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Daily Readings and Prayers:
Week Two, Day Six
The Thirteenth Day
Saints/Martyrs/Feasts/Fasts to be observed/commemmorated/celebrated: Great Lent, St. Thomas (not the Apostle), On this day became martyrs Andrianus and his wife, and Eusebius and ‘Arma, and forty martyrs who suffered very severe tortures in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, And on this day are commemorated the twenty hundred martyrs who [suffered] with Abba Nob, And on this day also died the holy father and ascetic Kueten (Cythinus)
Daily Prayer (Hymn of Praise to Mariam):
(Hymn of Praise of the Virgin Mariam)
(F) Sixth Day of The Week - Friday
1. Blessed are thou among woman, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, O Mariam the Virgin, the spotless God-Bearer, from Thee had risen upon us the Son of Righteousness, and He had drawn us near (to Him) under His wings, for He had created us.
O HOLY VIRGIN MARIAM PRAY FOR US.
2. Thou thyself alone, O our Lady, the God-bearer, art the Mother of the Light. We will magnify thee with glorifyings and praisings. Blessed are thou ! Thou are greater than heaven, and more glorious than earth and exalted above the conception of every mind; who is able to declare thy greatness? There is none who can compare with thee
O Mariam the Virgin. The Angels magnify thee, O Mariam the Virgin, the Angels magnify thee, and the Seraphim praise thee, for He Who dwelleth upon the Cherubim and Seraphim came and took up abode in thy womb. The Lover of men has brought us close unto Himself, the death that belonged to us He has removed, and has given unto the Life that was His. To Him belong glory and praise.
O HOLY VIRGIN MARIAM PRAY FOR US.
3. Blessed are thou, Mariam, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. O Virgin God-bearer, the glory of (all) virgins; He who existed before the world became incarnate of thee.
The ancient of days came forth from thy womb. He took our flesh, and gave us His Holy Spirit, and in His aboundant goodness made co-equals with Him. Thou are greater than many women who have received grace and honor, O Mariam, the God-bearer, thou spiritual city wherein God the Most High took up His abode. Him Who sitteth above the Chrubims and Seraphim hath thou clasped with the hand.
And He, who is of abundant goodness feeds every being of flesh, had taken thy breast and sucked milk therefrom.
He Who is our God and Redeemer of all, He shall shepperd us for ever. Let us worship Him and praise Him, for He had created us. O HOLY VIRGIN MARIAM PRAY FOR US.
4. Mariam the Virgin is the vessel of priceless ointment, the fountain-head (or spring) of the water of life. The Fruit of her womb had saved the world, and abolished the curse which lay upon us, and made peace (to be) among us. By His Cross and by His Holy Resurrection had He brought man back again into the Garden (i.e. Paradise).
O HOLY VIRGIN MARIAM PRAY FOR US.
5. Mariam, the pure Virgin, the Bearer of God, prays continually with compassion for the children of men. Pray thou for us to thy Son Kristos that he may forgive and have compassion upon us.
O HOLY VIRGIN MARIAM PRAY FOR US.
6. Mariam the Virgin cried out in the Sanctuary saying, "God knows that I know no one and nothing more than the sound of the voice of the Angel, who with honor brought unto me glad tidings" and said unto me Peace be unto thee, O Holy Virgin. Thou shall carry Him Who cannot be carried, and shall contain Him Who cannot be contained, and whom nothing can contain.
Thy praise shall be abundant, O thou who are full of grace and honor, for thou did become the dwelling place of the Word of the Father. Thou are the tent that is spread out (i.e. pitched) and that gathers together believing Christian fold, and teacheth them to worship the life-giving Trinity.
O HOLY VIRGIN MARIAM PRAY FOR US.
7. Thou art she who bore the Pillar of fire, which Moses saw, that is to say, the Son of God, Who came and dwelt in thy womb. Thou was the Ark of the Creator of the heavens and the earth. Thou did carry Him in thy womb nine months. Thou had in trust Him whom the heavens and the earth cannot contain. Thou was the Ladder whereby man ascended into heaven. Thy light is greater than the light of the sun.
