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SUMMARY:Thursday\, April 30\, 2026\;  The Holy Apostle James\, Brother of S
 aint John the Theologian.
DESCRIPTION:Polyeleos Feast\nAT GREAT VESPERS ON WEDNESDAY EVENING\nKathism
 a Reading\n\n“Blessed is the man…” is sung.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 
 4\n\nOut of the depths I cry to You\, O Lord\;* O Lord\, hear my voice!\n\
 nHaving torn asunder death’s dominion by Your own death\,* You have gran
 ted life to mortals by Your glorious arising\,* raising up the race of man
 kind by Your descent into Hades.* Wherefore\, we chant to You a hymn of th
 anksgiving and praise\,* as we celebrate the feast of Your light-bearing R
 esurrection on the third day\,* during which the honoured mid-point has da
 wned upon us\,* O Life-giver\, Jesus\, gracious Benefactor of our souls.\n
 \nLet Your ears be attentive* to the voice of my prayer.\n\nBefore Your ve
 nerable Cross and Passion\,* for the people’s benefit You have wrought w
 ondrous miracles.* And at the Mid-feast set by the Law\, O almighty Saviou
 r\, as it is written\,* You cried to all: Come to Me all you that thirst\;
 * and partake of the divine and life-bearing waters.* For I shall grant st
 reams of wisdom\, strength\, and life to all* who draw nigh to Me in faith
 \,* since it was my good pleasure to assume the form of a man\,* as the Lo
 ver of mankind.\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But wit
 h You forgiveness is that You may be revered.\n\nLike one bedridden I lay 
 infirm in my sins\,* weakened in my noetic members\, O greatly merciful Ch
 rist.* But since You willingly became a man in Your love for mankind\,* no
 w invisibly raise me up\, as You did him who was paralyzed\,* that I may p
 rofitably tread Your commandments’ divine paths\, O Saviour\,* who befor
 e Your Passion made clear to the Hebrew people\,* through an abundance of 
 miracles\,* that as God\, You willingly suffered in the flesh.\n\nTone 4\n
 \nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies o
 n Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nWith the rod of grace
 \, you drew men forth* from the deep of vanity\, O right wondrous James\,*
  obedient to the behest of your Teacher\,* Who illumined your whole mind* 
 and showed You forth as an apostle and an honoured and divine herald* of H
 is unapproachable divinity\, O all-blessed one.\n\nFrom the morning watch 
 until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nWith the rod of grace\, you 
 drew men forth* from the deep of vanity\, O right wondrous James\,* obedie
 nt to the behest of your Teacher\,* Who illumined your whole mind* and sho
 wed You forth as an apostle and an honoured and divine herald* of His unap
 proachable divinity\, O all-blessed one.\n\n \n\nFor with the Lord there 
 is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He shall rede
 em Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nThe effulgence of the Spirit descend
 ed upon you in the guise of fire* and made of you\, O blessed one\, a habi
 tation of God* who dispels the darkness of ungodliness with might* and enl
 ightens the world with the radiance of your all-wise words\,* O James\, in
 itiate of the mysteries\, leader of the apostles\,* who beheld Christ with
  your own eyes.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory
 \, all you people.\n\nThe effulgence of the Spirit descended upon you in t
 he guise of fire* and made of you\, O blessed one\, a habitation of God* w
 ho dispels the darkness of ungodliness with might* and enlightens the worl
 d with the radiance of your all-wise words\,* O James\, initiate of the my
 steries\, leader of the apostles\,* who beheld Christ with your own eyes.\
 n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endur
 e.\n\nIllumining those who sleep in the darkness of ignorance* with the sp
 lendours of your preaching\, O glorious James\,* you showed them forth as 
 children\, by faith\, of our Master and God\,* Whose suffering and death y
 ou emulated\;* and\, as you are an all-wise herald of God and His true dis
 ciple\,* you have a share in His glory.\n\nTone 8\, Glory… \n\nCome\, le
 t us all praise James with hymns of psalms:* the preacher of the mysteries
  of heaven and recounter of the Gospel\;* for he has been shown to be a ri
 ver of the noetic paradise\,* watering the furrows of men’s souls with h
 eavenly showers* and showing them to be fertile for Christ God* Who grante
 d cleansing\, enlightenment and great mercy* to all through his supplicati
