Presanctified Liturgy:
Friday in the 3rd Week
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
5:
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.
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 (to the special melody “O most glorious wonder…”):
O
divinely wise father Timothy, /
by
great abstinence /
and
frequent prayer /
thou didst utterly ally the movements of the passions; /
and
receiving the grace of dispassion, /
thou wast shown to be a receptacle of the divine Spirit. /
Wherefore,
as thou livest even after death, /
O
divinely blessed one, //
thou dost ever drive away evil spirits. Twice
O
divinely wise father Timothy, /
thou wast a true emulator of Abraham, /
everywhere healing those who have recourse unto thee. /
In
thy pangs thou didst acquire the strength of job; /
and,
possessing the meekness of David, /
thou didst live on earth a life /
equal to that of the angels,/
and
hast receive thine ultimate desire, //
praying for us all.
O
divinely wise father Timothy, /
a
model of chastity, an example of abstinence, /
an
image of piety, and a wellspring of compunction, /
an
unshakable foundation of Orthodoxy, /
an
ever-flowing stream of healings, /
a
never-setting sun, a child of divine grace, /
and
the adornment of monastics /
wast thou shown to be, //
O
all-honored one.
Glory…
Tone 5:
“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: 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.