Glory... Trinitarian: It is wonderful to [give] praise, honor and glory to the Trinity as the one Dominion and the only Kingdom - [the Trinity] Whom we worship in divinity as a Unit, inseparable and unfused, indivisible in nature, constantly glorified.
Absent from modern Greek Triodion
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Theotokos: Be propitiated by the prayers of the all-pure Mother of Thy All-Bountiful O All-Tsar of glory, when You come to judge Thy servants, for He is merciful: in Thee all have believed, and in Thee We know God.
Theotokos: Oh, show [to us] mercy through the prayers of Your All-Pure Mother, All-Merciful and All-Glorious King, when You come to judge Your servants! For You are Merciful, for we all believe in You and know that You are God.
Absent from modern Greek Triodion
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Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee.
The luminous fast that is now upon us, accepts the meal of exploits offered, for the sake of sowing everything soberly, let us receive the honest cup of cleansing tears: let us not heal We won’t be tempted by tears there.
Glory to Thee, our God, glory to Thee!
The now approaching and luminous Lent offers [us] a feast of exploits; therefore, being sober, let us all take from there the glorious cup of cleansing tears, so that we may not experience inconsolable tears beyond the grave!
* literally: there
Absent from modern Greek Triodion
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Katavasia: Virginity is foreign to mothers, and childbearing is strange to virgins: both are settled on You, Mother of God. Thus, we continually magnify You all the tribes of the earth.
Katavasia: Virginity is unnatural for mothers, and childbearing is unheard of for virgins, but in You, Mother of God, both were accomplished.* Therefore, all the tribes of the earth, we unceasingly glorify You!
*literally: was carried out
" παρθένοις ἡ παιδοποιΐα, ἐπὶ σοὶ Θεοτόκε ἀμφότερα ᾠκονομήθη. "
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In verse we sing the day itself:
Tone 6: Before the saving Cross, sin reigned, wickedness reigned, man was pleased with bodily food, and careless about carnal desires: and therefore the godmother the mystery is accomplished, and the demonic torment is extinguished by the mind of God, heavenly virtue dwells on earth. Moreover, fasting is venerated, abstinence shines, prayer is corrected, and the witness is the present time, given to us by the crucified Christ God, for the salvation of our souls.
At the poem we sing the samoglas of the day.
Voice 6: Before the saving Cross, during the reign of sin, when wickedness prevailed, the bodily pleasures of people were glorified, and [only] a few neglected carnal aspirations. But when the Sacrament of the Cross took place, and the tyranny of demons was abolished by the knowledge of God, the virtue of heaven settled on earth. Therefore, fasting is honored and abstinence shines, prayer is performed and the [fasting] time-testimony** is present, given to us by the Crucified Christ by God for the salvation of our souls.
* in Slavic - translation from another version of the text: food was glorified
**Greek the word means “testimony” and “witness,” as well as “martyr” (witnessing with his blood)
Ἀπόστιχα. Ἰδιόμελον. Ἦχος πλ. β´.
Πρὸ τοῦ σωτηρίου Σταυροῦ, τῆς ἁμαρτίας βασιλευούσης, τῆς ἀσεβείας ἐπικρατούσης, τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐμακαρίζετο, τρυφὴ ???? τὸ τοῦ Σταυροῦ μυστήριον πέπρακται, καὶ δαιμόνων ἐσβέσθη τυραννὶς τῇ θεογνωσίᾳ, ἡ τῶν οὐρανῶν ἐπὶ γῆς ἀρετὴ πολιτεύεται· διὸ νηστεία τιμᾶται, ἐγκράτεια λάμπει, προσευχὴ κατορθοῦται, καὶ μάρτυς καιρός, ὁ παρὼν δεδομένος ἡμῖν, ὑπὸ τοῦ σταυρωθέντος Χριστοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ, εἰς σωτηρίαν τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν. (Δίς)
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And the verb verses:
Verse: In the morning I will be filled with Your mercy, Lord:
And we repeat, I agree.
And we recite poetry.
Verse: Early in the morning we were filled with Your mercy, O Lord, and we rejoiced and were glad. All our days we have rejoiced: for the days in which You humbled us, for the years in which we saw evil. And look upon Thy servants and Thy works, / and show the way to their sons. (Ps 89:14–16)
And we repeat, I agree.
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Also a martyr.
Verse: And be the Lord our God:
Lord, in memory of Your saints, all creation celebrates, the heavens rejoice with the angels, and the earth rejoices with men: with those prayers have mercy on us.
Then [is fulfilled] and martyred.
Verse: And may the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us, and may the work of our hands be corrected among us, / and may the work of our hands be corrected. (Ps 89:17)
Martyred: Lord, all creation celebrates, remembering Your saints: the heavens with [their] angels rejoice, and the earth with [its] people rejoices. Through the prayers of the saints, have mercy on us!
Μαρτυρικόν. Κύριε, ἐν τῇ μνήμῃ τῶν Ἁγίων σου, πᾶσα ἡ κτίσις ἑορτάζει, ἀγάλλονται σὺν τοῖς Ἀγγέλοις, καὶ ἡ γῆ εὐφραίνεται σὺν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς.
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Glory, and now, the Mother of the Cross: The All-Pure One, as seen by You, was hung on the cross, crying motherly: My son and my God, my sweetest child, as you endure passion diarrhea;
Glory... And now... Theotokos: When the All-Holy One saw You hanging on the Cross, weeping with sorrow, She exclaimed like a Mother: “My Son and my God, sweetest Child, how do You endure [this] shameful passion?”
Δόξα… Καὶ νῦν… Σταυροθεοτοκίον. Ἡ πάναγνος ὡς εἶδε σε, ἐπὶ Σταυροῦ κρεμάμενον, θρηνῳδοῦσα, ἀνεβόα μητρικῶς· Υἱέ μου καὶ Θεέ μου, γλυκύτατόν μου τέκνον, πῶς φέρεις πάθος ἐπονείδιστον;
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In the same heel is cheese
ON THE SAME CHEESE FRIDAY
ΕΝ ΔΕ ΤΑΙΣ ΩΡΑΙΣ
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At the 6th hour we sing the troparion of prophecy, voice 8:
Give us help from sorrow, Lord, and save us, be born of the Humane-loving Virgin.
Repeatingly the same.
At the sixth hour we sing the troparion of prophecy, tone 8:
Give us help in grief and save us, O Lover of Mankind, Born of the Virgin!
Repeating it.
Μετὰ τὴν Τριθέκτην, ψάλλομεν τὸ παρὸν Τροπάριον τῆς Προφητείας. Ἦχος πλ. β´.
Δὸς ἡμῖν βοήθειαν ἐκ θλίψεως Κύριε, καὶ σῶσον ἡμᾶς, ὁ τεχθεὶς ἐκ Παρθένου, φιλάνθρωπε. (Δίς)
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Prokeimenon, voice 1: O Lord, may Thy mercy be upon us, as we trust in Thee.
Verse: Rejoice in righteousness in the Lord; praise is due to the upright.
Prokeimenon (Psalm 32), tone 1:
May Your mercy, O Lord, be upon us, for we have placed our hope in You!
Verse: Rejoice, O righteous ones, in the Lord; the just must praise [Him]!
Προκείμενον Ἦχος αˊ
Γένοιτο Κύριε τὸ ἔλεός σου ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς (καθάπερ ἠλπίσαμεν ἐπὶ σέ).
Στίχ.Ἀγαλλιᾶσθε δίκαιοι ἐν Κυρίῳ (τοῖς εὐθέσι πρέπει αἴνεσις).
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Reading the prophecies of Zechariah. [Chapter 8, art. 7–17].