Thou are the eastern horizon, whereout came the brilliant star which the saints looked upon with joy and gladness. The decree that God passed upon Eve was, "Thou shall bring forth children with toil and suffering," but thou did hear a voice saying, "Rejoice, O full of grace, thou has brought forth for us the Word of the Father, the King. God of all creation." He came and delivered us, for He is the compassionate Lover of men. And because of this we praise thee, even as did the Angel Gabriel, saying "Blessed are thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb; rejoice, O thou who are full of grace, God is with thee." O HOLY VIRGIN MARIAM PRAY FOR US.
Scriptural Readings:
The Thirteenth day
Morning Prayer
In the name of the Father and……..
Opening Prayer
O God our merciful Lord, we humbly beseech you to grant us, your servants, pardon and peace, that we may be cleansed from all our sins, and serve you with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ your Holy Son. Amen. Our Father…
Psalm 68: 1-35
68:1 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. 68:2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. 68:3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. 68:4 Sing to God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rides upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. 68:5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. 68:6 God sets the solitary in families: he brings out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. 68:7 O God, when thou wentest forth before your people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah: 68:8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel. 68:9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm your inheritance, when it was weary. 68:10 Your congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, have prepared of your goodness for the poor. 68:11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. 68:12 Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil. 68:13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. 68:14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon. 68:15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan. 68:16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desires to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it forever. 68:17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. 68:18 You have ascended on high, you have led captivity captive: you have received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them. 68:19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loads us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. 68:20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and to GOD the Lord belong the issues from death. 68:21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goes on still in his trespasses. 68:22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea: 68:23 That your foot may be dipped in the blood of your enemies, and the tongue of your dogs in the same. 68:24 They have seen your goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary. 68:25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels. 68:26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel. 68:27 There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali. 68:28 Your God hath commanded your strength: strengthen, O God, that which you have wrought for us. 68:29 Because of your temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents to thee. 68:30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war. 68:31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to God. 68:32 Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises to the Lord; Selah: 68:33 To him that rides upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice. 68:34 Ascribe ye strength to God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds. 68:35 O God, you are terrible out of your holy places: the God of Israel is he that gives strength and power to his people. Blessed be God. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning…
Scripture Readings
1st Reading
Deuteronomy 7: 6,8-9
7:6 For you are an holy people to the Lord your God: the Lord your God hath chosen thee to be a special people to himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn to your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Know therefore that the Lord your God, he is God, the faithful God, which keeps covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations; And repays them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hates him, he will repay him to his face. He who receives the prophet by the name of the prophet
2nd Reading
1st Thessalonians 5: 9-10
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. He who receives the Apostle by the name of the apostle…
3rd Reading (Chant)
Psalm 61: 1-2
61:1 Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer. 61:2 From the end of the earth will I cry to thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. 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 13: 34-35
13:34 A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. He that believeth in the Son hath everlasting life…
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Day 13
Evening Prayer
In the name of the Father and……..
Opening Prayer
Lord, our heavenly Father, we ask that you may grant us your grace to protect us from the temptations of this world, the flesh, and the devil. And with pure hearts and minds to follow your word and to you the only God; we make this our evening prayer in your Holy name. Amen. Our Father…
Psalm 69: 1-36
69:1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in to my soul. 69:2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. 69:3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. 69:4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. 69:5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. 69:6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. 69:7 Because for your sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. 69:8 I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to my mother's children. 69:9 For the zeal of your house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. 69:10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. 69:11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. 69:12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards. 69:13 But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of your mercy hear me, in the truth of your salvation. 69:14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 69:15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. 69:16 Hear me, O Lord; for your loving-kindness is good: turn to me according to the multitude of your tender mercies. 69:17 And hide not your face from your servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. 69:18 Draw nigh to my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies. 69:19 You have known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee. 69:20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. 69:21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. 69:22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. 69:23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. 69:24 Pour out your indignation upon them, and let your wrathful anger take hold of them. 69:25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents. 69:26 For they persecute him whom you have smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom you have wounded. 69:27 Add iniquity to their iniquity: and let them not come into your righteousness. 69:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous. 69:29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let your salvation, O God, set me up on high. 69:30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. 69:31 This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs. 69:32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. 69:33 For the Lord hears the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. 69:34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and everything that moveth therein. 69:35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession. 69:36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning…
Psalm 70: 1-5
70:1 Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O lord. 70:2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt. 70:3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha. 70:4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love your salvation say continually, Let God be agnified. 70:5 But I am poor and needy: make haste to me, O God: you are my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning…
Scripture Reading
1st Reading
Isaiah 49: 8-10
49:8 Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. He who receives the prophet by the name of the prophet...
