Today Christ's holy passion dawns upon the world as a saving light,
For he comes of his goodness to suffer:
He who holds all things in his hand
Consents to be hung upon the wood
In order to save mankind.
Glory... Now and ever...
Today Christ's holy passion...
(after the 2nd reading of the Psalter):
Kathisma hymn Tone 1
Invisible judge,
How have you been seen in the flesh?
How have you been slain by lawless men,
Condemning our condemnation by your sufferings?
Therefore with one voice, O Word,
We ascribe glory, dominion, and praise to your power!
Glory... Now and ever...
Invisible judge...
(after the 3rd reading of the Psalter)
Kathisma hymn Tone 8
Today shines as the first-fruits of the passion of the Lord!
Come, then, all who love the feast and join together in hymns,
For the creator comes to accept the cross,
The afflictions, the beatings and the judgment by Pilate.
A servant strikes him on the head,
But he endures all things that he may save mankind.
Therefore, let us cry out to him:
Grant remission of sins to those who venerate your holy passion in faith,
Christ our God, the lover of mankind!
Glory...
Today shines...
Now and ever...
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The Praises
Tone 1
As the Lord was going to his voluntary passion,
He said to the apostles on the way,
Behold, we go up to Jerusalem,
And the Son of man shall be delivered up, as it is written of him.
Come, therefore, let us also go with him,
Purified in mind.
Let us be crucified with him and die through him
To the pleasures of this life.
Then we shall live with him and hear him say:
I go no more to the earthly Jerusalem to suffer,
But to my Father and your Father,
To my God and your God.
I shall raise you up to the Jerusalem on high
In the kingdom of heaven. (twice)
Tone 5
We have reached the saving passion of Christ our God.
Let us, the faithful, glorify his ineffable forbearance,
That in his compassion he may raise us up who were dead in sin,
For he is good and loves mankind. (twice)
Glory... Now and ever...
Going to your passion, O Lord,
You took your disciples aside and reassured them:
How have you forgotten the words that I once spoke?
Is it not written:
A prophet cannot be killed but in Jerusalem?
Now is the time of which I told you.
Behold, I am betrayed into the hands of sinners to be mocked.
They will nail me to the cross, and deliver me up to burial,
Regarding me, as a dead man, a thing of loathing.
Yet, take courage, for I will arise on the third day,
Giving to the faithful joy and life everlasting!
The Stikhera of The Praises and Apostikha are repeated each day as the "Lord I call..." Stikhera at Vespers of the Presanctified Liturgy.
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Apostikha Tone 5
The mother of Zebedee's children, Lord,
Could not understand the ineffable mystery of your dispensation.
She asked the honor of a temporal kingdom for her sons,
But instead you promised your friends
That they should drink the cup of death,
A cup that you would drink before them for the cleansing of sins.
Therefore we cry out to you:
Salvation of our souls, Glory to you!
You taught your disciples, Lord, to desire what is perfect,
Saying: Be not like the Gentiles, who oppress the weak.
It shall not be so with you, my disciples.
For of my own will I am poor.
Let the first among you, therefore, be the servant of all.
Let the ruler be like those who are ruled.
Let him who is first be like the last.
For I have come to serve Adam in his poverty,
And to give my life as a ransom for the many who cry to me:
O Lord, Glory to you!
Tone 8
The fig tree was withered up because it was unfruitful.
We should fear the same punishment, O brethren,
And bring worthy fruits of repentance to Christ,
Who brings to us great mercy.
Glory... Now and ever...
The serpent found a second eve in the Egyptian woman
And plotted the fall of Joseph through words of flattery.
But, leaving behind his garment, Joseph fled from sin.
He was naked but unashamed, like Adam before the fall.
Through his prayers, O Christ, have mercy on us!
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Troparion of the prophecy Tone 6
With humbled hearts we fall before you,
And we pray to you, the savior of the world:
For you are the God
Of those who repent.
Prokeimenon Tone 4
When the Lord turns back * the captivity of his people. Verse: Then our lips will be filled with joy!
Unless the Lord builds the house * those who build it labor in vain. Verse: Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
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Kontakion Tone 8
Jacob lamented the loss of Joseph
But his noble Son was seated on a chariot and honored as a king!
For when he refused to be enslaved by the pleasures of the Egyptian woman,
He was glorified by the Lord who beholds the hearts of men,
And bestows upon them an incorruptible crown!
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Lord I call...
Tone 1
As the Lord was going to his voluntary passion,
He said to the apostles on the way,
Behold, we go up to Jerusalem,
And the Son of man shall be delivered up, as it is written of him.
Come, therefore, let us also go with him,
Purified in mind.
Let us be crucified with him and die through him
To the pleasures of this life.
Then we shall live with him and hear him say:
I go no more to the earthly Jerusalem to suffer,
But to my Father and your Father,
To my God and your God.
I shall raise you up to the Jerusalem on high
In the kingdom of heaven. (twice)
Tone 5
We have reached the saving passion of Christ our God.
Let us, the faithful, glorify his ineffable forbearance,
That in his compassion he may raise us up who were dead in sin,
For he is good and loves mankind. (twice)
Going to your passion, O Lord,
You took your disciples aside and reassured them:
How have you forgotten the words that I once spoke?
Is it not written:
A prophet cannot be killed but in Jerusalem?
Now is the time of which I told you.
Behold, I am betrayed into the hands of sinners to be mocked.
They will nail me to the cross, and deliver me up to burial,
Regarding me, as a dead man, a thing of loathing.
Yet, take courage, for I will arise on the third day,
Giving to the faithful joy and life everlasting!
Tone 5
The mother of Zebedee's children, Lord,
Could not understand the ineffable mystery of your dispensation.
She asked the honor of a temporal kingdom for her sons,
But instead you promised your friends
That they should drink the cup of death,
A cup that you would drink before them for the cleansing of sins.
Therefore we cry out to you:
Salvation of our souls, Glory to you!
You taught your disciples, Lord, to desire what is perfect,
Saying: be not like the Gentiles, who oppress the weak.
It shall not be so with you, my disciples.
For of my own will I am poor.
Let the first among you, therefore, be the servant of all.
Let the ruler be like those who are ruled.
Let him who is first be like the last.
For I have come to serve Adam in his poverty,
And to give my life as a ransom for the many who cry to me:
O Lord, Glory to you!
Tone 8
The fig tree was withered up because it was unfruitful.
We should fear the same punishment, O brethren,
And bring worthy fruits of repentance to Christ,
Who brings to us great mercy.
Glory... Now and ever...
The serpent found a second eve in the Egyptian woman
And plotted the fall of Joseph through words of flattery.
But, leaving behind his garment, Joseph fled from sin.
He was naked but unashamed, like Adam before the fall.
Through his prayers, O Christ, have mercy on us!