The divine grace of repentance appeared, bringing salvation to those who tasted the sweetness of rewards for the sweat and labor of their struggles. Therefore, hasten, my soul, to your Lord, striving to receive forgiveness of many of your sins!
Ἡ χάρις ἡ ἔνθεος, τῆς μετανοίας ἐπεφάνη, σωτηρίαν φέρουσα, τοῖς ταύτης ἐντρυφῶσι, τὰ ἆθλα καὶ σκάμματα, τῶν ἱδρώτων καὶ κόπων διὸ τρέχε ψυχή μου τῷ Δεσπότῃ σου, τῶν πολλῶν σου πταισμάτων ζητοῦσα, λαβεῖν τὴν συγχώρησιν.
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The field of God-given abstinence has opened, giving light to those who demand mercy: for the Compassionate One thirsts for our salvation, and even to grant forgiveness is extended to those who diligently seek it, and love to those who work.
A competition in God-given abstinence has opened: let us joyfully go forward, O those who desire mercy, for the Merciful One thirsts for our salvation and strives to give forgiveness to those who diligently seek and lovingly serve Him!
Τὸ στάδιον ἤνοικται, τῆς θεοσδότου ἐγκρατείας· φαιδρῶς τὴν ἡμῶν σωτηρίαν, καὶ τοῦ δοῦναι συγγνώμην, ἐπεκτείνεται, τοῖς αὐτὸν ἐκζητοῦσι προθύμως, καὶ πόθῳ δουλεύουσι.
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After fasting, with a peaceable thought, nourish the soul of the Lord with the good deeds of virtue, food, like fragrant sacrifices, offering to this, and crying: bless your deeds without ceasing Gentlemen.
Arm yourself with fasting and keep peace in your thoughts, soul; and feed the good deeds of the Lord, the fruits of virtue, like fragrant sacrifices, offering Him and crying: “Bless the Lord continually, [His] creatures!”
Νηστείᾳ στομώθητι, εἰρηνευούσῃ διανοίᾳ· θρέψον δὴ τὸν Κύριον, ψυχὴ τῇ εὐπραξίᾳ, ἀρετῆς ἐδέσματα, ὡς εὐώδεις θυσίας, προσκομίζουσα τούτῳ, καὶ κραυγάζουσα· Εὐλογεῖτε τὰ ἔργα, ἀπαύστως τὸν Κύριον.
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Theotokos: Ruler of all, accept prayers to the Lady of Your servants, Holy Mother of God, deliver me from darkness and unquenchable fire, cleanse my multitude of evils with Yours intercession, and your only divine prayer.
Theotokos: You accept, O Lady of All, the prayers of Your servants; Holy Mother of God, deliver me from darkness and from the unquenchable fire, having blotted out many bad deeds committed by me, through Your mediation and Your exclusive intercession before God!
Ἡ πάντων δεσπόζουσα, τὰς ἱκεσίας δεχομένη, Δέσποινα τῶν δούλων σου, ἁγία Θεοτόκε, τοῦ σκότους με λύτρωσαι, καὶ πυρὸς τοῦ ἀσβέστου, τῶν κακῶν μου τὰ πλήθη ἐξαλείψασα, ἐν τῇ σῇ μεσιτείᾳ, καὶ μόνη τῇ θείᾳ σου πρεσβείᾳ.
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Other. Irmos: Fear the youths:
Another three-song. Irmos: Tel was afraid of the unsullied...
Κανών βˊ, τοῦ Τριῳδίου. Ἔφριξε Παίδων εὐαγῶν
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You are like the light, Christ to the end of the whole universe, the apostles who gave, speaking, taught in the Gentiles: so that in the flesh you will see the essence of life, abstinence, and the enemy trampling all strength, and showing the right path to man.
Christ gave you, like light, the apostles, to the world, sent you to all its borders and said: “Go and teach among all the nations that you have seen me, in the flesh of Jehovah, and living in abstinence, and trampling upon all the power of the enemy and showing people the straight path.”
Ὑμᾶς φῶς ὥσπερ ὁ Χριστός, εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης πάσης, Ἀπόστολοι διδούς, ἀπελθόντες ἔφη διδάξατε, ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, ἵν᾿ ἐν σαρκί με ὄντα, εἰδῆτε ἐγκρατείᾳ διαιτώμενον, καὶ τοῦ ἐχθροῦ ὅλον τὸ σθένος πατοῦντα, καὶ ὁδὸν ἀνθρώποις, δεικνύοντα εὐθεῖαν.
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Thou hast revealed the abstinence of the coming Christ, for the purification of man, and the excommunication of passions: thus Thy apostles were well-pleasing, and bright lamps appeared on earth, preaching The Lord in three persons, in one being, to all who praise Him.
Christ, You revealed the coming [into the world] of abstinence for the purification of people and the cutting off of passions; for to them Your apostles were perfected and appeared as brilliant luminaries on earth, and preached the Lord in three Persons and one Divinity to all those who sang Him.
Ἔδειξας βαίνουσαν Χριστέ, τὴν ἐγκράτειαν εἰς ἱλασμὸν τῶν βροτῶν, παθῶν τε χωρισμόν· δι᾿ αὐτῆς γάρ σου οἱ Ἀπόστολοι εὐηρέστησαν, καὶ φαεινοὶ φωστῆρες, ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐδείχθησαν, κηρύττοντες τὸν Κύριον τρισὶ προσώποις, μιᾷ δὲ ἐν οὐσίᾳ πᾶσι τοῖς αὐτὸν ἀνυμνοῦσι.
