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SUMMARY:Wednesday\, April 29\, 2026\; Mid-Pentecost
DESCRIPTION:An Eight-day Feast of the Lord.\nAT VESPERS ON TUESDAY EVENING\
 nKathisma Reading\n\nThe appointed psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\n
 Tone 4\n\nIf You mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You for
 giveness is that You may be revered.\n\nThere is come now the middle of th
 ose days* which commence with the saving Arising* and which are sealed by 
 the sacred Pentecost.* Illumined by both feasts and joining both\,* we com
 e to render glory and honour beforehand* to the regal Ascension.\n\nI have
  waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your p
 romise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nThere is come now the middle 
 of those days* which commence with the saving Arising* and which are seale
 d by the sacred Pentecost.* Illumined by both feasts and joining both\,* w
 e come to render glory and honour beforehand* to the regal Ascension.\n\nF
 rom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nSion h
 eard and rejoiced when it received the glad tidings of Christ’s Resurrec
 tion\,* and all of her faithful offspring greatly rejoice upon beholding H
 im\,* who by the grace of the Spirit* washes away the stain of the murder 
 of the Christ\,* preparing to solemnly celebrate* the joyous Mid-festival 
 of both feasts.\n\nFor with the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there i
 s plentiful redemption\;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquiti
 es.\n\nSion heard and rejoiced when it received the glad tidings of Christ
 ’s Resurrection\,* and all of her faithful offspring greatly rejoice upo
 n beholding Him\,* who by the grace of the Spirit* washes away the stain o
 f the murder of the Christ\,* preparing to solemnly celebrate* the joyous 
 Mid-festival of both feasts.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* procl
 aim His glory\, all you people.\n\nThe bountiful pouring forth of the Spir
 it upon all\,* is now at hand as the Scripture says.* This is proclaimed b
 y the mid-point of the blessed season* after Christ’s death\, burial and
  arising\,* when He gave to His disciples His unfailing and true promise\,
 * which revealed most clearly the coming of the Comforter.\n\nStrong is th
 e love of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nThe bount
 iful pouring forth of the Spirit upon all\,* is now at hand as the Scriptu
 re says.* This is proclaimed by the mid-point of the blessed season* after
  Christ’s death\, burial and arising\,* when He gave to His disciples Hi
 s unfailing and true promise\,* which revealed most clearly the coming of 
 the Comforter.\n\nTone 6\, Glory… Now…\n\nHaving come together at the 
 Mid-feast* between Your Resurrection and the divine coming of Your Holy Sp
 irit\, O Christ\,* we praise the mysteries of Your wonders.* Therefore\, o
 n this day You send down Your great mercy to us.\n\nReadings\n\n(1) Micah 
 4:2\, 3\; 6:1-5\, 8\; (2) Isaiah 55:1-13\; (3) Proverbs 9:1-11\n\nLitany o
 f Fervent Supplication\n\n‘Vouchsafe\, O Lord...’\n\nLitany of Demands
 \n\nAposticha\n\nTone 1\n\nThe mid-point of the days of Pentecost has come
 .* Wherein Christ disclosed His divine might in pare\, in that He strength
 ened the paralytic* and by a word raised him up from his bed.* In a God-be
 fitting manner He wrought miracles in a body of clay\,* and has granted to
  mankind* everlasting life and great mercy.\n\nRemember Your congregation\
 ,* which You have purchased from the beginning.\n\nYou\, the Wisdom of God
 \, came to the temple at Mid-feast\,* teaching and reproving the disobedie
 nt Jews\, the Pharisees\, and Scribes\,* and with boldness You cried to th
 em:* He that thirsts\, let him come to Me and drink living water\,* and he
  shall never again thirst to eternity.* From him that believes in My goodn
 ess\,* rivers of eternal life shall pour forth from his noetic belly.* O h
 ow great is Your goodness and compassion\,* O Christ our God! Glory be to 
 You.\n\nTone 2\n\nGod is our King before the ages\,* He has wrought salvat
 ion in the midst of the earth.\n\nWhen the Mid-feast had come\, Jesus went
  up into the temple* and taught the disobedient Jews\, saying:* He that th
 irsts\, let him come to Me and drink living and everlasting water\,* and h
 e shall never again thirst to eternity.* He that believes in Me\, rivers s
 hall flow from his noetic belly\,* and he shall have the light of life.\n\
 nTone 8\, Glory… Now…\n\nWhen You were teaching at Mid-feast\, O Savio
 ur\, the Jews spoke saying:* Having never studied\, how is this man learne
 d?* For they knew not that You are the Wisdom that fashioned the world.* G
 lory be to You.\n\nTroparion\n\nTone 8\n\nAt the mid-point of the Feast\, 