 ons.\n\nTone 2\, Now…\n\nWhen You came into the temple at Mid-feast\, O 
 Christ God\,* You taught the people\, saying:* He that believes in Me\, th
 ough  he die\, yet shall he live.* And the Jews\, together with the Phari
 sees and Sadducees and Scribes\,* gnashed their teeth\, and said:* Who is 
 this man that speaks blasphemies?* For they knew not that You are He who i
 s glorified from before all ages\,* together with the Father and the Spiri
 t\,* O our God\, glory be to You.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 8\n\nO blessed Jame
 s who beheld God\,* when you heard the voice of the Word* you straightway 
 abandoned your love for your father\, and your desire to please him\;* whe
 refore\, forsaking the tumult of life\, and traversing the noetic sea\,* y
 ou troubled it with your teachings of piety* and with your heavenly radian
 ce\,* O you who are blessed of God.\n\nTheir utterance has gone forth into
  all the earth\, and their words to the ends of the world.\n\nO blessed Ja
 mes\, who with your own eyes* beheld the Word\, the Author of life\,* plea
 sing the Father to things of come by your actions\,* you have deprived of 
 his primacy the most abominable Ishmael* who worships his belly as god\,* 
 and you have tripped him and shown him to be devoid of the Father’s prot
 ection\,* having no share in His blessing and inheritance.\n\nThe heavens 
 tell the glory of God\, and the firmament declares the work of His hand.\n
 \nYou have now been appointed prince over all the earth\, O glorious one\,
 * as was written of you before\,* for you were a disciple of Him Who creat
 ed all things\;* and by your steadfast zeal and invincible boldness* you e
 ndured to be put to death\, O blessed one\,* the first slain among the hon
 oured company of the twelve disciple.\n\nTone 1\, Glory…\n\nYou followed
  after Christ\, O godly James\, and despised the world\,* hiding His teach
 ings in your treasury\,* and were shown to be His apostle.* Wherefore\, go
 ing to the nations\, with the commandments of the Saviour* you enlightened
  souls benighted by deception and the passions\,* that they might believe 
 in the consubstantial Trinity.\n\nTone 3\, Now…\n\nAt Mid-feast we glori
 fy Him who has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.* In the midst 
 of two thieves did Life hang upon a Tree\;* He was silent to the one that 
 blasphemed\,* but to the other who believed\, He cried aloud saying:* Toda
 y you shall be with Me in Paradise.* He descended into the grave\, despoil
 ed Hades\,* and arose on the third day\, saving our souls.\n\nTroparia\, T
 one 3\n\nLearning from Peter the chief apostle* you too became an apostle 
 of Christ\,* and shone on various lands like the sun.* O blessed one\, ado
 rnment of Alexandrians\,* through you Egypt was freed from deceit.* For yo
 u are a pillar of light for the Church* enlightening all with your teachin
 g of the Good News.* Therefore\, we feast your memorial\, O Mark\, divinel
 y inspired.* Ask God whom you preached to all to grant our souls forgivene
 ss of sins.\n\nTone 8\, Glory… Now…\n\nAt the mid-point of the Feast\,
  O Saviour\,* water my thirsty soul with streams of true godliness\;* for 
 You cried out to all: Let any who thirst\, come to Me and drink.* O Source
  of Life\, Christ our God\, glory to You!\n\n \nAT FESTAL MATINS ON THURS
 DAY MORNING\nAfter the priest has exclaimed\, Blessed be our God… and th
 e people have responded\, Amen\, the clergy sing the Paschal Troparion onc
 e and the people repeat it. Then\, the clergy sing the first half\, and th
 e people conclude it.\n\nPaschal Troparion\n\nChrist is risen from the dea
 d\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n
 \nHexapsalm\n\nGreat Litany\n\nGod the Lord\n\nTroparia\, Tone 8\n\nAt the
  mid-point of the Feast according to the Law\,* Maker of all things and Ma
 ster\,* You said to those present\, O Christ God:* Come\, and draw the wat
 er of immortality.* And so we fall before You crying out with faith: Grant
  us Your mercies \, for You are the source of our life. (2)\n\nGlory… To
 ne 3\n\nLearning from Peter the chief apostle* you too became an apostle o
 f Christ\,* and shone on various lands like the sun.* O blessed one\, ador
 nment of Alexandrians\,* through you Egypt was freed from deceit.* For you
  are a pillar of light for the Church* enlightening all with your teaching
  of the Good News.* Therefore\, we feast your memorial\, O Mark\, divinely
  inspired.* Ask God whom you preached to all to grant our souls forgivenes
