, deeply sighing, say, Alas, alas, sweet Jesus! Yet but a little while ago the sun, seeing thee hanging on the Cross was cast about with darkness, the earth with fear was moved, and the temple's veil was rent. And, lo! now I see thee of thine own will subject to death for me. How shall I bury thee, my God? In what linen fold thee? With what hands touch thy precious Body? What hymn sing at thy burial, O divine Love? I magnify thy Passion, I hymn thy Grave and Resurrection, and I cry, Glory to thee, O Lord.

After the Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart .... Trisagion, and the rest, the following Troparia in Tone 2.

E honourable Joseph, taking down thy most pure Body from the tree, wrapped it in pure fine linen with

sweet spices, and placed it and closed it in a

new sepulchre.

Angel, appearing before the myrrh-bearing women at the sepulchre, cried, Myrrh is fitting for the dead, but Christ hath appeared free from corruption.

And the Dismissal.

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About the Seventh Hour the bells are rung for Matins. And after the Six Psalms we sing the The Lord is God to Tone 2.

Then the following Troparia to the same Tone.

The honourable Joseph---- Vide page 350.

Glory.

''HEN thou, the Living, the Immortal, didst condescend unto death, then didst thou slay hades by the light of thy Godhead. And when thou didst raise the dead from the lowermost parts of the earth, all the heavenly Hosts cried, O Christ, Giver of life, our God, glory to thee. Both now. The Angel, appearing .... Vide page 350.

Then they sing the Seventeenth Kathism of the Psalter, on this wise:

Stasis 1.

BLESSED art thou, O Lord, O teach me thy statutes.

Blessed are they that are undefiled in the way, that walk in the law of the Lord.

Thou, O Christ, that art the life, art placed in a grave, and angel Hosts, awe-stricken, glorify thy condescension.

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Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

O Life, how dost thou die and dwell in a grave, whilst thou destroyest the kingdom of death and raisest the dead from hades?

They that do no wickedness walk in his ways.

We magnify thee, O Jesus the King, and reverence thy Burial and thy Passion, by which thou hast saved us from corruption.

Thou hast charged that we shall diligently keep thy commandments.

Within a narrow sepulchre art thou to-day laid, O Jesus, the King of all, who hast the limits of the earth itself appointed, and dost raise up the dead. Glory.

We hymn thee, O Word and God of all things, with the Father and thy Holy Spirit, and glorify thy divine sepulture. Both now.

We bless thee, pure Mother of God, and faithfully reverence the three days' burial of thy Son and our God.

Then the Little Ectenia, with the Exclamation, For blessed is thy name, and glorified is thy kingdom, of the Father ....

Stasis 2.

TT is meet to magnify thee, O Giver of life,

who, with hands extended on the Cross,

deliverest us from the power of the adversary.

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Thy hands have made me and fashioned me. O give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

It is meet to magnify thee, O Creator of all things; for, by thy Passion, we are delivered from passions, and are saved from corruption.

They that fear thee will be glad when they see me, because I have put my trust in thy word.

The earth trembled, and the sun, O Saviour, hid himself, whilst thou, O Christ, ever-shining Light, disappeared, according to the body, in the grave.

I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou of very faithfulness hast caused me to be troubled.

Thou hast slept, O Christ, within the grave the sleep natural for a living being, and hast raised the race of man from the heavy sleep of sin.

Glory.

O unbeginning God, co-eternal Word, and Holy Spirit, strengthen the sceptres of right-believing Princes against enemies; for thou art good.            Both now.

Thou that didst bear the very Life, most spotless and pure Virgin; stay in the churches all causes of offence, and grant us peace; for thou art good.

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Then again the Little Edenia, with the Exclamation, For holy art thou, our God, and thou restest on a throne of glory of the Cherubim, and to thee we ascribe glory, with thine unbeginning Father, and thy most holy, and good, and life-creating Spirit, now ....

Stasis 3.

1TQ thy burial, O my Christ, all nations bring their songs.

Look upon me, and have mercy upon me, according to the judgment of them that love thy name.

The Arimathaean took thee from the tree, and having wrapped thee in a winding-sheet, buried thee in a grave.

Order my steps in thy word, and so shall no wickedness have dominion over me.

The myrrh-bearing women came, O my Christ, wisely bringing to thee the myrrh.

O deliver me from the wrongful dealings of men, and so shall I keep thy commandments.

O come, all creatures, and let us bring to the Creator the funeral songs. Glory.

O Trinity, my God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, have mercy on the world. Both now.

Vouchsafe, O Virgin, that thy servants may see the Resurrection of thy Son.

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And again the Little Ectenia, with the Exclamation, For thou art the King of peace, O Christ our God, and the Redeemer of our souls, and to thee we ascribe glory, with thine unbeginning Father, and thy most holy, and good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever ....

And straightway the following Troparia in Tone 5.

Blessed art thou, O Lord: O teach me thy statutes.

The assembly of Angels were amazed.... And the rest. Vide page 25.

Then again the Little Edenia, with the Exclamation, For blessed is thy name, and glorified is thy kingdom, of the Father ....

And zve sing the following Kathismal Hymn in Tone 1.

JOSEPH wrapped in pure fine linen and J annointed with divine sweet spices the sacred Body begged from Pilate, and placed it in a new sepulchre, whither coming early, cried the women bearing myrrh, Shew us, as thou before didst say, O Christ, the Resurrection. Glory.

Shew us, as thou before didst say, O Christ, the Resurrection. Both now.

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bosom, laid in a grave as dead. And him in hades with the dead, as Maker and as Lord, their hosts surround and glorify.

Then Psalm 50 (51). And straightway we sing the Canon in Tone 6, the Irmi of which are as followeth,

I. Thee, who of old didst hide the oppressor and persecutor under the waves of the sea, thee, the children of the saved have hidden under the earth. But we, as the maidens, sing unto the Lord; for he hath triumphed gloriously.

III.   Creation, beholding thee hanging on the Cross, thee who dost firmly hang the earth upon the waters, was convulsed with great fear, and cried, There is none holy save thee, O Lord.

IV.    Abbacum, forseeing thy divine exhaustion on the Cross, in terror cried, Thou hast cut short the power of the strong, O Blessed One, by entering into communion with them that are in hades.

V.  O Christ, Esaias beholding the evenless light of thine Epiphany, which mercifully shone unto us, rising early in the night, exclaimed, The dead shall rise, and they that are in the graves shall come to life, and all the earth-born shall rejoice.

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the whale, but not retained; for, bearing thine image who sufferedst and wast buried, he came forth from the monster as from a palace. Yet they that are held down by vanities and falsehoods forget this mercy, and call the guards.

Condakion. Tone 2.

XJE that shutteth up the depths is beheld dead, and swathed with myrrh in fine linen the Immortal is placed as mortal in a tomb. And the women come to anoint him, wailing bitterly and crying, This Sabbath is most blessed, on which Christ sleepeth, and on the third day shall rise again.

VII.   O wondrous miracle! He that delivered the pious Youths in the fiery furnace is laid dead in a grave, and mute for the salvation of us who sing, O God our Redeemer, blessed art thou.

VIII.  O quake with fear, ye heavens, and let the foundations of the earth be moved; for, lo! he that liveth above is numbered with the dead, and in a narrow grave is laid by strangers, whom bless, ye youths, extol, ye priests, ye people, set him up for ever.

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the Lord, singing unto him, and setting him up for ever.

IX. Weep not for me, O Mother, beholding in the grave the Son whom thou didst bear, as Virgin, in thy womb; for I shall arise and be glorified, and, as God, shall ever gloriously raise all them that magnify thee in faith and love.

Then the Little Eclenia, with the Exclamation, For all the Hosts of heaven praise thee, and to thee we ascribe glory, to the Father ....

Then the Exapostilarion. Tone 2.

Holy is the Lord our God, thrice.

And the Psalms of Praise follow, with Stichera in Tone 2.

10-DAY a grave holdeth him whose hands hold all creation, and a stone covereth him whose virtue covereth the heavens. The Life sleepeth, and hades trembleth, and Adam is freed from bonds. Glory to thy dispensation, through which, having accomplished all things, thou hast granted unto us an eternal Sabbath, even thy most holy Resurrection from the dead. "17HAT meaneth this sight we see? what

this present rest? The King of eternity, through suffering, hath accomplished his dispensation, and keepeth sabbath in the grave,

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granting us new sabbath rest. Let us then cry to him, Arise, O God, and judge the earth; for thou reignest for ever, and hast mercy without measure.

let us behold our Life, who lieth in a grave that he may quicken them who lie in graves. Come to-day, and, seeing him of Juda sleeping, let us cry as did the Prophet, Couching down, thou didst sleep as a lion, who shall rouse thee, O King? But arise of thine own will, thou who hast willingly given thyself for us.

Tone 6.

JOSEPH begged the Body of Jesus, and J placed it in his own new sepulchre; for he desired him to come forth from the grave as from a bridal chamber. Thou that hast crushed the power of death, and opened Paradise to men, glory to thee. Glory.

'"THE great Moses mystically foretold this day when saying, And God blessed the seventh day. For this is the blessed Sabbath, this is the day of rest, on which the only-begotten Son of God rested from all his works, according to the dispensation concerning death, and kept sabbath in his flesh, in the which to return again by the Resurrection, and to grant to us eternal life; for

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he alone is good and the Lover of mankind. Both now.

Most blessed art thou, Virgin .... Vide page 39.

And the Great Doxology.

And the Priest, having put on all his vest' ments, entereth with the holy Gospel. And after they have sung the Trisagion, he saith, Let us attend. Peace to all. Wisdom! And we sing the Troparion, The honourable Joseph .... Vide page 350.

And the Troparion of the Prophecy fol-loweth, in Tone 2.

C CHRIST, thou that holdest the utmost borders of the earth, art seen held in a grave, that thou mightest deliver mankind from the depths of hades, and make us immortal, and quicken us, as God immortal.

Prokimenon. Tone 4.

ARISE, O Lord, help us and deliver us, for the glory of thy name. Verse. O God, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have told us the noble works thou didst in their days, and in the old time before them.

The Lection from the Prophecy of Ezekiel. The hand of the Lord .... ending, per-

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formed it, saith the Lord. Chap, xxxvn. 1—14.

Prokimenon. Tone 7.

A RISE, O Lord my God, let thine hand

be lifted up, forget not thy poor at the

last. Verse. I will praise thee, O God, with

my whole heart, I will shew forth all thy

marvellous works.

The Lection from the First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, and from his Epistle to the Galatians.

Brethren! A little leaven leaveneth .... to, sincerity and truth. 1. Cor. v. 6—8. Christ hath redeemed us .... to, through faith. Gal. ni. 13—14.

Alleluia. Tone 5.

T ET God arise, and let his enemies be scattered, and let them that hate him flee from before him. Verse. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away, as wax melteth at the presence of fire. Verse. So let the sinners perish at the presence of God, but let the righteous rejoice.

The Lection from the holy Evangelist Matthew. On the morrow .... ending, the guard being with them. Chap. xxvn. 62—66.

Then the Ectenias, Let us all .... And,

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Let us accomplish our morning prayer .... And the rest, as customary. And the Dismissal.

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About the Ninth Hour of the Day, they ring for Vespers, and the Priest vesteth as customarily. And we begin the Prefatory Psalm, and the Ectenia of Peace followeth. Then we sing the Lord, I have cried in Tonex. And at the place of 8 verses we begin the Stichera.

Sticker a of the Resurrection. Tone 1. ^CCEPT our evening prayers, O holy Lord, and grant us forgiveness of our sins; for thou alone hast made manifest the Resurrection to the world.

