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SUMMARY:Wednesday\, May 6\, 2026\; Leave-taking of Mid-Pentecost\; The Holy
 \, Just\, and Long-suffering Job.
DESCRIPTION:The service is exactly as on the Feast itself\, but without an 
 Entrance at Vespers and without the Old Testament lessons. \n\nThe propers
  of the Saint are transferred to Compline.\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\nAposticha\n\nTone 1\n\
 nThe mid-point of the days of Pentecost has come.* Wherein Christ disclose
 d His divine might in pare\, in that He strengthened the paralytic* and by
  a word raised him up from his bed.* In a God-befitting 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 purchase
 d from the beginning.\n\nYou\, the Wisdom of God\, came to the temple at M
 id-feast\,* teaching and reproving the disobedient Jews\, the Pharisees\, 
 and Scribes\,* and with boldness You cried to them:* He that thirsts\, let
  him come to Me and drink living water\,* and he shall never again thirst 
 unto eternity.* From him that believes in My goodness\,* rivers of eternal
  life shall pour forth from his noetic belly.* O how great is Your goodnes
 s and compassion\,* O Christ our God! Glory be to You.\n\nTone 2\n\nGod is
  our King before the ages\,* He has wrought salvation 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 thirsts\, let him come to 
 Me and drink living and everlasting water\,* and he shall never again thir
 st unto eternity.* He that believes in Me\, rivers shall flow from his noe
 tic belly\,* and he shall have the light of life.\n\nTone 8\, Glory… Now
 …\n\nWhen You were teaching at Mid-feast\, O Saviour\, the Jews spoke sa
 ying:* Having never studied\, how is this man learned?* For they knew not 
 that You are the Wisdom that fashioned the world.* Glory be to You.\n\nTro
 parion\n\nTone 8\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: L
 et any who thirst\, come to Me and drink.* Source of life\, Christ our God
 \, glory to You!\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING\nAfter the priest
  has exclaimed\, Blessed be the Kingdom… and the people have responded\,
  Amen\, the clergy sing the Paschal Troparion once and the people repeat i
 t. Then\, the clergy sing the first half\, and the people conclude it.\n\n
 Paschal Troparion\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling death by d
 eath\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nTroparia and Kontakia\n
 \nTroparion\, Tone 8: At the mid-point of the Feast\, O Saviour\,* water m
 y 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\nGlory be to the Father\, and to the Son\, and to t
 he Holy Spirit\, now and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 4: A
 t the mid-point of the Feast according to the Law\,* Maker of all things a
 nd Master\,* You said to those present\, O Christ God:* Come\, and draw th
 e 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\nProkeimeno
 n\, 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 13:13-2
 4\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\nGos
 pel\n\nJohn 6:5-14\n\nHymn to the Theotokos\n\nVirginity is alien to mothe
 rs and child-bearing is foreign to virgins\; yet in you\, O Mother of God\
 , both of them came together. Therefore\, we and all the nations of the ea
 rth without ceasing magnify you.\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nThose who eat My fle
 sh and drink My blood* abide in Me and I in them\, says the Lord.* Allelui
 a\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (John 6:56)\n\nInstead of Blessed is He Who come
 s… we sing:\n\nChrist 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 sing:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\,* trampling deat
 h by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n\nInstead of May ou
 r mouths be filled… we sing three times:\n\nChrist is risen from the dea
 d\,* trampling death by death\,* and to those in the tombs* giving life.\n
 \nInstead of Blessed be the name of the Lord… we sing three times:\n\nCh
 rist 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. w
 e chant:\n\nChrist is risen from the dead\, trampling death by death\,* an
 d to those in the tombs giving life.\n\nAfter the final Amen\, the Tropari
 on Christ is risen is sung as at the beginning of the Liturgy\, but with t
 he addition:\n\nAnd to us He has granted life eternal\;* we bow down befor
 e His resurrection on the third day.\n\n&nbsp\;
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