 s of sins.\n\nNow… Tone 8\n\nAt the mid-point of the Feast according to 
 the Law\,* Maker of all things and Master\,* You said to those present\, O
  Christ God:* Come\, and draw the water of immortality.* And so we fall be
 fore You crying out with faith: Grant us Your mercies \, for You are the s
 ource of our life.\n\nPsalter Reading\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn\, 
 Tone 8\n\nFishing for reason-endowed fish with the net of divine words*\, 
 you bring the first-fruits thereof to our God\,* and desiring to clothe yo
 urself in the wounds of God\,* you show yourself to be an emulator of His 
 suffering.* Wherefore as is meet\, assembling\, we honour your most festiv
 e memory\, O glorious apostle\,* and cry out to you together:* entreat Chr
 ist God\, that He grant remission of sins to those who honour your holy me
 mory with love.\n\nTone 3\, Glory… Now…\n\nThe prophets proclaimed\, t
 he apostles taught\, * and the martyrs confessed\, * and we rightly believ
 ed you to be the Theotokos. * Therefore\, we also magnify * your ineffable
  child-birth.\n\nPsalter Reading\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 
 4\n\nAs the Sun of righteousness* Christ emitted you to enlighten the whol
 e earth\, O glorious apostle James\,* with your godly supplications* and y
 our divine and never waning light* you illumine and enlighten all who cele
 brate your holy memory with faith.\n\nTone 8\, Glory… Now…\n\nStanding
  in the temple’s court * celebrating the sacred Mid-feast\, * You cry al
 oud: Let him who thirsts * come to Me and drink. * For he that drinks my d
 ivine water\, * shall issue forth from within the streams of My teachings\
 , * and whosoever believeth in me\, * as One sent from the Divine Father\,
  * shall be glorified with Me. * Wherefore we cry to You: * Glory be to Yo
 u\, O Christ God\, * for out of Your love for mankind\, * You have abundan
 tly poured forth Your waters to Your servants.\n\nPolyeleos\n\nMagnificati
 on\n\nWe extol you\,* O James\, apostle of Christ\,* and we honour the pan
 gs and labours* with which you struggled in the proclamation of the Gospel
  of Christ.\n\nverse: The heavens declare the glory of God\, and the firma
 ment proclaims the work of His hands.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nAlleluia\, all
 eluia\, alleluia. Glory be to You\, O God! (3)\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessiona
 l Hymn\, Tone 8\n\nFilled with rays of light from on high and illumined wi
 th divine splendour\, O apostle James\, you behold the Creator and Lord tr
 ansfigured on Mount Tabor and was deemed worthy to hear the voice of the F
 ather. Wherefore\, you have been granted great rewards as an eye-witness a
 nd disciple of grace\, and a beholder of the mysteries of God. Entreat Chr
 ist God\, that He grant remission of offenses to those who with love honou
 r your holy memory.\n\nGradual Hymns\, Tone 4\n\nAntiphon 1\n\nFrom my you
 th do many passions war against me\;* but do You Yourself defend* and save
  me\, O my Saviour.\n\nYou haters of Sion shall be shamed by the Lord\;* f
 or like grass\, by the fire* shall you be withered.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\n
 In the Holy Spirit\, every soul is quickened\,* and\, through cleansing\, 
 is exalted* and made radiant* by the Triple Unity in a hidden sacred manne
 r.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 4\n\nTheir utterance has gone forth into all the 
 earth\, * and their words to the ends of the world.\n\nverse: The heavens 
 declare the glory of God\, and the firmament proclaims the work of His han
 ds.\n\nLet everything that lives\n\nGospel\n\nJohn 21:15-25\n\nPsalm 50\n\
 nVerses at Psalm 50\n\nTone 6\, Glory...\n\nThrough the intercession of th
 e holy apostles\,* O Merciful One\,* remit our many sins.\n\nNow...\n\nThr
 ough the intercession of the Mother of God\,* O Merciful One\,* remit our 
 many sins.\n\nHave mercy on me\, O God\, in Your kindness. In Your compass
 ion blot out my offense.\n\nYou followed after Christ\, O godly James\,* a
 nd despising the world\, hid His teachings in your heart\, and thus you we
 re revealed to be His apostle.* Wherefore\, going out to the nations\, wit
 h the commandments of the Saviour* you enlightened souls darkened by decep
 tion and the passions\,* that they might believe in the consubstantial Tri
 nity.\n\nCanon (abbreviated)\n\nOne may also chant only selected Odes\, ty
 pically Odes 1\, 3\, 6\, (8)\, and 9\, with their Troparia\, if necessary.
