Post-feast of Pentecost. Fast-free.

Kathisma Reading

The appointed psalms are chanted.

At Psalm 140

Tone 4

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

On this day the working of Your Holy Spirit came down upon Your Apostles,* showing them to be supremely wise, and seers of divine things,* filling them with Your blessed teaching.* Wherefore, we glorify Your saving dispensation,* O Jesus Almighty, the Saviour of our souls.

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

On this day Your Spirit, O All-powerful Lord,* has been sent forth from the Father,* He who is consubstantial with You,* was distributed among the Apostles in the form of fiery tongues;* thus He prepared them to preach Your mighty deeds.* Wherefore we glorify Your saving dispensation,* O Jesus, Almighty, the Savior of our souls.

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

On this day, O Saviour, You have poured forth the gifts of Your Comforting Spirit,* granting mortal-mankind to prophesy, as You once promised, O Word,* whereby You taught all to worship and adore the undivided Trinity.* Wherefore we glorify Your saving dispensation,* O Jesus Almighty, the Saviour of our souls.

Tone x

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

Shining with the radiance of virginity, O honoured Theodosia, * and splendidly adorned with a royal robe dyed in the blood of martyrdom, O all-wise one, * you made your abode in the heavenly bridal-chamber of Christ, * rejoicing with the angelic ranks in perpetual chorus,* O glorious and all-immaculate maiden.

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

O virgin martyr, * all-praised Theodosia, * desiring Christ with all your soul, * you endured the wounds of martyrdom, * courageously enduring lacerations for Him Whom you loved, * thy sides raked with iron claws. * O the steadfast opposition of your struggles,* whereby you truly cast down the prideful one to the ground!

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

Splendidly adorned with beauty of body and soul, * you brought yourself to Christ, desiring to be crowned by Him with a wreath of glory, * O all-glorious martyr Theodosia, * manifestly receiving upon your brow, as is meet, * the truly priceless diadem of the kingdom, * having been shown to be an incorrupt bride, ** O you who are divinely wise.

Tone 2, Glory… Now…

Let us praise in hymns the Trinity one in essence,* the Father, and the Son, with the Holy Spirit:* who has been declared by all the prophets, apostles, and martyrs.

Prokeimenon, Tone 6

My help is from the Lord,* Who made heaven and earth.

verse: I lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from where my help shall come.

Aposticha

Tone 1

On the mountain, Moses beheld in the fire, He Who Is.* And now the Spirit has come in the form of fire to the wise Apostles, the beholders of God.* Thus clearly enlightening them,* that it is One God who spoke both then and now,* of the same essence.

Create in me a clean heart, O God,* and renew a right spirit within me.

With fiery tongues God’s rhetoricians,* call all to the waters of divine Baptism;* and with the fire of the Spirit* they burn the babblings of ungodly rhetoricians.* But, O Comforter, come and enlighten us* who faithfully proclaim You as God.

Cast me not away from Your presence,* and take not Your Holy Spirit from me.

As You consecrated all the fiery bodiless ones,* so with the Spirit’s fire consecrate all* who in material bodies now serve You, O God, who ineffably assumed flesh.* O, how abundantly praised are You,* and how wondrous are You in Your works* O Lover of mankind!

Tone 7, Glory… Now…

The Comforter, having come from the Father through Christ God,* has come to us on earth today,* therefore with faith we worship the Holy Spirit.

Troparion

Tone 8

Blessed are You, O Christ our God who revealed the fishermen as most wise* by sending them the Holy Spirit;* through them You caught the entire world.* Loving Master, glory to You.

AT DIVINE LITURGY ON FRIDAY MORNING

At the beginning of the Liturgy, immediately after Blessed be the Kingdom… and Amen we all kneel and sing the following in Tone 6, samohlasnyj:

Heavenly King, Advocate, Spirit of Truth, Who are everywhere present and fill all things, Treasury of Blessings, Bestower of Life: come, and dwell within us; cleanse us of all that defiles us, O Good One, save our souls.

Antiphon 1

The heavens tell the glory of God, and the firmament declares the work of his hand.

Through the prayers of the Mother of God,* O Saviour, save us.

Day to day pours forth the message and night proclaims this knowledge to night.

Through the prayers of the Mother of God,* O Saviour, save us.

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

Through the prayers of the Mother of God,* O Saviour, save us.

Glory… Now… Only-begotten Son…

Third Antiphon

Come, let us sing joyfully to the Lord,* let us acclaim God, our Saviour.

O good Advocate,* save us who sing to You: Alleluia.

Let us come before His face with praise,* and acclaim Him in psalms.

O good Advocate,* save us who sing to You: Alleluia.

For God is the great Lord,* the great king over all the earth.

O good Advocate,* save us who sing to You: Alleluia.

Entrance

Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ.

O good Advocate,* save us who sing to You: Alleluia.

Troparia and Kontakia

Troparion, Tone 8: Blessed are You, O Christ our God who revealed the fishermen as most wise* by sending them the Holy Spirit;* through them You caught the entire world.* Loving Master, glory to You.

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

Kontakion, Tone 8: When the Most high descended and confused the tongues,* He parted the nations.* He called all to unity;* and with one voice* we glorify the all-Holy Spirit.

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 hand. (Psalm 19:5,2)

Epistle

Romans 2:14-29

Alleluia, Tone 1

verse: By the Lord’s words the heavens were established, and by the Breath of His mouth all their host.

verse: The Lord has looked down from heaven and beheld the whole human race.

Gospel

Matthew 5:33-41

Hymn to the Theotokos

O my soul, magnify the one Divinity in three Persons.

and the Irmos: Rejoice, O Queen, boast of the virgins and mothers, for every tongue, though capable and eloquent, cannot hymn you as is your due, and every mind is confounded in seeking to comprehend the way in which you gave birth. Wherefore with one accord we glorify you.

Communion Hymn

Your good Spirit will lead me* to the land of righteousness.* Alleluia, alleluia,* alleluia. (Psalm 142:10)