Post-feast of the Transfiguration. Dormition Fast.
VESPERS ON MONDAY EVENING
Kathisma Reading
The appointed psalms are chanted.
At Psalm 140
Tone 4, Podoben “You have given a sign…”
If You mark iniquities, Lord, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.
You were not daunted by the fire or the instruments of laceration,* by the savage rage of him who threatened mindlessly,* by the assault of lions, the trampling of horses, the severing of your members,* or being sentenced to a bitter death* which sent you gloriously to the immortal God,* who made you immortal, O valiant athletes.
I have waited for You as You have commanded; my soul patiently relies on Your promise,* for it has trusted in the Lord.
As is meet, you received the everlasting hope* and the blessed and most honourable end* which you desired, O valiant ones,* and you pour forth upon us streams of miracles,* removing the burning of the passions of the souls and bodies* of those who piously celebrate your solemn feast, O all-praised ones.
From the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.
The glorious Photius and the divinely wise Anicetas,* the all-comely two, are adorned with the radiance of the Trinity* and embellished with the beauty of their wounds,* and ever rejoice with the angels.* And they impart enlightenment and mercy* to those who celebrate their glorious and sacred martyrdom with faith.
Tone 4, Podoben “As one valiant among the martyrs…”
For with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him there is plentiful redemption;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.
O venerable Maximus,* you preached Him who, in His lovingkindness, became man,* as was His good pleasure,* and who is known as having two wills and activities;* and you have stopped the gaping mouths of the abominable ones* who, through the temptation of the devil, the author of evil,* worship Him as having but a single will and activity.
Praise the Lord, all the nations;* proclaim His glory, all you people.
With the cords of your doctrines, O father Maximus,* You strangled the thought of Pyrrhus, the evil-minded trifler,* and endured persecution and tribulations, O ever-memorable one,* cruelly wounded, your tongue cut off, as well as your divine hand,* which is ever stretched forth to God,* writing by which you have wrought exalted discourses.
Strong is the love of the Lord for us;* eternally will His truth endure.
O blessed one, your tongue was holy,* sharpened by the Spirit like the pen of a scribe,* inscribing the law of the divine virtues with comely letters of grace* upon the tablets of our hearts* and imparting by your doctrine the incarnation of Him who desired to appear to men* in two natures, but a single Hypostasis.
Tone 8, Glory…
We honour you as the instructor of a multitude of monks, O Maximus our father;* for by your steps have we truly learned to walk aright.* Blessed are who, serving Christ, denounced the power of the enemy,* O converser with the angels, companion of the venerable and the righteous.* With them beseech the Lord, that our souls find mercy.
Now…
The cloud of the law, in which Moses and Elijah stood,* received the radiant darkness of the transfiguration;* and, vouchsafed all-radiant glory, they said to God: You are our God, the King of the ages!
Prokeimenon
Tone 4
The Lord hears me* when I cry out to Him.
verse: Whenever I called, the God of my justice heard me.
Aposticha
Tone 2, Podoben “O house of Ephratha…”
Let us zealously approach Mount Tabor,* to behold the glory of Christ, the King of all,* our Deliverer.
Yours are the heavens, and Yours is the earth.
You appeared to Moses and Elijah, O my Saviour, on Mount Tabor,* enlightening the foremost among the disciples* more brilliantly than the sun.
Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in Your name.
The foremost among the disciples heard the voice of the Father* proclaiming Your glory, O my Saviour,* and they fell prostrate on the ground.
Tone 6, Glory…
O venerable father, word of your corrections has gone forth into all the earth.* Therefore, you have the reward of your labours in the heavens,* have destroyed hordes of the demons, and attained to the ranks of the angels,* whose life you blamelessly emulated.* As you have boldness before Christ, ask peace for our souls.
Tone 5, Now…
Disclosing a little of the radiance of Your divinity* to those who ascended the mountain with You, O Saviour,* You made them lovers of Your supernatural glory;* Therefore, they cried out in awe:* “It is good for us to be here!”* And with them we also hymn You forever:* Christ the transfigured Saviour.
Troparia
Tone 4
O Lord, Your holy martyrs,* by their passion acquired the crown of incorruptibility from You, our God.* For possessing Your power they overcame the torturers* and shattered the feeble insolence of demons.* By their supplications, save our souls.
Tone 7, Glory… Now…
You were transfigured on the mount, O Christ God,* showing Your glory to Your disciples as much as they could bear.* Make Your eternal light shine* also on us who are sinners,* through the prayers of the Mother of God* O Giver of Light, glory to You!
DIVINE LITURGY ON TUESDAY MORNING
Antiphon 1
Shout to the Lord, all the earth, sing now to His name, give glory to His praise.
Through the prayers of the Mother of God, O Saviour, save us.
The voice of Your thunder was in the whirlwind; Your lightning lit up the world.
Through the prayers of the Mother of God, O Saviour, save us.
You have clothed Yourself in praise and splendour; You robe Yourself in light as with a cloak.
Through the prayers of the Mother of God, O Saviour, save us.
Glory… Now… Only-begotten Son…
Antiphon 3
Come, let us sing joyfully to the Lord, let us acclaim God, our Saviour.
Son of God, transfigured on the mount, save us who sing to You: Alleluia.
Let us come before His face with praise, and acclaim Him in psalms.
Son of God, transfigured on the mount, save us who sing to You: Alleluia.
For God is the great Lord, and the great king over all the earth.
Son of God, transfigured on the mount, save us who sing to You: Alleluia.
Entrance
Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ.
Son of God, transfigured on the mount, save us who sing to You: Alleluia.
Troparia and Kontakia
Troparion, Tone 7: You were transfigured on the mount, O Christ God,* showing Your glory to Your disciples as much as they could bear.* Make Your eternal light shine* also on us who are sinners,* through the prayers of the Mother of God,* O Giver of Light, glory to You!
Troparion, Tone 1: Be swayed by the pains that the saints have suffered for You, O Lord,* and heal all our pains,* O Lover of mankind, for this we pray.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Kontakion, Tone 2: Appearing as radiant lights, O godly martyrs,* you illumine all creation with the brilliance of your miracles,* healing infirmities, always dispelling deep darkness* and praying unceasingly to Christ our God for all of us.
Kontakion, Tone 7: You were transfigured on the mount, O Christ God,* and Your disciples saw Your glory as much as they could;* that when they saw You crucified* they might know that You suffered willingly*, and might proclaim to the world* that You are truly the brightness of the Father.
Prokeimenon, Tone 4
How great are Your works, O Lord, You have made all things in wisdom.
verse: Bless the Lord, O my soul; O Lord, my God, You are exceedingly great. (Psalm 103:24,1)
Epistle
1 Corinthians 15:29-38
Alleluia, Tone 8
verse: Yours are the heavens, and Yours the earth.
verse: Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, they will walk in the light of Your countenance, O Lord. (Psalm 88:12,16)
Gospel
Matthew 21:23-27
Hymn to the Mother of God
O my soul, magnify the Lord transfigured on the mountain.
And the Irmos, Tone 4: Your giving birth was revealed as incorrupt; for it was God who came forth from your womb; He appeared on earth in the flesh, and made His dwelling among us. Thus, O Mother of God, all of us magnify you.
Communion Hymn
We will walk in the light of Your face, O Lord,* and rejoice in Your name forever.* Alleluia, alleluia,* alleluia. (Psalm 88:16,17)