 \n\nOde 1\n\nIrmos: Through the deep of the Red Sea\, * marched dry-shod I
 srael of old\, * and by Moses’ outstretched hands\, * raised in the form
  of a cross\, * the power of Amalek was routed in the wilderness.\n\nGlory
  be to You our God\, Glory to You. \n\nThe great benefactions and gifts\, 
 the graces and divine illuminations of Your incomprehensible and divine In
 carnation\, do You abundantly pour forth and shine upon us\, O Master.\n\n
 Glory be to You our God\, Glory to You. \n\nAt Mid-feast You have come\, O
  Christ\, manifestly sending forth the radiant flashes of Your Godhead\; f
 or You are the joyous Festival of the saved and the Cause of our salvation
 .\n\nHoly apostle James\, pray to God for us!\n\nO blessed one\, who like 
 a skilful fisherman have drawn men forth from the deep of transgressions w
 ith your net\, illumine my soul with radiant splendours\, and grant that I
  may praise your memory as is meet\, O divinely revealed disciple James.\n
 \nHoly apostle James\, pray to God for us!\n\nThe pre-eternal and all-perf
 ect God\, Who with the Father is equally beginningless\, appeared on earth
  incarnate as a man\, and showed you forth\, O blessed one\, as His fellow
 -labourer in grace and His most wise servant\, who are strengthened by His
  power.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nThe Angel of Great Counsel\, having assumed 
 flesh\, manifested Himself to the world through the Virgin Mother\, and sh
 owed you forth\, O father James\, as a disciple adorned with virtues\, a d
 ivine herald proclaiming His words.\n\nKatavasia: You made the sea a wall\
 ; * You overwhelmed boastful Pharaoh in the deep * together with his chari
 ots. * You saved the people dry-shod\, O Lord\, * and led them forth to a 
 mountain of sanctification\, as they cried: * We shall sing a song of vict
 ory to You\, our God\, * for You have been glorified.\n\nOde 3\n\nIrmos: Y
 our Church\, O Christ\, rejoices in You crying aloud: * You\, O Lord\, are
  my strength\, * my refuge and foundation.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Gl
 ory to You. \n\nYou open to the Church the springs of life-creating waters
 \, O Good One\, and cry: If any zealous man thirst\, let him come and drin
 k.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You. \n\nYou say plainly that You
  wouldst be lifted up from earth to Heaven\, and You promise to send the H
 oly Spirit from thence.\n\nHoly apostle James\, pray to God for us!\n\nThe
  compelling breath of the Comforter from on high\, setting you afire\, rev
 ealed you to be a wise herald of God\, openly proclaiming the mighty works
  of the incarnate Word\, Whom you see with your own eyes.\n\nHoly apostle 
 James\, pray to God for us!\n\nLaunching you into the hearts of the enemie
 s like a choice arrow sharpened by the Word\, He cut in half the souls of 
 the adversary\, O most wise James\, initiate of the mysteries of God\, lay
 ing hold of them as plunder.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nManifestly adorned with
  your sacred life and your splendid kinship with God\, O all blessed one\,
  you were shown to be His companion\; for from childhood you dwell with th
 e Word.\n\nKatavasia: My heart is established in the Lord\, * my horn is e
 xalted in my God\, * my mouth is enlarged against mine enemies\, * and I r
 ejoice in Your salvation.\n\nSmall Litany\n\nKontakion of Mid-Pentecost\, 
 Tone 4  \n\nAt the mid-point of the Feast according to the Law\,* Maker o
 f all things and Master\,* You said to those present\, O Christ God:* Come
 \, and draw the water of immortality.* And so we fall before You crying ou
 t with faith: Grant us Your mercies \, for You are the source of our life.
 \n\nIkos\n\nWith the streams of Your Blood do You Water my soul\, which is
  grown dry and barren because of mine iniquities and offences\, and show i
 t forth to be fruitful in virtues. For You tell all to draw nigh You\, O a
 ll-holy Word of God\, and to draw forth the water of incorruption\, which 
 is living and which washes away the sins of those who praise Your glorious
  and divine arising. To them that know You as God\, O Good One\, grant fro
 m on high the strength of the Spirit\, which verily was borne by Your disc
 iples\, for You are truly the Well-spring of life for all.\n\nSessional Hy
 mn\, Tone 2 \n\nThe glorious apostle fished the nations\, teaching the end
 s of the earth to worship You O Christ God\, together with the Father and 
 the Spirit. For his sake establish Your Church and send down Your blessing
 s upon the faithful\, O only Merciful Lover of mankind.\n\nOde 4 \n\nIrmos
 : Beholding You\, the Sun of righteousness\, * lifted up upon the cross\, 
 * the Church now stands arrayed and does worthily cry aloud: * Glory to Yo
 ur power\, O Lord!\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You. \n\nHaving s
 hattered the gates of death by Your might\, You have made known the ways o
 f life\; and You open the gates of immortality to them that cry with faith
 : Glory be to Your power\, O Lord.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to Y
 ou. \n\nSince You Who are beginningless do have in the grasp of Your hand 
 the beginning of all things\, and do hold fast their middle and final end 
 as well\, You stand in the midst and cry aloud: Come\, O ye of godly mind\
 ; enjoy the divine gifts.\n\nHoly apostle James\, pray to God for us!\n\nC
 alled as a preacher of Christ\, O divine James\, you quickly follow Him\, 
 spurning the love of your father and trading transitory things for those w
 hich are eternal. Wherefore\, you have been granted an ineffable heavenly 
 inheritance\, O blessed and ever-memorable one\, O your ardent desire for 
 Christ the Master!\n\nHoly apostle James\, pray to God for us!\n\nIllumine
 d by His radiance\, your desire for Him was so great that you was transfig
 ured and revealed to all as a secondary luminary\, enlightened by the effu
 lgence and glory of the primal Light\, O most honoured and blessed James.\
 n\nGlory… Now…\n\nYou are the boast of the faithful\, having never kno
 wn wedlock\, you are our intercessor\, the refuge of Christians\, their ra
 mpart and haven. You bear our entreaties to your Son\, O all-immaculate on
 e\, saving from tribulations those who with faith and love acknowledge you
  to be the pure Theotokos.\n\nKatavasia: With noetic eyes the Prophet Habb
 akuk * foresaw Your coming\, O Lord\; * wherefore he cried aloud: * “God
  shall come out of Theman!” Glory to Your power! * Glory to Your condesc
 ension!\n\nOde 5 \n\nIrmos: You\, O Lord\, who came into the world\, * are
  my light\, * a holy light turning from the darkness of ignorance * those 
 who sing Your praises in faith.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You.