 O Saviour\,* water my thirsty soul with streams of true godliness\;* for Y
 ou cried out to all: Let any who thirst\, come to Me and drink.* Source of
  life\, Christ our God\, glory to You!\n\nGreat Dismissal\n\n \nAT MATINS
  ON WEDNESDAY MORNING\nUsual Beginning\n\nHexapsalm\n\nGreat Litany\n\nGod
  the Lord\, Tone 8 \n\nTroparia\n\nAt the mid-point of the Feast\, O Savio
 ur\,* water my thirsty soul with streams of true godliness\;* for You crie
 d out to all: Let any who thirst\, come to Me and drink.* Source of life\,
  Christ our God\, glory to You! (2)\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nAt the mid-point
  of the Feast\, O Saviour\,* water my thirsty soul with streams of true go
 dliness\;* for You cried out to all: Let any who thirst\, come to Me and d
 rink.* Source of life\, Christ our God\, glory to You!\n\nPsalter Reading\
 n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 4\n\nThe Lord\, Who perceives the
  hidden though thoughts of all hearts\, * while standing within the temple
  cried aloud * declaring the truth to those who had lied: * Why do you see
 k to apprehend Me\, the Life-giver? * Thus with boldness He cried at Mid-f
 east. ** “Judge not by appearance\, but judge rightly\, you lawless ones
 .”\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nThe Lord\, Who perceives the hidden though thou
 ghts of all hearts\, * while standing within the temple cried aloud * decl
 aring the truth to those who had lied: * Why do you seek to apprehend Me\,
  the Life-giver? * Thus with boldness He cried at Mid-feast. ** “Judge n
 ot by appearance\, but judge rightly\, you lawless ones.”\n\nPsalter Rea
 ding\n\nSmall Litany\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 5\n\nOn the day of the Mid-f
 east of Pentecost\, * the Lord of all stood in the temple\, * and spoke wi
 th boldness to the Hebrews\, * openly censuring them as their King and God
 \, * with a just rebuke of their presumptuousness. * But in His boundless 
 compassion\, ** He has bestowed His great mercy upon us all.\n\nGlory… N
 ow…\n\nOn the day of the Mid-feast of Pentecost\, * the Lord of all stoo
 d in the temple\, * and spoke with boldness to the Hebrews\, * openly cens
 uring them as their King and God\, * with a just rebuke of their presumptu
 ousness. * But in His boundless compassion\, ** He has bestowed His great 
 mercy upon us all.\n\nHymn of the Resurrection (once)\n\nPsalm 50\n\nCanon
 \, Tone 8\n\nOde 1\n\nCanon I\n\nIrmos: Through the deep of the Red Sea\, 
 * marched dry-shod Israel 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 benef
 actions and gifts\, the graces and divine illuminations of Your incomprehe
 nsible and divine Incarnation\, do You abundantly pour forth and shine upo
 n us\, O Master.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You. \n\nAt Mid-fea
 st You have come\, O Christ\, manifestly sending forth the radiant flashes
  of Your Godhead\; for You are the joyous Festival of the saved and the Ca
 use of our salvation.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You. \n\nYou a
 re become wisdom\, righteousness from God\, and redemption for us\, O Lord
 . You do convey us from earth to the height of Heaven\, and do grant us th
 e Divine Spirit.\n\nMost holy Theotokos save us. \n\nYour flesh knew not c
 orruption in the sepulchre\, O Master. Rather\, inasmuch as it was formed 
 without seed\, it received not corruption\, for in a transcendent manner i
 t was not subject to the order of nature.\n\nCanon II\n\nGlory be to You o
 ur God\, Glory to You.\n\nClap your hands\, O nations\; lament\, O Hebrews
 . For Christ\, the Giver of Life\, has broken asunder the bonds of Hades\,
  and has raised up the dead and healed sicknesses by a word. This is our G
 od\, Who grants life to them that believe in His Name.\n\nGlory be to You 
 our God\, Glory to You.\n\nYou show a wonder by changing the water into wi
 ne\, O Master\, Who change the rivers of Egypt into blood. You also raise 
 up the dead\, accomplishing this sign in these latter times. Glory be to Y
 our ineffable counsel\, O Saviour\; glory be to Your self-abasement\, wher
 eby You have renewed us.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You.\n\nYou
  are an ever-flowing stream of true life\, O Lord\; You are our Resurrecti
 on. Willingly You become weary\, O my Saviour\, and willingly You thirst\,
  submitting to the laws of nature. And when You came to Sichar in the fles
 h\, You ask the Samaritan woman for water\, that You might drink.\n\nGlory
  be to You our God\, Glory to You.\n\nYou bless the loaves and multiply th
 e fish\, O incomprehensible God\; You fill the people bounteously and prom
 ise an ever-flowing spring of wisdom to them that thirst. You are our God\
 , O Saviour\, Who give life to them that believe in Your Name.\n\nGlory...
