TRIODION SIXTH WEEK OF LENT MONDAY MATINS (After the 2nd reading of the Psalter): SESSIONAL HYMN TONE 1 ROLLING AWAY THE STONE OF HARDNESS FROM MY HEART, RAISE UP MY SOUL SLAIN BY THE PASSIONS, LOVING LORD. COUNT ME WORTHY IN COMPUNCTION TO BRING PALMS OF VIRTUE TO YOU, THE VICTOR OVER HELL! SO MAY I OBTAIN ETERNAL LIFE, SINGING THE PRAISES OF YOUR POWER AND YOUR COMPASSION,// FOR YOU ALONE ARE THE LOVER OF MANKIND! GLORY... ROLLING AWAY THE STONE OF HARDNESS FROM MY HEART... NOW AND EVER...(Theotokion) BEHOLDING IN YOU, FULL OF GRACE, THE WONDER OF WONDERS, THE CREATION REJOICES! FOR YOU HAVE CONCEIVED WITHOUT SEED AND INEFFABLY BORNE AS A CHILD HIM UPON WHOM THE LEADERS OF THE ANGELIC HOSTS DO NOT DARE GAZE!// PRAY TO HIM, THEOTOKOS, FOR THE SALVATION OF OUR SOULS! (After the 3rd reading of the Psalter): SESSIONAL HYMN TONE 1 AS WE SET OUT UPON THE SIXTH WEEK OF THE FAST, LET US SING A HYMN TO CHRIST IN PREPARATION FOR THE FEAST OF PALMS! HE COMES FOR OUR SAKE SEATED ON THE FOAL OF AN ASS TO SUBDUE AS KING THE WILD AND UNRULY NATIONS TO HIS FATHER. LET US PREPARE FOR HIM BRANCHES OF THE VIRTUES,// THAT WITH REJOICING, WE MAY SEE HIS RESURRECTION! GLORY... AS WE SET OUT UPON THE SIXTH WEEK OF THE FAST... NOW AND EVER...(Theotokion) MOST HOLY VIRGIN, YOU CARRIED IN YOUR ARMS YOUR CREATOR WHO IN HIS LOVINGKINDNESS WAS MADE FLESH. STRETCH OUT THOSE ARMS TOWARDS HIM AND ENTREAT HIM TO DELIVER US FROM EVERY PASSION, DANGER AND TEMPTATION, FOR WE PRAISE YOU WITH LOVE AND CRY ALOUD: GLORY TO HIM WHO DWELT IN YOU! GLORY TO HIM WHO CAME FORTH FROM YOU!// GLORY TO HIM WHO FREES US THROUGH YOUR CHILDBEARING! TRIODION SIXTH (PALM) WEEK OF LENT MONDAY MATINS APOSTIKHA TONE 5 DO NOT CONDEMN ME, O CHRIST, TO THE FLAMES OF GEHENNA, AS THE RICH MAN WHO KNEW LAZARUS. BUT GRANT A DROP OF YOUR LOVE FOR MANKIND EVEN TO ME AS I BEG WITH TEARS,// AND HAVE MERCY ON ME, O GOD! DO NOT CONDEMN ME,.. BLESSED IS THE ARMY OF THE HEAVENLY KING! THOUGH ON EARTH THEY ENDURED GREAT SUFFERINGS, THEY ACHIEVED THE RANK OF ANGELS! THEY DID NOT CARE FOR THE FLESH AND BECAME EQUALS TO THE BODILESS HOSTS.// BY THEIR PRAYERS, LORD, SAVE OUR SOULS! GNE... (Theotokion) FULL OF GRACE, BY YOUR PRAYERS, BE OUR ADVOCATE; ENTREAT GREAT BOUNTY FOR OUR SOULS// AND FORGIVENESS OF OUR MANY TRANSGRESSIONS! Reading of the Four Gospels for the Sixth Week of Great Lent and the first three days of Great and Holy Week: DAY HOUR CHAPTERS GOSPEL Monday : Third 1 - 6 Matthew Sixth 7 - 12 Ninth 13 - 18 Tuesday Third 19 - 24 Sixth 25 - 28 Ninth 1 - 5 Mark Wednesday Third 6 - 9 Sixth 10 - 13 Ninth 14 - 16 Thursday Third 1 - 4 Luke Sixth 5 - 8 Ninth 9 - ll Friday Third 12 - 16 Sixth 17 - 21 Ninth 22 - 24 Monday Third 1 John Sixth 2-3 Ninth 4 Tuesday Third 5 - 6 Sixth 7 Ninth 8 Wednesday Third 9 - 10 Sixth ll Ninth 12 - 13:32 TRIODION SIXTH (PALM) WEEK OF LENT MONDAY SIXTH HOUR TROPARION OF THE PROPHECY TONE 6 THIS IS THE FEARFUL DAY, O GOD, WHOSE EVENING WE DO NOT EXPECT TO REACH! BUT IN YOUR LOVE FOR MANKIND, YOU HAVE GRANTED US TO SEE IT!