Voice 8:
Having tenderly cared for the first nakedness, conquered by the bitter taste, and driven away from God by the bykh. But let us be led to repentance, and we will purify our feelings, to which we fight, the entrance of fasting, creating: the hope of grace of the heart is known, not for waste, in which we did not walk. And the Lamb of God will be carried by us, in the holy and luminous night of the resurrection, for our sake the slaughter brought, the disciple communed with on the evening of the Sacrament, and the darkness of ignorance destroyed by light His resurrection.
We ourselves first exposed ourselves, yielding to the regrettable desire to taste [the forbidden fruit], and found ourselves expelled from God. But let's begin the path to repentance and cleanse the feelings for which there is a war [with the Enemy], adding fasting [to our lives]! And let us strengthen our hearts, hoping for grace, and not for food, which was of no use to those who lived before! And on the luminous, holy night of the Resurrection [from the dead], the Lamb of God Himself will be given to us as food - the Sacrifice offered for us, which the disciples partook of at the Last Supper - Dispelling the darkness of foolishness with the light of His Resurrection!
Ἦχος πλ. δˊ
Λιχνευσάμενοι, τὴν πρώτην ὑπέστημεν γύμνωσιν, ἡττηθέντες τῆς πικρᾶς γεύσεως, καὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐξόριστοι γεγόναμεν· ἀλλ᾿ ἐπανάγωμεν πρὸς μετάνοιαν, καὶ τὰς αἰσθήσεις ἐκκαθάρωμεν πρὸς ἃς ὁ πόλεμος, ἐπεισόδιον τὴν νηστείαν ποιούμενοι· ἐλπίδι χάριτος, τὰς καρδίας βεβαιούμενοι· οὐ βρώμασιν, ἐν οἷς οὐκ ὠφελήθησαν οἱ περιπατήσαντες· καὶ βρωθήσεται ἡμῖν ὁ Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἐν τῇ ἱερᾷ καὶ φωτοφόρῳ νυκτί τῆς ἐγέρσεως· τὸ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἀχθὲν σφάγιον, τὸ τοῖς Μαθηταῖς κοινωνῆσαν, ἐν ἑσπέρᾳ τοῦ μυστηρίου, καὶ σκότος λύον τῆς ἀγνωσίας, ἐν τῷ φωτί τῆς αὐτοῦ Ἀναστάσεως. (Δίς)
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Verse: My eyes are lifted up to You, Who dwells in heaven. Behold, like the eyes of a servant are in the hand of his masters, like the eyes of a slave in the hand of her mistress: so are our eyes toward the Lord our God, until He will reward us today.
And again he himself says: Kind-heartedly:
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Verse 2: Lord, have mercy on us, have mercy on us, for we are filled with humiliation in many ways: our soul is especially filled with the reproaches of the gobblers, and the humiliation of the proud.
And we sing to the martyr in the same voice: Martyrs of the Lord, you sanctify every place and heal every ailment: and now we pray that our souls may be delivered from the snares of the enemy, we pray.
Μαρτυρικόν
Μάρτυρες Κυρίου, πάντα τόπον ἁγιάζετε, καὶ πᾶσαν νόσον θεραπεύετε, καὶ νῦν πρεσβεύσατε, ῥυσθῆναι τῶν παγίδων τοῦ ἐχθροῦ, τὰς ψυχὰς ἡμῶν δεόμεθα.
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Glory, and now, the Mother of God, the voice is the same: Heavenly One sings of Thee, Blessed One, Brideless Mother: and we glorify Thy unexplored Nativity, Mother of God, pray for the salvation of souls ours.
Θεοτοκίον. Ἦχος πλ. δˊ
Τὰ οὐράνια ὑμνεῖ σε, κεχαριτωμένη Μήτηρ ἀνύμφευτε, καὶ ἡμεῖς δοξολογοῦμεν, τὴν ἀνεξιχνίαστόν σου γέννησιν, Θεοτόκε πρέσβευε σωθῆναι τὰς ψυχὰς ἡμῶν.
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