  \n\nHaving reached the middle of the divine feasts\, let us be godly-wise
  and zealously adorn ourselves with the perfection of divine virtue.\n\nGl
 ory be to You our God\, Glory to You. \n\nHow truly sacred is this present
  feast\; for it marks the mid-point of the great feasts and does shine for
 th from both.\n\nHoly apostle James\, pray to God for us!\n\nAflame with z
 eal like a new Elijah\, you desire to burn up those who would not listen t
 o your preaching\, O glorious one\; yet He Who desires loving-kindness res
 trained you\, teaching you gracious meekness.\n\nHoly apostle James\, pray
  to God for us!\n\nWinged with the loftiest virtues\, you desire the thron
 e of the Master out of love for higher things\, O most wise one\, that ent
 ering therein you mayest hold fast principle things learned therein\, not 
 for the sake of vain glory\, but to gaze forth in its midst.\n\nGlory… N
 ow…\n\nThe radiant cloud of the Word\, Who shone forth as God in glory\,
  covered you on Mount Tabor\, O blessed James\; and you were deemed worthy
  to hear the voice of the Father declaring His Sonship.\n\nKatavasia: O Lo
 rd our God\, bestow Your peace upon us\; * O Lord our God\, take us for Yo
 ur possession\; * O Lord\, besides You we know none other: * and we call u
 pon Your Name.\n\nOde 6\n\nIrmos: The church cries out to You O Lord\, * 
 “I will sacrifice to You with a voice of praise * having been cleansed o
 f the blood of the demons’ * by the blood that for mercy’s sake flowed
  from Your side.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You. \n\nThe mid-po
 int of Pentecost has come this day. By the former feast it is illumined wi
 th the most divine radiance of the divine Pascha\, and by the latter feast
  it is made to shine with the grace of the Comforter.\n\nGlory be to You o
 ur God\, Glory to You. \n\nWhile standing in the temple\, O Christ\, You s
 poke to the assemblies of the Jews and reveal Your own glory\, thereby man
 ifesting Your consubstantiality with the Father.\n\nHoly apostle James\, p
 ray to God for us!\n\nUnceasingly pouring forth streams of healings as fro
 m a well-spring\, and piously emitting the enlightenment of doctrine\, O w
 ise and most blessed one\, you do illumine the souls who approach you with
  love and devotion.\n\nHoly apostle James\, pray to God for us!\n\nThe Mas
 ter found you to be a vessel containing his rich and honoured benefactions
 \, and He pours forth as gifts mysteries which pass understanding\, O serv
 ant of everlasting life.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO Virgin Theotokos who have
  given birth to the Abyss of compassions\, save my soul from the sorrows o
 f life and open to me the gates of spiritual joy\; for on you have I set m
 ine only hope.\n\nKatavasia: The billows of life trouble me like the water
 s of the sea\, * O Lover of Mankind. * Wherefore\, like Jonah I cry to You
 \, O Word: * Raise up my life from corruption\, O compassionate Lord.\n\nS
 mall Litany\n\nKontakion of the Apostle\, Tone 2:\n\nWhen you heard God’
 s voice calling out to you\,* you spurned the love of your father* and fle
 d to Christ with your kinsman\, O glorious James.* With him you were favou
 red to see the Lord’s divine transfiguration.\n\nIkos\n\nDwelling with y
 our brother in the mansions of heaven\, by your supplications drive away t
 he Hagarenes who trample upon holy things with vile and unclean feet\; and
 \, and cutting down the devisings of the tyrants\, grant freedom to those 
 of us now held captive because of the multitude of our offenses\, that\, a
 ssembling together\, we may behold the divine transfiguration of the Lord.