'_rO ye round about Sion, O ye people, and encompass her, and in her midst ascribe ye glory for the Resurrection from the dead; for this is our God, who hath delivered us from our transgressions.

COME, ye people, let us praise and worship Christ, and glorify his Resurrection from the dead; for he is our God, who hath redeemed the world from the adversary's wiles.

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"DY thy Passion, Christ, we have been freed from passions, and by thy Resurrection delivered from corruption. Glory to thee, O Lord.

Other Stichera of the Great Sabbath, in Tone 8.

HTO-DAY doth hades groaning cry, Better for me it were might I receive not him whom Mary bore; for on me he cometh to break my power, to crush the brazen gates, and, being God, to raise the souls I erst have held. Glory to thy Cross, O Lord, and to thy Resurrection, twice.

doth hades groaning cry, My power is overcome. 1 took one dead, as one among the dead, yet over him I had no power at all, but perished by him, and with those I ruled. I had the dead from ages, but lo! this one raiseth all. Glory to thy Cross, O Lord, and to thy Resurrection.

HTO-DAY doth hades groaning cry, My might is sacrificed. The Shepherd is crucified and Adam raised. Them that I ruled I have lost. Them I devoured in my power I have disgorged them all. The Crucified hath opened the graves, and the power of death hath no avail. Glory to thy Cross, O Lord, and to thy Resurrection. Glory.

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'"THE great Moses in mystery foretold this present day and said, And God blessed the seventh day. For this is the blessed Sabbath, this is the day of rest, on which the only-begotten Son of God rested from all his works, according to the dispensation concerning death, and kept sabbath in his flesh, in the which to return again by the Resurrection, and to grant to us eternal life; for he alone is good and the Lover of mankind. Both now.

To the Virgin. Tone 1. T ET us extol the Virgin Mary, who sprang from man and bore the Lord. She is the heavenly gate, the glory of the world, the song of bodiless Hosts, and boast of all the faithful. She hath appeared like to heaven, and as the house of God. She hath cast down the middle wall of enmity, and given us peace instead, and opened heaven's kingdom. Then having her, the stronghold of the faith, we also have the Lord she bore for our Defender. Courage then, courage, ye people of God, for he himself, the Almighty One, warreth against the enemy.

After the Stichera they sing the Tranquil Light.

No Prokimenon is said, but straightway, Wisdom! And the Reader beginneth the Lections.

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Lection I. Genesis I. i—13. In the beginning .... ending, the third day.

Lection II. Esaias lx. 1—16. Shine, shine, O Jerusalem, for thy light is come .... ending, I am the Lord that saveth thee, and the God of Jacob that redeemeth thee.

Lection III. Exodus xu. 1—11. And the Lord spake .... ending, the Lord's passover.

Lection IV. Jonas 1. 1—iv. 11. The word of the Lord .... ending, much cattle.

Lection V. Joshua v. 10—15.

The children of Israel encamped .... ending, And Joshua did so.

Lection VI. Exodus xiii. 20—xv. 1. And the children of Israel took their journey .... ending, Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord and spake, saying, The Reader saiih, Let us sing unto the Lord. And they answer and sing in Tone 5, For he is gloriously glorified. And the Reader of each Choir saith the verses alternately.

The horse and the rider he hath thrown into the sea. Let us sing unto the Lord.

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And both Choirs sing, For he is gloriously glorified. And so after every verse.

A help and defence hath he become to me unto salvation. Let us sing unto the Lord.

He is my God and I will glorify him, my fathers' God, and I will exalt him. Let us sing unto the Lord.

The Lord hath shattered the enemy, the Lord is his name: the chariots of Pharao and his host he hath thrown into the sea. Let us sing unto the Lord.

The chosen captains of horsemen are drowned in the Red Sea. Let us sing unto the Lord.

With the deep hath he covered them, they sank to the bottom like a stone. Let us sing unto the Lord.

Thy right hand, O Lord, is glorified in strength. Let us sing unto the Lord.

Thy right hand, O Lord, hath shattered the enemy, and in the greatness of thy glory thou hast crushed the adversary. Let us sing unto the Lord.

Thou didst send forth thy wrath, and it devoured them as stubble, and with the breath of thy fury the water divided. Let us sing unto the Lord.

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wall, the waves were congealed in the heart of the sea. Let us sing unto the Lord,

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil, my soul shall be satisfied, I will slay with my sword, my hand shall prevail. Let us sing unto the Lord.

Thou didst send forth thy breath, the sea covered them, they sank as lead in the mighty water. Let us sing unto the Lord.

Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like unto thee, glorious in the saints, fearful in praises, doing wonders? Let us sing unto the Lord.

Thou didst stretch forth thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. Thou didst lead in thy righteousness this thy people which thou hast redeemed. Let us sing unto the Lord.

Thou hast comforted them by thy strength in thy holy habitation. The nations heard and were angry, sorrow took hold on the inhabitants of Philistima. Let us sing unto the Lord.

Then were the dukes of Edom troubled, and trembling took hold upon the princes of Moab, all the inhabitants of Canaan melted away. Let us sing unto the Lord.

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the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone. Let us sing unto the Lord.

Until thy people pass over, O Lord, until this thy people pass over, which thou hast purchased. Let us sing unto the Lord.

Thou shalt bring them in and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in thy prepared dwelling-place, which thou hast established, O Lord, thy sanctuary, which thy hands have prepared. Let us sing unto the Lord.

The Lord reigneth to ages, and to ages, and continually. When the horse of Pharao went with his chariots and his horsemen into the sea, the Lord brought in upon them the water of the sea. Let us sing unto the Lord.

But the children of Israel walked on dry land in the midst of the sea. Let us sing unto the Lord.

Glory. Let us sing unto the Lord.

Both now. Let us sing unto the Lord. And the last Reader singeth, For he is gloriously glorified.

Lection VII. Sophonius in. 8—15.

Thus saith the Lord, Wait ye upon me until the day .... ending, see evil any more.

Lection VIII. Third Kings xvn. 8—24.

And the word of the Lord .... ending, in thy mouth is truth.

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Lection IX. Esaias  lxi. 10—lxii. 5.

My soul shall rejoice  in the Lord, for he

hath clothed me ....  ending, so shall the Lord rejoice over thee.

Lection X. Genesis xxn. 1—18.

And it came to pass that God did tempt.... ending, obeyed my voice.

Lection XI. Esaias lxi. i—10. The spirit of the Lord .... ending, the seed which the Lord hath blessed, and they shall greatly rejoice in the Lord.

Lection XII. Fourth Kings IV. 8—37. And it fell on a day .... ending, and took up her son and went out.

Lection XIII. Esaias lxiii. 11—lxiv. 5.

Thus saith the Lord, Where is he that brought .... ending, remember thee in thy ways.

Lection XIV. jferemias xxxviii.* 31—34. Thus saith the Lord, Behold the days come .... ending, remember their sin no more.

Lection XV. Daniel in. 1.

In the eighteenth year, Nabuchodonosor the king made an image . ... to verse 23,

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fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace,

And walked in the midst of the flame, singing praises unto God and blessing the Lord. And Azarias stood up with them praying, and he opened his mouth in the midst of the fire, and spake, saying, Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers, and praised and glorified is thy name for ever. For righteous art thou concerning all things which thou hast done unto us, and all thy works are true, and thy ways righteous, and all thy judgments are true. And thou hast made a decree of truth concerning all things which thou hast brought upon us, and upon Jerusalem, the holy city of our fathers. For in truth and judgment hast thou brought all these things upon us on account of our sins. For we have sinned and transgressed through turning away from thee. And in all things we have sinned exceedingly, and thy commandments we have not kept, nor loved them, nor done that which thou hast commanded us, to the intent that it might be well with us. And all the things that thou hast done unto us, and all the things that thou hast brought upon us in true judgment have been wrought. And thou hast delivered us into the hands of sinful enemies and wicked adversaries, and into the hands of a

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king unrighteous and evil above all that are upon the earth. And now it is not permitted unto us to open our mouth, and shame and reproach are come upon thy servants, and upon them that honour thee. But reject us not until the end, for thy holy name's sake, neither annul thy testament, nor remove thy mercy from us, for the sake of Abraham thy well-beloved, and for Isaac thy servant, and Israel thy saint, to whom thou didst promise to multiply their seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is upon the sea-shore. For, O Lord, we have become little above all the nations, and we are this day humbled in all the earth on account of our sins. And at this time there is no prince, nor prophet, nor leader, neither is there holocaust, nor sacrifice, nor offering, nor incense, nor place to sacrifice before thee and to find mercy. But let us be accepted in a contrite soul and humble spirit. As a holocaust of rams and bulls, and as thousands of fat lambs, so let our sacrifice come before thee this day, and let it be perfected by thee, for there is no shame for them that put their trust in thee. And now we follow after thee with our whole heart, and we fear thee, and we seek thy face. Put us not to shame, but deal with us according to thy loving-kindness, and according to the plenitude of thy

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mercy. And deliver us according to thy wonders, and give glory to thy holy name, O Lord. And let them that do evil unto thy servants be confounded, and let them be put to shame by every power, and let their might be crushed. And let them know that thou art the Lord, the only God, and glorious above all the earth.

And the flame extended above the furnace about forty and nine cubits. And it passed through and consumed those of the Chaldseans that were found round about the furnace. But the Angel of the Lord came down unto them that were with Azarias in the furnace, and turned the flame of fire out of the furnace, and made the midst of the furnace as of a rushing wind of dew, and the fire in nowise touched them, nor distressed them, nor tormented them. Then the three, as with one mouth sang praises, and bfessed and glorified God in the furnace, saying, Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers, and to be praised and set up above all for ever. And blessed is the holy name of thy glory, and to be praised and set up above all for ever. Blessed art thou in the temple of thy holy glory, and to be praised and set up above all for ever. Blessed art thou that lookest upon the depths, that sittest upon the Cherubim, and to be praised and set up

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above all for ever. Blessed art thou upon the throne of glory of thy kingdom, and to be praised and set up above all for ever. Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven, and to be praised and set up above all for ever.

We stop here, and sing, Praise ye the Lord, and set him up for ever, and for evermore.

And the Reader saith the verses.

ALL ye works of the Lord, speak well of the Lord. And we,

Praise him, and set him up for ever. O ye Angels of the Lord, O ye heavens of the Lord, speak well of the Lord, Praise him, and set him up for ever.

O all ye waters that are above the heavens, O all ye powers of the Lord, speak well of the Lord,

Praise him, and set him up for ever.

O ye sun and moon, O ye stars of heaven, speak well of the Lord,

Praise him, and set him up for ever.

O every shower and dew, O all ye winds, speak well of the Lord,

Praise him, and set him up for ever.

O ye fire and heat, O ye winter and summer, speak well of the Lord,

Praise him, and set him up for ever.

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O ye dews and frosts, O ye ice and cold, speak well of the Lord,

Praise him, and set him up for ever.

O ye hoar-frosts and snows, O ye nights and days, speak well of the Lord,

Praise him, and set him up for ever.

O ye light and darkness, O ye lightnings and clouds, speak well of the Lord,

Praise him, and set him up for ever.

O thou earth, ye mountains and ye hills, and all things growing thereupon, speak well of the Lord,

Praise him, and set him up for ever.

O ye wells, O ye seas and floods, O ye whales and all that move in the waters, speak well of the Lord,

Praise him, and set him up for ever.

O all ye fowls of the air, O all ye beasts and cattle, speak well of the Lord,

Praise him, and set him up for ever.

O ye children of men, O let Israel speak well of the Lord,

Praise him, and set him up for ever.

O ye priests of the Lord, O ye servants of the Lord, speak well of the Lord,

Praise him, and set him up for ever.

O ye spirits and souls of the righteous, 0 ye holy and humble men of heart, speak well of the Lord,

Praise him, and set him up for ever.