 \n\nI glorify the Three Who are co-beginningless and of equal sovereignty:
  the Father\, Who is beginningless God\; the Son\, Who is co beginningless
 \; and the Spirit\, Who is co-eternal with the Son\; one essence in three 
 Hypostases. I praise and honour one supreme sovereign Principle of the beg
 inningless Godhead and Essence.\n\nNow...\n\nYou alone contain within your
  womb the Creator\, O Birthgiver of God\, ineffably conceiving Him in the 
 flesh yet remaining a Virgin\, while your virginity in no wise suffered ha
 rm. Do you ever entreat Him unceasingly on behalf of your flock\, since He
  is your Son and God.\n\nKatavasia: You make the sea a wall\; * You overwh
 elm boastful Pharaoh in the deep * together with his chariots. * You save 
 the people dry-shod\, O Lord\, * and lead them forth to a mountain of sanc
 tification\, as they cried: * We shall sing a song of victory to You\, our
  God\, * for You have been glorified.\n\nOde 3\n\nCanon I\n\nIrmos: Your C
 hurch\, O Christ\, rejoices in You crying aloud: * You\, O Lord\, are my s
 trength\, * my refuge and foundation.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory t
 o 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 drink.\n\
 nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You. \n\nYou say plainly that You woul
 dst be lifted up from earth to Heaven\, and You promise to send the Holy S
 pirit from thence.\n\nMost holy Theotokos save us. \n\nThe Lord\, Who by n
 ature is life-creating and Who was born of a Virgin\, has granted incorrup
 tion to all the faithful\, since He is compassionate.\n\nGlory be to You o
 ur God\, Glory to You. \n\nDo not judge a judgment according to appearance
 \, O Jews\; thus\, as it is written\, said the Master when He came to the 
 temple and taught at the Judaic Mid-feast.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Gl
 ory to You. \n\nDo not judge a judgment according to appearance\, O Jews\,
  for Christ is come. The Prophets named Him: He that comes from Sion and h
 as restored the world.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You. \n\nEven
  though you believe not His Words\, O Jews\, be convinced by the works of 
 the Master. Why do you deceive yourselves and disregard the Holy One\, of 
 Whom Moses wrote in the Law?\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You. \n
 \nIf the Messiah must assuredly come\, O ye Jews\, then the Messiah has no
 w come\, Who is Christ. Why do ye deceive yourselves and disregard the Rig
 hteous One\, of Whom Moses wrote in the Law?\n\nGlory...\n\nWe worship You
 \, O Father\, Who are beginningless in Your essence\, and we piously prais
 e Your beginningless Son and the all-holy Spirit\, O Three Who are by natu
 re one God.\n\nNow...\n\nThough You are one of the Trinity\, You assume fl
 esh\, neither undergoing change in Your essence nor burning the uncorrupte
 d womb of her that gave birth to You\, O Lord\, Who are wholly God and Fir
 e.\n\nKatavasia: My heart is established in the Lord\, * my horn is exalte
 d in my God\, * my mouth is enlarged against mine enemies\, * and I rejoic
 e in Your salvation.\n\nSessional Hymn\, Tone 8\n\nAt Mid-feast You stood 
 in the temple’s court in a god-befitting manner * and cried aloud: * Let
  him who suffers thirst now draw to Me and drink. * He that drinks of the 
 sacred water that I shall give\, * from within shall the springs of My tea
 chings flow forth. * Whosoever believes that the Divine Father has sent Me
 \, * and that I came forth from Him\, * with Me he shall be glorified. * T
 herefore we cry to You: * Glory be to You\, O Christ God\, * Who causes th
 e streams of Your great love for mankind\, * to abundantly well forth to u
 s\, Your servants.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nYou\, O Saviour\, pour out for al
 l the world living waters of wisdom and endless life\, * inviting all to p
 artake and to drink thereof\; * for he who receives and keeps Your holy la
 w * quenches the coals of deception. * Wherefore\, he shall not thirst thr
 oughout the ages\, * nor fail to be filled with You\, O Master King of Hea
 ven. * For this we glorify Your power\, O Christ God\, * asking that the f
 orgiveness of sins ** be abundantly granted to us\, Your servants.\n\nOde 
 4\n\nIrmos: Beholding You\, the Sun of righteousness\, * lifted up upon th
 e cross\, * the Church now stands arrayed and does worthily cry aloud: * G
 lory to Your power\, O Lord!\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You. \n
 \nHaving shattered the gates of death by Your might\, You have made known 
 the ways of 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 You. \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 you of 
 godly mind\; enjoy the divine gifts.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to
  You. \n\nSince You as God have authority over all things\, and as one mig
 hty destroy the dominion of death\, O Christ\, You promise to send the Hol
 y Spirit\, Who proceeds from the Father.\n\nMost holy Theotokos save us. \
 n\nO all-immaculate Mother who knew not wedlock\, you do bestow grace abun
 dantly upon those who praise you\; and from the Word Who is before the age
 s and Who was born from you\, you do entreat for the forgiveness of their 
 offences. The Second Canon:\n\nCanon II\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory
  to You. \n\nIf the Messiah must come\, then Christ is the Messiah\, O law
 less ones\; Why do you not believe in Him? Behold\, He is come\, and the t
 hings He does bears witness to Him: He made the water into wine and streng
 thened the paralytic by a word.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You.