 \n\nOde 7\n\nIrmos: In the Persian furnace the youths and descendants of A
 braham\, * burning with a love of piety rather than by a flame of fire\, *
  cried aloud saying: * Blessed are You in the temple of Your glory\, O Lor
 d.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You.\n\nHaving dispelled the powe
 r of death by Your might\, O Saviour\, You have made known to all mankind 
 the path of life. With thankfulness they cry to You: Blessed are You in th
 e temple of Your glory\, O Lord.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You
 .\n\nBeholding You bearing flesh\, the assemblies of the Hebrew people did
  not recognize You\, O Word of God\; but we sing to You: Blessed are You i
 n the temple of Your glory\, O Lord.\n\nHoly apostle James\, pray to God f
 or us!\n\nYou were shown to be illumined with the splendour of the vision 
 of God\, O James\; wherefore\, Christ the Benefactor has adorned you with 
 the crown of the kingdom\, and you chant with the angels: O God of our fat
 hers\, Blessed are You!\n\nHoly apostle James\, pray to God for us!\n\nBeh
 old\, the great Bestower has fulfilled the promises He made to you: you ha
 ve been lifted up to Him by your emulation of His sufferings. And\, standi
 ng before Him now\, you cry out\, rejoicing: O God of our fathers\, Blesse
 d are You!\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nWe preach Him Who was incarnate of you\, 
 as having two natures\, but not two hypostases O Master. And\, reconciled 
 with God because of you\, we depict Him in the flesh and venerate the imag
 e of His countenance.\n\nKatavasia: The Chaldean furnace\, burning with fi
 re\, * was bedewed by the Spirit * through the presence of God\; * and the
  children chanted: * O God of our fathers\, Blessed are You!\n\nOde 8\n\nI
 rmos: Having spread his hands\, Daniel closed the lions’ jaws * in their
  den\; * while the zealously pious youths\, * girded with virtue\, * quenc
 hed the power of the fire and cried aloud: * Bless ye the Lord\, all ye wo
 rks of the Lord.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You.\n\nHaving aris
 en from the grave as one comely\, and adorned with the glory of the Godhea
 d\, O Lord\, You appear to Your Apostles and promise to send the power of 
 the Spirit to those who cry aloud: Bless ye the Lord\, all ye works of the
  Lord.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You.\n\nIn a manner befitting
  You\, since You as God are the Supreme Author of life\, You slay Hades an
 d well forth eternal life to all\, wherefore the graces of these radiant d
 ays now constitute a most clear image of the everlasting life of those who
  cry: Bless ye the Lord\, all ye works of the Lord.\n\nHoly apostle James\
 , pray to God for us!\n\nFollowing Christ Who has called you\, you acquire
  the promise of Abraham\, O you who  see God\; for you were His most radi
 ant minister\, chanting to your Creator and Deliverer: Ye children bless\;
  ye priests hymn\; ye people supremely exalt Him throughout all ages!\n\nH
 oly apostle James\, pray to God for us!\n\nYour proclamation of the image 
 of the law was mightier than the sound of thunder\; for throughout all the
  world you thunder Christ\, our Creator and Deliverer\, chanting: Ye child
 ren bless\; ye priests hymn\; ye people supremely exalt Him throughout all
  ages!\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nThe tongues of orators are unable to hymn you
 \, O Theotokos Mary\, Bride of God\; for you\, O pure Maiden\, gave birth 
 to God Who is over all\, the Creator and Deliverer\, to Whom we cry: Ye ch
 ildren bless\; O you priests hymn\; O you people supremely exalt Him throu
 ghout all ages!\n\nKatavasia: Seated upon the throne of glory\, * and unce
 asingly glorified as God\, * O ye angels and heavens bless\, ** hymn and s
 upremely exalt Him throughout all ages!.\n\nThe Song of the Theotokos (Mag
 nificat) is sung.\n\nOde 9\n\nIrmos: A cornerstone not cut by hand O Virgi
 n\, * was cut from you the unhewn mountain: * even Christ\, Who has joined
  together the disparate natures\; * therefore rejoicing we magnify you\, *
  O Theotokos.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You.\n\nSince we have 
 learned from Christ a new and unprecedented way of life\, let us all be es
 pecially diligent to preserve it until the end\, that We may enjoy the pre
 sence of the Holy Spirit.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You.\n\nO 
 Life-Giving Saviour\, You clothe my mortal nature with the garment of immo
 rtality and the grace of incorruption\, and raise it up together with Your
 self. You lead it to the Father\, having dispelled my warfare of many year
 s.\n\nHoly apostle James\, pray to God for us!\n\nThe malefactors and murd
 erers could not bear the sight of you\, as before they could not stand to 
 look upon your Master\; for\, denouncing them for their works\, you rebuke
