Presanctified Liturgy:
Friday in the 3rd Week
St. Gerasimus of the Jordan
Tone
7:
Like
the Prodigal, /
I
have departed from Thy grace and wasted the riches of Thy love: /
but
now I run to Thee crying, O compassionate Lord: //
I
have sinned, O God, have mercy upon me. Twice
Tone
6:
Thy
martyrs, O Lord, /
denied Thee not and forsook not Thy commandments: /
At
their intercessions //
have mercy upon us.
Those
who suffered martyrdom for Thee, O Christ, /
endured great torments: /
at
their prayers and intercessions, //
O
Lord, preserve us all.
Thy
victorious martyrs, /
when they contended on this earth, endured great torments; /
but
now they dwell in heaven /
and
have received a perfect crown, //
that they may offer intercession for our souls.
Thy
Cross was for the martyrs /
an
invincible weapon, O Lord. /
They
saw death before them; /
but,
looking to the life that is to come, /
they were strengthened by their hope in Thee. /
At
their intercessions //
have mercy upon us.
Tone
8 (Special Melody: “O most glorious wonder…”):
O
divinely wise father Gerasimus, /
uniting thyself unto God /
through prayer, supplication and great abstinence, /
thou didst remain impervious to the designs of the foe, /
and
didst show thyself a servant of the Almighty. /
Hence,
we honor thee, /
and
faithfully celebrating /
thy
divine memory with great joy, //
we
praise thee. Twice
O
venerable father Gerasimus, /
ever abiding in faith, /
in
deserts, caves and mountains, /
thou didst seek God. /
And
thou didst find Him, /
as
thou didst desire. /
Ever
strengthened with steadfast soul /
and
good ascents, /
thou didst lead multitudes of saved monastics unto God.
Submitting
to the behest of God /
Who
beholdeth all things, /
thou didst receive the grace from Him /
to
work miracles /
and
to drive away wicked spirits, /
and
to tame wild beasts by the purity of thy mind. /
Wherefore,
we honor thee, /
and
as is meet we celebrate with faith //
thy
divine memory, O divinely blessed one.
Glory… Tone 6:
The
creative ordinance was my beginning and foundation. /
For
Thou hast willed to fashion me as a living creature /
from natures visible and invisible: /
Thou
hast made my body from the earth, /
and
given me a soul by Thy divine and quickening breath. /
Therefore,
O Savior, grant rest to Thy servants in the land of the living, //
in
the tabernacles of the righteous.
Both now… Tone 6:
Who doth not call thee
blessed, O all-holy Virgin? /
Who will not hymn thine
all-pure birthgiving? /
For the only-begotten Son /
Who shone forth timelessly
from the Father, /
came forth, ineffably incarnate, from thee, the pure one;
/
and being God by nature, /
He became man by nature for
our sake, /
not divided into two Persons, /
but known in two natures without confusion. /
Him do thou beseech, O pure
and most blessed one, //
that our souls find mercy!
Tone
4: Give us
help from affliction, for vain is the salvation of man.
Stichos:
O
God, Thou hast cast us off and hast destroyed us.
Lesson:
Genesis 8:4-21
Tone
6: Hearken O God, unto my supplication; attend unto my prayer.