Daily Readings:
Week One, Day Two
The Second Day
Saints/Martyrs/Feasts/Fasts to be observed/commemmorated/celebrated: the Fast of the Nativity
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Daily Prayer:
The Structure of the Daily Prayer
Morning Prayer
Make the sign of the Cross as you say: “In the name of the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, one God; Amen”.
(While saying the above, bless one’s face with the sign of the Cross and then one Minute’s silence or there may be a silent pause.)
Readings
1st Reading from the Old Testament at the end, He who receives the prophet “saint” by the name of the prophet “saint” shall receive the prophet’s “the saint’s” reward. Amen
2nd reading from the book the apostles at the end; he who receives the apostle “saint” by the name of the apostle “saint” shall receive the apostle’s “the saint’s” reward. Amen.
3rd reading is from the psalm of David, before the reading of the gospel, deacon: shall read or chant.
At the end, he shall say, Halleluiah stand up and hearken to the Holy Gospel. There may be standing during the reading of the Holy Gospel.
Priest shall read the gospel. At the end of the reading of
Matthew he shall say: heaven and earth shall pass away….
Mark: He that has ear to hear let him hear said the Lord to his disciples….
Luke: It is easier for heaven and Earth to pass, than one ….
John: He that believeth in the Son hath everlasting life…
Psalm of David
OUR LADY’S PRAYER
O my lady, Mary, I salute you with the salutation of Saint Gabriel the angel and say peace be with you. You are virgin in your spirit and virgin in your body. O mother of God of Sabath, peace be with you. Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb our Lord Jesus Christ. O full of grace; rejoice, for the Lord is with you. Intercede and pray for us mercy to your beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, to forgive our sins. Now and forever. Amen.
Note: when morning and evening prayer take place in the church or in any place of worship, let all stand up and pray the opening prayer and the psalms. But they may sit down during the reading from the old and new Testaments. Then in the morning, they shall pray part 2 of the Morning Prayer of the Covenant and in the evening prayer, part 3 of the Evening Prayer of the Covenant. And our Father…)
Then, all shall say: O Holy Trinity, pity us, O Holy Trinity, spare us, O Holy Trinity, have mercy upon us.
The prayer of the holy gospel
Deacon: stand up for prayer.
People: Lord have mercy upon us
Priest: Peace be to you all.
People: And with your spirit.
Prayer of the Gospel
Priest: O Lord Jesus Christ, our God, who didst say...
Deacon: Pray for the Holy gospel.
People: May he make us meet to hear the holy gospel.
Priest: Remember again, Lord, those that have bidden us....
Deacon: shall read or chant the psalm before the gospel.
Priest: shall read the Gospel. Then concluding prayer....
Command: from the prayer of the Covenant to the concluding prayer, all must stand up.
The Second Day
Morning Prayer
In the name of the Father…
Opening Prayer
O God Our Lord, who are the source of all good things; give us your grace, and help us to start this new day with you and end it with you. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ your Holy Son, who lives and reigns with you and with the Holy Spirit, One God. Now and forever. Amen. Our Father…. O may Lady Mary…
Psalm 9: 1 – 20
9:1 I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will show forth all your marvellous works. 9:2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to your name, O thou most High. 9:3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at your presence. 9:4 For you have maintained my right and my cause; you sit in the throne judging right. 9:5 You have rebuked the heathen, you have destroyed the wicked, you have put out their name forever and ever. 9:6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and you have destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. 9:7 But the Lord shall endure forever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. 9:8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. 9:9 The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. 9:10 And they that know your name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, have not forsaken them that seek thee. 9:11 Sing praises to the Lord, which dwells in Zion: declare among the people his doings. 9:12 When he makes inquisition for blood, he remembers them: he forgets not the cry of the humble. 9:13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that lifts me up from the gates of death: 9:14 That I may recount all your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in your salvation. 9:15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. 9:16 The Lord is known by the judgment which he executes: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. 9:18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish forever. 9:19 Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in your sight. 9:20 Put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning…
Psalm 10: 1 – end
10:1 Why stand afar off, O Lord? why hide thou thyself in times of trouble? 10:2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. 10:3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth. 10:4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. 10:5 His ways are always grievous; your judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffs at them. 10:6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. 10:7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. 10:8 He sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. 10:9 He lies in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draws him into his net. 10:10 He croucheth, and humbles himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. 10:11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. 10:12 Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand: forget not the humble. 10:13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. 10:14 You have seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with your hand: the poor committeth himself to thee; you are the helper of the fatherless. 10:15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none. 10:16 The Lord is King forever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. 10:17 Lord, you have heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause your ear to hear: 10:18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning…