// GLORY TO YOU, THRICE-HOLY ONE! PROKEIMENON OF THE PROPHECY TONE 6 LET THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO SEEK YOU * REJOICE. VERSE: Give thanks to the Lord! Call on His name! PROPHECY OF ISAIAH 48:17 - 49:4 PROKEIMENON TONE 6 BLESSED IS THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL * FROM AGE TO AGE. VERSE: Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! TRIODION SIXTH (PALM) WEEK OF LENT MONDAY VESPERS "LORD I CALL..." TONE 6 (By Joseph) MASTER, BY MY MANY SINS AND PLEASURES OF LIFE I, A WRETCHED PERSON, HAVE WEAKENED MY SOUL AND AM CONSTANTLY IN A BED OF LAZINESS. I CRY OUT TO YOU, COMPASSIONATE ONE: HAVING COME TO ME, GRANT ME MERCY AND HEALTH. SAVIOR, DO NOT FORSAKE ME LEST I FALL ASLEEP IN DEATH, LEST THE ENEMY REJOICE IN LEADING ME TO HELL// WHERE HE ALWAYS SEEKS TO CURSE ME. LORD, I HAVE IMITATED THE MERCILESS RICH MAN, REJOICING VAINLY, BURDENED WITH PLEASURE'S PASSIONS. SEEING MY MIND, LIKE LAZARUS, BEFORE THE GATES OF REPENTANCE, I PASS BY HEEDLESSLY, LEAVING IT TORN, WOUNDED, AND DISEASED BY PASSIONS. THEREFORE I DESERVE GEHENNA'S FLAMES.// BUT DELIVER ME FROM THEM, ONLY MERCIFUL MASTER! TONE 5 (By Theodore) PASSING BY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER JORDAN, YOU PROPHESIED CONCERNING LAZARUS, LORD, THAT HE WAS NOT SICK UNTO DEATH, BUT THAT THIS HAD COME TO PASS FOR THE GLORY OF GOD. GLORY TO YOUR MIGHTY ACTS AND POWERS,// FOR YOU HAVE DESTROYED DEATH BY YOUR MANY MERCIES, LOVER OF MANKIND! TRIODION SIXTH (PALM) WEEK OF LENT MONDAY VESPERS PROKEIMENON TONE 4 GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD, FOR HE IS GOOD; * FOR HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER! VERSE: Let the redeemed of the Lord say so! READING FROM GENESIS 27: 1-41 PROKEIMENON TONE 7 BE EXALTED, O GOD, ABOVE THE HEAVENS, * AND YOUR GLORY OVER ALL THE EARTH! VERSE: My heart is ready, O God; my heart is ready! READING FROM PROVERBS 19: 16-25 TRIODION SIXTH (PALM) WEEK OF LENT MONDAY VESPERS APOSTIKHA TONE 4 SAVIOR, FREE US FROM SOUL-DESTROYING GREED AND NUMBER US IN THE BOSOM OF ABRAHAM TOGETHER WITH POOR LAZARUS. FOR OUR SAKE YOU BECAME POOR, YET YOU ARE RICH IN MERCIES! YOU LEAD US FROM CORRUPTION TO INCORRUPTION,// FOR YOU ARE A COMPASSIONATE GOD, THE LOVER OF MANKIND! SAVIOR, FREE US FROM SOUL-DESTROYING GREED... AS YOU ACCEPTED THE PATIENCE OF YOUR HOLY MARTYRS, ACCEPT OUR SONG, LOVER OF MANKIND,// GRANTING US BY THEIR SUPPLICATIONS GREAT MERCY. GNE... (Theotokion) DELIVER US FROM DANGER, MOTHER OF CHRIST OUR GOD, FOR YOU GAVE BIRTH TO THE CREATOR OF ALL! MAY WE ALL CRY TO YOU:// REJOICE, ONLY ADVOCATE OF OUR SOULS!