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O Ananias, Azarias and Misael, speak well of the Lord,

Praise him, and set him up for ever.

Let us bless the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, let us praise him, and set him up for ever.

Both now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen.

Praise ye the Lord, and set him up for ever.

Let us praise, let us bless, let us worship the Lord, singing unto him, and setting him up above all for ever, and for evermore.

Then followeih the Little Edenia. And Instead of the Trisagion, we sing,

As many as have been baptized into Christ ....

Then the Prokimenon in Tone 5. T ET all the earth worship thee and praise thee, let it sing praises to thy name, O Most High.

Verse. Cry aloud unto the Lord, all the earth, O sing praises unto his name.

The Lection frovi the Epistle of Paul to the Romans. Chap. vi. 3—11.

Brethren! As many of us as were baptized .... ending, Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Priest hath said, Peace to thee, the Reader straightway saith in Tone 7.

ARISE, O God, and judge the earth, for thou hast obtained an inheritance among all the nations. And the Singers repeat the verse.

Then the Reader.

Verse. God standeth in the congregation of the gods, and judgeth gods in the midst thereof. Singers. Arise, O God ....

Verse. How long will ye judge unrighteously, and accept the face of sinners? Singers. Arise, O God ....

Verse, Avenge ye the orphans and the needy, and right the humble and the poor. Singers. Arise, O God ....

Verse. Take ye the poor and needy, and deliver them out of the hand of the wicked. Singers. Arise, O God ....

Verse. For they have not known, neither have they understood, but have gone on in darkness. Singers. Arise, O God ....

Verse. Be ye shaken, O ye foundations of the earth. I have spoken, ye shall be gods, and all of ye the children of the Most High, but ye shall die as men, and as one of the princes ye shall fall. And again, Arise, O God, and judge the earth, for thou

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hast obtained an inheritance among all the nations.

The Gospel according to Matthew. Chap. xxvni. i—20. In the end of the Sabbath.... ending, the end of the world. Amen.

And the Liturgy of S. Basil. And instead of the Cherubic Hymn they sing,

ET all flesh of man be silent, and let it stand in fear and awe, and think of nothing earthly to itself. For the King of kings and the Lord of lords cometh to be slain, and to be given as food to the faithful. Him do precede the angelic Hosts with all their Principalities and Powers, the many-eyed Cherubim and the six-winged Seraphim, covering their faces and singing the song, Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Communion Hymn.

'HE .Lord hath awakened as one that slept, and hath arisen and saved us. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

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THE MATINS

ON THE HOLY AND GREAT SUNDAY OF

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EASTER DAY.

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As soon as the day beginneih, the bells are rung, and the Warden lighteih all the candles and lamps in the Church, and placeth two vessels holding burning charcoal, one in the Altar and the other in the middle of the Church, and casteth into them much incense, that the Church may be filled with sweet perfume. And the Western Gates of the Church are shut. And the Priest and Deacon put on their brightest vestments, and tapers are distributed. And the Priest laketh the honourable Cross, and the Deacon the censer,

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and, with lamps borne before them and accompanied by the Choir, they go into the Porch, singing the Sticheron in Tone 7.

iHY Resurrection, O Saviour Christ, Angels sing in heaven. Vouchsafe to us also upon earth to extol thee with pure heart. And the Priest, taking the censer from the Deacon in his right hand, and holding the honourable Cross in his left, censelh as customarily, and all stand around with burning tapers.

And the Priest exclaimeth, /""LORY to the holy, consubstantial, life-giving and undivided Trinity, always, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Choir. Amen.

Then the Priest intoneth the Troparion in Tone 5.

^HRIST is risen from the dead, death by death down doth he tread, and on those within the tombs he be-stoweth life.

And we repeat the same with melody. And thrice is it thus sung by the Priest and by us. Then the Priest intoneth these verses.

T ET God arise, and let his enemies be scattered, and let them that hate him flee from before him.

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As smoke is driven away, so drive them away, as wax melteth at the presence of fire,

So let the sinners perish at the presence of God, but let the righteous rejoice.

This is the day which the Lord hath made, let us rejoice and be glad therein. Glory. Both now.

And after every verse we sing the Tropar-ion, Christ is risen ....

Then the Priest loudly singeth,

URIST is risen from the dead, death by death down doth he tread.

And the Gates are opened, and he enterelh, carrying the honourable Cross and accompanied by the Deacon, with lamps borne before them, and by the Choir singing,

AND on those within the tombs he be-

stoweth life.

And the Priest entereth the Altar, and the Deacon, standing on the Ambo, saith the Ectenia of Peace.

In peace let us pray to the Lord. And the rest. Vide page 2.

Then followeth the Canon in Tone 1. Ode I. Irmos.

TT is the day of Resurrection. O people, let us be enlightened. It is the Paschd,

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the Lord's Pascha. For, from death to life, and from earth to heaven Christ our God hath brought us over, singing the hymn of victory.

Refrain. Christ is risen ....

Let us cleanse our senses, and we shall behold Christ shining in the inaccessible light of the Resurrection, and shall clearly hear him saying, Hail! to us, singing the hymn of victory.

Let the heavens, as is meet, be glad, and let the earth rejoice, and let the world, visible and invisible, keep festival; for Christ hath risen, everlasting Joy.

Then again the Irmos. It is the day of Resurrection ....

And the Little Ectenia is said. Note:—This followeth all the Odes.

Ode III. Irmos.

COME, let us drink the new drink, nut miraculously drawn from the barren rock, but the fountain of immortality, which is poured from the grave by Christ, in whom we are established.

Now all things are filled with light, heaven, and earth, and things beneath the earth. Then let all creation keep festival for Christ's arising, in which it is established.

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Yesterday, O Christ, with thee 1 was entombed. Today, with thee arising, I arise. Yesterday I was crucified with thee: glorify me together with thyself, O Saviour, in thy kingdom.

And again the Irmos. O come, let us drink ....

Hypacoe. Tone 4.

?HEY who came with Mary, preventing the dawn, and finding the stone rolled away from the sepulchre, heard from the Angel, Why seek ye as a man among the dead him that dwelleth in everlasting light? Behold ye not the sheets of death ? Hasten, and tell the world that the Lord hath risen, hath been the death of death, and that he is the Son of God that saveth the race of men.

Ode IV. Irmos.

T JPON the sacred watch-toiver, mayest thon stand with us, O divinely-speaking Abba-cum, and shew us the light-bearing Angel unceasingly proclaiming, To-day is salvation to the world; for Christ, as Almighty, hath arisen.

Christ hath appeared as a male, opening the Virgin's womb. As our food he is called a Lamb, and undefiled; as free irom stain,

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our Pascha; and, as true God, he is named, Perfect.

As a yearling lamb, Christ, our blessed crown, of his own will, as cleansing Pascha, was sacrificed for all; and again to us from the grave hath shone, as the glorious Sun of righteousness.

Before the foreshadowing ark David, Forefather of God, leaped and danced. And let us, God's holy people, seeing the types' fulfilment, be divinely glad; for Christ, as Almighty, hath arisen.

And again the Irmos. Upon the sacred watch-tower ....

Ode V. Irmos.

T ET us in the deep dawn arise, and, instead of myrrh, let us bring the Lord a song, and we shall see Christ, the Sun of righteousness, shining life to all.

They that were held by hades' chains, when they beheld thy gentle pity, Christ, hurried onward to the light, praising with joyful feet the eternal Pascha.

Let us approach with lamps in hand to Christ, who, as a bridegroom, cometh from the tomb. And let us, with the festal-loving ranks, together celebrate the saving Pascha of our God.

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And again the Irmos. Let us in the deep dawn ....

Ode VI. Irmos.

U didst descend into earth's lowest parts, O Christ, and didst break the eternal bars which held the captives; and on the third day, as Jonas from the whale, didst from the grave arise.

Keeping the seals unbroken, thou, O Christ, didst from the grave arise, who, in thy birth, didst not destroy the Virgin bars; and thou hast opened unto us the gates of Paradise.

My Saviour, who as God didst to the Father bring, of thine own will, thyself a living and unsacrificed victim, rising from the grave, hast raised with thyself Adam and all his race.

And again the Irmos. Thou didst descend___

Condakion. Tone 8.

into the tomb thou didst descend, Immortal One, yet didst thou overthrow the might of hades, and as victor rise, O Christ, saying, Hail! to the women bearing myrrh, granting peace to thine Apostles, and resurrection to the fallen.

Icos. (Stanza.)

CEEKING as those that seek the day, very early in the morning came the maidens

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bearing myrrh to that Sun before the sun, that now had set within a grave; and they cried to one another, O Friends! Come, let us anoint with spices the quickening buried Body, the Flesh that raiseth fallen Adam, lying in the tomb. Let us go on, hastening like the Magi, and let us worship and bring the myrrh as gift to him, no longer wrapped in swaddling-clothes, but in fine linen, and let us weep and cry, Arise, O Lord, who givest resurrection to the fallen.

Then we sing,

Having seen the Resurrection of Christ.... thrice. Vide page 28.

Then,

PISUS hath risen from the grave, as he foretold, granting us eternal life and great mercy, thrice.

Ode VII. Irmos.

T-JE that delivered the Children from the furnace became man, and suffered as mortal, and, by his suffering, endued the mortal with the beauty of immortality, he, the God of our fathers, who alone is blessed and most glorious. The women, wise of God, came after thee with myrrh; but him whom they sought with tears as mortal they worshipped with joy as living God, and told, O Christ, to thy Disciples the glad tidings of the mystic Pascha.

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We celebrate the death of death, the overthrow of hades, the first-fruits of another endless life, and sing exultingly the Cause, him, the God of our fathers, who alone is blessed and most glorious.

And again the Irmos. He that delivered___

Ode VIII. Irmos.

IS is the chosen and holy Day, the King and Lord of Sabbaths, the Feast of feasts, the Triumph of triumphs, on which we bless Christ for ever.

Come, let us partake of the Vine's new fruit, of joy divine, in the glorious day of the Resurrection and Kingdom of Christ, singing to him as God for ever.

Lift up thine eyes, O Sion, round about and see; for, lo! thy children come to thee, as lights by God illumined, from the west and from the north, from the sea and from the east, in thee blessing Christ for ever.

Father almighty, and Word, and Spirit, united Nature in three Persons, Superessential, God most high, baptized in thee, we bless thee evermore.

Refrain preceding Ode IX.

An Angel cried to the one full of grace, Hail! Virgin pure. And again I say, Hail! for thy Son, after three days, hath risen from

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the grave and raised the dead. Rejoice, ye people.

Ode IX. Irmos.

QHINE, shine, O new Jerusalem; for the

glory of the Lord hath shone on ihee.

Rejoice and exult, O Sion. And thou, pure

Mother of God, be glad for the Resurrection

of thy Son.

O divine, O dear, O sweetest voice of thine! For thou hast promised of a truth, O Christ, to be with us until the world doth end. Having this steadfast hope, we, thy faithful ones, rejoice.

O Christ, thou great, most sacred Pascha, Wisdom, and Word, and Power of God! grant us more perfectly to partake of thee in that thy kingdom's day that hath no evening.

And again the Irmos. Shine, shine, O new Jerusalem ....

Exapostilarion.

A SLEEP in flesh as mortal, O King and

Lord, thou didst arise on the third day,

and raise Adam from corruption and abolish

death, O Pascha of immortality, Salvation of

the world.

The Psalms of Praise with Stichera in

Tone 1.

T ET everything that hath breath praise the Lord. O praise God in his Saints,

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praise him according to the greatness of his majesty.

Sticheron. We hymn, O Christ, thy saving Passion, and glorify thy Resurrection.