Psalm 11: 1 – end
11:1 In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? 11:2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. 11:3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? 11:4 The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. 11:5 The Lord tries the righteous: but the wicked and him that loves violence his soul hates. 11:6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. 11:7 For the righteous Lord loves righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning…
Scripture Readings
1st Reading
Jonah 2: 1 – 9
Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, saying, “I called to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of She’ol I cried, and thou didst hear my voice. For thou didst cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood was around about me; all your waves and your billows passed over me. Then I said, “I am cast out from your presence; how shall I again look upon your holy temple?” The waters closed in over me, the deep was around about me; weeds were wrapped about my head at the roots of the mountains I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me forever; yet thou didst bring up my life from the pit, O Lord my God. When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord; and my prayer came to thee, into your holy temple. Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their true loyalty. But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to thee; what I have vowed I will pay. Deliverance belongs to the Lord!” He who receives the prophet by the name of the prophet, shall receive the saint’s …
2nd Reading
Romans 5: 1 – 5
Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. He who receives the Apostle by the name of the Apostle shall receive the Apostle’s reward. Amen
3rd Reading (Chant)
Psalm 65:1 – 2
65:1Praise is due to thee, O God, in Zion; and to thee shall all vows be performed, 65:2 O thou who hearest prayer! To thee shall all flesh come. Halleluiah, stand up and harken to the Holy Gospel, the message of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
4th Reading
The Gospel of St. Matthew 18:5 – 8
Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his neck and be drowned in depth of sea. “Woe to the world for temptation to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the man by whom the temptation comes! And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life maimed or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire. Heaven and earth shall pass away….
Concluding prayer:
God of power and mercy, your steadfast love is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear you, and your righteousness to children’s children to those who keep your covenant. Grant us your grace and love. We ask this in your holy name. Amen. Our Father… O may Lady Mary…
Day 2
Evening Prayer
In the name of the Father and……..
Opening Prayer
O God Our Lord, who are the source of all good things; give us your grace, and help us to start this new night with you and end it with you. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ your Holy Son, who lives and reigns with you and with the Holy Spirit, One God. Now and forever. Amen. Our Father…. O may Lady Mary…
Psalm 12: 1-8
12:1 Help, Lord; for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. 12:2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. 12:3 The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things: 12:4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? 12:5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffs at him. 12:6 The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 12:7 Thou shall keep them, O Lord, thou shall preserve them from this generation forever. 12:8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning…
Psalm 13: 1-6
13:1 How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? forever? how long wilt thou hide your face from me? 13:2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? 13:3 Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; 13:4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. 13:5 But I have trusted in your mercy; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. 13:6 I will sing to the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning…
Psalm 14: 1-7
14:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. 14:2 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. 14:3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 14:4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord. 14:5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous. 14:6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his refuge. 14:7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the Lord brings back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning…
Scripture Reading
1st Reading
Jeremiah 42: 19-22
The Lord hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day. For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me to the Lord your God, saying, Pray for us to the Lord our God; and according to all that the Lord our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it. And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me to you. Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn. He who receives the prophet, by the prophet by the name of the prophet …
2nd Reading
Romans 6: 12-14
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin: but yield yourselves to God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. He who receives the saint, by the name of the saint …
3rd Reading (Chant)
Psalm 34: 1-2
34:1 I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 34:2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. Halleluiah, stand up and harken to the Holy Gospel, the message of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
4th Reading
The Gospel of St. John 15: 12-14
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. He that believeth in the Son hath everlasting life…
Concluding Prayer
God of power and mercy, your steadfast love is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear you, and your righteousness to children’s children to those who keep your covenant. Grant us your grace and love. We ask this in your holy name. Amen. Our Father… O may Lady Mary…
The Synaxarium:
THE FOURTH MONTH
TAHISAS 04
(December 13)
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT,
ONE GOD. AMEN.