  them by laying down your life. And they slew you with the sword\, making 
 you an emulator of Christ Who was crucified in the flesh for mankind\, O d
 ivinely eloquent and most blessed one.\n\nHoly apostle James\, pray to God
  for us!\n\nTortured by the sword of heaven\, Herod died afflicted with so
 res\, for the wretched one was not content to slay Your servants and disci
 ples\, whom You named apostles\, O Word. Wherefore\, marvelling at Your ri
 ghteous providence\, we magnify You.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO Virgin Mother
  of God\, you were revealed to be her who gave birth to God the Word in th
 e flesh\, Whom the Father generated from His own heart before time began\,
  in that He is good. Him Whom we now understand as transcending flesh\, ev
 en though He was clothed in a body.\n\nKatavasia: Virginity is alien to mo
 thers and child-bearing is foreign to virgins\; yet in you\, O Mother of G
 od\, both of them came together. Therefore\, we and all the nations of the
  earth without ceasing magnify you.\n\nSmall Litany\n\nHymn of Light\n\nLe
 t us all hymn James\, son of Zebedee\, for he ascended Mount Tabor with Ch
 rist and beheld the divine transfiguration\; and\, having descended\, he p
 reached with Peter and James to all the four corners of the earth.\n\nGlor
 y… Now…\n\nO You Who has the never-emptying wine-bowl of gifts\, * gra
 nt that I may draw water for remission of my sins. * For with great thirst
  am I taken\, * O only lovingly compassionate One.\n\nPraises\n\nStichera 
 on the Praises\, Tone 3\n\nTo carry out the sentence pre-ordained:* this h
 onour is for all His faithful.\n\nIn Your light\, O Master and Lover of ma
 nkind\, * shall we see light. * For You rose from the dead\, * granting sa
 lvation to the race of man\, * therefore all creation glorifies You\, the 
 only sinless one\; * have mercy on us.\n\nPraise God in His holy place\, p
 raise Him in His mighty heavens.\n\nHaving blamelessly kept the commandmen
 ts of Christ\, * O holy Apostles\, * freely you received\, freely you give
 \, * healing the sufferings of our souls and bodies. * Wherefore\, since y
 ou have boldness\, * entreat Him that our souls find mercy.\n\nPraise Him 
 for His powerful deeds\,* praise His surpassing greatness.\n\nHaving fough
 t the good fight\, * you shine forth in the world like luminaries * even a
 fter death\, O holy Martyrs. * Wherefore\, seeing you have boldness\, * en
 treat Christ that our souls find mercy.\n\nTone 8\n\nO praise Him with sou
 nd of trumpet\,* praise Him with lute and harp\;\n\nO blessed James the Go
 d-seer\, * when you heard the voice of the Word * you straightway abandone
 d your love for your father* and your desire to please him\; * wherefore\,
  forsaking the tumult of life\, * and traversing the noetic sea\, * you tr
 oubled it with your teachings of piety * and with your heavenly radiance\,
  * O you who are blessed of God.\n\nPraise Him with timbrel and dance\,* p
 raise Him with strings and pipes.\n\nO blessed James\, who with your own e
 yes * beheld the Word\, the Author of life\, * pleasing the Father of thin
 gs to come by your actions\, * you have deprived of his primacy the most a
 bominable Ishmael * who worships his belly as god\, * and you have tripped
  him and shown him to be devoid of the Father’s protection\, * having no
  share in His blessing and inheritance.\n\nO praise Him with resounding cy
 mbals\, praise Him with clashing of cymbals.* Let everything that lives an
 d that breathes give praise to the Lord.\n\nYou have now been appointed pr
 ince over all the earth\, O glorious one\, * as was written of you before\
 , * for you were a disciple of Him Who created all things\; * and by you s
 teadfast zeal and invincible boldness * you endured to be put to death\, O
  blessed one\, * the first slain among the honoured company * of the twelv
 e disciples.\n\nGlory… Tone 6\n\nO fisher of all the world\,* holy disci
 ple\, labourer of the Savior\, and recounter of His sufferings\;* having t
 ravelled around creation with faith\,* gathered in the deluded nations and
  brought them to God\,* you were brought up into the heavens.* Wherefore\,
  standing before the Judge\,* pray that we be delivered from our iniquitie
 s* and find salvation from torment on the day of judgment.\n\nNow… Tone 
 4\n\nO Lord\, at Mid-feast before enduring Your precious Cross\, * You wen
 t up into the temple\, * boldly teaching the Jews concerning the things th
 at were written by You * in the books of Moses and the Law. * And being as
 tonished at the ineffable mystery of You wisdom\, * they maliciously medit
 ated within themselves to plot against You: * How does this man know lette
 rs\, having never learned? * not knowing that You are the Saviour of our s
 ouls.\n\nGreat Doxology\n\nTrisagion Prayers\n\nTroparia\, Tone 3\n\nLearn
 ing from Peter the chief apostle* you too became an apostle of Christ\,* a