Praise him with the sound of the trumpet, praise him with psaltery and harp.

Sticheron. O Lord, who didst endure the Cross, and didst abolish death, and rise again from the dead; give us peace in our life, who alone art almighty.

Praise him with timbrel and choir, praise him with stringed instruments and organ.

Sticheron. O Christ, who didst spoil hades and raise man by thy Resurrection; vouchsafe that, with pure heart, we may hymn and glorify thee.

Praise him with well-tuned cymbals, praise him with loud cymbals. Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord.

Sticheron. We glorify thy Godlike condescension, and sing to thee, O Christ. Thou wast born of the Virgin and wast inseparably with the Father. Thou didst suffer as man, and didst, of thine own will, endure the Cross. Thou didst arise from the tomb, going out thence as from a bridal chamber to save the world. Glory to thee, O Lord.

Then the Stichera of Pascha in Tone 5. Verse. Let God arise, and let his ene-

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mies be scattered, and let them that hate him flee from before him.

^O-DAY the sacred Pascha is made manifest to us, the new and holy Pascha, the mystic Pascha, the all-honourable Pascha, the Pascha which is Christ the Redeemer, the spotless Pascha, the mighty Pascha, the Pascha of the faithful, the Pascha that openeth unto us the gates of Paradise, the Pascha that halloweth all the faithful.

Verse. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away, as wax melteth at the presence of fire.

("""(DME from that spectacle, ye women, proclaimers of glad tidings, and say unto Sion, Receive from us glad tidings of joy of the Resurrection of Christ. Rejoice, dance and be glad, O Jerusalem, beholding Christ the King coming forth as a bridegroom from the tomb.

Verse. So let the sinners perish at the presence of God, but let the righteous rejoice.

'"THE myrrh-bearing women going very early in the morning to the tomb of the Giver of life, saw an Angel sitting on the stone, who spake to them and said, Why seek ye the Living among the dead? Why bewail ye the Immortal in the place of cor-

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ruption? Go, and tell ye these things to his Disciples.

Verse. This is the day which the Lord hath made, let us rejoice and be glad therein.

Pascha of delight, Pascha, the Pascha of the Lord, the all-honourable Pascha hath shone on us. O Pascha, let us in joy embrace each other! O Pascha, our deliverance from sorrow! For to-day Christ, shining from the tomb as from a bridal chamber, filled the hearts of the women with joy by his words, Go ye, and tell the Apostles. Glory. Both now.

TT is the day of Resurrection, let us be enlightened by the Triumph, and let us embrace each other. Let us say, Brethren! even to them that hate us. Let us forgive all offences at the Resurrection, and thus let us exclaim,

QHRIST is risen from the dead, death by death down doth he tread, and on those within the tombs he bestoweth life.

And we sing, Christ is risen .... many times, while the Salutation of Peace is given. Then, while all stand, is read

The Catechetical Discourse of our Father in the Saints, John, Archbishop of Constantinople, the Chrysostom, for the holy and

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light-bearing Day of the most glorious and saving Resurrection of Christ our God.

that is pious and God-loving, let him enjoy this good and bright triumphal Feast. He that is a wise and prudent servant, let the same joyfully enter into the joy of his Master. He that hath laboured in fasting, let him now receive his denarius. He that hath worked from the first hour, let him to-day receive his just award. He that came at the end of the third hour, let him keep the Feast with thanksgiving. He that came only at the sixth hour, let him have no doubt, for he is in nowise rejected. He that missed een the ninth hour, let him approach, nothing doubting, nothing fearing. He that arrived even at the eleventh hour, let him not fear on account of his delay. For the Lord, being condescending, accepteth the last comer as the first, he resteth him that cometh at the eleventh hour as he resteth him that worked from the first hour, and he hath mercy on the last and sheweth favour to the first, and on this one bestoweth and to that one granteth, and he welcometh the deeds and kisseth the intentions, respecteth the work and approveth the purpose. Then come ye all into the joy of your Lord. Ye

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first and ye last, ye rich and ye poor, rejoice together. Ye temperate and ye slothful, honour the day. Ye that have fasted and ye that have not fasted, rejoice this day. The table is full, enjoy it all of you. The calf is a fattened one, let no one depart a hungred. Enjoy ye all the Feast of faith. Receive ye all the riches of grace. Let no one bewail his unworthiness, for the kingdom of all hath come. Let no one lament over his sins, for pardon hath shone like a light from the tomb. Let no one fear deatfi, for our Saviour's death hath liberated us. He who was bound by it hath extinguished it. Descending into hades, he made hades captive, and he moved it that had tasted of his flesh. Foreseeing this same, Esaias exclaimed, Hades, saith he, from beneath is moved, for it is cast away by thee. It is moved, for it is crushed. It is moved, for it is slain. It is moved, for it is overthrown. It is moved, for it is made captive. It took the flesh, and discovered God. It took the clay, and met heaven. It took what it saw, and fell into what it did not see. Where is thy sting, O death? Where is thy victory, O hades? Christ hath arisen, and thou art overthrown. Christ hath arisen, and the demons have fallen. Christ hath arisen, and the Angels rejoice. Christ hath arisen, and

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life reigneth. Christ hath arisen, and not one dead resteth in the grave. For Christ, having arisen from the dead, became the first-fruits of them that slept. To him be glory and majesty to ages of ages. Amen.

And the Troparion to the Saint in Tone 8. grace of thy mouth, shining forth like fire, hath enlightened the universe, hath offered the world treasures of liberality, and hath shewed to us the height of humility. And, as thou instructest us by thy words, Father John Chrysostom, pray Christ, the Word, to save our souls.

Then the Deacon saith the Great Edenia. Have mercy upon us .... Vide page 10.

And that of Supplication. Let us accomplish our morning prayer .... Vide page 12.

And after the Exclamation concluding the latter, Wisdom! And we, Give the blessing. Priest. Blessed be Christ our God .... Choir. Amen. Stablish, O God .... Priest, holding the honourable Cross, Christ is risen ....

Choir. And on those within the tombs....

And the Priest saith the Dismissal. XJE that arose from the dead, and trampled down death by death, and bestowed life

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to them that were in the graves, Christ our true God ....

Then, raising the Cross, he saith, Christ is risen! thrice.

And we answer, He is risen indeed! thrice. And we sing in conclusion, Christ is risen from the dead .... thrice, adding,

T~*O us also hath he granted life everlasting. Let us then bow down to his Resurrection on the third day.

And we kiss the honourable Cross.

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AND THROUGHOUT THE

BRIGHT WEEK.

The Priest beginneth, Blessed be our God, always, now and ever, and to ages of ages. And we answer, Amen. And sing,

Christ is risen from the dead.....thrice.

Also we sing in Tone "]. Having seen the Resurrection of Christ.... Vide page 28.

And the Hypacoe in Tone 4. They who came with Mary .... Vide page 382.

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And the Condakion in Tone 8. If into the tomb thou didst descend .... Vide page 384.

Also these Troparia. the tomb bodily, in hades with thy soul as God, in Paradise with the thief, and on the throne with the Father and the Spirit, wast thou, O Christ, unspeakably fulfilling all things.

Glory.

A S the receptacle of life, more beautiful

than Paradise, and truly brighter than

any kingly palace did thy tomb appear, O

Christ, being the source of our Resurrection.

Both now. To the Virgin. "LJAIL! sacred and divine abode of the Most High. For through thee, O Mother of God, joy is given to them that cry, Blessed art thou among women, O Lady most pure.

Then, Lord, have mercy, forty times.

Glorv. Both now.

The more honourable than the Cherubim ....

Tn the name oi" the Lord, lather, give the blessing.

Priest. Through the prayers of our holy Fathers .... And we, Amen.

And again ive sing, Christ is risen .... thrice.

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Glory. Both now. Lord, have mercy, thrice. Give the blessing.

And the Dismissal of the First Hour.

And on this wise are sung the Third, Sixth, and Ninth Hours; also the Compline, and^ the Nocturns.

And if there should be no celebration of the Liturgy,

Instead of, Bless the Lord, O my soul.... Vide page 127, Christ is risen .... thrice. Having seen the Resurrection of Christ .... once.

Then, They who came with Mary ....

Glory. The Condakion, If into the tomb.... Both now.

Only-begotten Son .... Vide page 127.

And, with the Beatitudes, verses from the Paschal Canon.

The Lection from the Acts of the Apostles. Section 1.

HE former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the Apostles whom he had chosen. To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible

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proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you, and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost parts of the earth.

The Lection from the holy Evangelist John. Section I.

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light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name, which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me; for he was before me. And of his fulness have we all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

Then, Remember us, O Lord .... And, The heavenly Choir .... The Confession

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of Faith. O God, remit and pardon .... After Our Father .... The Condakion, If into the tomb .... Lord, have mercy, forty times.

Then, One holy, one Lord Jesus Christ, to the glory of God the Father. Amen. And, instead of Blessed be the name of the Lord .... Christ is risen .... thrice.

And Psalm 33 (34).

I will bless the Lord at all times .... ending, shall not want any good thing.

And the Dismissal.

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The Priest beginneth, Glory to the holy, consubstantial .... And we answer, Amen.

And sing as at Matins. Thy Resurrection, O Saviour Christ .... Also, Christ is risen .... with the verses. Then followeth the Edenia of Peace, after which we sing in Tone 2.

^ORD, I have cried unto thee, hear me. Hear me, O Lord.

Lord, i have cried unto thee, hear me: attend to the voice of my prayer when I cry unto thee. Hear me, O Lord.

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as

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incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Hear me, O Lord.

Stiehera on the Resurrection. COME, let us worship God the Word incarnate of the Virgin Mary, who was begotten of the Father from eternity; for of his own will he bore the Cross, and was committed to the grave, and, having risen from the dead, hath saved me, an erring man.

Verse. For thy name's sake have I waited for thee, O Lord: my soul hath waited for thy word, my soul hath trusted in the Lord. jUR Saviour Christ, nailed on the Cross, hath blotted out the handwriting against us, and destroyed the might of death. Let us then bow down to his Resurrection on the third day.

Verse. From the morning watch until night, from the morning watch let Israel trust in the Lord.

■inTH Angels let us sing Christ's Resurrection, for he is our Redeemer and the Saviour of our souls. And he shall come again in fearful glory and resistless power to judge the world which he hath made.

Verse. For with the Lord is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption, and

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he shall redeem Israel from all his transgressions.

LORD, an Angel told thine incarnation and thy burial, and said unto the women, Come, see ye where the Lord was laid, but, as Almighty, he is risen, according as he said. Therefore we worship him who only is immortal. O Christ, Giver of life, have mercy on us.

Verse. Praise the Lord, all ye nations,, praise him, all ye peoples.

T3Y thy Cross thou hast done away the curse of the tree, by thy Burial thou hast slain the might of death, and by thy Resurrection hast enlightened men. Therefore we cry to thee, O bountiful Christ our God, glory to thee.

Verse. For his mercy is confirmed upon us, and the truth of the Lord remaineth for ever.

LORD, the gates of death opened unto thee with fear, and the warders of hades seeing thee were terrified; for thou didst shatter the gates of brass and break the iron bars, and lead us out of darkness and the shades of death, and burst our bonds in sunder. Glory.

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down in the house of the Lord and say, Thou that wast crucified upon the tree, hast risen from the dead, and art in the bosom of the Father, be gracious to us sinners.

Both now. To the Virgin. 'T'HE shadow of the law is passed away and grace hath come. For as the burning bush was not consumed, so the Virgin hath brought forth and Virgin doth remain. Instead of the fiery pillar ariseth the Sun of righteousness, instead of Moses, Christ, the Salvation of our souls.

Then the Tranquil Light.