  \n\nSince you do not understand the Scriptures\, you are all deceived\, O
  lawless Hebrews\; for Christ is truly come and has enlightened all mankin
 d\, showing forth many signs and wonders among you. In vain do you deny Hi
 m Who is the true Life.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You. \n\nChr
 ist cried to the Jews: One work have I shown to you\, and already marvel. 
 You circumcise a man even on the Sabbath\, He says\; Why then do you accus
 e Me\, Who have raised up a paralytic by a word?\n\nGlory be to You our Go
 d\, Glory to You. \n\nI have done many works\; for which work\, then\, do 
 you stone Me? cried Christ to the Jews\, reproaching them. For by a word I
  have made a man completely whole\; judge not according to appearance\, O 
 you men.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You. \n\nYou Who work throu
 gh the Apostles and Who\, together with the Spirit\, do Yourself rest in t
 he Prophets\, O Christ\, You immaculate Offspring of the Father’s nature
 \, You lead the nations up to knowledge of You through Your signs.\n\nGlor
 y ...\n\nO Trinity\, undivided Unity\; beginningless Father\, Son\, and Ho
 ly Spirit\; You Trinity in Unity\; O life-creating\, uncreated God\, equal
  in honour and in rank: Save those who praise You\, and deliver them from 
 dangers and afflictions.\n\nNow…\n\nO Bride of God and pure Virgin Mothe
 r\, who contain God in your womb while He yet remained uncircumscribed: Ce
 ase not to intercede on our behalf\, that through you we may be delivered 
 from adversities\, for to you do we ever flee for refuge.\n\nKatavasia: Wi
 th noetic eyes the Prophet Habbakuk * foresaw Your coming\, O Lord\; * whe
 refore he cried aloud: * “God shall come out of Theman!” Glory to Your
  power! * Glory to Your condescension!\n\nOde 5\n\nIrmos: You\, O Lord\, w
 ho 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 perf
 ection of divine virtue.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You. \n\nHo
 w truly sacred is this present feast\; for it marks the mid-point of the g
 reat feasts and does shine forth from both.\n\nMost holy Theotokos save us
 . \n\nThe mind of the Archangel is not able to comprehend Your ineffable a
 nd most pure birth-giving from a Virgin\, O my greatly merciful Saviour. T
 he Second Canon\n\nCanon II\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You. \n\
 nHaving adorned Your Apostles with miracles and magnified Your disciples w
 ith wonders throughout the World\, You have glorified them and bestowed up
 on them Your Kingdom\, O our Saviour.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory t
 o You. \n\nThe disciples have enlightened all the ends of the earth with m
 iracles and teachings\, and in diverse ways they preached the word of Your
  Kingdom\, O Christ Saviour.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You. \n
 \nWe send up praise to Your Kingdom\, and we offer a hymn to You Who appea
 r on earth for our sake and enlightened the World and restore Adam.\n\nGlo
 ry…\n\nGlory be to You\, O holy Father\, unbegotten God. Glory be to You
 \, O timeless\, only-begotten Word. Glory be to You\, O Divine Spirit\, of
  one throne and of one essence with the Father and the Son.\n\nNow…\n\nY
 our womb is become a holy table which holds the Heavenly Bread\, he that e
 ats of it dies not\, as the Nourisher of all has said\, O Birthgiver of Go
 d.\n\nKatavasia: O Lord our God\, bestow Your peace upon us\; * O Lord our
  God\, take us for Your possession\; * O Lord\, besides You we know none o
 ther: * and we call upon Your Name.\n\nOde 6\n\nIrmos: The church cries ou
 t to You O Lord\, * “I will sacrifice to You with a voice of praise * ha
 ving been cleansed of the blood of the demons’ * by the blood that for m
 ercy’s sake flowed from Your side.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to
  You. \n\nThe mid-point of Pentecost has come this day. By the former feas
 t it is illumined with 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 our God\, Glory to You. \n\nWhile standing in the templ
 e\, O Christ\, You spoke to the assemblies of the Jews and reveal Your own
  glory\, thereby manifesting Your consubstantiality with the Father.\n\nMo
