The Lord alone will be exalted on that day. For the day of the Lord of hosts is coming on everyone who is bold and proud, and on everyone who is high and haughty, and they will be humbled; and on every cedar of Lebanon that is tall and towering, and on every oak of Bashan, and on every high mountain, and on every high hill, and on every high tower, and on every high wall, and on every a sea ship, and every kind of beauty of ships. And every man will be humbled, and the height of man will fall, and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day. And they will hide everything made by man, bringing it into caves, and into clefts of rocks, and into holes in the earth, from the fear of the Lord and from the glory of His strength, when He rises to crush the earth. For on that day man will throw away their abominations of gold and silver, which they have made for themselves to worship vain objects and bats, to enter into the cracks of solid rocks and into the clefts of the rocks from the fear of the Lord and from the glory of His strength, when He rises to crush the earth.
Προφητείας Ἡσαΐου τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα (Κεφ. Βˊ, 11–21)
Ὑψωθήσεται Κύριος μόνος ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ· ἡμέρα γὰρ Κυρίου Σαβαὼθ ἐπὶ πάντα ὑβριστὴν καὶ ὑπερήφανον, καὶ ἐπὶ πάντα ὑψηλὸν καὶ μετέωρον, καὶ ταπεινωθήσονται. Καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν κέδρον τοῦ Λιβάνου, τὴν ὑψηλὴν καὶ μετέωρον, καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶν δένδρον βαλάνου Βασάν, καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶν ὄρος ὑψηλόν, καὶ ἐπὶ πάντα πύργον ὑψηλόν, καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶν τεῖχος ὑψηλόν, καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶν, πλοῖον θαλάσσης, καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν θέαν κάλλους πλοίων. ταπεινωθήσεται πᾶς ἄνθρωπος, καὶ πεσεῖται τὸ ὕψος τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ὑψωθήσεται Κύριος μόνος ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ.
Καὶ τὰ χειροποίητα πάντα κατακρύψουσιν, εἰσενέγκαντες εἰς τὰ σπήλαια, καὶ εἰς τὰς σχισμὰς τῶν πετρῶν, καὶ εἰς τὰς τρώγλας τῆς γῆς, ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ φόβου Κυρίου, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς δόξης τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ, ὅταν ἀναστῇ θραῦσαι τὴν γῆν· τῇ γὰρ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἐκβαλεῖ ἄνθρωπος τὰ βδελύγματα αὐτοῦ, τὰ ἀργυρᾶ καὶ τὰ χρυσᾶ, ἃ ἐποίησαν ἑαυτόῖς, εἰς τὸ προσκυνεῖν τοῖς ματαίοις, καὶ ταῖς νυκτερίσι, τοῦ ἐλθεῖν εἰς τὰς τρώγλας τῆς στερεᾶς πέτρας, καὶ εἰς τὰς σχισμὰς τῶν πετρῶν, ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ φόβου Κυρίου, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς δόξης τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ, ὅταν ἀναστῇ θραῦσαι τὴν γῆν.
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Prokeimenon, voice four: Lord, who dwells in Your dwelling?
Verse: Walk without blame and do what is right.
Prokeimenon (Psalm 14), tone 4: Lord, who will dwell in Your dwelling?
Verse: He who remains blameless and acts righteously.
Προκείμενον. Ἦχος δ´. Ψαλμὸς ιδˊ. Κύριε, τίς παροικήσει ἐν τῷ σκηνώματί σου;
Στίχ. Πορευόμενος ἄμωμος, καὶ ἐργαζόμενος δικαιοσύνην.
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At Vespers on Thursday of the first week
At Vespers on Thursday of the first week of Lent
ΕΝ Τῼ ΕΣΠΕΡΙΝῼ
Verses of Triodi, Cyrus of Joseph, second voice.
Stichera of the Triodion, Mr. Joseph, tone 2.
Στιχηρὰ Τριῳδίου. Ἦχος β´.
Similar to: Our Enlightener:
I am darkened by the charms of the fighter, my Christ, enlighten me, sometimes darkening the sun hanging on the Cross, and illuminating the faithful with the true light, the remains of reality: for may you walk in your light commands, I will reach the pure dawn of Your Resurrection.
Similar: Our Enlightener...
Enlighten me, Christ, who has fallen into darkness because of the seduction of a warlike Enemy, for You once darkened the sun by hanging on the Cross, and the undoubted light showed forgiveness [of sins] to the faithful, so that I, walking in the light of Your commands, in purity may reach the saving dawn of Your Resurrection.