And the ProMmenon in Tone 7. AATHO is so great a God as our God? Thou art the God that alone doest wonders.

Verse. Thou hast made known thy power among the people.

Verse. And I said, Now am I subdued: this is the change wrought by the right hand of the Most High.

Verse. 1 have remembered the works of the Lord, and called to mind thy wonders of old time.

The Lection from the holy Evangelist John. When therefore it was evening .... ending, I will not believe. Chap. xx. 19—25.

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Then the Ectenia, Let us all say with our whole soul .... Vide page 10.

The Prayer. Vouchsafe, O Lord .... Vide page n.

And the Ectenia, Let us accomplish our evening prayer .... Vide page z.

And after the Exclamation concluding the latter we sing in Tone 2.

'THY Resurrection, O Saviour Christ, hath enlightened all the world, and restored it to its first estate. O Lord almighty, glory to thee.

Then the Siichera of Pascha as at Matins. Vide page 388.

Then the Prayer of S. Simeon. Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart .... And the rest, concluding Vespers as indicated at page 44.

ON THE SUNDAY OF THE APOSTLE THOMAS.

Troparion. Tone 7. [HOUGH the tomb was sealed, yet didst thou shine as life from the grave, O Christ our God. And, though the doors were closed, thou, the Redeemer of all, didst appear unto thy Disciples, and,

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through them, according to thy great mercy, renewest the right spirit in us.

Condakion. Tone 8.

"X71TH curious hand Thomas reached unto thy life-giving side, O Christ our God; yet, when through closed doors thou didst pass, the same, with the other Apostles, cried unto thee, Thou art my Lord and God.

Magnifying.

W/"E magnify thee, O Christ, Giver of life,

who for our sake wentest down into

hades, and with thyself didst raise all things.

ON THE SUNDAY OF THE MYRRH-BEARING WOMEN.

The Troparion on the Resurrection in Tone 2.

Glory. The honourable Joseph, taking down thy most pure Body from the tree, wrapped it in pure fine linen with sweet spices, and placed and closed it in a new tomb, but on the third day thou didst arise, O Lord, granting great mercy to the world. Both now.

The Angel, appearing before the myrrh-bearing women at the sepulchre, cried, Myrrh is fitting for the dead, but Christ hath appeared free from corruption. But say ye,

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The Lord is risen, granting great mercy to the world.

Condakion. Tone 2.

CHRIST our God, thou didst command the myrrh - bearing women to rejoice, thou didst quench the wail of our mother Eve by thy Resurrection, and didst command thine Apostles to preach, The Saviour is risen from the tomb.

ON THE SUNDAY OF THE PARALYTIC.

The Troparion on the Resurrection in Tone 3, with its Verse to the Virgin.

Condakion. Tone 3.

LORD, by thy divine presence, raise my soul grievously paralyzed by all kinds of sin and improper deeds, as of old thou didst raise the Paralytic, that, being saved, I may cry unto thee, O bountiful Christ, glory to thy might.

ON THE WEDNESDAY OF MID-PENTECOST.

Troparion. Tone 8. E Mid-feast having come, 0 Saviour, H do thou nourish my thirsty soul with the waters of piety; for unto all thou hast said, Let him that thirsteth come unto me and drink. O Christ our God, the Fountain of life, glory to thee.

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Condakion. Tone 4.

r CHRIST our God, about the middle ^^^ of the feast of the law, thou, the Creator and Lord of all, didst say to them that stood around thee, Come, and draw the water of immortality. Therefore do we fall down before thee and faithfully exclaim, Grant thy bounties unto us, for thou art the Fountain of life.

ON THE SUNDAY OF THE SAMARITAN

WOMAN.

The Troparion on the Resurrection in Tone 4, an;? that of Mid-Pentecost.

Ccndah'on. Tone 8.

OMING <n ><--'*-h to the well, the woman ol Sainnrid beheld tr^e. the Water of wisdom, of whicn Laving plentifully 'juarfed, she inherited eternally the kingdom above, ever being glorified.

ON THE SUNDAY OF THE BLIND MAN.

The Troparion on the Resurrection in Tone 5 ivith its Verse to the Virgin.

Condakion. Tone 4.

YX/'ITH blinded spiritual eyes I come to thee, O Christ, as the one blind from birth, and penitentially I cry to thee, Thou art the most bright Light of them that are in darkness.

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ON THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE ASCENSION.

Note:—To-day Holy Pascha endeth,

Troparion. Ye faithful, come ....

To the Virgin. Hail! impassable gate ....

Condakion. With blinded spiritual eyes .... As on the preceding Sunday.

And the Condakion of Holy Pascha. If into the tomb thou didst descend .... Vide page 384.

ON THE THURSDAY OF THE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Troparion. Tone 4.

HOU hast ascended in glory, O Christ our God, having made thy Disciples joyful by the promise of the Holy Ghost,

they being informed thereof by the blessing;

for thou art the Son of God, the Redeemer

of the world.

Condakion. Tone 6.

jlJAVING accomplished thy dispensation for us, and united things on earth with those in heaven, thou didst ascend in glory, O Christ our God, in nowise forsaking them that love thee, but always abiding with them, and saying unto them, I am with you, and no one is against you.

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Magnifying,

"7t7E magnify thee, O Christ, Giver of life, and reverence thy divine Ascension into heaven with thy most pure Flesh.

Antiphons at Liturgy,

I.   O clap your hands together, all ye nations, shout unto God with the voice of melody.

God is gone up with a merry noise, the Lord with the sound of the trumpet. Glory, Both now.

And, after each verse, Through the prayers of the Mother of God, O Saviour, save us.

II.   Great is the Lord, and exceeding great his praise, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth is Mount Sion, on the side of the north lieth the city of the great King. And, after each verse, O Son of God, who in glory didst ascend into heaven for us, save us who sing to thee, Alleluia.

Glory. Both now.

Only-begotten Son .... Vide page 127.

III.   O hear ye this, all ye people; ponder it with your ears, all ye that dwell in the world.

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I will incline mine ear to a parable, I will utter dark sayings upon the psaltery.

And, after each verse the Troparion, Thou hast ascended ....

Introit.

QT) is gone up with a merry noise, the Lord with the sound of the trumpet. O Son of God, who in glory didst ascend into heaven for us, save us who sing to thee, Alleluia.

Prokimenon.

"DE thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory over all the earth. Verse. O God, my heart is ready, my heart is ready, I will give praise and sing in my glory.

Irmos of Ode 9, with Refrain.

TV/TAGNIFY, my soul, the Ascension from earth to heaven of Christ, the Giver of life. Thee, that above understanding and word art the Mother of God, and didst unspeakably bring forth in time the Timeless One, with one accord we faithful magnify.

Communion Hymn.

D is gone up with a merry noise, the Lord with the sound of the trumpet. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

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ON THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PASCHA,

We sing the Office of the 318 God-bearing Fathers of the First Ecumenical Synod of Niccea.

The Troparion on the Resurrection in Tone 6, and that for the Fathers in the same Tone, »OST glorified art thou, O Christ our God, who didst establish our Fathers as lights upon the earth, and by them hast guided us all in the true faith. O most Merciful One, glory to thee.

And the Troparion on the Ascension. Thou hast ascended in glory ....

Condakion. Tone 8.

""THE preaching of the Apostles and the doctrines of the Fathers have sealed the one faith of the Church, which, wearing the vestment of truth woven of divinity from above, regulateth and glorifieth the great mystery of piety.

Note:—The Friday before Pentecost is the Octave of the Ascension, and the Office of this Festival is sung.

ON THE SATURDAY BEFORE PENTECOST.

We celebrate the memory of our fathers and brethren who in time past have fallen asleep.

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The Troparion <&c. is as on the Saturday of Meat Fare. Vide page 261.

ON THE SUNDAY OF HOLY PENTECOST.

Stichera at the Great Vespers with the Lord, I have cried in Tone 1.

celebrate the Pentecost, and the coming of the Spirit, the accomplishment of promise, and the fulfilment of our hope, and the mystery as great as it is reverend; and therefore cry to thee, Creator of all things, glory to thee, O Lord. Glory. Both now.

OME, ye people, and let us worship the Godhead in three Persons, the Son in the Father, with the Holy Ghost. For the Father before all time begat the Son, co-eternal and co-throned, and the Holy Ghost was in the Father, glorified with the Son, one Might, one Substance, one Divinity, adoring which we all exclaim, Holy God art thou, who madest all things by the Son, through the co-operation of the Holy Ghost. Holy and mighty thou, through whom we know the Father and the Holy Spirit sojourned in the world. Holy and immortal thou, O Spirit Paraclete, proceeding from the Father and resting in the Son. O holy Trinity, glory to thee.

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Troparion. Tone 8. &LESSED art thou, O Christ our God, who madest the fishers wise, sending the Holy Ghost on them, and by them netting all the world. Glory to thee, O Lover of mankind.

Magnifying.

"VX7E magnify thee, O Christ, Giver of life, and honour thy most holy Spirit, whom from the Father thou didst send unto thy divine Disciples.

Irmi of the Canon. Tone 7.

I. He that smiteth the enemies with uplifted hand covered Pharao and his chariots with the sea. Let us therefore sing to him, for he hath been glorified.

III. Thou saidst, O Christ, to thy Disciples, Abide ye in Jerusalem until ye be endued with power from on high; and I will send to you another Paraclete, like to myself, mine and my Father's Spirit, in whom ye shall be stablished.^

Kathistna. Tone 8.

'T'HE lovers of the Saviour were filled with joy, and they who erst were cowards became bold, when to-day the Holy Ghost descended from on high upon the house of the Disciples, and they spake each to the nations

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in his several wise. For the tongues were divided in likeness as of fire, and them they burned not, but rather did bedew.

IV.   Foreseeing thine advent from afar, O Christ, the Prophet cried, I have heard the greatness of thy might, O Lord; for thou hast come to save all thine anointed ones.

V.   The spirit of salvation, conceived in fear, O Lord, within the Prophets, and brought to birth on earth, stablisheth the Apostles' hearts, and in the faithful straightway is renewed; for light and peace are thy commands.

VI.   Sick with the surge of worldly cares and sinking in the waves of sin, cast to the soul-destroying beast, like Jonas, Christ, I cry to thee, O save me from the depth that bringeth death.

Condakion. Tone 8.

"17HEN the Highest descending confounded the tongues, then did he scatter the nations; and when he distributed the fiery tongues, then did he call all men to unity, and we glorify in harmony the most holy Spirit.

VII.   Flung into the fiery furnace, the holy Children changed the flame to dew with hymns as thus they sang, Blessed art thou, O Lord, the God of our fathers.

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VIII.   The unburnt bush in Sinai shewed God to Moses, the slow of speech and harsh of tongue; and divine fervour made the Children three invincible singers in the furnace. O all ye works of the Lord, sing ye the Lord, and set him up for ever.

IX.   Hail! thou, O Queen, most glorious Virgin Mother. For no well-speaking eloquent lips can worthily extol thee, and every mind is at a loss to understand thy bringing forth. Wherefore with one accord we glorify thee.

Sticker a with the Psalms of Praise.

Tone 4.

^O-DAY all nations beheld wondrous things in David's city, when the Holy Ghost came down in fiery tongues, as the divinely speaking Luke relateth. For he saith, When Christ's Disciples were assembled, there came a sound as of a mighty rushing wind, and filled the house where they were sitting, and all began to speak, in strange tongues, doctrines strange and teachings strange of the holy Trinity.

Glory. Both now. Tone 6. HEAVENLY King, O Paraclete, the Spirit of truth, that art everywhere present and that fillest all things, that art the Treasury of blessings and the Giver of life;

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come, and make thine abode in us, and cleanse us from every defilement, and save our souls, O Blessed One.