 st holy Theotokos save us. \n\nBe you my protection and mine unshaken ramp
 art\, O only Mother of God. Redeem me from the stumbling-blocks of the wor
 ld\, and illumine me by your divine effulgence. The Second Canon\n\nCanon 
 II\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You. \n\nO Jesus\, Who takes care
  for all the ends of the earth\, You go up to the temple at Mid-feast\, as
  John has said\, and taught the multitudes the Word of truth.\n\nGlory be 
 to You our God\, Glory to You. \n\nYou open Your lips\, O Master\, and pre
 ach to the world the most-pure Father and the all-holy Spirit\, preserving
  Your kinship with both even after Your Incarnation.\n\nGlory be to You ou
 r God\, Glory to You. \n\nYou accomplish the work of the Father and confir
 m Your words by Your deeds\, for You perform healings and signs\, O Saviou
 r\, raising the paralytic\, cleansing lepers\, and resurrecting the dead.\
 n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You. \n\nThe beginningless Son recei
 ved a beginning and became a man\, taking upon Himself that which is prope
 r to our nature. And at Mid-feast He taught and said: Hasten to the ever-f
 lowing Spring\, that you may draw forth life.\n\nGlory…\n\nWe all glorif
 y the one Godhead in Trinity\, the uncreated and undivided essence in thre
 e Hypostases\, even the Father\, the Son\, and the Holy Spirit\, Who while
  being Three are One.\n\nNow…\n\nWe praise you who remain a virgin after
  giving birth\; you alone do we glorify as both Virgin and Mother\, O pure
  Maiden\, Bride of God\; for from you God truly became incarnate and thus 
 Quickened us.\n\nKatavasia: The billows of life trouble me like the waters
  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\nKo
 ntakion\, Tone 4\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 before You cr
 ying out 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\, wh
 ich is grown dry and barren because of mine iniquities and offences\, and 
 show it forth to be fruitful in virtues. For You tell all to draw nigh to 
 You\, O all-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 from on high the strength of the Spirit\, which verily was borne by 
 Your disciples\, for You are truly the Well-spring of life for all.\n\nOde
  7\n\nIrmos: In the Persian furnace the youths and descendants of Abraham\
 , * 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 Lord.\n\nG
 lory be to You our God\, Glory to You.\n\nHaving dispelled the power of de
 ath by Your might\, O Saviour\, You have made known to all mankind the pat
 h of life. With thankfulness they cry to You: Blessed are You in the templ
 e of Your glory\, O Lord.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You.\n\nBe
 holding You bearing flesh\, the assemblies of the Hebrew people did not re
 cognize You\, O Word of God\; but we sing to You: Blessed are You in the t
 emple of Your glory\, O Lord.\n\nMost holy Theotokos save us. \n\nRejoice 
 O sanctified and divine tabernacle of the Most High\; for through you\, O 
 Theotokos\, joy has been granted to those who cry: Blessed are you among w
 omen\, O most immaculate Lady.\n\nCanon II\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Gl
 ory to You.\n\nYou Who are rest for all grow weary in the flesh\; You Who 
 are the well-spring of miracles willingly thirst. You seek after water\, O
  Jesus\, promising living water.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You
 .\n\nYou converse with a Samaritan woman\, O Lord\, thereby reproving the 
 mindlessness of the lawless Hebrews\, insofar as she believed You to be th
 e Son of God\, and they denied You.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to 
 You.\n\nO Saviour\, You ever-living well-spring\, You promise to grant liv
 ing water which springs forth\, the water of immortality\, to those who wi
 th faith receive Your Spirit\, which proceeds from the Father.\n\nGlory be
  to You our God\, Glory to You.\n\nWith five loaves You fed the thousands 
 that hungered\, and made the child’s morsels to be more than enough for 
 yet another multitude\, O Saviour. Thus showing Your glory to Your sacred 
 disciples.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You.\n\nHe that eats Your
