Presanctified Liturgy:
Wednesday in the 2nd Week
Tone
1:
Keeping
a spiritual fast, O brethren, /
let
us speak no lies with our tongue, /
not
giving our brother cause for scandal; /
but
through repentance /
let
us make the lamp of our soul burn brightly, /
and
let us cry with tears to Christ: //
Forgive
us our trespasses in Thy love for mankind.
(Twice)
O
Martyrs worthy of all praise, /
your bodies were not buried in the earth, /
yet
heaven has received you; /
the
gates of
and
entering within ye have eaten from the Tree of Life. //
Pray
to Christ that He may grant peace and mercy to our souls.
Tone
3:
At
the prayers of Thy divine apostles, /
grant in Thy love, O merciful Lord, /
that we may spend the time of the Fast with truly contrite minds; //
so
may we all be saved and glorify Thee.
Mighty
and terrible shall be Thy coming, O Lord, /
when Thou shalt sit in righteous judgment. /
Though
I deserve punishment, condemn me not, //
But
accept the prayers of Thine apostles and spare me, O God.
Tone
6:
O
apostles of Christ, /
shining lights to mortal men, /
treasuries of the wise knowledge of our God, /
filling the world with riches: /
through your holy prayers /
deliver us from temptation as we sing your praises, /
and
guide us through the season of the Fast, /
watchfully guarding our lives in peace. /
So
shall our prayers be acceptable to Christ /
as
we celebrate His Passion, //
and
with boldness we shall offer glory to our God.
Tone
6 (Special Melody: “Having set aside…”):
Having
put away the fleeting glory of the world, /
O
divinely wise Daniel, /
illumined by the effulgence of the Holy Spirit /
thou didst cause the uprisings of the passions to wither away through abstinence,
/
didst take up the cross, the light burden of the Gospel, /
and,
following after Christ the Master, didst find the ladder of heaven, /
ascending which thou didst reach the heavenly
and
thou wast shown to be a fellow heir to the
and,
rejoicing with the angels, /
thou delightest in the divine vision of His
countenance. /
Him
do thou beseech, //
that He grant peace and great mercy to our souls.
Having
set aside all the rule of thy princely realm, /
made steadfast by meekness of character /
and
burning with the most ardent desire for God, /
thou didst take up the monastic life, /
O
Prince Daniel, emulator of God; /
and
thou didst cause all carnal understanding to wither away, /
and
dist show thyself to be a pillar of chastity; /
and,
humble of mind, thou didst raise thyself up to the heavenly
dwelling-place. /
Standing
there continually before Christ God, //
pray that He grant our souls peace and great mercy.
Having
set aside all delight in earthly things for the sake of the higher delight, /
thou wast zealous for abstinence /
and
didst strive to quench the flame of the passions with the tearful torrents of
thy prayers, /
and
didst nurture thy soul with abstinence and fasting as with right savory
food. /
Wherefore,
living a blameless and righteous life, /
thou didst reach the throne of the Master; /
and
illumined by the splendors thereof, /
entreat Christ the King, //
that He grant peace and great mercy to our souls.
Having
set all thy hope on the Judge of the contest /
and
forsaken the broad path of the world, /
thou didst tread the narrow and difficult path of the monastic life; /
and,
considering purple and fine linen, /
royal vesture, glory and riches /
to
be transitory and of no account, /
thou wast deemed worthy to receive the riches of heaven and everlasting
glory. /
And
abiding now in life incorruptible, /
beseech Him before Whom thou standest, //
that He grant our souls peace and great mercy.
Glory…
Tone 6:
Come, ye assemblies of those who love the feasts of the Church, /
ye hierarchs and priests ordained by God, /
and ye monks, together with the Christ-loving multitude, /
and forming a splendid choir, let us chant the hymnody of David /
to the right fruitful offspring of Alexander, /
the divinely blessed Prince Daniel. /
For, lo! planted in the blessed house of his father, /
like a lofty palm-tree he hath flourished in the virtues, /
and even unto his departure was a faithful emulator of all the works of his father. /
And joining chorus with him now in the heavens, /
he prayeth unceasingly, /
that his homeland and our realm be preserved, //
granting victory of the adversary through his supplications.
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!
Prokimenon
(Tone 6):
Be
glad in the Lord and rejoice, ye righteous: And be joyful, all ye that are
upright of heart.
Stichos:
Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven.
Prokimenon
(Tone 1):
Let
Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, for we have set our hope in Thee.
Stichos:
Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous: It is fitting for the just to give
praise.
And the 3 Readings of St. Daniel of Moscow.