On this day the holy Apostle Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, became a martyr. The lot of this holy man went forth that he should preach in the city of Leda, and in the cities of Akorakod. When he came into the city of Leda, many of the people thereof believed through Peter his brother; and he had with him Philemon, his disciple, who had a sweet voice, and he was wise, and a good reader, and pious. And Andrew the apostle commanded him to go up on the top of certain steps and to read (or sing) in a sweet voice, and he went up and read in a sweet voice. And when the priests of the idols heard of the coming of Andrew the apostle, they rose up and took their weapons of war and went to the church so that they might hear whether [the Christians] cursed their gods [or not]. And when they heard Philemon reading and saying, “The gods of the nations are gold and silver, the work of men’s hands. They have mouths and speak not, they have eyes and see not, they have ears and hear not, they have noses and smell not, they have hands and handle not, they have feet and walk not, they cry not out with their throats, and there is no breath in their mouths. May those who make them and those who put their trust in them become like unto them!” (Psalm cxv). And through his beautiful voice and the sweetness of his words their hearts were opened, and they came into the church, and bowed down at the feet of Andrew the apostle, and they believed on our Lord Jesus Christ. And the apostle taught them the doctrine of the Church and baptized them with Christian baptism; and many of those who worshipped idols believed with them. After this Satan came into the city and he found playing together two youths, one of whom was the son of John, the priest of the city, and the other the son of one of the great men of the city. And whilst one of them was amusing himself with the other he smote the other a blow, and he died. And the father [of the dead boy] made a charge against [the father of the living boy] and he said unto him, “Bring me thy son so that I may kill him in the place of my son whom he killed.” When John heard this he was very sorry, and he said unto the men of the city, “Be surety for me whilst I go to my father Andrew who shall come and raise up the boy who is dead” and they became surety for him. And John the priest came to Saint Andrew and he found him baptizing all the people. And Andrew answered and said unto him, “I cannot go with thee at this moment because of the people whom I have to baptize, but take Philemon with thee, and he shall raise for thee the boy who is dead.” So Philemon and John the priest departed from Andrew, and when he came to the city of Nawa [he found] Koros the governor searching for the murderer, for Satan had told him all that had happened, and he imagined that a grown up man [had been killed]. And the people said unto Philemon, “Go not into the city lest the governor kill thee”; and Philemon said, “I cannot transgress the command of my lord and teacher, but I must go and raise him up; and if they kill me my teacher will come and raise me up and him that is dead likewise.” So Philemon came into the city, and he met Koros the governor who commanded his guards to kill him. And the governor said, “Who knoweth whether this man killed the boy who is dead [or not]?” And the guards went to kill Philemon, and they seized him and hung him up. And Philemon answered and said unto Koros the governor, “Why dost thou scourge me? I am a little person who hath done no sin, and torturing ought not to be inflicted upon me. Where is Andrew my teacher that he may see what they are doing to his disciple?” And he turned his face to the guards, and said unto them, “Is there anyone among you who is merciful and will take compassion upon me, and will go to my teacher Andrew and will tell him in what state I am, how I am scourged and hung up [upon a tree]?” When the guards heard this they wept because of the sweetness of his voice. And straightway certain birds came and talked with him as they talked to Noah in days of old, and they said unto him, “Behold, whatsoever thou wishest from us we will send unto thee.” And a small bird came nigh unto him, and she said unto him, “I am lighter in body than these [other] birds, and I will go to thy teacher to bring him to thee.” And Philemon said unto her, “Thou art a whore, and thou shalt not tempt me. Get thee gone from me, and if thou canst find anyone of thy kin dwell with her, and return not in a hurry speedily.” And a raven drew nigh unto him and said unto him, “I will go to him.” And Philemon said unto the raven, “In days of old when thou wast sent [from the ark] thou didst not return to report to Noah who sent thee forth, and shall I send thee?” And Philemon called the dove and said unto her, “O excellent pilgrim, whom God hath named as the gentlest of all the birds who brought news to Noah, when he was in the ark during the days of the Flood, and