Τὸν φωτισμὸν ἡμῶν.
Τὸν σκοτισθέντα με, ταῖς ἀπάταις τοῦ πολεμήτορος, Χριστέ μου ? τοῖς πιστοῖς φῶς ἀληθινόν, ἀφέσεως σαφῶς, ὅπως πορευόμενος ἐν τῷ φωτὶ τῶν προσταγμάτων σου, φθάσω καθαρῶς, τῆς Ἀναστάσεως τῆς σῆς, τὴν αὐγὴν τὴν σωτήριον.
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Like grapes on a tree, O Savior, hanging, you gave wine to the incorruptibility, O Christ, the ends. Moreover, I cry out: I am always darkened by the drunkenness of sinful rage, having filled me with the sweetness of the tenderness of the true, strengthen me now by fasting from sweets, O Savior, who is good and Lover of humanity.
Hanging on the Tree of the Cross like grapes, Savior, You watered the ends [of the earth] with wine of incorruption, O Christ, therefore I exclaim: darkened by the heavy intoxication of sins, as the Good One and Lover of Mankind, give me to drink the new wine of repentance, so that, by fasting, I may gain the power to abstain from pleasures!
ἄμπελος, ἐπὶ ξύλου Σωτὴρ κρεμάμενος, οἶνον ἐπότισας ἀφθαρσίας, Χριστὲ τὰ πέρατα, ὅθεν ἐκβοῶ· Τῇ μέθῃ με δεινῶς τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν, σκοτούμενον ἀεί, γλεῦκος κατανύξεως, ἀληθινῆς ποτίσας, νηστεύειν με ἐξ ἡδονῶν, νῦν ἐνδυνάμωσον Σωτήρ, ὡς ἀγαθὸς καὶ φιλάνθρωπος.
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In is similar to the kir of Theodore, the voice is the same:
Similar to: O great mystery:
O Thy Cross of strength! This flourishing Church is abstinence, in Eden sometimes Adam’s intemperance is uprooted from its root: death brought it by man: but this one incorruptibly exudes immortality to the world, as from another source of paradise, by the outpouring of Your life's blood, together with water: from there everything was revived. Delight us with Lenten food, O God of Israel, who have great mercy.
The other is like Mr. Theodore, the voice is the same.
Similar: O great mystery...
O power of Your Cross! For the Church He grew the flower of temperance, which uprooted the ancient intemperance of Adam in Eden. It brought death to people, and the Cross inexhaustibly pours into the world, as from another heavenly source, immortality with Your life-giving Blood and water, so everything received life. Delight us with fasting food with them, O God of Israel, abundant in mercy!
Ἕτερον προσόμοιον τοῦ κυρίου Θεοδώρου. Ἦχος βˊ.
Ὢ τοῦ μεγίστου μυστηρίου!
Ὢ τοῦ Σταυροῦ σου τῇ δυνάμει! ἐξήνθησε τῇ Ἐκκλησίᾳ τὴν ἐγκράτειαν, τὴν ἐν Ἐδὲμ ποτὲ Ἀδὰμ ἀκρασίαν, πρόρριζον ἐκτίλασαν。 ἐπεισήγαγε τοῖς βροτοῖς· ἀλλˊ οὗτος ἀφθάρτως ἐκβλύζει, τὴν ἀθανασίαν τῷ Κόσμῳ, ὡς ἐκ πηγῆς ἄλλης τῆς τοῦ Παραδείσου, τῇ κατακενώσει, τοῦ σοῦ ζωηρρύτου Αἵματος, ὁμοῦ τε καὶ ὕδατος ὅθεν τὰ πάντα ἐζωοποιήθη. → ἔχων τὸ μέγα ἔλεος.
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Prokeimenon, tone four: I will bless the Lord, who has given me understanding.
Verse: Save me, O Lord, as I trust in You.
Prokeimenon (Psalm 15), tone 4: I will bless the Lord, who has given me understanding.
Verse: Save me, Lord, for I have placed my hope in You!
Προκείμενον. Ἦχος δˊ. Ψαλμὸς ιεˊ. Εὐλογήσω τὸν Κύριον, τὸν συνετίσαντά με.
Στίχ. Φυλαξόν με Κύριε, ὅτι ἐπὶ σοὶ ἤλπισα.
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Genesis reading (Genesis 2: 4–19).