2nd Reading
Romans 11: 34-36
11:34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed to him again? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory forever. Amen. He who receives the Apostle by the name of the apostle…
3rd Reading (Chant)
Psalm 81: 1-2
81:1 Sing aloud to God our strength: make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. 81:2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. Halleluiah, stand up and harken to the Holy Gospel, the message of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
4th Reading
The Gospel of St Mark 14: 32-41
14:32 And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; And saith to them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful to death: tarry ye here, and watch. And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt. And he cometh, and finds them sleeping, and saith to Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. And again he went away, and prayed, and spoke the same words. And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him. And he cometh the third time, and saith to them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. He that hath ears to hear let him hear…
Concluding Prayer
Lord God, source of the origin our lives and our freedom. Make our lives here in this world rich with your love so that we may proclaim your glory, and praise you without ceasing in heaven. WE make this our evening prayer, in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. Our Father…
The Synaxarium:
THE SEVENTH MONTH
MEGABIT 09
(March 18)
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT,
ONE GOD. AMEN.
On this day became martyrs Andrianus and his wife, and Eusebius and ‘Arma, and forty martyrs who suffered very severe tortures in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to Whom be praise ! and who refused to worship idols of gold and silver. They said, “We worship the God of heaven and of earth, our Lord Jesus Christ.” Afterwards they cut off their heads with the sword, and they received the crown of martyrdom in the kingdom of heaven.
And on this day are commemorated the twenty hundred martyrs who [suffered] with Abba Nob.
And on this day also died the holy father and ascetic Kueten (Cythinus). This holy man came from a district the name of which was Bantanyos, in the country of Syria. His parents worshipped the stars; his father’s name was Nestor and his mother’s name was Theodora, and he was [born] in the days when the Apostles were preaching in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. When this holy man arrived at man’s estate, there appeared in him many virtues, purity, righteousness, and gentleness (or, humility), and he was exceedingly compassionate; and he was skilled in every branch of learning. His parents wished to make him marry a wife, but he did not desire to do so. And they settled him in a house and married him to a wife against his will, but he refused to consort with her, not because of the law of righteousness, and not because of weakness of body, but because he hated the lust of the flesh; and he dwelt with his wife many days but preserved his virginity. And he multiplied his prayers, and he petitioned God therein, and made many supplications, saying, “O God, have mercy upon me in Thy knowledge.” And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him as he did unto Cornelius, and he taught him the Faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, and he commanded him to go to one of the apostles, and to be baptized by him. And he went and was baptized with Christian baptism, and he learned all the Law of the Christian Faith, and he received the Divine Mystery. He heard continually the teaching of the holy Apostle Paul, and he acquired from him purity, and the working of righteousness, and devotion to God’s service, and humility, and the habit of praying continually, and fasting, and prostration, and vigil; and God gave him the power to work signs and wonders, and he had dominion over Satans. And he persuaded his parents, and gave them instruction, and brought them into the Faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, and also his wife, and her parents and kinsfolk. When one of the unbelievers came into the house of idols to offer sacrifice to Satan, Kueten (Cythinus), the holy man, knew him, and he cried out against Satan, and he rebuked him, and commanded him to confess before the people, and to tell them who he was. And when the holy man forced him, that devil confessed before the people that he was Satan, and was not a god. And all the people who were there cried out, saying, “One is the God of Saint Kueten (Cythinus),” and they believed and were baptized with Christian baptism. And when the governor, who had been appointed by Claudius Caesar, heard the report of this holy man, he sent and had him brought before him, and the holy man confessed our Lord Jesus Christ before him. And the governor commanded his soldiers to bind him, and to beat him very severely, and they did so. When the man of the city heard that the soldiers were torturing Saint Kueten (Cythinus), they ran, and they all came to him, and wanted to kill the governor, because of their love for Saint Kueten (Cythinus). And the governor fled from them, and they released the holy man from his fetters, and they washed the blood off him, and carried him to his house. And he lived for many years, and pleased God Whom he loved exceedingly, and he died in peace. After his death the believers dedicated a church to his name, and they carried his holy body into it, and God exhibited many signs and wonders through it.
Glory be to God Who is glorified in His Saints. Amen.
