AT MATINS

After the 1st Reading from the Psalter, Kathisma.

Glory. Both now.

Tone 4.

After the 2nd Reading, Kathisma.

See, Christ approaches Jordan, and cries out to the Forerunner: Come, baptize me, who cleanse every sin of the world in a river’s streams; stretch out your hand to my divine head; for I have come to heal a hand’s offence.

Glory. Both now.

**Same Tone.**

Believers, as we look on the King and Master of the universe coming to Baptism in a manner fitting God, let us sing his praise; let us make ready the pathways of our hearts with longing, washing away the spots of dire offences; for see, he comes to save the race of mortals in the Jordan.

Tone 8.

Great Baptist of the Lord, rejoice; for Christ has come to be baptized by you; you tremble as a servant, for the Master bows his head to you; touch the divine head of God who touches the universe with his hand, and in his good pleasure saves the human race.

**The same.**

The Canons: of the Forefeast to 6, of the Apostles to 4 and of the Saint to 4.

Of the Forefeast, of which the acrostic is the Alphabet.

Joseph. ****