  Bread shall live forever\, and he that drinks Your Blood abides in You\, 
 my Saviour\, and You abide in him\, and You shall raise him up at the last
  day.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You.\n\nYou made Your dispensa
 tion wondrous\, O Master\, confirming by miracles Your divine authority. Y
 ou drive out illnesses\, raise up the dead\, and enlighten the blind\, sin
 ce You are God.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You.\n\nYou cleanse 
 the lepers and restore the lame\; You strengthen the paralytics and heal t
 he blood-streaming woman\, and walk upon the sea. Thus showing Your glory 
 to Your sacred disciples.\n\nGlory...\n\nWe worship Your timeless Father a
 nd the grace of the Spirit\, which You as God apportion to Your Apostles\,
  sending them forth to preach\, O Lord. Both\n\nNow...\n\nYou contain with
 in your womb the uncontainable Word\, you suckle at your breasts Him that 
 nourishes the world and hold in thine arms our Sustainer\, O pure Birth-gi
 ver of God.\n\nKatavasia: The Chaldean furnace\, burning with fire\, * 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\nIrmos: Havi
 ng spread his hands\, Daniel closed the lions’ jaws * in their den\; * w
 hile the zealously pious youths\, * girded with virtue\, * quenched the po
 wer of the fire and cried aloud: * Bless ye the Lord\, all ye works of the
  Lord.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You.\n\nHaving arisen from th
 e grave as one comely\, and adorned with the glory of the Godhead\, 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\n
 Glory be to You our God\, Glory to You.\n\nIn a manner befitting You\, sin
 ce You as God are the Supreme Author of life\, You slay Hades and well for
 th eternal life to all\, wherefore the graces of these radiant days now co
 nstitute a most clear image of the everlasting life of those who cry: Bles
 s ye the Lord\, all ye works of the Lord.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glo
 ry to You.\n\nYou cause rays of righteousness to shine upon the world like
  the sun\, O Christ\, in that You send Your Apostles to the world. Bearing
  You\, the incomprehensible Light\, they drove away the darkness of ignora
 nce\, and cried: Bless the Lord\, all you works of the Lord.\n\nMost holy 
 Theotokos save us. \n\nBehold now\, a prince and ruler has manifestly come
  from the tribe of Judah\; for you\, O all-immaculate one\, have given bir
 th to Him Who is the Expectation of the nations which were set aside for H
 im before time. O you who have borne Christ\, to Whom we chant: Bless the 
 Lord\, all you works of the Lord.\n\nCanon II\n\nGlory be to You our God\,
  Glory to You.\n\nCome\, O ye peoples\, and behold Him Who is praised upon
  a throne of glory\, being blasphemed by lawless people. And as ye behold 
 Him\, praise Him as the Messiah\, Who was foretold by the Prophets.\n\nGlo
 ry be to You our God\, Glory to You.\n\nYou are truly the Christ\, Who hav
 e come into the world. With You there is salvation and the remission of th
 e failings of our fathers\; You are indeed the Life of those who have come
  to believe in You.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You.\n\nAs it is
  written\, the Wisdom of God came into the temple at Mid-feast and taught 
 that He is truly Christ the Messiah\, from Whom there comes salvation.\n\n
 Glory be to You our God\, Glory to You.\n\nOn the Sabbaths and on all days
  Christ wrought manifest signs\, healing those in diverse illnesses. But t
 he deceitful people were consumed with malice and wrath.\n\nGlory be to Yo
 u our God\, Glory to You.\n\nThe Jews bitterly reviled Christ and said: On
  the Sabbath did this Man has healed the paralytic who had lain sick for m
 any years\, therefore He has transgressed the Law.\n\nGlory be to You our 
 God\, Glory to You.\n\nChrist said to the Jews: Did not Moses in giving yo
 u the Law command that ye be circumcised? Yet ye circumcise on the Sabbath
 \, lest the Law of your fathers be broken.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Gl
 ory to You.\n\nThey that were wholly ungrateful and who of old had sojourn
 ed in the wilderness\, out of malice cast blasphemies at their Benefactor.
