Post-feast of the Transfiguration. Dormition Fast. Abstention from meat and foods that contain meat.

VESPERS ON TURSDAY 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.

Come, O divinely wise, and let us be transformed* with a goodly transformation today,* piously and joyously being transfigured with Christ.* And, borne up to the summit of the virtues,* let us rejoice with yet greater exaltation;* for the Saviour of our souls, in being transfigured,* has in His lovingkindness enlightened the ugliness of man.

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

O you who love the sight of things which transcend comprehension,* O you who love obedience!* Let us noetically look upon Christ, who has shone forth with divine radiance,* and let us cry out with the voice of His Father,* proclaiming Him the beloved Son who strengthened human nature on Tabor* and has poured forth enlightenment for our souls.

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

Today, O Lord, You have shone forth Your divinity* to Your apostles, and to Moses and Elijah,* in that You are the God of the law and of grace,* delivering us now from the bonds of death.* And with them we glorify Your loving dispensation,* O almighty Jesus, Saviour of our souls.

Tone 4, Podoben, “Called from on high…”

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

You openly venerated the image of Christ, O all-wise one,* when the cruelty of Leo burst into flame and troubled the people,* reviving the ungodly heresy of Copronymus.* Then you openly denounced him,* taking your stand boldly, when the hierarchs came together.* Wherefore, you were shown to be a most valiant warrior of Christ, O most blessed one.* Entreat Him that He save and enlighten our souls.

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

O you who have made your abode in the mansions of heaven:* when the ungodly and impious one showed forth his adverse character,* he condemned your steadfastness to imprisonment.* Then, O divinely eloquent one,* who manifestly knew the one homeland of paradise,* you did in no wise fall away therefrom,* but, rejoicing with gladness, endured.* Wherefore, you have been rightly counted worthy to behold Christ, the Life incorruptible.* Entreat Him that He save and enlighten our souls.

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

When the accursed Leo imposed his vile alien law,* commanding that no one venerate the precious image of Christ,* then you, most wisely possessed of a tongue of fire,* set against it the law of God,* for the veneration accorded to the icons passes over to the Prototype, as someone once said.* And the foul beast was affrighted by your discourse, as though by thunder,* O most honourable, divinely eloquent, and sacred father.

Tone 1, Glory… Now…

He who of old spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai in images, saying: “I am He who is”,* today, transfigured before His disciples on Mount Tabor,* has shown forth the pristine beauty of His countenance,* having taken upon Himself human nature.* And having set before them Moses and Elijah as witnesses to this grace,* He made them partakers of gladness who, for the sake of the Cross,* proclaim His glorious and saving resurrection.

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 2, Podoben “O house of Ephratha…”

Tabor, the mountain of God, rejoices in Your name, O Saviour,* as the Father proclaims You* to be His beloved Son.

Yours are the heavens,* and Yours is the earth.

A wonder was it to behold the material sun hide its rays* at the transfiguration of the Sun of glory.

Tabor and Hermon* shall rejoice in Your name.

When You were transfigured,* the disciples, from among those on earth,* Moses, from among the dead,* and Elijah, as one from above,* stood before You as servants.

Tone 1, Glory… Now…

David, the ancestor of God,* foreseeing in the Spirit the coming of Your Only-begotten Son in the flesh to men,* summons creation from afar to gladness, and cries out prophetically:* “Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in Your name!”* For, having ascended that mountain with Your disciples, O Saviour,* You were transfigured, and caused the darkened nature of Adam to shine again,* imparting to it the glory and splendour of Your divinity.* Wherefore, we cry to You: O Lord, Creator of all things, glory be to You!

Troparia

Tone 4

The sincerity of your deeds has revealed you to your people* as a teacher of moderation,* a model of faith, and an example of virtue.* Therefore, you attained greatness through humility,* and wealth through poverty.* O Father and Archbishop Emilian,* ask Christ our God to 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 FRIDAY 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 8: Guide of orthodoxy, teacher of piety and purity,* luminary of the world, inspired adornment of hierarchs, O wise Emilian,* you have enlightened all by your teachings, O spiritual trumpet.* Intercede with Christ our God for the salvation of our souls.

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

Kontakion, Tone 2: You took delight in self-control, O wise one,* and you put the desires of the flesh to sleep.* You were seen to have grown in faith;* and, like the Tree of Life in Paradise, you flourished, O holy father, Emilian.

Now and for ever and ever. Amen.

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 14:26-40

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 21:12-14, 17-20

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)