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In the language of the preacher, you quickly sent from the teacher Christ, O disciple, with divine teachings to enlighten their thoughts, to control passions and desires, to desire abstinence, and to know the Lord this, and Creator, and Creator of all, and benefactor.
Disciples, you were sent by the Teacher Christ as preachers to the nations in order to enlighten their thoughts with divinely inspired instruction, [teach them] to move away from passions and pleasures, to strive for abstinence and to know that He is the Creator of everything and the Organizer, and the Benefactor and the Lord.
Τῶν ἐθνῶν κήρυκες ὑμεῖς, ἀπεστάλητε ὑπὸ τοῦ Διδασκάλου Χριστοῦ, ὦ Μαθηταί, διδαχαῖς ἐνθέοις, φωτίζειν αὐτῶν τὰ νοήματα καὶ Κύριον γινώσκειν τοῦτον καὶ κτίστην, καὶ δημιουργὸν τοῦ παντὸς καὶ εὐεργέτην.
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Let us bless the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit of the Lord.
Like sometimes Cain the murderer, who did not offer my soul as an immaculate sacrifice to Christ, we support it with an unclean mind. Do not disdain me coming to You in fasting, O Most Gracious Savior, but look upon the gifts that I bring to You with love, my God, during fasting.
Let us bless the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit of the Lord!
Like the once murderer Cain, I did not make an immaculate sacrifice from my soul, Christ, and was obsessed with unclean thoughts. Do not disdain me, thanks to the fasting of those who come to You, Most Good One, but look at the gifts that I bring to You, my God, during fasting time with love!
Εὐλογοῦμεν Πατέρα, Υἱόν, καὶ ἅγιον Πνεῦμα.
Ὥς ποτὲ Κάϊν ὁ φονεύς, οὐ προσήγαγον τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς μου θῦμα, ἀμώμητον Χριστέ, ἀκαθάρτῳ γνώμῃ κρατούμενος· μὴ βδελύξη με, προσερχόμενον οὖν σοι, διὰ νηστείας Σῶτερ ὑπεράγαθε· ἀλλ᾿ ἔπιδε ἐπὶ τοῖς δώροις, οἷς πόθῳ ἄγω σοι Θεέ μου, ἐν καιρῷ τῆς νηστείας.
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Theotokos: Blessed was the womb of the Mother of God, as it received the Word, through the flesh of the flesh from Her it was mixed with the human eye, according to hypostasis: and the city of God appeared, in which to live The Most High favors, and so does the Lord God. Moreover, we cry to Ty: Rejoice, O blessed, pure Mother of God.
Theotokos: The womb of the Mother of God became glorious, for it received the Word, in the thickness of the flesh [received] from Her, united with the human image by hypostasis, and She appeared as the city of God, in which the Most High God the Lord was pleased to dwell. So we will exclaim to You, Mother of God: “Rejoice, Pure One, overshadowed by grace!”
Θεοτοκίον. Ὄλβιος γέγονε γαστήρ, Θεομήτορος ὡς δεξαμένη Λόγον, παχύτητι σαρκός, ἐξ αὐτῆς μιγέντα βροτείᾳ μορφῇ καθ᾿ ὑπόστασιν· καὶ ὤφθη ?? βοῶμεν τὸ Χαῖρε κεχαριτωμένη, ἁγνή σοι Θεοτόκε.
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We praise, bless, and worship the Lord, singing and exalting ourselves to all ages.
Irmos: Fearful of the pious youths, according to the soul of the undefiled body, and having withdrawn from the immeasurable substance, the fire is unburdened: I will make it everlasting, I will wither the flame, eternal the song is sung: Sing to the Lord all your works, and exalt them to all ages.
We praise, bless, and worship the Lord, praising and exalting [Him] throughout all ages.
Irmos: The body was afraid of the unsullied, clothed in purity, like the souls of the young men, and the tireless fire, fed with countless firewood, retreated [from them]. When the flame faded, the eternal hymn to the Ever-Living One was heard: “All creatures, sing praises to the Lord and exalt [Him] throughout all ages!”
Αἰνοῦμεν, εὐλογοῦμεν καὶ προσκυνοῦμεν τὸν Κύριον, ὑμνοῦντες καὶ ὑπερυψοῦντες αὐτὸν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.
Ὁ Εἱρμὸς. "Ἔφριξε Παίδων εὐαγῶν, τὸ ὁμόστολον ψυχῆς ἄσπιλον σῶμα, καὶ εἶξε τὸ τραφέν, ἐν ἀπείρῳ ὕλῃ, ἀκάματον πῦρ· ἀειζώῳ δὲ, ἐκμαρανθείσης φλογός, διαιωνίζων ὕμνος ἀνεμέλπετο· Τὸν Κύριον ""*
* text based on Triodi 1879, which is more consistent with the Church Slavonic translation
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Song 9:
Irmos: As you do for Me:
Song 9:
Irmos: Because he created for me...
ᾨδὴ θˊ
Ὁ Εἱρμὸς. Ὅτι ἐποίησέ μοι
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