Daily Readings and Prayers:
Week Two, Day Six
The Thirteenth Day
Saints/Martyrs/Feasts/Fasts to be observed/commemmorated/celebrated: Great Lent, St. Thomas (not the Apostle), On this day became martyrs Andrianus and his wife, and Eusebius and ‘Arma, and forty martyrs who suffered very severe tortures in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, And on this day are commemorated the twenty hundred martyrs who [suffered] with Abba Nob, And on this day also died the holy father and ascetic Kueten (Cythinus)
Daily Prayer (Hymn of Praise to Mariam):
(Hymn of Praise of the Virgin Mariam)
(F) Sixth Day of The Week - Friday
1. Blessed are thou among woman, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, O Mariam the Virgin, the spotless God-Bearer, from Thee had risen upon us the Son of Righteousness, and He had drawn us near (to Him) under His wings, for He had created us.
O HOLY VIRGIN MARIAM PRAY FOR US.
2. Thou thyself alone, O our Lady, the God-bearer, art the Mother of the Light. We will magnify thee with glorifyings and praisings. Blessed are thou ! Thou are greater than heaven, and more glorious than earth and exalted above the conception of every mind; who is able to declare thy greatness? There is none who can compare with thee
O Mariam the Virgin. The Angels magnify thee, O Mariam the Virgin, the Angels magnify thee, and the Seraphim praise thee, for He Who dwelleth upon the Cherubim and Seraphim came and took up abode in thy womb. The Lover of men has brought us close unto Himself, the death that belonged to us He has removed, and has given unto the Life that was His. To Him belong glory and praise.
O HOLY VIRGIN MARIAM PRAY FOR US.
3. Blessed are thou, Mariam, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. O Virgin God-bearer, the glory of (all) virgins; He who existed before the world became incarnate of thee.
The ancient of days came forth from thy womb. He took our flesh, and gave us His Holy Spirit, and in His aboundant goodness made co-equals with Him. Thou are greater than many women who have received grace and honor, O Mariam, the God-bearer, thou spiritual city wherein God the Most High took up His abode. Him Who sitteth above the Chrubims and Seraphim hath thou clasped with the hand.
And He, who is of abundant goodness feeds every being of flesh, had taken thy breast and sucked milk therefrom.
He Who is our God and Redeemer of all, He shall shepperd us for ever. Let us worship Him and praise Him, for He had created us. O HOLY VIRGIN MARIAM PRAY FOR US.
4. Mariam the Virgin is the vessel of priceless ointment, the fountain-head (or spring) of the water of life. The Fruit of her womb had saved the world, and abolished the curse which lay upon us, and made peace (to be) among us. By His Cross and by His Holy Resurrection had He brought man back again into the Garden (i.e. Paradise).
O HOLY VIRGIN MARIAM PRAY FOR US.
5. Mariam, the pure Virgin, the Bearer of God, prays continually with compassion for the children of men. Pray thou for us to thy Son Kristos that he may forgive and have compassion upon us.
O HOLY VIRGIN MARIAM PRAY FOR US.
6. Mariam the Virgin cried out in the Sanctuary saying, "God knows that I know no one and nothing more than the sound of the voice of the Angel, who with honor brought unto me glad tidings" and said unto me Peace be unto thee, O Holy Virgin. Thou shall carry Him Who cannot be carried, and shall contain Him Who cannot be contained, and whom nothing can contain.
Thy praise shall be abundant, O thou who are full of grace and honor, for thou did become the dwelling place of the Word of the Father. Thou are the tent that is spread out (i.e. pitched) and that gathers together believing Christian fold, and teacheth them to worship the life-giving Trinity.
O HOLY VIRGIN MARIAM PRAY FOR US.
7. Thou art she who bore the Pillar of fire, which Moses saw, that is to say, the Son of God, Who came and dwelt in thy womb. Thou was the Ark of the Creator of the heavens and the earth. Thou did carry Him in thy womb nine months. Thou had in trust Him whom the heavens and the earth cannot contain. Thou was the Ladder whereby man ascended into heaven. Thy light is greater than the light of the sun.