ON THE SUNDAY OF ALL SAINTS.

The Troparion on the Resurrection in Tone 8, and thai for the Saints in Tone 4.

HY Church adorned with the blood of thy Martyrs in all the world as with purple and fine linen, through them crieth unto thee, O Christ our God, Send down thy bounties upon thy people, grant peace to thine estate, and great mercy to our souls.

To the Virgin. Tone 4. '"THE mystery hidden from eternity and unknown to the Angels is made manifest through thee, O Mother of God, to them that are on earth; for God, leaving not the Unity, was incarnate, and suffered on the Cross for our sake of his own goodwill, and thereby raising the first-created man, delivered our souls from death.

Condakion. Tone 6.

'"TO thee, O Lord, the Author of creation, the world bringeth the God bearing Martyrs as the first-fruits of nature. At their intercessions, through the Mother of God,

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preserve, O most Merciful One, thy Church and thine estate in perfect peace.

Note:—After to-day beginneth the Fast of the Apostles, which continueth until June 29, even until the Commemoration of the Apostles Peter and Paul.

XXII. TROPARIA ETC. ON THE RESURRECTION IN THE EIGHT TONES FOR SUNDAYS.

Note: — These Troparia &c. are sung successively on Sundays, beginning on the Sunday following thai of All Saints.

TONE i. Troparion.

^HOUGH the stone was sealed by the Jews and the soldiers guarded thy precious Body, yet didst thou arise on the third day, O Saviour, granting life unto the world. Therefore did the heavenly Hosts cry unto thee, the Life-giver, Glory to thy Resurrection, O Christ! Glory

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to thy Kingdom! Glory to thy Dispensation, thou who alone lovest mankind.

To the Virgin.

Gabriel bade thee, Virgin, Hail! then was the Lord of all incarnate made in thee, as in a sacred ark, according to the words of righteous David; and wider than the heavens didst thou become when bearing thy Creator. Glory to him who dwelt in thee! Glory to him who came from thee! Glory to him who by his birth delivered us from bondage.

Hypaco'e.

'"THE penitence of the thief opened Paradise, the lamentation of the myrrh-bearing women announced joy; for Christ God is risen, granting great mercy to the world.

Condakion.

GOD, thou didst arise from the grave in glory, and didst raise the world with thee. Then doth human nature extol thee as God, and death hath vanished, and Adam, O Lord, rejoiceth, while Eve, freed from her bonds, is exceeding glad and crieth, Thou art the Christ, who givest resurrection unto all.

SUNDAY TE.OPARIA ETC. TONE 2. TONE 2.

Troparion.

HEN thou, the Living, the Immortal, didst condescend unto death, then didst thou slay hades by the light of thy Godhead. And when thou didst raise the dead from the lowermost parts of the earth, all the heavenly Hosts cried, O Christ, Giver of life, our God, glory to thee.

To the Virgin.

IX/TOST glorious and above understanding are thy mysteries, O Mother of God; for, spotless and virgin, thou art acknowledged a true Mother, who didst bear the true God. Pray unto him to save our souls.

Hypaco'e.

AFTER thy Passion the women went to the tomb to anoint thy Body, O Christ our God, and they saw Angels in the grave and were amazed; for they heard these say, The Lord is risen, granting great mercy to the world.

Condakion.

'"THOU didst arise from the grave, O all-powerful Saviour, and hades, beholding the miracle, quaked, and the dead rose again, Creation, seeing this, rejoiceth with thee, and Adam is exceeding glad, and the world extolleth thee, my Saviour, for ever.

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TONE 3. Troparion.

ET the heavens rejoice and let the earth be glad; for the Lord hath stablished his power by his arm, having trampled down death by death and become the First-born from the dead, delivering us from the depths of hades, and granting great mercy to the world.

To the Virgin.

hymn thee, O Virgin Mother of God, who dost advocate the salvation of our race; for in the flesh taken from thee thy Son and our God suffered passion on the Cross, and, as Lover of mankind, delivered us from death.

Hypacoe.

)F vision amazing, but of gentle words as dew, the shining Angel saith to the myrrh - bearing women, Why seek ye the Living in the tombs? He is risen and hath emptied the tombs. The Unchangeable hath changed corruption. Then say unto God, How fearful are thy works; for thou hast saved the race of men.

Condakion.

'"TO-DAY, O Bountiful One, thou didst arise from the grave and lead us away from

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the gates of death. To-day Adam rejoiceth and Eve is exceeding glad, and all the Prophets and Patriarchs unceasingly extol the divine might of thy kingdom.

TONE 4. Treparion.

HE women-disciples of the Lord, having received from the Angel the joyful gospel of the resurrection, and cast away the curse of the forefathers, cried to the Apostles, Death is overthrown, and Christ God hath risen, who giveth great mercy to the world.

To the Virgin.

'HE mystery hidden from eternity and unknown to Angels is made manifest through thee, O Mother of God, to them that are on earth; for God, leaving not the Unity, was incarnate, and suffered on the Cross for our sake of his own goodwill, and thereby raising the first - created man, delivered our souls from death.

Hypacoe,

TLTAV1NG first tidings of thy most glorious Resurrection, the myrrh-bearing women, O Christ, tell the Apostles that thou art risen as God, and grantest great mercy to the world.

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Condakion.

"IWTY Saviour and Redeemer, as God, hath delivered the earth-born from their bonds, and overthrown the gates of hades, and risen again, as Lord, on the third day.

TONE 5. Troparion.

»E faithful, come, and hymn, and worship the Word, co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit, who was born of the Virgin for our salvation; for he willed to ascend the Cross in flesh, and to suffer death, and to raise the dead by his glorious Resurrection.

To the Virgin.

TLJAIL! impassable gate of the Lord. Hail! bulwark and protection of them that flee unto thee. Hail! untroubled haven, Mother Virgin, who didst bear thy God and Maker in flesh. Cease not to pray for them that hymn and reverence thy child-bearing.

Hypacoe.

A WED in mind at the angelic vision, and their souls enlightened by the divine Resurrection, the myrrh-bearing women told the Apostles the glad tidings, saying, Proclaim to the gentiles the Resurrection of the

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Lord, who doeth wonders, and granteth great mercy unto us.

Condakion.

'"PHOU didst go down to hades, O Saviour, and overthrow the gates by thy great power. Thou didst, as Creator, raise the dead and destroy the sting of death, and Adam is saved from the curse, O Lover of mankind. Wherefore we cry unto thee, Save us, O Lord.

TONE 6. Troparion.

^NGELIC powers are at thy tomb, and the guards are deadened, and Mary standeth at the grave seeking thy most pure Body. Thou madest hades captive, not being tempted by it. Thou didst meet the Virgin, and grantest life. O risen Lord, glory to thee.

To the Virgin.

HTHOU, who didst call thy Mother blessed, of thine own will earnest to suffer, and shining on the Cross that thou mightest bring back Adam, telledst the Angels, Rejoice with me, for the lost drachma is found. O God, who in wisdom hast made all things, glory to thee.

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Hypacoe.

C CHRIST, by thy voluntary and life-effecting death, thou didst, as God, overthrow the gates of hades, and open unto us the ancient Paradise, and, risen from the dead, hast saved our life from corruption.

Condakion.

QHRIST God, the Giver of life, hath raised the dead from the dark abodes by his quickening hand, and granted resurrection to the human race; for he is the Saviour, Resurrection, Life, and God of all.

TONE 7. Troparion.

HOU hast destroyed death by thy Cross, thou hast opened Paradise to the thief, thou hast stopped the lamentation of the myrrh-bearing women, and commanded thine Apostles to preach; for thou hast risen, Christ our God, granting great mercy to the world.

To the Virgin.

AS the treasury of our Resurrection, do

thou, O all-hymned Virgin, raise us

out of the pit and depth of sin; for thou

hast saved them that were under the curse

of sin, having borne our salvation, thou who

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before bearing wast Virgin, and in bearing wast Virgin, and after bearing ever abidest Virgin.

Hypaco'e.

HOU that didst take upon thyself the form of man, and in thy Body didst endure the Cross, save me by thy Resurrection, O Christ our God, the Lover of mankind.

Condakion.

longer may the might of death hold man, for Christ hath come, destroying and scattering its powers Hades is held bound, the Prophets joyfully with one accord exclaim, The Saviour of the faithful hath appeared: come ye then to the Resurrection.

TONE 8. Troparion.

HOU didst descend from on high, O Bountiful One, thou didst submit to the three days' burial that thou mightest deliver us from passions. O Life and Resurrection, Lord, glory to thee.

To the Virgin.

C THOU good Lord, who, for our sake,

wast born of the Virgin, didst suffer

crucifixion, overcome death by death, and

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rise again as God; reject not us, the work of thine hands: shew thy lovm₆-kindness unto us, O Merciful One; hearken unto thy holy Mother praying for us, and save, O Saviour, thy despairing people.

Hypaco'e.

HE myrrh-bearing women stood at the grave of the Life-giver, seeking the immortal Lord among the dead, and receiving from the Angel the glad tidings of joy, they proclaimed to the Apostles that Christ God is risen, giving great mercy to the "world.

Condakion.

"LJAVING risen from the tomb, thou didst raise the dead and lift up Adam, and Eve rejoiceth in thy Resurrection, and the ends of the earth celebrate thine Arising, O most Merciful One.

XXIII. TROPARIA ETC. FOR WEEK DAYS.

ON MONDAYS. TO THE ANGELS. Troparion. Tone 4. unworthy ones pray you, O Leaders of the heavenly Hosts, by your prayers to cover us with the protection of the wings of your immaterial glory, preserving us who come to you and earnestly exclaim, Deliver us from sorrows, ye Principals of the Powers above.

To the Virgin.

1TO her who was brought up in the Temple for the Holy of holies, to her who was endued with faith, wisdom and perpetual virginity, the Archangel Gabriel brought from heaven greeting and hail. Hail! blessed one. Hail! most glorified one. The Lord is with thee.

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Condakion. Tone 2.

Q ARCHANGELS of God, Ministers of divine glory, Princes among the Angels and Instructors of men; ask for what is profitable for us, and for much mercy, ye Leaders of the immaterial Hosts.

ON TUESDAYS. TO THE FORERUNNER. Troparion. Tone 2.

HE memory of the just is blessed, but for thee, O Baptist, the Lord's testimony sufficeth; for thou hast appeared to be verily the most honourable of the Prophets, in that thou wast blessed to baptize in the waters him whom thou didst preach. And, having joyfully suffered for the truth, thou didst announce, even to them in hades, God manifest in flesh, who taketh away the sins of the world and granteth great mercy unto us.

To the Virgin.

have been made partakers of the divine nature through thee, O ever-virgin Mother of God; for thou didst bring forth for us incarnate God. Therefore, as is meet, with reverence we magnify thee.

Condakion. Tone 3.

C^HE that afore was barren to-day beareth Christ's Forerunner, and in him doth end

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all prophecy; for, having in the Jordan laid his hands on him whom Prophets preached of old, he is revealed of God the Word the Prophet, Preacher, and Forerunner.

ON WEDNESDAYS. TO THE MOTHER OF GOD AT THE CROSS.

Troparion. Tone 1.

O Lord, save thy people and bless thine inheritance .... Vide page 52.

To the Virgin at the Cross.

"LJAV1NG thy mediation, most pure one, and delivered by thy prayers from dangers, and preserved in all things by the Cross of thy Son, with reverence, as is meet, we all do magnify thee.

Condakion. Tone 4.

Thou that wast of thy own will raised upon the Cross .... Vide page 52.

ON THURSDAYS. TO THE APOSTLES, AND TO NICOLAS THE WONDERWORKER.

Troparion to the Apostles. Tone 3.