  They wagged their unjust tongues while they meditated vain things.\n\nLet
  us bless the Lord: Father\, Son\, and Holy Spirit.\n\nOf a truth\, the Tr
 inity is one God\, without the Father leaving that which is proper to Hims
 elf and assuming Sonship\, nor with the Son transforming His attributes in
 to procession. But I glorify the Three apart and together\, as Light and G
 od\, throughout the ages.\n\nNow...\n\nTell us\, O Theotokos: How did you 
 give birth to Him Who has shone forth timelessly from the Father and Who i
 s praised together with the Holy Spirit? - except in a manner known only t
 o Him Who was well-pleased to be born from You.\n\nKatavasia: Seated upon 
 the throne of glory\, * and unceasingly glorified as God\, * O ye angels a
 nd heavens bless\, ** hymn and supremely exalt Him throughout all ages!.\n
 \nThe Song of the Theotokos (Magnificat) is not sung.\n\nOde 9\n\nIrmos: A
  cornerstone not cut by hand O Virgin\, * was cut from you the unhewn moun
 tain: * even Christ\, Who has joined together the disparate natures\; * th
 erefore rejoicing we magnify you\, * O Theotokos.\n\nGlory be to You our G
 od\, Glory to You.\n\nSince we have learned from Christ a new and unpreced
 ented way of life\, let us all be especially diligent to preserve it until
  the end\, that We may enjoy the presence of the Holy Spirit.\n\nGlory be 
 to You our God\, Glory to You.\n\nO Life-Giving Saviour\, You clothe my mo
 rtal nature with the garment of immortality and the grace of incorruption\
 , and raise it up together with Yourself. You lead it to the Father\, havi
 ng dispelled my warfare of many years.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory 
 to You.\n\nSince we have been restored again to the life of Heaven by virt
 ue of the mediation of Him Who emptied Himself even so far as to assume th
 e form of a servant and has exalted us\, let us magnify Him as is meet.\n\
 nMost holy Theotokos save us. \n\nAll we the faithful have put our trust i
 n you\, and we acclaim you with songs of praise as the root\, source\, and
  cause of incorruption\, O Virgin\, for you well forth for us the Hypostat
 ic Immortality.\n\nCanon II\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You.\n\n
 At the Judaic Mid-feast\, O my Saviour\, You go up to Your temple and teac
 h all. And the Jews marvelled and said: How does this Man know letters\, h
 aving never learned?\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You.\n\nMy Rede
 emer performed wonders and signs\, welling forth gifts of healings. He dro
 ve away illnesses and healed the ailing\, but the Jews raged with frenzy a
 t the multitude of His miracles.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You
 .\n\nMy Redeemer cried out as He reproached the disobedient Jews: Judge no
 t according to appearance\, but judge ye a righteous judgment. For the Law
  also commands that every man be circumcised\, even if it be on the Sabbat
 h.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You.\n\nAs You  promise\, O Savi
 our\, You  grant the greater miracles to Your disciples when You  send t
 hem to preach Your glory to the nations. And they proclaimed to the world 
 Your grace and Resurrection and Incarnation.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, 
 Glory to You.\n\nChrist said to the Jews: If ye circumcise a man on the Sa
 bbath that the Law might not be broken\, why are ye now angry with Me\, in
  that by a word I have made a man completely whole? Ye judge according to 
 the flesh.\n\nGlory be to You our God\, Glory to You.\n\nO Word\, Who  he
 al the withered hand by a word\, do You heal the earth of my heart\, which
  has long ago become parched\, and show me forth as one fruitful\, that I 
 also might bring forth fruit in fervent repentance\, O Saviour.\n\nGlory b
 e to You our God\, Glory to You.\n\nI lie upon my bed of pain\, O Word. Ma
 ke me to stand aright by cleansing my leprous heart and enlightening the e
 yes of my soul\, even as You raise up the paralytic who lay upon his bed.\
 n\nGlory...\n\nIt is alien to the lawless to reverence the beginningless T
 rinity\, even the Father\, the Son\, and the Holy Spirit\, the uncreated O
 mnipotence\, through Whom the whole world was established by the might of 
 His power. Both\n\nNow...\n\nYou\, O Virgin Mother\, contained in your wom
 b Christ\, the Giver of life\, Who is One of the Trinity\; Whom all creati
 on praises and before Whom the thrones on high tremble. Do you beseech Him
 \, O all-blessed one\, that our souls be saved.\n\nKatavasia: Virginity is
  alien to mothers* and child-bearing is foreign to virgins\;* yet in you\,
  O Mother of God\,* both of them came together.* Therefore\, we and all th
 e nations of the earth without ceasing* magnify you.\n\nHymn of Light\, To
 ne 3\n\nO You Who has the never-emptying wine-bowl of gifts\, * grant that
  I may draw water for remission of my sins. * For with great thirst am I t
 aken\, ** O only lovingly compassionate One. (Twice)\n\nStichera of the Pr
 aises\, Tone 4\n\nPraise Him for His powerful deeds\,* praise His surpassi
