AT VESPERS ON MONDAY EVENING

At Psalm 140

Tone 4, Podoben “As one valiant among the martyrs…”

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

Earnestly let us bless the glorious Bartholomew,* the never-setting star of the Sun of great splendour,* the animate heaven which proclaims the saving glory of God,* the divine preacher, the beacon of the nations,* the river which pours forth a stream of understanding* and waters the hearts of the faithful.

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

Your paths were revealed in the sea, O apostle,* and shown to be beyond the understanding of men;* for, cast into the sea in a casket,* you made your way to the West, O most renowned Bartholomew,* right glorious martyrs following you from the East on either side,* and rendering homage to you, at the behest of the Master of all.

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

With your wondrous ascents you purified the water,* and arrived at the island of Lipari,* pouring forth myrrh, O glorious one,* and healing incurable diseases;* and you became for the faithful in that place a saviour and refuge,* a deliverer and intercessor before the King and Saviour of all,* O Apostle Bartholomew.

Tone 4, Podoben “You have given a sign…”

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

Proclaiming the one Godhead in three Hypostases, you roiled the sea of polytheism,* and those drowning in the abyss of ungodliness you guided to calm havens, O blessed one.* Wherefore, you have received heavenly recompense,* entreating Him who loves mankind, in behalf of those who hymn you.

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

Having illumined your mind with divine radiance,* you travelled with the sun like a ray thereof, with Paul illumining the benighted, O godly Titus;* and with him you delivered the world from deepest night.* Wherefore, we call you blessed, as a God-pleasing hierarch,* a divine apostle and fervent intercessor.

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

Hailing from Crete and returning to there,* you established the true faith there as an unshakable foundation,* and edified the faithful there by the divine power of heaven, O blessed Titus,* first hierarch of your homeland, companion of Paul* and consolation of the faithful.

Tone 1, Glory…

Forsaking earthly things, followed after Christ;* and having been marked by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit,* you were sent by Him to the nations who were perishing,* to turn the people to the light of the knowledge of God, O Apostle Bartholomew.* And having completed the divine feats of your suffering and undergone divers tortures,* you surrendered your soul to Christ, whom you entreat, O most blessed one,* that He grant us great mercy.

Now…

She who knew not wedlock,* beholding You nailed to the tree of the Cross, O Jesus, said, weeping:* O my sweet Child, O unapproachable Light of the all-unoriginate Father,* why have You forsaken me who alone gave You birth?* Make haste and glorify Yourself,* that those who glorify Your divine sufferings* may receive divine glory!

Aposticha

Tone 4

I wish to wash away the record of my sins with tears, O Lord,* and please You the rest of my life through repentance;* but the enemy deceives me and fights against my soul.* Save me, O Lord, before the end and I utterly perish.

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.

Who, among the tempest-tossed, having taking refuge in Your harbour,* will not be saved O Lord?* Or who, that ails and falling down in Your infirmary, will not be healed?* O Maker of all that is, and Physician of the ailing,* save me, O Lord, before the end and I utterly perish

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.

О Lover of mankind,* as One who has accepted the patience of the holy martyrs,* by their prayers, grant us great mercy.

Tone 4, Glory… Now…

Deliver us from our needs, O Mother of Christ God,* you who have given birth to the Creator of all,* that we all may cry out to you:* Rejoice, O you who alone are the intercessor for our souls!

Troparia

Tone 3

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

Glory… Now…

O Mother of God, powerful protectress of the world,* you are our shelter and you are our strength.* Through your intercession, protect your servants against all dangers,* for you are the only blessed One!

AT DIVINE LITURGY ON TUESDAY MORNING

Troparia and Kontakia

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

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.

Kontakion, Tone 4: As a star most bright the Church forever possess you,* O Apostle Bartholomew,* 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!”

Now and for ever and ever. Amen.

Kontakion, Tone 2: As a companion of Paul, you declared the word of divine grace to us. * Ever-memorable and truly great Titus, * we render a song of honour to you. * Now pray unceasingly for all of us.

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

2 Corinthians 12:20-13:2

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 4:24-34

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)