Thou are the eastern horizon, whereout came the brilliant star which the saints looked upon with joy and gladness. The decree that God passed upon Eve was, "Thou shall bring forth children with toil and suffering," but thou did hear a voice saying, "Rejoice, O full of grace, thou has brought forth for us the Word of the Father, the King. God of all creation." He came and delivered us, for He is the compassionate Lover of men. And because of this we praise thee, even as did the Angel Gabriel, saying "Blessed are thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb; rejoice, O thou who are full of grace, God is with thee." O HOLY VIRGIN MARIAM PRAY FOR US.
Scriptural Readings:
The Thirteenth day
Morning Prayer
In the name of the Father and……..
Opening Prayer
O God our merciful Lord, we humbly beseech you to grant us, your servants, pardon and peace, that we may be cleansed from all our sins, and serve you with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ your Holy Son. Amen. Our Father…
Psalm 68: 1-35
68:1 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. 68:2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. 68:3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. 68:4 Sing to God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rides upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. 68:5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. 68:6 God sets the solitary in families: he brings out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. 68:7 O God, when thou wentest forth before your people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah: 68:8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel. 68:9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm your inheritance, when it was weary. 68:10 Your congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, have prepared of your goodness for the poor. 68:11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. 68:12 Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil. 68:13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. 68:14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon. 68:15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan. 68:16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desires to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it forever. 68:17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. 68:18 You have ascended on high, you have led captivity captive: you have received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them. 68:19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loads us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. 68:20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and to GOD the Lord belong the issues from death. 68:21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goes on still in his trespasses. 68:22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea: 68:23 That your foot may be dipped in the blood of your enemies, and the tongue of your dogs in the same. 68:24 They have seen your goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary. 68:25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels. 68:26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel. 68:27 There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali. 68:28 Your God hath commanded your strength: strengthen, O God, that which you have wrought for us. 68:29 Because of your temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents to thee. 68:30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war. 68:31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to God. 68:32 Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises to the Lord; Selah: 68:33 To him that rides upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice. 68:34 Ascribe ye strength to God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds. 68:35 O God, you are terrible out of your holy places: the God of Israel is he that gives strength and power to his people. Blessed be God. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning…
Scripture Readings
1st Reading
Deuteronomy 7: 6,8-9
7:6 For you are an holy people to the Lord your God: the Lord your God hath chosen thee to be a special people to himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn to your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Know therefore that the Lord your God, he is God, the faithful God, which keeps covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations; And repays them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hates him, he will repay him to his face. He who receives the prophet by the name of the prophet
2nd Reading
1st Thessalonians 5: 9-10
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. He who receives the Apostle by the name of the apostle…
3rd Reading (Chant)
Psalm 61: 1-2
61:1 Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer. 61:2 From the end of the earth will I cry to thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. 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 13: 34-35
13:34 A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. He that believeth in the Son hath everlasting life…
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Day 13
Evening Prayer
In the name of the Father and……..
Opening Prayer
Lord, our heavenly Father, we ask that you may grant us your grace to protect us from the temptations of this world, the flesh, and the devil. And with pure hearts and minds to follow your word and to you the only God; we make this our evening prayer in your Holy name. Amen. Our Father…
Psalm 69: 1-36
69:1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in to my soul. 69:2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. 69:3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. 69:4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. 69:5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. 69:6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. 69:7 Because for your sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. 69:8 I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to my mother's children. 69:9 For the zeal of your house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. 69:10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. 69:11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. 69:12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards. 69:13 But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of your mercy hear me, in the truth of your salvation. 69:14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 69:15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. 69:16 Hear me, O Lord; for your loving-kindness is good: turn to me according to the multitude of your tender mercies. 69:17 And hide not your face from your servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. 69:18 Draw nigh to my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies. 69:19 You have known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee. 69:20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. 69:21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. 69:22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. 69:23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. 69:24 Pour out your indignation upon them, and let your wrathful anger take hold of them. 69:25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents. 69:26 For they persecute him whom you have smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom you have wounded. 69:27 Add iniquity to their iniquity: and let them not come into your righteousness. 69:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous. 69:29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let your salvation, O God, set me up on high. 69:30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. 69:31 This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs. 69:32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. 69:33 For the Lord hears the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. 69:34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and everything that moveth therein. 69:35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession. 69:36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning…
Psalm 70: 1-5
70:1 Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O lord. 70:2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt. 70:3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha. 70:4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love your salvation say continually, Let God be agnified. 70:5 But I am poor and needy: make haste to me, O God: you are my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning…
Scripture Reading
1st Reading
Isaiah 49: 8-10
49:8 Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. He who receives the prophet by the name of the prophet...
