Presanctified Liturgy:
Friday in the 2nd Week
St. Porphyrius, Archbishop
of
Tone
4:
Now
is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation. /
In
the multitude of Thy mercy visit my soul, /
and
release me from the burden of my transgressions, //
for
Thou alone lovest mankind.
Twice
Tone
5:
Despising every earthly
thing, /
bravely withstanding torture, /
ye
attained the blessedness for which ye hoped, /
and
were made heirs of the Kingdom of heaven, /
O
martyrs worthy of all praise. /
Since
ye have boldness before God who loves mankind, /
pray that peace be given to the world, //
and
to our souls great mercy.
Taking up the shield of
faith, /
strengthening themselves with the sign of the Cross, /
Thy
saints, O Lord, went willingly and bravely to torture, /
and
they overthrew the pride of and error of the devil. /
At
their supplications, O almighty God, /
send down peace upon the world, /
and
on our souls great mercy.
Intercede
on our behalf, O holy martyrs, /
that we may be delivered from our sins: //
for
to you is given grace to pray for us.
Your
souls, O holy martyrs, were filled with an insatiable love; /
not
denying Christ ye endured great sufferings and torment, /
and
ye cast down the tyrants’ Pride. /
Ye kept
the faith unaltered and unharmed, /
and
now have gone to dwell in heaven. /
Since
ye have boldness before Christ, //
pray that He may grant us His great mercy.
Tone
8 (Special Melody: “O most glorious wonder…”):
O
venerable father Porphyrius, /
taking the Cross of Christ upon thy shoulder /
thou didst abandon all /
and
didst attain unto the desert, /
and
armed with fasting and prayers didst do battle /
with the prince of this world. /
Wherefore,
as a temple of the Spirit of God, /
thou didst cast him down //
together with carnal mindedness. Twice
As of old God saved the three
youths /
from the fire by His Angel, /
so now by thee hath he saved three youths /
who had been dragged down into a pit; /
for when thy were borne as in a
basket /
He overshadowed them with the
light of a cloud /
which formed three crosses on their bodies /
unto the reproof of those //
who oppose thee, O Porphyrius.
Who can hymn thy temptations
and pangs, /
thy misfortunes and tribulations, /
thy struggles for the faith as is meet, /
O Porphyrius? /
For thou didst show the
boldness /
which thou hast before God to be great. /
Wherefore, we entreat thee, /
for thou hast such boldness: //
Pray thou in our behalf to
the Lord, that we be saved!
Glory…
Tone 5:
I called to mind the
Prophet’s words, /
“I
am dust and ashes.” /
I
went also to the tombs, and saw the naked bones, /
and
said: “Which now is the king or the soldier, /
the
rich man or the beggar, /
the
upright or the sinner?” /
But
give rest, O Lord, unto Thy servants with the righteous, //
for
Thou lovest mankind.
Both now… Tone 5:
Once, the image of the Bride
who knoweth not wedlock /
was inscribed in the
There Moses was the parter of the waters; /
and here Gabriel is the minister of a miracle. /
There
and now the Virgin giveth birth unto Christ without seed.
/
The sea remained impassible
after
and the immaculate one remaineth incorrupt after the
birth of Emmanuel. /
O God Who hast appeared as a
man, /
Who existest
and hast existed from the beginning: //
Have mercy upon us!
Tone
4: Let Thy
mercy and Thy truth continually help me.
Stichos:
With
patience I waited patiently for the Lord, and He was attentive unto me.
Lesson:
Genesis 5:32 - 6:8
Tone
6: I said:
O Lord, have mercy on me, heal my soul.