HOLY Apostles, pray unto the merciful God that he may grant our souls remission of sins.

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Troparion to Nicolas. Tone 4.

''THE Truth hath made thee a ctpndard of faith, a pattern of meekness, and a teacher of temperance to thy flock. Thus didst thou, O holy priestly Father Nicolas, by humiliation acquire greatness, by thy poverty, riches. Pray Christ our God to save our souls.

To the Virgin.

HTHE Word of the Father, Christ our God, we acknowledge was made flesh of thee, O Virgin Mother of God, who alone art pure, alone art blessed. Therefore without ceasing we sing and magnify thee.

Condakion to the Apostles. Tone 2.

LORD, thou hast received those steadfast and divinely inspired Preachers, the chiefest of Apostles, into the enjoyment of thy blessings and rest; for thou hast accepted their sufferings and death as more than any sacrifice, thou that alone knowest the hearts.

Condakion to Nicolas. Tone 3. C HOLY Nicolas, thou didst appear in Myra as a wonderworker; for, having fulfilled the gospel of Christ, thou didst lay down thy life for thy people, and didst save the innocent from death. Therefore art thou

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sanctified as a great treasury of the grace of God.

ON FRIDAYS. TO THE HOLY CROSS. Troparion &c. as on Wednesdays.

ON SATURDAYS. TO ALL SAINTS, AND

FOR THE DEPARTED. Troparion to All Saints. Tone 2.

^POSTLES, Martyrs, Prophets, Divines, Venerables and Just, who have done a good work, kept the faith, and have daring with the Saviour; pray for us to him, the Blessed One, to save our souls.

Troparion for the Departed. Tone 8.

"DEMEMBER, O Lord, for thou art good, all thy servants, and forgive them all their sins throughout life; for there is none sinless save thee, who art able to give rest unto the departed.

To the Virgin.

HOLY Mother of the unapproachable Light, with angelic hymns we honour thee, and reverently we magnify thee.

Condakion for the Departed. Tone 8. CHRIST, rest the souls of thy servants with the Saints, where there is no sickness, nor sorrow, nor lamentation, but life everlasting.

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Condakion to All Saints. Tone 8. '"TO thee, O Lord, the Author of creation, the world bringeth the God-bearing Martyrs, as the first -fruits of nature. At their intercessions, through the Mother of God, preserve, O most Merciful One, thy Church and thine estate in perfect peace.

XXIV. TROPARIA ETC. FOR THE FESTIVALS OF THE LORD AND OF THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD, AND FOR SOME OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SEP. 8. THE NATIVITY OF OUR MOST

HOLY LADY, THE MOTHER OF GOD AND

EVER-VIRGIN MARY.

Troparion. Tone 4.

1HY Nativity, O Virgin Mother of God, hath brought gladness to the whole universe; for from thee Christ our God, the Sun of righteousness, hath shone, who, having destroyed the curse, giveth us blessings, and, having put away death, giveth us life everlasting.

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Conddkion. Tone 4.

T>Y thy holy Nativity, O most pure one, Joakim and Anna were freed from the reproach of barrenness and Eve from deadly corruption. Thy people also celebrate the same, being thereby delivered from the punishment of sin, and cry to thee, The barren parents bear the Mother of God, the nourisher of our life.

Magnifying.

"l/^rE magnify thee, most holy Virgin, and honour thy holy Parents, and glorify thy most glorious Nativity.

Proktmenon as on Wednesdays. Vide page 145-

Irmos of Ode 9, with Refrain.

TV/TAGNIFY, my soul, the most glorious ^1VJ- Birth of the Mother of God.

Wonderful is a virgin-mother, and strange a maiden giving birth; but yet in thee, O Mother of God, were both fulfilled. Therefore we all of earthly race cease not to magnify thee.

Communion Hymn as on Wednesdays. Vide page 159.

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SEP. 14. THE EXALTATION OF THE HONOURABLE AND LIFE-EFFECTING CROSS.

Troparion and Condakion as on Wednesdays. Vide page 429.

Magnifying.

magnify thee, O Christ, Giver of life, and honour thy holy Cross, by the which thou hast saved us from the yoke of the enemy.

Antiphons at Liturgy.

I.   O God, my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?

But thou dwellest in the holy place: thou art the praise of Israel.

Glory. Both now. And, after each verse, Through the prayers of the Mother of God, O Saviour, save us.

II.   O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

But God is our King from ages, who hath wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.

And, after each verse, O Son of God, who in the flesh wast crucified, save us who sing to thee, Alleluia.

Glory. Both now. Only-begotten Son .... Vide page 127.

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III. The Lord reigneth, let the people tremble.

Bow yourselves before the Lord in his holy courts.

And, after each verse, the Troparion, O Lord, save thy people, and bless ....

Introit.

"pXALT ye the Lord our God, and worship at his footstool, for- he is holy. O Son of God, who in the flesh wast crucified, save us who sing to thee, Alleluia.

Prokimenon. Exalt ye the Lord our God .... as above. Verse. The Lord reigneth, let the people tremble.

Irmos of Ode g, with Refrain.

~\AGNIFY, my soul, the Lord's most precious Cross.

O Mother of God, thou art the mystical Paradise, which, untilled, produced Christ, through whom on earth is planted that life-bearing tree, the Cross. Therefore this now exalted we adore, and thee we magnify.

Communion Hymn.

light of thy countenance hath been signed upon us, O Lord. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

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Dismissal.

QHRIST our true God, through the prayers of his all-pure Mother, through the might of his honourable and life-effecting Cross, through the intercessions of the holy, glorious, and all-praised Apostles ....

SEP. 26. THE DECEASE OF THE HOLY APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST, JOHN THE

DIVINE.

Troparion. Tone 2. ^DOSTLE beloved of Christ God, hasten to deliver a people that are without defence. He that accepted thee to rest upon his breast, accepteth thy falling down before him. Then pray him, O Divine^ to disperse the gathering throng of heathen, and ask for us peace and great mercy.

Condakion. Tone 2.

"17'HO can tell thy mightiness, O virgin one? For thou art full of wonders, and pourest forth healings, and prayest for our souls, O Divine and Friend of Christ.

Magnifying.

magnify thee, O Apostle and Evangelist of Christ, John the Divine, and honour thine afflictions and toils, in the which thou didst labour for the gospel of Christ,

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OCT. 1. THE PROTECTION OF OUR MOST

HOLY LADY, THE MOTHER OF GOD AND

EVER-VIRGIN MARY.

Troparion. Tone 4.

J O-DAY we faithful hold a joyful feast, being shadowed by thy presence, O Mother of God, and, looking on thy most pure icon, humbly say, Cover us with thine honourable protection, and deliver us from all evil, praying thy Son, Christ our God, to save our souls.

Condakion. Tone 3.

''O-DAY the Virgin is present in the Church, and with the companies of Saints invisibly prayeth unto God for us. Angels with Archbishops bow down, Apostles and Prophets exceedingly rejoice; for the Mother of God now supplicateth the eternal God for us.

NOV. 8. THE COUNCIL OF THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL, AND THE OTHER

HEAVENLY BODILESS HOSTS. Troparion and Condakion as on Mondays-Vide pages 427 and 428. j

Magnifyings.

"A/E magnify you, O ye Archangels and Angels, and all ye Hosts, ye Cherubim and ye Seraphim, glorifying the Lord.

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We magnify you, O ye Archangels, ye Angels, ye Principalities, ye Virtues, ye Thrones, ye Dominations, ye Powers, ye Cherubim, and ye fearful Seraphim, praising the Lord.

NOV. 13. OUR FATHER IN THE SAINTS,

JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, ARCHBISHOP OF

CONSTANTINOPLE.

Troparion. Tone 8. grace of thy mouth, shining forth like fire, hath enlightened the universe, hath offered the world treasures of liberality, and hath shewed to us the height of humility. And, as thou instructest us by thy words, Father John Chrysostom, pray Christ, the Word of God, to save our souls.

Condakion. Tone 6.

'"THOU didst receive divine grace from heaven, and by thy lips didst teach all men to worship one God in Trinity. O most blessed and venerable John Chrysostom, we praise thee who art worthy; for thou art our instructor, and explainest divine things.

Magnifying.

magnify thee, O divine Father John Chrysostom, and honour thine honourable memory; for thou prayest for us unto Christ our God.

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NOV. 21. THE PRESENTATION IN TEMPLE OF OUR MOST HOLY LADY, THE MOTHER OF GOD AND EVER-VIRGIN MARY.

Troparion, Tone 4.

IO-DAY is the foreshadowing of God's goodwill, and the preaching of the salvation of men; for the Virgin is clearly seen in the Temple, and announceth Christ unto all. Then let us cry aloud to her, Hail! thou fulfilment of the Creator's dispensation.

Condakion, Tone 4.

'"THE spotless dwelling of the Saviour, the precious palace and Virgin, the sacred treasury of God's glory is this day brought into the house of the Lord, carrying thereinto with herself grace which is in the divine Spirit, she, whom the Angels of God sing, This is the heavenly abode.

Magnifying.

"17E magnify thee, O most holy Virgin,

the God-chosen Maiden, and honour

thy Presentation in the Temple of the Lord.

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TVTAGNIFY, my soul, her who is more honourable than the Hosts above, the most pure Virgin Mother of God.

Let hands denied in nowise touch the spiritual ark of God; but let believing lips, ceaselessly singing the Angel's words, cry to the Mother of God with joy, Thou truly art higher than all things, Virgin pure.

NOV. 24. THE GREAT MARTYR KATHARINE.

Troparion. Tone 4.

WISE one, thou with virtues, as with rays of the sun, hast shone on them that had not faith, and, as a most bright moon, hast driven away darkness from them that walk in the night of unbelief; and thou, God-chosen Virgin, blessed Katharine, art assured of royalty and invested with martyrdom. Thou, with desire, art risen unto Christ, thy glorious Spouse, into the heavenly bridechamber, and by him art crowned with a royal crown; and with Angels thou standest before him, praying for us who keep thine honoured memory.

Condakion. Tone 2. honourable choir that love the Martyrs, arouse ye now divinely to extol the all-

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wise Katharine; for in the arena she proclaimed Christ, treading the serpent down, and overcame the reasonings of the Orators.

Magnifying.

"17E magnify thee, O holy and great Martyr Katharine, and honour thine honourable sufferings which thou hast borne for Christ's sake.

NOV. 30. THE APOSTLE ANDREW, THE FIRST-CALLED.

Troparion. Tone 4.

ANDREW, First-called of the Apostles, and own brother of their Leader, pray the Lord of all to give peace to the world and great mercy to our souls.

Condakion. Tone 2.

extol him, called of God, whose name signifieth, Manly one, the first of the coming Church, Peter's near kinsman. For as in ancient time to this his brother, so now to us he saith, Come, we have found even him whom we desire.

Magnifying.

"1/'E magnify thee, O First-called Apostle of Christ, Andrew, and honour thine afflictions and toils, in the which thou didst labour for the gospel of Christ.

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DEC. 6. OUR FATHER IN THE SAINTS, NICOLAS, ARCHBISHOP OF MYRA. Troparion and Condakion as on Thursdays, Vide page 430.

Magnifying.

"17E magnify thee, O divine Father Nicolas, and honour thine honourable memory; for thou prayest for us unto Christ our God.

DEC. 25. THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD, GOD, AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, COMMONLY CALLED, CHRISTMAS DAY.

Troparion. Tone 4.

CHRIST our God, upon the world thy birth hath shined the light of knowledge; for at it they that served the stars were taught by a star to worship thee, the Sun of righteousness, and to know thee, the Dayspring from on high. Glory to thee, O Lord.

Magnifying.