 ng greatness.\n\nThe Divine Wisdom and Might\, * the effulgent Light of th
 e Father\, * the eternal Word\, the Son of the living God\, * came in the 
 flesh into the temple * and imparted His holy words of instruction to the 
 Jews\, * those ungrateful and grievous ones\, * and amazed by the wealth o
 f His Wisdom\, they cried out saying: * By What means does He know letters
 \, ** since He has not been taught by any man?\n\nO praise Him with sound 
 of trumpet\,* praise Him with lute and harp\;\n\nThe Divine Wisdom and Mig
 ht\, * the effulgent Light of the Father\, * the eternal Word\, the Son of
  the living God\, * came in the flesh into the temple * and imparted His h
 oly words of instruction to the Jews\, * those ungrateful and grievous one
 s\, * and amazed by the wealth of His Wisdom\, they cried out saying: * By
  What means does He know letters\, ** since He has not been taught by any 
 man?\n\nPraise Him with timbrel and dance\,* praise Him with strings and p
 ipes.\n\nThe Messiah and Lord of all * shut the mouths of the lawless scri
 bes\, * and rebuked the Jews as He cried out to them: * Judge not accordin
 g to appearances\, * O you lawlessly disobedient ones. * For on the Sabbat
 h I raised up and cured him that was paralyzed. * Wherefore I am the Lord 
 of the Law and the Sabbath. * Why seek then to slay Me\, Who have raised u
 p the dead?\n\nTone 1\n\nO praise Him with resounding cymbals\, praise Him
  with clashing of cymbals.* Let everything that lives and that breathes gi
 ve praise to the Lord.\n\nNabutheus was killed with stones\, * by the lawl
 ess and grievous ones\, * from among the nation of the ungrateful Jews. * 
 They sawed Esaias asunder with a saw fashioned from wood. * And they cast 
 into the mire Jeremiah\, the wise one. * And\, on lifting up their own Lor
 d upon the Cross\, * they cried out saying: * You Who would destroy the te
 mple\, ** save Yourself and we shall believe You.\n\nTone 4\, Glory… Now
 …\n\nHaving been enlightened by the Resurrection of Christ the Saviour\,
  O ye brethren\, * and having reached the midst of the feast of the Master
 \, * let us truly keep the commandments of God\, * that we may be deemed w
 orthy to celebrate the Ascension ** and be vouchsafed the coming of the Ho
 ly Spirit.\n\nGreat Doxology\n\nTrisagion Prayers\n\nTroparion\, Tone 8\n\
 nAt the mid-point of the Feast\, O Saviour\,* water my thirsty soul with s
 treams 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\nInsistent Litany\n\nLitany of Supplication\n\nGreat Dismissal\nAT DIVIN
 E LITURGY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING\nAfter the priest has exclaimed\, Blessed b
 e the Kingdom… and the people have responded\, Amen\, the clergy sing th
 e Paschal Troparion once and the people repeat it. Then\, the clergy sing 
 the first half\, and the people conclude it.\n\nPaschal Troparion\n\nChris
 t is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in th
 e tombs* giving life.\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 8: At t
 he mid-point of the Feast\, O Saviour\,* water my thirsty soul with stream
 s 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\nGl
 ory be to the Father\, and to the Son\, and to the Holy Spirit\, now and f
 or ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 4: At the mid-point of the Fea
 st according to the Law\,* Maker of all things and Master\,* You said to t
 hose present\, O Christ God:* Come\, and draw the water of immortality.* A
 nd so we fall before You crying out with faith: Grant us Your mercies \, f
 or 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 psalm is good\; may praise be sweet to 
 Him. (Psalm 146:5\,1)\n\nEpistle\n\nActs 14:6-18\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 1\n\nv
 erse: Remember Your congregation which You acquired from the beginning.\n\
 nverse: But God is our king before the ages\; He has wrought salvation in 
 the midst of the earth. (Psalm 73:2\,12)\n\nGospel\n\nJohn 7:14-30\n\nHymn
  to the Theotokos\n\nVirginity is alien to mothers and child-bearing is fo
 reign to virgins\; yet in you\, O Mother of God\, both of them came togeth
 er. Therefore\, we and all the nations of the earth without ceasing magnif
 y you.\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nHe who eats My flesh and drinks My blood* abid
 es in Me and I in him\, says the Lord.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (
 John 6:56)\n\nInstead of Blessed is He Who comes… we sing:\n\nChrist is 
 risen from the dead\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tom
 bs* giving life.\n\nInstead of We have seen the true light… we sing:\n\n
 Christ 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 si
 ng three times:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by dea
 th\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nInstead of Blessed 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 giv
 ing 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\nAnd to us H
 e has granted life eternal\;* we bow down before His resurrection on the t
 hird day.
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