 nd shone on various lands like the sun.* O blessed one\, adornment of Alex
 andrians\,* through you Egypt was freed from deceit.* For you are a pillar
  of light for the Church* enlightening all with your teaching of the Good 
 News.* Therefore\, we feast your memorial\, O Mark\, divinely inspired.* A
 sk God whom you preached to all to grant our souls forgiveness of sins.\n\
 nTone 8\, Glory… Now…\n\nAt the mid-point of the Feast according to th
 e Law\,* Maker of all things and Master\,* You said to those present\, O C
 hrist God:* Come\, and draw the water of immortality.* And so we fall befo
 re You crying out with faith: Grant us Your mercies \, for You are the sou
 rce of our life.\n\nInsistent Litany\n\nLitany of Supplication\n\nGreat Di
 smissal\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON THURSDAY MORNING\nAfter the priest has excla
 imed\, Blessed be the Kingdom… and the people have responded\, Amen\, th
 e clergy sing the Paschal Troparion once and the people repeat it. Then\, 
 the clergy sing the first half\, and the people conclude it.\n\nPaschal Tr
 oparion\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* an
 d to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTropario
 n\, Tone 8: At the mid-point of the Feast\, O Saviour\,* water my thirsty 
 soul with streams of true godliness\;* for You cried out to all: Let any w
 ho thirst\, come to Me and drink.* O Source of Life\, Christ our God\, glo
 ry to You!\n\nTroparion\, Tone 3: O James\, worthy of all praise\,* chosen
  apostle of Christ and only brother of the beloved theologian.* Ask God to
  bestow on those who hymn you forgiveness of sins* and to grant our souls 
 great mercy.\n\nGlory be to the Father\, and to the Son\, and to the Holy 
 Spirit.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 2: When you heard God’s voice calling out to
  you\,* you spurned the love of your father* and fled to Christ with your 
 kinsman\, O glorious James.* With him you were favoured to see the Lord’
 s divine transfiguration.\n\nNow and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion
 \, Tone 4: At the mid-point of the Feast according to the Law\,* Maker of 
 all things and Master\,* You said to those present\, O Christ God:* Come\,
  and draw the water of immortality.* And so we fall before You crying out 
 with faith: Grant us Your mercies \, for You are the source of our life.\n
 \nProkeimenon\, Tone 3\n\nGreat is our Lord\, and great is His strength\;*
  and of His knowledge there is no end.\n\nverse: Praise the Lord\, for a p
 salm is good\; may praise be sweet to Him. (Psalm 146:5\,1)\n\nProkeimenon
 \, Tone 8\n\nTheir utterance has gone forth into all the earth\, and their
  words to the ends of the world.\n\nEpistle\n\nActs 10:34-43\; Acts 12:1-1
 1\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 1\n\nverse: Remember Your congregation which You acqu
 ired from the beginning.\n\nverse: But God is our king before the ages\; H
 e has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth. (Psalm 73:2\,12)\n\nver
 se: The heavens shall confess our wonders\, O Lord\, and Your truth in the
  church of the saints.\n\nGospel\n\nJohn 8:12-20\; Luke 5:1-11\n\nHymn to 
 the Theotokos\n\nVirginity is alien to mothers and child-bearing is foreig
 n to virgins\; yet in you\, O Mother of God\, both of them came together. 
 Therefore\, we and all the nations of the earth without ceasing magnify yo
 u.\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nThose who eat My flesh and drink My blood* abide i
 n Me and I in them\, says the Lord.* Their utterance has gone forth into a
 ll the earth\,* and their words to the ends of the world.* Alleluia\, alle
 luia\,* alleluia.\n\nInstead of Blessed is He Who comes… we sing:\n\nChr
 ist is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in 
 the tombs* giving life.\n\nInstead of We have seen the true light… we si
 ng:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to
  those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nInstead of May our mouths be filled
 … we sing three times:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling dea
 th by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nInstead of Bless
 ed be the name of the Lord… we sing three times:\n\nChrist is risen from
  the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving
  life.\n\nAt the dismissal\, instead of Glory be to the Father and the Son
  and the Holy Spirit\, now and forever and ever. Amen. we chant:\n\nChrist
  is risen from the dead\, trampling death by death\,* and to those in the 
 tombs giving life.\n\nAfter the final Amen\, the Troparion Christ is risen
  is sung as at the beginning of the Liturgy\, but with the addition:\n\nAn
 d to us He has granted life eternal\;* we bow down before His resurrection
  on the third day.
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