whom our father Noah, the righteous man, blessed, get thee to the country of Leda (Leda) to my teacher Andrew and tell him to come hither and see his disciple Philemon, whom they have hung upon a tree to scourge him.” And the dove went and told Andrew and she returned and answered and said unto Philemon, “Be strong and fear not; behold Andrew is coming and he will hear thy word.” When Koros the governor heard this, he rose up quickly and he released Philemon with his own hands from the scourging, and he believed on our Lord. And Satan was jealous, and he entered into the heart of the governor’s wife and she killed her sons, and her slaves returned and seized her, and they told the governor and Philemon. And Philemon called the dove and sent many messages into the house of the governor [by her]. And when the people heard the dove talking, they were amazed, and they all thronged to the place where Philemon was. And behold Andrew came and commanded Philemon his disciple to raise the dead youth, and he prayed to our Lord Christ and raised the young man from the dead. And they went also into the house of the governor, and Saint Andrew prayed and made his wife and his sons, who were dead, to live. And the youth who came to life told everything that had happened [to him] and what he had seen in heaven. And behold whilst the dove was flying about Andrew’s head and in front of him, the apostle said unto her, “How many are thy days?” and the dove said unto him, “Sixty years are my days.” And the blessed Andrew said unto her, “Because thou didst hearken to the voice of Philemon, my disciple, get thee into the desert, and thou shalt be free from the work of the men of this world, and no man shall have any authority over thee”; and the dove went forth into the desert as Andrew commanded. And when the people who were gathered together saw this, they all believed and were baptized in the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost. Then he went forth from them and departed to the cities of Akrad, and Aksis, and Akseyas, and Henefores, and after this he departed with Bartholomew to Azri-Gazrinos; and what happened to him [from the time when he met] the Dog-faces until he returned is in the knowledge of God [only]. When Saint Andrew had entered that city and preached to the people thereof, now these men were exceedingly evil, and they would neither submit nor obey, some of them believed because of the signs and wonders which they saw [worked] by Saint Andrew. And those who did not believe took counsel with evil intent against Saint Andrew, and they sent a message to him with deceit asking him to come, meaning to rise up against him and to kill him. When their messengers came to Saint Andrew, and heard his good doctrine, and saw his shining face, they believed on our Lord Christ, and returned to those who had sent them. And there were some who tortured them, and these belonged to those evil men who had taken counsel together, saying, “We will rise up and burn him in the fire.” And there gathered together about him many evil men, and they came to Saint Andrew to kill him. And the blessed man asked Christ that fire might come down from heaven and consume them, and straightway fire came down from heaven and burnt them up; and those who were left were exceedingly afraid. And the report of the blessed Andrew the apostle was heard throughout all that country and many people believed on our Lord Christ. And the priests of idols saw all these signs and wonders and did not believe, but they sought out Saint Andrew the apostle in all that country that they might kill him. Afterwards they gathered together and came and took the holy Apostle Andrew, and they beat him severely and dragged him round about the city naked, and they cast him into the prison house, so that they might kill him on the following day. Now the custom of these people was when they wanted to kill a man to take him and hang him up on a tree, and stone him until he died. That day Andrew the apostle asked our Lord Christ that fire might come down upon them from heaven and consume them as it did before. And our Lord Christ appeared and said unto him, “Be not afraid, be not sorrowful, be not dismayed, for thy departure from this world is nigh”; and He gave him “Peace,” and disappeared from him; and the soul of the blessed Andrew the apostle rejoiced. When the morning came they hung him up upon a tree and stoned him with stones until he died. And certain believing men came and took the body of the saint and laid it in a grave, and great signs and wonders were made manifest. Salutation to thee, O disciple of Jesus, who preached the Gospel and taught in Nicomedia, and who roused up the country of Leda (Leda) from the dead.
On this day are commemorated Abba ‘Os and the Virgins, and James, and Zachariah, and Simon, and Theodora, and Theophana.
Glory be to God Who is glorified in His Saints. Amen.
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