AT VESPERS ON WENDESDAY EVENING

Kathisma Reading

The appointed psalms are chanted.

At Psalm 140

Tone 7

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

Having tilled the whole earth with the plough of the knowledge of God, О glorious apostles,* you caused a multitude of the faithful to spring forth.

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

Set at naught the winter of my passions, О blessed apostles,* and shine forth upon me the pure spring of peace.

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

As disciples of the Word you brought the assemblies of the nations over* from senselessness to the knowledge of God.

Tone 1

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

You were undaunted as you entered the judgment hall, Martyr!* You endured sufferings and torture!* As you were wounded, you wounded the contending enemy,* seizing victory over him, Trophimus!* Therefore pray that our souls may be granted peace and great mercy!

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

With yourself, you led a choir of martyrs!* You suffered and rejoiced with them, wise one!* You have fittingly received heavenly blessings.* With them, remember us who praise you in faith,* entreating Christ that He may grant our souls peace and great mercy!

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

Come, faithful: let us praise the martyrs Trophimus and Theophilus,* and with them, thirteen companions!* They quenched the fire of delusion with their precious blood!* Now they live in the Kingdom on high,* ever asking that our souls be granted peace and great mercy!

Tone 7, Glory… Now…

Convey the entreaty of your servants to your Son, О most pure one,* that He may save all whom He has created.

Prokeimenon, Tone 5

O Lord, save me by Your name,* and in Your power be a judge for me.

verse: O God, hear my prayer; listen to the words of my mouth.

Aposticha

Tone 7

О glorious apostles, pillars of the Church, preachers of the Truth, radiant beacons:* With the fire of the Spirit you consumed all delusion* and illumined the race of mankind with faith.* Wherefore, we beseech you: Entreat our Saviour and God,* that He grant peace to the world and save our souls.

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.

О apostles of Christ, husbandmen of the Saviour,* bearing the Cross upon your shoulders as a plough,* and having cleared the earth made hard by the delusion of idolatry,* you sowed the word of faith*. And you are fittingly honoured, О holy apostles of Christ.

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 most praised martyrs, spiritual lambs,* reason-endowed holocausts, acceptable sacrifices well-pleasing to God:* the earth could not hide you, but heaven received you,* and you have become communicants with the angels.* With them entreat our Saviour and God,* we pray you, that He grant peace to the world and save our souls.

Tone 7, Glory… Now…

Let us hymn as the Mother of God the Word* her who alone was an all-pure virgin after giving birth,* saying: Glory be 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… Now…

You have borne the fire of the Godhead without being burned;* you have given birth to the Lord, the Source life,* O Mother of God and woman full of grace,* save all those who exalt you.

AT DIVINE LITURGY ON THURSDAY MORNING

Troparia and Kontakia

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, now and for ever and ever. Amen.

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.

Prokeimenon, Tone 4

To the saints who are in His land, the Lord has made wonderful all His desires in them.

verse: I foresaw the Lord in my sight, for He is at my right hand that I may not be shaken. (Psalm 15:3,8)

Epistle

1 Corinthians 14:6-19

Alleluia, Tone 4

verse: The just cried out and the Lord heard them, and delivered them out of their afflictions.

verse: The afflictions of the just are many, and out of them all will the Lord deliver them. (Psalm 33:18,20)

Gospel

Matthew 20:17-28

Communion Hymn

Rejoice in the Lord, O you just;* praise befits the righteous.* Alleluia, alleluia,* alleluia. (Psalm 32:1)