"XlfE magnify thee, O Christ, Giver of life,

who now wast born in flesh for our sake

of the unmarried and most pure Virgin Mary.

Sticheron in Tone 6 at Matins after the

Gospel.

/~*LORY be to God on high, and on earth be peace. To-day doth Bethlehem re-

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ceive him that sitteth ever with the Father. To-day the Angels glorify, as God, the Infant born. Glory be to God on high, and on earth be peace, goodwill to men.

Irmi of the Canon. Tone i.

I. Christ is born, him glorify. Christ from heaven, go to greet' him. Christ on earth, be lifted up. Sing to the Lord, all the whole earth, and in gladness praise him, O ye nations; for he hath been glorified.

III.   To the Son of the Father unspeakably begotten before the worlds, and of the Virgin without seed incarnate late in time, to Christ our God let us exclaim, Thou who hast lifted up our horn, holy art thou, O Lord.

Hypacoe. Tone 8.

BABE, in manger lying, the heavens brought to thee the first-fruits of the gentiles, calling the Magi by a star. Not a sceptre, nor a throne struck them with astonishment, but thine utter poverty. For what is humbler than a cave? What is meaner than a swathe? And yet in these the ri^b^s of thy Godhead clearly shone. Glory to thee, O Lord.

IV.   Rod of the root of Jesse, and flower thereof, O Christ, thou from the Virgin hast bloomed forth; and thou, the Praised One,

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hast come from the thick shady mount, incarnate of a maid, O immaterial God. Glory to thy might, O Lord.

V.  God of peace, Father of bounties, the Angel of thy great counsel thou hast sent, bringing us peace. And so we, led into divine wisdom's light, after night rising betimes, magnify thee, O Lover of mankind.

VI.   As the sea-monster vomited from its entrails their contents, Jonas, as it took him in, so the Word, dwelling in the Virgin and assuming flesh from her, kept her unchanged as he passed through; for from that to which he was not subject he held her that bore him free.

Condakion. Tone 3.

'""PO-DAY the Virgin beareth him above all essence, and earth ofFereth the Inaccessible a cave. Angels with Shepherds glorify, and the Magi journey with the star. For our sake he hath been born a little Child he, God before the worlds.

VII.   The Children reared in piety, the impious command despising, feared not the threat of fire; but, standing in the midst of flame, they sang, God of our fathers, blessed art thou.

VIII.  The furnace shedding dew portrayed a type of wondrous portent, for it burned

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not the Youths whom it received. So too the fire of Godhead doth not burn that virgin womb which it hath entered. Therefore let us chant in song, Let all creation bless the Lord, and set him up for evermore.

IX. A mystery strange and wondrous I behold. The cave is heaven, the Virgin is the throne of Cherubim, the manger is the place where the Incomprehensible is laid, Christ our God, whom singing, we magnify.

Irmos of the Second Canon. Content as free from risk, through awe We easier silent be. But, Virgin, for the

love of thee,

Urged on to weave harmonious songs, Our task is hard. Then, Mother, strength, Such as we need, bestow, and give the strain.

Stichera with the Psalms of Praise. Tone 4.

glad, ye just; ye heavens, rejoice; ye mountains, leap; for Christ is born. The Virgin sitteth like the Cherubim, and beareth in her bosom God the Word made flesh. The Shepherds glorify the Child, the Magi bring the Lord their gifts, and Angels sing, Glory to thee, O un-contained God.

Glory. Both now.

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Tone 2.

in Bethlehem of the Virgin Christ is born. To-day beginneth the Un-beginning, and the Word becometh flesh. The Hosts of heaven rejoice, and earth with men is glad. The Magi bring their gifts, the wonder Shepherds tell, and we unceasingly exclaim, Glory to God on high, and peace on earth, goodwill to men.

JAN. I. THE CIRCUMCISION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Troparion. Tone i.

JESUS, thou that sittest on high on the light-bearing throne with thine unbeginning Father and thy divine Spirit, didst condescend to be born on earth of a Virgin, thy husbandless Mother, and wast accordingly circumcised as man on the eighth day. Glory then to thy good counsel! Glory to thy dispensation! Glory to thy condescension, thou that alone lovest mankind.

Condakion, Tone 3.

HPHE Lord of all submitteth to circumcision, and, in his goodness, circumciseth also the sins of men, and this day giveth salvation to the world. Then doth Basil,

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the Hierarch of the Creator and light-bearing Minister of Christ, rejoice on high.

Prokimenon at Liturgy as on a- Sunday of Tone 6.

Communion Hymn as on Sundays.

JAN. 6. THE DIVINE MANIFESTATION OF

OUR LORD, GOD, AND SAVIOUR, JESUS

CHRIST, COMMONLY CALLED, THE

EPIPHANY.

Troparion. Tone 1.

Jordan when thou wast baptized, O Lord, the worship of the Trinity was manifested. For the voice of the Father bare witness unto thee, calling thee the beloved Son, and the Spirit, in appearance as a dove, confirmed the truth of the words. Thou who wast manifested, Christ our God, and enlightenedst the world, glory to thee.

Hypacoe after Ode III. Tone 2.

"V17HEN all things thou enlightenedst by thine Epiphany, then fled the sea of unbelief, and Jordan turned back its streams, raising us to heaven. Then, through the intercessions of the Mother of God, preserve us on the wave of thy divine commandments, O Christ our God, and save us.

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Condakton. Tone 4.

HTO-DAY, O Lord, thou didst manifest thyself to all the world, and thy light hath come upon us who in understanding sing to thee, Thou didst come, thou didst appear, O Light inaccessible.

Magnifying.

magnify thee, O Christ, Giver of life, who now hast been baptized in flesh by John in the waters of Jordan for our sake.

JAN. 30. OUR FATHERS IN THE SAINTS,

THE THREE DIVINES, BASIL THE GREAT,

GREGORY THE DIVINE, AND JOHN

CHRYSOSTOM.

Troparion. Tone 1. equals of the Apostles, and Teachers of the universe, pray the Lord of all to grant peace to the world and great mercy to our souls.

Condakton. Tone 2.

LORD, thou hast received those priestly and divinely inspired Preachers, the chiefest of Teachers, into the enjoyment of thy blessings and rest; for thou hast accepted their sufferings and death as more than any sacrifice, thou that art glorified in the Saints.

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FEB. 2. THE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Troparion. Tone I.

JAIL! Virgin Mother of God> full of grace. For from thee the Sun of righteousness, Christ our God, hath risen, enlightening them that are in darkness. Rejoice thou also, O righteous Elder, who didst receive in thine arms the Deliverer of our souls, him that giveth resurrection unto us.

Conddkion. Tone i.

HTHOU, O Christ our God, who by thy birth didst sanctify the Virgin, and blessedst, as was meet, the hands of Simeon, didst purpose our salvation, and hast now accomplished this. Do thou, O Lover of mankind, preserve thine estate from wars, and strengthen the princes who have found favour before thee.

Magnifying.

"17'E magnify thee, O Christ, Giver of life, and honour thy most pure Mother, who bringeth thee, according to the law, into the Temple of the Lord.

Introit.

HPHE Lord hath declared his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in

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the sigKt of the heathen. O Son of God, who wast carried in the arms of righteous Simeon, save us who sing to thee, Alleluia.

Prokimenon and Communion Hymn as on Sep. &th.

Irmos of Ode g, with Re/rain.

Q GOD-BEARING Virgin, the hope of Christians, protect, watch, and save them that put their trust in thee.

In the law, in shadows, and in scripture we faithful see an image. Every male that openeth the womb is holy unto God. Therefore we magnify the first-begotten Word of the unbegmning Father, who is the first-begotten Son of the Mother unknown of man.

Dismissal.

XJTE that for our salvation vouchsafed to be carried in the arms of righteous Simeon, Christ our true God ....

MARCH 25. THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR

MOST HOLY LADY, THE MOTHER

OF GOD.

Troparion. Tone 4. $ 0-DAY is the crowning of our salvation, and the manifestation of the mystery which was from eternity. The Son of God becometh the Son of the Vir-

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gin, and Gabriel giveth the good tidings of grace. Then with him let us cry to the Mother of God, Hail! full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Condakion. Tone 8.

TPO thee, O Virgin, the chosen guide, thy servants sing a triumphal song, ascribing thanks to thee for the deliverance from evils, and since thou hast an invincible might, deliver us, we beseech thee, from every ill, that we may cry unto thee, Hail! O unmarried Bride.

Magnifying.

sing the Archangel's song to thee, O pure one, Hail! full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Prokimenon.

PROCLAIM ye from day to day the salvation of our God. Verse. O sing unto the Lord a new song, sing unto the Lord, all the whole earth.

Irmos of Ode 9, with Refrain.

We sing the Archangel's .... As above. Let hands defiled .... Vide page 441.

Communion Hymn. The Lord hath elected Sion, he hath

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chosen her as an habitation for himself. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

APRIL 23. THE GREAT MARTYR AND

VICTORIOUS WONDERWORKER,

GEORGE.

Troparion. Tone 2.

2LIVERER of captives, defender of the poor, physician of the sick, and champion of kings, O victorious and

great Martyr George, pray Christ our God

to save our souls.

Condakion. Tone 4.

XJUSBANDED by God, thou hast appeared an honourable husbandman of piety, and hast gathered for thyself sheaves of virtues. Thou sowedst in tears and reapest in joy. Athlete, thou, through blood, art garnered unto Christ, and, by thy prayers, O Saint, gainest for all men forgiveness of sins.

Magnifying.

YXT'E magnify thee, O holy and victorious great Martyr George, and honour thine honourable sufferings which thou hast borne for Christ's sake.

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MAY 8. THE GLORIOUS AND ALL-PRAISED

APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST,

JOHN THE DIVINE.

Troparion, Condakion and Magnifying as on September 26. Vide page437.

JU1JE 24. THE NATIVITY OF THE HONOURABLE GLORIOUS PROPHET.FORERUNNER, AND BAPTIST JOHN. Troparion. Tone 4. fROPHET and Forerunner of the advent of Christ, we, lovingly honouring thee, are insufficient worthily to extol thee; for the barren bore thee, and a dumb father spake at thy glorious and honourable Birth, which declared to the world the incarnation of the Son of God.

Condakion. Tone 3.

CHE that afore was barren to-day beareth Christ's Forerunner, and in him doth end all prophecy; for having in the Jordan, laid his hands on him whom Prophets preached of old, he is revealed of God the Word the Prophet, Preacher, and Forerunner.

Magnifying.

"JS7E magnify thee, O John, Forerunner of the Saviour, and honour thy most glorious birth from a barren mother.

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JUNE 29. THE GLORIOUS AND ALL-PRAISED LEADERS OF THE APOSTLES, PETER AND PAUL.

Troparion. Tone 4. first-throned of the Apostles and Teachers of the universe, pray the Lord of all to grant peace to the world and great mercy to our souls.

Condakion. Tone 2.

LORD, thou hast received those steadfast and divinely inspired Preachers, the chiefest of Apostles, into the enjoyment of thy blessings and rest; for thou hast accepted their sufferings and death as more than any sacrifice, thou that alone knowest the hearts.

Magnifying.

magnify you, O ye Apostles of Christ, who have enlightened all the world with your teachings, and have led all the ends of the earth unto Christ.

JULY 2O. THE GLORIOUS PROPHET

ELIAS.

Troparion, Tone 4. iHE incarnate Angel, the first of the Prophets and second Forerunner of the advent of Christ, even the glorious Elias, sent down from above grace upon

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Elissseus, dispersed diseases and cleansed lepers. Therefore to them that honour him he is a fount of healing.

Condakion. Tone 2.

pROPHET and Foreseer of the mighty

works of God, O famous Elias, whose