VESPERS ON TUESDAY EVENING

Kathisma Reading

The appointed psalms are chanted.

At Psalm 140

Tone 6

If You mark iniquities, Lord, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.

When You were crucified, О long-suffering Lord,* You shook the whole earth, making steadfast the hearts of the faithful;* wherefore, we hymn You and with love worship Your unapproachable power.

I have waited for You as You have commanded; my soul patiently relies on Your promise,* for it has trusted in the Lord.

Spat upon and smitten on the cheek, О Saviour,* You smote the evil of the venomous foe,* taking away the fall which Adam endured,* who was abducted because of his transgression.

From the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.

The sun was darkened, the whole earth quaked, and the stones split asunder,* when they beheld You suspended unjustly upon the Tree,* setting aside Your own will, О Saviour.

Tone 8

For with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him there is plentiful redemption;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.

With the light of his discourse, Archippus illumined the people* and delivered them from the darkness of unbelief;* and having suffered and trampled down the enemy,* he made haste to the never-waning Radiance and rejoices now with the angels.* Through his prayers, O Master, bestow great mercy upon all.

Praise the Lord, all the nations;* proclaim His glory, all you people.

Dragged along, pierced through,* and beset by all manner of other cruel tortures, O blessed one,* you did not deny Christ, nor did you render worship to graven images.* Wherefore, you received a crown, and pray that great mercy be granted to all.

Strong is the love of the Lord for us;* eternally will His truth endure.

With the divine streams of your blood* you sanctified the earth, O divinely wise martyr;* by your wounds you wounded a multitude of evil demons,* and, ever pouring forth healings, you heal the most grievous of sufferings.* Wherefore, in your supplications, O blessed one, ask that all receive great mercy.

Glory… Now…

O Mistress, rescue me from the hands of the serpent* who slays mankind, and who wishes to devour me utterly in his wickedness.* Crush his jaws, I pray you, and destroy his snares;* that, delivered from his talons, I may magnify your aid.

Prokeimenon, Tone 1

Your mercy, O Lord, shall follow me* all the days of my life.

verse: The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. In green pastures He gives me repose.

Aposticha

Tone 6

Your Cross is life and help for Your people, О Lord;* and trusting therein, we hymn You, our God who was crucified in the flesh.* Have mercy on us!

I have lifted up my eyes to You enthroned in heaven. Behold, as the eyes of servants are on the hands of their masters, as the eyes of a maid are on the hands of her mistress, so are our eyes on the Lord our God until He has mercy on us.

Your Cross, О Lord, has opened paradise to the race of mankind;* and delivered from corruption, we hymn You, our God who was crucified in the flesh.* Have mercy on us!

Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us; for we have been filled with shame; our soul is all too full of the mockery of the rich, of the contempt of the proud.

They who suffered for Your sake, О Christ, endured many torments* and have received perfect crowns in the heavens.* May they pray on behalf of our souls.

Glory… Now…

Upon beholding our Life suspended upon the Tree,* the all-immaculate Theotokos cried aloud, maternally lamenting:* O my Son and my God, save those who with love hymn You!

Troparia

Tone 3

Holy Apostle, Archippus, intercede with the merciful God* to grant our souls forgiveness of sins.

Glory… Now…

O Mother of God, we have obtained your Son’s cross as a staff of power* with which to strike down the boastings of the enemy.* Therefore, we exalt you without ceasing.

DIVINE LITURGY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING

Troparia and Kontakia

Troparion, Tone 3: Holy Apostle, Archippus, intercede with the merciful God* to grant our souls forgiveness of sins.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.

Kontakion, Tone 4: As a star most bright the Church forever possess you,* O Apostle Archippus,* for she is illumined by the frequent gift of your miracles.* And so we call out to Christ:* “Save those who venerate in faith the memory of Your apostle,* O most merciful One!”

Prokeimenon, Tone 8

Their utterance has gone forth into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.

verse: The heavens tell the glory of God, and the firmament declares the work of His hands. (Psalm 18:5,2)

Epistle

1 John 3:21-4:6

Alleluia, Tone 1

verse: The heavens shall confess our wonders, O Lord, and Your truth in the church of the saints.

verse: God is glorified in the assembly of the saints. (Psalm 88:6,8)

Gospel

Mark 14:43-15:1

Communion Hymn

Their utterance has gone forth into all the earth,* and their words unto the ends of the world.* Alleluia, alleluia,* alleluia. (Psalm 18:5)