2nd Reading
Romans 11: 34-36
11:34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed to him again? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory forever. Amen. He who receives the Apostle by the name of the apostle…
3rd Reading (Chant)
Psalm 81: 1-2
81:1 Sing aloud to God our strength: make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. 81:2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. Halleluiah, stand up and harken to the Holy Gospel, the message of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
4th Reading
The Gospel of St Mark 14: 32-41
14:32 And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; And saith to them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful to death: tarry ye here, and watch. And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt. And he cometh, and finds them sleeping, and saith to Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. And again he went away, and prayed, and spoke the same words. And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him. And he cometh the third time, and saith to them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. He that hath ears to hear let him hear…
Concluding Prayer
Lord God, source of the origin our lives and our freedom. Make our lives here in this world rich with your love so that we may proclaim your glory, and praise you without ceasing in heaven. WE make this our evening prayer, in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. Our Father…
The Synaxarium:
THE SEVENTH MONTH
MEGABIT 09
(March 18)
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT,
ONE GOD. AMEN.
On this day became martyrs Andrianus and his wife, and Eusebius and ‘Arma, and forty martyrs who suffered very severe tortures in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to Whom be praise ! and who refused to worship idols of gold and silver. They said, “We worship the God of heaven and of earth, our Lord Jesus Christ.” Afterwards they cut off their heads with the sword, and they received the crown of martyrdom in the kingdom of heaven.
And on this day are commemorated the twenty hundred martyrs who [suffered] with Abba Nob.
And on this day also died the holy father and ascetic Kueten (Cythinus). This holy man came from a district the name of which was Bantanyos, in the country of Syria. His parents worshipped the stars; his father’s name was Nestor and his mother’s name was Theodora, and he was [born] in the days when the Apostles were preaching in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. When this holy man arrived at man’s estate, there appeared in him many virtues, purity, righteousness, and gentleness (or, humility), and he was exceedingly compassionate; and he was skilled in every branch of learning. His parents wished to make him marry a wife, but he did not desire to do so. And they settled him in a house and married him to a wife against his will, but he refused to consort with her, not because of the law of righteousness, and not because of weakness of body, but because he hated the lust of the flesh; and he dwelt with his wife many days but preserved his virginity. And he multiplied his prayers, and he petitioned God therein, and made many supplications, saying, “O God, have mercy upon me in Thy knowledge.” And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him as he did unto Cornelius, and he taught him the Faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, and he commanded him to go to one of the apostles, and to be baptized by him. And he went and was baptized with Christian baptism, and he learned all the Law of the Christian Faith, and he received the Divine Mystery. He heard continually the teaching of the holy Apostle Paul, and he acquired from him purity, and the working of righteousness, and devotion to God’s service, and humility, and the habit of praying continually, and fasting, and prostration, and vigil; and God gave him the power to work signs and wonders, and he had dominion over Satans. And he persuaded his parents, and gave them instruction, and brought them into the Faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, and also his wife, and her parents and kinsfolk. When one of the unbelievers came into the house of idols to offer sacrifice to Satan, Kueten (Cythinus), the holy man, knew him, and he cried out against Satan, and he rebuked him, and commanded him to confess before the people, and to tell them who he was. And when the holy man forced him, that devil confessed before the people that he was Satan, and was not a god. And all the people who were there cried out, saying, “One is the God of Saint Kueten (Cythinus),” and they believed and were baptized with Christian baptism. And when the governor, who had been appointed by Claudius Caesar, heard the report of this holy man, he sent and had him brought before him, and the holy man confessed our Lord Jesus Christ before him. And the governor commanded his soldiers to bind him, and to beat him very severely, and they did so. When the man of the city heard that the soldiers were torturing Saint Kueten (Cythinus), they ran, and they all came to him, and wanted to kill the governor, because of their love for Saint Kueten (Cythinus). And the governor fled from them, and they released the holy man from his fetters, and they washed the blood off him, and carried him to his house. And he lived for many years, and pleased God Whom he loved exceedingly, and he died in peace. After his death the believers dedicated a church to his name, and they carried his holy body into it, and God exhibited many signs and wonders through it.
Glory be to God Who is glorified in His Saints. Amen.
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